G. & G. R. FR.YSINGER, PUBLISHERS, Whole No. 2931. Poor House Business. The Directors of the Poor meet at the Pool House on tire 2d Tuesday of each month. BSSNDBXCRT & GO7 9 LEWISTOWN. PA., Colieciien- ami remittances promptly made, jnion-.-t allowed on titiio deposits. jau23-ly. GEO. 77. EL2EE,, Attorney at Law, Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at tend to business in Mitflin. Centre and Hunting don counties mv 26 I.YCOMIXtJ COUNTY Mutual Insurance Company. Capital, $*,.>00,000. trills Con pony continues t>> issue Policies of Insttr | 'unci, on ituil'linjjs and Personal Property, in Town or 1 ..uiitry. at cash or mutual rates. JAMES li.AMiI.V, President. JOS III*A BOWMAN, Serrftnry. JOHN HAMILTON, AjrenL lalO'UT Lewistown, Pa. 'CHIT J. 3AHLEIT, Practicing Physician, Belleville, Mifflin County, I'a. Tilt. DA HLEX i 1 as been appointed an Examining J/V irgeon for Pensions, wikiien requiring ejuua .*■ wii! find him at hi" office in Belleville, j, ~,-vilie. August Si 1866.-y H. M. DUNMIRE, DENTIST, OFF Kits his professional services to the :tiz. iis of Mifflin county. He is prepared to per f all (.jieratioiis 111 the dental profession. Office ; ; door from the Lewistown House. Main street, where he will he found Hie first two weeks of each and the !;<-l week of each month he will v> • K -i. icoquillas Vallty. Teeth extracted without pain l.y the u-e of nitrous oxide myl-tf LUSa DENTIST. CFFERS his professional services to the citizens of 1 Lewistown and vicinity. All in want of good, neat work will do wcil to give mm a call. He may be found at all times at his office, three d( <:*■ ■ t of 11 M. & It. Pratt's store, Yallev street. . ,ila-ly* MEYERS NEWLY IMPROVED, CIiESIENT SCALE, Acknowledged to be the best. London Prize Mcdul and highest sward.- in America received. MELODEON S, and Second hand Pianos. Music. No. 722 ARCH St., Lcioiv Stii, Philadelphia, Pa. i . t ♦ April -4, 1n 7-3 m THE BEST IN THE WORLD • mllK UNDER-HONED I.S AGENT FOR THE IMPROVED SINGER SEWING MACHINE, wt *h will be placed upon trial with any other now n us,. He invites competion. It can be tested ZJ 'JH ® ZJ'S <£> EQ ft Da with anv other machine to enable piircdiers to elioose THE BEST. TERMS LIBERAL. Give him a call. [marlSWSml WM. LIND. ■/. S. /.. SHCICPSCIT, MAS taken the Store formerly occupied v :1 T i P.aum. for the purpose of carrying on V\ \1 • 11 MAK INO inol .11.U KLR 1 I'dsiness. He w '■ I .-a-cd to see all Mr. Buum's old customers, a! .*- lnaay m w ones ;.s w ill favor him with a call. A • . wai;anted. Sp ic on East Market street, tie . :V opposite tl.e p,,-t I iffioe. !.• w All, ,\j 11 -Jd. lsc"-tf MRS. M. E. STEWART, ? 1 yr^-T %jj ■ *• A' W ssi —W, o J %2\. \lt.\t Alarkft sh, Lfwislown, I. A : il - k GENTI.KMEN -rt RNISHING GOODS. K- Hats, Bonnets, Ladies Kin DRESS Wj'o - .irni Trimmings. i'a iii- of latest styles always on hand. Millinery and Dress-Making executed n the moßt approved Rtyle. !.• .1 -t. ah, April IH, ISOti.lf * TNT E ZKT }fea t fJs IA H (ism en T. TH K undersigned has fitted up the build -1 'in Brown street, above Frank's store, for a 11. where Fresh Beef, Pork, Mutton. Veal. A.- . ; id at all times, an ice house for the preserva tie it I ■ irig connected with the estHbfislimeut. '1: . bite arc tnv.tcii to call. 1 I t 1 ,0111 will he opened for the first time on -A . I'l \ Y M 1 "RNTNG. I'dh net. JAMES 3. GALBKAITH. A •-vr.. March 13, lSG"—tf. Lewistown Coach Manufactory. Junction 3d & Valley street. MOSER cSc MAYES fa#, > HAVING ASSOCIA d t<_!*-tfil9 H. X. 2"JZ32?„TSCIT, Attorney at Law, 1.1 WIST'.AVN. I'A., (}'. ' p'"' - oprd-e rv.ees to the citizens of in Northeast corner of the? , ' l ' '• t> Hottmau'i" #torc*. my 2 3. 3. uyaiijjj'/, 'a. PHY M< IAN AM) Si ItGEO.V, l.i wlvtown, Pi., | J 1 ! Kit's 1,,, i'rolcssional Services to the b- , '.ew, stow n and vicinity. , " the Iviptßirs. E of 15 years in the i' - ill. s. of Mill street, ifi the building " '.pied by Dr It orrnil. jttlT Wall Paper. DIFFERENT Patterns—large assort —'J meut a t McMASIOAL'S, Milroy. MM lillßA jlDl)lJillS> >r TFL K Nkw YORK MIR.% HOOFING COMPAXT. feptnbliahed isri&t :irv under Lftters I*lent the 8.-M Article aiaj>t*d to iverv Myle of lioof,steep or flat. Mild <•; herejoiily applied hv any one. The r.jj. Government, after a thorough teat of its • utility. h;\ •' adapted its use in the Navy Yards, and : upon Public Huildin?. | l'he Ku the Koif to make a Durable l'lrc and Water-Proof Covering. U e purti'-iilarly recommend its use upon Buildings. Slorix, Churches. Farlorit'g. Murliine Slioj s, Steauibiiiit Decks, &c. JVIICA ROOFIWG PAINT,! For coating Tlx. litox, or Bitix(ii.r. Itoors. It forms a fi'ti'l F.'junl ti> Three Cortts r>f Onlhutrif Paint. . No Root iniu rust, undent, and old leaky Roofs may be ! made permanently waterproof and durable by its use.! The Faint requires xo mxixn. but is ready to lie ap plied with the ordinary paint brush. per nat ion. which will cover two hundred square feet. Also manufacturers of Black Lustre Varnish, Tarred Frit and Roofiwj J'itch. Discount to the Trade. Circulars and Price List fur- j nished. Rights for Counties sold at low rates. Address THE MICA HOOFING COMPANY, 104 Jiroud I'm/, iV. V. Frank Humphreys, fil Royal st.. N. O.: Sehofield ! YVilliam* A Co. Augusta. Gaj Baldwin H. Woods Montgomery, Ala- Titos. S. routes, lialeisrh. N. t'.; K. A. Tucker. Richmond, VaqHenry Wilson, Petersburg, | Viu, Agents. janJ3 I) re w 9 s Pate nt FOR CJTTIIT3- BCCIS 1/Bin D im iUiiinHiii OR SIDE SEAMS. THE greatest improvement of the age, in this line ! of trade. Ist. Ii does away wuh the wrinkles on j 1 the instep, also, with the welted side seam which has j t injured -<> many feet and ankles. 2d. It makes the! f easiest sitting and best fitting boot ever worn. This! boot i- now manufactured by P. F. Loop, who holds the right of use for the county, and is prepared to ! I furnish all who wish to wear this hoot. A liberal dis count to dealers who wish to deal in these boots. Or- 1 ders tilled at short notice. Prices greatly reduced on j. all goods at P. F. Loop's Shoe Store. febfi ! 628. EC OF SZIHTS. 628 NKW SPRING STYLES, "tlnr Own Slake." embra<*iii: every Ntw anil Ig* si ruble Mze. style atiel j • I . and Trail Hoor SKIHTS. — % 2 1 4. 2 .1. ?1-4. -t 1-2. .'L4 nntl I yard A, r)imtl every length and si/.e Waist: in every respect FIRST (Reality, and espeei illy ad.ipt*'d to meet the wants of FIRST ami inost fa>lnonabie TKAHE. • OUR < wx MAKE." of Hoop Skirts, are lighter, more I elastic, more durable, and KKAI.I.V t HF.AI er than any I oiln r mak* of either Single or Double Sprinjz Skirt in the American Market, 'liny are WARRANTED in j every respecL and wherever intnxluced give univer sal saiisfaen-•!. Thev are now boingextensively sold by retailers, and every lady should try them Ask for '•Hopkin's* Own Make." and see that each ! Skirl >t;nipcd *'W. T. HOPKIN S MAM'I- \t"Id'K EK. t>2B AKC!I Street, PHILADELPHIA. AVz other* ! are Ot mine. A Catalogue containing Style, Sizi and . Hrtail Pnees, sent to any address. A (■ loforrn ami , Liberal Liseount allowed to Dealers. Orders by mail or other*i*e 9 promptly and earefully filled. Whole, sale and Ketail. at Man'nfaetory and Sales room®, No 11*28 Arch Street. Philadelphia.' Skirts made to order altei'cd and repaired. TEItMS, NET CASH. ONE PRICE ONLY. ojar2o 10m Wm. T. lIOI'KINS, Tailoring Establishment Wa ME RCII \NT TAILOR, has removed Ins shopto th<* huiiddtg fni rly known the hoi..e/ i hi the inter-eetioii of Valley and Mni street, adjoininj. H. M. A: R Pratt's stare, where he cordially invite- all who need anything in hi® line. <. ...L" and Trim mines furnished and gentlemen's clothing made, in j the latest styles, on short notice, and at reasonable i prices. apll-tf WHAT'S ALL THIS? Why llic Grain Business is Rfviud al Mc- Coy's Old Stand. r |MIK undersigned, having rented the 1 lai !.*• and eenimodioiis Warehouse.- former!) • eupied Ly Frank e-q., i- now prepared purehase i receive and forward ALL KINDS OF GRAIN, for winch he will pajr market prices. Aln, he will keep for sake. SALT. P!.\BTKR. COAL nn.l FISH. lie r-'turu- thank to nil bis nbl --ij -tomers f-.r tli--.r farmei [mlrnnriL'.'. ami -bull feel grateful fornrenewal -if p:i-t t-usin-'-s relations. M. : -hunts will I.mi uu> their Ivani.iL'eto givelem a call. W ILLIAM W11.1.15. EJII'IKE SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINES. Are superior to all others far FAMILY AND M ANV FACT! "11l NG PCRPOBE3. 1 i: Contain nil tie* latest insprtwernenttt; are speedy in i-el--- ■! irable; ami easy to work. Illu.-tr iieil t tr-ui irs free. Ag*-nts wanted. Libera! j J - -11 fit allow i No con-] 'nmeiit- m:i I)ARTICI I.All attention given to-ales of Cin-eng, i Woo', Woob-n Yarn, Em i-kins, Deer skins, Sheep Siiin-, Klax-i • i.Cloyerseed, Feathers. Leather. Roots, Dr.ed Fruit. Butler. Beeswax. Eggs, Ac. Ail good- warranted to give entire satisfaction, and m Id at the lowest city pr-ces. Please call ami be convinced. Also, u lull Hue of Tobacco kept constantly on , baud. jyio-om* Lewistown Foundry AND MACHINE SHOP. REESE & SLAGLEj Proprietors. <). K. DAVIS, Superintendent. Manufacturers ot I'O RT ABLEA XDS T A TlO XA R Y STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS, PORTABLE AND STATIONARY SAW MILLS. Iron and Brass Castings | Made and fitted up for Mills, Factories. Forges, Blast I Furnaces. Rolling Mills. Ac. We call tin- attention of Tanners to our Oven tor burning tan under .Steam Boilers, j TERMS REASONABLE. All orders by mail or otherwise promptly attended to. juues REESE A SLAGLE. INSURANCE AGENCY. fpHE following Fire. Life,'and Accidental Companies I are represented by the undersigned: CAPITAL. wKtna, Eire of Hartford, 54,083,0(JU Putnam, " 500,000 Ilotue, New York 3,500,000 Gennania, " 700,000 Home, New Ilav- n, 1,000,00(1 North America, Philadelphia, 1,750,000 Enterprise, " 400,000 Lycoming, Penna., 2,500,000 Farmers, York, IV, 500,000 American Life, Philadelphia, 1,000,000 N Y. Accidental, New York, 250,000 Horse Thief Ins. Co. York IV, 50,000 This agency is prepared to insure against Fire, Death or Aeeiuent. in any part of Mittlin county Horses are insured against theft. All business pertaining to in-tiianee promptly attended to. iaulti'o7 JOHN HAMILTON, Agent. THE OLD STAND AHEAD ! Hamaker & Montgomery, H AVE associated together lor the pur pso of manufacturing Coaches, Buggies, Carria ges, Sulkies, Spring Wagons, Ac., at HMD STAND, in Valley street, i>tn ii in.l, and mad' to ori- r .u shui t notice. Call and examine hi® stock before #lso where. mays-y Look out for Us, as we are Com ing once more, with a NEW ARRIVAL, -LSR.3 ©MA ZHEOXSS STILL LOW Eli! L are prepared to sell Goods at the v v loWest market prices, lower than be fore the war. If Jul: want good Sugars at 11 to IG, Coffees at 28 to 30, Rice at 13, Syrups at 15 to 30 qt.. Go to lIITTEXHOUSE \ 7fl"- Pl IH-a 4 \ STATE CENTIME 1 COMMITTEE. COMMITTER BOOMS, ) IIARIUSBL'iui, July 20, 18G7, ) To the People of Pennsylvania. 1 Fellow-citizens: —T'lio official term of - George \Y. Woodward, Chief Justice i of the Supreme Court of the State is about to expire; and under the Consti tution his successor will be elected on the second Tuesday of October next. This election is every way important, and the more so, because of the g' eat principles and issues involved, and of i the tact that the term is for fifteen years. All the powers of our Governments, both National and State, are divided into three classes: the Legislative, Ex ecutive ami Judicial. The people are the source of all power; and our Con stitutions provide the manner in which ail offices shall he filled, and the terms for which they shall be held. The Na tional Judiciary being for life, and that ot the Stale Judiciary fifteen years, changes in these tribunals are wrought more slowly than in the other branches ol the Government, and hence should he made with the greater caution and wisdom; for nothing is of greater pub lic importance than a wise and patri otic judiciary. Our past history shows a constant tendency in these several departments to enlarge their respec tive jurisdictions, and occasionally to encroach on each other; and especially is this true of the judiciary, it is but recently the Supreme Court of the I nitcd States, in the interests of sla very, gravely undertook to overturn the foundations of the Government on that question, and to nullify and de stroy acts ot' Congress enacted by the men who made the Constitution. The Dred Scott decision virtually legalized and extended slavery over all the Tor ritories of the Union, in defiance of Congress and the people; and laid down principles, which, hut for subsequent i events, would have extended slavery jam! made it lawful in all the States And after the recent civil war was in augurated, our State judiciary, by a denial of the constitutional powers of Congress and our State Legislature, jin measures absolutely necessary to carry on the war and save the nation, so imperil our cause as to make iritel j ligent patriots everywhere tremble for ihe issue of the contest. True, these false theories did not prevail. But it -is equally true the continued assertion of them paralyzed the arms of both the National and State Governments, | distracted and disheartened our peo ple, gave aid and comfort to the enemy, i prolonged the war, and added irn j measurably to our sacrifices of blood ;• i and treasure. Hence it is,' That warned by past misfortunes, we ask that the Supreme Court of the State he placed 'in harmony with the political opinions j of the majority of the people, to the end that the Court may never again, by un- j just decisions, seek to set aside laws vital - to the nation.' Who, then, are HENRY W. XV ILLIAMS I and GEORGE SHARSWOOD, the candidates j for this vacant seat upon the Supreme, bench ? What are their past records, and where do they stand, in these 'eventful times, and on these moment ous issues ? The weal or woe ot the Commonwealth, and perhaps of the j nation, is involved in these questions; j and it behooves every patriotic voter in the State to examine them with I eare. ' Of Judge Williams, the Union Re publican candidate, we here propose to give no extended biography, lie is a high-toned Christian gentleman, i about 4G years of age, a ripe scholar, and a learned and eminent lawyer, with fifteen years judicial experience, ion the bench of the District Court of Alleghenny county He was first - elected judge in 1851, when ho ran over one thousand votes ahead of his ticket, and was re-elected in 1861, by tho unanimous vote of all parties.— f Tho following extract from an editorial in the Pittsburgh Post (tho principal Democratic paper of tho West,) shows the estimation in which he is held by political adversaries: 'The nomination of tho Hon. Henry W. Williams as a candidate for Judge of tho Supreme Court is a good one. t lie was the best man mimed Injure the lie j publican Convention, and possesses legal and moral qualifications for the respon sible position to which ho has been : nominated.' He is of the Webster and Clay school of politics, and during the recent civil war, from the beginning to the end, did everything in his power, through his means, his voice, and his votes, to strengthen the hands and encourage the hearts of the loyal people in the -struggle to maintain the Union. \Y ho, and what Judge Sharswood is, as a public man, will appear from what follows : Earl}' in the history of this nation political sentiment became divided on the powers of the National and State governments, and their true relations to each other. On these divisions two groat parties were subsequently found jed• The one, known as the State •Mights party, had John C. Calhoun for its champion; and the other, for its re cognized leader, had the great expound er of the Constitution, Daniel Webster, j The former held free trade, and the right of nullification and secession, as cardinal doctrines, denying tho consti tutional power of Congress to impose duties for protection, and claiming nullification and secession as inherent rights of a State. The latter denied these assumptions, and between these conflicting principles and parties there has been perpetual warfare. In tho main, the old Whig party ranged itself under the banner of Webster, and the Democratic party under that of Cal houn. One of the legitimate fruits of the State rights doctrine was the re bellion of 1833 in South Carolina; the avowed object of which was to nullify the protective tariff law of Congress, enacted in 1828. The country at that time was saved from a disastrous civil war by the firmness of President Jack son, the wisdom of' Congress, and the patriotism of General Scott. That effort at rebellion and civil war failed; and the principlo on which it was based was repudiated. But in 180'J and 1861 South Carolina, and other rebel States, again endeavored to pul in force their States rights doctrine of secession. The sympathy, imbecility, and connivance of President Buchan an, and his advisers, so contributed to tho success of the effort, that its con summation could only be prevented by a long, desperate, and bloody civil war In the end, and after fearful sac rifices of life and treasure, tiro rights and power of the National Govern ment were again vindicated; and the Calhoun doctrine of secession was again overthrown. Such at least lias been the popular conviction, and cause for rejoicing; and even the worst of Southern rebels have been compelled to confess it, and for two years past have been weeping over their 'lost j cause.' Strange, sad, and incredible as it may seem, we are already called upon to fight these great issues over again. The Democratic party, with Judge Sharswood for its leader, and with Free Trade, State Mights and Se cossion upon its banner, is again mar -dialing its hosts, and now summoning us to tho field of political combat, on these same issues! That party, at their National Conventions in, 1856 and 1860, readoptcd what are known as the \ irginia and Kentucky resolu tions of 1798 and 1799, as part of their platforms. These resolutionsare known as the embodiment of tho old State rights and Calhoun doctrines. They do not regard the relations of the States or people thereof to the United Suites :n constituting a government, in the ordinary and proper sense of the term, hut declare them to be merely a runt pact and that 'as in all other cases <>j compact among parties having no common \ ./"dge, eac'i j>arty has an equal right to j judije.Jor itself'. AS WELL OF INFRACTIONS. | AS OF THE MODE AND MEASURE OF RE j j DRESS.' Under this free Democratic charier for rebellion, tho lawful election of Abraham Lincoln as President ot the United States was claimed by the peo pie of the rebel States as an 'infrac tion' of the 'compact;' and they chose secession and civil war as the 'mode,' and the destruction of the Union and State independence as 'the measure of redress.' The Democratic party at its last National Convention proclaimed the war a failure; and it has now put in the field a life long Free Trade and State Rights candidate, whom Judge Black endorses as one who 'will stand by the Constitution and give pure law' —viz: who will stand by the Constitu-i tion as the State Rights party constru it, and give us such'pure law' as Judge Black has given President BUCHANAN and ANDREW JOHNSON. Judge Sharswood and his party friends have not only denied the law ful power of the National Government to coerce a rebellious State, to make and enforce a draft, to inakc paper money a legal tender, to emancipate i and arm negroes, to punish rebels and traitors by disfranchisement, to sus ; pend the wiit of habeas corpus in time of rebellion, or to arrest and try often I ders in tho time of war by court mar ! tiai; hut they hold that till these things, ; though actually done, were illegally ■ and wrongfully done, and therefore set tied nothing! Or, as the Democratic ■ organ (the Philadelphia Age,) in a re • cent elaborate editorial on the ltepub . lican Statu platform, thus expresses - the same idea : 'We put it to the sober 1 thoughts of the people ot Pennsylvania, - whether they would not have all these ■ i grave pending questions decided ac cording to law, and not according to LEWISTOWN, MIFFLIN COUNTY, PA- war, JUST, IN FACT, AS THEY WOULD HAVE BERN DECIDED HAD THEY ARISEN EIi.IIT YEARS AtiO, OR HAD NO WAR TA KEN' PLACE.' Is, then the 'lost cause 1 not lost?— Has the late dreadful war decided nothing? Is the right of secession an open question ? Has slavery not been abolished? Are not tho four millions of bondsmen free? Has our national debt no legal existence? Have the victors no power over the vanquished ? Have the rebel States and people lost no rights by rebellion ? Have our sac rifices of blood and treasure been all made in vain? Fellow-citizens, weigh well these solemn questions,and answer them at the ballot-box on the second Tuesday of October next. Having concluded to reserve for a future occasion some remarks on par ty organization, and other topics, this address might here properly close.— But, it may be asked by some, is Judge Sharswood, indeed, the political here tic herein set forth ?' 'A man is known by the company ho keeps,' says the old adage. We have the right to as sume, atid have assumed, that the Judge is of the same political faith as his party, and the public wi.l hold him responsible for all the guilty acts and omissions of his party. There can be no mistaking the true position of tho man who recently delivered an elabo rate opinion denying tho constitutional power of Congress to make paper money a legal tender. (See the case ot Borie vs. Trott, Legal Intelligencer j of March 18th, 1864, page 92.) Audi when we go further back, and examine his early history, we find ample juslifi cation for all we have written, and more. So long ago as April, 1834, lie appeared as 'The Orator of the Day,' at a meeting of a States' Right Asso ciation,in Philadelphia. Wo here copy some of the proceedings of that inter esting convocation from 'The Examin er and Journal of Political Economy, Devoted to the Advancement of the Cause of State Rights and Free Trade,' Vol. 1, page 309. The orator on that occasion deliver ed a long and carefully prepared vin dication and eulogy of the State Rights \ irginia and Kentucky resolutions, herein before cited; and summed tip his elaborate endorsements thereof as fol lows : 'Be come back to our starting place, and finding nothing in '.he Constitution estab lishing any final judge of the enumerated powers, prohibitions, and reserved rights, it must rest upon the admitted principles of general late, in cases of compact be tween parties having no common superior. EACH STATE IIAS THE RIOIIT TO JUDGE FOR ITSELF OF THE INFRACTIONS OF THE COMPACT, AND TO CHOOSE FOR ITSELF THE MOST PROPER AND EFFICIENT REME DIES.' The better to exhibit still further, if possible, the true character of that meeting and its distinguished orator, the following toasts are copied from the proceedings. (Same volume, p. 312) TOAST : 'JOHN C. CALHOUN —The first to throw himself into the breach against Federal usurpation. May he live to see his principles predominant throughout the world.' TOAST: 'THE PATRIOTS, OTHERWISE CALLED NULLIFIERSOF SOUTII CAROLINA —their memories will he cherished when the advocates ot the Force Bill arc forgotten, or remembered with ex ecration.' TOAST: 'THE STATE OF SOUTH CAR OT.INA —as her principles are cherished we need not fear usurpation, eiiher in the Legislative, Judicial, or Executive departments of the Government.' The Hon. John C. Calhoun was among those invited to this meeting by Judge Sharswood and others, but) declined in a published letter of sym pathy. Wo thus submit, as briefly as possible, j the record of the Democratic candidate j and of the party which placed him in nomination. We feel that no added comments could do justice to the suh-i ject; ai d only ask you. fellow-citizens, to examine the whole record with care, j and under a sense of your solemn re i sponsihilties to your country, render | your verdict at the ensuing election. Bv order of the Committee. F. JORDAN, Chairman. GEO XV. HAMERSI.Y, ) , . S. ROBLEY DU NOLI SON, J OC J 3 ' Life on an Ocean Slioai. [From the Honolulu Advertiser, M;iy 14th.] In our issue of the 27th ult., we gave a detailed account of the loss of the American whaling hark Daniel Wood, Richmond, master, on the 14th of that month, on French Frigate Shoal.— After our paper had gone to press on Saturday last, the United States steam er Lackawanna, Captain Reynolds, which had sailed on the 25th to rescue the shipwrecked crew which remained on the shoal, returned to port, having been absent nine days, and having ful ly succeeded in iter errand of mercy. She brought the first officer, Mr. Hall, and twenty six others, all in good health, having happily been preserved from famine and thirst. An account of the lite of these casta way mariners —on a barren shoal, far out at sea, with no natural sources from which to obtain water to allay Vol. 57, No. 31. < I lie thirst excited by a tropical nun, and with but a scant supply of water and provisions obtained from the wreck —may not prove uninteresting. When the captain and his boat's crew of seven men embarked on their perilous voyage of four hundred and fifty miles to Honolulu, over a tempes tuous ocean, the stock of provisions left on the shoal for the subsistence of the remaining twenty-seven souls con sisted of about two hundred and forty gallons ot water, sonic of which was brackish, and bread enough to last two weeks if used moderately. The bread, however, had got saturated with salt water, and was in a state of pulp. This constituted all the provisions saved from the wreck, exclusive of that which the captain took in his boat. As ho disappeared in the shades of night on the afternoon of the 16th, various were the emotions of those who were left behind. Would they ever seo him again, and would not his boat be upset or swamped in the heavy trade wind sea that rolled between them and Hon olulu? An}' accident to the captain might consign them to linger out for a lew weeks a miserable existence, evi dently to perish in this out-of the-way place, scarcely ever visited by vessels, and indeed studiously avoided by ship ping on account of the known danger jous character ot navigation in its neighborhood. Out of the whole number of men on the shoal but five were American born —the chief officer and four others. The remainder were Portugese and Hawaiians, and on those five depend ed the contriving and the adoption of measures of proper economy in the use of provisions and the mainteranco of discipline. But they proved them selves equal to the task, for Yankees are always ready to meet any emer gency. First, all hands were put on a regular allowance to each man of a handful of soaked bread—which was - reduced to a pulp—twico a day, with two half pints of water. Some pieces of white twilled cotton, such us is used . for boat sails, had been saved from the . wreck, and with these a tent was im i provised to shield them from the hot sun. Here they were tolerably comforta ble, for the climate is so mild that thick clothing at night can be dispensed ! with. Here it. may be mentioned that when the ship commenced breaking ' up. the American portion of the crew i were endeavoring, under the direction . of the officers, to save something ot . value for the benefit and preservation of all, while the Portugese, with char ; acteristic regard for their individual ; interests, were busy in securing each • his kit of clothes, so that while they . and most of the Hawaiians landed with outfits, the Americans had nothing but I what the}* stood in. ; j Fortunately the shoal on which they were cast abounds with sea birds, of , tho kind known among seamen as 4 Molly mocks." We are unable to say what name they are known by among ornithologists, but presume the pecu liar cry which they make at times orig inally furnished sailors with a reason i for culling them 4 Molly-mocks,' a name by which they are known from Cape . Horn to the Arctic Ocean, for they are k to be seen in all latitudes. They visit I these low islands and shoals for the 1 purpose of incubation, laying their eggs . in countless numbers on the sand. Al though they are essentially sea birds and subsist entirely on flesh, yet their 1 eggs, when fresh, are quite as palata , bio as those of a Shanghai or a Domi nique. The men of the Wood used to go out every morning and collect sev eral baskets full of them, and found them excellent eating, either boiled or roasted. The young birds, too, before tli ey are fledged, are quite fat and ten der, and when skinned and hung up a |short time, eat well. The lagoon abounds in turtle and fish, the former iof which were easily caught, and a good deal of diversion was had among the sailors in getting astride of a big fellow and seizing him by the flippers, amusing themselves by his ineffectual i attempts to dive. There was plenty ; of fish, too, in the lagoon,but they had no fish-hooks, but managed to make jone or two out of a piece of wire.— They had one cooking utensil, a cop per kettle, saved from the wreck, and and in this they did all their cooking. .Their firewood was from the spars of the South Seaman, still lying on the shoal. So it would seem there was no 'ldanger of starvation so long as the turtle and the birds lasted. But the subject of the supply of wa ter for drinking purposes was the one - which most engaged their thoughts.— 3 Should help fail to come before many • days their already scanty stock would, 1 even with the strictest economy, be • entirely exhausted, and then, like the 1 case of Coleridge's 4 Ancient Mariner,' there would bo • Water, water, everywhere, And not drop to drink.' ' But Yankee intelligence and energy " here came into play. The second day ' after the captain left, they set to work • to make an apparatus to distill fresh • water out of salt. To do this they had ' a deck pot, two gun-barrels, and u ' short piece of lead pipe. Fitting a wooden cover to the deck pot, the bent end of a gun-barrel was inserted in the top, and, joined to the other gun bar i rel, was led through a cask of cold [Soo Fourth Page.]