G. & G. R.. FRYSINGER, PUBLISHERS, Whole No. 2935. Poor House Business. I The Directors of the Poor meet at the Poor i. House on the 2d Tuesday of each month. BENEDICT & CO., BANKERS, LEWISTOWN, PA., P collection* and remittance* promptly made, ilf Interest allowed 011 time deposits. jan'23-ly. <230. 7 r. ELDEK, Attorney at Law, Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at tend to business in Mililin. Centre and Hunting don counties mv 26 ' H. J. GTJLSERSSOIT, Attorney at Law, LEWISTOWN, PA., AFTERS his professional services to the citizens of (.) M :H ; u county, t HUee it- Northeast corner of the , p.. < mi, next to Hoffman's store. my 2 3, 3. JJJiiiJJJ'J*. Ek S)J PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON", Lexvistown, Pa., AFFERS his Professional Services to the II i -izens of Lewistown and vicinity. Pr Huribut has the EXPERIENCE of 15 years in the ; sci.v- practice of Medicine and Surgery. Office mi south side of Mill street, in the building] formerly occupied by Dr. Worrall. jul7 | I.YCOMINt; COUNTY Mutual Insurance Company. Capital. $2,500.000. IrpHls Company continues to issue Policies of Insur- J on Buildings and Personal Property, in Town or i ountry, at cash or mutual rates. JAMES RAXKIST, President. JOSHUA BOWMAN', Secretary. JOHN HAMILTON, Agent. ] I janl6'67 Lewistown. Pa. I BR. JO HIT J. B AEIEIT, | Practicing Physician, Itelleville, .Mifflin County, Pa. i TiR. DAHLEX has heen appointed an Examining I H surgeon for-I'ensions. Soldiers requiring exam-i Sf matron will find hiin at his ottiee ill Ketleville. I Belleville, August 22, ISGb.-y j H. M. DUNMIRE, DESMTIST, | f iFFER.S his professional services to the a -r cuizt ' ns ot Mifflin county. He is prepared to per il f in. ail operations iu the dental profession. Office | j|| rir-t door from the Lewistown House, Main sireet. 1 Iff win-re he will Ist found the first two weeks of each !H I:,.and trie hist week of each month he will j v : Kisiiaeiiquiilas Valley. Teeth extracted without 9 pam by the use of nitrous oxide myl-tf i Teeth Extracted Without Pain! By M. R. Thompson, D. D. S, By a SEW PROC ESS, form, Ether, or N'itrousOx -3 ide. and is attended by no | 1 '' danger or bad effects ' I I'* i/'' i-\ -Ti Oltice west Market street. * V?!nihtLs ' B. / near Eisenbise's hotel, LEWISTOWN, a where he can he found for professional consultation. I Lewistown, Sept. 10-tf 1 THE BEST IN THE WOULD'; I rjIHE UNDERSIGNED IS AGENT FOR THE IMPROVED SINGER SEWING 31 AC JUNE, which will he placed upon trial with any other now i L u.-e. He invites com pet ion. It can be tested L2A 112. <1 DO. with anv other machine to enable pnrchers to choose THE BEST. TERMS LIBERAL. Give h.rn a call. [marl Mml WM. LIND. A. TECICFSCIT. * j_J AS taken the Store formerly occupied i j t-v John Baum. for the purpose of carrvingon | if-W .i < H MAKING and JEWELRY Business. He | 1 t- pleased to sec all Mr. Banrn's old customers, i ia- many new ones as will favor him with a call. . s s warranted. Stoic ou East Market street, .-.j ct-nrlj pposite the Post Office, f Lewistow n, April 24, lsri'-tf MRS. M. E. STEWART, fen PAITCTi- 52C8.8, West Market St., Lewistown, B ladies a gentlemen's curmshing goods,' Hia . Cloaks, Hats, Bonnets, Ladies Fine DREtjzi CrbO/i.V and Trimmings. • Pattern* of latest styles always on hand. Millinery and Dress-Making executed in the most approved style. |f Lewi-town, April 18, lStki.tf 3ST JEw Meat Establismcnt. | THE undersigned has fitted up the build- I .• in Hrown -trec-t. above Frank's store, for a j H rr.efit shop where Fresh Beef. Pork, Mutton, Veal. Ac. j S ' e " had at all times, an ice house for the S tie being connected with the establishment. > m ' public are invited to call. |lf tie. ic* room w ill tie opened for the first time on ! IS SAll RD.Vi MgKNING, lCth inst. JAMES B. GALBRAITH. Si Lew;-town, March 13.1807—if. Lewistown Coach Manufactory, Junction 3d & Valley street. MOSZR cSc MAYES I ffi-n , HAVING ASSOC IA- j I u ' r| together for the purpose ol 9 manufacturing OiaelnfXrria- \ ' twUdn, Spring HVt- | I g.v- t.'i.-m i i-ail anil examine specimens of their i | a -rs. which will be for.ad equal to aqy in or out of i ■ thevuics. All kinds of repairing promptly attended • ?§ <"• r decl2-ly WILLIAM LIND, has now open A NEW STOCK OF Cloths, Cassimeres AND VESTINCS, which will be made up to order in tbe neat Mt niid Riost fashionable styles. an 19 ( ! ,l;i WI SI,I\ SHADES. | ' i'iitiu and richly Gilt, at 1.60 per I l" iU *1 F. FRANCI.SCLV. brisbin II AS McKeon &. Vanhagen's SOAP. | Li.-aonp'.es of which were distributed a few days 1 •£' ; si:-,. Rabbi!' Snap, Dobbin's Heap, -"-Du ■■ Castile ' oll et, >' 4c., tc, Ac. I Csn ar, ALSO, -airmu b .aches, Tomatoes, and Corn, just received. I U! ' a very cheap. mayß IM'JISW mu mmmi, THE NEW YOKE MICA ROOKING COMPANY, (e.tal>lisho(J 1865) are manufacturing under Letters Patent the | Best Article of Composition Rooting ever Ottered to the Public*. It is adupU-d to every style of Iloof,steep j or Hat. and ean be readily applied by any one. The P. S. Government, alter a thorough test of its ; utility, have adapted its use in the Navy Yards, and ; upon"Public Buildings. The Roofing is put up in rolls, and has only to be nailed t the Roof to make a Durable Lire and Water-Proof Covering. 1 We particularly recommend its use upon Duililiugs. Slorrs, Churches, Far-lories. Machine SHNJ s, Steamboat Decks, &C. MICA ROOFING PASMT, For coating Tis. IROX, or SUIXULE ROOFS. It forms a liixlu I&ptnl to Thru Coots of <>r<linnri/ J'aint. I No Koof can rust undent, and old leaky Roofs may he ; made permanently water-proof and durable by us use. I The Paint requires no MIXING, but is ready to be ap | plied with the ordinary paint brush. I'rici. il per gat \ lon. which will cover two hundred square feet. I Also manufacturers of Black Lustre Varnish, Tarred Frit and Jloujint/ Pitch. Discount to the Trade. Circulars and Price List fur nished. Rights for counties sold at low rates. Address TILE .MICA ROOKING COMPANY, 11>4 Jiroad icat/, iY. Y. Frank Humphreys, f.l Royal St.. N. U.; Schofiold Williams Sl CO., Augusta, t.a; Baldwin H. Woods Montgomerv. Ala.; Thos. S. Coates, Italeish. N. U.; F. A. Tucker. Richmond, Va.;Henry Wilson, Petersburg. Va., Agents. jan2:s Tailoring Establishment MERCHANT TAILOR, has removed his shop tothe huilaihg formerly known as the "green house." at the intersection of Valley and Mill street,adjoining H. M. &. I!. Pratt's store, here he cordially invites all who need anything in ilis line. Goods and Trim mings furnished and gentlemen's clothing made, in the latest styles, ou short notice, and at reasonable prices. apll-tf WHAT'S ALL THIS ? Why the Grain Business is Revised at Mc- Coy's Did Stand. R FLLK undersigned, having rented the 4 large and commodious Warehouses formerly occupied by Frank McCoy, est)., is now prepared to purchase or receive and forward ALL KINDS OF GRAIN, for which he will pay markc-t prices. Also, he will keep for sake, SALT. PLA-SI'ER. COAL and FISH. He returns thanks to ail his old customers for their former patronage, and shall feel grateful forarenewal of past business relations. Merchants will tind it to their advantage to give him a call. [niarU-yj WILLIAM WILLIS. Brown's Mills. 'jpil R undersigned are prepared to buy ail kiuds of Produce for cash, or receive on ; store at Brown's Milts, Uecdsville, Pa. We wilt nave on band PLASTER, SALT AND COAL. Wf; intend keeping the mill constantly running, and i have ALDJJ.iL uJL, ML tor sale at the lowest Market rates, at all times. 4S4"Ttie public aie requested to give us a call. sep27tf H. STRUNK i HOFFMAN'S. A. FELIX. W. H. FELIX FURNITURE. i immz'z. & H AVE on hand a good assortment of Furniture ot I all kinds suitable to furnish a house out and out. j Spring and Common Mattresses, and EXTENSION TABLES, of any sizes and prices to suit the times. We cordially invite the attention of both old and ' voting, great and smali. No charges for showing goods. Call and examine before purchasing elsewhet e. Thankful for past furors and Imping a continuance of the same, we remain, yours. Ac. Lewistown. March 12, l*Sfi7-tf FELIX A SON". .yra'jfra awimi, r |MIK undersigned having resumed bu>i X iiosw Ht this estitblisfimont with a force of superi or wot ktnen. Jinin.itnc-> to the public? ttiat he ha* now and will keep constantly on hand an assortment of' excellent which he will deliver to merchants at a reasonable distance, and at ttie u-tial DISCOUNT PRICES, or retail, at his Ware-rooms at tile Pottery. All orders prompt y attended to. JOHN DIPPLE. Lew istown. July 24. lOfiT-Mm. PELOUBET ORGANS AND UNANIMOUSLY AWARDED TIIE FIRST PRIZE, A UOLl) MEDAL, " The Best Cabinet Organs," American In-titnte, New York. October, 1-H5. j Being pronounced superior in QCAUTT. POWER, and ; : VARIETY or TOXK, an<l in number of combinations, i "As the best instruments of America were there i ; contending, whichever won that battle would have j J nothing If 11 to conquer " — Am. Art Journal, (edited by j : a well-know n musical critic.) They have also taken the first premium wherever ! exhibited this sea-on. PEDAL ORGAN'S, one, two. and three banks of keys—six sizes—#'2so to fl.SuO. Without pedals, single j | and double hank, in great variety. to S4aO. These i i Irgans, witii their smooth pipe-like quality of tone. ! ! beautiful solo stops, strength of chorus, unequally. j i pedals, anil general organ-like effects, are supi rio. | inr Churchra, Halls, Parlors, ami ScliooH. They are nut up in cases 'if SOLID WALNUT, fancy von jeered Walnut, iiiew and unique styles) and elegant ' Rosewood, of splendid designs and finish, and of Ihe j best workmanship.;—it being intended that each in-1 | strutnent shall be a model of its class. All instro- j I iiients, down to a five octave portable Melodeon. have j I the beautiful Treinoituile stop, without extra charge, j A large assortment constantly on hand at ourGXCN ; ERAL W HOLESALE A KETAIL WAKEROOMS, MI : j BKSADWAT. ! ! our Illustrated Circular and Price Lists, with our j i new siyles, are now readv. Send for a Circular. i'ELOUEET/PELTON & CO., f2O Manufacturers, B-11 Broadway, N. Y Weber & Son, HAVE the largest assortment anil best selected stock of GROCERIES in this section of country. | Drown .Sugars from 10 to 15 cts i White .Sugar 16 Pulverized, (iranulated and Broken Loaf j Sugar. SYRUPS. j Lovering's Syrup, $1 20 per Gallon, i Other Syrups, 25 and 28 cts. per quart. I Baking Molasses. COFFEES. .< Extra Prime Coffee, 30 ets. ! Prime Coffee, 28 " Also, a large stock of MACKEREL and HERRING. Ground Alum, and A-shton's Refined Dairy Salt. PRIME FACTORY CHEESE. Shephard's Pittsburg Crackers always i on hand. fel>B BEST bar Iron, at A\, and other kinds low at F. J. HOFFMAN'S. INSURANCE AGENCY. rpu K following F ire. Life, arid Accidental Companies JL are represented by the undersigned : CAPITAL. JEtna, Fire of Hartford, §4,083,000 Putnam, " 500,000 Home, New York 3,500,000 Gerinania, " 700,000 Home, New Haven, 1,000,000 North Ameqea, Philadelphia, 1,750,000 Enterprise, " 400,000 Ly coming, Penna., 2,500,000 Farmers, York, Pa., 500,000 American Life, Philadelphia, 1,000,000 N. Y. Accidental, New York, 250,000 Horse Thief Ins. Co. York Pa , 50,000 This agency is prepared to insure against Fire. Death or Accident, in any part of Mifflin county Horses are insured anainst theft. All business pertaining to insuianee promptly attended to. janlO '*>7 JOHN Agent. THE OLD STAND AHEAD ! Hamaker & Montgomery, nA VE associated together lor the pur pose of manufacturing Coaches, Buggies, Carria ges, Sulkies, Spring Wagons, Ac., at 11IM1£S> STAND, in Valley street. Lewistown. They arc prepared to do all kinds of work in their line, in an elegant and workmanlike manner, and invite the citizens of town and vicinity to call and examine their new stock on hand, before purchasing d-ewlure, as ail work nu#i ufactured at this establishment is warranted. Prompt attention given to all repairing, which will be done with neatness and durability, and guaranteed to give satisfaction. " myi-ly REDUCTION I FRANK H. WENTZ, AT HIS BOOT AND SHOE STORE, TT AS just received a laige Stock of Hoots X X. and Hhf>e.s direct from Easu-rn Manufacturers, which he otters at greatly reduced prices: Men's Congress Gaiters, §3 50 " Glove Calf Congress do, 4 25 Womens' Lasting Gaiters, 1 25 Other work in proportion. Also, an assortment of Home Manufacture constant ly on hand, and made to order at short notice. Call and examine his stock before purchasing c-lse where. mayH-y /i rew * s Pa tent FOR OR SIDE SEAMS. THE greatest improvement of the age, in this line of trade. Ist. It does awav with the wrinkles 011 the instep, also, with the welted side seam which has injured so many feet and ankles. 2d. It makes Ihe easiest sitting and hest titling laiot ever worn. This boot is now manufactured t>y P. K. Loop, who holds the right of use for the county, and is prepared to furnish all who wish to wear this hunt. A hla-ral dis count to dealers who wish to deal in these boots. Or ders filled at short notice. Prices greatly reduced on all goods at P. F. Loop's Shoe Store. febti S. O- M'CURDY, with Benson. Campbell & Co., Commission jlertliaiits k Wholesale Grocers, 507 Mar feet Strut, Philadelphia. T)ARTICULAR attention given to sales of Ginseng. I Woo'. Woolen Yarn. FurSkiris, Deer Skins, Sheep Skins. Flaxseed.! lovers, -d. Feathers, Leather, Roots. Dried Fruit. Butter. Beeswax. Eggs, Ac. All goods warranted to give entire satisfaction, Hnd sold at the lowest city prices. Ph-ase call and be convinced. Also, a full line of Tobacco kept constantly on hand. jyUMiin* EMPIRE SETTLE SEWING MACHINES. Are superior to all others for FAMILY AND MANUFACTURING PURPOSES. Contain ail the latest improvements; are speedy noiseless; durable; and easy to work. Illustrated Circulars free. Agents wanted. Liberal disoiiut allowed No consignments made. Address K.MPIUE S. M. CO., bib Broadway, New- York. sepa'Olely S. S. CAMPBELL & CO. Manufacturing Confectioners, AND WHOLESALE DEALER* IN FOREIGN F l( U ITS, N UTS,&C. No. oU.'i, 11 ALE SI RLE 1, PHILADELPHIA. ALSO, MANt f ACTI RKHS OF ALL KINDS OF tST' Molasses Caudy Rod Cocoanut Work. septl^'tib-Iv. tfcOfl nn AGENTS WANTED—SIOOOO—MaIe and LpZiU.UU Female, to introduce our NEW P.VI EN I'. S i Alt BHUTTLK SEWING MACHINE. It is adapt ed for family use atul Tailoring. It makes a stin-h alike on both sides. Price only TWENTY DOLLARS. Extra-ordinary inducements to Agents. For full par ticulars, address hI'.MON 1* A WILSON, .juls-am* two Arch St., Plnla., Pa. ROBERT W. PATTON, SOUTH SIDE OF itl.lltkET STREET, LEWISTOWN, PA. HAS just received and opened at his es tablishment a new supply of Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Fancy Articles, &c., wliich he will dispose of at reasonable prices. He invites all to give him a call and examine his stock, which embraces all articles iti hit line, and is sufficiently large to enable all to make selections who desire to purchase. BajMtKPAIKINB neatly and expeditiously attended to, arid all work warranted. Thankful for the patronage heretofore re ceived, he respectfully asks a continuance ol the same, and will endeavor to please all who may favor him with their custom. feb2 ROOF SPOUTING ! A GREAT IMPROVEMENT! A MOST desirable article ol Solid Wood Spouting—tbe name finish as tin—costing only about half as much—and will no doubt last twice as long as the tin. For sale by ju-5 K.J.HOFFMAN. TVT ALL PAPER, Be sure to go to Iloff W man's for this article. A good stock on hand, and prices low. Wednesday, September 4, 1867. THE GATES ARE OPEN THERE. The voice of melodv is hushed, Sileni the house of prayer; But songs are echoing in heaven, The gates are open there. Darkness hath locked the outer door, Guards the untrodden star; The 'many mansions' are not dark ; The gates are open there. New footsteps ever pressing in The place, prepared to claim ; New brows uplifted to receive The new baptismal name. Each moment of the busy week Unbiudeth loads of care, And beareth upward weary souls To restless service there. The darkest hour of longest night With noiseless pinions tiear Awakened ones to life and iigiit; The gales are open there. Open for angels to desceud And minister to thee; Open for prtyer to enter ir,— Open for you and me. POLITIC A. IL. . AS)SU>S OS* TILL* (MOV IN-;_ sa 151.M 1\ STATS: CEXTKAL COMMITTEE. Co M MiT TE E ROOMS, IIARIUSBURG. AUGUST 27ilr, 1867. To the People of Pennsylvania: Fellow-citizens : —ln a recent address from this Committee' your attention was invited to sundry! issues and principles involved in the! pending canvass; and qlso to the polit ical opinions ami judicial decisions of George Sharswood. A short review of the principal occurrences, since the last .State compaign, is now considered proper. The contest of 1866 was fought, in the main, upon the amend ments proposed by Congress to the Constitution of the United States.— These were national issues; and on the one side were arrayed the Union Re publican party and the "Boys in Blue;" and on the other President Johnson, the Democratic party, and all the rebels and their sympathizers from one end of the Union to the'other. On these momentous issues Pennsylvania rallied in her strength; and polled "over one hundred and forty thousand moro votes than at her preceding annual election. Among* the results, were the trium phant election of Major General John W. Geary for Governor, and the en dorsement of Congress, by the return of a delegation more unanimous for tho right than ever known before in the history of the Commonwealth. Other loyal States united with us, and tho insane and wicked "Policy" of President Johnson, and of his new friends ami allies, was overwhelmed by the unprecedented and magnificent popular majority of four hundred thous and votes! Every State which had been faithful to the national govern ment and the cause of the Union dur ing tho war, approved the proposed amendments. Every rebel Stato, ex cept Tennessee, rejected them, and un der the rebel provisional governments created by President Johnson, rebel power assumed its authority, and be came dominant in their executive, leg islative, and judicial departments. Va grant and labor laws virtually re enslaved the freedmcn. Loyal men were outlawed and trampled under foot; and the revived spirit of rebellion was everywhere triumphant. Riots, murders, outrages, and assassinations, were tho order of the day, and security for either the lives or the property of loyal men was nowhere found. Treason had front seats, loyalty had been made odious, and traitorous conspirators against the life of the nation were vin dictive and rampant. Such was tho condition of public ; affairs in the South when Congress !convened in December, 1866. This nation had solemnly resolved, and vo | led, that tho Union should be restored on the basis of loyalty and justice; and ; to this end was the Fortieth Congress elected. Hence were passed the Re construction laws, in execution of the i recent popular verdict. The President ; vetoed them, refusing to accept or i abide by the decision of the people, to whom he had so often andsovaunt ingly appealed Congress re enacted ' them over tho vetoes, by more than the required two-thirds; and they are ; now the laws of the land. Under | them, including the amendments of | last session, reconstruction is rapidly i progressing; and would doubtless ere long bo successfully accomplished, but 11 for the persistent obstructions by the President, in defiance of Congress and ! the popular will. Justice is being done; loyal men, white and black, have been protected from tho malieo of do touted rebels; treason, in a measure'at | least, bad "been made odious," and traitors have been compelled "to tuke back seats" —us Andrew Johnson, in a lucid interval, declared they should. . Even the better portion of the rebels j admit the justice of these reconstruo- tion laws, and cheerfully acquiesce in their provisions. General James Long street, a distinguished rebel officer, in a recent published letter from New Orleans, expresses himself as follows:, 'I shall set out by assuming a propo sition that I hold to be self evident, | viz : The highest of human laws is the! law that is established by appeal toi arms The great principles that divi ded political parties prior to the war were thoroughly discussed by our wisest statesmen When argument! was exhausted resort was had to com-1 promise. When compromise was un availing, discussion was renewed and j expedients were sought, hut none could he found 1o suit tho emergency.! Appeal was finally made to the sword., to determine which of the claims was the true construction of constitutional j law. The sword has decided in favor! of the North, and what they claimed as j principles, cease to he principles, and are become law. The views that tee ■ hold cease to he principles because i they are opposed to law. It is, there lore, our duty to abandon ideas that are \ obsolete, and conform to the requirements, of low. The military bill and, amend- I meats are peace offerings. We should ac I cept them as such, and place ourselves upon j them as (he starting point from which to meet future political issues us they arise.' j Jeff. Thompson, another rebel Gen- j era!, in a letter to George D. Prentice.! Esq., endorses the reconstruction laws of Congress thus: 'The confederate government wiped ' out States rights the first year of its; existence, a bloody war wiped out; slavery, and wiped out tho con fed era- j ey, so they are obsolete ideas; and the plain question now presented is, 'Will you accept citizenship under our terms, as contained in this law ?' and 1 em- \ phut tea I ly answer, i/es It is greatly to bo regretted that terms which are so acceptable to the fighting rebels of the South, should be so distasteful, and cause so much clam or, from their non-combatant sj'inpa thizers in tho North. Tho enemies of* the United States having been finally defeated in battle, united their efforts to elect sympathi zers from the North, and to procure ! the admission of enough rebels from the South, to enable them, through Con gress, to attain what they had lost in! the field. This programme was frus trated by the loyal people at the ballot box, in the election of the Fortieth Congress. Defeated in open war, and! again in Congress, the baffled conspir ators, as a last resort, are endeavoring to save 'the lost cause' through the courts. \ They deny that anything has been set tled by the war; and boldly proclaim that 'all these grave pending questions' must he decided, 'Just in fact, as they would have been decided had they arisen '• eight years ago or had no WAR TAKEN I I'I.ACE.* (Philadelphia Ago, July Bth.) i They not only deny the constitutional power of Congress to impose terms on the rebel States or people, but deny that Congress itself is a lawful body, because the rebel States aro unrepro seated. Hence, the recent application to the Supreme Court of the United j States for injunctions, to nullify the! Reconstruction laws of Congress in j Mississippi, Georgia, and other rebel! States. In the same interest and of! the same character, is tho nomination j of George Sharswood, a well known! and life long State rights man, for the j Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He judicially denies the power of Congress, to issue paper money, or to give i value by making it a legal tender.— (Borie vs. Trott, Legal Intelligencer. of March 18, 1864, page 92.) Judge.-l Thompson and Woodward, of the samel court, not only announce these same I doctrines in the case of Mervino vs | Sailor et al. (Legal Intelligencer ol June 16 and 30, iB6O, pages 188 and! 2U0,) but the cases of Kneedler et al. j vs. Lane et al. (9 Wright's) reports, page 238,) denied the power of Con gross, in time of war to draft men in to the military service. The principles | declared in these decisions were as I hostile to the national existence and perpetuity as any assault ever made by General Lee and bis armed legions at Gettysburg, or elsewhere. It re quires no argument to demonstrate Lliat if these decisions on currency and 'the draft had prevailed, and become the established lawjof the hind, success jin the war would have been more ini i possible than if the rebel army at Richmond had been reinforced with half a million of men! Is it safe, I therefore, to plaeo another man, en tertaining these opinions, on the Su preme Bench of the State? Forewarned should be forearmed.— These Superior Courts are now the •last ditch' of the rebellion; and the country calls upon the 'Boys in Blue,' and every loyal voter, to rally once more to tho rescue. LE'WISTOWN, MIFFLIN COUNTY, PA- Complete your county and township organizations without delay. With this thoroughly done, victory is sure ; without it, there is danger. Revive at once everywhere the Loyal Leagues and associations, which proved ofsuclr vast service during the war. Let eve ry patriotic man feel that he has some thing to do in the good work, and pro ceed forthwith to do it with all his might. Exclude all side issues, local quarrels, and personal aspirations, and | labor only for the public good. Be 1 not deceived by the stale clamor about negro equality, and negro suffrage.; These worn-out hobbies were suppos-! Ed to have been ridden to death at our last two annual elections, when, as now, they were declared by our enemies to; be the great issues of tho contest, j They are now raised up and brought upon the track again, mounted by the same riders, and destined to the same; ignoble end. Be not discouraged by the vain boasting of our adversaries. They have been ingloriously defeated in every contest for years, and cannot now prevail against us. The loyal and patriotic people of the State have heretofore nobly sustained us, and the cause of the country, under the heavy pressure and discouragement of drafts, taxation, bereavement, and car nage ; and when nothing hut an abid ing faith in an overruling Providence, and in the justice of our cause, enabled us to see the end. Surely there can be no faltering now, when the goal is almost reached ! and. when one more united rally for our principles and our flag will enable us to secure tho ripe fruits of the late dreadful civil war, and to garner them safely for our selves and our children. We stand over the ruins of a gigan tic rebellion, the most formidable ene my ever encountered by republican institutions. We stand close the graves of three hundred thousand of our noblest men, who counted their lives well spent when offered freely for Liberty and Union. In the pres ence of their speechless but eloquent dust; in the presence of the doubting and sneering enemies of free Govern merit, at home and abroad; in full view of the oppressed millions, who from beneath crushing despotisms watched our flag, with tears, and hopes, and nrayers, throughout the four long years of bloody conflict; before the rapidly coming millions of the future; before a God of justice, and in the name of all that makes faithfulness to Him, and honor among men, wo stand pledged to secure and maintain forever the principles for which our brothers died. By order of the committee. F. JORDAN, Chairman. GEORGE W. IIAMEKSLY, J Q , J. ROBI.EY DUNGMSON, J ' ETGB - GOOD STORY. I'll lit 1.1 E H i: YT WORT 11. Charlie Wentworth was a favorite with all—his handsome face and pleas ant smile every one liked to see; not one in the class at Yale College was as great a favorite with the belles ofNew Haven as he. No one ever thought of disliking Charlie, his word was law; but his college daj r s were over, he had laid aside his Latin and Greek, and the friends who listened to his well writ ten and ably delivered oration on com mencement day, looked from one to another with a smile of proud satis faction. Charles acquitted himself with lion-1 or, and every one was glad, and after the exercises were over they crowded around him to congratulate hiui on the success he had achieved. After bidding college jfriends good j bye and shaking bands with many a! pretty girl, he returned to his father's! house to pursue his law studies. As-| siduously he applied himself, and little more than a year after his graduation, he was admitted to the bar, and the future looked bright before him. CharlieWentworth was what is called a moral young man, that is, he was never seen to indulge in bad habits. To be sure lie played an excellent game of billiards, but only for amusement; he was clever at cards, bet he always played with a lady for a partner; he was a graceful dancer, but he only danced where fashion held her sway He drank an occasional glass of wine, but it was with a friend, or at some convivial part}'; ho had never been in toxicated, and though he often re turned home flushed and excited, he feared no danger from contact with the wine cup. Was he not a gentleman, and did he not know how to control his appetite? Ob, no, there was no danger for Char lie Wentworth—ho never could be- Yol. 57, No. 35. como a drunkard, and so he went on, night after night, supping the social glass with fashionable companions, and in the saloons of refinement and taste. Charlie at length married —married one of the loveliest of her sex. Mary Glenn was no ordinary girl —well educated, refined, and in every way a companion for one like Charlie. They were married with all the fashionable display of tho present day, and immediately- went to housekeep ing in a handsome, well furnished house, and everything seemed to prom ise happiness. Several important cases were placed in Charlie's hands, and eloquently lie pleaded—earnestly he fought for suc cess, and nobly he won it, and Charlie W entworth was called one of the ablest lawyers in tho State. After they had been married two years, and tho house had been made cheerful by tho prattling of a little babe, Mary's father died, and it was found after his death that he died in solvent. Sincerely Mary mourned for him, but she turned to her husband and child for comfort, and as she was an only child and motherless, they became dearer than ever to her. Time passed on, and it began to bo whispered about that it would not do to trust an important case to Charlie Wentworth, for during the last year he had lost Beveral cases by forgetting himself; and indulging too freely in %vine, when he needed a clear head to plead the cause of his client. Business began to fall off, the pleas ant home was mortgaged, and taken from him; he moved his family to a neat little cottage, and still indulged in his ever increasing appetite for drink, managed to gain a meager sub sistence. In vain Mary pleaded with him—in vain she urged the claims of the two bright-eyed little girls who called him father—in vain she appealed to his manhood; he had lost it forever in tho sea of strong drink, and day by day he hugged the viper still closer to his bosom. At length he discontinued all at tempts at business, moved his family into a miserable attic in one of the back streets of the city, and spent his time in grog shops, and few who looked upon the ragged, bloated crea ture staggering through the streets, ' would have recognized in him, bright, talented,promising Charlie Went worth, ! who eight years before was the pride and favorite of the graduating class at Yale College. It happened that two classmates who had not seen him since his gradu ation, men who had risen to occupy high positions among their fellow-men —one a minister, the other an editor —were passing through the city of Hartford, and determined to sec their old friend and gifted companion. They found his wife in the last stage of consumption; she was neaiing that 'home from whence no traveler re turns/ and feeling that her hours on earth were numbered, they set out in ' aojireh of Dhflrlifi. They found him in one of the low dens of iniquity that infest the city, and telling him his wife was dying, they led him from the place and con ducted him up the rickety stairs to the bedside of his wife; he fell upon the floor besides her bed, and she twined her thin arms about his neck, and in a weak, trembling voice said : 'Oh, Charlie, lam dying! I cannot stay with you and the children any longer, but when I am gone, oh, what will become of the little girls if you do not give up strong drink ?' 'Mary,' said the half-drunken crea ture, turning his bloodshot eyes up to i her in a meaningless gaze, 'l'll tell you what I'll do:—if you die to-night, I'll box up the girls and send them to : h 1 after you.' Yes, that was the awful reply of Charlie Wentworth, once the pride of the college, the man of letters, and deep scholar, the able lawyer, made , to his dying wife. That was the power drink had over , |one of its victims. All his bright, beautiful mind enclouded; all his prido scattered to the winds; all thai was pure, good, true and noble, crushed 'lout of his nature, and the tiend of darkuesa and of sin, ruling there iu- !stead. The wasted arms of his wife relaxed tJieir hold, her head sauk powerless upon her bosom, knew she was dead. Those two friends who had known and loved Charles Wentworth in his day# "f prido and promise, when thq
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