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ANN OVERTURE
Administrative Of tie

DRIHE MONEY.-A DATEfull list
/ PRISES PAYABLE TO GALL
anc be seen at the officers. These and
all other claims against the Government
promptly collected.
AN OFFICER IN THE ARMY WRITES {;
at inspection | noticed that a large
proportion of the mems knapsacks con.
tanned box ofTroches, being generally
used by them for colds, etc" "Bro,cn's
Bronchio Wroches," should be in every
soldiers knapsack or pocket, to be used
opon the first appearance Of a cold or
uugh.
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The frs, Of tho year will inauguratc tho
thrilling iriginol novelette, bp Doctor j. II.
Il Robinson, entitled:
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I Fl E E L k A D V @ G. A 7 E
MISUNDERSTANDING NOTICE

Letters Of Administration have been
granted in Cue form Of Law, to the sub.
ecibcr upon the Estate ofThoma1 Over
turf, late OF Bcnczcttc township Elk
county, deceased, Al persons having
any claim against said Estate, arc re.
qucstcd to present them duly authenti-
Gated for settlement. Any person ow-
ing the Estate, are requested to make
......,....,.t Io,t / ,,,itl,
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To Consumptives.

The undersigned having been rostor-
Is tc health in few weeks, By a very
ample remedy, after, having suffered Sc,
veral years, with severe lung affection.
and the dread disease, Can5umption-is
enxious to make known tohis fellow suf-
fcrcrs the means of cure.
To all who dcsie it, he will send
copy oftho prescription used, (frce of
charge with the directions for prcpar-
ing and using the same, which thy will
find a Sarc cure for CONSUMPTION,
ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, CoUGHs, CoLDs
&c. The only object of the advertiser
in sending the prescription is to benefit
the afflicted, and spead information which
he conccivcs to be invaluable; and he
hopes every sufferer will try his remedy,
as it will cost them nothing, and may
plovo blessing.
Parties wishing the prescription will
please address
Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,
Williamsburg, Kings County,
New York.
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NOTICE.-Insurers in the West
Branch Insurance Company of Lock
Haven Pcnna, must pay the amount
due said company, levied by it in assess
ments, Nos, 0 & 10, to DIE undersigned
before, or during next Court week,
otharwise proceedings will be commeu-
ced against them, to compel such pay.
meut.
LAURIE j. BLAKELY.
Attorney for the c.
st. Mary's, Pa, Nov. Goth 1864.
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JANUARY 4, 1865.
TWENTY. SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY
OF
THE NEW YORK MERCURY.
THE PRIDE OF THE FIRESIDE.

In the prime of 4 vigorous intellectual
manhood, the Phenix of the weeklies begins
its flight for the new year, over the wrecks
of its tagging and lifeloss contemporaries,
with its eye fixed upon the sun, beneath
which il owns no rivalry.
The war, which has toppled down what.
ever il shallow and baseless, has written no
wrinkle on the bright @gs of our success.
Our features for the issue of 1865 shake he
pillars of whatever has heretofore been
deemed imperial in serial literature. Both
sides Of the Atlantic render us tribute. We
shall continue the thrilling romances of
Miss NJ. Il. BRADDON, necromanccr Of the
strong dark passions, to whom we pay more
annually than the entire capital of our imi.
tators, and add to our American staff the
champion jester Of the cap and bells, JOSH
BILLINGS, who will commence with the frst
of fJanuary series of his we'll known mimi
table comic Diapers, written expressly for us,
in his irrcsistibly couyulsiye vein Harriet
Il. Prescott, the most polished and magma
! tive sketch, writer living; p. 7. Banum, the
| world famed Snowman and autobiographer ;
| Miss NJ. A. Earle Fairfax Balfour, DR.. J.
J II. Robinson, and ''Ned Buntlne', renown-
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| out the sparkling contributions of such IA
! cile poets, feuilletonists, humOrists, critics,
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! Arnold, W. O. Eaton, Millie ". Carpenter,
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all the mothers, sweethearts, daughters
wives, and widows of the land suhscrib,
their experiences, TIE NEW YORK MER
CURY will continue tho faithful and co
| rent
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No,witbstan ding tie W ward march Of
every article of j xury and CO tnsuml tion,
and our emo, cusy il creased ltlay for The
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF POPULAR
PEOPLE.

highly Illustrative OF the oldest, ablest and
artiiulest folk Of the era the Great Fashion
Article, by Jennie June, whose sprirhtly
notes upon the latest and most perfect New
YORK modes are suggestive TO ldaders Of So
cfety everywhere, and universally consulted
doth in the metropolis and throughout the
aountry aud commence series of illustrl-
TED Sketches Of Grotesque Adventure in
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iramplo; as well as Hidts upon Cookery,
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CHAS. WEIS,
GEO. DICKINSON,
JOS. w. TAYLOR,
Commissioners
J. G. M'ALLTSTER, Crk.

hIteSI
J. G. M'ALLTSTER, Crk.
WE the undersigned Auditors of Elk
county having duly convened at the
Commissioners Office at Ridgway on the
2nd day of January, 4. ID. 1865, and
having audited and adjusted the forceo.
ing accounts of the several funds, do
find them correct as herein stated.
Tn witness whereof, we have hereunto
set our hands :ho day and year above
mentioned.
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administrators OF
ANTHONY MEYER de G.
ADMINISTRATORS Notice.

N1N HNA ~ VI W"VA y Az VUAOO'
I ETTERS of Administration having
IL been granted to the subscriber on
the estate Of Geo. A. Kicnzle, late of
st. Mary's borough, deceased. Notice
is hereby given, to all persons knowing
themselves indebted to said estate, to
make immediate payment, and all those
having claims against said estate, will
present the same duly authenticated for
settlement,
FREDERICK KIENZLE.
administrator.
Ridgwag Noo. 1911 1864.
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Administrators Sale.

EpY order Of the Orphans Court of the
county Of Elk, in the State of Pa, |
shall expose to sale, by public vendue
or out cry at the Court House in Ridg-
way, on Tuesday the 3D. day of January
next at l o'clock p, NJ, as the property
of Anthony Meyer, decd Five lots in
st. Mary's, in the said county of Elk,
known as lots, No nineteen (19) twenty.
one CID twonty-eight (2S) twenty. four
(24) and twenty-six (2G) on cross street,
in front on cross street one hundred
(lOO) feet each and in depth at right
angles two hundred (200) feet
Terms of sale, one third of the pur.
chase money in hand at conformation Of
sale and the residue in two equal annual
instalments thereafter, to be secured by
Judgment, Bond and Mortgage
ANTHONY MEYE
Administrator of
ANTHONY MEYER de cd
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By this Sign We Conquer.

"Whenever the way seems long,
Or the heart begins to fail,
We sing a more wonderful song,
Aud tell more marvellous tale"
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AIETIIE


TIE CHILD OF TIE CORD,
which will be followed by 4 splendid rev
story By Miss II. Z. Braddon, written ex-
prcsslp for The NEW YORK MERCURY.
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r. T. KYLER.
HENRY D. DFRR
JACOB NI'CAULEY.
Auditors.
Attest

Attest:
J.C. M'Allister, Cl'k.
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CIR,
By omt. OF orders rcdocm'd Sl,024 90
TvuSurOrs commission on
Gl,33i - cts Ga , per ct 70 %
Trcasurcrs commission on
si,022 disburscd Gg , per ct 20 48
balance due fund 26l 80
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Total

BY district Treas receipts $110
Trcasurcrs commissian on
Sll0 57cts reed. at , per ct. ,
Trcasurcrs commission en-
1928 OF disbursed at ? per ct 2
Balance due fund 10 !
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s5O89 81

WE the Commissioners of Elk county,
do report the foregoing as a correct
statement of the Receipts and Expendi-
lures Of Elk county for the year ending
January 2nd 1868.
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Total S204 -
H A r L E S L q H r, ESQ,

treasurer Of Elk county, in account
with the County Of Elk, for the year
1864.
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By refunding orders

BY refunding orders
district TreasuTers receipts
Ircasurcrs commission on
1921 ~ cts re ID. att per CT
Ircasurers commission on
$65l - cts disbUrsel
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ITEMS FROM NORTHERN PAPERS.

The following news items are taken from
Northern papers of the 9th:
OF 5000 men comprising McCook's com
nand, Gin the late Georgia raid. only some
600 succeeded in returning to Sherman
lines.
Armed launches at the mouth OF the Mis-
sissippi have rendered the navigation OF
that river below New Orleans SO danger
Gus that the Yankee pilots are AFRAID TO
venture out. On the 18th ult., the light
house tender Martha was captured and de.
stroyed by an armed launch In Chandelier
Bay.
'rhe publication of the Evening Bulletin
newspaper, Of Baltimore, was suppressed,
late on Saturday evening, by order OF Gen.
Wallace, commanding the middle depart
went, in consequence Of the publication IN
me second edition of two objec tionable ar
ticles copied from the New York Freeman's
journal. The office was closed, and any
further attempt to publish the paper will
subject the publishers 10 arrest and the OIL
flee 10 seizure.
A number of citizens OF the State oil
Delaware, who were arrested few days
ago and sent to Fort McHenry, near Bal
timore, upon the charge Of holding pic
MIC for the behefit of The Confederate pri>
soners at Fort Delaware, were released on
parole last Saturday. Upon their return to
Wilmington, more than 5000 citizens
turned out and gave them a grand ovation.
The getters-up Of the reception were arrest
ed by the Provost Marshal, but il was not
known what would be done with them.
The Indians are committing many dep
relations on the prairles.
The people Of New York are dreading a
/, Confederate raid on Buffalo City from
Canada.
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SOUTHERN HEPATIC PILLS.

A FEW Important Facts in regard to the South
a ern HEPATIC PILLS"
1. They are prepared from the best quality Of
Medicines by the .dscoverer, now an aged Minister
of the Gospel, and are safe.
?. They have been known for years and tested by
thousands.
3. Five hundred persons are known TO have been
cured by them. e.
A. They are not recommended by the Proprietor
for everything but only for diseases which arise from
disordered liyeIs.
S. Directions and certificates accompany each box.
and these certificates are from well known and most
respectable individuals.
6. Correspondents recommend them as good for
Liver Disease. chills and Fevers, Pneumonia, Jaun-
Dice Dyspepsia, Bilious Fevers, Bilious Rheuma-
,sm, Worms, Plursy, Bronchitis, &c.
z. Several gentlemen state that the use OF these
Pills has been to them an annual saving Of from
$l0u TO $2OO; they are the best plantation medicine
ever offered 10 the public
8. Some physicians Of the highest standing pre-
scribe them 10 their PATIENTS and hundreds OF boxes
have been sold to regular practitioners.
9. During the last quarter 1850 boxes have been
sold 10 two Druggists, in South Carolina. and one
in North Carolina; and some time ago over 100
boxes were ordered by Druggists in one town in
Virginia.
IFr Price, So box. For $50 dozen boxes will
Druggists aud country merchants. Cash (new cur.
rency) to accompany orders.
For sale in Hillsboroush Ivy
Y. WHITFIELD & co.
August 10. 5s--
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TOBACCO WORKED.
THE HILLsBoRoUGH RECORDER,
Is runLisHED wEEktr
ny DENNIS IiEARTT.

Terms. Eight Dollsisa yssr. u paid y -
ysnre. Nine IolIsrs ~ not laid within u re
months; or Ten Dollars, u delayed unia lie sIr"'
tion Of the year.
No paper will be discontinued until OIL sressss"
are maid. unless THE option Of Ihe publisher.
No paper will be cent 20 new Subscribers GU eft'e
State unless payment IL made In advance. % rM
person In the siae shall become responsible.
Advertising Rates fer The Re ordtE
!. Advertisements nots1eeediDg Twelve frrsi We 90.
lars for the fs. and one dollar for each suheqi~i
insertion longer onesin proportion. Court sdsrIss.
men,s twenty-five per cent higher. A dedusiiou o.
one..hird will be msd 10 advertisers by the Jsu
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CALL AND SEE.

CALL AND SEE.
"E are receiving IN pariihe following necessary
and desirable Goods, which We will scllat
small advance, for cash only:
very handsome Black Shapls,
900 yards A. Bleacbed ShiftinRs.
400 yards "a Fancy Calico,
500 yards Black and White ditto,
$50 Yards Dark Fancy duo,
500 yards Al Light Fame, ditto,
Colofed and white Pocket Handkerchisfs,
2e0 dozen Costs's spool Cotton,
400 lbs. prime Rio Coffee.
200 lhs. Black Pepper.
lii2 lbs. Cooking Sods,
80 don. Goat skins for Boots and Ladies Shoes,
IS bags Dry Salt,
21O lbs. Epson Salts.
and many other desirable articles.
JAMES ". Whitfield & CO.
February Q. a.
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Ell A RD,WAR E.. &C.

Nails, Iron and Steel. Gun Caps, Shoe Thread.
Log Chairs, Capdesi.cks, Scissors. Curry Combs.
Backing, Cotton Rope, Cotton Cords, Castings,
Trswels, Rim Locks. Knives and Forks, Springs and
AIles. Horse Rasps. Piles, Mill and lesser, Tscks,
Thimbles, de- &c.
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IN STO X E .

NOR SALE, st prices TO suit, with many other
articles 10 which additions rre daily being made.
the following named
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Seasonable and Desirable Goods,

AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
EA LBS. Black and Colored Flax Thread,
~ $50 doz. Coates White Spool Cotton,
40 loz. ClaIk's assorted colors ditto,
500 gross shirt and Coat Rubber and Pearl Buttons
200 gross Black and bite Pant Buttons,
80 gross Lasting Coat and Vest Buttons,
20 doz Fine and Dressing Combs, r
400 yards Limos.
$50 yards Black and White Muslin Gingham,
500 yards Black and White Calico,
1000 yalds Light colofed Calico
1000 yards Dark colored ditto,
500 yards Colorcd and Black Alpaccas,
500 yards Colored and Black and White Muslin,
40 dozen Steel Skirt springs,
pieces Black Broad Cloth,
piece Black Cashmere,
l. pieces Colored Cashmere,
2peces silk Poplin,
90 dozen Gents Colored Hsndkerchiefs,
pieces Red and White Flannel,
80 pieces ine Bleached Cotton Cloth,
35 dozen Toilet Soap, some very fine,
Lead Pencils, Soda by the keg or pound,
Steel Rns and Pen HOLDERS,
10000 White and Colored Envelopes,
Is or Quinine. English Paper,
Prime Rio Coffee, and many other goods at small
pf0h''' JAMES Y. WHITFIELD & CO.
August 3. 81
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G ROCE RIES, &c.
ST ALTON merry, &c.

Letter. Note and Cap Paper, French and Confed-
crate Envelopes, Visiting Cards, Steel Pens and
Holders, Lead Pencils, Tooth brushes, spelling
Books, &c
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koh SAIL, ~ prices 10 SUIT, WIZ many DINER
articles 10 which additions gre daily being made.
the following named
DRY GOODS, &c.
Cassimes, Tweeds, Army Gray, Black and Pilot
Cloth; French and English Marinoes. assorted: Col
lars, Limos, Black and Notified Alpaccas. foplsnds,
Arsandies, Prints Ginghams. Musins, Irish Linen,
Brown Linen, Linen Sheets, Paper Cambriek, Eng.
lish Long Cloth; Striped and Plain Cottons, Cotton
Drill, Mus9uIio Netting. Bonnet and Belt Ribbon,
Skirt Braid. Linen and Cotton Handkerchief, era.
vats, White and Black Hose Black aud Colorsd Sew.
ing silk, Black and Brown Flax Thread Black White
and Coiared spool Cotton, White. Red and Blue
Flannel, Gotten Yarns. Bird Eye Diaper, Shaws.
Love and Cclored Wells, vestngs, Silk Fringes Dress
Buttons and Trimmings, Pearl. Agate, Bone and
Metal Ceal, Vest and suspender Buttons, Cotton
Laces, Boiling Cloths, Needles. Pins, assorted, Hair
Pins, Fine. Coarse and Army Combs. Tape, Ladies'
Silk Parasols, Umbrellas, Hooks and Eyes, Rrbbon
Wire, Silk Elastic, French and English Soaps.
G R0CE RIES, &c.
Crushed. GRADUATED and Brown Sugar, Green
Tea, Salt, Coffee, Soda, Rice, Coppesss, Soap, Hops
Powder. shot and Caps. Taiow and BeesNar, Can.
dies. sok and Upper Leather, Smoking. Chewing
and Leaf Tobacco, Cigars.
STATIONERY, &c.
Letter. Note and Cap Paper, French and COnfed.
crate Envelopes, Visiting Cards, Steel Pens and
Holders, Lead Pencils, Tooth brushes, spelling
Books, DC
III A RDW ARE, sc.
Nails, Iron and Steel. Gun Caps, Shoe Thread.
Log Chairs, Capdlesl.cks, Scissors. Curry Combs.
Backing, Cotton Rope, Cotton Cords. Castings,
Trowels, Rim Locks. Knives and Forks. Springs and
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HATS AND SHOES.
BrOgans, Ladies French Bonnsts. straw Hats, &c.
DRU CT s. &c.

Camphor, Salts, Opium, Castor aud Sweet Oil,
Cod Live, oil. CIorOform. caIomeI. M,spe.,,' cH,;.
Acid, Tsinin. Worm Tea and Sal,e, Corn Cure.
Infant Drops. Laudanum and Paregoric. Quinines
Hsrshorn, Morphine, Borsx. Alum, Dry White
Lead, Spanish Whiting. French and American Dchre.
TIMBER, Drop Black, Glue. English Mustard.
II. y. BROWN & co.
Aug. N. So
, 1864-12-30
"OnlY Seven Hundred Killed ?,

Only seven hundred robbed of their breath e
Out oflife suddenly hurried to death
On the red battlefield drench ed in their gore,
They were stret ched fearfully, waking no more,
There, mid the regiments where cannon thundered,
There lay the murdered men, only seven hundred
Some died in misery, writhing with pain
Some like extingushed lamp, instantly slain.
Piled up in heaps on heaps on the crushed grass,
Wait they the human hyenas to pass r az
All INCREASINGLY there are they plundered-
That little band of them, only seven hundred.
Some have left families flooded in tears ssi95aI
Left them in poverty, sorrow and fears
Here, widows and orphans send up their sad moans;
There fathers and mothers bewail for their sons;
By the hot cannon ball they have been sundered.
Let the dead sleep-they are only seven hundred.
Thousands on thousands went out to the fray; sr1
Thousands on thousands fell since the first day.
There have been streams of blood pourd out like rain;
Figures exhaust themselves counting the Slain.
Is such loss as this thing to be wondered!
Why make count of them only seven hundred
" Mans inhumanity makes thousands mourn" .
How long shall the savage fire in his heart burn2
War hardens the feelings, puts love under ban,
And rouses up all the devil in man
Till in all show of pity he seems to have blundered
And DER crowds Of murdered cries, ''o only seven
hundred Ply Y. Home Journal.
, 1864-12-30
NUMBER 3.

WHAT IS GOLD LACE 2-Gold lace is not gold
lace. 1t does not deserve this title, for the gold
is applied a surface to silver II is not even
silver lace, for the silver is applied to fOunda-
ton of silk. The silken threads for making this
material are wound round with gold wire so
thickly as to conceal the silk; and the making Of
this gold wire is one of the most singular me-
chanical operations imaginable. In the first
place, the refner prepares a solid rod of silver
about an inch in thickness; he heats this rod,
applies on the surface a sheet of gold leaf, burn
ishes this down, supplies another coating, burn
ishes this down, and so on, until the gold is
about one hundredth part the thickness Of the
silver. Then the rod is subjected to a train of
processes which brings it down to the state of a
fine wire; it is passed through holes in steel
plate, lessening step by step in diameter. The
gold never deserts The silver butadheres closely
TO 1t, and shares al It's mutations; 1t is one hun
dredth part the thickness Of the silver at the
beginning, and it maintains the same ratio to
the end. As to the thinness to which the gold
coated rod of'silyer can be brought, the limitde-
pends on the delicacy of human skill; but the
most remarkable example ever known was
brought forward by DR.. Wolaston This was an
example Of solid gold wire without any silver.
He procured small rod of silver, bored a hole
through it from end to end, and inserted in this
hole the smallest gold wire he could produce
he subjected this silver to the usual wire-dFaw-
ing process, until he had brought 1T to the finest
attainable state-being, in fact silver wire as
fine as hair, with gold wire in its centre
To isolate this gold wire he subjected it to warm
nitrous acid, by which the silver was dissol7ed;
leaving gold wire one thirty thousandth of an
inch in thickness-perhaps the thinnest round
wire that the hand of man has yet Produced
But the wire, though beyond all comparison f.
ner than any employed in manufactures, does
not approach in thinness the film Of gold on the
surface of silver in gold lace 1t has been cal
culated that the gold on the very finest silver
wire for gold lace is not more than one third Of
one millionth of an inch in thickness that is,
not above one-tenth the thickness of ordinary
gold leaf
, 1864-12-30

STREET swBEpERs.-Said the Mayor of our
city, 'it much me distresses, our streets are SO
dirty, no brooms and no men," 'Never mind
said the girls, wehaye all our new dresses"
These good little girls of the city of Penn, "Or-
CANDY, silk, barege and gray grenadine, no
need is there, surely, of brooms or Of men; only
let US alone and we'll sweep thsm all clean,
said the good little girls of the city Of Penn