Huntingdon Journal

              HUNTINGDON JOURNAL.
BY JAMES CLARK:]
CORRECT  PiitNCiPLES SUPPORTED   BT  TltUTH.'
VOL. XII, NO. 10.
HUNTINCtDON, PA., MAECH 10, 1847.
[EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
WHOLJEWio.
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PHiLAbEU'HTA'ADVEItTl,SE;il':.\TM,
PHILADELPIIIA  ADVERTISEMENTS.
STEAM IRON RAILING FACTORY, r..zi>&z: KOAD,
Above Buttonwood Street, Philada.
AT this eslablishment may be found the greatest vari'ily of Plans and beauiiful Pallerns of lUON KAILI.NO.S in Ihe United Slales, to which the allenlion of those in want of any description, and especially for Ccineterics, is particularly invi¬ ted.
The principal part of all the handsome Railings at Laurel Hill, Monument, and other celebrated Cemeteries in Ihc ciiy and counly of Pbiladelphia, which have been so highly extolled by the public piess, were cxecuied at Ihis manufaclory,
A largo Wareroom is connecled wilh Iho eslab¬ lishmeni, where is kepi eonslanlly on band a largo •tock of ready-mode Iron Hailings, Ornamenlal Iron Sellees, Iron Choirs, new slyle ploin and orno- mcntol Iron Gales, wilb on extensive as.^ortmenl of Iron Posls, Pedestals, Iron .\rbors, kc. Also, in grcol voriely, Wrought and t o.st Iron Orniments, suitohic for Railings and other purposes.
'I'he subscriber would olso slate Ihol in his Pat¬ tern and Designing Department hc hos employed aome of thc best lalenl in the country, whose con¬ stant aitonlion is devoted tn the business—forming altogether ono of the most complete and systematic eslablishmenls of ihc kind in ilie Union.
ROBEUT V\ OOD. Proprielor. Ridge Road, above Buttonwood st.
Philadelphia. Feb. 3, I8'17—fim
hover17ir~stTrem¥m ink.
r\"0. 87 North Vhird Street, Philadelphia.
THE celebrily ofthe INKS manufactured by the subscriber, and tbo extensive sales consequent Upon the high repulalion which ihcy hove attained not only through ihc United Slales, but in tho Wesl Indies and (vliiiia, has induced him lo moke every Iiecessary arrangement to supply Ihe vost demand upon bis eslablishmeni. J-Ie is now prepared, wilh every vaiiely of Black, Blue and Red Inks, Copying Ink, Indelible Ink, and Ink Powder, oll prepared under his own personal superintendence, BO that purchasers may depend upon ils superior qmliiv.
HOVER'S ADAMANTINE CEMENT, nsu-
ORXiAT BAROAXNS
XN HATS <& CAFiS,
At the old established cheap Hat and Cap Store, A'o.   196 Alarket street, sec¬ ond door below Sixth, Philada. "XTTT E extend a general invilaiion to the cilizens \V of Huntingdon and ils viciniiy, as well OS lo all oihers, lo our slore.    VVc have on hnnd a large and complete ossorlment of Hots ond Cops ofevery slyleand voriely, which weare selling  full onc- fourlh lower Ihan the usual prices, nomely : Extra Superior Beovor Hots, trom S2.50 to i!350 " "        Brush      "       "        2.00 to   3.80
" "        Silk "       "        1.25 lo   2.00
" "        Moleskin"      '<       S-.'iOonly.
Good Hals OS low OS ;^1.25ond upwards. Also, acompleleslockof Cops, clolh, fur trimmed, glazed, silk oil cloth, velvet and fancy Cops; fine Otter, Shetland Fur Seal, .Musk Rat, Hair Seal Caps, &c. &c., al lower prices than Ihey can possibly be hod elsewhere. From our extensive sales, we can sell fora smallerprofit than olhcrs can. Coll and be satisfied, it is to your inleiest. I
Merchanls, Storekeepers, Hollers andothers,who buy lo sell again, supplied on reasonable terms.— Be sure and call at No. 196 Alarket Slrcel, second door below sixth Street.
GARDEN & BUOVl'N. September 1, Ifi-IG.
1.1 WSJ, SIVXITH^& CO,
(Succes.'iors to Potts, Linn k Harris,)
wnoi.r.fiAiA'.nRViiutfi'i'fii,
A'o. 21.SJ .Market Street, Philada.
KEEP con-slanlly on hand a full assorlment of Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals. Surgical Instru¬ ments, Oils, Pninls, V arnishes, Window Glass, Dye Stulls, Palenl .Medicines, &c. &c., all of which Ibcj ofler lo counlry merchoius. und oihers, on Ihe most advantageous terms. All orders, by leller or olherwise, filled wilh Ihe greatest rare and despolch. CLAUDH;.-^ H. LINN,
HOR.ACE P.SMITH. febl7-Gm] ALEANDERMORGAN.
'" IIARRIS,"I'DRNRRiSTTllVIN;^
wrioi.r.sALK
.Yo. 201   .'Market Sirecl, oue door  above
Fiflh, Xorlh Side, Philadelphia. TMPO'RTERS and Wholesale Dealersin DRUGS, J MEDICINES, CHE.MKALS, Palenl .Medi¬ cines, Obsletrieal Instruments, Druggists'Glassware, WindoH' Glass, Poinis, Oils, Dyes, Perfumery, ke. Driigcisls, counlry Merchanls and Physicians, supplied with llie above articles on ibe mo.«t favora¬ ble terms. Strict ond prompl allenlion jiaid to or¬ ders.    Every arlicle warranlcd.
JOIIN  HARRIS, M. D., sepl23.        JAS. A. TIIHNER, Itte of To.
WM.IRVIN, M. D^	
oxxsAFSsx xnr xhb ixtorziD.
Steam Refined Sugar Candies—]2i cents
per pound. Wholesale. r    J. RICHARDSON,   No  42 Market slreel, >) I PniLAAKLeniA, lakes  pleasure in  informing Ihc public,  Ihal hc slill conlinues lo sell his
POETICAL.
DAILir WORH.
BY    CHARLES    M A C K A Y .
Who lags for dicatl of daily work, And his appointed lask would shirk, Commits o fuliy and a crime: A soulless slave— A pollry knave— A clog upon ihe wheel of Time. Wilh work lo do, and slore of hcallh, Tho man's unworthy lo be free, \A ho will nol give, That he miiy live, His doily toil for dnily fee.
No ! Lel us work!  We only ask Reward proportioned lo out lusk ; Wo hove no quarrel wilh Ihe great; No feud wilh lank-"- With mill or bank— No envy ol a lord's eslale, If we can earn sullicient store To satisfy our daily need ) And con retain For age ond poin, A fraction, we ore rich indeed.
No dread of loil have we or nuis; We know our worih, and vieigh our powersi The more we work ihe more IVin ; Success to Trade! Success 10 Spade! And lo the corn Ihot's coming in ! And joy to him, who o'er his lask Remembcr's toil is Nature's jilon-, Who, working, thinks— And never sinks His independence as o man !
Who only asks for humble wealth. Enough for compel,¦lue and hcallh', And leisure when bis work is done, 'J'o read bis book By chimney nook. Or stroll al selling sun, Wbo toils OS every man should loil For fair reward, erect and free; I'hose nre tho men— The best of men— Theie are Ihe men wo mean lo be!
in my huir, nnd ho seemed by the Ircin- { I'UINX'E ML'RAT.
ulousness of his clutch to  bc hesitating |     ^he  Boston   Post  has n  long  letter
whether he should dash out my brains ! from Tnllnhnssee, Ploridn, ir. which oc-
on the hearth.    I could scarce breathe I purs the  rollouing notice of a natural-       x...-   .„.,„,>.u^   .,..„.i,.iij;   ..„>-
with lus weight upon my   che.st, but 1 i j^cd citizen, whose name, when borne   given by a correspondent wrilini
tried with the hrokeii words I could com-  by i,is rather, made  sotlie noise in thc I Rulliilo, aetuulU-took place in th
mand, to move his pity.    He laughed as ; .j^.^rld : i of Al—    in Ohio,   two yoars   a
AXE'.'DOTE. Tin;  WAV  Tiii;v  pui.lkd  them up, a.nd
LET   Hl.ll   TALI,.
The   following  amusing   adventure,
g from
town
, . -    -,    ,       ,  I'.-   I      1 1 •¦"  I "' "¦—1   '"  ^i"",   ">"  yoars   ago.    It
only a maniac can  and paced his hnnd j     »Among  tho   prominent   citizens of! would   have  made even  the late Isaac, on my throat.    Oh  God! 1 shall never ; Florida we find a live prince, the son ofi Hicks, laugh at a solemn "Seveulh-day"
lorget  the  fiendish   deliberation   Willi . Murat, Kiug of Naples.    Prince AcliiUe i meetiug. "Farmer , had txVo daugli-
which he dossed those leyerisli hnGfers 1 , ai„rat is a singular genius.    Inheriting | ters, verv iiiterestinir young  Indies, yet
^ Oreyling, for God s sake, Greylingl.    i ^U his father's courage, but little of his ¦ in their teens, who were quite roiuaiitic IJie, curse you. ! chivalric  love of glory,  he has settled'; in their   notions.    Tlieir fnlher  was nu
In the agony of suflocation I struck jo„.„ ^n a plautntion, the ([uiet ciiizen | aristocratic member of the Baptist out my nrm and almost buried it in the i „„(i spotnatol-of the afthirs ofthe world, i church, and of course wns very purtic- firc on the hearth. W uh an expiring [ Various anecdotes are related of hiin. i ular as to the " companv" li"is o^irls thought 1 grasped a handtul of red hot , r|'i,g prj„gg „„,.g c„,„|,f ^ jj,g| j.]p ; ^,,q,j,j .. jj^^p „ jyj^^^, jj I'^ppp^e,! t),at coals, and with my remaining strength i ca„ic on the ground with his surgeon, i these two pretty girls brcame lu-quuiii- prcssed them against his side. | „„a t^ok  his  station  smoking a cigar. | ted with a couple of young bucks, clerks
" Thank God I" I exclaimed with the j He iiuietly pulfed, nlid when the ivord ; in an adjoining village, and, to uso a corn- first breath, as my eyes recovered from ! was given he fired. The unfortunute I mon phrase, "took quite a sliyin'to'cm." their sickness, and I looked upon the Floridian, his antagonist, w'as shot and i To this the old gentleman was very much faitiilinr objects of the Chamber ouce i fell. Jurat's surgeon, seeing his cm-' opposed, as he iuleniicd to match lii.s more. I ployer bolt  upriglit,  ran   to assist the j daughters himself.    Hut "'twas i;o iii^e''
The madman sat crouched like a whip- '. fallen. The prince, who had a little fin-1 talking to them ; while week after week ped dog in the farthest corner of the ! gcr cut nearly olf hy the other's bull, ; wore away, and found llio young men' room, gibbering and moaning with his : called to his surgeon—"\Vliat for you I con.stant visitors. At lenglh. in order hands upon his burnt side. I felt that I 1 you go there 1 Xee you, doctair,," hold- i to enforce obedience, the old man fonnd hnd escaped by a miracle. ' ing  up his  linger dangling by a bit of \ himself driven to the ne'..'essily of lock-
The door was lo'-ked, and ill dread of ; «''iii, "1 want you cut my finger oil'. , iug up his foolish children, who had another attack, I threw up the window, 1 l-'oi him, poor devil, go. Ho got wliat! presumed without his consent to fall in and to my unutterable joy, the figure of ''C come for. I pay you vun hundred i love with a couple of poor tra;!c: men.— a man was visible upon the siio'\v near | dollars to come here to cut bullet out of i The sv.-eet girls were iiccordin:ly con the out-buildings of the college. It was n charity student who had risen before day tb labor in tho wood yard. I shout¬ ed to llim, and Greyling leaped to his feet.
" There is time yet !" said the mnd- miin ; bul as he came to mc with the same panther like caution as bofore, I seized a heavy stone pitcher standing in
MTSCKLLANEOUS.
SAnXKZ: WXTIZ A XtSABlMIAnr.
A   THirE   NAIIRATIVE.
I was once called upon in   my senior year to watch with an insane student.
It had snowed all dny, but the sun had j face without a disposition to look around set with a red rift in the clouds, and the '. for the door.
face  of the   sky was swept in an   hour .	
perfectly   clear.    The all-glorious nrcli I'RETTV GOOD.
of heaven was a mass of sparkling stars. I     ^vho is the author of the following we
Greyling slept, and I, wearied of the j i,no„. ,,„^_    jt ^^s found in an old news
cold philosophy of the Latin poets, took '. p-ippf that looked  as if to my " Book of Martyrs." | ,^.]„,„ Adam wns a boy :
It was a description in the harrowing
my body, if that rascal shoot him in. ¦ fined on Sunday afternoons ia the back Let him pay for his own carving. If he bed room in the second slory, which not salisfied, I give him anolher ball, , fronted the barn ynrd ; avery romaiilic just so soon as you can cut olF my fin- i " look out." Uuder the ivindow was a ger." ' pile of stones, which hud been left afler
But one ball did satisfy his antagonist repairing the cellar-wall in that cenier. and they retired. The Prince is fond of , For two ov three successive Sabbath hunting, and he goes in for the profits of evenings, thc usual period of visiting the field and moor. Nothing that swims their inamoratas, the lovers had cliiiib- thc window seal, and hurled it at hiiii ! tl'e water, flies the air, crawls or walks cd, by means of the sheets of the bed, willl a fortunate force and aim. He fell ' the earth, but that he has served upon ! which were let down from the window stunned on the fioor. The door was his I'able. Alligator steak, frogs' shins, by the heroic girls, up to the apartment burst open at the next monient and call- i hulled owls and roasted crows are found of their imprisoned lovers, and from inn- for assistance, we tied the wild Jlis- palatable ; but there is one nniinal that i nightfall until rosy morning did revel in soiirian inhis bed, bound up his head the Prince don't like. The buzzard is ; the " ambrosial deliglits of love's young and side and committed him to fresh I "no tot) many for him. "I try him fry ;; dreams." But this elaudestinc ciuirt- watcliers. I try him roast ; 1 try him  stew ; and I   ship could not be continned without be-
****** j make souji of him,   but  the buzzard is   ing at last discovered.    One lovely Sab-
We have killed bears fo<»etlier at.Mis-! not goot. Ihave no prejudice against bath, just at twilight, the father, coming souri saltlick since then ; but I never him, but I cook hini every way, and then from the barn, thought he snw someiliing see Wash Grcylinrr with a smile on his 11 no like him."    Buzzard  soup ! thilik   rather ominous hanging out of the back
of that ! It takes n Frencuman to de-' window so he walked noiselessly around velope the res., .rces of n new country I   to ascerinin the "nature of il."    There
¦ — ¦ ^ hung the fatal " llag of surrender ;" and
Anecdote of Dr. Xolt, of Union College.     , the old man giving Ita slight jerk, corn- On thc evening preceding Thanksgiv-' menced the ascent.    He was lifted gen- ing, not many   years airo, two students ! t'y  ff™ off '''^ feet, and felt  himself
it  was printed - left the Colleges, with the most foul in- tent of procuring some of the Doctor's
gradually " rising in the world." 'Twas very heavy weight,   the   daughter.'?
.,              ,, . .        Sambo wasa  slave to a master  who I fine fat chickens  that  roosted in a tree , tl>o"g''t i nnd to loll the truth, it lea.s   a
Sleam Refined Candy ot ihe low prico of, faithfulness  oftho  language of  olden Lyn., constitutionallv addicted to lyinsr. I adjoining  his  house.    When   they  ur-1 C'""P'i'«"'   "'eily corporate"   at which
SiS..')0 per ion pounds, ond Ihe qualily is eijuol I.l j times,   painting   almost   the   articulate   gmnijo   ijgj,, any manufaclured in ihe Uniled Stales. | g^onns of an impaled christian. I            1'e also oilers all kinds of goods 1,1 ll.e f.o,,/rr-         ,^.,_^   ^^,.^,^^^^^   .                 ,_^^j   burnt tO   a|
perior arlicle lor mending Gloss, China, Coblnet , '""""¦.'/ ""J f'"''' Ime ot eoriesponding low pr res, , coils   and I sat rm/ino- in-
t- - -¦ "    .      ' . '.   . '--iiuick sales and small profits are the order ol the   Oeci OI   nriglll coals, antl 1 sat gazinir 111-
lopefully  tugging  away.- head has reached  the win-
Wure, kc., useful lo every  housekeeper, being a | **^'i
while liquid, easily applied, and not all'ecled by dinory beat—wononled.
dj" Pamphlels containing the numerous testi¬ monials of men uf science ond oihers, will be fur¬ nished lo purchasers.
For sale at the Manuf.ictoiy.W holesale and Re- toil, No. 87 Norlh Third Street, o.nposiio Cherry •treet, Philadelphio, by   JOSEPH HnYEli,
jy27:"47-y] Manufacturer.
" IRONioiVIMISSiONHOUSEr"
day.
Coll or send your orde be salisfied.    Uoii't   forget Ihe number,  4 MAR¬ KET STREET, PIIILADELPHIA.
J.J.RICHARDSON.
September 1, 1.S4C.
j to it, totnlly unable to shake off the lear- and you connol fail to   ful incubus from my breast.    The niar-
Jlcioi
i tyr was there—on the very hearth— I with the stakes scornfully crossed on I his body ; uud as the large coals cracked ! asunder and revealed the brightness I within, I seemed lo follow the nerve rend¬ ing instrument from hip to shoulder, nnd
strono'ly devoted  to  his ! rived at the spot one ascended the tree,   f'ey  wen master,   had by   dint "of long   praclice, i while the olher  stood witli a bag ready   Butlo! i-     ,i
made himself an adept in giving plausi- j to receive the plunder.    It so happened i 5'""' «'" '> "'"J >'o\v, ,)iist as his old white bilily to his master's largest stories.       ! that the doctor himself had just left his One day when the master was enter- ! '"'"^c,  with  the view of securing the taining his guests in his customary man
ner among other marvellous facts, he re¬ lated an incident which took place ia one of his hunting excursiiins.
" I fired at a buck," said he,  " at one lundred yards distance, & the bull pass-
hat appeared above the window, his aH'oclioiiatediiughtCr "dropped him like a hot potato ;" and,- \(ilii something like the "emphasis ofa squashed apple dumpling," the old miin came in instant contact   with  molher earth ; while the
MUC;i^ A. iTIMOEeB.-:, I mg instruineni iroin nip to snouiuer, ana .   ,, ^,,^^^ ^,^ j^;^,^^^ j^j^^j ^      ^^^ j,^;^    ,,
io-l Market Street, Philadelphia,      | snirered with him pang lor pang, as ,f  ,^j^ ,,^,^^,=  .^ j^,^^,. ^^ ,^j_^ '^^^^„
\VP .-nnalnnllv nn hn.iil everv   .IpKcrinliiin ol 1 tllC burning rciluess Were the pools Ol llIS ,.., - ¦ I      .1 1      ' ..       l',,l
.^ VI. lonstaniiy on na.iu every uebcripuon oi i ,,,=  , ' '      lills   evidently nroducinor sofne little
r,|..,l.:.^..     ..II rtf ..-l.l»l.    nm ni,i   >.;...»....1   on.l . InvornrI   hinnil. I   .      .      .        . .•'.•... •^
olhing.  all of which  nro cut, trimmed  and ; fevered blood. rPHE undersigned continue the Iron Commissicn I made in a manner not lo bo surpassed, and oro wor- |      'i Aha !" X. businc.s, for iho sale of oil kinds of IRON, ol        ranted cheaper Ihan the same qualily  of Goods in .Yo. 109 .Yorth Water Slreet, Philada.   [ »">¦ """•'• "-'f li«'.'">^"' '"  '^^ United States.- „.,   .    , . •     I     T        ri,    , , I Also,  every  descriplion  of Gestlkmi.n s   1'uii-
'1 heir  Ions experience in llie Iron   1 rade, ond   ^„,^,^^ ,/„„„, „( J.j,,,,,,     ;„,.    -f,,„,, ,.i,i,ing their eilensive  aciuainlance wilh  consumers ond I ^,^^ ^.     ^^j,, f,„j ;, ,„ ,^^i, .^^^^^^^^ ,„ ^.^„,„l„^ ^^^ deolers  throughout the Lniled   Slales gives them , ^,^^,^ ,,^f,,^^ purchasing el.iewhere. tho  fldvanlogc  of   obtaining  tho  highest  markel]     g,,p|3o.iy. UUCK & MOORE,
prices.    .-\nd iheir business being confined exc'u-)   ....._..' .     _..^    '. '.	
Bively lo the  lion   trade, enables lliem  to give it Stcain Wmbrclla BaaDUfactory.
their cidVe attenlion.   Oj-All consigiiments will     _^^.^_ ,,^j   _,^^^,./.^^   y^^.^^^_  Philadelphia.
! \\7.M. H. RICHARDSON, in addilion lo voii \ I VV ous olher improvemenis, has applied Sleom ; Powerlo tbe minufacluie of UMBRELL.\S, ond enabled to sell ihcm al very low prices. .Merchants are inviled lo call and seo his M'orks and examine the ossorlmenl. [novl8-4m
It struck on thc ear like the cry of an exulting fiend.
I shrunk into the chair as the awful cry was repeated, and looked slowly and with difficult courage over my shoulder. A single fierce eye was fixed upon nie from the mass of bed   clolhes, nnd, for
ted from   above as follows :    " Are you : ready !"
" Yes," responded the Doctor, dissem- loiibt in the minds"of his guesrsriiec'iVl- | I'liis '"s voice as much possible. j ed upon Sambo to corroborate him. i     The other immediately laying hand on
I     " Ves, massa," said the almost con-   t'le old rooster, exclaimed—"Here's ohi i founded slave, after a moment's  hesita- \ I'^cx, will you have him i"
same chickens for his Thanksgiving din
ner.    The rogue under the tree heiuiiig
sume one appruaching, immediaiely stole
away, without notifying his companion,
among the branches.    The Doctor came  t^vo  knights of tupe and scissors, who
np silently, and was immediately sain-   "'ei-e  not   far off enjoying the   scene.
nade hasty tracks from the seltlement" —leaving nothing behind lliem but bod¬ ily misery, horrer-stricken damsels, and their own coat-tails streaming on tho nijrht nir I"—Knickerbocker.
A      K.NOCK-DoW.N      AU(.II.ME.\T. TllC
Poughkeepsic Telegraph states that two
¦c oltenlion. receive prompt attenlion.
[feb24-6m]      ORRICK & ('AMPDELL, No. 109 Water st., & 54 N. Wharves, Philada.
THO.MPSO.Y k CRAWFORD,
WB50I.iE':.S;«if.!i': B^SSIindiiSSTS,
A'o. '10 .Market Street, Philada.
OFFERS for salo a largc stock of Fresh Drugs, Medicines and Uye Slull'i, lo which tbey coll the allention of Counlry .Merchants ond Deolers visiting the cily.
Coach, Cabinel, Japan, Black, and other Vor¬ nishes, of a superior quality. Also, Whi'e ond Red Load, Window Glass, Painla and Oils—-cheap¬ er than ever.
f^ T. k C. aro also propriclors of Iho Indian Vegetable Bolsam, celebraled throughout Iheiiown and neighboring Stales os Iho best preparolion for thecure of Coughs, Colds, Aslhma, &e. Money refunded in eveiy instance where no benelit is re¬ eeived. [Phibulolphia, Jan27.nm
Srooms, Buckets and Cedar 'Ware.
No. 63 North Third st.  Hd door above Arch,
PaII.AIIF.L1'IIU.
Iam enabled tbis fall lo oll'er an unusually lorgo assorlmenlof the abovearticles. Also—Willow and French Baskets and Coaches, Wash Hoards, Molls, l!lo'hcs-pin3, Nest Hoics, Wood Howls & Trays, Boston HIinds, Sickles, Oil I'asle Blocking, Shoo Urusbes, Clamps, Hand ticribs, Wall Brushes, Dusters, &c. and Wooden wuio of every descrip¬ tion.
Country Merchanls will lake notico that as I am now inanufacturing extensivoly, and receiving di¬ reelly from the Easlern Faclories, I con furnish the Fall Trado with superior gooda ot prices greatly re¬ duced from what I have hllhorlo been selling.
Scfi. 10, '46.
John Scott, jr.,
A TTORNEY AT LAW, Huntingdon.Pa— j;\ Has removed his ollice lo the corner room of " Snare's Row," direelly oppositeFisher k M'.Mur- Irie's store, where ho will oliend wilh promptness and fidelily lo all business wilh which he may be entrusledin Hunlingdon or the adjoining counlies. Huntingdon Sept. 23, 1840.
Oeorge Taylor,
VTTORNEY AT LAW-Allends lo piaelice in the Orphans' Court, staling adminislralors' accounts, Scrivening. kc. Oflico in the diamond, 'hree doors eaal of llio " Exchange Holel."
feb88-'44          	
A. IV. Benedict,
1 TTORNKY AT LAW, Hunlingdon, Pa.- J\. OBico nl his old residence in Main slreel, a few doors wesl of the old Courl House. He will allcnd to ony business enlrusled to hun in the sev- i eral Courlsof Hunlingdon and adjoining counlies.
tion,   " me see  de bail hit 'im.    Jes  as '     " Pass him along," was the reply,and   mechanics, one a AVhig and   the other massa lif up de   gun to he eye, dc buck ' he was soon in the Doctor's bag. a Locofoco, were arguing the other day
lif up him  foot to  scratch him  ear, ani     a Here's  Marm  Prex,"  said the all-   on the subject of the Tarifi'mid prolcc- massa's  ball go  through  him foot  an'I unconscious student, grabbing a fine old   *-i°" "»"'"'•'-¦".?'''t''" ^^''".a^.<^^'''n'n'f''. .   .1 1- cc --^1 "-'"J '"t. I 1.pnil at de same tiine " i lw.ii   "ivill vnn hnve lii>r I" ;" you say then, you are   against prolcc-
a  monient, the relief Irom the fear  ol   "^""l'^'-"''^'"'"-"""" , . „   , ' neu,    win jou iiaie ner i ;    j j        -id n  c    i?    i   'i'    j   d
.1 11 Tip   rruests   wero   nerlectiv   sat sfied '      " Y.»o " nn-iin rnsiinnilprl the Dnctnr       tion, and go Willi 1 OUC lor Trade 1 rade.
some   supernatural  presence   was   like I      '"'^   guesis  «Lrc  pciicLuj   suusutu        -ies,    again icsponuea ine uoctor.   i        ' " ,., .it cii-,.
. 11.. t        1  1,    1    wil 1 Sambo's exiiUinalion  and swallow-        ,, [_r      i r i -ii i i •„?       -i es 1 ilo,      says the I.oco, lor   I don t
water to a parched tongue,    i gujik back i """ ^""'""'^ ^^P ""'"•'""'""" ^"'"."   ;     " Here s son John, will you have him!   ,   ,.       .   '.     ,'' . .     ,i   . i   i  .       • .
,.       1 • i    .1       I   • ° PI  lie whole wiiliniit liirtier hes tat oir   n      .    i       i.      f i  .. i     i      ii       i       i believe IU the doctrine that licliun"-rich
relieved into the chair. i tu iiii, wuoil «iiiioiii lurinci ncsiiiiuon,   Here s daughter  Sal, take her,    and so - ..!»._
There was a rustling immediately in 11'"' ^^''^" '"'« g."ests were  gone. Sambo
ventured upon his master's goud humor ; so fur as to rcmonslr.ite. I     " For mighty sake, massa, when  you I tell a nudder sich a big lie, don't put um
..,-,, 1    1    ,1 I  , munufaelurers   helps us at all, nor do I
on, until he liad gone regularly through '.        .   . '^       r   /, •     •    .i
, . ,       "   ,..      ?,     ,-.' .    .    c      want   to see nnv   more  lactones in the naming chickens alter the Doctor s la-; .     „ ,, \,ir'ii     ¦ i .i    »ti ;     -c
.,     ° ; country.    " Well said the W lug, il you
^''„V     II .1 11    1    n-' ' oppose manufacturing because some men
Ihe old  man  then waked on in one    ¦'        i -    .i   . i,    - n      r
,.       .          .,,    .,        ,     ,          1 -1    .1    : ensrno-ed in that business as well as fur- direction with  the  p uik er, win e the >    ." °      i .     i- ,11. 1
- .-        .   . J.      . . ' iiiinir  and trading  arc rich, let me nsk
sofaraparl;mehabdeb'lishliardwork|g,„dg„,  ,^,^1,  satisfied with his nishi's ; """=   »""''•¦"""g  "'e ricn, let me nsk for net iim torrether " stuaeni, wtu  satuneu  ni n i is ni  iii s ^.^^^^   ^^^^^  ^^   ,^^.^j   ,|iieslions.    Suppose
lor get um together.          ,,^    ..^.^e  down, and streaked it for - {^^.^^  ^j,,,.;^^ .-^Jatthew Vasser nnd .lames
the bed, and starting again. I found the wild eyes of my pntient fixed steadfast¬ ly upon me. He was creeping steadily ont of bed : his bare loot louehed the fioor, and his toes worked upon it as if he were feeling his strength, and, in a nioment, he stood npright on his feet, nnd with head forward and his pale face livid with rage, stepped towards me.— I looked to the door, he observed the glance, and in thenext instant he sprang over the bed, turned the key, and dashed it furiously through the window.
" Now," said he.
" Greyling I" said I.
1 had heard that a calm and fixed gaze would   control a  madman,   nnd with   a     _ . ^        . .
tnost   diflicult exertion I met his lower-j bacco juice.   Mislakiug this for his hat, ¦ was  impossible; so with hearts full of|r
_    I -.._    _.._.! 1.-I.•„     _^    _     1     _.•..._¦ '1 Li_ .i'ij:_..i...  1 1   '. •,..„.. .i._ I.   .i.„ „..,1.,.I .1,,,' . I ''>r
Hooker should determine to build a fac-
tlie colleges.    Great was his astonish-
nu    It \ ^''' 'fif-''"'"'''  ""'¦       A f      I r'"." \° '"f" ['°"'   ''i' 7""P«"''";'.'';"'! lory   in this town, to co.st two   hundred Ihe Baltimore Clipper says:-A few | he had not got any chickens, and il I'e   ,|,J„^„„j j^,,.,,    ,,„,,       ^,„ ,,,^,, ,     ,^„j
days since, u passenger in one ol our   ga^^ them to any one, it must have been . „_^ ^ ^.^^^ wo.ildVef it'! Why tlio
rmlroadcars, havmg paid his devoirs to, to Dr. J\ott. mechanics and   laborer; the most i.f it.
Bacchus  too earneslly, lell into a doze ;     Lxpiilsioii,  fines and  disgrace, were   ^^ „,   , ^,,^,,,1^ jj^^,,
ing eye, and we   stood looking at each I after considerable difliculty, he succeed-   anxiety for the result, they wended their
s ai mers around."
the
.\ow take  your «>wr»
S, Steel Blair,
t TTORNEY AT LAW, Hollidaysburg, Pa.. . - .
il  Will allend allcnd lo all business enlrusledlo '': swer ; and, in another moment the light
hiscarein Ulair, Hunlingdon ond Indiana lios. apr8-'46
S. Sewell Stewart,
TTORNEV AT LAW, Huntingdon. Pa.—
ed in grasping auu raising it, when he way to the house, where they were plens turned the whole contents on the crown antly received by the old gentleman, and of his head, supposing that he was re- ' with a large party were soon seated n- placing his hat. The unsavory liquid, : round the festive board. After asking and the universal roar of laughter which ' a blessing, the Doctor rose from his seat, ensued, awoke the inebriate to con-. and tnking the carving knife, turned with sciousness, when he shook the spittoon 1 a smile to the rogues, nnd said—"Voung he   struck   me down wifh a blow that | from his head, and cried out in a rage, | gentlemen, here's old  Prex, and .Marm
would have felled a giant.    Naked as he'" Wlio the d 1 spit tobacco juice in   Prex, son  John, nnd  daughter  Sal," at
was, I had no hold upon him, even if in ! my face—none of your tricks upon tra-   the samo time touching successively the
other for a full minute like men of mar¬ ble.
" Why have  yon left your bed'!" 1 mildly said.
To kill you," was the appalling an-
stniid was swept from between us,  and
i\ Olfico in Moin slreel, live doors wesl of Mr i muscular   force I had   been llis match, I vellers."    The scene was highly amus-1 respective chickens—'• to which shall 1
Buoy's jewelry eslablishment ~t USTICE'S blanks of all kinds for sale ul Ihii
,j    ofll'JC.
and without a minute's struggle I yield- j ing, and should be lithographed for the j help yon !"
ed ; for resistance was vain.    His knee ; benefit of those who "rise  up early in ¦     "The mortification of his students may
was  upon my breast,   and his left hund ' the niorning to take strong drink." ' be imagined.
party ground, nnd insleud of having any factories huilt and put in operation in this country, all that business is carried on ill J'nighiiid, who would get the mo¬ ney paid out by the otvner then 1." Tlio Locofoco paused, nnd—vanquished.
\y- The Legislature of Delaware has pnssed a law aubmitling the question of " License or no License " to the people of that State.
BIT" The price of fire-wood at Sal¬ tillo, J\Iexico, ranges from $'dfi to ijil-O per cord.