BfPtlfn ttmrrlra.
YtohMy tho best description to h
found or the TBNt territory reooutiy
iiurtliascii irom iiiiMa iiy our Uov
criimcnt is given in a pamphlet pub
lixlied in lKVi, hy Jlr. A. R. Koche.of
Quebec. J In pamphlet ("Jfunsinn
America and tho presont War") was
written wun a view 01 urging the
British Government to aid in fitting
out an expedition for the conquest ol
KiiHsmn America, and tla annexation
to tho British possessions, but the war
with ftussia cume to a closo in tho
following year, nnd the project.
evor seriously entertained in Knirlund
w.-N of course no longer thought of.
e quoio irom mo pamphlet a do
ecnpuon 01 some features or the torri
tory Iuut ceded in the United States
"With a coast upon the Pacific of
come fifteen hundred miles in longth
indented by numerous sounds and
capacious harbors, and studded with
many large islands of considerable
resources, it extends back, for about
one thousand miles of that roust to a
distance of nine hundred miles, and
for the remaining five hundred miles
of tho coast, to thirty miles, the latter
ueing vne portion in tront or our pos
sessions winch it cuts off from the
Pacifio j while the Poninsula of Alas
ka, about fifty miles in breadth, stretch
eg out in the Pecific for upwards of.
wee uunarea miles, the whole tern
tory comprising a surface of nine hun
dred thousand square miles. It is
thus about sixteen times tho sire of
England. It contains many moun
tain ranges of great height, and fine
valleys, magnificently watered and
fertilized by large lakes and rivers:
the mountain ranges in tho nppcr and
broader portion of the territory, hav-
ing a transvorse direction, and there
fore sheltering the valleys from north
erly winds, which in that quarter are
cold winds in summer, while, extra
ordinary as it may appear to many,
in winter they invariably cauBS a rise
in the thermometer. At both those
seasons southerly winds produce ef
fects directly opposite to the former,
being warm winds in summer and
cold winds in winter. A great por
tion of this vast region (in some pla
ces to within a short distance of the
Arctio Circle), is covered with tbrests
of the largest and most valuable trees.
Even upon some of the islands of
Prince William's Sound, in 61 degrees,
north latitude, where it might be ex
pected that tho influence ol the wind
and sea would prevent or retard the
growth of trees, Cook found the Can
adian and spruce pine of a large size ;
ana ot the country aniaccr.t to .Nor-
toi Sound, lying in C4 decrees and
65 minutes north latitude, ho says :
'rrorn the elevated spot on which Mr.
King surveyed the sound, be could
distinguish many extensive valleys,
with rivers running through them.
well wooded, and bounded by hills of
a gentle ascent, ana moderate height.
Ono of these rivers appeared to be of
considerable sizo. borne of the poo
pie, who penetrated beyond this into
the country, found tho trees larger
toe tartber they advanced. In speak'
ing of tho resources of Russian Amer
ica, bir John Uichardson, in bis work
upon the 'Arctic searching expedi
tion, quotes JJongard with regard to
ono portion of it, who says that the
'hill of Westevoi,' near Norfolk sound,
in north latitude 68 degrees, which
is 3,000 feet, French measure, in
height, is clothed to its summit by a
dense forest of pines and spruces,
some of which acquire a circumference
of twenty-one feet, and the prodigious
length of one hundred and sixty feet,
and that tbo hollow trunk of one of
these trees, made into a canoo is able
to contain thirty men with all their
household effects. Sir John Richard
son adds : 'The climate of Sitka,' (the
came of the bay as well as tho island
upon which is situated New Arch
angel, the chief port of the Russian
company, lying in 67 degrees north
latitude.) 'is very much milder than
that of Europe on the same parallel,
the cold of winter being neither severe
nor of long continuance. The humid
ity ot the atmosphere gives astonish
ing vigor to the vegetation, but al
though tho forest, nourished by a very
moist atmosphere and comparatively
high mean temperature, is equal to
that of the richest wood lands of the
Northern United States, yet corn
does not ripen there. This humidity of
tho atmosphere, which is occasioned
by the surrounding sea, is doun'ies
the cause ot corn not coming l0 pcr.
taction at Sitka; for some distance in
the interior of the continent, as far
oast as the Mackenzie, in the territory
occupied by tho Hudson Bay Compa
ny, the cereals are successfully culti
vated up to 60 degrees north latitude,
and occasionally in some spots situa
ted five degrees further north.' In
the) neighborhood of the Mackenzie,
S r John Richardson says that 'Fort
Laird of tho sixtieth parallel, may be
considered as the northern limit of
the economical of wheat,' as in the
interior of Russian America the cli
mate must be of a dryer nature than
upon the seaboard, and probably more
in the extreme, that is, colder in win
ter and warmer in summer, much of
the interior may be wol! adapted for
prowth of the ccrenls, although they
cunnot bo successfully cultivated at
the Russian establishments upon the
coast Tho harbor ot Sitka, and scv
end other fine harbors aro open du-:-in
the whole winter; thus showing
an extraordinary contrast to the op
posite coasts of Asia, which are ice-
' 1'infl tor three parts of tho year.
n as high np as Rehring's Straits
r'eul difference ot tlimato exists do
tween the coasts of the Asiatio and
'rican continents. In his'Travels
liquid the World,' Sir Georgo Simp-
sun remarks that, 'although at some
points iiehnngs Straits are only
forty-five miles wide, in tho general
Appearance of the two coasts there is
a marked difference, the western side
I cing low, flat, and sterile, while the
eastern is well woodod, and in every
ropoct better adapted than the other
i'T the sii-tenanco or both man and
fv.nt Moreover, the soil and climate
in prove rapidly on the American
enure as one descends, and at Cook's
inlet (in CO degrees north latitude,)
'potatoes may be raised with case,
h'tboiigh they hardly ripen in any
f art of Kamstchatka. which extends
nearly ten degrees south. Thus both
r soil and climato, the great portion
or Russian America, bordering anon
the sea( ii nut inferior to the astern
CLEA
GEO. B. GOODLANDER, Proprietor.
VOL.38-WHOLE NO.
coasts of America and Asia, whether
lying iu the same, or in a much lowor
parallel. Sitka, for instance, which
is 68 decrees north latitude, has n
climato almost as tenrporato as that of
jjonuon, in ol degrees north latitude,
(the mean annual tcmporature of the
former being 45 decrees 44 raintites.
and that of the latter 49 degrees 70
minutes,) ana it has also about a
mild a winter as the southern nortiou
oi japan, situated in a lower latitude
1 he aupononty, however, of tho soil
and climate of Russian America, ovr
me aoa ana climate of the omoite
coasts of Asia, has been observed from
the time of Kotzobuo up to the pres
ent moment.
"But we have still more recent evi.
dence of the comparative mildness of
me climate upon the American side
even in a higher latitude At Point
Barrow, in 71 degrees north, where
tbero is a large Esquimaux villacre.
and where Her Majesty's ship Plover
wintered in 18.r-2-U, her commander,
Lieutenant Pullou, reported that du
ring the entire winter the rail ot snow
did not exceed one foot in depth, and
that on the coldest day the thermom
eter only marked 43 degrees below
zero ; a degree of cold not much great
er than that which was experienced
at yuobec last winter, where, also,
the entire quantity of snow which
tell during that period was about fif
teen times greater than that reported
as above to have fallen during the
winter ot lSoZ-a at 1'oint iiurrow,
situated ZU degrees further north.
"Of the many lurire rivers which
flow through Russian America, none
of them have been explored to their
sources; but several ot them, such as
the Colvillo, the Stikine, the Yuken
or Kwichpack, and the Kukokwin,
are suppobed to run a courso of up
wards ot one thousand uules, and to
be navigable for a considerable din.
tance. from their breadth as well
as their length, and tiio volumo of
water which they discharge into tho
sea, they may certainly be included
among rivers of the first class. Tho
Colviile, which was discovered by
bimpson and Doese since the con von
tion ot laUo, is two miles wide at its
mouth in the Arctic Sea where Cant
M'Clure observed its influence twelve
or fourteen miles out at sea, tho water
at that distance being of a dirty mud
color, and scarcely halt. The Stikine
enters the Pacific at 60 decrees 60
minutes north latitude, where it is
three miles wide, aud at a distance ot
thirty miles from the sea has a width
of one mile; but its sourch is in Brit
ish Territory. Of tho Yukon, or
Kwichpack,Sir John Richardson says:
It rises to the west of the Kooky
mountains, not far from the union of
the Francis and Lewis, which forms
the Felly, flows fiidt to tho north, and
after recoivinga large tributary named
'orcnpine, to tho westward, tails into
Behring's Sea,' and that 'in CO degrees
north latitude, and 147) degrees west
longitude.,' which is about one thou
sand miles from its mouth, 'it is one
mile and a quarter wide. These three
magnificent rivers, tailing into differ
ent soas, probably represent three dis
tinct rivor systems of the north-west
corner of this continent, each being
fed by numerous smaller, yet consid
erable streams, and the three together
raining an extent ot country much
arger than the whole of Canada. The
iat Kiver, mentioned by Sir. 1 bister,
of the Hudson Bay Company's ser-
ice, In a communication to the Koyal
Geographical Society, flows from Rus
sian America throtiuh the Ilockv
Mountains at the first complete, break
in the chain in 67 de-Trees north lati
tude into the Mackenzie of tho British
erntorv. the latter havim? according
to hr John Richardson, a course of
,800 miles (00 longer than the St
Lawrence) ; aud an unbroken naviga
tion, fit for steamboats, from its en
trance in tho Arctic Sea to the Port
age of the Drowned, a distance of
from twelve to thirteen hundred miles.
In addition to the Russian territory
being everywhere drained by the
finest rivers, it contains many large
lukes communicating with tho lorinor.
and is indontcd with numerous deep
and spacious harbors, and also by
several extensive arms of tho sen. Of
the latter, Cook' inlet, runs upwards
of two hundred miles into the land.
Those lakes and rivers, and these
inlets and harbors, may bo viewod as
very important features of the coun
try, They not only assist to temper
.i i . i . I . r 1 j
me cnmaie l,uio former uy uraimug
the land) which generally shapes to
wards the sea nnd towards the Mac
kenzie, and the latter by the salt
ctmoephero, which their waters diffuso
through tho interior, but thoy tend to
enrich the soil upon their banks, by
a short period of overflow in the
spring, and may bo mauo to anora
facilities for intor-communicatioii, ren
dering accessible tho most retired and
most sheltered valleys, and for the
establishment and active prosecution
of an outward commerce."
A man actually tendered a silver
half dollar in the Savannah iirj and
Utrald offico last Thursday, in pay
ment for copy of the morning's edi
tion, lie was about six feot high,
dark complexion, with a eane and
brier-root pipo. Ila was apparently
sano.
The Apache Indians huve been scalp
ing another emigrant train in Arizona.
Tho New JJaven ralhidivm aces no
reason why Indians should not be
permitted to tote, as well as black
men. The Apaches, at least, seem to
take naturally to "the polls" of trav
elers. "Am I not a little pale ?" inquired a
lady, who was short and corpulent, of
a cruitrold bacbolor. "You look more
like a big tab I" wt Ho blunt reply
2019.
The Three llnthbak.
The following amusing and seem
uiKijr iiivreuioio narrative we ex
tract from a lato French ruiblit -ulnm
It is neatly told, and will be read with
interest :
Throo brothers, all humpbacked
and all accurately alike in appearance
lived at Besancon. One of them kill
cd a man in chance, mculey, but not
Deing utnen on tho moment, the proso-
uuvoi comix oniy s wear that oneof th
tnren brothers bad done the dr,l
Rather than put an innocent man to
death, the judge lot guilty one escape
but to avoid further inconvenionce of
tne kind, ho bunished all from the
province. One aettlod in Paris, be
came rich, and married ; the others.
after nearly starving in England, re
turned and paid a visit to their for
tunate brother.
The master of thehouso was abroad
when they knocked and the poor wife
was troubled more than a little by the
visit. "My husband is very jealous.'
said Bhe to them while she wus giving
mora sometning 10 cut "lou muni
go to the farthest quarter of the town
and never come here again ; but I'll
maue your orotner aitund to your
wants." While she was speaking she
heard her husband's knock, and cried
out, "Follow me if you value your
lives.
She ordered the servant not to onon
the door till tho should return, and
then conveyed the brothers down tho
stairs and locked thorn in tho collar,
llor husband scolded for boini? kept
out so long, but a good dinner restor
ed him to good humor, and at night
ho wont out to pay a visit.
Tho wife then went down to tho
ceiiar, anu mere iouna mo two poor
orouier: aeau, one lying hero, the oth
er there. What was to bo done I She
sent for a strong Anvergant, brought
him down stairs, showed him one
corpse which she had previously tak
en out of the cellar, and promised a
Louis d'or on his return, alter having
thrown it into the buiiie. lie made
no scruple about tbo matter, but pop
ped the body into tho sack, took it to
the bridge, and shook it into tho riv
or. Kcturiung for his roward, the wife
disputed his claim, as the body was
still lying outside the cellar door,
llorethe stupoticd man saw what ho
firmly believed to bo the corpse be
had thrown from the bridco, and re
signing himsolf to destiny, he got it
into his sac it and went through the
ceremony the second lime. Coming
uacK, tie was tern lied and en mired bv
finding tho twice-drowned corpso
knocking at his own door. "Are
thoso your tricks, master?" wiid he
An, Monsieur unosi i clover as you
are, I'll settle you the third trial."
no savinir, be forced the poor bus
band into the saek, carried him to the
same spot and effected tho third dis
charge, ibis time lie returned in
triumph, for the wifo, ignorant of her
husband s late, and having no more
corpses to remove, paid bun twice
what she had covenanted, and cave
him a glass ot wine into tho bnrgain.
"Yourgood health, madamo, said
be: "vou aro bettor than vour nrom-
iso.but I earned it. I found the hump
backed rocueorhis ghost knocking
at the door after I had thrown him in
tho second time." Oh, wretch 1" cried
tho poor woman, "you have drowned
my husband V
H bile sho was scroaminir and he
standing in air.aze, the gendarmes en
tered, secured both, and gout them to
inson. Next day they wore brought
before the magistrate of tho quarter
and examined. Iho poor wilu con
ccalcd nothing; tho Auvorgnat was
not called on for an explanation ; and
while both were awaiting sentence of
death tho throe brothors, in full lite,
but with very pale faces, wore usher
ed into the room. Somo fishcrmon
stationed near the bridge had saved
the three. The unmarried men had
only been dead drunk in the collar,
and the submersion, and the conse
quent pulling and hauling and eject
ment or wine ana water, baa recover
ed them from their drunken lothargy
before the natural time. On their
first appearance before tho magistrate
they could give no explanation ot
their visit to tho river, and tho lius
band had no idoa of tho cause of his
being seized on; but his wife's ex
planation made all clear.
The king hearing of the strango
adventure, Bottled a pension on the
unmarried nion, but they wore not to
dwell within filly miles of Paris, and
the married man was not jealous for
a year and a day alter Ins eeizure and
escape from tho river.
Something for raiNTras. Editors
and compositors are very frequently
taxed to make out manuscripts that
have been written with a pencil nnd
rubbed out orotherwis mado illegihlo
We bad a caso of tho kind during tho
past week, and bad gone to a neigh
boring law odlce to borrow a magnify
ing glass to enable us to decipher mana
usenpt that had been writton with
pencil and which had been rubbed and
made almost imperceptible. A friond
told us to hold it to our month and
breathe on it for a few seconds. Wo
did so and the result was almost mi
raculous, us it bronchi out the pencil
and made them easily read. The same
friend tells us that holding such man
uscript over a kettle of walor is still
better, and that it will make pencil
marks indcllible to hold manuscript
over a kettle of boiling water when it
is first written.
A mutiny occurred lately among
gome nogro cavalry stationed near
San Antonio, Texas. Lieut. Griffin
was mortally wounded, another officer
slightly, and a negro sergeant who
originated tho mutiny was shot dead.
fourteen ot the maimoers woro toloo-
ted for trial,
111 RE PUBLICAN,
PRINCIPLES-NOT MEN.
CLEARFIELD, PA., THURSDAY,
The following beautiful waif, which
wo find afloat in the newspaper sea
we publish, being confident thai it will
well repay perusal by all, and by
unr muy menus m particular:
"lie has black eves, with lonir lush
es, red ehoeks, and hair almost black
anu curly, lie woro a crimson nlaid
iackot. with full tWmrtftra hilt I rirt a A .
v r " v-w.i va ii
had a habit of whistling, aud liked to
ask questions; was accompanied by a
small black dog. It is a long time
suico ho disapjwaied. I have a very
pieasant nousu anu much company.
Everything has such an ordorly put
away look nothing under foot no
dirt But my eyes are achinc for the
Bigni oi whittling and cut paper on
me noor; oi tumbled down card-
hoiiMes ; of TTjca-'ntt! and sheen.
of pop-guns, bows and arrows, whips,
vops, go-caru, mocks ana trumpery.
"1 want to see boats a-rigging and
kites a-uiukinc-. I want to see crnm-
blos on the carpets, and paste spilled
on the kitchen table. I want to see
the chairs and tables turned the wrong
way aooui. i want to boo cantty
rouking and cornpopping, and to find
jack knives and fish hooks among my
muslins. let those things isod to tret
me once. Thoy say bow quiet you
are here. Ah 1 ono mar here settle
his brain and be at peaco. But my
ears are aching for tho puttering of
little feet; lor a hearty shout; tor a
shrill whistle; for a tra la la; for the
crack of little whips; for the noise of
.1- cr... l a .
ui uiub, mea biiu mi irmiiMciB. let
theso things made me nervous onco.
"Ihey buv: "Ah I you have leusure;
nothing to disturb you. Whut heaps
ot sewinc you have tune tor T liut
I long to be disturbed. I want to be
coaxed for a piece of new cloth for
jibs or mainsuils, and then to horn the
same. I want to make little flags, and
bags to hold marbles. I want to be
followed by little fuct all over the
house; teased for a bit of dough for a
cake, or to bake a pie in a saucer.
1 ct they say, "Ah 1 you are not tied
at home, llow doliclitlul to bo at
liberty for concerts, lectures and par
ties. No confinement for you." But
I -aiit confinement. 1 want to listen
for tho school-bell mornings, to give
tho lust hasty wash and brush, and
then watch from tho window nimble
feet bounding away toschool. 1 want
frequent rends to moud, and to replace
lost buttons. -1 want to obliterate
mud stains, and paints of all colors;
want to bo sittinc by a 'iltlo crib of
evenings, when weary littlo feet are
at rest, and prattling voices are hush
ed, that mother may sing stories.
They don't know their happiness then,
llicso mother ; I didn't. Alt these
things I culled confinement once.
"A manly figure stands before mo
now. lio is tuner than 1, has thick
whiskers, wpars a frock coat, a bos
omed shirt and a cravat Ho has just
come form collego. lie brings Latin
and U reeve in bis countenance, and
dust of the old philosophers from the
silling room, lie culls me "Mother,"
but 1 am unwilling to own him. He
avers tbntho is my boy, and says that
he can prove ii. Ho brings his littlo
boat to show the red stripes on the
sail (it was the end of a piece,) and
tne name on the stern Lucy lxw, a
Utile girl of our noighbors, who, be
cause of her long curls and pretty
round fuco, was tbo chosen favorite of
my boy.
"The curls were long since cut off,
and she has grown up a tall, hand
some girl. How his face reddens as
he shows me the name on tho boat.
Oh I I see it as plain as if it were
written in a book. My littlo boy is
lost, and my big boy, in a long, white
night gown, lying in his crib, with me
sitting bj, holding his forehead, watch
ing bis eyelids droops, and listomng
to his doep breatking.
"It I only had my littlo hoy again,
ow patient I would be ! How much
I would bear and how little I would
scold f I can never have him back : but
there are slill many mothers who have
not yet lost their littlo boy. I won
der if they know they are living thoir
very best day ; that now is tho time
really to enjoy their children 1 I think
if I had been more to my Utile boy I
might bo more to my grown up son."
Baltimore May 8. Tho Radical
ward meetings in all the city wards
negroes and whites uniting to elect
delegates to the State Convention to
assemble on the 14th inst, were very
largely attended. More than one-half
wore negroes. Aegro dclegntcs woro
elected in many instances. About ton
thousand votes were polled, colored
ballots largely predominating. The
wholo Radical white voto does not
reach 5,000.
A Wisconsin paper tells a story of
a man who eloped with anothor man's
wifo, but on going to tho hotol break
fast lablo in Chicago, where such con
genial spirits most do congregate, was
filled with consternation at seeing his
own wile with tho man whose domes
tic peace he thought he had wrecked
forever. After consultation each es
corted his own lawful wile back to
is deserted hearthstono.
Old Cooper is a Dutchman, and like
many another of whatever nationali
ty, has a wife that is "somo." One
ay the old man got into somo trouble
with a neighbor, which resulted in a
fight Tho neighbor was gotting tho
better of tho old man, who was resist-
ng his antagonist bravoly, when big
wifo broko out with : "Lie slill, Coop
er: if he kills you, I'll suo biro, for
damucos."
What is the difference between a
rifleman who shoots wide of n targot,
and a husband who blackens his wifo's
eves? The one misses his mark and
the other marks bis missis I
MAY 10, 1867. NEW
The Umpltf tYailit.
Many a mother's heart will rcmond
to this sketch :
Vemet John on tho stairs. Ho
was carrying an old cradle to be stor
ed away among what ho termed "plun
der" in the lumber room. One rockor
was gone, and the wicker work of the
sides broken ; but we could not re
frain from casting a sad look into its
empty depths. "Gono," we said
dreamily, "all gone !" What golden
beads were once pillowed hero, heads
on which curls grew moist in slumber,
and the checks and lips flushed to the
hue of rose leaves. When sleep broko
tho slumbrous eyes, smiles flitted like
sunbeams over tho face i tho white
fist was thrust into the mouth, and
when mamma lifted tho muslin and
peeped in to see if baby was awake,
whut cooing and crowiuc was beard !
Tbo little feet began to kick out of
pure delight, and kicked on until both
of the tiny rod shoos were landed at
tho foot of tho cradle. W'here are
thoso now f Some that were uncrown
ed by vigorous mandood are sleeping
on battle fields, some are bleached with
time and cares; and the feet have
grown sore and weary on the rough
paths of life. Perhaps some little one
once tenderly rocked here is sleeping
in the coflin. Over it crows heart's
ease and vigorous box, aud white candy-tuft,
and starry jessamine The
blue bird flutters its bright wings
through the willow boughs, and the
cool summer wind whispers to the
groen leaves and grass blades on the
grave. What ot r Tcrhaps of its
mortality, bleep on, little dreamless
one 1 "Of such is the Kincdoui of
Heaven.''
Tiik Waum Hand or Sympathy.
Till wo have reflected on it. wo are
scarcely awaro how much the sum of
human happiness in tho world is in
debted to thiB one feeling sympathy.
Wo got chcorfulness and vigor, we
scarcely know bow or when, from as
sociation with our fellow men, and
from tho looks reflected on us of glad
ness and enjoyment. We catch inspi.
ration power to go on, from having
others by. Tho full family circlo has
strength and a life peculiarly its own.
Tho substantial good and tho effectual
relief which mon extend to ono is tri
fling. It is not by thoso but by some
thing far less costly that the work is
done. God has insured it by a much
moro siniplo machinery. Ho has giv
en to tho weakest and poorest power
to contribute largely to tho common
stock of gludness. "The child's smile
and laugh aro mighty powers in the
world. Whon bereavement has left
you desolate, what substantial benefit
is there which mukes condolence ac
ceptable J It cannot replace the loved
ones you huve lost It can bestow
upon yon nothing that is pormanont.
liut a warm hand has touched yours.
and its thrill told you that there was
a living response thoro to your emo
tion. One look, ono human sigh, has
done moro for yon thnn tho costliest
present could cooler.
Points or Honor. Col. Montconf-
cry was shot in a duel about a dog;
Col. Kamsny in ono about a servant ;
Mr. Fealherston in ono about a re
cruit; Sterne's father in one about a
goose; and another gentlemau in ono
about an "acre of anchovies ;" ono
olfieer was challenged for morcly ask
ing his opponent to enjoy tho second
goblet ; und another wus compelled
to fight about a pinch of snuff; Gen
eral Barry was challenged by a Cap
tain smith lor declining wmo at a
dinner on a steamboat, although the
General had pleaded as an excuse j
that wine invariably mado him sick: I
and Lieutenant Cowlher lost his life
in a duel becauso ho was refused ad
mittance to a club of pigeon shooters.
In 1777 a duol occurred in New York
city between Lieutenant Fealherston-
hough, ot the i'.UIi, and Captain Mc
pherson, of tho 42d British regiment,
n regard to the manner ot eating an
ear of corn, one contending that the
eating was from tho cob, the other
that the grain should be cut off from
the cob before ealing. Lieut Fcath-
erslonhough lost his right arm, the
ball from bis antagonist's pistol shat
tering the limb dreudlully, so much
go, thai it had to be amputated. Gra
ham, Major Noah's assistant editor in
the SadoHdl Advocate, lost his life in
1827. at the duelling ground, Hobo-
ken, with Barlon, tho son-in-law of
Edward Livingston, in a sunplo dis
pute about "what was trumps" in a
game of cards.
Thirteen things which renduryoung
people very impolite:
t r . . . . - - l p . . . - .
1. weaving meeting oeiore it is out.
2. Whispuring in meeting.
S. Gazing at strangers.
4. A wanlof revt ranee for superiors.
5. Loud laughter.
6. Roadingwhen others are talking.
7. Cutting finger nails in company.
8. Lcavingstrangcrswithouta seat.
9. Reading aloud, singing or whist
ling in company without being asked.
10. Receiving a presont without
Bomo manifestation of gratitude.
11. Laughing at the mistakes of
others.
12. Correcting older persons than
yoursolf, especially parents.
13. Answoring questions when they
aro put to others.
A Tennesseo Dutchman having
caught his son in wrong doing, de
termined to administer a dose of hick
ory. So ho trimmed a switch nnd
went to look for tho youngster, who
incontinently took to bis heels. Af
ter chasing the boy around for a while
the old man thought to pcrsni'Io him
to stop and take tho licking. Ho be
halted and hailed the wary fugitive:
"Shon," he said, "Shon, shtop, I'm
uot id mad at rat I rash 1"
TEEMS-$2 per annum, in Advance.
SERIES-VOL. 7, NO. 12.
Joh HUlit g to vtrtemui IVatd.
Hull) haz done a cruul thing lately.
Deth seldum iz kind, but Doth iz im
narshall; this iz all that can bo Bed in
hiz favor. Ho mows with biz silhe
awl round tho world, now in this field
now in that; whout, flowers and weeds
drop, wilt and wither, for ho sylhcs
cany and lalo.in citiand town, bi the
harthstun and away oph whore the
wanaerers are.
Deth haz done a cruel thing latoly
Doth seldum is kind. Here, a father,
a mother, a wco small thing, but
month on a visit ; thoro, Mury and
Charley go down, in white clothes
Doth mows, and never iz woary ; Deth
whistles and mows; mennr fields are
all bare, for Doth cut cluss, as well as
cruoi.
Deth luva to mow : 'tis biz stile
He iz old and slik with hiz sickle; he
mowca lor Abel ov old, and for Abol
ov yesterday.
Deth mows stranccly, and round
full tho dazy, and grass ; alone, snarl
ing, stands the kouree thissel, left for
whutr Doth kunt tell, for God only
knows.
Deth, yu have done a cruel thine
lately; yu hav mowed where thewit-
tyest one ot them awl stood, whose
words hav gone luffing awl over the
world, whobo heart waz uz good, and
az sou az a mothers.
lctu, yu nuv mowed where mv
... , . .
friend Artcmus stood, and Humor
weurs mouruinc now for the child ov
her heart, 1 am sad and 1 am sorry.
Selling a Subject. A man sittinc
one evening in an ale-house, thinkinc
how to get provisions lor the next
day, saw a fellow dead drunk upon
the opposite bench.
"Do you not wibh to cet rid ol this
sot ; said ho to tho landlord.
"I do, and half a crown shall speak
my tuauKs, was tho reply.
"Agreed," said tho other; "cot me
a suck."
A sack was procured, and put over
tne arunken guest. Away trudged
the man with his burden, till became
to tho house of a noted resurrectionist,
at whose door ho knocked.
"Who's there f" suid a voice within.
"I havo broucht you a subject."
replied the man; "so come, quick,
give mo my fee."
Iho money was immediate v paid.
and the sack, with its contents, depos
ited in the surgery. The motion of
quick Walking had nearly recovered
the poor victim, who, before the other
bad gone two minutes, endeavored to
extricuto himself Irom the suck.
Iho purchaser, enracod at boini
thus outwitted, run ufter the man who
had deceived him. collared him. and
erica out,
"M hy, you dog, the man's alive !"
"Alive !" said the other, "so much
the better; kill him when you want
una.
Parents and Cuildreh. Thoro is
nothing better, nothing safer, nothing
so sure of bringing forth the right
iruit in the end, than truth. Tell
your child tho truth. Tell him that
obedience requires unpaid sacrifices
Tell him that he need not expect that
a purse ot gold will drop into bis band
tbo moment he denies himself of a
coveted pleasure. Tell him that the
path of duty is often terribly hard,
and seldom leads to an oil well, or a
seal in Congress, or to a brown stone
trout house. Tell him that virtue
sometimes brings thorns, enemies,
neglect. But toll him that it is virtuo,
nevertheless; tho brightest, the no
blest, and the best of gifts, and what
ever comes of goodness it is the one
thing desirable, itself above all price.
Muko him feel lhat obodience is pleas
ure, that goodness is delight, that love
is altogether lovely, and he will not
expect to be paid for the smallest ser
vice and bo tempted to withhold a
kindness when he is not suro of a
reward. Parents must cease appeal
ing to the nppctiles and the avarice
ot tboir children if they would have
thorn anything but selfish and sensual.
Two young princes, the sons of
Archduke Charles of Austria, had a
warm debute in tho presence of no
less a person than that of tho august
Emperor himself. Greatly excited,
ono said to tho other: "You are the
greatest ass in Venice 1" Highly of
fended at a quarrel In his presence,
the Emperor interrupted them, say
ing with indignation : "Come, come,
young gentlemen, you forget that I
am present."
They havo a patriarch in Taunton,
Mass., who says that ho onco raised a
flock of wild ducks from a pond, when
he took aim ut them with his gun and
fired' They flew away with much
clamor, ana, surprised that nono of
them dropped, he examined Ilia field
of battlo. Ho picked up four bushels
of legs. There is a touch of pathos
in tho old man's voice as he added :
"I fired too low."
JUack river, Wisconsin, i. complete
ly jammed willi log-., for fifteen miles.
It is catimaled Unit there were not
less tlmn 22.r),OUO,000 feet in tho river
at the opening of spring, of which
120,000,000 huve alreiid)- gone down.
A correspondent of the I'rovidence
Journal, who ha gono over Sherman's
route in Georgia, 6ys "tho people
nil along tho routo are in the most
abject povorty, actually starving to
death."
An Englixh doctor sent in liis bill
to a disconsolate widow, "for curing
your husband till he died."
An insurance, company heads its
advertisement thus : "Best lives taken
at lowest rates."
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GEO. B. ti(tOLii.ANol.K,
Ivlilur mill Frt-i't r-r.
iVofrsstona. d Husiiuss Cards.
JOHN H. FULFORD,
AT10KNKY AT LAW, . -ClcarfleU,
Pa.
Office with i. B. Wt-KnuIlT, Kiq., orer Firit N.
llonal lion.
Prompt attention giten to the eeeurtne;
of Ilounty, Cleine. la., suii to all legal buiineea.
March 28, U671y.
S. A. FULTON,
ATTOUS E Y AT LAW,
. . llollMiyebnrir, !'a
p-Pnmpt atteulloa givi-a U the Mcurlnj
and eolleetiun of Claims, and to all repat ban
" llovU-tiinrpil
WALTER BARRETT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Offloa os Seeond St., CloarBeU, Pa. . fhorXl,6t
Wm. A. Wallace. Win. I). Iliirler.
i. Ulaka Walton. irauk lioltlinj.
WALLACE, BIGLER dt FIELDING,
ATTOHNKYS AT LAW,
t U-arflt-ld, Pa.
p9lr buniaeie of all kiudi promptly end
accurately attended to. nel5 y
tTfOS. J. McCULLOUGH.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Oflct adjoining tha Bank, ftirnierly ooeopied bj
J. ii. Mctualljr, Second at, Clearfield.
Z3rWUl attend uronti-tlv to eollvetifina. eala
aflande, o. NaclT.tl
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Aud Heal Instate Ageut, Clearfield, Pa.
Oftioa on Market etreet, orpceit the jail.
t& Ke.pectfuIlT offer! hii fervicoi in illinr
and buying lande In Clearfield and a.lj. uning
eountiea j and with aa eiporienea of orer tventy
jeara aa a iiinrejror, lattera hirneelf that he can
render fatiifaeiion. frb2S.'M If
WM. M. McCULLOUGH.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
Office on Market etreet one dunreaitof the Clear-
Held Coonkj Hank. (ma;4,'6t
John H. Orvia. c. T. Alexander.
ORVIS & ALEXANDER,
ATTORNEYS Af LA If,
Ilclltfonte, Pa. rplj.'65-y
DR. J. P. BURCHFIELD.
Late 8arKton of (he bid Keg mont, Penuri-lrani
Vuluoieera, bavin (j relumed from th Army,
off en bii profpMionat ftervicoa to tb cuiitut
ofCietrfleld etunijr.
eMT-pruJersionw. ralU Dromullv alter, lxl Ui.
Office on .Second ilreet, formerly ocmr it J M
Dr. Woods. .a... r4, '6ft it
DENTISTRY.
J. P. CORNETT, PuTnr,
offera his profesaiuoal eervieea to
tha eititeni of Curwenarilla and
rtclnity. Office in Drug Store, corner Main and
Inompeon atreata. na?ll,'ri lT:pd
J. BLAKE WALTERS.
SCRIVENER ANT) CONVEYAX'-EIt.
Agtnt for tha ruich and Salt of Lindi.
Clearfield, Pa.
Prnnipt atteotion given to aM lttj,r,e,
connected Wlth the eounir oflkua. 1 'fiivf wuh
Hon. Wm. A. Wallace. fiiiil.Vj.il
18G7 smixG. 18G7
JAMIS, KENT, SANTEE & Co.,
Importers and Jobbers of Dry Goods,
Hoa. 235, 237, 239 A 241 N. Third St., .
miLADKLrillA.
We are now prepared with our n.ual extrn.tre
and wel.rw.eriod elock to oflVr extra iudut-ein-nia
to CASH Dl'YEHS. aprll-tf
DREXEL & Co.
i
No. Sf Houth Tlilrd Street, Philadelphia,
And Dealers in Government Securities.
Application lir mail will rrocl-it nromnl attra.
tion, and all information cuccrhillv fuiiii.ard.
Onlcia eolicitcd. anrll-tf
REUBEN HACKMAN.
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clcarficlf., Penn'a.
.Will execute Inhi in hit line nrorartlT and
in a workmanlike manner. apr4,67
SURVEYOR.
THE anderiitntd offere bii eerrleei an a Sur.
eor, and may ba fcand at hit renidrnea. in
Lawrenoa tnwnehip. Letters will reach hiia
directed to Clearneld, l'a.
ntarl-r.m:pd JAMES MITCI1KLL.
JAMES MILES.
LICENSED AUCTIONEER.
Lutliernbiircr, Prmi'a.
promptly attend to calling ealei, at
reatonatile rataa. Ij.ntl 3a
A. H. FRANCISCUS&Co.
AI3 Market Ml., Philadelphia. Pa.
! rACTCftlKI AVU AuMTA lok TUI fiLX OT
coniKH.i:.
Not. The re;nlnr allowance! ma le In fl-nltra
In MANILA HOPE. I jn.'(l-t?ia
Tbomai II. Force. A. A. Orabini.
FORCEE &, GRAHAM,
1 1
Mltlll II
General Merchandise and Lumber,
jan.1
(rahamtou, Penn'a.
JOSEPH H. BRETH,
JUSTICE O K THE V E A C E
And Licenced Conrevaneor,
New tValihi;tAn, ( lrarllrld ro , Pa
JAS. C. BARRETT,
JUSTICE OF TIIK .PEACE
And Licensed Coarjnoor.
Lnthemburg, Clearfield ro. Pi.
lMfCoHfHoni tnd finitfi.fM prowptl?
made, sad ill kirdio( legal iiulrttintnt iwntd
on short nntiee, tunyfl, 6ft if
C. KRATZER &. SON,
MERCHANTS,
rtiAi am in
Dry Goods, Clothing, Hardware,
Cutlerj, Qneenitra re, tlrneriiea, rofi.ionl an 4
Shinglee,
I'lraiflild, Penn'a.
JMT-At tha eld aland on Front itreet, al0T
tha Academy. InVH.'Se-tt
AFT-ROPES a all iltca, fir lale M
tee. II, 1IM. it SF RSLL.A SIOUX.