IHE'SrSSI£SJ<S!SIB <Ss fflCffiSJa B^SSHsESISISIEffIs Whole No. 2753. JLewlstown Post Office. Mails arrive and close at the Lewistown P. O. as follows. ARRIVE. Eastern through, 5 33 a. m. " through and way 4 21pm. Western " " " 10 38 a. in. Bellefonfe '* " 44 2 30p.m. Northumberland, Tuesdays, Thursdaysand Saturdays, 6 00 p. m. CLOSE. Eastern through 8 00 p. m. * 4 44 and way 10 00 a. m. Western 44 4 4 330 p. m. Beliefonte 8 00 44 Northumberland (Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays) 8 00 p. m. Office open from 7 30 a. m. to 8 p. m. On Sundays from Bto9 am. S. CoiiroßT, P. M. Lewistown Station. Trains leave Lewistown Station as follows: Westward. Eastward. Baltimore Exoress, 4 40 a. m. Philadelphia 44 5 33 44 12 20 a. m. Fast Line, G26p. m. 350 " 4 Fast Mail, 10 38 44 Mail, 421 44 Through Accommodation, 2 35 p. m. Emigrant. 9 12 a. m. Through Freight, 10 20 p. in. 120a m. Fast 44 3 40 a. m. 8 15 " Express 44 1 1 00 44 2 35 p. m. Stock Express, 5 00 44 9 05 44 Coal Train. 12 45 p. m. 10 38 a. m. Local Freight, 645a. m. 626 p. m. Omnibuses convey passengers to and from all the trains, taking up or setting them down at ail points within the borough limits. GEO. W. ELDER, Attorney at Law, Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at tend to business in Millliu, Centre and Hunting don counties my 26 fiiis J. iusilL OFFICE or. East Market street, Lewistown, adjoining F. G. Franciscus' Hardware Store. P. S. Dr. Locke will be at his office the first Monday 3h month to spend the week. my3l DR. J". I. MARKS OFFERS his Professional services to the citizens of Lewistown and the surround ing country. Office in the Public Square op posite the Lewistown Hotel. janl3—6m* Large Stock of Furniture on Hand. A FELIX is still manufacturing all kinds •of Furniture. Young married persons and others that wish to purchase Furniture will find a good assortment on hand, which will he sold cheap for cash, or country pro duce aken in exchange for same. Give me a call or Valley street, near Black Bear Ho tel. feb 21 Jaoob C. Blymyer & Co., Produce and Commission Mer chants, LEWISTOWN, PA. KafFlour and Grain of all kinds pnr chased at market rates, or received on storage and shipped at usual freight rates, having storehouses and boats of their own. with care ful captains and hands. Plaster, Fish, and Salt always on hand. sep2 TIIT 77 ARE & STOVES OF all patterns, constantly kept, and for sale at very low figures, as usual, at the famous BIG COFFEE POT SIGN. Lewistown, August 6, 1862. AND BRAID STAMPING Done on the most fashionable patterns by MRS. MARION W. SHAW- Lewistown, Sept. 23, 1863- Kishacoquiilas Seminary AND NORMAL INSTITUTE. FYMIE Summer Session of this Institution I will commence on MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1863, and continue twenty<oue weeks. Cost for Board, Furnished Rooms and Tu itioo in the English Branches, per session, S6O. Day scholars, per session, sl2. Music. Languages and Incidentals extra. In order to secure rooms in the Institute application should be made before the open - ing of the school. For further particulars, address, S. Z. SHARP. Prin. janl3 Kishacoquillas. Pa. Mt. Rock Mills." ORDERS FOR FLOUR, FEED, Ac., CAN, until further notice, be left at the Store of S J. Brisbin Co., or at the Hat Store of W. G. Zollinger, at which pla ces they will be called for every evening, fill ed next morning, and delivered at any place in the Borough. nolß G. LEIIR. English Lever Full Jeweled, Detached dit I tu, cylinder Escapements, and all kinds. War prices, at PATTON'S. CIOAL MODS, Sheet Zinc. Pokers, Shovels / aud Mica at F. J. HOFFMAN'S. THE MMUiL THE THREE CALLS. Oh slumberer. rouse thee, despise not the truth, But gie thy Creator the days of thy youth; Why standest there idle, the day breaketh, see, The Lord ot the vineyard is waiting for thee. Holy Spirit, by thy power Grant me yet another hour, Earthly pleasure I would prove, Earthly joy and earthly love; Scarcely yet hath dawned the day : Holy Spirit, wait, I pray. Oh. loiterer, apeed thee, the morn wears apace, Then squander no longer the moments of grace. But haste while there's time, with thy Master agree: The Lord of the vineyard stand# waiting for thee. Gentle Spirit, stay, oh stay. Brightly beams the early day. I would linger in these bowers, God shall have my noontide hours; Chide me not for my delay, Gentle Spirit, wait. I pray. Oh, sinner, arouse thee, thy morning is past. Already the shadows are lengthening fast. Escape for thy life, from the dark mountains flee, The Lord of the vineyard yet waiteth for thee. Spirit, cease thy mournful lay, Leave me to myself, I pray, Earth hath flung her spell around me. Pleasure's silken chain hath hound me; When the sun his path hath trod, Spirit, then I'll turh to God. 10MMREMGI00I Get a Home and Keep It. A loading object with every young man should be to secure for himself a permanent home. And for its greater ability, it should consist partly in land, and up to a certain limit, the trore of it the better, if paid for. The house should be as comfortable and attrac tive as one has the means of making it. It should be one that the heart can grow to, and will cling around more and more firmly with very pass ing year. Its owner should desire and purpose keeping possession of it as long as he lives, and his children should grow up feeling that there is one place fixed and stable for them through all changes. Americans are altogether too roving in their habits. We build bouseH cheaply, and pull them down without regret. Or we sell out and move away half a dozen times in a lifetime, in the hope of bettering our condition. How much better to choose a homestead early in life, and then lay plans with reference to abiding there. Even though our gains be less than are promised elsewhere, a certainty should never be given up for an uncertainty. 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bash.' Only those who have experienced it know how firmly a family becomes at tached to their long loved homestead. No children love home so well as those who have known only one. As the young become of marriageable age, they should go out, one by one, from the old homestead, feeling it to be the mod el after which their own should be es tablished, and knowing that this shall remain unchanged as long as the pa rents live, a place to which they can return, and where they will ever be welcome. A pleasing writer confirms our doctrine thus: 'There is great gain in being settled. It is two-lold. Each year accumulates about the farmer the material by which labor is lessened. The rough channels of nature become worn and smooth. A change involves a great loss, and rarely is there a correspond ing gain. Time is lost, labor expend ed, money paid, the wear and tear of removal is a srull item ; and above all the breaking up of old associations is often disastrous in the extreme. Pa rents and children become unsettled in their habits, if not in their morals. * Let the man who has a homestead keep it; let him that has none get one. and luhor to render it a treasured remembrance to the absent, and a constant joy to those who abide in it.' To all which every intelligent, thoughtful person must give a hearty approval. Worship God with Flowers. Flowers are the memories of child hood, which accompany us from the cradle to the grave. I left my birth place at the age of seventeen, yet the peonies, tulips and roses of my moth er's garden are pictured in iny mind with a vernal freshness. Teach your children to love flowers, and they will love home and all its inmates. Beau tify the grounds around your dwelling with rich foliage, plants, and the bright blossoms of sweet flowers, and the fa ces of all who look upon the scene will be lighted with smiles, while their hearts will worship the great Giver of all good and periect gifts to man. If I could be the means of creating a gen eral taste ibr gardening and love of flowers, 1 should feel as though I had been of more benefit to my country than all the military heroes of the pres ent age. Worship God with flowers. As lie loves all that is beautiful and good, so will lie love you as you make your home lovely. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1864. RUNNING THE BLOCKADE. 'ls Miss Bessie in ?' 'Yes, sir.' Without further question the speaker entered the house with the air of an ac customed visitor. The room into which he was ushered was furnished with a de gree of elegance which betokened alike wealth and good taste. The young man threw himself on the sofa, aud taking from his pocket a telegram just received, read it with sparkling eyes. Certainly it must have contained good news, to judge by the expression of his face. He was interrupt ed in his occupation by a soft hand upon his shoulder. 'Mr. Murdaunt, I protest against your converting my drawing room info an office. Is your letter, then, of absorbing interest?' 'I beg your pardon, Bessie,' said the young man, coloring 'you eutered eo soltiy that I did not hear you.' 'ls that all you have to say to me?' in quired the young lady, playfully. '1 begin to think it was scarcely worth while to come down.' 'No, Bessie,' said the young man, taking her hand, 'it is not all I have to say to you. I have come to ask you to reconsider your decision postponing our mairiage for six months. What good reason is there tor it?' ' It is my guardian's wish, Federic,' said Bessie, gravely. 'He thinks lam so young that we cam well afford to wait. After all this is but a short time. Six months will pass away quickly.' 'To you, perhaps,' returned the lover, half reproachfully. 'Aud why not?' she retorted, playfully. 'For think, Frederic, they are the last six months of my independence From that time I am to be subject to the whims and caprices of a husband. lam afraid they are ail sad tyrants. On secoud thoughts, it would perhaps be better to name a year.' 'Would you have me commit, suicide?' 'As if you were capable of it,'she re torted, laughing merrily. 'You don't know what I am capable of,' said young Mordaunt, shaking his head. 'Perhaps if I don't know I should be ur willing to marry you at all' said Bessie, with a saucy smile. Frederic Mordaunt's face flushed slight !y, as if a sudden thought had crossed his mind, but a moment afterward he respond ed in the same vein. Half : n hour afterward the young man rose to go Bessie Graham loilowed him to the door, and then with slow and medi tative steps re entered the drawing room As she passed the mirror a hasty glance was perhaps natural. Rarely has mirror reflected back a more pleasing face or more graceful figure. Neither perhaps was fault less, but the face bad a wonderful power of expression. A smile fairly lighted it up, leaving it absolutely radiant. Yet there was something about the uiouth that smiled so sweetly which would have assured a careful observer that Miss Bessie had a will of her own when she chose to exert it. The eyes were clear and truthful. Purity and sincerity were reflected in these mir rors of the soul Frederic Mordaunt was not the only one who had been won by the charms of the young heiress. For Bessie was an heiress, and a weathy one. Not that she thought of it. The two hundred thousand dollars which constituted her fortune were a poor substitute in her eyes for the tender love of her father who had been snatched from her three years since by a sudden distemper. Bessie was about to leave the room when her attention was suddenly dnwn to a loose sheet of paper which lay on the carpet at the foot of the sofa on which her late visi tor had been sitting. Pieking it up, a giance informed her that it was a telegram, and dated at Halifax. Her eyes rested upon it a moment, and almost ÜBcanscious ly she took in its contents. The blood rushed to her cheeks, and she exclaimed, impetuously. 'Good heavens! can Frederic have acted so base a part?' The expression of her face was complete ly changed. There was a deep earnestness in her eyes, but lately sparkling with a merry light. 'This uinst be inquired into without delay,' she resolved. 'lf it be as I suspect, all is over between us Yes,' she repeated, in a slow and resolute tone, 'hence forth and forever all is over between us.' She wrote two lines upon a sheet of note paper, and ringing the < ell hastily, said to the servant who answered her summons, 'Do you know Mr Mordaunt's office?' 'Yes, Miss Bessie.' 'You will convey this note thither im mediately, and place it in his hand. If he i 3 absent wait for him.' 'Yes, Miss Bessie.' Mr. Mordaunt bad walked quickly back to his office, having important b isiness awaiting his attention. He was a young merchant who had the reputation of great shrewdness in business matters Some said that he had never done a better stroke of business than in securing the affections of the young heiress. Perhaps he thought so hirj-clf. Me had not been returned five minutes when Bessie's messenger arrived. 'A note from Miss Bessie ' 'lndeed, 1 said the young merchant, gra ciously. 'Give it to me.' His face assumed a perplexed expres sion after he had read this brief missive : AV ill Mr. Mordaunt favor me with a call at his earliest convenience on a matter of great moment? 'B. G.' 'What can this mean?' thought Mor daunt. 'I left her but a moment ago as cordial as usual. Yet nothing can be cold er than this strange note. Your mistress is well? he inquired of the servant. 'Yes, sir, quite well.' Not a little disturbed at this summons, which thoroughly mystified him, Frederic Mordaunt, leaving business to take care of itself, hastily returned to the house which he had just quitted. He was shown with out delay into the presence of Bessie. A\ by, Bessie,' he commenced, 'you have fairly frightened me with the sudden ness of your summons What—' A glance at the grave face of the young lady arrested the words upon his lips. I hope you are not ill,' he said, in a changed voice. Aou left something behind you,' said Bessie, quietly, 'which I thought might be of importance I have therefore judged it best to send for you that I might return it in person.' She extended the telegram. Frederic Mordaunt turned suddenly pale lie mechanically reached out his hand and took the paper. 'I have ari apology to make,' Bessie con tinued in the same cold tone 'Not aware that it was of importance, I aeeideutly let my eye rest upon it.' 'I he young man's paleness was succeeded by a crimson flush, but he still remaiued silent 'Frederic!' Bessie burst, forth, in a chan ged tone, 4 is this dreadful thing true? Have y< u really been false fo your country and deliberately engaged in furnishing aid and comfort to the enemy? I gather from this telegram that, through an agent iri Halifax, you have fitted out cargoes to run the blockade. Is this so?' Ihe young man's eye quailed before her searching glance 'Forgive me, Bes sie,' he entreated, 'and I will faithfully en gage never again so to forget myself.' 'Forgive you! It is not me you have offended, hut your country.' 'I will give half the proceeds to the San iturv Commission; nay, the whole,' said Frederic, deprecatingly ' • hat cannot repair the evil.' You are hard on me, Bessie,' said the young man, a little resentfully. 'I am not the only man engaged in the husiness It is wrong, I admit, but it not the worst thing a man can do.' 'Very nearly,' returned Bessie, gravely. 'Listen. Frederic Mordaunt.,' she continued, rising, ahd looking down upon him like an accusing angel. 'Three months ago word came to me that a cousin, who was my early play fellow and always fear to me, fell upon the battle field fighting bravely. Do you think, in my sorrow for him, that I have not remembered with in dignation those who caused and those who have perpetuated this unhappy war? \ r et I could almost envy him his fate. He never proved recreant to houor and false to his country. His memory will ever he held sacred in my heart. Think, Frederic Mordauut, how many thousands have fal len like hin:—how many a heart has been made desolate—how many a fireside is wrapped in sadness.' 'That is true; hut am I responsible for all this?' 'Their blood is upon your hands, Fred eric Mordaunt/ said Bessie, sternly. 'You, and such as you, who betray your country for t little paltry gain—who furnish the rebels with the means of prolonging their unrighteous contest —are guilty of all the extra blood shed and suffering which must necessarily result. Shame on you, Fred eric Mordaunt! And you call yourself loyal! I have more respect for an open enemy than for a secret traitor.' 'Bessie,'said the young roan, thoroughly humiliated, 'I will not seek to defend my self I will make any reparation that you may require. Only do not be too hard on me.' 'I hope you will make such reparation as your conscience exacts. For me, I will not venture to dictate. You are not re sponsible to ine any farther than you are to all who have the welfare of their coun try at heart.' 'Surely yes/ said the young man, his heart sinking with a new apprehension. 'The relation between us will justify you in any demand. You have only to express your wishes.' 'The relation to which you refer has ceased,' said Bessie, coldly. 'I give you back your promise.' 'You cannot fbean it/ said young Mor daunt, in accents of earnest entreaty. 'Say that you do not mean it.' 'lt is best so,' said Bessie. 'I was mis taken in you. I thought you a man of the strictest honor. I did rot think—. But what need to proceed? Providence has willed that my eyes should be opened. Let the past be forgotten.' 'Do not cast me off without a moment's reflection ' urged Frederic, more and more desperately. 'Give me lime, and 1 wili satisfy you of my sincere repentance.' IW'mSWmHB* SQEKHL2H' JKEfflfr '1 heartily hope you will, Frederic. *i lie intcrr t t lit i ; i ve it-it. in you will not permit me to >av Ips Pnf if von h .ve t thought that any change which time will bring will shake my resolution, put it away at once. Where 1 have once lost my re spect 1 can no longer love Within the lust hour the whole plan of my life seems to have changed. My love for you has gone, never to return It is best that you should know it. I sincerely hope that you may awaken to a full sense of the disgrace in which you have involved yourself, and may seek as far as possible to repair it. Should such be the case, my good opinion of you may in time be restored. Ho not seek for more ' Frederic Mordaunt took his hat slowly, and let' the room, fie felt that it would be useless to urge his suit further. There was that in the expression and tone of Bes sie Graham which warned him that it would be useles to urge his suit further. There was that ,n the expression and tone of Bes ie Graham which warned him that its would he in vain. Kven in that hour, per haps, the loss of the fortune which the heiress would have brought him was not the least bitter ingredient in his cup of humiliation. Yes, even in the pecuniary view, his speculation had failed miserably. He had gained five thousand dollars and lost two hundred thousand As for Bessie, she did not grieve much for the lover she had dism ssed It was as she had said. All her love for hitn had passed away when she awoke to a sense of Lis ur worthiness, She has firmly resolved that whenever her hand is given, it shall be to one who has devoted himself heart aud band to the service ot his country JANES VALENTINE. What a singular tableau ! Three beau tiful girls convulsed with laughter, and one plain faced rnaide,. bathed in tears. It was St. Valentine's Kve. Missive after missive had been brought into the back parlor at Judge Mil ford's by the obse quious waiter. Some of these offerings were large and expensive ; some tiny and delicate ; some replete with flattery ; some redolent with perfumery: ail eminently silly. But none of these had occasioned the mirth of the trio, or the grief of the one. Some yuigar person had sent a vile carica ture to the plain sister, accompanied by an exaggerated description of her ugliness in verse. It was quite painful enough to Jane to know that she possessed no claim to her persona! beauty. Could she have lost sight of this lact she would have appealed dif ferently at times. Hut her sisters always managed to bring their own prefctiness into such forcible contrast with her plainness, that she was rarely free trout a nervous sort of consciousness of her personal de fects. But she had good sense and a patient spirit, which they had not. Still, when they grew so merry over her solitary Yal eritine, she finally burst into tears, in spite of her efforts to the contrary; for Jane was in the habit of concealing her emo tions, when wounded and heart sire, until safely concealed in her own room. 'Look!' exclaiimd Isabella, opening her black eyes to their utmost capacity, 'the child is really weeping. Why Jane ! you look more like the picture than ever. Y'ou would never do for a heroine in a novel, for they are always represented as irresistible in tears.' 1 Mercy ! how red your eyes are/ ejacu lated i-zure-orbed Clara. Y"ou do look frightful. ' The poor child can't help being ugly !' interpoi-d Fanny, gazing complacently in to the n irror opposite, where her red lips and auburn ringlets were advantageously reflected. 'That is just what pains me/sobbed Jane. ' Because God saw fit to create me plain. I do not see why I should be made j the but of every coarse jest. I suppose I i have feelings like other people. Should ' my faults of temper or omissions of duty i he chosen as the subject of ridicule, I I should not complain; but to ridicule my personal appearance, I think, savors of ; coarseness aud ignorance.' Isabel's black eyes flashed. Jane the youngest of them all, always so submissive, always so humble, to hurst out so sudden ly, with so pointed a declaration ! ' Mr. Lee, in the drawing-room, wishes i to see Miss Jane/ announced the servant at this juncture. ! ' Are you certain he said Jane?' demand j ed Clara. ' Yes mem/ replied the waiter. I ' Lottie is ill again, no douht/ suggested ! Fanny. 'Jane is such an excellent nurse/ j and Isabel added, ' I wish cousin Charles j had come to spend the evening in a socia j ble way.' It would certainly be very agree able, for Charley Lee was a rich, fine look ing, and intelligent widower and remotely related to the Mi Tarda. No wonder the three graces at Milford Hall found cousin Charles an interesting gentleman, his little daughter Lottie a perfect angel, and his country seat ate restrial Paradise Jane loitered on the war to the drawing room, striving to efface ail traces of her recent grief. *I Lottie il' ?' interrogated she. as Mr Lee approached her 'No Line, he ic-piied, 'Lottie is will, i but iu want.' New Series-Vol. XVIII. No. 18. 'ln want!' -lane repeated. \ es. in want of a mother, and I of a wife, and I have conte here to night to of fer myself to little .Jane Milfotd as hervu! tine for lite, if she will accept a mm old enough to be her father ' 4 Why, I atu very plain!' .she faltered forth, ' I have just received the most hor rid caricature you ever saw in considera tion of my claims to extraordinary ugliness. 4 I recollect thinking you plain when I first saw you,' be replied ; 4 but now in mv eyes, you are the prettiest of the tour, lie sides I do not base my preferences on per sonal beauty. You are good, gentle, and sweet toned; and 1 love you But übout the valentine; do you consider me particu larly ill looking ? 4 \ ou, Mr. Lee !' said Jane, innocently, 4 why you are handsome.' 4 Well, 1 received a valentine to-day quite as grotesque as your own, I'll br bound,' and unfolded a sheet, revealing r lone widower shivering over a miserable fire. 4 But this awakened me to a sense o my lonely condition, and I determined t appeal to you, notwithstanding uiy fear o your reply, when 1 considered my thirty six and your eighteen years, "is that a barrier, dear Jane V Dear Jane ! What a charm lingered a)' around those two little words! Who hat ever pronounced them so softly and ten derly before? No one, she was positive and she naively replied. 'Oh ! I should never think of that.' ' What can keep Jane so long?'s ! . Clara, restlessly, ' I can't think for my . what cousin Charles could want.' Jane entered the room just as she $ spoken these words. ' Where is cousin Charles ?' que- Fanny. 4 In the study with papa,' was the swer, and, taking a light, Jane glided J the room to bealone with her new happi> ? The next morning, wonder, chagrin, s disappointment could be discovered in faces of the three sisters, on hearing t' father congratulate Jane on the very el. ble match she had made. 4 For,' said 4 I have always hoped to see Charles my son in law, and, though you are. beauty, I think he has managed good sq in his selection.' Jane keeps her caricature. She s she looks at it occasionally, for fear 1 o'her Valentine (Charles} should succet in making her believe herself very prefy ■tftSEKUA'J.SM-.. lloic Me Stanton Settled a Point. —A Washington correspondent writes: • flie town is laughing at an amusing story of a recent interview between tho Secretary ot Wai and the Presidentoi the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. It is too good to be lost I give it as I find it afloat. 'The dralt has fallen with great severi ty upon the employees of our company.' 'lndeed V ' If something is not done to relieve us, it is difficult to foresee the consequences.' ' Let them pay the commutation.' 'lmpossible! the men can't stand such a tax.' ' They have a rich company at their back, and that's more than other people have ' 4 They ought to be exempted, because they are necessity to the working of the road for the Government.' 4 That can't be.' 'Then, I will stop the road.' 4 lf you do, I'll take it up and carry it ou.' 'The discussion is said to have been dropped at this point, and the very wor thy President is still working the road as successfully as ever.' S&"A few days since a recruiting agent carried a finely proportioned man to the surgeon for exainiration, telling the man to return to the ward room as soon as he had been pa sed. In due time the man arrived, bringing his own rejection. There was indignation among the recruiting com mittee, who immediately began to feel the muscles of this splendid specimen of a man, and point out the beauties of his structure. Loud were their complaints and bitter the denunciations of Dr H , and what overt act they might have com mitted it would be impossible to tell, had not a bystander asked the man what cause j the doctor gave for rejecting him. 'Well, I believe,' said the man, ' that he says I've got the itch.' The ward room was clear in a moment. Oair- -Esop's fly, sitting on the axle ; of the chariot, has been much laughed : at for exclaiming, 'What a dust I do raise!' Yet which of us, in his own I way, has not sometimes been guilty of j the like. B*%. A 'big Injun' having strayed from the camp, found himself lost on trying to return to it. After looking about, he drew himself up and exclaim ed, ' Ingun lost!' but recovering him self, and feeling unwilling to a< ckf o,vl edgesueh short-sighteuneiis eonti i ; !, 'No, Injun no lost—wigwam 1 st. (striking his breast) I qtin here!' "• ' Itii ILL. J j-"** vu tLii i stocking i&t ?
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