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WASH tL WHITTAKER,
BtrNTIXODOM-
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HUNTINGDON,  PA.,  WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1865..
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PRoc;i.t:«iATio\'. NOTICE or OENEinl. EI.ECTII.N.
Purauiiil I., u". net of llic (ienerul A»aeinbly l.r the CommnnncnUh of Peniiaylvaniu, entitled •An Aet reliiiiig In the eleclinna of ihia Com • nionreulth," nppr.ived Ihe 2i| dny of July, 1880 I. GKOISGR'.v. JOIIKSriSN. Illith Hl.eiilT of the euunty ..f Huntingdon, in the Slut.' nf P.-nn- vyhnniu, do hereby make kn.iwn un.l givo noliee tn Ihe Elcclnra of'the eoui.iy nf.ireaii.l, ihnt n Generul EUrtlon will be hel.l in the aaid eountv ..f Huntingdon, on the .SECOND TUESDAY (nnd Ulirduvl of OCTORKR, 1HI15, nt which liine Stale, Diatrict and C.-unty oflicers will be tiei'te.l, lo wit :
One pereon to fill the offioe of Au.lltr.r Gen. erni of the Coninionwenllh of I'emisylvuuia.
One person to fill the office of Surveyor Gen¬ eral uf tho Cominonweulih of Pennaylvuid.i.
Two peraona to reprea.;nt tho c.iunriea of Hunling.lon, MitHiii mil Juni.it.i. in the Houae <.f Ilepre«enluiive> of the Cumn.onwcilih of Penuaylvnuia.
One )H';'sr,n lo fill the ..ITi.:e of .\aanciule Ju.lge uf HuiiliiiM'lon county.
One piraon to fill the office of Shi riff of Hun¬ tingdou rounty.
O.ie person in fill Ihc olB.ie of Counly Com- niisaioncr of IIiiTitiiig.lon county.
Ono peraf.n to fill the office of Treasurer of lIuniiriR.loh e.iiintv
One person to fill the offioe of Uiieetor of the Poor of IIunllnf;d..ii connly.
One person to fill the offi ¦.: of C.mnly .Sur veyor, of Hnntiii|.'dnn ci unty.
One person to fill the office of Auditor if HuMlingilon county.
In purf unnee of anid net, 1 alao hereby mnke known nnd give notice, that tho plucia of hold ing the nr.resai.l giner.il election In the several eleetion di-tricNwiihln the snid county of Hun¬ tingilon, are na fidlowa, to wil :
Isl diatrict, eompoaed of Ihe Inwnship of Hendera.n, at the Union school house in said townahip.
2d district, enmpnaed ..f Dublin townahip, nl Plenaani Hill achool hiuse nenr Joaeph Nclaon'a in said lownahip.
8d dialrict. composed of ao much of Wnrri- oraroiirk i.wiiahip as ia not included in tlielOih district, at Ihe achool house adjoining the town of Wnrrioramork.
4th diatrict, composed of tho townahip of Hopewell, at R.mgh and Ready Purnnco.
5lh dialrict. eompoaed of the townahip of Barree, ut the houae of Jamea Livingaton, iu the town of Snulaburg, in ani.l town|iilp
6th dialriot Oiiiipoai'd of tho boruugh of Shir, leysburg nnd nil thut purt nf the townahip of Shirley not include.I wilhin thelimiia of dialrict No. 24, herfliinfier uientlone.l an.l deaerihid, nt the houae of David Frnker, deo'd., in SMrleys burg.
7lh dialrict, onmpnaed of P.irti>r nnd pnrt of | Aaaembly
near to nud attache.l tn the same now owned and oonnpie<l hy Th.a. M. Owcna, John K. Mc. Oahun. Andrew Robeson, John Ocnairacr Wm. Oensiinir, nnd ihe trncl of li ed by Oen. and John Shoenberger, kn the Porter tract, eiluate in tho town Warriorsmark, nt the public school houae iu suid borough.
20lh dialrict. compo.ac.l of tho townahip of Oa.as, at Ihe public sehool houso in Caaaville, in snid townahip.
2lst diatrict, composed of the lownahip of Jaokaon, at Iho houae of R..bert Burr, now oe¬ oupied by E.lw.ird Llt'tle, at McAlevy's Fort in said lownahip
22d district, compoac.l of the township of Clay, nl the public achool house in Scottaville.
2Hd dialrict. eompoaed of the townahip of I'enn, at tho publio school houso in Murklea- burg, iu aui.l township.
2ltli district, eompoaed nnd created as fol¬ lowa, to wit: All that part of Shirley townahip. Hunting.Inn cnnnty. lying and being wilhin the following deaeribed boundarlea, vix : Bettiuning at the iiiterseclion of Union nnd Shirley twp. lines with the Juninla river on the aoulh side thereof; thence along snid Union townahip line for ihe di..tnnce of three milea from anid river ; Ihcnce eustwirdly hy r Btmight line lo the point where the mnin road from Eby'a mill to Germany Valley crnsaea the auinniit of San¬ dy ridge, Ihence northwardly along ihe auinmit of .Snndy ri.lge to the river Juninla ; thence Ul. a.ii.l river to the pine;- of beginnini;, ahull liireaficr forma aepurnteelection diatrict. The qunlified voters of ani.l election distriot ahnll herenfier hold their genernl nn.l township olec. lions in Ihe public achool house in Mt. Union. io snid .liaitict.
26ih di..tri..t. composed of the boroush of Iluntingd..n, «l the Court Ilouse in anid bor¬ ough. Th.ise pnrla of Walker nnd Porler tp.. . •giiiiithK kI Um a..u:hciu end ..f Iho W„\r,o uc.'oas the lunintu river at iho foot of Montpo. inerv atreet, thence bv the Junintn lownsliip linc't > Ihe line of tho iVulker election di>tnct, thence by the anmc to the corner of Porter tp. nt the W oo.lcock Vulley rond nenr Ker'a school house, Ih.Mice by the line between Walker nnd Porter townahipa to Ihe summit of tho Wnrri.ir Ridge i theice nl.ng snid ridge to tho Juniatu liver, ao aa IJ include the dwelling lion.sc at Whittnker'a (now Fiaher'a) old mill, nndlhcnco down suld river to tho plnee of beginning, he nnnexc.l to Ibe Hnntingdon bor.niph cleclion diatrict, nnd th.it Ihc iiih.ibiluiita llioroof ahi'" und muy v.no ut nil gi'uerul eleciiona
2nth district, e .mpoa.'.l of Ihe borongh ofl' tcrsburg and thut purt of Weat lotvnshlp w- ^ und north of a Hi e between Heinleraon nn.l West townahipa, nt or near the Wnrm Springa, lo tho Frnnklin townahip line nn the top of Tuaaey'a mountain, sn na to liicludo in the ncw diatrict tho houaea of David Wuldamllh, Jacob I.ongeni'oki-r. Thoa. Hnmcr, Jua. Porter nnd J. Wall, at the aohopl houae in the b.jrough of Petersburg
27lh diatrict, coirpoacd of Junintn townahip, at Ihe houie of John Pcighlnl, on the Innda of ll.jnry Ineiiberg, in aaid townahip.
28th dialriot, coniposed of Carbou township, recenily erected out of n purt of the territory of Tnd lownahip, at Brond Top City hotel, in said lownahip.
20ih diatrict, composed of tho borough of Coa'monI, at the pnblic achool house in suid borough.
1 nlao inuke kiiuivn nii'l give noliee, ns in nnd by the I3lh section of the nforeanid net I nm direcled, "that every peraon, excepting juaticea of the pence, wh i shall hold any office or np- poiiiimenl of pri fit or trust, nndertho gnveru- menl of ihe United States or of thia Stnte, nr of nny cily or i.icorporaled diatrict, whether a conimiaaione.l officer or agent, who la or ahnll be employed u i.ler the legislnlive, exeoutivo nr ju.lioiary d.purtinent of this Stuto or of the United Stales, or of any oily or incorporated dialrict, and ulao that overy member of Con. grras, nnd of the State Legialature, and of Iho Holect or common cnnnoU of nny city, oommla. aloners nf nny iiicorporated diatrict, la by lnw incnpablo of holding nr exercising ut the aamo lime, the i ffiee or appointment of judgo. in- apcotnr. or cloi'k of any election nf thia Cora- monwenlth, nud that no inanecior nr judgo, or other nffl'ier of any auch election ahull be ell. glide to nnv office to be then v..tcl for."
Alao. Unit in the   4th   aeclinu of the   Act of An Act relntiiig  to  execu
A HtJNSRE]) TEARS AGO,
One hundred years airo thero was not a
VISIT TO MR. LINCOLN'S GRAVE.
The correapouileut of  tho Ohicapo Uu- j
OREAT EATERS.
Great eaters never livo Ion};.
A CdUtiAiiKuUH iNi'Asr.—Thn Ailrain, Miuh., Kxpnsiior, rehiies the fulluwin^ in-
icr and 1 i-'ne nunarea years ouo mere was not a i ""^ uurie.ipuiiuent ui iiiu t/uiungu i\u- vjrum enters never nvo lunj;. a vorn- i luiuii., r.xpusiitir, reiinea iiie iiuiuwin^ in* wown- ¦ siuijlt. while man iu Oliio, Kentucky, Iu- I publican, who hus nccuuipanicd General : cioua appetite, so fnr from helni: a aijjn of i cident : A liltlo girl ahout twu ycnra nld, own na | diaua or Illiniils tcrriturii'.a. Then, what | C^ani in hia trip lhruuf;h the Weat, aaya : j health, ia n certain indie itiiiii uf diaeuse. | and a diminutive little lhin» at thnt. while ahip of i, no^ tdg „,„,( flourishini' pnrt nf Amer- ' "^\'a went this nKirning, September ' Snine dyabeptioa aro always hungry ; feel I pinyintr with her brulhcr, by t.ouie un»c- ouae iu    i-_        ._ ,...,. ,. T, .   .       I let.     ... /^_l. ro:.l._..      i         j-..    _.    l.„... „.l .i -...:_..   t... _.. .._ I .„t.i.. .m....    e..ii :^.^ _    _.ii   ..I .
Wnlker lownahip. an.l ao muoh nf Weal town- I tions an.l for other purpnaea," apprnvo.l April thlp na ia inclndi. I in Ihe fnllowing houn.larlos, 20ih, 1"40 it la eiinoled that tho uforeauil 13th to wit : D.'ginning nt tho anuthwcsl corner of | acctinn 'ahull not boao coistruod ao to'provent
Tobiaa Curfm.in'a fnrm on the hank of the Little Juniata river, to the lower end of JncV.aon's narrows, thence In » north westerly direolion lo the moat southerly part of the furm owned by lllchael Maguire. thence norlh 40 degrees woal to Ihe lop of Tna.ey'a ni..iintniii to inlrraeel the line of Frunklin lownahip. thencodown Ihe •amo In the place uf beginning, nl the public ¦ehonl hnuae oppoaite the German Reformed Churoh. in the borough ..f Alexnndrin.
Sth diatrict, composed nf the Inwnahlp nf Franklin, nt the house of Geo. W. Muttern, in ¦aid tnwnahip.
Olh district, oomposed of Tell lownahip. nl the Uuion school hnuae near Ihe Uuiou meeting house in said Inwnahlp.
IOth diatrict, eompoaed of Springfield town¬ ship, at the achool house near Mugh Mndden's ig anid township.
I Ilh dielrlcl, eompoaed of Uniou townahip, at the school bouse ne .r Kiekiel Corbin's in aaid townahip.
12th distriot, composed of Bmdy townahip, at the Centre school hnuse In said township.
18th district, oninpnsed of Mnrris towoship, at public sohool houae No. 2 In anid townahip. 14th dialriot, cninpoae.t of that pnrt of Weal townabip not Inolnded iu the 7ih and 2lllh dia- trifts, at the pnli'io achool house oo the farm DOW nw.ied hy Milea Lewla (formerly owned by fames Ennls) in ealdt.iwiiship.
Ifith distriot, oomposed of Wniker tnwnsbip, at tbe house of Denj Megahan, in MoConnella- lown.
ICth dialriot, oomposed   ofthe   lownahip of Tod at the Oreen sohool honse in snid township. 17lh diatrlol, composed of Oneida townahip, at tho Wnrm Springs hotel in said township.
18th district, composed of Cromwell town¬ ship, at the houae now oooupied by David E|. nIer, in Orbisonia.
leib <ll|tii«t, oomposed of the borongh of Vlrmingham, with   ths  several  trnett of Und
ica, was ta little knuwu as the mountains of the moon. It wns not until 1769 that the hunter of Kentucky, tho gallant and adventurous Boone, loft hi-, homo in North Curiilina to become Iho firat settlor of Ky. The Drat piomer of Ohio did not settle till twenty yenrs afterwards.
A huudreij yenrs ¦sat) (Jonndn hiilnn^icd to France, and thn whole pofiulntiou of the IInl(..d Stutis di.l not exceed a luillion nnd u halt'.
A hunilred yeura npn the prcat Frcder. ick of I'maain was porfi.rniiui; thoan ex¬ ploits which have iiindu hiin iinm.irtnl in military annals, and wilh hia litlht num- archy wus soatoining a sinolu handed con- tost with Uuflsiu, Austria nnd Fmiioo, tho three nieat power.s of Kurop,. combinud.
A hundred years npo the United Statea weru the most loyal pcuplu of the liriilah Kmpire, and ou the politieal. horizon no apcck indicated tho .'trup^lo whii:h, wilhin a score of yenrs thcrcuftor, calablialiiid the j»rcat republic of tho world.
A hundred years ajio there were but four newspapers in .Ynifirica—with coni- hined circulation not exceediiip 2000 — Sli'um engines nnd cylinder preasea hnd not been imagined, und ruilrou.la and tul- egrapha had not entered the rcuiolcat con ccpljon of ninn.
Whon wc ciimc to limk back al it thro' the vista of history, we lind that the cen¬ tury which hus passed hus b.'cn allultcd to moro important events in Iheir hcariug upnn the happiness uf tho world, than ul. moat nny oilier event tlmt has happened sinoe the creation.
h hundred yeara hence, who can foro- i;!l  our developmints aod national grcat-
BEWARE OF IDLENESS.
It ia a sad sight tu Boe boya gathering on wharves, or nt the corners of the street, or anywhere, idlin;^ away their time, bc- onuso il is cerlnin
Sutnii finda aome miachief atill For idle hull la to do.
Idle boys, loo, arc prelly .aure to grow up loafers. I look into the dicliunnry, and Und thnt loafers nre Idle nicn, who get their living by sponging. And what is sponging? It in in gain by mean nets. A luut'er then in a man who gets hia living by mean ways. Of course he is a l.iw fel¬ low ; bis talk is low, his aims nre low ; his spirit is luoun. lie has tho temper and habits which decideilly nnd naturally lend.s to ull kind of evil. House breukeis, pick¬ pockets, robbers, all come from thi=i class; and indeed idle boys soiuctimcs tukc their 6rat leasons in wickedness very enrly.
In looking over our polico records I find a great ninny children, girls nn well ns boys, brought up for "petty Inrceny," which iiieana, stealing little things ; nnd those lillie thieves arc all from the elass of children who piny truant und ure idlers.
If you nre a school boy, run to school, don't slop by the wny.
If you nre going home, go.
If yuu nro out nt play, play wilh nil your heart, play with a will. Here have as good fun as you please; but when you have done (|uit; do not bo a banger on anywhere.
I am speaking to girls as well as boys ; for I am sorry to suy, girls, sometimes very liltlo girls, have been found with those idle hands which Satan always finds
any militia nr borough officer frnm so      _       ^
ju.lge ir inanecior or  cleik of any  general or ; iiiisohief for      Lot ihis bo your rule ;
apeolul eleetiim In thla Conimonweulth."
PurMiant to the provialona contninod in the 07th B'elion nf the net aforeanl.l. Ihe judgoa of the af'roaui.l diatrlois shall rcapociively tnke charge of tho ccriifl-;nte or reiurn of the elee¬ tion ol their rfcpectivc diatricta. nnd produce Ihom III a ineeliiig nf one of tho juilgea from enoh dialriot nl the Court ILmaelnthe horoogh of lluitiog.l.in. ou the third dny itfter Ihe duy of election, boing for Iho present yenr on Fri¬ dny, the IHtli dny nf Oolober next, then nnd there 11 .lo nnl )iorf.irin the duliea require.1 by luw of asld judgoa. Alan, thut where u judgo, hy siok less nr unnvol.luble ncci.lent, la unuble to attend aaid ineeling of jn.lgea, thon the cer- lificHle .r return aforoanid ahnll he taken in chnrge 1 y one of the inapoctora or elerka of Ihe eleclinn of anid dialriot, nnd ahull do and perform iho duties repaired of snid Judge uua- bla tu attend.
Also, tl.at in tho Olat aeotion of suld not 11 Is enacted that "ev.ry ganaral and specinl elec¬ tion shall be npeno.l between the hours of eight und ten in the forenoon, and shall onntiniie without interruption or adjournment uutil 7 o'olook in Ibe evening, when tlie polls shall bo closed."
Given ur dor my hand,   at   Hnntingdon, the Sth day of September, a. n.   1805,  and of tho Independence of tho United Sinina tha 89ih OEOROE W. JOHNSTON, Sheriff.
ISth, to Oak Ridge, nnd some day we : beat when they nre eating, but na soon as I cmtntahlo accident, fell into a well about hope to give a detailed account of that! they huve eaten they endure turmeats so I thirty foet to the water. The boy gave the wild burial ground.     It is about two miles   dlatreaaing in their nature as to make their < alarm, nnd the mother running out discov-
froni the city and consists uf  a   tract   of, uuhnppy victims wish fur denth.    The ap
land of about eighty-eight ncres, whieh is ! petite of health is thut which   inclines to
in fnlure   to be considered ns the ISpring- j cot rnodorately, when   euting  timo comea,
field bnrial pround proper.      The remains ' and which when satisfied leaves no unplens.
are still unburied, and lie in the reception   ont reminders.     Itlultltudt'S meusurc their
house jast af they came from Washington,   health by the amount they can eat; and of i swuni: iho bnrket partially under the cbild
watered by the tenrs   of   the   nation.     A | any len persons,   nine nro   gratified at nn j the liillo hnnds   grasped   the pail,   and it
gnurd tent is pitched opposito to thia houae j increase of weight, ns if mere   bulk  wore j was drawn to the top ond rescued   by th«
of the dead, on a rising knoll, surrounded | an index of health ; when in reality, nny t terrified nnd omiragcoua parent.      Daring
ered hor little darling finoting nn tha wa¬ ter. The bucket was down (it probably went down with the child) and the moth¬ er, instead of wosting her entrgies in fruitless screams, oaught the lope and she
its perilous journey out, it lo.iked up nid Bcvoral times oalled "mnmmn, mniiiinn " A mure thrilling peril and   rcsuno seldom
by trees.    Three acntrion guard the saorod ! excess of futnc.s.s is,   in   proportion, dcci
roinnina   night and   duy,   and   the   stono | »ive proof of existing disease, shuwing that
dimrs   are  kept open, so that the oir may j the absorbcula of the syatcin ure tuo weak
oireulate   freely   through the place.     An   to diacharge their duly, und the tendency ' occurs, nnd, incjecd,   ihe   whole   thing is
iron gate protects the remains iV.im a close   to futnoss, lo obesity, incrcusca uutil exis-    noxt lo miraculous ; bul Ihe fuels are be-
intrusion,   nllhough   one   cnn see the two   tiinne is n burden, nnd sndilendeath closes I yond cavil.    The   nnmo nf thn   family is
ciifiins—iho«e of the fu(hor nnd of the lit.   Ihn history.      Particular   iuijuiry   will ul-   Snyder, and they rcai.le   nbout   five nHles
tic Bi.n, who waa carried hero frum Wash     ninat invariably   elioil the   faot thut Some | from this villugo.
ingliin with him to their final resliiig place. I |)iraona, however rubii.-uud and   jolly,  ure I -     .......
•Gi'U. Qrnnt nnd his fnmily visited the grnve this iiiorning. ni'ciiiiipnnied hy many nf the uuesla i.f the (Hin..is Central I'uiu. pnny. A train wns waiting nt une of the atntiona whom wo stopped, and n> uld, weuthirbcuien aolilior put hia head uut uf tjie wiiiduw nnd asked which wna Hem ral tfTint's onrriuge. '•[ want to so'' his Ju.!! old face airnin," he anid "I have served under him two yenrs and lual, this," point- in..r to fhe right nrm sleeve of hia coal, "for him and the cuiiiiry."   The oarrinnc
« pointed ont to him, and ho went offi icinns among the ancients, lived very spa from one car to nnolher to see. ns ho said, i ringly after ihe nue of twenty eight, and "that dear old faco ngnin." The General | died in his hundred nnd foriielh year— recognized him and shook hands wilh him. i Kenligorn, who never tualud apirits or wino It made him feci na hnppy as if thut right' nn.l hud Worked hard ull his life, reached arm were nol rotting on   the   mud   banks j IS^J years.
before Richmond." ,Tenkins, a   poor   York.ahiro   fisherman,
- .• ».     • I who lived on   the   cosracal   diet, was one
A MAUUlAaHABLK Ff.MAI.k—I'robubly I hundred and sixty-nine years of nge when the richest woman in the United Stales ia i ho died. Old I'ntl lived to u humliel and
r well, and yet tlioy uro envied. While A Tnnil,t.lNa SoRNK.—The I'urtniouth great eaiera never live to un ohl age, and I N. II. Chronicle, says ; are nover fur n single day wilhuut sumo j On >Siindny, while the fire in the woods '•syinptoii:," some feelingsaufiicienlly dis. nt Codnr Swniiip was nt ita height, nn ox- agreeable to attract the mind's attention | Ira train of sixteen cars, bringing Iho llth uoplousantly, small eaters, tliiisa who cat ] Maine regiment on their way home lu Au regularly uf phiiu fund. Usually have no I pusla, eaiiio over the Knstern Uailrond — "spare floaV-" -- ••¦•.; -"^ ..^i-..:-,.. —a | On either sido ofthe Irock th ""'|"-'"n«e live to nn nctive nld age. Remurknblo ex-I'ofty i^o''i"^-, .<.... •_- drowning the ciuplilicatiuas of tlic:e statements sre fuund ' sound of tho train. It was a fearful siukt in Ihe lives uf tho cetilurinns ufa past age. | to behold. The oil on the wliecia look fira Galen, ono of the must diatinguished phys.   «nd ulonir tho Irnin wis seen the revolvinc
wheels uf fire, while the acven hundred of-
.¦Miss Hester Uobin.son, a yonng nnd beou liful girl, lately of New Uodford, but now a resident of New York City. Her father died recently, leaving hor one niilliun out¬ right, and the income during her lifo of abuut fnur million more. Her nunt. Miss S. A. llowland, of Ncw liedfurd, who de
fifty three ; his diet being milk, eheose, whey, sinull beer and onnrao bread. The favorite food of Henry l'rnn«i«co, who li ved to be one hundred and seventeen, was milk, and even that in smnll qunnlily; hin eon Michael, by similur means, lived tn bo ono hundred und three yenrs of ngo.     I'"u-
fleors nnd men   uf the   gallant   14ih wer« nearly smothered in   the   dens'^ smoke >» Foitunutdy the long liuin, drawn   hy th< "Cnpe Ann" went ihn.Uiihlhe lerrihleor. deal wilhont accident, nnd as the caraoiu- i erged   beynnd   tho   burning   i|ialrict, t\i%\ amoho rushed from Iho car  windnwa  into i the air, giving an appearanoe uf a train od firo.
ceased nbout the first of July, nlso left her I ther Cull, a mclhodiat cIcrL'yinan, died lust a million, but nt thesamc time bequeathed ! year .t the age uf one hundred and five, largo sums to various other persona who j the nioin diet of his life havini.' been salt were not her blood relutions, among the i od swine's fle.sh (bacon"), nnd brend mode rest, giving to her physician a hundred or ! of Indinu meal. Fr.iui thcao statements, a hundred and fifty tlmusunu dullara. Misa nine goneral renders out of ten will jump Robinson ia diasulisficd with this will, and ! at the cnnoluaion that milk is wholesome, hns employed fivo of tho most eminent I as aro baked opplcs and bacon Thcao rnn counsel in MuaRachusctls lo endeavor to , elusions do not legitimately I'l.ll.iw. Thn hnvo il set aside, though on what grounds only inference thut can bo safely drawn is the publio is nol yet infurmcd. Probably, I from the only foot running through nil uf however, the motive is n paeaion for more | these cases—that plain fond and a life of money. | steady labor tend lo a great ago.
AiiAiNST TIIK CiiiuiENT.—A wnggish j Q„, ,^ Haiiuisiiuro —The Pnlriol nnd ohap, whose vixen wife, by drowning lost | ,j„i„„ ,„j,g „,„, i„„, ^^^^ ,„„ ^...^y i„^,.„i. hor precious life, cnlhd out hia neighbors , ,„„ y„ni,ces visited thnt city wilh a newly nil around, and told em thut his apouae i„ve„icd pump which --M b, .).i.«i. In- wns drowned, and in spite of search, cuuld | j„ t,,^ pround u depth of fifty feet or mure, not be fuund. lie knew, hu said, the i „„,] i,r|ng ^^p, ,„ ,i,p ,u,f„cp without the very nook, where she had tumbled in tho necessity of digging n well. One uf theae brook,   and   he   hud   dragged   along   tho   ,|,py er,,,.teH   u^ tho   fimt   of Slate street
MSr .\ singular scene, indicative nf (h« 'ups ond downs' of things torresliisl. had iia occu'ienoo at the White Ilouse, Wnab- ington, on Wediiesduy morning. Thrta eulured people, an old mun and twnuM fe- iiiuK's, came tu seek nn interview wiih the President, tu in^.' ih,i par.liin of their lat'd mustir, nuiiiod Williams, who it appeari, wns .1 I, .ilthy Viruinia iilantor ut llin out.- hreuk of the rebellion, hut who is anm so p.iiir that his f.irniir cii.iiiols, i.nt uf piiy, seek to du him a aetvie". Williams cnnio lime ni.'o, mudo ap|.lii iitiun f..rpur.l.in, but his petiliiin hns nut yet boon acted upOD. Ilo will probably obtain iho muob deaired hooD.
In hooka nnd work nnd hcullhy piny Let my first years be passed.
Thnt I  may givo for every day A good Hoeouiit st Insl.
lar Without dispnrugeiuenl lo the ma¬ ny noble mothers who have gjven their suns to the late gluriuus cunlost of aaving uur counlry, we reprint an inatanco of revolutionary timea taken from u pnpcr of August, 1770: "A gentlenian who lately travelled thruugh ('unnecticut met with an old gentlewoman, who told him abe had filled out und sent to lioaton five sunt and eleven grandsons, when she heard of the engagement between the provincial troops and regulars. The genllemau asked hor 'if she did not shed a toar at parting with thetn V 'No,' said aho, 'I uever parted with thom with mure pleasure.' 'Hut sup¬ pose,' snid the gentleman, 'they hnd nil been killed V- '\ hud rather,' suid the iKibIc niatriin, 'that this hud been the case than thut oue uf thetn hud cuiue baok a coward.' "
shure, abovo the plnco a mile or uioio.
"Above the place '!" tho people oried ; "why, what dy'e mean?"
The man replied—
"Of eourso y.iu don't suppose I'd go nnd waste the time to look below? I've known the woman quite n spell, und learnt her fnahions tol'bic well; alive or dead, ahc'd gn, I fwuw, agnioBt tho curroot, anyhow I"
10* There  is in New York a house ou
whioh is displayed a sigu " , Manu¬ facturer of Champugne." The Knpliab Wino Trade Review relates that thia branch uf indnalry is also pursued in Eng¬ land. A chemist hos recently been pur¬ chaaing luw French whilo wine ur sherry, wilh which thu market ia at present glut¬ ted. The maniiraclnrer places it in old chanipagiiii bottloR, aubmita it to the ac¬ tion of a soda water mnchine, hy which it is charged with oarbonio aoid gas, tin-foils it nud labels it, and it is ready fur mar¬ ket Of course tbe gun OHoapua very soun after the buttle is opened, aod loaves au insipid fluid. *
¦Su The Ln Crusau (Wis ) Uepublicali aaya that n rolurncd aoldier recently oalled for a gl IKS of heor in that cily, and it waa dealt uut to him in a small glass, llauk. ed the snliiun keeper if he hud u pno)(at hMniiker.hicf •" lend him. The rag wai I,-,.lied over, and he dcllb.ratcly tied nqy end of it III the handle of (he mug, nnj told tho auliinn man to hold Iho other whllt he drunk his beer. Very much aurpriied hu naked the soldier wlmt he uioaDt bjp auch a pruoieding. "Nolhing," ho aiji swcred, "only the glass ia su ¦mall I wia i ttfruid I miirht swull.iw it" '
tar A genlloman who hnd the cui|n(iity ; to spend a dime in un.weringun advertiae. < monl whieh prutni.ed valuable   advice ti}t\ thnt amount, received by mail the   iidliiw- { uf oil "      In leas thnn   half an   hour the \ ing answer : "Friend, fur yuur   ten oenH j excitement boonine intense.    Spoouluiiuna | puatnge, plenac Gud enehmud advree whiob | wi're on   I'uot   without   number.     Iluuaso    muy bo of great vnlue l.i you.       A» luanj would pump and up would   ounie the  uil  | persona arc injured fur woeka, tnnoiheand Severn! vials of it   wero distributed,   and ; yours by the cirolcJS   use of a   knife, my Olio fellow, in   liis  ojiciled  eae'^rniia  fur | ad^loa t«,   when  yoo use  a kisife alirftjrt gain, proposed a  stock   ounipuny nt onoe  ¦ whittle from you '
and' ndinirnbly did it work. The wily old joker, John Hnuase, thought the opportu nity a good une for :i huge "sell," and it* tho pump wus plucod iu a rugged sort of nn unfenced lot he slily poured o gull.mor ao uf coal oil down the pump and he then onlled his ni'i..'hburs to witness the "show
S'
TRAY HEIFER.
Cnme tn Iho residence of the subscriber.
' The   Lynn,  Mass.,   KulletiD^iaya ] that the value of the shoes sold   in Lynn
in Oneida lownahip, nn tho dial of August last, i during the munth uf .July, waa but llltlo a spotted Heilep, supposed lobe nbnut two yrs. 1 short of 8700,000, while in June, more old. The owner Is requoated to prove property, I ,|,g„ „ million dnllars Worth were sold, and
pay charges nnd take her away, otherwise she will be disposod of aooordlng to law.
N. 0. MoDIVITT. Sept. ID, IMS.-*
in May last •1,100,000 wurth. I<ast dionth'e return, when published, will pro¬ bably corao well up lo the latter figure.
A boltlo containing a sample uf the nil was taken to a lending druggist nn Market street, who beouiue very much excited, nnd in his hot haste offered lo buy the land f.ir ten limes its value. The news sprend and a large crowd wss soon upon the pround llausse pumped every f.w mumeiit-, und up came tho real pelioloum, whiuh wna .•xuinined with much curiosity by the by. slanders. Whon the excitemoiit ws« ne iia highest pitch, Hanssc cruelly informed the luiikors-on of tho joke, ond with fallen oounlonances they left the grnund, all ao- . ¦• L J iknowludging that ihey wero badly "sold," !»• A Woalern pupor describes brandy | „ono^ however, uttering one wnrJ ngainst
manufoctured from watermelons, and pro- i n,uBse, wbo eo oraftily deceived them.
nouncea it excellent.     Intemperate peoplo i  ,«,» _ 	
would think that this was the next thing       _^   An Knglish iron mill has auceoed
K^ A man whu wanted In buy a bonis naked n friend how he told the Biiimal's age.
"By his teoth," was the reply.
The next dny the nuiu w«ni M a hon« denier who hud showed hiin > splendid ao. imol. Tho linrHU huuier opened the ait^n mal'a mouth, gave one glanoe, and luroed on his heel.
"I dun't want him," he mid, "he'lthlt'-' ty Team old."
He hud counted the teelh.
IV A swamp ill TowVsburjr, Mass., hit beon on Urn fur enne lime, tnd tbo moKi bustion having worked intO a petl-bed eighteen to twenty inches, coutinuentotdh VHiioe     Tho Mote of the trees are burned
to extnieling 'sunhenms from cucumbers.'      ,^ "ul "".TeVt'nf Truo liu'lhuT'thlt   '5 ""'' ^^'^^ '"f ^'j "'"^'*^^'"\^ '"«' '"fj^  .. .,.^,  , ed in making t sheet or iron so tnio   inut   (|,,„p,     Onngs of men have beeo tt #W«
,,_,,. ,. ,,: it requires 4,800 aheets to make   an   inch   ;
WS, Jom Rubbina   an old, •"•"'""f-l   ;„ tl^ickncas    thu. boating   the Pitt-burg und eecentrio   Now York   moroh.at  .nd , .^^_^ ^^ ^^^  „,„,,^   ^ ,h„, ,„ ,y„
banker, IS dend at the .«e of 86      He lef j     ^ j (,„(, ^f j,,,,„   ,„   ,„,k,   „„,
about  84,000,000   to lucky nepbewa aud 1 ."J^ neiccs, being a bachelor. '
tST A British war ship recently pat.ed the plnee where the Atlantio cshle hunys were said to bo located, aud nothing waa to be aeeu of tbem, baviDg probably part¬ ed and drifted off.
res 4,800 aheets to make   an   inch   ;„ „,)„„, p,^^„ ^^j^^ ^^ j^eok tb*  ar*;' but witbuDt luoeett. .ic/.
__ The a7t"^Aprir8^T802ro"F«iy Ijpgialalure uf this State, tt*i tij* tftMt' for ihooliug KTay iquirrcia from tb« Irttt day of Septeuibor to the latt day of ,Qa->; oeinber. The law iufliota a peDaUy of fva dollar* for killiog tbem at toy otber tin*.
Wir A learned eoruner being a«ked how bo oooounted fnr the great luurlality thit year, exclaimed : "I cannot tell ; peoplo mem to die this year thtt never died be¬ fore."
Pear mikea devils of oberabinM;,