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A Family Newspaper Devoted to the Agricultural, Mechanical,lll*ming and 1 anufacturing Interests- s of Centre County, and an Exponent of the Principles of the Republican
Party
KINSLOE & BROTHER, PROPRIETORS.:-
DIRECTORY.
B. E. V- R. R.—Gro. C, WiLsos, Sup
Westward from Bellefonte
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Mail 4 27 l' 3I
Accommodation, -,
_....' 6 00 A "lit'
Through Freight 8 42 .e.. x at imlesburg
Eastward from Bellefonte:
Acommodation 'lO. 28
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5 55 p
Freight and mown 5 55 r lu at Milesburg
B. S. S. R. R=DANIEL RHOADS, Sup't.
Pass'r, 1eave...7.45 I m Pass'r' arr.... 9.50 a m
Pass'r, 2.30 p m Pass'r arr.... 5.05 p m
P. - It. - 11:-CONNECTIONS AT , TY RON.B.
1
Phila. Exp.... 7 .51 •:11. in Day Exp. c , ..7.61: a in
Emigrant.'...;.2.ls4) m Mail , TTatn..3.oo p in
Mail Train:':: ;6.44 - p in ...Ctn.-rap , -- 511 pin
H. & Alt. Ac.. 8.35 aln Phila. Exp.. 10.21 pin
MIFFLIN-Jr. CENTRE CO.. 8RA.,, , ,q11 R. R.
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1.-; leaves. Lewistown ,iit7.2o a 'xa , and ar
flves:lu , . '
n No.: 2, teiOes Penr4 R. R. 11.15 a in., arrives
at 11.1.1r0y12.15 . 1y. In. •
No. 3, leaves Penn'aß R. 4.05 p.'10., arrives
Milroy 5.00
SOUTHWARD
No. 1, leaves Milroy 8.40 a m., and arrives at
Penn's. It It 9.40 a m.
No. 2, leaves Milroy Ll 5 a in., and arrives at
Lewistown 2.10.
No. 3 - ,-Idaids Milioy 5.10 and arrives at
Peun'a RR , 6.00 p. m.
Stoge for Pine Grove Mills leaves Monday,
Wedneadity:aziAT.r.day momingwat
Seagefor - Centre Hull; Lewistown and foals
burg leave every day at. 6 a in..
INeSterti mail closes at 4.00. - • • -
Lock Haven snail closes at 10.00 a m.
Bellefonte .Cliureli Directory.
Presbyterian elinrCh, Spring street; services
at 11 a m., and 7 1-2 p m ; her. Alfred 'Yeomans,
Pastor. This congregation are now erecting a
new church, in consequence of which, the reg
ular religious Iflrvices will he held in the Court
House until furhter notice.
Methodist Episcopal church, High street ;
services, 10 1-2 a in., and 7 1-2 pm. Prayer
meeting on Thursday night. Rev. A. C. Pardoe
pastor.
St: - .' , 4blutis,,Mpiscopal, church,.X.igh.. street ,
services ati1.04,2 a in., and 7-.1.7,2:p By
ron McGain,liestor. , • .
Lutheran church,. Linn street ; services at
10 1-2 a m., and 7 1-2 p in. Rev. Mr. 1-lacken
berg,paelori: : i : .
African . 17:' E. 'Chtirch,.. west side of creek.
Services at 11 a in., and T 1-2 p in. Rev. Isaac
Pinnell, pastor.
German Reformed elmich, Linn street ser
vices 10 1-2 a m., and 7 1-2 pm. Rev. Mr. Kelly
, Catholle churalr, Bishop street ; ser.vices
10 1-2 a xn., and 3 pm. Rev. Mr. McGovern,
pastor.
United Brethren church,• high street, we
mide'or. creek ; st
LODGES
Bellefonte Afascinle Lodge - , , ls'o: 268, meel33,on
Tuesddy evening before the Tull Melon. / • '
Latayette - MasonicAllouncil, N e o. 18, meets first
Monday. i
Constance Commandery, No. 33, Masons'
meets second Friday of each Month. '
I. 0. 0. F, Centre Lodge, No. 15 ;liiebts
every Thursday evening at their Hall, Bush's
Arcade, 2d floor.
For the conferring- of-Degrees the let Satur
day evening of each month.
For Degree of Rebecca second Saturday of
every Month. -
I. 0. G. T.4This eets'iKory Monday
BUSINESS CARDS.
B i ai t L o rD ru llE e I!? , ERSON,
northeast corne r r a di k l e v fij i L e 2 c oli C T te '- t Office
V
-
. Attorney at Lair, Bellefoide, Pe. Of
lice with the district Attorney; in the Court
House. , , 9:4:'68.
OIiVIS & ALEXANDER,' -
At'onneys at Law, Bellefonte, Pa. 011ie
in Conrail Howie, Allegheny. St. 9:-1.:'6&
JT G. LOVE, •
. Attorney at Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Office
midi Adam. lioy, two doors below the Press
Building, High Street.
QD. GRAY,
0, Attorney at Law.-Beliefonte;: , Pa.. Office
wan A. O. Furst, Esq. " 9:4.'68.
LIMN & FURST, •
Attorneys at Law, Bellefonte, Pa. 9:42138
j Attorneys at Law, Bellefcute, Pa.
9.4:'68
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MHAD. P. STEPHENS,
.1 Attorney at Law. OA - lee on corner of Al
legheny and High sheets, Bellefonte. 9.4:"63._
H
- ILSON S.: UTCHINSON,
fl' Attorneys at Law, Bellefonte, Centre
county, Pa. Collections, and all other legal
business,' in Centre and adjoining counties,
promptly attended to.
in
Office Blauthards' Law Building, Alle
gheny Street. .9:4:'ES.
JBLANCHARD, •
Attorney at lia:vc, Allei,beny Street, Bel
lefonte, Pe. 9:4:'68.
BUS s 5 .
Attorneys at Layi, Bcllefcnte, Pa:
JOHN P. MITCHELL,
Attorney at Law, Wire with Orvis & Al
exander, Bellefonte, Pa. 9:4:'65.
N‘TILLIAII H. BLAIR,
Attorney at Las, 'Armory—Building,
13ellefonte,Ta. • - 9:4:'GS.
TAMES H. RANKIN, •
LI Attorney at Law. Armory Building. Belle
fonte, Pa. 9.4:'68.
ADAM 1101., • . .
Attorney at Law, High .Dellef.mte;
Pa: - =
et LIA.S. H. HALE,
Attonte at Law, Bellefonte., Pa. 9:4:N38
JAILS SIAC,MANI36,
Attorney itt Law, Bellefonte; Pa.
Hy. sTitzEn,
. Attorney at Law, (District Attorney,)
wirt House, Bellefonte, Pa. 9:4:'6U.
N.
M. 1:100VItat,
Attorney at Law, Armor: .pnilding,Bel
lefonte, Pa. 9•4:'68.
AMUEL L. BARU,• • . •
10 Justice of the Peace. Will attend to the
writing of deeds,- articles- of agreement, &c.
Collections and all other business entrusted to
his care promptly attended to. Office one door
north of Wilson 3; llutchinson's law office, Bel
lefonte, Pa. 9:4:'68.
ViR. it. D. TIPPLE ,
1.1 • Homeopathic physigian and Surgeon, Of
tics in'old Conrad House, .2tl floor," Allegheny
street, Bellefonte. Pa. Prompt attention paid
to professional calls: 9:4:qlS.
GEO. L. POTTER,
Physician and Surgeon, Allegheny street,
Bellefonte, Pa. . 9:4:'68..
Jlt. DOBBINS,
. • Physician and Surgeon,.Offiew in ,Conrad
House, Bellefonte, Pa: 9.4:'68.
TB..II.ITCHELL,, , -
V eter P o l n Ticp a n .
a nd S uigeon, Brockerhoff Ho use
9:4:'68.
GEO. Y. BEANTIE, . • '
Physician and Surgeon, Office 'near cor
Bishop and Allegheny St., Bellefonte, Pa.
AHIBLER,
Physician and Surgeon Office, Allegheny
St., over Graham. & Son. Boot, and Shoe Store;
Bellefonte, Pa: . s it 9:4:'68.
nEO, F. HA.Ritta,
PhyAelan and Surgeon, High. St,. Belle
fonte, Pa..— -
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TT ROTHROCK,
J 101„ Dentist, Office, No. 4, 2nd floor, Bush's
Areado, Bellefonte, Pa. Teeth extracted with
out petit,
JOHN D. WINUATE, D. D. S.
Dentist, Office on Northwest corner of
Bishop and Spring streets. At home, .eidept,
perhaps, the first two weeks of every month.
Teeth extracted without pain. Bellefonte,
Pa, 9:4:'68.
BOALSBURG DENTAL OFFICE._
J. W. Rhone, most respectfully-informs
the public that he is prepared to execute any
description of• work in the line of Dentistry.
Satisfaction rendered, and rates as moderate as
may be expected. May be found in his °thee
during the week commencing on the first Mon
day of each month, and at such other times as
maybe agreed upon. .0:4:'68.
Q AMU - EL L. BARR, Justice of
IL7 the Peace, will attend to the .writing of
deeds, articles of agreement, dfm. Collections
and all other business entrusted to his care
promptly attended to. Office ono door north
of Wilson & Hutchison's law office, Belle
fonte, Pa.
May 17th, '67.
1)11k - AlsTKIN & IRWIN, . • • •--
114
REAL- ESTATE ANDII
INSURANCE. AGENTS ,
•
Hare a number of good farms and other pro
perty for. sale. Building lots within and outside
of the Borough limits. -
They insure lives in the /Etna. -
This company is reliable prompt and econom
ical. Insures on all plans.
They also insure in the North American Life
and other good companies.
They insure Live steak in the ./Etna stock
Insurance Company—the most reliable stock
insurance company in the United States.
They have also a large number of Tire Insu
rance Companies- among which are 'the
*WARMAN, of Philadelphia. '
IMPERIAL, of Landon. '
aemiug, Contaserco,roltta 41 a n d
.unsWblinavanies
eltus befo EnaltriA' • - , .
BUSINESS CARDS.
ELLEFONTE •IR,ON FOUN
DRY. •
TODD & DUNCAN,
Bellefonte, Centre county, Penn'a
•
Furnishers of Grist and Saw Mill Machinery,
Flour packers, &nutters, Todd's Patent
TURBINE WATER WHEELS,
Equal to Overshots, and Circular Saw Milis,
with Todd's Improved Patent Feed Work and
Past's Patent Head Blocks, for Circular and
Mulay Saw Mills, which se,s both ends at once, •
avoids turning the sla making the last cut, '
and avoids variation thickness in sowing
beards.by.the. setting of careless hands. Oast
Iron *allies furnishedwhen pretend& and. Self-
Oiling boxes. - .
_BAKERY & CONFECTION
ERY
The subscriber wou!d respectfully tntiu
the citizens of:Bellefonte and vie inily, ihth
is prepared to, furnish, every day,
FRESH BREAD,
Cakes of all kinds,?
CANDIES, SPICES, NUTS, FRUITS
rnd anything and everything belonging to the
businers.
During the summer season an elegant •
ICE CREAM SALOON
will be opened :or the accommodation of ladies
and gentlemen.
Having had years of experience in the heal.
ness, he natters himself tliat.he can, go arantee
satisfaction to all who may favor 'him with
their patronage.
May 1, 'Gg-ly .
NEW BAKERY
.A.:Dal
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CONFECT I 0 N-Ei
BUSH'S ARCADE, HIGH-STREET,
BELLEFOETE, PA:
ADAM- HORRITEIMER
Having opened a new and flrat , class Bakery
and Confectionery, he is prepared yo serve the
public with good fresh;
•
BREAD,EMS CAtIzS CONFECTIONS
and everything in_ his line, at all times. His
•.-.. .. •
• . ICE CREAM SALOOR
will - he open' during the Sunimer, and' will Le
kept attractive by the very excellent Cream,
of all popular flavors, constantly on hand.
Pic ;tics, private parties, &c., can be -sup
plied with all kinds of Confections, Ice Cream,
Cakes, and Fruit at very short notice.
May 1,'68 ly,
Ju1y24%8,08.6t Executors.,
McENTME'S STORE,
PLEASANT GAP, CENTRE CO., PA.
This store is now 'supplied with.a large stock
of
NEW SPRING. 'AND_ SUMMER GOODS,
- consisting of -
Dry Goods,
• Clothing, ,
• qr 9 ceries,'•
Provisions,
Queensware,
Boots
and
Shoes,
and all articles usually kept in country stores
and at
THE VERY LOWEST PRICES.
Give 'me a call. No trouble to show goods.
May 1,'68-Iy. L. B. MeENTIRE.
I W. COOKE,
ti .
Alle g heny St., opposite Brockerholl Row.
Has just received his first installment of new
Fall and Winter goods, and td which he respect,
fully invites the attention of the public. His
stock consists in part of
DRY GOODS ,
. .
NOTIONS,: •
• BOOTS AND SHOES, •
HATS AND CAPS;' •
-CLOTHING;
QUEENSWARE.
• , ;
GROCERIES, Ac.
So cheap that the ladies never fail to
.get satis
faction. Remember the place to get the best
bargaixs and cheapest goods is at J. W. Cooks.
1;3;'47.
MOSESA. LOEB. FERDINAND LOEB.
M da . F. LOEB, .
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Currier and iqanufaCturere of all kinds of
WAX KIP & SPLIT LEATHER,
•
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RIDES SOLE •LEA.THER;CALFSRINS
No 334 North Third Street, Philadelphia.
. noy3Oth66.
QIIPERIQR, WATER:CEMENT,
- • - - - -
CONSTANTLY ON RANDAND FOR SALE
This cement has an established reputation
for its superiority over all other manufactures.
for Cisterns, Reservoirs, and all other
UNDER-WATER WORKS.
It is warranted, when properly :applied, if.
notice of any defect in, quality is given within
ten days after delivery.
Orders received by R °BERT VA LEN.T.IN
Bellefonte, Pa., or J. DAWSON, Logan Fur
nace, Centre county, Pa.
May S, '6B-tf
INSURE YOUR LIFE!
This may be done for the benefit of those
you love most dearly to render their condition
comfortable should you be called away; or, it
may be done for your own comfort when rest
seems most congenial, or to discharge some
obligations to creditors.
TUE UNITED STATES LIFE lICSURANCE
COMPANY OF NEW YORK,
established in ,1550,, having assets amounting
to 0ver,53,000,000 invested in the best of le-,
curitiee, offers special inducements to its pat
rons. For books, papers or information apply
to JOHN D. WINGATE, Agent,
July24'6B,ly 10 Bellefonte, Pa..
OOT,S SHOES & GAITERS
111 for men, women and children, all kind
and patterns, cheaper than'any where else.
mar 2. A. STERNBERG
A N IMMENSE and at the same
Il time an elegant 'and tasteful stock of
Carpettngs and Mattings, at astonishingly lot
prices, for sale by .
STERNBERG,' 46 BRANDEIS.
. - )LAIN BLACK and Colored 307
Figuied Aram' rus , Didaines
for sale brrJS TERN IMO Jr ITANDF,IS.
HARNESS, SADDLE, AND
BRIDLE MANUFACTORY,
,McCLURE
New Building, Bishop Street,
PF,NN'A
T-;`
Mr. McClure h eying now permanently loca
ted himself in the new building erected for the
purpose, in Bishop street, very, respectfully
and cordially invites • • '
and the public in general, where ho is prepared
to servo them with any article desirable in his
line, manufactured FROM THE BEST STOCK
at reasonable rates, and satisfaction guaiiin•
teed in every instance.'
of every description on hand and made to or
•der on short notice. ~
of every pattern and mounted according to
taste:
Pies. &c.,
, .
to suit in every iartietklar; and of the very best
make.
DOUBLE AND SINGLE 'HARNESS
manufactnred to order in extra fancy and or
dinary styles, and rigged with tbe.Aestymate
rial in - the line of silverpla . ed or common
mountings. , • •
Cart, Carriage. and every other description
of WHIPS always on hand, and ; of superior
manufacture. . • ..
Thankful to the public fur the liberal patron
age heretofore extended to him, be solicits
,a
colititinance.'"of the same, which he will endeq r
vor to merit by giving entire satisfaction.
- June•l9,'GS-ly. • • ; •.
J.•II. SANDS.
THE BELLEFONTE
BOOT AND SHOE STO_RE
Manufactuters of; anti Dealers in
GENT'S FRENCH CALF, AND CONGRESS
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Having, added largely ,toyur - former - stock *a
eau iiccnrir the community that we bare now
We _hest soleciiunAn .oenthiP Pennsylvania, of
LADIES BUTTONED,
FRONT LACE,
SIDE LACE • •
AND CONGRESSj
Manufactured froth the best English lasting;
GLOVE :KID, CONGRESS lc BAL3IORAL,
with:andlwithout heels. 'And a; :ftill,::aso.9rt-
MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S SHOES:
r
Also a largo lot of tliciso await, slide's; such as
we read sheet, and of 'which we
CHEAPER THAN TnE CHEAPEST
invite an einahliation of our goods.
May 1,'68-ly
RESIST NOT TEMPTATION
is interested?
Everybody goes to see -it
WHO GOES ONCE GOES AGAIN
ENE
EVERYTHING IS NICE, FRESH& CIIRD 3
at
RUNKLE'S NEW GROCERY
PROVISION STORE
Just take time, enough to-read- what. he has
constantly for sale tit the Nef‘yoloirest-priecs . for
cash, or in exchange for country produce.
• .. : HERE IS THE LIST:
Sugars, Coffees, Syrups; Teas, Spices, Hams,
Shoulders, Bacon, Mackerel, herring,
smoked, and. in salt; Cove Oy
sters- hi Can's, - Canned Toma- '
toes, Peaches, Cucumber
and !Abel.. Pickles;: ' •
Catsup, MuStard, Salad '
Oil, Coffee Essence, Soaps of
, ki4s, Concentrated Lje, Sperm
ptiAiCandles,Ooal Oil and Lainps;
HruShes; Stove and Shoe Blacing', Rolling
Pins and other Cooking Utensils,Baskets,
•Tubs, Brooms, Washboards, Smoking and
Chewing Tobacco, Segars, Dried Apples,
. Peaches, Prunes, Cherries, Raisins, Pigs, guts,
Oranges end Lemons, Wash Lines,Bed Cords,
Clothes Pins, Large assortment of
:Glass, .Queens and Crockery Ware,
Cheese, Sardines,.Vinegar, and every article
necessary for household purposes.
The public are most respectfully invited to
give mei, eall,:and extend tome a, share of
their, patronage, as I have resolved to give en
tire satisfaction to every customer, both its to
quality of goOds end low prices. Stcire iti!the
room lately occupied by Mr. S. H. Brown, Al
legheny street, near Bishop. ,May S,'GS-ly.
HENRY r.noctrEnuorr, J. 1). SEEGER?,
President. Cashier.
NpLLIKEN, HOOVER,.& 00.,
CENTRE COUNTY BANKING CO.,
'RECEIVE' DEPOSITS ANO ALLOW
INTEREST_ .
DISCOUNT 'NOTES,
BUY AND SELL
Government Securities,
„ f -.• Coupons
MOSES THOMPSON. - 1 J. I. TUOIIPSON.
BOBT. MCFARLANE.
McFARLANE &
COMPANY,
B A N K, E R S
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, PENN'A,
BUSINESS PLACE, CENTRE FURNACE.
Interest paid on Time Deposits.
Jan,ln,'6B.ly.o
ACTIVE ;AND EFFICIENT
AGENTS WANTED,
iut°, this County. for the UNION MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
Claiming, as this Company' does, Sniite ad
vantages peculiar to itself, Agents are afforded
an easy and successful method for, ssbnring
risks. A liberal ethunaission paid to iigents
who must furnish first class references. Ad
dress,D. .13;:elotkinger,41. ~ I):.;:_,General Agent,
No. 129 outh th St. PhiladelPhla, Pa.
Aug.2.5;68.1mc,w&c0 L 75.
MISCELLANEOUS.
ALL MS OLD CUSTOMERS s•
. -
SADDLES
;-'" BRIDLES
'
COLLARS'
GRAHAM & SON
• of the latest stele
MOROCCO BOOTS,
ment of
2re sellin g ult
—beeause—
_gvd'
IN BELLEFONTE4
MISCELLANEOUS,
tLEcfnic `TELEGIIAI'II IN
C I-I I N A .
THE EAST INDIA TEL) GRAPH COB
No. 23 45 29 Nassau Str.it, NoviYork
Organized:under epeciai. charter from the State
cif New... York.
. .
CAPITAL .. . . 7 • .
,55,000,000
$50,000 SHARES, $lOO EACH.
DIRECTORS.
• HON. ANDREW G. cuwris, Philadel
phia.
PAUL S; PORR ES, of Russell Sc Co., China.
PRE EtadE Li); of Y. 'Butterfield
& Co., New York.
ISAAC LIVERMORE, Treasurer Michigan
Central'ltailaiO4, Eiiston.;, ;.,
jiILEXANDER: -HOLLAND,
American Express Company, New York.
HON. JAMES NOXON, Syracuse, N. Y.
0.14 PAL:HER, Treasurer Western Union
Telegraph Company, New York.
FLETCHER WESTRAY, of IVcatray,
Gibbs & Lial-deastle, New York.'
NICHOLAS MICK LES, New Yuri,
it. G. CUItTT.N;
N..lktCli6o . . Vice Presiiieut:
0r..0 E CON N 7 r,
ciE0,11,6113 . E1A18 (Cusliier. tiaak
Cottandicivitatlfrreastirer.
/ I °N. A. K. McCLUith, Philadelphia, So
The Chinese Government htiving (through
the lion. Anson Burlingame) conceded to this
Ccltiriany the privilege of connecting the great
seaports of the Empire by submArine electric
telegraph .lable,twe propose 'commencing oper
rations in China' and :laying: down a line of
nine hundred tulles in once, bOtween the M
,
ldWing ports, Vi
Canton
Miaoa
• Hung - -,Kinig
Swat!) a ,
A ?nay
800-Chow ...
Wan- Qhu
NittgP6
Hang Chean
Shangbai.:„. .. .
ME
These ports have a foreign commerce of
$900,000,000, and un enormou4 domestic
trade,beiides-which we havethe linineft - 4 in
ternal con3tneroe of the . :Empire, radiating
from these points, through its canals and nav
igable rivers. • .
The cable, being laid, this'CoMPany *
ses erecting land lines, and establishing a
speedy and trustworthy means iof commumca
tion, which'inust command there, as every
where else, and of social life, especially in
China.. She has. no postal system, and her
nl y means now of communicating infortna
tin is hy enuriers on land, and by steamers
on water.
The Western World knows that China is a
very large country. in the main densely peo
pled; but,few..yet realize that she contains
more than third of the human race. The
latest returns made M . her central authorities
for taxiug — purpnses- - iv the local magistrates
make her population Four Hundred and Four
teen Millions, and this is more likely to be
under than ever the actual aggregate. Near
ly all of these, who are over ten years old, not
only' can but do read and write. Her civili
cation is peculiar, hut her literature is as e.7 , -
tensive as that of Ilurope. China isb land 'el
teat:hers' and trliders. and the latter are ex
ceedingly quick to avail themselves. of every
proffered facility fur procuring early informa
tion. It is observed in California that the
• Chinese. make great use of the. telegraph,
thOugh it there transmits messages in :English
alone. If the telegraph we propoSe, connect
ing all' their great seaports, were now in 'ex
istence, it is believed that its business would
, pay the cost witbip the next two years of its
successful . operation, .and would stealily in
crease thereafter.
800 rs,
No enterprise commends itself as in • a
greater degree remunerative to' capitalists,
and to our, whole people. It is of a vast na
tional importance commercially, politically,
and evangelically.
• stock of tbi, , Company has been
'unqualifiedly reel:u - Mended to capitalists and
business men, as a desirable investment by
editorial articles in the — New York I:lcrald,
Tribune, World, Times, Post, Express, Inch!.
pendent, and in the Philadelphia Nor th Amer
ican; Press, Ledger,. Inquirer, Age,
and Telejaph.
Shares of this Company, to a limited mitt
bar, may be obtained at $5O each. $lO pays
ble down $l5 on the Ist of November, and
$25 payable in monthly instalments of $2.50
each, commencing December 1,.1.805, on ap
plication to .
DREXEL & CO.,
3-1 SQUT . II- THIRD STFEET,
PHILADELPHIA
Sharers can be obtained in Bellefonte by ap
plication to W. F. Reynold, - (C 7 Co., Bankers,
who arc authorized to receive subscriptions ;
and can give all necessary information on the
subject.
G 2.5?(i5.
BIBLES ! N 0..• 9, :containing six
plat Cs. Nalms in Metre, Family P.e-
cord; Gilt Back and Sides, $3 75
No. 11, containing ten plates, Apocrypha,
Concordance, Psalms and Family Rd=
cord, 4 25
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Binding Warranted, and are far superior to
those gotten for the purpose to be hawked
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N0v.15,'67-tf.
TIMV:TABLE;
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WINTER TIME TABLE.
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MORE, DABRISBURO, WIL
LIAMSPORT, •
,TO THE •
NORTHWEST,
• -, AND TITE
GREAT OIL REGION
OM :PENVSYLV ANIA.
Elegant Sleeping Cars on all Night
, 'On and after MONPAY, Nor. 23rd, 1808,
the, Trains 'on the Philadelphia I Erie Rail
Road will run as follows:
-; • *Westward. , •
Mail Train learci*Philatielphia , 10.50 p. m.
" " " Lock 11aven,..... 9.31 a. m.
• " "• ;arr. at Erie 9.50 p. an.
Eric Exp'sa leaves Philadelphia....ll.so noon.
" " " Lock Haven,.... 9.55 p. m.
" " arr. la Erie 10.50 a.
Elmira Mail leaves Philadelphia..... 8.00 a. m
" . arr. at .Lock Dam] 7.45 p. pa
Mail Train• leaves Erie
. .
" " arr. at Philadelphia 10.00 n, 1:11.
Eric Express leaves Erie ,6.25
.a" " Lock Baran—. 6.10 a. in.
a •<" arr. at Philadelphia... 4.20 a. in.
Mail and. Express connect with Oil Creek
and Allegheny 'Riper Rail - Road. Baggage
checked through.
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Male and Female pupils received at fitted for
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on the4th day of November, Superior
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9 18 '6B
THEi EDEN SCHOOL. •
This Institution situated in Union
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Railroed closes its Summer Session the 24th of
October. The Winter. SessiOn commences, the
I.6th Of Novembdr. ''' - " •
Good Board and accommodations furnished
students at .53.00 per week.
Terms of Tuition per term of twenty weeks,
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• one of
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This Hotel of the - most 'extensive in
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CUMMINGS HOUSE.
W. RlKARD;PropriEitor.
~ • • ' BELLEFONTE, PA.
- The:Bar is well stocked with choice Wines
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GARMAN'S HOTEL,
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DANIEL . GAIMAN, Proprietor
Excellent accOni tnodat tone, good table and bar.
- May M6S-7y.. •
fiLEARFIELD HOUSE,
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Rept by JAMES U. GXLER.,
FRONT 'STREET PHITIPSBURG, PA.
We will impeach any man who says we fail
to give direct and ilicitupi, attention: to Alt
customers, or fail to cause them to rejoice over
a well Turnished - lable, and cleati:roome _with
new beds,:yrhera 'May feellakhonic, in& the
weary be at 'rest.
NEW STABLING:AND:SIIEDS, for
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. • JOHN McLAUGHLIN •
June 12,'88-tf. •-• 'Proprietors.
STATES UNION HOTEL,
PIIILADELPHIA.
This Hotel is pleasantly. situated ., on ~ the
•outh site of
Market Street; a few doors above-Sixth
Its central locality makes.it particujarly de
sirable'to persons visiting_ the
.City on' busi.
noes or Pleasure. .
Itonn - Na; A. BECK, Proprietor,
•
Clerk.• Formerly of the IMerchapts'House.
Apr.2;'6S-1y.12.
FLEMINGTON 'HOTEL,
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• FLI.IIINt.TON, PA.
H. GEPHART, . - - Prpprietc
Mr. Gephart would respectfully inform the
public gone rally 'that -he ' nnw eoanPiei e
above . named Hotel, where he will be glad to.
meet and greet' his fermor friends, and - receive
a share of the public patrouage. By strict
personal attention to the of his busi
ness he hopes to be able to render satisfaction
to all who may favor him with their patronage..
Ills bar and table will : im Made a speciality.
Ilis stable is good,,anelill be. attended by
careful and attentive ostlers. An excellent
LIVERY is attached to- this establishment, -
which strangers, kill find to their - advantage.
Give him a call, one and'all. Re - feels eon&
Rent that all. will be -satisfied' with theiraecom
modation. June 5;68-10m..
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COMMERCIAL .COLLEGE:
DLTLY CHARTERED AND OriGANTZED
by the Legislature to grant Diplomas to it's
Graduates.
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bat recently started, was welcomed at its out
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Which has been accorded any other Commer
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Beauty, illcalth; and -Business Importance
of location. - ' :
It is readily accessible from all parts by
Rpi!road.
Its course of Instruction is MI, thorough,
and pre=eminently praCtical. - ' •
Boarding CHEAPER than at any other
similar Institution. ' •
Fur terms, specimens of-business and Orna
mental penmanship, samples of money used
in College Bank., &0., call at the 011iee,or
addre's3 I X. T. DAVIS. - '
• ` WILVAXSPORT PA.,
Aug. 2/67-Iy.
TERNBERG c 6 BRANDEIS
0
WHOLESALE AND "RETAIL DEALERS
02_10TITING,
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GLASS AND QI.TEENSIVARE,
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE,
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CHEAPER TITAN EVER!
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ALL RINDS OF COUNTRY PRODUCE
TAKEN MT EXCHANGE FOR GOODS.
STERNBERG S BRANDEIS.
June 12;68-1y.
''' • The following is a translation froth an ancient
Spanish Poem, which, says the Edinbarg "Re
view," is surpassed by nothing with which we
are acquainted in the Spanish language, except
the "Ode Of Lords de Leon:"
- Ohl .0t the soul its slumbers break—
Arouse its senses, and awake
.•- •, To sec how soon • .
1,4 b, in glides away,
And the stern footsteps of decay
Come stealing on.
And while we view. the rolling tidc, •
Down which our flowing minutes glide
Away so fast,
Let us the prevent hour
And dream each future dream oflky
Already nazi.
Let no vain hope deceive the mind,
.No happier lot us hope to had
To-marrow than to-day
Our golden (11-earns of yore were height,
Like them the present shall
Let them decay.
Our lives like ba.4tening streams mu .. 4 bC
That into one engulilng sea •
•
Are doomed to fall—
The sea of death whose Waves roll on
O'er king andk7ngd,m 7 cretin and throne,
• And swallow all.
Alike the river's lordly tide,
Alike the humble rivulet's glide,
To that sad wave !'
Death levels poverty and pride, -
And rich and poor 61e ::p side by side,
Within ;be grave, -
Our birth is bat a starting place; •
And death the goal.; , "
There all our' gliltering toys are brought—
That path. aldne, of all unsought,
Is found or all. -
J. J. BOYER, •
Pioprietof
See, then, how poor and Hale worth
Are all those glittering toys of earth
That litre us here ;
Dreams of a sleep that death must brcak ;
Alas ! before it bids us wake,
We disappear.
Long ere tiro damp of death can blight
The eheelespnre glow of red and white
Has passed away;
Youth smiled aid all was heavenly fair— .
Age came, and laid his finger there,
And where are they ?
Where is the strength that spurned decay,
The step that ro`•ed sought and gay ;
The heart's blithe tone ?
The strength is gone, and step is slow,
And joy grows wear'some, and woe !
When age comes on !
Row the "Boye in Blue",kept,Chistmas
. . .
At home these comfortable, joyous, win::
ter evenings, under the holly and the mis
le-toe, gathered around generous tables,
laden with - good cheer and plenty, and
before the warm yule Bres, brilliant with
Mate and spark, it is well to look back to
the contrast of but a fetAlect years.
Peace and good will reign through the
Land ',o-day. Tho stars with tremulous
glim Mer look down• telling of love and
hope. Undisturbed by war or rumors of
war, safe front abroad, and quiet at home,
with carol and chords, and chant and an
them, we celebrate tlic historic Holy day,--
the annivei,:ary of the advent of the' peace
of the world.
We hale gained this haven through sac
rifice and fire, and its memories are grate
fld to the - nation. I have thought nothing
more appropriately commemorative of this
joyful day than the story of how it has
often been passed for us by the men who
have saved our traditions, our present and
our future.
•
The
or, as it is sometimes called, Stone Rive:,
the bloodiest, roughest, and perhaps most
decisive and significant of the fields of the
;West, was a holiday week's work. 0
ClniStmas day Came the final order to
move. .The old 14th Clips got it eating
their Christmas dinner, and a right sump
tuous Christmas dinner it was—bacon, a
flay and-a half's ration, and whisky out of
fall canteens ! The two other corps of the
Army, of the Cumberland bad filed out
durinf ; the day pr:-t ; the scattering shots
of the advance I ; ttards were already echoing;
the stretchers wale cleaned; the ainbulau-
Ce:s oiled; the significant fotty rounds laid
grimly in every cartridge-box. We knew
that the feast of death was waiting for us
in front of the earthworks of llurfree., - -
bdro, and were not paiticular about
decanters or glass or 3rvice—brand or
viand: •
The :
. country has not been ,slow nor
thankless in appreciation of that week's
grand work. Major General James S.
Negley, who led with his gallant division
Perhaps the: fiercest and most brilliant
charge • of the battle, sits in Congess the
distinguished representative of one of the
foremost districts of Pennsylvania., Gar
field and honest John Beatty sits by his
side from Ohio. General Jchn Coburn
represents, in: the same house, Indiana,
Whose colors he guarded so well vThen
wreck and rout were sweeping down even
brave. men. Rousseau wears the star of
the regular: army. Sheridan, gallant Phil,
exiled by a faithless President, the people
of the whole nation love, and shout at the
very Mention of the name which sends
their blood whirling.
All these and many more have reaped
the rich honors they so bravely won. To
day, around the hearili , fires of the nation 4
let us remember and do homage to the
home -martyrs—the countless thousands
who fought without' hope of star, or bat.,
or laurel—the nameless demi-gods who
laid down heroes' lives, and sleep to-night
in.moundless graves, legended with that
saddest of- all the wot ds of war—Unknown.
Their incentive was loyal duty,,their guer
don death. One votive moment amid the
festivity and cheer of the season to the
memory of those who,
To the army of the Cumberland the de
cade from December 24, 18,62, to January
4, 1863, was fairly crowded with suffering
and exposure:
On the 24th the command or Major
General Rosecrans. forty-six thousand
strong,. commenced its grand movement
from in front of Nashville on to Mur
.freesbc;:o, the three great corps each in its
own road, and all converging to the be
leagured town. A strong reserve thllowerl
in the centre, Which was shifted from right
to left as one or the other wing was threat
ened. Here commenced in truth the
battle. While the Confederate threes of
Bragg, Polk, Hardee, and Breefiittridge
were comfortably housed in Alarm winter
quarters, built with substantial stone fire
places, among a smiling community, their
ancestral servants at hand—our army
under a heavy rain lasting steadily for
days, and varied only by a roaring storm,
was slowly, through fund and water, fight
ing its way down to the host ile entrench
ments. It was five days beti ei tough of
troops to regularly open the e
could be massed before the town, and all
this time was consmned in the wort e::-
haustive and fatigueing labors in bringin:
up the immense arLillery and supply trains.
At times the wagons and cannon had lit
erally to be lifted out of the marshes and
almost carried by the hands of the sol
diers. Night marcles were the standing
order, atleast for the reserves, and a column
frequently spent ten hours of darkness in
making half as many miles. Oh I how we
longed through those weary and hopph2ss
nights for the hottest fighting, the dpadliest
charge, to put an end to this pros!rating
and wretched slavery.
At last it came.
V''o - ttrg attb itlections,
THE FOOTSTEPS OF DECAY
In the Trenches;
By W. W. NEVIN.
BATTI.P. of MURFIIEP.SDORO,
•lIE IIEIIOES
Loving their country most,
Iu her.thead Pentecost
Yielded their souls.
ON THE ADVANCE
1) EF BATED
After- heavy preliminary skirmishing on
Monday and Tuesday, Wednesday eve
ning's sun—the last of the year—went
down on us a badly defeated and slaught
ered army. Driven four miles back, our
right wing disastrously turned, our artillery
_despoiled, our Unnumbered dead and four
thousand living in the hands of the enemy
—most armies would have thought them
selves beaten, but for us it was only a ter
rible misfortune to be at once and on that
spot retrieved. Our field was to be lost
only with ourselves. I think every private,
every boy felt that. There, on that dismal
night—that frosty, bleak December night—
without
blankets, lvithout coffee or meat,
without a solitary lire (for we dared not to
make them,) among thousands of their
comrades dead, or what was worse, dying
ottr men threw themselves, without a mur
mur. or a whine, on the bare frozen ground,
and 'slept, waiting for the coming - of the
morning—and that morning uneheered by
a single ray of hope. I felt appalled there
at the bravery of man—l did homage at
that awful altar to the unnamed and count
less heroes. Next morning most probably
meant death, but not a man wept or
flinched. It was fighting pure and simple,
robbed of all its adventitous glory ; there
N,v d s nothing to excite, nothing to stimulate,
save desperation. The laurels of Chaplin
Hills and Shiloh were paling. It was bat
tle, UM the battle of the vanquished with
their flushed and confident victors.
Under the, gloomy pines—cold, numbed
and hungry, a chilly snow lightly covering
with equal fall corpse and sleeper—with
not a star to. break the dull, heavy clouds
that kindly wrapped the scene in darkness
—with no reinforcement• or human aid to
hope for, save their own unconquerable
hearts and . strong arms, the worn survi
vors of the shattered army of the Ctunbcr
laud laid down, ready for such
A NEW YEAR
as God might send them.
On• Thursday, in the cold gray dawn of
morning, with compressed lips and braced
nerves, theline was. silently taken up. I
cannot tell here the history of the long
hours of those battle-crowned days. En
gagements which in the days of Revolu
denary story would have made their lead
ers famous, and. blazoned through time in
school books and minstrelsy, were here
merely affairs of Col. So-and-so. Many a
bloody onset was only a reconnoissance.
Suffice it, on that day we held our ground
and gained a few rods. On Friday we
steadily pushed our lines over the red mire
of the clotted corn and cotton fields ; and
on Saturday, in black darkness and under
a driving tempest, we stormed the last en
trenchment; and swept the fluctuating
field.
110 W 1T WSS DONE
To the reading world the taking of Mur
freesboro, the Western week of battles,
doubtless seemed a brilliant and glowin
achievement. The conventional idea is
doubtless, largely composed of blue and
gold uniforms, bucephalic charges, mad
dening music, sashes, banners, plumes,
and a general explosion of military the
atricals. In reality it was a contest of suf
fering, a trial of endurance.. We fagged
out the Southern blood. Coming to the
field worn out and prostrated, it was an
unequal strife in condition as well as num
bers, but the sturdy Northern yeoman had
made up their minds to stay there, and did,
till at last the impetuous chivalry, weary
of hurling themselves on a human wall,
could stand it no longer and fled.
The space between the town and our
lines was won inch by inch, crawling now,
and now charging through a sheet of flame.
Many a brave man fell merely in gaining a
few furrows. All the area of strife was
covered by sharpshooters,•and in the din
of conflict their rifl'•s were unseen and
noiseless messengers of death. A convul
sive plunge, and a stretched corpse with a
little red spot in the forehead told the tale
—somebody had fidien, is unconscious as
his neighbors of the direction of the fatal
ball. All the fighting ground was ankle
deep in mud, or worse. Charring was no
more an impetuous dash, but just a steady
march into the jaws of death. On this'
slippery, swimming ground we had to eat
and sleep. In the centre the approaches
were covered by trenches dug secretly, and
Occupied by night. Too low to stand up
in, too wet to' sit down in, the wretched
occupants had to remain bent and strained,
or to kneel over thighs in water. A single
peep over the embankment was a „signal
for a dozen bullets.
To complete the scene, the rear was cut
on; and provisions gave out. Corn on the
ear—about one ear to four men per day—
was issued to the troops, and the lighting
of Friday was made on that . novel diet. I
saw horses, not one hour dead, neatly
carved to a skeleton—all gone to steaks.
Hard crackers, Mess pork, and clean water
were the delicacies oftlie season.
Privation of every. kind. and degree was
the feature of the struggle and the lever of
victory Dirty, nutd-colored, lumpy,
shivering men did the work, and passed
through filth to glory. What read like an
intoxinting success was a hard-earned and
labcrious strife, and the dearest fruit of
victory was rest.
In strange contrast to the sombre hues
of: those long dreary days stands out one
scene so startlingly dramatic in its ellbut,
so wild in its heiliancy, that its recollection
seems like the flights of oriental fancy.
The closing act of that week of suffering
must be forever prominent as the picture
of the war- 7 perhaps as *the picturesque
battle piece of the war. Unique in con
ception, terribly splendid in its execution,
TILE ISIGUT BATTLE
of Javary li, is seared forever on the mem
ory of its actors,-and destined to an artistic
immortality in song and painting.
About dusk our sharpshooters stealthily
began to advance, fur the purpose of gain
ing the dark line of a dense cedar forest in
front. Their approach instantly caused a
sudden ' umination of the woods by the
rebel riflemen, studded behind every tree
and rock. If may mention here that when
we took this place of timber we found
platforms raised behind many of the largest
trees for their sharpshooters, enabling them
to extend their range and mislead the aim
Of our men. To stop this our artillery was
brought into play, posted in a huge semi
circle. The couchant lions opened their
throats, and shot and shell fairly rained on
the devoted spot. The earth literally trem
bled and quivered with the roar of a loin
dred cannon, and when we laid clown it
seemed to beat and trob with the pulse of
a living creature. instantaneous with our
attack 'leaven's wild artillery opened on
both armies. A furious storm sprang up
from the south. The wind roared and
crashed with the shell through the black
forest. The rain; streaming in torrents,
was driven directly in the faces of our
troops. We who stood only a flm - steps in
the rear of a range of batteries, were black
ened and almost strangled with the sun
eating clouds of thick moist powder which
were carried into our faces directly from
the muzzles of the guns. 1;y this time the
action was general. Charges were repeat
edly made on our infantry and batteries,
and at last our divisions Were set in inn
tin. The scene be ante weird and ex
citing beyond conception. The effect of
every movement of the contending forces
was written in eh:traders of deadly light;
the movements themselves were wrapped
in thick darkness. Itegiment after regi
ment of rebels advanced noiselessly to the
edge of the woods, and all at once a leaping
line of flame told their presence and object.
The fierce, cries of the victors, borne on the
angry gusts, told now and again of some
merciless bayonet charge, and one could
almost fancy that he heard, mingled with
them, the hopeless wail, of the lest in
battle.
I. have' read of nothing lubistory, I kite v
of nothing in the dreamland of romance
and imagination, to equal or approach the
intimial splendor of those three black and
bloody hours. I. thought of the demon
scenery of Dante, of the dark imagery of
Milton, of all the fiends that fought in hell,
until it seemed as if one could almost feel
the real presence of the Prince cf the Pow
er of the Air riding triumphant.
VOLUME XL NUMBER 18.
For three boors this strange and un
earthly battle raged. The blackness of
darkness was relieved only by the deathly
flash of musketry or the volcanic glare of
artillery. The cheerful "forward—charge"
of the successful, the despairing almost
hopeless, "steady, men, steady," of the re
treating officers, could be heard from time
to time, and there was so - lathinginhuman
in the sound. The balance wavered again
and again. The tide of victory was marked
only by the advancing and retreating sheets
of flame, the red surges of a sea of death,
or, more dreadful still, by the relentless
shouts of the victors.aud the skrieks of the
trodden.
At last shriek and shout died out tmetll
er, and without a cheer, the victors of an
unknown victory laid down upon the silent
Did Lincoln, ever sympathetic with loy
alty and devotion, speak too strongly, when
telegraphing to liosecrans, he said—" God
bless you and all with you. Please tender
to all, and accept for yourself, the nation's
gratitude for your and their skill, endu
rance, and dauntless courage."
the "Fat Contributor," in a
recei.z; contribution to the Cincinnati
Time% Speaks as follows in behalf of the
lazy man, "not by way of' eneourv_ling
bin hi his laziness, or in the remotes'6 de
gree to influence others to adopt hi. style,
but as demonstrating that some good even
may be mingled in the comr psition of good
for-nothings." It is a subject on which
Griswold can speak intelligently, and ids
opinions are therefore entitled to consider
ation.
"The lazy man is nearly always good
natured. Ile never hies into a passion.
He might crawl into one, if it were pcs.:i
ble, but the, idea of him flying into a pas
sion is preposterous.
"Whoever heard of a]azy mini break b) ,,
into a bank, where a crowbar had to Co
used, or drilling into a safe? Nobody.
Not that he might not el vet his neighbors
goods therein contained, but his horror of
handling-crowbals and drills would always
deter him.fro.el actually committing a by r
glary. He never runs away with his
neighbor's wife, simply on account of tl:e
horror he has of running. If he is ever
known to run, it is—run
He rarely lies about his neighbors, for it
would be too much exertion, but he (-tn.
lie about a bar-room all day.
“He is of inestimable service to a bil
liard room, keeping the chairs warm and
watching the game, for few would care to
play were there no spectators. The fact
that he does this without pay, day in and
day out, shows the unselfishness of his na
ture. What an industrious man, who con
siders his time worth something, would
want pay for, the lazy man generally does
for nothing, showing a freedom from mer
cenary motives that should go far to his
credit.
tions, insurrections or other public excite
ments; and don't make a nuisance of him
self by tramping around the country mak
ing incendiary speeches to promote public
discontent.
"In his own neighborhood lie is never a
busy body iii other people's affairs, for the
very idea of being a busy-body at anything
would drive 'him out of his head. By the
way, if he ever out of his head you would
have to drive him out, for lie wouldn't
have the enemy to go out of his own ac
cord.
"No lazy man ever run mad. If he
went crazy it was because he couldn't go
any where else without walking.
"Lazy men don't disturb the quiet of the
neighborhood by putting up litctories, fur
naces and such abominations.
"Finally, lazy men don't get -up base
ball clubs, which, if nothing else could be
said in their favor, ought, in these days of
excessive base ball playing, to entitle them
to public gratitude." •
AN ANECDOTE WORTH. PRESERVING.—
A Paris correspondent guarantees the fol
lowing: "A Frenchman, a • prisoner in
Edinburg, having managed to escape, took
refuge in the powder magazine. When
thiPauthorities wished to seize him, then
found him sitting on a barrel with a lighted
match, and threatening- to blow up the
town. The authorities reflected prudently
and the 'result of their deliberations was
that it would be better to starve the French
man out. But they reckoned without their
prisoner, who loved good cheer, and was
determined to live well. In consequence,
he called out that he would blow the whole
town to pieces if he did not have three
meals a day; he would write out the bill of
fare. Sawney succumbed, and the de
of the prisoner went on incrcasin. Some
times he had a serenade, under his window
then a review of the garrison ; afterwards a
sham light, in which the troops representing
the French army beat the highlanders.
This state of affairs continued Until by
the cessation of hostilitic ; and the peace
which soon followed, his further imprison
ment became tinticcessary.
A PtoyA.t. itErizooF•—Two of the
English princesses went latgly Into a room
where a servant NVII,S polish..a stove-grate,
and insisted on helping her. ARergetting
possession of the brushes, they polished
the woman's face Instead of thu grate. The
servant was ready to sink with confusion,
for she could not leave the appartment
without encountering Prince Albert. Ile
was astonished to see so dirty au object
emerging from his rooms, and inquire the
meaning of .it. The servant reluctantly
told him. It soon reached the ears of the
queen, and she was seen crossing the
court, leading the two princesses by the
baud, towards the servant's quarters. Her
majesty sought out the woman. made her
daughters ask her pardon, and sent them
at once to the nearest millinery and dress
establishment, to purchase a complete
outfit—dress, bonnet, shawl, gloves, &c.,
and present them to time servant in lieu of
the dress the * had spoiled. The articles
were purchased with tl:eir own money, and
consequently their supply of it was cur
tailed materially ; but this they said they
did not care for in the least—in fact, it
rather pleased them them otherwise—it
was only asking the woman's pardon they
didn't like.
lIEAvEn DAms.—One of the agents in
the construction department of the Union
Pacific railroad says, that in_ floating tics
Becomes down the Laramie river, it comes neces
sary to build dams to produce a find in
consequence of the low stage of the water
:is is:frequently done in the oil regions of
Pennsylvania, to float the flat boats loaded
with oil, and which saved our fleet on the
Red River during the lute War. When the
men left their work at night, beaver
begun where tlicy left off, and carried it
on in a very satisfactory manner. In two
or three instances where breaks occurred,
the.ie industric us animals have repaired
:Lent in a single night, to the saving of
hundreds of dollars to the contractor. •
)[S Br POR A W 1 4 : IC • —SII Ilday—Day
or rest ; of course nothing can be done.
Monday--. Being early in the Nvetk,
don't be too precipitate in beginning any
thio,r
Tuesday—Determin e not to let the week:
0 by without twhievin , 4 soieethh ig
hrii
ant.
Weiluesday—ltosolve on vigorous me:N
ips tbr to-morrow.
Tliiirstlay- - .llature . yesterday's ileliborn-
Friday—ltather too late hi the week to
do anything.
:Saturday—Give yourself up to societ,y.
11,nd consult friends (who know be3t] what
is to be done nest we(k.
Pennsylvania Canal is being
widened fu Id deepened below I /arrisb Etrg.
A daughter of Goy. Orr, of south °no
nfat has married a lidlatielphiau.
Gen. McClellan vas among the visitors
to Gen. Grant on lues;lay evening.
The uero race constitutes unc-fifth of
the population of the ruited. states.
THE LAZY MAN.