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CLEARFIELD , P A . ,
""Jeineslay, January 31, 1853.
BP"Alex. Caldwell Esq, of the Legislature
and the Hon. C. B. Curtis M. C. are entitled
-to our thanks for their attentions.
TO JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
We have now on hands a supply of blanksfor
Justices of the Peace, such as Summons, Sub-
p-jena, and Executions, which we will furnish
cheap for cash. Send on your funds.
TO OUR READERS.
J . We have the best apology in the world for
i not issuing a paper last week we had none to
" issue. It was not our fault, we sent the or
der and the money in ample time, but there
was no paper to be had, and its just as impos
sible to print without paper as to live without
' food, both of which articles are exceedingly
r scarce just now. Our readers will have to bear
with us these hard times, and always reracm
; ber that the more money they furnislr us,
the easiei we'll get along.
APPOINTMENT BY THE GOVERNOR.
One of the first Commissions issued by Gov.
.. Pollock, was to our friend Harry Patton. of
Curwensville, appointing him an Aid, with the
, rank of Left. Col. He ceuldu't have made a
better selection; and we'll guarantee thatllar-
ry will never be found with his back to friend
. or foe. Three cheers for the gallant Col. ! and
may he never get a bullet it in his body, or a
"brick in his hat!"
THE NEW STAGE ARRANGEMENTS.
The new proprietors ot the Stage line from
this to Tyrone, have reduced the fare to its old
rates, and seem determined to leave no means
untried to render satisfaction to the traveling
public. They are making arrangements to re-
" pair and rc-fk all their coaches, and are pur
chasing new stock, employing good drivers,
' and using every exertion to 'make good time.'
"We wish them success, an 1 are glad to find
that they deserve it.
LITERARY NOTICES.
Tue Sevex Poor Travellers, by Charles
r Dickens, published by J. A. Dix, No 10 Park
Place New York, has been received. It is the
Christmas story of "Household Words," and
. is in every respect worth the world renowned
. reputation of its author. We advise all our
. readers to procure a copy.
Beactiftl Engraving. The largo and
beautiful engraving of the likenesses of the
fourteen Presidents, for which we sxe indebt-
- ei to the enterprising publishers of Graham's
- Aniericm Magazine, cannot be surpassed for
. beauty cf execution or design. In addition to
the authentic portraits of all the Presidents,
it contains a view of the capital at Washing
ton, of Bunker Hill Monument, of the Nation
. al Washington Monument, arid of Washington's
Headquarters at Newburg. Each subscriber
- to the .Magazine will be furnished witka copy,
-which alone is worth $3;00.
Household Words" for February, is be-
; fore us, containing an exceedingly interesting
article cn the loss of Sir John Franklin, and
. his party, entitled '-The Lost Artie voyagers."
1 Also the continuation of -North and South"
Kag Fair in Paris' 'Play' 4 Wild Legends'
t 'Bull Frog" 'The Great Red Book,' and other.
r articles not less interesting. Published by J.
A. Dix ; No 10 Park Place, New York at .$3
per year, or $3.50 for it and the Journal.
The "Amebicax Watchman" the new pa-
. per published at Lockhaven in the stead of
the old 'Tribune,' Las been received. It pre
sents a neat appearance, and the editor has
evidently taste and judgement enough to make
it a good paper. We welcome it into the ranks,
. and wish him, the most unbounded success.
The "American Eagle" published at
York Pa, by II. F. Tuomas, is another soldier
. in the ranks, and, from its appearance we think
. destined to do good service. It is a neat,
. well printed, and ably edited paper.
AN INFERNAL LIE.
"Is it any wonder that the platform on which
"he (Gov. Pollock) stood, gdre xcuy and Jell
f from under him, at the very moment he was ta
king the necessary oath to support the Consti
tution of this Commonwealth and the United
States. Washington Correspondent of a cer
' tain "Democratic Paper."
-i If it were even true (and it is a most unmit
igated lie) that the platform broke down du-
ring the ceremonies of the recent inauguration,
f we can see nothing in it to frighten anybody,
except old women and nervous individuals like
? the writer, who believes that if you put your
stocking on wrong side out you are to have
'good lack, or if you. upset the salt cup you are
' to get a "divil of a trouncing." But, as we
"have said, it is not true. We stood, during all
of the ceremonies, close by the platform, and
I the only thing that occurred was the breaking
' "of the end of a board which protruded over the
-sleeper, or support-on which it rested. : This
trifling occurrance has been magniried into a
1 most lamentabltfi-cata.strophe, by this corres
t'pondent, and some of the sagacious locofoco
1 editors.' Tho Washington correspondent had
- better eonfino himself to his Post Office duties,
and let those who were present at the Inaugu
ration report the particulars. The best part of
t his report is that "it left the honest ancl-noble
s Bigler Btanding firm and erect," whila in truth
- that unfortunate individual was reclining on" a
1 sofa, "so extremely unwell a to be wrcely
; He to get p U the CApifolt " ' - : " "
, ALEXANDER CALDWELL.
., An outrageous attack has been made on our
representative, ALExCAL ELLj'Esq., by the
posey who presides over the editorial columns
of a sort of -milk-and-water, popish, locofoco
sheet, not aa thousand miles from Clearfield,
charging him with being untrue to his constit
uents, and stigmatizing him (in plain language)
as a liar. Among those who are acquainted
with the character and high standing of Mr.
Caldwell in this community, no denial of these
charges is necessary, as they know them to be
as false and malicious as the heart of the mis
erable creature that conceived them, but lest
persons at a distance may receive erroneous
impressions of a man as honest and upright as
any other beneath the fair face of heaven, we
desire to give a brief explanation.
The offence of Mr. Caldwell consists in his
voting for American, and against the Loocfoco
nominees in the recent organization of the
House of Representatives. This is the second
Session for Mr. Caldwell in the Legislature.
The first time lie ran as on independent candi
date, and was elected over the regular Demo
cratic nominee. The last time he was regular
ly nominated by the Native American Conven
tion which met in Curwensville, which nomi
nation he accepted. Not only was his name
printed on their ticket, and his election open
ly advocated in this paper as an American,
but wheu a self-constituted locofoco commit
tee undertook to interrogate him, he refused
to answer,0n the ground that they had no right
to question him. In addition to this, it was
well understood, by the locofoco politicians of
this town, who circulated it through the county,
that Mr. Caldwell was an American, and oppo
sed to Bigler. So far from there being no
"organized opposition" to him among the
Democracy, he was opposed by a "secret band
of conspirators," led on by some of the "trun
dle bed lawyers" of this town, who, ashamed
of their dirty, contemptible, and disgraceful
scheme, worked in the dark to defeat him, and
elect Seth A. Backus, of whom the greater
portion of our people never heard until they
found his name in the election returns. Yet,
these were the same men who traveled over
the county preaching a, crusade against
'Know Nothingistu !"
. Now we ask any candid man, to whom is Al
exander Caldwell responsible for his Legisla
tive conduct ? Is it to the Locolocos, who ne
ver nominated him, but secretly opposed him,
or to the: .Native Americans, who made him
their candidate, and whose nomination he ac
cepted lie "claimed to be a Democrat?'-
Tiue, and claims to be one yet, like every oth
er true heaited American, but does this give
the locofocos the right to slander and abuse
him for voting against their candidates ? Mr.'
Caldwell is an American, as such he run, and
as such he was elected. His votes, therefore,
so far, have been in strict accordance with the
wishes of those who nominated him, and we
doubt not of .all who voted for him, among
which class the enraged editor certainly will
not ask to be numbered.
In conclusion, we desire to say to the 'posey'
who has been .spitting forth hisgall,that he had
better let the Americans alone, and contin
ue to write of subjects within his comprehen
sion, such as 'bach'.'lorclubs,' and 'baby shows.'
When he departs from these to interfere in
politics, he only betrays his ignorance, and
when he undertakes to impeach the veracity of
such veteran christians as Alexander Cald
wlll, he only excites a smile of derision and
scorn on all those who adaiire truth, honesty,
and virtue.
OUR RAILROAD.
The recent meeting at Tyrone seems to have
awakened anew spirit of inquiry and investi
gation ito the facilities for constructing our
proposed Railroad, and the probabilities of the
successful termination of the enterprise.
That the road will be built, no one SL-ems to
doubt, the only diversity of opinion is as to
the time it will be constructed, and this de
pends entirely on the liberality with which
our citizens subscribe to the stock. If our
wealthy men set a good example, and show
their confidence in the enterprise ?s a profita
ble investment, we may soon expect to sie
the road under contract- That it cannot be
built without help from abroad, we know, but
unless we prove our confidence in it at home,
by subscribing to the utmost extent of our
abilities, we cannot expect assistance from
those who are only indirectly interested. It
becomes those therefore who. have the means
to use it with a liberal hand, and thus benefit
themselves, their children, and their fellow
citizens.
N"o man has a right to dictate to another
what amount he shall subscribe, of this eve
ry ma:i must be the judge for himself. But it
is certainly not too much to say, that if men
worth from a hundred, to a hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, expect to Lave a railroad
constructed,' to increase the value, of their
property a hundred fold, they must come up
t the work a little better than some of those
who have been nubscribing two and three
thousand dollars. It wont do, gentlemen.
Those who dispense their money with a nig
gardly hand, dont deserve to be benefited by
public improvements.and they wont get them.
The tighter you draw your purse strings, the
less prospect you have for a Railroad. ;
THE ADMINISTRATION.
Gov. Pollock has announced the following
appointments: Ax drew G. Ccutin, of Belle
fonte, Secretary of the Commonwealth; Thom
as E. Franklin, of Lancaster, Attorney Gen
eral; Joox M. Sullivan, of Butler, Deputy
Secretary of the Commonwealth; Hexrv C.
I lie sock, of Lewisburg, Deputy Superinten
dent of Common Schools. :
ELECriOZr FOE SEUATOB IN PKIL'A.
- The Speaker of the Senate has issued his
warrant for a special election in Philadelphia,
on Tuesday the' 18, of February next, for a
Senator to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
death of Levi Foulkroid. We have no doubt
"Sam" will bo about,' and attend to the busi
ness satisfactorily. 1 -. ,
A BANK IN CLEARFIELD.-.
We are strongly opposed to the extension of
Banking, believing the system generally to be
injurious in its efiects, and detrimental to the
intere&ts of the laboring classes. But we also
believe that, if a state of circumstances exists
to demand an institution of this character, and
those who desire it are willing to become 'indi
vidually liable' for its issues, it ought to be
granted.
It is alledged, and we presme correctly, by
those applying for a bank in. Clearfield, that it
would be of great service to all our people by
enabling them to carry on their peculiar busi
ness with greater facilitv, and that it would of
tentimes protect them from tnechemes of for
eign capitalists to reduce the price of lumber,
when itarrivesat theirgreatmarket-the Island
It is well known that our mouied men at home
are compelled to make their deposits in East
ern banks, and that .when they are on the riv
er, they are unable to procure money, if a
greater sum should be required - than they are
provided with. Consequently 'it frequently oc
curs that, when lumber goes off brisk at the
'Island," at the close of the run, our men find
themselves out of money, and being unable to
keep up the price, lumber goes down immedi
atoly a cent or a cent and a half a foot. Now
if we had a bank at home, it must be obvious
that this could be prevented, as a check would
be given, and the holder could go home and
get his money.
As to the ability of ourmonied men to keep
up a bank, with a capital of one hundred thou
sand dollars, and always to keep their notes at
par, there can be no question. It would un
doubtedly, be the soundest institution of the
kind iu the State.
These are some of the reasons of our citi
zens for asking the Legislature to charter a
bank iu Clearfield, and if it will prove of such
benefit to the whole community as they anti
cipate, we sincerely hope it will be granted.
A.s there is no bank located nearer than Will
iamsport, and r.s our men ask it with "theindi
vid ual liability clause," fully confident of their
ability to manage it successfully, we can see
no reason why the Legislature should refuse
them a charter.
THE GOV.'S INAUGURAL.
In our last paper we iaid before our readers
the Inangura-l of Governor Pollock Pennsyl
vania's first American Executive but being
absent from home we were unable to make
any comments. It is certainly an able docu
ment, and one that must command the respect
of all men possessed of common sense and
common honesty. That there were those oc
cupying the position' of editors, who would
find fault with it, we anticipated, well knowing
that nothing, however wise, good, and patriot
ic, that would cmlnate from Governor Pol
lock, could m-.'et the approval of those who
are devoid of that magnanimity which 'would
induce them to speak fairly and impartially of
a political opponent. We are not surprised
therefor?, that it is denounced and ridiculed
by a few would-be critics, destitute alike cf
brains and gentility, who are still mourn'ng
over their recent defeat, and trembling ct the
prospect of loosing more of the public plunder.
The Governor has started on th? right track,
and his dignified, plain, frank, and manly ad
dress, conveying in language not to bo misun
derstood his views on the policy marked out
for hi3 Administration, cannct fail to comend
its author to the great rrass of the citizens of
Pennsylvania. It breathes in every line the
true spirit of an American Freeman, and is
the bright harbinger of an enlightened, eco
nomical, and successful Administration.
HAVE YOU SEEN SAM!
The recjut defeat of the Know Xothing3 at
Pittsburg, appears to be balm and balsam to
the woundtd spirit of locofocoism They are
predicting Sam's immediate dissolution,-and
are . doubtless preparing to write his epitaph.
But the following list of recent triumphsof this
all-conquering and mysterious individual, suffi
ciently demonstrate that he is still 'alive and
kicking,' and that the old liners can save their
crockodiie teais for a more convenient occasion.
In Baton Rouge, La., for representative in
the Legislature, Dr. J. Perkins. K. X., was
elected overtho regular Democratic candidate
by a majority of 200 votes. In Morehouse pa
rish, away up in northwestern Louisiana, these
same Know Nothings have elected their can
didate to the Legislature to fill a vacancy. At
Lexington, Ky., they have elected twenty out
of twenty-two cf the municipal ofiiccrs. At
Houston, Texas, Jas. II. Stevens, the Ameri
can candidate for mayor, has been elected by a
vote of '221 to 07. At San Antonia, also, all the
American candidates for municipal officers
were elected by large majorities. At Parkers
burg, Va., the American ticket for town ofii
ccrs has been successful. At a special elec
tion in Orleans county, N"ew York, Sam's
man, Mr. Whalen, was elected by an over
whelming majority over the caadidate of the
Whigs and Democrats combined.
BEWARE OF FOREIGN INFLUENCE.
The correct interpretation of the above ex
pression of the great and good Washington,
which is so often quoted at the present time,
and which the enemies of Americanism take
such pains to explain away" may eaUy be
found in his sentiments as expressed in the
following latter, (from Sparks' Washington
Papers, Vol. IV. P. 482.)
Morristown, 17th May, 1777.
To Richard Henry Lee: . . ..i
. Dear Sir: I take the liberty to ask you
what Congress expects I am to do with the
many foreigners they have at different times
promoted to the rank of field officers, and by
their last, resolve, two to that of Colonel?
These men have no attachment to the country,
further than interest binds them. Our oficers
think it extremely hard, after they have toiled
in the service, and sustained many losses, to
have strangers put over them, whose merits,
perhaps, are not equal to their own, but whose
effrontery will take no denial.
- It is by the zeal and activity of our
own people that the cause must be supported,
and uot by a few hungry adventurers.
am, &c, . .
G. WASHINGTON.
; 1 THE WA2.
, The latest advices are that the Czar has ac
cepted the propositions of the Allies, with
their interpretation of them. The negotiations
are not yet concluded, and as no armstice had
been agreed upon, hostilities would still con
tinue. It is also rumored that the 'high con
teracting parties'"are likely to split, on the
point, insisted on by the Allies, of the reduc
tion of the Russian power in the Black Sea.
The intelligence is confused, contradictory
and to betaken with many grains of allowance.
Sebastopol still remains in statu qno. The
fire of the Allies was feeble, and sickuess , was
on the increase f , ; ' .. ' . .
, Great dissatisfaction exists in England, and
if all aceraiuts are correct among the forces in
the Crimea, with their Commander, Lord
Raglan, who is represented as incapable to
discharge his duties, and to have made a fa
tal mihtake in the .plan of his campaign. We
suspect the fault is in the organization of the
British Army, winch renders a Commander in
Chief utterly helpless and inefficient.- It an
swers very well for the comfort of the forces
in their home barracks, but is entirely unadap
ted to foreign service.
LEGISLATURE.
Mr. Killinger, of Lebonon, has offered a res-
olntion in the Senate, instructing the Com
mittee on Maliti.1 to inquire into the expedi
ency of reporting a bill disbanding all volun
teer companies in the State, and forbidding
the formation of new ones, of which two-third,
of the members and officers are not .imeri
can bom citizens. The resolution gave rise to
an interesting debate, but finally passed by a
vote of 17 to 13.
This is an imjortanl movement, as there are
many military companies i.i the. State com
posed entirely of foreigners, and however pa
triotic their motives, such exclusive organi
zations, retaining a distructivo fore:.cn char
acter, should not be allowed in any govern
ment. The bill to repeal the $300, law has been
reported with a negative recomen lition, and
also a bill to confer ou colored persons the
right of citizenship. '
The Legislature is doing but little business
and will no doubt continue to do but little" un
til after the election of U: S. Senator, which
takes place on the second Tuesday of Febru
ary, n-'Xt, when Wvi hope to announce t!ie fact
hat Pennsylvania will be represented in our
national Senate, by Col. A. G. Ctrtin, the
issnt able and popular Secretary of the
Commonwealth.
The "Swiss"-" on the Governor. True to
its rapid and Loco Foco instincts, the Puhti-:
Ledger, of this city, is ahcadv croaking about
the administration of Governor Pollock, and
the Inaugural Address of hi:; Excellency,
which has been characterized everywhere as a
most able, manly and high-toned State paper,
is sneered at bv t;ie "Brokers' Orxan, wlr.lst
its editor says that "the Governor fails to
ccnie up to tven moderate expectation." We
are not surprised at this fabrication, when w
consider the. source from uience it comes.
Moderate expectation, in the Lz:tzer sense, is
liko' everything else about ti;at concern a
very" equivocal c(!:-!radity, 'and inaans one
tiling for one latitude and a dillerent o;ie for
another. Bnt whatever thi m tectni o.: tr.ay be
in tint quarter, the si;ie q'i:t .;; is, that a man
should be cither a Loco Foco or a stock jobber
to meet the .standard of Lc fzer e:s:!en?
The writers engigcd about that establish
ment have boon s j long occupied iu t!.e ;t--impt
to lolit-rr:p Loco Focoism, that we
should have been rather disappointed if the
Inaugural Address of Gov. P!l ck had re
ceived from that journal anything like a fair
criticism. It's true, that there ore sor.i decent
Loco Foco journals which have already awar
ded to the address the credit of being a paper
of -marke 1 ability;" but as anything like Sair
ness is not. expected from this organ of the
"bulls and bears.'' the Governor U not likely
to suii'er muchl'rcm its croaking. Daily Xcu-s.
Pennsylvania State Aoiucrr.Trr.AL Society.
The annual in -Mating of the Pennsylvania Stale
Agricultural Society was held at Harrisburg no
the liitli iiibt., when James Gowen, of Philadel
phia, was elected President lor the cns::ing
year, and the following Vice Presidents for the
several Congressional districts of the State:
1. Isaac IJ. Hnxter,
14. Wjllinm .fessiin.
2. A. "Sewbo'd,
V,. AVra. C. R 12nd man,
4. .. S. i:horl?.
b. Thorn a P. Knox,
C. A. li. MTIvninc,
7. William !?tave!y.
K. Henry V Robeson.
!. Jolm Sthrcm.
10. John P. Ruthf-ford,
1 1 . Amos Kapp.
12. Geo. W. Woodward,
13. An?. T.ukc'nbau"h.
15. If. X. MAlistcr,
K,. J. S. llahlemau,
17. Wra. I leister,
IB. John S. lseit.
19. John M'Parbin.l,
20. John If Ewin?.
21. John -Murdock.
22. 'Via. Martin. Sr.,
2 !. Wm. Waugh.
2f. Wm. Riqrler.
25. James Miles,
The following cenllemen were armoinfed ad
ditional members of the Executive Committee :
Hon. Frederick Watts, of Chambcrsburg; John
S.Evans, Esq.. of York; A. O. Ileister, I. G.
M'Kinley. and Gen. Sim. Cameron, of Dauphin
Co. A.' L. Ehvyn, Corresponding Secretary.
S. S. Haldeman, Esq., Chemist and Geologist.
David Mumma, Esq.,ot Dauphin Co. Librarian.
Romh. The following is a brief and emphat
ic description of ftomc by a Popish writer:
"Rome, the holy, the great, the wonderful,
the centre ot Christian unity, the seat of pri
macy, the residence of peace and truth, the
stronghold of religion, and the 'eternal city
of piety and love!'"
A c ireful and unprejudiced visitor to Rome,
would fined it to be a city of ancient ruins ami
of modern superstitions; of lazy and dissolute
priests, and of an oppressed and blinded pop
ulation: of spiritual tyranny upheld by a wick
ed soldiery; a centre and fountain of iniquity
and of Jesuitical arts; where truth is uuknown,
and where it is a penal offence to seek after it;
where there is no peace bnt that which is con
strained, and no devotion imt that which is be
sotted; and where the chief man is a grand
papa already in his dotage, imagining that he
can manufacture new Scripture doctrine, and
elevate a woman to a godship. Presbyterian.
Bibi-e Presentation to (Jot. Pollock.
Immediately after the inauguration of Gov.
Pollock, eight members of t he First Reform
ed Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia wai
ted on him at his rooms, and presented him
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witn an elegant copy ot the Bible. The pre- i
sentation was made by Rev. Dr. Wiley., on be- j
halt ot the Committee, in some appropriate
remains, iu which uuv. ruuocs replied in a
feeling manner, "expressing his thanks. Tho
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rbook is a very splendid one, bound in hand
some style, and containing an engraved page,
finely ornamented, with the following inscrip
tion: "Presented, to Hon. James Pollock.
t Governor of Pennsylvania, by his friends in
FmudPlphm. January 16. 18-5."
SjtlcttLi the sleighing. ! .- . "
A moral Ih-sttng a good book
A legal teiJerilATier rafting " ' . -
Circulating petitions for a Uatk Charter.
Dangerously ill rj. V. Mason, onr Minister to
Fiance. , .
Enlarged the Centre Democrat. Not bad for
these hard times.
Long tim; coming our paper, and the money
we have been promised.
Visibly i iriprijve.i the Centre Democrat, both
in principles and appearance.
What a clim-itf,'. Peas and other vegetables arc
budding aad blossoming in the air in Honda.
Sttcr-v-r t lylmirahly the devil in editing our last
paper." Think we'll try him aaiu next wotk. ' "
Gao l i lea. Somebody recommends the appoint
ment of Lucy Stone to the Governorship tf 1 tah.
Interest! ng our business items this week. Read
them. Sixteen new advertisements. Fotch 'cm along.
On a tttsome of the b'hovs on Friday Tlieyhad
more bricks in their hats, ib.au brains ia their heads.
, Good h ux. The price of flour and grain is de
clining. It is still about 50 per cent, dearer than
it ought to be.
Droicnrl Clinton Welch, a Lawyer of Louis
burg, in the Delaware, at Philadelphia, on i'ri-
clay, tue lOth inst.
. Can !e accommodated thoe who want neat job
work, sack as cards, envelopes, notices, blanks,
ic, at ihia office.
A'lothr.r tun petition. The heavy banking house
of Kramer t Jlahm. in Pittsburg, has suspended
payment and business.
iy'cwTy, the mother of invention. They are
now making fiour from broom-corn. It is said Le
be better than buckwheat.
Welcome the snow thatfell on Friday. It gives
our lumbermen a fine opportunity to get out their
timber; and wa.much needed.
ConnuiUed, Robert Woods, on his own confes
sion, was committed to jail by Esq. Frank, on Fri
day last, for the larceny of a watch.
Ta'led ahont our Railroad. If some of our men
dont soon do something else, we fear it will end
in talk. Xow'j the '-time to work'
Decide Uy 'w?z file.1 The new stvleof bonnet
to be produced with the 'spring fashions," consist
of a cabba.jo leaf trimmed with radishes.
Clever Ivillord our friend David Johnston.
Esq.. of Phi'.ip ;burg. He k'jeps a first rate house,
and is always happy to nuet his numerous friends.
Prvze iipovT raft"' last week- . Wasn't stuck.
No siree.hoss fly. She's bound to float until she lands
every popish locofoco -on the other side of Jordan.'
Popular ti'ith church iroer.t rainv Sundays. It
enables them to examine their ledgers without
compromising their reputation for piety and pews.
" R.imj-jiit thcjjribblcrfor 'a democratic paper.'
over Aicx. CuM well's Americanism. Be cautious.
Hobby,' dear, or you might bust a gut tapercha
iuspcuder. . . . . ;
Accommodating ft Hon Copenbaver. who keeps
the Cohl Spring Hotel, at the foot of the mountain
this tide of Tyro 11 s. He keeps a good house, and
'knows the ropes." -
Paxhionihh to "suspend payment." "We Sal it
quite convenient to fall in with the mode, for ttie
very good reason that we are minus the 'rhino'' to
pay with. . f"ciid it along.
Gj;i it h'.i.i l -Hobby' the psnny-n-iincr for "a
democratic paper." when he talks about Col. Cnr
tin. llo '-Ko.vs Nothing" ab-.mt '-jut." IIo's
emphatically a -blind Rob."
Increase of .pin pen xm. The whole number o
paupers in tho t'nited States, supported in whole
or in part by publie funds, within the year 1S63,
was lot, 972," against i0. :-.J. in ISeO.
A '"''Six-vsciser" the -bullet headed"' individual
"in the Legislature." named Smith, who has introdu
ce 1 a bill to confer upon Niggers the right to vote.
Wonder if he knew we had a Constitution?
CnnvirtT. According to the Rev. Mr Spear,
there arc "0 liitO pcrs-jr.3 confined in the various
prinons of the Uidtud cftatos, and about the same
number cjniincd i:i tix-2 prisons of Ore.it Eriiiun.
A io'krr triuiupl: ,-r-Ar. election-was held at Char
lotte. C . oa rhs 10:h inslnr.t for Intendant and
Council.. Thora wore 2i0 votes polled. The Know
AO-hiiig candidate v;sa e'eded Ly fifty majority.
Off a-ain. Y.'i:'re going this week 10 take a tour
.1; rough the -Wild Cat District" ft pilgrimage to
.-Tiiiih-.ort. MciCen Countv. If we should ever
ii:t b&jk ?. ?ain, which is doubtful, we'll endeavor
; rive hisiorv .f our travels,
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A'i am-::id:;?nt. There is n Rill now before tho
Mass.ishuseits Lortl;itiire to restrict the cIcj-tiv-3
franchise to th .se only wh can read ar.4
write. Vc move to amend by adding ';ai;d
tboso who take a Kcwspaper."
llttvri-n.tr of Dr'airsrc. C1. Caiisy was inau
gurated ns (juvci nor rf !).:!;; ware, ou Tuesday, at
Uover. IJ is iu iuur.'.l uddrc is devoted, mainly,
to (he ad vo.-acy oi" !he o -'.riiics of the American
party, by v. Iiieii ii j v;a.i elected-
. Alu f m of i'irr. Cur citize-i-iS wore roused up
.ilxiut 12 j clock, on Wednesday nijrhtof hist week
by ibe cry ot fire, occasioned by the flames burst
ing from tSio chimney of Win. L. .Mo:ie. It wis
soon extinguished, anl tho crowd dispersed.
Gelling t-p the young lady who moves in 5ach
an derated sphere of society that she eamiot he af
fected by anything that may be said about her by
common people. "l'riJa gocth before a fall, and
a haughty spirit befjie destruction."
Ksirti Terri.'m i. It appears from an estimate
laid before Congress, that there will require to be
appropriated for this Territory, for thecuirent fis
cal year. $25,CU(I for public buildings, 12.000 for
saluries. and 0.003 for a public library.
huli)'Dojs. Three brother.-;, by the name of
Washburn, arc members of the present Congress.
They urc all rpiNTEiis. It is a satisfaction to
know there ill ba numbered among tho present
delegation, tjkf.e iioxest .me.v, at le.it.
: True. If you want to gain a woman's affections
dout appeal to her hsaa, but her feelings. One
squeeze of the hand. or press of the lip. is worth more
than all the speeches yon can make front 6 to 12.
Calico is an institution of touch, and not logic. .
Fun nd guilty Geo W-Green, tho wealthy Chi
cago banker, who has for several days been ontri
a! in that city on the charge of causing tho death
of his wife by poison, of murder in tho first degree.
A moiion, however, has been made for a new trial.
A B' -fortress. There is a woman in Pittsburg
who takes children to wash at four shillings per
d07.cn. She gives them a good scrubbing with soap
and land, then Fets them out in tho sua ti dry.
Some aspiring female would find .1 fine opening
for tho same business in Clearfield.
Good. Speaker Strong has ordered the inner bar
of the House of Representatives to be closed to nil
exeept the members and ofHcers. This i.-? right,
aud is a just rebuke to that disgusting cla.ss known
as borers, who have the impertenance to approach
members for their unholy purposes in the broad
face of open day.
Coming the ppring election. We'll soon have to
vie! I up the hih and honorable station of 'overseer
of the poor. Vionderif the fellow that succeeds us
well have as 'good a time' as we've had. Ilo'd bet
ter fall down and break his own leg. than get hold
of a customer like wo had, who performed that
exceedingly iuteresting operation. - .
Shouldn't complain our people, of -hard times.
Why we are informed that there was a time in the
history of Clearfield, when the people had todisj
up the potatoes they had planted, to' keep from
starving! When they carried flour on their backs
over a path through the woods from Centre county,
they might truly have complained of hard tiuics '.'
Some piimplinjs the firm of Flemming A Foster,
tho enterprising proprietors of tho Stage line from
this to Rrookv-illo. They are determined not to be
beat, and keep constantly on hand, at their stables
in Curwensville. a supply of horses, buggies, Ac,
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"Good Intent." kept by one of the cleverest land
lords in the -Wild Cat district."
for hire, at reasonable term?. Inquire at tne
Goo I news tho determined action of our Court
at its last session, and the resolution of our citizens
to enforce the laws, have had the effect of ridding
our county of a number of professional gamblers,
and other evil disposed persons, who were a nui
sance to themselves and the whole community.
Drinking and drunkenness are also less frequent,
and the morals of the continuity are fast growing
healthy and respectable. It wm about tim for
-fhi'ijj V tk turn."
' ITEMARIAif.
-" Seck every oppertunity to do good.
- The times getting so hard that peo.
pie can't pay attention.
Sir Philip Sidney defines health i0
these words: "Great temperance, open air, easy
labor, little care."
' The onion, it is said, destroys the at
tractive body of the magnet. It lias the samo
eflect with young ladies.
A young lady in Paris lately made her
fortieth ascent in a balloon, and landing in the
country, the rustics maltreated her as a witch.
The last case of jealousy is that of a
lady who discarded her lover, because, in spea
king of his voyage, he "hugged the shore!"
As a proof of the hardness of the tiinea,
there is a man in Ohio who kills only half a
pig at a time.
J. Capello, was fined $50 and costs, at
Cincinnati, for selling: five cents' worth- of
"whiskey" tolwo little boys, who were made
drunk. '
There are six hundred and seventy five
grogshops in Chicago, III. Of thes2, three
hundred and eleven are kept by Germans, and
the remainder mostly by Irishmen.
A bashful printer refused a situation ia
a printing oflice where females were employed,
saying that, he never "set up" with a girl in
his life.
A little boy once said to 5is grand
mother, "Grandmother, I hope yen will die
first. "Why so. my child?" "Because I can
stand trouble better than you can."
As it is rumored that the wife of Fran
cis Joseph of Austria is in a delicate situation,
an heir to the throne was, at last accounts,
d;tily expected.
A correspondent of the Augusta (Ga.)
Scntiual states that a rich gold vein has been
discovered on the lan 3 of 3Ir. Jas. Brown, ia
Hart co.
A new secret order has been Instituted
in Texas, called the "Temple of wisdom." the
mysteries and ceremonies of which are con
ducted by a young lady.
see him on his winding way," ob
served Mrs. Smothers, as she perceived the el
der Smothers corkskrewing his way homo
with a brick in his hat.
An elderly spinster writes to a friend :
"A widower with ton children has proposed,
and I have accepted. This is the number I
should have becu entitled to, if I had been
married at the proper time."
A gentleman asked a little boy ia Lon
don, "what occupation does your father follow
for a living ?" He replied with great simplici
ty, "he is a drer.dful accident maker for the
newspapers." - -
President Yor.ng, of Utah, says St.
Paul's declaration that a bishop should hava
"one wife' docs not imply that h? should have
but one. It means sdmply, according to Brig
ham, that he should not have less than one.
A doctor aud a military ofilcer became
enauure 1 oftiio stnvj lily. A fri.-n l inquired
of her which of the suitors ihj iutjni-'d t
favor. Her reply wis that it w s difficult for
h.r to determine, as they were bot'a such ki:
lincr crca'urcs.
A Southern piper exitUi.igV. annran-
ces that the editur hts a fiauboy, a promising
son whom he hopes may live to inherit the
fortune his fdthvr ma'ics, publishing a news
paper. Which is equivalent to the Eastern
salutation, ".May you live foreveT."
: An Iri ;h 1 id h.v;ng been aske l if the
man who hal j ast fia rgerl iiim was Ids own fa
ther, he replied. 4 Yes, sure enough, he's the
parent over me; but he treats me as if I was
hisso-.i by another father ar.l mother.'
The expansive nature of scandal is da
scribed by the poet thus:
Tho flying rumors gathered as they rolled,
Scarce any tule was sooner heard than told;
And all who told it added something new,
An J all who heard it made enlargements too.
A Mobilixn, wanting a Iittlte colored
girl as child's nurse at home, inquired of his
present servant some matters about her young
sister. "How old is Lizzy!" said he. "She
was eight, sir when we parted, but may hi
more now, as I have not seen her lately."
Mr. John Lentz was shot in Charleston,
Kanawha county, Ya., recently, in the follow
ing manner: On going to bed he hung his coat
in the pocket of which was a loaded revol
ver on the bed post. The coat fell down, and
the coucussion caused the pistol to go off, lodg
ing a ball in his foot near the heel.
The editor of the Milwaukie (Wis.)
Free Democrat, has received the sum of $2500
from one Henry Burchard, who took the liber
ty ofcowhiding said editor some two months
since. Won't some pugnacious individual,
with a large bank account, give us a lick or
two?
A stranger in a printing ofiice asked
the youngest apprentice what was his rule of
punctuation." I set up'aslongasl can hold
my breath, and then put in a comma; when I
gape, I insert a semicolon; and when I want a
chew of tobacco, I make a paragraph."
A difference of opinion occurred be
tween a lady and gentleman, on the 5treet,tha
other day, iu Jackson, Mississippi. Unamia
ble words ensued, when the gent drew a Colt's
invention, and fired three or four tiroes at tho
lady, missing her every time. Whereupon she
seized a brick-bat, let slip at her assailant's
bead, and laid him sprawling upon the side
walk A youHg widow with $80,000, in New
York advertises for a husband. Height not to
be over five feet ten inches. Nothing is said
about the breadth; so we presume a Daniel
Lambert proportion will not be objectionable.
Will our niodast young men in search of
wives " with the pewter" make a note of it.
We're willing but as we aint good looking,'
we suppose wcut come in.
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