THE GAZETTE. LEWISTOWN, PA. Wednesday, July 3, 1861. $1 per annum in advance—sl.so at end of sis months—at end of year. Hag of thr tree heart's on!;, horn*, Bv angel hands to valor given! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome And all thy hues were born >n heaven; Forever flout that standard sheet! Where breathes the foe hut falls before us With freedom's soil beneath our feet. And freedom's banner streaming o'er us fitfcjfhe South Ceutral convocation ot the Protestant Episcopal Church in the di ocese of Pensylvania will couvene in St. Marks' Church on Tuesday evening, the 9th inst Divine services will be held ev ery morning and evening, which the pub is: are cordially invited to attend Use' A lamentable affair occurred near Junliins Cap, opposite McVeytown, on Monday morning last, which resulted in the death of Daniel Miller, ft appears he left the house at breakfast time with a gun and proceeded to the orchard. Shortly af ter a report was hoard, but as it was sup posed he was shooting birds, it created no eurpri.se. Sometime after bis lifeless body was discovered near a cherry tree, with a load of shot in his head behind the ear, but whether through accident or design it is difficult to determine. He was we think the owner of two farms in that section, about 4f year , of age. and loaves nine children. comet which h.is been u >tcd tor sonic mouths bv iistrouoiuors, appeared j iu the northwest on ruosday evening in all the splendor and majesty ot these ce lestial phenomena which the Creator has j caused at tim", to aopear within the range i ot mortal vision. To some it is no doubt a dreaded " sign,'' bat all such fears may j be dispelled, as beyond the disturbance of! the atmosphere around the earth, there is no more danger ironi a comet than ironi the moon. In support ot' the theory of at mospheric action, it. is somewhat remark able that the cold winds with which we have been -o often and suddenly visited for some months have all blown ironi the direction of the comet. Mittiin Counts Pragoous arc called upon by f'aptaiu Mitchell to muster into the service for the war. For Sale. riMIL subscriber, haviug retired from the x agency for the sale" of McCormick's Reaper, aud haviug on hand a sample ma chine, he will sell it for one-third less than the selling price, and will warrant it as good a mower as the Buckeye or any other iu mar' ket, aud a much superior reaper. Also on hand a large lot of SECTIONS and ONE SICKEL. He will sell the above machine or time, or exchange it for a good horse. It h a two-horse machine and new. JAS. M. MARTIN. Derry township, June 27. 1861. "Vf ACKi'Rt'L, Herring and Shad ht \I v t low pricet, for kale b* S>HI ' jowv KFWvnr A O. WAR SEWS The news during the past week has nott )een of much importance in the military j ine, except the regular inerease ot forces n the neighborhood of Washington, where )j this time we should judge at least 5,- ; M) 0 men are under arms. Gen. Patterson's solucnn a advancing towards V irginia, and! he adth regiment has probably gone to j neet it up the Potomac Lhe Logan Boys :ontinne at Fort Washington, though some ;walve or tifteen who entered the new com pany are now stationed outside the fort The arrest of the notorious conspirator ind traitor, Kane, Police Marshal of Bal- j '.imore, and subsequently of the tour Po-; ice Commissioners, augurs favorably tor he peace of that city In Kane's princi pal station house, cauuou, muskets, ritles, ammunition, and almost everything tounected with war mat 'rial, were found stowed away in the cellar, under the floors, md between the ceilings. Among other things was a P2 pound hall labeled " trom Fort Funiter to Col. Kane. Ihe city is ii"W in military possession, and Gen. Banks declares he will hold it until loyal men are appointed to office. Several skirmishes have occurred at dit erent points between scours, in which our troops turned the game m the traitors by shooting them down At M;ithin.s Point, on the Potomac. Captain Ward, ot the Na ve, was killed in u foolish attempt to con struct a battery with a few men, when a regiment or two at least ought to have been there. Our opinion i- that decisive measures will not be adopted until Congress, which meets on the 4th. will sanction the wai measures adopted by the Government. Vallandighain, of Ohio, aid a few othei democratic tories will no doubt endesivo to oppose the Government, but the mail body ot the members, without distinction if part'.. will go for the enforcement of tin laws. DESPERATE SKIRMISH Ojjirutl fi' fjoi'i 'it Col. H'Honv \\ JuiK 28.—Lieutenant eu. , Scott today received the following dispatch: t 'CMBBttI •Nl', June 27. 7".i General Mci'Mhin : I have been accustomed to Bending uiy j mounted pickets, of thirteen men iu all, to ! different posts along the several approaches Ito Cumberland. Rinding it next to impossi ble to get reliable information of the enemy,, I yesterday, I united the thirteen and directed' ; them, if "possible, to get to Frankford, a town ? midway between this place and Romnev. to see if there were rebel troops there. They i went within a quarter of a mile of the place' ■ and found it full of cavalry. Returning they overtook a party of 41 horsemen, and ai i ouot charged them, routing and driving them ! back more than a mile, killing eight of them and securing seventeen horses. Corporal Hays, in command of my men, was desper ' atelv wounded with sahre cuts and bullets. | In taking them back my men haulted about an hour, and were then attacked by 1 the enemy, who were reinforced to about sev enty men. The attack was so sudden that I they abandoned the horses and crossed to a ■ I small island at the mouth of Patterson Creek. The charge of the rebels was bold and eon , fident, yet twenty three fell under the tire of 1 my pickets, close about and on the island. My fellows were finally driven off, and scattering each man for himself they are all in camp now. One of theni, Corporal Hayes, ? : is wounded but recovering. Another of the 3 ! party, John C. HillingbroA. is dead. Three ' | companies went to the ground tins rooming 1 and recovered everything belonging to my i ! picket except a few of their horses. The en '" i eniy were engaged all night in boxing up n j their dead. Two of their officers were kil- i led, and they laid out twenty-three on the n 1 porch of a neighboring farm house ! 1 will ' 3 burv my poor fellow to morrow. l have positive information, gained to day that there arc four regiments of rebels in ane ! about Romney. under Col. McDonald. Wha their particular object is I cannot learn. hi The two Pennsylvania refuroente are en i camped at the State lino, n'nt miles fruu there, watting further order- They hare no yet reported to me. They hesitate about in vading Maryland. The report of the skirmish sounds like fic tion, but is not exaggerated. The fight was really one of the most desperate on record, and abounds with instances of wonderful da ring and coolness. (Signed) LEWIS WALLACE, Col. Eleventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers. <TI BFJUIY 1861. i The dav will b-' ushered in by the ring ing of hells, Ac., at In minutes before 4 o'clock, a. in. At 4 o'clock a. in. the Slemuier Guards will tire a salute ot IS guns. At o'clock, there will be preaching in St. Mark's Church, at which time and ! place the S'lemnier Guards will be present | in full uniform. At 10 o'clock the Sieuiuier Guards will . be presented with a Flag, at the residence of Hon. Charles Ritz. by the young ladies of Lewistown, after which they will have a dress parade. At o'clock p. in. the bells will again be rang, at which time the citizens oi Lew istown, generally, with the dittcrent Sab bath Schools, will assemble in the public square, when the following order will be observed : Prayer by Rev. Mr I.eithoad. Song —tlv Star-spangled Hanuer. Reading of the Declaration of indepen dence bv i'rof. M. .L Smith. Song—-Rod, \\ hite, and Illue. A duress by Rev. Mr. MoMurruy. Song -The Stars on our Runner I 1 "l In celeoration of the day to eoiicludt v :th a uisplu oi hire Wor '.s. on tin Square, at 1' o'clock, under the directm: •if Mcs-r.- Nt'wurin Mid Blyntyer. c>niTii!tr '■ recommend a gene . nil d'. v [iia' ut I" 1a.."-. A.-* . during the day. By order ut the Committee or Arraii^ement-- Maxried. In Ctirist Church, Brownsville, Pa., on Tuesday morning, June 25th. by the Rev. ' James J. Page, the Rev. JOHN" LLIIIILAU, i Rector of St. Marks' Church, Lewistown, Pa., and Miss ANNIE C., daughter*of I>r l L. Laiferty. of the former place. ATTENTION! Slemmer Guards !j yOl are hereby ordered to meet at the 1 1 T Apprentices Hall on 'till RSDAY ! morning, the Ith day ui July, lSiil, at hah-post b o'clock , in lull uniform, when and where full instructions regarding the , celebration of ...:r ...miversary ■ will be given you. By order <>l the Captain f A. B SELHEIMER, O. S. !| Mifflin County Dragoons, 2 T>Y authority of the War Department I - : i.ity ' Dragoons to be ready to muster into serviee at the earliest notice, and to report them selves with their horses at my office i mined i- P! ately for the regular service of the United " i States in the present war. They will re n j ceivo 40 cents per day for their horses, and if disabled, will be paid for in full, as direc ; ted by the Secretary of Mar. Arms and j equipments tu be furnished in full by the J 1( . S. By order of lt ( c,. V. MITCHELL, j.. July L 1861. Captain. 11 / 1 RAIN Rakes, a splendid article, for sal.- t VJI by v. I'R A NCIS(M LIST of Letters remaining in the Post Of fice at Lewistown, Pa., July 1, 1861. Banks I. R. (2) Mitchell D. C. Dr. Brown William Megachen David Cassel William Moyer Joseph Claflin Tennesse Moser Henry do Anna McDaniel Mr. Re* do Utica Oswell Mary E. De Mars John Parchev Andrew Freed Samuel Paine L. S. (2) Fisher I. Mrs. Purdner Mary K. Fallen John Rodney John Harrison Mary J. Reed Wallace W. Houßer Jacob Smith J. Ilolman D. Shaw Mr. Hackenbery P. L. Thompson William J. King Samuel Vancourt E. H. Leopold Susannah Wilds Christiana Martin Sarah Wall John McElhattan W. C. (2)Williams T. E. Persons calling for any of the above letters | will please say they are advertised. One | eent due on each. SAMUEL COMFORT. P. M Lewistuwn, July I. 1861. SHERIFF'S SALE. i I ) \ virtue of a writ of Test. \ end. Expou ! ! if as, issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon county, and to me di ' i rooted, will be exposed to sale, by public ven t, jdue or outcry, at the Court House in the Bor ' ougb of Lewistown, on Saturday. July 6, 1861 |at 1 o'cloek p. ni., the following real estate, - j to wit: All the right, title and interest of Andrew j Wise in and to a tract of land situate in : | Granville township, Mifflin county, bounded land described as follows: On the northwest bv the Juniata river, northeast by land of Wm. Barker, southeast by the land of the " heirs of Thomas McCord, dee'd., and soutb i. west by George Strurik. containing 37 acres, net measure, till of which is cleared and uti tier cultivation, e Seized, taken in execution and t be sold a* the propcrtv of Andrew W£s. C. V'. STANBARGER, Sheriff Lewistown. June 20-3t i 4 UDITOR'S NOTICE,. —The undersign . | j\_ cd, appointed an Auditor by the Court j ut' Common Pleas of Mifflin county to m ike I distribution of the fund in the hands of C. |r St anbarger, Esq.. Sheriff, arising from the sab- of the real estate of Andrew McFarlanc, will attend to the duties of his appointment it his office, in Lewi-,town, on niTRSDAA, the 25th day of July, 1801, when and whore ic all persons having claims are required to present them, or be debarred fr un coming in for a share of s aid fund. >n J W. SHAW. I Auditor Auunur. Estate ot Isaac Thompson, Deceased. N'OTICE IS horobv given that letters testa mentary on the estate ot ISAAC THOMPSON, late of Union township, dee'd.. have been granted to the undersigned, resi ding in said township. All persons indebt ed to said estate are requested to make imme diate payment, and those having claims to present them duly authenticated for settle ment. SIMEON K. ZOOK, ju27-6t* Administrator. Kstate of John Hummel, deceased, OTICE is hereby given that letters of ad ministration de bonis non, cum testameu to annexe, on the estate of JOHN HUMMEL, late of Derrv township, MitHin county, de ceased, have been granted to the undersigned, j residing in said township. All persons iu i lebted to said estate arc requested to make | immediate payment, and those having claims j to present them duly authenticated ior setfcle- iincut. A. F. KLINE, my2B Administrator. F R UIT J A R S! LATEST AND BEST ! f IST RECEIVED, a new article of Fruit ft Jars, which is certainly the best and most convenient article in use. ju27. F. J. HOFFMAN. TO SIIOEMAIVFRS W J±-±SI TFi l y 50 GOOD SHOEMAKERS, to work on Clovcrniueut work. , Call immediately at T. COX'S, Eewistown, where the highest wages will be paid, aud a j steady seat given. jelS-lmo Retailers' Licenses. 1> ETAIEHIvS are notified that their lu.ym scs are now reudy, and must b< liii'd , -it or before the loth of Julv j. 27 WM. V VINFV Tr
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