M'QpJtyp ,s 4 e,grbuO!iU apsiirped tho qiL| presented .in i!)u. letter olj : /Swjretary' Miircy. lo iWCheyolw Hulsc-j. the llouso passed a res. olipljori ordering,the priming of a. hundred . tbonsfljrid cxtra copies of .the abstract u f lMt.,census. The nuinbur should 1 hfljfg 'been,increased live/old,..nsit j 90 -' fjjjtjrjp that lias cost jlto people n huge sum! of ./rtonyy, and should find u piuce i n c.v- 1 eiyMirpiy in the Union. I Jan. J 3.-—Tito Senate did /mt|, •fybidayi, In tho House, Mr. Drum nsfc-j Oder a resolutioninquiring into ’ tho’expediency of equipping a vessel oti cnijb.pf tlfo pppri? of Now york, Boston and' .tp render ussistanco in coso.ol'i d/spfttpr commercial navies; hut oh jqclion made, the resolution liesovdr.i An important bill, securing IJIO right of; to the children ol'umerican cjt- j izMuj.tpni out of the Uttilcd Stutes, wnsi ttj-lgay reported by Mr. Cutting from the j Cjqnugtilieo. on the judiciary, rend three| times,'passsd,and scnt lo IjieSenute. Thej Ijouso • t.hen went into Committees of thoi whole, and tyr. Ewi.ng of .Kentucky, nd-j pressed (ho House in opposition to tho lev-i yipg of tonnage duties, or in other words, m favor bi" inleiiui! improvements by the! General Government. Tho House then , rejected the Senate bill relating to tho ap- j Or poiltfjnent of the Assistant Secretary ofj ihet.’Treasury, after amending it sons toj ifafcr its ppcratiou until a vacancy ahull j 'Adjourned till Monday. 1 ■Tite.-.news from the steamer San Fran*' cisco, though not as bad as many nnticipa tedjstruly awful. 240 souls wore swept! from her deck, and many died of over ex. | eclion.: Shu was disabled in the-storm! oatbe23dof December, nnd continued] tdl tho Stub, when she was relieved by ; the fillips Three Bells'nnd Atlantic, of Now] York, and abandoned! or, ns one report! snysj scattled and sunk. This disaster ] willgive O' strong impetus to the project of the Pacific railroad, as it shows] ibatevenin time ofpeacc.t lie track byway pS- (Cape' Horn is a very unsafe military fauki loss OF THE SAN FRANCISCO. “ u ." j New Yojik, Jan. 13. San Francisco was lost at ?ap t ,on’the slji of jauuary with 240 lives. ije Jm/k flimo Bells has arrived at Now Yqrkj bringing 100 of her passengers.— Thp ; ship Kelly for Boston has also some ofjbeV. passengers. Others are aboard ofj Antarctic, bound lo i4verpo.ol.7- captain and crew were saved. • SECOND DESPATCH. u New York, Evening. -Tlie 'Steamer San Francisco was found-1 •kid dt sea, and 240 lives lost inoluding and \vife, Col Washington, j fcJWfe'Smith and Capt. Field. Onoltun-] oredshd forty'oP the passengers saved,] arrived Hero to-day, including Major Wise, j jileut. Winder, ’Col. Gates, Major Meo-j Shtf Col. Burfe, Capt. Judd, Lieut. Fre ntj Lieut. Looser, Lieut. Van Vort, with nll tho ladies t|;al were on board.—- life troops saved, wero divided betwetn fared teasels. Tho 240 wero lashed over pdard rn a gale on the 23d inst. IUIKD DESPATCH. Ten o'clock, P. M. u Ail .the spars nnd sails of the Son Fran pjhcQ/.weru. blown away in a gale on the 84jh u)t. At one o’clock, on tho morn ing of the 25th, the engine stopped, tho piston rod broke off, and left the vessel to tally uomqnngf;able. tho seas striking tre mendous blows under her guards’, tearing up tho .planking fore and aft. Both sides At the sango limo began to leak. The troops, wero then organized into bailing gang*. i&t9 o’clock, on tho 25th, the sea struck Iba vessel amidships, carrying away both itacks, all tho upper saloon, sta ying the; quarter deck through, and wash lDg.ov&rboard a largo number of passen gers, j including Col. Washington, Major Taylor (ind wife, Capt. Field, Lieut. StaUb,hwo ladies, names unknown, three jeiyU’utos, names also unknown, and a hundred and fifty United States troops.— Aube same time there were killed—Mrs. Brooks, waiter, barber of the boat, and Packet* the carpenters brother. ihe 28(h the San Francisco spoko ihe* barque Kelly of Boston; bound for Wow-York, who lay by her until threo A’dlbclf in the afternoon of tho 29th, when lhey ; 'commenced relieving the former of ! S<sptt>sehgers.'Ono hundredand’upwhrda gOt onhoard, consisting of rqun, women andfchildren, including the officers before ifdponed, with their families. Among tlio Utimber were Capt. Judd and wife, Lieut. Fremont and family, G. W. Aspinwull and •JiL. Graham. ' ■’ At night tho wind increasing, with Aqaalle; the Kelly left go her hawser.— Oft'the morning of January Ist tfio San Francisco spoke ■ tho British ship Threo Bells, which luy by her until tho :3d, when ihe-‘boats of the latter came nlongsideof On the same day the ship] Abterilc, from New York, hound for Liv erpool bore down for' tlio San Francisco. On l Wednesday loth ships commenced •lakmg off the passengers, provisions and tfater. t - sunset oniljo Oth had all tlio pas pie tigers on board the two vessels. Tho pext morning the officers and crew were taken off, Captain VVitkips being tho last pinttoh the leave of the'vesser. ■d-’TboJThree Beli brought 220 souls, in ■fcUtding troops, officers and •MiimenOfSan Francisco.' *, ; >Phera were eleven deaths among the Afew'of the steamer from the limu she Ws'diiublcd to'the Bth, including two qjvho Wero \yasheJ overboard. ' * political feqturo of the presept Legislature of this State is as follows.— Senate,' 18 Democrats, 14 W bigs, and oiie Native. House 1 bf ReproSentutivek, Democrats, 3<J Whigs,'aud 4 Nutives. THE REPUBLICAN. CLEA It FIELD, J AN. 25,1654 *JMS£I£ liii3l£''vffJ£:3s.i!:<flAS3r, . Is published every VY ednesday, by D. 1 W. Mobilu .& Wilson, uttho low| irate of •$! aveur payable in;advnnco. 1 ;lf not paid within ihr.oe months $1 aS will | !be clinhgeil. If not paid within six months 60. If not pnid within nine months bjjtl 75. And if not paid within tho year, ;$2 00 will bo charged. ! j Advertisements, inserted nt the ruto of ;§l per square for the first three insertions, uiitd twenty-five cents for each additional 'insertion. A liberal reduction made to ttlioso who advertise by the year. Tlie Baseness and lneonslsfencics'of'Sntivism. The proceedings of tlio Native Aincri enn meeting, us published m our paper of the 24Ui ult, ns well ns tligso to bo found in to-day's paper, betray the basest pas siops of tho lumiar* heart, ni)d a tissue of inconsistencies unworthy of rnen claiming tho possession of nnturol tense —as u low; facts wil) abundantly establish. The proceedings of tho Urudford meet ing, to bo found in our paper of tho 241 h ult, set out by declaring ‘‘tho right of suf frage the dearest franchise purchased by tho blood of tlio revolution.” Do these Natives know that much of tho “blood” of j that revolution, which so dearly purchased j our blessed franchise, was shed by heroes; to whom lliesu fanutics would deny tho; right of suffrage ? Do they not know that in all our wars since, theso samo discard led foreigners have us trecly risked their, [lives and shed their blood in tho defencoj and support of our free institutions, ns thoj , native born citizen. If they aro ignorant' ipf theso facts, they may bo excused provi- I tied they turn their attention to reading tho j ! history of their country. ! | That many foreigners exercise tho right. I of suffrage, who aro too ignorant to pioo crly appreciate and exercise that high prtv- j ; ilege, thero is no doubt. But it i 3 equally (true, that thousands of native born citizens I exercise that right every year, who are; I just ns ignorant, and yet our free govern-, menthas been steadily progressing towards perfection with scarcely an occasional rc-; verso. But if foreigners aro compelled to | spend a probation of twenty-one years, in stead of live, will they in that time, us a general rule, bo any better prepared toex-; erciso tho right of suffrage'? Will the/; I have educated themselves in n correct on- ■ derstnnding of our republican institutions ? J We think not, because tho long time ini which they are treated as aliens, will nat-! urully excite their hatred, instead of their; lovo, towards our government, and they I will hava but little inducement to make I themselves acquainted with tho science ofj government, lie Natives must therefore sec, that, in order to avert the danger they | apprehend, they must not extend tho lime; of probation to 21 years, for in that lime ! we would have a very large population of cnomies in our midst —aqd enemies ofour making—who would bo very troublesome j customers to deal with in case of war with j a foreign nation—but they must prohibit emigration to this country entirely I Eot them advocate this plan, and wo will listen; to them with somo degreo of patience. But these advocates of Nativism nre ci ther knaves or hypocrites, or perhaps both; for, with the lie stickingout all round, they j j unblushingly declare that they “do not re- j gat-d religion ns a parly element, but be-j I lieve nnd cherish the snored privilege guar- j | anlecd by our Constitution— the rigid q/j every, man to worship God according fa, the dictates of his own conscience." In! this we say these Nujives assort u positive J falsehood. Except for hostility to tho 1 Catholic religion. one of tho citizens of Bradford township who attended that meeting, would havo taken part in it.— This fact is fully demonstrated by the very next resolution, in which they de nqunced Gov. Bioleu and President Pierce for appointing James Campbell, to office. Why is Judge Campbell denoun ced ? He is no foreigner, but was born j within our own Commonwealth. Ihen: why is he denounced? Alas, how glaring■ tho falsehood I It is because they believe \ James Cumpboll to bo a Catholic ! 1 his is i tho only reason, and yet they declare they : “cherish" “the rights of every man to worship God , according to the dictates of his own conscience.” O, shame, whore, is thy blush ? Mark Kylar, Leo Tumor, I Wm. Hoover and John Peters, are you willin'* that your names shall go abroad throu»h tho world attached to such an un blushing lie?. If you have done this knowingly, why, bear it, and lot your children sufier tho disgrace of yourinfumy. Butifvou Jiuvebecnduped.andmndelho vic tims of intrigue and deceplionbyn f<jwtrick sters in Clearfield, for the purpose ofdo iqg injury to tho democratic party, it be comes you ns honorable men— as men having respect for your character, for truth nnd veracity and a proper regard for your posterity, tp, seek the first occa sion to wipe ,out the sfnin. If your con duct is dictated.by hpstility to Catholics, and to tho Catholic religion, suy su as men and the world will ru least give you credit for candor. But for you to declare ip lu yor of a freo exercise of the right of con science nnd in tho next breath denounce a .high minded, honorable ami honest man, and truo patriot, lor no.other reason than that yqu believe him to be a Ciitholic, must entitle you.to thu appellation o( c'nhurffjols or knaves. But again, you cypress great regard for the Bible. Do you now tiint among the curdjnal doctrines taught in that good hook is that of ' “charity?" Catholics profess to hqvo too'niuch veneration for that sa cred book to allow,it to bo used in our primary schools. Whether they are riglit or wrong'is.nqt tlio question. It is a mat ter of "conscience" u ifli them, and if you only obey God’s bblyword, you will bavo the chqrity “to do ns you would that oth ers do unto, you,” But tho Catholics ard not a lone-in opposing the uso of tho Bible j us u School book. If lias comparitively few ndvocaies untl is now seldom used for, Rticb purposes. Children go lo school to get a .knowledge of tho English language, j to learn how to ho useful to themselves and to their fellovy beings when they bo-1 como rqen and women, and not for the purpqso of leurning tho peculiar creed ot[ this or that chrisiuin sect. This is tho .object of our excellent school system, und |if its provisions are faithfully curried out in tho selection of proper teachers, tho | morals of tho scholar will he much hotter 'cured for than if the scriptures wore pro i miscuously used as a school hook, j Wo could say much more, it wo had [space. Euough however has been said ;to put our citizens on their gnurd. Tho I pi esent excitement is kept up only as a fed eral gull trap. After tho tricksters havo accomplished their work they will turn round and mock nt your credulity. Bo warned, then, and avoid tho snare. THE LATE WHIG MEETING. Tho candid acknowledgement of tho monstrous doctrines of tho Whig party, ns doVelopcd in tho resolutions ol the Into whig meeting in this place, demand a fur ther notice. It is very seldom that,they thus openly discloso their rcul principles; and,nlthmighwe3upposoit was unintention al on their part, or perhaps owing to the inexjicricnco of tho active spirits in that meeting—(thu old war horses of the whig party of this section being absent) wo nev ertheless tender them our sincero thanks. What wo particularly wish to draw at tention to is, the measure advocated in thu following resolution: “Resolved, That wo arc in favor of a general scheme of internal improvements by tho General Government, bo'.ieving the measure to be dourly constitutional, and calculated to prodiico benefits whigli sep nrate Stato action cannot accomplish.” I If tho peoplo of Pennsylvania wero not | nt this time, as they have been for the! last fifteen yours, writhing under a debt of foHij million of dollars, the payment of! tho interest on which debt is ‘‘eating out their substance every year,” incurred in her “general scheme of internal improve ments,” such a schemo on the part of the General Government might have some claim to tho support of reasonable men, and it might then bo necessary to refer to the Constitution lo see whether Congress had such power. But the experience of Pennsylvania on tho subject of internal improvements, will never requiro Consli jtutionnl authority to induco her citizens : to advocate the adoption of such a system ;on the part of tho General Government. jThttt question Is settled hero, Constitution ,al or unconstitutional. Had it not been ! lor tho exercise of tho veto power (and j which is so emphatically condemned by this meeting) the General Government [ would no doubt have long sinco embarked ! in this grand schemo so dear to our whigs ; long ago. But the scheme was vetoed by | the hero nnd patriot Jackson in its bud, al though tho improvements at that timoad- I vocated, nnd but for him Would havo pns jsed, Involved nn appropriation of over 1 two ftuhdred millions- of dollars. Tho peo jplo are therefore much indebted to tho ex jorclso of this much derided veto power for [saving them from bankruptcy, for it is not [extravagant tosupposo that, had the gov jernment been-allowed to embark in those I improvements, instead of being compari [lively freo from debt, our indebtedness j would by this time amount to thousands [of millions of dollars. We know this has long been a darling object with the loaders of the whig party; but it is very seldom they have the can dor to avow it—and if the whigs of our oounty arc not “read out of ohurch” for thus “letting iho cat out of the bag” wo shall bo glad. It is a little strunge that they prefer tho “ Southern Atlantic and Pacific railway .” As Pennsylvanians we think they ought to prefer tho northern route. But their reasons for ndvocating tho making of this road will strike tho reader as very strango ns they look upon it as the “only means by which California, New Mosico, Utah and Oregon are to bo retained in tho Con federacy.” This is strango we say, as | the whigs were so bitterly hostilo to the acquisition of all this territory, with tho 'exception, perhaps of Oregon; and as they wero not acquired exclusively on the “plan of conciliation and purchase,” and [as “no nation” hns “prospered by n viola tion of that plan,” we wonder that they [nro not in favor of kicking them out, rath er than of building a.railway across the .continent for the purpose of keeping them in. Their declaration of hostility to the ad-j ministration of Gov. Bjoleh, would bo amusing .if it was not insultingly false, and j followed by a tissue of slander and detrac tion disgraceful to the pot-house politicians j—and is therefore only deserving of con- I tempt. . Th° so having chnrgo of our pub jlic improvements court the strictest invos • ligation into their official conduct. They ■are investigated every year, by Comrpit [ tces ofihc Legislature on which the whigs [are tally represented, and yet whero is i • |io evidence of ‘fraud’—Where tho evi | denco of “swindling,” Alas, for the whig party, to find fraud they must go back to the days of Jiitner. Stevens cj- Co. i | Thoy close their proceedings by decla ring in favorof fan immediate and uncon-j dilipnat snla of the public Works, that the .State may be relieved from the annual, i burthen of two millions two hundred thou sand dollars.” -Tho Stato debt is forty millions of dollars —tho annual interest is, about 82,200,000. The public works i wero offered at one time, but no body pro posed to give over 820,000,000 for them. It sold even at this price tho debt would still be $20,000,000, and tho annual inter est 81,100,000. But they say they nrOj in favor of an unconditional stile, and yet require that sale to relievo the people ofi the. wholo burthen of two 'millions twoj hundred thousand dollars annual taxes I What wish logic this is ! How profound !' Upon this question we may havo some-] tiling to say hereafter. For tho present wo will only remark that we are opposed head, neck, heels and stomach to tho in crease of either, the number or thp power of corporations in our „inidst, and that if I we do consent to a sale it shall not be willy | out conditions ns well as restrictions.- Dut if the whigs will find a purchaser that will lako them and relievo us of tho annu al payment of tho 82,200,000 interest wo will consider tho conditions verv favora ble. ’ : THE NEXT GOVERNOR In a little over two months from this! time tho Democracy of Pennsylvania will formally designate their choice as the next Governor. Who that candidate shall be, no longer Remains in doubt. The people, with the exception of a very few localities, are ulmost unanimous in favor of the re nomination, and re-election, of our present worthy Executive William Bzglek.— There is a good reason for this, which is as creditable to the discriminating judg ment of tho people, 03 it is to tho firmness, integrity, and strict honesty of his Excel- Icncy. Ila.has performed his duty fuitii lully, as ho solemnly pledged himself to tho people ho would, and tho people are satisfied with him, and determined to hon or him with a second term, as thoy have always done heretofore with those of his predecessors who havo behaved them selves woll. But there are dissatisfied spirits in many parts of tho State—which is not at! all strange, us such spirits havo existed in all ages of tho world—nor i 3 it any more strungo that these spirits should bo fuund most numerous in tho very locali ties whero tho excellent Suuxk was most* fiercel y .assailed. Outside of Philadelphia 1 , and Westmoreland counties, the opposi- j fieri to the ro-nomination of Gov. Biolek ! has nowhere asstimod a serious aspect.— j In the latter, a county, or rather a town | meeting of the borough of Groensburg was i ilicid, in which n few aspiring and disap pointed politicians succeeded in getting | resolutions passed in favor of a new man , land in tho latter, a show of opposition is ] manifested by a class of politicians cal* ; ling themselves National Dcmocruts, or ! "llards," as if Gov. Bigler is not “hard” | enough for them. In this they show ns I great a want of judgment as can well bo i imagined-—for if Gov. : Biglhh is hot a National Democrat, as firm, fixed and sol id as the hardest adamantine tho Empire Stato can produco, then wo know nothing of him. Gov. Biolek was the first to em brace the principles of tho Compromise, and ho advocated those principles from every stump in the State. No man vo ted for him under misapprehensions as to this fuel; and to talk of Biglor being un faithful to that measure is about as sensi ble as to churgo Gen. Jackson with advo- ( eating a United States Bank, or with lios-j tility to such an institution on the part of: Nick Biddle. Hence it is not from nnv want of faith or confidence in Gov. Big ler’s sound National Democracy that ho meets with opposition in Philadelphia.— Ho is head and neck ahead of the whole of them on this point. Then upon what! grounds, and for what, is Bigler opposed. Aye, there’s the rub. They have not giv en —they cannot give—any reasonable excuso lor opposing his nomination. If they could, they would. We havo no objection to the friends of any of the many distinguished democrats of our Stato bringing such men forward and fairly urging their claims for prefer ment. This is commendable, and cannot bo looked upon as opposition to Gov. Big ler. But for a county meeting to instruct j their delegates for u ‘‘new man” without la “why or a wherefore,” is quite a differ ent tiling, and, to say the least of it, is quite unbecoming tho high character of the gallant democracy of the “Star of the West.” RALIROAD. In another column will bo found an ex cellent and ably written article from the Ledger , on the subject of a railroad by way of Emigh’s Gap, Clearfield and Cur. wcnsvillc, to Erio. It examines the pro posed route in detail, and proves not only its practicability, but that it possesses ad vantages unequalled by any other lino with respect to cheapness, enso of cons truction, and artificial facilities. The people of Philadelphia nro becom ing alive to the importance of this Road, and. aro beginning to sco its superior ad vantages over the Sunbury nnd Erio route, which is not only much longer, but re quires doub|o the nmount of road to bo constructed. And while this lino connects tho Atlantic soa board and the Lakes by a much shortor route, thus nttrncting tho largest portion of tho trndo of tho gtynt west nnd throwing it upon our own Shite improvements, it also opens up tho vast resources of Western Pennsylvania which arc now. lying inactive and inert, and throws them into our great commercial metropolis. Passing, as it does, through n country abounding in universal wonlih,-nn4 tfio only great pino lumber region ,in thd State, The whole lino of the rond' must necessarily becoma the seat of a largo manufacturing interest, as well ns tho channel of an extensive commerco. But its locnl traffic assumes a still greater im portance from tho immense coni trade that mus|,';pf necessity pass over it, while tho superiority of tho nrticlo will always secure for it a rondy markot, nnd there can be no doubt, thnUho demand will nl ways he equal tothocnpacitiesoftho road. To our county tho importance of this road in opening up a market that can nev er ho overstocked, for the immense quan tities of coal that nro now lyin'* useless and vnluoloss in our hills, can scarcely bo conceived. Surrounded ns wo nro on j nil sides by an excellent article of coa!,j which, because, it seems inaccessible woj nro led to consider almost worthless. Wo, can scarco appreciate its real valuo whonl brougot into n proper market. But in j this black, and apparently worthless coal wo have.the eloments that need but to bo, touched by tho iron divining rod, to trans- j mute, them into silver and gold. Woj hnvo too, 'in‘ninny parts of our county, iron ore of an excellent qdulity that must lio thero useless, and undeveloped, until tho construction of n Railroad to carry it into market. Who can realize tho advan tage that must result from calling all these inactivo sources of wealth and pro priety into active operation? Possessing nil these natural advantages nothing, but want of energy on the part of j her citizens, can prevent Clearfield, from j becoming ono of tho.most important man ! ufacturing counties in the State. Alrea dy our trudo in lumber aterngqs annually some two millions of dollars, and if wp add to this tho immense return that would bo mado for our coal., and iron, wo can form some slight appreciation of tho ad vantages that must result to our county from the construction of tlii.s Railroad.— Let us ono nil then, lend our energies to promote tho success of tho enterprize. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE, Our paper having been published very irregularly siocc the meeting ol‘the Legis lature, our readers, or some of them at least, may no doubt suppose that imicli important, business may liavo beon trans acted by that Lodv, which we have tailed to lay’before them. Should .any have formed such conclusions wo .would bog leave at present to correct them by an swering that such is not the case. Wo consider it important however that we should announce even nt this laic '.day, that Major McCuslin was chosen Speaker of the Senate, and Mr..Cha9o of Susquu-j hanna, Speaker of the House. Col. Jack; was also appointed to his old position (is Clerk. j On tho - sth instant, wo perceive that his Excellency Gov. Bigler returned with I his objections to the Senate and House of- Representatives, no less than eleveu bills, which lidd been hurried through the Leg-' islaturo of ItruU, u few days previous to] the adjournment thereof. No other business of importance to this section appears to have been transacted by that body, until the 10th when .Mr. Quig glo of tho Senate ottered t lie following pre amble and resolution in relation to the 1 liquor question, which appears to be the : interesting topic to be acted upon by that; body the present session. j “Wuureas, The passage of prohibito-j |ry liquor law is a subjsct exciting in the! I public mind as deep an interest as any otli jof question now agitated in the Common wealth, and is n measure commanding tho j favor of the cliristain, tho philanthropist |nnd tho patiiot, and at tho same time, if 'passed, is calculated to affect, to a great ] extent, the interests of many citizens and I the rights of property. And Whereas, In a free Commonwealth, all laws to bo effi cient, and to secure obedienco to tho same, should obtain tho sanction of tho people and command their approval; and no taw should bo passed which is repugnat to | their wishes, and none, constitutional in tits provisions, bo withheld which is tho] subject of their request. And Whereas, It is represented that a largo majority of tho people and qualified voters of this Com nionwealth, arc favorable to the passage of u prohibitory liquor law, but by menus of petitions and rcmonstrnn'es, i( is impos sible to obtain u proper indication of pop ular sentiment on the question, nil. 1 that if j an opportunity wero afforded the cjualified ] citizens of this Commonwealth to vote up - on the sumo at the ballot-box, it would ap jpear a majority of tho said citizens are ;;i jihvorof the passage of such a law, and I that such a result would give itscnaclmcnt !n force, power and efficiency, it would not ! otherwise.have. And Whereas, The Leg islatures of several of tho States of this Union liuvo submitted this question to u vote of tho people of said States, with high ly beneficiary and satisfactory results ; therefore, Resolved, That a committeo of three from the Senate, who, in conjunction with a similar committeo from tho House of Representatives (should tho House appoint such committal.*,) be appointed to enquire into ilio expediency of reporting a bill or joint resolution, ns shall bo deemed most udvisable, .submitting the question ofa pro hibitory liquor luw, ton vote of the pco plo of this Commonwealth. This resolution wus laid over under the rule. On tho 15th a caucus of tho members 1 of the State Legislature, favorubto to the causo of prohibition, was hold at Harris burg, when Mr. Bigham, of Allegheny, was elocled President nnd B. U. Miller, Secretary. On a vote being taken, 15 were in fuvor of submitting tlio matter to a vote by the people, nnd 17 wore in favor of unconditional legislation. Tlio friends of prohibi.ion were not nil present. It is supposed that tho majority would lrnvo been still larger in favor of tlio latter men suro, hail all been present. There is no doubt that somo stringent measure, look ing to tho prohibition of tho liquor traffic inourStnto, will bo udopted this cession. Wlmlehapo these measures will assumo remains to be scon. State Tkeasureu.—Wo eea that Jo seph Baity, Esq., of Chester county has been nominated by. tho Democratic caucus for tho above office, Ilis nomination is equivalent to. liis election, Judging from tho tono of tho press throughout tho State, and thoso too who aro bestuequnintecl with him tl\ern is littlo or no doubt but that ho will mako a most faithful and efficient of ficer. ; \ OCrTlio proceedings of a second Na tive American meeting, held in Bradford township, ho ve Teen received pad ara in typo, but wo cannot fiqd . rooity fof them in this paper. ' ’ 1 CiEAnFiBLu, Dec. 21,1853, We the present board of School Direc tors of tho Borough of Clearfield, do cer. lify that C. Kratzer nevercatpe before «» to ask or demand any part of the school' money belonging to this district for ahy ; purpose .whatever. J. F. WEAVER, G. W. RHEEM, R. F. WARD,' D. SACKETT, H. B. SMITH. Messrs Editors: —Tho nbovo certificate * will bo understood by ilioso who know that they havo manufactured n wilful npd malicious falsehood, and particularly by tho /no who hnvo laid down tho yard-stick,! tho plane, and tho scissors, to accomplish 4 the same uncharitable end. That thereja uncharitable feelings entertained by one j part of the community against another,is’, | what might naturally be expected when", wo know how ready mankind, has aU!, ways been to persecu'e those who, havd t diflcrod from them in their religious opin ions. Tho well disposed wiii endeavor.to rebuke this disposition, und those who cn» courage it—and it is the duty of every , person who values the peace of this coun,: try to be on his guard against unprincipled', politicians nud disappointed office seeker*, i who appeal to this weakness of human ■ nature. The abovo certificate settles fulschood,- No 1. Now us there uro many more set . alluat by tho samo men, (who oeein ta; havo nothing to do but to slander their, neighbors,) if they have any confidence in what they say, let them back their words,, with money autlic.ient to defray the oxpeh*,. ses of getting the proper evidenco in any; ! given cases, and if they arc correct, 1-wilt* J refund all ihat.it mav cost to provo the., charged. * C. KIUTZER.".".* NATItB METIfiG. According to appointment there was a., large and respectable Native meeting heldi in tlie Goshen School House on Wcdnesb day evening the 4th.inst. On motion, Jacob Flcgal was elected President, and J. F. Rqto Secreluiry. . On motion, R. C. Shaw, Wm. Dugan' and Win. Shaw, were appointed a Com* miltco tu draft resolutions expressive oftho sense of the meeting, after which th& meeting wore ngrc-eubly entertained by forcible and argumentative addresses do- ' livered by the Rev. Worlz, and M. A, Frank, whenuhe Committe submitted the tollowing which were read and unap* imously adopted, and nro as follows: Whereas, the constantly increasing’tide of emigration, which is daily pouring into! all our seaport towns from every nation, kindrednnd tongue, with the influx of dai-‘ ly thousands flooding our Republican, America,and wieldingan equal pownrwithr ( native born citizens, it is not probable and scarcely possible that tho plain, honest, | first principles of our beloved country, wilt I remain uninfected with influence of for eign despotism. And reared as theso for eigners are, in too many instances, under the influences of a bigoted Priesthood, or tho wily schemes of Jesuitical leaders,‘they 5 must inevitably bring to our shores theso first impressions and thuso first principles. Therefore, Resolved, That in tho opin ion of this meeting, it is tho bounden duty* of every lover of our country and her in stitution, of every philanthropist who holds dear the blood-bought treasures bequeath ed to us, to use his utmost endeavors to« put down the growing influence of foreign* ersatour ballot boxes. Resolved, That wo aro opposed to tho naturulizaiion laws of these United State* us thev now exist, and are strongly in fa* voiOhf ’.heir being so altered mid amended as to requiro u much longer residence of foreigners in this Republio, to anako them i qualified voters. Resolved, That the establishment of tho j Popo of Romo of hierarchy, following which always comes the inquisition,in this country collecting affile-depositing largo quantities of fire-arms and amunitions in I their various churfines nnd cathedrals, and ! attempting toobtain for tlio control by law* of a largo amount of property in this Re pablic, convinces this meeting' that it is the design of the church of Rome to sub vert our institutions and overthrow our government, nnd ultimately to establish his Holiness, tho Pope, as supreme bead oflliia continent, ns ho is now head of , Scrnmonts of despotic Europe—-und <thnt it J is yain for us to cry peace,pence, whea wd\ ; have a foe to contend with which act? ; while wo talk und which now momentnri jly appeased by the concession sho asks, l would only becomo. mom dangerous on ; some early occasion. | Resolved, That Wm. Bigler is census [able for appointing to a place of trust nnd I responsibility, the personTh-Wm. Camp bell, after tho majority of. tho voters of Pennsylvania had tlecidedly rejected hint. Resolved, That the editors of tho Clear • •field Republican bo requested to publish tho proceeding of this meeting. . On melton adjourned. , JACOB FLEP.\L, Pros’*. J. F. Rote, Sec’y. OirAt tho monthly meeting of i lho Washingtonians, hold, in Clearfield, Jan. 2d., 185*1, the following persons were.np pointed as Delegates from this ;t* the Stuto Temperance. Convention to bo held in Harrisburg on thq 2Glh nnd 271 h of January. . ■.. i . Rev, J. Hamilton,Pike township; Wm. Irwin, Tike township; Jqmes Mc’Ghep, Bell township; Dr. Hoyt, Ferguson lp.| Hpn.rT. B. Dayis Ferguson township;—> lion. J.;P. Hoyt, Ferguson townshjp; ,T. 11. Fulton, Girard township; J.B. M’jEtJ* ally, Esq., Clearfield Borough; Hon.,A. K. Wright, Clearfield Borough ; Hon. 0. R, Barrett, Clearfield Borough; G. P. oy*> licit, Lawrenco township;, Thojpas Rosjj, Curwensvilfo ; Gep. J.; Fiitton, Curtyens* ville; Edward I McGarve’yr,' Kpjtliaus tg|
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