Tfloia.r* by D. W. MOURE I .to*fUl,T>'7 l»Tor*b|» Tj -ir '• ■ -V h.. ■jk £■ *!■ «w«« llbwalMthoft <>f, ' • , J 4otiott^pap«rlnlli®Sta^e,sßdwlllbeaMoWQ . . . \r _ ----_• -^r.: NadWconiiouafiCowlllbsallowcd nntUaUam'M?* e,hßir# ■ , » ~ ~~~ ' " *«»wnr' [, 1 T . Number 14. * ~ rr ~ Clearfield, Fa„ April 1, ! DUTV 'AhO LIABILITY OP f 09TMABTEB8- Foitrawtoi. noslnolioato “* ltif ooJ , |°rißd ll by*ihoio , to whore byl»vr.ofth«f*otth*tp»por.»iBoot m»a y njll)|# fol lhf \beraw iltriuleil, »r« thenuolvcin b £r.Vut f ,c"S.»raid* d a«ll«bl.for tho P»««of.ub.o7iD "o*"rDaperi»now oa.tlodM. mainh.oUol.out th. oonut, frtoof noamm. ■ ' —-m.—— ,‘A THKIfiIINO SKETCH. CLASP. : : • A modest looking and exceedingly pret .ty young girl, plainly attired, entered one •of tho goldsmith’s stores on street, ana seeing that a gentleman was engaged with ■ 'So proprietor, she timidly shrank aside /near the door until ho should bo at leisure. iiiiTho assistants weie occupied with custo ?Jmers whoso appearance showed them to l|belon<* to the class of tho rich, and so she ;was suffered for sometime to remainstand '#ine thore, before she could be attended to. gentleman, who was a fine, noble % looking person, with a remarkably polished m Address, seeing her Waiting, courteously f’&tood aside, and said to the goldsmith— ,[ 1) <«Do riot occupy yourself with me, Mr. I ißrdthnrd. I enn examine these watches f 'bv myself while you see what this young person wants, who has been waiting so ‘ long and patiently Jo get an opportunity ,:iif addressing you.” ‘■r:’ And thus speaking, the gentleman stood t inside from tho show case, on which ho ?]* 4ho gentleman who was present, and ho turned to observe her face, and hear the ¥enly of the goldsmith to this timid and •lawfully uttered request The goldsmith took tho clasp scornfully between his fing-- arid then throwing itdown, said sharp uThis isno pawnbroker’s shop girl ?” JAud ifit jvas, that thing is not worth more sLilian two dollars.”, '•‘t «.jt \i of inestimable valuo lome, sir— -•fildecd it is the only thing valuable! have ’'Answered tho girl, and her cheek flushed iSt tho'rude manner of his reply. Mi it j on 't know at what you valuo it, Wk answered, with a cold laugh, glancing ■ft Col. M’Henry, whom he thought he saw observing him ; ‘‘l would not like trUivc voti six shillings for it. _ 1 * ‘But Air* pleaded the girl unconscious of Wing’overheard, “l must have seven dol to-day, and I haVe no Other 'vay of ‘Setting it, and I was in hopes that you “fefletmo have that sum on it; for I certainly come back and take it up : you,” answered Brochard nngri-, »if3* ♦«! keep no pawnbroker’s shop. ■ Goto **mo flews.” , ~ ~ uni uTHoy won’t give me but two dollars, ’ltfi and I want'seven.”" _ . , c(, **‘And so you think to get it out of me. ( 1 The young girl was ; about 'Amin b t is if not knowing what further Sun opt to urge, hesitated, and was turn- away when she checked her 1 If s ,rrat^r«» ?r ;c. ' a( *. hbweveri tofmd that-you have the dispo sition-todo so. and that* wasnot decdv-1 ed in' iriy.estirnation ofyoli. 1 : « ; ; ‘-/.i 1 wYou , must take ii - sir ”•: sho said' with, ingenious -I'enould' be‘dia* tressed to bolopger under- ppdbriiafybbU* ~ uniniimiiT itAPPINRS I \ TRIAL OF ARTHUR SPRING-* gation to an entire stranger. Besides sir, _ SPIRIT „... N Y Dutchman For the murder of the Sisters, Ellen 1 would like my clasp, if you please. Tho ‘‘^ ha P . ain °m J so ‘ rmon i 3 de- Lynchaud Honora Shaw, in Philadel • “Did you not take it from the case 1S good authority, tjis tasi bum j where you laid it down?” he asked with voted to the “Rochester Knockings. trom y tm . , surprise and justly directed suspicion. the following extracts our readers "J' y . The trial of Arthur Spring for this do «‘No, sir—indeed, sir, I hope it is not gather his idea of spiritual manifrataUon . murder ig alroady in progress in Phil lost. It is of countless value to me. It Some men are susceptiblo to hu 8 | From tho second dayg procee auj: “Lie is now—dead, sir,” she answered a mu d-puddle; while otherson the contra ng „ by young Spring tho son with overflowing eyes- uuerly toc«data»,U»t tec™. Buch „ lole of blood w.s pos .Vyou do wolf to value il. Hid not toko ,hoy di!»"»•»“"f hops never before unfolded in . coon of it up. Aro you sure you left it there ? fancy that they are the m J j u3l i c 0 The murder was perpetrated on “Yes,sir, hoping that you would take chance or havo so f ur ' Thursday nigh t the Ist of March. 11 I got it; but “wandered among the tombs ” as my Arlhur Spring, the son of the accused I hplievo the coldsmith has. Let us goto f r i end John Bunyan says, that they pro wag tben sworn. Ho testified that I believe the goldsmith ' fos (Q call tho ir grand parents or other wM obout eighlee n years of age this On their arrival, Mr. Brochard denied dofunct relatives as the case may bo back (nonth; be W as born in Philadelphia, his , • „„„ it s 'mce she went out, and from the “unknown land, and hold con- died about nine years ago , Sh! saw he! take it with her and place ver sational soirees with them by the' «no- threo sistorg younger than himself; they it her bosom as she left the shop. dium of spiritual knuckle rapping. Bah , arc in Washington, tn the Orphan “Come with me, I will find the clasp Didn’t that unfortunate rich man, we read (lum .ho has been m Washington for the , _ vmi ». gaid Col McHenry offering her 0 f aa he lay in torment, gaping for thirst, j last 4or five years, working for Mr. Chas Z arm and leaving the goldsmith’s\vith U u e a prair.e-frog in dog-days or a young Gogeyi at , ho confectionery busme s; he - “1 do hope I shall find it sir,” sho ro bin at a ripo poke-berry —didn tho 8 C nmc to this city abou thre tkid ns she walked; “it was Rupert’s last! Hk o a schoolboy under sentence of a lick- j monthg a go ;he was not with his fath r d n “ S „ 3 niaseiven him in Cuba by! | nR ihat he might return to the upper ter- j when ho firsl came; he wen with h whoso B life he had saved by ; r i t ory, to caution his brother against the f|lthor as soon n 3 he come and went with resent hL from the water. He Was a "vful effects of bad gin and bad conduct him , Q Dnniel Regan’s to live; they came I _ sir and hud but little to leave me lin general? And did not his petition - f rom jq e w York. Mr. Regan ... but hU memory and this poor clasp. Oh, 1 £ iv " e a prompt veto too 1 My dear flock:,j sons . his falhcr had five or six do I-« sir if it is lost I shall never forgive mvself, my idea, is, thut when once you i'° iwhen he first caino to the ci y , (Vir'offerinc to pledit. But sir, our ex- 1 steered your bark into tho port ol Heaven, possC ssion a dirk knife, with a three forolienng to picai ei „ I v „,.r sails will be so well worn, and so se- ; J rn r ered b | ad e five or six inches long "TolonrrMcHenTy stopped with her at a! Merely shattered by tho head winds of witll various emblems upon it, had a white and Sy »nd P ilearly made his, Temptation, that you’ll have no disposi- hand|e with emblems, ,l had a mnlnrnt and in a few minutes Mr. Abra- 1 t ion to return and risk a second v. 0 * sheath tipped at both en bm B was brou-ht by an officer wh ilc if you make for the reels of Damna- some kind of mettle ; the sheath found on into iSmesencc^of He , io „, old Clotio will no more perm, you A moming 0 f the murder was here shown nnneared to be in great trepidation, and to return than a hungry buzzar wi and identified as his. , , PP n nal! as as !s : for he had been sud-, lease a captured chipping bird. . One end of the piece of metal on the T ,r,nken wi, out warninn from behind i Any person who credits these spiritual gheulh WBB in my pocket when arrested leav nu h!s Win charge of, revelations, my friends, signs a compro- j , hreW it in lhe stove at the station house, his counter, leaving 1 1 McHenry misc with Satan, and comes as near to lu- bccause f feared that it would throw sus :w »«•. - *»«*• - =sTos: that t>>«y bolh hn J last Tv h °t C ? U B t P andt Vene S Re‘un’s son John saw the knife: ,he show case. • w| REMEDY FOR GROWLERS. J n) ’de it a present to him ; Rcgan kept ,1 °VI fromX door be-1 Thero ia B class of men in every com- somc two week s, and hid it « the head of fore he returned and found it missf^and 1 munity who go about with vinegar faces, the steps, anti kept it there until Heft Re; no one in the^n'llloc^m 0 bV they'not*nJpicSted as they j C'wh'eWrand'his father went to West TI,C f o Ifi knowleige oHhe facts.- ' Sould be? and who have a constant quar-1 Chcster . thoy left Regan’s because his Ho°ap proached lhe stand where lhe Mag- < rel wilh their des.iny. These men usm . fnthcr and Mrs. Regan TCld the Bible and laid his hand , r have made a very grave mistake in und hl9 father walked to West Chester , , str ate held the BbU anu hig “ J of their Abilities, or are un- staid in West Chester one night, and then upon it with oi pe cep , I d asses , In either case they are | walked back to Philadelphia ; they slept a l J- .ho eoldsmith, now entered und ~ d wi n bv your good deeds, i hen, n | como of it; 1 kept it on a luai S^ P J K omdfhin‘in he Magistrate’s hand n pcoplo f ee i above you,” go straight off doth; m y father had atone time Join rrs - tato./myd lb. i h01J,» 6 »P ir»«r, « Bot”r!lirThols’ Ford, who ' h “OB SP it be is°mv cla B !p-it is my clasp !” JLs’you in the street, swell yourself; and 1 , keep 3 0 grocery store ; I remembered Mrs. she dried forward.. ?f that does not fetch them,conclude very , S haw, 1 was living at Regan s when I first “Yes it is the same,” answered Colonel goo a "^^piry Hte'm tor miss- j Mother said that a Indy, which he y . gce i( bc r ore> s i r ?” f° U suc h a cnpilal’chance of getting into L aUed Julia Conner, intended to lend him “And did yo c hnlrlintT it i * cfnrictv never estimates aLgQQ but aho liad lent it to a grocery demanded | hc J U f who had himself to be.—| J lore ’ mun and couldn’t get it; he told him m •, Tand was appalled with fear mist show himself possessed of self- thnt be was going there every afternoon , aid" t£L“u«?-. S«W that •»“^ in £ ug r. wKLt'i X r’,rr-r; f r»r,oT^. ftt %Scol. McHenry wnsa bachelor go in tl^SfitoS and married his friend of the clasp or ather fmm geUuig mon, whether he did better and adapted her, entng I m b | ood to it is not known to the writer, otherwise t father my would afford him gratification g °™™ he father from committing crime ; I was at nicato either of the pleasing fact Carroll’s house for the first time on Tuos- Teader. d nigbt be f oro the murder; I had noth \ng to do with the murder ; I went with A Curious ' Abduction .—Capt. Genn, of the schooner Prospect, from St. John s, Porto Rico, was entered at the custom house to-day under peculiar circumstan ces. A few days after leaving port, the vessel was run into by another, when the crew, excepting one man, and the passen gers, consisting of the captain a wife and child, under the apprehension excited by the collision, jumped uppn the •atter. and thereupon both'vessels were instantly separated and could not come together orain. The captain navigated his schqo ner safely into this port,, but the namo of the vessel which carried of his wife and the orew, or whore she was going, or what lias become of them, ho d° os . n ° know. It is a singular case of abduction. ; ■ ! Y, Eoemng Fpst- . ; don’t know who uttered the fol lowing littlp sermon j but there is a whole nutshell of truth in it; 1 ‘‘There is, a large apd fertile space m every life, in which might bp : p!anted tho Saks ap'd' fruit trees of enlightened princi. hle' drid ; Virtuous ’habit, which yieM to I Sid age an enjoyment, a glory and a shade. 0w) P. was making a iournoy in n stage-coach, over the billy loads of Now Hampshire, and amused himself on the way by frequent resorts to the comfort of a mysterious black bottle which he had with him. Suddenly the coach came in contact with a large stone, which,.without doing any other damage, deprived Billy of his equilibrium and down he rolled upon the ground. «Wofn thunder yer doing? said Bit lv ; ‘how come you to tip overt , ' ■-Tho'drivor. informed him that the stage had not been overturned at all; and the passengers assured Billy that Jehu was “ft, approached the vehicle again, and remounted slowly to his former seat outside. “Didn’t upset, d’you say t “Not at all,” replied the driver. “Well rifl’d a kno\v’d that ,”said Billy, “/ wouldn't ha' got off." _ (ts” The California State census gives tho total population of the city of San Francisco, exclusive of tho rural dis tricts of the country, of 34,870, of which 'number there are 29,160'white males, 5154 white females. 11,371 citizens of the United States over twenty-one years of age, 2.60 male negroes, 32 female ne groes, 99 male muldttoos, 33 female mu lattoes, 6 male and'6 female tnesticated, 10,149 male foreign residents, 27i0 female foroign' roeidents. 1 Nearly tho whole population ! ia adult father, to protect the people; father told me he was going there to rob the house; father also told me that Mr. Lynch was a pensioner, and had money in the house, and he would get it; he also said that he would rap at the door, go in and got to talking with them and find it out; also wanted me to go down and help’him if they should be too strongforhimj I refused, because ho did not know there waaany money in the house;' hi 3 father said he was sure there was money; I then told him I would not go if he had any intention j of committing crime; father then got an gry with me ; lie also said that if 1 would j go with him, he would try and borrow the money. I then consented to go; I did not know that my father had any weapon' when he left home; I and my-father went to Carroll’s house ; the door was locked; this was on Tuesday night; he rapped, hnd Mrs. Carroll came down tind let us in ; father went up stairs to the Becond story, in Mrs. Lynch’s room, and I followed him; ' Mr. and Mrs. : Lynch, Mrs,' Bhaw, and lifra. Lyboll’s ourso, father and myself leonare, liOMilloa, «0 MSi S a £%Z‘: *!*i TSiMdl!’ . sBl-i|MfffiS£lB; .il ‘iiS s.ffi ‘ 4.. figs. aU * do ,ll month). ft-fiO l do *> 0“ SO#? do 13 month*, 800 1 do, 13 do ' A liberal redaction willba mado to Morohanla aad othara whoadvertlie by thayear. ft.-ad by Oor paper oirQUlatei ihevery nelahbothoad.aao nrea # nearly a*ery lamlly in the coonty-aid t ierelore afloiai , oonvonlentand choap meant for tho bnilccii mea or o county—the merchant, mechanic,and all othort-to •«'«* the knowlodjo of tbe r location and htninett Wotnouio, iiv« m iniett "AOatd” for ivory Mechanic. Merchant,and EggS^sagaenaßß ihogfflQtcr willbebUpro^tt. Books, Jobs and Blanks, OF EVEttYDESCRIPnON.HIINTEDiINTHBVW* . / ' dEBT BTYL.It. AND ON TUB BHORTBBI l notice, at the office of the ••COEAIIFIF.M) REFUBUCAN." were in the room; Lynch was on the bed, I had never seen Lynch or his wife be fore ; my father knocked at Mrs Lynch a door and Mrs. Shaw let him in ; he shook hands with Mrs. Lynch, and then took hold of Lynch’s hand; his father then said this is my son, and all shook hands with him; they then sat down, and Lynch wanted some money to buy liquor with, and his wife would’nt give it to him : he then went and got it on credit; Mrs. Shaw -then came to me and sat upon my lap, and asked if I cared if rather got married; he said ho didn’t care for he was able to take, care of himsolf; she then left him and went over to his father, and father said he would like to be made acquainted with Mr. Carroll. Mrs- Shaw said sho would introduce him to Mr. Carroll; then father bid them good night, and Mrs. Shaw went down stairs with us ; father told me going down stairs he’d fix them ofT down stairs first, and then go up stairs ; I said if ho was go inir to do anything like that 1 would go i out;. I did start to go, and he called me back ; there was liquor brought; Mrs Shaw forced somo on me ; lam not in the habit of taking strong drink ; when Mrs, Shaw Bat on my lap up stairs,..she asked me if I had ever seen her before ; 1 said no, I never did ; sho said did I not rem ember a lady who came to Regan’s store : I said when; she saida lady coming there 1 and father going out with her ; he said ! she was coming before, but the weather I was so bad ; on that night Mr. Lynch said I he was discharged, and got $BO dollars ; it was after that father said he wanted to be introduced to Mrs.. Carroll; when 1 went down stairs Mrs. Shaw was in the back room; she told Mrs. Carroll this i» Mr. Spring; he walked in and I walked after him; there were two young girls there; father and Mrs. Shaw went into the frout room and I sluid iu the back room with the girls; Mrs. Shaw called Mrs. Car roll out, and sho wont out and got somo li quor ; they drank in tiie front room, and asked tho girls to drink, but they refused; whilo drinking, Mrs. Carroll remarked that if her husband enmo in, he d abuso her; while there, a knock camo to the front door, and Mrs. Carroll opened thu front window and said it Was the two Car roll’s ; I said, fulher, we’d better not be seen here; ho went up stairs, and I ran ! out into tho yard , 1 saw Mr. Carroll come in and strike his wife; sho Baid, Mr. Spring, Mr. Spring, come and save me; Mr. Carroll picked up the lamp, and ran after Spring; I went into the yard, i and saw a young woman there who asked ! mo the matter; I don’t know what I sajd to her, 1 was frighted; I went back,, 'and when f got there, father was going bp stairs, and Mr. Carroll was going alter ' him ; 1 caught Carroll by. tho arm and i nulled him over the bannisters, and t|is biother prevented him from falling ; while j leaning over the bannisters, lie made a I blow at me, and missed mo ; fathoj;.came I down stairs and got tulking to Carroll,and 'he struck him again, in tho mouth; 1 ■ thought father was going out, and I saw I him pull something out of hia pocket; I 'took it from him, and it was a piece ot 1 lead pipe, wrapped up in paper ; in pulling !it out, it dropped down between Carrolls I feet; in picking it up, Carroll kicked me !in the throut; but it did not hurt ipo ; i Mrs. Shaw said that is Spring s, soq ; 1 picked up the lead pipe, and put it in mv pocket; It was smaller than the piece I saw in the Grand Jury room, and of a dif j ferent metal; Carroll then picked me up, Bat me on his lap, and told me to kiss him I for striking mo ; witness told with whom he left Carroll’s; he said that on the way ‘ home Ids father asked about the lead pipe, and lie said it was in my pocket; he then said he would fix them for striking .hup ; I asked him why, and he said it was Uio second black eye he had got since ho wag ! in America ; I then threw the pipe nwqv, I saying [ would not darby a weapon that he might commit murder, with ; vyhon it fell upon the pavement it had a jingling sound; when it fell father said “Hist! the watchman will hear it;” I said I did not care a d—n if he did ; on Wednesday father was at home all day ; he went out on Wednesday night, to go home with a drunken man; his name was loplo. or Doyle, I don’t know which; it was soipe where near tho gas house; on Wednesday n'mlit he came home at about Miyejye o’clock, and rapped at the door Ipld mo ho went from Toole’s vyith two-fiirla to St. Patrick’s Church; ho said fie had been "down to Mr. Carroll’s, and found out that Mr. and Mrs. Carroll were going to a 'ball the next night; he said that Lynch was going to New York and, Ihfit there would be no, person in the fiouye'.but the two women, and ha said ho fix them off; I said no, don’t, dhp’t; ;( on Thursday morning he said ho wajyi. gping down that night and he wanted inn Jag 0 with Him ; he got angry with/mo. ing me tp go with. Ipm five or six .times, and I refusing; he was not very .angry but seemed out of spirits; ab supper time ho was not angry ; when wo were called ftito suf>p° r hip. in ; all ly took' sOppefexpetit (If, I be lieyeMi;ss Maguire, asked', frfttogo an errand for "Her ftp carry , Bome j hqp ; K »« Locust' street near Schuylkill Hurd; 1