j§£ H 2 G A Z2STT
THE INAUGURATION.
■ The 4th of March*was a gala day iu
Iwashington city. The crowd of people
cilice ted together to witness the inaugura
f3>n of JAMES BUCHANAN was immense.
ißfigs and banners waved from all the
and many private houses on Penn
|§lvania avenue. The procession got in
motion at I*2 o'clock, m. A large number
of military companies and fire companies
wire in the procession, as well as thousands
of private citizens, from all quarters.
IN A UGU KA L A DDR ESS.
Citizens. —I appear before you
tfils day to take the solemn oath 'that I will
faltlifullv execute the office of President of ,
the United States, and will, to the best of my
abb it v, preserve, protect and defend t.'ie j
Constitution of the United States." In en
tbfinS upon this great office, I most humbly
invoke the God of our Fathers for wisdom j
ttXl firmness to execute its high and re- i
fiplmsible duties in such a manner as to re- j
store harmony and ancient friendship among ;
the people of the several States, and to pre- i
serve our free institutions throughout many
liberations. Convinced that I owe my elee
to the inherent love for the Constitution
and the Union, which still animates the j
hearts of the American people, let me earn
estly ask their powerful support in sustain
ing all just measures c ilculated to perpetuate
these, the richest political blessings which ,
lleaven has ever bestowed upon any nation, j
II uving determined not to become a candi- 1
■date f.r"rc-e!ection, I shall have no motive i
■to influence uiy conduct in administering j
the Government, except the desire, ahly and
-faith Sully to serve my country, and to live in i
the grateful memory of my countrymen. —
We have recently pass > I through a Presi- ;
sjential contest in which the passions of our
fell jw citizens were excited to the highest
deg! e 11v questions of deep and vital itupor-
Hut when the people proclaimed their
t|l, the tempest at once subsided, and all
calm. The voice of the majority, speak-
VB hi the manner prescribed by the Consti- j
tofion. was heard, and instant submission
•folowe 1. Our own country could alone have 1
exhibited so grand and striking a spectacle
ofithe capacity of man for self government.
W! lat a happy conception, then, was it for
Cot to apply this simple rule, 'that the
Wtll of the mij ritv shall govern,' to the set- j
tfement of the question of domestic slavery j
inTthe territories. Congress is neither 'to
lßi<late -livery into any territory, nor to ,
csfcltid ' it therefrom,' I ut to leave the people
JK r ,. .f perfectly free to lorni and regulate
domestic institutions in their own way,
H.ject oily to tli- Constitution of the United !
Stales. A.a natural c .nsequcnce. Congress
has al-<> prescribed that when the Territory
of Kansas shall be limited as a State, it shall
9| received into the Union with or without
Slav ry, as the.r own Constitution may pre
scribe at the time of their admission. A
dlff>:ent opinion has arisen in regard to the i
jEu of time when the people of a territory
shall decide the question for themselves.—
This is happily a matter of but little practi
cal importance: besides, it is a judicial ques
& which legitimately belongs to the .Su
preme Court of the United States, before
■whom it is now pending, and will, it is un- !
tSSjktood, be speedily and finally settled. To
tUBr decision, in common with ail good citi
xe- 1 shall cheerfully submit, whatever this
nwfv he : though it iias ever leen my indi
vlAil opiui >ii that, under the N dira.-ka
K*i -as act, the appropriate period will be
who: the number of actual residents in the
Territory shall justify the formation of a witli
witli a view to its admission as
a Skate into the I uion. Hot he this as ir may, i
it -is the imperative and in lispen-aide duty
of |the government of the United States, to i
seeme to every risi lent inhali taot the free
and independent i-xprcssi> n of ins opinion
tiV his vote. Tiii" sacred right of each ii.-
(lifioo ii must be preserve L This being ac
com ii-'md, nothing can be tairci thaii to
Jeav the people of a Territory free from all
ttgk-igti ioti rfereiicc. to decide; their own
djifft. IV b.r tlicais' Ives, subject onlv to the
C\ stitutmn of the U .ited States. The
jKii ' i rritorial qu- '-ri n being thus .settled
tlie principle of popular sovereignty—
si principle as ancient as free government
jHlf—everything 1 a ; r icti •il iia'.ure bis
|Bi dec'ei d. No otb" i' que-tioii remains
ijustiimot ; bee;,use :i l! agree tiiat, under
Aln Constitution, slavery in the States is bo
:JHd the reach of any human power, except
thit of the respective States themselves j
.-'jMtr-in it exists. May we not, then, hope !
lha: the long agitation m tliis subject is ap
,proii :hii:g its end,.ami that the geographical !
•patties to which it has given birth—osj much I
dre-.t ied by the Father of his country —will
,spe. lily become extinct ? Most happy will j
jjHe lor the country when the public mind
shall be diverted from this question to others !
Of 1! nre pressing and practical importance, i
Thr ouglnnit the whole progress of thisagita- j
vup, which has scarcely known any inter
wh pion for more than twenty years, whilst
it been productive of no positive good to !
IB human b itig, it has been the prolific
.smr e of great evils t i the master, to the
an ! to the whole country. It has j
ited and estranged the people of sister
"SUtes from each other, and has even seri
-7 endangered the very existence of the '■
ju. Nor has that danger yet entirely
led. Under our system tfiere is a remedy j
for all mere political evils in the sound sense
and sober judgement of the people. Time j
is A great corrective, which,
bat a few years ago, excited and exasperated
the public mind, have passed away and are '
now nearly forgotten. But the question of
domestic slavery is of far more greater iui
•pcHtarico than any mere political question,
boeA'i e sh .uld the agitation continue, it may
eventually endanger the personal safety of a
large portion of our countrymen where the •
incti tutiun exists. In that event no form of |
§irn merit, however admirable in itself
ever productive of material benefits, can
ben-ate for the loss of peace and demes
ne -tirity around the family altar. Let
niou loving man, therefore, exert his
best influence to suppress this agitation, |
bS!'' Smce l ' ,e roce,lt legislation of Con
grKs, is without any legitimate object. It!
is an evil omen of the times that men have
undertaken to calculate the mere material
vaiilt ol the Union. Reasoned estimates
nave been presented of tlie pecuniary profits j
and?local advantages which would result to
States and sectious from its dissolu- j
tion, and of the comparative injuries which j
such an event would inflict on other States
and sections. Even descending to this low
view of the mighty question, all
80 <jK calculations are at fault—the bare !
teaarence to a dingle consideration will be j
: conclusive on this poiut. \Y r e at present eu
j joy a free trade throughout our extensive
I and expanding country such as the world
I never witnessed. This trade is conducted on
railroads and canals, on noble rivers and
; arms of the sea, which bind together the
j North and the South, the Fast and the West
of our Confederacy. Annihilate this trade,
1 arrest its free progress by the geographical
lines of jealous and hostile States, and you
destroy the prosperity and onward march of
' the whole ahd every part, and involve all in
I one common ruin. But such considerations,
I sink into insignificance when wc reflect on
j the terrific evils which would result from
, disunion to every portion of the confederacy.
To the North not more than to the South—
to the East not more than to the West. Iliese
I shall not attempt to portray, because I feel
an humble confidence that the kind Provi
dence which inspired our fathers with wis
dom to framojthc most perfect form of Govern
ment and Union every devised by man, will
not suffer it to perish until it shall have been
peacefully instrumental, by its example, in
the extension of civil and religious liberty
throughout the world.
Next in importance to the maintenance of
the Constitution and the Union, is the duty
of preserving the Government free from the
taint or suspicion of corruption. Public
virtue is the vital spirit of Republics; and
history proves that when this has decayed,
and the love of money has usurped its place,
although the forms of free government may
remain for a season, the substance has de
parted forever.
Our present financial condition is without
a parallel in history. No nation has ever
before been embarrassed from tco large a
surplus in its treasury. This almost'neces
sarily gives birth to extravagant legislation.
It produces wild schemes of expenditures
and begets a race of speculators and jobbers,
whose ingenuity is exerted in contriving and
promoting expedients to obtain public mon
ey. The purity of official agents, whether
rightfully or wrongfully, is suspected, and
the character of the government suffers in the
estimation of the people. This in itself is a
very great evil. The natural mode of relief
froin this embarrassment is to appropriate \
the-surplus in the Treasury to great national ,
objects, for which a clear warrant can be j
found in the Constitution.
Among those I might mention the extin
guishment of the public debt, a reasonable
increase of the Navy—which is at present in- ;
adequate to the protection of our vast ton
nage afloat, now greater than that o r my
other nation, as well as to the defence of our
extensive sea coast. It is beyond all ques
tion the true principle that in more revenue
ought to be collected from tlie people than
the amount necessary to defray the expenses
of a wise, economical and efficient adminis
tration of the government. To reach tiiis
point it was necessary to resort to a modifica
tion of the tariff, and this has, I trrsf, been
accomplished in such a manner as to do as
little injury us may have been practicable to
our domestic manufactures, especially those
necessary for the defence of the country.—
Any discrimination against a paiticular
branch for the purpose <>f benefitting favored
corporations, individuals or interests, would
have been unjust to the rest of the eotnmu
nitv, aud inconsistent with that spirit of
fairness and equality which ought to govern ;
in the adjustment of a revenue tariff.
But the squandering of the pubiic money '
sinks into comparative iosignifi ;auce as
a temptation to corruption, when compared
with the squandering of the public lauds.—
No nation in the t'de of time has ever been 1
blessed with so rich and noble an inherit ir.ee ;
as we enjoy in the Public Lands. In al j
ministering this important trust, whil.-t it ;
may he wise to grant portions of thein for i
the improvement of the remainder, yet we |
should never forget that it is our cardinal
olicy to preserve these lands, as much as
may be, for actual settlers, and this - t mod
erate prices. We shall thus not only best
promote the prosperity of the new States and
Territories by furnishing them a hardy and
independent race of honest an 1 industrious
citizens, but sball secure homes for our chil
dren and our children's children, as well as
for tlose exiles from foreign shores who may
seek in this country to improve their condi
tion, and to enjoy tlie blessings of civil and
religious liberty. Such emigrants have done
much to promote the growth and prosperity
of the country. They have proved faithful
both iri peace and in war. After becoming
citizens they are entitled, under the consti
tution and laws, to be placed on perfect
equality with native born citizens ; an I in
this character they should ever be kiudly
recognized. The Federal Constitution is a
grant from tlie States to Congress of certain
specific powers, and the question, whether
tiiis grant nhould be liberally or strictly con
strued, lots more or less divided political par
ties from the beginning.
Without entering into the argument, I de
sire to state, at the commencement of my ad
ministration, that long experience an ! obser
vation have convinced me that a strict con
struction of the powers of the Government is
the only true, as well as the only safe theory
of the Con-titotion. Whenever in our past
history, doubtfui nowers have been exercised
by Congress, these have never failed to pro
duce injurious and unhappy consequences.
Many such instances might be adduced, if
this were the proper occasion. Neither is it
necessary for the public service to strain the
language of the Constitution, because all the
great and useful powers required for success
ful administration of the Government, both
in peace and in war, have been granted eith
er iu express terms or by the plainest impli
cation.
Whilst deeply convinced of these truths,
1 yet consider it clear, that under the war
making power, Congress may appropriate
money towards the construction of a military
road, when this is absolutely necessary for
the defence of any State or Territory of the
Union, against foreign invasion. Under the
Constitution, Congress has power 'to declare
war,' 'to raise and support armies,' 'to pro
vide and maintain a navy,' and call forth the
militia 'to repel invasion.' Thus endowed
in an ample manner with the war-making
power, the corresponding duty is required
that 'the United States shall protect each of
thcui (the States) against invasion.' Now,
is it possible to afford tins protection to Cali
fornia and our Pacific possessions except by
means of a military road through the Terri
tories of the United Suites, over which men
and amunitions of war may be speedily
transported from the Atlantic States, to
meet and repel the invader? In the event
of a war with a naval power much stronger
than our own, we should then have no avail
able access to the Pacific coast, because
such a power would instantly close the route
across the Isthmus of Central America. It
is impossible to conceive, that whilst the
Constitution has expressly required Congress
to defend all the States, it should yet ueny
to them by any fair construction the only
possible means by which one of these States
can be defended. Besides, the Government,
, ever since ita origin, has been in the con
stant practice of constructing military roads.
It might also be wise to consider whether
the lore for the Union which now animates
• our fellow citizens on the Pacific coast may not
be impaired by our neglect or refusal to pro
vide for them in their isolated condition, the
only means by which the power of the States
on this side of the Rocky Mountains can
reach them in sufficient time to protect thein
against invasion.
I forbear for the present from expressing
an opinion as to the wisest and most economi
cal mode in which the Government can lend
its aid in accomplishing this great and ne
cessary work. I believe that many of the
difficulties in the way which now appear
formidable, will, iu a great degree, vanish
as soon as the nearest and best route shall
have been satisfactorily ascertained.
it may be right that on this oeca&iou I
should make some brief remarks iu regard
to our rights and duties its a member of the
great family of nations. In our intercourse
with them there are some plain principles
approved by our own experience from which
we should never depart.
We ought to cultivate peace, commerce
and friendship with all nations, and this, not
merely as tlie best means of promoting our
own material interests, but in a spirit of
Christian benevolence towards our fellow
men, wherever their lot may be cast.
bur diplomacy should be direct and frank
--neither seekiug to obtain more, nor accept
ing less, than is our due. We ought to
cherish a sacred regard for the independence
of all nations, and never attempt to interfere
in the domestic concerns of any, unless this
shall be imperatively required by the great
law of self-preservation. To avoid entang
ling alliances has been a maxim of our policy
ever since the days of Washington, and its
wisdom no one will attempt to dispute. In
short, we ought to do justice in a kindly
spirit to all nations, and require justice from
them in return.
it is our glory that whilst other nations
have extended their dominions bv the sword,
we have never acquired any territory except
by fair purchase, or, as in the case of Texas,
by the voluntary determination of a brave,
kindred, aud independent people to blend
their destinies with our own. Even our ac
quisitions from Mexico form no exception.—
Unwilling to take advantage of the fortune
of war against a sister Republic, we pur
chased these possessions under the treaty of
peace, for a sum which was considered, at
the time, a lair equivalent. Our past history
forbids that >ve should, in the future, acquire
territory, unless this be sanctioned by the
laws of justice anl honor. Acting on tjiis
principle, n > nation will have a right to in
terfere or ti complain, if, in the progress of
event", we shall still further extend our
p ).sse.--i jus. Hitherto, in all our acquisitions,
tlie oeople under tlie protection of the
American flag have enjoyed civil and reli
gious liberty, as well as equal and ju-'t laws,
and have been c intent !, prosner >us and
happy. Their trade with the rest of the
world has rapidly increased, and thus every
c immercial nation ha- shan d 1 <rg ly ia their
successful progress. 1 shall n >vv proceed to
take the oath prescribed bj the Constitution,
whilst humbly invoking the blessings of Di
vine Frowdt'uce on this great people
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Area of the Several Counties of Pennsyl
vania*
The following statement of the area in acres
of the various counties iu Pennsylvania, has
beeu reported to the Revenue Board:
Adams, 007,0*2U ! Lancaster, 008,000
Allegheny, 482,AG0 Lawrence, 218,880
Armstrong, 401,000 L-hanon, 182,000
Beaver, 201.2(F) Lehigh, 224,000
B dford, 570,000 Luzerne, 800,1)00
Berks, 558.800 Lj-'uining, 001,200
Blair, 410,000 Montour, 147,200
Bradford, 751,000 MoKean, 805,400
Bucks, 287,200 Mercer, 410.000
Butler, 470,40) Mifflin, 230,400
Cambria, 428,80!) Monroe, 384,000
Carbon, 250,000 Montgomery, 288,000
Centre, 610.000 Northampt'u, 216,800
Chester, 472.320 Northuuil/d, 202,480
Clarion, 384.000 Perry, 3-11,060
Clearfield, 750,000 Philadelphia, 76,800
Clinton, 672,000 Pi kit, 371,200
Columbia, 22'), 160 Putter, 580,000
Crawford, 62-1,000 Schuylkill, 476,800
Cumberland, 318,>-ijo Somerset, 672,UU0
Dauphin, 311,120 Sullivan, 268,800
Delaware, 112,280 Susquehanna, 510,080
Elk, 500,000 Tioga, 704,000
Erie, 460,800 Uuiuii*Snyd'r3s2,ooo
Fayette, 512,000 \ enango, 544,000
Franklin, 473,600 Warren, 512,000
Fulton, 241,040 Washington, 544,000
Greene, 3>2,080 1 Wayne, 448.000
Huntingdon, 467,200 I Westmorcl'd, 610,000
Indiana, 402,800 i Wyoming, 250,000
Jefferson, 352,000 Turk, 592, 000
Juniata, 224,400 '
IVf President't Household. —Mr. Buchanan
was accompanied to Washington by his
nephew and private Secretary, James Bu
chanan Henry, and his niece, Miss Harriet
S. Lane, and Miss Hetty Parker. Miss Lane
will remain at Washington to Jo the honors
of the White House, but Miss Parker will
return to take charge of Wheatland after the
inauguration.
Abundant—Half sheets among our ex
changes.
Died.
At Willow Bank, near Bellefonto, on the
3d im-t., Mrs. CLARISSA VALENTINE,
wife of A. S. Valentine, aged 4'.) years.
Iri Bonner township. Centre county, on the
21st ult., Mrs. M ARY SELLERS, ag.-.l 82
years, 11 months and 15 days.
On the 4th in.-t., at the residence of Iter
son-iu law, iri Wayne township, Mifflin coun
ty, Mrs. ELIZABETH McGARRAII. She
was b irn in Old Ireland, where she spent
the days of her childhood and youth. Short
ly after her marriage she and her husband
came to this country. The latter part of her
life was marked with great bereavement, her :
partner and seven of her children having i
preceded her to the narrow house. For five ,
weeks she suffered most intensely, yet pa- :
tiently, then "the weary wheels of life at last ;
stood still" and her peaceful spirit passed
from the earthly house, in which it had dwelt
for many years, "quietly as the morning stars !
go out." Fife's long eventful journey is per
formed and her precious remains repose in |
the burying ground at Newton Hamilton, far !
from her native land. She was a pious mem- |
her of the Presbyterian Church. Why is it !
that the loved forms which cross our pathway
hero soon die and disappear? The answer is
found in the fact that we are born for a high
er and nobler destiny than earth: there is
a land where all is fadeless as the undying
spirit. The great doctrine of the Bible is,
"Wo shall meet again." M.
Married.
In McVeytown, on the evening of the 4th
iust., by Rev. D. D. Clarke, DAVID STINK,
Jr., and Miss MAGGIE 11. BRATTON.
On the 3d inst., by Rev. M. Allison, WM.
I TELFEII, of Turbett township, to Miss MA
RY MILLIKEN, of Tuscarora, Juniata co.
On the same day, by Rev. W. G. Ilackman,
IIENRY MILLER, of Juniata county, to
Miss SUSAN AIIBOGAST, of Snyder county.
On the same day, by the same, SOLOMON
MONBEOK, of Juniata county, to Miss SU
SAN AUKANJ), of Snyder county.
On the 4th inst., hy Rev. L. T. Williams,
SOLOMON W. KAUFFMAN, of Walker
township, to Miss MARY MUSSER, of Fay
ette township, Juniata county.
Public Sale of Real Estate and
Eersonal Property.
fJMIE subscribers will offer at Public Sale
JL on WEDNESDAY, the 36 th day of
March, ISo7, the valuable property known as
ROCK HILL FURNACE,
Located in the midst of the Juniata Iron Re
gion, in Cromwell township, Huntingdon
county, Pennsylvania, on the State Road
leading Irani Ohambersburg to the Penn'u
Railroad and Canal Station, at Mount Union,
about ten miles from the latter place, in the
midst ot a good Farming community, where
produce and labor can be bad at reasonable
rates. The Stages between Mount Union and
Ohambersburg pass the same daily. In cuu
nection with this Furnace is about
6000 ACRES OF LAND.
the greater pant of which is well timbered
with good coal timber. The Furnace is well
supplied with rich Iron Ores. There is a
largo vein of Fossil within 200 yards ef the
furnace; a vein of Hematite one half mile
distant, both ot which are now in good work
ing order, and several other veins not now
being worked. The Furnace is also in excel
lent working condition and now in blast.—
Persons wishing to purchase arc invited to
come and examine the property before day of
sale, when every information and satisfaction
in regard to the same will be given. Terms
easy, and made known on day of sale.
ALSO,
At the >amo time and place, will be offered
the following Personal Property:
4
consisting of 24 head of large and well broke
Mines; 8 head of Horses, among v.lnch are
several excellent Saddle and Hum >•; Horses:
30 setts of Wag ti Harness; SV. . g'Uis, (3
inch tread;) 5 Ore Bed-, 0 C..a! Bed-. 1 Wood
15 d, and lliv Ladders; one TWO HORSE
WAGON : two CARTS AND CART
Harness; 2 setts Blacksmith's Tools, 1 sett
Carpenter's Tools, Ore Bank and Collier
Tools, a fall sett of Furnace Tools, 4 setts of
•Stove Patterns, 30 ten plate Stoves, 1 Cook
and 2 Coal Stoves, a lot of dry Felly Plank,
Ailetreen, Hounds and Bolsters; new and old
Bar iron. .Also, a large stock of
lO"JECST GOODS,
CrPwOQiEr. ISSj
Hardware, Queensware,
£i2£L SALT* 3? 9
and a variety of articles too tedious to enu
merate. /
Sale to commence at 0 o'clock a. m. of said
day, and to contiuue from day to day ti 1 all
is disposed of.
I SETT. WIG TON & CO.
Rock 11 iII Furnace, March 5, 1857.-2t
Notice to Builders.
1) 1101*08 ALS wiil be received at the Count
. ing Room of E. E. Locke it Co., at
Locke's Mills, Mifflin county, Pa., up to the
lbth of March next, for building a BRICK
SCHOOL HOUSE, materials to be furnished
bv the contractor. Specifications and plan
may he seen at the aforesaid counting room.
E. E. LOOK®. ) - tr
GEO. SW.\RTZEI.L. Kuihl.ng
GEO. W. CRISS.M AN, ] Committee.
Locke's Mills, March 5, 1857.
Estate of John f. traitor, deceased.
"^ T OTICE is hereby given that letters testa
_i_x| mentary on the estate of JOHN C.
LEATTOR, late of Bratton township, Mif
flin county, deceased, have been granted to
the undersigned, residing in said tow nship.
All persons indebted to said estate are re
quested to make payment without delay, and
these having claims to present them duly au
thenticated for settlement,
MARGARET LEATTOR,
mars-Gt Executrix.
Sb Wo
i>s:.vri*T.
business promptly attend
l ed to, and charges reasonable.
OFFICE on North Main street, second door
below the town Hall, and nearly opposite the
Gazette oflice. je 21, 1855—tf.
Lewistown Gas Company.
ELECTION.
fJMIE Stockholders of the Lewistown Gas
I Company are hereby notified that an
election for a PRESIDENT and SIX MAN
AGERS, to conduct the affairs of said com
pany for the ensuing year, will he held at the
office of G. W. Stew art, Esq., (at present the
office of said company,) on SATURDAY,
Man h 21-t, IHSC), between the hours of 10
o'clock a. rn. and 3 o'clock p. m.
ieb2G-3t G. W. STEWART, Sec'y.
j (JO TO THE
BEE HIVE DRUG STORE |
TO BUY YOUR j!
I7vJFI.TTC3r!S
CUE A P FO R OAS IH J
A RARE CHANCE
TO COMMENCE BUSINESS!
rpilK subscriber has a stock of DRY
| GOODS and HARDWARE on hand am
ounting to about $2,500, which he will sell at i
a bargain, either for cash or approved paper,
or exchange for a piece of land if it be '
suitably located, to any person who may de- j
sire to engage in the Mercantile business.— j
They are principally staple goods, and such |
as command a ready sale.
no2o—tf CIIAS. RITZ. I
THE UREATEST
MEDICAL DISCOVERY
OF THE AGE.
. DR. KENNEDY, of Roxbury, has discovered
in one of our common pasture weeds a
remedy that cures
livery Kind of Iluisior
from the worst Scrofula down to a common Dimple.
I Fi; has tried ilin over UOH caeca, and never fails.l < x
; ■" eepl in two cases, (both thunder humor.) He lias
now in his possession over two hun red certificates of
j its virtue,all within twenty miles ol "ulon.
Two bottles are warranted to cute a nursing Sore
Mouth.
One to three unities trill cure the worst Find of Pimples
. on the Face
Two to three bottles will clean the system of Biles.
Two bottles are warranted to cure the worst Canker
in liie Mouth and Stomach.
Three to> live bottles are warranted to cure the worst
case of Erysipelas.
One to two bottles are warranted to cure all Humor in
the eyes.
Two bottles are warranted to cure Running of the
E irs anil Blotches among ih>- H.dr.
Four to six bottles are warranted to cure corrupt and
running Ulcers.
One bottle will cure Scaly Eruption of ihe Skin.
Two to three buttles are warranted to cure the worst
case of Ringworm.
Two to three bottles are warranted to cure the most
desperate ease of Rheumatism.
Three to four bottles are warranted to cure the Sal!
Rheum.
Five to eight bottles will cure the worst case of Scrof
ula
A benefit is always experit-nt ed from the lirsl bottle,
and a perfect cure is warranted when the above quanti
ty U taken.
Reader, I peddled over a thousand bottles of this in trie
vicinity of Boston. 1 know theefi'-ft of it in every case
So sure as water will extinguish tire, so sure will this
cure humor. I never sold a boti|ef it but that sold an
other; afbratii.l it always s;e ks for iiself There
are two things about this herb that appears to me sur
prising; first that it grows in our pastures, in some pi.a
ees quite plentiful, and yet its value has never been
know ii until 1 discovered it in Is id—second, that it should
cure ail kinds of humor.
In ord.-i to give some idea of the sudden rise and great
popularity of the discovery, I will state that in April,
1553. 1 peddled it and sold about six bottles per day—in
April. 18:>1. I so'.d over one thousand bottles per riav of it.
Some of tins wholesale Druggists wim litive been in
business twenty and thirty ) ears, say that nothing in llie
iltttals of patent medicines was ever like it. There is a
universal praise of it from all quarters.
Iu my own practice I alw ay kept it strictly for humors
—but since lis introduction asa general family medicine,
great and wonderful v. tines have been found in it that I
never suspected.
Several cases of epileptic fits —a disease which was
always considered incurable, have been cured by a few
! bottles O, ult ! a ineicy if it will prove . ifectua! in all
eases of th it awfi.l malady—tin re ate lew who have
seei, more ol it than I have.
I know of several cases of Dropsy, alt of them aged
people, cured by it For the various diseasesof the Liv
er, siik Head,n il.-. Dyspepsia, Asthma, Fever and Ague,
Cam in Hie Side, Disenai of Uie Spi..e, and particularly
in d sense* of the Kidneys, Ac, the discovery lias done
more good than any medicine ever known.
.No change of diet ever nc ess.iry e.it the best you
gel and plenty of it.
Bisections n>rt Use. —Ai-uUs.one laule spoonful per
nay Children • ver It! y ears', dessert spi'outul—Children
frotr sto b years, tea-s,ioo*f.fu!. As no tire, ti us can be
applicable to ill constitutions, take sut'icient to operate
ou lhc bowels twice a day.
Manufactured by
D\A ur.\s &•;i; v,
JVc ID H'jrrcn St., Hoiiury,.Uate.
I'hf.E SI,(JO
Wholesale Agents New York City, C. V. Clickner, 8)
Barclay street ; < 11. Kii g. IP2 Broadway; Rushton and
Clark, '275 It road wa ;A. B. 4c D. Sands, it 0 Fulton street.
T. \V. DYIiTT &. SDNS, Philadelphia, wholesale
Agents for I'a. For sale by F J. HOFFMAN and.Mrs
MARY MARKS, Lewistown, and by U F. KKFNER,
MilTiintowii. [ma22 ly.
List of Causes for Trial
It April Term, A, D. 1857.
-V . 7\-rm. Year
I. Fish.-r vs. Millikctt k. McCulloch, 03, Nov. 1840
Samuel llolliday vs John Peachi-v, DO, Aug. Issl
Joseph 11. Aril vs. Jatoes Somcrville, 51, Nov. 1853
Reuben C. Hale vs. John VA inn. Op Nov. 1854
Samuel Graham vs. Kttiug, CJraeir& Co 102, Ap'l. 1535
J D. Scully vs .John sterretl & Co. 26, Nov 1855
I). A. ,v 17 J. M> N ibhvs (Limine'? 17'. rs, 6.4, Ap'l. 1556
I'eter Sheish yvs John McCormick, 67, Aug. 1-56
John Irvin vs Jno A Wright &Co SO, Aug. 1830
Jovepb Swtfi vs. James Quintan, 2-, Nov. ls.'O
S. J. Cresw ell vs Piesb. Cong, et al, 40, Jan. 1?57
Fi hi horn for Ross vs A. J Miller, 11', Ap'l. 1851
<Jeo II Calbraith vs Delia.s Igo, 57, Ap'l. 1854
James T. Ilale vs. Wm. J. AD Coy, 17, Aug. 1855
Joseph II Arti vg Willtain WilsAo, 1782, Aug. 1853
Jus. Green & Co. vs Janiat i Iron Co. 46, Jan. 1857
II J WAI.TKKS, I'roth'y.
Prolhonotaiy's Office, Lew.slown, Feb. 26, 1857.
MANNY'S COMBINED
Blowing and Reaping Machine,
WITH WOOD'S IMPROVEMENT,
For the Harvest of 1857.
\LL persons desirous of getting this celebra
ted machine will plea-e send i:i their or
ders early, to prevent delay and disappointment
as was the case in so many instances last seas
on. This machine took the premium at York,
Huntingdon, Carlisle Ohambersburg, Harris
burg, liellcfonte, and other places too numerous
to mention. Last summer we had hundreds of
testimonials and official reports, vouching the
I superiority of this machine over all others now
i in use. 'l itis machine excels all others in the
[ following points, viz: Its easy convertibility
j from a Mower to a Reaper and rice versa ; its
construction for adaptation to uneven surface ;
the ease with which it can be raised or lowered,
for cutting from two inches to eighteen iuches
from the ground, which is done by means of a
lever controlled by the driver while in his seat;
its ease of draft, portability, and cleanness and
ease of cut. Many of these features are pat
ented and cannot be embodied in any other ma
chine, and all will admit how essential and in
dispensable they are to a complete combined
machine. With each machine will lie furnish
ed two scythes, two extra guards, two extra
sections, one extra pinion and wrench.
They are warranted to give satisfaction, eith
er as a Mower or Reaper, or no sale.
Price $l4O, delivered in Lewistown. All
communications directed to F. G. Franciscus,
Agent, Lewistown, Mifllin county, Pa. will meet
prompt attention. To persons nearer home, I
respectfully refer then, to R. A. Means, J. D.
Nageny, O. P. Smith, R. McManigal, and Jas.
Parker, ail of whom having used this machine
last season, consider it unsurpassed by any com
bined Mower and Reaper now in use.
F. G. FRANCISCUS, Agent,
febl'J Lewistown, Pa.
Drs. Moss & Stoneroad
OFFER their professional services to the cit
izens of Lewistown and surrounding count
ry. Office at the Beehive Drug Store. jes
SEGARS! SEGARS!
ONE Hundred Thousand Havana and Principe
Segats of the following brands:
Las Tres Marias, Rio Hondo,
Los Dos Banderas, Los Dos Cabanas,
El Dorado, La Bella llabanero,"
La Sultana, Fior de Londre ,
La Diana, Figaros,
La Nyeva Empress, Operas,
Victoria, La Estrella,
La Union, Rccreadorcs,
La Higuera, And various others.
Also, a prime lot of well-seasoned "Sixes.'
Dealers and others can he supplied on reas
onable terms, at lite DRUG STORE of
CHAS. RITZ,
je]2 East Market st., Lewistown.
rpWO hundred cast steel part reversable Cul-
X tivator Teeth for sale by FRANCISCUS.
fiiLiUD Blf a
K nII of Hope lo llic Atilicte|
and -MillVrin^!
Many of the Thousand Portals of Death may be
closed, and life made happier and more comfor
table to thousands who are now hi danger.
Doubtless this world contains many a
balm to sooth its physical woes and
cure its Diseases. Among
those in prominent
rank stands
BOWJNAN'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND,
\ SAKE anil speedy cure for Consumption, not only in
C* those milder forms of Throat ai:d Lung Disease*,
such as Colds, Coughs, (iuinsey, Difficulty of llri.atlii)'?,
Bronchitis, Ministers' Sore Throat, Weakness of the
Chest, Asthma, low an! Ulcer, [Spitting of Rlpod, lnfluen
za, Crouo, \V hooping Cough, Pain in she Breast and f-ide,
Hoarseness, Catarrli and Catarrhal AfS-tJr.s,
luation of ihe Dungs, Bleeding of the Dungs, *Br.'t
its superior excellence is seen and tested in the more ad
vanced affections of the Dungs. For Ihe truth of Ihe
at.ove statement and the efficiency of the preparation as
an antidote, we refer the public to the following testimo
I nials. Danguage is scarcely strong enough to tell the
great power ofthis wonderful discover)! The doubting
may try nnd be convinced. The proprietors point to the
following bona fide certificates with confidence in their
influence on the community; they arc but samples of the
many hundreds of testimonials in our possession :
Allegheny, July I*s, 11556
Mr. ID M. Botvman —Dear Sir:—J fee) it my duty to let
you know what your compound has done for my daugh
ter, and wish you to publish it if you can in hope that
some suffering one may be induced by it to try your val
liable medicine and be cured. My daughter was married
in 1553, and went to Cincinnati to live, where her hus
band (James Iloyt,) wss engaged in business. In six
months after her husband died, and I sent for her to come
home, where in four mouths she was confined and caught
cold which settled on her lungs. It sccim das though we
could get nothing lo help her. We tried six different
physicians for over one year ami then sent to .New York
lo a celebrated physit iin there, nnd she look medicine
from liiiu for eight months; but lie could not cure tier.—
lit r cough was fixed and stubborn and seemed as though
it would tear her breast during the paroxysm of cough,
arid her breathing was at times very difficult. Failing to
get relief from physicians, we thought we would try Ay
er's Cherry Pectoral, and she took it regular for seven
weeks, but it did her no permanent good. We then tried
.Sellers' Imperial Cough Syrup, but with all she still be
came worse, and it seemed as though she was beyond
cure, when otic day my wife was in at one of our neigh
bor's houses (Mr Mayness') and she saw them give your
Vegetable Compound to one of their children for a cough
and she got three or four doses to bring home and try it.
After my daughter had taken it she breathed a little eas
ier, and we sent and got a bottle of it, and when it was
taken there was a maiked change for the belter. I then
got six botties, the most of which she tc-ok as directed
until finally cured—it is ihree mouths since, and she has
not had a symptom of lite old complaint, and is getting as
lusty as she ever was. We all unite in our prayers to
Cod that you may he prospered and that y our Vegetable
Compound may be Ihe means of restoring health to many,
as it lias to one who is dear to us ; we cheerfully recom
mend il to the public as the best medicine for Dune Lis.
eases that we ever got hold of. Trv it suffering one and
sec. Believe me, tut dear sir, to ever remain
Your earnest friend,
IUOs. II BANK*.
Philadi I, h!a, Aug 13, JSSG.
Last spring, while in Pittsburgh, 1 had a bad c >:d,at.d
cougli which troubled tin- much, ami a friend of mine gave
uic a bottle of Bowman's Vegetable Compound fbrdisgu
ses of the throat and lungs, win, h I commenced taking
ami found relief almost immediately. I had taken many
things for cough and hoarseness but never g.,t anything
to help me as it his done, i believe it lo be the best anti
dote for coughs and hoarseness that is out, and cheerfully
recommend it to the public. T. If. ST.WTOX,
Pastor < f the Ist Prot. Moth Chinch, Philadelphia.
From Judge Var.horn,of the District Court at Cincin
nati :
Cincinnati, May 4, 1556.
I have used Bowman's Vegetable Compound for brun
chitis and cough, and believe it to be the best medicine
out for those diseases, and the only one 1 sver got lo give
rue any permanent relief. Il will cure. I recommend it
to the public as ati honest and efficient medicine and will
perform what it is published to do.
WM. VANHOKN', E.-q.
TO THE PUBLIC.
I have used Bowman's Vegetable Compound in my
family for coughs, colds, ami ministers' sore throat and
believe it to be the best thing Ih it I ever got for those
complaints, and cheerfully recommend it to the public.
Rev. JACOB OASTON,
Pastor of the Clinton street M. E. Church,
June 10, Is 0. Cincinnati.
Here is one from the old pioneer Methodist preacher of
Ohio, Ri v J. U Finiey :
I believe Bowman's Vegetable Compound lo he the b, i
I remedy for diseased throat and lungs, of the day. i have
tested it. and found it to he lite best of all Hie popular
remedies I ever tried, and 1 have ttied very many. I
commend it to the public—try it and you will he convinc
ed of its superiority. liev. J. B. FI.NDEY.
Cincinnati, July 12, I50.
Hear w hat the celebrated Dr. Peck says:
1 have used Bowman's Vegetable Compound f,t coughs
and hoarseness in speaking and believe it to he the best
preparation for throat iimi long complaint- I ■ yei got; and
I recommend it to the public s,maker and singer as w ell
as those afflicted with lung di.-earcs. J. T. PECK
New York, May 12, P550.
Hear what lr. Benson, of Cincinnati, says—(extract
from a letter) :
Bowman's Vegetable Compound contains a virtue that
is not possessed by any other popular medicine in my
knowledge. It dots not only smooth the disease over,
giving il only temporary relief (I ke most of palrr.t med
icines), but it commences at the root of ihe disease and
performs a perfect cure. U. IV. BENSON, M. D.
Our space will not permit us to publish any certificates
in full, but we would refer to the following persons whose
letters are in our possession, certifying to its woilli:
Rev. nishop Morris, Cincinnati,
Rev. Robert >Valker,
Rev. Joel White, Ecoyomy,
Rev. John Powell, Portsmouth,
John D. M'Junkin, Butler,
Henry S. Griffith, F.sq , Pittsburgit,
B. O. Baker, Wheeling,
Capt. E. Gordon, Pittsburgh,
John T. M'Cotitbs, "
Mrs. Mary Morrow, New Brighton,
Mis. M Evans, "
Robt Greenlee, Beaver,
Isaac Sutherland, Vanport,
Mrs. S. A. Gettvs, Freedom,
Silas Roberts, Meadvilie,
Henry Smith, New Castle,
Mrs. Sarah Down . Lawrence county,
Joseph P. Brown, •'
Mi.-s Martha A. Wilson, New Castie,
Ex Gov. W. F. Johnston,
T. C. Cunningham, Allegheny City,
Isaac Wliitesides, *•
D. Marrata, ttridgew-ifer,
llev. Win. Smith, Louisville,
Judge Keys, Cincinnati,
Capt. Geo. Kennedy, Wellsvilie,
James Wilkins, Allegheny,
J. P. O'Neil, Steubeuville,
Rev. Henry Cline, Venango county,
l)r. James Parsons, Louisville,
Rev. John Walking, Maysville,
Capt. Jacob Poe, Georgetown,
James L. Dodds, Butler county,
Ex-Guv. Wm. Blgler,
Rev. G. Seebou, ' Louisville,
CHARLES RITZ is our \vlvdesrHe and retail agent for
Lewistovvii, who will supply retail merchants, &c , with
the article at wholesale prices. Price $1 per "oottle, or
six bottles for f)">. Call at the aged's and get a copy of
Bow man's Medical journal, and read it. All orders for
the. medicine direct to the proprietors,
BOWMAN & CO.,
New Castle, Lawrence co., Pa.
£>Agents wanted ir. every village. Apply by letter or
otherwise to the proprietors. ocl6
Foundry aud Machine Shop
riUIE public are hereby notified that I have
L rented the Foundry and Machine Shop in
lite borough of Lewistown, known as the "Ju
niata Iron Works," and the large and general
assortment of Patterns, late the property of
Zeigler and Willis, now of John Sterrett &
Co. and Wm. Willis, and that 1 am prepared
to do all kinds of
CilSti II g, Turning, &c„
on the shortest notice and in the best and most
complete style. JOHN
Lewistown, Apri. l .l7, 185o—tf.