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D. A. BUEHLEK; EDITOR AND PROPK1BTOR. "FEARLESS AND FREE." TWO DOLLARS PER ANNfM. VOL.

XVIII--39. i PA. I A I 10, 1847. 5 NEW SERIES--HO. 29.

Subscriber tenders his acknowl- oddments to the Public for the liberal and steady patronage with which 'he has been favored for a series, of years, and respectfully announces a he lias-just received, at his old established stand in Chambersburg street, a large and fresh SUPPLY ff DRUGS MEDICINES, Pai ts, Varn ish yes tu fis and every variety of articles usually found in a Drug store, to which he i i the of the i assurances that they will be furnished at the most reason- prices. The subscriber has also, largely increased his assortment of BOOKS, by an additional supply of Classical, Theologieid, School, and Miscellaneous IL FOR SALE. A CHANCE FOR FARMERS YORK SPRINGS SEMINARY FOH FEMALES. School is located in a healthy part of the country, within i of a mile of York Springs, and 20 miles west ot iN pursuance of an Order of the Or- York, at which place persons arriving in phans' Court of Adams the morning train of Cars, by a i subscribers, Administrators of the Es- will meet with tale of A HDLLIXGF.R, late of Lati- veyant-e to this place on the same day, anH more i dec-eased, 'will expose those coining in the afternoon train can to i sale, on Huturduy the take the Gettysburg Stage immediately for December next, at 10 o'clock, A. M.

on Gin's the York and the premises, the valuable Farm ol'said de- burg turnpike, where they will be acuom- eeased, containing modated over night and conveyed here the CfiJKS, i'next dav. The School is also easy of ac- more or less, of Patented Land, fro'm Baltimore, Carlisle, Harrisburg, iiuds of George DeardorOVWrn. Wright, I a Gettysburg, as stages from each of these I TM places pass through Petersburg (one mile Isaac Griest and George Harman. are a one and a half story 'Lo' embracing almost every variety of Standard and Popular Literature also, Jj. SJooKs aiiti a kinds, GOLD PENS, Pencils, Visiting and Printing Cards, Card Cases, Ink- siar.ds, all of 'which i as usual, be sold AT THE LOWEST PRICES.

have been made by which a i not included in his assortment will be promptly ordered from the Cities. S. II. BUEIILER. Gettysburg, Oct.

22, 1849. hare at present on hand an excellent assortment of BIBLES, plain and fancy, for acbool and family use at very low prices. VALUABLE MILL PROPERTY JFOIS. J2WT. Subscriber, Executrix of HEXRY MYCIIS, deceased, and testamentary Guardian of his minor children, offers for RENT, from the day of Slpiil next, the valuable property known as the "Virdnia Mills." pass tnrougli north of this) every other day of the week.

The course of Instruction compuses all the branches of a solid liberal English Ed- with the French and Gera double Log Barn, with two Threshing i man Drawing. Floors attached, together with lhe usual The summer Session will commence on necessary i i there are two the first second day in the 5th and thriving Orchards on the premises; also i that for the winter on the first second day two Wells of good one convenient! in the llih month, and each continue 22 to the House, the other to the Barn. A weeks. large proportion of the land is covered Tuition, Boarding, Washing, 850 per sesssion of 2a weeks, one-half payable in advance, and the remainder at the end of the term. N.

ex- with good There ia nho a. sufficiency of STANZAS. n. n. i i My life is like the summer rose.

That opeiicih to inortiing sky. But ere the shades of evening close, is scattered on the. ground to die; Yet, on that rose's humble bed, The sweetest'lews of night are shed, Aa if Heaven wept such waste to see-But none will shed a tear for me. My life is like the autuftn leaf. That trembles in the moon's pale ray Its hold is stay, is brief, Restless, and sunn pass'away; Yet.

ere that leaf shall'fa'I or fade, The parent tree shall its shade, The winds bewail the none shnll breathe a. sigh fo: me. My life is. like the print lhat feet Have left on Zara's desert.strand; Soon as the risins tide shall beat, The track shall vanish from the sand; Yet, lis if grieving to efface All vestige of the human race, On that lone shore loud mourns the sea, But none e'er, lament forme. ere a a.

except for the French and eoocl Meadow. A pait of the land is well i i i a 1 htt use 1 limed, and all is under good cultivation. T1IE DYING CHILD. TKAMSLiTED THE HETIMAS'. Afothcrr, I'm tired, and I would fuin be sleeping-; Let me rrpnse upon thy bn-ora seek But promise me thai thou wilt off weeping Because thy fall hot upon my cheek.

Here it is cold the lempest raveth madly; But in my theams all is so wondrous bright: I SC-E the angel-children smiling gladly, When from my weary eyes I shut oat light i 'and a i The use Mother, one stinds beside me now and, listen Books and" Librarv i Duit lhou not hear tbe rausic swfect accord wringing his hands. '-God in mercy grant that it may be lalse that this dread- i i may not be upon me!" The prisoner sat down, and looked at the Judge and witness with a calmness which had something almost fiendish in when contrasted with the extreme agitation of the one, and the mental agony of the other. At last the o'd man stopped in front of him and i a calmness so suddenly assumed in the niid-t of his paroxysm of remorse, that it even overawed the criminal, said '-You aie one whose life has been a tissue of falsehood and crime. You mutt prove what you have said or I'll not believe it." "Be it so," replied the prisoner. "1 saw the whole uansaclion, and heard all your testimony at the trnl for I was there too.

I'll now loll ou what occurred at the spot of the murder, which did not mention, but which I saw. When you rode up, the man i you off hii his horse and seized Blake by the collar your hat fell off on the of your sadule, but you caught it before fell to the i You then sprang off your horse, and whilst Walton held Blake, you examined the body- You attempted to pull the knife flora his breast, but was covered with blood, and slipped from your finijers. You rubbed hand on the i and, going to a bush on thu load- side, broke leaves and wiped your hands them, and -afterwards the handle of the knife. You then drew it out, hopes were raised on board that inifht reach them in lime to sava theia s-trtiction--but it was a vsin hope. boat that left for shore arrived in itffty.

but before the Delaware could up men of and exerting all the might of his eloquence for the fulfilment of the prophecy just before made, to lay Wilson Shannon fiat on his back. How well he succeeded, has become a matter of history, with which all our read- i with, the burning vessel, she had and are doubtless Cit-l all on board, except two had izen. perished eithsr by fire or flood. Mr. Blith fell a victim to his efforts to save being among lhe lost.

The Cleveland Herald gives the of a few of the lost, furnished by Mr. House, the engineor of ihe Phoenix; adds-- HORACE of the Dayton Transcript, has bt-en on a visit to the Eastern Cities. Of course he called on most of the Editors. He describes but one--GREELY, of the N. Y.

Tribune: "One of the most remarkable men of About twenty-five other cabin ri i nr from five to eight steerage passengers, he craft Horace Greely We found together with one hundred and fifty Bui- him in a little old dingy looking garret, in landers, were also lost. The Cleveland Herald says that House remained on board limit the There are on the premises a number of 8ee how his white wmgi beautifully glisten I ot i you then drew out, never fnil.no-SpiinU. charge other Books and Stationery, when Surely those were given him by our Lord! and washed it in a small puddle oi water ne ff aboveProperly will be sold nee 1 i at the MU.I! prices, Gre goU and re(3 are fioatlng al aTOun me: i pupil must furnish her own wash-j They are the flowers lhe ang-ci scattcrrth. enure, or two separate ma be (Whuve also whUttWe bound deemed most advantageous, a 1 known on the day of sale by A S. HOLT 1NGER, DAVID E.

IIOLLIXGER JidminislratorS: Bv the Court---Win. S. Hamilton, Clerk. 19, marked with her entire name. JOEL W1ERMAN.

LVDLV S. W1EKM4N, York Springs, Adams Co. 0 I IS. ETTERS Testamentary on the Estate of I late of i i i of nn order of the Orphans' Franklin township. Adams county, deceas- A a county, the ed, having been granted to subscri- Or, mother, are they given alone in death 1 Why dost thou clasp me ss if I ere going 1 hv dost thou pre'-s thy cheek t'lua unto mine Tin ebei'k is hot, and jet thy tears are flowing: will mother, will he always thine Do not thus--it rnarrptti my reposing; Atvl, iflhou weep, then I must with tliee Oh, I am tired--mv veaiy are closing; --Look, mother, look! the angel las eth me PUNI MEKT.

In the Democratic Review for Nov at the foot of a 'sumach As you did so, you looked round at Blake, who was standing 1 with his arms folded, and who said, "Don't he untasj about me Caleb I didn't kill klifi'e, and don't intend 10 escape." A time you were within six feet of where I was. It'-- lucky you did not find me, for I was ready at that mom to send yout to keep company with i I saw all, even' you stumbled and dropped your gloves, as you mourned your the fourth or fifth story of tne Tribune buildings. He was all alone. Every I I 1 A A I I i i i thing about him was in a glorious suio fvirlv i nto the wa er disorder aim confusion. lie was seated at I broa axe he a ftndep aad lmma a little table, with his head down, pouring 1 diately over board.

His-fingers a newspaper. About a cart load of the -'same sort were strewed around him without regard to order or system tonch ed the fender, which caused it Jo- roll, WJS considerable effort that he gwal ached it A viVorous, tml- He greeted us with much cordiality, min linKed i at ihis moment, tie US to be snntpn. cnmrneiirfirl a bade us to be seated, nnd conversation with regard to the politics of Ohio and of Montgomery county. We were surprised to find that he knew al! a- tiout the prominent men in lhe county-not only in the Whig 1 and Democratic par- also in ihe Liberty parly. He wished to know, particularly, the reason why the Democracy carried the Sheriff in this county, when the balance of the Whig ticket were elected.

Of course we could not tell him. AVe came to the conclusion that if his information was as- accurate in retard lo tvery county in the U. Slates', he must be prodigious politi- dendy with the intention of securing thrt fender for himself; but he sank and drowned Mr. House soon found state-room door, which he tied to his fen-, der with his neckerchief. "Upon this float he supported himself for about two hours, and a half, evincing; throughout, from alt we can learn, a presence of mind; fortitude, and hatdmess almost incredible.

When he first got into the waterMie was surrounded by those who were intent upon ekemg- out their existence until relief might providentially them. These he saw sink one after another, 1 exhausted and chilled, to their sleep of death. Mr. H. was the cian.

Horace Greely is one of the finest first lft discern'the lights of the Delaware ana most intellectual men we ever ,,,.....,,,11.,.. ,1 We uere agreeably disappointed in his personal appearance. propeller as shii was bearing down to the relief of beings, and announced tbe fact to those jjiound him, at the same time exhorting 'them to hold on a- longer and they would be from their perilous situation. As that time hers. EMioutors, of ihe Estate of HTJXRV ber, residing in the same township, notice er, 1S42.

there was an account of the i expose to Public Sale on Saturday the I of December, out delay, and those having claims against "God hate merry on 1 ejaculated Sundays and week-days whether they' -em- Grjyson. -This is all But one were doctrinal or practical, theological or trial word more. I heard Wiekliffe, as we astronomical. One dayshe came home in 11IU113 A a U3 BOLL, late of Berwick township, deceased, Us hereby given to all persons indebted to o( Blakei for i 1()de huek OIU i fiu i. ,1, a rn n.ftl I fltifi hfi i i .1 urted upon eviilente nnd hunu-.

About three months after his death, I ry on the premises, the FARM of said de-i said estate arc requested to present the luj(rewho pres et a )ls trla rece iv- ccased. i a i i i township, about i same, properly authenticated, tor settle- a a jsonei sentence one mile finin Abbotlstown. on the roading meut. 1 It-idiiiy; to Hannver.and adjoining lands of" They are situate in a i a UnuiThip. I John Fln-kmger and Michael Greit, and Adams couniy.

miles from Fairfield. I containing and in one of the best Graiu-srrowinjr sec-1 1 6 Acres. RIFE, Hxeculor. Dec. 3, 'lie was begging for his life--my a is Harry 'j'he old man his hands'across of death, requesting 10 see i i de- his face, and fell senseless on the floor, lav, as Ins sentence to be earned into effect the tiay following.

On his way It is needle-s to go into the details of the lions of ihe rouniv. The i are thither he overlook an old man walking, pnsonei's fonlesjnn, which w.i i who accosted him, and ru "gmzed de-ir, a it no ilot.bt on is so full the mind crec a ONE- erected, and in complete, i a i they eon- 1 II II STORY A I A sist of a Gnsi Mi Saw Mill, all .8) good order. There are a 500 Acies in the Farm, with Dwelling-house, Tena House, ftarn, a huge quantity of Lori Barn, and other out-buildings. Theie inuulou and arable lands, c. Terms will be made lhe "subscriber, i i i on liie pn mi? Applications be accompanied by per MARY- MYERS.

undersigned. Auditor, appointed lo be Caleb who had been a Judge that he vvas guih of Wick- by the Court of Pleas of' Blake tiiai, and had a similar i and thai i a Blake uas 1 Adams county, (o distribute hah: I mainiuo' in ha'ids i GKmtiTt. IIA I I 4 i I I i A I note i but a at a to of those haJ gone to i i i i They' sls victims to Circunistamial Evi- AxjicoorE OF DR. as a little old woman in the city of Glasgow who much admired Dr. and diligently attended all his sermons, on he ls sure tllere were man 3 allve the sound of his voice, and he is confident that in a few minutes afterwards not a sin-" gle one re mained, except the three who were saved.

A lady, cabin passengery much ppon a -moral li.ver. 11 w'ith wh'ich i ued ithin reach of i a was ai he wished to uplift a nature. What mon the lalt to lM to tlle kl "Jf of ter a -moral lever' ihe little old woman ro rs The description which he gives of great perplexity. The Dr. had of JOSEPH STRAS- I llie 1 11 1 to and a the Creduoi" of did not moie, B- I 1 bin only The pns- dencc.

i TOM THE WAGCO." BOY. Virginia Oct. 2J, 1817--tl Nov. 19, A DOLL, ExVs. f.

'N pursuance, of sundry i of tioniExponati. and a' wrii of Vcndllioiii jjxpon issued out of the Couvl of Pleas of A a county, and me 'directed, will be exposed i sale on'Saturday the 1 (if 18-17. at 1 o'clock, P. M. at lhe Court-house, in of Gettysburg, the following.

Real -Estate, to i A Tract of Land, situate in Ham'iltonban' and townships, A a county. Pa. conuiining' On i ested to nd. I Nov. 2(3, i QJ ETTERS of Administration on the j' Estatuot'SAMUKL JACOBSjlai' 1 of i township, dec'd, a i hfiMi srrant- do not rcrnemoer to Thi Jndire tho.ik hib I iJIs i in i i the following, i hope, noth ii'g ca'i ab u'l-tet! 10 us, a liw i a t.in.-e, bv a "A'l applu-dtio'i might he mads to the old ho was a i i i 1 said thu our fi-llow pas Liiger lor a day, hile jour- "Par.ln,i= IKU si-aflold." could not divine.

A friend took a pokor and planed itori the bur or the grnte, trying to tenlize the imageiy palpable. The little old a paused--mused--and at last the fire builieil. She bethought of done the pulpit, the Doctor, and herijf, by so grosi a mateualiaulion of the '-moial lover," and, bursting with in- diguatioi, she asted "Do you mane to tell me that Dr. Chalmers would piachea hale lioui abotil a pi.ker A few when Ret. Dr.

Ila'wks, the celebiatcd Episcopal was about leaving Nim Yoik for the fciuuth, he was waited upon by tiie vestry of a-small church in county, and ur- gei'dy Milicitfd to take charge, of the same. The Rev. Diu'tnr graciou-lv icecived the Coinniittec, lespei-tfuJly declined the propob-al urging in, a chief objection thut the salary, though liberal for the parish they repi evented, would be inade- more or less, on which arp creeled a two stol Dwelling House, (part log ami part stone,) a ed to the. subscribers, resichno in Adams CL IC 1 5 thev herein- riv muice to a who I I 0 1 i i i i a a a i i Iront- lhe i a lhoso i a i i 1 nIoverra ll Laril i i Claims, are desired to'present tlu- ami lot Robert Livingston pn i i i i i i one side, and an alloy-on the other. i he JACOBS, I are a i A i I I LLJ j.wo-slory I'l eallicr-ooardea 3 a i I TV." or; fl-imlni'-tra'or'i S.2a first named Administr.itor GO feet by 30, a one and a half-story Back- Reading township, the latter in Hamilton tji.

a i a Shop, a fT 1 ITS Barn, a well (if excellent Water convenient to the door, and a fine Garden. even on the ing JITOS.S the Buckeye State. I A lhe tune hc'ii Com in and Shannon quate for 'his having- a consld- come in case," replied were first ai rayed as rival candidates ior arable a i of childi-pn to educate nnd proude for. One ol the i ie- plied, -the Lord ill uil.e care of thun lit has promised to a the they i ond provide for a a Cluvr of State, it 111. i lhe I'oimer gentleman took iii a stajrt 1 1 fiom some one of Ihu i towns for the interior.

The on- I i-on i the Jiuljxe, "ti is iifcdle-s for me to on our offence but it uas one thai i mi a i a i and ou may as-blued, a a may "have i ut'ii isi'S, no a i come in yours. In lad, I muljibt.iiid that an has in.idj by i i counsel, and h.is a child, to Inch she seemed Uc votedly at been refu'i'd." htd, but uliu-li, net gave her Tin a i us tif the prisoner some tumble. Tom, ever ready in the no change nor did ihe expression of his of trial, whether al a i speeches, face in the least. But after a mo- cracking jokos, or tending baiiies, i ment's pause, he said -'Is this Irne, Judge volunteered his services in keeping the i were a a "Very saicl the Rtv. gentlemen, ly iln tscd woman, accompanied by i pair of Burrs and one pnir of Stones, a Saw i a Stone.

a Barn. Shed, Corn-Crib, and other oiitlmildings a Tenant a well Also, at. the same time and place, It 'ft? 'A 1-i v0 Account of JACOB NOEL. Assignee of PETER FREIDT, has been filed in the Office of the Prothonotiiry of the --noon hom It replied the Judge. Then .1 the worst," replied the quiet, and the parties soon became aouabJe.

It was not l.i.ig, tliLiefore, "but he has not promised to provide for the i Hawks." A OF the Cork assues, G. Bennett, canvassing the term '-tempeiate habits" in a policy of insurance, b.iul. "The late sir Hcrcuh-b Lan- griahe at exceeding of i being ill he consulted the celebiated before the lady, feeling the dignity and advised him to drink 111 uic ui i a nd ill now icll, h.i I pndo of her lion, (leiurni i ned to mukt. i 1 ic Court of Pleas of Adams roun- 1 to i i i i a i i 1 not heiscll knov, to lhe i i I clllcrs promisei. lo bir Iler- obev.

but the doctor said Alley, a i i lots of Wm. iy and the Court has appointed Ihe a i done, hile ihere was a liopu i a t-hu was no less a thai) day of December next, for the hearing and i You," sa'd he, i i lo ihe Judge, -pre-! the ifo of the Govurnor. i wa- Gardner, and others, wills' Appli- 'P; ach frvhard thereon. gCpThe Lots will he confirmation i nccount. A.

B. KURTZ, Protk'y. Prothonotary's i iliic-e, of Water near the door, and a variety ol'i sold separately or tuirellier, as purchasers Gcitysburg.Kov.iG, Fruit Trees upon the premises. Said i may desire. The' Terms will be a Si- property is i a on i Creek, a joining lands of Jacob Wclily.

John Eiker, London, and A Tract of Aj contain Land, CONTAINING 200 ACRES, more or less, adjoining lands of Chrislian Aliisselman, Slemmons, and others. Seized and taken in execution as the Estate of'MARTIN NEWMAN, deceased, at the i of his decease, i notice to widow, heirs and'terre-teti- anls A 0 A Tract of Mountain Land, siiuaio in Franklin township, Adams county, containing 138 more or less, adjoining lands of Joseph Baker, Lawrence Shcffiinu and others. Seized and taken ill-execution as lhe Eslale of with notice to-Frederick Hcrr as ter- rc tenant. on lhe day of sale by A A. NEEL.Y.

Petersburg, (Y. Nov. VALUABLE OW there is a rare chance for Merchants to gel one of the most valuable i a i for business in the State. -The subscriber will expose to Public. Sale, on the Sth of January, 1S-17 No.

19, Term, i -os. 18-17. Fa. WM. GRAHASJ.

Nov. 1 5.1817.--Monies considered in Conn. Rule for i i i thereof on the 3d Monday of a a next. By lhe Court, B. KURTZ, Prothouotary.

Prothonotniy's Ollicc, Gctiysburg, Nov. 26, 1847. 3f $2 I ETTERS of A i i a i on the sided at lhe trial iil I a i Blake, not a htllt; surprised at llus a who was sccnsed of and sentenced expressed, his griitificaiiou in terms-of him to death." reverence having sii disiingnished a "And uou," said he, i to Grjyson, peiM.nagc as his du wiiii-n conuuieu two quails. (LaiifflUer.) -w eie one of the wune-sts again-t i and made some allusuri to the prouahle re- docior ihen rcstn. led Sir flercules to You swoie that ou saw him slab sulib of eommg contest, still presen ing i i in a dny -and on ihp fullow- called in upon him in a day or two after, and seeing his, patient out of order, said to i "I hope you followed oui my nclvirp.

am i to the sizo of the Sir Hercules brought a ghiss i continued two quails. i i On your testimony, i i a he his incognito was hung-." was," replied the old man him i my own eyes." The prisoner a low sneering laiii'h, he said, i to the Judge 0," said the lady, "he'll never be elect- 'I saw i ed; he's i bul a wagon, boy. I You 'don't suppose a ihe people of trrcat Suite, i ever condescend to vote i for such man as intone, having railed on his a i told i to slit-k to that a i and it I It'njrtliPn hii days. belii've you," saicl iir lieu iilys, "for yesterday a tne longest day 1 exer the burning wreck is awfullv terrific. -The hull was a compleie bed of flame, which, bursting- from her sides ai limes, streamed far lhe waiers, and then curled aloft, uiUilflatiK, combin- 4 ed current rushed madly up wards, till it beeniedjloslin the clouds, 'i he bhrouds and rigging were Covered with living; beiajs, sought there rather than' in the water.

Their terror marked features eie lighted by the gh-asdy glare of the flames, and, as the fire reached them in their retreat, oue after another fell and was either burnt to death- or drowned. One man readied the crosstrees, where he lashed himself." There he 'remained after his companions had all fal- len, and then he uied und when, finally, the ent by the board he c-nt with it. West, Racine, succeeded in throwing- overboai-d materials enough to float hirnseif, and cinl.l. He requested, Sir, sentenced an i i Governor--0, is and the la- A ior A n.aicr that since A he, turning to dy hack and lauirhed i llie in signed the teetotal pledge he has the MiiSiaippi waipr bv tiie gallon. a p'isehood.

Marry Blake i who had got awoke again and Ta )t to mn man caii'iig ai peck of i i i a life-time," saiil he'; "why I have not i i i He wab as intioc.entof i scireanied i mail. the sin of as von were more in- A Tract Land, situate in.Menallcn township, Adams Adjoining of Joseph Taylor, Nicholas Bear and others, containing J)Jg crftt, morn or less, on which arc creeled a two-story log Dwelling-house, a one and half story log house.and iog Stable, i Threshing-floor, Sheds, and a log Sia- We. A portion of this Tract (about 20 Acres) is covered i i ahoiu 12 Acres'of Meadow a small Nursery; ihe balance is in a good state of cultivation, with Springs through the and taken in execution as lhe Esiate JOHN STEWART. purchasing property at Sheriffs sale, will have to pay itu-ptr ceai. ot'thft purchase, money on the of of.sale, A I SCHRTVER, -ifT Ollii-c, 10, at 10 o'clock, A.

M. on the premises, his boroU(Th of 'dec'd, IT I I Eslntc of ROBERT TIIOMPSOS, late noceni a you are now This diangwl the conversation, and the bcen SW alio i llg sedirnciii for a month, day passed oil pleasantly and agreeably, a a sand-bars. been granted.lo the'subscriber, residing in said borough--Notice is hereby given to The siaggered a i a been i A the a where stage stopped n3 Si i and leaned against ihe lable to sup- i time, i was all attention and polite- nnd'never was heakhicr in my life." purl himself, i the coiidiMiined IV-lon ness assi.sling lhe lady 10 alight, i Valuable Properly, on i ho now situate in Adams county. OH the'corner of Main payment, and those having claims upon the wlu i i i i 3 "les, old said he sternly, "you the i fec. After din- all those indebted to said'esuue lo slond "PPTMilc.

i looking at him i her, a the lo the choicesi cnt, irorn ilie various dishes, i "young and Harrisbiirg streets. The Buildings are estate to present the same, properly an-! first-rate. Call and see them, and judge'thenticate'd, for" settlement. WELTY, Jldm'r. Nov.

20, JS47---Ct A TAKE NOTICE. LL TAXES on Duplicates in hands Collectors at the present lime i I be required to be paid on or before Ihe, THE DISASTER ON A 'MICHIGAN. he B'uffiilo papers confirm the in- tc-Iligence of the terrible disaster on a for yourselves. Terms mudc on the day of sale. JOHN B.

McCREARY. N. the above named propeny is not sold on or before the Sth of January, it will he FOR RENT. would also inform the public that he has a splendid assortment of of January, 1848. all Tax- whieh he will sell off at wholesale or re- 1 ca unpaid after a date, per cent, inter- tail, at reduced prices nnd great bargains.

i AM going to Schuylkill county to com- Coal i i business, (I csl will be charged, according law: JOSEPH I A. 1 A a money.) and give notice to all pur- i sons indebted to me to call immediately OfTicc, Gel- tygburj, Oct. -20, 1847. anc! the same. If their accounts are not settled on or I he 1st day of Fcb- they i not blame mo i i find ihem in ihe hands of an Officer.

R. A Petersburg, (Y. Nov. 26, .,1 A7iir JIXD LdllOK SVFPt.Y OF Clothing; have blood and on soul, for i ner the was resumed, and at -aid so lhe light i the parties at a place where Michigan, by the i ol tho-Phcenix. I I 1 1 i ot the a his savage they must parl--Corwin unending to pass The Plicunix was on i a lo Chic-niro by private nonveyame to lhe nc.xt triwn, i about.

200 emigrant of all i his lady companion was especiing aj es a sidcs iVcrcw of some 30 features, "I murdered i i a I i i Thank God 1 id it, for I had a long score to settle i i Blake to tarry at the hotel. i 40 i i i 1 i I I il IH1 CL! i I a hand in it. 1 met i i on As the stage drove up to (he door, i a i lo i eurred to the waggish candidate i i was i ilboiu 3 those on hoard his wife 10 leap inlo the waicr 'with the child, and place herself upon a xvlth true-hearted devotedness, ihe refused to do, unless her husband accbm- pan'ed her. Theyjoined arms, nnd plunging- into the ieldmg ilood. sank log-ether 10 rise no more.

Mr. Long, of MilwauKic, saw his wife and child almosl i i his reach, i thf power to save, lie afterwards got hold of the wheel under the stern and was one of the ihree who were saved alive Irom lhe Water. The body oi young Tisdalc, the cabin boy, was found floating upon a ladder. -He was laying upon his side with his head testing upon his hand, lie was eudimtly not ui'd, died from cold. When the passengers became aware of the iminenl danger that suriounded them, and a a certain death awaited them, a scene was presented which beggars de- orijitiun.

yotne hetookrthemsehes lo quiet prayer, others howled for help, whilst others stiil bo we'd in -meek submission to the iial of 11 ruling power. As the fire progiessed. onu alter another of the voices was hushed in death, and a stillness awful and profound succeeded. There could hot have been less two a beings swept into eternity by this disaster, arid fully three- fourths of were slrangera from a Tar' -0(1" -country: They had lorii themselves from the oil that gave them i and bidding adis-u tu their fathi-r- iand, ih rough mils, hardships, and priva- lions, had pressed Coward to the. land promise.

Almost i i sight. of that haven of peace and rest for which they had so long hoped and faithfully labored, they were overwhelmed, in common destruction. There ended their hopes and their prospects. Male and lVinal-, infancy and you tli, exulting feeblcold age. sank together in a watery grave.

Only On Sunday the 21st nit. the a a proceeded 10' i i 15 miles of Sheboy- a a was about miles oil" shore, when fere between us. I -mid him of ihe inju- i not right ti 1 go away i making him- ries lie had and I told him a i at the end of his journey, more the time was come for Hecndeav- especially as his a i hrul done so ored to escape but I followed i up at the so, taking.the child in one a fire broke out between decks and imrne- grapplcd with him', anil stabbed i As i arm, and handing the lady to ground in diateiy enveloped ihe vessehn the devotir- I did so, I heard ihe elatier of horse's the politesi a possible, he led the ing element. 'Capt. 1 confined I leaped into a cl of hushes i I way lo parlor, followed by her lady- i lo his birth by and ihs greatest grow the At a ship.

relieving himself of his ten- confusion nt once ensued. Blake (rams up. and (mind Wiokhffe lying dor charge by placing, ii upon sofa, lie made-for lhe small boat, when Mr. David dead in the road. You know the introduced himself in these laconic words: Blish, of Sniuhport, with great presence ANOTHER LIVES LOST! The St.

Louis Republican of the22d ult. brings ol'another thrilling disaster in ihesinlrjijrof ihti steamer Talisman, by collision with the Tempest, on the 10th wit. on the Mississippi. The Talisman had about 150 cabin passengers, and an equal number of deck passengers, neaviy all of whom were asleep when lhe collision took place. In a moment the boiler deck was submerged, the fires were extinguished, and a scene of unutterable terror and confusion ensued.

The Tera- The Kilo he told a as Gospel. He was only a i to draw the i from the you came up and charged him -with murder!" Good God! Ciin this be possible'" A. rush WHS peat hove to for the purpose and succeeded in saving all but 70.. exertions made bv the hands' of both boats "Madam, I am iho wagon boy to whom 1 of mind and dfiicrniinsiion of purpose, or- you a ihis morning. My name is dred and drove them away from the boai.

Tom Corwin. I have, as you see, laid i direeling the inate to lake possession of it your darling little one on the flat of his and lower it away. He then took Capt, back: and you must not be surprised i I from his room and placed him i boat to repair to the hurricanedeek, except for the rescue of all the pnssenpftrf and their effects, were truly All the caliin by ihe prompt obedience of the of same way at! when he directed some twenty I a newly married roupie, who.in i oihors to follow, ami boat left the of the moment, jumped found fCW COrds Of U'OOcl Und see them immediately. WOT)l) wanted it this office, in navment I MARC of subscription. Nov.

26. IS 17. HAS JUST BEEN I AND OPF.NED AT crcid ihe old man, "It cannot! Villain, i should serve his fsthcr the i East York sireet, embracing every v.t-1 yon are liar i i of Boys'and-Men's wear- Call "Psluw mu nercd (he man. 1 could I gain by a lit; To-morrow I lady any a a by stopping ing mong thft deck passengers, where JS SA.VSOX. "I don't believe it; I don't believe it!" hear an 'apology, and an ho.ir a a The Propeller Delaware hove in sight thing Was dismay and 'exclaimed Grsyson, pacing the cell, an I he was iaoorruptiblc'fres-, about the that thu boa: lef was too polite occasion the nix for shore--Mr.

Blish himself remain- .,1 grave. The main eft, and acw numbers having jumjved lEWSFAPESr lEWSPAPKRf.

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