\" x v v • ' ~~—: r — ? — sa ™ 55=55 5555=588=5555 - ~ gga ©J & ©0 iBo 3 5 181T2255 , (&25285) TFro&HfflSMftflo Whole No. 2855 Poor House Business fhs Directors of the Poor meet at dwi Pour Umne on the 2th. SEC. W. SLEEP.,, Attorney at Law, office Market Square, Lewi9to'i, will at tend to business in Mltfiia. Centre awd Hunting n counties t*v2f? SCRIVINER & CONVEYANCER JOSEPH S. WAREAM, Late Register ami Recorder of Mifliiu ewunly* j iITICB, the one lately occupied bv \ / Esq- Hoover, dee'd., opposite Eiseatwsa's Hotel, Lswistowu. i l *- Deeds, Mortgages, ic drawn neatly and with de 9Uut'h. „ . Lewistowti, Nov. la, 186s, ra* So DENTIST, rvFFERS bis professional services to the citizens of 0 Lcwisiowu and vicinity- AH iu want of good, neat ,„■ will du well to give liim a call. He ui.i\ be found at all times at his office, three doors east of 11. M. A It- Pratt's store, Valley street, aplvbly* EE*. £>• SEEECPwEj DENTIST. OFFERS his professional services to the citizens ot Lewistown and county. If you want substantial work, give him a call. „ • Wire next door to tha Post Oraee. aprJ-ly M. R. THOMPSON, D. D. S. HAVING permanently located in Lewistown, otfers bis professional services to the ladies and gentlc men of this place ana viein- Atre-'jjh ity. Being in possession of all the late miprove "tents in the Dental Profes ston. he flutters himselfthat tion lf> those who may need AjjS W Ins services in all branches of his profession. Refer ences—best families. office west Market street, near Eisenbise s hotel, where be can be found for professional consultation from the first Monday of each month until the fourth Monday, when he will be absent on professional busi ness one week. maylO-if Large Stock of Furniture on Hand. 4 FELIX is still manufacturing all kinds of Furniture. Young married persons ami others that wish to purchase Furniture will find a good assortment on hand, which will I sold cheap for cash, or country pro duce aken in exchange for same. Give me a call " r allev street, near Black Bear Ho tel. fet2i OUR STOCK 11 A R D VV A R E , mios-; i I\SH^RS, LEA.THEH, Saddlery-Ware- &c M Always iuit. novtt F.J HOFFMAN. DR.UOS, MEDI OX NES, frt.is branch of our busiuess receives fall attention -1 novls F.J.HOFFMAN. witiPiKsm* Pure, our own grinding, iwvti at F. J. BOFFMA N T S. STOIKSi. \ GENERAL assortment at low k\ pne. *. Niagara Cook of tiie very best, No. 8, $33, No. 7, *3O. Fur sale at HOFFMAN'S. mamaisb Have some good and cheap at HOVIS F J. HOFFMAN'S. SiLLT ! T A ROE Barrels $3.25. J J Sacks 300 novls at F. J. HOFFMAN'S. FURS! FURS!! Ladies' and Misses' Fancy Furs r PWENTY percent. CHEAPER than X any other house in town; Ladies' For Trimed Hoods, Muff*, $3.10, Vicloriues. SSkl. sad all others cmkap in proportion, such as SABLE, FITCH, IRKEI,, to. My arrangements made with a city manufactory are such that will enable me to uu tl\r* ir 8 " °"'ers. lam iiiaiiufactunng Furs tny it- It you want old Furs altered or re-lined I am prepared to do it. N. j. RUDISILL. Agt. nil ''' ',' l!lve ist returned from the East with a "l°' "l°' , HATS and CAPS of the latest styles, . ''j!', selected with care. Call and examine* my k before purchasing elsewhere. HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID FOR FURS. Lewistown, Nov. 22, 1860. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. L*t' °/ Administration having been granted Lie ",,- w" subscriber on the estate of George Bubtq ...a ' n " township, dee'd.. all persons indebted im-tu , istate are notified to make immediate pay those having claims against the same will Uieui properly authenticated for settlement. NICHOLAS HARTZLKK, )4Uo Allenville. L Administrator's Notice. LI TERS of Adminiatration having been granted to the subscriber, on the Estate ot Mary S. Juiskin, late of the Borough of e * l^ 0WT L dee'd, all persona indebted to SU! Estate are notified to make payment im toeuiarely, and those having claims against 'he same will present them duly authentica ted for si- tlement. 11. W. JUNKIN. Lewistown. Dec. 20, 1865. JP O E T JR _ THE "UNSURPASSED" HYMIV. In the New Englitnder for Aukusl, 1860. I>r. Bacon pronounces the following exquisite hymn -unsur passed in the English or any other language," and adds that -perhaps it is as near perfection as any un inspiring language can be." It is usually ascribed to Hillhou-e, the poet, i. e., James A. Hillhouse, but, ac cording to Dr. Bacon, it was written by bis younger brother, Augustus L. Hillhouse, who died near Bans in March. 1869: Trembling before thine awful throne, o Lord 1 in dust my sins I own, Justice and mercy for my life Contend.' Oh! smile and heal the strife. The Saviour smiles! upon my soul New tides of hope tumultuous roll— His voice proclaims my pardon found, Seraphic transport wings the sound. Earth has a joy unknown m heaven— The new-born peace of sin forgiven ! Tears of such pure and deep delight, Ye Miigela! never dimmed your sight. Ye saw of old, on chaos rise The beauteous pillars of the skies; Yc know where morn exulting springs, And evening folds her drooping wings. Bright heralds of the Eternal Will, Abroad his errands ye fulfill; Or throned in floods of beamy day, Symphonious iu his presence play. Loud is the song—the heavenly plain Is shaken with the choral strain— And dying echoes, floating far. Draw music from each chiming star. But I amid your choir shall shine, And all your knowledge shall be mine; Ye oil your harps must learn to hear A secret chord that mine will bear. OjBITTT^IRY. Death of Rev. Samuel W. Price ]ti Wiliiainsport, on Monday even ing, the Btii inst., liev. SAMUEL W. PRICE, in the 32d year of his ago. Death reigns through every portion of the inhabited earth, i\o mortal is exempt trom bis fatal shafts. It is our puinlul task now to announce tite very sudden demise of the Rev. Samuel Wesley Price, pastor of the Pine Street Methodist Church. He was attacked with a severe chill, which developed Typhoid Pneumonia, on Thursday the 4th iiist . aud yielded up lii.-i spirit to God at halt past seven o'clock Monday evening, the Sin inst , in the loth yea: of bis ministry. Seldom has it fallen to our lot to register the depart ure ot a young Min ister so universally popular, so gener ally useful, and s<. devotedly faithful, iiis crowded congregations—often be yond the capacity of the church—the members won to Christ, ami the gen erous esteem and Christian affection of his charge, bear ample testimony. At the clijse of u series of' meetings extending th rough some five or six weeks, borne down by incessant labor*, he fell a sacrifice to liis worir. jfe "counted r.ot his life dear to iiimsei.." so that he might win souls to Christ. But he fell begirt with 'tin * ii .n --inor of God," with tiie note i>i i,-..>r\ over the lust .enemy, frequent it enun ciated, until it trembled i.t :• .k-n :e --cents upon his pallid ip> win - .. ger tliii under tin : control o! In- e ill. He declared that thcG -m i a I n 1, in had preached to others was now ins firm suppoit," that "underneath him were tin*. Everlastii g Alans, ' tiiat Je sus was precious to ins soul. And he said at a very early stage of his dis ease, "If 1 die, I am ready." And such from Jiis life is Ihe concurrent testimony of those who knew him best. Lie read the burial service at the grave of a most estimable christian lady, on Sabbath. thcHlst ult..preached twice and held watch meeting the same night, led his class on Wednesday p. m., and prayer meeting at night, and thus closed the active duties of his ministerial life Some days prcviou lie calmly gave directions inspecting his funeral and the management of his children, on the presumption of ins death. On his way to the funeral, just referred to, he remarked to an ac companying Minister, - What ~,, afflic tion it would be, if I should die. and leave my wife and four little children." But left them lie has, left them in the care of One who "is a Father to the lather less and a Judge of the widows" and who has said, "Leave Hl3- fatherless children, I will preserve them, and let thy widows trust in me." "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."— May this example be sanctified to the good of this community. Does it not devolve on each to examine himself candidly amidst the ravages of death, as to whether he can say, and indeed, until he can say, "If 1 die, 1 am ready. —Lyrominy Gazette. Death of the Oldest Inhabitant. The eldest inhabitant probably in Pennsylvania,died on Sunday morning, the "2-fth of December, at Morgantown, Berks county. Iler name was Martha Barefoot, or rather Patty Barefoot, as she had been familiarly known for the past three quarters of a century. She was born in Amity twp , Berks county on the 15th of February, 1759, and at the time of her decease was one hun dred and six years, ten months and WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1866. nine days old. The names of her parents were Samuel and Jane Bare loot, two ot the early settlers of Amity township. In the church register of the Morlatton Episcopal Church at Douglassville, we find a record ot Putt's baptism, by Rev Alexander Murray, an English Missionary, and at the time pastor of the congregation there.— 'ibis baptism took place on the loth of September, 1773, when she was in her 20th year. When quite a young girl, Patty Bare foot removed from Amity township, to Morgantown, and became an inmate ot the family of John Morgan, Esq., after whom the village of Morgantown was named, and who held large grants of land in the neighborhood by letters patent from Win. Penn. Morgan was a soldier ot the revolutionary war, and Patty, whose recollection of events of her early life was very clear and vivid, was in the habit ot relating many anecdotes, in several of which he fig ured as tle hero. iVT ISOELLA2STY. From th* Sunday School Times. I WON'T. or THE AUTHOR OP "AUNT HETgl's SITE." Children, boys especially, like to say "I won't." Perhaps they may be glad to know tha: there is a right place to say it. There are times when it is the best word to use. One of the right places for a boy to say "I won't" right up and down, with out any politeness of tone or manner, is when ho is tempted by other boys to do what he knows to be wrong. On such an occasion let a boy come out with "I won't" full and clear, sharp enough to cut through ail oppo siiion, and namely enough io fill the tempter with confusion ; tor a bad boy is easily silenced, it one who knows what is right will st nd up to him and face him down resolutely. The Bible tells us that it we resist the devil he will flee from us. O' course, then, a bad boy*, who cannot be supposed to have as much cunning ami courage as the devil, wcuhi give up if manfully met, and resisted. '•I say-, Harry Lorton, don't vou want to go fishing this afternoon ?" "Oh .' ves. \\ here are you going T "To Vi iliow Brook, and, Harry, we are just going ofi' without saying anv thing about it." ibis was said by Ben White, a> ti c two boys were leaving the schoo; premises. "Why must'nt v.e tell of it, Ben V "I li tell you You know i e m:.H< . .-aid lie had been sent for, -inm h i i'tivd the school room. ■ i'ri *.vJ, so lie had >*udd n \ • d iiave no school iiii-. afiern o v c iioy are just going lose* 'ft on .>1 as usual and then s!;n ul i s W ;ilow-Bro'k." "But i must ask leave at home '' "But you see this is different, lie snail In* gone oniy as long as we are awav at school, and nobody will know we have been anywhere else. Sam Molton says it will be capital fun " "Is be going ?" "Yes, he knows where lie can get i ii ° a boat. "1 promised my father that I would not go with Sain Molton. because he swears." "You can be good yourself. Bo that won't hurt you? You can take care of yourself, can't you ?" "Why, yes, 1 guess I can. But then 1 promised." "Well, yon needn't go with hint, (in wili me. 1 mil not a bit afraid ol'being hurt. If S should deceive, my father, he ui I never trust me again He said to me the other day never try to de euive me, Harry. It you should, it would be a dagger in my heart 1 So 1 must ask him if I may go." "But we don't wan't anybody to know it. And nobody will, unless you go and blab, and Harry, there needn't be any fuss about it. Vou are to go with me and have nothing to do with Sam. Molton. It. is a capital day for trout, aud wo shall have a sail, and be at home just at the time we cume front school." "1 wish I could go," said Harry, as this tempting picture of pleasure was presented, and it somehow seemed to him a little different from planning out : a regular excursion unknown to bis 1 parents. We cannot exactly tell how. or why, ; it seemed so, but we know hoys, when ; they want to do a thing very much, Itave away of pretending that their parents did not forbid exactly this very thing. Harry tried to think that as i his father let him go off and stay du- j ring school hours, and let him do as he I pleased during the recess, and as this afternoon was only a longer recess, lie might just play at Willow-Brook as well as in the school grounds. What difference was there ? Harry knew well enough what made his play hours at school tight. They were allowed hy his father; and what would make this afternoon expedition wrong ? It was not allowed hy iiis father. But lie wanted so much to go to Willow Brook that he tried not t> see the rigio way el. ally, and then his mind became confused, and when Ben said, "Come, Harry, just settle it, and meet us at the corner as long before two o'clock as you can get off. We shall have grand fun and no harm : done.'' He was just ready to say he : would go, when he felt himself held hack by something hard and strong as a grasp of iron. Jt was the chain of habit wh'ch held him, the habit of life long obedi ence, that chain which every child needs to be bound with for iiis own safety. It held him painfully tight while, the principle of obedience was I not yet (piite strong enough. He dared not ditmbey his father outright by going off without 'permis sion, and witii Sam Moiton, too, with whom he had forbidden him to engage HI any plan of amusement. As Ben was turning off, llarrv said, • I guess 1 can't go, Ben, at ieast with ; out asking leave." '■Oli ! nonsense' That will blow up the whole plan, and Sam would be mad i enough. I hat is too mean to sneak ; out now." '■[ think it would be meaner to go sneaking off as if we were goin<' to | steal " "Come, you are in for it now, and it you try to get off, I'll tell aii the boys what :t regular baby and sneak you are. \ou shall go now, i tell you that right up and down." "Now Ben White, I'M tell vou right up and down, once tor all, j\ront." -Well, you are a pretty fellow, 1 declare, ami polite into the bargain. Alter you have kept me here half an h in.', you up and say yen won't go" • Yes, and I rep. at if, 1 won't." Ami Harry Burton turned and walk eo away t bis pleasant home, whose wholesome laws, though sorely tempi ed, iie had not broken that day. As Harry was running into the vard he met his lather walking on thepiazza, and u he was bounding past life father caught iiis ha; d and drew him to his side. "W hat is th. matter. Hart 3*?" for hi.s son s fan was very red, and brim fuii of iiiiiiniijg. and be vy.is quite out "f breath, "tone, jinny, sit down by me and tell 111 the reason of this tluMvr." i'eri.ups 11 irry uoi not exactly de y U'"i. ' i it ry , \ aid;;iy ..t •*•..' Winding up with " f Vi ell ilntn- tl .113 , exclaimed in itiicr, "you could not nave selei ted a more suitable word. Clad am 1 that my i'o3- knows how to say 'I won't' in the right place N ever stop for nieey when you are tempted to do wrong, but out with'l won t,' fair and square." Mr. Lorton now drew a small parcel from his pocket. "I have long promised 3*oll a first, rate knife, Harry. lam glad I bought it to day." liar ly examined it with delighted eyes. There was on each side of the handle a narrow strip of silver. On one of these was neatly engraved "Har ry Lorton." "Oh, father! why didn't you have something engraved on the other strip of silver?" ■'Harry, run in the house and see how much time we have before dinner " Harry soon returned, and reported half an hour. - We shall have time for a short walk. Put your knife in your pocket." "Why. father, where are we going?" "Come, come, we have no time to lose." A tew minutes brisk walking brought them to a store, into which they walk ed, and Mr. Lorton addressing a young man, presented the knife, saving he wanted a little more engraving done, lie wrote on a bit of paper, and the engraver retired with it. On his re turn, Mr. Lorton gave the knife to ilarrj*, who read with surprise the in seription "I won't, I860." The engraver laughed. "A most curious motto, sir. I thought that was one of the naughty words, and that boys were whipped for using it." "It has been lately discovered," re plied Mr. Lorton, "that in certain cases it is the veiy best word that can he used." The merry twinkle in Harry's tyes, and the expression of Mr. Lorton's face convinced the engraver that it was a pleasant affair, and he remarked, with a bow and a smile, that he doubt ed not there were very good reasons fur so singular an inscription on a bo\*'s pocket companion. '•I shall keep this knife, always, fath er, said the gratified boy. aiISWdSIKEWSJa SCSHPaSSy OausjWTs, SSSySTo l'he Spirit of Pro Slavery Hurler's Weekly, nptvikintr >t 11*-• tlelermined puiptme, us m.ii> t* .eJ tec* til legislaiiun ot some of to v-ivl* Sctfes, aud : : .lso in the scnten■ of at Icusr one ticero to sluverv to; t i rov oi years tor some criminal ctfc i eo, shows how easy it is for the ingenuity ot the ruling class which hales its fi.j itier slaves because it lias so l"tig wronged and injured their, to avoid the effect of the Constitutional Amend merit by perverting the true intent and meaning of its language which abol ishes "involutary servitude, except for the punishment ot crime." "Nothing i> easier," says that paper, "than to erect vagrancy into a crime; then by refusing to employ the negroes, to com pel their vagrancy : then '.<> sell tic | into slavery for a longer or snorter ye j riod " This is just the devilish policy j which the semi-reconstructed States j are pursuing both in their legislation ! and judicial tribunals, and it is only I "an illustration of the foul play to i which the Ireednicn will he exposed in j the absence of the national protection." | "And there is no excuse whatever for ! leaving them to such a late. Indeed, ! when we remember," as the Weekly goes on truly to say, "the unswerving : patience of their fidelity to us during ! the doubtful years of the war —how j tranquilly they repelled their masters' i falsehoods meant to inflame them against us—how steadily these people, derided as apvs and treate i like cattle, waited for our company aud believed in our friendship—how they guided ail our escaping soldiers, who counted on their fidelity as surely as they them • elves counted in escaping upon the North Star—how they resisted bribes, threats, torture and death rather than betray us, asking no reward, but trust ing iu us as surely us we misted in them when we remember this unpre cedented history, and reflect, that many among us arc now half reluctant not to deliver them into the pitiless hand j from which they rescued us. are calcu | kiting how little we can do for them | and how much for those who despise i and hate them, we may well ferrr lest : the lustre of our victory he iireirieva ! bly tarnished." Eloquecce of Andrew Johnoon- The following is one of the most ; truly eloquent passages ever spoken. . It is from a speech addressed bj" An drew .)son, in April, 18t>4, to a mass ! medio. *>f the pi opie of Knoxviile j :I!e' v ediH v : ' I m . 't •>'.!• - r■■ ' :. 11l i• . . .. ■ , Oi-k --i whose gorges, tn wi; sc cavi rns \ :i• : i.utile.s like beasts, have taken to i vise no more. Ido not speak of these | things to draw your tears. It is not ; time for tears, but tor blows. 1 speak of them that 1 may tit your arms for unconquerable tight. And I speak of them because the mountains seem to talk to me. My house is among the mountains, and though it is not far away, i cannot go to it It is the place where J met and loved her who is the mother of my children. Do 1 not love the mountains? And if liberty is to expire, if freedom is to he destroyer!, it my country in all its length and breadth is to tremble beneath the o| - pressor's tread, let the flag, the dear i old flag, be planted on yon rocky | heights, and upon ii let there be this in j seription : 'Here is the end of all that is dear to the heart and sacred to the memory of man !' " Franklin and his Qig. It is now more than a century since ! Benjamin Franklin, Postmaster Genc ; ral of the American Colonies, by ap i pointment of the Crown, set out in his I old gig to make an official inspection lof the principal routes. It is about ninety years since he held the same office under the authority of Congress and when a small folio (still preserved in the Department at Washington,) containing hut three quires of paper, lasted as hisaecout book for two years. If a Postmaster-General now were to undertake to pass over all the estab lished routes, it would take six years of incessant railroad travel at the rate of one hundred and twenty-five miles daily, while if he were to undertake the job in an "old gig." he would re quire a lifetime for its performance. Instead of a small folio, with its three quires of paper, the postoffice accounts consume every two years three thou sand of the largest ledgers, keeping upwards of a hundred clerks constant ly employed in recording transactions with more than thirty thousand con tractors and other persons. A negro woman who was baptized recently, at Ilnntuville, Ala., came forth from the water shouting, "Freed from slavery,freed from sin ; bless God and General Grant. Vol. LVI. No. 5. The r et>el chiefs are Bfce'A* tb strike ile at last -Exile ! in choosing your grcctr*. lot your tuot'o t>e —"Measures, not me " Vi ;i:u }>:; ft of their beatify "VW rf*ut.g iailies surrender last? The b e-n u part. Poker Sharpe says his wife is equal to tive "lulls"—beautiful, duti lul, arm fill, youth lul, ami awful ! I'he present season reminds us of Tom flood's description of the weath er—"First it blew, then it anew, thou it thevy, then it friz !" Ari. was bred an attorney, lie never tried I but two causes, having always made j up the difference." + ihe Lttiyont s Gratification. —A gen tleman who had been successively en : gaged in three professions, that of rnin ! ister, physician, and lawyer, was asked ; the comparative advantages of them i for acquiring property, ile replied: ! ' The man who will give but a four i pence to save his soul, will give twen ty Tj v 'c cents for relief from sickness, i ami a dollar to have his own will." On the da\" of President Lincoln's ; funeral, a bronzed and weather-beaten soldier, anxious to obtain a better view iof the procession, happened to step I heiore a party of ladies and gentlemen. | One of the gentlemen budged him on ; the elbow, at the same lime observing: | "Excute me. sir, you are right in front iof us.' Bowing handsomely in return, the soldier replied : "That is nothing : remarkable, for I have been inliont of ! you for four years." I T" the /'int." —Mr. President, I wish the friends in the fore part of themeet • ing would speak up, so that the friends jin the back part of the meet' tig can ; hear what is going on in the front part jot" the meeting. Friends in the back part "t tin- meeting feel as much in I : c est i-i! a- iiicint> in tlie tore part of u;i;vll ng it is Highly necessary i ; oaf ii'iends in the lore part, of the j meeting should speak up, so that ; friends in the back part of the meeting j can hetir what is going on in the fore | part of the meeting. Instate of" Joseph Hart, deceased. NOTICE is hereby given that Letters tes tamentary on the estate of Joseph Hart, late of Wayne township, Mifflin county, have been granted to the undersigned, residing in said township. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate pay ment, and those having claims to present them dulv authenticated for settlement. ELIJAH MORRISON. January 10* Executor. ORPHANS' COURT SALE. : 1 X pursuance of an i.rder issued out of i I the Orphans' Court of Mifflin county, j will he exposed at public sale, on the premi | ses, on Thursday, February 1, 1866, j all that certain lot of ground, situate on j Brown street, in the Borough of Lewistown, j bounded on the smith by Mrs. Car/iey, north i by llor.ry Zerbe, and west by an alley, front f ing 27 i feet, and extending back to said al' fr —lev with a two'story FRAME DWEL j fITT: = -w LINO HOUSE, in good repair, Sta j bie, and other necessury outbuild' &Uswfcings, thereon erected. A desirable i location for any one wanting a good home. Sale tn commence at I o'clock p. m , when ! terms will be mude known. 11. \V. JUNK IN. janlU-4t Administrator. OEPHANS r COURTSALE7 BY virtue of an order issued out of the Orphans' Court of Mifflin county, the j subscriber will offer t public sale, at tbo i Court House, in Lewistown, on Thursday, February 8, 1866, All that certain lot of ground late the prop ; erty of Mrs. Sarah Freeburn, of Lc-wistawn, deceased, situate ia the Borough of Lewis i town, fronting 30 feet on Market street, and I extending back same width 200 feet to a 16 feet alley, bounded on the east by lot form erly owned by Lewis Owens, now by wife of j James Thomas, on tbe west by the western half of said lot, known as lot No. 41 in the general plan of said Borough, with a two story frame DWELLING- HOUSE, Frame Stable, and other improvements there on erected. Sale to commence at 1 o'clock p. m. when terms will be made known by D. D. MUTTHERSBOUGH, i janlTta Admr. Sarah Freeburn, deo'd.