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fthole No 2897,
Poor House Business.
The Directors of the Poor meet at the Poor
U .j e on the 2d Tuesday of each month.
Claims for Bounty, Pensions, &c.,
r> K<" HT VE PROMPT ATTENTION
jt 11v tlie undersigned at his office oji- i
the Red Lion, Lewistown.
aug-J ilrn T. F. McCOY.
,-• "Vs* "S"i TT "T*
L . X/JkXk;
Attorney at Law,
office Market Square, Lewistown, will at
tend to business in Mifflin. Centre and Hunting j
don counties. mv 26
E. J. CTJLBBHTSOITj :
Attorney at Law,
LEWISTOWN, PA.,
nvKEUS his professional services to the citizens of ,
0 V v.:ii cfiiuty. Office with D. W. Woods, esq.,
M.1.1 -"REEL, below National Hotel. m >"- j
2?.. "CHIT r. 3AELEIT,
Practicing Physician,
Itelleville, Mifflin County, Fa.
Dr li\Hl FN has been appointed an Examining
- ' jbr Pensions. Soldiers requiring exam
. ', Will find him at Ins office 111 Belleville.
g evilte, August 42, l&lb-jr
Teeth Extracted Without Pain !
By M. R. Thompson, D. D. H ,
By a NEW,PROCESS,
Si without the use <>f Chloro
form. Ether, or Nitrous t >x
-3' >*. jde. and is attended by no
danger or bad effects.
1P.7 i j Orti-e west Market Street,
FM/ .v- ~V / near Eisenbise's hotel,
LEWISTOWN,
K ■he can be found for professional consultation
first Mondav of e:v h mortth until the ffiurth
Vt when he will be absent op professional buhl
i sepio-tt
nes* one week. J
SHfe So ©o
DENTIST,
AFFEBS his professional services to the citizens of
0 Lewistown and vicinity. All in want of good.neat
work will do well to give him a call.
lie may be found it all tunes at his office, three
d. rs i-t of H. M AR. Pratt's store. \ alley street.
aplH-lv*
DENTAL CARD
pt Ivl_ KEEVER,
SI'RGEOS UEXTIST.
- TBETII Extracts d WITHOUT PAIN
C9R) by the ,of M oXI HE or
filled in the most approved manner. s >'^ ial
tiou given to diseased gums. All work wan anted.
T :S.i".Tp n iSl;.l C.r„., of M.i.> „d
Water •Street.-'. >t
NEW STOCK.
. The subscriber has just received and will
fissl keen on haul a select block of Mens Rots
fS4 and Youth's I> as. Ladies . Misses and < hil
iron's Boots and Shoes r.t various kinds and
stvles. to which b< would invite the attention of his
frivii is and the publicum rally. As it is his intention
NOT TO BE UNDERSOLD
> v anv dealer in the county. th.s- in need of winter
tx t8 or shoes are invited to call and examine th
v .p.ek. which will be sold at very small profits,
out for cash onlv, at the sign of the Bw SUOE, next
F. J. Hoffman's store. CLARKE.
To Purchasers of Furniture.
R. H. McCLINTIC,
AT HIS
FURNITURE WAKE ROOMS,
West Market St., Lewtstown,
HAS complete CH AMBER SUITS of Walnut, Var
nished and in Oil. Also,
3CTTAS-3 & PAE.LCE.
S7JI2S,
together with a large assortment of Fashionable and
Plain Furniture,
CHAIRS, MATTRESSES. &c.
t'r and see his stock before purchasing elsewhere.
' 1> M,.tabe and Wood Burial*Uases constantly
on hand. Coffins also made to order, and Funerals
attended with it fine Hearse, at short notice.
I wustown. June 27.18(J8*6m09
MRS. M. E. STEWART,
PAITOY STORE,
*§3s. Wfxt Market St., Lewistown,
Lv. ILS .t GENTLEMEN'S rURNISHISG GOODS
.... Cloaks. HaH. Bonnets, Ladies Fine DKESIs
GOODS ami Trimmings,
i auerus of latest styles always on hand.
Millinery and Dress-Making
executed in the most approved style.
Lewi&towu, April 18,186t>.tf
628. HOOP SKIRTS, 628.
Hopkin's "Own Make, 55
NEW FALL STYLES!
An* m every respect first etass.and embrace a com
iMf" assortment tor Ladus, Misses, and Children, of
the Newest Stvles. every length and Sizes oi Waist.
Our .Skirt", "wherever known, are more universally
popular than anv others before the public. They re
tain their shape better. art* lighter, more elastie,more
. . and really Cheaper, than any other Hoop
Skirt ui the market. The swings and fastenings are
warranted perfect. EVKKY LAB* should LAV I HE*
Tina arc now bring extensively sold by Merchants,
throughout the Country, and at II holcsale a- Retail, at
inufaetory and Sales Room,
~*> v (it'll .-llti.V.T. Hfch'lM 7th. I'll I LADhLI'H IA.
Ask for lioi'Ki>"s "own make," —buy no other.
< njfioii None genuine unless Stamped on eaeh
K t Pad—'-Hopkin.s Hoop Skirt Manufactory, No.
Arch Street Philadelphia.
constantly on hunil foil hne of New i ork
iji •• i• - at very low nrH'c^.
'i ERMS SET CASH. ONE I'RICE ONLY. au29-4m
Ho IPj
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
n A VINO located permanently in Mil
roy, Mifflin county, offers his profes
sional services to the public. An experi
ence of 7 years fully justifies him in soli
citing a share of public patronage.
Office at Graham's Hotel. sep2B-;>ni
Kishacoquillas Seminary,
r PHE winter session at this institution
I will commence on MONT)AY, Octo
ber l", t l.soti, and continue five months.
1 nit ion, Board, Fuel, Light and Furnish
ed Rooms, per session, Day schol
ars Si", per session. Students should ap
ply early to secure a room in the building.
sep29-3m S. Z. SHARP, Prin.
Splendid Syrap Molasses.
ONE of the beet articles at 26 per quart, at
0ct.24. F.J.HOFFMAN'S.
Sugar at 12 1-2 Cts.
OCR article at this price is g<>od. Also, White at IT. a!
Oct 24. F. J. HOFFMAN'S.
Don't Forget,
TO {jo to HOFFMAN'S for your PAT
ENT MEDICINES.
Blacksmith's!
\'oI T can buy your liar Iron at5J. Also
on hand Steel Horse-Shoe Calks and Horse
Shoes, at F. J. HOFFMAN'S
Hubs, Spokes. Fellows,
STEEL Runners, Ac. A {jreat assort
ment at F. J. HOFFMAN'S.
Coal Oil and Lamps,
\ T F. J. HOFFMAN'S.
XI 0ct.24.
Gas Burners,
\ND a variety of other heating Stoves
for sale low for cash at F. J. HOFFMAN'S.
Sole Leather, Upper,
("lALF Skins, Morrocco, Ac, at
J 0ct.24. F. J. HOFFMAN'S.
Nimrod Cook!
F'VERY one who wants a good Cooking
l Stove, should call and see this, at
0ct.24. F. J. HOFFMAN'S
NEW ARRIVALS.
I) F. LOOP is receiving new goods every week, di
. rect from the eastern factory, and is prepared to
sell Boots cheaper than the cheapest, having a large
assortment of all sizes and styles.
Men's Boots from $-1 50 to 5 00
Boys' 2 50 to 3 50.
<j., 2 00 to 2 50.
Children's I 26 to 2 00.
A good assortment of homemade work on hand,
and constantly making to order all the latest styles.
THE PATENT BOOTS
are now creating a great excitement, and fill who wish
to have a pair of thos>- pleasant boots can lie accom
modated at short notice.
Call at the old stand. P. F LOOP.
CROVER & BAKER'S
CELEBRATED
SEWING MACHINE
AVE wish to call the attention of Tailor*. Shoemak
tl era, Saddk-rs, Cpai h i rimmers and Families to
these machines, as they are
OPERATED WITH THE GREATEST
EASE,
IlElA'ti CALLED
THE NOISELESS MACHINE,
Persons selecting a machine can have their choice
OF SHUTTLE STITCH, OR
GROVER & BAKER STITCH,
the peculiarity of each stitch being cheerfully shotvn
and explained.
Extracta from A'ew York. Papers:
The Grover A Baker noiseless machines are ac
knowledged to be superior to all others."
"The work executed by the Grover A Baker Ma
chine has received the highest premium at every
State Fair in the United States where it has been ex
hibited."
N. B. —We make no charge for
LEARNING PURCHASERS TO SEW.
We call them the
CHEAPEST FIRST CLASS MA
CHINE
NEEDLES, SILK TWIST & THREAD
P. FY LOOP, Agent for the above,
Boot and Shoe Maker, in the public square. Lewis
town. nov'y
i/ai AiiAA k/AAr/U
V TIIF. POF.TEY UACUISE.
The road to wealth, my friends, you'll find,
Runs hard t>y the Big Coffee Pot Sign,
'Tiv there the people get their own.
And children, too, who are sent alone.
And if you give m<- your attention,
To,convince you, I'll hut mention,
If you call. I'll add to your delight
More than money can—that's bright.
Though should it cost you a liitle cash,
To think you're poorer, don't be rash;
'Tig not your money that's true wealth,
But contentment and good health.
Therefore your comforts I've selected,
And now they are open to he inspected;
Many of the Goods are neat yet rosy,
Just the things to fit you up cosy,
Kug pattern oil cloth, rich and new.
Rustic oil shades, tliat-ll |)lee" you.
Neat gas burner stoves, to keep off the shakes,
When winter is here with its snowy white flakes.
A cloth damper, too. you'll find here.
That you wet not your fingers, my dear,
But I can't tell all. just give me a peep.
And you'll be convinced the Goods are cheap.
Ami at J. 1. Wallis' House Furnishing Stand
You can get a fat press and a lard can.
A splendid cook stove, no better you'll find
Than is kept at the Big Coffee Pot Sign.
A word or two before I stop the machine,
I have plenty of tin ware, and things not seen,
And jobbing we do right on the spot,
At the sign of the Big Coffee Pot.
Lewistown, Nov. 7, lktie.tf
Looking Glasses and Picture
Frames
rnHE undersigned, thankful for pant fa
-1 vors, would inform the public that he
still manufactures Frames of every de
scription, as cheap they can be made
elsewhere. Look in < lasses of every de
scription, wholesale and retail, at reduced
prices, He respectfully solicits a share ot
Iu I>l ic patronage. Ail : .erstns who have
left pictures to frame ,. : mines to be hlled,
are requested to call or them.
uiylGtf JAMi.e CRLTCHLEY.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1866,
EXCELSIOR
Photograph and Art Gallery.
LATH lIU UK. HOLDER'S.
M cEWENS cun now funiisli the pub
lic with Likenesses, from the tiniest
< rein to u Portrait or life size Photograph.
We have the only Solar Camera at work
in the Juniata Valley, and desire the pub
lic to call and examine what Mr. Burk
holder (an accomplished and well known
artist) ami others have pronounced u a
success." Look at the array:
(Jems, A Ibatypes or Ivory-
Ferrotypes, types,
M cl:ii notvpes, Photo-Miniatures
Anibrotypes, Cabinet Photos., &
Card Photographs Portrait or Life size
Vignettes, Ph o tog r a p h s
Photographs for plain or in colors,
oval frames, Ac., Ac., Ac.
Our work is executed in the best style,
plain or in colors, and at the lowest rates.
Call at McEWENS.
N. P.- nstructions to students given
at fair utes. ap4tf
EiUJIAA IkMWlSlti'l,
w\m im i. st 1 1:\th it
UiSCOV EKI
ITiOR the treatment of acute and chron
ic diseases. Tlie undersigned would
respectfully call the attention of the afflic
ted females of Mifflin and adjoining coun
ties to the fact that she has taken instruc
tions in the correct application of Elec
tricity, and is now fully prepared to op
erate successfully on all persons afflicted
with the following named diseases:
General Debility, Kidney Complaint,
Liver, Spinal At lection, Costiveness,
Foul Stomach, Rheumatism,
Diseases of the Womb,
Suppression of the Menses, Neuralgia,
Nervous Diseases, Female Weakness,
Piles and Gravel, Bronchial Affections,
Dispepsia, Headache, Drahcts,
Goitre, or Big Neck, Ac.
Female patients can receive treatment
at mv residence for any of the above dis
eases, with the wonderful discovery of
Electricity, which is without a parallel
and the very desideratum for the afflicted.
Please give her a trial; it is a mild opera
tion, producing no shock or unpleasant
sensation, and relieves when medicine
has no effect at all.
MARGARET LEWIS.
Newton Hamilton, Mifflin eo., Penna.,
Sept. 2H, 1.566,-:im*
Ksla't of Prutlrnce Blymyer, deceased.
N r OTICE is hereby given that letters
testamentary on the estate nt' PRU
DENCE JU.YM'YKU. lateof Lewistown,
Mifflin co.,doe'd, have been granted to the
undersigned, of same place. All persons
indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment, and those
having elaims to present them duly au
thentieated for settlement.
JAMES NICHOLS,
0ct.31-6t Executor.
4 STRAY STEER,
J\ Came to the premises of the sub
scriber in Menno township, Mifflin eo.,
about the lf>th September, of a light brin
dle color, with no particular marks upon
him, probably nearly two years old, which
the owner is requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges and take
away, or he will lie disposed of according
to law.
nov7-* SAMUEL B. WILLS.
Estate of William l.owry, deceased
N'OTICE is hereby given that letters of
administration on the estate of Wil
liam Lowry, late of Menno township,
Mifflin county, have been granted to the
undersigned, residing in said township.
All persons indebted to said estate are re
quested to make immediate payment, and
those having claims to present them duly
authenticated, for settlement.
DANIEL E. DOWRY,
nov7-bt* Administrator.
FARM OftlO ACRES FOR SALE,
SITUATE in Wayne township, Mifflin
county, on turnpike road, within I of
a mile of Atkinson's Mills, store, school,
blacksmith, <Ve., and within 2A miles of
Penna. R. R., about 70 acres cleared and
the balance in excellent timber, prime
oak, &c. This projierty will be sold very
low and to suit purchaser. Persons wish
ing to examine the premises will call on
J. Glasgow, esq., or C- X. Atkinson, near
premises, and for price and terras see or
address A. J. ATKINSON,
oct24tf Lewistown, Pa.
VALUABLE PROPERTY
AT
S^LE.
THE VA LTTABLE small farm situate
in Derry township, across tlie Ridge
from Lewistown, (less than half a mile
from the borough) lately occupied by Jno.
Carney, deceased, is offered for sale at
reasonable terms. There are
FIFTY OiSK AtREo
of land, nearly all of which is in
arable condition. A Two Story Brick
House, small bank Barn, and other build
ings are thereon erected, together with a
good Spring and a large number of fruit
trees.
If not sooner sold, the farm will be
rented on the lirst day of January next.
For further particulars address
ASAPH SHENFELDER,
Reading, Pa., or cull on Maj. DANIEL
EISENBISE, Lewistown, Pa. oetlO-Jm
w&ssm
2500 COEDS
CHESTNUT OAK AND HEMLOCK BARK,
Delivered at the Tannery of
J. SPANCSIE & 00.,
I.EWISTOWN,
For which the highest market price will be
paid in CASII.
Lewistown, mar!4-ly
3? O E T H, ~ST .
SIMMER FRIENDS.
Let your summer friends go by
With the summer weather:
Hearts there are that will not fly,
i hough the storm should gather.
Summer love to fortune clings;
From the wreck it saileth.
Like the bee that spreads its wings
When the honey faileth.
Rich the soil where weeds appear;
Let the falsa bloom perish;
Flowers there are more rare and dear,
That you still may cherish;
B lowers of feeling, pure and warm,
Hearts that cannot wither;
Tilesa for thee shall hide the storm,
As the sunny weather.
-A. O-OOD STORY. '
A WOMAN'S HEROISM.
From the hour when Anderson and
his little bind entered Sumter, their
position was an extremely perilous
one His friends knew this, and were
very uneasy. His devoted wife, a ot'
ot' tlio gallant soldier, lien.
Clinch, of Georgia, with her children
and nurse, were in Now York city.—
She knew, better than others, the per
ils to which her husband might be ex
posed from the ferocious foes without
and possibly traitors within. With an
intensity of anxiety not easily imagin
ed, she resolved in ber mind a hundred
projects for his relief. All were futile.
At length, while passing a sleepless
night, she thought of a faithful ser
geant who had been with her husband
in Mexico, and had married their
equally faithful cook. It he could be
placed besido Maj. Anderson in Sumter,
the officer would have a tried and trus
ty friend, on whom he could rely in an
emergency. W here was he f For
seven long years the}' had not seen his
face. Seven years before, they had
heard he was in New York She re
solved to seek him. At dawn she went
for a cit}- directory The sergeant's
name was Peter Hart. She made a
memorandum ot tlio residence ot every
Hart in the city; and in a carriage she
sought a day and a half, for the man
she desired to find. Then she obtained
a cue. He might he in the police es
tablishment; there was a man of that
name who had been a soldier She
called on the superintendent of the
police, and was satisfied. She left a
request tor Peter Hart to call on her.
Mrs. Anderson had resolved to go to
Fort Snmpter, if he would accompany
her. She was an invalid. Her physi
cians, and friend, to whom she alone
had intrusted her resolve, protested
vehemently against the project. He
believed its execution would imperil
her lite She had resolved to go; and
would listen to no protests or entreat
ies. Seeing her determination, he
gave her every assistance in his power
Peter Hart came, bringing with him
his faithful Margaret. They were de
lighted to see their former friend and
mistress. Hart stood erect before her,
with his heels together, soldier like,as
if to receive orders.
'I have sent for you Hurt.' said Mrs.
Anderson, 'to ask you '<> do 1110 a fa
vor.'
'Anything Mrs. Anderson I will do,'
was the prompt reply.
'But,' said she, 'it may be more than
you imagine.'
'Anything Mrs. Anderson wishes,'
he again replied.
'I want you to go with me to Fort
Sumter.' she said. Hart looked at Mar
garet for a moment and then promptly
responded.
'1 will go, madame.'
'But Hart,' continued the earnest
woman, 'I want you to stay with the
Major Y'ou will leave }'Our family and
give up a good situation.' Hart again
glanced inquiringly at Margaret, and
then quickly replied.
'I will go madame.'
'But Margaret,' Mrs. Anderson said,
turning to Hart's wife, 'what do you
say V
'lndado, ma'am, and its Margaret's
sorrow she can't do as much for you as
Peter can,' was the warm-hearted wo
man's reply.
•When will you go. Hart?' asked Mrs.
Anderson
'To NIGHT, ma'am, if it DO your
wish,' replied her true and abiding
friend.
'Be hero tomorrow night at six
o'clock,' said Mrs Anderson, 'and I
will be read}'. Good bye Margaret.'
All things were speedily arranged.
They were only to take a satchel each
tor the journey. Hart was to play tho
part of servant to Mrs. Anderson, and
to be ready at all times to second her
every word and act. What difficulties
and trials awaited them no one knew.
The brave, loving, patriotic woman
did not care. It was enough for her
to know that her husband and country
was in peril, and sbo was seeking to
serve them.
The travelers left New York on the
3d of January. None but her good
physician —not even the nurse of the
children—knew her destination. Sho
was completely absorbed with the sub-
mmwmx ipsicsJs
ject of her errand. They traveled
without intermission until they reach
ed Charleston, late on Saturday night.
She neither ate, drank nor slept that
time. From Cape Fear to Charleston
she was tl e only woman in the train,
which v.:-, ii:'c.l with rough men hur
rying to Cliurk.sioii to join the attack
on Fort Sumter. They were mostly
shaggy haired, brutal and profane, who
became drunken and noisy, and tilled
the cars with tobacco smoke.
'Can't you prevent their smoking
here?' she gently asked the conductor.
His only reply was,
♦Wal, I reckon they'll have to smoke.'
Ilcr appeal to two rough men in
front of her was more successful. With
sweet voice, that touched the chords
of their better nature, she said,
•Will you please throw away your
cigars? they make mo so sick.' One ot
them glanced at the speaker, and said
to his companion.
'Let's do it; she's a lady.' During
the remainder ot' the journey these
rude men were respectful. In that
train of cars Mrs. Anderson was com
pelled to hear her man cursed with the
most horrid oaths, and threatened with
savage violence should lie tall into the
hands of an exasperated mob. But
she endured all heroically.
It was late in the evening when they
reached Charleston. When the drunk
en soldiers were carried out she asked
an agent at the station for a carriage.
'Where arc you from ?' he asked.
'New York,' she replied.
'Where are you going?'
'To Charleston.'
'Where else?'
'Don't know; get me a carriage to go
to the Mills House.'
'There are none.'
'I know better.'
'I can't get one.'
'Then give me a piece of paper that
I may write a note to Gov. Pickens;
he will send me one.'
The man yielded to the Governor's
name. He supposed she must he some
one of importance; and in a few min
utes afterwards she and Hart were in
a carriage, on their way to the Mill's
House. There the parlor into which
she was ushered was filled with excited
people of both sexes, who were exas
perated because of her husband's move
ments. His destruction of the old flag
start' at Moultrie was considered an
insult to the South Carolinians that
might not be forgiven. Their language
was extremely violent.
Mrs. Anderson met her brother at
the Mill's House. On the following
morning he procured from Gov. Pick
ens a permit for her to go to Fort Sum
ter. She sought one tor Hart. The
Governor could not allow a man to be
added to the Sumter garrison, ho said,
he would be held responsible to the
Commonwealth of South Carolina for
any mischief that might ensue in con
sequence ! Mrs. Anderson did not
conceal the scorn which the suggestion
and excuse elicited. The State of
South Carolina—now claiming to be a
sovereign power among the nations of
the earth —endangered by the addition
of one man to a garrison of seventy
or eighty, while thousands of armed
hands ere ready and willing to strike
them ! Pickens was her father's old
friend.
'Tell him,' she said,'that I shall take
Ilart to the fort, with or without a
pass'
iter words of scorn and her demand
were repeated to the Governor. He
saw the absurdity oi his conduct, and
gave a pass for liart, but coupled the
permission with a requirement that
her messenger should obtain from Maj.
Anderson a pledge that ho should not
bo enrolled as a soldier The pledge
was exacted, given, and faithfully kept.
Peter Hart served his country there
better than if ho had been a mere com
batant.
At ten o'clock on Sunday morning,
the 6th of January, Mrs. Anderson
with Hart and a few personal friends
then in Charleston, started in a small
boat for Sumter, carrying with her a
mail bag for tbe garrison, which had
lately often been kept back. It was a
most charming morning. The air was
balmy, and the bosom of tbe bay un
rippled, Nature inviting to delicious
enjoyment; but the brave woman ab
sorbed in tbe work of hei holy mission
of love and patriotism, heeded not the
invitation. Everywhere were seen
strange banners. Among them all
was not a solitary Union dag; she felt
like an exile from her native land.—
Presently, as the boat shot around a
point of land, some one exclaimed,
'There's Sumter!'
She turned, and saw the national
ensign floating gently over it. It
seemed, as it waved languidly in the
almost still air. like a signal ofdistress
over a vessel in the midst of terrible
breakers. 'The dear ojd flag!' she exj
claimed and burst into tears. For the
first time since she left New York, emo
tion had conquered will
Sentinel boats were now passing,
and proper passwords were given.—
Vol. LVI. No. 47.
They approached Sumter, when a
watchman on its walls trumpeted the
inquiry,
'Who conies there?'
A gentleman in the boat replied
through a trumpet,
•Mrs. Maj. Anderson.'
She was formally ordered to advance.
As her friends conveyed her tip the
rocks to the wharf, her husband came
running out of the sally pert. He
caught her in his arms, and exclaimed
in a vehement whisper, for her ear
only, 'My glorious wife !' and carried
her into the fort.
•1 have brought you Peter Hart,'
she said The children are all well. I
return to-night.' Then turning to the
accompaning friends, she said, -tell me
when the tide serves; I shall go back
with the boat.' She then retired with
her husband to his quarters, nearly
over the sally port, and took some re
freshments; the first since leaving New
York.
The tide served in the course of two
hours. When Mrs. Anderson was
placed in the boat f.y her husband,she
experienced almost irresistible desire
to draw him after her—to take him
away from the great peril. With the
splashing of the oars, when the boat
was shoved off, came a terrible impres
sion as if she had buried her husband,
and was returning from his funeral.—
But she leaned lovingly, by faith on
the strong arm of the All-Wise-Father,
and received strength. Invalid and a
woman as she was, she had performed
a great service to her husband and
country. She had given them a faith
ful and useful friend in Peter llart—
how faithful and Useful the subsequent
history of Foit Sumter, until it passed
into the hands of armed insurgents,
three months later, only feeblv reveals.
I. nheeding the entreaties of friends,
who tried to persuade her to remain,
and offered to bring hcrfamily to her;
and the assurance of a deputation of
Charlestonians, who waited upon her
that she might reside in their city,
dwell in Sumter, or wherever she pleas
ed, Mrs. Anderson started for the na
tional capitol that evening, accompa
nied by Major Anderson's brother.—
| Charleston was no place lor her while
her husband was under the old flag;
and sho would not add to his cares by
: remaining with him in the lort.
A bed was placed in the cars, and on
j that she journeyed comfortably to
J Washington. She was insensible when
she arrived at Willard's Hotel, into
which she was conveyed by a dear
friend from New York, a powerful man
whose face was the tirst that she rec
ognized on the return of her con
sciousness. After suffering for forty
eight hours from utter exhaustion, she
proceeded to New York, and was for a
long time threatened with brain fever.
Thus ended the mission of this bravo
. woman. She alone had done what the
I government would not, or dared not
j do. She Itad not sent, but taken a val
i u:tble reinforcement to Fort Sumter.—
! When we look back to the beginning
of the great civil war, the eye of just
appreciation perceives no heroism more
genuine and useful than that displayed
bv this noble woman ; and history and
romance will ever delight to celebrate
her deed— Lossiny's Pictorial History of
tfir Civil War.
Mefjro Humor.
A Virginia rebel, who has issued a
book giving his experience as a pris
oner in the hands of the Federals at
Point Lookout and Elmira, tells the
following story:
The boys are laughing at the sum
mons which S., one of my fellow Pe
tersburgers, got to-day from a negro
sentinel S. had on when captured,
and I suppose still possesses, a tall
beaver of the antique pattern, consid
ered inseparable from extreme respect
ability in the last decade, and for many
a year before. While wandering
around the enclosure, seeking, 1 BUS
peet ' what he might devour,' he acci
dentally stepped beyond the 'dead
line,' and was suddenly arrested by a
summons from the nearest negro on
the parapet, who seemed to be in doubt
whether so well dressed a man could
be a 1 reb' and therefore whether he
should be shot at once.
' White man, you b'fong in dar!'
'Yes.'
1 Well, ain't you got no bettor sense
dan to cross dat liDe?'
' 1 did not notice the lino.'
: Well, you had better notice it, and
dat quick, or I'll blow half dat nail
kag off!'
DISSOLUTION*-— -The partnership
under the tirin of 8. J. Brisbin StCo.
expired on tiie 21st October, 1866, by the
death of Prudence Blymyer. The books
are in the hands of S. J. Brisbin, and as
it is necessary to close the accounts as
soon as possible, an immediate settlement
is requested. S. J. BRISBIN,
Surviving Partner,
rhe business will be continired by
S. J. Brisbin, who respectfully invites the
public to call and examine a fine stock of
New Goods, selected with care.
Lewistown, Nov. 14, 1866-4t.