Whole No. 2601. m & uskhb, OFFICE on East Market street, Lawistown, adjoining F. G. Franciscus' Hardware jjtore. F- S. Dr. Locke will be at his office the first Monday of each month to spend the week. " m ? 3l DR. A. J. ATKINSON. HAVING permanently located in Lewis town, offers his professional services tu the citizens of town and country. Office West Market St., opposite Eisenbise's Hotel. Residence one door east of George Blytn'yer. Lewistown, July 12, 1860-tf Dr. Samuel L. Alexander; _0 lias permanently located at Milroy, flgfand is prepared to practice all the branch r|t es of liis Profession. Office at Swine ftarl's Hotel. iny3-ly EDWARD FRY SIN GER, WHOLESALE DEALER & MAKI'FACTERER OF (MS, TOBACCO, MUff, &c., itc., 3?ilo Orders promptly attended to. j'l6 GEO. 7 r. ELEEPw, Attorney at Law, Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at tend to business in MltUiu, Centre and Hunting don counties. u>y26 i mmm* Seigrist's Old Stand, Near the Canal Bridge, Lew is town, Pa. Strong Beer, Lager Beer, Lmdeuberger and Switzer Cheese—aj} of tfie best qyaiity constantly on hand, for sale wholesale or re tail. Yeast to be had daily during summer. iny24-yr McALISTERVILLE ACADEMY Juniata County, Pa. CEO. F. McFdRLJyf), Principal S,-Proprietor. J.ICOB MILLER, Prof, of Mathematics, i,~c. ■MisiXV'.ViE S. CRIST, Teacher of Music, Sfc. The next session of this Institution com mences on the 26th of July, to continue 22 ,neil#. Students admitted at any time. A Normal Department will be formed which will afford Teachers the test-opportunity of preparing for fall examina lions. A NEW APPARATUS has been purchased. Lecturers engaged, fee. TERMS —Boarding, Room und Tuition, p. > se?ion. Jjjto Tuition alone at usual rates. J4jf*Circulars sent free on application. WILLIAM LIND, has now open A NEW STOCK or Cloths, Cassimeres AND V E STI NC S, rkieh will be made up to order in the neat est and most fashionable styles. api'J Lock Repairing, Pipe Laying, Plumbing and White Smithing r'IE above branches of business will be X promptly attended to on application at the resifltjpce of the undersigned in Main street, li.ewttcw.n. janlO GEORGE MILLER. New Fall and Winter Goods. T) F. ELLIS, of the late firm of McCoy Li. I Ellis, has just returned from the city with a choice assortment of Dry Goods and Groceries. sclented with cars and purchased for cash, which are offered to the public at a small ad- VANCE on cost. The stock of Dry Goods em braces all descriptions of Fall and Winter Goods •■"unable for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children, *ith many new patterns. His ©vocfvCre comprise Choice Sugars, Molqssea, Java, Ilio 'ind Laguyra Coffee, superior Teas, &e. Also, hoots and Shoes, grid fIU other '•*t'.cle3 usually found in stores —all which the customers of the late firm and the public r general are invited to examine. It. F.ELLIS, country Produce roeeived as upugl and the j market price allowed therefor. October 26, 1860. 1?1-01R by the barral or hundred x Extra Family and Superfine Flour for sale JOHN KENNEDY & Co. LAMPS, Shades, Chimneys, c , ~U BbeB Burners, &c., .for sale by JOHN KENNEDY & CO. Cheaper than the Cheapesti ( T L^ SSWa ßE— 'Tumblers at 62*, 75, 87, N-* ?l, 1 50, and 2 00 per dozen. Goblets, c e rs, fruit Stands, and Covered Dishes, Sc > at JOHN KENNEDY & Co's. It ST RECEIVED. 10 bbls. Pic Nic Orackerc, 10 " Boston Bi- .it. 10 " Sugar Cravxers, 10 " Family *• sy. , . boxes Soda Biscuit, for ' i ? E tbe Bakery. Low to the trade. b 7 JOHN KENNEDY k Co. ikSST© JFiT <&a®3E®lS IMSWnSftNDWIJs ©©TSTOTTffg) IPiho 1 THE MMT&EL Make Home Bright and Pleasant, More than builiiing showy mansion-, More than dress or tine array, More than domes or lofty steeples, More than station, power or sway— Make your homo both neat and tasteful, Bright and pleasant, always fair, Where each heart shall rest contented, ' irateful for each beauty there More than lofty swelling titles. More than fashion's luring glare. Mure than Mammon's gilded honois More than thoughts can well compare; See thai home is made attractive By surroundings pure and bright; 'I fees, arranged with taste ;,i;d order, Flowers, with all their sweet delight. Seek to make your home most lovely; Let it be a smiling spot, i Where, in sweet contentment resting, fare and sorrow are forgot. | Where the flowers and trees are waiving. Birds will sing their sweetest songs, Where the purest thoughts will linger, f pnifdence and love belong. | There each heart v.-ill rest contented, Seldom wishing far to roam, I Or. if roaming, still will cherish !Mem'ries of that pleasant home. Such a home makes man the better; Dure and lasting its control; i Hume, with pure and bright surroundings, Leaves its impress on the soil!. Edited by A. SMITH, County Superintendent. For the Educational Column. Studying. i Although many improvements in school teaching have been madp within the last few years, there are yet many duties with which teachers have not made themselves acquainted ; which, at least, they do not practically carry out. I will here take a 1 brief glance at one or two things which, J 1 think, 1 am correct in saying, a large ma jority of teachers too tnuch overlook, viz: J the instruction of pupils as to the best mcth { ods to be adopted, and the best rules to be | followed in preparing their lessons. Of ! course all teachers tell their pupils that if j they wish to learn and become good scliol j ars they tnusi study, they must have their ; lessons well prepared, and so on. In case | the assigned task has not been well prcpa \ red, some let it pass as though they did not I care ; (the truth is they du not care very i much) ; some spend many words in pictur : ing to the pupil the beauties of having the I lessons at the 'tongue's end,' and others ap pear to consider the 'birch' as the great ; means of bringing about an improvement; i while, perhaps, all of these either do not think there is any one method of study preferable to another, or else they take it for granted no instruction is needed in this particular. The same lesson nitty be assigned to two | pupils of equal talents. Each may spend i a half hour's study upon it, and the one be I master of it, while the other knows but ' little abogt it. Why? The oae acted on the principle that, now is the time for this tusk to occupy my mind, to command my attention, and ail the rest of the world is to be shut out; the other scattered his half hour's labor through perhaps double that length oftime,allowingcvery trifling circum stancc around him,and many trivial thoughts j to draw his mind from that which should : have bad its whole attention. The result is, the former, who carries out the psycho logical truth, that 'the mind can exercise its full force on only one object at a time,' accomplishes far more than the latter, and jin much less time. The greatest victory a : scholar can gain at the commencement of ' his labors, and the one which will be of most benefit iu him is, L> get that command of his mind which will enable liim to con centrate all its powers on whatever he wish ' es, and there keep tliem as long as he de sires. The great contrast in readiness of scholars at recitation is owing more to their different habits of study than to the diver sity of natural talent. Hut, says one, get the pupils thoroughly interested in their studies, and they will need but little urging and advice to make suitable preparation for recitation. True, but to accomplish this iu a-il cases is aH impossibility; and from the fact that we so very frequently fail in this, we naturally resort to other resources. The great mistake then made by so many (is, the laying of too much stress on the honor of a brilliant recitation, thus strength ening the erroneous idea so prevalent among pupils, that they study to recite. A practical knowledge of the best rules for study is one of the greatest aids in causing a pupil to become interested in his labors. TRY. Mr. Editor —The Granville Township Teachers Association closed its sessions for the winter, on Wednesday evening, Febru ary 20th, having been in operation for four months (this winter,) in which time were held seventeen meetings. The exercises consisted of recitations i'.i the various branches taught in the Public Schools, lectures, essays and discussions; in addition to these there was also a recitation in Al gebra at each meeting. The meetings were held in the different school houses of the district, and were well attended by the citizens of the township, thus showing their interest in the cause of education. GEO. S. MYERS, Sec'y. THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1861. i A Dying Man Confesses to a Murder for which Another was Executed. Ort the night of the third day of Sep tember, 1858 when bloodshed and murder were rife and of common occurrence in Baltimore, a colored man, named William , King, was stabbed and killed, opposite to his residence, on Wagon alley, near Schroc- i 1 der street. At the time police was at fault, ' ; and though several parties were arrested, there was no testimony sufficiently strong i to warrant the holding of any of them for | trial. On the twenty-seventh day of the I same month, however, upon information | which was thought correct, John Stevens, alias, Cyphus, was arrested, and the grand jury indicted him for the murder of King. The party who committed the murder was : with a female, but when the case was call ed for trial she swore positively that Cy phus was not the man who was with her. The trial proceeded, and after three days of investigation, the jury rendered a vcr ; diet of murder in the first degree, and the I sentence of' death was pronounced, and the l Governor of the State ordered the exccu | tion on the 11th day of Feburary follow- I ing. Some persons, who doubted the guilt of the condemned, obtained throe several respites, with the hope of being able to lay before the Executive some reason why his sentence should be commuted, or for his entire pardon. All their efforts failed, and on the 7th day of April, 1859, he was ex ecuted to satisfy the law. Throughout his whole imprisonment he protested his inno cence, and upon the scaffold declared that j ' he was to die far an offence he had not com- j i mitted. j All efforts to produce some evidence of | Hie innocence of Cyphus having failed,af i tor his execution there was no longer any | doubt of his guilt until within the past three days. It now appears that a man j named George Orem, not unlike Cyphus in I appearance, died on Sunday afternoon last, in \\ r agon alley, near tiie scene of the mur- i der of King, and before his death confess ed to a number of persons that he, and not Cyphus, was the author of the death of King. He also confessed having cherish ; ed an animosity agaiust King, because the 1 latter married a woman whose baud ,h.e had himself sought. After the marriage of ■ King, who was engaged in the oyster busi ness, Orem declared that he should not live, and engaged as a hireling to peddle oysters through the streets to afford a better oppor- i tunity to accomplish his object, lie also ; ; confessed to having been the first who initi- j ated that Cyphus was the guilty party. On the day before the night when the murder was committed, Orem and King had a dif ficulty about a belt, in which was carried a butcher knife, both of the parties having ■ been previously engaged in the slaughter 1 ; of hogs, at a place near the residence of I Ki " g * The matter has been communicated to | the police, and an effort is now being made i to discover the truth of the statement of ' the ytngnian, and to further learn wheth i er he had any accomplice in the transac -1 tion, but it seems difficult to find anything more than the confession which was made | but two hours before the man died, in the j presence of some eight or ten persons. [ Food of the Japanese. —The Japanese ; are abundantly supplied with the means of subsistence. By planting new crops be fore the old is harvested, they get three or ' four courses a year from the same field, ! while the soil is constantly fed with man i ! ure to meet this heavy tax upon Lis fertili ' ty. Their waters abound in fish. Among ' ' the different animals killed for game are i the wild boar, deer, monkey, jackal, rabbit, 1 squirrel, bear, porcupine, Ac. The birds I for food are geese, ducks, pheasants, par : tridges and many others. Beef and rat ! flesh arc eaten not as food, but as medicine j for the cure of diseases. We are daily find j ing out something new or strange about ; this people, and very probably we shall ! find several years residence necessary to make us acquainted with all their habits. Correspondence Alta Californian. fegrThe narrow limit of the longest life is every day becoming narrower still. The story is told of an Italian State prisoner, j who, after some weeks confinement, became ! : suddenly aware that his apartment had be- ; come smaller, lie watched, and saw with j horror, that a moveable iron wall wasgrad- I ually encroaching on the space, and that, j as the movement came on, it must soon ! crush him to death, and he could calculate j it to a day ! But in numbering our days j we have not that advantage. John Foster yet more appropriately resembles our time to a sealed reservoir, from which issues daily a small quantity of water, and when the reservoir is exhausted we must perish of thirst; but we have no means of sound ing it to ascertain how much it originally contained, or whether there be enough re maining even for to morrow! ftaT'The selectmen of the town of New London, Conn., have taken occasion to in troduce all the able-bodied applicants for | assistance to a saw, ar.d saw horse and wood ! pile before passing upon their title to aid from the town. This test has iu most cas es, been too much for the paupers, who af ter a little exercise, have ' skooted' to more j ! favorable locations, or thrown themselves upon private charity. A Clear Conscience —How bravely a man can walk the earth, bear the heaviest , burdens, perform the severest duties, and look all men square in the face, if he only | bears in his breast a clear conscience, void !of offence towards God or man. There is , no spring, no spur, no inspiration like this. To feel that we have omitted no task, and left no obligation unfilled, this fills the heart with satisfaction, and the soul with i strength. The Territories. The vexed territorial questions which have so long agitated the country are now apparently about to be finally and poncius ively settled. Kansas has been admitted into the Union. No question has been raised in regard to the probable destiny of Washington and Nebraska. The troubles about Utah have grown out of the institu , tion of Mortnonism, with its abominable j accompaniment of polygamy, and not out lof the slavery question. New Mexico con ; tains a sufficient population to entitle her to admission into the Union under the ; present ratio of apportionment, and her i Legislature has already authorized her peo j pie to elect delegates to a Convention which ijs to form a State Constitution. Even in the absence of a Congressional enabling act, she may soon obtain the position of a sovereign State, if her people desire to emerge from the Territorial condition.— Thus, there is no substantial ground for a protracted and embittered controversy in regard to the existing Territories. The agreement of the Peace Conference, too, upon a dividing line of 30 degrees 30 min utes, north of which slavery was to be pro hibited, and south of which it was to be allowed, although it was not adopted by Congress, indicated a strong desire on the part of prominent representatives of North ern and Southern States to adopt that plan of adjustment if further aetiop is needed. Meanwhile, one of the closing acts of Congress was the organization of three new Territories—Colorado, Nevada, and Dakotah, on the popular sovereignty system, there being no express prohibition or pro tection of the institution of slavery within their limits. Although the Republicans possessed a decided majority in the House, they did not insist upon the adoption of an anti-slavery restriction, and Mr. Buchanan, notwithstanding his peculiar proclivities, ; signed the bills, waiving all objection to i the absence of Congressional protection to j slavery. The new Territory of Colorado includes parts of Kansas, Nebraska, and Eastern Utah. It contains an area of about 100,000 square miles in extent, and a population ol about 25,000 souls. It includes the fa mous Pike's Peak mining district. Not withstanding the many contradictory and discouraging reports in regard to the miner al wealth, there is a strong probability that it will prove a profitable gold producing re gi™' The Director of the Mint, in his last an nual report, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1800, said that it had sent to the Uni ted States Mint §622,000 during the pre vious year, and that there were 'indications that the supply of gold bullion from thence will hereafter be increased.' lie also re ferred to the fact that 'at Denver City a private mining establishment has been set in operation, from which pieces of ten and five dollars are issued,' so that a consider able portion of the Colorado product wag probably retained in the vicinity in which it was discovered, as a circulating medium. The Territory of Nevada is taken front Western Utah and California, and includes the new silver-mining Washoe district. It also contains the famous Carson Valley, the beauty and fertility of which have been the themes of much deserved praise from explorers and tourists. The Territory of Dakotah formed a part of ' Minnesota before its admission into the I nion, but was detached from it at that time. It lies immediately south of Brit ish America, west of Minnesota and lowa, and north and east of Nebraska. It has an area of about 70,060 square miles. POLITICAL THE INAUGURAL IN THE SENATE. MR. CLINGMAN'S SPEECH. Mr. Clingman said in voting for the res olution he did not wish to be understood i as endorsing the position of the inaugural. If he understood correctly, for all in it was dark, the purpose which seemed to stand out clearly and directly, if carried out, would lead to a war against the Confeder ate States. The policy indicated was there fore unwise and should be avoided. The President expressly declares that he in tends to treat the States as if they were all in the I nion, and he regards the acts of secession as nullities. Certain States claim ' to be independent, and if the President j acts as he enunciates there can be no re sult except collision between them and the Federal Government. It is plain and un mistakable that he intends to hold and oc [ eupy and possess the forts, arsenals, etc., in these seceded States, when we know this can be done only by dispossessing the State ! authorities. \ The collection of the revenue therein must also lead to a collision of arms. Af ter we declared our independence of Great Britain nobody supposed the Colonies would pay taxes. In fact they refused tq pay before the declaration of independence. He repeated that if the President's policy would be carriv.il out there must inevitably be war. SPEECH OE MR. DOUGLAS. Mr. Douglas said he could not consent f that the Senator's remarks should go out unanswered. He bad read the inaugural : carefully, with a view of understanding what the policy of the Administration is to be, as therein indicated. It is charac terized by great ability and with great dis tinctness on certain points. A critical analysis is necessary to arrive at the true construction. lie had partialy made an ■ analysis, and had come to the conclusion that it was a peace rather than a war mes sage. lie had examined it candidly and ' critically, and he thought there was no I foundation for a different opinion. On the contrary, there is a distinct pledge that the I policy of the Administration shall be con ducted exclusively with reference to a J peaceful solution of our national difficul i ties. It is true the President indicates a i certain line of policy, so to be conducted ; as to lead to a peaceful solution, but it was not as explicit as he (Mr. Douglas) desired. | lie then quoted from the inaugural in sup port of his positious, saying that unless the ! means be furnished the President cannot I execute the laws. He thought plij Presi | dent in his remark? on the subject was re ferring to future actioij of Congress giving power to enforce obedience to them. The President must have been aware that in 1832 a law was passed to enable i General Jackson to enforce the revenue ! laws in the port of Charleston. The act expired in two years. Was it to he sup ' posed that Mr. Lincoln thought he had i more power without than General Jackson i had with the aid of legislation? lie re • j peated that when the President pledges ! himself to collect the revenue and enforce the laws, unless Congress withhold the requi site means, is he not to be understood that his act is dependent on the further course j of Congress. He thought that was the proper con struction of the inaugural, for the Presi dent says he shall perform his duty 'sofar as practicable, unless his rightful masters, the American people, shall withhold the : requisite means or in some authoritative manner direct to the contrary.' •The President further says : ' The power confided to me will be used to hold and occupy and possess the proper ty and places belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties on imports, but i beyond what may be necessary for these ob jects, there will be no invasion, no usim; I of force against or among the people any ! where.' The President does not say he will take and hold, occupy and possess them. This | was equivocal language, but he did not j condemn the President f.r it. 'Beyond | what may be necessary' for these objects, there will be no irritation, no using of force aiiywhere. It is the duty of the President to enforce the revenue laws. It is his duty to enforce the other laws. It cannot be justified that the revenue laws be enforced, and all other laws which af ford protection as a compensation for taxes shall not be enforced. He thought that there were two forms in which they could find a solution of these doubts. The President cays: ' Where hostility tp the United States, in any inte | rior locality, shall be so great and so uni versal as to prevent competent resident cit | izens from holding the Federal offices, there will be no attempt to lorce obnoxious strangers among the people for that ob ject.' The President draws a distinction between the exterior and interior. If he has power in one case, he has in the other, i If it is hie duty in one case to enforce the laws, it is his duty in the other. There : was no provision of law which authorizes a distinction in this respect between places j in the interior and on the seaboard. This brought him to'the construction of j another clause—the most important of all, and the key to the entire policy; but he was rejoiced when he read it. lie invited attention to it, as showing conclusively that the President is pledged to a policy which looks to a peaceful solution of our difficul ties, and against all others. He says:— , 'The course here indicated will be follow ed, unless current events and experience shall show a modification or change to be proper, and in every case and exigency my best discretion will be exercised according to circumstances actually existing, and with a view and a hope of a peaceful solu tion of the national troubles, and the res .toration of fraternal sympathies and affec tions.' In other words, the President says if the collection of the revenue will lead to a peaceful solution, then it will be col lected. If the abandonment of the col lection will have that effect, then it will be abandoned. So of the forts and arsenals in the seceding States. He will recap ture or not recapture them, and will rein force or not reinforce Forts Sumter and Pickens. He is pledged La either case to a peaceful policy and to acting with this view. If this is pot the true construction, why was there not inserted a pledge to use New Series—Vol. XV, No. 18-19, coercion, retake the forts, recapture the arsenals, collect the revenue and enforce tlie laws, unless there was attached to eacli one a condition on which the pledge was to bo carried out? But the pledge is only to do it in order to a peaceful solution, apd for no other cause. Jacob C. Blymyer & Co., J Produce and Commission Mer chants, LEWISTOWN, PA. St2?"llour and Grain of all kinds ptu ' chased at market rates, or received on storn&o i and shipped at usual freight rates, having , storehouses and boats of their own, with care-] I ful captains and hands. Stove Coal, Limeburners Coal. Plaster, Fish ! and Salt always on hand, i Grain can be insured at a small advance op ! cost of storage. n022 JOHN C. ACCORD. Strode's Mills, Oliver Township, j / \FFERS his servicos to the public on reas j v." enable terms, jnn3l-ly AMBROTYPES The Gems of theSeasen. HTMIIS is no humbug, but a practical truth. 1 The pictures taken by Mr. Ilurkholder are unsurpassed for 110LDNESS. TRUTH FULNESS, BEAUTY OF FINISH, and DURABILITY. Prices varying according to size and quality of frames aud Cases. Room over the Express Office. Lewistown, August 23, 1800. srs i N A 1.1, ITS BRANCH liS, i Executed in the best style known in tho art, at C. G. Crane's Gallery, 532 Arch St., east of Sixth, Philadelphia. Life Size in Oil and Pastil. STEREOSCOPIC PORTRAITS, AMBROTYPES, DAGUERREOTYPES. Ac. | For Cases, Medallions, Pins, Rings &c. Philadelphia, November 15, 18G0-Iy. SALT! SALT! j f|MIE undersigned are agents for the Onon- JL dago Salt Company. Wholesale price, SI.OO per bbl. of 280 lbs, j or 5 bushels. Retail price, 1.75. MARKS & WILLIS, del3-6m Sole Agents for Mifflin County. i Tlte Greatest Discovery of the Aye is that John Kennedy & Co. Propietors, I -4 .VZ> JAMES FIROVED, Salesman, { ,4 RE selling goods at prices that defy com petition. They keep a large stuck of j all kinds of goods such as Sugars, at 7, 9,1.0, 11, Coffees at 10, Teas 88, Syrups at GO per gallon, 100 boxes of Mould Caudles 1G oz to lb., (to dealers at 13 cts. by the box,) 14 cts. , per lb., Segars, very low, Sugar Cured Ilams j at 12, Dried Beef 12, Calicos, Muslins, Ging | hams, and all kinds of Dry Goods for sale at prices that can't be surpassed. Everybody ! and anybody are invited to come and see tH* sights. Don't forget to bring along the ready j cash, as you may be sure its that we're after; I and don't forget that we sell goods to suit the hard times; we take produce of all kinds in exchange for goods. < JOHN KENNEDY & Co. feb!4 J. B. FIROVED, Salesman. NOTiCE TO GENTS. ! .rpilE subscribers being desirous of closing j _L out their stock of Boots, Shoes and | der Clothing, respectfully announce to the | citizens and all others, that they will sell any ' thing in the above line at and below cost. '' febll JOHN KENNEDY & Co. Lewistown Nursery. The subscribers would beg leave to call the attention of Farmers to wWSS* tho fact that they arc still alive, and liavo as tine a lot of TREES OF ALL KINDS for sale as ever offered in Mifflin county. We will be able to furnish Trees this fall in largb or small quantities. We have all the choico varieties of fruit on hand now, and if any one wishes any kind that we have not got, by sending in their orders early they can havt them without farther trouble. Don't forget that all Trees are warranted true to name. Orders promntly attended to. Address ' WARNER & BUTTS, | senG Lewistown. 1 best Segars and Tobacco for sale low to dealers, by F. J. HOFFMAN. in ears, for sale by ' jan3 F. J. HOFFMAN. CIOAL OlL—the very best article in use at ' sepG F. J. HOFFMAN'S, BURNING Fluid at 12 coats per quart, by jan3 F. J. HOFFMAN. OIIOE FINDINGS.—A full assortment of KJ Shoo Findings on hand, some articles much reduced in price. myl7 F. J. HOFFMAN. FLAXSEED OIL, Turpentine, &c., in store and for sale by 1 febl4 JOHN KENNEDY k Co,
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