If I JsITS2SJ©'J!S S
fcoie No. 2798
li.cwlstowu Post Office,
Mails arrive and close at the Lewistown P.
ARRIVE.
Eaftern through. 5 48 a. in
through and way 421 p m
Western " " " 10 55a.m.
Bcllefon'e " " " 230p in
y.cthmnberland, Tuesdays, Thursdays and
|aturil*ys, " 0 00 p. m.
CLOSE.
I Eastern through 8 00 p. tn.
" and way 10 00 a in
Western " " 3P 00 m.
Relief"nte 00
y'urthuinberland fSundavs, Tueesdays
,1 Thursdays) 8 oft p. m
Money can lie forwarded through this of
[ee in sums from ?l to S3O. hv the payment
ff the following fees: From $1 to $lO ten
erus; $lO to S2O fifteen cents; S2O to S3O
gentv cents.
■ Office open from i 30 a. m to B P . m On
■undays from Bto9 aM. 8. COMFORT. P. M.
FEmYLVim RAILROAD.
I Trains leave Lewistowi. Station as follows:
Westward. Eastward
mitshiirgh aud Erie
| Mail, 350a. m. 10 45 p. m.
fca!:iin"re Express, 5 20 a. m.
►hilad'a Express, 005 a in. 12 18 a, m.
last Line, 025 p. in. 510
Klail 4 21 "
Fast Mail. 1°
llarrishnrg Aecom'n. 3 44 p. ni.
Emigrant. 10 47 a. m.
Through Freight, 10 3U p. in. 150 a m j
Fast " % "
Express " I*2 10 p ni. 12 Jo p. in
Stuck Express, 500 p in, 9 "it
Coal Train. I 15 p in. 11 45 a ni
Line. 7 41
Local Freight. 73" a m fi 25 p. ni
y,i TE .—The Pittsburgh and Erie Express
Laves e i-t and west daily except Sunday ;
Biitiui'Te Express west daily except Monday;
Philadelphia Express cast and west daily ;
fast Line east daily except Monday and west
[daily except Sunday: Fast M **l east daily ex
cept Sunday; Mail Train west daily except
Sunday: Hairi-burg A'Tnmtrodati 'ti east dai
ly exo-p" Sunday, aud Emigrant west daily
except Monday
Fare to Philadelphia, $5 85
" Baltimore, 5 20
'• 11 ail isburg, 2 10
*' Alto.na, 250
'• Pittsburgh, 600
Omnibuses convey passengers to
and from all the trains, taking up or sotting them
ioru at all points within the borough limits.
Miffiin & Centre County R R.
Lewistown and Reeds ville.
ON una nPer Monday, January 2. 1M35,
tran will have L-. wistowu and Reeds
tiile as lohows:
Leave Ic-wistown for Reedsxille,
(mail) 7 30 a. ni. !
Leave Kced.-ville for P It. It. 830 i
" P U. It for Iteedsvitie 11 00 "
" Keedsville for Lewistown 11 30 " i
Lewistown for Keedsville IIU p. in
" Keedsville for P. It. R. mail 215 "
" I'. It. R. for Keedsville 425 "
" Keedsville for Lewistown 515 "
teif The train will stop at Lewistown,
Freedom iron Works, Yeagerown, and the
Crossing of the Turnpike above Mann's low
er Axe Factory, going and coming.
JOHN WATEIIiiOUSE,
jan4 Engineer.
WILLIAM LIND,
has now open
A NEW STOCK
OF
Cloths, Cassimeres
AND
VESTINCS,
which will 1m made up to order in the neat
est and must fashionable styles. apl9
AM3ROTYPES
AND
The Gems ol the Season.
'THUS is no humbug, but a practical truth
1 The pictures taken by Mr. Burkhotder
are unsurpassed for BOLDNESS TRUTH
FULNESS. REALTY OF FINISH, and
DURABILITY. Prices varying according
to size and quality of frames and Cases
Room over the Express Office.
Lewistown, August 23, ISGO.
Kishacoquillas Seminary
AND
ft OHM AL INSTITUTE.
\\ ILL eminence its winter session. 00
10KEK 12. I*o4 and continue tweu
ty weeks Cost h>r B anl Furnished R on*,
tmd I iiition in English Branches, $75. Fuel,
Light and Washing extra.
For particulars s.-e catalogue
S Z SHARP. Principal.
Kishacoquilhts, Sept. *_: l 18(34
Academia, Juniata Co.. Pa,
CIOM MLM.'ES it* bumiiu-r 1 'er;u May 4th
I 1804 Fur circulars address
Mrs (| J FRENCH Principal, or
ANDREW PATTERSON", Proprietor
apG lso4-ly
3-3 C. IT. 31,2232,
Attorney at Law,
office Market Square,, Lewistown. will at
tend to business in Mlltlm. Centre and Hunting
don counties any 26
SIOV li*.
I> EMEMBLII that t. J. II ffaian has a
IA fine n-sortmont of Cooking, Coal and
Viwuu i'foyee, at lowest prices. juu4
L. LYONS' PURE OHIO
Catawba Brandy,
AND
Sparkling Catawba Wines,
Equal in Quality and Cheaper in /'rice than
the Brandies and Wines of the Old World
FOR St.'MMKK OMI'LAINT. CHOLERA IXFATCM. DI
AKit IKEA, IKWEL CO>ll'LAt NT, OKA Ml* A COLIC.
A sure Care is ynaruutUd, or the money will
be rejit tided.
IX support of tin* a Love statements, are
presented the Certificates of l>r. Jas. R
Chilton, Chemist, Now York : Dr. Iliraui
Co*. Chemical Inspector, Ohio; Dr. .James li.
Nichols. Chemist. Boston : Dr. N. E Jones,
Chemirnl Inspector, Circleville. Ohio ; Prof.
C. T Jackson. Chemist, Boston ; l)r Chas.
Uphatn SheparJ, Charleston, S. C : and J V.
Z Blaney and (J A Mariner. Consulting
Chemists Chicago, all of win m have ana
lyzed the Catawba Brandy, and couimend it
in the highest terms, for medicinal use.
Analysis of the Massachusetts Stale Assayer,
January 25. 1
When evaporated through clean linen it
left tin oil or offensive matter. Jn every res
pect it is aPI KE spirituous liquor. The oil
which gives to this Brandv its flavor and tiro
ma. is wholly unlike fusil, or grain oil. Irs
odor partakes of both the fruit and oil of
grapes With acids, it produces ethers of a
high fragrance. I lie substitution of this
Brandy tor Cognac Brandy will do away with
the manufacture of fictitious spirits, sold un
dcr this name both at home and abroad.
Respect tally.
A A 11-tyes. M D.,
Assayer to State Mass, lb Boy lesion St.
liy the same, in 1 sfi 4.
I have iinaKzeJ "L Lyons' Pore Catawba
Brandy," with re fen-nee to its composition
and character, being the same as that pro
duced in pa.-t ye. rs. A sample taken from
ten casks afforded the same results with re
gatd to purity; a slightly increased amount
of the principle on which lis flavor depends
was determined by comparison with former
samples.
The indications of analysis show that this
Brandy is produced by the same process as
must of the imported Brandy.
Respecfolly,
A A. H AYES M I) State Assayr.
Boston, July lib. 'O4. 10 li ylestnn St.
Manufactured by H H. J iC„b & Co .
(To whom all orders sln>uid be addressed.)
Depot, 91 Liberty St., New York.
no\9 3moß.
E. & 11. 7. ANTHONY & CO.
Musiufae unrs if Pliutngniphic Materials,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
501 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
IN audito-n t<> our uiiiui Gusinces ot l'llO
TOIiIIAPIIIO MATERIALS, *e are i
lleadqinirtets for the following, viz:
522K20 SOCP2S
AND
STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS
Ol these we have an 1 > mettse asuxriinsiit, in- j
eluding W.ir Scenes. American and Foreign
Cities and Landscapes. Groups, Statuary, Ac ,
Ac. Also, devolving Stereoscopes, for t>til- !
lie or private exhibitions. Our catalogue will
be sent to any address on receipt of stamp
Photographic Albums.
r e were the first to introduce these into \
the United States, and we manufacture im !
mense quantities in great variety, ranging in j
price from 50 cents to SSO each. Our A!
bums have the reputation of being superior |
in beauty and durability to any others. They j
will be sent by mail. free, on receipt of prii.e. 1
eagfFine albums made to order.
CARD PHOTOGRAPHS.
Oor catalogue now embraces over fee thou
sand different subjects (to which additions
are continually being made) of Portraits of
Emin >nt Amerieans. Ac . viz: about
IOC Major-Generals, 550 SI a Irs me a,
2nd IJriy Gederals, I oil J hemes,
275 Gi'hiiiel.f, 125 Aa/licrs,
U0 Limit Colonels, 40 Artists,
2)0 Other Officers. 1-5 Stays.
75 Nary Officers , 50 I'mm 'nt Ho men, |
150 l'i ominent Foreign Portraits.
3000 Copies of Works of Art.
including reproductions of the most eelehra ;
ted Engravings, Fain tings. Statues, Ac. Cat j
alogoes sent on receipt of stamp. An order :
lor one dozen Pictures front our catalogue
wilt be filled on the receipt of SI.BO, and sent
by mail, free.
Photographers ami others ordering goods
!C. O L) will please remit twenty five per
i cent of the amount with tt>eir order.
E A II T ANTHONY A CO.,
Manulact'rs of Photographic Matiinls,
501 llroadway. New York.
S&f~ The prices and quality of oar . oods
cannot Jail to satisfy nov9-lv.
OF the late firm of McCoy and Ellis, ha?
just returned from the city with a choice
a-sor meiit of
DRY GOODS & GROCERIES,
selected with care and purchased for cash,
which are offered to the public at a small ad
vance on cost.
suitable for ladies, gentlemen and children,
with titanv new patterns. His
f.i HOC Ell IKS
comprise choice Sugars. Molasses, Coffee, Su
perior Tea*, Pure Spice.-.. Ac. A'so,
QCEEXaWAKE, GLASSWAaE,
and all other articles usually found in Stores,
all of which his old customers ami the public
in general are inv ted to call and examine.
Country Produce taken at full market
prices.
R F. ELLIS.
Lewistown, March 9, 1804.
1 FOUND out that Hoffman's i the place
fur Groceries.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1865.
caE EL '
"WHAT MIST IT BE TO BE THEItE!"
We speak of the realms of the blest.
Of that country so bright and so fair,
And oft are its glories confessed—
But what must it be to be there ? j
We spak of its pathway of gold. • ,
Its walls decked with jewels s i rare.
01 its winders an 1 pleasures untold— t.
But what tnust it be to be there ? 'j
We speak of its freedom froin sin. ~
From sorrow, temptation an I care,
Fr nn trials, without and within— e
But what must it be to be there?
We speak of its service of love.
Of the robes which the glorified wear, *
Of the church of the first-born above—
But what must it be to be there?
8
Then let us 'mid sorrow and wo.
Still for tfoavea our spirits prepare : S
And shortly we also shall know 0
And feel what it is to be there!
0
THE BACHELOR'S BURIAL.
Two old maids, at shut of day,
A bae lelor's carcass b ire away, f
With wrinkled brows an 1 meted hair,
The iiearl tiiat never loved the fair. ■ ®
Bring briars, they groaned, bring weeds unblown,
Bring rankest weeds of name unknown; a
Bring withered houghs from dreary wild,
To strew the hier of error s child. C
And make his bed where the lizards hide, 11
Where night shades strew the swamp creek's side, <1
Far out of sight, where genial spring
Shall send no gentle birds to sing. II
His old jack-knife lav with him low, V
To cut tlie st rill as of cupid's bow; .
The sad house eat shall vv nine around
His lonely grave in grief profound. c
Low lay him who was often 'high ;' I:
Here, where shall fall no pitying eye. ,
For Itim—for hun no loving heart'
Shalt ache, for liiin no tear shall start. II
ilis bloodless lips shall fall to dust;
His old jack-knife s!i ill waste with rust;
He whom we hi le from the light of men '
Shall never fright toe babes again. I |
For we have laid him from the light. t
Beneath the ground and out of sight ; .
But tnis rude epitapu shall stand— j •
•He who to uo one gave his hand!' f
j;
i
For the Educational Column.
Literary Societies—No 1
In the eagerness tn educate our you'll in
tie .slinrtesf. possible time for the more
practical duties of life, we are ton apt to
overlook the more essential Qualifications,
winch every American citizen ought to
possess, ion much importance seems lo
he attached to a limited knowledge of the
branches taught, in our common schttols,
and too few advantages afforded lor train
iiig pupils to express what they learn it
school and whit they acquire after leaving I
it Some even contend that when stu t
dents who do not intend to enter any of 1
the learned professions, have once passed I
through the text books used in our com- <
mm schools, they have arrived at a point I
where any further instruction in this direc '
tioti would be ut little account —i point (or t
which I know no term in English, but 1
which <Mir German friends ka\\ aus/f frriit' I
Alter finish,to/ llie branches named above <
and einerii g upon praciiol duties, then,
in fact, wo are just beginning our edno i- ]
tion. In connexion with Die mechanical >
employments and agricultural pursuits with
which we now try to acquaint ourselves, •
we must invariably study some of the high <
er branches of education It may not be
in text books, but in the broad 1
the book of nature The farmer'ssffhstud s
ies geology while he follows the plow and '
brings to view new earth* and the various
kinds of rock and fossil ;he studies chetn I
istry as he applies the fertilizing substan
ies to the soil and contemplates the effeet I
upon vegetation. In acquainting himself
with the manner ot growth nf the fruit
trees and garden vegetables, he is studying '■
botany, while the principles of natural phi ,
losophy are studied and applied in nearly
all his labors Most mechanics acquaint
themselves with some ol the principles of 1
geometry and trigonometry a* weil as chem
istry. It should he observed, however,
that as the knowledge this obtained, is sel
dotn if ever reproduced, it is neither sys
tematic nor clear. In accordance with a
law ol nature we never clearly understand
the facts we learn in any science until we
reproduce them. Ilcnee we see the neces
sity of providing lor cultivating the
power of expression, alter leaving school
This may be done by means of debating
societies. The facilities afforded by these 1
associations for impressing the mind, are
attended with so triffing expense and in
teriere so little with our d lily vocations
and domestic duties, that all classes may
reap the benefits derived from theiu; be
.-ides, they are the only means which most
ol our best citizens possess for qualifying
themselves to discharge properly the du
ties ol some ol our public offices to which
they may render themselves eligible. Some j
of the brightest sta r s in our political heav- 1
ens, as well as some ot ourfir->t literary men, !
ascribe their success in lite to the tra tiing i
received in literary societies, among whom
we may mention I)r. Franklin, who was a
member ol such a body for cbout f.irty
years, and who speaks of their use in the !
highest terms. Want ol space prohibits
us from mentioning any more who have
been .raised to the highest, posts of honor
by literary societies, but we would add that
il these societies were appreciated as they
ought to be, we would till our legislative
halls with honest men from the farms and
workshops instead ot gamblers and wire I
pollers The proper manner of conducting I
literary societies will be mentioned in a fu :
tare article. s. z. &. |
TALES & SKETCHES
A MAN OF SYMPATHY.
I am a man of s mpathy. The tuisfor
tunes of my fellow mortals have moved
me with pity, their wrongs with indigna
tion. and their happiness with gladness.
Thus from the days ol my childhood haVe
niy friend- poured into my sympathizing
ear the stories ol their grief, anger and
joy, always sure to awaken in my breast
kindred emotions. How olfen when ut
Boarding school have my comrades be
sceched tue to conceal in my roo n the
sack ot apples which they were suspected
ol stealing; and how often, when t- e sack
ol apples was discovered, have I—in dur
ance vile, smarting from the effects of ra
tan heaped imprecations upon that fruit
so productive of wo to the human race,
lroin our grandmother Eve down to the
sympathizing schoolboy, Samuel Wiikins
When Hick c- me to me with a graphic
account of T irn's tyranny, my heart be
came brimfull ol indignation, and when,
an hour or two later, i'oui came to me with
a graphic account of Dick's meanness, how
my contempt hntnd vent in words only less
v hemetit. than those of Tom's, and how
the next day —Tom and Dick having be
come last, friends again, and having admin
istt red to me a sound thrashing for my
'dou de faei'd hvpocracy'—did 1 deplore
my sympathizing nature.
it is a matter of no little wonder to me
that 1 have hemd. throughout my life, so
many tri rids involved in pecuniary difiieul
ties, who confide tn me their misfortunes
in such heartrending terms that I at last
fairly implored them to make use of my
purse as if it were their own —which re
quet they have so literally complied with,
that I have never received a cent of the
money back.
I was devoted to Miss Brown, and al
though naturally Uiode>t, flattered myself
that 1 did not altogether was e my effec
lions on the desert air. On the evening
ol the 25th of June, 18—(I shall never
forget the late.) 1 nervei myself and di
rented my steps to the residence ot Miss
Brown, resolved to end my suspense and
offer my heart, etc. ere Bur. Miss Brown
was not. at home. As I sorrowfully wended
my way homeward, I passed the residence
ut Miss Robison, a young lady who was
fast approaching that dubious period de
tuoniiiated a "eerta n age." My evil genius
prompted me to enter. 1 found Miss
Robinson apparently stink to the deepest
depths of despair and weening Froi'onud
ly moved, I approached and implored her
to eonfile to me the cause ol hei grief, so
that if I could not assuage it. 1 might at
least mourn with her. She at first re I used,
hut at R.t moved by entreaties, in broken
utterance told me the story of her woe.
Mr (Joiringdon having ensnared her
youthful affections, and having reneatcdly
avowed his love, now had ceased calling
oil li*.r. and was paying great attention to
Mis* Brown. My first impulse was to pro
coed iiiimediatly lo castigate the heathen,
Mr Oodriiigton, but, remembering that he
was reported to be an adept in the manly
art, I desisted, and contented myself with
muttering 'Base villiati!'
• —to act thus toward a young and help
le*s orphan !' she cried
•Weep not,' I said consolingly; 'I will
he your father, mother, brother hus
band.'
'Ah !' she exclaimed sinking upon my
shoulder.
At this moment the d >or opened, and
M'ss Robinson's ei ier brother entered. L
rose, an 1 Miss R ibiiisou, with he greatest
sang froid, said :
'Augustus, I believe yon are already
acquainted with Mr Wiikins, but let me
introduce him as your future brother iu
law.'
I stood struck with amazement as he
grasped my hand
'.dr. Wiikins,' he exclaimed, 'I know of
no person I would prefer to you as a
brother'
• But—' I endeavored to explain.
'One who possesses so many qualities of
the head and heart to uiake himself beloved
by all his ftiends, he continued.
'But really—' I again commenced, when
a gentleman entered the apartment.
'Mr Smith—Mr. Wiikins.'
I glared furiously at the individual who
had thus iuturrupted uie by his untimely
visit. Ho drew back timidly, and sank
into a chair. 'My future brother, Augus
tus,' soon after left. lam convinced that
Miss Robinson must have passed a very
pleasant evening. Mr. Smith evidently
endeavored to be very agreeable; but in
the midst of a sentence, his eye would
catch uiine fixed upon him with an ex
prcssion of intense hatred —the sentence
ended in an indistinct murmur, and he
moved his chair farther from me Len
deavored to speak; but my tongue clave to
the rol of my mouth. Thus we sat in
silence only broken by convulsive but
vain attempts at conversation, while hour
after hour passed ny I was determined
not to depart until I had an explanation
with Miss Robinson, but Mr. Smith, his
countenance strongly expressive ot em
barrassment nud tear, sat immovable. I
at last gave up the contest and, bowing
i dubiously to Miss Robiusoo, stiffly to Mr.
Eiswuswewsra S£EKKLJI:£ <ts<£'£sj2'sr 8 jksssjo
Smith, left the house. llow I hated that
mm! 1 have since learned that he
thought. 1 w is an eseipe l luuitic. and was
, determined not to leave Miss Robinson un
j pioteoted.
No W"ris can portray the agony t ex
perienced lor t ie next dy and night, as I
} sat in my room con riving means to escape
from my involuntiry engagement. But no
j plan presented itself, and, unable to bear
the solitude any longer, on the evening of
the 27ih I called on Miss Brown, she
was 'not at home ' For four successsive
j evenings I was sent despairing IVnm her
; door, but on the fifth I was admitted,
j Miss Brown greeted ine warmly, and iu
i troduced uie to Mr. Codriiigton. I was
| h irdly seite l before she commenced to
! congratul ite me on my approaching mir
| riage with Miss Rooinsnn. In vain did I
attempt to deny it. Miss Brown said she
had it on good authority, in I laughingly
asserted that it was always the way, but
she thought it was nonsense to make any
Secret of it, and finished the sentence
with an expressive glance at Mr. (Jodring
ton, which individual's vac\nt countenance
was immediately illuminated with a con
ceited simper. 1 could stand it no longer,
and hurriedly left.
On entering my gloomy do uicil, I found
a note awaiting me, running thus :
•MR. WILIVINS: —Your conduct is in
famous. My brother threatens to horse
whip you, but I hive restrained hiiu, and
he promise- t< wait uniil to morrow.
MATILDA ANNA ROBINSON.
'P. S, —1 wiil be at home this evening.'
I no longer hesitated. The next day's
steamer carried me to Europe, whence I
did not return until I heard of the marriage
ol Miss Brmvit 5u Mr (Jodtingfon, and, at
a long interval, that of Miss Robinson, to
Mr. Smith.
Aa Old N
The Ilarlford (Conn.) Courant, has com
pleted the one huudreth year ol its exis
tanoe It, was started in Uartlurd, October
20, 17G4, by Thomas (jreen 'at the Heart
and Crown, near the North Meeting
House,' under the title of the Connecticut
Co irant. The present publishers signalized
the centennial by reproducing the first
number in facsimile. The ioliowing re
miniscences are interesting;
'During the war ui independence, our
publi.-hers erected a paper mill in Hart
lord, and made the paper on which they
printed, and numerous appeals and entreat
ies are to be found in our files to the good
people ot Connecticut to save every scrap
of rags or other material that could be con
verted into paper (cotton was not used in
Those days,) and bring it to the C uiraut
office lor the use ol the paper mili. What
ever we may now be, titere is no doubt
that the early publishers of the Courant
were patriotic and courageous in opposing
the tyranny of the ministers ot George
Third, the stamp act, the tea tax. &c.
Historians like Bancroft, Trutnhull, Stuart,
Holiister, and other writers and politicians
have freely quoted and cited from the files
of the Courant. At the time when the
acceptance or rejecti in of the Constitution
of the United States was pending, the de
bate is fully reported, and as such men as
Oliver Ellswor h, Jeremiah Wndsworth.
and Roger Sherman took put in it, no abler
debate can tie found.
"The Oiurant hal reached its twelfth
year beloro the first gun of the revolution
called a new nation into being. During
the eight years of bloodshed, distress and
poverty that followed, it held its even
course without interruption for a single
week. At the time when the adoption of
the Federal Constitution gave birth to the
Union, the Courant was older than a urge
majority of the papers now published in
the United States. Its Gles chronicle the
difficulties that beset the administration of
Washington, and the wise measures that
were adopted to remedy them."
Sitting iu Church
An American writes from London that
in the churches there, whoever cotues first,
whether gentleman or lady, takes the fur
ther end iu the slip, and those that follow
fill up the rem lining sears, and thus prevent
the aw'iward disturbance which occurs irt
our churches here, in the p ocess tf filing
in and out liy tnen in order to isolate wo
men at the laititer end of the pew. In
churches where the pews are lree, the awk
wardness and inconvenience occasioned to
ladies by the first comers taking the aisle
end of the pew is even greater, as many
of those who obtain that seat persist in
sitting still and making those who wish to
get into the pew climb over thein, no easy
or modest undertaking, especially if the
crinoline of a lady be at all fashionable.
It is not the one who does the climbing,
however, but the one who persists in sit
ting still, that is to be censured, for this
breach of courtesy. It is said that the
hatiit of gentlemen taking the aisle end
of the pew originated with the early set
tiers, who sat near the doors of the pews
so that in case ol an attack by the Indians
they might be ready for action. I his
will account (or the orevailing fashion ol
gentlemen occupying the door end of the
pew, but we have no authority for the
New Series—Vol. XIX. No. 11.
custom of ladies occupying that position.
As t nere is no longer any danger of attacks
from Indians, we think this custom of
filing out and in like n parcel of sobiters,
might he changed, and we hone that the
English cu.s'om tiny lie adopted by all.
The Atlantic Cable
The cable for tfie new submarine Atlatt
tie telegraph is being prepared at London,
• and piaced on board the Great Eastern.
Messrs. Canning and Gilford are to com
mence laying the cable in June next. The
Great Eastern will have five hundred
hands on board, with a weight of 10,000
t<ms, including 4000 tons of cable and
lUOO tons of coal. The conductor is form
ed of seven copper wires, and as there are
2.300 miles of cable, there will be lti.ooo
miles of copper wire Every portion of
litis wire is subjected to electrical tests,
and then covered with eight su -cessive
coats ol insulated material. This coat is
covered with jute, and the jute with ten
covered iron wires, each of which is cover
ed separately with five strands of tarred
hotup. The manufacture and preparation
ol lite cable is going on with great rapidi
ty, and there is every reason to hope and
believe that this coming experiment to se
cure telegraphic communication between
England and America will prove a success.
Cuitrfin;/ in China. —When a gentle
iu;i!i feels desirous of taking unto himself
a wife, he semis to the paternal head of
some family containing daughters, tor spe
cimens of the sizes of their feet, with the
pnzes attached. One toot is valued at per
haps two thousand dollars, the next small
est at five thousand. &e , according to the
market. After the foot (or the lady to
whom it belongs) is chosen, sh n is sent in
a so lan ch ir to the intended husband's
house; he utcets her at. the door, looks into
the vehieie to take a view of the fair one,
and, if she suits his taste, lie admits her.
As soon as she pisses his threshold she be
come* his lawful wife; hut if he likes not
the lady, lie shuts the door, and she is Car
rie.l whither she came.
.1 it Army of Ftyhlcrs ami an Army of
Writers —The intelligence of the Ameri
can soldier has been so frequently exem
plified during 'be present war as to become
almost a proverb. But in no case have we
seen it better illustrated than in the vast
numbers of letters written by Sherman's
army during their late noble and triumphnat
mar h through Georgia, from Atlanta to
Savannah. ft appears from the < ffieial
records that on the 28th of December last
the mail from Sherman's army brought
two hundred ami fifty thousand letters, and
the mail yesterday by the Fulton consisted
of nearly five hundred thousand letters
fro li the same so iree. Thus do the sword
and the pen go 1 uked together wherever
American soldiers carry their victorious
banners.
NOTICE.
r |MIE great increase in applicants for re-
JL lief having exhausted the fund provided
hy taxation, and already rendered a loan
necessary, and the Board having also become
satisfied that a considerable number now on
the list are drawing funds to the injury of the
really needy, have adopted the following res
olutions :
Resolved, That the Clerk be and is hereby
instructed, after the next issue of orders, to
discontinue ail relief' heretofore granted, ex
cepting only those who have not received I*2
weeks pay.
Resolved, That the Board will meet at the
Commissioners' office in Lewistown, in the
month of January, its follows:
To hear applicants from Armagh. Brown,
Union and Menno, on THURSDAY, January
26th
To hear applicants from Granville. Oliver,
Britton. McVeytown, Wayne and Newton
Hamilton, on FRIDAY. January 27th.
To hear applicants from Lewistown, Derry
and Decatur, on SATURDAY, January 28th.
for relief must appear in
person, or if unable to attend, be represented
by taxpayers of their district, and answer
under oath such questions as may be pro
pounded by the Board, relative to their means
and ability to support themselves.
Resolved, That the Board of Relief will
meet on the third Friday of each month,
commencing with the month of February, on
which days all new applicants must appear
with their evidence, and that nu relief be
granted at any other time.
J A MRS TURNER,
ELIJAH MORRISON,
Associate Judges.
SAMUEL DRAKE,
MOSES MILLER,
JOHN TAYLOR,
Commissioners.
Attest: GEORGE FKVSINGER, Cierk.
Lewistown Dec. 29. 1804.
Estate of Peter Rhodes, Sen., deceased.
riCE is hereby given that letters of ad
ministration cum tei-tamenti) annxu on
the estate of Peter Ktiodes. late of Oiiver
township, Mifflin county, dee'd., have been
granted to the undersigned, residing in said
township. All persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate payment,
and those having claims to present theiu duly
authenticated for settlement.
JOSEPH RHODES,
jau4 Administrator.
OIL CLOTHS.
4 LARGE assortment of Floor, Stair and
XJL Carriage Oil Cloths, of ail colors, best
quality, and cheap, at the store of
J. B. SELHKIMER.