Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1867-06-19

18th. Mr.. McDivltt 1t will be seen gives |
an unequivOcal denial to the reception of
any such note, or anything similar to it,
and thus places the misnamed Monitor
and its witnesses in about the same situa-
ton the rebel iron clad was previous to
being blown up:
JOURNAL IL AMERICAN OFFICE, !
June 3, 1867. !
J. S. CoRNMAN, Esq.
Dear Sir: In your issue of May 1st
you publish the following note which You
allege was left in this place by Mr.. Nor
rell:
OK TRAIN. April q, 1867.
Make the best arrangement you can with Miller,
Wallace or Africa, any one you name viii Ee con
fru.ei. pANL j. MORRILL,
In last weeks issue YOU re-publish the
same. changing the date to the 18th, and
alleging that it was directed to me. y
sense of duty. alike to yourself and Mr..
Morrc!i tmpels me to inform you that no
such note was every received 10y me, nor
ANYTHING similar to it, either in language
or purport, aud that its publication is an
act of uncalled for injustice which de
mands retraction. l shall, if called upon,
he compelled to testify to the above state
ment, but trust that an early correction
OF the error, on your part, may prevent
so disagrccable Il necessity.
Respectfully Yours
r. MCDIyITT.
The Journal also fires Off a siXty-four
pounder into the ribs of the concern that
has been vainly cndeavoring to implicate
Mr.. Morrell in work appertaining to pat
ent democracy. That paper, alluding to
one of the principals Of the Monitor estab-
Iishment, makes the following charges:
"You could not have considered our
touch 81 very polluting when you sought,
not long since. TO effect that little arrange
mcnt' hy which a certain man in this
town was to be OuSted from the position
of Revenue Assessor and your own honest
self appointed. Do you not remember
how confidently YOU assured US that YOU
had the thing all right, and that it only
required the endorsement of the JOURNAL
AND AMERICAN to secure your arrange
ucnt" Your argument, too, was u very
fOrCible one, appealing TO our cupidity,
our sense of wrong and injury, and in fact
to all of the old Adam within us. You
remember how you represented to US that
'WeWere underuO obligations to thepresent
incumbent; that he had injured us, and
was no friend of ours-a fact which, how
ever incXplicable, we were compelled to
that YOU would do the fair
thing if we would only consent to have
him removed and yourself appoint We
could not but admire your logic and admit
the force Of your argument, but could not
quitesec the honesty of your intentions nor
consent to lower the dignity of our man
hood by an alliance with SO despicabl. a
character as yourselfp
This is rather turning the tables and
proves the old adage anew that those
who live in glass houses ought not to
throw stones.
The Democrat says if Johnson err5 it
is through Christian charity and kind
heartedness. That paper thought other
wise when he was inaugurated
Several Maryland rebels have brought
suit against Union men for destroying
their property during the war. Treason
is to be made odious we suppose by pun
ishing Union men.
The Democrat thinks the republicans
would hang everybody who differed with
them, if they had chance. They hdd
the chance, and yet the three editors Of
the Democrat are still living.
JEFF Davis has been dabbling in Canadi-
an politics already. In 4 speech made
the other day he expresses his hope that
the British flag may always wave along
the lakes OF our country, and that Cana
IN may forever remain a part OF the
British empire.
The Democrats statement that the boy
who bid on Johnson's portrait in deriSion,
under the impression that it was the mar
tyred Lincoln, is not correct. The boy
was republican, and it was afterwards
taken by one of the faithful's sons, who
no doubt thought it was horse
\ daring and successful robbery was
perpetrated in New York on Tuesday
morning, by which the fur warehouse of
Oppenheim & Co. lost $4,000 worth of
otter skins. The skins were in five large
hogsheads, and how they could be carted
away without being seen 10y the two po-
Iicemen on the beat and the private watch
man is a mystery. One thousand dollars
reward has been offered for the recovery
Of the goods, or proportionate amount Of
them.
A Democratic journal in Indiana, the
Evansville Daily Sentinel on the Border,
advocates the nomination of Robert T.
Lee as the Democratic candidate for Pres
ident in 1868. The editor contends that
. Lee is the first choice of a grand army
Of Democrats in the North, who are not
afraid to urge his claim before the coun-
try for that position for which God espe-
cially endowed him. The timid men of
the party may tremble when his name is
spoken, but the brave applaud"
The democratic press tries hard to make
it appear that a money crisis is approach
ing. We think differently. Many spec
ulators in goods and articles which are
entirely too high and must come down,
will break as they ought to; others who
are living beyond their means will fail;
but as general thing we believe there is
less Indebtedness among the masses than
ever. Heavy debts ought to be avoided
in all cases nowadays, unless the road to
repay them is clear as human foresight
can make it.
At the February term of the Circuit
Court of Lexington, Kentucky, a young
man DarOod Royt-Iip ,,,og trioI 90, 90, :;