THE GAZETTE.
LEWISTOWN, PA.
Thursday, March 7, 1861.
$] per annum in adraaee—sl.so a' id of six
at end of ye;
Paper.- sent out of the County mu-t Ur px. : in
advanee.
Hie subscription n! those oat of this county to bum
this paragraph comes in ark.-it, bat expire*!, * T nl aale*a re
newed will be tlisconlinaeti.
We hare also set a limit in Mifflin county.beyond which
we Intend no man In future shall owe us for subscription.
Those receiving the ;>ap. r with this paragraph marked,
will therefore know that they have come under our rule,
an.l if payment is not made within one month thereafter
we shall discontinue all such.
Jiotiecs of Xfw Miertisefflwh.
A lst of fine Furuititae Ac.. ofTorc-d at private sale
by C. G. Oilrov.
"The Commissioners of the Mifflin And Centre comi
ty Railroad, give notice of the opening of books.
' .John A. Sterrett will di<p<.se r.f his furniture on the
loth instant.
The Administrator* of John Stine Jr.. offer some
real estate for sale.
J. I twin Wnllis has got liis machine at work again.
H. Zerije is receiving n.-w -upplies at his grocery .
Kcgi-b-r's notice ami two Administration notiee's.
BOROUGH MEETING.— Wo are request
to state that a meeting will Is- held at A.
Maye9* (late Brown's) Hotel, opposite tho
jail, on FRIDAY EVENING NEXT, Bth in
stant, for the purpose of forming a bor
ough ticket. The members of the Peo
pie's Party are requested to attend.
frafftobert Mathews. Sr., will be a can
didate for Borough Constable at f he ensu
ing spring election.
horses attached to a dearborn
wagon took fright at a piece of paper on
Saturday last and ran across the square
towards E. Auner's corner, where the ve
hicle struck two posts, tilting up the wag-
On against a street lamp, breaking it to
pieces. Jhe persons in the wagon were
thrown out with much violence, but were j <
not seriously injured. The wagon was
pretty well broken up. The occupants : ,
were of the name of Voder, residing near ; I
Mexico, Juniata county.
j!
1 HIKVING. — Ihe SMOKE house thieves I
are still continuing their operations, at- '
tempts having been made last week at Jo
seph Milliken s, 11. Zerbe's, and Mrs. f'ar
ney's, but failed, the two first named Lav- j
ing discharged guns at them which next ;
time wi;! probably contain something else ' '
than powder. Zaeh. Orner's knick knack
store was also entered one night and a (
number of articles taken. j j
The Tonnage Tax. ' i
The repeal or commutation of the ton
nage tax has passed both houses, and will
therefore hereafter cease to be a hobby for
certain politicians to ride. It will also be !
looked at with an unprejudiced eye bv
those who regarded it as a source of reve
nue without reflecting whether the occa
sion which gave rise to its imposition was
still in existence or not, namely, the pos
session by the State of the main and oth
er line of canals. The same reasoning 1
Q !
that would advocate the continuance of the
tonnage tax now, would justify the con
tinuance of the State tax of two and a
half mills on real and personal property,
after the State debt, which caused this
tax, had been paid. Of one thing there
can be no doubt, the local freight bore the
burden, not only in all that was sent but
in all that was received, and as it was im
posed on no other road except the North
Central, which leads out of the State, all
living along the line or doing busin. - on
the Pennsylvania Railroad, were just thai
much at a disadvantage. We see it stated
that the tonnage tax on iron, kc. shipped
and received at the Cambria works at
Johnstown amounts tuSI7,OOO per annum, .
and wc presume that Freedom Iron Works
near this place must have contributed some
thousand*! a year in the same wav. Such
facts show the operation of the law refer
red to. It now however remains for the
Railroad Company to render the measure
either popular or unpopular by adopting a
well adjusted system of rates, and extend
ing the benefits of the repeal to the local
as well as the through shipper.
ihe same may be said of the Sunbury
and Erie Railroad. If that road will be
completed by tlie state relinquishing its
share of the first mortgage —for the state
in reality had but half—and new sources ;
of revenue opened, the measure adopted
will ultimately find favor with those at
present opposed to it, though there ought
now to be an end to that kind of legisla
tion.
®ar*Thc new Cabinet will consist " i
Mr. fteward of New York, Mr. Bates o:
Missouri, Mr. Wells of Connecticut, and
probably Gen. Cameron of Pennsylvania,
Mr. Chase of Ohio, and Mr Biair of Ma
ryland.
Secretary of War has published
an official order dismissing Gen. Twiggs from
the army for treachery to the flag of his
country, in having surrendered, on the de
mand of .the authorities of Texas, the milita
ry posts and other property of the United
States in his department and under his
charge.
Inaugural Address of President Lin
coln-
The inauguration came off at Washington
on Monday in the presence of an immense
number of people, and, thanks to the pie
cautions of Gen. Scott, passed off without
disturbance. The document is generally
well received in the border States, and
with, the exception of some northern allies
'reason approved by the masses as a
firm but conservative declaration.
FELLOW CITJZSNS OK THE I.\:TEI> STATES:
In compliance with a custom as !<j - ,
itself, I appear before you to ad
dress you briefly, and to take in your pres
ence the oath prescribed by the Constitution i
of the United States to be taken by the Pres
ident before he enters on the execution ofhis
office.
I do not consider it necessary at present
for me to discuss those matters of adminis
tration about which there is no special anxi
ety or excitement.
Apprehension seems to exist among the
people of the Southern States that bv the ac
cession of a Republican administration their
property and their peace and personal seeuri
tv are to be endangered. There has never j
been any reasonable cause for such apprchen- :
sion. Indeed the most ample evidence to the
contrary has all the whiie existed, and been ;
open to their isspeeiion ; it is found, in near
; ly all the published ?peocbes of him who now 1
addresses you.
I do but quote frora one of those speeches
when I declare that I have no purpose di
rectlv or indirectly to interfere with the in
siitutioo oi slavery in the States where it ex
ists. I believe I have no lawful right to do :
so, and I have no inclination to do so. Those >
who nominated and elected me did so with ;
the full knowledge that i had made this and !
many similar declarations, and had never re ?
canted tbeca, and more than this, they placed j
in the platform for my acceptance, as a law j ,
to themselves and to me, the clear and em
phatic resolution which I now read.
lltxolved, That the maintenance inviolate
of the rights of the States and especially the ' \
right of each State to order and control its 1 ]
own domestic institutions according to its i ,
own judgment exclusively, is essential to that ,
balance of power on which the perfection and ' :
endurance of our political fabric depend, and ,
we denounce the lawless invasion, by an arm
ed force, of the soil of any State or territory, ' !
no matter under what pretext, as among the i
gravest of crimes.
I now reiterate these sentiments, and in ! ;
doing so I only press upon the public r.tten- [ i
tion the most comlusive evidence of which j j
the case is susceptible that the property, J .
peace and security of no section are to be in ;
anywise endangered by the now incoming \
Administration. | t
I add, too, that all the protection which '
consistently with the constitution and the ,
laws can be given, will be cheerfully given to *
all the States, when lawfully demanded, for '
whatever eause, as cheerfully to one section v
as to another.
There is much controversy about thedeliv- ,
ering of fugitives from service or labor. The J
clause I now read is as plainly written in the '
Constitution as any other of its provisions : i
"No person held to service or labor in one J
State under the laws thereof escaping into an- ,
other, shall, in consequence of any law or [
regulation therein, be discharged front such j
labor, but shail be delivered up on claim of ■
the party to whom such ser ice or labor may j
be due."
It is scarcely questioned that this provision
was intended by those who made it for the
reclaiming of what we call fugitivs slaves, I
and the intention of the lawgiver is the law. j
All members of Congress swear their sup
port to the whole Constitution, to this pro- j
vision as much as to any other.
To the proposition then that slaves whose j
eases come within the terms of this clause
and shall be delivered up, their oaths are
unanimous. Now, if they would make the
effort in good temper, could they not with !
equal unanimity frame and pass a law by j
means of which to keep good that unanimous
oath? There is some difference of opinion :
whether this clause should be enforced by I
National or State authority, but surety that
difference is not a very material one. If the
slave is to be surrendered it can be of but
little consequence to him or to others, by ;
which authority it is done, and should any
one in any case be content that his oath shall
be unkept on a merely unsubstantial contro- j
versy as to how it shall be kept ?
Again, in any law upon this subject ought
not all the safeguards of liberty known in
civilized and human jurisprudence to be in
troduced so that a freeman may not be in
•my case surrendered as a slave? And might
u is.J r well at the same time to provide by
law I<. Ie enforcement of that clause in the
Const : Jtiun which guarantees that the citi j
zens of each State shall be entitled to all the
provisions and immunities of citizens in the .
several States.
I ta'ke the official oath to day with no men- j
tal reservations and with no purpose to cou
styue the Constitution or laws by any hyper- j
critical rules, ana while I do not choose now
to specify particular acts of .Congress as prop •
er to be enforced, I do suggest tfiat it will be
much safer for all, both in official and private
stations, to conform to and abide by all those
acts which stand unrepealed, than to violate
any of them, trusting to find impunity in
having them held to be unconstitutional.
It is seventy-two years since the first inau
guration cf a President under our National
Constitution; during that period fifteen differ
ent and greatly distinguished citizens have,
in succession, administered the. Executive
branch of the Government. They have con
ducted it through may perils and generally
wiiu great success, yet with all this scope for
precedent I now euier unun the same task for
the brief Constitutional term of four years
under great and peculiar difficulty. A dis
ruption of the Federal U uion, heretofore only
menaced, is now formidably attempted. I
hp.s that in Cun. mplation of universal law
and -the Constitution the Union of these
States is perpetual ; perpetuity is implied if
not expressed in the fundamental law of all
' national governments.
It is safe to assert that no government
proper ever had a provision in its organic law
for its own termination. Continue-to execute
all the express provisions of our National
Constitution and the Union will er.dure for
ever, it being impossible to destroy it except
by some action not provided for in the instru
ment itself. Again, if the United Status be
not a government proper, but aq association
of States in the nature of contract merely,
can it as a contract be peaceably unmade by
less than all the parties who made. On par
ty to a contract may violate it. break it so to
speak, hut does it not require all to lawfully
, rescind it?
descending from these general principles we
> find the proposition that in legal contempla
tioq the Upion ; oerpetualty confirmed by
the history of the Union itself. The I nion
is much older than the Constitution. It was
formed iu fact by the Articles cf Association
Lc lTJd t If was matured and continued by
Use I>ecir.ration of Independence i a 1776.
if. was further matured and the faith of ail
the then thirteen States expressly flighted
and engaged that it should be perpetual by
the articles of confederation in 1775.
And finally, in 1787 one of the declared ob
jects for ordaining and establishing the Con
stitution was to form a more perfect LAion,
but if destruction of the Union bv one or by
a part only of the States be lawfully possible,
the Union is less than before, the Constitu
tion having lost the vital element of perpe
tuity; it follows from these views that no
State upon its own mere motion can lawfully
get out of the Union : that resoives and or
dinances to that effect are legally void : and
that acts of violence within any State or
States, again-t the authority of the United
States are insurrectionary or revolutionary ac
cording to circumstances.
I therefore eonshler that in view of the
Constitution and laws, the Union is unbroken,
and to the extent of my ability shall take
care, as the Constitution itself expressly en
joins on me, the laws of the Union be faith-
fully executed iu all the States. Doing this,
I deem to be only a simple duty on my part,
and I shall perform it so far as practicable
unless my rightful masters, the American
' people, shall withhold the requisite means or
in some autboritire manner direct the con
trary. I trust this will not he regarded as a
I menace, but only tu a declared purpose of the
Union that it will constitutionally defend
and maintain itself. In doing this, there need
be no bloodshed or violeuce, and there shall
be none unless it be forced upon the Nation
al authority. The power confided to me will
be used to hold, occupy and possess the pro
perty and places belonging to the Government,
and to collect duties and imposts, but beyond
what may be necessary for these objects there
will be no invasion, no using of force against
or among people anywhere. Where hostility
to the United States in any interior locality
shall be so great and so universal as to pre
vent competent resident citizens from holding
federal offices, there will be no. attempt to
force obnoxious strangers among the people
for that object. While the strict legal right
may exist in th > government to enforce the ex
ercise of these offices; the attempt to do so
would he so irritating and so nearly imprac
ticable, withal that I deem it better to fore
go for a time, the uses of such offices.
The mails. utile-- repelled, will continue to be fur
nished in all part- of the t'uion. so far as po-sible.
The people everywhere shall have that sense of per
fect security which are most lavoraMe to calm
thoughts and reflection. The course here indented
will he followed unless current event* and experienee
shall allow a n.odification or change to be proper.and
in c\ery case and exigency mv I*-: —r< ton will >•*
exercised aceox'iing .• eir 'timstanees aetnally exis
ting. and with viev. and a hope of the peaceful
solution of the National troubles, and the restoration
of fraternal sympathies and affections. That there
are psrsons in one se-tii>n or another who seek to de
stroy the ("nion at all events, and are glad of any pre
text'to do it, I will neither affirm "r deny: but ;ft here
l>e such, i need address no word to them. To those
who teally love the Union, may 1 not-peak? Before
entering upon so grave a matter as the destruction • f
our nut-ton. u fabric, all its benefits, it- memories, and
hopes; would it not be wise to ascertain precisely
why we doit: will you hazard so dangerous a step
while there is any possibility that any portion of th
ills you fly from have no real existence: will vou, while
the'certaln ills you fly to are greater than all the real
ones you fly fro in. will you risk the commission of so
fearful a mistake? All" profess to be content within
the Union if all constitutional rights can l>c maintain
ed. Is it true. then, that any right plainly written in
the Constitution has I a'cn denied? Ithink not. Hap
pily the human mind is so constituted that no party
can reach to the audacity of doing this. Think it you
can <>f a single instance in which a plainly written pro-
vision of t!si> Constitution has ever been denied. If j
by mere foree of numbers a majority should deprive j
a minority of any eleurlv Constitutional right, it might, i
in a moral P/Jtnt of view, justify a revolution; it eor- I
tainly would I'f such :• right were a vital one. Hut sueh j
is not our ease. All tin- vital rights of minorities and !
of individuals are so plainly assured to them, hv artir- j
maiions and negations, guarantees and prohibitions '
j in the < 'institution, lhat controversies never arise eon- j
1 eernmg them; but no organic law can be framed with
j a provision specifically applicable to every question j
j which may occur in practiced administration. No fore- ;
' siglit can "anticipate, nor any document of reas< •liable
| length contain express provisions for all pos-ible 1
i questions. Shall fugitives from labor lie surrendered j
j bv national or State authority ? The Constitution does i
not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in j
! the Territories? 'The Constitution does not expressly ;
i say. Must Congress proteet slavery in the Territo- !
1 ries? The Constitution does not expressly say. From I
I questions of this class spring all our national contro- :
[ versies. and we divide upon them into majorities and J
j minorities. If the minority Mill not acquiesce, the :
| majority must,or the government must cease.
There is no other alternative for continuing the gov
| eminent hut ftCQtiiesccr.ee the ope side or the oth
er. If a minority in such ease will secede rather than
i acquiesce, they make a precedent which in turn will di
vide or rum them, for a minority of theip own tji'l se
| cede front them whenever a majority refuses fo he
i controlled by such a minority. For instance. v,hy
1 may not any portion of a new"confederacy a year or
' two hence, arbitrarily secede again, precisely as por
j tions of the present Union now claim to secede from
' it. All who cherish disunion sentiments are now be
-1 j u g educated to the exact temper of doing this. Is j
I there such perfect identity of interests among the j
States to compose a new l'nion as to produce liarino- j
! nv otilv. and prevent renewed secession f Plainly the j
! central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy, t
S A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks I
and limitations and always changing easily with the
' deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments i
i i- the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever
| rejects it, does of necessity fly to anarchy or todespot- j
i jsui. Unanimity is impossible. The rule of a minori
( iv a j a permanent arrangement is wholly inadmi-sable,
j So that rejecting the majority pimeipfe, anarchy and
! despotism in some form, is'all that is left. Ido not
i forget the position assumed by some that constitution
i al questions are to he decided by the Supreme Court,
! nor do I deny that such decisions must be binding in
; any case upon the parties to a suit as to the oqject of
.at si.iu while they are al-o entitled to very high re
' , t . ::d consideration in all parallel eases ny all oth
\ ' ,-tinonts of tfie gcverument: and while it isob-|
j viousiv po.-siou n such decision may be erroneous j
• in auv given case, - ill the evil effect following it, be- I
i mg limited to that particular ease, with the chance I
! ifj.at ;t mav Ik- overru ed and never become a prece
i dent for oth< r-. can t .-ttcr lie hornc than could the
i evils of a different pra ice. . .
■U the same time li e candid citizen must confess ;
I that if the politv of the government upon vital ques
i tions affecting the whob-people is to be irrevocably
fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant
tiicv are made in ordim . y litigation between parties
; in personal actions, th people will have ceased to be
i their own riylcrs, h mg to that extent practically re
' -cued their government into the hands of that etni- 1
i nent tribunali'tibr is there in this view any assault np
ou the CoUrt or the Judges; i'is-a duty from winch
j thev mav not shrink to decide cases properly brought
I before them, and it is no fault ot theirs if others seek
j to turn their decisions to political purposes. Ope sec
-1 tion of our country believes slavery is right, ami ought
! i , be extended; while the other believes it is wrong.
| and ought not to lie extended. This is the only s.ub
i 'stautial dispute; the fugitive slave clause of the Con
' stitution and the law for the suppression of the for
eign slave trade are each as well enforced perhaps as
I any law can ever be in a community when- the moral
i sense of the peopie imperfectly supports the law it
' self; the great body of the people abide by the dry !e
--; gal obligation in "both cases and a few break over In
: each: this 1 think cannot be perfectly cured, and it
j would lw worse in both cases after the separation oi"
; both sections than before.
The foreign slave trade, now imperfectly suppressed.
- would be ultimately revived without restriction in one.
! section, while fugitive slaves now .only partially sur
rendered. would not be surrendered at all by the oth
• j v 'r Physically speaking, we cannot separate, we can
not remove our respective sections from each other,
nor build an impassable wall between them. A bus-
I band and vjrife may be divorced arid go on? oi the
presence and bevostd the reach of each other, hut the
different parts of our country cannot do this; they
cannot but remain face to face, and an intercourse ei
ther amicable or hostile must continue between them.
Is it possible then to make that intercourse more ad
i vantageous or more satisfactory after separating than
j before' Fan aliens make treaties easier than friends
! can make laws ? Suppose you g to war. you cannot
fight always, and after much loss on both side.-and no
• >n on cither von cease fighting, the identical terms
, are -ain lipon'voo. This country with it institutions
■
i j grow wearv of the existing government they can ex
! frcise their constitutional right of amending it or
' their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow
I '■ it I cannot be ignorant of the fact that many worthy
- and patriotic citizens are .desirous ,f having tlie Na
. tional Constitution amended. While I make no re
-1 I commendations of amendments, I fully recognize the
r ' rightful authority of the people over the whole sub
-1 ioct to be exerciaed in cither of the modes prescribed
1 in the instrument itself, and I should, under exciting
2 , circumstances, favor rather than oppose a fair oppor
-1 tunitv le-ing afforded the people to act upon it.
I I will venture to add that, to me, the Convention
mode seems preferable, inasmuch a- it allou-the
amendment to originate with the people themselves,
instead of permitting them t. tako or reject a propo
sition originated by others not especially chosen for
the purpose, and which might not be precisely such
as they would not wish to either accept or.refuse.
1 understand a proposed anieudmer.t W> the Const i-
Ultion. which amendment, however, I have not seen,
has pas-ed Congress to the effect that the Federal Gov
ernment shall never interfere with domestic institu
tions of the State-, including that of persons held to
service. To avoid a misconstruction of what 1 have
said. I depart from my purpose not to speak of par
ticular amendments, so far as :•> say that holding such
a provision to IK- now implied as constitutional law. I
have no objection to its being made express and irre
vocable. The Clc-f Magistrate derives all his author
ity from the people and they have conferred none
upon htm to, make tyrtns for the separation of the
states. The people tliy'iiselves can do this also ifthey
eh'M.se. hut 'he exec,rive, a- such, lias nothing to do
with it: his duty i- to administer the pre-ent govern
ment as it came to his hnr js tuid to transmit it unim
paired to his successor. Why should there not be a
patient confidence in the ultmvate justice of the peo
ple. Is there any better or eqtm.h. ne in the world?
In our present differences is party without
faith <*f being in the right. If the Alrr.jghty Ruler of na
tion- with his eternal truth and justice
of the Nor tig or on yours of tin- South, that truth and
justice will surely "prevail by the judgment of this
j great tribunal, the American people. By the, frame of
I the Government under which we live, this same peo
ple have wisely given their servants but little pouor
for mischief, ami have with equal wisdom provided
for the return of that little to their own hand - at i-ry
short intervals. While the people retain their virtue
in.l vigilance no administration by any extreme of
wickedness or folly can very seriously injure thegov
ernment in the short space" of four year-. My eoun
trrmeu one and all. think ealmlv and well upon this
whole subject: nothing valuable can l>e lost by
hiking tunc. If there lie any objeet to hurry any of
you :ii hot haste to a step which you wouid pevertake
deliberately, that objeet will be'frustrated bv taking
time, but no good objec can be frustrated by it.
Such of you as are dissatisfied still have the old Con
stitution. unini])aired. and on the sensitive point the
laws of your own framing under it; while the new ad
ministration will hove no immediate JMJW er. if it would,
to change either. If it were admitted that you who
are dissatisfied hold the right -ide in the d:pie;
there is no single good reason for precipitate action.
Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm re
liance on Him who ha- never yet forsaken this favor
ed land, are -tiii competent to adjust, in the best wav. i
nil our present difficulties.
In your hands my dissatisfied countrymen, and not
in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war: the gov
ernment will not a—ail you : you can have no cpnfit' „
without being yourselves the aggressors. Von have
no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the Govern- j
tneut, while I shall have the most solemn one to pre- j
serve, protect and defend it. lam loath to close. We i
are not euemies but friend.-. We must not i>e ene- j
ma s. Though passion may hare strained, it mast not !
break our bonds cf affection. The mv-tic chords of '
memory stretching from every Isittle field and patriot- I
ie grave to everv hoinghert;~.nd hearthstoneallovei j
this broad land, will vet -well the ehoRM of the I
1 nion. when again touched, as surely as they will be. '
by the la-iter angels of our nature.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
The Senate on the 28th. resumed the
third reading and consideration of the lill j
to commute the tonnage duties on the :
Uennslyvania Railroad.
Mr. Welsh spoke at considerable length
in opposition to the bill.
Mr. Hall virr A ec.lv vdYC.vii.v4 tLj. pass- j
age of the bill, and in closing his argument, !
put his a&tion on the ground that lu, con
stituents and others along the line of the
road, who were shippers of luca! freight,
paid the whole amount of the tax, and that
as one of the conditions of the repeal takes
the amount of the tax off the local freight,
he was advocating their interests.in urging i
the repeal. It is not an unconditional tak
f ing off, but shippers of local freight get
the full benefit of it. Mr. Hall is the
' youngest member of the Senate, and his
argument was marked with much ability.
Messrs. Hound aud Irish earnestly op-
J posed it.
The debate was further continued by
Messers. McClure, Ketcham, Penney, and
i others.
1 The question was then taken on the fin
: al passage of the bill, and it was agreed to
i —yeas 18, nays 15—as follows •
Yeas—Messrs. Benson, Blood, Connell,
Finney, Gregg, Hall, Itnbrie, Landon, Mc-
Clure, Meredith, Nichols, Parker, Schindel,
! Serrill, Smith, Thompson, Wharton, and Pal
! mer, Speaker—lß.
Nays—Messrs. Boughter, Bound, Clymer,
j Crawford, Fuller, Hamilton, Hiestand, Irish,
j Ketchan, Lawrence, Mott, Penny, Johnson,
Welsh, and Yardly—ls.
So the hill passed.
The Senate then took up the bill to
i change the naipe of the Sunbury and Erie
Railroad Company.
The question being on its final passage
the yeas and nays were called, and the bill
| passed —yeas 25, nays B—as follows:
Yeas —Messrs. Benson, Blood, Bound, Con
nell, Finney, Fuller, Gregg, llall, Hamilton,
I Hiestand, Imbrie, Landon, Lawrence, Mc-
Elhenny,Meredith,Nichols, Parker, Robinson,
Schindel, Serrill, Smith, Thompson, Wharton,
j Y'ardly, and Palmer, Speaker—2s.
Nays—Messrs. Boughter, Clymer, Craw
i ford, Irish, Ketcham, Mott, Penny, and
I Wilsh—8.
During the vote on the tonnage tax,
Messrs. Heistand, Schindel, and Yardly
gave their reasons for voting.
itsTTJie Wilmington (Delaware) Journal
siys as the southerners are at a loss for a
proper name for their new confederacy, it
might not be amiss, considering the number
of nigger*, to call it New llayti.
1 traitor named Archibald Gracie, a
native of Elizabeth, X. J., and a graduate of
West Point, who commanded a company of -
the Alabama robbers who seized Fort Mor
gan, last week returned to that town, and as
soon as his visit became known about 590 1
citizens assembled, psrnt the villain in effigy, '
and gave him twenty four hours to leave the
place.
Tyler, who once cheated the whig
party, and lately turned up in the Peace
Conference, denounced the propositions as a
sham. John Tyler is himself a humbug, and j
has but little influence.
gxgr"' The Bore" published ia our paper
some weeks ago appears in a number cf co
temporaries without credit. It was written
for the Apprentices' Literary Journal of this
place—a paper read before the eociety at its
regular meetings—and transcribed for the
Gazette by the author.
Mrs. Douglas in a Fix. —A newspaper con
temporary says that the beautiful and ac
complished wife of Judge Douglas made a
wager of £IOO, prior to the late election, that
she would sleep with the nest President of
the United States. We think the Judge will
prefer to advance the money, and pay the
wager.
out the duty on tea and coffee, we hope
our neighbor of the Democrat vyill rest
easy.
Going. —The Germans in the interior of
Texas.are preparing to leave the State on ac
count- of secession. The most of them will
i go to Central America, particularly to the
plateaus of Nicaragua.
J A CIIANCK FOR BARGAINS. —!>. K. Firo
: ved, ngt., intending to relinquish business
; at his present stand, offers for sale AT COST.
from now until the first day of April next,
his entire stock of Dry Goods, kc. This
will afford an opportunity for all desiring
i to lay in a supply for iauiily use or for
j dress, not often met with. As the fact
I will soon spread far and wide, ladies and
' gentlemen are invited to call and secure
! undoubted bargains. Those indebted to
| the s'.qpq will of course call and make set
| tlement at an early day, deeming this hint
i
that money u needed sufficient.
i Weakness of tic. Stom.ach and Indigestion.
AmaOttr &remt Ctm Jgffeetoi ♦.,* BuritevrV UnHnwt
Bittrrt. —The uife of Rioter IK? H inc. living in Hol
land Town. Sheboygan i i.tuity, II isei.usiu- surf.-r-• i
much from weakness of the ;uid ind-yes
tioii. She Ita<t i>een under a ph\-t -ian - >• *.r* f-r
some rinse, tsnt The disease seemed to K*itlb* • vea hi*
skill, sin- jur-lias"-it ><)!■>•' H ; <->1 Jiat. - >*ur of
ti.-o. which have civ n tone te her t*>mach ; h.*v ap
petite and -?n*nsjth are returning, and A-tiruflv bl -
uet*- that this is another great cure effected i t Y**ur
medicine.
HV have still to record mnuy wonderful cures ef
fected l.v this remedy, but nttt-t wait another oppor
tunity. ' Mie thine you eau rely up*u-w hat u** have
puhli-h* *i 1- fi-oth }M rsoiis t.i'u-h rcsjw-eted in .*'ir
i-oiuliiuiiity. and are lii* rally true. .1. tptsns.
Ed. MelMfgm XiettwishoUe, Sheboygan i! i-.
: is hereby given that the books
V for Subscription to the Capital Stock of
I the " Mifilin and Centre Cuunty Rail K>>ad
Company" will be optntd at the following
places and time.-, viz :
At Lewi-town, at National House, on th
29th day of March inst.
At I'eedsville, at M*>- Caiitli's Tavern, on
the 30th day of March inst.
At Milroy, at Svvinehart's Tavern, on the
Ist day of April next.
JOHN A. WRIGHT,
GEO. w. i:yi^T..
1". C. FU.'vNOi'tCi'S,
ALEX. REEL),
E. W. HALE, C
uiliT Couimissionr rs.
PUBLIC SALE.
be sold at public sale, vv.'b/'pi re-
V ▼ serve, at the late residence of the un
dersigned, in Lewistown, on
Friday, March 15th, 1861,
the following personal property, to wit ;
Mahogany Tables, Sideboards and Silas;
Chairs, Entry Coat and llat Hacks, about
200 yards Wool v'ar: eiing, Feather bled-.
Hair Mattresses, OJi -d-i a-i... •t,. s L'rij and
Cradle, a numb'-r of Y> ash Stands. Mahoga
ny Bureau, G pairs \ eiiitian Blinds, Parlor
Wood Stove, Gb>be Ciok Stove, in good order,
with drum and Pipe—in short, every' variety
of Household and Kitchen Furniture.
Also, A new one horse Truck Wagon.
A reasonable credit will Lc Sale b>
commence at 10 o'clock a. ni.
inhT JOHN A. STEKETT.
Queensware.
rjM-: A Sets at reduced prices at 11. /• rbe's.
Dinner Sets " " at 11. Zorbe's.
Toilet Sets " " at 11. Zerbo's.
Covered Dishes. Tureens, Sauce B >ats, Steak
Plates, Dinner Plates, Pitchers. Cream Mugs,
Molasses Jug- all at reduced prices. Per
sons in need of any of the above articles will
do well by giving me a call, as i ant deter
niipei to selj tu the times.
mh7 11. ZEKBE.
Glassware.
Stands with and without covers.
Butter Dishes *f :! "
Sugar Bowls, Goblets and Preserve Dishes.
Pitchers and Tumblers. All to be sold at
the lowest figure by 11. ZEKBE.
(lAXDY Jar-, vuart, Pint and Half Pint
j Bottles, cheap at ZEHBK'S
("10 A L Oil and Coal Oil Lamps, cheaper at
J Zerbe's titan any other place in town.
Fish ' Fish \ Fish !
MACKEREL, llering, SRad and nil Oth
er kinds of Fish, just received and for
sale at the lowest prices at Henry Zerbe's
Grocery.
E-tate of Broun, dcceas. d.
is hereby given that letters of
Xv administration on the estate ot NAN-A
BROWN, la e of Armagh township, .Mifflin
county, deceased, have been granted to the
undersigned, residing in said township. Ah
persons indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment, and those hav
ing claims to present tiieia duly authentica
ted for settlement.
icu. xui actuviiivui,
11. 11. GIBBONEY,
iahT-Gc Administrator.
Estate ol Daniel Brousrht. deceased.
~V""~0TICE is hereby given Letters of 1
ii Administration on the estate of DAN
IEL BROUGHT, late of Granville township,
deceased, have been granted to the under
signed, residing in said township. All per
sons indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment, and those having
claims to present them duly authenticated for |
settlement. DANIEL BROUGHT,
SARAH BROUGHT,
marT* Administrators.
ORPHAN'S COURT SALE.—By virtue
of an Order of the Orphans' Court of
Mifflin county, the undersigned will sell at
public sale, on the premises <>n
Friday, March 29, 1861,
the following real estate, to wit:
All that certain lot of ground, situate in
the borough of McVeytown, being part of
Lots No. 53, 54, 55 and 56, fronting on -John
Street on the north 107 feet, and extending
in depth alor.g Queen Street 214
"']A feet to Washington alley, on
fjffll ii* which is erected a large two
FRAME DWELLING
and other out buildings. '
Terms Cash.
CYRUS STINE,
SAM'L. STINE,
Administrators of John Stine, J*-., dee'd.
, McV eytown. Mareh 7, 18G1.
FURNITURE
FOR SALE.
F)K SALE, a lot of Furniture, embracing
Hureas, Sofas, Rocking and other Chair,
(all solid mahogany ) 3 Tables-2 of them
solid mahogany; Bedsteads and Mattraewi
theJ bug proof.) Carpets—Bruxelle* Br >d In'
grain ; Looking Glasses, Window > j j
Curtins, several green Venetian " Window
Blinds, and other articles too numerous
mention." Also. 1 Parlor Stove, drum J i
pipe. (John S. Clark and Mr. Silver's Pst em i
all in perfeek condition. This stove j„ n i
equalled by any on this continent. It is CO n
structed upon the principle of blast f ur "
nace, and. can be regulated to any degree of
heat without the leist trouble. It will l„ a
one, two, or three rooms perfectly, and d'*-'
not consume over a ton of coal during an -n
tire winter. Also, 1 dining room Stove, ar.u
a valuable Connecticut Cook'ng Stove.' V
so, 1 Yankee Sewing Machine, new and in
perfect order, and not liable to get out of or
der in a life time. It "make# the strong*;
stitch uut." It is just the machine for famj.
.ly use. If not sold this week it will be rack
ed up and sent to Philadelphia on nest Mon
! day
in addition to the above, I will sell the
agencies, with the process of manufacture of
several highly valuable French and German
preparations, for family use, Ac. Sonne f
thern afford an enormous profit. Amen"
these are Lfiondonnat'a Eau <V An.je, for
immediate relief and speedy cure of .NVrr* ,',
Ueada<-h, . Fabreqnette's Antidote or Specific
f..r Spinal Irritation in men, w„men or child
rcn : Julidi llunn's /wjeri/ Gloss or Mxli
itd fur dressing, beautifying
arid preserving the hair. lr. Spreafico's
Imperial Tonu: or Wine Bitters, fur persons
of " broken down" constitutions. This prep
oration, as well _8 all above ailuded to, is in
finitely superior to the filthy and highly dan
gerous nostrums now before the public. It
is "ne f most efficient and truly delight
ful tonics in the world, and is well worth
? I"00 to any person of enterprise. Also
Cixiguxf Antidote for Diarrhoea, Dy tenter'!
tc. This preparation never fails to give iii-
relief and effect a speedy cur*
Also, i'-uy-ter's Antelid den or Foam of t!. r
S-a, for beautifying and preserving the
teeth. Also, YVeitzel's T.il t Soaj>. This
is a superior article, far better than Gourard s
or any other now before the public. Abe,
Hultert's I, C'Jognc. This is one oi tie
most trii'yr delightful c ilngnes ever invented,
and easily made. All these preparati* ri
are unequalled fi.r efficiency, great bcaufv,
simplicity of manufacture, *ie.
A reside 4?.? >f nearly fourteen years in
France and Germany, as a manufacturer and
chemist, enables nie to furnish inf< rniation
in these and other branches of the useful arts
which no other person in this State is able
to furnish : ami any young man of energy
and fact, who wishes to embark in a motin*
making business, will find it to his interct
to call on tue immediately, as I am on the
eve of leaving Lewistown.
Persons doing business with nie shall have
no cause for complaint. 1 Menry of proofs of
the supreme excellence of these preparations,
their origin, Ac., are on hand. Also. French
letters. Ac., Ac. No quack doctors or hawk
ers of nasty unchemical mixtures or poison
ous compounds need apply.
CLINTON" G. GILKOY.
Lewistown, March 7, I^6l.
The JVew Big Tin Coffee Pai
Sign.
THE HUHI.YE o\fE WORE.
My Machine is new and run* a little rough.
That ail can ;ee by the l.mk ..f the stuff:
But he that as it ttljjy, I'll still make her sing
Of all the improvements and every new thing.
\Y e have made a new Big Coffee Pot Sign,
i he greatest in the S are j;nd pew in desigr,
And its a model of some we have for sale,
\\ hich to please you I know they onnnotfail.
Some Tea Pots too of much improved style,
1 he prettiest indeed you have seen fur awhile.
Also Zinc Bottom Buckets that will not rus,
And sold very cheap if you don't a-k for trust.
Now for a Stove, I must tell you where to
look,
And is called the Daylight Gas Burner C ok.
They're from the foundry and come direct here
To the only authorized salesman near.
More tilings I'd say, but I must do it briefly,
Attention to Jobbing, but Spouting chiefly •
Lamps and Lanters and Sad irons too —
Should you need Silver Plating, I'll do it for
you.
Now it becomes me in a short way,
To express my {bants to the people ami say,
I am very much pleased so many came tome
Tor their Stove* and Tin Ware although I am
wee.
mI.T J. HIVIX WALLIS.
i) KGISTKR'S NOTICE.—The following
_V- acc"uiits have been exatnined and pas
-ed by mo. and remain filed up record in this
office for inspection of heirs, legatees, eredi
tors, and uli others in any way interested,
and will be presented to the Orphan's Court
of the .County of Mifflin, to be held at the
Court House, in Lewisiown, ua Thursday,
the d:h day of April, lbbl, for allowance sua
confirmation. ,
1. The account of Thomas McCormick, a.-
mini-urator of Robert McOornjick, late of
iver township, dee d.
2. The account of Samjuel Drake, executor
of the la9t will of Alexander Taylor, late of
Newton Hamilton, dee'd.
3. The account of Thompson G. Beli. ex
ecutor of the last will (f Benjamin McCoy,
late of Granville township, dee'd.
4. The guardianship account of David L
Kline, guardian of Ambrose Humrneli, '
nor child of Jacob Hummell, dee'd.
5. The guardianship account of Tli imp suD
G. Bell, guardian of the minor children -
Ilenry Sechrist, dee'd.
6. The guardianship account of Thompson
G. Bell, guardian of the minor children -•
Thomas McCord, dee'd.
7. The account of William B. Johnston,
executor of the last will of William Marks,
dee'd. ' " .
8. The guardianship account of Wffl l
B. Johnston, guardian of the minor obiM
of David C. Miiler and Rhoda Miker,
Rhoda Alexander, dee'd. . ,
9. The guardianship account of Jaw
Mohler, guardian of Samuel Price, 111111 '
chil l of Isaac Price and Elizabeth Price, a
Elizabeth Book, sec'd. . , .
10. The guardianship account of J js
Morrison, guardian of Martha Cavenaug-•
11. The account of Jacob S. King'
David J. Zook, adniinistrators of Tost ■6'
late of Jleuno township, dee'd.
SAMUEL BARK,
Registers Office, Lewistown March ■' - -