(g.sg@ 0 & s ■Thole No. 2785. ll,ewistown Post Office. Mails arrive and close at the Lewistnwn P. , as follows. ARRIVE. Eastern through, 5 20 a. rn. through and way 4 01 p m Western " " " 10 53 a. in j Bpilefoii'e " " " 2 30p m j Northumberland, Tuesdays, Thursdays and | iturdays, 6 00 p. m. j CLOSE. I Eastern through 8 00 p m. " and way 10 00 a m Western " " 300p m. j Bdlefonte 8 00 Northumberland (Sundays, Wednesday* bd Fridavs) * 800 p. m. j (Iffi.-e open from 700 a. m to Bp. m On , undays from Bto9 am. S. COMFOKT. P M l.ewistown tstatiou. Trains leave Lewistown Station as follows: I Westward. • Eastward hrougii Express, 1- 19 • m laltiinore Express, 4 24 a. m. hiladelphia " 5 20 " a - m n*t Line. 5 51pm. 349 ast .Mail 401 " 10 53 hrough Accommodation. 2 35 p. m j migrant, 9 07 a. in. hrough Freight. 10 15 p. m. 120 a m •• 349 a. in. 855 i press " 1100 " '2 35 pm. tuck Express, 440p m. 820 " ~al Train. 12 45 p. m. II 25 a tu nion Line, 7 15 meal Freight, 700 a. in. 645 p. m. *J-Ga!braith's Omnibuses convey passengers to ui from all the trains, taking up or setting them >wu at all points within the borough limits. M'VEYTOWN STEAM MILL. | I WING taken the above establishment, L the undersigned are now prepared to purchase, at highest market rates, ail kinds of Grain, in any quantity that may be offered I The milling business will be attended to j with punctuality, and no pains spared to give ! satisfaction to all who may favor them with their custom. C. C. STANBARGER & CO. | McVeytown, July 13, 1864. Jacob C. Blymyer & Co., I Produce and Commission Mer chants, LEWISTOWN, PA. and Grain of all kinds pur I chased at market rates, or received on storage I and shipped at usual freight rates, having E storehouses and boats of thei- own. with care- I ful captains and hands. Piaster, Fish, and [ Salt always on hand. sep2 FORWARDING, COM MISSION and [Produce Business. I 'IMIE undersigned begs leave to return I £ thanks to the farmers of Mifflin county I for the patronage heretofore extended to him I in the above business, and also to inform them that fie has taken as eo partners in said business. JOHN D. TAYLOR and JOSEPH R HENRY, and that the business will here after be conducted in the name of FRAN CIS McCLURE & CO FRANCIS McCLURE. Lewistown, August I, 1864. The undersigned having formed a co part ntrship in the Forwarding Commission and | Produce Business, under the name of Fran eis McClure Jc Co., respectfully solicit a share ! I of the patronage of the farming community i Strict attention will be given to the interest- i I ot their customers, and the highest cash pri ces the market will afford at all times paid for ail kinds of produce FRANCIS McCLURE. JOHN 0 TAYLOR JOSEPH R HENRY. Lewistown, August I. (3) 1864 A. MARKS' LEWISTOWN STEM HILL 4 LL kinds of grain offered will be pur- V. chased, and the highest market prices paid Flour aud feed always on hand. Coal of all qualities and sizes. Salt. Fish. .fee . con stantlv on hand and for sale to suit the times. He has erected a Plaster Mill in connection with his Steam Mill, and is prepared to fur nish all who may call, at any time, with tine, fresh ground Plaster Lewistown, September 14, 1864. \ Lewistown Mills. THE HIGHEST CASH PRICES FdR WHEAT, AND ALL LINUS 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 share of public patronage. taJ" PL ASTER, SALT and Limeburners f-OAL always on band WM. B McATEE & SON. Lewistown, Sept. 16, 1863 -tf Large Stock of Furniture on Hand. A 1 F.LTX is still manufacturing all kinds -Tjl of Furniture. Young married persons a ud others that wish to purchase Furniture will find a good assortment on hand, which will 1 3 sold cheap for cash, or country pro duce 01-en in exchange for same. Give me a call " alley street, near Black Boar Ho leb 21 1 HE MMI TIIK CHRISTIAN'S WALK. I walk as one who knows that he is treading A stranger soil; As one round whom a serpent-world is spreading Its subtle coil. I walk as one but yesterday delivered From a sharp chain; Who trembles lest the bond so newly severed Be bound again. I walk as one who feels that he is breathing Ungenial air; For whom, as wiles, the tempter still is wreathing The bright and fair. My steps, I know, are on the plains of danger, For sin is near; But looking up, I pass along, a stranger, In haste and fear. GoiiomAleii For the Gazette. The Churches and Slavery. Messrs Editors: —lnasmuch as, in these times especially, the question is frequently asked and debated, "Is slavery a morai evil, and ougbt it to be got rid ot, now thai there is an opportunity of doing so in a constitutional way?" aud inasmuch as many good and intelligent people desire light upon this question, not be ing exactly able to determine it satistac torily tor themselves, for the want ot books and time at hand tor such purposes, I have thought it would be an advantage to them to know what is the testimony upon this subject of the different principal deootni nations of religion in our country, as ex pressed through their chief or General Assemblies, Synods and Conferences. It will be remembered that these bodies ex press the views of the denominations re spectively, and exercise over them chiel I control. That the ministers comp sing them are delegates chosen from the sutior dinate bodies ol ministers throughout the land, and chosen in view of their uiatusit. in years, deep piety, general learning, and especially because of their thorough ae quaintance with the Divine wor It w-n be perceived at once that the views ot such men are entitled to more than ordinary weight upon this and all oiher mural que* tions, and this, not only because of the considerations above named, but because of the tact that they are not politicians but ministers, and so not personally sway d by hope of gain, or office, or emolument of j any kind whatsoever The testimony of other denominations than those that follow might be given, but not having them just now at hand, the following will sutiiee as they represent the whole. Let it be oh served that the following is not only an annunciation ot their sentiments, but eon tains also their recommendations to the members of the different churches Then let it be re uembered also that St Haul, wiitirig to the membership, says in He brews I3th chap 7th ver., u Remember them which have the rule over you, (or as it is translated in the margin, 'wito are the guides,') whose faith follow." &c \nd then in the 17th verse oi the sunt chap ter, "Obey theiu which have the rule over you and submit, yourselves." Ami tie n ! also the language of Christ to the inmts j try in Luke lU 10, "He that heareth you | heareth me." We subjoin first the testimony of The Presbyterian Church. 0 S. Through its General Assembly held at Newark, N J , in May last, which is as follows, (.2 ; " lti the opinion of the General Assem hly the solemn and momentous circum stances of cur times, the state of our court try, and the condition of our church de uiand a plain declaration of its sentiments I upon the question of slavery, in view of its preseut aspects in this country. " From the earliest period ot our church, ! the General Assembly delivered utiequivo- | cal testimonies upon this subject which it wilt be profitable now to reaffirm " In 1(87 tiie Synod of New York and Philadelphia recommended it to alt t> eir people to use the most prudent measures consistent with the interest and state of civil society in the countries wheie they | live, to procure essentially the abolition ol | slavery in America. Iu 1795 the General Assembly assured | all the churches under their care, that they j view with the deepest concern any vestiges I of slavery which may exist in our country. | In 1815 the General Assembly expressed ; their regret that the slavery of the Alri i cans and their descendants still continues j in so many places. In 1818 the General Assembly said, | 44 We consider the voluntary enslaving of ! one portion of the human race by another, as a gross violation of tne most precious t and sacred rights of human nan re, as ut I terly inconsistent with the law of God, which requires us to love our neighbor as j ourselves, ami as totally irreconcilable with ' the object and principles of the Gospel ot ' Christ, which enjoins that all things what 1 soever ye would that men should do toyou 'ido ye even so to them Slavery creates a par 1 adox in the moral system, it exhibits ra tional accountable ami moral beings in such circumstances as scare ly leave them toe power of moral action. It exhibits WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1864. them as dependent on the will of others, whether they shall receive religious in srrution ; whether they shall know and worship the true God ; whether they snail enjoy the ordinances of the Gospel; wheth er they shall perform the duties and cherish the endearments of husbands and wives, parents and children, neighbors and friends; whether they shall preserve their chastity and purity, or regard the dictates of justice and humanity. Such are some of the consequ rices which connect theiu>eives with its very existence. From this view of the consequences resulting from the practice of enslaving a portion of our brethren ot mankind, it is manifestly the duty of all christians to use their honest, earnest, and unwearied endeavors to eor rect the errors of former times, and as speedily as possible to efface this blot on our Holy Religion arid to obtain the com plete abolition ot slrvery throughout Christendom, and if possible throughout toe world." They further exhorted tl ose portions of the church where the evil ot slavery had been entailed upon them,to "continueand if possible to increase their exertions to effect a total abolition ot slavery, and to suffer no greater delay to take place in this interesting concern, than a regard to pub lie welfare truly and indispensably de tuands." Having thus quoted its previous leliver anees. the General Assembly ot the jfes j ent year te affirm the above action ut 1818. adding "that the present condition of our j church and country furnish manifest to ; kens that the time has at length come, in j the pruvid rice of God, when it is his will | that every vestige ot human slavery amongst J us should be effaced, and that, every chris j tian man should address himself with in dustry and earnestness to the performance of his appropriate part of this great duty." That 41 whatever excuses for its postpone merit once existed, no longer avail*" that | 44 under the influence of the most incoui j preheusihle infatuation of wickedness, those who were the most interes'ed in the per ! petuatiou of slavery have taken away every j motive tor its further toleration." Tli-t ! under existing circumstances, 44 the contin ! uancc ot negro slavery is incompatible with the preservation of our liberty and inde j pendeuce,' and 44 that the interests of j peace and social order are identified with j the success ot the cause ol emancipation They finally close with the following lan guage : 44 In view therefore of its former testimo niais upon the subject, the General Assem bly does hereby recommend to all in our communion to labor honestly, earnestly and unweariedly in their respective spheres for this glorious consummation, to which hu man justice, christian iove national peace and prosperity ev. ry earthly and every re ligions interest combine to pledge them " The New School Presbyteiian Church. Through its General Assembly, held also in May last, at Dayton, Ohio, passed amongst others the following resolution : Resolved, That we recognize the good ham! of God in the del ys and disappoint menis ol the war. by which be has made more *nre ami complete the destruction of the vile system of human bondage and rendered le-> ciii d nt and tu<re religious the heart ol the iialioti The Reformed Presbyt rian Yynod. At its session in Philadelphia in June last, amongst others, adopted the toiiowtog resolution and preamble : WHKKKAS, The nation is now suffering from those inflictions of the Divine wrath which are the necessary result of its lor L'etfillness of God and oppression ol man, therefore, Resolved, That we demand in the great name of that God with whom there is no respect of persons, the iin mediate uncon ditional emancipation of all persons held in slavery in the United States, * * * and such an amendment of the Constitu tion as will forever prevent involuntary servitude, except for crime, in the United Slates. The Lutheran Church. At. its General Snyod held at Lancaster, I'a , in 1862, amongst other resolutions, passed the following: Resolved, That we regard the present rebellion as the natural result of the con tinuaiice aud spread of domestic slavery in our 1 nd. And at its session the present year in York, Pa., it passed the following resolu tion : Resolved , That as persistent efforts are making to prove from the Holy Scriptures the Divine institution of American slavery, we do hereby express our unqualified con demnation of such a course, which claims the sanction of the merciful God and Fa ther of us all for a system of h iiuan op pression, which exists only by violence aud under cover of iniquitous laws. The Reformed Dutch Church, At its session in June last, iu Schenco lady, N. Y , amongst other tilings upon the same subject says, Resolved , 1 hat as iii the overruling prov idence ol God, who knows how to make the wrath of man to praise huu, there is a prospect opened up for the ulrimate and entire removal of that system which em bodies so much of social and moral evil, the by nod expresses its gratitude to God for this bright prospect, and would join in the prayer that the day may be hastened when liberty shall be effectually and finally proclaimed throughout all the laud to aii the inhabitants thereof The Baptist Church, At the session of its Annual Missionary Union in May last, at Philadelphia, took the following action, viz: ' 4 While desiring as a religious body to abstain from ali expression of opinion on matters purely political, yet, organized as we are for the extension ot the Gospel throughout our own ounitry, we cannot but feel that we should he wanting in pat riotism and Christianity alike, were we to fail to put ou record our sentiments in ref erenee to the fearful lile struggle through which the nation is now passing, and the great principles ot justice and right which underlie, that struggle. Therefore, lie solved. 1 That we regard the rebellion inaugu rated by the Southern States lor the pur pose of destroying the Union which our fathers founded and establishing a slave holding confederacy, as utterly causeless and inexcusable—a crime against civili zation, humanity, freedom and God, unpar alleled in all the centuries. 2 That we tender to the President and the national authorities the assurance of our confidence and of our sympathy with their efforts to maintain the integrity of the Republic; of our prayers for their sue cess; of our readiness to sustain them by the sacrifice of property and life ; aud of our hearty assent to conquering disunion by reproving slavery its cause." The Methodist Episcopal Church, Contains in its book of discipline the following chapter: Qudstun What shall be done for the extirpation of the evil of slavery ? Answer We declare that we are as much as ever opposed to the great evil of slavery We believe that t.l>e buying, sell iug or holding of huuian beings, to be used as chattels, is contrary to tbe law of God and nature and inconsistent with the golden rule, and with that rule of our dis cipbne which requires all who desire to continue amongst us to 4 -do no barm," and to "avoid evil of every kind." We therefore affectionately admonish all our preichers and people to keep themselves pure from this gieat evil, and to seek its extirpation by all lawful and christian means In addition to this chapter, the last Gen eral Conference of this church, held in May last, at Philadelphia, passed amongst others the following resolution: Resolved,\ That we are decidedly in fa vor of such amendment of the Constitu tion and such legislation on the part cf the States, as shall prohibit slavery orinvolun tary servitude, except lor crime, through out all the States aud territories of the country. Now, Messrs Editors, such being the tenets and recommendations oi the churches, 1 would simply call the attention of the readers again to the scriptures quoted at the outset. A LOVER OF TRUTH. A NOBLE KENT (JUKI AN ON THE COPPERHEADS. .Speech of Rev Br Breckinridge at Lexington. The Rev. Dr Breckinridge, the uncle of John C., in a speech delivered s few days since in Lexington, Kentucky, said that his nephew was more honest and brave than the Copperheads, because while those 1 rapscallions are neither honest nor brave enough to take up arms ou side, he exposes his life for the cause in which he is engaged. He :hen continued: Every time I use the word Copperheid you will understand that 1 mean a man who hates fbe Govern tnent, because he loves tbe negro better iban his owu soul. These are the men that have fallen under this temptation; and when we condemn tbe eminent meu who were courageous enough to take up arms against us, don't let us leave out nt our condemnation the great mass wtio are left behind as bad or worse than they are. When Simon de Montfort was slaughtering the Protestants in the South ot France, he was appealed to by certain persous, declar ing that his meu where mistaken, that they were killing many who were good Catho lics. To whi :h he replied, 4 -Kill them all; God knows his own." And this is the way we should deal with these fellows; treat them all alike, and if there are any among them who are not rebels at heart, God will take care of them aud save them at last. Dr. Breckinridge then made a brief re view of what the Administration had ac complished with the rebellion in less than four years. Instead of carrying out the do nothing policy of Buchanan, who al lowed secession to go on unmolested, with out hesitation, he set to work and bas recovered the major portion of the seceded territory, and it the people would be true to themselves and their President a little longer, the rebellion would be dead 1 made a speech here, continued the Doctor less thau two years ago, for which I SEEFJHt.IIST CKlitSJSnnrs SHEinBo was hooted at as a coercionist; and I re member too, that Judge Lusk, than a can didate for Congress, wi*? also charged with the same thing. He replied that his accusers were mistaken; he was no coercion ist, but an extirpationist And this is the true doctrine to go on. This thing of revolt, secession, or rebellion, whatever it may be, must be exterminated root and branch. It is n< t necessary that every man should be killed, but the rebellious spirit must be crushed out and removed. In this lies the only safety of the country. Lincoln has proved that this is his doctrine, his fixed purpose, and we don't know that any new man could be trusted in this re spect As for myself, I will forgive him ten thousand times it he will go straight along and do it. 1 will forgive the mis deeds of all his officers here and elsewhere, illegal arresls include!. Aud as to these, all the fault I have to find is, that more should have been arrested than were, aid many of those that were arrested were set at liberty too soon It is the idea of some religionists that the best evidence ol God's goodness is, that after beginning to punish the sinner he lets him off as soon as he repents. But Lincoln begins to punish the rebellious rascals, and then lets them go before there is any sign of genuine con version. This is a great error, and proves to me that he don't love them as he ought to. My mother used to switch me until I was content to kiss the switch, and the the rebels must be punished until they cheerfully yield to the powerful and kindly authority against which they rebelled. It is a dread'ul remedy, I admit, but when undertaken it must be carried out, or worse consequence will follow. Mr. Lincoln is a lair sample of an honest American citizen. You all remember Henry Clay? The greatness and graudeur of Irs character was, that he was a fair though favorable specimen of the glorious American citizen. That was the reason of the love cherished lor him by the people. Lincoln without all the talent of Clay, or the advantages of education, is just such a man. He is a favorable specimen of the great mass of the people, and your politi cal leaders know it; ana tnat is tne reason they don't want hiui elected. What is it you are asked to do in turning him out? Consider, as wise meu, what you are called to sacrifice. In the first place, look at the platform of Chicago. Let me toll you a secret about the platform. It was made long before the Convention j met, at tbe Clifton House, in Canada; made | by the representatives of the Confederate I Government, in concert with the leaders of the Peace party in tbe North. You ask how 1 know this.'' On the Bth of August, twenty days before that Convention met, the correspondent of the London Times, the European organ opposed to the loyai States, wrote a letter which was published iu that sheet, stating precisely the leading ; terms ot the Chicago platform as agreed on there aud then, and as to be adopted at Chicago. There were three propositions distinctly stated by him; Fust an armistice; second, a demand tor a Convention; iti'rd, peace on any terms; and, in addition, the turning out of Lincoln and the puttiug in ot somebody who would stand on the platform designated. Here it is: two weeks before the Convention met in Chicago, the terms of that platform are published in the London Times, on the other side of the Atlantic, and it comes back here just as you received it from Chicago. More than this : It so happened that I w..s at Niagara at tbe time; it happened that I saw the gentlemen there who were makuig these terms. 1 was satisfied they were for devumenr, and not for good. The i talk oi peace was mere bosh. They didn't want to make peace with with us; they ! wanted peace for their Conlederaey. It : was that portion of the Democratic party figbtiug us at the South, and the other portion supporting them iu the North, who weie negotiating terms ot co operation. The one half, I say, are fighting us at the South; and the other half tormiug conspir acies and arming their secret soos in the North; aud i hey of the No'th send com mis sioners to the Cliftou House in Canada, auu they of the South already have their commissioners there. They met and agreed upon a .-ommon piatfotm, which is takeu to Chicago aud ratified by the Convention. The people of the United States are j never going to stand that sort of a thing ! —the coucocting of a platform by reoels, its approval by our violent enemies in Europe, agreed to by disloyal meu at the North, and then brought to be run down our throa's, willing or unwilling We ain't goiug to swallow it, you may rest assured. 'lbis is the way it was done in the Chicago Convention. There was one ot ihe Kentucky delegations, gentlemen who have been the most furious negotia tiooist on earth, if you could believe their I declarations; and there was Gen. Coombs, I that has not allowed tbe grass to grow on any stump in his district for years, by rea sou of bis war speeches; the one accept ed a war caudidate, and the other a peucv platform, and then promised McClellan SU,UUU majority in Kentucky. 1 reckon J you have ail seen a little instrument lying ! on the table of some neighbor, by which, | if you look at a thing with both eyes at the same time tbe thing changes to some , thing eise. At Chicago they fixed up their Nev, Series—Vol. XVill. No. 50, platform iu the same way. If you look at it with one eye it is one thing, and if you look at it with the other it is another thing; but if you look at it with both it is some thing else ! So, if you look at McOMlan with one eye, sud at Pendleton with the oilier eye, you don't see either McClellan or Pendleton, but the one runs into the other, and you see the platform. But if you shut the McClellan eye you don't see the platform; and if you open it, and shut tflre Pendleton eye you don't see the plat form You have got to look with one eye at McClellan and the other at Pendleton, # or you will not see the platform The whole thing is a cunning, swindling trick that does not suit this latitude, and will not go down I cannot now go into a consideration of the platform in detail. But theii great cry is an armistice and a Convention of ths States. \Y hat after that? They u.ay not make peace, and then what is to he di nc ? But, lirst, how is the Convention to be Called? It requires two thirds of (!• ogress to vote for such a cail, which must he ratified by three fourths of the States; and these votes you never can get. What chance is there of getting three fourths of the States to go for a Convention for the pur pose of bringing us under Jeff Davis, or for dividing the Union? The thing is absurd If it cannot he done, what then? f hen we are in favor of any other peace able remedy Dear, blessed souls ! Any other peaC' able remedy; nothing that ia not peaceable. Now, for God's sake, and for your country's sake, look at it. Here we are, after between three and four years' war; after spending two or three thousand millions of dollars; after spilling the blood of a million of our brothers, and consign ing five hundred thousand of them to their graves; after conquering an extent of terri tory 1,500 miles in leugth by 600 in breadth, have an army in every State of the Confederacy, and the majority of them under our contiof; we have every strong hold taken iroui them, except Mobile and Charleston and Kichtiioud; and notwith standing all this, we are asked, as if we were a set of poltroous, to di-grace our selves to the latest generation of mankind, to sacrifice everything we have fought for, and make all the world say free Govern* meut is worthless, that it cannot take care of itself. God Almighty in heaven grant that every man who utters such a thought may be choked until he becomes a penitent and better man. No, sir! no. sir! we will never do any such thing. We love peace—love it for its own Isike. They love peace because they are I afraid we will first whip the rebels and then j punish tbem They want pcuee that will [ make new conspiracies, and the peace they i propose is disunion peace, which means i separation of the States and endless ruin to | the whole country. Ten thousand times I better would it have been for us to have ! acquiesced at first, and never shed a drop of I blood, than under these circumstances, and at this time, to make such a peace as that. i Another Deserter from the White Flag, j As fust as the color of the flag under which the supporters of McClellan are invited to rally becomes known, de sertions become more frequent. The truth is, loyal men have no liking for the White Flag raised at Chicago, and there is a general disposition to repu diate it. The Boston Herald, a pa per of wide circulation; a supporter of j .Douglas in 1800, has come out against | the Chicago doings. We quote a single | paragraph from its article repudiating j the entire concern ; The talk about free speech, a free press, and the Constitution, is very pretty, and these are capital catch words to deceive honest voters. But how is it in the do minion of Jefferson Davis? How about a free press and free speech there? If a man in Virginia should dare to utter one word against Davis or his plaus, he would be hung to the first tree or most convenient lamp post for his temerity. Yet these leaders are the men tbat the Chicago Con vention propose to restore to power in the nation to wreak their vengeance upon thoso at the North who have opposed them. What kind of liberty of speech and of the press would there be then? The success ; of the Chicago ticket would be but the beginning of a series of disasters horribie to contemplate. For ourselves we support 1 no such doctrines and no such ticket as j those made and put forth at Chicago, and which we believe will be repudiated by the people at the polls. SHOE FINIMNttS*. ITTE have Sole Leather, Upper, Kip, and f f Calf Skins; Moroccos. Linings, Bind ings, Lasts of the best make. Boot Trees, I Crimping Boards, Clamps, Wax, Thread, j Awls, Knivis, Pincers, Punches, Boot Web ! bing, Laoers, Color, and a variety of Tooli i and other articles, for sale at J. B. SELIIEIMER'S. Tl\ W.IRK, TIN WAKE. A LARGE assortment of Tin Ware, at wholesale and retail, constantly kept on baud ; all our own manufacture, mad* out of the best material. SPOUTING and all kinds i of Jobbing done at shurt notice, by I JOHN B. SELHEIMER.
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