33&7£25!8'1£3i (Ss EvBSJs, JJ>U3;&ES2nK2SS-„ Whole No. 2784 Lewistoxvu Post Office. Mail" arrive and close at the Lewistown P. 0. as follows. ARRIVE. Eastern through, 5 20 a m through and way 4 01 p m Western " " •' 10 53 a. m. B*-I!efinte " " " 2 30p in Northoinberland, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 6 00 p. tn CLOSE. Fasten through 8 00 p in. " and way 10 00 a m Western " " 300 p m Belief..!,te 8 >0 " Northumberland (Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays) 8 00 p m Office open from 700 a in to Bp. m On Sundays from Bto 9 a tn. is. COMFORT, P. M. Lewistown Station. Train- leave Lewi-town Station as follows: Westward. Eastward Through Express, 12 19 a. m Baltimore Exnress, 4 24 a. m Philadelphia " 520 " a. m Fast Line. 551 p. m. 349 " Fast Mail 401 " 10 53 " Through Accommodation. 2 35 p. m Emigrant, 9 (17 a. in. Through Freight, U> 15 p. in. 120 a m Fast * 4 349 a. in. 855 14 Express " 11 00 44 235 p. tn Stock Express, 440p m. 820 44 Coal Train. 12 45 p. m. 11 25 a m Union Line, 7 15 44 Local Freight, 700a m. G4sp. m ai#-i;all>rHith's Omnibuses convey passengers to ■did from .ill the trains, taking up or setting them town at all points within the borough limits. 5 MTEYTO WN STEAM MILL. UA\ INu taken ttie al-\e esiatilisi'ineni the undersigned are now prepared i purchase, a' highest market rates, all kind-- 1 Grain, in any quantity that may be • .ffered The millitig business will he attended t wiih punctuality and to> pains spared to giv satisfaction to ail who may favor them win tiwir custom. C 0. ST A NBA KG Ell & CO M Vi-ytown. July 13, 1864. Jacob C. Blymyer & CO., Produce and Commission Mer chants, LEW lb I OWN. PA. seTFlour and Grain f all kinds p U i chased at marker rates, or received on storag and shipped at usual freight rates, havin* storehouses and boats of their own. with car. • (ul captains and hands. Piaster. F'sb. and Salt always on hand. eep2 j FORWARDING, COM JSSION and Produce Business. 'IMIK undersigned begs leave t< return j I thanks to the farmers of Mifflin c iutitv f r thr patronage heretofore extended to him >n the above business, and also to inform t en, that he has taken a- cc partners in said tui-iness, JOHN l> TAYLOK and JOSEPH j R 11KN iv Y . and that the busiiiess will her." afier be conducted in the name of FRAN CIS IUcCLURE & CO FRANCIS McCLCHE Lewi-town, August I. 1864. 1 he undersigned having formed a co pari nership in ttie Forwarding Couiuii-i<>n and Produce Business, under the name ..f Fran els McChue 3-tf Large Stock of Furniture on Hand. A KLIX is still manufacturing all kinds >f Furniture. Young married persons ; and others that wish to purchase Furniture *'ll find a good assortment on hand, which *'H i * sold cheap for cash, or country pro | duce Gn in exchange for same. Give rne ' a call alley street, near Black Bear Ho ' wi - teb 21 . AH E Mil SI fi E L [We reeonimend a perusal of the following stanzas to the gossip-loving people of this village, feeling as we Uo that they eontaiu as much truth as poetry. Ma ny will no doubt see a " lesson in every line."—En.j j VILLAGE SCAMIAL. Br JOHN BOSS DIX. Of all the various plagues with which This world of ours is curst, In my opinion- -scandal is The meanest and the worst. Go into any little town. And you must surely own That folks mind other folks' affairs, Neglectful of their own. For instance—all the Dashford folks When they each other meet, At church, at sewing-circle, or In market, store or street, Delight in having spiteful things Of other folks to say. And making mischief everywhere In much this sort of way. I Says Mrs. . whose skin is like The parchment of a drum, "Miss B has got a pretty face, But for her manners—mum!" Thus leaving it to be inferred That Miss is much too free. And that her morals are not quite What they ought to be! Then. Mrs. C . with lifted hand", "Can't see how Mrs. B>own, Witii such a family as :.ers, Can wear so gay a gown." And Mrs. D is quite surprised That Mr. Peter Snooks Should -show such a want of taste, In courting I'oliy li. ooks." If ever strange l'lPlOWS his face In Daskford'squiet town, A monster of iniquity He is at once set down! In short, the town from end to end. And eke from side to side, Is peopled with a gossipping And scandal-loving tribe; Who. where they might sow happiness, Make strife and discord grow, And turn the county town into A Tophet here below. j j LMES & .SKETCHES KITTY BRAGG'S HUSBAND • •Meicy on u>! W hut has happened to ! > a sheet •Kitty, I'm drolled in place of lulling to crying and moan i | nig, as is tlie iasliftni with some ol our wo ! men. Kitty Bragg laid her hand heavily on he: husbands shoulder. •John, I'm ashamed of yoa! II you were a child I would give you a good shaking Compose yourself before Charlie comes in—! would not'have him think his father a coward !' 'That is a hard word. Kitty.' 'I know it, John, but the case demands I if. I would not have you lowered m v >ur ! child's sight. Now. John Bragg, let you J uid I talk sense; let us reason on the mat j ter together. You are a good man. John , —a good husband and a good lather. You | ire at rave man too, despite y >ur tre tub i ling nerves Who plunged into the river. ' just above the rapids, after poor Crane's only son!' Who flung hiui-elf before old Mr. Morris' mad horse and saved he old man's life? \\ hy, just John Bt gg. I know what ails • ou, John You a e physically nerv ius at the report of fire arms or the sight of blood. You have spent your life pouring over books, and never tried to overcome the weakness. But you can overcome it, and must.' This 'must.' was said smilingly. 4 I must, indeed, for the die is oast, and there is no escape. Ido not think it is wai.t of courage; itid I am sure my heart , glows with love tor my country. You j know, Kitty, I have given liberally of my ' poor uieans; but whenever I think ol going j to battle, this strange tremor assails me, j and I am reduced to the weakness of a child 1 shall lie disgraced. 1 know Don't ; you wish you had a braver husband, Kitty? i L wouldn't blame you ' ■ Hut Kitty did not hear. She sat. by the i i kitchen hearth, leaning her brow head on i • the jamb of the huge old fashioned chitu ! ney Her thoughts at last formed them selves into the words— 'L verily believe, John, it is not your | fault. Let us sell the place. Joe Martin j will give, you five 1 umlred dollars l'T it, ' ' ami fun you c-m get a substitute We Citi rent the little house on the Muri y (am , and—' •Never, Kitty ! Talk no more: I would in ecd 1e a coward then. \\ hat. deprive m loved oues ot a home to save my- ii from hardships? Never, never! It, is not ; of my life L am afraid; it is jut the din of | battie at'u the dreadiul Carnage I will go, my dear wife, and you must help me to be brave and do my duty.' The morning came at last that the drafted were to join their regiment. There was 1 many a tear shed by wives, mothers and I sisters; I ut Kitty shed none—she had other work to do. She stood talking with John i at the end ot the plat form •My little Bible is in your knapsack. I John Read it olteti Whenever you feel j WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1864. that trembling coming over you, John, pray to God and put your trust in him and he will strengthen you. I know he will?' This almost upset the brave little woman; but she stilled the quivering iip. and smiled through her tears. \Y lien the order to fall in was given, John laid his hand ou her head and said tenderly— ' God bless you, Kitty ! You are the best wile ever a p. or man had.' She lilted up her mouth for a kiss; but the white lips were tuufc —for the life of her she could n<4 have spoken. The train moved off and Kitty went home She shuddered as she crossed the doorstep The clo-tlc ticked more lonely than he had ever heard it, and all seemed bke desolation. Kitty sat down in he" | little sewing chair and wept like a chi'd Charley came in, his face all aglow and his ; eyes Hashing. 4 What! mother crying? Why, I think it a glorious thing to raise one's atui for one's country —a thing to die 'or,' he said j dreamily. 'Yes my son, it is glorious, but it is sad, 1 too I woul' l not call him back; but I will be.very lonely.' Alter that one hurst, of tears, Kitty was her own brave self again. 4 T'tue passes on, and save that Kitty prayed oftener, and was more grave than her wont, one i Could see lirtle change in her Charley went off to school in the morn ; ing. and she was ielt alone all day Broken ej (dilations often escape her lips—prayers ; lor the salt-iy and "Strengthening" u! iier j husband, until at last it becune a hai.it One Satur ay as she was baking and j churning as usual, her heart was lull of prayer lor her husband. '0 (rod. strengthen poor John, and let him not flinch tn the day of battle. Char ; ley bring rue some chips, fir this fire won't burn ' A neighbor wh was standing on the doors eji s 111 lied a 'lie mingling ol prayer ii 11 i •Have you he ir I the IUW.S. Kitty?' 1 he fear that John had de-erted or done ! something cowardly, took all h-.r strong'' away, and -he sank faintly down ou chair •What is it. Mary?' •Why, they had i riot in cimp. some of the men deserted, itid sonic mu'inied, and | J Ii i— ■ less in,., Kitty, but your milk's al ; boibng over There, I'll put it on th back griddle 'W hat about. John?' 4 Why, Jul in was the only one in his com pair, flist st.."id arm ail through Hi wa.- • brave as a itoii, ft ough some of the hall ■ ci (Zed lelinws threatened to shoot : im it he did no' join theiu He .i.l.m rice j ou> uoys to tie quiei .iit'jfco their duty He said it would otiiy t.K lor :i iittle while; and a.ler a little, they Woul i have better cunp and better ration?. You know some ol our hoys are pretty wild and they tuigli have got into tr utile. My Joseph said iie i shouldn't wonder if you- John cauie home j wi'h gold straps on his shoulders. His being so brave, and having so much influ enee over the men, pleased the Colonel very much. Ain't you glad, Kirty?' Kitty was crying for joy—that the first news of John sh mid lie go< d. •Jacob said in his letter that he said to John after the fuss— •John, how could you he so brave and firm when there was so much confusion, and those fellows had their bayonets pointed at you?' 'Your John replied 'Jacob, I came here to do my duty, and \ I am determined to do it; and besides, how can a man go hack from the right path, with such a woman as tuy Kitty at borne praying tor me?' This made Kitty's tears flow faster but. they were joyful tears. Let the young nn n who fear the draft go and find a wife lik'e Kitty Bragg. mmjAMwi Are thi Gemms Wrong in Wanting our Bonds ? Not a hit of it ! No shrewder, thriftier people, in mitter- of money, exist on earth (Jur Jersey people an I New England peo j pi" a e a frugal, indusrious pe pic, but they can t save money ;ike ihe Ceriums, j Ali Germany is a great savings bank It is tiue that their wurkn g men. are not so rich, on an average, as our working men, because they don t get more than onequar ter uf the ul our men. But a Ger man can save money, and he knows when it is sa'e. Now these shrewd, thrifty Ger mans want our bonds. They want theiu by millions. 1 hey turn aside from the great beggars of the world in Europe, and come to us Rep iioicaus They treat the uotes cf Napoleon and Joseph and Maxi milian with inuitference, hut want to dis count ail the American notes lliey can ( *et 'The London Times suys thai this is all wrong—that fha Republicans in America are all bankrupt, and the Germans must be crazy to slight British and French he.'gars, and go begging, themselves, to America. Are they crazy? We asked Poor Richard what he thought about it. *W iy,' said he. 'how can they be crazy, when they are doing just what I did a lit tle tuure thuu a year ago, wlieu i put my , little savings into Government -ux per cents? i Now see what 1 got by it; just count up 1 i have received six per cent in gold, which averaged 100 per cent in currency, making ; Id per cent, income. Now, today, my i bond is salable in flie New York market at 1 10 per cent premium. Put these together, and to day L have 22 per cent, for one year's use of my money! What do you ; think of that? You know, as well as I uo, that there are thousands of people who did this, and to day they have 22 per cent, on their investments. Why, I saw Miss Jones, our school main, go to the hank and buy a 8590 hood. How ghe got the money I I don t know, but these Yankee school mis tresses are first rate hands ut taking care of themselves. Well, now, cou* t up. If Miss Jones sells her bonds to-day she gets her 8500 back sa e, and she gets 8110 clear l gain Can you sharp fellows down there in \\ illiaru street do any better? Ynu know I told Mr Smith, the banker, uiy j ideas about that, and he bought 85,000 six per cent, bonds, and you see he got 81.100 for a year's use of his money I met him : the other day, and he said, "Poor Richard, you are right; 1 begin to think, the Gov ernment can take care of itself, and us too. Tor my part, I mean to buy some of the 7 oO's The rate of interest is high enough, \ and in three years they will rum into six ! per cent bonds again ' 'Yes, Mr. Smith, it is right, on the money side; but, it is ; rii/ht on the country's too. Help jour country, or it can't help jou. N >w, 1 say the Germans are not only right, but they i would tie right it they got halt that inter i est. I bey cannot make a quarter of it at ! home So thought Poor Richard, and so think we. When we think of the German j opinion of our situation and our financial ! ; strength, we must remember that, they are t ir better judges of our condition than we j : ire, or our enemies are. They are lookers '' i on. at a great distance. 'They have none j i ol our enmities or prejudices., Thev can examine the facts disinterestedly They ! do; and I lie result is a verdict that the { American Government is staiiie— its uLUi j ty and integrity in m- etiny its Ji uncial j j "J "J' '"'* uiKjuestionnUe. This verdict, . t in. i> tuui.iied ou a scries of facts which ; •*''£ uuimpeachatde, and well known to j every intelligent Americ. n. Take two or hree of the most important: 1. The i United States doubles it population each i twenty five years. The population of the country, which in 1859 was twenty three ■iiiiiions, will in 1875 fie forty six millions Hut the rebellion. says some one How much has tlie rebellion diminished the strength of the Lnited ,States? Take this astotii-iiirig tact, thai if all the re'.;ei States hid been sunk tn the Pacific o:eati, the ' Tnifec {Stales would in 1875 have a popu i itiou f qu ito /hut t,j the whole in 1899. tn oilier words, tiiiei n years wdl supply rite total loss of the eleven orignu! rebei States! W hat can impede the progress ot such a country? 2. The wealth ot the I country increased 127 ner cent, in ten years! Now let it increase but 89 from 1860 to 1870, and it will amount to ten ! nines all the loans of the government. ; Ihe German knows what heisat.out He will get the largest income from loans in the world, on the safest security No such opportunity has occurred before for the in i ves'ment of money, and in all probability : wili never occur again It the American : does not know and take advantage of this, I the German aud Frenchman will.— Ex. I SHERMAN TO HOOD. A Fit hy Reply to the Rkl Prot st aja'nst Rr-! in A* i IIK fVouitU itiit Children from AlTjula. HEADQUAKTLRS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, IN THE FIELD, ATLANTA, GA , SEPT 19, 18(34 Gen. J B. Hood, Commanding Army of ■ ihe Tennessee, Confederate Army.—Gen eral: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date at the hands of Messrs. Bail and Crew, con- i j senting to the arrangements I had proposed, Co facilitate the removal South of the peo pie of Atlanta, who prefer to go in that di rection. I enclose you a copy ol my orders, j 1 which will, I am sati.-fied, accomplish my | puriiose perfectly. You style the measuies ! proposed "unprecedented," and appeal to the dark history of war lor a parallel as an j act of "studied ungenerous cruelty " It ! is not unprecedented, for General Johnston ' himself very wisely and properly removed the families ali the way lroui Daltondown, and I see uo reason why Atlanta should be i excepted. Nor is it necessary to appeal to the dark history of war when receut and modern examples are so handy. You, yuur.ielt, burned dwelling houses along your ] parapet, ami I nave sen to day titty house- j that you have rendered uniuliabiiatde, be cause they stood in the way of your foits and men. You defended Atlanta on a line SJ close to the towu that, every cannou shot, j and many musket shots from our line of investments that overshot 'heir mark, went into the habitations of women aud children. Gen Hardee did the same at Jonesboro, and Gen Johnston did the sams last sum mer at Jackson, Miss. I have nor accused you of heartless cruelty, but merely iustance j those cases ot very recent occurrences, and i could go on and euumerate hundreds of J others, aud challenge any fair man to judge which of us has he heait of pity for the families of a "brave people." I say it is u kiuuuiM U> ihuae iauulitfa ol Atlanta to , 2GSKHL2SJ IKE^ST* ' remove them now at once from scenes that women and children should not be exposed to; and the brave people should scorn to comfnit their wives and children to the rude harliarins, who thus as you say, vio I (te the laws of war as illustrated in the pages of its dark history, lu the name of common sense, L ask you not to appeal to a just God in sudi a sacrilegious manner —you who, in the midst of peace Q 1 prosperity, have plunged a nation into civil t war, "dark and cruel war;" who dared and I badgered us to battle, insulted our flag, seized our arsenals and forts that were left i in the honorable custody of peaceful ord nance sergean s, seiz-d and made prisoners j of war the very garrisons sent to protect your people against negroes and Indians, long before any overt act was committed by the "to you hateful Lineoln Government," tried to force Kentucky an! M ssouri into ; the rebellion in spite of themselves, falsi fled the vote ot Louisiana, turned loose i your privateers to plunder unarmed ships, expelled Union families by the thousands, burned their bou-es, and declared by act of your Congress the confiscation of all debts due to Northern men for goods had ; and received lalk thus to the marines but not to me, who have seen these things, and will this day make as much a sacrifice for the peace and honor o*' the South, j as the best born Southerner among you. II we must he enemies, let us be men and fight it out as we propose to d.y. and r.ot ! deal in such hypocritical appeals to Go i ; and "humanity. God will judge us iu dtte time, and He will pronounce whether it be : more humane to fi-ht with a town full of women, and the families of a "brave pieo pie at our backs, or to remove them in : time to places of safety among their own friends and people. I am, very respectfully, your obedient ' servant, i VV . T g IIE11M AN, Msj Gen. Com. j Official copy—L M DAYTON, A D. C. ' Pierce. Buchaaan, and the Rebels 'Berwick,' the :orrespondent of the i Boston Journal, gives the following ah j struct ot a recent interview he had with General Geary at his headquarters: 'General Geary toid tue that when act- ! ing as Governor of Kansas he discovered the nature and character and extent ot the secret Combination which has resulted in the overthrow of the Union, and found I that then, as now, Jefferson Davis, at that unie N'c retary of IT-//*, was at the head of it. 'These revela'ious were made to him by Southern men. members of it. who of lered him every teuiniation to join them, j and help in making Kansas a slave gtate. 1 Governor Geary communicated loose tucts j to Tierce, then Pies,dent, and to Mr. Bu chanan, the fre-ident elect Both these i wuk men, or traitors, submitted Governor ! Geary s disclosures to the Southern con j s/jirutur > whom they implicated I lnste. d • !ofbe mj warned by the n against the steal I thy criminals, fierce continued and Bu j , chanan adopted them as his constitutional I ! and confidential advisers ! Finding that ■ he had no power to avert the plots, and not j regarding himself as powerful enough to , fight the President, President elect, and his party, Governor Geary retired to his j j farm to await the development of events, ; ; determined when the time for action cauie i to be tound in the ranks of the uatiou's j ! defenders.' j Ihe following are the dying words j of some of our country's most eminent : men : 'I resign my soul to God —and my daugh ter to my country.'— Thomas Jefferson. 'lt. is well Washington 'lndependence forever.'— A'lams. 'lt is the last of earth ' — J Q Adams. 4 I wish you to understand the true prin ciples of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.'—Har rison. 'I have endeavored to do my duty ' — Taylor. 'I still live ' — Daniel Webster. A Bachelor Cornered. —'What did ycu come here after?' inquired Miss Susan Diaper ola bachelor friend, who made her ; a call when the rest of the people were i gone out. •I came to borrow some matches,' he meekly replied. 'Matches! that's a likely story. Why don t you make a match. I know what you came for,' exclaimed the delighted i Miss, as she crowded the old bachelor into a corner, 'you came to kiss and hug me I almost to death; hut you shan't—without your are the strongest, and Lord faiJics you are !' S&T 'Mr Smith, you say you once offi ciated in a pulpit; do you mean that you j preached?' 'No sir; I held a candle for a man who did.' •Ah, the court understood you differ * ently. They supposed that the discourse ! came from you ' 'No sir; I only throwed light on it." -Co ne. Bill, it's ten o'clock, aid I think we had better be going, tor it is time j honet folks were at home.' 'Well yes,' was the answer, *1 must be off, but VOtL. needn't hurry on that account.' j New Series—Vol. XVIII. No. 49. ii?%_ ■ I never eh.it a bird in my life,* s ild souie one to his friend. 'For my part, I never shot unytliitig in the shape ot a hird, except a squirrel, which 1 killed with a stone, when it fell into the river and was drowned.' e*xr W i 1 you take the life of Fierce or Seott this morning, mudauii" said a news hoy to good Aunt lief>y. 'No, my lad,' she replied; 'they may live to the end of their days lor all ot me—l've uothiu'agiu' em.' j For the Educational Column. A Hint to Teachers. There is some danger that teachers will grow into a kind of narr wne.-s i which can only repel those of other pursuits No one likes to hear a mu sician always talking of music, its wonderful delights, and the propriety : or duty of giving special attention to it. So, we are somewhat disgusted by i hearing a minister continually talking about 'Zion' and 'the Gospel,' not at all because we object to those words, i or the ideas they represent in the rain • ister's mind, but simply because it in ! dicates a want of general knowledge or of common sympathy. We like\o i meet men who can talk outside of their special circle of labor, who can take an interest in those concerns which ; affect mankind. It reveals a breadth j of culture which is at once worthy of ; respect, and able tu win sympathetic ! attention. We feel that he have found | one man who is not hidden behind the i tree of knowledge ho has been culti j vating, but lias reared it with such ' success that he now cats, and dispenses I the well favored fruits. Teachers reason somewhat like this: Education is a very important matter, deserving of more attention than t I has usually received. Very few teacb j er.s are rightly qualified for their j stations, through failure to apply thotn ; selves to those studies which are r qnisito to their success. If they ! would only give greater attention to these, they might be very successful, | and this great cause would gloriously ; advance . The reasoning is good, hut incom plete. Doubtless careful attention to j special studies or topics is needful, but | if the attention be confined to those ' studies, there is a great lack. So, while teachers should seek very care j fully to gain the special knowledge j which will render them successful in i teaching, they would do well to em ; brace a wider field of search; to read ! works not connected with Education, jto know what the world is doing. It is not hall* as important to know that I it revolves on its axis once in twenty | four hours, as to know what is being | done on it. wl at kinds of I eings live, ! and act, and enjoy, arid sufl'. r, and die, ;on its surface. It is not nearly as '■ necessary to understand why the Tropics are placed 23° 28' from the j Equator, as to understand the condi ; lion of humanity from the Equator to the Poles; to know what men are wish j ing or trying to make out of this ex i periincnt of life; to learn how they | treat one another, how the rich feel j and act toward the poor, how thepop j ular and self complacent speak of those i noble ones who bravely toil and hero | ically suffer for the good of the de | spised. It is not so needful to be able to explain why the stars coire forth ; by night to glorify the sky, as to un derstand, to possess and exhibit the spirit which would lift all men into a purer atmosphere of unselfish love and generous self-forgetfulness, which would waken men to a desire for wis dom, lor the purity that fits its posses sor to go beyond the stars when the earthly fe tcr falls away. If any, surely the teacher, ought to be free from narrowness, from repelling pertinacity in dwelling on his special pursuit. He should be the liberal man in a community, interested in whatever I concerns the happiness of fellow-men, '• informed in the acts and needs of man kind. Where others are dwarfed or unsymmetrkui trees, the teacher should bo a perfect palm, a blessing to ! the eyes, and joy to the hearts of men. : Estate ef William foHdeti, deceased. N'OTIOE is hereby given that letters of administration on the estate of William Cowden, late of the B<*rough uf Lewistown, Mifflin county, deceased, have b'-en granted to the undersigned, reading iu t-aid B trough. All persons indebted to said estate are re quested to make immediate payment, and iln.se having claims to present them duly au theriticatej lor settlement C HOOVER, Admr. Lewistown, August 31, lt4. Tl\ HAKE, TIH WAKE. A LARGE assortment of Tin Ware, at wholesale and >etail, constantly kept on hand ; all our own manufacture, made out of the best material. SPOUTING and all kinde of Jobbing done at short notice, hy JOHN B. SELUEI.MER.