THE GAZETTE. LEWrSTOWN, PA. Thursday, February 14, 1861. $1 per annom in aJuinre—sl.so at fnd of mx nonfhs—al end of year. Papers sent out of tho Coanty must paid for in tidTauce. j(5S~The subscription of those cat of this caut? to whom this paragraph comes marked, lias eaplreJ, and unless re newed will be discontinued. We hare also i t a limit in county,beyond which we Intend no man in future shall owe us far subscription. Thoke receiving the paper with this paragraph marked, will therefore kuow that thiey have come under our rule, and if payment Is not mode within one month thereafter we shail diseontlnue all such. Notices of New Advertisements. A. Felix has recefVed it large lot of New Furniture—The Collectors appointed by the Commissioners are to attend on Tuesday next—List of Letters—Kiectric Oil—New Goods at John Kennedy & Co. Relief for Kansas The suffering in Kansas is said to be without a parallel in this country, 30.000 or 40,000 being without means of subsis tence. The New York Legislature has appropriated 8100,000, and a proposition ! is now before ours to give 830,000. Con tributions can be left with Mr. F. J. Iloff- i man, who has satisfactory evidence that all such are at once made available by tele graph. Lincoln, President elect, left Springfield on Monday last, being attended J to the depot by a large part of the popula tion. At Indianapolis he was received by the Governor and Legislature. He made a brief address, during which be said — " I'pon what principle—by what rightful principle—may a State, being not more | than one fiftieth part of the nation, in soil and population, break up the nation, and then coerce the larger division of itself? Vhafc mysterious right to play the tyrant is eonferr -d on a district of the country, with its people, by merely calling it a State?" Mr. Lincoln, in conclusion, said ' he wa; no; asserting anything, but only ' asking them questions to consider, and to decide in their own minds what was right and what was wrong. fc&The committee on the Floyd frauds have made a report with the most astound ing disclosures. As Secretary of War he accepted drafts of Russell, Waddell and Majors to the amount of six millions with out the shadow of law to sustain him. It also appears Mr. Huchanan was informed of the transaction, but did not inteifere, having been governed by the same blind ness with which he looked upon the acts of the Southern traitors who, in the name of democracy, have in part overthrown this glorious government of ours. PENNSYLVANIA* LEGISLATURE. In the House, an act for the relief of the sureties ot Daniel Zeigler. late Treas urer of Mifflin county, was objected off the calender. A till was read in place repealing the charter of the Mifflin county Hank. In the Senate on the Bth, a message from the Governor, accompanied by a communi cation from the Hon. John A. Pix, Secre- J tary of the National Treasury, asking the \ State to guarantee the bonds of the Na- ; tional Government to the amount of 82,- ; 800,000, being the amount loaned to the ! State in 1880, was read. A preamble and . resolution accompanied the same, which | authorized the State Treasurer to endorse ' bonds of the Government to the above : amount, which were passed under a sus pension of the rules—yeas 30, nays 0. I The resolution subsequently passed the! House. The Committee of Ways and Means have decided in favor of reporting the hills for I the relief of the Sunbury and Erie and j Pennsylvania railroads, which have been ; presented on behalf of these companies. , In the Ilou&e on Monday, Mr. Sheprard, from the committee on ways and means, re ported, with amendments, an act authorizing the Auditor General to settle the accounts for taxes with the Lew'istown Water Conjji*iy. i the Lewistown and 1 usearora Bridge Compa- ' ny, etc. Mr. Cibboney read in place nn act supple i ra ntal to en act to incorporate the Lewis town and lioltefonte Railroad Company. Referred ic tb" Committee on Railroads. In the Senate on the 7th, Mr. Crawford < read in place an act for the relief of James 1 L. McTlvainc, of Mifflin county Referred to i the Finance Committee. gSSsf-While the stars and stripes were haul- ; ed down at the Pensacola Navy-Yard, by or der of & traitor, the only miu who manifest- j od airy taken of req.fct for the flag was an old boatswain, who kissed it a9 it descended j from the stafl. He came near being lynched for that manifestation of respect. Lieut. Slemmer made no truce or ne gotiation with the insurgents at Pensacola. They abandoned the experiment, because it ! involved inconvenient perils, notwithstanding the immense disparity of forces. SJSTA tnong the prominent candidates de feated in ti cir aspirations for a seat in the Virginia Convention, are the traitor ex Sec reiary Floyd, nd Hon. Willoughby Newton, the distinguish id Secessionists per f LATEST NEW 3. j A special message from the President was sent iH last week, with the coirespon dence between that functionary and the South Carolina traitor Hayne, who demand ed the surrender of Fort Sumter, and of fered to pay for it, The President rejects the demand for the surrender, and says 1 that he could no more sell it to South Car olina than he could the Capitol of the Uni : ted States to Maryland, lie concludes the communication with emphatically decla ring that if after all his efforts to maintain peace, " the authorities of South Caroliu " shall attack Fort Sumter and peril the i v. Harris, took place on Saturday. Sutneic r cturns have been received to show that Andi-: Johnson, and the patriots who co-operat with him in the House, Emerson, Ethcr idge, Nelson, Brabson, Quarles, and oth ers, have been splendidly sustained. It does not always happen that they who light the effigies of an honest public man do all the votim:. It is now probable that the Horder State proposition will be reported from the Peace Congress, by the committee headed by lion. James Guthrie, of Kentucky. There will be sonic opposition to it, but it will go through with much enthusiasm. The " Farmer and Gardener," as al-o the " American Bee Journal," for Feburary, are received. The former, in addition to its us ual embellishments, contains a finely engrav ed frontispiece of the celebrated farmer's mar ket, of Philadelphia, the finest edifice of its kind in the world. In addition to this it is filled to repletion with the most useful and seasonable reading. The American Bee Jour nal comes to us with all the promises made in the first number fulfilled. As this is the only journal of it* class in the United States, and as it is not only printed in the most un exceptionable manner, but edited with mark ed ability, it cannot fail to succeed. The publishers, desirious of introducing these two valuable works, offer them both, together with a prepaid copy of a handsome Premium Book for one dollar and fifty cents ; or, either one of them and a premium book, for one dollar. This is certainly cheaper than any other publications of the same sixe and char acter in the United States. Specimen nam hsrs are furnished without charge, by the hv the publishers, A. M. Spangler &Co., No. 25 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia. The Oil Jiu.-iii ess. —The peopl. in - nango. Mercer, Erie, and several other counties of that portion of the folate seem to be in a perfect furore about theoilspec i ulaiion. One of the papers says that 500 teams are engaged hauling oil to I'nion ; Mills. This gives employ to 500 men. The feed that 500 teams will consume, will create an additional demand fr oats, hay, &c., which have to be transported to the points of demand. It Is hard, indeed, to 1 estimate the additional amount of labor in other departments of human industry that :is made necessary by the oil business. The demand for lumber in the "oil regions" is now very great, and prices high. The yearly product of the saw mills of that vi cinity, that has heretofore been sent to : Pittsburg, is now consumed at home at a higher price than ceuld have been obtain ed after running itlo market. Then think of the demand for coopers, when thous ands of barrels are needed daily. The Sun bury and Erie railroad shipped ; over their road 22,11-9 barrels of oil from the first of November, 1859, till the first of Janunrv. 1861 Sunbury and Erie Railroad. Among the matters of interest now be fore the Legislature of this State the bill for the relief of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad a copy of which we publish be low. is one of the most important. The | Clinton Democrat, published at Lock Ha ; ven, contends that this bill " does not sub i stract one dollar from the State Treasury, now or in the future. It merely proposes to make the present State mortgage a sec i ond instead of a first mortgage. In the i latter position it is worth nothing, because j the company cannot finish their road, and | hence can have no revenue to pay their debts. Under the law creating that mort gage the road is required to be sold within ! the next six months if it is not paid If | sold at present it would (all into the hands j of speculators at a nominal sum, and the I State would lose her entire claim. But if the legislation asked is granted, then the company can finish their road —will imme diately be in receipt of a large revenue — will pay the interest upon the amount due the Stale, and finally the indebtedness it self. The way to save money to the State, therefore, (continues that paper) is to pass the bill asked for by the managers of the Suubnry and Erie Railroad." We do net remember just now the ten ure under which the State holds the first j mortgage, but if in the usual way, the road i would have to be sacrificed to whoever would buy or the State embark in the rui nous policy of buying it and again mana j ging public works. Against the latter pol icy we have unequivocal objections, and do not entertain a doubt that if the State would undertake to finish and work it, the i taxpayers would lose more in the next five j years than the whole amount of the mort- j gage. The Commonwealth is thus placed iu an unpleasant condition —a condition under which she ought never to have been placed after the adoption of the lust con stitutional amendments—and the question ! at issue is how best to get out of this di- I lemma. 11 it can be shown that this im- ! proveuient will develop new sources of tax ation within a few years to an amount cor responding with 2i mills on the mortgage, no serious objection against the proposed measure could be urged, as the State at large would then be benefitted to that ex tent permanently, and if the road proved profitable, still realize the amount of her mortgage. The following is a copy of the bill re ported. lie it enacted, That the corporate name and title of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad be and the same is hereby changed to that ot .he Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, by which name and under which title the said compa ny shall hereafter be managed and conduct ed with the same effect as if the name there of had not been changed Sec. 2. That said Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company be, and is hereby author ized to execute and issue under its corporate seal, five thousand bonds not exceeding in amount the aggregate sum of £1,000,000 ster ling money of Great Britain, or $5,000,000 lawful money of the United States; any num ber or all of which may be issued for £2OOO each, sterling money aforesaid, and any num ber or all of which for SIOOO each, payable in 20 vears from the date thereof. The said bonds 'shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum, payable semi annually, and shall not be subject to taxation ; and as | security for the payment of principal and in terest of said bonds, the sai l company is here by authorized to execute in trust, under its corporate seal, a mortgage of the whole line of its Railroad, finished, unfinished, or to be finished, from Sunbury to Erie Harbor, and its appurteo .nces, including all locomotives and cars which may at any time be placed thereon, together with all its real estate, rights, liberties, privileges and franchises—which said mortgage shall be delivered to the trus- ; tee or trustees herein named, and recorded in the several counties in which the property j therein described, or any part thereof, may be situate, and shall thereupon be and re- I main the first mortgage on all the property therein described UDtil fully satisfied, except as to that part of the road of said company which extends from Sunbury to Williamsptrt, on which a mortgage of SIUO,OOO now exists. Sgc. 3. That said Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company be, and is hereby author ized to execute, under its corporate seal, for ty bonds for SIOO,OOO each, payable in forty years from the date thereof, being interest at the rate of six per cept., from and after Jan. Ist, 1872, and secure tbe payment thereof by a mortgage to be executed to the Common wealth of the whole line of railroad, finished, unfinished, or to be finished, from Williams port to the harbor of Erie, and all the real es tate, rights, privileges and franchises of the said com. any, which said mortgage shaii be cu j, s. o'.ii "ue office of the State Treasurer, and shall thereupon be and remain the second mortgage CD all the property therein describ ed until fully satisfied, and the said company may deliver the said forty bonds to the Com missioners of the Sinking Fund, i payment of all the 5 per cent, bonds of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company now owned by the State; and upon such payment being made, it shall be the dyty of the said Com missioners to cancel and surrender the 5 per cent, bonds to tbe said company, and it shall be the duty of the State Treasurer forthwith to cancel and surrender all the 5 par cent, bond's now owned by the said company de posited in the Treasurer's office, under the provisions of tbe aat for the saie of the State Canals, approved the 21st of April, 1858 '-d 6 removing objections to a repeal of the tax. Considerable objection is raised to the clause appropriating bonds to the Lewis town nnd Bellefonte Railroad, and limiting the funds to between Lewistown and Reeds ville. A short line of this kiud would be injurious to many of our citizens, in great part render valueless the turnpike stock, as well as that of the Bridge Company, and in the end prove of little advantage to Reedsville or the adjacent country. If this road is to be commenced at all, a vig orous effort ought to be made to complete it to Bellefonte, at which place it would connect with the Snowshoe, and thus open a direct market for the coal, lumber, &c. of that region. A little enterprise might also secure a machine shop and other works here, which would go far towards reviving every kind of local husinees. We this week publish the bill, and will give in our next boik£. r£ta.r,ks urged in its lavor. In tbe meantime if any of our readers have objections against the bill, we invite them to discuss the matter, at a moderate length, our columns being open both pro and con. i Since the above was in type wo have re ! ceived the following communication ou the subject: For the Gazette. Mr. Editor: —A well written article appear ed in your issue of the 7th February, on the Application of the Pennsylvania Kail Way i Company, for the commutation of the tax ; now paid to the State, which if correct pla ces the matter in rather a new light before the people. The several propositions here i tofore made by that company have been re garded unfavorably by the public, as they seemed to look solely to the benefit of the j company and not to the welfare of the com munity at large. But if that company are now willing to act equitably at.d fairly with the people, I doubt not the people are willing to deal fairly and ! even liberally with them. We all acknowl j edge the advantage the construction of that ; great work Las been, to oux St.ie—that it is a continual distributor of large amounts of ! money along the line of the road—that it is rapidly enriching tbe Juniata Valley—that it furnishes an avenue to the markets the whole year round—that it enables the farmer to se lect his own time for selling his grain, so he has every opportunity of realizing the largest prices for his products—that the farm er can now dispose of perishable articles, where he had but a limited market before its, construction—that it has raised the prices of the products of thedtviry and the barn. Very many advantages we derive from this road, aud we look on it with pride as an honor to our State and country. V e would do nothing to hir-der its useful ness but rather aid it. If then the company are willing to give us the advantage of the amount of the tonage tax, we see no reason j why it should remain. We have objected to taking it off when the money was to be realiz ed by the company alone, but when they pro i pose that they will reduce the rate of freight ; on the road to the amount of the tonnage j tax, then we will nut refuse to benefit ..ur selves, and so favor the- bill. With this care- j fully provided for in the bill, and so under I stood by our people, I fox one would urge i our Senator and Member to support the bill. j In place of adding a tax, it wi'J be taking off ■ our taxes, and putting us on an equajitj with ! other parts of the State. It will make a dif- j ference to every farmer of some tvn-y. L->t u< I think it over, and ask ourselves, will we op- ! pose a reduction of our taxes "/ This is the j plain english of it; for one I will not stand | in my own light, though it did involve a ! change of opinion. FARMER. I Married- On the evening of the dfst !$., at the res- j idcncc of the bride's father, in Lamar town- ' shiy, Clinton eu„ by R,ev. Daniel Barber. Dr. J. JOXKS. of Ljawistown, to Miss LA- I VINIA M. iit'.LL. On the Gth inst, l>v Rev. J. C. Lunger Mr. SAMUEL M. M'KIXSEY. of Earlrille. La Salle cn., Illinois, to Miss BELL LYT TLE, of 11 hite ll.ill, Mit'lin county. At the M. E. Parsonage, un Wednesday morning last, by Rev. S. Kepler, Mr. JAMES C. SAUER and Miss ANNA M. RIPEN, both of M. lUiii On the 31st ult., by the Rev. .J P. Shindel, JOSEPH DREESE to .Miss AMELIA FREED, of Beavertown. Died. In Brown township, on Saturday la->t. lion. JOSEPH K\ LE. aged about SO rears. The i deceased had long been a resident of tbie ! county, and in all the relations of life sus tained the character of an honest and up right citizen. In Ferguson's Valley, on Sunday last. WM. GRAHAM, aged about 69 years. On the 2d inst., near Beavcrtown, Snyder county, CHRISTIANA, consort of the Hon. Ner sliddleswartb. aged 71 years, 9 months j and 24 days. On the 29th ult , in Fermanagh township, | Juniata county, JOHN IIALL, (colored) aged i 67 years. rr - ! LIST OF LETTERS remaining in the ' Post Office qt Pa., up to Feb- | rua'ry 13, I^6l. AlienE. Millcn J. Esq. Benedict M. A. O. E*q. Bell David SfcCiilbv Sarah Brown W. 11. Esq. MeCurdv Saml O. Meeker I'tiilip MoColl- Mr. Christian A Ct. Messrs. Mcllvaiii* M. A. Cottls J.ltsq. McCm .1. Ksi. Crosawell J. I'almcr Mi** Marr Emersou S. T. K>q. l'orchv John Frtbarger Mary A. Bewail W. Esq. Folic Araos Baker Lewi* Finn John A Co. Keeker Michael Gallup A. O. Bichwine John George Jonathan Squires John Esq. Green S. F. Schruger Haggerty W, A. Esq. Swartz K. Esq. Hill James F. Straus Moses Hurt E. Esq. Sharp Gideon Irvin's John Esq. Shelier If. p. Johnson Francij Smith Ti.oraas E. IHng Margafet Suizbschen E. (Beg.) Johnston Eliza Slgler Adam Klugherty Kaae Smith Levi Koche! Messrs. II A Co. Taylor Thomas S. Kaly Sarah Toner Maehae! Koftman Jane Wilson John F. Kain John Wise D. Esq. Lewis James Wilms A. C. Lase John. .Wield Jacob Leu Eliza Jane J. Wunderlich D. Martyaßeui >u . . ' Webb W. M. Esq. Mlliiken U. Esq* Wat ion L. Myers Thomas Esq. Webb Robt. (6) Morton James 73 Persons calling op any of the above letters will please say they are advertised. One j cent due on each. febl4 S. S. CUMMINGS, P. M. LIST OP COLLECTORS. Metino township, Samuel Peacbey. Oliver township, jyatpuel B. Stine. McVeytown, George Macklin. Newton Hamilton, Charles Caughling. Derry township, Daniel R. Ferster. i Granville township, Geo. B. Penepacker. Decatui township, Timothy G. Sterrett. Bratton ♦ownship, George Suttle. Brown township, Josiah Kerr, i Union township, Richard p. Campbell, j Armagh township, Ira Thompson. Lewistown Borough, John Clark, coaahm'r. Wayne township, Thomas J. Drake. The above Collectors are hereby notified to • attend at the .Commissioner's ofEce, jp pew i istown, on TUESDAY, 19th day of February, 1861, with their bonds, when the duplicates will be delivered. /ebl-l By order of the Commissioners. I A LOUR by the barrel or hundred—Fancy, Extra Family and Superfine Flour for ! aaie bv JOHN KENNEDY k Co, -V E,. SMITH'S i Original & only Gen uiiie ELECTRIC 01],. The above is the only reliable remedy f., inflammatory diseases, among which, an I?tint mat ism Titter Neuralgia a out Trusted Feet ' Scalds Headache ;I a ins m the Jiack I'aralytic Stroke '• Breast Salt Hhevm " Side Scrofula Cramps in the Stom- Sore Eyes ac h Sore Breasts Sprain* i* Bruises Erysipelas St.fn ess in the Joints Asthma Or any diseases which are sore and painful For that Dread to Mothers CROUP, If is Invaluable— ( living Relief at Once. Certificates rfuyt. hundreds of our Lest citizens can he seen #t the office of ]> r Smith, what the Oil has done In purchasing be careful to examine the wrappers and see that you get A. E. Smith's Original and only Genuine Electric Oil. All imitations arc worse than useless PRINCIPAL DEPOT, No. 126 Walnut Street. PHIMDELPHM, EDWARD B. PURCELL, Newton Hamilton, Mifflin County, Pa , Agent for Mifflin County and surrounding Philadelphia, Feburary 14, 1801. 7V Greatest Discovery of the Age is that John Kennedy & Co. Propietors, AXD JAfIES f MOVED, Salesman, 4 RE selling goods at prices that defy com, XX petition. They keep a large stock of all kinds of goods such as Sugars, at 7^0,10, 11. Coffees at 16, Teas 88, Syrups at OOper gallon, 100 boxes of Mould Candles 16 02 to lb., (to dealers at 14 cts. by the box,) 14cts. per lb.. Segars, very low, Sugar loured Ihtms at 12, Dried Beef 12, Calicos, Mjqplins, Ginj*- hams, and all kinds of Dry Goods for sale it prices that can't be surpassed. Jj|vrrjb'odv end anybody are invited to come a;pl see the sights. Don't forget to bring along tflp rptdj cash, as you may be sure its that we're after; and don t forget that we sell goods to suit the hard times; wc take product, cf ail kinds in exchange for goods JOHN KENNEDY .1 Co. fob 14 J. B. FIROVED, Salesman. NOTICE TQ £EN!S6. THE subscribers being desirous of elo>ing out their stock of B rots. Shoes and Un der Clothing, respectfully announce to the citizens and all others, that th-'y will sell any thing in the above line at and below c>st. Icbl4 JOHN' KENNEDY & Co. Cheaper than the Cheapest! CX LASSWARE —Tumblers at 624.7">. f<7. X sl. 1 50, and 2 (X) per dozen. Goblets, Pitehers, Fruit Stands, and Covered Dishes, &c., at JOHN KENNEDY & Co s. J" IT ST RECEIVED. 10 bbls. Pic Nie Cracker*, 10 " Boston Biscuit. 10 " Sugar Crackers, 10 " Family " 5 boxes Soda Biscuit. Fresh from the Bakery. Low to the trade. For sale by JOHN KENNEDY A Co. CIOAI* OIL LAMPS, Shades, Chimnejs, I Brushes, Burners. Ac., for sale by febl4 JOHN KENNEDY A CO. T I ACCO and Segars—good qualities i low prices to dealers. febl4 ■ JOHN KENNEDY A Co. MACKEREL, Herring and Shad, les'- quality, at low prices, for sale by febl4 " JOHN KENNEDY A Co. If E. LOCKE & Co.'s Burning Fluid, it _J 50e a gallon, at l'obl 4 r .O"fIX KENNEDY A Co s ZINC Washing Boards at 25 cts. each For sale by JOHN KENNEDY A Co. PAINTED BUCKETS at 25 cts. each. febl4 JOHN KENNEDY A Co. CIEDAR TUBS—three in a nest-eacb it /$1 25, 1 00, 75. For sale by GOAL OIL from 75 to $1 12 per gallon- A liberal discount to the trade. l° f sale by JOHN KENNEDY A Co. TTTHITE GRANITE Tea Sets of 48 piece*, v V from $3 50 to $5 00 per set at "febl4 JOHN KENNEDY I £OOO feet Window Glass from 6xß and 12x12