Whole No. 2676,
1862.
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County Oliiee*s.
Praiilsnt Ju-lgc.
H on. 8. S. Woods. LoirisiMWD.
A**ot : vte Jw.hjc* f
iToH Ely:th Morrison. Wayiia township.
Jurnci Turner. Lewitftowu.
Sheriff,
C. C. .StKuuiger. Esq.
Itrjtntj/ Shet if}'.
I'. I>. MuUhrs>i(.<ii;li. Erq.
frvtlumoVirj/. L'Url. of Common I'lf is. Ac.
Henry J. Walters. Esq.
Htgiftor uoif Jlituriler -.! Clerk of Orphan* Court,
Samuel llarr. Esq.
Treasurer,
lleWrt W . I'.atoa. Esq.
Lohi/nuj.oncr*.
UleheSot. 1 hall ell. i. Hi'KttuU leWUkhip.
Sauuiel Urvw.-r. F.sv;.. l>oatur town.hip.
John McDowell. Jr., Esq.. Armagh towuship.
s Clerk —George Krytiugw.
Oej>uly Suic*t/ur.
George ri. Swigart, of Uliter township.
Coroner.
George itiller, Esq.. I.enisiowM.
M*i cnntiU Approl/cr,
John 1.. I'ortvr, l.ewi.towu.
Aud : lore.
Henry Snyder, of Graaville township.
Ahratu Garver. of Oliver *•
11. C. Vanzaut. of Dwcatur
Peiuisylvania Itailruad.
Trains leave Lewistown j-lalton as follows:
W.cTWAI:!., now*:..
Through Ucj-ros*. 5 10 a.m. It 1 j-. uj.
l ast I.iue, 45 p. in. 3 24 a. to
Mail, 5 30 p. lit. lu 41 a. oi.
4 oeal Freight. 5 Jo o. in. J Jo p. iu.
Fast Freichi. J1 1 p.m. 1 2S * m.
i l'rwijfht. 9 3U pi. in, 9 iu p. in.
Freifciit, Ju 25 a. in. 2 55 p.m.
C'oiU Train, 12 40 p. in. T 10 a. ta.
D. K. l.'.Lsnua, Anon.
•CiyGidliiiuth'* <;i<uihu.es convey passouijerv to
und from all the trains, taking up or s--tUii>; iJh-sji
dosuai all points within the borough limit.-.
VN the action id tlie Relief Board does n H
seem to be fully compr-bcnded, frequent
application.* fir relief being made in person
or by letter to tin- undersigned, lie deems it
proper to state that payments will be torn l
porarilv renewed to those formerly oil the
ji.t on prescntatiun of certificate signed by
nut le-r than three known taxpayer*, stating
i:ig that the applicant ha* nut received stiffi
• ieut from lor husband >r otlivr supp- rt, to
euablr her, together with lier own industry,
u make n living fur lirtsnll anj family, and
girihg reasons for such inaliility. This i*
intended for the benefit of all really in need,
stud for no ufhers.
The order* i--U'-d under this regulation
are continued only until the troops ate agaiu
paid off.
Blank certificates can be procured I'rona
those vrhu have heretofore distributed orders.
GEORGE FRYSINGEK.
Secretary of Relief Buard.
Lewistown, June 18, leu'J.
33C. "77. EL2E3,,
Attorney at Law,
Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at
tend to bij'incs* in Mifflin.Centre and Hunting
don counties. u*y26
Kisliacoquillas Seminary,
AND
NORMAL INSTITUTE,
J IIE third Session of this Institution will
JL commence April 24. 1.502.
Encouraged by t lie liberal patronage reeeiv
sd during the previous Session, the proprietor
lias heen induced to refit iiie buildings and
grounds to render them most comfortable and
convenient for students.
He has also secured the assistance of Iter
•v McDonald, formerly tutor of Princeton
Pniversitv', and well known in this part of
the country as an able scholar and devoted
Christian. A competent music teacher has
alsa beeu engaged.
mh'26 S. Z. SHARP, Principal.
Jacob C. Blymyer & Co.,
Produce aod Commission Mer
chants,
LEWISTOWN, PA.
JfearFlour and Grain of all kind- pur
chased at market rates, or received on storage
nd shipped at usual freight rates, having
storehouses and boats of their own, with care
ful captains and hands.
titovo-Coal, Limeburners Coal, Plaster, Fish
and Salt always on hand.
Grain can be insured at a small advance on
cost of storage. n022
CLOTHS FOR GENTS' SCITS.
SPUING Style Cassimeres,
Fashionable Vestings,
Tweeds and Cassimeres for boys,
Fine Black Cloths for Coats,
Doeskins, Finest Blacks,
Linen ami other Shirt Bosoms,
as well as a complete assortment of lIEADY
MADE CLOTHING for men and boys, at
ap3o GEO. BLYMYER'S.
HAY Forks, Rope and Tackle Blocks, at
my7 F. J. HOFFMAN'S.
SUGAR, Butter and Water Crackers by the
barrel, for sale by A- FELIX,
imagMßß) Agß) ggßMsiaiEg) sir ffJEirsiisysaiEsi iMwasw@my 9 saHiFffiujsy ®®arsy®^r s a>^ o
HIGHLY IIUFORIAITI
TO
FARMERS!
IOXG stories and paper recommendations
J are of no account. lam at present enga
ged in building
PELTdS'S PATENT HORSE POWERS,
' t .' vo . s ' y .'"s, one for four and one
h,r six horses. It is supposed to
he better than any other kind
t made here or elsewhere. I have
obtained from the patentee authority to make
and srll in all of Pennsylvania west of the
Susquehanna, ami to proieeute a'l those who
make. ue, or vend to others to use, in the
district described. Those interested will take
Untie,t of this. I expect soon to build a
NEW THRESHER,
which will thresh 40 bushel* of wheat per
hour, (r 80 bushels of oats. Please call and
examine lor yourselves before you buy from
i others. I also continue the
. <OA&WW& & liHESJvS
of any kind of machinery of Iron, Brass or
wrought Iron, as usual. Having a large lot
of pattern*, and a first class pattern maker
at work in the shop, 1 am prepared to fill al
I most any kind of an order, either for castings
s or patterr s.
BULL FLCUG-KS,
aide hill and bar share Ploughs, TIIRESII
, ERS with Shakers, Horse Powers, Saw Mill
Cranks, and various other castings on hand
i ready for sale.
All work Bold as good, which proves defec
TJVE, to be made good THOMPSON A STONX
authorized t • sell JOHN R. WEEKES,
i Lewistown, July 1802. Agent.
NATHANIEL KENNEDY'S
STORE,
In the Odd Fellows' Hall.
, A Yrrf Choice Assortment of Old Liquors.
I OFFER for sale all the liquors, late the
1 tock id John Kennedy, dee'd., embracing
prime French ltrai dy, Cherry Brandy. Din,
' Wines. Jamaica Spirits, and Scotch Ale. Ho
t tel keepers are requested to call,
i Physicians pan always obtain a jiure
' article for the sick.
A I,SO.
I Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, Groceries,
Queensware, Stoneware. Hardware, Cedar
ware, always on band; Shoulders, llains. Fish,
Herring, Shad, and Mackerel : Dried Beef of
a most excellent quality; with Bout* and Shoes
iin great variety. All the goods will be sold
' very low. " N. KENNEDY.
1 Lewistown, January 15, 1861.
i The Old Blymyer Corner.
M MODS ARRIVED.
s^srinsia
HAS just opened a choice lot of Ricll
styles of Silk Grenadines. Black &
i White Check Silks, cheap Plain and Fig
ured Black Silks. &c-
Persons wishing to purchase n good silk at
a low price, would find it to their advantage
to examine his stuck. Also,
i mac/: Stella Shawls wit'i Broche Borders,
' Bares f J'lftbmis, Straw and Millinery
(JHutls, I'oil n r I iti/ers/eeceSf
(tfoces, dv;., Bodies' Bitten
Cambric Handle rch >'/*•
1 Ale >. just opened, a small lot of White
Plaid French Organdies, a very scarce and
j desirable article, suitable f >r evening dresses.
Lewistown, April 30, !802-tf
WILLIAM LIND,
has now open
A NEW STOCK
OF
Cloths, Cassimeres
A N I>
VESTI NCS,
which will be made up to order in the neat
est and must fashionable styles. aplO
SfEH W & IB IS 3
TIN WARE!
CIOI'NTRY MERCHANTS in want of Tin
/ Ware will find it to their advantage to
purchase of J. B. Selliaimer, who will sell
them a better article, ar.d as cheap if not
cheaper than they can purchase it in any of
the eastern cities. Call and see his new stock
Lewistown, April 23, 1862-ly.
OFFICE on East Market street, Lewistown,
adjoining F. G. Franciscus' Hardware
Store. P. S. Dr. Locke will be at his office
the first Monday of each month to spend the
week. my3l
NOTICE!
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
HEADQUARTERS for Brooms, Buckets,
and Fish.
100 dozen Brooms, 100 dozen Buckets.
2> bbls and half bbls Shad.
,75 • " Herring.
50 *' No. 2 Mackerel, assorted packages.
40 " 1 " "
25 " 3
Wholesale and Retail.
MARKS & WILLIS' Steam Mill,
Lewistown, May 7, 1862.
CARPETINGS, comprising every style-o
the newest patterns and designs in Brus
sels, Tapestry Brussels. 'lmperial Three-ply,
and Ingrain Carpeting. Also, Stair Carpet
i ings, Rag Carcetings, Floor Oil Cloths, Mats,
Rugs, Ac., at GEO. BLYMYER'S.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1862.
SAPOWIPIER!
The Family Soap Maker!
A LL Kitclicn Grease can be made into good
SOAP by using SAPONIFIER.
Directions accompanying eacli box.
•Soap is as easily made with it, as making a
cup of coffee. Manufactured only by the
Patentees—
Pa. Salt Manufacturing Co .
febl2 ly No. 127 Walnut street Phila.
natronacoaloili
WARRAS t'lil) N() N- !•; X PI,OS I\ K.
and equal to any Kerosene.
buy an explosive oil, when a few
f T cents more per gallon will furnish you
with a perfect oil ?
Made only by PA- SALT MANUFAC
TURING COMPANY.
No- 127 Walnut Street, Phila.
February 12, 18G2. ly
Kollock's Dandelion Coffee.
TIIIS preparation, made from the best Ja
.L. va Coffee, is recommended by physicians
as a superior NUTRITIOUS BUYER AGE
for General Debility, Dyspepsia, and all bil
lions disorders. Thousands who have been
compelled to abandon the use of coffee will
use this without injurious effects. One can
contains the strength of two pounds of ordi
nary coffee. Price 25 cents.
KOLLOCK S LEVAIN,
The purest and best BAKING POWDER
known, for making light, sweet and nutritious
bread and cakes. Price 15 cents.
MASI'I ACTCREB UT
M. H. KOLLOCK, Chemist,
Corner of Broad and Chestnut streets,
Philadelphia,
And sold by all Druggists and Grocers.
February 20, 1862-ly.
LEWISTOWN BAKERY,
West Market Street, nearly apposite the
Jail.
CIONR AD ULLRICH, JR. would respect
) fully inform bis old customers and citi
zens generally that he continues the Baking
of
BREAD, CAKES, &c.,
at the above stand, where those articles can
be procured fresh every day.
Families desiring Bread, Ac. will be sup
plied at their dwellings in any part of town.
Fruit, Pound, Spunge, and all other kinds of
cake, of any size desired, baked to order at
short notice.
Lewistown, February 20, 1802-1 y
AMBROTYPES
AND
The Gems of the Season.
r | MI US is no humbug, but a practical truth.
JL The pictures taken by Mr. Burkludder
are unsurpassed fr ItOI.DNESS TRUTH
FULNESS. BEAUTY OF FINISH, and
DURABILITY. Prices varying according
to sir.e and quality of frames and Cases.
Room over the Express Office.
Lewistown, August 20, 1860.
E. FRYSINGrER,
LEWISTOWN, PA.,
Corner of Market and Brown Streets,
BIGHT OPPOSITE FRANK'S STORE,
Always has on hand for sale,
CIGARS, TOBACCO, SNIiFF, PIPES, TOBACCO
BOXES AND MATCHES,
VVhii-h he feels satisfied he can offer at prices
which caniit lie beat.
Tobacco has advanced, but he is still able
to sell the
Dog Leg at 60 cts per lb.
Celebrated Union Congress 56 " "
Twist 56 " "
Navy Cavendish 56 " "
Dewberry Cavendish 50 " "
Sun Fish 50 " "
Patrick Henry Congress 44 " "
Sauen Cavendish 35 " "
Cut and Dry, No. 1 24 " "
" " " No. 2 20 "
Killikinick 40 " "
Lynchburg 36 " "
Cigar Shorts 12 " "
Matches, 25 cents per gross.
Call, examine, take a chew, and if you don't
like the goods or find fault with the prices
you need not buy.
N. B. Pipes from 2 for a cent to 50 cents
apiece.
Lewistown, August 13, 1862.
Large Stock of Furniture on
Hand.
A FELIX is still manufacturing all kinds
• of Furniture. Young married persons
and others that wish to purchase Furniture
will find a good assortment on hand, which
will be sold cheap for cash, or country pro
duce taken in exchange for same. Give me
a call, on Valley street, near Blaok Bea: Ho
tel. feb 21
•1 /A/A DOZEN Coal Oil Chimneys, Wicks,
JLUU Brushes, &c., for sale at city whole-
Bale prices to retailers, by
mhl2 F. G. FRANCISOUS.
PRIME Sugar Cured Hams—the Excelsior
Hams, for sale at A. EELIX'S,
ADDRESS
t
OF THE
Union State Central Committee
OF TIIK
Loyal Men of Pennsylvania.
UtiDQi'iiiTißs or Tin I'moji Stun Csmku )
Committcc, CoiQiaouwaltli BuiltliriKs, _V> ISi"
Chesuiu Street.
Painnr.i.piiu, August CO, lSi'.a. J
Fellmc Citizens: In times of war the politi- !
cal organizations of peace are surrendered or
postponed to the public emergencies. During
the Revolutionary war there was no party
against Washington but the Tories or the
traitors. During the war of 1812, the ene- !
inics of the Administration of Mr. Madison
soon became as infain >us as the foreign in
vaders themselves. The war with Mexico
was waged, as results havo proved, bv slave- j
holding statesmen, in order that one State .
iuore might be added to the number they i
have lately forced into treason : yet the pub |
lie man who opposed it soon became unpopu- j
lar, and its victorious general was nominated
for the Presidency by the very party thatdis- j
sented from the policy which resulted in the j
war. Theso are the eloquent teachings of the
past. We are now in a doath struggle with I
the most powerful foe to human liberty on j
earth. This enemy is strengthened by sla ;
very in America, and sustained by tlio rnon- I
archies of the Old World. The issue is clearly j
made—the contending parties openly array- j
ed against each other. There is not ii nation, !
an individual, or an idea opposed to human
freedom that is not enlisted against this Gov
ernment and in favor of the rebellion. We
are ourselves our only friends. Within our
selves is our only hope. We can have no
sympathy from any other Power in the world |
—no sympathy that is sincere and effectual, i
The State Central Committee, appointed by ;
the I'nion State Convention, composed of the
loyal men of Pennsylvania, who met to con- !
sider what was proper to be done in this j
crisis, have a simple duty to perform in this
their first address. They have only to ask !
whether the examples of the two wars with j
, Great Britain, and the admonitions of the
; war with Mexico, shall be recollected or re j
jected in this gloomy hour, and whether the j
i American people will cordially support the (
| Government in putting down the rebellion.
The State Central Committee would im
press upon the people of Pennsylvania that !
the one great subject for them to consider is
the danger of the Republic. There is no
prejudice or opinion that should not be post'
poned, and, if necessary, sacrificed, to avert
this common peril. The Convention from
which the committee derived its authority
acted in this spirit, and it is now your duty to
come forward and sustain the candidates that
Convention placed in nomination. We make
this appeal to all lojal men. They only are !
loyal who recognize this war as one waged i
for our national existence—who give an ar- '
dent and unquestioning support to the Ad- j
ministration—who sustain all the measures
; of <'. ingress for the maintenance of the war :
j making power—who see in the Southern 1
j Confederacy, and those who are in alliance j
with it, the enemies of Civilization and Lib :
j ertv —and who do nothing to weaken the |
hands of the executive. They are not mere i
ly disloyal who take arms in their hands, j
i and combine themselves into an army. He i
is a rebel who abjures bis allegiance and he- I
I comes an enemy to his flag ; but he is a trai
tor, who, while enjoying the protection i.f the
Government, ami ostensibly observing his
i pledge of allegiance, contrives to bring dis
I honor and defeat upon his country. These
• rebels and these traitors wo are called upon j
Ito uieot. We must encounter th> ni on the !
| battle field and at the ballot box. The ballot j
i box is the great source of popular power.— !
j If beaten there, our victories will be fruitless, j
! our sufferings unrewarded, our sacrifices bar
. ren, and the glory and valor of our soldiers
| will end in the triumph of the Southern re
| hellion and a dishonorable peace.
It is unnecessary to restate the causes of
| the war. Our opponents have made them
i the substance of calumny and misrepresenta
tion. For answer, wo appeal to the living
history familiar to all men. We need not
remind the people that at the basis of the
Southern rebellion there exists a hatred of
Northern men ad Northern institutions—of
our social, political and revenue systems. —
This has inspired their leaders during two
generations. Wedded to an institution which
has demoralized thein in demoralizing their
labor, and cultivating the earth by an ensla
ved race of men, they have made their slaves 1
the source of their political power, and have
ruled the nation with the products of slave
labor. The happy hours of our national pro
gress have for years been embittered by their
insolence. All legislation that looked to the
1 prosperity of the Northern States and protec
tion to their industry has been opposed and
defeated by them. With the growth of North- j
em strength, as the result of free institutions
and free soil, came the possession of political ,
power and the gradual resistance to the en
! croachments of slavery. Nor need we romind !
I the people of the outrages that followed the 1
J efforts of the slaveholders, to recover their j
i unholy and despotic dominion. The outra- !
i ges upon Kansas; the studied insults to
Northern Senators and Representatives; the
ceaseless abuse of the Northern people, and
the gradual concentration of the military and
naval power in the hands of the traitors, all
contemplated the restoration of their ascen
dancy, and enabled them to inaugurate the
treason which culminated in war. Strength
ened by a wicked Administration, and sns
tained by timid and treacherous public men
in the free States, they were permitted to or
ganize an armed resistance, and to make fear
ful advancos, before the Government could
strike a blow in its own defence.
The election of Mr. Lincoln to the Presi
dency, so fortunate for the country, and so
fruitful of saving consequences to the whole
people, baffled the immediate purposes of the
conspirators.
The adversaries of Mr. Lincoln's Adminis
tration are in nearly every case the adversa
ries of the Government. They attack the
one to weaken the other. We recognize in
the Executive the embodiment of that autho
! rity which alone can destroy the rebellion
and reecuc the Republic. If the Executive
arm is pnralyred, their can be neither unity
among the people, victory for our armies,
nor hope for the preservation of the Govern
nient.
bile the enemies f the war proposed ad
hering to the lorm of a mere party organiza
tion, the loyal men have yielded their prefer
ences and systems, content to defer to the
days of peace the revival of disputes which
can only be repeated now to the injury of the
common cause.
Let the people decide whether that interest
is deserving of confidence which, in the midst
of war, refuses to abandon the prejudices of
party strife, and in the midst of national
peril devotes itself to the work of dividing
the people.
The opponents of the war are more anxious
to prove the : r hatred to a party than to the
public eneniv. Tbej insist that the " demon
Abolition" is the most dangerous foe of the
public peace. YVe can see but one great
criminal—but one great enemy of the Re
public—and he is now in arms against oar
countrymen and brothers. To defeat him at
once and forever is our first and most imper
ative duty.
The adversaries of the war insist that they
contend for the Union as it was, and the
Constitution as it is. We, too, are for the
Union as it was ; but not for the return of
the armed associates of the sympathizers
with treason to the places they so long occu
pied and so basely deserted. And while we
renew our fealty to the Constitution as it is,
we also insist upon the addition of that duty
which the opponents of the war so steaidly
ignore, viz: " The enforcement of the laws,"
whether these laws are for the coofisiation of
all rebel property, the emancipation of all
slaves who aid to defend the flag of the Union,
or the punishment of the reckless partisans
in the adhering States who aid and com
fort the rebel enemy, demoralize the people
and paralyze the arm of the Executive.
If, in a word, we have sympathy to bestow,
it is not for the murderers of our country's
liberties, but for the defenders of those liber
ties. The gallant soldier teaches us by his
example to persevere in devotion to our coun
try. He offers his life to the Republic with
uncomplaining spirit, reposes full confidence
in his superiors, sustains the Government of
the United States, and sees but one antago
nist before him—the rebel who strikes at his
awn heart and at the Union of these States.
We should be unworthy of the advantages of
peace and of home it we did not strive to
imitate at the ballot box an example sofroely
set before us by our fellow citizens on the
battle fiald.
In the fulfilment of these grave duties, we
invoke to the standard of our country men of
every class and opinion. We scorn the base
ness that invokes party hate or popular pre
judice. When we behold the adopted and
native citizen, the democrat and the republi
can fighting side by side in the army, we are
inspired by the lesson to do likewise in the
quiet walks of civil life.
Loyal men of Pennsylvania, it is for you to
determine between the friends of the Govern
ment and the war, and the opponents of loth.
It is fir you to declare for the sympathizers
with freedom or the sympathizers with slavery
and the rebellion. It is for you to decide
whether you will strengthen Abraham Lin
coln or Jefferson Davis. It is fur you to say
whether the traitors shall be crushed or
whether our Irec institutions shall be crushed.
There is, there can he. no middle pathway.
There arc indued, hut two parties—patriots or
traitors—those who are for the Union and those
who are against it. And all men who are
not openly for the Republic must be counted
among its enemies.
It is a fact that yen cannot too carefully
ponder, that the leaders of the opposition to
the Government in this State are the same. '
with discreditable exceptions, who encoura- j
ged the policy which encouraged the traitors
to commence the rebellion. Their whole ef- I
fort since the war began lias been to divide I
the people of the loyal States. The}' announ
ced, early in 1861, that Pennsylvania should
join the South in the event of a separation,
and this is their secret hope to day. They
would have held the hands of the Government
that the rebels might strike at its heart, and
would have succeeded but for the prompt en
couragement of President Lincoln. They
followed the fortunes of Gen. Hrcckinridge
up to the period of his desertion into the
ranks of the rebels. They repeat his argu
ments in this their country's darkest hour.
Their plea for the Constitution was his pica
before he drew his sword against it. They
clamor, as he clamored, against the Abolition
ists. They deplore emancipation, oven while
that tho most effective emancipationists are
the slaveholders themselves. They bewail
confiscation acts, while Jefferson Davis se
questrates the property of all loyal men in
thw South. And as if to complete the paral
lel, and to show how sincerely they love the
traitors, even as they pretend to despise the
treason, they see our brave men peruhiug on
the battle field and in hospital, from the dis
ease of the swamps and tho bullets of the foe,
and disoourage enlistments in order that they
may be relieved; and, while prating of a negro
exodus into the free States, to terrify our
laboring whites, denounce the employment of
the escaped colored men of the South to light
en the burdens and lessen the labors of the
white defenders of the flag!
We address you, loyal brothers and friends,
in the earnest hope that you will not desert
your country in this momentous crisis. We
feel that we have the right of this great argu
ment. We are supported by the hope that all
good men are with us. Everywhere, in the
free States, the same organization for which
we speak is supported by citizens without
reference to former party distinctions. The
republicans have come forward to give this
orgsization their sanction. The most distin
guished and orthodox democrats have joined
the ranks of the great army of loyal men,
and from every battle field our brave soldiers
| send us words of approval and of thanks. In
' Pennsylvania, the great People's Party have
; enrolled themselves in this mighty movement.
Shall it fail ? Will you r ermit a few discon
tented leaders, the relics of a debased and
guilty administration, who are, in fact, more
responsible for the war than any other class
but the rebels themselves, to sway you from
New Series—Yol. XVI, No. 45.
your obligation* to your country? This can
not be—this must not be.
Fi\ry inducement invokes us to consolidate
and c<> operate. The comfort and necessities
of our fellow citizens in the field of war—the
support of our patriotic President and our
fearless Governor, that they may fulfil their
great trusts efficiently—and the threatening
aspect of foreign Powers —call upon us to
sink all considerations before the one absorb
ing duty of the hour.
The nominees of tbo loyal men of Penn
sylvania for State officers, Hon. Thomas K.
Cochran, of York county, for Auditor Gen'l..
and Hon. W. S. Ross, of Luzerne, for Sur
veyor General, deserve your united and ardent
support. Mr. Cochran has served with great
credit to himself and advantage to the State
for the last three years in the position for
which he is ngain presented. He is known
and esteemed for his pure personal and up
right public character, and his high abilities
and extended experience, are additional assu
rances that he is worthy of the suffrages of
the friends of the Government. General Ross
has belonged to the democratic party, and is
one of that large and influential body of men
who have forever broken the shackles of the
slave power, and who see in the present
troubles the opportunity to prove their inde
pendence of those treacherous leaders who,
during these trying times, degrade the name
of democracy by using it as a cloak for sym
pathy with treason. Beloved at bis own
home, and in a long course of public service
having earned the confidence of the people
and gathered a valuable experience, he is
eminently fitted for the trust that has been
conferred upon him.
To elect theso gentlemen, will require the
concerted and cordial co-operation of the loyal
citizens of the State. It would be most cul
pable if, with every other advantage, we
should fail to win a great victory in October,
for want of an effective and extended organi
zation: or if we should, by dissensions among
ourselves, on minor issues, give the victory
to our adversaries. The duty of securing a
strong and able representation in Congress,
to sustain the President in his noble war pol
icy, and to defeat the candidates of the Breck
inridge sympathizers is paramount and bind
ing. Let us not forget that we have also to
i elect a Legislature that is to choose a United
| States Senator, and that in every county im
i portaut officers are to be elected. If wo act
j up to the call and to the counsel of the State
Convention from which we derive our author
-1 ity, we shall achieve a great and lasting tri
j umph. In this struggle it is the duty of all to
forego personal preferences for the common
cause; and he who shall refuse to respond to
this sentiment is unequal to the avrful rcspon
! sihilitics of the times. To accomplish com
plete unity, and to prepare for a successful re-
J suit, it is advisable that the loynl man should
; meet together in their respective wards and
' districts frequently. These are the fountains
not only of all power, but, in this emergency,
j of all patriotic purposes and popular enlight
: eniuent. Armed with the w.apons of truth
and of love of country, and strong in the sense
! of a perfect understanding among ourselves,
we can defeat all the hosts of our adversaries,
j and encourage our public servants in council
and cur gallant brothers in the .field of battle.
CYRUS P. MAItKLE, Chairman,
CIEOaCE W. iIAM M P.KSI.Y, ) r. , .
W.J. HOWARD, J Secretaries.
Brigadier General Taylor.
Brigadier General Taylor, who died from
wounds received in the recent battles, was
a native of Hunterdon county, Xew Jersey,
and at the tiuie of his decease was in the
prime of life. lie served in the Mexican
war with distinction, and lor his services
in the field was appointed to a Colonelcy,
which position he held at the breaking out
of the rebellion. Col. Taylor was then a
resident of Flemington, llunterdou county,
X. J., and was noted for stern iutegrity of
character and purity of life. When Mr.
Lincoln issued his first call for 75,000 vol
unteers Col. Taylor devoted his time to the
drill and discipline of the militia of his
district, lie accepted the position of Col.
of the regiment raised there, and accom
panied it to Washington. He was, we be
lieve stationed at Centrevillc with his reg
iment when the battle of Bull ilun was
fought, and exerted himself maufuliy but
ineffectually to arrest the fugitives who fled
from the engagement.
Col. Taylor accompanied Gen. McClcllan
to the Peninsula, and was with him through
out his subsequent campaigns. While thus
employed he was appointed a Brigadier
General.
• leneral Taylor was noted for being an
excellent—perhaps a severe —disciplinari-
an, and iosisted upon the performance of
all requisite duties by his officers and men,
and was never backward in doing his own
duty.
Sad Occurrence— A Boy Shot-
The Johnstown Tribune of the 29 th says:
A young man named Gillis Ilartzell was
out gunning Thursday, and in coming
home along the Somerset road intheafler
noon, in company with two other boys in
a wagon, were overtaken by a young
man named fcoaf, who carries the mail be
tween Johnstown and Stoystown. After
riding in company for some time, (the boys
meanwhile having their fun with each
other) Ilartzell, under the impression that
it was empty, pointed his gun at the mail
boy, and playfully told him if he didn't
behave himself he would shoot him. The
young man disregarding the threat, kept
on with bis fun, wheu Ilartzell levelled his
gun at him and pulled the trigger, when
to his amazement, it discharged, and Soaf
fell from his horse. Upon examination it
was discovered that the ball had taken ef
fect in his face, and that he was already
quite dead. Hartzell remained with the
body until the Somerset hack came along,
which took up the body and brought k to