Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-05-02
New Series---Vol. XIV, No. 26'
MARYLAND AND THE TROOPS FOR
THE CAPITAL.
Letter from Secretary Seward.

The following letter was addressed, on
the 22i to Governor Hicks. Of Mary land
by The Secretary Of State:
DEPARragSr or STATE, April 30. 1861
lis Ercejieacy Th0maa r. HjctS, Gorey7,o,
?i' -n0yiand
SIR; / have had the honor to receive youy
communication If this morning. in which you
informed me that yen have felt it to be your
duty to advise the President of the United
States to order elsewhere the troops of An
napolis, aud also that no more be sent through
Maryland: and that you have further sugges-
ted that Lord Lyons be requested to act as
mediator between the contenGing parties in
cur country to prevent the effuSion ui blood.
The President directs me to acknowledges
the receipt of that communication. and to
assure you he has weic he'd the counseis which
It contains with the respect which he habitu-
ally cheriShos for the Chief Magistrates of
the several States, and especially for your
self. lie regrets, as deeply as any magis-
tr&te or citizen Of the country can. that dem
ouStrations against the United States, with
very extensive preparations for the effusiou of
blood, have made t his duty to call ont the
force to which yoa alludc.
The force now sought to be brought through
Maryland is intended for nothing but the de
fence OF this capital. The President has ne
cessGrily confided the choice of the national
highway which that force shall take in com
ing to this city to the Lieutenant General
commanding the army Of the United States,
who, like his only predecessor, is not less dis
tinguished for his humanity than for his 10y,
atty, patriotism, and distinguished public
service.
Tic President instructs me to add that the
national highway thus selected by the Lieu
tenant General has been chosen by him. up
on consultation with prominent magistrates
and citizens of Maryland, as the one which,
while route Is absolutely necessary, is fur
thor removed from the populous cities of the
State, and with the expectation that it would
therefore be the least Objectionable one.
The President cannot but remember that
th re has been a time in the history of our
country when a General of the American Tn
ION, with forces designed for the defence OF
its capital, was not unwelcome anywhere 10
the State Of Maryland, and certainly not at
Annapolis, then, as now, the capital Of that
patriotic State and then, also, one ofthe cap
itals of the Union.
If eighty years could have obliterated all
the other noble sentiments Of that age in
Maryland, the President would be hopeful,
nevertheless, that there is one that would
forever remain there and everywhere That
sentiment is that no domestic contention
whatever, that may arise among the parties
of this Republic, oaGht IN any case to be re
ferred to any foreign arbitrament, least of all
to the arbitrament Of an European monar
chv.
have the honor TO be, with distinguished
consideration, your Excellency's most obedi,
ent servant, WIN. II. SEWARD.
Neur0Lgio-Some time since we pub
lishc3, at the request of a friend, q recipe
to cure neuralgia. Half drahm of sal
ammonia in an ounce of camphor water,
to be taken a teaspoonful at dose, and the
dose repeated several times, at intervals Of
five minutes, if the pain be not relieved at
once Half dozen different persons have
Nsince tried the receipt, and in every case
an immediate cure was effected. In one,
the sufferer, lady, had been subjected to
acute pains for more than week, and her
physician was unable to alleviate her sul-
fcrings, when the solution Of sal ammonia in
camphor water relieved her in few min
utes -Aha CoIJ0rnia.