iraTOnswHam (2s i Whole No, 2772. Cash Rates of Advertising. Administration or Exet-utor's Notices $2 00 If published in both papers, each 1 60 Auditors do 25 Sheriff's Sales. 12 lines 1 00 Each additional line 8 Estray, Caution or other Notices, not exceeding 12 lines, 3 insertions, 1 00 Tavern Licenses, single, 1 00 If more than one. each 50 Register's Notices of Accounts, each 50 On public sales published in both papers, a deduc tion of 25 per cent, on all matter over one square. All other Judicial Notices same as above, unless the price is fixed by law. 12 lines of burgeois, or 10 lines of nonpariel. make a K square. About 8 words constitute a line, so that any person can easily calculate a square in manuscript. Yearly advertisements will be inserted on such terms as may bo agreed on. In all other cases 12 lines constitute a square, and will be so charged. Lewistown Post Office. Mails arrive and close at the Lewistown P. O. as follows; ARRIVE. Eastern through, 5 20 a. m. " through and way 4 01 p in. Western 44 44 44 10 53 a. ni. Bellefonte 14 4 4 4 4 2 30p in. Northumberland, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, G 00 p. m. CLOSE. Eastern through 8 00 p m. - 4 •' and way 10 00 a. in Western 44 44 300 p. m. Bellefonte 8 00 " Northumberland fSundavs, Wednesdays I and Fridays) 8 00 p m. Office open from 700 a. m. to Hp. m On Sundays from Bto9 am. S. COMFORT, P. M. Lewistown Station. Trains leave Lewistown Station as follows: Westward. Eastward Through Express, 12 19 a. in. Baltimore Exnress, 4 24 a. m. Philadelphia 44 5 20 44 a. m Fast Line, 551 p. m. 349 44 Fast Mail 401 44 10 53 44 Through Accommodation, 2 35 p. m. Emigrant. 9 07 a. m. Through Freight, 10 15 p. m. 120 a m Fast 44 349a. m. 855 44 Express 44 11 00 44 2 35 p. m. Stock Express, 440p m, 820 44 Coal Train. 12 45 p. in. 11 25 a m. I Union Line, 715 44 L H-al Freight, 700a. m. 045 p. m. SW Galbraith's Omnibuses convey passengers to and from all the trains, taking up or setting them dowu at all points within the borough limits. GEO. 7 r. ELIDEP-j Attorney at Law, Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at tend to business in Mllilm. Centre and Hunting don counties oy2ti DR. J. I. ICA.RRS OFFERS his Professional services to the citizens of Lewistown and the surround ing country. Office in the Public Square op posite the Lewistown Hotel. janl3-6ui* Large Stock of Furniture on Hand. A FELIX is still manufacturing all kinds • of Furniture. Young married persons I and others that wish to purchase Furniture will iind a good assortment on hand, which will f a sold cheap for cash, or country pro duce aken in exchange for same. Give rne a call i I alley street, near Black Bear 110 tel. leb 21 Jaoob C. Blymyer & Co., Produce and Commission Mer chants, LEWISTOWN. PA. ItaTFlour 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 AMBROTYPES AND The Gems of the Season. HMIIS no humbug, hot a practical truth JL The pictures taken by Mr. Burklioldcr are unsurpassed for BOLDNESS TRUTH FULNESS. BEAUTY OF FINISH, and DURABILITY. Prices arying according to size and quality of frames and Cases Room over the Express Office. Lewistown, August 23, 18G0. _ | I , TO B A C C 0! I Genuine Oriental Turkish, Im. 1 urkish, Rose, Favorite, Un ion, Kiss-me-quick, Seafitr latti, &c. No. 1, i and 3 CIT & DRY, ver y lovr. | PIPES, TOBACCO-BOXES, c IGARS, | and in tact everything that belongs to his line of business, at very low figures. Call and examine for yourselves, and save I money by buying at the Cigar and Tobacco i R Store of E. FRYSINGER, novll Lewistown, Pa. for(i:i; r e. Crd.ige. ROPES, Tow Lines. Bed Cords. Clothes 1 Lines, Twines, and other cordage for | Bale by J. B. SELHEIMER. ' " - : IHE UN SIBIL 5 | i) THE HEAVENLY CITY. 8 ! BT J. F. WEISHAMPEL, JR. 0 , 0 ! I have a little spot of sky i) j Beyond the city walls: I) From out my easement I descry My heavenly Father's halls. Far up above the row of eaves That circumscribes the blue, My soul its heritage perceives, And gloats upon the view. Beyond these buildings, where the night 1 | Reveals her preeious stars. My longing soul would take its flight. Had not my window bars. Down with the gentle dews there fall Such hopes as check my tears; Some day I shall be free of thrall, And roam in yonder spheres. A GEM. J „ j Dumas, the younger, recently sent his portrait to j his sister, with a morceau of French poetry, which i may be translated thus : I wish not. when I come to die, In consecrated shades to lie; No, rather dust to dust I yield In furrows of the cultured field; My living deeds are briefly told, But I shall go with heart consoled, If. dying, I restore to earth Something to give a wheat-grain birth. j TALES & IKE!EHEI THE MONEY LENDER; OR, TOO MANY EGGS IN ONE BASKET '\\ ill you discount this note for me ?' j Ihe question was asked by a merchant I in the office ola private banker, a man of large fortune, who had retired from ousi ness, and now used his capital for discount ing instead of in trade. The shrewd money lender took the note, and alter examining the face, handed it back with a shake of the head, and a : very firm compression on his mouth. 4 lt is A number one,'said the merchant, with almost an amused smile, at the pru j deuce of the money lender. 4 1 have no question as to that,' was re plied. 4 lf 1 were in business, I should not hesitate to sell the firm to any reason at le extent.' 'Why, then, will vou not buy their note ?' A pleasant light came into the money lender's lace. He looked knowing, and very self complacent. 'I was in market the other day,'said he. "and as I stood buying some fruit at a wo man's stall, a uian, in going hy, was crowd ed against a basket standing thereon, which fell to the pavement. It was near ly tilled with eggs, more than two thirds ol which were broken. 'Ah, my good wo man,' said I, 4 the old error of too many ' eggs in one basket If you had placed them in two or three baskets, instead of i one, this general wreck would never have occurred.' In my business, sir,' continued I the money lender, 4 l never commit the er ror of this market woman 1 never place I too many eggs in one haslet. Do you un j derstand me V | 4 l believe so,' replied the merchant.— 'You already have enough of this paper.' •dust as much as I intended buying.— When some of it is taken up, I will make room for more. These are fixed laws, sir, that govern me in this business, and I nev er depart from them.' 'Good morning,' said the merchant, srni ling. 4 I hope you will never get too many eggs in one basket.' 'No fear of that. If a basket is upset and the eggs in it broken, I shall be able to bear the loss.' The merchant withdrew, and the money lender turned over in his mind the word just spoken, and leit sell complimented at his wise caution. 'No—no'—he repeated . over and over again. 'They cannot tempt | me to place too many eggs in one basket,. I am too old and prudent for tl at.' i This figure of speech seemed to please i the money lender, and he used it p number of times during the day, in declining good business paper that was offered. 'Have 1 put too many eggs in one bask et, to day V he asked of Himself as he sat | alone during the evening that followed, counting up, mentally, his gains.and looking i with a feeling of pleasure, at the unusually j large aggregate 'Let me see ? That last ; note of L & O 's came very near j to a violation of the rule. There are quite emiugh eggs in that basket I must not | venture another one. Hut the temptation of two per cent, was hardly to he resisted on such paper which all regard as gilt ■ edged.' It was now over five years since our money lender withdrew from productive j trade, and narrowed down his intellect and ! his efforts to the simple business of buying ' paper, which the holders were unable to j get done in bank. During that period he ; had added laigley to his wealth; while his desire tor accumulation had grown strong er, and manifested itself in a more eager reaching out after, and drawing of the gold that perishes. As a merchant he had been liberal, generous, kind hearted; and all men spoke of him as such Hut the | work of mere money getting, outside of any I WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1864. productive use in society, had brought the interior of his tuind into new associations; and his heart was steadily hardening. Ev ery day the circle ol his thoughts nar rowed itself; every day his hiart stooped lower and lower in adoration before the miser's god. Others saw the change— spoke of it, and regretted it. But as he grew richer and richer, and the worship ers of riel es bent to him in flattery, he im agined himself to be growing better. 'Tog many eggs in one basket,' he repeat ed to himself, as he sat musing in his lux urious easy chair; never for once thinking of the struggling young merchant, with out bank credits, more than two thirds of whose profits on a sale of five hundred dol lars he had clipped off of a six months' note that day ; a note as good as any he had bought during the past week. 'Too many eggs in one basket! No—no. I am too shrewd for that!' Drowsily was this murmured, as he laid his head among the cushions. His next consciousness was in another world He dreamed that he had passed through the dark portal ol eter nify, and that to him the judgement from the Hook of his Life had come —a judge merit that was to reveal his true state, and fix his everlasting habitation with those who loved the neighbor a- themselves; or with those who loved and cared only for them selves. He did not find himself in the presence of an august, Divine Judge, but in a chamber, with translucent walls and ceiling, where were gathered a small as scmblage of people, to the centre of which lie was led by one who seemed to possess a singular power over him. Here, seated, and a little elexated above the rest, were two beings—one with a countenance of heavenly beauty, and the other with a face the cruel expression of which caused a shudder to go thrilling to his heart A book lay open before*them, and he knew it to he a Hook of his Life, wherein were written every purpose of his heart, with every act and deed. The tuoney lender had come to judgment. With H hopeful countenance the angel began turning th.: leaves of the book, up on which both her eyes, and that of the demon, were fixed witli an earnest gaze. '1 he period of childhood showed a lair and hopeful record. The tender, merciful, lov ing impressions mad< upon the heart of her child by a wise and good mother, who looked forward to a meeting with her soil in heaven, were everywhere visible. The budding soil gave a fair promise for the fruit and fluwer. Early manhood's record was also full of encouragement There was an eager look ing forward into life, and an earnest will towards success. Hut, united with this, were generous purpose toward others, and great humanitary schemes to be wrought out tor the world's good, when the money power to work should come within lib grasp. The light and hope beamed in the angel's fac, as page alter page of the book was turned ; while the demon sat dark and cowling. The middle period showed less fairly, as to the ends of life—and it was into these that the angel and the demon looked most narrowly. The act was never judged of as it stood alone—it was by the motive that its quality was determined. A gentle sadness began to shadow the angfd's beautiful countenance, while dimly seen in the demon's face was the light ol triumph. Many acts of benevolence; many words of good counsel to others; mar y dec iarations of noble, generous, unselfish pur poses were written down; but they were seen as deeds with selfish ends as their prompters, and words that were only Irotn the 'teeth outward.' More and more, as wealth rolled into the merchant's cof fers, and he gained a higher and higher place in the good opinions of men, did he bury his thoughts in selfish purposes, and put forth his strength for himself alone, as it he were the chiefest thing in God's cre ation. His name was on subscription pa pers. for charitable uses, to a large amount; but, when the angel and the demon went behind the record, what did they find ? A generous desire to benefit the suffering or help the weak ? Alas! no. They saw. instead, an extorted benevolence, in most instances, done for the eyes of men, and succeeded by a self complacent gratu lation, in the loss ol so much of his dearly loved gains, that 'charity covers a multi tude of sins !' Sadder and sadder grows the angel's lace; brighter and brighter, with an evil triumph, the face of the demon. At last catne the closing years of life, when the useful merchant sunk down into the eager money lender. Previous to this, gleams of better purposes would throw a hopeful warmth over a page, and lighten the saddening angel's face. But the record now had in it little of variation, and no passage of light Desire moved on in an even current, and thought had free course under the pressure of desire. There was the one desire to get money, and the one thought about the surest means. The face of a man—the form of a man—the step of a man—hut quickened his avari cious impulses He was a great tumor, absorbing the rich blood of trade, and grow ing larger and larger, as healthy, working organs in the man or society, became weaker from impaired vitality. Gold had become the god before whom he bowed down in daily adoration. He loved nought else; and though, from a lingering desire to appear well in the eyes of his fellow men, he still performed some appareut good acts, yet in every such act there was the effect to com pass a worldly advantage that marred the record in his book of life. Thus for in stance, he had given liberally to the erec lion of churches, but only when they were to be located near his property, the value of which would be improved thereby far beyond the sum of his subscription. As the last page of the book was tun ed the angel breathed a deep sigh and fa ded from the money lender's vision ! 'Too many eggs in one basket!' said the demon, in a voice of triumph, as he bent bis malignant face so close that his hot breath almost suffocated the terrified raon ey lender, who started into wakeful life as he felt himself clutched by the demon's vice-'ike hands. Some moments passed before his wildly throbbing heart calmed itself down to its wonted even pulsations 'Only a dream—a foolish dream !' ho said to himself, as he vainly tried to rise above the depressed state of feeling which the mercifully sent vision had left behind. Hut conscience told him that it was more than a dreatn, and that, while in all world ly produce he was careful not to get too many eggs in a single basket, in matters of eternal interest lie had one basket only and in that the price of his soul was rest ing He shuddered ..s the thought fixed his mind, and overwhelmed all his convic tions. 'What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul; or what will a man give in exchange for his soul.' It seemed like the voice of his mother, speaking back to him from the years of childhood. 'God help uie!' be said, with a shudder. 4 I am net in. the right path.' Did he go bark to his eager money lend ing ? \\ e know not. The dream was sent in mercy, and let us hope that it wrought upon him its high and holy mis sion. MIEEELMEOUI The Vicksburg- Town Clock The confirmation of Gen. A. J. Smith as a Major General of Volun teers reminds me of a littie incident in connection with the Vicksburg cam paign, which, though perhaps unwor thy the dignity of print, win do to nil a letter during a dearth of more inter esting news Smith commanded a di vision in MeClernand's (lffthj Corps. His line was directly in the rear of the centre of the besuiged city, and the Court House was in full view of his headquarters. An artillery officer en tered the General s tent one morning after a very severe cannonading all along our lines, to request permission to go to the Y azoo river, where our fleet ol steamers was lying. 4 \\ hat time is it V asked the General, who had not lett his cot. 'lt's ten minutes to seven,' said the artillery man. 4 How do you know it's that late?' inquired the General, a little vexed at the idea of having slumbered so long. '1 can see hy the town clock,' repli ed the artilleryman, referring to the clock on the \ ieksburg Court House, which, I may remark just here, fur nished the time of day to both arm es for more than six weeks. 'Town h 11 and d nation!' ex claimed the General, jumping out of bed. • Have you been shooting all morning without hitting that old clock ?' 'Yes, sir; we couldn't hit it. Tried our best, but couldn't make the shot.' 'All right, then. Men who can't hit such a good mark as that can't get any leave of absence tf' in me. Can't go to the river to-day.' Thousands of shot were aimed at the clock, to my certain knowledge. It the target for at least twenty bat teries every day, but was never struck, and is keeping good time to this day, I believe. On entering Yicksburg on the 4th ot July, my curiosity led me to the cupula of the Court House, to see how near the old ticker had come to annihilation. The pillars about it, be low it, and on each side, had been struck and shattered. A large hole had been made in a wall within a foot ot it, and fragments of stone and mor tar covered the box holding its works. Not less than one hundred shot had struck within 10 feet of it—but it had survived them all, and while Pember ton wrote bis lying bulletins in his subterranean headquarters every dav, it stood fearlessly at its post, telling the truth, and chiming out the hours from day to day, and from week to week.— fhtfa. L>o Teleyraph. He WHO amends his laults, puts himself under God's protection. He who loves well, sees things at a dis tance. He who hath servants, hath enemies that he cannot well be without fie who sleeps much, gets but little learning. msßwasHKimsjs annßHmsj ©®wsjifsr 8 ■ysro. Letter of Acceptance EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, ) June 27, 1864. j Hon. William Dennison, and others, a Committee of the National Union Con vention : GENTLEMEN: Your letter of the 14th inst., formally notifying me that 1 have been nominated by the Convention you represent t 1 the P-esideney of the United Statee for four years from the 4th of March next, has been received. The nomination is gratefully accepted, as the resolutions of the Convention—called the Platform—are heartily approved. While the resolution in regard to the supplanting of republican government up on the \\ estern Continent is fully concur red in, there might be a misunderstanding were I not to say that the position of the Government in relation to the action of France in Mexico, as assumed through the State Department and indorsed by the Con veotion, among the measures and acts of the Executive, will be faithfully main tained so long as the state o! facts shall ieave that position pertinent and applica ble. I am especially gratified that the soldier and the seaman were not forgotten by the Con vention, as 'hey forever must auj will he remembered by ihe grateful country for whose salvation they devote their lives. 1 banking you for the kiod and cumpli nientarv terms in which you have commu nicated the nomination and other pro ceedings of the Convention, 1 subscribe myself, lour obedient servant, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Gen. Washington on Swearing. When he was Colonel at Fort Cum berland, in his orderly book we find the following: 'Col. Washington has observed that the men of his regiment are very profane and reprobate. He takes this opportunity to inform them of his great displeasure at such prac tices, and assures them that if they do not leave their oft" they shall he severe ly punished. '1 he officers arc desired, if they hear any man swear, or make use of an oath or execration, to order the offender twenty-five lashes imme diately without a court-martial. For the second offence he will he severe ly punished.' When the American army were at ♦ winter quarters in Xew Jersey, during tiic lievolntioiiary struggle, Washington one day invited his staff' officers to dine with him. The use of profane language was then very com mon with the officers in the army. One of these at the table uttered a profane expression. Washington sud denly laid upon the table bis knife and fork in such away as to attract the attention ol every guest, and raising his hand, exclaimed, 'I really thought I had invited none hut gentlemen to dine with me.' An Incident of the Cold Harbor Battle. —Sometimes the sadness which generally prevails among the wounded and dying is banished by a ludicrous incident. An Irishman who had been fatally wounded was advised by the surgeon to give his effects to a person near by. He pulled out his razor, and a-ked comically, "If he would send that home to the ould woman." "Yes," said the delegate. Next came out his glasses, and then sl7 65, of which one dollar was silyer. All these things he wanted sent. Hut when the delegate went to take them, he asked him to "Wait a bit These doctors are not always right. Y'ese beither be afther seein' whether I'm going to die or not." A Remarkable Case. —On the sth of May, in the first battle of the Wilderness, P'ivate Harper, of Pituberg, Pa., a mem her of the 102 d Pennsylvania regiment, was wounded by a niinie ball, which entered his head a short distance above the right eye, and, grazing the base of the brain, lodged in the back of his neck. Some of the tendons of the eye were sev ered and the eye drooped out Several times he was expected to die, but he is now so much relieved as to be able to walk about the hospital. He says he's not hurt any, and can soon join his regi ment. fiea?" The Washington Statesman records a costly catastrophe that occurred in that re gion. A company of hay packers; for sport, saturated a cat with turpentine and let her go. C' nsequentlv the cat cut fun ny capers, jumped into a camp tire, jumped out all a blaze, ran into a hay stack, then into a barn, setting both on fire and des troying them. This little piece of inno cent sport c st the party just S6OO. Interesting Scene. —At the Philadelphia Fair: Very pretty girl pinning a boquet on young swell's co t. Young swell—'Twenty five cents for the boquet I think you said; here's a two dollar greenback.' Young lady—'Yes, twenty five cents for the boquet; a dollar for pinning it on your coat; and seventy five cents lor the pin. That's just right; can't 1 show you some thing else ?' New Series—Vol, XVIII, No. 37. lie who abaudons his poor kindred, God forsakes bitn. He who resolves suddenly, repents at leisure. He who rises late, loses his prayers, and provides not well for his house. He who peeps through a hule, may see what will vex him. If you and your sweetheart vote upon the marriage question, you for it and she against it, don't flatter yourself as to its beiug a TIE. He that would keep his watch—'This let him do—pocket his watch, and watch his pocket, too.' What is the difference between persever ance and obstiancy ? One is a strong will and the other is a strong won't. What is the difference between a kind of butterfly and a matron ? One is a moth and the other is a uioth er. Would a promissory note, which is made payable at sight, be a legal tender to an in mate of a blind asylum ? Incredible as it may seem, many of the richest planters in Jamaica live on coffee grounds. We must not undervalue physicians Perhaps the fabric nf society would fall without them —they are its pilfers. I There is said to be amm in the moon. In the honeymoon there are both a man and a woman. An oditor down East states that he has determined, alter mature deliberation, to sell his printing office, and purchase a re tired army mule, and go to peddling clams. Th : s we presume is owing to the high price of paper. isailffffUS How to Set Gate Posts. —The Ohio Farmer gives the following directions on this subject: Take equal quanti i ties of water lime, and quick lime, and J mix with sand as usual; put, two or three inches ot mortar and coarse grav el in the bottom of the hole, so that the end of the post will not come to the ground ; then set your post in, top i end down, till in several inches of the j mortar, then several inches of coarse i gravel; pound it down, then more incr tar and more gravel, and so until the cement is raised above ground several inches around the post. Slant it away from the post in every direction so as to turn off the water; then take coal tar and a brush, paint around the bot tom of the post, and fill the inter stice between the post and cement with the coal tar. Only mix enough mortar for one hole at a time. Disinfecting Agents —Either of the j fallowing will answer the purpose, while they cost but a trifle. 1. One pint of the liquor of chloride J of zinc, in one pailful of water, and one j pound of chloride of lime in another j pailful of water. This is perhaps the most effective of anything that can be I used, and when thrown upon decayed ; vegetable matters of any description, | will effectually destroy all offensive | odors 2. Three orfour pounds of sulphateof iron (copperas) dissolved in a pailful of water will, in many cases, bq suffi cient to remove all offensive odors. 3. Chloride of lime is better to scat ter about damp places, in yards, in damp cellars and upon heaps of filth. i _ _ P. F. I,OOP. THE UNION SHOE STORE IS the place to buy cheap Shoes Having purchased a large stock, I propose tp sell, at but a small advance on oust, but oqly for cash. I would invite all in want of good and cheap Shoes to call and see my stock before buying elsewhere, as f have all styles of Wo men's Misses and Children's Shoes, with a. ■ Surge stock of Gaiters, which will be sold ve | ry low. Home made work always on hand, and prepared to make to order any style at short est notice. Always up to the latest styles in the city. Call and see. I am also agent for the Grnver & Baker cismsy© and will have sample machines on hand at all times. All who buy a machine from me will be regularly taught to sew. Call and see this machine before buying elsewhere, as it has all the late improvements and will do more work than any other machine now in use. Also, the Grover & Baker Thread for sale Call at the old stand in the public square, three doors west of Geo. Biymyer's store. Lewistown, June 8, 1864. rp HE undersigned, inteoding to relinquish her business, will sell off her stock of MILLINERY m me* TRIMMINGS, at a very slight advance on cost. The assort ment embraces the choicest and most fashioq able articles, and aSbnis an opportunity for ladies to supply themselves at lower prices than the great advance in goods of this kind will justify. ap27 MARY McDOWELL. BEST Note and Letter paper at march?. SWAIN'S.
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