I was assured by distinguished and upright
gentlemen from South Carolina that no attack
on Major Anderson was intended, but that,
on the contrary, it was the desire of the State
authorities, as much as it was my own, to
avoid the fatal consequences which must La
evitably follow a military collision. And here
I deem it proper to submit for your informa
tion copies of a communication dated the 28th
of December, 2SGO, addressed to me by R.
W. Barnwell, J. 11. Adams, and James L
Orr, Commissioners from South Carolina,
with accompanying documents, and copies of
my answers thereto, dated the 31st of Decern
her.
In further explanation of Major Anderson's
removal from Fort Moultrie to F..rt Sumter,
it is proper to state that after my answer to
the South Carolina Commissioners, the War
Department received a letter from that gal
rant officer, dated oo the 27th of December,
1800, (the day after this movement), iroin
which the following is an extract:
" I will add, as my opinion, that many
things convinced me that the authorities of
the State designed to proceed to a hostile act.
[Evidently referring to the orders dated De
cember 11th, of the late Secretary of War.]
Coder this impression 1 could not hesitate
that it was my solemn duty to move my com
mand from a fort which we could not proba
b!y have held longer than forty-eight or sixty
hours, to this one, where my power of resis
tance is increased in a very great degree."
It will be recollected that the concluding
part of these orders were in the following
terms: —"The smallness of your force will
not permit you, perhaps, to occupy more than
one of the three forts; but an attack on, or
an attempt to take possession cf either of;
them, will be regarded as an act of hostility,
and you may then put 3 our command into
either of them which you may deem most
proper to increase its power of resistance. —
You are also authorised to take similar defen
sive steps whenever you have tangible evidence
of a design to proceed to a hostile act."
It is said that serious apprehensi ins are to |
some extent entertained that the peace of this ;
District may he disturbed before March next.
In any event it will be my duty to prevent it, j
and this duty shall be performed.
In conclusion, it may be permitted to me
to remark, that 1 have often warned my coun
trymen of the dangers which now surround
us. This may be the last time I shall refer
ta the subject officially. I feel that my duty
lias been faithfully, though imperfectly per
formed, and whatever the result may he, I
shall carry to my grave the consciousness that
1 at least meant well for my country.
(Signed) JAMES BUCHANAN.
Washington City, .Jan. 8. 1801.
THE GAZETTE.
LEWISTOWN, PA.
Thursday, January 17, 1861.
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Notice to persons indebted to William B.
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Election Notice—Orphans' Court Sale—
Geo. Miller offers his services as Plumber,
Lock Repairer, Whitesmith. &c.
B@,We were in hopes of being able to t
publish Gov. Ourtin's Inaugural Address y
in to-day's paper, but failed to receive any |
paper by yesterday morning's mail contain- j i
ing it. its sentiments are somewhat simi- I y
. ... c
lar to his late Philadelphia speech. A c
large number of military companies were > £
in attendance, including one from Belle- ; j
fonts, which returned home yesterday morn- ! c
ing. The concourse of people was im 5
t
mease. , j
* • j t
The Border States' Proposition.
The propositions we published last week 1
were submitted to the Republican caucus
by our representative, JAS. T. IIALF., who J 1
said that he believed the members of his ' 1
committee representing the border slave '
States would agree to his proposition; that j. 1
all the territory of the United States north '
of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes should 1
he free, and all south of that line to re- •
main as it is, with liberty to the people to ,
organize into States whenever they please, I !
with or without slavery. He was of opin- j 1
ion that it might be better for the North j ;
to take this proposition than to precipitate !
the country into war.
Mr. Hale's view is undoubtedly the cor- I
rect oue, and meets with general approba- !
tion here, as well as through most, if not
all, parts of the district. Should the ex- j
trcnie republicans reject this proposition,
which is in reality but a revival of Mr.
Clay's great measure with an extension, we
trust Mr. Hale will offer his proposition in
Congress and press it to a vote. Mifflin
county will without question sustain him
in any proposition that will satisfy the con
servative men of the border slave States.
„
Bga.Mr. Buchanan has withdrawn from
his official organ, The Constitution, all the
Executive advertisements, and has given them
to the Intelligencer, which will hereafter ex
press the views of the Administration. The
late attack upon the President and Mr. Sec
retary Holt, which appeared in the Constitu
tion, and the ultra disunion sentiments advo
cated by its alien Brush editor, have .caused
this change. In the venerable old Intelligen
cer the President will have what he never had
),pff> r r> o respectable organ.
Proceedings of Congress
Senator Seward delivered his speech in
the Senate on Saturday on the state of the
Union. The galleries were crowded to
overflowing, and the distinguished gentle
man was listened to with the utmost inter
est and attention by Senators and specta
' tors, lie commenced by avowing his ad
herance t<> the 1 nion in its integrity; with
his party, his country, his State, or with
out either, as they may determine; in every
event, whether of peace or war; with every
consequence, whether of honor or dishon
or, life or death. Alter rehearsing what
courses will wt save the Union, he de
sires a truce, at least, during the debate on
the Union. It cannot be saved by proving
secession illegal or unconstitutional; nor
can anything be gained by discussing the
right of the Federal Government to coerce
States. If disunion is to go 011, this ques
tion will give place to the more practical
one, whether the many seceding States
shall coerce the remaining members to ac
! quiesce in a dissolution. lie argues
against the folly of separation, its effect up
-011 the standing of the United States
among the nations of the world, the diffi
culties a new Southern Confederacy would
■ encounter in forming treaties, and liable at
any time to become the prey of stronger
powers. In summing up his arguments,
he states:
Firstly —That while prudence and justice
would combine in peisuiding you to modify
the acts of Congress so as not to compel pri
vate persons to assist in the execution of the
Fugitive Slave aw, and to prevent freemen
from being, by abuse of the law, carried in
to slavery, I agree that all State laws contra
vening the Constitution or any law of Con
gress, ought to be repealed.
Secondly —Domestic slavery existing in an}'
State is wisely left by the Constitution exelu
sively to the care, management and disposi
tion of that State. 1 would not alter the Con
stitution in that respect, if in my power. I
am willing to vote fur an amendment of the
Constitution declaring that it shall not, by
any future amendment, be so altered as to
confer on Congress a power to abolish or in
terfere with slavery in any State.
Thirdly —While I think Congress has ex
elusive authority to legislate for the Territor
ies. and while I certainly shall never directly
or indirectly give my vote toestablish, or sane
tion slavery in the territories, yet the ques
tion with regard to what constitutional laws
shall be passed in regard to the Territories,
is to be determined on practical ground. If
Kansas were admitted under the Wyandotte
Constitution, I could vote to organize the or
ganization and admission of the remaining
States, if such reservation could be constitu
tior.ally made ; but if the measure were prac
ticable, I should prefer a different course,
namely : that when the eccentric movements
of secession and disunion shali have ended,
and the angry excitements of the hour sub
sided then, say, one, two or three years hence,
I would cheerfully advise a convention of the
people to decide whether any and what
amendments of the organic national law shall
be made.
Fourth —l am ready now, as heretofore, to
vote for laws to prevent mutual invasions of
States.
Fifth —I remain constant in favor of two
Pacific Railways—one to connect the ports
around the mouths of the Mississippi, and
the other towns on the Missouri and the Lakes
with the harbors on our western coast. He
concluded with the expression of an unshaken
faith in the Constitution and the Union. He
feels sure that the hour has not come for this
nation to fall. Its people are not perverse or
wicked enough to deserve so dreadful and se
vere a punishment as dissolution. This Un
ion has not yet accomplished what good for
mankind was manifestly designed by Him
who appoints the seasons, and prescribes the
duties of States and empires. No, sir; if
east down to day by faetion, it would rise
again and re appear in all its majestic pro
portions to morrow. Woe! woe! to the man
that meanly lifts bis hand against it. It shall
continue to endure, and men in after times
shall declare that this generation which sav
ed the Union from such sudden and unluoked
for damages surpassed in magnanimity even
that one which laid its foundations in the
eternal principles of liberty, justice and hu
manity.
The majority of the committee of thtr
ty-three in their report made on Monday,
propose an amendment to the Constitu
tion providing that no amendment thereto
interfering with slavery shall originate in
any other State than a slavcholding State,
and to be valid shall be ratified by every
State in the Union.
They also submit an enabling bill for the
admission of New Mexico as a State on an
equal footing with the original States, and
a fugitive slave bill which gives the right
of trial by jury to the slave claiming liber
ty in the State whenee be escaped, and re
leases any citizen from assisting the Uni
ted States Marshalls in the capture or de
tection of the fugitive except when
is employed or apprehended for the release
of the fugitive.
The committee submitted a joint rejolu- i
tion deprecating personal liberty bills, (but '
not by that name), and requesting the j
Northern States to cause their statutes to j
be revised, in order that all hindrances i
to the just execution of the laws may be
removed, i lie President is requested to
eommunicate this resolution to the several
States.
They also report a series of resolutions
recognizing no authority on the part of the
people of one State to interfere with the
institutions of another, and discountenan
cing all mobs and hindrances to the ren
dition of the fugitive slavea They recog
nize no such conflicting elements iu its
composition, or sufficient cause from any
i source for a dissolution of the Government.
They were not gont here to destroy, but to
sustain and harmonize the institutions of
the country, and s* that equal justice is
done to all parts of the same, and finally
to perpetuate its existence on terms ot
equality and justice to all the States.
The proposition introduced in the Sen
ate bv Mr. Biglcr proposes to submi to
the people, in addition to the Crittenden
compromise amendments to the Constitu
tion, amendments to interdict forever the
African slave trade, and to exceed the
Presidential term to six years, making the
President ineligible to re-election.
Mr. McKeon's bill, introduced in the
House 0:1 Monday, proposes to repeal so
much of the act of I TOO as constitutes
Georgetown, Charleston, and Beaufort
ports of entry.
In the United States Senate on Monday
Mr. Brown gave notice that the Senators
from Alabama, Florida and Mississippi
would no longer take an active part in the
deliberations of the body. Their States
hud taken measures to withdraw from the
Union, but of which the Senators were not
so officially informed as to justify their fi
nal withdrawal from the Senate. The
Kansas bill was then taken up, and Mr.
Polk, of Missouri, spoke in favor of the
right of secession and against coercion.
Mr. Crittenden called up the resolutions
submitting his compromise to the vote of
the people, and pressed a vote on them.
After some discussion the resolutions were
made the special order for Tuesday, with
the understanding that they would then be
considered to the exclusion of all other
business until finally d sposed of.
In the House during the morning hour,
Mr. Etheridge made another unsuccessful
attempt to introduce the border State reso
lutions. In committee of the whole the
Army bill was taken up and a general de
bate commenced on the perilous state of
the country. Mr. McClernand, of Illi
nois, and Mr. Cox, of <>hio, both demo
crats, made strong speeches against the
right of secession and in favor of the en
forcement ot the laws. They contended
that the collection of the revenues and the
protection of the public property was not
coercion, and supported the course of the
President. Mr. Cox was especially em
phatic. He warned South Carolina not to
touch a hair on the head of Major Ander
son, and referring to the espionage alleged
to have been established over vessels com- .
ing down the Mississippi, said that the
northwest would never permit such sur
veillance. Both gentlemen expressed a
willingness to vote cither for the Critten- j
den or the border State compromise, and j
Mr. Cox expressed the opinion that there
were symptoms of concession on the part
of the Republicans.
The First Blood—An Ominous Sipn.
Notwithstanding an entire battery ot the
South Carolina would-he-assassins was dis
charged at the Steamer Star of the est
with 250 U. S. troops on board, not a man
was injured ! On the previous day, when
the tories, like the cut-throat Toombs, were
uo doubt wishing to hear that the Star of
the West had been sunk with all on board,
Charleston city was startled by the intelli
gence that one of tho members of the
Washington Light Infantry, on duty in
Castle Pinkney, had been shot by the sen
tinel. The unfortunate fellow was the son
of a most respectable gentleman in that
city, and possessed a large body of person
al friends. Ilis name was 11. W. Holmes.
" Every one," says the correspondent of
the Baltimore American, "expressed deep
regret and concern that he had come to so
untimely au end at the hands of a com
rade."
Thus has been the first blood shed in
the unnatural war which au infamous band
of scoundrels are endeavoring to fasten on ;
the people —not by those whom they call
an enemy, but by the hands of a comrade!
If regret and concern were expressed at
the fate of one man, what will it be should
events induce Major Anderson to use the
powerful missiles of death and carnage in
his hands against the infatuated populace
who are forsaking peace for the horrors of
war ?
r i,Gen. Dix of New York has been ap- j
F ; oted Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Holt
will probably be Secretary of War, and Judge
GreeD >od of Arkansas Secretary of the In
terioT Disunion clerks and other traitors to j
the government are daily discharged, and for
the first time in Mr. Buchanan's term he is
receiving credit from all classes for discharg
es duty.
Going wltere he ought to Go. —James Bed
path (late of the Tribune) has chartered the
British brig Janet Kidston, to proceed to Jer
sey City and thence to Port-au-Prince. She
takes on board 13 colored passengers, also
I John Brown, son ol old Ossawattamie.
The above paragraph is copied into several
Southereu papers, but it would not surprise
UR if Redpath and some of his associates were
foe.nd ere long making a dash upon the coast
. of South Carolina. These men are capable
; of almost any act of daring, and they will be
r ! found as difficult to catch as Montgomery, on
the frontiers of Kansas and Missourj. There
is more method in their madness than in that
> of old John Brown. — Boston Transcript.
Breckinridge s Letter.
Vice President Breckinridge has written
i a letter on the state of the country in
i which he comes to some ext con
l elusions. The Baltimore American, in re
j viewing it says £ 'that to put the question in
all its breadth—that if the North consents
I to repeal its obnoxious and unconstitution
| al personal liberty laws; if it gives itssup
; port to amendments of the Constitution
1 prohibiting Congress from interfering with
slavery in Uw Spates it exist* { from
inhibiting the inter-Statc slave trade, or
from excluding it from the District of Co
lumbia, or the navv yards, forts and such
places under the jurisdiction of the United
States; and further agrees to the settle
ment of the Territorial question by a di
vision of the . risthuj Territories, recogni
sing slavery to the South of a proposed line
and excluding it North of said line, that
still—according to Mr. Breckinridge's
proposition—there is an irreconcilable dif
ference, upon which the Union must be
dissolved because the compromise docs not
settle the condition of territory not a part
of our country and which may never be
come so. We cannot believe that the peo- :
pie of the Border Slave States are willing
to wreck the Union upon this hypothetical
difficulty, and if it is ever so wrecked there j
wjll be no question as tu where tKprespon- j
sibility for the act will belong. It is not, j
we feel assured, the wish of Maryland that
a point so purely belonging to the future
should be erected as the insurmountable ;
difficulty in the way of a return to peace
and Union —nor do we believe that Ken
tucky, Tennessee, or even Virginia will
consent to lose all the substantial advanta
ges of a possible settlement in grasping af
ter terms of difficult attainment and of
doubtful good."
We think after this John C. Breckiu-
ridge may be safely set down as a disunion
ist, and we should not be surprised to learn
in the future —should Kentucky be drag
ged into a Southern Confederacy—that he
was selected for its President last sum-
mcr.
Work of Madness.
The Southern people continue to act
with an insanity unparalleled in the history
of the world in destroying the lair fabric
of our government, Governors ol States
assume I'nited States authority as if there
was no such thing as treason, and volun
teer companies seize public property with
as much impunity as did the Buccaneers
of the 17th century. To take ungarrison- 1
ed forts, arsenals, and navy yards —to stop
unarmed passenger and freight boats on the
Mississippi —to fit out piratical privateers j
as is suggested by the hell-hounds who .
control the Charleston Mercury, at whose
footstool the whole South is apparently j
kneeling, with an abjectness worthy of j
their slaves —arc at present no difficult
tasks, but to all this there will soon suc
ceed a different of affairs. Either
the stern realities of war will come, when
the mighty West will go forth to cut her
way to the Gulf of Mexico, or if a peace
ful separation should take place, the work
of reorganizing a government, and provid
ed means for carrying it on, will be a real
ity as stern as war. Such things are not
an every day work, and when once pres
ented to southern taxpayers through col
lectors backed by bayonets, will perhaps
awaken them to the solemn truth that the
Cnion was to them a blessing of iuestimable
value. As an instance of what folly has i
accomplished, South Carolina since her se- j
cession, has incurred a debt of 1,400,000,
and not a dollar in the treasury I
In our judgment we believe the time
has couie when the Eastern, Middle and
Western States ought to consult as to the
proper course to be pursued. The govern
ment at Washington it is true has awaken
ed to a sense of its duty, but we fear too
late, and is apparently powerless. A con
vocation of all the Governors of the North
ern and Western States might be useful in
coming to some mutual understanding, and
we would therefore suggest to Governor
i Curtiu to take the initiative step in such a
movement. Any reasonable, but firm and
decided stand on the pjart of these States
would meet the cordial approval of the
people, and be sustained in any emergency
that might occur.
following is one of a series of res
olutions which passed the Ohio Senate and
House of Representatives on Saturday :
Resolved, That we hail with joy the recent
firm, dignified, and patriotic special message
of the President of the United States, and
that the entire power and resources of Ohio
are hereby pledged, whenever necessary and
demanded, for the maintenance, under the
strict subordination to the civil authority, of
the Constitution and laws of the General Gov
ernment, by whosoever administered.
IS™A frightful death by burning occurred
last week at Columbus, Ohio. Some courte
zans had been drinking to excess, when the
clothes of one of them caught fire and were
completely burned off her back, nothing re
maining upon her but a leathern belt. Her
death, says an eye-witness, was awful. Those
who witnessed it, and heard her mingled
songs, curses and prayers, will never forget it.
LATEST N?W9,
The National Intelligencer has exposed
a plot ol the Southern Senators and Rep
resentatives to remain in Congress so as to
prevent all legislation in favor of strength
ening southern forts—in tact to do every
thing in their power to destroy the govern
ment. In proof of this, during a debate
on an appropriation bill in the House on
Friday last, Mr. Hindmar., of Arkansas,
said that he was anxious to assist the Re
publicans in bankrupting, as soon as possi
ble, a Government whose purse and sword
are soon to be used for the subjugation of
their brethren in the South
The speech of Senator Hunter, on Fri
day, was .an exposition of the real views of
! the secessionists, who insist upon the dual
scheme of government which was origi
nally proposed by Mr. Calhoun. No mat
ter what may be the relative population of
the free and of the slave States, each must
have a President—each must have as many
Senators and a-* many Representatives as
the other—in the majority must not
rule.
At a private dinner party at Washing
ton last week, words passed between Sena
tor Toombs and Lieutenant t ieneral Scott.
According to the relation- of the scene, in
Congressional circles, the conversation
turned on the sending of troops to Charles
ton, when Mr. Toombs expressed a hope
that the people there would sink the Star
of the West.
(leneral Scott, with much earuv-Ruess,
asked if it \yas possible that he (Toombs),
as an American, desired such an event.
Mr. Toombs replied affirmatively, and
that (hose who sent the vessel there should
be sunk with her.
Nothing is known as yet about the
action of the Cabinet in regard to Lieut.
Talbott's mission. General Scott, kuowiug
that the Departments are full uf traitors,
who inform the Seceders of every move
ment of the Government, has jnade such
arrangements that the military measures
against South Carolina, will feipain a per
fect secret. The American flag has been
insulted; even vessels coming from Europe,
and not knowing anything about the new
" Republic of South Carolina, ' h,:;vc been
prevented from entering the harbor be
cause the stars and stripes floated at their
mast-heads. 'l'hf- Government is bound to
protect our flag.
Commodore Lawrence Kearney, who stands
second on the active service list of the I nited
States navy, and whose resignation was an
nounced a few days ago, in a private letter
since written, says:
"Since the course pursued by the Charles
tonians I have changed my views in regard
to matters in that quarter and elsew here, and
I have asked to be allowed to withdraw my
letter of resignation in the navv."_
Private letters from Vera Cruz say that
tlie political news from the United States and
the probable secession of the Southern States
had caused considerable excitement —one let
ter says consternation —in the squadron at
Vera Cruz. The same report is made through
other sources.
It turns out that the contingent of the U. S. j
arms for the year 18G1 has been distributed
to the Southern States in advance, the most i
shameful evidence of the treason of Floyd yet
produced.
The United States sloop of war Macedoni
an, from Portsmouth, N. 11., passed the High
land Light on Monday morning, bound Isuuth,
with sealed orders.
The Federal troops have abandoned all the ;
United States forts in Pensacola harbor ex
cept Fort Pickens, where they have concen
trated to make a stand against the State
troops.
The military expeditions which left New j
Orleans on the 11th and the day previous, j
have seized Forts Jackson and St. Philips,
on the Mississippi river, and Fort Pike, at
the entrance of Lake PontchartraiD. No i
resistance was offered to the New Orleans
troops.
The news from South Carolina is brief and
unexciting. A report, coming byway of
New York, asserts that Mr. Hayne, the At
torney General of South Carolina, brings to
Washington a proposition to surrender all
the forts to the United States on condition
that Major Anderson is remanded to Fort
Moultrie. The dispatches direct from Char
leston state t&at the Legislature has passed a
resolution declaring that the attempted rein
forcement of Fort Sumter was an act of war,
and approving of the attack on the Star of
the West. The Governor proposes the forma
j tion of a Navy, to be composed of three light
I draft steam propellers. He also urges the
fortification of the mouths of all rivers and
inlets on the coast of South Carolina.
Our latest intelligence from Charleston re
ports that Gov. Pickens has sent an aid to
Fort Sumter with dispatches for Major An
derson, supposed to be in relation to the ne
gotiations going op at Washington. The ci
ty was quiet and the excitement had greatly
subsided.
Lieutenant Hall, from Fort Sumter, and
Col. Ilayne on the part of South Carolina,
arrived at Washington on Monday evening.
Their mission is believed to have reference to
such an understanding as may avoid hostili
ties. It is understood that the Government
will not at present renew the attempt to rein
force Fort Sumter.
fgyJudge Snialley of New York has de
fined treason, and instructed the Grand Jury
to indict all persons who are furnishing arms
1 to Southern traitors
The Star of the West returned to New
York on Friday night with the troops dentin,
ed for the relief of Fort Sumter. The re
port from Charleston waa current in relation
to two of the balls fired at her taking effect
One struck l>er on tUo bow, and the seeond
; on the starboard quarter, between the &swke
stack and the engine beam. No person was
hurt. She struck on the bar twice in
out. At night, steamers were seen coniin
out of the harbor, supposed to be in pursuit
The same night she spoke the ship Emily St
Pierre, from Liverpool to Charleston, and re
fused admittance in consequence of the
American flog being displayed. When lea\.
ing Charleston Harbor, the Star of the West
received several p*rtmg shots fropt the bat
tery on Morris Island, and they all fell short
The general feeling on board now is to return
to Charleston, with proper means of defence
and effect a landing at all hazards.
WASHINGTON, J an 15.
It is understood that the Agents of South
Carolina now here, demanded the uncotidi
tional surrender of Fort Sumter, with a view
to avoid the shedding of blood. The Admin
istratien has nut yet considered the proposi
tion.
Died.
On the Bth inst., at the residence of his si>-
ter, Mrs. Brown, in Kishacoquillas Valley
of pulmonary consumption, FRANCIS A
McCOY, aged 44 years, 3 months and 3 days
The deceased leaves a large circle of friends
to mourn Uh luss.
j. iiimmelwrTght,
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Grainer of White Oak, Red Oak
and Maple.
Walls and Ceilings painted. Orders left at
any of the stores or by mail will he promptly
attended to. Address J. lliniinelwright, Lew
istown, Pa. janl7-4t*
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for a short time, and should a sufficient
number f pupils desire Lessons in
OIL PAINTING,.
will give instructions to a limited class. Kpt
cimcus can be seen tit Burkholcjer's I'lpito
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Lewistuwn, Jan. 17, ISOI-3l*
NOTICE!
IT js honed that persons knowing them
selves indebted to the firm of WM. IS.
HUFFMAN & Co. will do us the justice of
calling and settling their accounts. If not
done soon, they will be left at a Justice for
collection. F. J. HOFFMAN.
Lewistown, January 17, 18GL
LECTION—The Stockholders of the
J Lewistown Water Cc-mpany are hereby
notified An election will be held at the of
fice of the undersigned, in Lewistown, on
MONDAY, February 4, 1861, between the
hours of 2 aqd 4 o'clock, p. m., for Six Man
agers, who, iq connection with one Manager
to be elected by the Tow n Council of the Bor
ough of Lewistown, are to conduct the affairs
of said Company for the ensuing year.
J. W. SHAW, Secretary.
Lewistown, January 17, lbOl -3t []
ORPHANS' CQUHT SALE.
1)1'BL1C notice is hereby given, that by
order of the Orphans' Court of Miffm
county, will be sold by public rendu- or mi;-
cry, at the Tavern-house of William Simple,
in the village of Allenville, in Miffliu county,
on
{Saturday, February 23. 1861,
at 1 o'clock in the afternoon of that day, the
following described messuages and tracts of
land, Ac.. with the appurtenances, situate in
the townships if Menno and Union, in said
county, late the estate of Yost King, dec'd.,
lately surveyed at request of the inquest ap
pointed by the Court to make partition, Ac.,
and by them uumbered, Ac., as follows, viz:
No. 5. A tract of Mountain Land situate
in said Menno township, bounded by land of
Christian Peachey and the summit of Jacks
Mountain, and tract No. 8, and containing 25
acres, net measure, more or less,
No. G. A tract of Chestnut Timber Land
in said Menno township, bounded by lands of
David Zook, and Eli Byler, and by tract No.
7, and containing 5 acres, net measure, moro
or less.
No. 7. A traet of Chestnut Timber Land
in said Menno township, bounded by lands of
Jacob Glick and Solomon Byler, Ac., and by
tract No. 6, and containing 5 acres, net meas
ure, more or less.
No. 8. A tract of Mountain Land in said
Mpnno township, bounded by the summit of
Jacks Mountain and by said tract No. 5, and
containing 13 acres and 98 perches, and al
lowance, more or Jess. .
No. 9. A tract of Mountain Land in '
ion township, bounded by the summitof Jacks
Mountain and land of Jacob Hartzler, and
containing }-5 acres and 8 perches, and allow-
ance, more or less.
No. 10. A House and Lot of Ground m
said Menno township, bounded by landsi ol
John King, li. Allisoq and John Ghcks
heirs, and containing 1 acre, more or less.
No. 11. A tract of Woodland on
ing Stone Mountain, in said Menno township,
bounded by lands of John King, E. VVheaton
and by tract No. 12, and containing lob acres
and 61 perches, and allowance, more or less-
No. 12. A tract of W°°^ 0D
Stone Mountain, in said Menno township,
bounded by lands of William Wilson and t
last described tract, and containing oo acr
and 102 perches, and allowance, moreories .
Terms of Sale : —Ten per cent, of the P u
chase money to be paid immediately on
purchase of each tract, and the remainder
the confirmation of the sale. _ .
Further information will be given by J aC
S. King and David J- Zook, administrators
i of said estate.
By the Court.
janlT SAMUEL BAR^,_Clerk.
Lock Repairing, Pip® Laying)
Plumbing and Whitf Smithing
THE above branches of business will b
promptly attended to on a PP. aU v.- fl
the residence of the undersigned in J
street, Lewistown. m , TT T r.o
j janlO GEORGE MILLE"