taDW 1 * dad ooprof**"»*Aß. lw auvawob. w ««* te TTOTiPAID WItHW THHBH'MONTH. » «* IFWITHIN BIX-MONTHS. * M NINB MONTHS, 1,6 Iff SOT PAID WITfIIN TWELVE MONTHS. 800 i: H® ll.ooatl*«»»P«l4. . ;' _ / OUTJf AND UABILiTS OF POSTMASTERS -1 ° M,iaa ,M,Kkw,, * l,w ‘ * he “" Bl " ! _ 4 THE SPECKLED AXE; Dr Franklin, in his'hutobiogmphy, tells a story of a man who went one day to buy art axe; nttd, having bought onohoex pressed a wish that it had been bright in stead of black i on which the smith who had made the axe replied: “Oh! if you wil l jura the grindstone we’ll soon make it bright. 11 No sooper said than done, and Ithoy Pet to work; but presently the pur chaser felt tired, for the smith pressed so sbeaWy oh tho atono, that the labor of tur ning made# him sweat again, and he wan ted to leave off. “Keep on, keep on ! ' said tho smith, “it isn’t bright yet, it s on lv speckled.” “Well,never mind,’ said the buyer, “I think 1 like a speckled axo best*’’. . . In this incident we have an example, on a small scale, of what takes place all ■; over the world on a large scale. And it t struck me one day, as I was thinktngabout : it. that the demand for the speckled axes is dne that is always active ; as though people could no more grow tired of buying ihoso useful instruments, than they can or ; eating bread. It was curious I thought, | that speckles should be preferred to perfect $ brightness. . (' . While I was cogitating thereupon.it H cahio to my mind that perhaps some good might bo done by setting down a few in- S stances of buyers having been content to l take the inferior article, when, by proper f cure and judgment, they might havo had ;;c the best. And here is tho list. m Whenever I see a man striving from T? more vanity to make a name, and fancy ; irig thatho is made of different material to ; hjs fellow creatures, and that he does them l a favor by living among them, and who : deep not bam by what means he rises so that he does rise ;■ then I say—He likes a i apeckled axe best. . , • „ J .’Whenever l see a man in buisncss in- I tent only making money, as tlbough i that were the only thing worth living lor And notcaring what wrong may be car l jied on in h» establishment, nor how his customers may bo tricked,so that he makes s a profit; then I say— He likes a speckled t* Whenever Tsee, as Ido pearly every te te. tm 1 Reanot! rii^i Kudemi,; pt raali*> > I tlraul ■ aratati' ■wajaal ■ thatcaa* Bud aata r»ooro«'or ptaX anil fte fc'BSfe |U»«o^4 i knd put* |adolffl.w MafcSltj AUKBW heh’tnl^ .rare obaddabta ». aa U t«t U»;»a «aa amakt eat atoth*aatl> aall* ea !»ia. gala, btrUif.kcc, ttfcatpn* e«sis ». .WewiU aa^'BhoMi ba»»t#i>j» SETTEES ; limbtifoa I on BtflMU ■ laVtuT/ [ *jgs£ i ibaCaifn IVTt&, day, a young man swaggering along the iireet, with n cigar in his mouth, as though ( the pavement were hardly good enough lor , him to tread upon, fancying himself the ad- . miration of everybody, when all the time sensible people are laughing at him , and While I wonder if ho will o ver know better I faav—'He likes a speckled axe best. Whenever I see a young man m want of d wire, 1 choosing a partner for life merely because she hds a pretty face, or dances well or sings a nice song, or plnys nimbly on the piano, and neverasking whether she cad make a shirt, or roast a leg ofmul ‘°“’ or whether she is one likely to make home happy 5 then 1 sayr—He likes a speckled “"vSnever I see a roan frequenting the lap.room, or the tavern parlor n'ght aftor Sjht, as so many are in the habit of doing ££ his wife flits at home, perhaps darn- SK stockings, or making a frock for ' 85 £to one out of an old gown ; when I l S his man bent on his own selfish grat -1 Kfon as though he had any more right nr money than his *wiftj° hair; then I say he likes a speckled ted* fP ’ : irtj'wort* : ie!t «a Uu, < MJ.Jldjotaf ! 0 "1• '' ifICCIW. tailMsU TtinluA *TRKM* : M j. iix&fa* | the tow* U Filbert m towa.<4 ba*e fbftf Ltp&filbet brflsi. wd :**wSi'cter I see a boy at school looking upon learning and knowledge assomethmg invented for their torment, and forget mg that vouth ia their only seed-time, that Iw/narenta frequently have to make great iSceato givethem an education, and ; SSt aB fair to deceive their master !Sded they be not found out, although iErnorence mhy bo the consequences; then -t 8 Bay*wHo likes a speckled axe best. ? / Whbnever I seen man trying to make himself believe that ho con indulge in se ! " nnd vices, if the world does not I, Li I go to a houso-whoro l see 1-1 ttfSSSI I'SSSSSSiS*-** 15KSS5S»?«»j» (.good turn whbn theopportunity cp_ uhia way-—not speaking a gpod ; , , i;hi» friend when his friend, need »». ■_ ( ihg vory much moro abput hisbwn bo. * iienco.and what the world willsaw mf what conscience commands, then! ) __u o jikes a speckled'oxe best. . I the lisHw many pages • ; but here is ertouglt to .wero it h nt j f or speckled axes thav are, and Icaiihot help i| ' , sisss^si&^ Lb«r-U>ib* DteattttUi* Rtr tea P^VS 4 I Us.y| kadte, i , IprcsuMii [> }■> I > iu;ri“ Li) !o f parahw lanMtJt M'S fte&b JUo'3 o * iRE. ;,-;i r.h ■ •«•"* .'• ■" >' >' r '' : ’ ■'• ' ; ; s’: t ; • • •' ' , ~« ‘l €temfiel!> fcpibficw^ A WEEKLY PAPER : DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MORALITY, A.ND FOREIGN ACT DOMESTIC INTELLIQENC^ Volume 4, should the time come when they wish to do so. It will be very melancholy -to look back and say, I might havo had it bright but 1 wouldn’t. From all of which I nm led to conclude that somo day, when the great account is made up, the number of speckled axes will be very much greator than people 14 those days are willing to believe. a short distance from the city o Boston, there is now livings white huired veteran, a soldier of the revolutionary war who is 99 yoars of age, ono in whom the firo of patriotism still bums brightly as it burned of yore—and whoso oyes still spar kle with the vivacity of youth, whan ho relates the events of“thoso days that tried mens souls ” Among the names of those lhe delighted to honor, was the namo of Gen. Jackson. That man he greatly rov crenced —ho admired the man for his he roism, and honored him for hiS devotion to bis country. About the time that Jackson | was elected to the. Presidency, a party of men belonging to the town in which he re sided, (they were Whigs, ofcourso)mndenn effigy of Gen. Jackson, and to gratify the malice they felt in their hearts towards him and the party by whom ho had been elec ted, they hung the effigy in a public place, called the '•green." A guard of eight men were stationed near to protect the image and the men who were then endeavoring to dishonor the name of Gen. Jackson. The old soldier, at this time more than seventy years of age, was informed of what was gmng.on, and of the threats that were made to shoot any man that should attempt to cut down the imago. Fired with indig nation at the insult offered to Jackson, ho shouldered his axe, and went, notwlthstan ding the remonstrance of his family, who trembled for his Bafety, accompanied only by his youngest son, who would not lot his father go alone on such a dangerous expedition. The firmness of Ins step— thedetermination which his whole domoan or expressed—his well-known attachment to his country and to its noblo defenders, conspired to speak out his purpose, and the axo on his shoulder needed no comment as he marched boldly up to the mock gal lows. , , , "Halt!” shouted the guard— “advance another step, and you are a dead man . and they leveled their weapons, pointing them directly at the old veteran. “ Fire if you will,” said he, “111 cut it down, if I die for it !" And down it went— not only down, but hewed up into fragments by the hand of the old soldier. Tho guard were perfectly astonished—they were awed by the bold ness of that aged man, with his white hair streaming in the wind as he bant him to the task, and they could not hurt him—but they quailed before tho fire of his eye, as he marched off in triumph before them they had not expected an attack from such a quarter, and it took them by surprise.— They would as soon have looked for a ghost among them as that venerable man whcwo head was white as snow. Ihey said it was nothing but his while hairs that saved him from personal violence—ho was an old soldier and they could not lay hold of him. _ , To such men, under God, we are in debted for liberty ! Long may their noble deeds be imitated by their sons,and them selves honored by a nation that reaps tho benefit of their labors. Infobmation Wanted.— William Nott ] left his homo in Mt. Solon, Augusta Co., j Va in July last, and when last seen was in Chambersburg, Pa., on his way toward , Canada. He was for the last twenty-five years previousa useful minister of the 8 0S " pel He is n man of about 50 or 60 years of oge and probably a little over six feet high; stoop-shouldered; hair very gray ; shabbily’dressed, and apparently much broken down in body by age and mental affliction. He imagines himself pursued by enemies seeking his life for his hereto fore fearless opposition to Slavery, and said ho would only be safe in CJnoda.- He left a respectable family and conne tion of relatives who are totally “““ ted with his whereabouts, if the above , person is taken and confined, he wHM) , sent for and all necessary expenses paid upon receipt of the intelligence of his 1 whereabouts. Address, Daniel Funkhou ’ B er, Chambersburg, Franklin co., Pa. “HbHAS not AN I’VHeha.sn t! well sorry for him For ho has mlfthty little character who has noencmics. Hois nobody, who has not got plucjc en- K to get an enemy, Givens ratheraaour many enemi .. . vn r -,rrht 6'mcerity, ‘''' lovo o( tho things he candor and fea 1 ma n of earnest purpos fasioned 9S 'l n • {-nows hqvy VdMiitewWw itme„ ; cs-c«ry a: BwtfeM. ?r.l«*«Mr*. recehtiy‘manned his tenth i , Clearfield, Pa., Sepi. 3, 1853. THE CHINESE REBECS AND THEIR RELIGION. Tho following communication from tho Rev. James Colder, one of our mission aries in Chinia, gives tho most authentic statement of the religious aspect of the present movement in China that has come under our notice : Hong Kong, China, Juno 4th, 1853. Recent dovelopements of tho revolution now progressing in the Chinese empire, havo brought to light a fearturo of that movement which has arrested tho atten tion and secured tho sympathy of the en tiro foreign community. I allude to its religious aspect. At various times since tho commence ment of the revolution reports have been circulated, stating that those engaged in it were worshippers of tho one true God believers in Christ as tho Saviour of the world—and that they were uncompromis ing opponents to idolatry in evory form.— For the most part those rumors were dis credited, but recent investigation has shown that, strange ns they may appear, they have their foundation in trulh. The British steamer “Hermes” convey ing Sir Geo. Bonham and 6nite, last month forced her way to Nankin, which is now held by the patriots, and while there her officers witnessed facts, and were able, through tho great kindnoss of tho revolu tionists, to collect documents which forbid any ‘ further doubts as to the religious character of tho new movement. One of tho works issued by tho Gov ernment, called “The Book of Religious Precepts or the Thae-Ping Dynasty,” has been translated by Rev. Dr. Medhurst, or Shanghai, and has occasioned, as indeed it well may, an agreeable surprise to all who desire the salvation of the millions of China. It commences with tho declar ation that all men are sinners, and that it is the duty of all, subjects, as well as sov ereign; to woriship and servo God. It next presents an argument showing that anciently the Chinese had a knowledge or tho true God, and, subsequently, that in worshiping him they will not bo imitating foreigners, but their own ancestors. It next presents “A form to bo observed in seeking the Forgiveness of Sins, alter which is the following. Fon a. penitent sinner. i, thine un worth son or daughter, knecl ing’down upon tho ground, with a true heart, repent of my sins, and pray I hee, the great God, our heavenly Father, of thine infinite goodness and mercy, to for give my former ignorance and frequent transgressions of the divino commands. I earnestly beseech thee, of thy groat fav or to pardon all my former sins, and en able me to repent and lead a new life, so that my soul may ascend to heaven : may I from henceforth, sincerely repent and forsake my evil ways, not worshipping corrupt spirits, [gods,] nor practising per verse things, but obey the divine com mands. 1 also, earnestly pray thee, the great God, our heavenly Father, const antly to bestow on me thy Holy Spirit, and change my wicked heart; never more allow me to be deceived by malig nant demons, but perpetually regard me with favor, forever deliver me from the evil one; and every day bestowing on me food and clothing, exempt me from calamity and woe, granting me tranquillity in the present world and enjoyment of endless happiness in heaven, through the merits of our Saviour and heavenly Brother, the Lord Jesus, who redeemed us from sin. I also pray the great God, our Father, who is in heaven, that his will may be done on earth as it is in heaven. 1 hat thou would st look down and grant this request is my heart’s sincere desiro. This book also contains a “Piayer to God, for Morning and Evening;” a thanks giving tn be offered at Meals ;" “A Pray er for Times of Sickness and Affliction, and directions for conducting religious ex ercises on various occasions. The follow ing is given as the— fobh xo be used in teaming god. We praise God, our Holy and heavenly praise Jesus, the Holy Lord and Saviour of the world. Wo praise the Holy Spirit, the Sacred Intelligence. . We praise tho three Persons who, unit ed, constitute one true Spirit, [God.] 1 But perhnps, the portion of tho work in which your readers will be most interest ed, is that containing the “Ten Celestial Commands,” tho resemblance of which to ! the commandments us given to Moses, is I very evident. Theso I will subjoin, omit ; ting, however, tho hymns which, jn the original, follow the “commands, and which are but a repetihon in verse of the sentiment of the toxt; TUB TEN CELESTIAL COMMANDS, WHICH ABE TO BE CONSTANTLY OH3EUVFD. The first command.— -Thou shall honor | and .worship the Great God. . . i The Great God is the universal Father of nil men, in every nation under Heaven. 'Every rhdh‘is.produced and norished by •him ; every man ought,'therefore, morn ing and evening, to honorj and worship him, with pcknowledgmenta of hia gpaa * S- U ?.9m]W% spyyift en produces, nonshes and £ftfecBnlii(»tonhnt. nno Professional man m thootwoty. W» bavo P 1 Ltik/iniencafoaohlnf Qpoo oorreadlnx coinm»s,and oomajh S?lSsiti^ebni“ne»rwilllo»ebyaUvertl»m*.M»»Wo»«2 jSfta aSSSStImV tha morooUen.jvsl* a «ao adf.iliHd thagfentof willbabUproQta. Boots, Jobs and Blnnks,. OF EVEBY DEaummON. PRINTfinjINTHE BEST STYLE, AND ON THE BIIOBTE3X notice. at the office op the "CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN.” know nothing of the strike. This is rtc* true, as one of this committee, Cornelius Collins, had a conversation with Jessp R. Crawford, two or threo weeks previous to the strike, and told him that the strike would come off. Crawford said that the men on the road had not nerve enough to strike. These aro all that 1 hnvo been ap pointed to answer. Some of the other members of this committco haye soma charges to make, which will form a sepa rate communication. . , Truly yours, THO. COLLINS, Chairman , Without attempting to review the.