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Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1867-05-08
nea The Phfladelnhia Exnress train

eeA- The Philadelphia Express train
east ran into a landslide on Tuesday of
last week, near Wilmore station, Cam
bria county, throwing one engine into the
Conemaugh and the other into ditch.
Sam'l. Mcknight and Thomas O'Rourke,
engineers, escaped without much injury,
but Mr. Gilman, express messenger, sus-
tanned a fracture of the left leg, and Thos.
McGregor of Philadelphia was badly
bruised. The passengers escaped without
any injury of note.
b. The newspapers south, which for
merly hardly noticed a republican speech
except to misrepresent it, have latterly
been compelled to adopt the northern
style and report whatever is transpiring.
The consequence is that Wilson, Gibbons,
and others who are now addressing vast
audiences where republican speeches were
never heard before, are reported in all the
Richmond papers, and Southern men
thus see and read what is said for as well
as against Congress aud its measures.
This course must be CALLING to the rebel
editors, but as they would soon have been
thrown into O5scurity by more enterpris-
ing publishers, self-interest it seems can
influence the "chivalryu as well as the
small-fisted farmers and greasy mechanics
of the North, as a South Carolina demo-
cratic negro breeder used to call them.
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Rsg~ The distribution of Gifts advertis
ed in another column, for the benefit Of
the Soldiers Home, is thus noticedin the
Philadelphia Press. 1t is no swindle:
Il National Home for HlUalid SoydjCrS.
Measures are now in hand which are
calculated, after the lapse of few months,
to establish, on grand scale, the desider-
atum-a National Home for Invalid Sol
diers The design is an admirable one,
and is as follows: 1t is we'll known that
all efforts to obtain voluntary subscrip-
tions sufficient to erect Soldiers Home
have been without avail. In furtherance
of the object, however, the Legislature
of Pennsylvania have passed an act dated
March 6, 1867; creating q corporation of
which Major General George @. Meade
is president, and General HOratio c..
SicIles is treasurer, with an efficient board
of supervisors, who have the power to
distribute to the holders of certificates
la :ge number Ofimmensely valuable gifts,
consisting of diamonds, pearls, emeraldS,
rubies, &c, purchased from citizens of the
Southern States during the rebellion, and
which articles will soon be exhibited in
this city. BY this scheme it is confident
" anticipated large fund will be created
towards the erection of the Home. A
great feature of the affair consists in the
fact that every purchaser OF the certificates
becomes a contributor to this National
Home fund, and at the same time has a
direct interest in the distribution of the
rare gems mentioned above. The details
of the entire scheme will be conducted in
a perfectly fair and honorable manner.
The site for the Home has already been
purchased, and consists of thirty acres of
Iand, used by General Meade during the
b b,ttle of Gettysburg as his headquarters
The plan has been approved by ex-Gov-
ernor Curtin, Major General Meade, Gov
ernor Geary, and large number of prom
inent military heroes.
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pfAl There is every prospect of terri
bic Indian war in the west.
nGE- The u. S. frigate Susquehanna has
arrived at Fortress Monroe with the vel
low fever on board.
BE- Kentucky, as far as heard from has
returned three State Rights (alias rebel
democrats to Congress.
Baa- The killing of wild ducks between
the lst April and 1st September, is pro-
hibited under a penalty of $500.
nsa- The York Democratic Press has
been enlarged to an eight column paper
and presents quite business aspect.
BaS~ A pike weighing sixteen pounds
was caught in the Conemaugh river, near
Blairsyille, few days since.
DeAp Cowan has got paying appoint
ment by the Secretary Of the Treasury to
assist the Solicitor in examining claims,
&C., to go before the Court of Claims.
He- Two men, Noah and Henry Arm
strong, were killed by lightning in Fay
cite county, Pa, on Monday the 22d ult.,
while some miles apart.
Bs5~ Baltimore City last week elected
Scott, the associate of Kane and others
who tried to create rebellion in Mary
land, one of the city judges. Democracy
is progressing.
BSg- The copperheads are growing at
what they call an increased majority in
Lancaster city, where they always sue
ceed. They did not increase their cote,
which simply shows that the republicans
staid at home.
nea General Diaz's official report of the
capture of Puebla confesses that he mt TO
Death twenty-four Imperial Generals and
officers. He adds that it was done con
formally to law.
BY~ According to letter from Touis
Schade, counsel for Wirz, which is now
going the rounds of the copperhead press
the keeper of the Georgia rebel prison nen hen
was one of the most innocent men ever
hung. = 'oi
HeA- Circus clowns have fashion of oc-
casionally introducing individuals bv
name among the stale jokes in the ring
because some editor happens not to an,
prove of their exhibitions This appears fo
nave been the case at Hollidaysburg, where
the editor of the Whig was lately scored
by Dan Rice. A few fools may laugh at
such fllngs, but as general thing nothing
is made by them in any community. The
newspaper is the proper place for discus
slons OF this kind, and for our part we
are always willing to give proper space
Tor refuting what we allege.
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Choice Extracts from Patent
Democratic Papers.

The barn-burner of the Shenandoah is
now playing the rOLe of Grand Sultan, at
New Orleans. If A. Johnson had the
pluck of louise he would teach the up
start lesson in ethics as well as duty
LOck HdUeR Democrat.
Amt the barn-burner a democrat?
A short time since Gen. John Ross, a
Democrat, and as pure and highminded
q man as lives was nominated to the Sen
ate and rejected because (for there could
be no other reason) he GCQS q Den2Ocrdt-
Cambria Freeman.
You tickle me, and I'll tickle you.
The New York Conference at their late
session, adopted a resolution endorsing
the Rump Congress and negro suffrage.
K For body of men styling them
selves christians to endorse set of men
who have made n harem out of the de-
partmentS of the government, is rather a
strong dose. More than five hundred
cOncubines are kept and supported by the
Rump and their adherents, and yet they
are complimented by Conference The
"whore of Babylon" is certainly losing
ground.-CyearJfeLd Republican.
Not in Clearfield, we should Judge.
Prohibitory laws have been tried in va
rious parts of the country and have not
only invariably failed to accomplish any
good, but have done more to retard the
progress of Temperance than all the eff
forts of the liquor men together. The re-
action which follows an attempt to make
men temperate by legislation is sure to
result in a feeling of apathy on the part
of the people in regard to the question,
that is fatal to the cause.-Isdidn0 Dem
Ocrdt.
You had better democratize the ten COM
mandments, as they are throughout pro-
hibitoTy laws.
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J. d. HOFFMAN,
Secretary Board Of Supervisors

8llV7 ttIII y LJJITu y SNDeTTtSOTS,
m Box l4sl, z. o., Philadelphia.
The following is a schedule of the awards 10 be
made under the first distribution. The items of Dia-
InondS and other precious stones were purchased
from ctzens OF the South during the war and thu
Sehuneness Is certified TO by Messrs. Henle Bros.
'he most extensive diamond mporters in the country
ana by !. Hermann, diamond setter New York
GETTYSBURG ASYLUM FOR INVALID SOL
DIERS.
Incorporated by Act of Assembly of the Common
wealth OF Pennsylvania, March c, 1867.
Otnce 11%6 Chestnut Street, Philadephia
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CERTIFICATE.

We hereby certify that we have examined the Dia.
mond Goods Pearls, EmeraIds, Rubies. and Other
Precious Stones, described in the above list and
find them all genuine.
HENLE BROS, Diamond Importers
20 Maiden Lane, SeW York
J. HERMANN, Diamond Setter,
394 Broome Street. New York
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r OF the Gazette
MANHATTAN 4 Dril Doth 1897


No doubt many of the "Oldest inhabi-
tants' Of Miffiin county are quite familiar
with the shakes arising from ague
but as few or none Of them have felt those
produced by an earthquake, which neither
quinine nor cOlOgOgue will prevent, brief
description of our experience throughout
Kansas might not prove uninteresting to
our friends who read the Gazette.
Wednesday, April 24th, being beauti-
ful day, our town was thronged by people
from the county and emigrants on their
way to the far west. Business was very
lively and all seemed engaged either in
buying or selling. But this bustling ac-
tivity was brought abruptly to halt,
about three O'Clock, by q low rumbling
noise. Soon the buildings began to rock
and the terrified inhabitants rushed into
the streets. The waters of Big Blue and
Kansas rivers, which unite at this place,
tossed from one side of their channels to
the other, while old Mother Earth groaned
and shook beneath. A scene of confu-
sion and amaZement was now observed in
the streets among the people who had
gathered there. Men without hats or
coats and ladies without the usual display
of elegance of dress could be seen-sOme
running they knew not where, while
others stood in breathless silence, many
in all probability thinking that the "last
days" of the prophetic DR.. Cumming
was upon US, and many, we have reason
to believe, while the God of Nature thus
displayed to limited extent his mighty
power, made VOWS to live more uprightly,
only to be broken when apparent danger
was past. The duration of the occurrence
has been variOusly eStimated-each indi-
vidual probably calculating the time in
proportion to the amount of nervous ex-
element experimentation we think by a
fair estimate it did not much exceed half
a minute. 1t caused no material damage
beyond the scare which it produced A
few chimneYS and stone buildings and
walls il is said were somewhat injured.
The Agricultural College, stone build
ing, was rather severely tried, and it is
thought would not have stood much more.
Clocks were stopped, some thrown from
the shelves, glass and crOckery ware
broken, plastering knocked from ceilings,
&C., &c. The editor of the Manhattan
Independent tells us that he was Just
racking his brain for local, and when
the earthquake came laundering by, was
successful to a degree which he did not
desire to see repeated, and we presume
this is the sentiment of all. To the adj
mirers of nature there is music in ripple
of the rill and the foaming of the cataract,
pleasant voices in the gentle breeZes and
operations of nature, but in this peculiar
phenomenon there is voice by no means
musical and an exhibition of dormant
physical forces more pleasing when past
than present. ]. W. w.
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Republican State Convention.
HARRISBURG, April Is, 1867.

The Republican State Convention"
will meet at the " Herdc House, :" in Will
Transport, on Wednesday, the 26th of
nate a candidate for Judge of the Supreme
Court, and to initiate proper measures for
the ensuing State canvass. As heretofore,
the Convention will be composed of Rep
resentatives and Senatorial Delegates,
chosen in the usual way, and equal in
number to the whole of the Senators and
Representatives in the General Assem-
bly,.
BY order of the State Central Commit
tee. +. JORDAN, Chairman,
GEO: w. HAMERsLY, J
A. w. BENEDICT, Secretaries,
j. ROBLEY DUNGLISON
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use Mr. Morrell and found him ODE metal
that could not be fashioned to suit the
band of aspirants for Assessor and CoIlec-
tor in and about Huntingdon.
The truth is the only note Mr.. Morrell
wrote was simply stating the fact that Mr..
Miller had been appointed, and if Mr..
Cornman will make the inquiry he will
find this to have been the case, and also
that he has been made the victim of a
shameful forgery and published an un-
provoked assault on Mr.. Morrell.
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Job Work.
Notices of New Advertisements.

Eighth sheet bills, Sj5o for IS or less; fourth sheet
bills s. for 25 or less half sheet BILL 81 for or less
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New Goods at i. J. Hoffman's-Far-
mers and Housekeepers are referred to Fl.
Frysnger'r list of useful articles-Brisbin
has a new stock on hand-A. Carver sells
the Buckeye Reaper-Thornburg is agt
for the Howe Sewing Machine-Public
Sale at the Academy on the 18th inst
Cheap Boots and Shoes at Wentzs.
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The distribution of the above rewards Will be made
in public as soon the subscription is full of which
due notice will be given through the papers On and
after May 9th the Diamonds will be on exhibition at
the office of the Association.
The public can confidently rely on everything being
conducted IN the most honorable and lair mapneT
All the awards will be handed to certificate holders
Immediately after the distribution free of all cost at
the office of the Company, No 1926 Chestnut street
Philadelphia.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1867-05-08

Agricultural and Household Implement Agency,
Lewistown, Pa.
l. The WORLDS MOWER, warranted the
best in the world
2. The WORLDS COMBINED REAPER
AND MOWER, complete, that will work easier
than any other, and last life time.
3. Two styles CORN PLANTERS-old patents
and well known to do the work right
4. A So HAND CORN DROPPER, very con-
venient and rapid
5. Two Capital Horse Hay Rakes, viz: SHIRE
and the SABINE HORSE RAKE.
6. The FARMERS CORN SHELLER, the
best hand-sheller known, and can be worked by
horEe- power.
Z. A new PATENT CHURN, which child six
years old can work with ease.
s. The Genuine BARTLETT SEWING MA
CHINE, acknowledged to be equal to the high
priced machines yet costs only $25 and $31.
9. The EMPIRE SHUTTLE CRANK MOTION
SEWING MACHINE the neatest, speedest, and
best $50 machine made.
CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES,2, 8 or wheelso f
all styles and prices, from 81 so to SIS.
DAVIES SELF OPERATING SWING, a dur.
able, cheap, and delightful Swing for indoor or
outdoor Only SIS.
* S PATENT COGWHEEL ICE
CREAM FREEZERS, from $5 to $40. Every
family should have one.
HARPER'S EASY WORKING HAND FLOUR
and CHOP MILL. for grinding vi heat, corn, buck
wheat or any other kind of grain. Price $45.-
ANY farmer can save its price in q single year by
using one of these mills.
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LEWIST0WN, PA.
Wednesday. May 8, 1867.
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insertion.
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AGENTS WANTED.

Books can be had containing Twenty Certificates
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All orders for Certificates must be addressed to
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myS-2m Box l4Sl, Post Office. PhiIade Inhia
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the newspaper theorists, but It is not the In
dian of fact. It is not the Indian who sweeps
down upon the defenseless settlements Of the
frontier, numbering and burning without
mercy. IL is not the Indian who lies in wait
for our emigrant trains crossing the Plains 70
rob them of their stock, plunder them OF tne'r
| goods, murder the men and carry the women
and children into captivity It is not the In
dian with whom we are now at war
The wild Indian of the Plains is savage.
He lives NV plunder and the chase. He has
no fixed abode. no cultivated fields. His main
donondenoe is upon the immense herds of
buffalo that roam over the Plains east of the
Rocky Mountains. Until within few years
he has come in contact with the whites but
very slightly. But the rapid settlement of
the interior Territories, caused by the dis
coveries in them of the precious metals, is
bringing these savages OF the Plains and the
whites into constant contact. Roads are being
opened in every direction. The buffaloes are
being frightened from their customary pasture
grounds. The forces of civilization begin to
crowd upon the Indian from all sides. AS a
consequence, we witness collision and strife.
The savage yields unkindly to fate. Barba-
rism struggles against the conquest of oivili-
zation.
Now this contest is not TO be settled by
treaties and presents of goods and "big
talks" with head-men and chiefs. The only
way to settle it is either for the white people
to give up the idea of occupying the interior,
or to remove the Indian from the regions he
now occupies. If he sha II remain, his exter-
mination is only a question of time. The
rapid destruction of his means of subsistence
will of itself soon settle the problem. There
is no possibility of permanent peace and of
saving the Indian at all, except by setting
apart some reservation, and colonizing him on
it as soon as possible. The progress of the
Pacific Railroad, the peopling of our interior
Territories and the general development of
that portion of the country, cannot go forward
and the Indians be allowed to remain upon
the Plains. They must be removed, or they
will be exterminated.
We trust that the Government will soon take
hold of this matter in comprehensive spirit,
and decide upon general plan of action, so
that its efforts may be constantly directed to
some practical end. That end should be the
colonization of the Indians by th emselves upon
reservations at the earliest possible moment.
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street Cleaning in our city.


THE extremely hot weather that we have been
experiencing for some time past ought to
stimulate our public authorities to the taking
of some more efficient measures for the cleaning
of the city. That our streets are in disgrace
ful condition is apparent to every one. 1t is
not too much to say that the contractors hav-
ing the street-cleaning job are failing in every
important parti Not only are the streets
rarely cleaned, but when an ostensible attempt
is made to do so, the work is done in such
slip-shod slovenly manner, that it amounts
to almost nothing at all. Frequently we see
the heaps of filth collected in the streets by
the sweepers left for days, to be gone over and
trampled down and scattered by passing
teams. Finally a few carts make their ap-
pearance and gather up the remainder, leaving
the streets almost as dirty as they were before.
We have observed this thing repeatedly in our
largest thoroughfares.
Without multiplying words, it is sufficient
to say that the streets of our city are in an
exceedingly bad condition. The natural and
inevitable result, in the present hot weather,
must be a large increase in our bills of sick
ness and death. The masses of our popula-
tion are obliged to remain in the city during
the entire summer. They are unable to
escape, even for a few days, to the purer air of
the country. They must stay here with their
families, and encounter whatever perils the
negligence incompetency of our authorities
shall bring upon us.
Now, we only aver what every man of COM
mon sense knows, that there is no peculiar,
inherent difficulty about this street-cleaning
business. 1t is simple, straightforward job.
There is no scarcity of either horses, carts, or
hands. And there is no good reason why
every street in this city should not be cleaned
at least once week, and all our most inn
portant thoroughfares every other day, or
even every day. The work only needs to be
taken hold of by men of energy and determi-
nation, who honestly intend to do ii, and not
to slight it and half do it. 1t is a reproach to
our city that so simple and yet so necessary a
work, one so intimately connected with the
comfort and health of the people, should be SO
negligently and lily performed. We are by
no means free from the danger of pestilence;
and certainly the present filthy condition OF
the city is a direct invitation to its rayages.
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William Dunlap. This was an application rn.ds h. a
number OF the inhabitants OF the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ~
ruth and willow and Buttonwood Streets for an in
Junction 70 restrein me defendants nom pounding
bling complained OF fntolerane nuisa5ce 10 the
complanants. Ine grounds OF complaint were re-
ing was the decision OF the Court ~''0 -'''V"-
July 3. 10 IS ordered, That an lnfnn~tcp he tsouod
10 restrain the defendants and each Of Them their
and each OF their agents and worxmen from using or
empl yng the pTe,mI,ises on the east side OF Finh
the planting bill mentioned or anv mart thereof In
the manufacture OF copper-ware, By poundine so as
70 occasion any nnlsance dlsturbance aud annoyance
% the plaintiff susan Smith and family. residing In
Injury damage 10 the house Itself 0' "
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selected.

WHATEVER else he may be, Mr.. schenck, OF
Ohio. is not a wit. Yet, as is not at all uncom-
mon, he fancies himself to be one and makes
now and then the most ghastly experiments on
the public taste. His resolution of thanks in
Congress 10 Petroleum v. Nasby and the Attor-
ney.General undoubtedly struck him as exces-
siyely humorous; but we haven't heard human
being laugh at it yet. 1t fell on the public more
dead than the Opinion on Reconstruction, and
was not half as good joke as Nasby's worst 1t
was hardly worth while to hold an extra session
of Congress to enable Mr.. schenck to attempt to
shine in this new character.