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VOL. XXXIII. WHOLE NO,
I'rofrjesicnal & gusiucfts Cants.
U. A. WALLACE, WM. D. DIGl.ER,
f, BLAE WALTERS, FRANK FIEI.DINO.
A'ALLAcn, mcT.nn & fieidixg,
Attorneys at l-av,
Clearfield, Ta
Legal business of all kindi promptly and ao
earately atteudedto.. Mny 15, '66-ly.
THOMAS J. M CUI.LOUCH,
Attorney at Law.
OtJce adjoining the Bank, formerly occupied by
J B. MtsSnally, Ksq., Market street, Clearfield,
J Will attond promptly to Collection!, Sale
rf Lands, Ao. !. 17. '62.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
Attorney at JLaw and Ileal Fjtate Agent,
CLEARFIELD, I'ENN'A.
i fflr on Market ft. Opposite the Jail,
RESPFXTFL'LLY offan bis t rvlcce in aelU
ingaad buying lands in Clearfield and ad
joining cuuntici ; aud with an experience of over
twenty years ai a Surveyor, flatter himself that
be can rendtr satisfaction. Feb. '63 tf.
I I) OBiRI J. WALLACE, Art obhit at Law
it Clearfield, Fx., Office in Eaaw'i Row, op
poaits the Journal office.
dee. 1. 1S5S. tf
WM. M'lTLL'UUCH, Attobkst at
, Law, Clearfl d, Pa. Office on Market
Street on door eaat of the "Clearfield County
Bank." itay 4, lSM-tf.
JOBK U. ORVIS. C. T. ALEXANDER.
ATTORNEYS ATLAW,
Sept. 13th 165, 1 j. llcllefuiitc Pa.
R. J. P. nt'ItCHFlELD. Lte Bur
geon of the 8:!d Regiment, I'enn'a Volun
teer!, having returned from the Army, oCer bii
professional services to the cilitens of Clearfield
and vlcinitv. Profcsiional ealli promptly atten
ded to. Office on South East corner of Id A
Market itreetj. Oct. 4, lSfii-nmo-pd.
TdbTjl m. hills
DESIRES to in
form bi pat
li - tons that profesaion-
'u'iV' ' buainesa confine!
"Ll: Jr bitn to hieoflica all
i-Q?.S!2S& tQi -.tha time, and he will
HtWtff'r v iV,1 therefore be unable
,n Professional
nrcuitomed place!
isf thia rummer j but
may le found at bin offij on the Northwest cor
ner of Front and Market itreet, directly oppoiite
the "Clearfield Ilouao," where be can be found at
lltimei, ready and willing to attend to ail call!
in the line of hi profrii n. Full letti of Teoth
enly TwentyJallars. July 26ih lS8i-lypd.
DENTISTRY.
J. P. CORXETT,t)E!TtT, offer!
hit professional lorvicei to the citl
leni of CurwcnKVille and vicinity.
Office in Drug Store, corner Main and Thompson
streets. (Curwensvillo, May II, 1860-ly-pd
JIII.AKI'.WAl.TtHS, Fcrivener and Con
t vcyancer Agent for the Purchase and Sale
offend, Ci.iARPir.Ln. Prxn'Jt.
Prompt attention given to all hnsincsi connect
ed with the county officei. Office with Hon.
Win. A. Wallace. Clearfield, Jan. lat.mn-tf.
J0SEPII II. BRETH, Juitice of the Peace, and
Licemed Conveyancer, New Vsshington,
Clcarflfld county. Pa, T?n 1 tp i.
JAMES C. BARRETT, Juitice of the Peace
and Licemed Conveyancer, Lutberiburg,
Clearfield eonnty, Pa. Collection! and remit
tance! promptly made, and all kindi of legal In
struments riecntaed on abort notice,
Luthenborg, May 8th, 188 n tf.
J. K. h'mCRIUV. fAVLEI. mTCHELL.
Dealer! in Foreign and Domcetie Merchandise,
Lnmber, Grain, n. New Washington,
October 25, lSES-ly.pd. Clearfield Co., Pa,
f lii'ATZPI! A- ROY.
j a. aata - uww v -' " y
MF, H C II A N 1, dealer! in Pry Ooodi
Clothing, Hardware, Cuttlery, Queensware
ttroceriei, Shingles, and Proviiiuni. At the old
ttind on Front Street above the Academy.
Clearfield, December Ulb, ISiij-tf,
J. P. KUATZE R,
MERCHANT, and dealer in Dry Ooodi
Clothing, Hardware, Queoniware, Groceries
Provision!, Ac.
Market utreet, oppoiite the Jail, Clearfield Pa.
April 20th 1H4,
LKUN M. COUTKIET,
Mi:RCIIAT, and dealer in Dry Ooodi,
Ready-made Clulblng, Oroccrfe, Linnrf.
ltrugr end Medicinei, llati and Capi, Boot! and
Fhoet, Hardware, Tinware, Ac. Frenchviile,
Clearfield eounty. Pa. May 2, 'nB
GKORntt r. WARDLE.
CUARLE N. REED
Waiirailf & (Do.,
WHOLESALE GltOCERS.
Tobacco, Tea, Spices, &c, &c,
N. K. eor. 6lh A Market Rta,
Feb. 14, 186t5-Cra. PHILADELPHIA.
ctrexh's howe.
Justice of the Peace.
For Dkcatdh Townihip,
111 promptly attend to all buiioem antrmted te
tti car, i'. u. Aaareii, rninpiuurg ra.
Ang. 21itlS61
THOMAS M CRISMAN,
Agent for the Piner Sewing Machine!.
Philipburg, Centre co., I'enn'a, .
Oct. nth. iMJ.-tr
W J l7f)TOs7f Ai II I'.lt. D. M'O At'OIIEY,
Ml having pnrrhaied the Photograph etablib
ment rrmerly conducted by II. Bridge, wnyld
respectfully announce to the cititem of Clear
field and adjoining counties,, that be hai recent
ly made additional imiimvemcnti to both sky
light and aparatui, and be flatten binaelfthat
he can aatisfy the most faitideooi taste in a Tana
and lifelike hkeneii.
He alio keeps constantly on band a good ai
torttnent of Ouilt, Rosewood, and Walnut framel
Album! of all eitei and styles and an endless
variety of cast!, locket, etc , which he will dis
pose of at very moderate prices, for cash.
His gallery ii in Shaw i row, (np itairs.) Mar
ket ttreet, Clearfield, I'. where he ii alwayi rea
dy to accommodate customer! who oiev be ia
wantof agood Llkeneaa of themselves or friends.
' Particular attention paid to copying a'l kindi
of picture!, etc. November 16th, 1865.
Coal, Whale and Linseed Oili, Family Dt,
rarniehea and paints of all kinds ground In
til For sale by II. I
SEtVINO JrlACIIINF.-Persons deslrom
of bavirg a Superior Machine, ihonld buy
Waeeler Wilion'i saopl Machine!, oa band.
H. F. NAUOIB, ippt.
r.earf.el, February 78, TM tf.
1910.
SPRING GOODS;
JROH NEtV YORK A rniLADKLmiA.
As Cheap as the Cheapest,
AND AS GOOD A3 THE BEST.
AH. 'Atm & m,
Have jnet received, and are opening, at their
.. Old Stand on Front Street, above tha
Aoademy, a large and well se
lected assortment of
SEASONABLE GOODS,
which they are soiling at very low rates.
Lead ike folkmiag eatahgu andprcfd XlmreLy .
3Fir filh.es lLmfflBcsB
Especial pains baa been taken in the
P3
3
selection of Ladies Dresi Goods, white
Goods, Embroideries Millinery Goods,
Prints, Kerchiefs, Isuhies, Gloves, co.
FOR GENTLEMEN.
Always on hand Black Clotbi Fancy
a
c
c
W
O
and Black Cassimeres, Satineta, etc.,
Ready Made Clothing of all kindi.
BOOTS AND SHOES,
NECKTIES.
and a variety of other articles, wbicb
they will sell at a small advancs on coat.
ISI ansa Ik 11 ill 3c.
Particular attention ia invited to Ibeir
stock of Carpets, Collage, common In
grain, superfine Englith Ingrain and
lirueeels, Floor and Table Oil Cloths,
Window shades and Wall papers, etc.
FLOUR. BACOJJ. Fish Salt.'
Plastor, Apples, reaches aud
Prunes kepi constantly on band.
ALSO, in Store a lot of large sod
email Clover seed.
o
o
2
We intend to make It an object for Farmers and
Mechanics to buy from ns; because we will
sell our goods as low as they can be
bought in the county and pay the
very highest price for all kinds of country pro
duce. " e win aiao eicnange goons tor
School, Road and County orders j
Ehinglea, Boards, and all kinds
of Manufactured Lumber.
Clearfield, March 14, 1SGG.
Something; New.
G. SUMMERFIELD FLEGAL,
Manufacturer of Tin and Sheet Iron ware,
Philipsburg, Pcnn'a.
I would respectfully inform the Public,
tbat 1 have opened a room in me
borough of Pbilipeburg, for the
manufacture anJ bale of
7 in Ware
out of the best material Ibe market will
afford, and made by experienced
workman, all of which 1 will
ell at either wholesale
or retail prices surprisingly low. I ask
those in needot anything in mis nno
to call and examine my rare and
satisfy themselves that ilia
made for nsfl. Country
Merchants desiring to purchase small lots
or ware win una ii to tneir ad
vantage to buy of me.
Stoves
of all sizes and shapeo, for burring either
VVuod or Coal. 1 would call particular at
tention to that well tried and popular
Cooking Stotie railed, very appropriately.
the IRON SlUlvi. Hue Stove has all Ihe
advantages possessed by others, besides
iheoven is larger, aud lheah pit deeper
and more top surface than that of any oth
er Stove in the market, and is without a
rival. I also keep on band all kinds of
Stove Pipe
which I will sell as low as it can bend r-
chsed west of the mountain. I also keep
constantly on hand.ahovels, carnage bolts,
gtaies, firebrick, stove linings, sled soles,
Waflle Irons, SLeet Zink, Sad Iroos.Brasa
and Torcelain Kettles, together with a
variety of wares too numerous te mention.
Also a large stock of Iho best kind of
Stoneware.
And last though not least in my lire
of business, is that of
Spouting,
I am prepared to fill all orders in (his
lino on short notice, and manufactured
out of (he beet maleiial. I want every
body that comes to town, to come and
lake a look at my show, and see for
themselves. I am going to sell the cheap
est end best Wares ever offered in this
vicinity. I have several '"Tropio Heat
ing" and "Parlor Cook" Stoves that I will
sell at cott, to close out the stock for the
Seaon. Trv me.
Feb 7th 180(5 if- O. S. F LEGAL.
PEACE PROCLAIMED.
THE WAR OVER IN CLEARFIELD.
KNOX TOWNSHIP QUIKT.
NEARLY ALL THE CONTRABANDS
GOING EACK TO THEIR OLD
MASTERS.
RUT NARY ONE GOING BACK TO
OLD MASSACHUSETTS. WHERE
THEY WERE LOVED SO
LONG AND SO WELL.
In eonaeqornc of the above facts, F. Shout
of the old tshort Fboe bhop ; would announce to
his numerous patrons, and tbe people of Clear
field county at larite, that be baa now a first rate
lot of good material; juat received from tbe east,
and Is now prepared oa ihott notice to make,
a.d mend boota and si oea at his now Ehop in
Grr.hama row. He la satisfied fiat bscan please,
(unless it might be rome Intensely loyal stay at
borne Patriots). He Ii prepared to sell low for
cash or County Produce, don't forget lb shop
next door to Graham A Boytona a to re. on mark,
t Street Clearfield Pa. A kept by a fellow com
monly sailed
July ,'. ly. "SHOr.TT."
Buffalo Rnbes,Knee and Dorse" Blanket! at
KavlVfii. MEFRELL at BIQLER'S.
CLEARFIELD, PAn WEDNES VY, JULY 18, 186G.
FRESH ARRIVALS
J
A AT THE C1IEAP STOEE OF
BOYNTOX, SHOWERS & GRAHAM.
Spring Goods,
NEW
And Very Cheap!!
OYNTON, SHOWERS A GRAHAM auc
ceasora to Boynton A Shower! respectfully
B
anoonnee to the publio tbat they are now open
ing an extensive assortment of
FALL GOODS,
At tbe old atand in Oraham'anew building which
they offer to soli at astonishingly low prices,
(considering their cost !) for cash or spprov-
ea country produce, xneir Block or
DllY GOODS
CANNOT BE SURPASSED I
Customers can there finds
CALICOES WITH FAST COLORS I
MUSLINS I DELAINES 1 LAWNS !
CLOTHS I CASSIMERSI VESTINGS!
LADIES'SHAWLS! GENTS' SHAWLS
HATS & CAPS 1 BOOTS & SHOES
CARPETS & OIL-CLOTHS I
OUR STOCK OF
FANCY GOODS
IS UNEXAMPLED IN STYLE
AND VARIETY, embracing
NOTIONS I NOTIONS I NOTIONS
Scarfs ! Head-Nets I Neck-Tics
Satchels! Port Monnaies ! Erushes
riiotojraphic Albums !
PIPES, TORACCO & SEGARS 1
PERFUMERY OF ALL KINDS 1
Or anything else in the Notion Line !
ALSO,
HARD-AY AEE !
Queens Avar c,
GROCERIES
PROVISIONS!
All of the best quality, and selected with special
regard to the trade of Clearfield eounty.
AI F. 1IOYNTON,
JOSEPH SHOWERS,
EDWARD GRAHAM,
Clearfield, May 10, 1884.
HA It LEY & SONS
FOUNDERS,
Clearfield, Pcnn'd.
They hereby notify tbe public, tbat the Foundry
In tha Borough of Clearfield,
hai been put in full blast, end they are now ready
to acoom modal tha community with anything
pet tainiog to their line. They keep constantly
on band a general asiortmont of
Cook, Tudor and Ten Plate Stoves,
for burning
EITHER WOOD OR COAL
Salamander's, Nnmbar 4,
Base Stoves, Number 3 find 4,
Wash Kettles, 16 and 20 gallons,
Fire Grates 20 and 2S inches,
FARM DINNER BELLS TWO SIZES,
Plows and Plow Castings.
We are, also, yrcpnred to make al
kinds of
GRIST AND SAW MILL IRONS,
and special attention is paid to tbe re
pairing of
Threshing Machines.
Person in want of anything, In our
line, would do well by giving us a call.
All kinds of country produce, and old
Metal, taken in exchange fur our Manu
facture, al the highest market price.
HARLEY & SONS.
Clearfield. Ta.. November Hf,', -tf.
A NEW FIRM.
HARTSWICK & IRWIN,
Drussists, Clearfield, I'enn'a.
Having refilled and removed to tb room lately
occupied by Richard Mossop, nor
offer, low for cah, a well se
lected assortment of
Drugs and Chemicals,
Also, Patent Medicines of all kinds, Oils,
Glnss.rutty, Dye Stuff. Stationary,
Tobacco and Segars,
Confectionary. Spices, and a larger stock
of varieties ever ofiVred in thia
place, and warranted to be
of the best tho Market affords.
J. O. HARTSWICK,
Deo. 13. tlb.-tf. JOHN IRWIN.
NEW STOltE,
JAVING BOUGHT OUT THE EN
ir e Block of Goods of Jsmos E. Watson,
I AM PREPARED TO SELL
Jcods of all description, Cheaper lbno
THE CHEAPEST.
3ive him a call before purchasing else
where. JACOB M. ItEFLER.
philipsburg, JsD jsry 3d, 18W.
41 GOOD TEMPER.
' There's not a cheaper thing on earth,
Nor yet one halt so dear j
"Ti worth more than distinguished birth,
Or thousands gained a your.
It lends the day a new delight j
'Tii Virtue's firmest shield ;
And adds moro beauty to tha night,
Than all the stars can yield.
It mnkctli poverty content;
To sorrow whispera peace;
It Is gift from henven sent
For mortal! to increase.
It nicer you with a smile at morn,
I It tells you to rcpoae J
A flower lor peer and peasant born,
An everlasting rose.
'A charm to Iiunisti grief away, """""" "
To match tho brow from care ;
Turns tears to smiles, makes dullness guy
Spreads gladnesa everywhere ;
And yet 't m cheap as summer dew,
That gems the lilly's breast ;
A talisman for love, as true
As ever man pesseeeed.
As smiles the rainbow through tbe cloud,
ben threat mug storm Legini
Ai music 'mid tho tempest loud,
That still its sweet way wins
As springs an arch acrons the tide,
Where wavea conflicting foam,
So comes this rerapb to our aide,
This angel of our home.
What may this wondrous spirit tie,
With power unheard before
Tbia cbann, thia bright divinity f
Uood temper nothing more.
Good temper 't is the choicest gift
That woman homeward brings,
And can the poorest pcasnnt lift,
To bliss unknown to kings.
The Tariff and the Monopolists.
Should the proposed tariff bill ho
como a law, the groans of the people
will speedily bo turned into impreca
tions. They have endured taxation
for tho purposo of sustaining tho cred
it of the government without a mur
mur, und will endure whatever burden
the national faith and the national
honor may require. From, being the
most lightly taxed people upon the
earth, we are fast becoming thomost
heavily taxed. Tho revenuo of tho
United 'ata3 is not exceeded by the
revenue of any other people, and is
already larger than tho burdens of the
public debtand the ncccssarj-demands
upon the public treasury require. Tho
income from tho internal revenue for
the year ending 30th June was S315,
000,000, and that from customs $170,
000,000 in gold, reducing this last
to paper, at tho premium of only CO
per cent., wc have a gross income for
the fiscal year of 8MG,000,000. But
there are other receipts from lands
and miscellaneous sources which cany
the gross amount to over five hundred
and fifty millions. Now, in tho face
of these enormous returns, the Amer
ican people are called upon by the
advocates of tho proposed tariff to
increase the present scale of duties
upon every articlo which comes in
competition with American manufac
tures. For what purposo f Not to
pay the debt. Tho present revenue
provides amply for that, but to swell
the profits of the manufacturing inter
ests. There is a great clamor among
tho immediately interested for thej
protection of domestic industry, and
to prevent our manufactures from be
ing destroyed by tho competition of
foreign productions. But t ho simplo
minded farmer of Maryland or of the
Wet will not comprehend tho neces
sity for further protection at his ex
penso of manufacturing enterprise and
capital, much of which within the past
year have declared dividends of fifty
and one hundred per cent. Let us
tako one item, which will servo ns a
samplo of the insatiable appetito for
protection which has prepared the
dish of oppression of w hich wo are
to eat.
As stated by Mr. "Raymond, of New
York, tho duty on railroad iron was
raised last your from $12 40 to 515 75
per ton in gold. Thero was last year
an internal revenue duty that has been
taken off for tho benefit of the manu
facturer, and yet tho pending turiff
bill proposes to raise tho duty on im
ported railroad iron to $22 50, which,
added to tho freight and insurance,
all of which are to bo paid in gold,
makes tho proposed tax on railroad
iron $48 a ton in currency over and
abovo its cost abroad. There aro two
railroads mentioned by Mr. Kaymond
the New York Central and the Eric
railroads each of which consume
about 20,000 tons of railroad iron an
nually. At the proposed rato of duty,
the roads together, will pay nearly
two millions cf dollars for tho sako of
protecting this one manufacturer.
These rouds, with tho Baltimore, and
Ohio and tho other mads of tho coun
try, aro to transport tho product) of
tho farmer, and thus tho cileot comes
homo directly in increased charges to
the producer. Other articles of hard
ware, cutlery, clothing, carpets, from
tho ladies' needles to trie blacksmith's
elcdgo, from tho coarsest blankots to
jtha finest Wilton carpet, must pay
tho fame tnbuto not merely lor pro
tection but for tho overwhelming ag
grandizement of manufacturers, who
are already enjoying privileges and
advantages for wealth beyond any
NEW
other interest in tho country. As if
the duties wo now pay wcro not
enough; as if tho difference between
tho price of gold and paper, (all duties
being payable in gold,) now at 54 per
cent., were not enough ; as if the enor
mous prices at which tho American
citizen now has to purchase every
articlo, whether of luxury or necessity
winch lie consumes, did not entitle
him to some consideration at the hands
of Congress, as well as tho manufac
turer who revels in overgrown wealth ;
as if the present convulsions of Eu
rope, which will roiao to tho wnr stand
ard the price of every commodity we
import, (probably adding from twen
ty to fifty per cent, to the prices ot
all commodities ) were not a circum
stance to bo taken into account in
mitigation of the burdens which the
laborers and mechanics and farmers
who consume manufactured goods
have to beai .
What will the great aricultural
States of tho Webt say to his most
flagitious attempt togrindthem down
for the 6ake of the manufacturing dis
tricts of a section ? Will they look
around in this emergency for their
natural allies, the representatives of
the bouthern blatee, in this fierce war
which (sectional interests is making
against tho general prosperity of the
land ? Will they consent to be made
much longer the tools of interested
combinations; first, in excluding the
representatives who have tho same
stakes with themselves, and then be
sectionized under the false pretense of
protecting American industry? tve
have spoken of the large revenue, al
ready 6uperabundent,w hich the treas
nry derives under the present revenue
tarifflaws, and this, it will bo remem
bered, is almost entirely exclusive of
the eleven bouthern States which have
been too much exhausted by, the war
to consume merchandise or to contri
bute to the revenue of the country.
One crop will put them in a different
situation, and, it is fair to assume, in
another year, under proper treatment
and legislation, they will swell the
revenuo by another liundred millions.
There is, then, no pretext of reason
for adding to tho tariff generally, but
rather is there reason to dminish the
existing rates. 'A tariff for revenue
which incidentally gives a fair chance,
whero needed, to the starting of any
particular interest which ougnt to be
developed, is not tho thing objected
to; but it is tho constant effort to
double and treblo rates in behalf of
those things which have already be
come strong and profitable. But the
wily managers of this tariff move
ment know that this is their opportu
nity. Now or never, while tho South
ern representation is excluded, must
they press their scheme of plunder,
injurious to commerce, oppressive to
tho people, odious and unjust in every
sense. It is lamentable that they
should attempt such sec tional domina
tion ns to render it incumbent for
other sections to bo specially invoked,
even for the good of tho whole coun
try ; but let tho West and tho South
bo reunited on tho floors of Congress,
as tho hnvo been separated in interest
or inmost feeling, and tho reign of
class legislation, prescriptive, selfish
rule, with all its corruptions, win, it
is hoped, speedil- be terminated. As
to how this class legislation, leaving
out of view tho great interests ot the
masses of tho people, is accomplished,
a prominent journal at tho north, not
identified with party, illustrates as
follows :
Tho most curious feature in the
affair is that these important questions
appear to ho exclusively from the
point of view of class interest. When
tho internal revenue on tobacco is in
question, committees aro heard repre
senting tho tobacco-growers, tho cigar-makers,
and the tobacco venders ;
no one represents the smokers. When
tho tax and duty on iron aro on trial
gentlemen appear who represent tho
mining interests, others who repre
sent the importing interests, others
who represent tho rolling interest ;
nobody at all seems to represent con
sumers of iron. When tho tax or duty
on wool comes up delegations appear
before the commitleo to argue the
question from tho roint of view of
manufactures of woolen cloths, and
vet other delegation which represent
tin porters of foreign wt ol and wool
ens ; nobody seeks an audience on be
half of tho groat community which
wears woolen clothes. Every bolly, it
seems.has his fay beforo thccommitti e
and beforo Congress except tho pub
lio. Tho public has no delegates and
friends. When tho newspapers toll
us that a hard fight is being waged in
commltteo on tho wool duty, wo know
that the question at isstio is whether
wo tho poor,helpless public shall bo
mulcted by the wool-growers, or by
tho woolen inanufr.clurcr,or by tho
importers. It isnot a question wheh
or or no we ahull be mulcted, That
SERIES - VOL. VII. NO. 1.
is a foregono conclusion, and we are
used to it. So we care very little
which of the rival claimants for the
plunder, of which wo aro Bure to bereft,
wins tho day.
It is a nico question how long this
sort of thing will last, and how it will
end; but when election day comos
round, tho chances aro fair that wo
shall draw the attention of the regular
j nominee to the subject.
It is a striking fact that while tho
New England manufacturers ore
claiming these great additions to duties
in iheir -ixmr, tlwy trwmmnsljr oppoaua.
cd anything moro than a nominal duty
on soft coal, while it was claimed by
the Middle States and 'Western inter
est that $1 50 or ?1 25 per ton, at least,
was necessary to keep their mines in
operation; and finally the rate of
$1 50 proposed by Mr. Francis Thorn
as, of ild., was carried only by tho
casting vote of tho Speaker. Tho
character of coal in question being
needed in their manufactories, they
desired the foreign article to como
into them from tho near point of the
British provinces at a low rato. Bal
timore Sun.
The Postal Monet-Order System.
The new law of Congress in relation
to the money-order system was put in
force last week, and all tho offices aro
now operating under its provisions.
The working of the S3'stem is changed
in several respects, and orders of $50
and under are now sold, while under
tho old system the maximum was $30.?
The fees for money orders haTO also
been changed, orders from $1 to 520
being now issued at ten cents, and over
S20 to $50, inclusive, ot twenty-five
cents. Under the old law, when it was
necessary for a duplicate to be issued,
an affidavit with stamp was first re
quired, for which the party had to pay,
as also a fee for the new certificate.
Under the new law, post-masters can
administer oaths freo of charge, and
the certificate is also furnished with
out cost the only expense to the par
ty being the five-cent revenue stamp.
Besides these changes, quite a number
of other objectionable features have
been removed. It ia vtated that on
the 2d of August thrco hundred addi
tional money order offices, mostly in
tho South and West, will bo put in
operation. Tho Bystcm is daily in
creasing in popularity.
TriK German Conscription. Thero
aro now in Germany, actually under
arms, more than ten hundred thousand
soldiers, and forced levies are being
made every day in tho Prussian States
and the States Prussia lately seized
upon. Luckless Hofstein, as a reward
for her German proclivities, which
prevented her from remaining quiet
under Denmark, is condemned to fur
nish, in throe weeks', time a contin
gent of forty thousand men. Saxony,
only invaded the other day, will bo
forced, should Austria not by that
time have gained some signal victory
in tho North, to contribute half as
many more within u specified time,
which is too short to enablo tho mili
tary contractors of King William's
army to clot ho the new regiments."
Orders have been given to press into
the service of Prussia the young men
of Hanover and tho two llesses.
TiFLF.ASE or Major Gke. The Con
fedcratcSalisbur' prison keeper, John
Geo ivho, for the last four months, has
been on trial beforo tho court-martial
at Ealeigh, N. C, for alleged cruelty
to Union prisoners at Salisbury, was
last week released from arrest by ord
er of tho War Ihipnrtmcnt, the court
having acquitted him. Tho above
trial will cost tho povcrnment about
825,000. Major Geo was a resident of
Florida, and universally looked upon
as a Christian gentleman.
Tort Closeo. Tho port of Malaga
has been closed against all vessels ar
riving from nr.y port of tho States,
tho government having declared the
whole of the United States iufectcd
with cholera. Exchange.
Tho "government" has evidently
been reading the New York papers.
ne
A Focriii ok Jci.y Toast. An old
bachelor proposed tho following 'sentU
mcnt' for ,,tho thirteenth regular
toast" on tho Fourth of July: "Tho
fair may tltvir virtues oxeeod thoir
skirts, while their faults arc still small
er than their bonnets."
Liberality President Johr.srn ha
hani.'ed t Bishop Potter, of South
Carolina, his check for ?1,UJ0, in aid
of tho Theological Institute in that
Stato.
WA car driver in New Orleans
killed a man by striking bint on tho
head with a loaded whip, for getting
on his car with a cigar in his band.
fciPEvery bird pleases us with it!
lay, especially tho hen.