THE GAZETTE.
LEWISTOWN, PA.
Wednesday, November 27, 1861.
$1 per annnra in adtanre —at ted of six
months—l? at rati of rtar.
Fla* of the free heart';* only home,
Bv an?. ! hand* to valor given!
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome
And all thy hues were born in heaven;
Forever float that standard sheet!
Where breathes the foe but falls before us
With freedom's soil beneath our feet.
And freedom's banner streaming o'er us.
Notices of New Advertisement*.
Valuable Farm for sale—Arrival of
Confectioneries, &c.,at Felix's —Irvin W al
lis's Machine Poetry.
The Lewistown Democrat of last
week has an article under its editorial
head stating that Mr. Lincoln had expres
sed " the most intense regret that he did
not urge theadoption of the Crittenden com
promise resolutions by his friends in Con
gress." There is probably about a.- much j
truth in this story as in the thousand and j
one lies got up and published by such pa- j
pcrs as the Buffalo Courier. Mr. Lincoln's
words, speeches, and thesnpport given him
by the masses of the people, all give the lie
to this canard, and we believe at this day,
if the Crittenden resolutions were proper
ly understood, they would not command
one vote out of ten outside of the slave
states. The single fact that they would i
have entailed slavery forever on all south- j
em territory now in our possession, or here- j
after to be acquired, would consign them |
to oblivion at once.
A Democratic Splinter-
Democracy is generally preached up as
Leing the same everywhere. From a num
ber of choice articles in the last Sclins- I
grove Times, the organ of '• democracy" in ,
Snyder county, we select the following for ''
(he benefit of workingmen generally, who
can thus see the company they are in :
The Baltimore Workingmen Appeal to
the President.
The workmen of Baltimore have sent a del
egation to President Lincoln to appeal to him
to give them work to keep them from freezing
and from starving the coming winter. The
President—that is old Abe Lincoln—made
them an encouraging reply, and told them
they should have a fair participation in the
Government spoils. Old Abe wa* elaborate
in his good wishes and promises. This was
very dignified, and vindicated the honor of a
great republic! But last spring when the
Commissioners from Seven States came to ne
gotiate with him, he deemed himself entirely
too big a gun to deal with so small an affair.
It did not have enough of the mob charac'er
about it. But let a Fire company, the hack
driver* and scullions of Baltimore, or any
similar delegation, especially if it is compo
Bed of Dutch or Irish ; come to old dady Lin
coin and his bosom swells with benevolence;
and if he cannot give them an immediate
bite, he is sure to promise them some of the
crumbs.
W hat do the democratic " Dutch and
Irish here think of their democratic bro- I
ther beyond Black Oak Ridge ? Ish alles i
recht ?
1 lie 11 votes cast in the Simpson Guards '
fur Mr. Slenker for Judge, in consequence of j
some informalities, were rejected by the Re
turn Judges, of Snyder county. Add them,
and Mr. Woods's majority is reduced to 18. j
The Lewistown Democrat appends the
above to the official return for President
Judge, of course with a view of lessening
Mr. M oods' majority. Now we have in
formation from an authentic source that
no such return was certified to the judges,
and consequently they did not reject it.
There was a paper professing to be such a
return —tut bearing the impress of fraud
upon its face —which was hawked about iu
Snyder county for several days, and finally
handed (not sent by mail) to the Prothono
tary in an unsealed or broken envelop, with
names erased ou a professed tally list, and
others substituted, not even agreeing with
the votes reported to have been cast.
"Some informality," truly!
Fact—That the greatest faultfinders with
Mr. Lincoln's administration are certain pat
ent democrats and the abolitionists! These
two classes of disturbers have always mana
ged to make extremes meet since " Polk, Dal
las and the tariff of '42" was their theme.
The ex Breckinridge editors in Clinton,
Lycoming and Northumberland counties, are
distressing themselves about the President
Judge of the Union district. The result has
distressed a good many in the district as well
these outsiders.
.4 Patriotic Lady—' The Union Guards,
Capt. Diller, of Hanover, York county, now
stationed at Camp Curtin, were recently
made the recipients of fifty gum blankets, the
gilt of a patriotic lady—an old acquaintance
of ours—named Miss Rebecca Billmyer. of
Hanover, fhis is oertainly a highly patriot
ic and generous gift, and the " boys" doubt
less appreciate her generosity to the fullest
extent.
The Fruits of Secession.
We extract the following item from a let
ter to the Boston Journal from a correspon
dent at Harper's Ferry :
WHAT THE REBELS ARB DOING.
A gentleman direct from Harper's Ferry,
who knows a good deal of what is going on
in Dixie, says that parties of rebels have visi
ted the dwelling houses in the region near
Charlestown, and have seized all of the cook
ing stoves for the use of the army at Manas
sas. No matter how great the remonstrance
nr how urgent the needs of the people, they
have turned a deaf ear to all. Union men, of
course, have l>een the greatest sufferers. No
one can conceive of the suffering and distress
in that region. The people have no coffee,
tea. sugar—no luxuries of any kind, and are
almost destitute of the necessaries of life.—
And now, at the very beginning of winter,
they are despoiled of their stoves. The reb
els have torn down aii the copper gutters
from the houses, have dug up miles of lead
pipe, and are now seizing all the tin conduc
tors—probably to 1.3 used as stove fuunels.
They have seized all the bed blankets of Un
ion families, also quilts and comforters. Ihe
once smiling, peaceful valley of the Shenan
doah is a desolation. The spoiling has not
been done by the Federal troops, hut by the
rebels. These are plain facts, unadorned
and unembellished. As the Journal readers,
by their pleasant firesides, picture to them
! selves the contrast between their own happy
condition and that of the distressed people
i in the Old Dominion, they will in some sense
be able to understand the terrible wickedness
I of this rebellion, which in its very essence is
' destructive of every element of peace, pros
| perity and happiness.
DESOLATION IN MISSOURI.
1 The Springfield correspondent of the St.
Louis News writes:
" From our last night's camping place (near
Little York) we discerned seven fires—all
—all around us. The nearest was a farm,
where outbuildings, grain stacks, and the
houses were al! fired at the satne time.—
1 Friend and foe were treated alike; farm hous
i es, corn fields, fences, in short everything that
1 might be of least use to the Union armv—to
the army whom they have always ridiculed
publicly and feared secretly—is destroyed,
and a desert thirty miles wide is separating
us from the retreating foe. Where the hand
of industry had commenced to make the place
its mark of civilization, now only proofs of
diabolical barbarity are visible."
The Southern Confederacy, a Georgia pa
per, in noticing the doings of speculators and
aivocating the assumption of " military rule"
over their products, says:
Before this war commenced bacon could be
bought for 10 and 12$e per pound. It is uow
selling at dOc. Nothing has transpired to
increase the cost of making it, and its trans
portation costs no more. And our Govern
ment should have it to feed the soldiers ; and
their poor families at home should have it at
a more reasonable rate; and those engaged
in the sale of it should have that much ]>a
I riot in m in them. If they have it not, the
law should furnish them w'ith it.
Country jeans could be had fur 50c per
yard before the war; now it is from $1.25 to
j 1.50. The labor of making it, and the ma- i
tenai out of which it is made, costs no more ■
now than then ; and ;he soldier should have
it to clothe him while he tights fur us, at more
reasonable rates. Patriotism demands this
much at the hands of those who deal in such
articles. It may be difficult to Lame a law
to meet the exigencies of this case : but the
necessity is great, and we are in favor of the ;
Legislature making the attempt.
Coffee is selling at 50 to GOc per pound: but 1
we say let it sell for whatever people are wil
ling to give for it. It in not an article of
prime necessity. It is a luxury; and let
th.se who indulge in it get it as cheap they
can. Fine dress goods are luxuries, nut ne
cessities ; let those who wear them pay what
dealers see fit to ask.
The Slidell and Mason Arrest—Mr Ev
erett's View of the Seizure.
Mr. E verett delivered his address on the
"State of the country" before the Middle
sex Mechanics' Association, at Lowell, on
Tuesday evening. According to the Jour
nal and Courier of that city—
Mr. Everett began by remarking that he
had been requested to say a word or two upon
an event that reached us within a day or two,
the capture of Messrs. Mason and Slidell.—
Some have apprehended that this act, howev
er desirable in some respects, may yet be con
sidered by the British Government as unau
thorized by the law of nations, and therefore
likely to bring us into unpleasat relations
with that power. This apprehension is entire
ly groundless. There is no right better re
cognized by the law of nations than that of
the armed vessel of a belligerent power to
detain a neutral vessel on the high seas, to
ascertain whether on board of that neutral
vessel there is any thing contraband of war.
It is expressly laid down by all the text wri
ters on the law of nations that among the
things which are forbidden to bo carried by a
neutral vessel are ambassadors of either bel
ligerent power.
There have been many cases iD which this
prin' ipie has been laid down and enforced
in the English Conns of Admiralty In the
yi-ar 1808 an American vessel called the Car
clina, on her way from New York to Borde
aux, in France, was captured by a British
cruiser, carried into England, tried and con
demned before isir W iiliaoi Scott, afterward
Lord Stowed, the highest authority on an}*
queni n t the iaw of nations that cau be
found in Great Britain—condemned because
it carried despatches from the Government of
one of the French colonies. In giving his
oj in ion on the condemnation of this vessel,
Sir William Scott expressly said that the bel
ligerent cruiser was authorized in stopping
the ambassador of the enemy on the way to
his destination.
You are, many of you, familiar with the
ease of Mr, Henry Laurens, who was at oae
time I resident of the Continental Congress,
in the Revolutionary war, who was on bis
way from Martinique to Holland, on board of
a Dutch vessel, at that time a neutral power.
. v f ssel w * B captured by a British frigate,
carried in to St. Johns, Newfoundland, he
was transferred to another vessel and sent to
England, and there confined in, the Tower of
London, as traitor, for two years, and it was
only after the surrender "of Corn wallis at
Yorktown he was given up in exchange for
the Commander ia Chief of the Bruish forces.
You see there is not the slightest ground
for apprehension that there is any illegality
in this detention of the mail packet, that the
detention was perfectly lawful, the capture
was perfectly lawful, their confinement in
fort \\ arren will be perfectly lawful (cheers),
and as they will no doubt be kept there in
safety until the restoration of peace—which
wo all so much desire —we may, 1 am sure,
cordially wish them & safe and speedy deliv
erance. (Cheers.)
Defending the Tories.
Some years ago, in the face of the most
transparent frauds ever perpetrated, some
political mountebanks in the editorial ranks
could be found who shielded and defended
the Portage Railroad and Canal robbers.
At a later period, up to the bombardment
of Fort Sumter, when an indignant people
told these men it was time to stop, the
traitors in Buchanan's cabinet, as well as
their infamous treason, was apologized for
or openly defended by editors calling them
selves d> inorruts. It is no wonder therefore
that the TORIKS in the democratic ranks—
and such only we have denounced —should
meet with an advocate in some patent dem
ocratic Buchanan officeholder. Our ''amia
ble" and "gentlemanly" friend up the riv
er, who we believe like his illustrious pro
totype portrayed by Cooper has gone through
"seven long and bloody wars," without
killing aught save a few bait fish, has of
course sent his sons and daughters to the
war —at least as far as Altoona—or he
would not ask us to do what, in hit loyalty,
he has not done himself. So far as we are
personally concerned, we would cheerfully
refer to the old Logan Compauy or to the
company of that name now in service, as
well as several others from this county,
whether we have acted patriotically or not,
and challenge our " gentlemanly" cotcrapo
rary to make the inquiry. As to the main
matter, we repeat what we have more than
once said heretofore, show us a lory in the
north , or in Pennsylvania, and in nine cas
es out of ten we will show you, Mr Ilolli
daysburg Standard, one of your political
friends whom yo.i are defending as demo
crats. To the masses of the people of all par
ties we have ever given credit for honesty,
but that many who are even now endeav
oring to lead the self-etyled democracy, are
foully corrupt aud unpatriotic, we conscien
tiously believe.
Board of Belief of Centre coun
ty have already expended over SBOOO in
aid of the support of soldiers' families,
and unless a serious reduction is made the
whole fund authorized by law will be ex
hausted. We hear intimations from var
ious sources that an attempt will be made
to have this money refunded to the sev
eral counties by the State, on the ground
that it will thus equalize the taxation —some
counties having furnished a much greater
number of soldiers, in proportion to popu
lation, than others.
The Grand Review - -The uiiilit-ary review
near \V :ihint>in, on Wednesday, comprised
over sixty thousand troops. The f Jlowing is
a list of the divisions which participated :
J>ivisions. Inf. Keg. < 'av . i!<-g. Art. Butt
McCall's 12 1 2
Hein'zelmans' 7 1 2
Smith's 10 1 2
Blenker'ri 12 1 3
Blenkpr'* 11 1 2
F. J. Porter's 1-5 2 3
McDowell's 11 *1 2
Total (0 8 17
* Mounted Hides.
To guard against and possble surprise
while the divisions were forming, the pickets
on the outposts had been considerably
strengthened.
This was the largtst b<*ly of troops ever
before reviewed on this Continent. They
were all fully equipped, and every man sup
plied with forty rounds of cartridges. Kvery
division was accompanied by ambulances, so
that every branch of the service might be
represented.
The general appearance of the troops and
their movements elicited the highest commen
dation from all observers.
Luzerne county, the army vote not
having pleased the patent democracy, the
return judges of the latter stripe thr< w it out!
Aunt Kitty's Tea table," which ori
ginally appeared in the Gazette, is published
in several of our exchanges. All right.
Cochran of New York, a prom
inent democrat, advocates the employment of
the colored race to put down the rebellion.
Bedford Inquirer office is offered
for sale. One or two enterprising printers,
with some little capital, we think could do
well there.
The London News states that a considera
ble portion of Ireland is again threatened
with famine, and in the North the failure of
the potatoes is more general and complete
than in any previous year sinee 1846.
B&L.A grandson of Count Rochambeau, the
commander of our French allies in '76—and a
brother of the illustrious British General,
Havelock —are among the distinguished for
eigners who have lately offered their services
to the U. S. Government.
3®uMrs. Mary Cowan died atCowan'sGap,
Fulton County, Pa., on the 23d ult., in the
103 d year of her age. The deceased was the
oldest person in that County, and perhaps in
this portion of the State. She had resided at
the Gap over 75years, and was a widow about
32 years.
tey fhe Sunbury American intimates that
Northumberland county—-with Breckinridge
democrats as Associate Judges and Commis
sioners of the same stripe—pays nothing for
the relief of the families of her volunteers 1
If this is correct, wc do not wonder that her
" democratic" voters at the las* election elect
ed a rank tory to office.
WAR NEWS.
?
An intelligent deserter from the Tenth
Georgia Regiment reached Newport News
; on the morning of Friday last, and was ta
! ken to headquarters at Fortress Monroe,
where, upon being interrogated, he made
known the location of a number of import
ant Rebel camps on the right bank of the
: James river. "
Acting upon this information, an expe
dition, consisting of two gunboats, was pre-
I pared on Friday, in readiness to proceed
at nightfail to the junction of the Jauies
and Warwick rivers, about five and one half
I miles above Newport-News. The Catn
j bridge led the way and steamed without
j interruption until reaching the point desig
nated, where the white touts oi the enemy
could be plainly discerned ou a low wooded
| triangular of land. This w„s near
i midnight.
j Almost before the Rebel pickets could
give the alarm the gunboats were iu posi
| tion, and had opened fire upon the camps,
; the guns following each other iu rapid suc
: cession.
No effectual resistance was made by the
enemy, and the discharges were continued
for more thau an hour, at which time the
camps appeared nearly deserted. The dark- j
ncss of the night and the wan of sufficient j
men prevented a landing being effected.— j
Indeed, this was not the ob'ect of the ex- j
pedition, the sole aim being to destroy the i
camps by an efficient cannonade, and this
was successfully accomplished. It '.s be- j
lieved that the loss of life on the part of :
the Rebels was heavy, owing to the sud- !
denness of the attack, and their couipara
lively defenceless state.
Passengers by the Old Point boat arrived
at Baltimore, Nov. 26, say that the Nor- !
folk Day Book has a dispatch from Rich- !
mond to the effect that an engagement is
going on at Pensacola.
Parties who read the paper say the Ni- j
agara and Colorado engaged fort Mcßea.
It briskly replied, and that the 'vessels ■
were damaged and had to haul off.
That Pickens was firing on the navy
yard. This is the substance of the report
One version of the affair at Pensacola
says that on Friday Fort Pickens opened
on the navy yard and Baraneas, and that •
the Colorado and Niagara participated and
had to be hauled off, being very much
damaged. All comes through secession
sources and must be received with due al
lowance.
A naval expedition, which has attracted
but little attention, has leeD preparing for
the last few weeks, and is probably already
on the way to its destination. About tiftv
old whalers have been purchased at New
London, Sag Harbor, Mystic, New Bedford,
and other points. They have been loaded
with stone, which will assist materially iu
sinking the craft, and keeping them in their
places when they shall have been sunk.—
The fleet, which was to have sailed on Wed
nesday. is under the command of Captain
John P. Rice, of New London, and the crews j
under his command are enlisted for three
months' service.
The people of Memphis are very much
alarmed at the prospect of a formidable ex
pediti n being sent down tho Mississippi iiv
er, and the Appeal declares that " every man
in the country should be prepared f>r the
emergency."
The panic caused by the success of our fleet
at Beaufort has not yet abated, and the peo
pie of the rebel so;i hnsirJ cities :ire
their homes us rapidly as rats leave a sinking
ship.
Despatches to General Dix, from Eastern
Virginia, announce tho capture of three reb
el officers, a captain and two lieutenants.—
Seven cannon were also captured. They are
all new and in good order. All traces ofdis
loyalty seem to have disappeared iu Accomac
and Northampton counties.
The papers publish a telegraphic abstract
of the message of Jefferson Diris to the rebel
Congress. He makes an elaborate effort to '
create the false impression that the schemes of
the conspirators have been crowned with a
great degree of success and that the South is '
maintaining, with comparative ease, the ter
rible burdens imposed upon her. Ilis mes
sage reads more like the argument of an inge
nious lawyer defending a great criminal than
the message of a statesman ; and he has so
grossly perverted facts, and laid down so
many false doctrines, that his special plead- I
ing can deceive no intelligent reader.
North Carolina Coming Hack. —The Pro
visional State Government for North Caroli i
na, the establishment of which has been con
templated for months, was formally institu
ted on the Bth inst., by a Convention of Del
egates and proxies representing forty-five
counties of the State. Ordinances were pas
sed acknowledging the Constitution of the
United States, appointing Marble Nash Taj- I
lor Provisional Governor of North Carolina,
proclaiming the secession act illegal and of j
no force or effect, and empowering the new
Governor to order special elections for Rep
resentatives to the Federal Congress.
The Army Beef Contracts.
The army beef contracts have been closed.
There are three contracts, each for 4,000 cat
tie. The first was taken by McQuade, of
Pittsburg, Pa., and Wm. T. Hildreth, Harris
burg, Pa., at |3.98, delivered at Pittsburg,
the first delivery to be made on the 30th inst.
The second contract was awarded to Jas. Low
ther, of Latrobe, and Israel Painter, Greens
boro, at $3.57, delivered at Harrisburg—first
delivery 31st December. The third lot was
awarded to F. Ruff & Co., of Blairsville, Penn
sylvania, at $3,55, delivered at Harrisburg,
York, or Chambersburg—first delivery to be
made on the 30th January. The contracting
parties are all of Pennsylvania. These lots
with that awarded October 20, to Markle &
Johnson, at $3.43, will complete the call for
16,000 head. The bids ranged from $3.39 to
$6.
Xorthampton and Accomac Counties, Va.
Early in the approaching session of Con
gress propositions will be presented and con
sidered in Congress to make that part of Vir
ginia, known as Northampton and Accomac
counties, a part of Maryland. Reference to
a map of those States will indicate the wis
dom of the change, aside from all political
considerations. Those counties embrace a
delightful section of country; and though the
land has been exhausted, there is a fine open
ing for enterprise in that district, to which
attention. i& already being directed
Burning cf War save.
The horning of the main portion of the
town of Warsaw is confirmed. The fire was
first discovered about 6 o'clock P. M., on
i Thursday. All the business portion of the
tovrn is in ashes. The troops which were
! stationed there left about eight o'clock P. M.,
' and are now at Sedalia A portion of the
I commissary stores, for which we had no trans
i porta'ion, were burned by order of the com
| manding officer. It is thought, by tbe officer
i in command that the town was fired by the
; citizens, as a man in citizens' dress was seen
i coming from the building in which the fire
I first commenced.
Gen. Ilalleck has issued a lengthy general
. order, making the entire affairs of his de
partment conform strictly to the army regu
lations, and reducing everything to a com
plete and easily understood system.
Seizure of F >rugc — .1 Ilecotirioissance.
A reconnoitering and foraging party under
Gen. Brooks, went out on Tuesday from Gen.
Smith's division and took possession of Flint
Hill ami the surrounding country, by throw
ing out the pickets in different directions to
prevent a surprise, while the forags master
gathered and brought away 70 loads of hay, ,
having with him not less than 00 wagons. :
The only svidence of the presence of the ene
my were one regiment of infantry, a squadron
of cavalry, and one lattery seen from a
prominent position between Fairfax Court
bouse and Centreville in a westerly direction, '
about eight miles beyond our outposts. The '
party retreated late in the evening, having
heen altogether successful and met with no
casualties whatever. Information was receiv
ed that the rebels had constructed an artil
lery road from Flint Hill to Germantown. j
*
editor of that model democratic i
paper, the Sclinsgrove Times, wants to go to j
war as Chaplain to a Snyder county regiment, i
As he would he a " fish out of water" among '
L'nion men, we will give him our reenmmen
dation for that post at Fort Lafayette.
Some Threshing. —A farmer having a son j
in Camp Randall at Madison, Wis , wrote an :
urgent request lo the young man to come j
home and help do his threshing. Said young j
man replied :
L>E*R FATHER :—I can't go home at pres j
ent. 1 should he very glad to help you, but j
L ucle Sam has got a d d sight bigger job j
of threshing on hand than you hare, and Tan j
bound to sec him out of the tcuods Jirst."
THE MARKETS.
LEWISTOWS, November 27, IHO 1 \
CORRECTED BV UEORLIT BI.YMYKR.
Butter, good, f* tb. 12
Eggs, fi dozen, 12
Buckwheat Flour per 100, 2 00
Beeswax, per pound, 25
Wool, washed, 40 J
" unwashed, 25
Dried C'>erries, per bushel 1 75
Dried Apples, do 1 #>o
Beans per bushel, 1 50
II .ps, ft 11.., 12
Feathers, ji lb., 50
Country soap per lb., from 5 to 7 cents.
Potatoes, 30
Shoulder, 7
Him, 11
Sides, 8
Lard, 9 |
Tallow, 00 a 9 i
CORRECTED BV MARKS k WII.I.KS.
Wheat, white bushel, 115 to 120
" red 1 15
" new, 00 a 00
Corn, old, 45
Rye, 65
Oats, 28
Barley, 45 to 50
Buck wheat, 45
Oloverseed, 4 00 to 0 00
Timothy, 1 50
Flaxseed, 1 10
Marks <% Willis are retailing (lour and feed
as follows:
Kxtra Flour, per 100, 2 SO
Fine, do 2 00
Superfine, do 2 GO
Family, do 3 00
Mill Fetid, per hundred. 00
Chopped Oats and Corn per 100, 110
Chopped Rye per 100, 1 20
Salt. 1 50
" barrels, 280 lbs, 2 00
Good apples are in demand.
Philadelphia Market.
Flour.—Western family $5 85 per bbl;
Western and Penna. superfine 5 50a5 62, ex
tras 5 75a5 87 and extra family 6uG25; fancy
brands 0 50a7, as to quality. Rye flour 4 per
bbl. Corn ineal 2 87$ for Penna.
Grain.—Western and Penna. Red wheat
123a12Gc, Delaware 127 c; white 135a137c.
Rye <Oa76c; old corn 63e; new 50a56e. Oats
30a41c. Cloverseed §4 50a4 75.
Cattle Market, November 25, 1861.—The
receipts of Beef Cattle reached 1,700 head.
Sales at s7aß the 100 lbs net, according to
quality.
70 Cows at from 20 to 32 for springers, and
25a40 for fresh.
3,000 Sheep at from 7a7se per lb net.
5,044 llogs at from $4 75 to 5 50 per 100
lbs net, according to quality.
Large Sale of Wool at Boston.
BOSTON, NOV. 19.—A large sale of wool to
day by Bingham, Joy k Sandford, attracted
about 250 buyers. The bidding was about
equally divided between manufacturers and
traders, and for the coarser grades, used for
army purposes, prices was unusually high;
for the finer grades bids were lower than an
ticipated, although very fair prices were ob
tained. Three lots of Maine light and clean
and tub washed, brought from 50$ to 52c.
New Hampshire and Maine unwashed brought
31 and 40c. re&peotive'y, and Ohio extra
fleeces and Missouri Nos. 1 and 2, clip 1860,
brought 46a48$c and unwashed Missouri 30c.'
The coarsest fleeces, consisting of grades Nos.
2 3, ranged 494 c to 525 c., averaging
about 51c. Illinois and Wisconsin, for grades
Nos. 1 and 2, 40a46c.; New Hampshire
fleeces, grades extra 1 and 2, from 44±a495,
averaging nearly 45c. for extra. Connecti
cut river, extra blue, 445a48c., averaging 45c
for washed. For unwashed prices ranged
from 32$a34$c, averaging nearly 34c.
Three lots of Washington county, Penna.,
consisting of double extra and fancy clips,
sold at 50052 c., averaging 51c. Last year
part of this fancy clip sold at 70c. The lots
ranged fr0m.2,000 to 16,000 lbs.,.each-averag
ing 10,00Ui
Bullock & Sons, of Philadelphia, purchased
about 80,000 lbs. out of 600,000 lbs. sold.—
M. S. Proctor, Boston, bought 75,000 lbs.,
and D. H. Sparhawk, of Boston, bought 40,'
000 lbs. Among the other purchasers were
Hamlin & Co., Hilson &. Co., John Townsend,
and Townseud i Son, and,a large number of
other manufacturers and dealers.
RETURNED. —We learn fro-
graph that Quartermaster General Hale,
who has for some time been lying very ill
at his residence in Germantown, from the
effects of wounds received by the falling
of his horse, while participating i D the
ceremonies of presenting a flag to Col tie!
McCaiter's regiment at Lebanon, has re
turned to Harrisburg, having recovered
sufficiently to enable him to resume the
transaction of business at his office
■ " " I I ■ _■ I L.—
ARRIVAL CF
Fresh Fruit, Nuts, Fancy Con
fectioneries,
Toys for the Holidays. &c.
A f A. 1 LLIX'S Grocery and Confeetion
! 11. ery, which arc offered at wholesale and
retail, i therefore invite retailers of Lewis
town, and of the county to give a call, a? they
can do as well with me—and in some goods
better—than they can do in Philadelphia, a?
some giHMis ore daily advancing.
All kinds of Sugar Toys and Confectioner
ies, I am manufacturing, and have them fre-h
for the holidays, which i will at Philadel
phia wholesale prices to retail dealers.
Please give ne a call and examine my
stock, a I have a splendid assortment .<f v
style and fancy goods for Christm j■ ■ - i.--
as good as was ever kept in Lewist >wn
A. FELIX.
Lewistown, November 27, 1891.
ORPHANS' COURT SALE.
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE,
IN pursuance of an order of the Orphan's
Court of Mifflin county, I will expose at
public sale, on the premises, on
Saturday, December 14, 1861,
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, a valuable Farm,
situate in Brown township. .Mifflin county,
adjoining lands of Elizabeth Mitchell on the
east, Win. Cummins on tin- n rth, Samuel \\ .
Taylor on the west, and J iseph A Taylor's
heirs and others on the south, containing
105 Acres and 75 Perches,
neat measure, with a lIOL BE,
j * A BA RN, and other imnmventen's
tll iff therein ere, ted, and neurlv all
1 which 's eDared and in a high
state ot cultivation. There will also be sold
with the above, a tract of
MOUNTAIN LAND,
containing 20 ACRES, and allowance, ad
joining another tra-t of Eii/.al>eth .Mitchell
on the east, Freedom Iron Company on the
south, Joseph lay tor's heirs uo the west, and
John Henry on the north.
Terms <>J~ Sale: —-*IOO when property shall
be struck off; S3OO on confirmation of the
sale at January Court; the balance of one
fourth of the purchase money to be paid on
the Ist of Apri 1 , 1*62, when deed and pos
session are to he git en ; the remaining three
fourths to be paid in three equal payments on
the Ist of April. 1863 64 65. with interest on
each fr, in the Ist of April, 1*62, to be secur
ed by bond and mortgage on the premises.
WILLIAM CUMMINS,
Administrator Henry B. Tavlor, dee'd.
November 27, 1801-3t
The Red, White and Blue.
Is the Big Coffee Pot Sign !
Mr friends, I suppose you wish to know,
W by the Poetry Machine don't go:
But to tell you the truth, since the war,
l'o me her notes seem all to jar.
And only now her invitation.
Is to Union men of this Nation;
As f,r the ladies, I knuw the}- can
Go for the Union to a—man !
And the right kind of a man is he,
Who will call at the Tin Shop to see
The things that will suit his own dear wife,
And add to her comfort through life.
And the right sort of Woman is she,
W ho will find a nice man who will be,
Her denr husband, so good and kind,
And'll call a: the Coffee Pot Sign.
For there jou w ill find I always keep,
Stoves and Tin Ware, (and I'll sell cheap;)
And Coal Buckets, too, all very neat,
Some sit on their bottoms, some stand on feet.
From two dollars and upwards I'll sell,
Parlor Gas Burners that will do well;
But cash you must know is nil the go
\V hen prices are so very low. -
Many other things 1 would mention,
But I will just call your attention
To my lately improved FAT SQUEEZER—
Should your wife need one, dou t teazc her.
A short hint like this I think should do—
If you heed it not she'll make you fh'tr
lo J I. WALLIS, for he's the man.
lo sell you a Squeezer and a Lard Can.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.—The undersigned
anditor, appointed by the Orphan's
Court of Mifflin county, to distribute and ap
portion the balance in the hands of John
Peachey, surviving executor of the last will
and testament of John Glick, late of Menno
township, in said county, dee'd., to and among
the legatees of said dee'd., agreeably to said
will, taking into consideration advancements
made, will attend to the duties of his appoint
ment, at his office in Lewistown, on Tuesday,
the*l i th day of December, 1861, at 10 o'clock,
A. M., when and where all having claims,
are required to present them or be debarred
from coming in for a share of said fund.
J. W. SHAW,
nov2o-4t Auditor.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.—The undersigned
has been appointed Auditor by the Or
phans' Court of Mifflin county, to distribute
the funds in the hands of Jacob Hoover. Ad
ministrator of David Rothrock, late of Der
ry township, in said county, dee'd., and will
meet all parties interested at his office, in.
Lewistown, on Tuesday, the 17th day of De
cember, 1861. JOS. W. PARKER
nov2o-4t Auditor.
AUDITOR S NOH.C.E.—The undersigned
has been appointed Auditor to make
distribution of the funds in the hands of An
drew Reed, Esq., Trustee appointed by the
Orphans' Court of Mifflin oounty, to sell the
real estate of David Brisbin, late of Lancas
ter county, dee'd, will attend to the duties of
his ; ppointment at his office in Lewistown, on
Satevday, the 14th day of December, 1861,
at v uich time and place, all persons interest
ed are requested to attend.
T. M. UTTLY,
nov2o-4t Auditor.
PAINTED BUCKETS at 25 cts. each.
febl4 JOHN KENNEDY A Co.