THE GAZETTE. G. At G. R. FRYSINGKK. Kdltora. LEWISTOWN, PA. Wednesday, March 6, L 867. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. The GAZETTE is published everv Wednesday the old stand, at $1.50 in advance, or $2.00 at the end of 3 months. t*. Persons receiving papers with a X marked on it will understand that subscription is due on which a remittance on-fit to be made. Cask Rates of Advertising. Business Cards (7 lines or less) 1 year 6.00 Administration or Executor's Notices 2 50 Auditor's do 2 t lO Estrav Notice, four times, . 2 00 Caution or other short Notices, 1 50 Tavern Licenses, single, 1 If more than one, each Register's Notices of Accounts, each . . One inch constitutes a square, and all advertising not otherwise contracted for, or enumerated above, will hereafter be char- d 50 cents per square for each insertion. Job Work. Eighth sheet bills, sl.r.n for 25 or less: fourth sheet bills $2 for 25 or less,- hall" sheet bill. $4 for 25 or less. Notices of New Advertisements. Our readers are referred to the Agricul tural Land Scrip offered for sale by the Htate authorities. This affords a splendid opportunity for obtaining lands at low ; rates, which can bo located any where on j public lands. Rouse's /Star Troupe will perform every evening this week, and on this and Sat- j urday afternoons. The afternoon per- : form'ances will give our friends from the country an opportunity to attend. Sec advertisement of Logan Academy. New Goods at Rittenhouse & MoKin- I nev's—Gas Company Election Notice — j Several Public Sales, &c. Sales of Personal Properly. Sam'l K. Marks, Lewi-town, March 7 j Robert Sterrett. near Locke's, " 7 Jos. Hostetler, Men no, 44 8 John Barefoot, Derry, 44 8 Samuel Eisenbise, Derry, 44 0 James A. Murray, Reedsville, 44 0 P. ii. Brink. Derry, 44 11 \ John Y. King, Men no, 44 12 j John T. Ozburn, Armagh, 44 13 i Samuel Beatty, Union, 44 13 , Sarah McCoy, Granville, 44 13 j W. H. Weber, Lewistown, 44 14 i M. A. Sample, 4 4 44 1 4 Isaac Price, Derry, 44 14 j Wm. Powell, Oliver, 44 15 1 E. B. Kauttman, Belleville, 44 15 Robert Cummins, Brown, 44 16 Geo, B. Scott, Decatur, 44 ~ 18 Levi Gearhart, Armagh, 44 15) ' A. J. North, Wayne, 44 20 R. B. Kerr, Wayne, 44 25 V. Contner, Milroy, 44 28 j Tlie l*oor Blouse Farm. It has been a question for several years whether it was not an error in the first place to purchase a valuable farm near town for poor purposes; and especially one destitute of timber. For a time however it answered the end designed, but of late years objections and disadvantages have - manifested themselves which clearly show i that the purchase of a smaller tract far- j ther from town, with a good supply of I timber on it, would be a, saving to the taxpayers in the end. Next we have the fact that the present buildings are in a great measure unsuitable and inconveni ent for all classes supported at the public expense, in evidence of which we need but cite the proof that last year tlie Di- j rectors paid the State Lunatic Hospital j $811.17, or the interest of $13,569.50, a sum in itself sufficient to build a commo dious house. This was paid for the sup port of four or five persons who could easily be kept here with proper accom modations We long since came to the \ conclusion that a Steward cannot well j farm 200 acres and properly attend to his i other duties, and that where one would do it ten would not. New buildings arc now required, and the whole thing is therefore reduced to the simple question j whether from $20,000 to $25,000 shall be levied and collected from the taxpayers for the purpose of erecting suitable build ings on the farm now owned by the coun ty, or whether that farm had not better be sold, and the proceeds applied to the pur chase of a cheaper tract and the erection of suitable buildings, without taxation f This is the case in a nutshell, and will enable all to judge whether a bill now before the Legislature authorizing the sale of the farm by trustees named in it, and paying the proceeds into the county treasury, is right or wrong. For our part, j we hope our members will see it through as we are satisfied that in the end it will ; save money—will prevent a great deal of pauper loafing about town—and do awav with a legion of applicants for Steward, a I position of onerous duties and little pay ! yet sought with as much avidity as if it 1 contained a fortune - a fact we eould never explain or understand.) r° I'CUHM) Ivanla Soldiers. Samuel P. Bates, State Historian, hav ing discovered many imperfections in the muster-rolls of the companies, desires that each soldier, who served in any organiza tion from this State, would furnish infor mation in bis personal history pertaining to the following points, viz : * 1. Wounds.—lf wounded, give the date in what engagements received; nature of wounds; result of wounds; nature of sur gical operations, if capital, and by whom performed. imprisonments. —lf a prisoner, give the dnte and place of capture; where im pnsonel; nature of treatment; and the date and manner of escape or release. He also desires that the relatives or com panions in arms of deceased soldiers would give tiie cause, date, place of death and place of interment of each, and any facts ui his history touching the subjects above referred to. Write at the head of the page the name of the ierson to whom the information pertains, the number of reg iment and letter of company to which he belonged. Write in concise term* in a plain hand, on letter paper, and on but one side of a leaf, and address Samuel P Bates, State Historian, Harrisburg p ;l . Passage of the Reconstruction Bill! As was expec ted Johnson vetoed the re construction bill passed by Congress, but two-thirds of each house adopted it over the veto on Saturday evening, and it is therefore now the law of the land. The tenure of office bill and several others also became laws in the same way. lieverdy Johnson of Maryland expressed his sur prise at some of the President's views, which he declared illogical and contrary to law, and also stated that many south erners assured him that the South would organize under this bill and accept its conditions. The new Congress met at 110011 on the 4th. Mr. Colfax was re-elected Speaker, and Mr. Ed. M'Pherson Clerk. Unlock the Rock*.— The great cost of silver and gold arises not so much from their scarcity in the earth, as the difficul ty of extracting them from their stony combinations. Dr. J. C. Aver, the well known chemist of Massachusetts, has cut this gordiau knot. Al'ier having mer- j ited and received the gratitude of half: mankind, by his remedies that cure their diseases, he is now winning the other half by opening for them an easy road to the exliaustless treasures of the hills. He has discovered and published a chemical pro cess, which renders at little cost, the hard- j est rocks and ores friable like chalk, so ! that the precious metals are loosed from j their confinement, and easily gathered. Mines too poor to pay, may be worked at ! a profit now, and the yield of rich mines is largely increased, while the cost of ex- j tracting the metals from the ore, isdimin- I ished. Either is a great achievement, to enrich mankind, or cure their diseases. But we are informed our celebrated coun- ' try man adheres to the latter, as hisspeci- j ality and chief ambition.—[Buffalo Sen- ! tinel. Important Improvement*. —The Penn sylvania Bail road Company have been i tor a considerable time engaged in eon structiug a wall of solid masonry in Jack's j Narrows, about a mile above this place, ; to accommodate a double track. This is j perhaps one of the most difficult points j on the road for the construction of an a< - ditionul track, the rugged, almost perpei - dicular, ascent of the mountain on the I right making it absolutely impossible to j lay a track on that side, while the canal hugs the present track closely on the left, i and the river beiug in close proximity to the canal. The Company were therefore compelled to build a wall into the canal for the new track, and on this work from 30 to 35 men have been constantly em ployed for two and a half or three years past. The wall is 3400 feet in length (almost three-quarters of a mile) 20 to 2-5 high, and 0 feet thick; making about half a million cubic feet. The work is now approaching completion, and it is exact ed that a double track will be laid within the present year. The work has been un der the supervision of Mr. Paul Smith as chief engineer, and reflects much credit on his ability in that capacity.— Mount Union Times. ei' The Bellefonte Press strongly urnes Judge Linn of tiist f>lnce for Supreme Judge, and pays a high but just tribute to his integrity and fitness. £3, The Uniontown Standard nominates lion. James V'eeeh, of Pittsburgh, tor the Supreme Judge ship. i>o-Tl.o President has nominated to the Senate General Thomas A. Rowley, of Pittsburgh. United states Marshal for the Western District of Pennsyl vania. The Governor has appointed Henry Gi'bert. of Dauphin county, George Bergner. of Dauphin, and William Lowther. of Perry county, trustees of the State Insane Asylurr. C 3. An eastern paper advocates seminaries for young ladies, wh-re spinology. weavology and cook olngy can he taught—trie graduates to receive the de gree" of F. F. W.. or fit for wives. In a certain Sabbath School thesuperintendent made a powerful appeal to the scholars to be active and useful. Among other things (,e told them they should at', be locomotives.each taking his train along to heaven. The next Sabbath, just as the school opened, in came one of the bes' and most zealous boys with thirteen new scholars behind him and went up the aisle uttering u noise, choo, choo. imitative of the engine, to the amazement of the superintendent and scholars. w What does this meoar"ashed the astonished superintendent. " Why." answered the boy. " vou said we must all be locomotives, and here I aiii with thirteen cars behind me.'' tf- V Union man is under indictment in Johns, n county. North Carolina, for stealing four pounds of meat from the so culled Confederate fltatrn tiovom rnent (those are the exact words used in the bill i and unless the Government interferes it is believed by be friends that he will be dragged to the whipping post. The accused was a conscript soldier in (he rebel army, and when on dutj in 1803, while half starved, too'k meat to keep life in his body, and now will have to suffer tor an act not against law. lent because he i- and was a Union man. tpw. In 1861. when Georgia seceded. Solomon Cohen, postmaster at Savannah, turned over the funds of his office to the rebels, an i continued to act as postmas ter under the rebel rule. When the war ended he wa elected to the United States Congrc-s. John E. Hays a loyal man. and the editor of the Savannah Re publican/reviewing the career of the Congressman elect, alluded to him as "a defaulter to the United States." Cohen had Hays indicted for libel, and a criminal prosecution ensued in a Georgia court A jury of rebels have brought in a verdict of guilty, and virtually decided that rebel postmasters were not de faulters. ROOK NOTICES. PET F. IIS ON S MAG \ZINE for March is decked in its usual gay and attractive dress. Its contents form a chain of varieties, while its illustration* are chaste and eicgant. It certainly has its claims as a ladies' magazine—the experience and enterprise of it-ed itor b.-mg a guarantee ot its merits Chas. J. Peter son. Publisher. 3oti Chestnut street, Phiia. Price STOO a year in advance. OUR YOUNG FOLKS has a pleasant variety of ar t -1.-- ami numerous illustrations, which will interest the children. The following i.- the table of contents: Darius Green and Ins Flying Machine, by J. T Trow bridge: What Pussy did with her Winters, by Harriet B. Stowe: Roand-the World-Joe, bv George Ea-'f-r- Snow Falling, by John James Piatt: Good Old Times' by h. Kellog: Our Baby, by Geo. s. Burleigh: The WHO V-', 1 r, P ort ,-— skating, by Charles J. Foster: Under the ' y ( n U:l11 P'crson; Sam's Monkey bv I I) Nichols: Out in the Snow bv Lou,. a Chandler Wool" ton; Night Winds, by Emily R. Miller: Music by J V * THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY ( M.roh i. „„ tablf, brim-full of and instructive matter I It in one of the magazines* of the ctuntrv ar- I k-s are always of sterling merit, and everbodv can therefore peru-e them whl, nr.,fit. i, th j. Jj" tors leave no stone unUiriied and no word unspoken b> Which the best literary talent of the country can' be procured to support it. The liberal ..J. enjov. is well deserved. Published byTick nor A Fields, Boston at $4 per annum. i icKnor A THE LADY'S FRIEND—The this publication is at hand. -The Truant"" P. fT n S leads off the number. Then we have tbi i Ur ." pant nd refined Steel Fashion Pj a ie and an" n'.l r r Patterns for Spring Dresses, Promenade To leites Caps. Ac. An engraving of a noted French Ao .-h . in Pans. The literary matter is " " -, 1 ? 111 kind. Price, with engraving, f££> s'r nnnoo aa' dress. Deacon A- Peterson. 31k Walnut street, Phi] YOUNG AMERICA.—The March number ~f ,u. sTo n' a° lnont '''. v has come to hand, filled with ' suitable and entertaining matter forth.- voung folks It contains some very handsome eolored engrat n,. Si'ti'lir respects a very heauti.ul nuriiber way! £ Y ■ Jcnain =' s I-iemorest, 473 bS FA ERV BATURDAY continues to furnisl) an inter f ting fund ot reading matter Fverv J w rsjssr 'te'C' sat ut, if"*? m , em hy other publications of its class It s published weekly. too . and has advantegTover R. !Uou! n 52.00 a yea!- eCt 4 publishers! For the Gazette. FRIENDS EDITORS: A writer in the Gazette who signs himself a Farmer, has called the attention of the citizens of the Valley to the great importance of a Rail road from Reedsville to Millereek, a dis -1 tance of only 24 miles. Now at the rate it cost to make the Railroad Irom Lewis town to Reedsville it would only cost some SBOO,OOO to construct a road through the valley from Reedsville to Millereek, and what would the expenditure ofSvSOO,- 000 be to the great people o£our great val ley ? Be sure they would rather travel in mud hub deep than to have anything to do with so trifling a thing as a Turnpike. What they go in for, is a Railroad. The writer says it would pay better than Oil Stock, but we can assure the writer that oil stock paid well to the Managers, and a Railroad project may pay as well, if managed by men in whom the people have always had confidence. Let an El der of a Church contrive the plot, another Elder of the Church engineer it through. When .you take subscriptions, if the sub scriber has not got the ready to plank down, take a negotiable note, and be sure to sell it forthwith ; do not let it get warm in your hands, for that would be danger ous. In this way a Railroad project through the valley might be made to be profitable, at least to those in the inside ring. So, hurrah for the Big Valley Railroad ! Look out for the locomotive Toot, toot, toot. ANOTHER FARMER. For the Gazette. SHIRLEY, February 28, 1867. Messrs. Editors—But a few days ago, whilst in McVeytown, I was invited by a friend to visit Gen. Ross' iron ore bank, and was astounded at theexhaustlessness of that rieii body of ore, so recently de veloped and now rendered certain by the