(§>;> & ®O IBQ 3HE'2 , Sasy©33SIBB IF^IifIMISISEBIBSs> Whole N0.*2876, Poor House Business. The Directors of the Poor meet at the Poor II use on the 2d Tuesday of each month. Kishacoqullias Seminary AND NORMAL SCHOOL. fpHK Summer Session :it this institution will begin I April 'J. I*oo, and continue "JO weeks. Cost lot |; tier- per session. *,. Day scholars. sl2. •q .vial attention paid to Normal Class this session assistance of the County Superintendent is ex led For particulars address arCl-Orn 8. Z. SriARP, Principal. GEO. vr. ELDER, Attorney at Law, Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at f end to business in Mifflin.Centre anil Hunting on counties mv'2li go <&,EiKkA'ivaaEiaJa DENTIST. .. ypF.US liis professional services to the citizens "of I) |,, .i,. wi and vicinity. All in want of good,neat „-k wlil do well to give timi a call. He in iv he found at all times at his office, three ,i, - c.i-1 of H. M. *v It- Pratt's store. Valley street, iidti-lv\ M. R. THOMPSON, D. D. S. ii v\ lX•. permanently located :.i l.ewistown. offers i I hisVr■•ifrssioual services to the ladies and gentle v men of this place and vicin itv- Beinjs in p>si>es.*i>n of all the lan- improve- inetits in the len!al Prof- s -ion. be flatters himself that vi \ tioii to those who una need yf |f fie jo*services in ail branches of Ins profession, ltefer- I enees—host families. . . , ,-ti e c.-! .Market street, near l.isonbisc s hotel, ho call he found t"..r professional consuhuti.in • ' a the first Moiiduv .it each month until the fourth | , ..... when he will be absent on professional bu-i- I a, -s one week. maylO-tt 1866. NEW GOODS! AT NATHANIEL KENNEDY'S "I" O FL 5Z3 , In the Odd Fellows' Hall. I I*ST received from Philadelphia, a I .) verv choice assortment of ■si z\ i> v. boo. 'S?2S a -Ginghams. Flannels, ( hecks. Hickorv. Foreign and Domestic Drv (foods ola I kinds. ♦ ALSO, Sugars, Coffees, Teas, Chocolate, E-vnccs ot Coffee, ijuecnsware. Stoic - ware. Ilardwarennil Cedarware.Shoul ders. Hams. Mackerel. Herring, Shad, Hootsand Shoes, i.rain lhia-. Also, a fine lot of Whisky, It a A N 1) V , Wine and (.in, SALT. Ac., Ac.. Ac, whi h will l>e sold verv lw. Country Produce taken Ii ; .-a iiange for goods '•>' ...... .. X. KKNM.DY. l.cwsitown, October It. 1-'.'. Lewistown Mills. TIIF, HIGHEST CASH PRICES FtlU WHEAT, AND ALL KINDS OF CHAIN, or received it on storage, at the option of those having it for the market. They hope, l,y giving due nnd personal at tendon to business, to merit a liberal share of public patronage. teff-PLASTEU, SALT and Limeburncrs COAL always on hand W.M. B McATF.E A SON. Lewistown, Jan 1, IW}s.—tf WHAT'S ALL THIS ? Why. the Grain Business Reviv ed at hie Coy's old Standi. TjMIK undersigned, having rented the large 1 and commodious Warehouses formerly occupied by Frank .TLCoy, esq., is now pre pared to purchase or receive and forward All Kinds of Grain, f>r which he will pay market prices. Also, lie will keep for sale, Salt, Plaster, Coal & Fish. lie returns thanks to all Ins old customeis for their former patronage, and shall feel grateful for a renewal of past business rela tions. He has also ac opted the agency for the celebrated .Vercbants will find it to their advantage to give him a call. marl4-ly WJ/. AAILLIS. NEW ! BOOT I SHOE STORE IN THE WEST WARD. Th# undorigiu>d has just ppn*d a now and "lock of BOOTS and SHOES in M:i r Buoy's ntore room. West M;irk< T street. Lewistown a AH' doors from the diamond and opposite Eis* nbise's Ho tel. where wilt be found an entire new stock of Fash ionable BOOTS, "SHOES, GAITERS, SLIPPEHS. il Shades, S:.-N Ladders. SJMOHS. Sad Irons aid Stands. Tu s. Buckets. Churns, Broom-, and Water Cans. Butter Bowls. Sugar Boxes, and Door Mats. Brushes. Oil Cloths. Trap- for iiiioo and rat-. Clothes Pins, Bed Corns, Knife, Tray and Mop Sticks, Baskets. Flour Sieves. Wood Saws and Lamp Wicks. Spring Balances. Slaw Cutters aid Carpet I ink.-. Tack Hammers. Hatchets, aid Weekly Back-. Meat Saw's. Bread Toasters, Scissors aid shoe Black. Clothe- Wiinjers. Oval Trays, anda Clothe-Back. Tea Bells /.ink-Rubbers and c..tle<* Mills, Tin Rose- for ltoid*. lieeds and Wills. Picture Frame Cords A Tassels, pretty and now, And many other tilings—can't mention but few. P. S. Manv of the ahove mentioned goods are di rect front the taetorv. ami will be sold low lor cash. 1 w ill wholesale <>i iss .(ars at the same figures they do u Phiia.. aid Tin Ovis (ir> r than the oitv price. l'or spouting and i-di work we intend to let no one | outdo ii- iii price. We Use the best material, and pro- ■ fess to UML.-I-I. iid our business. 1 append lie- following card fi' -m 11. S. Fisher, Pat entee of inv eolehrated Spring Top Can: Caution to Merchants &i Tinners. Since the great -'iccess : the gum form erly used. , . In most eases such infringements take ju.tec thro per-,:.ns not responsible, wlio take orilers in eniimrv j -tores, while the manufacturers in tie- *-ii- -- have P-I Hie most part concealed their work. This is to notify the public that the Use of ceiueiueii paper, pressed upon the top of a fruit run. during the heated state ol the |'imi. -it that " hell colli it is perfect!y seale*i. is an infi ingomeßl upon iny rights, uules- Used upon a can ha\ ing a cap w iili my name stamped ii)>on it. Any kind of cement upon this paper, undergoing a pro- j eess of pressure during the cool ing *>t the unit, conies in contact with mv patents, dated Nov. 12. l*t>l, Aug. lsi'2. March 22. i*i*4 All who inanut * turc. - *ll. *-r u.-e caa- with cemented paper, wh. h have not my name upon the caps,are liable P>r iuti iiig*-no-nt. 1 ' 11. S. FISIIEU. Manufactured by J. lUYIN W'ALLIS. j -13 PHOTOGRAPHIC K. ek 11. T. AXTIIOXYI CO., Mnnufarlnrers of Photograj hie Miitrri Is, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 501 Uroaihvii}', S. V . In addition to our main hii-moss of ITI< i'l'Ot i K \ I'll- j 1< MA 1 I'.RIALS, M • are headquarters for the follow ing, vix: Stereoscopes and Stereoscopic Views, *if American and Foreign Cities and Landscapes, Groups, Statuary, Ac. Stereoscopic Views of the XYar, From negatives mane in the variouscnuipaignsan*! forming a vTouiplete Photographic history of the eon test. Stereoscopic Views oil (Mass, Adapted for eitiier the Magic Lantern or store-- scope. <>ur catalogue w ill be sent to any address on receipt of stamp. Photographic Albums. We manufacture more largely than any other house, aVmiit 200 varieties from 50 cents to SSO each. < >ur Al bum- have the reputation ol being superior in beau ty and durability to any others. Card Photographs ol tienerais, Statesmen, Actors, etc., etc. Our catalogue embraces over FIX 11.I 1 . 1 Ho! SAND ditt'erent subjects, including reproductions ot tie* ino-i celebrated Engraving.-, Paintings, ."statues, Ar. Catalogue- sent on r- ecipt of stamp. Photographer- and other-- ordering goods C. o. I will jilease remit 25 p.-r eut ot Hi*- amount with their order. tvTlie prices and quality of our good- can not fail to satisfy. " jel3 ly s- w "YT J Jm W J Attorney at Law, LEWISTOWN, PA., CvFFERS hi- professional -ervicc- to the citizen- *>f U Mittiin county. Office with I). W. Woods, esq., Mam street, below Uationiil Hotel. ray 2 T ■ XT IVL !0 3E3 3FL - lI'ST received, at tbe Lumber X'ar-1 of Win 15. Hott .l man .v s-ms. a full supply of Dry Lumber, inclu ding PLASTERING LATH, PALING. BOARDS, PLANK, JOISTS AND SCANTLING. Doors and Sasli ahvavs on han-l. A!-o. 25.000 two-foot sawed S!nnles. ail of which will be sold lor ea-li. Yard back of East Third street, Lewistown. jel3-y Looking Glasses and Picture . Frames riIHK undersigned, thankful for jiast fa -1 vors, would inform the public that ho still manufactures Frames of every de scription, as cheap as they can he made elsewhere. Rooking Glasses ol every de scription, wholesale and retail, at reduced prices. He respectfully solicits a shared public patronage. All persons who have left pictures to frame or frames to he tilled, are requested to call for them, myhitf JAMES CRI 1 < HJjEY. 170U Amber and other Pipes, call at. ] E. FRYSINGLB'S. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1865, POE T R - The Undiscovered Country. Could we but know The land that ends our dark, uncertain travel, Where he those happier hills and meadows low. Ah. if beyond the spirit's inmost cavil Aught of that country could we surely know, Who would not go? Might we hut hear The hovering angel's high imagined chorus. Or catch, betimes, with wakefnl-eygs and clear, One radiant vista of the rwalm before us— With one rapt moment given to see and hear, Oh, Mio would fear? Were we quite sure To tind the peerless friend who left us lonely, Or there, by some celestial stream as pure, To gaze 111 eyes that here were lovelit only— Their weary mortal coil, were we quite sure, Who would endure? YN. GOOD STORY. THE FEDERAL CHAMELEON. A Sketch of Scr6uting Strategy. One evening about an hour after the : sun had gone down, a couple of stout men. dressed in soiled rebel uniforms, each holding in his hand a good Aus trian rifle, tapped at the door of a small frame building near the C road in Virginia. The knock was answered by an old woman whose face was almost con cealed by the tangled masses of her grav, uncombed and dissheveled hair. 'And what do you want here?' she exclaimed, as her deep set eyes flash ed on the two men. ' I haven't the i smallest hit. of johnny cake in the house to otter ye, for it was all —' ' No, no/ interrupted one of the sol diers,' ' we don't want anything to eat, but we want you to tell us, and that in quick time, too, whether or not vou've seen a slight but strong looking slip of a man go by here of late. * Dressed in blue, and carrying a double barrelled rifle/ added the oth or. ' Iley, hey I' cr'ed the hag, lifting j her hands and peaking in a sharp, an- j gry voice, ' if' you hadn't interrupted j me. 1 reckon you would a heard me speak of him just now, as he was tiie j verv man who como here and bought 1 all iiiv cakes. It was about two hours ago, and—' "' Which way did he go after he had j left YOU ?' enquired both men eagerly. ! ' Before ! answer that question, you must tell me who he is, said tiie old woman with the curiosity natural to her sex. ' lie's a celebrated Union scout whom we call the ' Federal Chameleon,' be cause he changes his uniform so often, ■sometimes it is blue, other limes grey, and he has been seen wearing the dis guise of an old farmer, lie has shot I more of our men than is pleasant, and ; we have a roving commission from our j colonel to go and hunt after him, and capture him if we can, either dead or dive. And now we have replied to you.' continued the speaker a little pa tiently, ' we demand that you answer our questions and—' ! ' Demand !' interrupted the hag in | shrill piercing tones. 'ls that the j proper way to speak to a woman an old woman at that ?' 'Come, come, answer us if you please/ cried the soldier in a milder tone. 'I moan no harm —its only my way of speaking.' Wel perhaps I may forgive, and perhaps not/ said the old woman, ' shaking her head. 'How far is it to vcur camp from here ?' ' What is that to you? what has that to do —' ' There you go again with your cur bed incivility ?' shrieked the hag fierce v, 'but you shall answer my question before you get another single word out of me. Now, then, bow far is it to your camp from here, and how many men have you in and around it ? 1 in tend to carry your fellows some corn cakes, d'ye see, and I want to know the number of mouths I have to cook for.' I 'Oh, in that case,' said the rebel, ' I j do not see any reason why I should not satisfy- you. .Our camps, then, are about five miles from Ifere. near the cross roads, and our number may be about five thousand.' ' That will do/ cried the old woman with a grin of satisfaction—' yes that will do. And now you are sure that the man who came here to buy his | supper is the one you are after?' • We arc sure of it, for although we have never seen the man's face, we'd know him by tho double barrelled ri fle, as nobody else in the Yankee army carries a weapon of that kind.' 'Ay. ay. it's the right one, then/ said the'hag. 'After he had finished and paid me for his meal, he says to me: 'Friend 1 should like to put up here for the night it you have no ob jections.' But as I did not like tho idea of accommodating a Yankee any more than I could help, I told him there was no room for him, as 1 ex pected visitors before many- hours.— ■ Well, then/ says he, 'can't you tell j me of a place where I cab pass the j night a little comfortable? .You see,' ! he added, looking toward his double barreled rifle. '1 don't like to camp out as it looks like rain, and this piece j might get hurt by it.' I know of no | place, 1 answered, short of four miles j from here in an old barn which is tight j enough, 1 think, to keep off the rain. 1 Four miles is a pretty long distance,' said he, ' and as 1 have been tramping about considerable to-day, I don't feel much like carrying this heavy load so i far,' pointing at his knapsack as he j spoke. ' Will you be kind enough to j let it remain till morning?' 'Well, yes,' said I, hesitating u little, and throwing a glance at the well tilled pocket book in his hand, lie under stood the look and gave me a green bark dollar. All right said 1, and be then departed, saying he would call for bis luggage in the morning, after be should wake from bis sleep in the barn.' 'Now, then/ continued the woman ' which will you do—go after him at once, or wait in ambush for him till morning ?' The two soldiers drew back a few paces and held a short consultation, after which they advanced to the side of the woman. ' We will go now,' said the one who i had spoken first; ' that's if you can de scribe to us the exact position of the ; barn.' ' I don't think that 1 could describe it so you could find it in the dark, but as I am willing to do everything in my power for the confederacy, 1 will go with you and show you the place.' ' That's l ight,' answered the rebel, 'and we will see that you are reward ed for your zeal.' ■ I don't want any reward for help ing my countrymen/ repeated the hag • 1 am always ready to help along the cause.' j With these words she disappeared into another room, but came forth in a few moments, with a grey blanket thrown oyer her shoulders. 'I took this out of Yank's haver sack/ said she with a short,dry laugh; j ' Don't you think it becomes me?' 'Aye, aye, my good woman, very ; much ; but lead on if' you please, tor we have no time to loose.' ' Forward, march '.' she exclaimed, 1 imitating the voice of a man with strong lungs. ' Forward, march ! • Close up ! close up !' And she moved along the road at the tottering paee to j a person of her years. The night by this time had become , verv dark. The sky was obscure with j thick driving clouds, and the wind screamed and roared among the tall j pines that towered upon each side of j the road. Occasionally a branch wrenched from its native trunk would fall into the witha terrible crash, ; and more than once the rebels started back and cocked their pieces in the i belief that the din was caused by the I discharge of some yankee rifle. ' Ila fha ! ha 1' laughed the hag upon ! one of these occasions, • it seems to me ; that you are easily startled. Don't j you think your commander might have j picked a pair of bolder hearts than yours for this expedition ? 'You'd better keep a silent tongue', in your head, my good woman, until you have an opportunity of witnessing , as many battles as we have, answered • one of the men, 'a good soldier is al- 1 ways on his guard.' k Aye, aye !' replied the old woman, | ' but you should know how to distin- , guish between the cracklin' of a branch ; and tbe ring of.a rifled musket.' The rebel did not relish the noise made by the loud shr.U tones of tbe fe male guide, and in order t > put an end to it be controlled himself sufficiently not to reply to her last remark. The party then continued on their way in silence —which was not broken by either of them until they had gone about three miles, and a loud clear challenge suddenly startled the rebels, ' Halt! Who comes there ' Friend' answered the old woman in a ringing voice; 'friend with pris oners.' ' We are betrayed V yelled her com panions. and, even as the words passed their lips, they were surrounded by a dozen Federal soldiers, one ol whom carried a lantern. As the rays of the light flashed upon the hag, the rebels saw the gray hair, the blanket, and female apparel drop to the ground, revealing tbe slight but iron like frame of a Union soldier in the prime of life. 'it is he, by— !' exclaimed the pris oners simultaneously, as their glances wandered to the double barrelled rifle which he now held in his hand : 'it is he —the scout —the Federal Chamele on !' 'Ave, aye!' answered the latter, as he leaned upon his weapon, with a quiet smile, ' you are trapped sure enough, thanks to my disguise, which is only one of the many which I cai i \ in my knapsack. Allow me to express aswnsroswsys, saffiHHMK ©acsMFsr my thanks to you for the information | 1 you gave me in regard to the position j < of your camp and the number of your ! ! men ; 1 have already sent a message ' to in}* Colonel in relation to the mat- 1 ter. and I perceive lie has commenced ; <■ to act upon it.' ( And as he spoke he pointed down s the road where the dark outline ot ■ troops firmed into line might be faint- 1 iy distinguished. They are soon in motion, and in the ■ ' course of half an hour the booming ot j ; cannon, the rattling of musketry, and 1 the cheering of Federal troops pro- 1 claimed that the combat had comment*- : ed. The din continued for about an i ' hour when the prisoners heard from •' others who were brought to share their quarters, that the Southern troops had been surprised and totally routed. From the York True Temocrat. A Horrible Murder iu Warrington Town ship, York County, Pa. On last evening. June Ith, a most brutal and heartrending murder was committed in Warrington township, this county, at the residence ot Mr. George Squibb about three miles from liossville. and about the same distance from Lcwisborry. The victims of this j most inhuman butchery are Mr. George ; Squibb, an aged citizen, his wife and ' grand daughter. These were tiieonly persons living in the house. Mr. Squibb j is still living (since dead) butisuncon- ! scious, and cannot possibly survive.— ; He has fourteen wounds inflicted about j the head, and three are within the compass of the temple, and thirteen , penetrate the brain. These wounds j appear to have been inflicted with a sharp instrument similar to a mortis ing chisel. The old lady is still living, and Dr. ! \V L'. Xebinger, of Lewisberrv, the at- j tending physician, entertains slight hopes of her recovery. She lias three I wounds, all about the head, which Scctn to have been made with a slung shot < or billy. The little grand daughter was killed instantly. The blows were inflicted with a club, and were evidently dealt by a left handed man. The murder was undoubtedly com- i initted early on Sunday evening, while ' the family were making preparations for retiring. Two persons at least, i must have been engaged in this hellish ; work. Circumstances go to show that j Mr. Squibb must have been called from ; the house, and was struck by his as j sailant as lie entered the porch. Every- j thing indicates that a severe and des- j perate fight occurred before Mr. Squibb yielded to the blows of the fiend who sought his life. While this fearful tragedy was he ing enacted in front of the house, the work of death was going on inside. — The old lady and little grand daughter could offer but feeble resistance, and were soon dispatched and rendered in sensible. The murder was not discovered till near noon to-day, (Monday,) when a neighbor, had occasion to send his son to tho house of Mr. Squibb on an er rand. The boy speedily returned with the appalling intelligence that Mr. Squibb was laying on the porch dead and horribly mutilated. The alarm was immediately given. The citizens flocked from all directions, consterna tion was depicted on every counte nance. Dr. Nehinger was immediate ly called in, and examined the wounds and did all that medical skill could do to mitigate the sufferings, and restore to consciousness the surviving victims of this horrible tragedy. The perpetrators of this outrage were doubtless in search of money. It was well known that Mr. Squibb had a considerable sum in the house. The upper bureau drawer was broken open and a pocket book supposed to con tain two hundred dollars taken, but as the money was secreted in diflercnt parts of the house, Iho greater portion escaped the notice of the murderers. It is stated that two suspicious look ing strangers were seen in the neigh borkood on Sunday, but w hiie the in vestigations were going on, a man by the name of William Donovan, famil iarly known as Irish Bill, who resides about a mile from tbe house where the murder was committed, was arrested and brought before the Coroner's Ju ry and subjected to a close and tolling examination. The evidence against him, although of a circumstantial char acter, wfts nevertheless sufficiently strong to authorize the Jury in com mitting him for trial at the August term of the Court. It seems that Donovan, about tivc years ago, in a wanton and cruel man ner beat one of Mr. Squibb's cows sc that it died, and Squibb brought suil a-rainst him to recover the price of the animal, it was decided in his favor and when Donovan was obliged to pa) the money, ho made threats that In would have revenge on Squibb if i Vol. LVI. No. 26 re re twenty years afterwards. Doit van is an ill tempered, desperate char cter, and is the terror of the neigh lorhood, particularly when under the nrtueuee of liquor, which is often tin ase. Ostensibly, at least, he is the wtier of a small property on the north ide of J fare's 11 ill, and it is said that everal executions are pending against im which he is unable to satisfy, lie new that the Squibbs had money in he house, and probably availed- hini clfof the opportunity to gratify his evenge and supply himself with the noney to settle his liabilities at tho nine time. The wounds upon the leads ot the victims are all on the right ide, showing pretty cone'usively that hey were inflicted by a left handed lerson, and Donovan is a left handed nan. Buried Alive—A Horrible Death. On Wednesday of last week a man >y the name of William F. Bond was juried alive while digging in a sand .tank a short distance from his mill, in Fall creek. Mr. llond, with two of lis workmen, were hauling dirt from a sarid hill for the purpose of repair ing damages done his darn b}- the recent freshet. They dug into the side of the iiil to such an extent as to leave a and roof overhanging their heads, when one of the workmen expressed i fear that the bank might cave off md come down upon them. Mr. Bond jeing of the same opinion, thought to lig under a lit tie further, and t bus give he upper portion of the bank sufficient brce to throw it near the darn, and ave the trouble of hauling. While mgaged, the bank caved oil*, and he vas covered all but his head and neck. The workmen immediately attempted o rescue him from his perilous eondi ion; they at first tried to pull him out . jut failing in this attempt, commenced Jigging the dirt away from him, when ie asked them if it would be likely to •ave again; they told him they thought t would. Jle then said to them : 'Save yourselves, boys—'tis no use staying iere; 1 shall be buried alive.' Hardly lad those words been spoken, when lown came another volume of sand, covering him to the depth of several ;eet. The two men then si Chester county, who died lately, and who was represented as being the heaviest man in the district. A great er mountain of flesh than Henry Breckinridge, we have never seen. gerg, A woman in Chicago being brought before the police court of that citv for maltreating her husband, thus ingoniouslyexplained away the charge; i One day when she was runningaeross the room, with a fork in her hand, he jumped in the way at.d struck his wrist against the fork, wrenching it from her grip by the tines, which ho ran into his wrist, ihcu he under took to strike her, but she held up a pan of hot dishwater between them, and she spilt it all over his head. Then he got still more angry at this acci dent, and started to jump at her, hut his head came against her hand and he fell down. She took hold of his hair to raise him up, and the hair was moistened by the hot water so that it came off. Then alio saw it was no use to reason with him any longer, and she left the house. The latest style of bonnet lias turn ed up in Richmond, Indiana. It is described as consisting of two straws, tied together with a blue ribbon on the top of the head, and red tassels suspended at each ot the lour ends ot the straws. Price SlO. It has ljeen suggested that a con vention of soldiers be called to endorse Mr. Clymer. This is not the first time we have heard of bankrupts trying to get i good men upon their paper tyQ* Confess your faults.