(&Ss2)a & £©22Ta IKnEnjESSnSlßfig Whole No. 2762. JLewistowu Post Office. Mails arrive and elose at the Lewistown P. 0. as follows; ARRIVE. Eastern through, 5 33 a. m. " through aßd way 4 21pm. Western " " •' 10 38 a. in. Bellefonte " " " 2 30p m. Northumberland, Tuesdays, Thursdaysand Saturdays, , 0 00 p. m. CLOSE. Eastern through 8 00 p. m. " and way 10 00 a. m Western " " 330 p. m. Bellefonte 8 00 " 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. COMFORT, P. M. I.ewistowu Station. , Trains leave Lewistown Station as follows: Westward. Eastward Baltimore Excress, 4 40 a. m. Philadelphia " 5 33 " 12 20 a. m Fast Line, 626 p. ra. 350 •* Fast Mail. - 10 38 " Mail, 421 " Through Accommodation, 2 35 p. m. Emigrant, 9 12 a. m. Through Freight, 10 20 p. m. 120 a in. Fast " 3 40 a. m. 8 15 •• Express " 11 00 " 235 p. ro. Stock Express, 5 00 " 905 " Coal Train. 12 45 p. m. 10 38 a m. Local Freight, 645a. m. 626 p. m. Atf-Galbrith's Omnibuses convey passengers to snd from all the trains, taking up or setting them down at all points within the borough limits. rjr "sr TMPt? Attorney at Law, Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at tend to business in Mltfliu,Centre aud Hunting don counties my S!ti m* J. i JJei Zjr 0 OFFICE or East Market street, Lewistown, adjoining F. G. Franeisous' Hardware Store. P. S. L>r. Locke will be ar his office the first Monday 3h month to spend the week. my3l 3L J". L KAP.XS OFFERS bis 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 - skeD in exchange for same. Give me & oall a : Yalley street, near Black Bear 110 tel. teb 21 Jacob C. Blymyer & Co., Produce and Commission Mer chants, LEWISTOWN, PA. and Grain of all kinds pur 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 Lock Repairing, Pipe Laying, Plumbing and White Smithing rpilE above branches of business will be I promptly attended to on application at the residence of the undersigned in Main Btreet, Lewistown. janlO GEORGE MILLER. AMBROTS EYP AND The Clems of the Season. THIS is no humbug, hut a practical truth The pictures taken hy Mr. Burkh<>!,for are unsurpassed fur BOLDNESS TRUTH FULNESS. BEAUTY OF FINISH, and DURABILITY'. Prices varying according to size and quality of frames and Cases. Room over the Express Office. Lewistown, August 23, 1860. J. A. RQHRER, DENTIST, WOULD respectfulv inform the citizens of Mifflin and Huntingdon counties, that he will practice at the following times and places: The first week in each month at McVey town: econd at Belleville: third at McAiavey's Fort, Huntingdon couDty. He is prepared to execute work of all kinds pertaining to his profession. Teeth inserted on silver and gold plate or vulcanite base. Extracting and filling teeth done in the most approved manner. je 17— Iy. BIS7T AID'S SEW P.ITEST MBMIC SOLES & HEELS A Great Saving of Boots and Shoes. THIS article is light, cheap and durable, will wear about four .times as long as is to fit the shape of any boot or shoe, makes no noise, cannot slip, keeps the boots from running over at the sides and down at the heel, and can readily be put on. Call and try them. For sale by uaar2 BILLY JOHNSON. PRIME EASTERN' SI'GAR-ITREB HAMS! Country Bacon, Fine Eastern Cheese, Sour Pickles, Dried Peaches, Prunes, Cherries, Apples. Beans. Hominy, CAMED PEACHES, Tomatos, Cranberries, Sugar, Coffee, Ilice, Black & Green Tes, SPICES, Syrups, Orleans Molasses, &c. The above goods are of choice quality, and : are offered at the lowest Cash Prices. PSLIX'S Is the Place to Buy your j'BOIIJtUS & | as the People say he has the Goods that will j please alt, and so cheap that they have some nennies left to buy Candies f-.r their children. | Come all. we will be pleased to sec you. Cull and buy your friends a present. marl 6 NEW DRUG STORE Two Doors West of the Odd Fellows' Hall. PURE and fresh drugs always on hand. The most reliable preparati. n of CITRATE OF MAGNESIA, in the drv and liquid f >rm, TRUSSES, SHOULDER BRACES, SPINAL AND ABDOMINAL SUPPORTERS. Goodyear's celebrated patent BREAST PUMPS. A general assortment of Notions, Perfumery, Soaps, &c,, and in fact everything connected with Medi j cine or Medical treatment. Physicians' and all other prescriptions carefully compounded and put tip All consultations strictly confidential, and ! free of charge- Any preparation or inedi cine not on hand will tie immediately order ed. I hope that the experience of eixteeo ; years almost constantly engaged in the active duties of the medical profession will be a ; sufficient guarantee that no deception or 1 humbugs will be practiced upon th se who i consult me professionally, or who desire to t purchase medicinei. • mar 23 '64-ly R. MARTIN, M. D. swinish : SOITPSaiICITERT, FRUIT. AND FANCY STORE.. EAST MARKET STREET, Between Blymyer's and Bite's Stores. i Y\ T HERE is constantly kept on hand a it choice assortment of articles in his I line, many of which are to he had only there. His stock comprises pure and fancy Soaps, Perfumery, Writing Paper, Pens, Envelopes, j different styles and sizes. Combs. Thimbles, j Gum and Cornelian Kings, Tooth Brushes, Hair Brushes, FANCY ARTICLES, of all kinds. Photographs of Generals, Ac., j besides Confectionery. Fruits, Nuts, and eve i ry thing to he found in a first class store of ; this kind. j A continuation of the liberal patronage i heretofore bestowed is respectfully solicited E. SWAIN. Lewistown, April 6. 1864. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. OTICE "s hereby given that the Coinmia- T. i sioners of Mifflin county have authori zed the Collectors of State and County taxes to make a deduction of 5 PER CEISTT. on all taxes paid on or before the fir*-t day of June next, ar.d THREE PER CENT, on those paid after the Ist day of June and on or before the 15th July—after which the full amount will be claimed. By order of the Commissioners, GEO. FRY'SINGER, Clerk. Lewistown. April 13, 1*64. SADDLES, HARNESS, &c. The subscriber having now on Vraj hand one of the hest and largest • / stocks between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, in order to accom modate business to the times, offers for sale complete assortment of Saddles, Harness, Bridles, Cellars, Trunks, Whips, Hames, Valises, Carpet Bags, which are offered for sale low for cash, or ap proved credit. Among his stock will he found some high ly finished sets of light Harness equal to any manufactured, Let all in want of good articles, made by experienced workmen, give him a call. JOHN DAVIS. Lewistown, April 19, 1860. LUMBEff! LUMBER!! Wm. B. Hoffman \\7" OULD respectfully inform the public Y ¥ 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., being a practical carpenter, and having selected his stuck personally with great care. Farmers, Builders, and others, needing anything in his line, are assured that they will find it to their advantage to give him a call. N. B. Mr. 11. is still agent for the sale of the celebrated wooden water pipe manufac tured bv the Williamsport Company. Or ders for any size will be promptly attended to. Lewistown, June 11, 1862. WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1864. THE MI I EEL A TALE OF THE SEA. A mariner by tmpest erost Lay struggling with the wsve : His one sole hoge—ail else was lost—- His hoarded gold to save. Slung from his neck—a weary weight— His precious charge he bore: His fainting strength, at war with fate, Could bear no feather more. But not against his life alone Uprose the breakers wild; A woman, on the billows thrown, Held up her drowning child. 'Save her!' she cried, 'in mercy save!' As through the surf she rolled : He heard: and cast beneath the wave His prize of ludian gold. Fearless he breasts the tropic storm With limbs by love now strung. While round his neck, all soft and warm, Two infant arms are Dung. He hails the land—the blessed land 1 He drinks its spicy air; % He. strains to reach its coral strand, He greets it with a prayer. Vainly the angry tempest raved, His feet have touched the goal; And. with his living burthen saved, He stands—a rescued soul! The child has lived, bloomed, loved and died, Alone the old man lies; Another sea of stiller tide. Steals o'er his closing eyes. Glows now for him no tropic light, But. where life's waters freeze. The glory of the Polar night— The calm of Arctic seas! His hard-earned gold beneath the deep • Lies hid; —hut where is she. His God-gift, whom the star-worlds keep, His daughter of the sea? Where cloud-waves foam the rippled skiea, Touched by the golden day, A beauteous form in angel guise Floats up the liquid way. He follows, hushed in rapt delight, Of dread and death beguiled, She, swimming slow WIMI pinions bright, He, clinging like a child. The dross of earth is cast away, She leads him by the hand, Through heaven's blue sea iter white wings play, He nears the happy laud. She parts the wave that beats him back; He breasts life's surge no more; His feet, upon an angel's track. Have touched the immortal shore! —Household Words. THE PALACE OF CLAY. A STORY FOR LITTLE FOLKS. A great king orce made known his in tention to visit a certain distant corner ol his dominions, and lo this end it was or dered that a dwelling should he prepared suitable tor the reception of his majesty. Now great sorrow seized the steward of the king in that province; for the land was poor, ;.nJ neither marble nor porphiry could be lound in all its borders ; so that while he earnestly desired to make a right royal provision lor the honor of his sever eign, whom he had never seen, but whose service was his greatest joy, no means seemed ready to his hand Neveitheless, he called the builders, carpenters and uiasons, and laid before them tiie king's command, lequiring that every one should bring together all the materials which be could find suitable for the work. For I should bave said that the province had in old lime been devas tated by revolt, and the royal dwellings, which had once been great and splendid, now lay in ruins. So the builders came together, but every man brought the same story of the poor ness ot the land; and nothing was iound wherewith a palace could he made, save the common red clay of the province. Ti en the steward said to all his men, 'Be hold our sovereign is a great and mighty loid, and in ail the world could no dwell ing he lound lit lor his resting place ; and in our bauds is only this worthless clay ; yet of such as we have will we build.' So the foundations were laid ot stones brought from the ruins ot the former pal aces, and the walls were erected from bricks baked of the clay. Early and late the master-builder was present on the spot. Every brick WHS fashioned and laid in its place, every HI eh was sprung and perfected under his eye. and by the guide ot his hand Still the workmen often proved unfaithful ; arches crumbled or beams gave way, and the work advanced but slowiy. Often, too, straggling hands ot rebels, who still kept up guerrilla war tare in the piovince, W'ould attack the buil ding; and the labor ot weeks and months perished in a single night. Y ears went on, and the king's coming was delayed, while still the palace of clay stood incomplete. In some years it seeiu ed as if no progress had been made; tor the repairing ot migrates and mishaps de manded more time than could be given to the' building, and the builder's heart grew heavy with dismay. Still he slack ened not his efforts, but toiled on, while taithfulness took the place ot hope, and a willing heart gave cheer to the hands. Now the arranging of the grounds ca ; led for his attention, and here, aa before, the poorness of his means filled his soul with sadness For in the rude climate of the province uo rare exotics couid he won to grow; and only the hardy mountain daisy aud blue-eyed gentian and aster —stars cf faith and courage—would adorn the gar den But avenues of evergreens led away toward the sun rising, the way the king was to approach, and grassy lawns sloped gently toward the west; while brave and tender vines grew up over the yet unsight ly mass of sun burnt clay, and spoke the love and loyaity ol the servant, while they sought to hide his poverty. At length signs were given of the com ing of the king; and now again the old man's heart sank within him, for his years of toil had brought forth ail their fruit, yet was there no harvest fit for the accept ance of his master. It was too late now to remodel the arches, to adorn the ceil ings, or to lay out new plans for the grounds; yet with all his toil, the building was narrow and low, arid many gaps told of purposes unfulfilled, or of violence from without; while from no single point did it present an aspect fit for a royal habitation. As the shades of evening deepened over the work, the steward retired to commune with his own sad thoi ghts. He saw not the courieis who had hurried before to prepare the way, nor heard the running to and fro of messengers, and the joyful bus tie of preparation that announced the com ing of the king. But in the depth and darkness ol the night came a messenger, who said, The king calleth for thee!' Trembling and amazed, the servant was led into the presence of his lord. Over whelmed with fear, shame and regret, un able to lift his eyes or to speak, though words of confession were trembling on his lip.-, he fell down at his sovereign's feet. 1 hen a voice, sweeter and grander than anyti irig he had ever dreamed, broke up on hi> ear. saving. 'M oil dom , t u and faithful servant And when at length so if'te , 1 • - eve-, he beheld in the dawning light -• •., palace, adorned with all the marks. a ni. Iv grandeur. Airy arches of purest ala barter soared upward toward ttia biue heavens. Stately pillars of porphiry sus tained the dome. Odor of sweetest and rarest flowers floated upon the morning air. Lt seemed that the coarse und rude building of clay, upon which his hands had wrought through all these weary years had been only scaffolding, within which invisible fingers had buildsd up the per fect structure that often he had dreamed of, but had never hoped to see. And through all the bewilderment of his sweet surprise, sounded the words from his monarch's lips: 'Thou hast beeu faithful in t'try little, I will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord !' Cards and the Bible—the Contrast. The purest and the vilest sometimes stand side by side. Wheat and tares grow in the same field. The Hibleand the pack of cards may lie upon the same shelf The good man bearing the fruits of be nevoleuce and piety, is neighbor—sits side by side, it may be, in the house of God, with him whose heart has become hard and unfeeling under the very influences that have blest and saved the former. This law of' contrast we find everywhere. Let an incident, illustrate. On the third day of the fight at Gettys burg. two cannoniers, connected with a bat tery, stood side by side The piece to which they were attached, had once on that day been taken by the enemy, but was vaiiunt ly retaken, and placed in position. The struggle was severe, earnest and prolonged. One detail of men. and then another, were called to serve in quick succession in the heated contest. The men to whom we re l'er stood, one on the right, the other on the left of the cannon's mouth. They cauie to the'r post with characters as unlike as their previous employments had been. The one had been a gambler—noted as such—the other a devoted christian, a Sabbath school superintendent when at home. The one spent his short respite in his favorite game of cards—thoughtless of God, and of the suffering and dying all around him ; the christian, while eonin it ting his soul to Christ for safe keeping, was busied in doing what he could foroth erg. The gambler, when summoned to his post, places his cards in his cap, intending to resume his siniul practice—the chris tian come 9 to his post with the Bible in his pocket. Canls and the Bible I —note the contrast ? When loading their pieces, a hall iroui the enemy's gun takes square off the head ol the gambler, his cards fly ing in all directions. The same deadly missile takes ofl the shoulder of the good man ; but in his first breath be exclaims. 'Glory Alleluia!' With his remaining hand be takes his Bihle from his pocket, and handing it to his sergeant, says: 'Give that to uiy wile, and tell her that 1 die happy!' In three minutes he expired. Thus you see in the heart of each the ruling passion strong in death. And how great the contrast! No words can describe it. They stood side by side, but the mor al distance between them was as great as is the width ot that gulf which is impass able. The one shouted, 4 Glory Alleluia!' and went up from the flame and thunder of the battlefield to the peaceful heights of HEEHHEEST <CKK heaven. The other died as the tool dieth —if it) a sense true to his country —none the less a traitor to his soul and to God. •Sny ye to the righteous it shall he well with bitn : but to the wicked it shall be ill with him.'— Cor. S. S Tinits. lIMELMMEODX THE McCLELLAN REPORT. The series of articles on MeCiellan's report, in the N. Y. Times, are still con tinued. We make an extract from lust Saturday's article: Two decisive battles had now been fought on the Chick ahomiuy—Fair Oak* and Gaines' Mill They were rot battles of .MeCiellan's seeking—tbey were brought on by the rebeis, and we are thus presented with the odd spectacle of a General seek ing a special theatre of war for the pur pose of making not only an offensive, but a 'rapid' and 'brilliant' movement, com pelled each time he met the enemy to fight on the defensive. We have the further spectacle of the man who was constantly clamoring tor reinforcements, and con stantly putting the blame of his failures to the lack.of reinforcements, fighting his two chief bottles, the jirsl with, one half, the second •with less than one third his force ! To the last we find him persisting in the demand for more troops —to the last we find the man who WHS ready to "Drink up Esile, eat a crocodile." doing nothing with what he had. 'lf at this instant,' says he, the day after the battle of Gaines' Mill. T could dispose of t n thousand rest men. I could gain the victory tomorrow'—a statement to which we might reply that, had he not allowed Porter's corps to be slaughtered the day before. he would have had the ten thous a. ■ he there lost Hut it is very remark able 'hat, itli an enemy 'two hundred ti.ou-aud' strong, and behind 'strong in treiieiiments, he should have deemed him self capable of 'gaining the victory' with a feeble reinforcement of tea thousand men, which would have been uo more than he had during all the time he did not 'gain a victory.' In fact, his victories on paper and in hyopthesis, are part of the wonderful phenomena of Gen. MeCiellan's character Having lost his base, and the enemy be ing planted across his communications, it only remaiued for McClellan to heat a re treat to the James River. This act he dignified at the time by the euphemism of 'change of 1 ase'—a phrase which has since then acquired a ludicrous meaning it will be long to lose. The retreat to the James, considering the bulk of the enemy was on the left bank of the Chickabominy and a long inarch off, was not difficult. Rut, notwithstanding this fact, and that the troops were put in tiie most obvious positions, and that in no case was Gen. McOlellan present at any of the engagements of 'seven days' fight,' this movement has been claimed as u mas terly piece of strategy —comparable, say his admirers, only to Mureau s retreat through the Black Forrest. And we dare say that the credit in the one case is about as just as in the other; for Napoleon pio ciaims that Moreau's retreat was 'the greatest blunder he ever committed.' As the Directory, adds he, 'could not give Moreau credit for a victory, they did for ' a retreat,which they cavscd to be extolled ! in the highest terms; but instead of credit, Moreau merited the greatest censure and disgrace for it.' We leave the parallel to the reader's own apprehension. In all the battles during this retrogade movement, we have the same utter want of head—Gen. McClellan in each case be ing absent getting a fresb position to fall back upon. This is the first time that we had known that it is the yirsf and highest * duty of a Commanding General to recon noitre positions for a retreat. 'The Corps Commanders,' says Gen. Sumner, in his testimony before the Committee on the conduct of the War, 'fought their troops IK cord in;/ to their own ideas. We helped each other. If anybody ask<d for rein forcements, I sent them; if I wanted, rein forcements, I sent to others, lie (Mc Clellan) was the most extraordinany man I ever saw. Ido not see how any man could leave so much to others, and be so confident that everything would go just right.' Even at the last of the series of b. tties, when a defeat would have thrown his army into the James river, at Malvern, we find him, with the exception of a brief period previous to and at the end of the away 'on bard a gunboat.' auu this, notwithstanding the admitted fact that the innate valor ol our troops gave the enemy so decided a repulse that, if vigt rously followed up, they might even then have been followed up in to Richmond. So ends the story of the strange event ful campaign on the Peninsula—a cam paign which, though ill-pUnned, was worse executed, and in which the utter incapaci ty of the Commanding General to take ad vantage of even such opportunities as for tune threw in his way, was most signally demonstrated. Gen. McClellan did not bring back with him such an aruiy as he had taken away. He brought back an aruiy demoralized, worn down by useless New Series—Vol. XVIII. N0?27. toil, reduced by sickness, almost unmatched in the aunals of war. He found the. rebel cause at the lowest ebb, and the rebel ar my demoralized ami dispirited. lie left one in the flood-tide of success, the morale oi' the other restored by the pre-tige of great victories, j Gen. McClellan, in his official report, got up for electioneering purpose, omitted such of his despatches to the President and Secretary of War as would tell against him. The omitted history has been sup | plied to Congress, and will probably be published. The Speaker'a Page. [Correspondent Missouri Democrat.] No one who has been accustomed to at tend rhe sessions of Coegress during the past fifteen years, has failed to notice, at ; the right of the Speaker, a tall, slim, pale faced, bright looking lad, who gradually grew to manhood, and still retained hiapo i gition and title, which was that of 'Speak er's page.' No matter what party was in j power in Congress, Thad. Morrice was re tained. Every new Speaker found him an , almost indispensable assistant. Standing just at "the Speaker's elbow, wi:h his arm ; leaning upon the desk, his chin ruSitn upon his hand, which was between he j Speaker and the audience, in that attitude of whispering to the Speaker, the faithful Thaddeus has stood during many sessions j of Congress, the prompter of Royd, Hanks, ' Orr. Pennington, Grow, and Coli'us It ia said he knew more of Parliamentary law than any man in America And he knew every member of the House in all these Congresses; it was his special business to know them. No Speaker could get along without such au assistant at first. When Pennington was Speaker, a good portion of all the words he uttered wore literally put into his ear by Thad. He did not know one quurter of the members eA;n by sight, ; and was sadly deficient in Parliamentary | law. When any member arose, he would say, 'the gentleman from,' generally with | out the least idea what Slate he was to ! name; but so prompt was Thad. to give it, i and so unobserved in doing so, that not one j in a huotlred who was uut Cognizant with i the process would imagine but what Pen nington knew all the members. And ma j ny a time tire old nun would commence ] the statement of a question, not knowing i how we was to fiui.-h his sentence, which was furnished aud finished by the youthful Parliamentarian at his elbow. No Speak fer that ever presided over the House was so well able to dispense with the serviced ; that Th >d. .Morrice performed as Schuyler ) Colfax, who is the most successful Speaker ever elected by an American House of Representatives; ye. Mr Colfajfceannot fail ; to miss greatly the 'Speaker's page,' and many old members, amid the bustle and hurry of legislative affairs, will find time I to indulge in a retrospective glance at the services, and pay a tribute to the memory of the ever faithful Thaddeus Morrice, whose prompt and timely needful words wiil never he whispered in the ear of an other Speaker. Facts. The first American organ builder was 1 Edward Broomfield, jr., the son of a rich merchant in Boston. He evinced a geni. us for mechanics, and made for his own amusement musical and optical instruments [of great power. He graduated at Hurvaid College, in 1742, and died at the age of * twenty three years. The origin of the words ' God save the King,' is to he traced to the watch word and countersign given out in the Lord Ad miral's orders on the 10th of August, 1542: 'The watch wurde in the night shall be thus, - God save King Henyre;' the other i shall answer, ' And long to reign over us.' On every business day in London, up wards of 700,000 persons en'er the city by j the various approaches, and leave it again in the evening for their homes in the sub urbs or in the country. It was ascertained by the officers of the city police that an average of 535.000 proceed on foot, and 171,000 in vehicles. The new two-cent piece is said to be the first American coir, issued with an applica tion to the Deity as an inscriptiou—the words 'God our trust' beir.g on it. Russia gets 820,000,000 of gold a year from the Ural Mountains. There are estimated to be about 7,000,- 000 of Jews in the world. Brigham Young's new theatre will cost 8250,000, and hold 3,u00 people. The New York ladies are now said to be the heaviest speculators in stocks. The poet who compared the sea to a li on, justified it on account of the waving main. •' In one Rhode Island regiment are four teen brothers, named Postly.. Four are twins. God hath given to tnaokiad a common library—his works; and to every man a book —himself. The President has graciously received a pair of stockings from Miss Addie Rock way, of Newbuiyport, with the seeesh flag knit into the bottoms, so that he may trap pie on it, and the Union flag on the tops, ap that he may nail his colors to tbo mast.
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