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|