THE GAZETTE.
LEWISTOWN, PA.
Thursday, June 6, 1861.
M jtr annum in adtanre---$1.30 at end of six
monihs—s3 at end of year.
Flag of the free heart's only home,
By angel hand- to valor given '■
Thy -tar- have lit the welkin dome
And all thy hues were lx>rn in heaven;
Forever float that standard sheet'
Where breathes the foe but falls before u
With freedom's soil beneath uur feet.
And freedom's banner streaming o'er us.
Sfe?~By reference to an advertisement in
another column it will be seen that sub
scriptions to the three million State loan
will be received at the Banking House of
Wm. Russell, in sums of fifty dollars and
upwards. The loan is a desirable one and
will recommend itself to moneyed men.
The Blanket Story.
We copy the following from the Lewis
town Democrat of' last week :
" Recent developments, before the
Fnited States Grand .Jury in Philadelphia,
show that the State has for all these things
paid the price of good articles! Blankets,
for instance, although weighing barely one
pound and six ounces, have cost the State
S'j.GO a piece. Any housekeeper knows they
were not worth over half the money. It is
plain therefore that somebody has been spec
ulating at the expense of the gallant volun
teers, who so nobly and promptly responded
to the country's call. Somebody has swin
died the State, and at the same time deprived
at least a portion of oar soldiers of a decent
outfit. XV e know not to what extent this
game has been played; but certainly quite
far enough to be a lasting stain upon the
State."
To put at rest, once and furover, one of
the miserable lies got up either to produce
an effect for political purposes, or else in
subordination among the volunteers, we
state, ii Y AUTHORITY, that the light blan
kets spoken of above were settled for at
51.50 per pair, or 75 cents a piece—so
that the Democrat and all other papers that
have published this abortion, will perceive
that the blankets were bought and paid
for at less than half what THKY alteje
every housekeeper knows to have been
value!
THE WAR NEWS.
XV e give in another column such details
as may be considered authentic relative to
the war movements. There are now about
15,000 troops at Chambersburg, the same
number at fortress Monroe, a still lamer
force at XV asliington city and its vicinity,
while Gen. McClellan is evidently advan
cing east from X\ heeling. The forward
movements of these armies will enclose
Harper's Ferry, shut up Norfolk on the
land side, and drive the Southerners be
yond the Rappahanock, if not Richmond.
It looks a good deal as if Scott intends to
starve them out, or else to make them risk
a forward movement from Richmond with
Butler in their rear. The arch trait
or Davis is now iu Richmond. Troops
continue to arrive at XVashington daily.
B®-The citizens of Altoona tendered a
supper to Louis XV. Ilall, speaker of the Sen
ate, last week.
&&FAn election took place in Cecil county
on Thursday to elect a member of the House
of Delegates, to fill a vacancy. In the town
of Llkton the Lnion candidate received four
hundred votes, the Secession candidato fif
teen.
lue long debate in tho Presbyterian
General Assembly, (O. S.) in session at Phil
adelphia, was closed on XV'ednesday night by
the adoption of the resolutions sustaining the
Fnited States Government, originally submit
ted by Dr. Spring, of New York. The vote
stood yeas 154, nays GG.
®®~The Commissioners to take testimony
in the alleged frauds in the clothing and sup
plies furnished to the volunteers of Pennsyl
vania are, Benjamin Haywood, of Schuylkill
county, Jacob Fry, jr., of Montgomery coun
ty, and Charles F. Abbott, of Philadelphia
city.
E@~llon. XVm. M. Meredith, of Philadel
phia, has been appointed Attorney General
of Pennsylvania, in place of Samuel Purvi.
ance, resigned. Mr. P., we hear it rumored,
took umbrage because he was not consult! d
by the Governor in sundry war matters.
9gL.rho editor of the Selinsgrovo Times
says any one who calls him a secessionist is
a *1 liar. ' XV e don't know about seces
eionism, but any one who reads his paper
will almost naturally coma to the conclusion
that if tho editor is not a secessionist be must
be a darned fool.
&2F 1 .ie steamship America, arrived at
Halifax, brings Liverpool dates to 19th inst.
The America brings over one million in fpe
cie. Hon. Geo. M. Dallas, late U. S. Minis
ter to Lngland, is a passenger. Mr. Adams,
the new American Minister, had been pre
sented at Court. A debate had taken place
in the House of Lords on the subject of the
American blockade. Cotton and breadstuff*
bad declined.
LATEST NEWS.
From Western Virginia we learn of an
s important military movement. Two thou
sand Ohio troops crossed into Virginia at
Parkersburg, the termination of the North
western Virginia Railroad, and took pos
session of that road towards Grafton, at
which point accounts stated that two thou
sand Virginia troops were gathered. At
the same time a still larger force of Feder
al troops crossed into Virginia near Wheel
ing from whence the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad also runs to Grafton. These two
bodies were thus equi distant from a com
mon point of concentration.
From Fortress Monroe, we learn that
General Butler had placed two thousand
five hundred troops on Newport News Point,
where they were engaged in throwing up
entrenchments. The troops were conveyed
in transports under convoy of the Harriet
Lane. They were fired on from Sewell's
Point, but no damage done. Newport
News Point is at (4ie mouth of James riv
er, six miles above Hampton and on the
same side of Hampton Roads. It is oppos
ite to, and about six miles distant from
Sewell's Point.
A despatch from St. Louis states that
the Fnited States troops have taken posses
sion of Bird's Point, an important mili
tary position 011 the Missouri shore, oppos
ite to Cairo. General Harney has author
ized the formation of companies of Fnion
Guards at various points in Missouri. The
Missouri State troops have disbanded.
At Cairo a large force has been engaged
two days in tearing down buildings at the
extreme point, to make way for the propos
jed fortifications. A heavy construction
train is bringing in earth from a point
twelve miles out, on the line of the Central
Railroad, to construct a cross embankment
from the Ohio to the Mississippi levee, so
as to enclose an area of about six acres. —
When this embankment is finished, as laid
j out, the troops here will be amply protec
ted on every side by breastworks.
The Border State Convention assembled
at Frankford, Kentucky, 011 Monday a week.
Hon. J. J. Crittenden is President. Mis
souri and Kentucky are the only States
represented.
Mr. Russell, the London Times' corres
! pondent, writes an interesting letter from
Charleston in relation to Fort Sumter and
its surroundings, the material portions of
which we reprint. Mr. Russell expresses
the opinion that with a proper force and
the necessary munitions of war Fort Sum
ter could have been successfully defended
by Major Anderson.
| Last week the editors of the Baltimore
| American had a prolonged interview with
a gentlemen direct from Norflolk, who has
1 resided for some years in that vicinity, and
being opposed to secession, thought it bet
ter, in the connection with the utter pros
tration of all kinds of business, to leave.
He denies the statements put forth that
those in favor of the Fnion have been
mobbed or ill-treated. It would of course
not do for them to express themselves too
' strongly, but those who remained quiet
were not molested. There were but six
Fnion votes cast in Norfolk, and eighty in
Portsmouth; of the latter, seventy were
members of a rifle company, which was
immediately disbanded and their arms ta-
I ken from them.
'1 he troops in Norfolk and the vicinity
i are variously stated, but he did not think
that there were more than 7,000, and that
they lack discipline very much, though well
armed and equipped, and will fight if prop
erly brought in the field. Numbers of
boys from fittcen to eighteen years of age
he represents as shouldering their muskets
and doing camp duty with all the energy
i of veterans.
A schooner loaded with heavy cannon
was despatched a short time since through
the canal, which were destined for Fort
Pickens.
1 he battery at Sewell's point was under
stood in Norfolk to be nearly destroyed by
the Monticello, though a large force of
hands were at work repairing and stjength
ning it again. It was understood to be
the view of General Butler to land his for
ces at Ocean A iew, on Hampton Roads,
about six miles from .Sewell's Point, and
about ten miles, by two good roads, to Nor
folk. There is a fine sandy beach here,
and the guns of the Cumberland can ef
fectually protect the landing of troops. —
This will enable him to move on Norfolk
by regular seige movements, unless attack
ed by an advancing army.
General Iluger, late of the Pikesville !
Arsenal near Baltimore, was in command
on luesday evening when our informant ,
left, though General Beauregard was ex
pected to arrive the same evening.
_ A force of three hundred negroes, from
North Carolina, arrived at Norfolk a few
days since, and were put to work throwing
up entrenchments on the roads leading from '
Norfolk to Ocean View.
The prostration of business at Ports- ;
mouth and Norfolk is most thorough and
complete. The Navy Yard, the truck
trade, and naval stores, on which the busi
ness and almost existence of the two cities
is based, have ceased, and were it not for
the abundance of vegetables and fish, there
vvould be much suffering among the poor.
I lie truck gardeners are giving away their
peas and strawberries to any one who will
take the trouble to gather them. A great
many of the immense pea fields have been
p owed in for the purpose of planting corn.
1 he crop of garden truck and strawberries
shipped to Baltimore, New York and Phil
adelphia last year during 3lay and June
yielded 3 100,000, and the yield this year i
was confidently expected to amount to not
less than 3000,000.
Genera! Huger, the commander-in-chief,
holds his headquarters in the Custom
House, over which the confederate flair
floats. The troops are camped on the Fair
<>rounds—a very fine location—and the
officers are drilling and disciplining the
men as rapidly as possible. There is also
a good force at Fort Norfolk and the other j
batteries. They have hut one rifled can
non, and that is at Sewell's Point.
A despatch received from New Orleans an
nounces that the mouth of the Mississippi
was blockaded by the United States on the
28tb. The blockading fleet, cruising off the
delta of the Mississippi, has destroyed the
fort en Ship Island. The port of Galveston
is also blockaded, and several vessels have
been fired at and stopped.
General Beauregard, instead of arriving at
Norfolk on Wednesday, as was expected, has
reached Memphis to take command of the
western division of the Confederate Army.
Four steamers passed Vieksburg, Miss., on
the 23d, loaded with troops from New Orleans
for Fort Smith, Arkansas.
The exodus of the Southerners northward,
according to a despatch from Louisville,is un
precedented. They are doubtless those who
do not sympathize with the Secessionists.
The army worm has appeared in the fields
of Kentucky in great force, and is represent
ed as sweeping oft' the vegetation very rapid
ly.
The Secretary of the Treasury has released
vessels from ports of the seceded States from
the fines which the law imposed on vessels for
not obtaining a proper clearance.
The ['resident has instructed Gen. Butler
to retain the fugitive slaves who have come
within his lines at Fortress Monroe, to make
use of their labor, and to keep an account of
the value of their services and the cost of
their subsistence. The question of returning
them to their owners is to be determined here
after.
I The Government has announced that pro
posals for the complete construction and
equipment of steam screw gun boats will be
received until the 15th inst. Proposals are
to be received only from ship builders who
i are actually engaged in the business.
A despatch from Montgomery states that
the Confederate Government was making
preparations for a removal to Kichm >nd.— -
The Maryland "Peace Commissioners" were
' at Montgomery.
Ex Gov. Pratt was arrested by order of the
i United States Government at Annapolis on
Friday and taken to Washington. The
I charge against him is said to be treason. A
report was also current last week that ex
Gov. Lowe had been arrested, but it is be
; lieved to have been incorrect.
George 11. Tucker, of Baltimore, sutler's
clerk at Fortress Monroe, was taken into cus
tody from information received pointing to
j him as a suspicious character. An exauiina
< tion developed information that he had open
ed private letters, and communicated their
| contents, together with other information rel
ative to affairs at the Fort, to parties residing
at Norfolk connected with the Southern army.
He was ironed, placed on board the steanitug
Elizabeth, and sent to Fort Mcllenry, where
he arrivedTast week.
On the arrival of the Vermont Regiment at
Newport Newspoint, a planter named Par
rish, owning 30 slaves, gave them their free
| dom. urging as a reason that he could not get
them to work unless the Colouel command
■ ing gave him authority to compel them, lie
| immediately after packed up and went to
Richmond, Ya.
By the Last Mails.
The first serious encounter of war has ta
gen place in Western Virginia. Two columns
j of United States troops, under the command
of Colonel Kelly, Virginia volunteers, and
: Colonel Crittenden, of the Indiana volunteers,
; made a forced night march from Grafton to
( Phillippi, the county seat of Barbour county,
near which they surprised a camp of Confed
' erate troops reported to be two thousand
I strong The surprise was complete. The
camp of Confederates was captured, and they
fled leaving fifteen dead bodies on the field,
i The I nited States forces seized large amounts
of arms, ammunition, provisions and some
horses. The pursuit was continued and it
was expected that a number of prisoners
would be captured. Colonel Keliy of tiie
Wheeling regiment, was mortally wounded in
the attack, and soon after died. Several of
! the Federal troops were also wounded,
j From Fortress Monroe we have intelligence
up to Saturday evening. No movement of
any importance had been made. The troops
were being drilled and disciplined, the posi
. tion of Newport News Point strengthened,
1 and preparations busily going forward for an
j advance movement in some direction. There
were no Confederate troops nearer Newport
j News Point than Yorktown, on the York riv
i er, where there were reported to be two thou-
J stand under command of Col. Magruder, late
! of the United States Army. Among the late
i est additions to the force at Fortress Monroe
is a picked company of sappers and miners.
There are about 15,000 men there.
| From Williamsport, Md., we learn that the
| Virginia troops opposite that point on Satur
; day made another attempt to get possession
|of the ferry boat. The Union men at Wil
liamsport resisted and shuts exchanged by
which the Secessionists are reported to have
j suffered without damage to their opponents,
i Major General Patterson and staff arrived
at Chambersburg on Sunday, it was beiiev
! Ed that the military stationed there would
move forward into Maryland in a few days.
The force is upwards of 15,000.
j An engagement has taken place between
the United States gunboats and theConfeder
! ate batteries at Aquia Creek, on the Potomac.
The cannonading was commenced on Friday
by gunboats Anacosta and Freeborn. The
engagement continued two hours, the batter
ies replying with spirit. The batteries on the
wharf were silenced, and the depot buildings
knocked to pieces. The shore batteries were
repaired during the night, and on Saturday
the cannonading was again resumed, the Paw
nee having joined the attacking force. The
beach batteries were again silenced, but a bat
tery on the hill, supposed to be armed with
rifle cannon, was beyond the range of the
guns of the vessels. Only one man on board
the vessels was wounded, and the vessels re
ceived no serious damage, the firing from the
batteries being generally too high to be effec
tive. Among the Confederate troops it is be
lieved that a number were killed or wounded,
' as parties were seen removing them from the
batteries. The Pawnee and Anacosta were
still lying off the Creek, but beyond the range
of the batteries.
The affair at Fairfax Court House on Fri
day night was merely an encounter between
the scouts of the two armies. A company of
United States Dragoons, under command of
Lieut. Tompkins, made a reconnoissance as
far as the village, where they were fired on.
The dragoons then tired, killing the Captain
of the company. They then charged through
the village and made good their retreat. Two
of their men were captured und three wound
ed, whilst they brought off five prisoners. The
number killed on the side of the Confederates
ranges all the way from one to twenty. On
Saturday night the dragoons, it is reported,
returned to the aaage and succeeded in bring
ing off the two men captured the previous
night.
On Friday night the outposts, near Arling
ton. were tired on by the Virginia scouts, aifd
! one of the New York Zouaves killed and
another wounded. The fire was returned and
the attacking party retreated. The force at
Alexandria were throwing up earthworks for
the defence of that city.
B@L,Tbe Border State Convention, in ses
sion at Frankfort, Kentucky, has appointed
committees to prepare a General Address to
the People of the United States, and also an
Address to the Border States.
Dooley and Joseph Hood, arrest
ed by the United States Marshall, on war
rants issued by John Hunan, United States
Commissioner, charging them with treason
in enlisting and bearing arms against the
United States at Point of Rocks and Harper's
Ferry, had an examination before the United
States Commissioner, at Baltimore, after which
they were fully committed to jail in default of
$5,000 bail each.
£@~The monster '"Union" gun, recently
cast at the Fort Pitt Works, Pittsburgh, has
been completed, and is now removed to the
Pennsylvania Railroad depot, whence it will
bo shipped to Washington, and thence to Old
Point Comfort, with as little delay as possi-
I ble. It is intended for Fortress Monroe, and
| will be put iu position immediately on its ar
' rival at that point. The " Union" is heavier
j than the "Floyd," and will throw a bail ba
i tween six and seven miles. It is perhaps the
j heaviest piece of iron artillery ever manufac
! tured, ami the result of the experimants
which it is proposed to make with it will be
j looked for with interest.
ol the Ohio regiments recently
' elected the Rev. Granville Moody, a well
; known Methodist preacher of that State,
| their chaplain. When their choice had
I been declared, they sent to Brother Moody
to ask him if he would go. He replied :
: by, yes, he would like to be their chap
j lain—but with one condition, that they ,
would furnish him with a musket; 4 for,'
! said he, 4 in our Methodist communion we
; do not believe in faith without works.'—
! The Rev. Mr. Moody was furnished with
! a musket, but it is doubtful whether his
| sermons would not be found quite as effee- j
j tual in scaring away the enemy.
Centre County.
Charles 11. Winter, son of Samuel Winter,
| of Centre county, about 18 years of age, who
I left home on the 22d of April, joined the
! Curtin Guards at Cainp Curtin, for three
| months' service, and subsequently, at Camp ,
| Slifer, (several days prior to his death,) he
j enlisted for three years more. He died after j
1 an illness of only two days, in the military
; hospital, at Chambers-burg; his disease was
! purpurea. E. S. Burket and Simon Spang- ,
; ler, members of the same company, took
charge of their deceased comrade, placed his j
remains in a metalic coffin, and brought him
home on the 23d inst. A larger gathering of
people than attended hie funeral was never I
seen at Rebersburg before at one time.
On Saturday the 18th ult., a man named I
; William Council was killed by the acciden- j
; tal discharge of a gun loaded with a number j
| of buckshot, and frightfully maiming the (
| hand of his companion, Mr. Quiggle. These j
I gentlemen had been on a hunting excursion j
; up Beech Creek.
Mrs. Gill's dwelling, in I'attun township, j
was destroyed by fire on the afternoon of the j
17th ult. The fire is supposed to have origi j
! nated from the stove pipe which passed j
through the roof. The flames spread so rap
| idly that, notwithstanding the combined ef
; forts of the neighbors, but few articles of;
i furniture could he rescued from the house.
A colored man named John Davis, but bet
! ter known as *' Whiskey Dip," of Bellefonte,
| died last week front a violent attack of that
i fearful disease— whiskey.
The Centre Guards have received orders to j
; march on Thursday, the Oth of June next.
TOMC.
From Oil. Albert Pike, M. P. from Arkansas.
WASHINGTON, P. ('., June 11. LSSRT.
•I have used two bottles of your Bcrhac's IB,lin t.:
Bitters, and have found it very useful in ease of Indi
gestion and Headache, and recommend it to ail who |
need a pleasant and efficacious remedy and valuable !
tonic.
The late High Sheriff of Allegheny county has giv
en us the following:
' I was afflicted with Debility of the Digestive Or
gans. amounting to a severe attack of Dyspepsia,
which had re'iuoal tnyftcsh considerably. My wife was !
also afflicted under same circumstances, and with the
same disease. Having Used your medicine called
Bccrhave's HtMmvi Bitters, we both obtained relief, and
are happy to afford yon tins evidence of its value."
Pittsburgh, Jan. 22, 185t>. JOHN FORSYTH,
Faithful Ministers of Health. —ln examining the ves- J
sels at the various wharves we find among the curios- 1
ities of our commerce the brig Miranda, just from !
Truxillo with a cargo of Honduras Sarsaparilla for Dr. j
J. C. Aver A- Co- of I.owell, So particular are this firm f
as to 'the articles used in compounding their various i
remedies, that they have this drug, like some others
they consume, gathered for them by a skillful agent
of their own iu the tropical regions o'f its growth. He
informs us of the many species of this plant, but
two of which are, really valuable in medicine; the
qualities of these are also affected by the time of
gathering, mode of curing, etc-, operations which in
that region of unreliable workmen imposes a heavy
labor upon him. One "f the inert values of Sarsapar
illa grows wild in our own forests, while several oth
ers, nearly worthless, abound in Central and South
America. The agents account of his trips to Hondu
ras and his business excursions along the Gulf of
Duleo and the rivers of Montagua and Santiago and
among the adjacent mountains wore of intense inter- \
est. We can but commend and honor his employers
for the faithfulness and energy wiih which they exe
cute their trust as ministers to the public health, and
we suspect that this course is at least one of the reas
ons why their medicines arc held in such extraordi
nary favor throughout the civilized world.—No York
City yews.
Died.
On the 24th ult., in this place, after a lin
gering illness, JOHN PURCELL, son of Dr.
A. J. Atkinson, aged 7 years, 4 months
and 6 days.
Weep not for those whom the veil of the tomb
In lile's happy morning, has hid from our eyes.
K'er sin threw a light o'er the spirits voune brow,
Or earth had profained what was born' for the saics.
Moore.
O thou liast gone in youth's bewitching bloom,
To death's dark stillnes and the lonely tomb,
When the broad path of life before thee lay.
bright as sweet dew drops on the wing of' May.
Joy hovered round thee with thrilling tone.
And bright o'er thy path her radiance shone;
The dwelling of thy boyhood e'er must be
Lonely and sorrowful, bereft of thee.
O ne'er again thy winning tone shall come,
Or thy sweet smile, dispelling care and gloom ;
All. all is hushed, for death claims thee now,
And placed his signet on thy marble brow.
The arms of mother earth are round the pressed,
And thou wilt cclntly slumber on her breast,
As quiet, holy, iucerise-breathing spell.
Doth thy dear name in proudest bosoms dwell.
Yet thou art happy now—all care is fled,
And sunbright glory circles thy young head.
Though lightniugs flash, and tempests madly fave,
And loud winds howl around thy c-arly grave,
CORN Plows, steel blades, a first rate arti- j
cle, for sale very low, by
je6 F. G. FRANCISCUS. |
Death of Stephen A. Douglas.
1 his distinguished gentleman died at
Chicago on Monday morning last, after an
illness of a few weeks. His loss at this
time will be deeply regretted by all good
men, as he was among the first to tender
his services and support to the President
when the rebels unmasked their infamous
designs. The Secretary of War has, in a
feeling notice directed the colors of thedif
ferent regiments to be draped in mourning.
We annex a brief sketch of the life of
Mr. Douglas:
lie commenced his career in a cabinet ma
ker's shop, from which he entered several
academies of learning, and having removed
to the state of Illinois when very young, where,
a year after he was admitted to "the bar, when
j not yet twenty two years of age, he was elect
| ed by the legislature attorney general of that
i state. In December, 1835, "he was elected a
member of the legislature of Illinois, where
he commenced that career as a parliameuta
: rian and debater for which he since became
sso eminently distinguished. In 1837 he re
: ceived the nomination for Congress, at a time
1 when ho was not yet twenty live years old,
| but attained the requisite age before the day
j of election—and was defeated by the whig
j candidate by a majority of ouly fire vote/.
; In 1840, Mr. Douglas was appointed Secreta
i ry of State of Illinois, as a recognition of the
j services he rendered his party during the po
: litical struggles of that year. In 1841, the
legislature elected him a Supreme Judge of
that state, which position he resigned in 1843
to accept a second nomination for Congress,
and was elected after a spirited contest bv a
small majority. In 1844 be was re elected,
but did not take bis seat, having been in the
meantime chosen a United States Senator by
the legislature of his state. In the House of
Representatives, Mr. Douglas gained great
prominency for his support of the 54-40 pol
icy of the I'olk administration—his vote and
speeches fn favor ol the annexation of Texas,
and other decided measures of the Democrat
ic administration, then in power. He was
chairman of the committee on Territories
which reported the joint resolution for the ad
mission of Texas, and after this admission,
supported James K. I'olk during the war with
Mexico, with all his peculiar zeal and mental
might and power. As chairman on the Com
mittee of Territories in the House of Repre
sentatives, and afterwards in the Senate, he j
reported bills for the admission of the terri
tories of Minnesota, Oregon, New Mexico,
Utah, Washington, Kansas and Nebraska,
and also the bills for the admission into the
Uuion of the states of lowa, Wisconsin. Cal
ifornia, Minnesota and Oregon. On the
question of slavery, he opposed the interfer- ;
ence of Congress in the organization of ter
ritories or admission of states, in taking oue
side or the other—a doctrine out of which
grew the agitation in which Mr. Douglas bore
sueli a conspicuous part, and which lias since
divided the Democratic party, and which led
to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
Whatever mav be said now of the policy of
this repeal, it is a fact that .Mr. Douglas re
mained faithful to it throughout his life, de
fending it whenever it was assailed or viola
ted.
It 13 not our purpose to allude to the polit
ical trouble and contentions into which Mr
Douglas was forced since 185t>, any further
than to declare that he bore himself bravely
and nobly in all his encounters. He may
have committed wrongs—hut they sprang
more from his zeal than from ar.y purpose
to injure his country, or impair the principles
of good government, lie was a partizan of
uncompromising temper in the commence
ment of his career, but lived to modify his
feelings in this respect, and withinthelastyear
went so far as to disregard party lines in his
d fence of what he considered the safety and
the permanency of his govern ment. During the
lat Presidential contest, he was the candidate
of a wing of the Democratic party, and since
then has been tlie object of the bitter hatred
and opposition of the other wing, or that por
tion which have been engaged in the unholy
war of dissolving the American Union.
The lu v. Dr. Fuller, of Baltimore,
chairman of the Young Men's Christian As
sociation, who visited President Lincoln du
ring the Baltimore troubles, and advised him
to yield to the Baltimore mobs, has it seems
been at a Baptist Convention at Savannah,
Georgia, where he reported a resolution al
leging there is a lawless reign of terror at the
north, stigmatizing our soldiers as " hosts of
ruffians and felons, burning with lust and ra
pine," and other choice sentiments. This is
treason, and this reverend scoundrel will
probably find it so.
THE MARKETS"
Lewistown, June 0, lisGl.
CORRECTED BY GEORGE BLYMYER.
Butter, good, lb. 12
Lard, 10
Tallow, 00 a 10
Eggs, $ dozen, 9
Buckwheat Flour per 100, 2 50
Beeswax, per pound, 25
Wool, washed, JO
" unwashed, 20
Dried Cherries, per bushel 1 75
Dried Apples, do 1 25
Beans per bushel, 1 50
Potatoes, 00
Shoulder, 8
Ham, 12
Sides, 9
Country soap per lb., from 5 to 7 cents.
CORRECTED BY MARKS i WILLIS.
Wheat, white bushel, 120
red 1 15
Corn, old, 45
new, 40
Kje, . 50
Oats, 22
Barley, 50 to 55
Cloverseod, 0 00 to 4 00
Timothy, 1 50
Flaxseed, 1 25
Marks & \\ illis are retailing flour and feed
as follows:
Extra Flour, per 100, 3 00
Fine, do 2 25
Superfine, do 2 75
Family, do 3 25
Mill load, per hundred. 80
Chopped Oats and Corn per 100, 110
Chopped Rye per 100, 1 25
Salt, 1 40
" barrels, 280 lbs, 1 75
Philadelphia Market.
Flour is quoted at $5 25a5 50 for super
fine, 5 50a6 for extra, 6 25a6 75 for extra
fßmily. and 7a7 25 for fancy brands.
Wheat, red $1 35al <lB, white 1 45al 50,
3,000,000
Pennsylvania State Loan,
T"E subscribers ha.inj; been •o,h„,i Kj
X by the Governor and State Treasurer to
procure bids for the Loan recently author! J
by the Legislature of Pennsylvania. wojj
respectfully appeal to the patriotism
State pride of Pennsylvanians in this i,
of trial, that they come forward and mlnlf
their love of the old Commonwealth U
prompt and cordial response to her call *
j But independent of any motives of
otism. there are considerations of self,
estwhichmay becnsidorod in
tins Loan. It is a Six per cent Loan (J!
from any taxation whatever, and bidder
; have the privilege of taking Certificate/
S-0, SIOO, SSOO, SI,OOO, or larger sums nn,{
either coupon or translerable loan A
: cial tax. amounting to about Three llunfi
thousand Dollars per annum, is bv this f
Bill levied, and is to be applied li t ™*
ment of the interest on the Loan, and to the
purposes of a liberal Sinking Fund T
an economical and judicious expenditureT f
the money, and throws around its disburse
ment, as will be seen by the annexed card f
thebtate Treasurer, t!, e most satisfactory
checks and guards. The number of TaxJl
inhabitants within the State is now nearly
Seven Hundred Thousand— thus showing
that the above Loan added to our debt unit?
j amounts to the trifle of four dollars and fif l
cents for each taxable: and besides i? is '
hdentiy expected that most of the funds un
disbursed, being really in aid of the Govern
j ment, will be in due time returned to our
, Treasury.
Subscriptions will be received durin-' th,
| present week'at the bunking house of Wib
' liam Russell, Lewistown.
DREXEL A- CO.,
54 South Third Street
JAY COOKE Jb CO.,
H4 South Third Street
Philadelphia, June 1, 1801.
To Contractors For Supplies.
\\ rj: hereby give notice to all those who
TT may be contracting to furnish sup
plies to the State, under the recent appronri
aiion of three millions, that, havin" received
the p<er under the Act of appointing in
spec ors , f all supplies, and other pi,welabo
in reference to the settlement of claims
which was not delegated to us under the pre
vious Act of April 12th. we shall hold every
contractor to the most rigid accountability in
the settlement of his claims, and the itisixv.
tion of his supplies must be of that charac
ter which shall prevent any imposition upon
the State, and protect the volunteers who have
so nobly responded to its call; and no sup
plies will be paid for until they have been it..
specie d by officers who shall have been duly
appointed for that purpiose.
UEXKY D. MOORE,
State Treasurer.
TilOS. E. COCIIUAN,
j''G Auditor General.
\ i;n ui:>i I;I>I ics , KOK
SEE R M ATO 11 It II (EA.
UOWAKII association-. I'UILAL>KI.I>HI\. .4
firm voh.nt Institution bt/ sju - ■>/ f-jii).
nit-nt. for the lit tit f t,f the Sii k ti/td sxt >l, atf!irt,<i trtfk
lit flmt and Chrome Disease*, mrl etpccutUy for tin < i •
of uf the S. run! Onm,lf.
MKIdCAL ADVKJK given gratis. I,y the AetingScr
\ A 1.1 A 1 ,1.1-. Ithl'Oi; Imih Sjierinalorrlie tn 1 oli ■
er diseases the Sexual < rgans. :m-l tie M'.W I,'KV-
I-:iiUS employe, l in the I'i-peasarv. setn in >, ,i,
en \ elojips. trot- of eharge. Two r three t'.,r
stag,- aeeeptatile. Address. Il{. .J. SKl'i.|.|\
I,"! -;in;'N.Jioward Assoeiation. \,.. 2 No't i, >t.,
Philadelphia. I'a.
SB x o o.
FARMERS LOOK HERE.
I AN NY S Improved Combined Reaping
ail and Mowing Machine for SIOO. This
we will warrant equal to any in the market,
will do its work in a workmanlike manner,
and i> made of good substantial material.—
A few of these machines for stile by
F. G. FRANCISCTS.
Attention ! Farmers!
Hay Hoisters; Ilay Holsters.
PLATED head, iron braced and st- el teeth
Hay Elevators, the best in the market, and
should lie in every barn, one of the neatest
labor saving inventions of the day, for sale
cheap, by F. G. FRANCISCUS.
ROPES, all sizes and qualities, for sale low
> by F. G. FRANCISCUS.
LLKYB, single and double, lor Ilay El
. evators, all sizes, for sale by
jeO F. G. FRANCISCUS.
tIL LTI\ ATORS, an extra article, made in
> a superior manner. Call and see them.
For sale low, by F. G. FRANCISCUS.
(4 RAIN Rakes, a splendid article, for sale
X by F. G. FRANCISCUS.
(1 RAIN and Grass Scythes, a large stock
X for sale low by
jeO F. G. FRANCISCUS.
SCYTHE Swaths, fur sale low by
jeO F. G. FRANCISCUS.
WALL PAPER
-1) ECEI\ ING and for sale, over 1000 new
ki patterns of Wall Paper, comprising ma
ny new, elegant and fashionable styles, lbose
wishing to purchase would do well to call be
fore buying elsewhere. For sale low, by
jeG F. G. FRANCISCUS.
JUST received, a large lot of Hay and Ma
nure Forks, for sale very low, by
je6 F. G. FRANCISCUS.
Instate of John Hummel, deceased.
OTICE is hereby given that letters of ad
lt ministration de bonis non, cum testameii
to annexe, on the estate of JOHN HUM MIA,
late of Derry township, Mifflin county, de
ceased, have been granted to the uodersigne ,
residing in said township. All persons in
debted to said estate are requested to m a -
immediate payment, and those having claim
to present them duly authenticated for sett.?-
ment. A. F. KLINE,
my2B Administrator.
D. M. DAVIDSON'S
Essence of (°ff ee \
THIS Essence clarifies and improves
fee by rendering it more wholesome a Jj
nutritious ; also, as a laxative tonic aid
gestion while preserving the full flavor o
Coffee. When used as directed, one pac ' a r
will go as far as six pounds of Coffee. .
Manufactured and for sale at regular •*
adelphia Wholesale prices, by
D. M. DAVIDSON
mhI4-tf Levtistown, Fa.