what chance slavery would have wituout any of these aids, it would not be difficult to foretell. If the twenty millions of active, intelligent and energetic freemen cannot outstrip the half million of idle and ener vated slave holders in the possession of the Territories, it would be passing strange in deed The Chicago platform says Con gress shall legislate to keep slavery out of the territories ' when necessary.' Is it 1 necessary' in the case of New Mexico, &c., to legislate? Ido not believe it, nor do I believe a single Republican in Con gress does. Under a pro-slavery govern ment and pro slavery Federal office h#ld ers of every shade, with all their influ ence, but twelve slaves have been introdu ced there in the past eight years. Is it possible that under directly opposite influ ences the institution is likely to increase, or even live? Rut I have already said more than I in tended, and I shall stop with the single re mark that I prefer peace and the preserva tion of the Union to war and dissolution, when it can be had on honorable terms, and without the sacrifice of any valuable prin ciple. Relieving that neither dishonor nor a sacrifice of principle was involved in the terms proposed, and that the interests ot freedom and progress, the happiness and prosperity of my country are all on the side of peace, I therefore thought it my du ty to agree to the settlement. Whether I did right or not my constit uents must decide, lours, &c., JAMES T. IIALE. THE GAZETTE. LEWISTOWNj PA. Thursday, April 4, 1861. $1 per annum in ad\anee~-$1.50 at end of six months—s2 at end of year. Jiolices of Sew Advertisements. John 11. Weekes has obtained the manage ment of the old Lewistown Foundry. llarry Eisenbise has taken charge of J. Smith's Sky-Light Gallery. Another arrival of Boots and Shoes at Bil ly Juhnsou's. Notice to Taxpayers—List of Letters—Pro posals—Stine's Pay Up Notice—ami Ken no dy ii Co's Advertisements. A Talk with our Subscribers. This is the only month in the year in ; which we favor our subscribers and patrons j generally with a dun, making shift the rest of the year as best we can. For some years our receipts at this season have fal len oft with rather an increase in business, a fact for which we can account in no other way than that many suppose as we succeed- : ed in paying off our indebtedness on the ! property occupied as a dwelling and office | we no longer need money 1 In order to j do away with this impression, we beg leave to state that being iwiablc to build a new office, w have purchased the house adjoin- i ing our dwelling for a printing office ( into ! which we removed during the past week,) and have gone into debt Jor it —so that those who owe us, either for subscrip- j tion, advertising or job work, can lay aside the notion imbedded in their noddles THAT , . I WK HO NOT NEKII MONEY, and give us a call at their earliest convenience. There are some who have been owing us too long, but as we have made ample al lowance lor hard times and other excuses, these need not be surprised if they do not receive the Gazette after April court. THE TWO "60VEKH¥ENTS7" Free Provisional Government. Commander in Chief-—JOHN Baowx.* ''resident, p. t.—Wrn. Monroe. Secretary of State—Kir-hard Kealf. Treasure r—< t wen Brown .* Secretary of Treasury—Oeo. 11. Gill. Secretary of War—John H. Kagi.* Provisional ) Oshorn Anderson. Congress / A. M. Ellsworth. *Fell at Harper's Ferry, October. 1556, in that first action against the U. S. authorities. This govern ment was formed in Chatham. (Canada) in May, ] s s'! —designed to liberate slaves by force. Southern Slave Confederacy. President—JSFFEßSOX IHvist Vice President—A. 11 Stevens. Secretary of State—Robert Toombs. Secretary of Treasury—C. L. Memmger. Secretary of War—L." P. Walker. Secretary of Navy—S. K. Mallory. P. M. General—J. H. Reagan. Attorney General—J. P. Benjamin. +Jeff. says of the enemies of this " Black Republic," that they must smell Southern powder and feel Southern steel." Perhaps the fate of their brethren. John Brown & Co„ may deter them from the first at tempt. however. This government was formed at Montgomery, (Alabama) Feb., ltkil. It may be questionable, looking in the j above mirrors, which is the most honest J party, and which will probably hist the longest. Both are against law and order j —both commenced by stealing—and both are treasonable. The Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in session at Philadelphia, adopted a report in favor of the repeal of the new chapter in the Church discipline on the subject of slavery. They also concurred in the resolutions of the East Baltimore Conference on the sub ject, and recommend the General Confer ence to empower each Annual Conference within whose bounds slavery exists to make their own regulations on the subject. An address was also adopted to the Metho dists of Delaware, and the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia, assuring them of the profound sympathy of the Confer ence in the present disquietude and agita tion. The action of the Conference on the subject was altogether conservative. jfttapFor a O ood cull at I/mPs, LATEST NEWS. Reliable advices from Richmond give information that a secret movement is on foot for the purpose of precipitating mat ters in Virginia. The Connecticut State election took place on Monday. The Republican candidate for Governor was 1\ . Buckingham, and his competitor James C. Loomis, upon whom the whole of the opposition were united. The Republican State ticket was elected by an increased majority, and the same party have carried the First and I bird Congressional districts, but lost the Sec ond. The Fourth district has not been fully heard from. A fatal affray took place "during a parade at London l'ri icre, in Frincess Anne coun ty, Virginia. oa Saiurday, between James M. Lairu and William Crimstead. The latter run his bayonet through Laird, kil ling him instantly. Both were respectable farmers and men of families. Such things are becoming common in the South, and are a certain prelude to anarchy. The Postmaster at Chicago has been summarily removed by the President on ac count of the discovery of a deficiency in his payments. The office has been placed in charge of a special agent. A rencontre occurred at Richmond on Saturday, between Mr. Ballard, of the Legislature, and Hugh L. Gallagher, con tractor at the Kip Haps. A pistol was tired but neither party was injured. Nest day Mr Gallagher accidently shot himself and is not expected to live. The Virginia Senate has concurred in the resolutions directing the State authori ties to take possession of and purchase the guns cast at the liellcna foundry for the Federal Government. Nine Senators pro tested again i the resolutions, but the Sen ate refused to i t the protest be entered on the journal. The Richmond Whig pub lishes a letter from Mr. Cameron, Secreta ry of War, stating that no order had been issued by the Government for the transfer of the guns to Fortress Monroe. It is asserted that eight hundred men on board the 1 . S. vessels off Pesacola, are detailed to reinforce Fort Pickens on a signal from Lieutenant Slenimer. The Administration, it i- asserted, is determin ed to hold all the lorts in the Gulf now in its poscsssion. A de-patch from Montgomery reports an active movement of troops in the Confed erated States. Two thousand troops are expected to concentrate at Montgomery this week, and exertions were making to complete the railroad communication with Pensacola. There is nothing later than Saturday from Charleston On that day the members of the Convention visited the fortifications in the harbor, when there was a general firing of the big guns. There were no new developments in relation to the evacuation of Fort Sumter The Quaker City, arrived at New Vork j from Havana, brings intelligence that San | Domingo (that portion of the Island of j Ilayti occupied by the Dominican Repub- ' lie), has been annexed to Spain. Spain, j who has long been desirous of obtaining \ possession, it appears prepared the way by ! a system of emigration, and at the proper : time these emigrants have raised the Span- j ish flag and invoked the protection of Spain. Three frigates with a force of soldiers on board, immediately left Havana for the Is land to consummate the annexation. It is j believed that the annexation of the remain- j dor of the Island, occupied by the Repub lic of Ilayti, would soon follow with the consent of France. A naval and military force of ten thousand men are said to be on their way from Spain to Cuba. Among the passengers from Havana by the Quaker City are Fx-President Miramon, of Mexi co, and his family. The Pari- correspondent of the New York Timr . nnounces that France and England are fitiin_ .-.i powerful fleet of war steamers for the t nit d States coast. The suggest'on came front England. — France furnishes thrc< tiist class frigates, and the English contingent will perhaps be larger. The fleet will sail with sealed orders. Spain is also preparing to send a formidable force to the Gulf of Mexico.— The announcement may perhaps be in ad vance of the fact, but such a measure upon the part of France and England, in the i face of the unsettled and threatening con | dition of affairs here, is too probable not to gain general credence. A year ago such a demonstration by any foreign power, or ; even the seizure of San Domingo by Spain, I as announced above, would have aroused a ! storm of suspicion would be to retard its ; progress, and that would surely last while be ing treated, so I returned home. After my return the doctor that had been treating me first came to see me and gave me his opinion that he could still cure me if I would come houio with him. I did so, and was with him about five months, during which time he re moved that part of the disease on my cheek ! below the eye. It healed up. lie also in I formed me that the disease was removed from i the lip All that was to do was to heal it up. j But I could not get it healed. After some time I went to Baltimore.— Meeting with but little encouragement, I re -1 turned without having anything done. Our most eminent physicians told me they thought I never could be cured if even I could gettbe tumor removed from the lip. It would then i break out on my neck or in the mouth, which would add to my suffering, I then concluded to do nothing more, and submit patiently t > whatever was before me. Receiving intelli gence by some friends that there was a per | son in the State of Ohio who could cure al | most any case of cancer, and being strongly ! urged by my friends to go, I went, and en j dared a course of treatment, without deriv \ ing any benefit whatever, and came home without any hope of ever being cured. Be coming quite feeble, some times my lip would bleed quite freely, discharge more or less all the time, with an odor si offensive that I or the family could scarcely endure it. 1 tried as patiently as I could to übmit to Ilim who will not suffer a sparrow to fall without his 1 notice. For more than a year I made no | further effort to get it cured. Tho tumor grew out and rolled down towards my chin, and became quite a burden to me. No one ; that saw me affected thought that it was pos | sible for me to be cured. In December, 1859, ! Mr. Dull of MeVeytown, requested me to go ! and see Mr. Dill, near Kittuiiing, Armstrong | connty. who was said to have a cure for can* ! cer, also handing me a letter from his 60ti, A. J. Dull, giving information of some most remarkable cures ho had performed. The son and Mr. Dull himself urged me very j strongly to go and see him. Notwithstand- I ing all the efforts that 1 had made to get eur ; ed had failed, 1 informed him that J had quit | a year ago duinji anything further, as I had ! been informed by the most eminent physic ians that I never could be cured, lie te quested rnc to write to him and tell him ail ; that I had done and what the doctors said about it. I did so. Keeeiyed his answer im- mediately saying, from what I said about my case it was exceedingly bad, but he believed he had cured as bad cases, if not worse.— But he could not give an opinion unless he could see me. Mr. Dull still urging me to go, I concluded to do so. But I must confess that it was more to satisfy him and a few of my friends that I went, than expecting a cure, for my hopes of a cure had fled. When Mr. Dill examined my case, he told me it was a bad one, and if I did not get it stopped soon, I could not expect to live long. But there was hope yet. By God's blessing the means he believed I might be cured. I took his ap plication and to the astonishment of myseif and all that knew me, I have been cured.— My lip is gone, but entirely healed. There has not been any appearance up to this time of the disease returning. My general health has become quite good. My advice would be to all that are afflicted with the terrible dis ease, to apply immediately to Mr. Dill, for his remedy is the most sure and certain that can be had. Any number of witnesses can be procured to prove that Mr. Dili has cured a great many cases of cancer, and some that had been very stuborn. I have seen five per sons that were cured by him. Mr. Dill is a quiet, unassuming christian gentleman, and so moderate in charges that none need dis pair on account of it being out of their reach. If there are any that have doubts regarding my statement, I will refer them to Mr. C. Dull of MoYeytown, who is well known throughout the State, having been Canal Com missioner. Gen. John Ross of the same place, who also >s well acquainted with my case. He traveled with me some time while going to and from some of the places named, and filso furnished me with material aid.— Col. Pemplon of Kittanning and Mr. Bavard near that place, are two gentlemen who were cured by Mr. Dill. The latter, Mr. Bavard's case, was a remarkable one. Persons will do well to inquire of him to know what Mr. Dill's medicine will do. Those wishing to write to Mr. Richard Dill, will please direct to Davis's post office, Armstrong county, Pa. GABRIEL DCNMIRE. Return of the Federal Troops from Texas. New York, March 30.—The steamship Daniel Webster, which arrived here this af ternoon from Brazos, reports that she landed at Fort Jefferson, Tortugas, companies L and M of the First artillery, and at Fort Taylor, Key West, companies F and K of the same regiment. The Indians were committing great havoc among the people of Texas, killing many and running off their stock. Major Sipley had chastised some of the sav ages* Cortinas, the Mexican outlaw, whose move ments lately gave so much alarm to the peo ple of Brownsville, was understood to be awaiting the departure of the United States troops to recommence operations on a larger scale than heretofore Galveston, March 29.—The State Conven tion has ratified the permanent Constitution of the Confederate States, mere being only two dissenting votes, and adjourned on the 25th inst., without i ■•f'rring t!>> Censtitu tion to the people. Houston and Hamilton's efforts at opposi tion have proven an entire failure. All is quiet in Texas. Arthur's Home Magazine for April, very handsomely embellished, and fiiicd with val uable patterns, and stories, the productions of the pens of some of our eminent writers, is as attractive as any number which has preceded it. The editors are indefatigable in their efforts to render the work worthy of the extensive patronage which it receives, and these efforts are appreciated bv the nu merous body of those who regard the work as invaluable. Terms, two dollars a year.— Address Messrs. T. S. Arthur ajjd Company, 323 Walnut street, Philadelphia. "Farmer anil Gardner" and "American Bee Journal" for April, have been received. Every page of these handsome monthlies is filled with matter of deep impor tance to the men who cultivate the soil ; or who are engaged in the interesting aud pro fitable occupation of Bee Culture. The pub lishers, desirous of having them thoroughly I introdued, will send specimen copies of cither i or both, without charge, to all who desire it. ■ The price per year of these journals, is One j Dollar, each. \\ here both are ordered at the i same time, they are furnished at 1.50, with a : handsome book as a Premium. Address A. ! M. Spungler & Co., 25 Xorth Sixth Street, ' Philadelphia. ft l *,A correspondent of the Sieele Paris, the Gov ernment organ of Franco, writes from Tunis. Algiers, ns follows: — '-Our College oi philosophers at home. may. and probably do accomplish a great deal for the cause of science, but the Americans arc the people to turn these discoveries to j racti.-nl account. Many of the modern inventions iimi-c here are American, and one American chemist. lr. J. ('. Aver, of Lowell, supplies much of the medicine consumed in this country. — His Cherry Pectoral. Pills. Sarsapaiilla-and Ague ('lire constitute the staple remedies here, because they are of easy application, sure m their results, and have the confidence of the people. While the science of Med icine is carried to a higher perfect ton in our own coun try tFrance) than any other, it strike -a Frenchman as a little singular th;i an American Physician should furnish the medical skill and remedies "for our princi pal Province." We aie happy to inform our readers that these su perior medicines which the Emperor's principal Prov ince is obliged to get from America may be hud by our neighbors, at Charles liitz's liurg .Store, Lewistown. Jacob Metz's, Allenville. U.S. McN'ahl. & (Vs.. Ic-llc vllle, R. M. Ivinsioc's. Iteodsville, It.Graff s. White Hall and by Dealers generally. For Indigestion THY BOERIIA YES HOLLA Xl> HITTERS. For Heartburn, TI!Y BOERIIA YES lIOf.LA.XI> BITTERS- For Acidity, Tl'lY BOERUA YES 1/OLL.IXI) BITTERS. For Watcrbrash, TRY BOERIIA YES HOLLAXh BITTERS. For Headache, TRY BOERIIA YES IIOLLAXI) BITTERS. For Loss of Appetite, THY BOERIIA YES HOLI.AXI) BITTERS. For Costivciicss. TRY BOERIIA YES IIOLLAXI> BITTERS. For Piles. TRY BOERIIA YES IIOLLAXI) BITTERS. In all Nervous. Rheumatic and Neuralgic Affections, it has in numerous iustauci - prov< 1 highly beuelicial, and in others elfc< ted a decided cure. rilE MARKETS. LEWISTOWN, April 4, 1801. CORRECTED ISV CEORCE ISLYM YER. Butter, g od, lb. 15 Lard, 10 i Tallow. 00 alO j Eggs, "p* dozen, 10 Buckwheat Flour per 100, 2 50 Beeswax, per pound, 25 Wool, washed, 37 " unwa-iied, 25 Dried Cherries, per bushel 1 75 j Dried Apples, do 1 25 Beans per bushel, 1 50 Potatoes, 45 i Country soap per lb., from 5 to 7 cents. CORRECTED V .MARK* £ WILLIS. Wheat, white bushel, 105 i rcnl 1 00 Corn, old, 45 " new, 40 i Rye, 50 Oats, 25 ' Barley, 50 to 55 j Cloverseed, 0 00 to 4 25 Timothy, 2 00 Flaxseed, I 25 Marks's steam mill is selling extra flour at 275 per hundred. Granville at 2 00, su perfine at 2 50, and family at 3 UO. Mill Fead. per hundred. 75 Chopped Oats and Corn per 100, 110 Chopped Rye per 100, I 25 Salt, " 1 40 " patent sacks, 150 " barrels, 280 fbs, 1 75 Philadelphia Market. Flour, 5 25a5 371 for superfine, 5 44a5 G2A for extra, 5 75a6 for extra family, G 25a6 75 for fancy brands, as in quality. Rye Flour 3 50a3 623, corn meal 2 81] per bbl. Wheat, red 1 25. It}e, GOc. Cum, Gljc. Oats, 31a32c. Cloverseed, 4 50a4 75. Cattle Market. —The receipts of Beef Cat tle reached about 1,682 head this week. Sales at Baß 50. Sheep were selling at from to 51c per lb, gross. Cows at from $15a25 for springers, and 22a40 for cow and calves. Hogs sold at 6 75a7 50 for still fed, and 7 25u8 per 100 lbs, net, for corn hogs. NEW ARRIVAL! ECCTS & SHOES! First Stock of the Season. BILL\ JOHNSON respectfully informs his customers and the public, that he has just received over one thousand pair of Boots and Shoes of all sizes aud quality, which he proposes to sell cheaper than any establishment in town in his line or in Mifflin county ; aud as the above stock is all prime goods, he will warrant the same, and as a new feature in his business he guarantees to repair all rips gratuitously. Ho has also on band a large stock of inferior quality of work, which will bo sold at a very low rate at the risk of the purchaser. Also, a good supply of HOMEMADE WORK kept on hand.— Manufacturing of all kinds attended to with promptness, and repairing neatly executed at the shortest notice. Storekeepers and others will find it to their advantage to give him a call before purchasing elsewhere. Nothing charged for showing goods. Customers will please bear in mind that as his profits are small his terms are strictly cash. A largo lot of TRUNKS kept constantly on hand which will be sold cheap. ap4-tf BILLY JOHNSON. Notice—Pay Up. rjlll E nndersigned reqm sts nil knowine *■ themselves indebted t.n his hooks or op" crwise, to call and make settlement withe.,* delay, as lie, in common with the .rest of man kind, needs money to meet his engagement* It is hoped this hint will he sufficient t. it,, duce debtors to respond to the call. • T s. STrxi:. Derrv township, April -1, 1801-2t* PROPOSALS I lA> be received by the lhirgess ai l IT Town Council ur'il MOXI>AY F\j XIXG, Aprilßth, 1801, for renting the p u |. lie Uround on the river front, opposite .MarU* Steam Mill. Bids for the whole, one-hah r one third will be received, and the allotiu.i,t made as may best subserve the interest* 'f the Borough. GKOIIGE FiIVSIN*SKIt a f' 4ll Cie'rk. Notice to Taxpayers, VT OTICE is hereby given that the Com mi* it sioners of Mifflin county have authoriz ed the Collectors of State and County ta*. to make a deduction of 5 PER CENT. on all taxes paid on or before the first ilav ,-f June next, and TIIIIEK PER CENT . those paid after the first day of June and \! n or before the loth July—alter which the full amount will be claimed. By order of the Commissioner* CEO. FRYSIXOEK. Cleu Lewistown, April 4, 1801—tj. Ambrotype and Photograph LJKEN E S S ES TAKEN AT HARRY EISEMJISE'S SkY-IJCUT CAI.LEIV, Main Street, near the Town Unit, V%THERE all will receive every attention, Tt and satisfaction guaranteed or n,! charge. Having leased the rooms formerly occupied by -J. Smith, espeeialy designed for the i'lio t'igraphic Art, the undersigned now offers his services to the citizens of Lowistown and n cinity with the tirin conviction that he can furnish Likenesses unsurpassed hy any here tofore taken in this or any of the neighbor ing towns. As liis chemicals, plates, instru ments, light, Ae , are of l>est quality and great power, he is satisfied that he will be enabled to please the most fastidious taste, both as t accuracy and neatness. His prices, too, are extremely low. Rooms open all hours ..f the day. Pictures inserted in breast j>insy WU ets. and finger rings, and paintings and da guerreotypes copied most accurately. Ihai tifully furnished specimens of his work m always be seen at hi.- i oms, which then. 1 - lie generally are invited to call and exanee, whether thoy want ph-turcs or not, asthfkir no charge fr looking at them. Ilrrc ehildl ux-d, with its winsome And lovely woman's queenly grac-, And lordly man's imperial frown, Are each adroitly pencilled down By lively elves who nre siily lurking In a tiny box, and nimbly working. fits?' Instructions given in the art on rc-ason* able terms. 11. A. EISENBLSK. Lewistown, April 4, 1801-Giii. Let Thy Works Praise Thee, r* The subscriber having obtain' ed the management id thei-M Lewistown Foundry, lately called th e Juniata Iron Works, respectfully informs the public that the tools ami machinery have been repaired, and are now ready to make and iini.-ii rp any kind of brass castings which may be ordered. Ilorse Powers and Threshing Maih nivof the best quality furnished at shaft notice and on the most accommodating terms. BAR SHARE, SIDE HILL AND BUI I PLOWS always on hand. Having had a long exper ience in conducting this kind of business, the subscriber Hatters himself that he will be ahlr to give entire satisfaction to his customers. Please give him a trial. np4-ly JOHN 11. WEEKES, Agt. P. S.—All persons having accounts with the above Foundry arc requested to rail en Samui'l S. Woods, at his office, and eeiw their accounts as soi,n as possible. I IST OF LETTERS remaining the tW Post Office at Lewistown. l'a April I. 1801. Alexander C. U. Esq. Kerr B. M. " Jas. 11. " lvyler Abraiu " A. F. " Kepirer 11. " C. M. " Kline Samuel " \V. F. " Kurtz Jacob Bunnale C. Kclley Piscartus llaily Jas. O. Laudny Louis Breyman A. S. Longwell J. - Brown W. W. Lirmington C. Beatty John M. Lillev W. R Brown J. M. Morrins Isreal b-q. Burns Miss Caroline Michel Charles Burlau Dr. 11. E. Mathews C. _ Biglow C. It. Esq. Moss Catharine Burner E. K. Miller David Berlew Miss Ann McMears J. Chanbers L. Esq. McClirve James Carlin Asa Ovcrhiser P. K. Campbell John 0. Punha.e Thomas Duncan It. 11. Esq. Pouchey John Fallinger W. G. Price Martha Frantinauce John Esq.Parker Frederick Fessler Reuben B. Price Mary L Flemington J. 11. Rewalt W. Esq- Frcecoln G. W. Esq. Rodgers Thomas Fewsberry B. M. Reese John ! Green F. S. 2 Roil A. W. Ls' Lewistown April 4, 1861. COME and see the new styles of Q" ware at the cheap store of , JOIIN KENNEDIJ*^ COME and buy cheap Calicos, Stockings, Nankins and Dry t|<*- kinds, at JOIIN KENNED* ail yc that are in search of the est Goods in town to . a-, i JOIIN KENNEDY