■hole No. 2402. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. I ONE DOLLAR PER AXNlffl, IN ADVANCE. For six months, 75 cents. ||l r*All NEW subscriptions must be paid in I ranee. If the paper is continued, and nit d within the first month, §1.25 will be charjr j if not paid in three months, $1,50; if not d in six months, §1,75; and if not paid in e months, §2,00. 11l papers addressed to persons out of the inty will be discontinued at the expiration of ■ time paid for, unless special request is made Ihe contrary or payment guaranteed by some Sponsible person here. ADVERTISING. Ren lines of minion, or their equivalent, con fute a square. Three insertions §l, and 25 Ets for each subsequent insertion. PRAM D. HAWN, ? McVeytown, Principal, y MilHin co. FIIIS INSTITUTION will open for tjie session on the loth of April, 1857. In Suction will be given in all the branches Sally taught in Academies. Good board E, at reasonable rates, can be procured, and fery effort will be made to render the school lasant and profitable. IttcVeytuvrn, Feb. 12, 1857.-tf EAF TOBACCO AND CIGARS. DENSLOW & CO., 121 South Front Street, Philadelphia, [Commission Merchants AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF HaiiufartuttO Tobacco. AND ■ AVE constantly on hand and for sale low, H all kinds of AMERICAN and SPANISH EAF TORACCOS, selected with special ref fence to manufacturers 1 use. btll articles sold warranted to be as represen I and every opportunity afforded for exami lion. Purchasers at a distance can send their Hers, and rely upon being as faithfully served [if the goods were selected in person. Philadelphia. Oct 25, 1856 —taplO JOSEPH A. NEEDLES, MANUFACTURER OF Silk & Hair-Cloth Sieves, [arse, medium and fine in mesh; large, middle size, and small in diameter. Metallic cloths oh movea hike, t the best qualities, various sizes of mesh, bm Nos. 1 to tsO inclusive, and frcm one to |c feet in width. Pi'hey are numbered so many spaces to a lin ,l inch, and cut to suit. The subscriber also keeps constantly-on hand facers => ir Coal, Sand, Ore, Lime, Grain, Gravel, Gu -10. Sumac, Sugar, Salt, Rone, Coffee, Spice, rugs, Dyestuffs, &c. Together with an as rtmeat of BRIGHT AAD A\VEILED IRON WIRE. All of the above sold wholesale or retail, by J. A. NEEDLES, ma 29 54 N. Front St., Philadelphia. W. L. B. MUSGRAVE & CO., Wholesale Druggists, AND DEALERS IN DH.UGS, SPICES, CHEMICALS, i> yA 3 T 211? ?S •, &ssmsh Ii 'Ai £3 £i £2i U* <s S> PAINTS, • Oils, Glass, &c , 16 Jlarktt st. above 11th, 8. side, Phila. ; 85^.1'ruggists and country merchants are kjuested to give them a call and examine kir stock and prices, before making their prchases. v ma 22 [ GAS! GAS! | B. SELIIEIMER would respectfully iu f • form the citizens of Lewistown that he [preparing to put up Gas Fixtures of all kinds, i Churches, Stores, Dwellings, Public Build igs, Shops, &c., in the best manner. Ilav ig procured au experienced workman from le City, recommended to me to be one of the workmen in the State, I can safely war- Kit all work and feel confident of pleasing 3. Lewistown, May 22, 1850, LOG-AIT FOTJITEItY. MiE public are hereby respectfully informed ' that we have leased the above well known ttindry, situate on Main street, in the borough . Lewistown, a few doors south of the stone idge, where we will keep constantly on hand La full assortment of all kinds of STOVES, 3 viz: Hathaway Cooking Stoves, different Resizes, Egg Stoves, Nine Plate Stoves,&c. d also ron Fence, Hollow AVare, Water Pipes, b, and will make to order all kinds of CAST AS. All orders sent to us will be filled with re and despatch, and on as reasonable terms at any other establishment in the State. We pe, friends, you will call and examine our >ck before buying any where else. You will doubtedly save money by doing so. DANIEL BEARLEY & SONS. Lewistown, March 26, 1857.-y ©EO. 7 T.BLEEP., Attorney at Law, iFFICE in West Marketstreet,oppositeEisen J bise's Hotel, will attend to any business in the prtsof Mifflin, Centre, or Huntingdon couu- Lewistown, Julv J, 1853 jmssnMsiß ASJ® jptTssMKSiEjaiß ffi-sr DmYrsioMHHß# wawaswgymjs, mffsans <s@wsy®^ a ®>& o The West Branch Insurance Co. OF LOCK lI.IVEY, PA., INSURES Detached Buildings, Stores. Mer chandise, Farm Property, and other Build ings, and their contents, at moderate rates. DIRECTORS. Hon. John J. Pearce, Hon. G. C. Harvey, j John B. Hall, T. T. Abrams, Charles A. Mayer, D. K. Jackman, Charles Crist, W. Wr.ite, Peter Dickinson, Thos. Kitchen. Hon. G C. HARVEY, Pres. T, T. ABRAMS, Vice Pres. Thus. Kitchen, Sec I }'. REFERENCES. Samuel H, Lloyd, Thos. Bowman, D. D. A. A. Winegardner, Wm, Vanderbelt, L. A. Mackey, Wm. Fearon, A. White, Dr. J. S. Crawford, James Quiggle, A. Updegraff, John VV. Maynard, James Armstrong, Hon. Simon Cameron, Hon. Wm. Bigler. EC?" A gent for Mililin county, G. W. STEW ART, Esq. apl7 Imlewnily from Loss sutl Disniagc by Fire, jSnd the Periltt of Marine and Inland Transportation. CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylva nia, rcith a Perpetual Charter. Authorized Capital, 51,000,000. Offiee No. CI Walnut St. above Serond, Phila. Fire Insurance on Buildings, Furniture, Mer chandise, &c., generally. Marine Insurance on Cargoes and Freights to all parts of the world. Inland Insurance on Goods, &c., by Likes, Rivers, Canals, and Land Carriages, to all parts of the Union, on the most favorable terms, consistent with security. DIRECTORS. George W. Colladay, William Bowers, John Al. Coleuian, Joseph Oat, Edwin V. Machette, Howard Hirichman, GEORGE W. COLLADAY, President. GALEN V* ILSON, Secretary. for Mitilin countv, Wm. P. EL LIOTT, Esq. ' febl9-ly INDEMNITY AGAINST LOSS BY FIKE. Franklin Fire Insurance Compa ny of Philadelphia. Office 163 i Chestnut street, near Fifth. Statement of Assets, $1,827,185 80 January Ist, 1857. Published agreeably to an act of Assembly, be- 1 itig, Fi-t Mortgages, amply secured, §1,519,932 73 Re d Eitate, (present value, §109,- 000,) cost, A 89,114 18 Stocks, (present val 'e, §83,881 12,) cost, 71,232 97 Cash, &.C., , 04,12156 §1,327,185 sO Perpetual or Limited Insurances made on every description of property, in Town and Country. Rates as low as are consistent with security. Since their incorporation, a period of twenty j eight years, they have paid over Three Millions i of Dollars 1 losses by fire, thereby affording cv | idence of the advantages of Insurance, as well as the ability and disposition to meet with ! promptness all liabilities. Looses by Fire. Losses paid during the yearTßsG, §301,638 84 DIRECTORS. Chas. N. Bancker, j Mordecai D. Lewis, Tobias Wagner, i David S. Rrown, Samuel Grant, I Isaac Lea, Jacob R. Smith, I Edward C. Dale, Geo. W. Richards, | George Fales. CHARLES N. BANCKER, Preside .t. CHAS. G. BANCKER, SIC I }-. for Mililin county, 11. J. WAL TERS, Esq., Lewistown. marl 9 Another Supply of Lumber. Sasli Jlailc to Order. ]L'ST received, a large supply of yellow and white pine ready-worked Flooring. Arrangements have been made by the under [ signed by which they are enabled to manufac ture all kinds of Doors, Sash, Shutters and Blinds at reasonable prices. Bills sent to them either by mail or otherwise will meet with prompt attention. novl3 WM. B. HOFFMAN & CO. New Stock of Lumber. IN addition to our large stock of well-season ed stuff', suitable for the most durable and perfect kinds of work, we have just received a large supply from the Susquehanna region, among which will be found— 2, lA, ]j, 1 1 , 1, and half inch Panel, First, 2d and 3d common BOARDS and PLANK, WORKED FLOORING, Doors, Sash, Shutters, Blinds, and Door Fac -1 ings, ready worked. ! Plastering Lath and Paling, All kinds of BILL STUFF, 7x7, 6x6, 5x5, 4x5 and a large lot of 3x4 SCANTLING, of va rious lengths. JOISTS of all sizes and lengths. We are also prepared to fill, at short notice, bills for any kind of lumber from the well known steam mill of S. Milliken. Builders. Farmers, and others desiring Lum ber of any kind will find it to their advantage to give us a call. uc2 WM. B. HOFFMAN & CO. To Builders and Contractors. LUMBER! LUMBER! HERE IS THE PLACE FOR CHEAP LI'.HBER! JUST RECEIVED, 1 A {l4\{ * FEET 11 Yellow Pine Work od Flooring, j 5,1)00 feet 1 Yellow Pine Worked Flooring, I 10,000 " 1 White " " Boards, I 47,000 " 1 " " " " : 70.000 " 3, 3£, 4, 44 best Susquehanna Plas i tering Lath, 20,000 feet Roofing Lath, 42,000 " Common Plank, 10,000 " 2 in. Panel, 1,000 Lights Sash. Any quantity of Doors, Shutters, Blinds, &c., which we will sell from 10 to 20 per cent, cheaper than any other dealers in the country. Hemlock, White Pine Joist, Studding, &c., al ways or. hand. 1 respectfully invite all persons wanting any I kind of Lumber to call and examine our stock j and prices. All orders for Frame Stuff for Houses, Brid ges, Barns, &c., will be filled with promptness. </28 F. G. FK AN CISC US. RATIFICATION MEET ING. A large ratification meeting was held at Harrisburg on the 28th March, at which John J. Clyde, Esq. presided, and many ol the leading Americans of Dauphfn county took part. Among a number of spirited resolutions we copy the following: Resolved, That the American and Re publican parties are, and of right ought to be, but one party, and every consideration of duty and interest compel them to a union and concentration of strength against the bogus Democracy, which is the nation al and implacable enemy of both. Hon. John C. Kunkel was then called out, and made an able speech, a sketch of which, copied from the Daily Telegraph, we subjoin: Mr. Kunkel said he did not come here to submit to the nomination of David YVil mot for Governor, but he came to hail it— not to acquiesce in it as a necessity, but to rejoice at it—not to 6av to his fellow citizens that as we had sent delegates to the nominating Convention we were bound by the nomination there made, but to say , that in his judgment it was the very best nomination that could have been made. David \\ ilmot was the foremost man of his age, and of the age. Where in the history of Pennsylvania can such a spec tacle be presented as the 12th Congres- ! sional district presents? Nix or eight years i ago that district gave six or eight thousand Democratic majority; it now gives the same majority the other wav—a change in a single Congressional district of some fifteen thousand votes. How much of that change is attributable to David Wilmot himself? Must not the man who can thus i wield the popular sentiment among his friends and neighbors be a true, sincere, faithful, able man? How faithfully has David Wilmot, ever since he introduced into Congress his proviso, extending the I JefTersonian ordinance to the Territories acquired from Mexico, adhered to the no ble stand then taken? Gibers fell bv the wayside, and have had their rewards in places of honor and trust from the Demo cratic party, liut office and emolument had no charms to win David YVilmot from j his principle. The highest honors and [ rewards were within his reach, if he had consented to abandou his fealty to Freedom at the bidding of his party. Rut he no bly spurned them all, for right and truth and justice, and in the hour of trial was i "Faithful found anions the faithless, i And faithful only he. 1 ' Take him, as the record of his life shows him, and he presents "a combina- i tion and a form indeed Where every god hath set his seal To give the world assurance of a man. 11 Mr. Kunkel said it was urged amongst Americans who had been Whigs, against Mr. W ilmot, that he had until recently been a Democrat. It was true. Rut, ! said Mr. K., when I became an American j I ceased to be a Whig, and censed to in- ( quire as to the antecedents of any candi date offered for my support. So would ; every true American. Rut Mr. Wilmot had been hostile to ; protection, and this was made a great bug- ! bear among old Whigs. It was true that | Mr. Wilmot had differed from the Whig party on this question, though he always j conceded that the iron interest, as a nation al interest, should receive the fostering care of the government. Rut whatever may have been the views of the 12th Congres- , sional district in the past on that subject, i Mr. K. knew that in the last Congress the representative of that district voted uni- , formly with the friends of protection. Rut was said again, Mr. Wilmot was not an American. Mr. K. would not stand up and urge the claims of David Wilmot upon his American brethren if he did not think and know Mr. Wilmot to he the j advocate of their views. When the pres- ! ei.t Executive was nominated by the Am- j erican party, and was the candidate of j that party alone, David Wilmot and his ! district gave him their full, hearty and cor dial support, running up an unprecedented majority for him. However, the Conven tion which nominated Mr. Wilmot adopted a platform of principles, and Mr. Wilmot takes the nomination as the representative Of those principles. Among the resolu- i tions adopted is the following; Resolved , That it is a fraud upon our j laws, and fraught with danger to our insti tutions, to admit to a full participation in their benefits, any man who acknowledges ! THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1857. A FOREIGN SUPREMACY, which he cannot conscientiously and without mental reser vation, abjure and forever renounce; whether that supremacy be civil or spirit ual. J hat, said Mr. K., is enough for rne as an American. It embraces ihe vital prin ciple of Americanism. Could such a res olution he passed in a Democratic conven tion? The voice of its adoption would not die upon the air before the right wing of the Democratic party —the Irish brigade —would march off to the bowld anthem of "Erin inavourneen, Erin go bragh !" Rut when every thing else fails, theory of the enemy would be, Wilmot is an Ab olitionist! Mr. K. said he had no patience with this charge. It was false, utterly false, and those who made it knew it to he a lie. It had served its turn thrice in Pennsylvania, and Mr. K. thought it would now meet the contempt it deserved. W ho, he asked, thai did not swear, in the words of the ever-varying creed of the Democratic party on the subject of Sla very, was not obnoxious to this epithet.— He, himself, had gone to Congress from one of the most conservative districts of Pennsylvania, entertaining the most con servative views on the Slavery question, and yet, because lfe had voted for Mr. Ranks for Speaker, and for the investiga tion of the Kansas election frauds, he was taken and reputed an abolitionist. If one protest against the extension of Slavery, adhering to the policy that prevailed in the Federal Government, from the davs of Washington to Polk, he is an abolitionist. If a christian man declared his belief that all men have God for their Father, aud are, therefore, a common brotherhood, lie is an Abolitionist. Reeder went from the bosom of ilia Democracy of Pennsylvania to Kansas only to be stigmatized and sent back an abolitionist; later, Geary, from the same political fold, went with the endorsement of the chief men of his party everywhere, and because he would not prostitute the functions of his office to fasten slavery on Kansas, is liable to assassination, compel led to resign, and branded as an abolition ist. All men who will not swear to the divinity of slavery—not only of the black man, but that slavery is the natural and inevitable condition of labor, without re gard to color—are abolition is s. Mr. K. did not fear the use of oppro brious epithets. They were poor argu ments, and had no longer power with ihe people, lie would not hereafter stand up to defend against such charges. They were lies, and he would no waste time in argument about them. lie meant in this canvass, instead ol being put in (lie defen sive to carry the war into the enemy's camp, to arraign the Democratic party— not for sympathy to the negro, but with a design to enlarge the house of bondage until it shall embrace the free white labor er of the North. Mr. K. referred to the opinions recently put forth by the Richmond Enquirer on behalf of the Democratic part)* of the South, that Slavery is the natural and moral condition of the laboring man, whether white or black, and that the great evil of Northern free society is, that it is burdened with a servile class of mechanics and laborers unfit for self government, and yet clothed with the attributes and powers of citizens. The great contest, Mr. K. said, was, whether free society or slave society should prevail in the territo ries, and iu this struggle these monstrous doctrines were avowed by the Democratic party. Did they meet with rebuke from the Democratic press of the North? No; rather with acquiescence. It is for a de parture from the ancient landmarks, for a settled design to force Slavery with lire and sword upon Kansas, for the bold avow al that Slavery is the natural and moral condition of the white laborer as well as the black, that the Democratic party will have to answer in this canvass, and in the overwhelming voice of popular indignation their miserable shiboleth of abolitionism will be unheard. Mr. K. referred to the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dred Scott case. It was a mere dictum of that Court—extra judicial, and carried no force. Even if it had been pronounced on the very case, there would still be higher authority—for higher than acts of Congress, higher than decisions of Federal Courts, was the Con stitution ol the United States—itself the supreme law of the land. Mr. K. then pledged to the nomination of David Wilmot and the whole ticket his earnest and hearty support under aH cir | cumstances. It would be a proud day for Pennsylvania and the North when the ballot boxes should proclaim David Wilmot ! Governor of Pennsylvania. He hoped and expected to see that day. The Na tional Democracy claim to have repudiated and ejected David Wilmot for the crime of loving liberty too well. It will not be the I first li'oe in political annals that "the stone j which the builders rejected, became the head of the corner." A ROMANTI.C STORY. The following story from the Paris cor respondence of the New York Times, will serve to show the rapid manner in which j the Russian Government does an act of j i justice. Some eighteen months ago a j Miss Ward, of one of our Southern States, * ' j was married at Florence to a- Polish ! j Count, with a very unpronounceable name. ; After residing with her three weeks he ' j took French leave one fine morning, taking | with him his wife's jewels. He left a let- I ter behind him stating that the marriage j was invalid, from the fact that no Russian subject could be legally married except bv the Greek service. Of course the lady was ; in great consternation, and at the time of , the coronation of the Czar, she, with her mother, went to St. Petersburg. Mr. Sa la, the principal writer for Dickens' Hous- j hold Words, drew up a petition for her to i the Russian Government, and it was pre- 1 ! seated by Mr. Seymour, our minister, j Ihe case was laid before the Kmperor, aud an order was issued to the Russian Minister at Naples, where the Count was j living, for his arrest. He was seized by j the Neapolitan police, at the expense ol Russia carried to Warsaw, where the ladv and her friends were waiting, inarched into ; a church by a posse oi policemen and was there compelled to stand up before the al tar anJ be m uried in due form. His wile, then the Countess, turned to him as soon as the ceremony was over, made a formal bow, and bade him adieu forever. The j Count was sent to Siberia, his property confiscated, his wife retaining one-third by law. The family immediately left for j i Italy where they are spending the winter, j HORRIBLE DEATH From Freezing and Starvation of a former Citizen of Schuylkill county. — We learn that Mr. lloxie Rathburn, aged 45 years, of Mankato—some years since a resident of Minersville, this county—left Mankato, lowa, with the Sioux City mail, I about the 15th of November last, and car- j riod it through to Sioux City, and left that i place with the mail for Mankato on the Gth j i of December, and was found on the 2Glh by the men who went through in search of him, at a place on the mail route called l)es Moines Station, about 100 miles from J Sioux City and 80 from Mankato.— When found, he was very badly frozen, and could not speak, but extended his | hand to one of the men. He died about fifteen minutes after. He had, when found, matches in his pocket, and there were shavings and wood in the building, : but it is supposed he was so badly frozen when he arrived there that he could not make a fire. It is the opinion of those who found him that he had remained in that situation ten ; or twelve days, entirely destitute of food. He had gnawed his fingers and hands badly, and from medical examination, it ! is the opinion of physicians that he died not only of cold, but absolute starvation, j (the most horrible of all deaths ) He would probably have been saved if found a few days earlier. Mr. Rathburn was one of the oldest residents of Mankato ; he had an iron constitution, and must have struggled long and hard against his awful fate. He leaves a wife and large family j of children.— Pottsvillc Journal. New Arrangements. AFTER returning our sincere thanks to our numerous friends and customers for their ! continued patronage, 1 would inform them that ; I am still to be found at .-jr..vr\rrTl, With a desire to bring my business nearly to CASH, after the first of April our credit terms i will be Thirty Days and accounts not to exceed ; Fifty Doliais. We hope still to conduct our ; business so that we shall enjoy the good will i of our numerous customers, and that the num ; ber may be greatly increased. marl 2 F. J. HOFFMAN. SHOT GUNS.—Single and double Shot Guns, very loWi a t MACKLIN'S, McVeytown. New Series—Vol. 11, No. 22. Communication#. Vor U,. Lewistown Gazette PROSE POEMS. A SERIES OF DAY DREAMS. BV I. J. STINE. No. 11. I stood at the Beautiful Hills. Majestic they stood behind, towering towards the skies, and before lay spread out in simple grandeur the Plain of Beauty. A river, broad and beautiful, passed slowly and majestically through the flowery groves and lawns, between its green banks beau tiful with trees and shrubs and ilowers, and tender vines and mosses, which shad owed, and stooping, kissed the waters, trembling in the last lingering reflection of the setting sun. A motley crowd was gathered there.— A huge black altar stood in the midst of the multitude, trom which ascended a smoky blaze, livid and uninviting, yet as it prepared for a victim. The setting sun had wasted her iast ray upon the tops of the hill far off in the East, and a cloud of darkness was gathering over the Plain of Beauty. The restlessness of the multi tude, the busy hum, and the whispers of fearfuJness seemed to betray a diabolical purpose, the intention of a deed of dark ness; and the altar, with its crackling tire, its livid blaze and its murky smoke, asked a victim. Darkness had settled completely o'er the land. The crowd was more eager. Among the multitude I noticed some by whose "robes" and bearing I at once rec ognized as priests, and I knew that they were to officiate at the approaching sacri fices. Some of them betrayed the eager ness which characterised the crowd; others appeared timid and pale, looking wistfully ever and anon around and above them; and I thought that I perceived in the eyes of tvvo or three of them the glittering of standing tears. 1 perceived also, hover ing above their heads in the smoke, and whispering betimes in the ears of the priests, certain dark figures with wings, who seemed to delight in the flames as born of them, and whose eyes sparkled as coals from the "burning lake." Far up, also, above the reach of the smoke I saw a beautiful while robed one hovering. I knew it was an "angel of light" I beheld; for a crown of light beautiful and soft en circled her brow, disclosing the fairest fea tures, yet ol such mildness as only to fix and not to dazzle my eyes. Sadness cov ered her countenance, smile wreathed round her lips. Was she there to bear the history of that transaction to the court of Heaven? 1 turned again towards the burning altar, wondering what all that meant, and who were the priests? Suddenly, amid cries of "it is the time, ' —"Ho! priest, the sacri fice!"—" Bring forth the Jiook, the old imposture"—an old gray haired priest ad vanced, and to him was handed by a trembling hand the Bible. He took it in his right hand; but it trembled so that he could not hold the book in that hand; and so he took it in his left hand, and raised his right hand to pronounce a curse upon the Rook. The multitude were now too eager for words to describe. Amid their shouts and cries only one did 1 hear dis tinctly— "away with it! away with it!" While the almost deafeuing shouts of the blinded multitude arose amid the flames of smoke, "making night hideous," one approached from behind the crowd. He was a youth. The carriage of a man was in his step, a marble firmness in his brow, and a poet's fire in his eye. He seemed about to speak in behalf of the book, but i ere he could utter a syllable, a strong bony ! hand was laid upon his mouth,-aud the fiendish shouts of the multitude grew loud er ; the dark winged ones dipped their wings in the flames, triumphing, and the "beautiful white robed one" turned away her lace and dropped a tear, which fell as a glistening dew drop on the green earth at my feet; and methought I heard, as the voice of one afar off, in a deep hollow tone, the simple sound, "Beware!" It seemed that the old priest heard that sound too; for he listened, and trembled, as he held the Look over the flames of the black altar, and .iflmmered out a curse. — "We are here," said he to the priests at i his side, "as the successors of the leader of the New F.-ilosophy of the nineteenth century, whose duty it is to burn this Rook and renew society through its ashes,'*
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