©iis© o inß"srgJistf<NK£ & ©©% Whole No. 2767. SEC. 77. ELDER, Attorney at Law, Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at tend to business in Mifflin, Centre anil Hunting don counties my 26 EE,. J. I. ICAS.XS 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 eken in exchange for same. Give me a call ? I alley street, near lilaek Bear Ho 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 TIMIE above branches of business will be I promptly attended to on application at the residence of the undersigned in Main street, Lewistown. janlO GEORGE MILLER. AMBROTYPES AND The Gems of the Season. fTMIIS is no humbug, hut a practical truth JL The pictures taken by Mr. Burkholder are unsurpassed for 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, 18G0. J. A. ROHRER, DENTIST, TTTOULD respectfuly inform the citizens ii of Mifflin ami Huntingdon counties, that he will practice at the following times and places : The first week in each month at MeVey town; second at Belleville; third at McAlavey's Fort, Huntingdon county. 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!7-ly. Mt. Hock Mills. ORDEHS FOR FLOUR, FEED, &c., CAN, until further notice, be left at the Store of S. J. Brisbin & Co., or at Pratt's Store, at the old Felix corner, 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. LETIR. Not Wiman's Steam Gun ! BUT MARKS & WILLIS' STEAM PLASTER MILL! r | , HE subscribers have erected a Plaster Mill in connection with their Steain Mill, and are prepared to furnish all who may call on them, at any time, with fine, fresh ground Plaster. They will purchase all kinds of Grain offered, and pay the highest market prices. Flour and Feed, Coal of all qualities and sizes, Salt, Fish, Groceries &c., constant ly on hand and for sale to suit the times. MARKS & WILLIS. Lewistown, Jan. 15, 1862. Lewistown Mills. THE HIGHEST CASH PRICES PILR WHEAT, AND ALL KINDS OF GRAIN, or received it on storage, at the option of those having it for the market. They hope, by giving due and personal at tention to business, to merit a liberal snare of public patronage. SALT and Limeburners COAL alwaysonhand WM. B McATEE & SON. Lewistown, Sept. 16, 18G3.-tf Estate of Robert Wallace, deceased. IVrOriCE is hereby given that letters tes tament iry on the estate of Robert Wal lace, late of Wayne township, Mifflin county, dec., have been granted to the undersigned, the first named residing in Indiana county. Pa., and the latter in Newton Hamilton, Mifflin county. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims to present them du ly authenticated for settlement WM WALLACE, Ind. eo„ my 4 JOHN PUROELL, N. Hamilton. BEST Note and Letter paper at march 2. SWAIN'S. THE Mil I TEST, ULYSSES S. GRANT. BT GEORGE W. BIRDSETB. Give us your hand, General Grant — You're a man: You were not the coward to say 'I can't,' Nor the boaster to say -I can.' But you went to work with a will, and won, To prove that the thing could be done. Oh, God was kind, and heaven was true, When it gave us a man like U lysses Grant— When it gave us a man like you. We honor you. General Grant! You have made The hearts of the nation with joy to pant, That were lying cold in the shade ; And they bless you ever for what you've done, For the glorious victories won. And pray that kind heaven may grant us a few More such brave fighting tnen as U lysses Grant— More such brave fighting men as you. LAND OF OUR FATHERS. Land of ottr Fathers! wheresoe'er we roam, Land of our birth! to us thou still art home; Peace and prosperity on thy sons attend, Down to posterity their influence descend. All then inviting, hearts and voices joining. Though other climes may brighter hopes fulfil, Land of our birth ! we ever love thee still! Heav'n shield our happy home from each hostile band, Freedom and plenty ever crown our native land. All then inviting hearts and voices joining. THE TWO B'fi. Says the Battery to the Bayonet, With derisive irony, "Slimmest of all the blades I've met, Do you think you can carry me ?" Says the Bayonet to the Battery, "Square up with your elbow-joint, And you'll find that however slim I be, I always carry my point!" THE TWO LETTERS. A Comedy of Errors. My stay in New Y'ork had been prolong ed far beyond my original intention when I visited that city, and I was pining to re turn to my native village, and to the arms of my dearest Julia, whom I hoped soon to make my bride. 1 had drunk deep of the cup of sorrow during my absence from her, and I looked forward with glqjvingan ticipations to the time when we should meet to part no more. At length my business took a favorable turn. There was no longer anything to detain me in New Y'ork, and I made hasty preparations for a departure to my native village. It was the evening before I de signed to set out, that I wrote two hasty letters to prepare my friends for my recep tion. The first of these epistles was to Julia. It ran thus : 'Dear Girl:—l shall leave New York in the three o'clock train to-morrow, after noon. In an hour from that time I shall be with you. I never knew how I loved you until uiy heart was tried by the test of absence; now I feel how devotedly, how truly 1 am your own. Oh! what joy it will be to meet you once more! That will be the happiest moment of my life, ex cept wheu I caD, for the first time, call you my bride. 'Yours, till death. 'FREDERICK.' The second letter was addressed to an old maid of my acquaintance, who had been like a sister to me, and to whom I was indebted for many little acts of kind ness, •My Dearest Friend:—l write this in haste to inform you that I shall probably visit you some time to morrow evening You see I don't want to find you unprepar ed. And 1 want you to treat me well, ton, even if I don't call on you the first of any. Don't think my affection for you has in the least diminished, but you must know my affection for another has increased, and strong as your claims are upon me, hers are somewhat stronger. Now don't be jealous; for after I am married, I shall be as true a friend to you as ever, 'Sincerely yours, ♦FREDERICK.' Having finished both of these letters, I sealed them with the same haste in which they had been written, fearing that they would be too late for the mail. Super scribing them in a hurried hand, I sent them to the post office, where they arrived just in time. At thr?e o'clock on the following day, I was at the depot, and in the cars. I was impatient for steam itself. 1 even believe the telegraph could'nt have transported me to the arms of my Julia soon enough to satisfy my impatience. I thought that the cars moved slower than a mule, and thought at one time of getting out to run along ahead of them. However, slow as I thought I was trav elling, I arrived in good time at my native village. I did not stop to shake hands •with a single soul, but hurried to meet my Julia. I arrived at her father's house. I expected to see her face at the window looking out for me, but it was not visible. However, I reflected that, like all women, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1864, she was coquettish, ami avoided showing her pretty eyes atThe window, just to teaze. Y T et [ felt certain that she would be look ing out lor me, and I have a distant recol lection of offering to bet filty dollars with myself that she was peeping through the blinds at uie, or from behind a curtain. I ran up to the door and entered with out knocking. I opened uiy arms expect ing Julia to jump into thetn, and supposed of course she would; but I shut them up again quick enough, when I saw the old lady approaching, not her daughter. 'Where's Julia?' I cried. 'Oh, she's gone ' 'Gone ?' 'Yes' 'For heaven's sake/ I gasped, 'tell me where?' 'I was going to but. you interrupted me,' said the old lady crustily. 'She has gone to spend a few days with her cousins.' I was thunderstruck. I conscientious ly believe that at that moment I was as white as a piece of parchment. At any rate, I could swear befo.e auy court tLat I felt very faint and sick. 'When did she go?' I ialtered. 'About two hours ago.' 'Two hours ago ! What! didn't she re ceive my letter?' I was terribly excited. I felt that my eternal happiness depended upon the wo urn's answer. If Juiia had gone off to see her cousins when she knew 1 was com ing—that I would be there that night—l felt that it would break my heart. 'Yes, I believe so?' drawled the old lady. 'I heard her say sonithiug about a note from you —that she expected you to call here to night.' It was enough. My heart was a heap of ruins ! <)h the faithlessness, the fickle ness, the heartlessnes* of woman ! All that has been said of her is but flattery; she is a serpent in angel's form I Oh, decep tion ! oh, misery! Judge of my disappoint ment —my despair—my unutterable woe, when I learned that Juiia was gone—gone, when she knew I was coining—and blame me not for giving vent to my feelings in such expressions as these. I think I should be vcv scrupulous about swearing to anything that took place the next half hour after my heart received that heavy blow. One thing lam sure of I left the house, and got into the street, but whether I ran there, staggered there, or was carried there by my friends, I could not conscientiously affirm. The first I heard from myself I was approaching the door of my friend, the old maid, and she was running out to meet me. This prob ably, brought me to my senses. I was past being surprised at anything that might happen, else I should have thought it a little strange that Lucy should throw herself into my arms, and offered uie her lips to kiss. As it was, feeling the need of sympathy, I embraced her warm ly, exclaiming:— 'D?ar Lucy, you are the only true friend I've got.' 'Oh, 1 hope not, she replied. 'But I am glad you think I am a true frieud to you, for I am ' 'And you will always be V 'Always, Frederick I oh ! and we shall be happy !' 'What does she mean V thought I. 'We shall be so happy, dear Frederick,' she repeated; 'I know we shall. The truth is, my dear, I have long loved you—in se cret—hopelessly; but after receiving such a dear, affectionate letter lioui you ' •\\ hat?' 1 cried, starting in wonder. 'Why after receiving such a dear, good letter,' said Lucy, 'I aui so happy that I must tell you all my heart. Wheu we are married, Frederick ' 'I am dreaming,' thought I. 'We shall have this pleasant event to talk about won't we ?' Why you can't think, how surprised and delighted I was to receive your letter I laughed over it, and cried over it; and if I have read it once, 1 have read it fifty times.' Here she took the letter from her bo sora. 'Then it seems,' she continued—so hap py that I was fairly provoked with her — 'it seerns that absence Las taught you how much you love me.' I was stupefied—thought I was insane —could'nt understand one word Lucy said. Meanwhile she unfolded the letter. Then —then I understood it all. I uttered a scream that was scarcely human —it was so wild —and eagerly snatched the letter. It was the letter 1 sent to Julia. \ es, then I understood all : I had made a mistake in subscribing the letters and Julia had got Lucy's while Lucy had got Julias. And Lucy had been flattered witli the hope and belief that I loved her while Julia—poor girl!—believes I was about to tnarry another. This w;>s the cause of Lucy's tenderness; this was the cause of Julia's visiting her cousins. I laughed, I danced; I dare say I cut up every manner of silly capers which a man ought to be ashamed of. And Lucy all the time was staring at me as I before stared at her. This thought brought mo to my senses. 'A mistake,' I stammered—'This letter —I wrote in a hurry—put the wrong name on the back—sent yours to Julia—this one —to you !' I shall never forget the old maid's con- sternatioo. She understood what I want ed to say—sbe saw the error in its true light. I thought she would sink through the floor, but she had hold of the door latch, and that probably sustained her; I was glad the door latch was strong. At that moment my conscience hit me a severe cut, and made me smart. How I cursed my carelessness, which had been the cause ot so much mischief. I made a hurried apol ogy, but didn't stop to see if Lucy fainted, or to have the pleasure of holding a smell ing-bottle to her nose, in case sbe should sink into that interesting state. I thought of Julia. I flew to make an explanation. It was three miles to her aunt's house, but I was there iu a trifle over three minutes. Puffing like a steam engine, I asked to see her. and was shown into a room where she was alone. She re garded me with so cold a IUOK that 1 am sure it would have chilled me through— made an icicle of me, perhaps—if I had not been so hot by running. I threw my self at her feet. She started back—it might have been in disgust, and it might have been because her hand touched my face, which was burning iike a coal. 'Dear Julia,' I sighed. 1 panted, 1 suppose; but sighed is the better word. 'Well, sir,' said she coldly. 'Don't scorn me; I'll make it all right. It's only a mistake.' 'What ?' 'Why, that letter.' • letter, sir, was a very friendly one I m sure. Indeed I' added Julia, bitterly, 'I feel quite flattered in your confidence in me, iu making known your intentions to marry. I may hope you will get a good wife, sir; hope you will be happy—" 'Julia, .Julia I' i cried in agony. 'I say its all a mistake. That letter was not meaut for you.' Julia s as.-umed coldness and indifference had vanished iu a moment. Then she looked at me. •It wasn't tor you.' I repeated. 'I wrote that to Lucy Matthew—put. the wrong name on the back Here's the letter 1 wrote to you.' I gave her the one I snatched from Lu cy. She read it eagerly. She saw the mistake, and burst into tears of joy. The next moment we were locked in each oth er s arms. I was intensely happy llut in an instant the bright heaven of my joy was clouded. 1 thought of Lucy. 'What will I.do ?' I cried. 'She thought the letter was addressed to her. What a mistake! What shall I—what ought I to do?' 'Go to her at once,' said Julia, 'and make a full explanation and a suitable apology.' I followed her advice. I met Lucy on the threshold. 'Not a word,' said she laughing, 'I don't need any apology from you; you have not done much damage to my old maid's heart You see [ knew there was a mistake when I received your letter; I was not so fool ish as to think you meant all those pretty tender things for me. But I meant to punish you for your carelessness, by mak- j ing you think you had done a worid of mischief. Ha !ha! ha ! how silly you did act.' I was willing that Lucy should laugh at me; it made me feel more easy for I knew that I deserved it. I pouted a little, how ever, and strove to look dismal, until she repeated what she had said about our be ing 'so happy when we were married,' which caused me to echo back her laugh with a hearty ha ! ha 1 ha ! 'Reader, I didn't marrv Lucy, but I did make a bride of Julia as soon as T could get her parent's consent.' On the very evening of my marriage, the old maid whispered in my ear, with a | saucy laugh, and a mischevious twinkle ol I her eyes. 'How happy we shall be when j we are married, Frederick.' is said a dog in Boston has been named Quota, because he never seems to be full. ©a?"'lt is very difficult to live,'said a poor widow, 'with several girls, all in gen teel poverty.' 'You must husband your time.' said a sage friend. 'l'd rather hus band some of my daughters,' answered the poor lady. StaT" At a public meeting in a country town, an eloquent adv; cate ot popular ed ucation thus delivered himself: 'Mr President, I rise to get up, and am not backward to come forward in the cause of education; for had it not been for educa tion, I should be as ignorant as you are, Mr. President. 'Madam,' said a very polite traveller to a testy old landlady, -if I see proper to help myself to this milk, is there any im propriety in it V 'I don't know what you mean; but if you mean to insinuate that there is any thing nasty in that milk, I'll give you to understand that you have struck the wrong house' there ain't a first hair in it, for as soon as Darthy Ann told me the cat was drowned in the milk, I went right straight and strained it over.' The young man fainted. aawsstowsjs mnnmsa ipigsysso Wlio First Urged a Draft. i The history of the administration of President Lincoln, by H. J. Raymond, just published in New York, contains a letter, which we commend to the admirers of Gen. McClellan, who have so violently resisted the draft to till the armies. It was written to the President of the United States about, a month after the battle of Bull Run, and at a time when citizens were rushing to arms all over the country, and when volunteers were pouring into Washington from every State. Here is the letter: WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 1861 SIR: I have j-ist received the enclosed : dispatch in cypher. Col. Murcy knows what he says, and is of the coolest judg | inent. I recommend that the Secretary of War ascertain at once by telegram how the j enrollment proceeds in New York and else- I w here, and that, it it is not proceeding : with great rapidity, drafts be made at once. We must have men without delay. Respectfully your ob't. servant, G. B MCCLELLAN, Maj Gen U S. A. The following is the dispatch of Col. j Marcy alluded to : : DISPATCH OF COL R. B MARCY TO GEN. MCCLELLAN. NEW YORK, Aug. 20, 18GI. | I urge upon you to make a positive ; and unconditional demand for an i turned i . ate draft ot the additional troops you re [ quire. Men will not volunteer now, and drafting is the only successful plan. The people, will applaud such a course, rely up on it. I will be in Washington to morrow. It. B. MARCY. The Allowing hitherto unpublished let ter of Mr Lincoiu to Gen. McClellan, is also of interest: FORTRESS MONROE, May 9, 1562. MY DEAR SIR: —I have just assisted the Secretary of War in forming the part ot a dispatch to you, relating to army | corps, which dispatch, of course w;li have reached you long before this will. I wish I to say a few words to you privately on this | subject I ordered the corps organization j not only on the unanimous opinion of the | twelve generals of' divisions, but also on the unanimous opinion of every military man I could get an opinion from, and ev ery modern military book, yourself only excepted. Of course, I did not on my own judgment pretend to understand the subject. I now think it indispensable for you to know how your struggle against it is received in quarters which we cannot entirely disregard. It is looked upon as merely an effort to pamper one or two pets and to persecute and degrade their sup posed rivals. 1 have had no word from i Sumner, Ileintzeimau or Keyes. The commanders of theae corps are, of course, the three highest officers with you, but I am constantly told that you have no con sultation or communication with them; that you consult and communicate with nobody but Fitz John Fortcr and perhaps Gen. Franklin Ido not say these complaints are true or just; but at all events it is prop er you should kuow of their existence.. Do the commanders of the corps disobey your orders in anything ? When you relieved Gen. Hamilton of his command the other day, you thereby tost the confidence of at least one of your best friends in the Senate. And here let me say, not as applicable to you personally, that Senators and Represeniatives speak of me in their places as they please without question; and that officers of the army must cease addressing insulting letters to them for taking no greater liberty with them. But to return, are you enough, even with my help, to set your foot upon the necli of Sumner, Heintzle- 4 man, and Keyes, all at once ? This is a practical and very serious question for you. Yours truly, A. LINCOLN. WAR SEWS, - SECY. STANTON'S OF FICIAL BULLETINS. WASHINGTON, May 31—3.14 p m. We have dispatches from Gen. Grant down to 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. There seemed, the dispatch says, to be some prospect of Lee making a stand north of the Chickahominy. His forces were on the Mechaniesville road, south of the Tol opotomy creek, and between that stream and Hawe's shop, his right resting on Sha dy Grove. Dispositions for an attack were being made by Gen Grant. Wilson's cav alry had been ordered to destroy the rail road bridges over the Little river and South Anna, aud break up both routes from these two rivers to two miles south west of Hawe's shop, where the headquar ters of our army were established. There is as yet no telegraphic line of communication with Washington. A dispatch from Gen. Sherman, dated yesterday, the 30th, 11 a. m., reports no changes in' the position of the armies. Some slight engagements had occurred subsequent to the affair on Saturday. No intelligence from any other quarter had been received by this Department. E. M. STANTON, Stc'y. of War. New Series—Vol. XVIII, No. 32. May 81—8.30 p. m. A dispatch from Gen. Grant, dated at 6 o'clock this nicruing, at Hawe'n shop, has just beeu received. It is as follows: 'The enemy came over on oar left lost ! evening, and attacked. They were easily repulsed, and with considerable slaughter. 'To relieve Gen. Wurren, who wus on the left, speedily, Gen. Meade ordered an attack by the balance of our lines. Gen Hancock was the ODly one who received the order in time to make the attack be fore dark, lie drove the enemy from his intrenched skirmish line, atid still holds it. I have no report of our losses, but suppose them to be light.' Other official despatches (net from Gen. Grant) were received at the same titao, and give more details. They are as fol ; lows, the first being dated yesterday, 30th ; May, 8 o'clock p. m. 'ln the course of the afternoon Gen. | Waiion bud pushed down on our left until his flank division, under Gen Crawford, . reached a point abreast of Shady Grove ; Church. . Crawford .having got detached from the rest of the corps, vras attacked and crowded back a little. The enemy then threw a force, which appears to have consisted of Ewell's corps, upon Warren's left, attempting to turn it, but was repuls -1 ed. The engagement was short, sharp and decisive. Gen. Warren holds his ground, . at a distance cf seven miles iroir, Rich mond. He reports that he has taken a considerable number of prisoners, and that there arc many rebel dead on the field. Of his own losses he has not yet made a report. His latest dispatch says that the j enemy are moving troops to his left, appa rently to cover the approach to Richmond !on our right. An active conflict has been | raging ever since dark, but has just closed. As soon us the enemy attacked the left of ! Gen. \\ arren, Gens. Wright and Hancock were ordered to pitch in, but do not seem to have got ready until after nightfall. No report has yet been received from them.' The other dispatch above referred to, is dated at 0 o'clock this moruiug, and states that •in Hancock's attack last night, Col. Brooks drove the enemy out of a strongly intrenched skirmish line and holds it. The losses are not reported. Gen. Buruside's whole corps got across the Tolopotomy creek last evening, and is in full connec tion with Gen. Warren. The left of Han cock rests upon this side of the creek. Thj 6th Corps is upon Hancock's right, and threatens the left flank of the enemy. Gen Smith ought to arrive at New Castle by noon, whence he can support Warren aud Buroaide, it necessary. ' Gen. Sheridan, with Gregg's and Tor bet's division of cavalry, is on our left flank. 'Gen. Wilson is on the right and rear, for the purposes reported in a former dis patch. 'The country hereahouts is thickly wood ed with pines, with few good openings. 'The indications this morning are that the enemy have fallen back south of the Chickabominy.' Nothing of a later date has been receiv ed by this Department. E. M. STANTON, Sec'y. of War. May 31—11.25 p. m. The following dispatch has been receiv ed from Gen. Butler : 'Yesterday all day firing was heard in the direction of Mechanicsviile. Six ref uges from Richmond report that Grant is on the Mechanicsviile turnpike, fourteen miles from Richmond Yesterday they heard the firing, aud that Grant was driv ing Lee. 'A woman reports that % meeting was held yesterday, while she was in Richmond, to see whether the city should be surren ! dered or burnt. The Mayor advocated a surrender, and was put in Castle Thunder. 'The eneuij attacked my line yesterday, and were repulsed. To Jay all day they have been demonstrating against mv works on Spring Hill, easterly side of the Appo mattox, but were repulsed.' Nothing further since my telegram of this evening from Gen Grant.' E. M. STANTON, Sec'y. of War. June I—7 30 a. m. We have no intelligence this morning from Gen. Grant, later than yesterday at 6 a. m. An unofficial dispatch received here at 4 o'clock this morning, dated yesterday (31st) at Kingston, reports that 'Major Hopkins, of Gen. Stoneman's staff, came from the front this afternoon, and says the us at 7$ o'clock this morn ing, and at 10 o'clock the affair was over, the enemy repuhed, and our left reached the railroad near Marietta.' To accomplish this object had been for several days the purpose of Gen. Sherman's movements. Additional forces are reaching hira and ample supplies. E. M. STANTON, Sec'y. of War. June 2. A dispatch from Grant's headquarters dated June Ist, 10 a. m., has beeu receiv ed. It states that about 5 p. m., yesterday, Sheridan, peroeiving a force of rebel cav alry at Coal Harbor, which proved to bo Fitz Hugh Lee's division, attacked it, and after a hard fight routed it together with Clingoian's brigade of infantry, wbioh came to Lee's support.
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