- ~ ¢ . tie ean pa pod FS RT ty 4 = rn Rg Te of _ POETRY. BEARCAT ria A a Fa dadegilia, Sept. 1814. PROPOSAL, &Y WILLIAM M’ CARTY, | FOR PUBLISHING —e———— ; A ~ beamongst them : and the bridges, groan- BATTLE NARRATIVE # ing beneath the weight of their loads, were OF THE 'BRYWBEN THE WasP 4xD Avon. @AMPAIGN IN RUSSI A, DURING THE YEAR (A night engagement.) 1812. DO’er Huron’s wave the sun was low, That ung’d the clouds with saffron glow, But yet appeared no hostile foe Wituin the misty horizon. BY SIR ROBER! KER PORTER. of Berezina., this Office. Tro. rer hid cenasades, whe ex. pired amid the crashing horrors of a wori¢ efice., But the despair of these {ated wretches was not yetcomplete. The head which had planned all these evils might yet to be fired ! The deed was done ; and still crowd upon croyd continued to press each ¢her forward choaking up the passage a- 1 *d bursting flames, scorched and frozen at the sage stan, till at length the whole sunk with a death-like noise into the bosom gp Subscriptions will be received at’ ET TT > nr PEER v pe irs - en RI. grass net et NORTHUMBERLAND ACAD 3 WA HEREAS the office of Principal of the Northumberlan Academy, hav- ingbecome vacant by the much lamented death ofthe Rev. Isaac Grier, who for many years past had successfully devoted his time and talents to promote the repata- tion and usefulness of this seminary, it is. deemed expedient that no time be lost in the appointment of a person to take the. charge of the institution until a-« Principal. shallbe hereafter appointed. XN The Trustees, therefore, having full con~ fidence in the scientific and literary acquires ments “of Robert Cooper Grier, son of the ate Principal, and Professor of Mathemat« Rg TO BE RENTED, and attached thereto. quire of eng 3 - JOSEPH MILES, Columhia’s Eagle perch’d on high, Darts ou the foe nis flaming eyce Her gallant tars resolve to die, Or gain another victory, TERMS. The octavo copy | embellished with & ok a Yee work selle at | likeness of Prixca But 300n the foe with banners proud, Aree Doliars : the Kourousorr, and Was seen descending through the cloud, present edition whe £300 barge Aare (e ‘With ail the sali he theu couid crowd, Oc affirded to sub. full sheet ot) ex- : To seek a gailaut enemy. ach {7 in a Large hbung he adiance &uodoenno voldmn of | of the French army 4 Roar 400 jiages, ai | to Moscow,and its ve One Ditiar and Fy | freat sherSrom. ty cnts iw boards, Should sufficient and Jue Dollar and | encouragement offer, Seventyifive Cente, | the work will be de bound, payable on | livired8o the subscris Dece 31, 1314 STRAY, dclivery. bers in @ «Auris time. STRAYED away from the pasture of Behind the waye descends the sun, The work will be | | the subscriber some time in August lsat, ~The dark’oimng shades of (wilight run, ———— But neither saup oas fired « gun, - With the dusky canopy. : . atwoyearsoid THE « Narrative of the. Campaign in BRINDLED HEIFFER. Russia, during the year 1813,” has descry- ®uiy received the highest encomiums (rom ditcrent Reviewers. We copy (oe foliow- ng from the account of the cross ng o1 the Berezing by the Xrench, in their retreat from Russia. : . “ Two byidges had been completed, the ®iie ear biubenzi, and the othernear Ves- sciovo. ficre, indeed, was Napoleon em Toe opposite shore was , Zebmino. ] ‘Lhe fustant the work was passab.e, tne Impa- tient Lmperor of the French ordered over a sufficient number of bis guards to render #he way toleraole saic from 1minediote moiestation : and the moment that was as- certained he followed with his suit and prio- €ipal gElEIAIS 3 a4 promiscuors crowo of soldiers pressing aier hun. The bridge wis hardly cleared of his weight and that his chosen companions, wuen tne rush of fugatives redoubied. No order could be kept with the bordes that poured towards its passage for escape and life, for the Rus- siaiis were in their ear ; the thunder of Vigtenstein was roliing over ihieir heads, — No pencan describe the contusion and hor- ror of the scenes which ensucd. Lhe French army bad lostits rear guard, and they found thems: ives at once exposed te ali the operations of the vengeful en ny. On the right and on the leit there was no sscape ; cannoi, bayonets, and sabres, mei - aced them on every side ; certain death was on their rear ; mn their froat alone was there any hope of safety ; and, (rantic w.th tie desperate alternative, thousands upon taousands flew towards the B rezina, soise piuaging iuto the river, but most directing their steps to the newly cons ructed briag- es, which scem:d to offer (hen a pass ge from cheir enemies. Misery baa tong dis- organized the French army, aud in the present dismay 10 voice of order was heaid, the tumult was tremendous, was destruc- five of cach other, as the despairing wretches pressed iorward and struggled for pre cedeace a the inoment of escape. + Vigieusiein stood in horror, views, g L118 chaos of human misery ; to close it at #ice tu death, orn capitulation was tne wish or lus brave heart ; but the enemy was Lrantics nothing could be neard bug the oar of cannon aud tue cries wi despair. Poe wounded and tae ayily covered ihe Lace ol the ground; the survivors rus.ied 1 wild tury upon their affrigaied comrades be iiberally rewarded. ; WILLIAM RIDDEL. Nev 88. 1814 Approaching near the matches gleam ; Tie sailor yes the trembiing beam, That shows above the sable stream, ‘The lines of black artillery. ———— % Eventas- the War” Led by the rending thunders sound, . And fires that ight the concave round, From wave to wave with ea, er bound, Descend a hes: of enemies. has heen made about them. ~ Young Blakely kens the approaching foe, And shuns the meditated blow, Which threats to bend his s.andard low, Where perch’d the Goddess Victory, nerated in no other way than by their sale o itss therefore, hoped, that those who have been so generous as to subscribe, will cal for their respective copies, and take them $ and after that, zey for them, Office Amer. Pai. Loud bursting from the batery’s sides, Aud flashing o’ce the sindderag ds, Through suipa’rous clouds brave Biakely guides Desuraction, death and nusery. LEGISLATIVE REGI3ITER: Many ot our subscribers have expressed a desire to see a regular narrative of pro= ceedings, in our state legislature. For the imforraation of such persons, and of the public In general, we give information; that a capable hand has been employed tor that purpose ; and that the legislative proe ceedings will ne weekly, and faitnfully re- gistered in the Chronicle. Three or four columns of cvery sheet will be devoted to that depariment—To give the debates at icugth is not the intention If however, debates on general aud nnportant points de take piace, some of tue speeches will be giver mn full. The editor invites such as wish to have the legisiative procs edings, to attend to it early that there may be po breach in the narrative. Subscriptivos for the Chronicle will be taken for 4 months, at 75cts. to be paid in advance. Full on the Avon bursts his fire, Fust thund’rimg wit resisticss ire, “While 0’¢cr the scone ascending higher, Wide sucams he flag of liberty Till pierc’d and bor’d, no arm to save, She shuns the couilict with tae brave, And sinks beteatn the crimson’d wave, - On which she claim’d the sov’reiguty. Dighton. Dec 30 ED CEE SELLING WITHOUT LICENCE. A lawyer, quite famous for making a bill, Aid who in goon Living delighted, O Wms one day, with 4 bearty good will, A Was Dy. a Tio Cli Harrisburg Cheon. SIX CENTS REWARD. RANAWAY from the subscriber, in Baid Eagle Tewnship, oi the 6th of Ociebe tice named, : JOHN SWARTS, about five feet four inches high, had em when ae went way, a homespun drab roune “at NVItEq. ‘ living Centre County, ryan Indented apprei » ‘But he charged 6s “nd 8d for poine to dine. "Which che cliem paid, tho’ no ninn And w turn chaiged the awe and wine, One: a crown and the other a guinea | Bui gossips, you know, have a say: N “oh ouatinet til #0 the bridges. They couid not pesetrace, dabeut coat and WaIslcoat, Course Low trowe i von > Slarc, : : BIL Vly press upon a crowd at tae neaiest sexs, and smail fur hat; talks Duich, and Who niaiches a lawyer has oniy one extremity ; for ths whoie bodies oi taese tolleradie Easlsh ; a great tovacco chewer move. passages were 80 filled wity desperate gutives that they crusaed suffocation and to deal: Fy, baggage, cavalry, and waggons of all iu- cacil other td rains of artilies and Snivker. Whoever takes up said Rune away and brings him back to me, shal! ye. ceive the above reward,but no charges paid. Oh The lawyer he paid it and took a receipt, While the client siared at him with won - HUGH WHITE. But var ik friends, with the broduce § Fd being intermixed and difven peii- Bald Eagle, Nov. 19,1814. i. gave. ia 1s iriends, with the produce a, on'1q one potat, handreds of human be- Tor viet soot ends hin Lae! Wis were trodden down, trampled oa, torn DISSOLUTION oF PARTNERSHIP 10° the lawyer 3 Knock Vinashed to veces cop 5 : i ; ander. y a nasnea ig BS : Officers ang sol THE partnership of Tho Beatty & co. is , BCrs Were int. 6 98: Self Ores... } fr I lees ties Yoda . fi ; Gan ha KCTS WE Nn Zed In ons 1:88 ; 8¢€ii pre S thisdas dissolved by mutual Consent. The That his client sold wine, (information be ervatiGih was tne oniy sti nuius, and sces- ha : laid) Fig this NYE ir oe Books and Papers belongiryg to the said Without licence 3 and in spite of his mn rer il y aR 5 ' i 4 pres Pv firm arc left 1D the care of Elisha Moore, SL ’ lated nis comrade to destruction, that ne Esq in Beiiefonte, who is authorised to re storining, migat find his plage onthe bridge. Thou- ; : ¥ The clieat a good thumping penalty paid, ceive all monies due. Persons indebted And the lawyer got haut for infor’! sands fell into the river, thousands threw and Taonga "CW are requested to call and make payment. themsives in the hideous strean, hop ng to save themselves by swimming, but ina few Ne —— misates they were januncd amidst the William JEATIY. FOR SALE biocks olice which rolled along us fiood, : : Ry : . Bellefonte, May 28th, 1814. and either Killed in the concusion or frozen 7 ) y ? to death by the uxtremity of the cold The air resounded with the yeiis and shrieks (it ts something more norrini ail Cries) a : te Some: ih na BoITIY 1 cries) of T dE Subscriber at the Tilt Hammer the dying, wounded, and drowning : but si : : . A ws J 90p, near the end of Nittany Mountain, they were only neardat intervals, for one ©. nat : 2 y : will make at the shortest notice, and cone eontinued roar seemed to fill the heavens, i ; : , : : bo stantly keep op hand, Spades and Shovels. of the Russian artillery pouring its floods fc wes vib ted : ra tea i together with every other article in the line of deathful retribution on the heads of the . ' . to Ts of the Blacksmith and Cutlery business desolators of this country. Welcome indeed Ss XRF Ki were the deathsit sent; few were his pangs JAMES WHITF HILL, who feil by the ball or the sabre, compared ~~ N. B. An apprentice wanted ta the a= TRE he terteve wie gy maggiod bomegh aocy Dusincass One half of an undividad tract of patent. ed land, coataining 418 acres, situate in Spring township, Centre county, now in the tenure of John Irwin. The land is well timbered and of a tolerable quality. Any person disposed to purchase, it is expected, will view the premises first. Terms of Sie made known by the subscriber, whe will make a good and sufficient title. ENOCH PASSMORE, iy 18:2¢ : 15n®*8w, Merchants,and others take Notice ! oo “oe ( And possession given the Lstof April neze) THE Grist and Saw Mills adjoining the Town of Milesburg, together with the For particulars en- (Beilcfomse. Any p: rson taking her up, and giving ine formation thereot to the ewner, shall Much complaint and dissatisfacties seemed to prevail among many of the sube scribets to this work, on account of the do= ténuon of the books, hefore they came re haad ; but since that, little or no inquiry The publigh- er has Deen at a very great expense in the printing of them, and expects to be remy. cks, Natural Philosiphy &c. who during the tedious illness of his father, had ihe eare and superintendance of the Seminary, do unanimously appoint the said Robert Cooper Grier Principal Aro tempore of the Northumberland Academy for and durin the session courmencing on the first day of ~ November of the present yearand closing the first day of April 18135. Itis moreover Resolved, John B. Patterson, Rev. Thomas Hood and Doct. Samuel Jackson, be appointed to vise it the school jointly or severally, to render such assistance as may be requisite, to ate tend to the various wants of the institution, and report their care and attention to a fue ture meeting. Extracted from the minutes JOHN BRYSON, Chairman. - Pa. Li rE NP ea a Pt en AS that, the Rev- AYTRST SAMUEL JACKSON. Sec’ry. Northumberland, Qo. 7, 1814. CAUTION. yo the subscriber Hugh Milliken, two bonds, of twe hundred dollars each. One payable the 1st of June 1815,and the other the 1st of June 1816. This is therefore to {forewarn ail persons from taking an assignment of said bonds as I am determined not to pay then unless compelled by law. : ~ WILLIAM CALDWELL, November 5, 1814 CS. gave te LAND AGENCY. THE subscriber will attend to the busi Ress of a Land Agent in the borough of Hars risburg, Those wishing to procure patente or copies from any of the public offices will find their business executed with promptaess. ALEXANDER GRAYDON, Junr. Harrissure, Ave. 14 1814, Vm ¢ FOk SALE. A tract of Land containing one hundred and fif'y seven acres, in Halfinoon towne sip, Centre County, adjoining lands of Thomas Thompson, Jr Abraham Elder and others. The land 8 6f a tolerable quality, upon which is a very thriving young apple orahard, aiifjothes bearing fruit trecs, Ae bout 45 acv@ are clear:d. There are on wie premises a good Honse and barn, a spring of excellent warter. The Jand is situated within about fourteen miles of Bellefonte, Any person wishing to pure ~ chase may know the terms by applying te the subrcriber near the premises JESSE WHIPPO. Halfmoon, Nov. (9. HENRY STEWART TAILOR, YY ESPECTFULLY informs the citizeng J 4. ot Bellefonte and its vicinity, that he kas commenced the TAYLORING BUe SINESS, at the House back of Mr. James Rothrock, and immediately ‘adjoining his Hatter shop, where those who may please to faver him with their custom shall receive every accommodation ana attention iy Lie power to bestow, Having served his apprenticeship in the city of Baltimore ; and having had an oppors tunity of perfecting himself in the knowl. edge of his profession by an exercise of of its various duties, in many of the best shops in that place, he "flatters himself qualified to give gencral satisfaction te his customers. October 3, 1814 J HEREAS tie subscriber gave tg Y David Storm, two notes of one hune drea a rd ninety pounds each ; the first pav- able 1st oi April 1815; the other Ist of April 1816; aud eight other notes of one hundred pounds each : the first payable 15¢ “of April 1817, and one each succeedin year ; andone other note of one hundred and twenty five pounds, payable first of A.