it. Er. vVilsot, THB COSHTlTkTIOS THS UNION A HK ENFORCEMENT 01 THE L4W3.J EDiroa ami nuLisiitn, VOLUME 4. MiFfLlNTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY, PEMt'A. MAY.2.1SC6. WHOLE NUMBER 992. " I t TERMS OF rUB LIGATION. Tn JcxtATA Skxtinel is published every ' luesJay morning, on Main street, by j H. H. WILSON. , The SUBfCMPTlON PKICE of the paper j sill lie TWO DOLL A US per year in advance, ; ami tJl.fiO if not paid within tlie year. I fQ No paper discontinued until ni! nr- roaruges (ire paid xeept at tiie option of tLe j EJimr. j Anvrr.Tisixa. TLo rates of ADYEETIS- j IM1 are lor one square, of eujitt lit,es or less, , tie tim., 75 anU ; three, $1 oo ; and 5o els. or each subsvjiicni insertion. Administ ra- I r's. Executor's ar.d Auditor's Notices, S-,oo. , rrofession.il and Hi-.siiiess Curds, not exceed- i ins '2i lines, and including copy of paper. ! s-.oo per year. Merchants advertising J (changeable, quarterly) 5 i ier year, includ- iS paper at their Stores. Notices iu rcauing column?, ten cents per ;ine. .Jon Wontc The pri. C3 of JOB WOUK, fortl.irty Wills, one-eight sheet, 1.25: onc fourih, 2,oo : onc-Lal;'. ."i-oo: and addition a! numbers, half price aud l'ur Eiauks $,un jier fjtiire. Jinsinrss tCnrbs. J Eli EM) All' LYONS, iiflUntown. Juniata CVnntv, Pa., Office cu Main sirovt. S-.ut! of Eri'!jre str vt. K. C. STEWRT, . ATTOBil EV-AT-LAW, '''jJ:nt'j:ii, Juniata ('., yV., nfi'fr bi pr-ifes'-iona! services to t lie ptilt- I ct roilcc; in anil nil olhcr luiiijefc will rec-:v i'i;::pi atn-nii.in. ttliice first door j JC.M-th of ISe'.fortl' t"ti.rc, (-ptair!.) I V y I l.LIAM M. A LLl.iiN". ' Ailontr; af Law, A-n lotr.vu nliUf. Vill attend to nil businest rntrr.-.tcd to his ue. d.'iioe on Main .Street. Mi'llintuvvn. 1'a. j ii.nr m t .-i i n if v f j V.HT' INTOTX JCNIITV rol'NTV TV j , l Ins pn V t r.' !. Proni r f.-ssivim! serviees i the j po' l!-". I i-otnpl ntii'Mion given In the j t.r. iuii-:; i-l t i:i;n: aa nisi nieoovuriipienr. rollectiotif nr.d ail otlti't bnioei enti u1ed to bi care' Oihce in the Odd Felwws' Hail, l!ii !;-:e Str.-.-l ' J. A. ?I!lXllti:, ATTOR X EY-A T-L A V, ?tn:n.ixTovx. jvxi.ita co.t . Office in the Oil Fellow-' Uu. Bridge street. Kti.LKt:TI0S3. AXl) ALL OTHER BUS- J ins7 connected with t'ae TTofeaiuii ju-oaiptty atten lel to. !;!. iu, 't'5. . wichst ti irf 'riii fi iends and pa- :n.:in',i! In" reiMove'-l lo the house on Jtri bj-e ttreet oj.poiite Told & Jordan's Store. A .Ti!.;-tf V ArCTIOXF.r.R The undersir.c 1 offers his serviceo to the p'tMie as Vendue Ci'yer r.iid Attcliuneer. He liad a very lar,re experience, and feels cuiiliilent that he eauive satisfaction tc ali w!jo p-.ay eir.j.'. iy him. lie may be .".J.livsrod at Miifiir.toivn, or found at his home in Fer j;i.niapb towuiuip. Orders lr.ny also be Infl at "i'.i'. Viili'ii Hotel. Jan. 2 It'il. WILLI A M GIVES. ALEX. SPEDDY, ii $ St 1 0 $1 S 3 b Ebt'ECTFl'LEV oiler his ervic?s l t!e L rublie ol'Jiintnta county, llavin; had a large experience iu the business of Vendue i Oi vii:". he f.'els conCdont that he can render p..nerll satisfaction. He can at all .hues be foiiMilted at his resilience in Mliiliutawu, I'a. Xlir, if,. 1 IIILITAP.Y CLAI5I5. rp.HE undersigned will promptly attend to , I1)iu( reihps ; and he could have a clerk L the collection of elaiim siaiust eit'ier the ! ,. , , 0 , ... i-tale, or National Uoverninent. tensions. Back J ship Ot the custom house. fccveral ol Ills Pay, Bounty, Extra I'ay, and all other claims j brother officers were there already. As uliill oui i;i tne oesuiii, ui uuy uiuvi w.ii Collected. JEHEMI AH LVONS. Attorney -at-Law. Mitfiinfown, Juniafa Co., I'a. febl Pensions ! Pensions ! X LL VEBSONS WHO HAVE BEEN' PIS A ABLE DtflUXGl TJIH I'KKSENT WAR 4HE ENTITLE TO A I'EXSIOX. All per rons who intend applying for a Pension must tall on the Examining Surgeon lo know weth er thrir Iisbihty is sufficient to entitle Ihem o a I'cnsion. All disabled Soldiers will call en the undersigned who hR been appointed I'eusiuii Examining Surgeon for Juniata and nijoiu.ng Counties. r. C. EUNDIO, SI. v., rallcri oi, l'a. I-e. !, 13.-tf. m ;:sic 1 card. n R. 5. O. K KMPFEB, (laic array sur J peon ) having locale ! in Patterson lend i his profMS-.ional services lo the citizens of: iht.i place and surrounding country. , , - , . Of. h. having. had eight years experience in hospital, general, and ariny practice, feels i pr-'rarod to I'-ouest a trial iroin those who may be so unfortunate as to r.ecd medical at- tendance. He wil". be found at the brick building op posite th.T "Sf.ntikel Orrirr," or at his resi rtene. ; thn fc-irougli of Patterson, at all '''""'?' "c? wh"" profTOionally eugas,d. July 2J. I , f ' LARfiE 'ek of clvc7dr7Ti i. -nib Tubs. Jiutter Bowls, liuckete rt'iirn. I5alcel. Hre Puaket. kc-, at i?i'icivrr, rnow & p.uit-;ntf$. Wl . THE FRENCH IN MEXICO- BY CLARENCE F. DFnLKR. Ve ! within ih.e very sha'loTT Of our 8se "en vainly lrave Are down troildi-n hy a lord who In net fit to be their slave ! Let us rise to freo thi, a'urle man As to free the hlack we rose; Eloquence of words wete futile Try the eloquence of blows! TIit who face to faco have battled Ride hy sido will battle now, AVith ench other on?y striving WliL'h shall most devotion show To the flajf of Buena Vista. That upon tka crrnory-wnll Thrills as if it fell the coming Of the tempest Eoon to fait. Lei the Northern buyonel charge up (Yrro Gordo's heicrlils apain. And once more the Western rifle tvinjr .n Vnlo Alto's ph;ir, I Grant will be our "Ro'ifrh-aod-rieady." To defend what Taylor won ; Forty-six's busies lonp for Breath to call the crusade on. Our old del t r.o sword should cancel. l. il the French of Vorlitwn's dead Yioitd be first to call down vengcaace On the French uncurper's head. Terrib'e the w:id tornado, Iluilitijr navies front its path ; Fttt it is a type but feeble Of the avei'E'ng patriot's wrath ! TUP II III I Itf IIIIIBWafJKTWMWB Jin ,nfrcs!init ton;. OUTOFJHFLAMES.' " All alone I" Kttii Coi.x spoke tlie wnrcls Litterly turning awny from his mother's rava. He wa just rc'e:isel i'rnm a five month' oapttvilj lu a Southern prison, alter three mnntlis service in the army of the United I. 'lies. !fe haH come home to Belfonfaia vci;h to rc- f reive the kisses and coi)p,r;ilu!ali reive the kisses and coiiratulaluics (j! his mother; to witness her pride in hrr pet rov. And lb 13 W.1S HOW lie had louiid 1.r She hal ben dead three rronths. ?he wa dead v.liile he slept under liio canopy of t-'outhern skies in the loathe soi.ie confiues of Andcrsonviiic, slcjit and dreamed of her; wliilc he had fan cied her hand on his head, and her dear lips ire-sed to his forehead. She had been his all. Father and brothers had died years before ; and after his sister x3 taken, he and 1: is mother had been all the world to each olhcr. She was dead. lie read the name tn the headstone that her executor had placed there, read it over yith a vague realization of the truth it symbr.-lied forth, AUNF.S COLFAX Ar.r.D JO. ' TOR SUCH TIILKE IS NO J)Ei.TH." No death ? what a mockery ! and the cold eirth lying three feet betweeu them. So near, and yet so far away. The tears that would not enuc choked him almost to suffocation, the damp sweat stocd on his brow as cold as ice. lie turned away, and went back to the deptt where he had alighted an hour be foic, so full of joyful anticipation. The night express was leaving for XfcW York ., " , , it i i i 00 board. He had DO home HOW aud it mattered little whither he Went. j The whirl and ejeitemeut of the great city wouid help him put his grief cut of j well there as anywhere, he said gloomily. He folt reckless.. lie had hoped so much, looked forward so long to this hour, and been so teiribly disappoiated. Do not mistake Eaile Colfax. He is my hero, ytt not a faultless one. Dy no means'. He was like most men. He had done'. some ihinjs he was ashamed of, ho had not always stood like a rock against templatioo. lie had yielded more than once. Ha would have sunk to despair, but the remembrance of his mother always kept hioi from being vile. Beside, there va; too much native nobility in his char acter tc make low sins a temptation to him. Jle kuew just how grieved her blue eves ouu i00ti atl(i ,ow her sweet lips ' , , . . , , , , svould quiver, u she knew he strayed ' ' ' from right. .The memory kept him. The world has many and subtle temp tations. The army more. We wonder, sometimes, that so many have escaped with only a scorching. Surely, the merciful eye cf God has been upon them, and his restraiuiug hand has kept them back. ' Karlc was twenty-six, lithe and strong, h:tn 1-onv md bravo. In (h: h jUcrt vt the fight nrfmtia ha? seen him flinch. lie had enlisted not for bounty, or fame, or the hope of promotion, but because he felt that his country needed him ; becaue his mauhood scorned to remain at home in glorious safety, while other men per illed their lives in defence cf his liberties. In the loatliesome Southern prison he had been like a liht in the gloom ; cheerful, uusellish, always ready to di divide his nieaure allowance wilh a hung- rier comrade ; willing to Eing the dear j songs of home to the heartsick, and to stand by the dying aud listen to the last messages for the beloved oats so far away. Earle reached New Yoik the nest evening. The first acquaintance he met was Captain Clarke, his Ecnior officer. . The captain stood on the steps of a fash ionable ta'oon. "Ah ha, lieutenant! how do you flour ish ?" he said heartily, graspiu the baud of Colfax. "You look n!um, my man. Come in, and have something cxhilerattng. Colfax glanced in at the door. It look ed very inviting wiihiu. The brilliant pas-light, the crimson cushioned sofas, the click of the heavy cut glass ou the marble tables. He heard the g.-v laugh of a comrade ; aud at the sam; time the young man called out to him : "Hallo, Colfax ! Come ia, old fellow, and let's have a game of euchre. It's too infernal cold to stand star gazing in the streets to niuht. Come iu, aud we'll have a glass iu memory of old times, my boy when we drank slop water, and lived ou maggots." "Yes, come in, do," urged the captain, "Johnson, Stewart, aud lots ol the boys, ara here; aud, after re get tliawc:! cut, I'd take you rouud to see Bell Souic-rs, the hands, mt-st girl in New York, though she doesn't live in Fifth Aveuue. Come now." Colfax took a step forward, but some thing strangely, inexplicable held him bacK. Some subtle prescience of asitoet ucss that was near at hand, and which that one second step forward might lose lo hi m forever, kept him from yielding. "Excuse uie," he said. ! am iu no mood lo night." ".Mood ! pshaw;" laughed the eaptaiu. 'Why, Earlo Colfax, ils ihe rt time I ever heard you plead guilty to moods You must be a liiilo wrong here," tap ping his forehead. "A glass of gherry will make you all right." lie linked his arm iu that of Colfax and was drawing him along, whea suu denly tlie sharp cry of fire smote the air. Colfax tore himself free, and hurried down tlie street. The clatter of engines ijuided him. A grpat crowd had assem bled, and the night air was heavy with smoke. "What is burning!" he asked a by slander. ".Mrs. Anderson's mansion. Thefiucsf iu the street. They had a great ball there lu-uight. Beckon this is a new figure iu their aances." "Have all the inmates come out ?" "Yes, sir," said Mrs. Auderson herself, shivering iu her ball dress ; "we escaped in a body." Simultaneously a cry of horror leaped from the crowd. The face of a woman appeared at the upper window. A pale, ' calm face, framed in heavy bands of bronze gold hair, aud lit up a pair oi' yreat soft brown eyes. "Miss Van Kirk, Miss Van Kirk!" cried a score of voices. "0 God, she is lost . Earle Cofax dashed through the hands outstretched to keep him back, and van ished in the flames. "Teu thousand dollars to the man who saves her !" cried Ned Richmond, a young dandy milliouare, who rumor said was be trothed to the beautiful heiress. "I'd give it freely." "Why not go yourself, and save your money '(" sneered a fit email. "I might lose my life, my good fellow," returned the other, "and it's so dreadful hoi " The mad flames seethed and whirled around the set face of Earle Colfax as he J penatrated the interior of the burning ; building. Wilh lightning-like intuition) ir fLiuhcd across hiti Ulbc bo bud not yielded to the temptation of going with Captain Clarke. He had been saved to perform a sacred duty. lie foo-ht bio way up to that upper Voom where Miss Van Kiike stilt tfood tat the window. Perhaps she kuew he was coxing, lor she turned to meet him. The ' aoit-Urown eyes locked trusticgly into his, she asked the question ia a whisper "You will save me V "With God'e help, if you ill trust me She put her hands into his. After that ! .11 the power3 of the world could not have made him falter or shiiaV. He tore off his coat, and wrapped it round her, took her in his arms, aud began to retrace LI : steps way. A bioad gulf of fire hedged Lis ; But ou the other side the flour of 1 the hall stood, aud there was nothing lor j ;i hut to hazard tlie leap. A less Ue lcr-: liiitied mau could uot have made it, butt Colfax did ; the terrible heat scorching : cut his very breath, and burning to a crisp the browa hair that had becu his mother's pride. He reached the open air, and hill foi vrard on his face, and llr. Bichnioud look the half-fainting girl he had saved from lio rrelplcfio anna.- "My carriage is here," said young Rich mond, supporting her tenderly take you home at once." She raised herself, aud drew coldly away from him. "Where is the man that rescued me she askeiL ''Here," sail a dozen voices. "We will take eaic of him. Guess he'll live. He's only a common soliier." "Only a common soldier !" she said with a sarcastic tone. "6Vy the man ; that saved mc from death 1 What do I rare for his rank ? Bring mc a carriage iustantly, sir," addressing Richmond. I shall take him home with ma." j "My dear Helen," pleaded Richmond, j "don't be co absurd Only think ' a vu!- i gar soldier fellow, and people wil! talk so. ' She grew red with indignation. 'Silence ! No one has a right to ques tion n:y motives. But for him I should have been burnt to cinders ! Thank God, all the men are not cowards !" It was useless tc Ettcmpt to resist her, so they put the scLt!ess form of Earle Colfax into the carriage wilh Miss Vac Kiike, and she took him to the splendid mansion of her mother where she queened it so royally, 'Thp physician's opiuiou struck upon her like a death-knoll. Mr, Colfax might live, with good care ; but he considered the cise exceedingly doubtful. He had iuhtled the flames, and the doetor could, as yet, promise notliiug. Helen Van Kiike put away her en gagements with her faihiumill'j friends, and devoted herself to the care of the man to whom she owed so much. Shu grew pile wilh her long unceasirTg vigils, but she never faltered, aud in the ravings of his delirium she learned to know Earle Colfax better than he knew himsuii'. He had revealed to her all his weary heart yearning, all his temptations, and all his inboru nobility. The ceaseless attention, they said saved l l-c "nn to i.io. Miss Van Kirke's was the first face i tn,lt his conscious gaze met. She put her ' aud oyer his, and answered the question his eyes asked. "l'ou have been ill. You saved me And you arc at j from the fire, you know. niy home From that time he convalesced rapidly. Bat the housekeeper took Helen's place as nurse, and Earle only saw her bright presence once every morning, when she came to bring him Sowers fjovrers which lie received with apparent indifference, but which he held in his bosom and to his lips through all the hours that followed. Insensibly ho grew to feeling better again. Why he could scarcely have told. As .soon as he grew able to be dressed, he decided to go away. lie had received the offer of an appointment ia a govern ment office in New Oilcans, and some how he wanted to go away a !ong dis tancc. He felt as if he would like oceans to roll between him and New York. IIin preparations had been made secret ly. A carriage was at the door to take him away. He had written a brief note 0f thanks to Miss Van Kirke, and left it ;u the Jibrarv. TTe would not sen her ncain. She had gone to a luntinet, and would not proba bly return before noon. Ha descended the stairs, and met her at their foot Something in big face must have told Iter his intention. She jut her haod on his arm, and drew him into the parlor "Where are you going?" "To New Orleans," hia voico was cold, almost harsh. She grew pale, her hand shook in Lis. He bent towards her, and looked into her eyes. Her forehead sunk on his shoulder, the cry was wrung from her, "0 Karlc ! Earle ! Why must you !" Iu a moment he had forgotien every- thing but how he loved her. All his fiue scruples- about the disparity of rank !nd wealth faded into insignificance ; he had Lcr iu his aims, and was raining kisses on her lips. I love you ! I Uva you, U. Uclon ' he cried. "Aud for that love I am going away . " Y"ou will stay,' she said softly : ' Earle, you will stay now, because I love you," 'But you have deserted me lately, and there is Ned Bicbniond," ' I am a woman, wilh all a woiujb'i pride. And I feared I might betray mv secret. Aud, 0 Earle ! 1 feared too, 1 that you did not care for me. Ned Rich mond ? He is not even my fricud." "But, lU-en, I am poor and 1'iieudless. I have committed many siuf zt which t you wouk" blush. Can you lake me. knowing that '" "Yes, I will take you. I do not think I shall regtii it." And to day, looking into Helen Col - (ax's happy fa-e, it is very easy to believe tliat ihc ueyer iias r?Krcttcd. CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE FRIEND'S lilii'R.VNCE SOCIETY- ' We, the undersigned, do hereby adopt aud agree to obey the following Constitu i th-n and all by-Liwa that may be enacted in accordance wilh its provisions. This Association or Society shall be named the "Fiiend's Fire Insurance Society," and ils objeet shall be to extend relief to such of its members who have lost or may lose property by fire. The Office or Head quarters of this Society shall be iu the neighbyrhocd of McAliateryillc, Juniata county, State of Pennsylvania. Article 1. This Society shall have one President, who shall reside uear McAlisterville, of County aad State, aforesaid, and he shall have in bis pos session the books of the Society, aud shall receive, and record the names uf all persons who become members with the insurance value of the property of ca;h member or subscriber. In case any member lose property by Eis, it shull be tl.c Uaty of the Prcsideut to call two mem bers of the Society to assi-t hiai in levy ing a tax upon the insured vuluatiou of the property of the members of the So ciety sufficient to pay the unfortunate mxmLcr what may he duo him. l'ur this service the Fresideut and his assistants are to receive twenty cents per hour. Art. 2. This Society shall hnve a Gov- ernor in each and every township where mcmbeis of the Society ros: lo. It shall he the duty of the Governors to collet within their respective townships all taxes levied hy the President and bis assistants, and return the money to the President or 'to the member or members f ar v;hcsq relief ihe tax was raised and cilleete-J. If given to the member directly by the Governor, be (the Governor) shall re ceive a receipt from the member and send the name to the President of the Society. The Governors, when collecting, shall visit each an livery membes once and ask payment, aad if payment be re fused by any, the Governor shall report such delinquent :o the President who shall remove him, unless he pay all he may owe the Society, with interest. Gov ernors shall receive for this service five per cent of all the money they collect. They shall be chosen by the members of their respective townships. Art. 3. Each and every one becoming a member of this Society shall pay for each dwelling house including all other out buildings, the sura of ten cents, pro vided, such dwelling and out houses do not exeeed in value the sum of oce thou sand dollars. Iu all cases of insurance where the value ot buildings ezceed the ! sum of one thousand dollars, one per cent, per hundred shall be paid. All money thus received, the President snail retain for himself, in payment for his services. .'. am. -x. auj poiaou viuu buuscrioes hereto aad sutietcatly rcfai'c to iaaro rt. 4. Any person who subscribes at the above rates cannot thereafter be come a member, unless, lit pay double the original rates. Art. 5. Persons tvho desire to become members of this Society, but who cannot personally see the President, may address a clear statement, ic plain wilting, cf the value of his dwelling house, hia house hold furniture, the value of hia oat bunt ings, his barn and grain in barn, with rb insurance money according to the rtr specified in third article, to tfce Presidtot of the Society. Akt. 6. No member shall over estimate the value of the property he presents io the Society for insurance. Members who thus act and lose their property by fire, and against whom fellow merufeevs com. plain for over estimating their property, the Governor in whose district the case may he, shall with three or five of hi neighbors, appraise and make out a true, statement of the loss and present it to the President of the Society. In all ench. cases the owners of the rioperfy apprais ed shall pay the appraisement expenses. Aut. 7. If any member lose property by fire, he shall inform the Governor of the township in which he resides who shall make out a correct statement of the loss and scad it the president of the Society. Art. 8. If any member lose property by fire the Society t,aaH within ninety ! diys return to such member two-lids ; d 'he value of the property thus destroyed. Aur. 9. Members who sell their prop erty cannot transfer theit insurance claiir, to the individual to who.n they soli. U the member again purchase within the district and desires to remaiu a member, he must renew his membership. Art. 10. Tenants, members of the So ciety, who have their furniture insured, do not lose their membership by chaugo of residence, so long as they remain withiu the prescribed limits of the Society. Art. 11. The Fresideut shall have an extra book, to be paid for out cf the tax fund. This book he shall secure against los or damage, and if so to secure it ha be required to pay, he shall take the ne cessary sum also, from the tax fund. Ia it shall be istercd the names of tL,s members and the value of tho property received or insured, every three months. Art. 12 If alter disbursement to mem. hers who have Io;t property by fire, pny money remain in the hands of the Presi dent, he shall be held responsible for it. lie shall report once a year to such mem bers that the Sodety inay appoint to re ceive his report. Am. 13. Ths prevailing law in this Society shall be the Lntr cf Lioerfi, ex cepting cases wherein the President or Governor act dishonestly or fraudulently. For such ac!s the delinquents shall fcs brr,i;nt fo justicp hy the civil law, bv any of the Society. Aut. I f. No property nnder one roof ' valued ever thrcs thousand dollars can be receivca rT 1,10 ,'-,ictJ. i AET' i x A rpsr-tj parl.aily destroy- fire, ti e Governor within whoe jurisdiction the ea:-e comes, s'nll have three or five men to appraise the In;. Art. Vt. Persous living within the limits of a Boronj-li cannot Lccome mem bers ot the Society. Art. 17. The Society shall be conflr.e.l to the following limits : On the West, the Juniata River; on the North, the Shada Mouutain ; on the Eant, Middle Creek; thenee down the Susquehanna Rive.r to its junction with the Juniata Art. 18. At any time the President miy desire to resign, he Khali nommata two or three men whom he considers qual iie l for the position he vacates. Ilashil! also appoint a day for election. lie shu!l iustract each Governor to hold a meelia that the choice of the members may ba known and presented respectively by the Governors on day of election. Oa tha day of election the retiring President shall deliver to his successor the books of the Society and all money belougio" tj ;bc same. In case of dishonesty on the part of ihe President, the Governors shall remove him and elect another, having beer, instructed to do no by the Society. Art. 10 The laws of this Society shall become effective as soon as fonr hundred persons have subscribed to them. Art. 20. These laws shall 6Ut ba amended unless the amendments bo writ ten and signed by three fourths of tha un-muii-o w . x resi'lenc I stall record tha naicBdmcnLa in thebooka members of the Society. The I 'resident