has been meddling in politics all his life
time ? Sir/ said I, 'are you aware that this
man, James D. Thomas, on my left is a
Breckinridge elector lor this Congressional
district ? wa° turned out of the Meth
od ist.- ministry for whipping his wife and
sknderiug his neighbors. Sir, ssu-i I/are
you nwr.ro that this young man sitting in
front of us, Coionel Louden C. iiaynes, the
elector of the Breckinridge ticket for the
State of Tennessee at large, was expelled
from the Methodist ministry for lying and
cheating his neighbor in a measure of corn?
Now/ said I, 'do for God's sake say nothing
more about preachers until you know what
sort of preachers are in t/onr ranks. And
thus ended the eoloquy between me and
Yancy. I have never seen him since.
T H E G A Z ET T E?
LEWrSTOWN, PA.
Wednesday, June 11, 1862.
?1 per annum in alvanr.e—sl.so at end of six
mon(lis4i at end of year.
Papers sent out of the County must be paid for in
advance.
We have also set a limit !c Mifflin county, beyond which
we Intend no man In future shall owe us fbr subscription.
Those receiving the paper with this paragraph marked,
uiH therefore know that they have come under onr rule,
•el If payment Is not made within one month thereafter
- shall discontinue all such.
PJag of the ( heart's only home,
By angel h,.nds to valor given I
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome
And ali 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 its.
THE PEOPLE'S STATE CONVENTION'.
THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA, WHO DESIRE
cordially to unite in sustaining the NATIONAL
ADMINISTRATION in its patriotic efforts to sup- '
pres a sectional and unholy rebellion against the
UNITY OF THE REPUBLIC, and who desire to sup
port, by every power of the Government, one hun
dred thousand heroic brethren in arms, braving dis
ease and the perils of the field to preserve the Union
of our Fathers, are requested to select the number
of liidegates equal to the Legislative Representation
xf th State, at such times and in suen manner as
will beat respond to 11.e spirit of this call, to meet in
STAT? CONVENTION at ii ARRISBITRG. on TK URS
OAY, the SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JULY next, at
IV o'clock, on said dav. to nominate Candidates for
the offices of AUDITOR GENERAL and SURVEY
OR GENERAL, and to take such measures as may
•be deemed necessary to strengthen the Government
in tfcia season of common peril to a common country.
A. K. MeCLURE.
Chairman People's State Committee.
GKO. W. HAMMKRSLY, ) „
JOHN M. SULLIVAN, / Secretaries.
For Auditor General,
lion. THOMAS E. COCHRAN.
Notices of New Advertisements.
Turnip seed for sale—Mercantile Eicon
ses—Mifflin .county hank statement —Now
-stock of lumber at William B. Hoffman's—
New goods at F.J. Hoffman's.
The Question of Emancipation
•While politicians wrangL and statesmen
dispute the common seuse policy of our
common sense Presideut, says " (Occasion
al in the Press, gradual emancipation,
-with compensation to loyal slaveholders, is
steadily winning its way. Wallach's Ev
ening Star has commenced the discussion
in support of the President's proposition
in arguments of exhaustive ability; and
the National Intelligencer takes up the
subject with characteristic dignity and can
dor. Ihe point of the Star's argument is
,the removal of slavery from the Border to
■chc cotton States, and the occupation ot all
the domain thus purified by the brawny
sinews, energy, and capital, of the Anglo-
American, or white race. The Intelligen
cer adopts the same theory, and clinches
;its opinions by quoting from the oldest and
"best leaders of the Virginia school. It is
fi fact that cat:cot be successfully contested,
that opposition to slavery originated in
Virginia. Mr. Jefferson always regarded
,it with dislike and apprehension, and his
.cotemporaries were deeply imbued with his
own sincere philosophy. The great mind
.of Mr. Madison, the tranquil and lucid
Judgment of Mr. Monroe, inclined them
strongly to the Jeffersonian theory, and ip
the convention which assembled at Rich
mond, in Ootober in 1829, for the purpose
of remodelling the Constitution of the
State, both these venerable men, Monroe
aud Madison, together with Chief Justice
Marshall, took part in the discussions, and
advocated nearly the same remedy now rec
ommended by President Lincoln to the
people of the south. The Intelligencer
quotes from the remarks of James Monroe
in that conventiou, some most significant
opinions. He speaks of slavery as a great
evil; and one of his arguments is to show
that the legislation of Virginia had been
consistently directed against the spread of
Ihe institution.
For the boneiit of certain extremely
tender consciences, we note the rebel papers
ftt Atlanta, Ga., strenuously urge the arming
pf tho slaves to fight the Yankees, and think
.that 10,000 could be picked up iu Georgia.
•ffhis we suppose is all light with the Vallan
riigbam-Breckinridge patent slavery-worship*
'og democracy.
The Public Debt.
The following summary of the public
debt is compiled from a statement of the
Secretary of Treasury sent into Congress
C" the 4th init., in ren'y to a resolution of
the House on the 29th ultimo. It *lll be
-ecu at a glance that the official report
gives the lie direct to the traitor Vallan
digharn blue-light Tory Address which a
few self-styled democratic papers in this
State endorse as democratic :
NATIONAL DEBT ON THE 29TH OF MAT, 1962.
Under what Rate of
Act Interest. Amount. Total.
Loan —1942 0 per et. 52.853.364.il
1847 C •' 9.415,250.00
- IS4B 6 u 8.909.3414>0
1863 5 " 20,000,000.00
•' 1860 5 " 7.022.000.00
1362 6 " 18.415.0iW.00
Tex'nindem'tvo " 3.461.000.00
Treasury note?
issued' prior to Int.
1357 stopped 105.111.64
Do. Dec. 23 '57 •' 178,900.09
Do. Dee. 17 'OO '• 221,650.00
Do. J tie 22. 'OO
& Feb. anil
March 01 0 per et. 2,707,000.09
Do. March 2,
July 17. and
Mav S,'6l 6 per et. 111.000,00
3,382.161.64 r
Throe rears 7.30
bond's 7.'5-10 p. e. 120.523,450.00
Twenty years
bonds 6 per et. 50,000.000.0<)
Oregon war d't perct. 878.450.00
U.S.notes no int. 145.580,000.00
Cert ideates of
indebtedness 6 per ct. 47.199,000.00
5 and 20 years
bonds 6 per et. 2,699.400.00
4 per ct. tem
porary loan 4 per et. 5,913,042.21
6 per et. tem
porary loan 5 per et. 44,865.524.30
Total amount public debt $481,448,934.11
Average rate of interest paid on the entire debt,
4 354-I,oo*l annum.
Swarms of " Contrabands."
The Chambersbnrg Times says : " During
the last few days the roads leading from the
Virginia line to this place have Leon black
with " coatrkbands," making their way North.
Numbers of them, too, have passed through
on the railroad. They are of ali agee, colors
and sizes—from the gray-haired slave, who
has passed bis days of usefulness to his mas
tor, to the infant inarms—from the ebeny
hued to the light olive brown —and are of
various degrees of intelligence, many tf them
quick and knowing, others dull, lazy and
stupid. Some of them have passed through,
but many are still quartered among the ne
groes of the town —some of the houses being
crowded almost to suffocation."
There is something strange in these
hegiras,so strange as to have led many per
sons to believe that an overruling Provi
dence has set his seal of condemnation on
the slaveholder and the barbarous code of
jaws to which the system had given rise.
Whether this is so, Time alone ean deter
mine; yet ever since the commencement of
this infamous rebellion, it is a fact that
whether our army advance or retreat, the
chains fall from the bondsman by thou
sands. As an instance of this, it may be
noted that what was called a disaster to our
arms—namely the masterly retreat of Gen.
Bauks, alike creditable to "him and his
command—resulted in the stampede of not
less than 4-or 5000 slaves! Again, when al!
other means of information failed respect
ing the movements and designs of the en
emy, this despised and down trodden race,
risking life and all they held dear, suffered
hardships of every description in making
their way into our lines, and though in
many cases received and treated like dogs
by some brutal officers, gave information
which in many instances led to important
results. Has the time indeed come when
the memorable words of 1 homas Jefferson,
that 'die trembled for his country when he
remembered that God was just, and that his
justice will not sleep forever," will be as
self evident as his declaration that " all
men arc created equal ?"
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
The Homestead Bill, which has received
the signature of the President, provides
that,
All the lands owned by the Government
are open to settlement under it in quanti
ties not exceeding IGO acres to each person.
Auy person who is a citizen of the United
States, or has declared intention to become
such, who is 21 years old, or the head of a
familj', or has served in the military or na
val service of the country during this re
bellion, can make the entry on payment of
ten dollars, and the fees of the Register
and Receiver of the Land Office. That is
all the settler has to pay at any time. The
act takes effect the Ist of January next,
and requires a residence and cultivation of
five years to perfect the title. Any person
can enter, under this act, land on which
he has a pre-emption claim-
In the United States Senate, on Friday
the tax bill was taken up, and a debate en
sued on a motion to reconsider the vote, by
which a tax of §2 was .laid upon persons
claimed as slaves. The vote was finally
reconsidered, and the tax rejected. The
vote was then taken on the tax bill entire,
and passed yeas thirty seven, nays one.—
Mr. Powell, of Kentucky, being the only
dissentient. The bill goes back to the
House with numerous amendment.
B£§b.The heavy rains last week caused a
great destruction of property along the
Swatara, Lehigh, Delaware, and their trib
utaries, destroying canals, dams, bridges,
railroads, boats, houses and many lives.
S. Wharton, Senator from Hun
tingdon county, died suddenly on Suuday
a week
WAR HE WS,
The Killed, Wounded and Missing 1 at
the Battle of Fair oak 3.
Official Statement.
WASHINGTON, June B. —The following state
ment of the loss in the bat f ! n of Fair Oaks
has been received at the War Department;
To Hon. Edwin M Stanton, Sec'y of War:
Statemcut of the killed, wounded and mis
sing on the 31st May and Ist of June, 1862,
in front of Richmond :
Killed. Wounded. Missing.
Gen. Sumner's 2d corps 183 894 146
Heintzelman's 3d corps 258 980 156
Gen. Keyes' 4th corps 448 1.753 921
Total 890 3,627 1.222
Grand total killed, wounded and missing 6.739
A nominal list will be furnished as the data
is received. G. B. MeCLELLAN,
Major General Commanding.
The following address was read to the ar
my this evening at dress parade, and recciv
ed with an outburst of vociferous cheering
from every regiment :
ILEALXJUAFTTWTS OG THE A KM!' 01' THE POTOMAC,
CAMP NEAR NEW BRIPCE, Juue 2, 1802.
Soldiers afthe Army of the Potomac.
I have fulfilled at least a part of iyy prom
ise tii you. You are now face to lace with
the rebels, who are held at bay in front of the
capita!.
The final and decisive battle is at hand.—
Unless you believe your past history, the res
ult cannot be for a moment doubtful. If the
troops who labored so faithfully and fought
so gallantly at Yorktown. and who so brave
ly won the hard fights at Williamsburg,
West Point, Hanover Court House, and Fair
Oaks now prove worthy of their antecedents,
the victory is surely ours.
The events of every day prove your super
iority. Wherever you have met the enemy
you have beaten him. Wherever you have
used the bayonet, he has given way in panic
and disorder.
I ask of you now one last crowning effort.
The enemy has staked his all on the issue of
the camming battle. Let us meet him and
crush him here in the ccntro of the rebellion.
Soldiers! I will be with you in this battle,
and share its dangers with you. Our confi
dence in each other is now founded upon the
past. Let us strike the blow which is to re
store peace and union to this distracted land.
Upon your valor, discipline, and mutual
confidence the result depends. *
GEO. B. MCCLELLAN,
Major General Commanding.
From Gen. Fremont's Army.
WASHINGTON, June 9.
The following was received at the War De
partment to day, by telegraph, from Front
Royal:
IPad Quarters Mountain Department. I
HARRISONBURG, June 7. }
To the Hon. E. M. Stanton :
The array marched to this place at two
o'clock yesterday, driving out the enemy's
rear from the-town.
Severe skirmishing continued from that
time until dark—the enemy's rear being close
ly pressed by our advance.
At 4 o'clock the Ist New Jersey cavalry, af
t< r driving the e.pepiy through the village,
fell into np ambuscade in the woods, to the
south east of the town, in which Col. Wynd
ham of that regiment was captured and con
siderable Jof? sustained.
Colonel Cheeseret, wi'h his brigade, subse
quently engaged the enemy in the timber,
driving him from his position and taking his
camp.
At about K o'clock a battalion 0fC..1. Kane's
Pennsylvania regiment entered the woods un
der the direction of Brigadier General Bayard,
and maintained for a half hour a vigorous at
tack in which both sides suffered severely,
driving the enemy.
The enemy attempted to shell our troops,
but a few shots from one of our batteries
sunn silenced his guns. After dark the ene
my continued his retreat
Full particulars will be f >ry*ar<led by mail.
[Signed] i. C. t'KL>!v.\ i*, il.ij. Gvii.
Gen. Fremont's March-
The march of Fremont from Franklin to
Strasburg arid beyond is a most incredible
one, and one that will never be appreciated bv
those who have not seen an army of twenty or
thirty thousand men on the move. lie
made over a hundred miles in less than a
week, and that, too, with the most limited
transportation that was probably ever assign
ed to a command of the same siae. The
moving of an army is not the moving of so
many men. It includes the moving, or
rather dragging, of immense pieces of artil
lery, with all their heavy wheeled accoutre
ments, frequently requiring fifteen and twen
ty males to perceptibly move the wheels
through mountain gorges and deep cuts, mud
holes, and ravines. But even this is a small
part of the moving. Subsistence has got to
be not only provided but transported, and this
gain includes forage for all the trains of mules
and horses, companies of cavalry, &c. Ambu
lances, with their sick and wounded, have
got to be moved. Thousands of barrel® of
flour, m eat . Ml sorts of commisary stores,
have got to be moved also. In a word, all
the endless paraphernalia of tents, baggage,
and stores of every description, belonging to
an army, have to be moved and kept along
within the protection of the troops.
General Fremont had to make his march
over half a dosen ranges and spurs of moun
tains. lie had to cross all the various inter
sections and combinations of the Shenandoah,
with all their mountain streams. Yet ho
came to time. He was bound to come to time
when he left Franklin, if it was in the limits
of human endurance to do so. He, himself,
led the advance from the start, and with his
maps and his guides piloted the way. His
march was almost a second crossing of the
Alps, and a great deal faster time, in propor
tion to the facilities at hand, was made by
him than was made by Napoleon.
Such marching is not the way, of course,
to move troops as a rule. It is killing on
and .soon uses up aii army. But the
march shows that when an exigency is at
hand, in which the Government requires cel
erity above any other consideration, Gen.
Fremont is eminently fitting for the occasion.
Official Report of Cpm- Davis.
WASHINGTON, June B—The following des
patch was received at the Navy .Department:
United States Steqmer Benton, \
OFF MEMPHIS, June 6. J
to Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of Navy:
SIR : t I arrived here last evening, at nine
o'clock, accompanied by the mortar fleet, un
der Capt. Maynadier, the ordnance steam
storcships, &c., and anchored a mile and a
half above the city.
This morning I discovered the rebel fleet,
which had been reinforced, and now consis'
ted of eight rams and gunboats, tying at the
levee. The engagement which co'mmeced at
5 30 A. M., and ended at 7 o'clock, termina
ting in a running fight.
I was ably supported by the ram fleet, un
der command of Col. Ellet, who was conspic
uous for his gallantry, and is seriously but
not dangerously wounded. The result of the
action was the capture or destruction of sev
en vessels of the rebel fleet, as follows: The
Gen. Beauregard was blown up and burnt; the
Gen. Sterling Price had one wheel carried
away; the Jeff Thompson was set on fire by
a shell and burned, and her magazine was
blown up ; the Sumter was badly cut up by
shot, but will be repaired; a little rebel steam
er had her boiler exploded by shot, and was
otherwise injured, but she will be repaired.
Besides this, one of the rebel boats was sunk
in the beginning of the action; her name not
known.
A boat, r-upposed to be the Van Darn, es
caped from the flotilla by her superior speed.
; Two ranis are in pursuit of her. The officers
i and crews of the rebel boats endeavored to
take to the shore.
Many of their wounded and prisoners are
now in our hands. The Mayor surrendered
the city to me after the engagement. Col.
Fitch came down at eleven o'clock, and has
taken military possession of the town.
C. 11. DAVIS, Flag Officer.
WASHINGTON, June B.—The following mes
sage. in relation to the action of the rains in
the naval engagement off Memphis was re
eeived by the War Department this evening;
Oi-t'osiTE MEMPHIS, June 0. )
via CAIRO, June 8. J
To Hon, E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War :
The rebel gunboats made a stand early
this morning opposite Memphis, and opened
a vigorous fire upon our gunboats, which they
returned with equal spirit.
I ordered the Queen, my flag ship, to pass
between the gunboats and run down ahead of
them, up m the two ranis of the enemy, which
at tirst, boldly stood their ground. Lieut.
Col. El let, in which Capt. Dryden is first mas
ter followed, gallantly. The rebel rams en
deavored to back down stream, and then to
turu and run. but the movement was fatal to
them. The Queen struck one of them fairly
and for a few minutes was fast to the wreck.
After separating, the rebel steamer sunk.
My steamer, the Queen, was then herself
struck by another rebel steamer, and disabled,
but, though damaged, can be saved. A [pis
tol shot wound in the leg deprived me of the
power to witness the remainder of the fight.
The Monarch also passed ahead of our gun
boats, and went most gallantly into action.—
She first struck the rebel boat that struck my
flag-ship, and sunk the rebel. She was
then struck by one of the rebel rams, but not
injured. She then pushed on and struck the
Beauregard, and burst open her side. Sim
ultaneously the Beauregard was struck in the
boiler by a shot from one of our gunboats.
The Monarch then pushed at the gunboat
Little Rebel, the rebel flag ship, and, having
little headway, pushed her before, her, the
rebel commodore and crew escaping.
The Monarch then finding the Beauregard
sinking took her in tow until she sunk iu shoal
water. Then in compliance with the request
of Col. Davis, Lieut. Col. Eliet despatched
the Monarch and the Switzerland in pursuit
of oue of the remaining rams and some trans
ports which had escaped.
The gunboats and two of my rams have
gone below.
I cannot too much praise the conduct of
the pilots and engineers, ami Military Guard
of the Monarch and Queen, the brave conduct
of Captain Dryden. or the heroic bearing of
Lieutenant Colonel Eilet. I will name all
the parties to you in a special report.
T am, myself, tlie only person in inv fleet
who was disabled. CHARLES HLLKT. Jit,
Colonel Commanding ltani Fleet
The following second despatch from Col.
Fillet was also received this evening:
OI'POSITE MKMI'IHS. .June 0. )
Jia Cairo, June 8, ISO'J j
To the Sa:niartjof Jl'ar:
It is proper and doe the brave men on the
Queen and Monarch to say to you, briefly,
that two of tlij rebel steamers were sunk out
right and immediately by the shock of my
two rams. One, with a large amount of cot
ton, on board, was disabled by an acci
dental collision with the Queen, and secured
by ber crew.
Alter I was personalty disabled, another
boat, which was also hit by a shot from the
gunboats, was sunk by the Monarch, and
towed to shoal water by that boat. Still an
other, also injured by the fire of our gunboats,
was pushed on the shore and secured by the
Monarch..
Gf the gunboats, I can only say that they
bore themselves, aa our navy always does,
bravely and well.
CHARLES ELLET. JR.,
Colonel Comu anding Ram Fleet.
Last Turn of the Screw of Treason.
The Adjutant Gen. of the Confederate States
publishes a general order from the rebel War
Department, directing recruiting officers, duty
accredited, to draft every white or mulatto
male found throughout the South who is able
to bear arms, and who is between the ages of
twenty aud fifty-five years, whether such per
sons may have obtained substitutes for them
selves or not. and wilful evasion of this erder
is to be severely punished.
LATEST NEWS.
Despatches tyom Gen. Halleck's head
quarters, thirty piles south of Corinth and
near G r apd Junction, report Beauregard's
army to be only one day ahead, and still
retreating by forced marches southwardly,
lie has lost twenty thousand men by de
sertion since leaving Corinth, and it is be
lieved, that by the time he reaches Colum
bus, Miss., where he professes an intention
to make a stand, he will have lost one half
of his army. The whole country was full
of armed soldiers returning toward Ten
nessee aud Kentucky. The prisoners ta
keu by Gen. Pope who first asked to be
exchanged now desire to take the oath of
allegiance. As the rebels retreat they de
vastate the country, aud even the wealthiest
families are left destitute and starving
There is nothing important from the ar
my before Richmond. A contraband who
left Richmond on Monday morning reports
that no reinforcements had.been received
by the rebels, nor were there any signs of
an intended evacuation. Our advance oc
cupied a new position, in maintaining which
they lost a few men. Gen. Prim, of Spain,
continues with the army.
We have some additional particulars of
the naval fight on the Mississippi, and the
occupation of Memphis. Everything was
quiet there, and the excitement of the peo
ple had subsided. Nothing had beeu
heard of the rebel steamer Van Dorn
which escaped by running away. Com.
Hollies is reported to have destroyed four
gunboats which stH! remained in his pos
session at a point farther down the river.
Our belief is that all of Ilollins' fleet were
destroyed below New Orleaus by Com. Far
rago t.
Despatches from the Mountain Depart
ment state that the advance of Gen. Fre
mont's Division purmed the Rebels through
Har.isonburg on the 6th, Friday last. The
New Jersey Cavalry, under Col. Wyshatu,
were ambushed by the Rebels and in a
skirmish lost thirty-five in killed, wounded
and missing. The infantry reserves after
ward drove the enemy back, but a portion
of the Pennsylvania Rucktail Regiment
was outflanked and suffered very severely.
Lieut. Col. Kane of the Rucktail Rifles, is
reported wounded and a prisoner. The
Rifles lost 55 men killed, wounded and
missing. Col. Ashby, the fatuous rebel
cavalry officer, is reported killed.
A skirmish took place in Southwest
Missouri a few days ago, between four hun
dred guerrillas, under Col. Coffee, and one
hundred and fifty State Militia, command
ed by Col. John M. Richardson, in which
the loyalists were defeated, and Col. Rich
ardson mortally wounded, beside sixty of
his men taken prisoners. They were releas
ed on parole.
By accounts from rebel papers, it ap
pears that our forces are advancing on
Charleston and Mobile.
All the printing materials, including the
types, machinery and presses, together
with the buildings which contains them,
of the Nashville Patriot, Nashville Ban
ner, Nashville Union, Nashville Gazette,
Tennessee 1> iptist, and the Southern Moth
odist Publishing House, and the Baptist
Publishing House in that city, have been
libelled by the United States Attorney.
Brig. Gen. Duiaont, in command at
Nashville, Tennessee, having discovered
that salt, bacon, coffee, iron, leather, med
icines, and other articles of prime neces
sity to the rebels, were finding their way
through the national lines, has issued an
order holding to a strict accountability any
person who shall attempt to take away from
that city any uierehm lise, without a spe
cial permit.
Cotton is coming into St. Louis quite
freely from certain parts oi the South.—
One hundred and twelve bales arrived
there on Friday last. On May 20 two
hundred and fortyn ine hales were shipped
from Nashville for the North.
A rebel gunboat came to Jaeksonpnrt
Arkansas, on Tuesd ay, and destroyed all
the cotton anil sugar stored there. She
returned down the Black river, destroying
all the cotton and sugar as she went, ol
which it is supposed there was a large
amount. Considerable consternation pre
vailed for a time in the vicinity of l'oca
hontas, and our troops were under inarching
orders during Tuesday night; but it soon
subsided, and at last accounts everything
was quiet.
The United States transport Philadel
phia from Pensacola on the 25th via Key
West on the 30th ultimo, arrived at New
York on Friday. Our troops still occupied
Pensacola, and the place was being forti
fied. Martial law had been declared. De
serters were constantly coming in. About
eight hundred of the enemy were in the
vicinity, several cf whom had been captur
ed. The Navy Yard is entirely destroyed,
including the tine Naval Hospital and the
private dwellings. The health of our men
continued good.
Instructions to Governor Stanley.
There is no longer any doubt but that
instructions have been forwarded to Gov-
Stanley, at Newbern, N. C., requesting
him not to interfere with the educational
system for the contrabands, and laying
down specific instructions with regard to the
return of fugitives from justice. The in
structions just given will be forwarded,
doubtless, to the Military Governors of oth
er States for their government in similar
cases which were presented to Governor
Stanley.
By the arrival of the steamer Persia
we have later dates from Europe. The
London Times at last yields to the opin
ion that the progress of the North, though
slow, is sure, and that place after place hav
ing fallen there will soon come a time whqn
what is left will not be worth defending.
France is said to have demanded the ex
pulsion of the ex-King of Naples from
Rome.
you want your children to grow up
rswdies, give them a night street education.
They learn faster in that than in any other
school.
Merchandise, &c., are hereby notified
to lift their Licenses without delay, $s they
will subject themselves to costs of suit jf not
attended to in time.
R. W. RATION,
jell
Treasurer.
Early White Flat Dutch Strap Leaf,
j Early White Flat Norfolk.
Early Purple Top Flat Strap Leaf.
Long White French.
Long Yellow Swede.
Round Russia, or Ruta 1W
Dale Hybrid.
The subscribers will forward, by mail, one.
half pound of either of the above named
varieties of turnip seed, postage paid, on the
receipt of 36 cents in postage stamps.
ROGERS & GEST,
jell No. 133 Market St., Phila.
Statement of Mifflin Co, Bank,
June 3d, 1802.
ASSETS.
Gold and Silver $22,189 25
U. S. Treasury Notes (7 3 10 ) 5,000 OU
" Demand and Legal Tender, 2,110 On
Notes of other Banks, par in Phila. 8,800 00
" and Checks of solvent Banks,
not par in Phila. 4,581 50
Due from other Banks, ($7,709 70
in Philadelphia) 9,315 38
Bills and Notes discounted, (not un
der Protest) 70,891 00
Bills and Notes discounted, good,
(under Protest) 182 75
Value of other property as it stands
charged on the books of the
Bank 130 00
! Expense 1,179 39
$124,445~23
1.1 ABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in $25,000 GO
Notes in circulation 73,275 00
Deposits (over draft $lO-5 16) 23,364 60
Due other Banks 426 74
Discount, Interest, and Exchange 2,378 99
$124,445 33
In addition to the assets above named, the
whole circulation of the Bank is secured by
mortgages on unencumbered Real Estate, ap
praised by throe competent and disinterested
pers.ins appointed by the Governor: Said
mortgages deposited with the Auditor Gene
ral.
MIFFLIN COUNTY, SS.
Personally appeared before the subscriber,
a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county,
11. 11. WILLIAMS, Cashier of the Mifflin Coun
ty Bank, who, being duly sworn according to
law, declares that the above statement is true
to the best of his knowledge and belief.
R. 11. WILLIAMS, Cashier.
Sworn and subscribed before 3
me, June 4, 1862. [•
C. HOOVER, J. P. *j jell-It
LUMBER! LUMBER!!
Wm. B. Hoffman
. \I T OL'LD respectfully inform the public
T ? that he has now on hand a very large
stock of Lumber, embracing:
Boards, Plank. Scantling. Shingles, Shing
ling Lath, Plastering Lath, Garden
Pale, Fence Rails, Sash of
all sizes, Doors. Blinds
and Shutters and ready worked Flooring.
Mr. 11.. Leing a practical carpenter, and
| having selected his stock personally with
great care, Farmers, Builders, and others,
! needing anything in his line, are assured tint
I they will hnd it to their advantage to give
. him a call.
N 11. Mr. 11. is still agent for the sale of
the celebrated wooden water pipe manufac
tured by the Williamsport Coutp iny, i>r
j ders for any size will be promptly attended
to.
Lewistowri,-June 11, 1802.
FFLA&IMFALFCSYAS
HARDWARE STORE
Is the place for a large stock and low prices.
Lewistown, June 11, 1862.
OIL CLOTHS—
All kinds and at low prices.
j'-H F. J. HOFFMAN.
INRUSHES—
) lou will lind just what you want at
JELL F. J. HOFFMAN'S.
/SUTLERY— ~ "
Pocket and Table, well selected, and
prices to suit the times,
jell F. J. HOFFMAN.
LEATHER—
The best selected stock ever offered.
Come and see our Sole, Kip, Upper, Calfskins,
etc, at F. J. HOFFMAN'S.
IRON—
Horseshoe, Nailrod, Tire, round and
square, Shear wings, Landsides and Coulters.
Steel of all kinds. F. J. HOFFMAN.
OILS—
Lard, Sperm, Coal, and Flaxseed, at
jell F. J. HOFFMAN'S.
FARMESRSR
IEHIQ&9 S
BEST Hay Drags, at ?5 50
Rakes, 15
Grass Scythes, 75
Also, Pitch Forks, Swaths, Cradles, Hand
les, Scythe fjtones, ke>, very low.
jell " ~ F. J. HOFFMAN.
BLANK BQOKS AND STATIONERY
a large assortment, at HOFFMAN'S.
SUNDAY School Rooks —
A general assortment, for sale by
jell F. J. HOFFMAN.
VERY LOW.
GOOD Sugarhouse Molasses at 8 cents pet
quart. Good and best Baking, 9 & 12c.
Good Syrup, 11c. Best Syrup, 13 and 14c.
Handsome Cuba -Sugar at 9 cents, and other
kinds low.
F. J. HOFFMAN.