THE GAZETTE.
LEWISTOWN, PA.
Wednesday, October 5, 1864.
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FOR PRESIDENT,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
ANDREW JOHNSON.,
For Congress,
A. A. BARKER,
Of Cambria County.
For Senators,
KIRK HAINES, of Perry.
LOUIS W. HALL, of Blair.
For Representatives,
JOHN N. SWOOPE,
of Alexandria, Huntingdon county, j
JOHN BALSBACH,
of Port Royal, Juniata county.
For County Commissioner,
JOHN W. WILSON.
Of Menno township.
For County Auditor,
J NO. H. WHITEHEAD.
Soliees of New Advertisements.
•fudge Woods < ffers his three Granville
farms at private sale
The Adm nistrator will sell at public sale
the real estate nf Wm. Wakefield, deceased
Six tracts of land of the heirs of Adam
Hatfield, deceased, in Wayne township, this
county, will be sold nt public sale in Phila
delphia, by 31. Thomas & Sons, at the Ex j
change.
List of Letters.
Union Meetings
WILL BE HELD AT
BELLEVILLE, Union township, and
also at Stroup's Schoolhouse, Decatur,
Thursday evening, October 6th; at
McA EYTOWN, Friday evening, 7th,
FIIITZ' SCHOOLHOUSE, Bratton,
Saturday evening, Bth; at
BO WERSOX'S SCHOOLHOUSE, De- j
eatur, Saturday evening, Bth,
at which able speakers will address the j
people in those sections of the county.
Txrmisr OUTI *
The Brown Township Farmer-
It has only been within a few days
that we heard the Brown township
anti-soldier democracy were running j
round denying that a soldier had been j
written to to desert. &e. Our author- i
ity in the army, W. 11 G., we hope I
will at once take measures to place the
letter in our hands, when the fools in i
that township can be gratified by read- j
ing it in print and having one of their i
number exposed. In the meantime !
we will state that the letter was writ
ten to Jacob Kepperling of the 49th,
and for the information of copper
heads generally will also state that we
do not publish or make up lies for po
litical effect.
We also stated last week that a ;
prominent democrat in the army had
written home that he could not see how
anj' sensible man could vote for the !
Chicago nominee. This we learn is 1
also pronounced a d d lie. We
gave the simple fact, without the name,
but now state the writer as Col. T. F.
McCoy ot the 107 th, and that the let
ter is in McVeytown.
—A number of advertisements and !
othei matter are unavoidably omitted i
to-day.
—The old saying that "a lie will !
travel I a league while truth is putting
on her boots," is well illustrated by I
the Seliiisgrove Times in an article
stating that Abner Thompson was :
chairman of the republican county
committee last year, and that Colonel i
Irwin had always heretofore been a
bitter opponent to the democratic par-!
tyl There is not a word of truth in
either statement. Thompson to our
knowledge never was a republican but
four years ago played the Bell and ;
Everett jewsharp, and since then up
to-the-hub patent democrat. Bo iar '
from Col. Irwin being a recent eon- :
vert, his proclivities have been for
years towards democracy— even be
fore he entered the army.
—Since Gen. McClellan's letter half
threatening more drafts, the Selins
grove Times has cooled down consid- |
erably on the "peace" question. Its
readers are no longer regaled with ar
ticles on "Soldier Mania," democratic
editors are no longi r chided lor step
ptng on the " Abolition War Platform," t
those who advocate the soldiers' right
of voting are no longer " lily-livered
cowards," or a set of " cowardly slaves
to their own fears"' &c. No, the
Times now confines itself to copying a
few lines from a Maryland rebel sheet
about Lincoln's "negro soldiers," "Lin
coln's incendiaries," and other compli- <
roentary terms to those in the army.
Our Ticket—Bring out every Voter.
On Tuesday next the voters of this
county are called upon to exercise the
l ight of suffrage—a right of far more
importance to their own interests than
taxpayers are in the habit of c-onse
ding. First on the list, is Abraham
A. Barker, our candidate for Congress.
This gentleman has already shown
what an energetic man can do, for to
bis credit he it said that it is in a great
measure owing to his perseverance
that the quota of this district was re-
duced, and thus every man iri it subject
to draft benefited. To show how
much we we are indebted to him, we
will instance this borough, from which
other districts can form an estimate of
his services: Under the first assign
ment of quotas Lewistown would been
subject to a draft of 14, seven of whom
would have been required to go into
the service; by the corrected quota
Lewistown is not only clear of the
draft but has a surplus of 8. But this
is not all Mr. Barker has effected.
Quite a number of persons who had
paid commutation under the former
drafts, had been put back into the
wheel and were again drafted. Pub
lic opinion generally favored a con
struction of the law that these men
should be exempt, and Mr. Barker,
neglecting his own business and polit
ical interests, proceeded to Washing
ton and urged this matter so effectually
that an order has been issued right
eously exempting those who had
latterly paid commutation and had
again been drafted. He is besides a
working man, the first before the peo
ple for Congress in many years, and on
that ground with the efficient services
already rendered, deserves a voteYrom
every man in the county. Ilis oppo
nent of course is a lawyer—for when
do the patent democracy nominate any
but a "professional" inau for important
offices so long as they can find one in
the party? —is, like three-fourths of the
present orators, editors and leaders of
patent democracy, a renegade whig,
who joined that party for the sake of
office. The old saying used to be that
"a renegade was worse than ten
Turks," and the same seems to hold
good with politicians of the present
day, for these fellows preach about as
much true democracy as the d land
his imps in sheeps' clothing do true
'•eligion.
for Senators, Louis W. Hall and
Kirk Haines, both of them experienced
legislators and tried Union men, have
been nominated Mr. Hall resided
here when a youth, and by his perse
verance and exertions raised himself
from a poor boy to a prominent posi
tion in life. Mr. Haines is also the
architect ot his own position, and in
respectability and standing is second
to no man in Perry county. In making
these nominations the Union men
thought one professional man enough
out of the two. Not so with the pa
tent democracy: they had not only to
take a lawyer, but ignoring every
haidfisted mechanic and laboring man,
added a doctor.
For assembly, the choice is reduced
to a very simple problem. John Bals
bach and John N. Swoope, staunch
Union men on one side, and Africa and
Kearns, representing the Chicago ces
sation of hostilities platform, on the
other. Our readers need hardly be
told that John \V . Kearns has identi
fied himself, ever since the commence
ment ot the war, with that faction
originating with (he New York Day
Book, New \ork News, Seiinsgrove
limes, &c., papers which counseled
resistance to the government and laws
—produced riots and bloodshed—and
if not cheeked, would have plunged
this country into anarchy and confu
sion. The part of the county in which
he resides is notorious lor its treason
able sentiments, and is the only one
where threats of violence have been
carried out, where almost every cop
perhead has armed himself, and where
deserters arc harbored, aided and
abetted. It Mr. K., whom the news
papers make out as an "intelligent
farmer,' has, as a good citizen, opposed
t ie spread of this toryism there, we
must confess we never heard of it, hut
a good deal to the contrary. And
while we accord to every one
tie right of thinking, speaking,
and acting on mere political matters as
he may deem proper, it becomes a very
different thing when such speaking
and acting side with treason and traif
ors in arms against the government—
a distinction which too many do not
make.
Major John W. Wilson, the candi
date for Commissioner, is unquestion
ably one of the best men in the valley
for that position, a firm union man,
and in all other respects a good and
useful citizen. For such a man Menno
and Union ought to give at least 100
majority. The fact that his opponent,
Mr. Taylor, is from the township
which gave its regular democratic
majority against the soldiers right to
vote, and tiiat the men who are now
electioneering lor .Mr. Taylor, ought
to seal his fate.
Me know the cessation of hostilities
party is hard at work, and calculates
to carry the county by a downright
system ol lying, for, in eighteen years
experience we never knew its equal.
As an instance of this, we will note
the fact that men who call themselves
respectable will walk a square or two
and report that such and such a Union
man has turned, when there is not a
word of truth in the story. The fact
is there are not five men in town who
voted the Union ticket last fall who
will not do so again, and we know
there are a number who will now vote
it who did not before. Another cop
perhead trick is to persuade Union
men in the country from attending the
polls, by advocating a change of men,
Ac. Union men, be not deceived bv
these torics in "Union clothing." A
pretty change yen would make, truly,
by putting a set of men in office whose
election the rebels would consider
equal to a victory over our armies.
BE NOT DECEIVED by such tricks,
but 1 UUN (J 1.. 1\ as it is your duty,
morally, religiously and patriotically,
and you will succeed in electing every
member on your ticket from Congress
down to Auditor.
From the Johnstown Tribune.
Our Next Congressman.
We desire this week to call the especial attention of
the Union voters of this Congressional district to the
importance of being represented in the Councils of
the Nation bv one who is the friend and not the foe of
the .National Administration—the opponent and not
the apologist of Treason.
Such a man is ABRAHMM A. BARKKR. of Ehensburg.
From the day when the echo of the guns which fired
upon Fort Sumter reached the mountains of Little
Cambria. Mr. Barker has manifested a zeal and euer
gv in support of the Government and in defense of
the old Hag. which have been productive of the most
beneficial results to the good cause, and which have
elicited the fid mi ration of ail true friends of the
Union who have observed his course. Through his
exertions, many willing volunteers have been fur
nished to the army from the '•frosty sons" who dwell
in i he central and northern parts of Cambria county,
and. as a conscqnence. the severity of the draft has
been greatly lessened, as many an undivided family
will cheerfully testify. And the interest lie has con
stantly taken tn the physical welfare of the men who
have gone into the sarvice through his influence or
from among his neighbors, the pride he has always
felt in their company organizations, and the vigilance
with which he has invariably guarded their rights,
who that lias belonged to those organizations can ever
forget? We speak knowingly of these tilings, and
not from hearsay. We are personally cognizant of
Mr. Barker's exertions in this direction, and even of
pecuniary and other sacrifices he has made, and have
been amazed alike at the unselfish patriotism of the
man and the wonderiul energy which it inspired. Few
men during this terrible crisis in our country's fate
have done more for that country within the limited
sphere of private life than Mr. Barker.
But it is not alone in his efforts to till up the artnv,
and in his almost fatherly care over those who have
gone to the front from among his neighbors and
friends, that Mr. Barker has manifested the posses
sion of a patriotism rare even in our day. As tile ed
itor of the Alleghenian from the commencement of
hostilities up to the present time, he has been unfal
tering in professional devotion to the great work of
restoring the Union, and it is not too nQieh to say
that the "vigor and grace of his editorials have materi
ally aided in educating public sentiment up to the
highest standard of loyalty and patriotism. Not many
newspapers have been more earnest in the uniform
advocacy of a vigorous prosecution of the war than
the Ebensbura Alleghenian. And in the discussion of
the difficult questions growing out of the war, the ed
itor of that paper has shown an acquaintance with the
principles underlying the framework of our institu
tions. an insight into the best methods to be employed
in restoring the Union, and an abiding faith in'the
justice of our cause and the courage of our people,
which have not been exceeded in our legislative halls,
and wHfc-h have certainly been without parallel in the
columns of some more influential and more widely
circulated Administration journals. All honor to the
EDITOR who. in the dark days that are now passing
away, h is never despaired of the Republic—never al
lowed the thought of a dishonorable peace to drop
from his pen.
But it is not only because Mr. Barker is a loyal and
patriotic Cambrian, who has abundantly pro'ved his
faith by his works, that we urge his election upon the
voters of the district. He is. in addition, in every
sense of the word, a gocxi citizen. His solid worth is
attested by the esteem in which he is held bv those
who know him. His popularity is of that kind which
is based upon the possession of real merit, and not
upon the arts of the pretender or politician. Its ex
tent may be inferred from the admission of rnauy
frank opponents, that, in his own home, where he is
best known, he will poll much more than his party
vote. An analysis of his popularity would perhaps
show that it is mainly due to the energy, enterprise
and inflexible honesty which he has manifested in the
conduct of his business from the day when he be
came a resident of our county. The man who makes
two blades of grass to grow where one grew before is
a public bene factor, and generally* meets his reward
in the affection and gratitude of those he benefits.
Mr. Barker has male many a wilderness in Cambria
county to blossom as the rose." He has given employ
ment and good wages to hundreds and thousands of
laboring men. who. hut for him, would have dragged
out a miserable existence on our bleak hilltops or else
been compelled to leave the county for a more hospi
table locality. And not one of these men has ever
been cheated out of a farthing. Indeed, the families
of many of them have been kept, from want by Mr.
Barker on more than one occasion when the vicissi
tudes of the war had rendered the prosecution of his
business unprofitable and hazardous. For "these
things he is popular. And he who makes a good citi
zen—such a citizen as the subject of this article has
proven himself to be —not only deserves all the hon
ors that may be heaped upon fiim, but will be sure to
make a good legislator. vigilant anil holiest.
We urge Mr. Barker's election for another reason.
When the Rebellion dies, a question almost as diffi
cult of solution as that of the war itself must be met
upon the floors of Congress. How shall the Union be
reconstructed? How shall the priceless blessings of
Peace and Liberty, bought with precious blood and
untold treasure, be secured for ourselves and our
children? How shall the schemes of those who
would compromise with traitors be thwarted now and
laid low for all time? Need we tell our readers that
the highest statesmanship, the truest courage and the
most uncompromising devotion to principle, will be
required to solve aright the great problem? That
Mr. Barker possesses these qualifications in an emi
nent degree, the history of nis past life gives ample
assurance. He is neither a tyro, a doughface, nor a
temporizer. At his hands the authors of the rebellion
and the cause of the rebellion would receive no mer
cy. He is tlie very man to advocate such measures as
would, if adopted, effectually prevent the happening
of another such war as this.
We have heard of but oue objection other than po
litical to Mr. Barker's election. It is that which Jake
Ogline once urged against the election of a promi
nent Democrat of Cambria county—"He didn't get
himself horned in this country." That is to say. Mr.
Barker is a native of the State of Maine and not of
Pennsylvania, and has resided in this county only nine
years. It might be said, byway of response to this
objection, that the political opponents of Mr. Barker
in this county have been in the habit of placing on their
ticket at almost every annual election atleast one
person who was open to Jake Oglme's objection, and
didn't even possess the saving merit of having been
born in Maine. But we won't say anything about this
matter. We will say, however, that if the State of
Maine has furnished Pennsylvania this year with a
candidate for Congress in the person of A. A. Barker,
who is sure to be elected, she is onlv returning a favor
done her two years ago by Pennsylvania, when James
*V Blaine, a native of the " Down East" Cumberland
v adey, find a resident of Maine let* than nine yeara,
was nominated for Congress by the Union men of the
Augusta district and triumphantly elected. Why
shouldu t we make these Maine i'ankeea pay their
honest debts ?
Union men of the Seventeenth Congressional dis
trict! We offer von a candidate every wav worthr of
vour supj ort. He i honest, capable and worthv 'He
has tie, n hardworking member of the Union "partv.
i Ho is fam liar with its history, n- trials, it- policy and
I its principles, and he may In- relied upon to stand bv
' 'j 111 every emergency. A pi on man himself who
: does not disdain manual labor, he will not as a Re pre
i sen I alive neglect the interests ~f those who form the
| none and smew- of th land. Let him be elected.
; the country needs his services—his worth deserves
j the honor.
WAR NEWS.
Official Despatches.
WASHINGTON Sept. 29—1.05 P ra.—The
following despatch from General Grant, an
nouncing the movement of our forces against
Richmond, lias just been received, dated
Headquarters, Chapin's Farm, Sept. 29, 10 45
| a m.
Gen. Ord's corps advanced this morning
and carried the very strong fortifications and
long line of intrenchments below Chapin's
Farm, with some filteen pieces of artillery
and from two to" three hundred prisoners.
Gen. Ord was wounded in the leg, though
not dangerously.
Gen. Biiney advanced at the same time
from Deep Bottom, and carried the New Mar
ket road and intrenchments, and scattered
the enemy in every direction, though he cap
tured hut few.
He is now marching on towards Richmond.
I left Gen Birney where the Mill road inter
seels the New Market and Richmond road.
The whole country is filled with field forti
fioations, U. S GRANT, Lieut. Gen.
EDWIN M. STANTON, Seo'y of War.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29—7 45 a m A des
patch just received from Gen. Grant gives a
telegram, contained in yesterday's Richmond
big, dated at Charlottesville, which states
that our cavalry entered Staunton on Mon
day, at 8 o'clock, and that our forces were
also at \\ aynesboro; that no damage had been
done up to 4 o'clock p. m.; lut that smoke
indicated that we were burning the railroad
track between Christiana creek and Staunton.
No direct communication has been had
with Gen. Sheridan for several days. Oouri
ers to and from hiui are known to have Re en
captured by the guerillas that infest the coun
try in his re^r.
Dispatches to 9.40 last evening have been
received from Gen. Sherman at Atlanta, hut
no movements at that point are reported.
from Nashville our dispatches are to 9.30
last night. The enemy did riot attack us at
Pulaski, hut took the pike towards Fayette
ville, and were pursued nine miles hy our
cavalry. Grp. Rousseau is retiring with his
infantry to Nashville.
'The draft is quietly progressing in all the
States, hut as desperate efforts will he made
by the enemy to force Sherman from Atlanta
bv destroying his communications, volunteer
enlistments being more speedy than the draft,
all loyal and patriotic people should urge for.
ward rapid enlistments in order to reinforce
Sherman and enable him not only to hold his
position, hut also, without delay, to push on
his campaign. EDWIN M. STANTON,
Sec'y of War.
WASHINGTON, Sept 30—3 10 P. M.
A despatch from Gen Grant, dated at
31 o'clock this afternoon, at City Point,
states that \\ arren attacked and carried
the enemy's line to-day, on their extreme
right, capturing a number of prisoners.
He immediately prepared to follow up
his success.
General Meade moved from his left this
morning and carried the enemy's line near
Poplar Grove Church.
A later dispatch, dated this evening at
5 p. ta.j reported that the enemy had just
made au assault in three columns on bis
line near Chapin's Farm, and had been re
pulsed.
No report had been received from Gen.
Meade since he carried the enemy's line
near Poplar Grovd^'hureh.
No intelligence of General Sheridan's
operations has been received since Sunday
night, except through the Richmond pa
pers, and the ltaest report from that source
which has reached the Department was the
advance of his cavalry to Staunton, as
heretofore mentioned.
The Petersburg papers of to day men
tion a rumor, which they say is not con
firmed, that one brigade oi Sheridan's cav
alry was ambushed at Swift Run Creek.
Despatches irom Newbern, N. C , re
ceived this evening, state that the yellow
fever is extensively prevailing at that place,
hut is not fatal among the troops. They
are encamped outside the town.
A despatch from General Sherman, da
ted at half-past eight o'clock last night,
states that he has made an actual exchange
of two thousand of his own army, and has
made an arrangement with Hood to send
to the other prisoners a supply of eiothing,
soap, cooibs, etc.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
WASHINGTON, October I — ll 50 a m. Th ;
following dispatches-from Gen. Sheridan,
detailing his successful epilations since the
last report, have just been received:
HARRISONBURG. Va , Sept. 29—7.30 p. m.
In my last dispatch I informed you that I
pressed Early so closely through New Market,
at the same time sending cavalry round his
flank, that lie gave up the valley and took to
the mountains, passing through Brown's
Gap.
I kept up the pursuit to Port Republic,
destroying seventy five wagons and fourcais
sons. I sent Gen. lorbert, who overtook me
at Harrisonburg, to Staunton with Wilson's
division of cavalry and one brigade of Mer
rit's.
Torbert entered Staunton on the '26 th and
destroyed a large quantity of rebel Govern
ment property, harness, saddles, small arms,
hard bread, flour, repair shops, &c. He then
proceeded to Waynesboro, destroying the iron
bridge over the south branch of the"shen n
doah. seven miles of track, the depot build
nigs. Government tannery,and a large amount
of leather, flour, and stores at tuat piaoe.
He found the tunnel was defended hy in
fantry, and retired via Stanton.
Mv imppession is that most of the troops
which Early had left passed through the
mountains to Charlottesville.
Kersaw's division came to his assistance,
and I think, passed along the west base of
the mountain to Waynesboro.
I am getting from 25 to 41) prisoners daily,
who come in from the mountains on each side
and deliver themselves up.
From the most reliable account, Early's
army was completely broken up and is dis
pirited.
Kersaw had not reached Richmond, but
was somewhere in the vicinity of Gordons
ville, when he received orders to rejoin
Early.
Ihe destruction of the grain aDd forage
truut here to Staunton will be a terrible 1 low
|to th •*ni Aii the groin, forage. in the
j vicinity of Staunton was retained for the use
i of Early's armv.
The latest new* from G n. Sheridan is con
tained in a ! riet disptth from the Genera!
j to Lieut Gen. Grant, in which he save —"I
j have been to Staunton an i Waynesboro with
; the cavalry, and destroi e J the ir.in bridge on
the South river at Waynesboro, throwing it
I into the ri>er: also the bridge over Christiana
! creek and the railroad from Staunton to
| Waynesboro" • The details of future opera
j tioris are. for obvious reasons, omitted.
Price has ben doing extensive mischief in
the matter <d* burning mills and iron works,
and sacking stores iti the region of Pilot
Knob Missouri. Marmaduke's troops met
with a severe and bloody repulse in their at
tack on Ironton, 1600 of the rebels being
killed and wounded.
The great movements, of Grant at Rich
mond and Petersburg, have, with a single
exception, where we suffered some loss thro'
a gap in our line, resulted in compressing
the rebel lines, and threatening the capture
; of Richmond.
mmmmimi
For the Gazette.
H J Walters. Esq "
Messrs. Editors: —Some left handed
! friend, under the above caption, prefers an
[ indictment against me, to the material part
! of which I ask room in your columns,
| where it appears, to plead not guilty. It
! has only been by a perversion of my lan
| guage that I am quoted as 1 have been, by
| your correspondent, who masks himself be
i hind an anonymous signature.
I have never been an unscrupulous"
j or any other kind of " wire worker."
1 fearlessly appeal to the record of wy
acts in this community to repel the allega
tions that my course relative to the war
•' has been radically for So it hern interests."
By mixing up the subject of a conversa
i tion upon several topics I aui made to say
that i felt like counselling resistance to the
draft rathet than aiding to obtain a reduc
tion of the quota of this district. Alter
the despatches of Mr. Barker were re
ceived here I was spoken to on the subject,
! and expressed the doubt that further effort
would effect anything, for the reason that
I did not see how the deficiency would be
provided for, under the call that would be
| created by the reductiGfc.
I said that the excessive quota was a great
wrong, and if repeuted would amount, to an
outrage which would tend to resistance to
the draft I used the quotation "resistance
to tyrants is obedience to God," as expres
sive of the feeling that would animate
those who might bo prompted to attempt
resistance ; arid all this in a discussion of a
possible contmgenry This conversation
was a brief and hurried one, and w hile 1
may have been misunderstood—l know 1
have been misinterpreted—it would never
have been thus represented it I had not
been subsequently placed in the position of
; a candidate tor the Senate
I did not say when Sumter was captured
| that I w.as "giad the South h; d couie out,"
j &c., nor anytl ing akin to it. 1 did then
, say that I was glad no lives had been sacri
ficed, because I felt that it blood bad been
i spilled it would have more deeply emb'.t
j tered feeling on both sides, and rendered
j more difficult any effort at adjustment.
I do not want to extend this reply to
your correspondent's disingenuous critisintij
| of my course, or I should refer to some
j other allusions of his article. lam not an
I admirer ot Mr. Lincoln, and disapprove
: many of the acts ot his administration, but
, it is entirely gratuitous to assume that L
! would rather 'have Jeff. Davis enthroned
: at \\ ashington than Abraham Lincoln."
Let me add I do not believe their alle
gations would have been made if J bad
j not, unexpectedly to myself, been made a
candidate for the Senate. Ido not reply
to them because 1 am a candidate, but lor
the reason that they are untrue in point of
fact, and that 1 do not want, under any
circumstetices, to lie under the imputation
of holding sympathy for or with the mis
erable conspirators who have wickedly as
sailed the integrity of the Union.
In conclusion, while I do not want, ex
eept in self vindication, to speak of uiy own
j exertions or those of my family, in pro
| moting all the movements having ref ?rence
to raising volunteers and bounties and pro
viding for the comfort of our gallant sol
diers in the field and their families at
home, since the inception of this unnatu
ral rebellion, I am ready to compare notes
with X or any other individual or family in
; this community. II J. WALTERS.
| Meesrs Fry singer: —An article appeared
! in your paper last week, signed X , in rtf
j erence to the declarations of 11. J. Wal
ters, Esq., about the draft and the rebel
, lion. As some of these declarations were
j made to me and in my presence, I have
; been urged by a number of the friends of
; the I nion to state to tl e public tbtuugh
your paper what he did say.
Sometime after the rebellion broke out,
I heard Mr. Walters say that if he had his
! property disposed of he would move South,
|or words to that effect. At the time we
were making efforts to get our quota re
duced. I called on Mr. Walters to go to
Harrisburg to see after the matter, he re
fused to go, saying he would have noth
ing 'o do with tiie dirty thing, that " resis
tance to tyrants was obedience to God,"
nd that he felt more like counselling men
to resist the draft than to conform to it, or
words to that effect.
Respectfully,
. JOHN A. MCKEE.
Lewistown, Oct. 1, 1864.
. r, .. P<rr the Gazette.
Messrs. Editors:— Some ot us would
publicly thank a certain copperhead who
don t seem to have much to do except run
ning over this township, talking about this
cruel war, and always anxious to tell us
bad news, but seldom good, calling on us
at unseasonable hours, and entirely too
friendly except when we are in want of as
sistance, if ho would stay more at his owu '
home and attend more to his own f ai> - I
as we think we can get along without In* I
Two SOLDIERS' WIVES of Granv |'. 1
T IKE REE I
VII.IME IM
FOR. SALja
I OFFER at private sale, on reasunnhl,
terms, my three farms, situate in Grauvp!
town>lii|i, Mifflin county, Pa , to wit ;
No I. situate on the old Hunting,! in pft f
about 1$ miles frmn Lewis town, mij v
: John Brought, containing
170 ACRES,
Mwith a two story BRICK IIOI'SR I
Bank Barn. Tenant House 0n1.i,? ■
Ac , with go<J water. cj
No. 2. a tract of about
SOO ACHES,
known as the Comfort farms, three miles f r m 1
t , , Lewistown, which willhediviiieifitit I
! jffqfl ,wo farms. One has a g iod R„ U<P
j=> B Barn Outhouses, young Orchard.ft c I
the other a good House, Tenant House, A*
Barn, two Orchards, with running wa jg 1
| ter. Ac.
The above lands are in good order, with j
sufficient timber, and desirable residences.
Persons desirous of purchasing arc reque# 1
ted to examine the property, and fur further I
information call on or address the under>igi,. I
ed at Lewistown. Pa. S. 8. \VuOis"
Lewistown, Oct. 5, 18564—4t
[Examiner, Lancaster, and Sentinel. M-f. I
flintown, insert 3 times and send foils to ibis I
office.]
ORPHANS' COURT SALE.~~
I>Y virtue of an order of the Orphans' I
Court of Mifflin county, the undersigned 1
will offer at public sale, on the premises, the 1
following described Real Estate, viz:
Friday, October 28, 1864,
A IOT OF GROUND, situate in McYey. i
town. Mifflin county, fronting 53 feet 7 inch 1
es. more or less, on Market street, and beirur 1
21-4 feet deep, more or less, hounded by lot 1
of J. F. Ktdirer, on the south, bv 11 <■ 11 iday 1
street on the north, with an old frame build jj
ing thereon erected.
Also, on
Saturday. October 29. 1864.
A TRACT OF I AND. situate in Oliver I
township, Mifflin county, containing 62 acres a
more or less, bounded north by lands of Sam I
uel Horning, deceased, east by lands of Ge, ]
JJJHHS k Moore and other lands of WiHiaui 1
Wakefield, deceased, south hv the j
;Illl^S> -Juniata river and west by lands of J
Augustine Wakefield, with a finn j
st >rie liouse. stone and frame bank ham. a f
choice ywung orchard and othe'r improvements I
thereon erected
Also, A TRACT OF LAND, adjuring |
the above, containing 148 acres, IUB perches, |
more or less, with usual allowance t
for roads, adjoining lands of George
Moose and George Settle on the north. H.: L::! 1
(ieorge Moose and Robert Horningy
on the east, the Juniata river on the south, !
and other land of William Wakefield's heirs J
on the west, with a
STdNE DWELLING HOUSE, FRAME BARN, ?
and other improvements thereon erected.
Attendance will be given and terms made |
known on day of sale by
11. J. WALTERS,
Admr of Win. Wakefield, deed.
October 5, lSti-4-ts
BY ORDER OF HEIRS.
Thomas tf* Sons, Auctioneers.
SIX TRACTS LAND,
WAYNE TOW NSIIiP, MIFFLIN CO., PA.
On Tuesday, October 25, 1864,
at 12 o'clock, noon,
WJ~ ILL he sold at public sale, without re- I
I ? serve, at the %
Pliila. Exchange,
The full equal and undivided four.fifths
part of the following tracts of land, part or j
uiost of which is covered with wood :
No. 1 All that tract (if land situate in
Wayne trwnship, Mifflin county. Pa., survey j
ed in the name of James Smith, containing i
40(1 acres and 48 perches.
No. 2. All that tract of land situate in j
Wayne township, Mifflin county. Pa., survey 1
ed in the name of John Ilettsell, containing I
400 acres and 48 perches.
No. 3 All that tract of land situate in
Wayne township, Mifflin county Pa , survey
ed in the name of Christian Gettis, contain
ing 400 acres and 163 perches.
No. 4. All that tract of land situate in
Wayne township, Mifflin county. Pa , survey
ed in the name of Samuel Scott, containing
400 acres and 48 perches
No. 5. All that tract of land situate in
Wayne township, Mifflin county, Pa., survey
ed in the name of -Jacob Weidner, containing
400 acres and 46 perches, be the same mure
or less.
No 6. All that tract of land situate in
Wayne township, Mifflin county. PH., survey
ed in the name of Daniel Levy, containing
400 acres and 48 perches, be the same inure
or less.
OnrSALE ABSOLUTE. *SO to be paid
an each ut the time f sale.
M. THOMAS & SONS,
Auctioneers. 139 & 141 S. Fourth st.
Philadelphia, October 5, 1864-ts
LETTE KS REM AIN ING UNCLAIMED
in the Post Office at Lewistown. State uf
Pennsylvania, on the sth of Oct, D 64.
Apdegraf Mrs Lliz. Morrison Wm.
Branuuu Miss L. J. McKee C. A Miss
Liter David Penriaboke T. (pbuto.)
Bell Miss kJllen M. Price Emily
D.-ngler D S. Price Geo 2
Forsyth Samuel Mrs. Parker Wm. F.
Gersuch Josh R ujrer Henry D.
Garity Patrick Rmnig Kphraim
Gnse J. Henry Smith Jeremiah
Hanes Mr. Geo. Harry U.
Kepner H rn. Scigo Sophia
Kidiler & Murphy Stark M. J.
Long S. E Stanton Mrs E.
-liteheison Jacob Thompson <fc Sterctt
Marks Mrs. Sadie Water
Mitchell Hamilton P Wagner Sarah J. -
\ eager Hiram
Hatf"' To obtain any of these letters, the
applicant must call lor ' advertised letters,
give the date of this list, and pay one t® Dt
for advertising.
not cailed for within one month,
they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.
uets SAMUEL COMFORT, P. M.