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Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-06-27
Phi4 tse'vzs1ohsa Markets,

The unly sales OF flour reported wcr.
mostly IN small lots for the supply of the
ho3i7" c~}%Suraer% at IS 25tg r bbI for sn-
reriine; SHa20 for extras; >IIaI2 u for
northwest extra family; Sl2aI3 20 for
benua and Ohio do, do, and oI4al7 for
."n@N brands, aCror,iinE 10 quality. Ryr
41H. = qJi;ct> with sales 81 lUt bbl> Penn
ai - -. tn CtEn Meal nothing dojnr
ant prices agC nomiltai,
Ihc " heat market Is devoid of vitality,
ANA ln tie ;,dSoHcc of sales. we quote com
in"n and choice Pcun'a red at = 4O,3 ~.
"ii!te ranges iTo+s4 S3 25a3 81. 800 bush
els Penn. Rye sold al II 33aI 81, and l.
90 bushels " cstern on private tcrn..-
t"fn-EcIIoW 81 %. OatS-Pcnn. zoe:
Southern 79c, and Western 65c.
Tbs Prospect Of the Crops.
Ihc monthly report of the Dcpartmrnt
OF Agriculture says: The returns of five
Thousand correspondents in all parts of
uie country having been received from
the lst 10 the 10Th of June, show that the
apprehension Of scarcity of crops which
hlGht threaten compulsory economy of
S".tSVAipjic'l, or warrant extraordinary
prices, are groundlesS. From a careful
aIiliISlN ot the statistical returns. with
que regard to the usual average product
ana present losses of each State the pro,-
pect on the first OF June was for seven
tGhths OF crop, With favorable weather
ana me absence Of casualties before har-
Nrstng, the indications point 10 three
''"''li9 oi an average total yield Of wheat.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-06-27

AUGUSTUS NJ. TROXELL, of Lewiston.
a firm and undertaking Union man ~" Wv. u,
commended TO the Union party of EIiSii% - A.
county, rs q suitable candidate for b''i tba1,
flee of Associate Judge. 0'
MANY CITIZEN,
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-06-27
DEMOCRACY AS IT Is

. pttOIS ia IllS glory, VIII tttl tIltt tL1S
have lost father, and she tears of Me
Clellan and Lee, Grant and -Johrstnn,
Mead and Longstreet, viii mingte to3geets-
er, III holy baptism, over his grave
In Snyder county, the organ of democ-
racv is the Selinsgrove Times, q secession
nanor during the war n we'll as now,
which took especial delight it, stigmatiz-
..;no the soldiers rs every thing mean and
craven.
In Bedford county, the Gazette openly
advocates the deserters' cause, and in its
issue Of June -, after danning Curtin 10
4" eternal inlamy' for signing the bill,
thus crashes its teeth:
" But the infamous enactment Just
signed by The Governor, will be a dead
letter GDou the statute-bOok. Not Il sin
ole man viii be deprived Of his rights IN
fernal a. is its conception and dcvilish a.
IS IL purpose, We want tltc scounGFcls
who c0ncocted this scheme for making
understand. thai the friends oi the " White
Mans Liberty tHfeud 70 ptoythc Eslst c.lrd
IN this game. They hold the winning
hand and DO not mean to be cuchred.-
- Di-frauciise deserterS - Pahi Wen
show you trick worth two OF that be-
lore you gel through Win your coWar1ly
,.I,;i NJ - .5 u 2i LSF7 uPoI
Is now before the supreme Court Of the
state. Itthere are three honest men upon
,ill LlLC..' 'lL"e men VINO nave not bar
,,nn who no, arennf nIs cavs ,,,i -, -, ~. .-l,
the Act Of Congress aforesaid viii be Gecf-
ded unconstitutional. But if Il majority
OF the court should be foolish, ttmid, or
nLayI9n enou%ii 20 aef'atc tbaJ Act OF
every man WHO is charged .vith bciGg ,
descrtcr," possess your soul in patience:
HoJ mar .j, ot your mead shall be hurt You
'yIt 80 sl'L ~ - ii.;I t.G - 80. IhliE
maGhfnatf6ns Of the DrTiI LfmsoIf Stand
under the broad ;egi~ Of the Constitution.
citizen and " lGgui rDter. Fear not The
time is 10 longer when the howliu" der
wishes and roaring bulls of Rashar Of the
Abolition Dtsuuiou party. can influence
with their bawli1g and braying. the DOW
crS that be. BE fi'T1, trust in The Lord
and keep your powder dry
We don't know what de=crrcr- i.,urt,.
;,,,,,,.,,. o,,,J
: >'''' - "'"I'' want WIN
P""oeF' ana even II theE Keep Ii dry,
who 5 afraid Of htcHl? But seriously. what
90 soldiers thlhA OF The company theyare
.n' 30 "l3 e"n7,,ier aererters, bounty
jumpers ahdNNedaddters t@'heIuals, HCjr
friends, their associates ? The Bedford
Gazette, one OF the leading organs Of pat
eht CIEmcf democracy IN this state, gives
them just as much credit for deserving as
il docs faithful soldiers for caduring the
trials, har0~hIls and dangers Of military
life.
In Huntingdon county. lhc Monitor,
in is last issue, while disclaiming sym
pathy for rebels, iutimatc5 ,hat the couu-
try Is ruined unless these rebels are again
allowed to rule Hear il:
THAI ill"9irimaie offspring of Blar,.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-06-27

Union have the right to separate from it,
each acting for itself"
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-06-27
FOR GOVERNOR.
MAJ. Gb}. JNO. II. GBARI


La 10 Paper viii be issued from this
Office next week
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-06-27


pa, The. Richmond Wing comes cat
III long editorial in opposition to oni-
grafton from the Northern States aulthe
Introduction of Northern capital.
Es@" a robber entered boarding house
III DsEton, Ohio, the other night. and
stole among the other things the pants Of
q man from under his pillow, whilst he
was asleep ami his head resting upon his
pillow.
EaIs \ German girl 1t Nj. Palestine
Iowa, was taken from her house. q few
nights ago, by four men, whose faces were
blacNcned, stripped Of all her clothing,
and tarred and ieathered Ihe act i he
ivNct TO have been in~ti-at,3 hv hcv
adopted mother, out Of sheer ~pitn
B=sE@ y man and wife recently rented q
new house III TitusviIlc, who have a sin
guIar superstition that whoever first gr-
cupIes new dwelling for the period oftwo
hours VIII meet with Il shocking and UNI
timely death. 70 relieve themselves Of
TINS fatality, they decoycd tv o little Girls.
residing near, into the house. and locked
them up for several hours. \ few DAYS
after, one Of the girls was drowned in
mill race, and her parents who also be
HcNe IN the same fatality charged the
parties with her murder
Ia Miss AarS &. FIalpinc, OF Nashua.
New Hampshire, a contributor to several
literary works, bad s,R adventure with a
burglar few evenings since. Only her
self and mother were in the house and it
was raining in torrents She watched the
operations Of The burglar while he remoy-
ed 4 pane Of glass and Introduced his hand
to raise the window; and then. thinking
that hcaitair had been carried fa. enough
She discharged rcvoIvcrtwicc, dropping
him to the ground. y policeman has
tened TO the spot, bat the burglar had es-
capped, leaving a pool Of blood under ,hc
Window
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The Author has had letters Of introduction from
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N"r j. Known by these men Of the suterDgs OF inc
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1866-01-26
VOLUME 80, NO. III.

IoN CoEwIS AND rHE REPORTER. A
correspondent Of The Providence Journal
tells the following Of the late Ton COr-in.
lie writes:
One evening in the month Of June. 1856.
be called AZ ny desk. aad said 70 me. Il
am gong to speak tonight. and shall be
mueh obliged 10 you II you win look out
Tor me. As had been at my post some
ten or twelve hours withouf relief. I repIied
that ! could not think Of IL. Not think
Of q. he rejoined. " WV. have yoa no,
teased me- 10 death to speaks and now -hen
want you TO report me you will not do il.
] shall not occupy the aoor over thirty min
uies nov you must oblge me. I'm some
What prepared; but a. I don't know 5ut I
shall set oH the track. want you to report
ne
l hnslly agreed 20 take him. provided Be
spoke thirty minutes only. lie obtained
the hoor. The house Wa verv fun. caller
rs crowded. lie had not SPOKEN ten min
utes before members on all sides began to
crowd around him. IN tweufy minutes he
"a' literally surrounded By a mob Of mcm-
ocrs, Who had left their seats 20 listen /
soon saw that his notes were discarded. ard
Did my best 70 % get him correctly. Such
an outburss Of legitimate eioqucnoo had
never before listened 20. lie va f-equcnt-
ly interrupted by bursts Of the most r4ptur-
our applause from the House and galleries.
Having a. lsst concluded. he ran around
TO me With the inquiry. . Have you got
me- . q" les; bat you promised 20 speak
thiity minutes oniy.~ Well. have over
ieaPed my engsgcnisntss~ .. Yes. indeed
you have " How long have 1 been speak
ing Two hours and hfty minutes. ex-
Actly.~
II he had spoken a week he would have
found a ~iliing and admiring audience 10
listen 20 him.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1866-01-26

a SrEAN CAE UPOS lex The Master
Mechanic of the Peninsula Railroad Of yVl,-
eonsin has in process of construction an zee
car. which : expected % afford unusual "a
ciiify for travel aloaa a.. frasaa .s.a-- =.
that region. An exchange gives the follo~-
ing description Of the vehicle:
d" Il will be- bsilt like a common passcn-
ger car piio' house will De put Al the for
war; end of che car. and immediately back
Of that -il be tao engines 6xI2 Back ef
these VII be q i0-lect boiler. 62 fses. and
m the r~ar Of thIt viii be tie passenger
apartment. There vii be four bob sleichs
on Which the car Wiil rest-tuo AZ each end
with H. feet space between the forward
and rear bobs. ia the centre Of the car
vii be a wheel. something similar 10 a coz
Wheel which viii cut The see and tLus propel
the machine. a wheel EiI 5o in abe rear
% steer if by some means We did not learn.
They seem 60 be sAnguine that they can
snake the thing work. II vii req~ire the
ioe, Ne should presume. TO be quite smooth
ard even. 90 run this car. and although We
hope thcy may make ia work. yet We think
Nc won't take passage On the 6r,t trip
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1866-01-26

a minister onco prsyed in TIE pslpit
% ihat thc Lord soud bless tho oon9-egs-
ton assembled and that portion q ubieb
~as on the Eay - church. and ihose uho
Eero a. bone getting ready 10 come. and
ihai. in BIS infinite paiience. h. you'd graut
the bened.ctioa 90 lboso wbo reacbed tks
housc of Cod Iust On ti.ne for hat TIE
clergyman s1cceodci IN breatiag sp bsl
habit. whieh bal resisted ell icgitin.sts ap-
peals.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1866-01-26

l. u. $ Tbey ten ths a story Of
Bishop Soutbgate which j. too good 20 BE-
iost. lie. a. 40 -ho knov him know. nag
niios Bis Office ard makes much of his tai-
ents. Some chuus of his vho kae~ him IN
h's oarhcr isI.. made visit % Biz church
o. iook on che dignity that ihey used b.
chase over bile and beip over iaii places IN
BIS lessons. Tee visitors we're plain coun-
iry persons from aray down cast. anil never
kucs much ol fashionable churches. or tie
symbols that are placed on altar cloths snd
caanceis- On entering the church "a. y ssv
the vel. kuosn initials. d. a. =. in con
spicious place. in large and elegant gold
letters. One said o. fhe other. o. there.
ilst iook a. that. Just iike hiu. Get his
name uP. i, Horaiio Soathgate.-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1866-01-26

The Boston Comacrrial Bailetin IN de-
thiiins some conversafion which took place
m the Exchange in that city abe other day,
gives tbs among others:
" By the way said one speaker. " have
you beard The way deacon = brought up an
Oh bankrupi nov fun Of money! lie cali
ed upon the deacon and asked hira hou be
should invest large sum q money. for be
hal great faith IN tho deacon's Judgment
Invest it. replied the deacon somewhat
hesitaiinely Il" invest II my friend. yes. yes.
III tel you how.7 looking han siraight in
The eye. " invest r.. ny dear friend. by paw
iag your Old deb,.,' The man Of monev
made no reply. bat vanshod.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1866-01-26

Gsa ioag poiai-ii Efs that kno~s 10
tsrniag.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-04-12
incidents and Accidents.

Another attempt was made by rebel in
cendiaries on the 9th to burn down Mrs.
Jane G. Swisshelm's newspaper Office the
Reconstructlonist
The snow-plow on the Passumpsic (yt)
Railroad threw drunken man out of snow
drift few days ago, and thereby saved him
from freezing 10 death.
The freshet of Monday ., did considerable
damage TO the track Of the Milwaukee and
ST. Paul railway The Rock river bridge
was swept away entirely.
A load of hay, on wagon recently pass
ing through street in Rochester, was set
on fire by the friction Of an iron guard on a
wheel. The horses and wagon were saved
Several fires occurred in New York on the
9th, the most destructive being on Fulton
and Barclay streets. TheClaremont House
and several stores were burned. The total
loss is estimated at S800,000.
On the 9Th, young girl II years old,
daughter Of James Redmond, rushed ont of
her home in Chicago with her garments all
in a blaze, and was burned SO terrible that
she died soon after.
Two heavy boilers in the bar department
of the Pomeroy iron works at Pomeroy,
Ohio, exploded on the 9Th, killing one man
and a boy and wounding eight or ten others.
Damage done to the works abont $4,000.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-04-12
Financial EteHms.

The Redemption Bureau of the Treasury
Department has detected 500 counterfeit
greenback.
b. IL. Badger q broker of Chicago, has
failed for $4,000. His operations on the
day of his assignment were such as to cause
his arrest.
1t is now admitted that the resolution
guaranteeing the Mexican loan will pass the
House of Representatives. The opponents
of the measure concede that much.
A bank panic prevails at Rochester. A.
Karnes, private banker of that city, who
was net doing large business in deposits,
suspended on the 9th for want of currency
The Albany KnScker5ocksr learns from
good authority that the American Express
Company has declared a cash dividend of
fifty per cent, and stock dividend of
eighty per cent.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has decided that all persons who are re-
CURED to take out licenses unaer the in
ternal revenue laws must give new bonds
before receiving licenses for the ensuing
year.
The enormous profits Of the National Bank
Note Company, of New York, have come
out in recent law suit. During five
months in 1863 it paid dividends from it's
accumulated surplus earnings amounting
to 80 per cent. The $50 shares of the
company are now worth S735.
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue.
under the direction of the Secretary Of the
Treasury. in the assessment of the annual
income tax, will not require of farmers the
return Of the value of their farm products
consumed by themselves and their families.
The instructions to the Assessors will ex-
pressly authorize this relief
In the debate in the House on Thursday
in relation to yiguettes on the currency,
one member sent to the Clerks desk a new
table of values which read thus: .sTwo
Clarks make one Washington; two Wash
ingtons and one Clark make one Fessendep.
two Fessendens make one Spinner; two
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-04-12

spinners make one Chase; five Chases make
one Madison" etc.
Ragged and mutilated currency is re-
deemed at the United States Treasury IN
sums of three dollars or over. When you
get three dollars worth ON hand, put it in
small packages, pin paper band around
with your name, post Office address and the
amount; then put it in an envelope and ad-
dress it to the Treasury of the United
States, Washington, D. c." 1t goes and
returns free of postage.
The report of the Revenue Commission on
the subject of excessive importations is pu-
bished. II gives statistics showing that
five times as many packages Of goods were
imported into New York in the first six
weeks of 1866 as in the same period of
1865. The imports of January and Febru
airy were over $32, 500, 600 To prevent q
panic the Commission recommend the pas
sage by Congress of resolution increasing
the duties on imports SO per cent. for ninety
days, with the single exception of printing
paper, unsized, used for books and news
papers exclusively.
The Titusville pa Herald says the Pc
troleum Bank of Titusville, which was
closed Immediately on the suspension, of
Culver, Penn & Co., heretofore announced,
was not National Bank, although a sign
was out to that effect The Crawford Co.
Bank, at Meadville, had never complied
with the act by depositing bonds and had
issued no National Bank notes. The same
is true of the Oil City Bank, Venango Co
Bank, and Lawrence Co. Bank. Notes of
all these banks were sold on Wednesday in
Titusville at from Is cents to so cents on
the dollar.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-04-12
Southern NeWs.

The Nev Orleans True Delta newspaper
has failed.
The Government is about to commence the
rebuilding of Fort Sumter.
New Orleans is full of visitors, and its
population is said to be 10000 greater than
befor the war.
The crops in Texas are said to be advanc-
ing, and immense shipments of cattle con-
tinue to be made.
Gen J. C. Vaughn, of Florida, is now
supporting his family by manual labor,
having lost all his property in the war.
Chowan county, N. c., is said to be per-
feet Rhineland for wine One gentleman
makes $4,000 year from 100 acres under
grape culture.
The negroes tried at Wilmington for the
murder of Thomas S. Pickett have been ac-
Quilted by the court martial. One of them
proved twoahbis at the same instant of time.
The Freedmens Bureau has received a
highly satisfactory report from Gen. Strong,
it's Commissioner in Georgia. He repre-
sents the negroes as faithfully fulfilling
their labor contracts, that harmony and
mutual good feeling exist between en-
ployees and planters, and that there is a
great demand for labor, especially on rice
'and cotton plantations, at dollar day
and board.
The rebel General Forrest killed one of
| L., - N foxu 1ov VIC
ago, the negro having assaulted him with q
knife, infiicting a wound on the hand The
affair occurred on Forests plantation, in
Sunfower county, Miss, and is reported to
have grown out of Forests demonstrating
with the negro for abusing his sick wife.
| A writer from the Cold Harbor battle
/ field near Richmond, where $4,000 Of our
brave men fell, says the Government is doing
a noble work in carefully gathering these
bodies, and depositing them in the beautiful
cemetery laid out near the battle field, with
every grave marked with all the information
that can be obtained, to enable. friends to
/ identify their lost ones. About six hundred
have already been exhumed and rein TERED
waiting the claims of 1relatives and friends.
New Orleans advices report that the upper
Red river is booming. The spring is for
ward More land will be ploughed and
planted this spring than ever before. The
freedmen are working well. At Shreveport
the plantation prospects are excellent
Alexandria City is being rebuilt, and the
plantation prospects promise well. The
Ouachita river is booming, and the country
flooded. Large crops have been planted.
There are fears of more extensive over
flow. In Northern Louisiana the crops will
be equal to those of any past year. At Ba-
ton Rouge the river is rising, and an extern
sive overflow is feared.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-04-12
E9n,ificnl IFnfteE.s.

The plan to liberate jeff, Davis by q writ
of ha5eas corpus, has been abandoned by his
friends.
Dubuque, Iowa, goes Democratic as usual,
though by reduced majority. Gain one
Alderman.
The Iowa Legislature adjourned on the
Sd. The registry and railroad-taritf bills
went over.
In Dayton, Ohio, the Union city ticket is
elected b. 500 majority, except the Mayor,
who is Democrat.
The bin fixing the time of manual labor
at eight hours a day, has passed both
brar ihes of the Ohio State Legislature, and
is now law
In Rhode Island, April 1, Gen. Burnside,
Union, was elected Governor, receiving
7,749 votes, against >, 456 for Lyman Pierce,
Democrat
The Republicans have carried the Con-
necticut election, choosing Hawley for Gov
ernOr by 500 majority, and have "A of the
q Senators.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-04-12

termination of the American people that no
State, OF its own will, has the right to go
out Of, or separate itself, or be separated
from, the American Union, and that there
fore each State ought to remain and con-
stitute an integral part Of the United States
and
WHEREAS, The people of the several be-
fore mentioned States have, in the manner
aforesaid, given satisfactory evidence that
they acquiesce in this sovereign and impor-
tant restoration Of the national unity; and
WHEREAS, 1t is believed to be the funda-
mental principle of the Government that
the people who have revolted, and have
been overcome and subdued must so be
dealt with as to induce them voluntarily to
become friends, or else they must be held
by absolute military power, or else SO de-
vastated as to forever prevent them from do
ing harm as enemies, which last named
policy is abhorrent to humanity and free
dom; and
WHEREAS, The Constitution of the United
States provides for the constitutional COM
munities only as States, and not as Terri
tories, dependencies, or protectorates and
WHEREAS, Their consent must necessarily,
and by the Constitution of the United States
is placed On like footing as to rights,
immunities, dignity, and power with the
several powers with which they are govern
ed, and which political policy is the princi-
pie of right and justice, we'll calculated te
induce the people Of the said States to be-
come more and more constant in their re-
newed allegiance; and
WHEREAS Standing armies, military oc
cupation, military law, military tribunals
and the suspension Of the writ of habea
corpus are, in times Of peace, dangerous tt
public liberty, and incompatible with the
Individual rights of persons, and contrary
to the genius Of our free institutions ant
exhaustive Of the national resources, an(
ought not therefore to be sanctioned or al
lowed, except in cases of actual necessit,
for repelling an invasion, or for the sup
preston Of treason; and
WHEREAS, The Government of the Unitet
States, from the beginning of the insurrec
ton to its suppression, has been carried OF
in conformity. with the principles herein Sc
forth and enumerated; Therefore,
IANDREW JOHNSON, President Of tn
United States, do hereby PROCLAIM AM
| DECLARE that the instruction which ha
heretofore existed in the States of Georgia
South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia
Tennessee, Ala bama, Louisiana, Arkansas
Mississippi and Florida IS AT AN END, AM
HENCEFORTH TO BE so REGARDED.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunt
set my hand and caused the seal of tn
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, thi
second day of April, in the year of our Lore
1866, and of the Independence of the Uni
ted States of America the ninetieth.
(Signed) ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
W. Ell. SEWARD, Secretary of State.