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It BO ol j. 8. Fuller. |
As early Q 8 the year *790 iho'-block- ‘
houie anclstockaijeaboye'the mouthof:« H ■ B F I fflil Jp'
gysltirig river, *BB a frontier post for I 1 Infill 'll 1 I w-• 111 1 - ‘ **
jj, e ; jnoneer of the North western j JP
liveryof dark and thick forests • ;:
interspersed with green or flowing; prair-i
,ieel ; ,THhn ‘ the 'forest; Had * hot heard the
aopnd of th'o\woodnian , a axe, nor the plow
of the husbnridmati ‘ opened the bosqffi of ;
(hbWrth^ ! ' Then those beahtiful pratrlW'«
their golden bloom to the God ofi
{Mature : nnd among the most luxuriant of.
theie were those which lay along tlioj.
Hockhocking Valley, and especially; that
portion of it on which the town of Lancas-;
tot'hdw stands. This place, for its beauty fi
its richness of soil, and picturesque see- throat of each he sprang into the river.— ready the spies caught a glimpse of a toll | Important to SllsquenaimnU InmDtrmcn.
,nsty,Was selected lor the location of oh He thrust the head of tho eldest under the swarthy warrior cautiously advancing to | The Baltimore Snn states that Chief
'iridtan .village. This afforded a suitable water. Whilst making strong efforts to tho covort so recently occupied by his fcl-j Justice Tanev recently made a decision,
place for the gambol of tho Indian sports- submerge tho younger, who, however, low companion. Notft,4 oo » *be attack in in admirably, in the United States Circuit
' moni os well as a central spot for concon-! powerfully resisted him, and during the ’ front was renewed with increased fury, so Court, on an appeul. from a decision ren
trnting the Indian warriors. ( [short struggle With this young nthletic, to' ns to require tho incessant fire of both deretl several monthsago.by the late Judge
Hero tho tribes of tho North and West his astonishment, she addressed him in his * spies to prevent tho Indians from gaining Glenn, ofthe United States District (£ourt,
met to council, and led=forth the war-path own language, though in almost inariicu- tho eminence, and in a short time M’Clel- which settles the following prinoiples:-lst
in different directions. ’ Upon one of these late sounds, land saw a warrior making preparations to That lumber wrecked in tho Susquehanna
occasions, when the war spirit moved | Releasing his hold, sho informed him leap to tho fatal rook. The leap was made j river while coming down to Port Deposit,
mightily among' the soils of Nature, and that she had been a prisoner for ten years and the Indian turning a somerset* - his, or carried a way by freshets from l ort De
tho tomahawk leaped in its scabbard, and'and was taken from below Wheeling, and corpse rolled down tho hill towards his j posit after having been anchored or other
tho spirits of their friends, who had died ( that the Indians had killed all the family, former companion. Again an unknown | w ise deposited there, is not the .subject o
in the field of battle, visited the warrior in and that heir brother and herself were ta- hand had interposed in their behalf This ■ salvage. 2nd That compensation lor any
his night visions and called loudly for re-Ikon prisoners, but ho succeeded the sec- second sacrifice cast dismay into the ranks assistance rendered to the owners by la
venge, it was ascertained at the garrison 'ond night, in making his escape. During of their assailants, nnd just as the sun was i king caro of such lumber must be suod lor
above the mouth of Hockhocking river, !this narrative, White had drowned tho el- disappearing behind the western hills, the in the State br common law courts und lor
that tho Indians were gathering in great|der squaw, and had left her float,off* with foe withdrow to a short distance,to devise such compensation there is no lutn. o .
numbers for the purpose of striking the the current, where it would not probably a now mode of attack. This respito came That the Admiraliy Court has no juris ic
blpw on sotno post of the frontiers. To be found out soon. He now directed the ! most seasonably to our spies, who had tion over the said lumber when rctaine
meet this crisis two ofthe most skilled and! girl to follow jiim, and with his usual speed kept their ground, and bravely maintain- for any purpose, and that u writ ot rep ev
indefatigable spies were despatched to nnd energy pushed for tho mount. Thoy ed the unequal fight from nearly the mid- in, or other common law action, is the np
watch,their movements and report. had scarcely gone half way when they 1 die of the day. . _ propriato remedy. 4th. that owners
M'Cleland nnd Whilo, two spirits that hoard the alarm cry some quurler of a! Now for the first time was the girl mis- j have the right to subject property w ic
never quailed at danger, and as uncon- mile down the stream. It was supposed 1 sing, and the spies thought that through i would ordinarily be liuble to salvage, to
querable as the Lybian lion, in the month somo party of Indians returning from 1 terror she had cseaped to her former cap- risks necessarily contemplated by lliein
of October, and on one of the balmy days | hunting struck the river just as the body i tors, or that she had been killed during when they put it in u certain position and
of Indian summer, took leavo of their fcl-! of tho squaw floated past. White and the 1 the fight, but they were pot long left to involved in that position, nnd that any in
lows and moved on through tho thick plum ] girl succeeded in reaching the mount, 1 conjecture. Tho girl emerging from be-j lcrference with it while subject to the dan-
Ond hazel bushes with the noiseless tread where M’Cleland had been no indifferent! hind a rock und coming towards them gers thus risked by the owners, is at the
of panthers, urmed with their unerring ri-! spectator to the sudden commotion among' with n rifle in her hand. During tho fight peril of the persons so intermeddling,
flea. They continued their march* skirl- iho Indians. jshe snvv a warrior fall, who had advanced' The amount involved in this case was, it
ing the prairies, till they reached that most i Tho prairie parties of warriours were . some dis'.unce before the 'test, and while appears, small, but it seems to have been
remarkablo prominence, now, -known by! seen immediately to striko offin every di- some of them changed their position, sho got up by. the'libellants (lumberman at
tho namo of Mount Pleasant, tho western j reclion, and White and the girl had scarce- resolved at once, live or die, to possess | Port Deposit) for a settlement ol tho ques
termination of which is a perpendicular ily arrived bo fore a party of twenty war- herself of his gun nnd amunition; and , tion, and was argued and decided on the
cliff of rocks of somo hundreds of feet high! riors had reached the eastern acclivity of crouching down beneath the underbrush, [ general principles nnd authorities regulu
and whose summit, from a western view,! the mount and worn cautiously and care- she crawled to the place, and succeeded in . ting salvage, a subject deeply Interesting
towers to the clouds and overlooks the [ fully under cover. Soon tho spies saw her enterprise. Her keen nnd watchful to the lumbermen of the Susquehnnna, and
plains below. When this point was gain- their swarthy foes as they glided from oye had already noticed the futal rock, and as to which, so far as it affected lumber in
pd, our hardy spies held a position from ; tree to tree nnd rock to rock, till their po- here was the mysterious hand by which >nt river, there has heretofore been a till
which they could seo every movement of sition was surrounded, except on the west tho two warriors fell, tho Inst being the J ferenco of opinion, involving .sometimes
the Indians below in the valley. ! pcrpcndiculur side, and all hopes of es- most intrepid and blood-thirsty of the disngrccblo consequences. Although the
-, Every day added a new accession of cape was cut off*, In this perilous position Shawnee tribe, nnd the leader ofthe com-: District Court allowed snlvnga,-tho decree
warriors to the company. They witnessed ! nothing was loft but to sell their lives as pany which killed her mother nnd her sis-[ or that Court was reversed on the ground
their exercises of horse-raciqg, running'dearly as possible, and this they resolved ters, and took her nnd her brother prjso. ■ that the lumber in dispute was not, under
fooLces, jumping, throwing 0 .!,e toma-' to do, and advised the girl to escape to the ners. the subject or admiral
hawk and dancing; tliuold suchems look-, Indians and toll them she had been taken Now in tho westnrosedark clouds,which ty therefore not silly .c
ing on with their Indian indifference, the prisoner. She said, “No, death to me, in soon overspread the whole heavens, and ,to salvage, rhis decision, which sus
squaws engaged in their usual druggery, I tho presence of my own people, is a thou- the elements were rent with the penis ofthe views of the lumbermen will,
apd the children engaged in their playful' sand times sweeter than captivity and sis- thunder. Darkness, deep and gloomy",'■ hoped, prevent the recurrence of 8 c d •
gambols. Tho arrival of a new warrior! very. Furnish me with a gun, and I will shrowded the whole havens; this dark- pules as have heretofore happened be
was greeted with terriblo shouts, which! show vou that 1 can fight us well as die. noss greatly embarrassed the spies in their , tween ownersoriumbcrand those claiming
striking the inural lace of Mount Pleosupt,! This p'lnco J will leave not. Hero my contemplated night escape, supposing they salvage rales for their service.
Were driven back in the various indenta-‘bones shall lie, bleached with yours, and might readily loose their way, andncci-j anviPR 1 TO VDIINR MFN
tiorisof the surrounding hills, producing Should either of you escape, you will car- dentally Tull on their enemy ; but a short) Ainmn iu lunnu won.
levee Veils WoulTlmve struck tor-! * Remonstrance proved IrUiiloss. intimate knowledge br the localities, that | murk of Davy Crocket, than young men
of those unaccustomed to The'two spies quickly matured the plan another might bogainedin casethey should [suppose . l ße sure you are then
hdfob rovefrJ !of defence, and vigerousl v commenced the fall in with any of the parties oftheoutposts. > ahead?- The great prmc.ple embodied
;; To our spied this was but martial music | attack, from the front, where, from the From'her knowledge of the ianguogo. inward elm
—strains which wuked their watchfulness, vorysmull back bone of the mount, the she "light deceive the sentinels, as the se- - rccttlude, gives a moral
1 A lira ivotrioß Q vtii,ed , J, ,h. p.l
' savage exposed for i. short time, and a moment’s They were to remain till the signal was that heroism which submits to slights
! y '"were, 0 thelbfore, no. exposure of their swarthy forms was E i4„ by the girl' to move on. °Her ob- «»«!, misconstruction and p mortification
I likely to be ensnared by their cunning, enSugb for the unerring rifle or the spies, sence, for the space of a quarter ofan hour,
i nor without a desperate conflict, to fall vie- The Indians being entirely tgnoren ofhow began the most serious apprehen- ( r g‘ “ nd "yonn- man who bends
-firtvV-uv thpir-scalninfT-kniveS ‘or tornn-imany wore m ambuscade, wore the more sions. Again sho appeared, and told tnem o tticutiy. inai joun D man ww
Sks - On^ B ev ? erir o?caEs small par- cautious how they advanced. she lmd succeeded in removing two semi-; n.ghrandl morning over those stoptd folios
-tibs left the ; nrairie and ascended thej After bravely maintaining the fight in n els to a short distance, who were direct- entering the dry detui sofanothe s goi ,
Suit tE eastern side. On these! front, and keeping the enemy in c°heck, l y on their route. The descent was noise- fh_asa place_ samewhnre, tc. which his toil
J,Wrflaibns the shies would hide in the deep: they discovered a now danger threatening tessly resumed, and the spies followed and industry brings suilshino and li . ,
andithem- The arch foo now made evident their Intrepid leader for half a mile in the The great man whoemnfop l„m may do.
leave their hiding places, when their! preparations to attack tliemon tho flank most profound silence, when the barking ‘wrong, but the tight (yhich actuates ths ;
S end uSSmf vStore had dis-1 Eh could be most successfully done by 0 f a dog a. a short distance apprised them , drudge to make himself a living sacrafice
BDd UmVelt '° mC U ! reaching an isolated rock lying on one of of u now danger. The nlmolt simuUnnc- ’ for the good of those who depend on him
P For food they depended on jerked veni-1 the ravines on the southern hill side.- OU3 dick of the spies’ rifles was heard by <*>rp P!™*, w ">'jJ ,or ,hl [“
'kbff'andcorn 'breqd,.with which their knup-! This rock once gained by tho Indians, tho girl who stated that thoy wero now in # , st ™ t “ e sca
vVpII stored Thev darenot they could bring the spies under point the midst of the Indian camps, und their Ino merciiunt just sorngon me sea
a C firc W and S |ho e ren or t - lives depended on tlio most‘profound si- of life, pauses before he selects Ins; course,
would have brought upon them the ity of escape. Our brave spies saw the fence and implicitly followingherfootstops. He regulates ms compass trims his sails
ol iho TndLs For "rink uuer hopelessness of their situation, which K moment afterward, the gfrl was accos-1 prepares for bad weather ns well as good,
jfhey depended f oil some rain water which nothing could avert but a bravo compan- , e d by a squaw, from an opening in her “ ■.['Taltermined wil iind
in’ thf- hnllnvVs of-the rocks; but ion. and unerring shot. This they hud wlgW am ; sho replied in the Indian lan- oell-possessca, wma aeierm nea \m, ana
exhausted, no ,, but the bravo never despair. With gU age, and, within, stopping, still pressed a stout, fearless, honest heart .yo.un
.j Wnr ashor must abandon this impending fate resting upon them, forward. In a short time she stopped and morchant has but to see that he is right,
tSey cominued calm and cafoulating, and „ 88 ured the spies that the village was and he will be sure to go a head.’.-In
e,reD . P , l „ j ous enterprise us unwearied as the strongest desire of cleared, and that they had passed the great- 1 oil‘he professions of life it is tho same.
iasaisssstss: izrsxrssnsi rasrecatgf SSS=SEsSs
W&g the hill bn the north, nnd, under coy- two would reach it, .and all hope of life sequel "T ° ours i r^ r They lack that inner life which Is the soul
Kof the hazel thickets, hb reached the then was gone. Ha fe t>“ a P . . J »nd after three days trav- of a mqn. Tho sturdy mechanib earns,
Hfchr and turning a bold po at of the hill, on one single advantageous si ot, and nl- tho Ohio river, and alter three daysitr v the lubor which is made ‘right’in’di
ißTer? a ° o ..r nill & n few thmmh but an inch or two of the warrior’s el arrived safe at the blockhouse. Their wiin no rnnor which is umue nyu iu ui
Kffound a beaunfdl spring within a tew tnongn oui on liu-nui *«««» . " - „ A tbn Indi. vino law, a fortune, to be expended by the
Kt ofthp river, now known by the name body was exposed, ond tha at the distance escapo prev nted tto In fla „,. ant ,wrong’ which idles away a hu
■cdld Ipring, bn the farm of D. Tal- of eighty.pr ahundred yards, bo resolved ana from existence. 0 But that providence whiob
Esqi.' He fillbd hid canteens, andi to risk pjl, coolly ra,6 . ed h n h - a h rid !. h ° mtpniH -Gorneal Washburn celebrated seems almost' to be special, even in this
Burned' siifdiy tb his Watchful compan- ( face, qnd shading the sight , the m P t n j mn vvarfore and asi wortd, inevitably follows hard upon the
B;™It Whb now deteririined to jiaVo aho drew ; a bead so sure that be felt con- the history of Indiani warfore t! n “ si^b - ide with the ‘. righf ..
Bib supply of water every ddy, and this scioustt would do the deed, lie |°“ c bed the J en °' Vn ® ,P ; j Tho only path te honor and succoss is that
wasjjerforniedlittefnatPtyi " the trigger, the to™™*' ?™*?!* Si : Wo0 ‘ , y;' KentUck,anS -' ' of integrity of industry. <Be sure you are
Hp one of thpse, occasions after White in place ol striking re, • . _ go ahead ! It is the human
HTfilled 1 his canteens,* he sat a few mo- into many Rjeces's and a ' ll ‘ ou - • faith which will literally move mountains.
Bits watching the l,mp.d element as it reachther^kberore
Be gurgling opt of the bosom of the he could adjust another flint* he proceeded
when the light sounds of footsteps to the task with the -utmost compourp.
Habthis practised ear, and ppoij; turning Casting his eyes toward the fearful point
BKd J)P sew two squws a few feet off suddenly he saw the warrior s r “o
ST Upon turning the jut ofthe hill the every muiclo for the leap ; ,qdol.tyt
Kit squaw gave one of those far>.reapb* agility of a panther ne made-the spng.
■whoops peculiar to . Indians. White but! instead of reaching the took ,l ®'B a .
■fen -comprehended: his-perilous situa?..yeil f > -and.'..JiisdBfK ;! -bbdj
■ [f the alarm should reach the camp down the steep inta the vnlleyibeiow; tie
Bwn.hb QDd his. Companion must inev- had evidently receivedadeath wound trom
Wv perish Self preservation compel, somq'unknovyn hand. Ar-hunflieff voices
Fhtm to inflict a noiselesa death on;,the re-echoed from below the tWrible shout.—
mw«, and ip puetja maijqeras, if possi- It wasevideqtthot they had lost aTavprtte
Lm lMyo no traps behthd Ever rap- wirrior,as welUs being disoppomted for
In ihbiifiht,' ; pnd.. pronftpun action* fie a time, ofthe most important fitovenient.
fnttufiSn his victim? with the rapidity AdbwmioHtes proved that the advantage
'power of a lion, and 'grasping! the gained would be of short duration : fotal-
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Volume 5,
1 > »l.- -1 I • * V »
Clearfield, Pa., IVb’y. 15, 1854.
00-The time for issuing and looting
certain bounty land warrants for military
service in the war of- 1812, ! Under sov
oral acts df expired on
the 20th of June last, un act has been pass
ed by both Houses granting a further term
of five years for: satisfying tho same.-
This will relieve from suspension many
cases now pending in the Pension office,
and render available for sale. or location
many warrants already issued.
... (ttrThe boy; who undertook to ride a
a horse radish* is now practicing on a sad
dle of mutton without stirrups.
OirA daguerraotypist took the portrait
of a lady in such ah admirable manner,
that her husband preferred it; to the origi
nal.
... , ;L . jIATIMi JJEETINff..'. , —~~
"" ~jk ' ~ •••’•■'-: ' : „. { . to an pppdinlmentilllertMMsn
■ ;i ■■.. ■■ . 1 meeting, held in the schooL'hßUBKon.SjUfl(t
■ : >4h>'- i . Iday oveninglhe 4lh of February 18l>4, for
ll1i ; lr1l1l11l i IS(T tiMl I
tfer' \wJJbh4> J v UR W / l§ / ! President. Daniel Livingston J Esq.,:gnd
/< v? r >sr ;■ ■ _ , ’Titos. W. Fleming, Vice, Presidents, ani|
■' • S' l D '• ■ «• *. • •'' ' !\, M. MonteliusSecretory, ,: , ; :• .: ;b
■ ' ! : On motion, G. W. Murphy,.Jos.Poter?,
land S. B.'Taylor, were appointed a Cotn,
Imittee to draft resolutions. •,;. ,ll
: While the Committee was out thp-*o»p.et- ..
ing was addressed bv. Win, Blqdwlmi'ro,
! who wns followed by M. A. Frank, who
interested the Audience with nri interesting
speech—after which tho following fCsolu
lions were read and adopted. , ;
in - ! Whereas, the danger of foreign in-
NATIVE MEETING. , flue nee, threatening the gradual hut. to-
According to appointment, a largo and tal destruction of our
respectable Native meeting was held in tidtis, arrested the attenlton Pof our
Welch’s school house, on,Thursday cjp- Washington m the earliest
ntng, the 20th inst. ' country’s lustory; and ivhereas. t^dwcct
On motion A. T. Bradley was.elected agency is to aggravate tho virulence ot
President, and J. B. Shaw Secretary. I partizen warfare,and poison oursysternby
On motion George Fullerton, B. 11.:| the deadly _ influence of European despot-
Caldwell and George Smeal, were appoin- ; ism-a policy antagomst.cal to tho luqua
ted a committee to draft resolutions expres- j mental princiiiles.ofour governrnen :
sive of the sense of tho meeting, after which Therefore Resolved, That the civil in
the meeting was ngreably entertained by stitutions of ouv country havo been ser.-
forcible and argumentative addreses do- oualy a ducted, und that they now a a
livered by M. A Frank, Wm.Blacksliaire,| in imminent peril from tho rapid influx of
Wm M Dugan, and others. When thoja foreign population, imbibed with foreign
committee submitted the following, which feelings and of and
was road and unanimously adopted and are'acter, who rccc.ve under our present >mt
ns follows: .uralizntion laws the right of suflragc nt\i
Whereas, The constantly increasing eligibility to official stations. . ;
tide of emigration, which is daily pouring, Resolved, That while cvor >. c “ n f llo
into all our cities and towns from every no-.effort should be made to guardlagaiipsl
lion kindred and tongue, and wielding nn deleterious effects oft '^^'y lnc f
equal power with native born citizens, it is|mg emigration by the enactment of em
not probable and scarcely possible that the cient lows for that, purpos :
plain, honest, first principles of our belov-, aliens who are or may become inhabitant
cd country, will remain unaffected with or our country should be kindly recused
tho influence of foreign despotism, there-! and every privilege extended to them «a
C orc ; that of participating m our political admin
istration. ;
Resolved , That tho Bible, ns the only
foundation of pure and unadulterated Chris
tianity, is likewise the basis of all true lib
erty and republicanism, and that .as the
chief corner stone of our political institu
tions it should bo freely read by all men-;
for to it we are indebted for the wands
that broke the sceptre of tyrants, and in
structed our sires how to brake asunder
their bonds nnd rise (to the true dignity
of God-created freedom. 'x
Resolved, That we will ever resist sec
tarian inlermedling with politics or politi
cal institutions, come front what source it
may; religious freedom being the great
cornerstone of American civilization.; 1
Resolved , That it is our duty ns Amer
icans to fostor and defend our system of
:State education —because without public
instruction a government of tho people must
necessarily become a government of igno
rance and depravity. /■' 1
Resolved, That as American citizens
we feel mortified at the manner in which
our national administration and certain
prominent Senators have truckled tc the
Pope’s Nuncio, Bedina, the murderer of
Ugo Bnssi. The manner in which he was
j received by nur administration, charged as
| lie is with tho most unholy, cruel .S(ld
i bloody .butchory, is a disgrace to our
country. . . ;,
1 Resolved, That wo strongly denounce
I the conduct of Gov. Bigler in appointing
| James Campbell to office, after he wasire
-1 jucted nnd repudiated by the people; and
that such a shallow manoeuvre to secure
1 tho catholic vote deserves the censure of all
good citizens. ' ~
Resolved, Thtrt James Campbell bydd*
appointment, has .demonstrated hiautlitr
upfitness for the office oPPost Master Gen
era). . , ;
Rcsoked, That the editors of the Clear
field Republican be requested to publish
theso resolutions together with the proceed
ings of iliis meeting. . - ■;
Resolved, That wo adjourn to. meet .in
three weeks from this evening, it being the
25th of February, when the meeting may
expect nn address from Gen. Peter K.
Smith from Philadelphia. ~ '*
A. -M. MONTF.LUJS, Scc’y.
Curwensville, Fob. 0, 1854. - .
"TS-O'SP-l:
, High Pmces of Flock. —The Now
York Tribune says; Only throe times
within the present century, namely; in
1816, in 1836, and now in 1854, lias tho
Current price of wheat reached two dollars
n bushel in that great grain-producing re
gion, the Genesee Valley. The first time
it was occasioned by onß ofthe coldest and
most unpropitious seusons within our re
collection. The second -time‘it arose in
part from tho operations of the wildest
speculating years we have ever been af
flicted with, when men paid more attention
i to buying and selling thnn raising grain.
I Ofthe present extrqvagant price, it i| well
! to inquire the cause.
. ' ; r
Resolved, That we do hereby form our- ii
selves, iutoa national political party, fori
tho rudicul reform ot abuses, und the
preservation of our institutions ond our.
liberties, under the name of the Native
American party. '
Resolved , That no foreigner hereafter |
coming to these United States, shall beal-|
lowed°to cxcrciso the elective franchise,!
until he shall have been a resident hero at |
least twenty-one years. i
Resolved, That the Bible, as the only
basis of pure Christianity, lies at the bot-1
tom of all true liberty and equality, and
thus, ns the corner stone of our free insti
j tutions, should be freely read by all men.
I Resolved, That organizations of Native
i American associations should be establish- j
cdinoll the townshipsandcounties.Ubrougb- j
out the United States.
Resolved, That we advocate the princi- j
pie, that no alien should bo naturalized,'
I except on the production ofn custom house
; certificate, to be produced on his landing
'on these American shores, proving his
residence of twenty-one years. Such cor
lificate to bo given up to be canceled.
Resolved, That we hold i: to be a duty
ol all true Native Americans to give their
1 suffrages to those only, who subscribe
1 heartily to our principles and will maintain
I them.
Resolved, That ns Native Americans,
we hold it to bo our duty to lake high
moral ground on all subjects, to grapple
with the principles of right of truth, and of
justice, without regard to mere questions
of availability, and to contend for them
fearlessly against the world.
| Resolved, That while cverv Constitu
tional effort should bo mnefe to guard
' ngainst the deleterious consequences of o
1 rapidly increasing imigrntion, by tho cn
jnctment of tho most efficient laws, for tho
i accomplishment of that nil important oh
ject, still a generous magnanimity requires (
that thoso aliens who ore, or may become
inhabitants of the United States, should be j
! kindly received, and every privilege ex-j
tended to them, except parlicipa-j
ting iti any of our political ndministra-j
tions, and exorcising the right of suffrage;
until after a residence of at least twenty
one years. ;/ !
Resolvedi That ns Native Americans, we
will foster and defend all the great inter
ests of our country. Its agriculture, its
commerce, its mechanics and manufac
tures, navigations, mining and sconce, fine I
arts and literature against the world.
Resolved, That we advocate the passage
of laws, imposing upon all foreigners coin
ing hither for tho purpose of permanent resi
dence, a capitation tax, sufficiently large to
prevent tt.o excessive influx of vicious and
pauper emigrants, and that we do this as a
matter of self defence.
Resolved, That we urge the promotion
and fostering of all means of moral and
intellectual culture, by permanent provis
ion for general education, behoving the in
telligence of the people to be necessary to
the right use and permanence of our lib
erties, civil and religious.
Resolved, That we recommend that nol
alien be permitted to Innd in these United
States, without a certificate of good moral
character, and who is able to provide for
his own support, which certificate shall be
signed by the U. S. Consul of the port from
whence he sailed, and also that registry be
made of said alien, in conformity with the
net of Congress passed in 1802 under
President Jetierson.
Resolved That tho editors of the Clear
field Republican be requested to publish
I the proceedings of this meeting.
| On motion, the meeting adjourned to
I meet again on Thursday evening heb. 9,
1 A. 1)., 1854.
A. T. BRADLEY, President.
J. B. Shaw, Secretary.
OirTho speoiul election in Berks coun-j
ty, for a member of Congress to supply ;
tbe vncancy occasioned by the death' of
the Hon. H., A. Muhlenberg, took’pl® ooo * l
Saturday Inst, and resulted in the election
of the Hon. ). Glancy Jopes, by about
1600 majority over Wm. H.:Keim, the
Whig and volunteer candidate.
Number 5.
IUT3 and Micb.-To destroy those pests,
take n large kettle, or barrel, fill it nearly
full of anything that is most convenient,
ns wnsto grain, chaff, beans, & c - i
in the barn, or other place infested with
rats; pluce a board for them to nin up oil,
throw over the mass u quantity of meal,
iand let them feed several nights without
interruption.- Now empty '.ho vessel, ppd
fill it with water within 0 inches of the top;
strew over the surface a little chaff, sufii -
cient to cover it and arrange it as before.
Boiling Mush.— lt is veiy
make mush by boiling only a few minutes.
This is all wrong. It should be boiled on*
or two hours; and, if longer, will ,do
no harm. It will be necessary to occa
sionally add some hot water, to keep the
mass thin and prevent burning, and be
often 6tirred.
Wounds op Cattle. —The most aggra
vated wounds of domestic animulß aro
, easily cured with portions of the yolks of
eggs mixed in the spirits of, turpentine.
The part affected must he bathed several
'times with the mixture, when a perfect
oU re will be affected in forty-eight Hours,
i Fbozen to Death. —A poor Scoth wo
man, residing in a shanty in Altoona* was
frozen to death on Monday night ol last
week. One of tho two phildren with her,
also hud its build and urm badly'frozen.
We could not learn the name of the ppm
unfortunate. . :
03“ Hon. Jus. Pollock, it is suid, has
signified his willingness to accept tbd‘whig
nomination for Governor, with the prom
ise to stump the State; Stumping thbStato
is n game that two can play at, and the
Clearfield Raftsman is u “full hand at
rho-business. -D’ye moind that! ■
i(KrWhat is the world like? 'Whyr'ihe
>vorld is like u stubble lie U-in which.the
greatest'geese, mostly pick up most. of*. Jh»
golden grains.