Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1867-07-24

gca Il il estimated that the Philadcl-
phia camp NEE ing will be the most eX-
tensive one ever held III America by the
Methodist fraternity.
n-s 4 diab0lical attempt was recently
made TO blow up foundry and machine
shop at Shamokin by fastening down the
safcty-vaive with brick.
Commencement ut LGfdyette CoHege-
The graduating class viii speak on Vel
ncsday, July 3lst; and the Grafton before
. The Literary Societies, will be delivered
/ on Tuesday. the 3Jth, by Hon. J. MOrri-
son Harris, Of Baltimore.
a@a. \ Western despatch announces
perhaps the worst atrociry Of the Indian
/ war-thc murder OF Bishop Lamay, ten
/ priests, and six Sisters Of Charity, near
I Fort Larncd, on the Santa Fe route, only
eight days ago.
Geg- \ democratic member of Congress
from Pennsylvania, at the close OF the
session last week. got up to make a speech,
and after blubbering ont a few sentences
that the republicans dared not Impeach
johnson, fell back in his seat 30 drunk
that he could not get up again.
gay~ The recent message Of the PreSi-
dent intimating that the debts Of the
/ Southern States would have to be assumed
by the United States, called forth some
severe senunc;ations, and hardly found
friend even among his most plant tools
in Congress. Such miserable shifts show
to what straits Johnson Is reduced in boil
stering up his apostacy.
E= Over-cxertiOn, either OF body or
mind. produces debility and disease. The
usual remedy is to take some stimulant.
the effect Of which il the same IL giving
a tired horse the whip instead OF OATS
The true way Is TO fortify the system with
: up, IA prOtOXide Of iron, which gives
, strength and vigor TO the whole system
fsy= The IidiOute Journal tells story
of a dying man at whose request dance
was held the night previous 10 his de-
: cease, in the building which he occupied,
! for the purpose Of raising funds to pay for
I decent funeral" The receipts were
iifty-siX dollars. Glory 10 God.n said
the dying man "noW I'll have a decent
{ buryng, and the children can ride i'll u
q hack
O. GzT" The President on Saturday sent to
the Senate the nomination of Horace
J Greely as Minister To Austria. II was
i taken up and would have been confirmed
: had not Il single objection, made by Mr..
o Upton Of Nebraska, carried it over un-
der the rule until the next day of the 50 =
; sion. Mr.. Tipton said he would consent
! to confirm no man VINO would 90 bail for
= JEFF Davis. No objection came from any
: other quarter.
E@957 Advices Just received by mail ena-
ble US to announce positively that the
: only gOLd 0tedUt for American sewing
2 machines was awarded To Elias Howe, jr.,
, as the manufacturer of the best sewing
machine that was exhibited. There were
> eighty-twO different machines in cOmpe-
} tition for the prize, and Mr.. Howe receiy-
ed the additional award of the Cross of
+ the Legion Of Honor, rs manufacturer
and inventor. The Wheeler d Wilson
medal was for "Buttonhole Machine, "
and not for the Sewing Machine.
BeaThe last witness called by the Judi
ciary Committee was General Grant. He
was called on Friday, in connection with
Col. Hillyer, at the instance OF the Dem
ocratiC members Of the committee, who
expected TO prove an endorsement Of the
Presidents policy from General Grant.
: He was before the committee again on
: Saturday, and it is understood that he
d took occasion to express himself as hearth
: ly and uDequivocally in sympathy with
Z the measures enacted by Congress for the
y restoration of the South. The details oI
y the evidence are not known, of course
7 but the Republicans are in good humol
and the Democrats are chopfallen over it,
= The Democrats, it IS understood, expect
Q ed to prove General Grants endorsement
" btIS ! I2i4SHt : pOItNg III a NyiiN el sd
7 ton with Col. HiIlyer before the Presi.
dent, in the summer Of 1866
= Dea1 The defence in the Surratt case
: closed their evidence on Saturday, having
= occupied two weeks in presenting it. They
expect 10 produce one more witness from
Canada, who has not yet arrived. The
e last witness sworn by them, one DIR. Bis
,r sell, man with no particular abiding
e place, proves to be the chief pillar of the
5 alibi theory, as he swears positively that
r he saw Surratt at the Brainerd House III
3 Elmira on Friday, the l4th of i pril, 1865
l. He swears positively how Surratt looked
e. at the time. But on his crOss-cxamina-
e ton he was unable to tell how the Brain.
s. erd House looked, or anything about it,
re The prosecution have some strong cvi.
J. dence TO produce bearing on this point
/ and it is probable that the greater part ot
thia runnk Egil he nccunind in .ri Ii, or -: