S lAtttr from lion. It. '. a"Vrrj,
f VY SOtTlf CAHULIttA.
i To thr ftl'ton of the Cilumb!it Phtrni.c :
I Tlio action of tlio Hump 'microns,
i the oilier ihy, In extra st'ssion, oniltl
I to convince every ono that tlio luiilicul
I iiirly havo no intention of restoring
Ml' Union until the Southern .States
Sare thoroughly Radicalized and will
;!cl Si-nators nnd members of the
f Hon of tlint party. Tlio Kentucky
j Representatives nino in number, nnd
full IloinocraU have been denied their
ests in C'onre, simply because they
were not Black Republicans. If tlio
i Southern Status, under tlio rocon
i struotion policy of President Johnson,
J had elected Rudiculs, and given any
6 oseiirunce of tlioii adhesion to thul
party, no one can suppose that their
I Representatives would have been ox-!
I eluded from Congress. In the full of
I Wb, ono of the first net done by
I Congress was to purge tho Sonnto,
I and exclude Democrat enough from
f that body to give them a two-thirds
I majority.
The question will bo for tho people.
of the Southern States to decide, in the
coining elections, whether they prefer
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jbu llltUl.. BO llll Ml V, VI, inning
conventions, adopting negro sutl'ruge
and electing Radicals, co back into
the Union. What advantage to the
Mouth will it be to increase the lMuek
Republican majority in Congress ?
llowcan we bo benefited by strength
ening the bunds of our oppressors ?
I What interest can wo possibly have in
I Knine represented in Congress by trai
tors to tne noutn men wnom we must
scorn and despise as Judas Iscariot in
politics! It is a sad nnd melancholy
reflection on human nature, to see men
who inaugurated tho war, aud were
going to di in the lutt ditch, now
seeking to go buck into tho Union,
stripped of every priuciplo nnd right
which the)' vowed to defend, with
Black Republican collars around their
neck, llow disgusting to see base,
unprincipled while, men seeking office,
nuil position by hypocritically pander
ing to the ignorant, criminal and ruin
ous prejudices, and aspirations of tho
negro! I would greatly prefer seeing
every oil ice iu tho State tilled by the
honest, intelligent negroes, than by
such uriprineiplod and shameless men.
I once said to President Johnson, in
reply to a dispatch pent inc, about
Union men being excluded from eilice
under tho Provisional Government,
that 1 hud made it a rule through life
to confido iu the politics of no ono who
was not morally honest and trust
worthy in privato life, and that my
experience hud taught roe the fact that
n man who had no moral principlo
could have no political principle.
Hence It is that we see those who were
foremost in soecssion, whilst scooesion
was In tho ascendant nnd tho road to
honor and distinction, power ond po
pos'ition, was open, now fawning at
tho feet of the oppressor, whilst ty
ranny and opprcsbion nre nil power
ful. Thoy cure not whom they servo,
or what principles they advocate, pro
vided they can promote their own
selfish views. Hut they would even
have us believe that tho great interests
of the country were foremost in their
thoughts.
Immediately after it was known
tlmt slavery would have to be abol
ished, I expressed the opinion that it
would bo wise and prudent to permit
negroes, who had acquired a property
and educational qualification, to vote
in all the Southern States. - I thought
this would be a safety-valve for politi
cal society. It would gratify and ap
pease the intelligent and most influ
ential of that class, and make them
good citizens, instead of being dis
turbers of the peace. It would bold
out an inducement to all who had any
disposition or wish to rise above the
common herd. And no evil could re
sult from it, as 1 supposed very few,
comparatively, would ever be able to
attain the privilege, and when they
did, they would always voto with the
higher and better educated cIbss of
whites. I expressed a similar opinion
many years ago, in regard to recap
turing fugitive slaves. 1 thougbt it
well for society that when a slave had
acquired such a love for freedom as to
prompt him to flee for tho Northern
States, and possessed intelligence stif-'
fieicnt to make his escape, be ought
not to be brought back. In this way
tho bold, daring and reckless they
who wsre most likely to disturb the
publie poacc would bo out of the
conntry-, and thee would bo greater
safety for those left behind. '
But my opinion thus expressed was
denounced bv those who aro now
urgii.g universal sulTrago for tho no
gro, or ut least advocntiiig the call of
a convention, by whieli universal r.e-1 1,0 authority of S'iiMitiho men, thnl Lavo a majority in the Mule, ana will
gro suffrage is to be established. 1 I the) world docs not afford an initancc I seize tho government of tho Stuto if
likewise advocated, at tho same time, j 0f R mulatto in the. fifth generation, j permitted to vote f
tho propriety of permitting negroes : pie hyhrid race bucoines extinct after It is idlo folly to till tho people of
to give testimony in all cases in our t)C f0Vrfh generation, unless they have South Carolina that capital und iiniiil
conrts of justice. i'his,too,wnssternly ! intermixed with ono or tbe oilier of 'grants will flow into tho folate when
watBtn.t liv fhrwn who nie now willini? I mMirinnl rftri. Ko iL iswilh nil 1 reconsl rnf'led on the Black lIctiuMi.
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to coiiier on the negro mo rigni oi ' HuimulH. J he muin uoes not oroea si
holdinit otiioe, t, p-t V-ek inlo thcja. Tho wolfand jackal, the dog nnd 1
"cloriou I ni on, which tney once
LuUi and despieod so cordiully
In ono of my previous communica
tions, 1 stated" that Professor Agassi
bad proven conclu-ively that tho no
pro was of an inferior raeo to (hat of
tho white man, nnd bud a different
origin. In saying this, 1 did not iu
ien'd to insinuate, as fcome of the ne
rtcai seemed to think I did, that tied
was not their "father," as well as the
white man's father. They ars cer
tainly both creations of tbe same Al
mighty hand. They are doubtless.
too, equally under the protection of
the Almighty, and equally dear to Htm
in tbeir respective spheres spheres
In which he placed Them ana wjwi.h u
Tho horse and the I
He made tbem
jackass are both a
i:i.t,or.rAi.ionnf
itnx- .
fln.1. He did not create them ol the
same type, or make tbem one and the
same animal. Ho gave to one beauty
and symmetry, spirit aeid fleetnoss;
nil to the othVr strength, endurance,
nnd olber valuable qualities. So He
distinguished between the negro and
tho white man. To the former He ha
lho whits man. I o imnn m" " -
given a black skin and a woolly head,
greater sirengui ...u i .. - ;
greater strength and loss brain, lie
i t t. I - .tnMth
Bui Cod ivros Hi whole creation,;
GEO. B. GOODLANDER, Proprietor.
VOL 38-WIIOLE NO.
equally, and it is to ho prosumod that
lie has the samo regard for tho owl
that Lie has for tho eagle, and so with
the jackass, tho white man and the
negro, provided, always, thnl tho ono
is as faithful in the discharge of his
mission on earth as tho other. It is
by no means a crime or lault on the
port of tho jackass, that ho cannot run
as swiftly as the horse. He was not
croatod for such fleetnoss ; and so with
the negro: ho has not been endowed
by God with the samo volumo of brain
that tho white man has, and he is not
to blame for not being ablo to compete
with him iu scieuco and knowledge
Ho is an inferior animal to tho white
man. God made him such as ho is for
wise purposes, as hu has made the ass
interior to tho horse. It is as foolish
to think of making poets, artists, and
statesmen out of negroes, as it would
bo to attempt to make a race horse or
a Rpiritod charger in battlo out of a
iaokuss. You uiuy give t)i noirro the
right of suffrage and tho right to hold
olfico, and make him a legislator; and
so you may enter the ass for a four
mile rent with tlio blooded horse, or
you may mount mm iu initio tor a
charge on tho enemy; but both would
be equally unwiso and disastrous, for
you are attempting to pervert nature
and the laws of God.
l'rofessor Agapsiz, of Harvard Col
lege, Massachusetts, tho niofrt le.irnod
and scientific naturalist the world has
over produced, declines motvt confi-
ionlly, alter aide tiiuool thought and
observation uiiou tlio subject, "that
lha negro and the whito man wore
created as specifically different us the j
owl and the eagle. They wore designed j
to till uinerem places in tlio system ol j
nature. The negro is no more a negro
by accident or misfortune, thnn the
owl is the kind of bird he is by noci
dent or mitfortune. Tho negro is no
more tho whito man's brother than
the owl Is tho sister of the eagle, or
than thenss is the brother of the horse."
"Thero aro," says the samo great au
thority, "ovor one hundred specific
differences between tho bonal and
nervous system of tho whito man nnd
tho nogro. Indeed, their forms aro
alike in no particular. There is not
a bone in the negro's body relatively
of tho samo tdiapo, si.o, articulation,
or chemically of the samo composition,
as that of the white man. The negro's
bones contain a far greater per ccnt
ngo of calcerous salts than thoso of
the whito man.- Even tho negro's
blood is chemically a very different
fluid from that which courses in the
veins of tho white man. The whole,
physical organization of tho .negro
differs quite as much from the white
man ns it does from that of th ehim
panzoe that is, in bis bones, muscles,
nerves nnd fibres. The chimpanzee
has not much further to progress to
become a negro, than the negro has
to become a whito man. This fact
science inexorably demonstrates."
It is agreed by nil scientific men
who have turned their attention to this
subject, that the capacity, by measure
ment, of the skull of the white man is
ninety -seven cubic inches Unit is, the
average of one thousand or any greater
nnmber of skulls. Tho negro has
sixty -six cubic inches; the North
Amoriean Indian lms sixty-three cubic
inches; tho native Australian has
filty-six cubic inches. Sir Charles
Lyall, than whom there can bo no
higher authority, says tho feet and
hands, tho arms and legs of tho white
man ond negro are unlike in measure
ment. Tho hand of tlio negro '.s ono
twclfth larger and one-tenth broader
than the hand of the white man ; his
foot is one-eighth longer nnd one-ninth
broader than the whito man's; his
foro arm is ono-tonth shorter, and the
same is truo of tho bonos from the
knee to tho nnkle. Tho skeleton is
nnliko iu tho whole,- in weight aud
measurement, and unliko i:i every
b,ono of it.
In tho most admirable speech of the
Hon. W. Mnngen, of Ohio, lately de
livered in Congress (nnd to which 1
am
indebted for much that 1
)ftVe tu,t) it is boldly assorted, on j
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fox. have produced r.vlriH, winch 1
always hpcomn extinct in mo nuru itni in rouui i aronna wiu no wiin
generation. These animals, like the ! drawn, nnd not ono cent will come
hegro and wbito man, wcro regarded, ! horo socking investment. .Nor will
nt the time, as only different vurictios I any foreigners move hero to Fettle
f ilm snme sncei. a. But oxneriment 1 under nei'io r..l. ' cnluK'n
.l,n. ihom l, have been adiflerenllJ uislurbunco which it Will give
-v.. - E
wlnt man
1 repoat what I have said in a
former article, that I have ever been
the friend and protector of the negro
through life. This my former slave
will vouch for me. My houso-servanls,
eight or ton in number, havo never
left mo, and are still living with mo
on the snme terms they did whilst
1 1 i liecauso
I wimi well to
the negro that 1 am unwilling to tee
himt.lacedinalalseposilion. lie is
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.0r,.;o the riHit of surTrajre.
...,i t.nn. the dune and tool of:
base and designing men. A rar oi
r.,v ,rill mine, and the nerro, being
the weaker and less intelligent, win
he exterminated in such a war. Ft
tinction will be tbo result of this great
boon, bestowed on them for tho sole
purpose ol streng henmg tho lis al
parly, oenera.
r-, -i-ri-.-Bn montha airo. that
Infll wn fill
equality between tbn race. Butuuw,
2032.
CLEARFIELD, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 18C7. NEWSEIUES-V0L.8,N0. 5
thoy aro determined to have the negro
voto, in order to rndicaliao tho South.
In tho negro convention which sat
tho other day, in Columbia; it was
claimed that, in tho next residential
election, there should he placed on
the Radical ticket, a negro, either for
President or Vico l'residcnt. It was
contended, too, that tho lunds should
bo divided into small fnrins, so that
each head or a family might got a
homestead. If tho lnnd-ownors re
fused this division, then their lands
should be taxed so heavily ns to force,
them to part with thorn. Thoro is
considerable ingenuity in this schomo
of confiscation. The whites who voto
for a convention to avoid confiscation
on the part of Congress, will find
themselves nicely caught by the ne
groes in convention. As have al
ready said, they will find that, alter
sacrificing their honor, tho rights of
tho State, and the principles of self
government and constitutional liber
ty, they nave lost their Janus into tne
burgain. Another scheme of tho no.
groos, promulgated in their rocent
j convention, is to have nothing taxed
but property. Thib wiil releaso the
negroes from all taxes, as they do
not own property. Then, tho prop
erty of the Stuto is to bo taaed, to
establish freo schools ond colleges all
over the State, for tho education of
thoir children, without expense to the
negroes' .Again, they duclare in con
vention, nnd havo made it a part of
their platform, that the old negroes,
and infirm negroes nnd paupers, nre
to bo supported by the properly of
tho whito men, instead of taking cure
of thoir own aged parents and pauper
kindred
In tho twelfth article adopted by
this liudical negro convention, they
avow openly their purpose of disfran
chising all who have served in the
Confederate army, or aided and abet
ted the war. They are disposed to
take a step, and a wide ono, beyond
tho Radicals in Congress. The white
Radical havo disfranchised only those
who have filled public ollices; but the
black Radicals are dotormined to ex
tend ii, to all who were in tho army,
which includes almost tho entire, white
population. This will be accomplish
ed in that convention which the white
people nre going to voto for a con.
volition to disfranchise themselves,
confiscato their property, and place
the Slate absolutely under the oontrol
of tho negroes. Was there ever such
folly and madness h'rd of before in
the civilized world 7 In sackcloth and
ashes they will have to repent of thoir
stupidity and dishonor.
This negro Itudicu! convention fur
ther demands a revision of our laws
and the reorganization of our courts.
They, a set of paupers, Ignorant and
debased, aro to govern tho State, and
the wbito men, who own all tho prop
erty, aro to pay tho oxpenses of tho
State. They spoak of building rail
roads 1 No doubt a thousand schemes
will be concocted for spending t'.io
whits man's money, for the benefit of
tho negro, before they proceed to take
it from him by force or fraudulent
legislation. Horriblo, most horrible,
in tho future of our poor State and
degraded people. No one seems to
rcali.o our true situation. It is now
ns it was in tho days of secession.
Wo aro standing, like idiots, on a
mngnxino of powder, flourishing in our
bands a firebrand, nnd laughing at the
beautiful ring of ribbon it makes in
the dark. The explosion will como,
must come, sooner.pr' later, nnd bring
with it universal death nnd deslrue
tion to tho peoplo and property of the
State,.
In Liberia, where thoro is a nation
of tiegroes, sent from the United
States, nnd whero they have formed a
Government, no whito man is allowed
to bold office, or voto at any election
foranyoOico. This is wiso snd prop
er; nnd they havo thought it neces
sary to mnke this exclusion for their
own peace and prosperity. Have not
the white men tho samo right to
exclude tho negro from the right of
sufl'rage, when they kimw the negroes
. . ..
can piauorm. ua urn contrary, as
soon as this negro government is
organised, cverv 'iollar ot loreiga cap-1
und thoiriBO to in tho 8Uto.
.Mr. (.'nlhoun
predicted, years ago, that it tho negro
was sot free, tho Northern people
would insist on his right of sutfrago,
and if allowed, he negroes would
seise tho government, and tho wbito
peoplo would havo to leave tho Stnto.
lie farther said, that tho former own
era would lose all influence over their
fieedmcn, whose pympnlliie and par
tialities would be" for Northern men
nd vile emissaries sent here to eon-
iroi inem. i mm ... i"p,r
ernllv acknowledged, ven now. that
nil control of tho negro.in the coming
election, is already gone from tlirir
former masters
Gen. Uamntnn and
his friends hud just ns well try to
control a herd of wild buffaloes in the
vast prairie of the West ns Ibc negro
voto of Columbia. B. K. Terry.
Greenville, S. C, Jnly 27, 1 !".
"Ma," said an inquisitive Utile girl,
"Ma," said an inquisitive little girl,
there.
"Then, ma, why don't rich anil poor
christians associate together hero.''
The mother did not answer. ' '
PRINCIPLES-NOT MEN.
t'rtaksofa "Loyal" 1'lrrmjinntt.
Tho good people of Litchfield coun
ty, Conn., havo been highly scandal
ized by the unmasking of a hypflrriti
cnl scoundrel who In tlio guise of now
a Mcthedist, and then a Congrega
tionalist minister, had been for some,
time operating successfully upon1 their
unsuspicious confidence. Wo fecog
nir.o in this impudent impostera no
torious old offender, whose exploits,
under tho cognomen of J. V. Green,
alias Kev. Benjamin (ireer, alins'Thos.
Bancroft, we thoroughly ventilated
in 1RI12. At that time he attempted
to impose upon President Lincoln by
relating a make-believe conversation
wiiku ne ut.erieu no imu una wan
Joff'jrson Lavis coueorning a treaty of
peoeo. , ... ;
Home eight years prior to that n
riod ho camo to Now York from the
Western part of the State, intrtdnnod
himself among the Methodist brethren,
and with such acceptance thnt,on in
vitation, lio very successfully' minis
tered in some of the pulpits rf thoir
churches. In fact, being lan adven
turer, possessing good add rcss talent,
plausibility, and being highlrtiucHt
ed, be had no dilticulty in inriilint
ing himself into the good grnces of
muny members of tho Methodist de
nomination, wliobnd little idea f tho
depraved scoundrel they so credulous-1 whvh flock who soon helped him to
ly cherished. But unable to suppress ! t moi,(.y f,m tho Insurance
tho vicious promptings of un k.geni- f()m.,anVi besides several heavy dona
ons but wicked mind, ho bocahie nlti()n r(lft;og contributed liberally to
oonfideiico operator, obtitini" goods j big ju xi)0Ut t10 time these
by the bogus chock dodga. IU play-
cd that gume onee too ofton, vim ar
rested, tried, CTinvicted on bi own
confession before Jtucnrdor Jftitios M.
Smith, March lth, 1s;"i0, and tenton
ced tothoStato l'l ison lor thrort years.
By his protestations of ianltn4, and
hypocritical behavior at Sing Hing, he
successfully imposed upon the good
nnturc of our old friend John
Luckey the worthy chaplnirt, who
was thus led to look upon bim as a
rually reformed man. Herein our
friond was cgre.ginnsly deceived ; for
as well could ''tho leopard change his
spots." ,
On completing his term of impris
onment ho called upon us to si if wo
would not holi him. A tier sonio plain
talk, we also supposing him to be ro
formod, and soring that,, ns a diicharg
od convict, he was under tbo tuhoo of
the community, wo concluded t) give
him no opportunity to earn in cur em
ployment an honest livelihood, uud so
avoid resorting to rascality onoe more.
Wo know hint to be talented and woll
eduuateU, und that if be kept honest
ho would prove useful. But wo woro
grossly decoired in him. .He could
not subdue the iugraincd depravity of
bis nature, and so he commenced to
play tho confidence game upon us
also. This we soon- found out and at
once discharged him. Afior that he
wandered around the country practic
ing hisswindlingarts with varvingsuo
cess; nnd in iNi- he promised" to writo
for us "the lifo of a confidence man,"
taking himself for the hero. He had
talent enough, and ample experience,
to write well upon such a subject, but
we could not trust him, knowing bim,
as we did, to bo such an unmitigatod
scamp and linr. We must not omit
to mention that in Philadelphia, in
IH.VJ, ho wont into a confidence oper
ation, was arrested, tried, convicted
and sent to the penilcntiury for two
yours. He was also imprisoned in
Washington, 1). C, in iMiJ'ur steal
ing money from soldiers' letters while
he held tho position of chaplain and
regimental postmaster, lie got out
soon, obtained some costly furs under
(iilse pretences, and tlUU from lYesi.
dent Lincoln, on the Jelf. Davis im
posture, absconded, was arrestod in
Chicago, made his escape, and was not
again heard of until lie comes to tbe
surface in the ponceablo villages of
Connecticut as lho Rev. (!) Cullison.
His first apiieariinco there was during
tho lute political campaign, when he
took tho slump under tliegurbofa
Methodist minister and Union refugee
from Texas, and was most especially
bitter in his denunciation of the Dem
ocratic party. But this iiiiitinlitiod
thief and swindler has recently turned
up in a series of new Me, of o,uito a
distinctively marked character. In
addition to his having been an exten
sivo confidence operator, a Jeremy
Puldler cf tbo sharpest perception
...,i :(..!.. ..1..-..1;... 1. f,,i.. I.., 1
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only fi'iir wives ho now supplement
"i" rcer i.y n'u-ni in
fore tho pn'ilio in the character of an
alleged inceii'liiirr n supposed wife
poisoner, and
Whot ';r- -e
What a sad, mi
nnd a would ho MtMi ;
iiorsisicni ci innnnniy i
miserable. disgraceful and
wicked iirostilnlion of acquirements
and talents which conld havo secured
their possessor respect and competen
cy had they- been but rightly used.
His wife dying on tho Kth of lust May,
in West Cornwall, Conn., where they
had a store, nnd be being suspected ol
carrying on criminal intercourse with
certain women there, suspicions were
aroused that he had poisoned her.
Her body was disinterred by the au
thorities and the stomach sent to New
Haven for analysis, and reen yi the
meantime had disappeared. The ex
animation of th stomach strengthen
ed tho suspicions against him, and a
requisition lor bis arrest was obtained
from tiovernor Knglish. He was ar
rested in I'tictt, 2i. V., Juno 2-d, and
brought back to theeccno of his alleg
ed crimes.
On tho 1:2th lilt., be escaped from
the custody of the jailor, and was pur
sued for four days by tho authorities.
who filially discovered Inra secreted
Suai f th.divinrl.v soDdcd .linlrd Uwin
."irrii h'ftr nvrr 11 midiaia.tir hlowx tlii. loyiU
M'mnn n-fnew" 'li'ni"liTM la tin. "Cnpprr
hmlt. lrl'. .!" n.Ti.ilt. M.." M irili.
rliM-mf th. n.tM for OofMTinr im Cnawtirvt.
W rr"nm Ib'V now M lilll. hk lh"prl
Thr pnilticil clrgTm an uflcs fnj
ill"irfc
B 5 IT" OH 7 ID S 11 i -AT
iAwK 0 a HID H B n I iR li I W
in a barn. Upon being called on to
surrender, Green produced an old
knife nnd cut a gash Hbont three
inches long on tho let) side of bis neck,
sevoriog one largo vein, alter which
ho stabbed bis neck on tho right side,
making a deep wound, and coining
within ono eighth of an inch of a vital
point. Although the wretched man
is very low, yet hopes are ontortaiued
of hit. recovery. Tlio Kev. Green's
wicked, eventful career, is npproaeh-
inir its closo ho has reached vcrv
nearly to the end of his tether; and
hence wo would, that his course of lifo
may furnish a Itrikiug lesson, teach -
; jug tho rising generation that tulents
'and intellectual acquirements, unless
reirulaled by respect for law nnd tlio
canons ol morality, may prove out as
mere "Dciul-bCa. Apples" to their un
uuuappy K)sscssor.--y'oiice iiozettc
The OazeXU has left one page out of
the liiHiory ol tlns"progresive I hnst
ian." In lSOr, while stationed at. Mum
turd, Now liamp.shire,disponsing loy
alty and religion, ho concieved the
idea of raising the wind, by effecting
a heuvy Insurance on hi household
goods; shortly lifter, the Parsonage
took flro and was totally destroyed,
nnd nil tho Rev. gentleman possessed
in tho world was conRiimcd. 1'oor
man 1 He had tho tiyinnathv of the
njco HfUjrg were winding op, si.
up, some
uieniber ol the congregation discover
ed a number of trunks, boxes and a
large quantity of household goods in
tho basement of tho Church. The in
surance, ftro and goods were soon re
conciled among the congregation, but
lho affair was liiikhud up and tho late
"rofuiec" traniferred.
King .Iteay four tirirf.
We can sing away our faros oasior
than we can reason them away. Sing
in tho morning. The birds aro lho
curliest to sing, the birds aro more
without euro than anything else I
know of. Sing in the evening. Sing
ing is the last thing that robbins do.
When they have dono their daily
. I . I. .. I 1 A .1 f ..
work: when they have flown their
I last flight and picked up their lust
i pf . , 1 i . 1
morsoi oi ioou, nnu enmnseu vneir mil .
on a napkin ol a hough, then on a)
topmost twig, they sing ons song of i
praise. . l know they sleep sweeter
for it. . They dream music ; for some
times in the night they break forth
in singing, and stop suddenly niter
tho fust lioto, startled by their own
voice. O that we might sing evening
and morning, and let song touch song
all tho way through. -
As I was returning from lho coun
try the other evening, between six
and seven o'clock, bearing a basket of j
flower, I met a man that was appa-
rontly tbo tendor of a mason. Jle
looked brick and luortur alt ovor !
Ho had worked the entire day, and
he bad the appearance of a man that
wonld not bo afraid of work. He was
walking with a lithe step, and singing
to himself as
he passoJ down the I
strect, though ho had boon working
lho whole day, and nearly tho week,
Wcro It not that my good thoughts ,
always eomo too late, 1 should have!
given him a largo allotment of my
flowers. If ho had not been out of
sight when lho idea occurred to me,
I should have hailed him and said,
"Havo yon worked all day?" "Of
eourso I have," be would have said.
"And aro you singing V . "Of course
I am." "Then take these flowers
home nnd give the in to your wife,
and fell her what a blessing she has
in yon "
O that wo could pnt songs nnder
our bunions. Oh that wo could ex
tract tho senso of sorrow by song I
Then these things would not poison
so much. Sing in tho hnuso. Tench
your children to sing. When troubles
oome go at them with songs. When
griefs arise, ing them down Lift
the voice ol song against cares. Truise
God by singing; that will lift you
above trials of every sort. Attempt
it. They sing in houven ; and nmong
(iod's people 11)1011 earth, song i the
appropriate language of Christian
fueling.
A Hutchnian from tho profuno city
of IJolterdam, but at present residing
in Hoboken, recently took occasion,
"as it were," to kill his dog, the dog
having killed ono of bis sheep. After
shooting him until ho wa extremely
Hrftmpt, O'lr Teuton took a flub nnd
commenced m 1. . hrnnfl
out. Neighbor JSniith camo along,
and asked :
"What aro you pounding the dog
for f I on't 3-ou see he's dead 7"
"Yes," answered Hootr.ensweitr.er,
"but I moans to let him know that
thore's a hereafter !"
Curran, the witty Irish barrister,
was plonding tho enso of a certain M iss
Tick 1 3. The judge was also a bit of a
wit, and Curraii opened tho case with
"Tickle my client, the (letendent, my
lord." Tho judge Interrupted bim
with "Tickle her yonrselt, ( nrran,
you re a well a tile to no u as 1 am.
It is reported that should Jnarec
decline a re-election as 1'resident of
Woxico, bo will be appointed Minister
to the United States. '
A tvlinri cavoil in at riiiladclpliia
on Tiiosdar, (lroiiinf throo men anil
detroyirfe" $30,000 worth of siigsr
and molasses.
Jainns H. Thomas, tho Itndioal May
or of St. Louis, is nnilsr arrost, lor as
snulting a nepro wenoh.
The cenLro of tho United Static has
been fixod at (Jolanibos. Nebracka,
ninety six iuil rest of Omaha.
TERMS-$2 per annum, in Advance.
The t'oul of thr .IVrro.
Great Britain bought her negroes
at tlOO.OOO.OOO, nnd set them free.
taxing the whito laboring classes of
her kingdom to pay lor them. We
went to war to free ours, and it hag
cost us nearly four thousand "millions
of dollars. Tho interest on this debt
we are now paying, but it is wrenched
from the people in such a vnrioty of
ways, that three-quarters of them
have no idoa how it is dono. It is
more insensible in tho mode of its
j operation thnn tho sleep that steals
over the druifrred victim, bnt it is nnn
1 the less fatal, l'erhaps tho item of
tea presents tho most lorcihle instance
i ol the cohl of tho nogro war that can
bo adduced. "Tea can bo furnished."
isnys the J'hiliKlelphia Lrttyrr, "from
China nnd Japan, at our ports, for
nbout f0 cents ' per pound in gold.
Taking this ns a starling yoint, the
additional charges, before it reaches
the table of tho oonsumer nro said to
accumulate a follows: Original cost
of tea imported, fid cts; discount on
currer.cy to pay for it, 20 cts; duty
in gold, 25 cts; discount oa currency
to make tip tbo gold, 15 els; contin
gencies, 10 cts; profit of importer,
12 cts. j profit of jobber, 13 cts. ; profit
of retailer, say 211 cts. Total tLH.
Of this fifty-lour cents aro comprised
in tb.reo profits, thirty five cents in ex
change for gold, twenty -five cents in
duties, and ten cents in contingencies :
iu ull ono dollar nnd twenty-four
eents.'in addition to the post on board
ship at our wharves. Before the war
the cost would have been about as
follows: Original cost, imported, 60
cts.; ten per cent for contingencies,
5 cts. ; profit of importer, 5 cts. ;
prolit of jobber, f cts ; profit to the
retailor, 1 1 cts. ; Total HO cts." The
reader can 6eo here at a glnnco that
he is paying just about one dollar ex
tra for every pound of tea ho nses,
solely bemuse of the "grand frolio of
freeing tho niggers." l)iy Hook.
A Mohkl CoattKSPONDENT. A pub
lisher of a paper in Iowa made ar
rangement with a man in a neigh
boring town to furnish bim with news
items from that locality. Tho result
of the arrangement is as follows, and
was rather startling to tho edilor:
"There iz not much noose around
i i ... .t -. . .i
ere ) u, uuv inero iz a miuu a man
nau ins nea cui in a nio nisi nito, lho
doctor see if he don't git well before
niornin, that ho will hev to die ssrtin,
ho loves 1 small wife and family.
Another man ix sick and I gess bo's
got tbe kolcry but sum people say his
wife pir.ened bim, the doctur kant toll
yit, but when ho dies they are goin
to hold a ;x.t morting over him. An
other mau s liorpe uiuo ia. uiu. lis
could eat moar than enny 5 katlul
round, and sinco he dido oats hev
gono-down to sonls on a bushel. This
is nil tho noose here now. Don't for-
gino scuii a paypur.
" 1
Ol'B KoRISPONDlNT."
Old Tcacfiu Converse, of Hartford,
was provided with an enormous long
handle to his countenance. One day
when ho passod around tbe contribu-
tion box, everybody seemed to bo
possessed of an uncontrollable desire
to langh when they saw bim. It
seems that In tho morning, Laving
bruised his nose, be put on a piece ot
sticking plaster. It dropped otf, and
he picked up what he supposed was
t'.ifl plaster, and stuck it on again.
But alas ! ho had mndo a nr'tuko, for
instead of the plaster, it was a piece
of paper such as manufacturers of
spool cotton paste on one end ol every
spool, aud which read, "warranted to
hold out 200 yards."
A lawyer who was sometimes for
getful, having been engaged to plead
tho case of an offender, began ly say
ing : "1 know tho prisoner at tho bar,
and ho bears lho character of being a
most consummate and impudentscoun
drel." Hero somebody whispered to
him that tho prisoner was his client,
when ho immediately continued : "But
what great and good man ever lived
who was not calumniated by his con
temporaries 7"
Lim.itiAN KmoruNTs. Several of
the freedmen who emigrated from
Charleston lo Liberia last year, have
just returned, bringing very diseour
aging accounts. Jjcttcrs lrom those
who romainod in Liberia aro to the
same purport, and they advise South
ern freedmen against emigration.
Thoso two observing men, ono of
I, ..in auiil thai he liiul l !.
w hen ho livcu w.nuk the month of
May bo lived through the year, and
the other of whom said at u wodding
that he had remarked that more
women than men had been married
that year, were neither of them Irish
men
fdino cxcitcniont was rtcatod at
ninihiirR. N. T., lait Sundny, hy the
diaoovrry tlint a rlcrgj-msn who had
hecii prcnoliini; some littlo time in a
neighborhood i'looo bv Kllonbnr lo
nn. nnd Clinton Miil. tus a woman.
Puring service at the iatlor jlncp, slip
fainted away, when lho iinoositinn
was discovered.
A Vfry rflipion old lady being
asked hnr opinion of the orran of a
church, tho first tinio she hud ever
si'on or "hoard ono, replied : "It is a
pretty box of whistles; but, oh 1 it'
nn awful 'way to spend lho ISabbutb!"
The great sourco of pleasure is va
riety. We love to expect ; and when
expedition is disappointed or prsii
tiod, wo want to te again expecting.
Folly bas more oontmontators than
wisdom perhaps because her works
Jure more numerous.
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If In Hv tr nllhiii Oirtr Inotillm .,.( (1$
If pui'l ftcr Om fttttl "Uirn mi tnoniti AO
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It, A tint 01 i ..f I
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Ao'lHorV nnfiepi I
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lit!urion n I W
lifai fmtfiTu, ppf 1
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rruiVMifU.il ri.N, 1 jnr ft 00
1 qiuire ....H Oil
SI nuim.. I & OU
I eolnma $2S OA
column 40 00
3 Kiuirii 2 04
I x.Ibmiu ........... 75 0(1
Job Work.
VI AtKK.
HinirU qalro $2 641 I 6 qutrrt, p rqnirt.tl 75
I qmr, pr quir, H iW Orf 4, pr qwtnw. 1 64
1IAKPHLM.
I heel, 7f or )rn,l 60 I i fhwt, ? or kft,l4 60
J ihMt, 2a or leu, 2 50 1 vhect, Ij or leu, 8 00
Orer 25 of ech of nhore ! prupornoniiff rtei.
GEO. B. gAoIUANDEH,
Editor aud Proprietor.
UsrrUanroua.
CHEAP FURNITURE-
JOHN GULICII
DV.SIRR8 to iafrrm bi old frindi an 4 eui
tomera, that baTinv enlarged hit ihop and
iooroaaed hii facilitfea fur manui acta ring. h It
now prevrtd to snake tnrtiruea Fornitura aa
mmy b diired, in good ttyla tod t abeap rmtaa.
for CAS 11. 11 a jronarally -ha on band, at bia
Furn tiara room", a Tarid anaortmaat of roadj-
mada inrtitara, amof wUich aia v
BUREAUS AND SIDE-BOARDS.
Wardroboiand Book-Caaat; Centre, Sofa, Parlor,
Rreakraef and Piolng Extntion Tablea; Com
mon, Prench-rxt,CottaetJesnT-Lind and other
beditoadi ; Hofaa of all ktadi, M'ork-atanda.
Hn.t-racka, Waah-iundi; Kockiof and Arm.
Cbaira ; aprinir-aaat, aane-bottom, parlor, com.
mon and other Obaira: LookisjT'Ulaaaae of ererr
description on hand t nd bow frbuaei for old
frriinei, wbteb will bo put in on very reasonable
terni on ihortoit aotioo. Uoaleo kpa on hand
or turnibei to ardcr, Corn-kuak, Hair and Cotton-lop
ilaitrebioj.
. CorFPis ov Every Kind
Made to order, ant! fnnerala attended with a
Hearee whnorordeeireil. Alvo, Hneis Painting
done lo orir. The eobaeribar alo nianufae
turea, end haa eonetaotljr oa band, Clement'a
Patent Wahirjr Machine, lb beat now in aae !
Tboae aiirigih.it auobiaa navar etd be with
out clean clthfal He aleo baa Fiyer'i Patent
Churii, a aupariur article. A immilj uaing ttua.
CLuia nerer need be without butier I
All the above and many otber articlee are far
nWhed to curtomprt cheap for Car or exebanred
fpr approved country produce- Cherry, aiepl.
Poplar, Lin wood anil ot tier Lumber auitable for
Cabinet work, taken in txhnfe for furnitara,
MRernenibcr tne ihop Ii on Market etreet,
Oearflfld, Pa., and nearly oppontte tbeOld Jew
Store," J0I1K wTLlCA. -
Korember 5( )Sf2 y
CLEAKFIELD . .
MARBLE WORKS.
Italian and Vermont Marble finished in
the big heat style of the Art.
Tb eubieribert Urc foar ta announce to the
eitiwnn of Clrnrfmld viunty, that Um-t have opened
an eztenaiTO Marhlr k'ardoa tho anal h-wwtonmar
of Market and Fuiirlb tracts, Cltarfn-ld, Ta.. where
tbey are prrpared to mnke Tnib-rtonea, Mona
ment, Toanbi.bov and eidvToniba, CnutieTomtM,
C'enn'tery l'oata, Mantle, Fltelvea, li rack eta, eto
on abort notice. Thv alwHva kwi on hand a
lore nnantity of work finished, cxocfit the Letter
mi;, w that persona can call and acUi fur them-
alTM the trtyle wnntrd. Tbv will aleo ma Ire to
order any Other afX la of work that nay be dratted
and tbry flaltrr llicuielvet thnt they ran eomprte
with the) mannfarturere oriUidc of the ronnty,
ei titer in workinanhip or price, u tbcj only em
ploy the belt workmen.
j&rA mqmrtw j WTteTrTmrniT answered.
John urutH.-
Mj 22. nr.7. ' R KN'ltY Gl l-It n.
HATCHETS. ,
rJT7K boat and cbeaneM for tbe eontamer art
" jENKlXS TOXGUE, '
' rnitAnrr.rmA.
ShioRlinj, Lithlnir, C!.w ani Bra4. and, af
lli . bt eaat-siul aa a?raalad aa gtn4 ar
b.ttar than an otb.ra nada In the UaUe4
Btalaa, ana aold at fnarh Inwer prlii than any
athtr really Snt-alau hatoh.U. Tbry ara tam
perrd hy ona of tha firm. 6. J. Tonraa, no
poaaaaaai a saraliar faculty ttiat might aa aalloa
'6im1 aa lha Brain,"
Which hai glrm hi. tnnli a trpat rrlrnrlty ta
than parta. TRY THEM. Xoa. M and I
Ricbmna Ftrect; tha rrd ear. up Third PtreAt
area, hlohmand. aar tha warki. fmylllS?
DRESS-MAKING.
SPF.riAl. KOT1CF PARISIAN DRESS
AND CLOAK MAKING. Ladie.cn hara
their Ilraaaea, Suit. CoaU. aad baaqainei hand
somely niate and trimmed, at the .bnrle.taa.
Ilea, at the old e.t.bliihed .Und, 10.11 Chaitoat
treat, rhiladelphla.
tancy and plain ran.t M.ntilla vmaoenUt
Praaa and Cloak notion., Kilibem, Clany and
ttuipura lcaa, Bugla and Gimp llreat That--mlua,
with a large variety of Stajila and Fane
Idoodkfroat 16 an all per aent. lea. thaa al.ewhara.
Alto, reaeirinf; daily. Pari, (aehioa. in tia.ua
ptper. for Ladle.' and Children ' Drea.ea. Beta
al Pattern far aaercfaanta and draa. aaakera now
ready, at Mri. M. A. IIINDKH'S,
j4 ly 1031 Cheatnul at., rhil.delphia.
Clearfield Nursery.
ENTOURAGE HOME 1NDUSTEY.
rpilE ander.lcned, baring aitahlUhed a Nar
X aery on the 'Pike, akfal balf way betwaea
Clearfield and Cnrwen.vllle. la praparad ao fur.
ni.h all kiad. of FRUIT THLKa, (.undard and
dwarf,) KrerRraena. 8hrnbbery, Orapa Vina.,
Qoaerberriaa, Lawloa Ulaekbarry, 8lr.wb.rry,
and Kashcrry Vioea. Aim, Siberian Crab Treea,
Qninea, and early eeriet rlhubarb, da. Order
prDaptlr attaodad to. Addra..,
J. V. WRI0IIT.
tap! S y CnrwaaeriUa. Pa
Attention. Soldiers.
EQUALIZATION OF BOUNTY.
VI.T, ni.Iir.lt OF IWT.I-'fU-'Bl ara
ent iled ta an INCHKAHbD HoVXTY.
Tin- unlrrfirr.ed i. pr,-pared lo e.llecl all rnfb
ll.mntire, a. wr-ll a. tlte iitoreaerd pny to Soldier
Widow.. All Inqmne. and wiwim.nielion. a
.wfrrol prompllT. ll.'U::ro. rcffelptrd foT. loat
Offioe ad.lrea., Curwentrillc, P..
e.J.rf JUIAH E VAN'S.
"Bit IHK 6E8T.
" - nii.nv,
Mifrhewt i'rainiiim. LH-t much,
SEWING MACHINES.
VIA, iiiqnlTire In rrfrrrnrr to thp AK. I
Mncbine immn(lr aiiAwercct Xb-w aaa ba
PH'Urrti from mf et ritr prir.
n M, T. HAtM II.Tiii, Ami.
oftS-ff l,nthrrftmr-. Pa.
LIVERY STABLE.
THE nndiivirned bore loere to loform tbe pab
lie that ho le now lulk propwrii lo aotiurno
iNle all in Ihr way of fnmi.)iinC Horwa, Pncriea;
Knil'lln. and Heme... on the .linrtent a.Slo. and
on rea.on.1,1. lerm.. rloiilenee on Loeu.1 ftreet,
between Third and Fonrth.
GI O. w. 6EAMHART.
Clr.rfieM, April 11, lMi7.
Silver Wash To-wder.
Peraa time, labor, money. Makea wa.hlnr s
pa.iiraa and Monday a rertiral. Sold erery
wbera. Try it.
Addrm ali order, to the Vnuftnrart,
EIRHI.KK SMITH.
Chcaii.l. and bolawla Uruici.ta,
nol4 1 HI Norlh Third St., rhil.delphia.
SOI.DH'.HH' norXTII'. A reeant aet
baa pwrad both Houeea af -Conraaa, and
. i i l . it . r m v a thraa tun'
aoldlar f ind end a twa yaara'eolHler S boanty.
riui niir.s ana rr p..w.' ww
by no, fur tueee antiiled to Iheaj.
,WA1.TKR HARRFTT.
aa V AU y at Law, ClaarSald, ta.
itt a TTtPi--trn,oxM itia: smhiat'
XX .iwiun. sear rbilip.burj, for wkteh
tha big baataaak priea will b paid
).t.it W. W. BUTE CO.