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' .CLEARFIELD, PA.,
- --Wedn.caaay,' February 7, 1855.""" "
STIon. Wit II. Seward, and Alex. Cald
well Esq, have our thanks for their favors.
Mr. Caldwell, is one of the most attentive
and accommodating Members in the House.
SGraham, for February, is a most elegant
number, not surpassed by anything 5n the
magazine literature of the day. Beautifully
illustrated, and filled with interesting articles,
it is well worth the price of S3, per anura. Ad
dress R. H. See & Co. 10G Chcsnut St., Phil'a.
APPOINTMENTS BY GOV. POLLOCK.
Governor Pollock has mads the following
appointments :
Thomas J. Power, of Beaver county (Amer
ican Democrat,) Adjutant General of the
State.
. Christian Myers, of Clarion county, (Amer
ican Whig,) Whiskey Inspector of Phila.
. C. L. Magee, (American) Inspector of
Weights and Measures for Allegheny county.
Mr. Culp, (American) Flour Inspector of
Pi'tsburg.
The appointments are generally considered
to be good ones.
STATE SENATOH.
The Whig County Convention, held in
Philadelphia, on Saturday last, nominated
IIexrt C. Pratt, Esq., of the Twenty-third
Ward, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
deuch of Levi Foulkrod, Esq. Mr. Pratt was
a Member of the Housj of Representatives in
1SJ0, is in every respect qualiSed for the of
fice, and deserves the hearty support of the
entire party. That lie will receive if, and be
elected, there can lo no doubt.
. . TO OUR READERS.
Having returned from our xUii to the North
Western counties just as the paper is going to
press we are unable to give t!:-j history of o;ir
tour, as we desired. We must not omit, how
ever, to return our thanks ty the numerous
friends along the road to whom we are indebt
ed for favors. Among these are Messrs. FLnM
xixo & Foster, th-3 accommolating Proprie
tors of the St.vra line from this to Brookville,
Mr. J. Y. TuonrsoN, proprietor of the Ameri
can House at tint place, (the best lionsj, aad
most accrn;modAting and attentive landlord in
the iuterior of the State) an i Mr. Bexxett, of
the Bennett House at Smithport, which is a
first class House, not even snrpsssed by the
American.
From all these gentleman, and from our
breth?rn of the quill, we received tic . most
kind and conbidorata attention, and they are
entitled to our warmest thanks. May they
Lave all the bl-.-ssings to which their kindness
entitles them.and never know sorrow cr trouble.
RELIEF 2SOTES IN' CIRCULATION.
Frcai the Auditor General's Report, we
glean the following facts relative to the "re
lief notes" which still linger in circulation,
to the pollution of oar rdw otherwise clean"
currency :
Original araonst issued, S2,2i3 015
Amount of old issues redeemed, 2,19Z 079
Am't of eld and re-i.-isues in circi.l'a, 433 053
At the close of the fiscal year, there was in
the sinking fund $289,830, applicable to the
further cancellation of relief not-s, and da
ring the month of December, that amount was
cancelled and destroyed, thus leaving at this
times in actual circulation $217,203.
S"Mass:tchus2tts sends one of fcer ablest
eons to the United States Senate, in Gen.
Hesby Wilson a man of energy, nerve and
"backbone." She will, after the 4th cf March,
be representod by Charles Sumner and Henry
Wilson, men who will do honor to their Statu
. by standing up against every eSbrt to spread
slavery ever free territory, and endeavoring
to remove from that infamous institution all
national support. We trust "Sam" will do as
well in . Pennsylvania, and send no one to
Washington who can be influenced by the
threats or the promises of the South. Such
miserable fellows as Cooper and Brodhead now
disgrace us in the councils of the nation and
we look anxiously for the present Legislature
to give us at least one man we can speak of
with pride. ,
Abolition or mr Caxal Boaed. The ir
tu, one of the Democratic organs of West
moreland, is unequivocally in favor of a sale
of all the improvements owned by the State.
If a fair and reasonable price cannot be ob
tained for them in the present stringent state
of the money market, though much as it de
sires the abolishment of the Board of Canal
Commissioners, it is a question which it is not
now prepared to determine, whether the bill
now before the Honse would in a greater de
gree secure the honest and efficient manage
ment of the public improvements. It wants,
however, a correction c f the abuses of the pre
sent system, and an early and radical deliver
ance from the power of dishonest agents, and
relief from oppressive taxation.
DyyXnow Xothiagism is' as irreligious as
open and -undisguised Atheism." "Dzmccrai
ic Paper." "
Certainly, in tho opinion of all "good cath
olics," and their 'popish organs.' They have
said th.9 eaoie thing of pur Common School
sy-istem. Were you at 'Confess ion' lately, lhat
otj got ; raspari !att week 7
TIIE NEWS.
iiiE VAil.
:r There is a remarkable scarcity of intelligence
respecting cither the progress of the siege or
the progress of ; negotiations of peace. r The
chief interest now centers in the proceedings
of the Congress at Vienna. Hopes are enter
tained that the negotiations may lead to peace;
but equally well-grounded apprehensions pre
vail that the present negotiations will fail to
restablish peace, in which event, all concur
that this war will assume a vaster magnitude.
i ue l reneti ana tnglisti Ministers at lenna
Uavc received the necessary powers to enable
them to reoren negotiations. This intelli-
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pence is il&n voii from a f fliminhn. dinnren.
C3 O - I I W
dated Vienna, the 18th inst. Letters from
that city inform us that the policy of the Al
lied Powers will be to retard negotiations, in
the hope that in the meantime the fall of Se
vastopol will happen, to influence the decis-
ion of the Czar. Oa the 10th or 11th ult.,
Prince GorchakofT is understood to have re-
ceived written instuctions from his Govern
ment in regard to the pending negotiations.
The exact contents are, ot course, secret, but
rumor" from well informed sources says, that
Russia again expresses the Czar's readiness to
enter into negotiations for an honorable peace
and also his earnest desire to put an end to all
present difficulties. It is also stated that the
Ar.strianMinister expresses an earnest desire to
i . .oiviio.i i
see peace, but will, nevertheless, firmly insist
upon the acceptance, by Russia, of such con
ditions as the welfare of Europe demands; but,
it is added, Austria will hesitate to conclude
an offensive alliance with England and France,
until the latter powers shall have stated exact
ly the nature of their demands. As a set-off
against this statement. Count Buol. the Aus-
trian Minister, is renorted to h:ivP declared .-,t
i- ,i- . r.i it-
a complimentary dinner to the Ottoman Mm-
isrer mat Austria would nglit side by side with
England and France arainst Russia. Vienna
letters also boast of Austria's good faith and
determination to proceed to hostilities. Prus
sia, it will be remembered, has formally refu
sed to mobilize and place part of her army in
Prussian Silesia, to cover the left flank of the
Austrian lorces now m uauicia, assigning as
a reason her confidence in the pacific inten
tions of Russia. Prussia further accuses Aus-
tria of having gone beyond the stipulations of
her Convention with Prussia inasmuch as she
has concluded separate treaties with other
powers which virtuallv do away with that of
April 20. The object of Prussia is evidently
to prevent Austria from taking an active par
ticipation in the war. Both from Berlin and
Vienna it is stated that great tllorts are being
made to obtain the consent of the Western
Powers to an armistice. The Prussian Cabi
net is urging, with peculiar earnestness, the
njcossity of suspending hostilities, until the
b'j'iperents shall have pursued further the
present endeavor to arrive at an understan-
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else is at present within the reach of the pub
lic. An approaching Congiessof Nations is
more and more conuMentlv talked of. The
Lomlitn Daily News says: ''We maybe indu-
cad to repose some "confidence in the result
of that Congress's deliberations "if the Uni
ted States are invited to take part in "them
and accepts the invitation." Sardinia is re
ported as being willing to undertake to send
13,000 man, recruited from all Italy, to the
aid of the Allies in the East the reason as- A es t lid confession our DtrA. says the is
... ... . 4 , Kit w$re sharper than his pen this week, which
signed being, that lor want of an outside en- must account for the lack of ori2hi! matter. We
terprise to engage thsir attention, the Italians I
are crowing restless, me
r.-.M,.. Th S,.it..nf T,.,n
burg and Lubec have issued an edict forbid
ding foreign enlistments, and it is expected
that Bremen, Mecklenburg Schwcrin and
Strelitz, will also issua prohibitions of the
sinse description. The army of the British has
almost completed its war compliment. Let
ters say that tho Swedish army is immediately
to be placed on a war footing, by the addition
of 50,000 Swedes and 15,000 Norwegians.
THE CRIMEA.
Affairs remain precisely as they were. The
last dates aro up to 10th ult. Omer Pasha was,
onthsoth. at the camp of the Allies, when
. - . . .
measures were concerted between rum and
Gth he returned to Varna. Keinforccments
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continue to reach the Allies, and over 3,000 of
the French Imperial Guards and English in-
far.try ara now at soa, on their way to, the
Crimea. The Turks m the Crimea are to be
Tbe Russian reinforcements are advancing by
forced marches through Bessarabia. The
Al . . , .. , ., ,
weather was frosty and the roads passable, al-
though snow had fallen, but the frozen ground
retarded the works of the beseigers.
THE DATJUEE
The Russians crossed the Danube at Tult-
scha, and favored by the obscurity of the night,
they reached the right bank in their boats, J
and surprised one of the weakest garrisons,
and after making great carnage, recrossed the
river laden with booty, and taking with them
a number of prisoners. There was considera
ble loss on the part of the Russians, as the
Turks fought with desperate courage. Among
the slain is a Pasha, but his name is not mcn-
tioned. The inhabitants of Tultscha fled into I
i.A.,.,i. it. - i-ii j
the country with their wives and children, and
did not return again until long after the de-
parture of the Russians. The Hamburg Wach-
riclUon contains a telegraphic disnatch from
. . ... .... , . ., .
-V arna, dated the 14th, wherein it is said that
Count Buol has addressed a note to Prince I
Gorcbakotr, demanding an explanation rela-
tivc to: the recrossing ofthe Danube by the
ussun forces, and their occupation of Do-
brodja, and thence, as a matter of course,
menacing Varnaandits communications. The
Turkish force now in the Pobrodja is estima
ted at more than 30,000 men, mostly raw re
cruits, howover the flower of Omer's army
having gone to the Crimea, against which, it
is said, Omer strongly protested, and still re
mains much disitisfied. It is suspected that
...r. - n. I
iuu Auiuiiu' uuveruuent m an party 10 u
eruption at Pobrodja, wishing to 'denaonstrate
thereby the noceisity for an arra!tie. '
Decidedly eoldth weather.
Excellent -the sleighing. :
I) iel for oiJtl fogies Ketch-op
Deaths in Boston la3t year, 4.541. ;
Below i-Cefr".he '-Prothonctor." . :
A vain man's viotlo win gold and wear it." '
A. gtKtroitti man' s win gold and share it.
Churches there are one hundred in Pittsburg.
Scarce apples. potatoes.picty and smiling maids.
Impossible to swallow your own head. Amen !
'Uriels' for salt. Look out Davy, for the Qaar-
ter cessions.
. Burn: flown a bridge on the Penna Railroad,
I near Lewistown, on bundav last. -
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White the ground with snow, and fadiea who
powder '--v'.:.s"
Can do it .lob work of all descriptions, at thi3
office. Foteh it along.
Go'"cr to Imv the mnn "from over the moun
tain.'' that saw the Shanghai. '-in a fere days."
A sroo'l vaver '-The Soectator." published at
I Franklin, Pa. It is a neat and intercsng little sheet.
I Fauci our devil, on last Sunday. A new suit,
'out-and-out. lie s "some pu mpKins."
Spirit rappingt three raps on a curb-stone, by a
police, when a gang of drunken rowdies are about.
Good House the American at Brookville. Can't
bo beat in the "Wild Cat District-
Went off a shooting-match, on the ice. last week.
His ''lliverence'' won the venison, and come near
beinc; shot in the neck.
Good the recent appointments by the Gover-
I nor- one, can find any fault with them not
-. . j v .4- r v . , .
Chanty is said to bo getting fashionable in the
cast. Hope the fashion will soon be introduced
here. Don t know any place that needs it more.
Getting 'pious a 'democratic paper.' We like to
hear him dictate to 'devout members of churches.'
It's a good thing that Satan preaches occasionally.
Coming Ft. Valentine's day, and of course the
girls are beginnig to wonder who will get the pret
tiest Valentines. It will bo the 11th inst.
Prohibition. A Trenton coressondent of the
I Newark Advertiser considers it certain that a pro'
bibitory liquor law will passN. Jersey Legislature
i Consumption. A memorial is in circulation in
x Y-ork a'ski the legislature to establish aStatc
institution for the treatment of consumptive caaes
I A sound esrxr .Tohnny Walker. He can beat
anytbinjr driving stage from Clearfield to Clarion.
Gee up IJeecy ! G'lang, Sal!
To come off the election for United States Sen
ator, on next Tuesday. We sincerely hope Col. A.
(jr. Ccrti.v, will be the successful candidate.
Drunk any gentleman who mistakes hfchat for
the spittoon. Trying to wri;e with a cork-rcrew. is
a!o a slight indication of vinous hallucination.
Interested the people of Elk and McKcan coun
ties, in the success of our Railroad. Tbcv arc anx
ious it should be built. There is no portion of the
State that would be more benefitted.
V,r"',u.f! Mdgway. c wore much plea
sei with ir on our recent visit. The people are
regular wiiote souieu, clever tolks wide awake
and full of fleas.
Fc'! iiito a su-ip boiler Daniel Tracv. brother of
the representative in Congress of that name, from
ermont, at Astiton s factory, Columbus, v., and
was scalded so badlvastocauschisdcuth socnafter.
What Sjm reports. 'Jen. Sam Houston has ar
rived in Washington. He reports Know Xothinst
isci omnipotent iu Tex.u. It is almost the came
evervwhere. Things is working."
Proprrtu in Utah. In Utah, on the death of a
man, Lis property descend to the Mormon Chruch,
his wives and cniidren not being recognized as
heirs. The Church is the sole heir to al!prcprty.
JMilit.iry. A petition is in circulation in Cin-
cmnati. atictnz
the troveraor of Ohio to disband
military companies vtl;i:h are wholly com
posed of foreigners. "3am"' is about.
Appropriate costume. -Never pull out a gray hair,'
said a gentleman to hisd-iughter, 'as two generally
come to the funeral." 'I dnt care how manv comes
to the funeral, if they only comedreei in black.'
ZTneisu the medical faculty at Luthcrsburg.
They're going to "pitch into ns.r' Let her flicker,
gentlemen, but look out for a "spontaneous com
bustion." We're hard to physic.
A fast town I'lookvillc. It's some on the fancy.'
Pretty girls, clever fellows, plenty of money (from
the Punxawtawncy mint!) good brandy, and lots
of f"n We'll call again.
hope our breiheru of the press will excuse him for
iuw wujr ue u. uir anuria,
Saw." The result of the adjourned anti-Know-
Nothing caucus at Washiuton was very insignifi
cant. It was found that nothing of interest could
be done, aad nothing was attempted. The Dem
ocracy are evidently afraid of "riam."
.4 cJeslial vehicle. We heard a good Methodist
preachtr once "go on"' in this way: "As I was ri
ding along once, on one of those buautil'ul Western
prairies, with tuy dear old wife, who bag since
gyno to heaven iu a buggy.''
Doimt oit Vm The llarrisburx Telcjrrnph is pi
ling it on to J. Porter IJrawley. and his aiders and
abettors for the frauds and peculation in the Land
Office. If Porter ain't too drunk, he'll be apt to
6 ,-,. .' ,. , .
en, ya it is an avenue of blue, paved with stars,
What the side walks consist of, we shall probably
he inforni-l in th nort sonn fn!hrr-r.r-n:,..
ii,. i m
The Wheat Crop in Canada. Advices from dif-
fnt paris of Canad.t express strong fears that
the unusual mildness of the season and the ab-
8cnce of enow will haro an injurious effect upon
the autumn sown grain.
Most horrible. K grocer's wife having in a pas-
..,, K5m Mr h h Kit- ii.,.-.7
atrocious wretch dsclared that she had been en-
al tne Daulc 01 -'-n.
Reappeared the Jeflerson ;Var. We thought it
had eunk bolow the horizon, but it was only to re-
apPear with renewed brilliancy. It is one of the
bestlittlo papers published in the State, and McEl-
nose is one oi me cie
Bvcrest fellows in the corps
editorial.
Prrniature announcement that made bv a 'dem
ocratic patter,1 of the appointment of an -'Assistant
Wi.:..i 5 . it - , . , - vr-.L. .
.VdTs no .e denVing it They S wa
slightly ahead of time, especially those who, like
pou' "wt,rc lmUated at Dirth-
ratal accident. Abraham Rolls, residing on
Clearfield Creek, was ehot dead, by two of his
brothers, while hunting, on Tuesday laat. They
saw him moving among the laurels, and thinking
it was the deer, whose track they were on, fired
ana kiiicu ineir oromer.
High Pressure. A Yankee is buildinir an ocean
vessel, to be propelled by -the pressure of the times.'
IIe thinks she wilt go round the globe in 30, CO or
iu uBja uuuwuiE "inrcc uays erase. uniesno
cct8 ' Somebank-and thatth i.,h, wT.t
pay ' two per cent, a month, and a bonus."
Better attend to its own business a. ' Democratic
PPer " When we want them to appoligire for
what we see proper to publish, we'll call on them.
Mr. Ball's letter was handed to us for publication
bJ thoso wn0 nd the authority. At alt events we
IrticU. ourlumn" t0 wheth".
Tt- j r . r. i'
bo appropriate for the moument of every miser:
Here, crumbling, lies beneath the mold,
A man whose sole delight was gold ;
Content was never once his guest.
Though thrice ten thousand filled hische.'t.
For he, poor man, with all his store,
lied in great want the want of more.
Can't come tt. We have received arort of lot-
terry gift circular, with a request to give it twelve
insertions. We don't publish srnmbline advertise-
meuu or patent meaicines, at any price. We 11
nava to oe harder no for mooer than we are now
,-u v,. i
- trth. inj7 of " S;T "a. dl"
grn of the- commuairr.
ITEM ARI ATT.
'
-A popular writer, speaking of the ocean
telegraph, wonders whether the news trans
m it ted throngh the salt water will be ; fresh'.
A crazy Mormon preacher has appear-
ed in St. Louis, proclaiming that be is"' Joe
Smith, the prophet, raised from thj dead. '
. The Mayor of Allegheny city, Pa.-, has
issued a proclamation against men and bovs
loafing on the street corners after sunset.
Eggs were sold in Washington city, on
Thursday of last week, for f 'fly cents a dozen.
That is at the rate of four cents a cackle.
In the irish language, the electric tel
egraph is called 'Sgeol abaci a botta,' the liter
al translation of which isT'Xews upon" stilts.'
The Common Council of New York
have appropriated $ 2,000 for celebrating the
anniversary of the birthday of Washington.
When a man undertakes to snuff" out a
gas light with his forefiugcr and thumb, a wit
ness may conscientiously swear he was drunK.
A proposition is about to be introdu
ced into the New York Legislature to close
all barber shops on Sunday.
Fidelity, good-humor and complacency
of temper, outlive all the charms of a fine face
and make its decay invisible.
A woman in Wisconsin, who was late
ly attacked by a bear in the woods, so abused
the poor animal with her tongue, that he died
at her feet.
A hog is on exhibition at Buffalo meas
uring, it is said, 3 feet 10 inches in height, 7
feet 10 inches around, 11 feet in length and
weighing 1400 pounds-
IhC3gue rages so m some parts of
Iowa, that people are obliged to sleep with
corn cobs in their mouths to keep from sha
king their teeth out.
A young man on being requested to
dance a Scotch reel, with a couple of sour
looking old maids, objects on the ground that
pickles don't agree with him.
An economical man always takes his
meals in front of a mirror. He does this to
double the dishes. If that isn't philosophy,
we should like to know what is.
The following is cut from an Ohio pa
per: "Notis is here By Given that now pur
son is pur Mitted to take Ene Nuts of Ene
kind out of Mi Wuds My hogs Must Live.
Look oute."
Whether skill of the broom in the fe-
male hand is to her credit, depends somewhat
upon whether it is used upon the floor or the
head. The faithless will please experiment
and satisfy themselves.
The doctrine of Compensation" is
beautifully exemplified at those boarding-house
breakfast-tables where the weakness ot the
coiree is always in exact proportion to the
strength of the butter!
Sixty ladies in New York have signed
an obligation, by which they agree not to pur
chase any article of foreign manufacture for
wear for a year to come. That is the Ameri
canism we like.
The gertleman of Waltham, Mass ., are
enjoying the luxury of a female barber. She
is young, pretty and keen. She operates, it
is conjectured, like chloroform, so that v. hen
she shaves a man he fancies himself kissed.
The editor of an Eastern paper (says
the Cincinnati Advertiser) expresses great in
dignation at the manner in which a woman
was buried who commited suicide. He says:
'She was buried like a dog with her cloths on.'
A western exchange says that the pret
tiest way of dunning ever devised, was lately
practiced in that vicinity. A very pretty
young woman accosted a creditor thu.s IIus
band has made me a present of that little bill
you owe him."
A Notoriously mean man having offen
ded a downeast Yankee, was addressed by the
latter in a long tirade which concluded in the
following caustic terms: "Your little soul
would have as much play in a mustard yet as
pickerel in Lake Eric, and would rattle like tt
kernel of corn in a barn.
A young lady recently returned from a
boarding school, being asked at the table, if"
she would take somonnore cabbage, replied,
By no means 'madam gastronomical satiety
admonishes me that I have arrived at the ul
timatum of culinary deglutition consistent
with the code of Esculapius.'
- Tho Iowa Legislature elected two men
to attend to the fires in the Hall. They are
qualified by taking an oath to "support tho
constitution of the United States and keep
good flres in the house." Oliver Cromwell on
one occasion ordered his troops to "put their
trust in Providence, and keep their powder
dry."
A rum seller in Jersey City, on Thurs
day last, having sold liquor to a poor man who
was unable to pay for it, actually took the
man's shoes from his feet, and sent him into
the streets to go home through the snow and
cold without them. Such wretches as this rum
seller, should be scorned and despised by all
decent and respectable men.
Among the leaders of the Russian
army at the battle of the Alma, as we learn by
private overhead Aurora Borealis Telegraph,
were MenschikofT; Scared-hlm-ofl" ; Sold-him-oft";
Scndb.im.-ofI; Kickcdhim-ofl; Pulledhim
off ; Pitchintohimwithasharpstickandrunhim-downthebankslikeallpossesedonahalfshelland-soforth-ofl;
and last, though not least, old
Prince Scamper-ofF. ;
As to the free-love doctrings,' said
Mrs. Partington, with a face as benevolent as
a thanksgiving dinner, I don't know much
about 'em, but it seems to me they needn't
cause much fear where any love exists at all.
Where hearts beat responsible to each other,
and where they are mouldered together by
early love and plenty of children, depend up
on it no fre-love doctring. can do Vm any
tvarm.
Gre-t Tncs.iif- Minnesota, The Gover
nor of Minnesota iaiitt a fix1... 0 the - assem
bling of the Cegiikturc, Governor Gorman
refused to deliver bis message, for the season,
as it whs supposed, that the Constitution joade
it obligatory immediately thereafter to elect a
public printer, and tho choice of the mem
bers, it waa understood, was in favor of a pa
per opposed to his Excellency. Subsequently
he consented to send in his message, then the
Legislature declined to receive it, on the sup
posed ground that they are expecting a new
Governor along to take Governor Gorman's
place. His message, however, leaked out,
and has been printed in all the papers, while,
up to the 19th, it had not been oflicially deliv
ered."" We learri from the Minhesotian, 'of the
10th inst , that a man by the name of Collins,
an auctioneer of St. Paul, called on Governor
Gorman upon business, in course of which an
altercation ensued, which ended by the Gov
ernor knocking Collins down. The Governor
has been arrested for assault and battery.
American Victort. William Goodwin has
been elected to the New York Senate, from
the Twenty-ninth District, over Loom is, the
Seward coalition candidate. The Rev. Mr.
Goodwin takes the seat vacated by Governor
Clark. Compared with last November, the
result is as follows : J
Majority against Ullman, Nov., 1854,
Majority for Goodwin, 1855,
1823
2000
American gain in two counties in three
months,
5823
A DOUBLE EXECUTION IN KENTUCKY.
The Cincinnati! Commercial has a long ac
count of the execution of Stephen Short and
WmT Hanning for murder, at Grccnupsburg,
Ky., last Friday. They were both, according
to the Commercial, worthless, drunken fellows,
and each had a large family. The same paper
gives the following speeches and incidents at
the gallows :
Short rose and said : ,I want all of you to
take warning by me. See what whisky and
bad women have brought me to. I have been
to a good many hanging scrapes myself, and
thought it was great fuu but I never thought
I'd be hung myself. This is the work of
Capt. Whiskey. I am willing to die for the
life of the man that I took. Talk of pleasure
I have tried all kinds of it, about shanties
drunk, and everywhere else, but I have had
more real pleasure up in that old jail, than
ever before in all my life ; and chains on my
legs, big, heavy chains at that. I just took oiY
this old coat, and whipped Satan clean out,
fair. I've made my election sure, I think.
Yes, sir, I think my election is sure. (Some
one in the crowd called out, If you are safe,
I don't think there is much danger for the rest
of us!') I am perfectly willing to die. The
man you have got in jail for aiding me, is per
fectly innocent, and ought to be let go ; but
that Blair deserves all I've got. (Blair was the
man who told him to shoot.) He was as much
to blame as I was!"
Some one inquired "Are you willing to
die, Steve" Said he "Yes; I hate this
world and my own life," and he continued
with an air that was nearly exulting "and
I'm going to leave it; I'll be in Paradise be
fore sundown. Now, farewell, farewell ; meet
me in the other world. I want to see you all
in Heaven." An old man, somewhat drunk,
pressed upon him. Short said Whiskey
brought me to this I expect yon along in a
few days!"
Harming then, quaking in every limb, got
up and said "I haven't got anything against
any man in tho world, and I hope nobody's
got anything against me now."
Short repeated this remark. Large numbers
of his acquaintances crowded about, shaking
hands with him and asking questions, until the
last moment. He knew all his old friends,
and exchanged .smiles and words of good will
with them until the white cap was tied over
his face. He stood up firmly as the wagon
was driven away, and said, at that instant,
very distinctly "farewell all my fiicnds,"
when tha fatal noose checked his utterance.
A Goon Joke. The Lehigh (Pa.) Valley
Times relates the following good one :
"Not long ago, in one of tho counties in
this section of the State, th-2 Pope's Repre
sentative and Postmaster General of the Uni
ted States ol America. James Campbell, dis
covered the fact that one of the county Post
masters was not only a member, but Secretary
of a Know Nothing Council. No time was
lost to carry out the mandates of Pins IX., at
Rome, by bis removal from office, and the r.p-
i pointmcnt of another one who is not con
i taminated with tho "bloody heretics." Well.
tin appointment was tendered a very good
man, who after some hesitation accepted the
same. Campbell is satisfied, and so are the
Know Nothings, lor the new Postmaster is
President of the very same Council of which kis
predecessor is Secretary, but Campbell doesn't
know it. We would like very much to state
names and office, but this we cannot do, as his
Holiness might remove Postmaster, office, and
all. This would be very cruel to the people
of the neighborhood, as they are chiefly
Americans, and need a Post-office, and a good
American Know Nothing to keep it."
Too Procd to Beg. It is said there rro
thousands of worthy citizens, men and women,
in New York, as there arc, no doubt, hundreds
in all other large cities, who are too proud to
beg or let their circumstances be known ; and
are, therefore, silently pining in secret desti
tution. The Mirror says the pawn-shops only
tell their sad story, and adds : "First go the
luxuries the superfluous furniture the silver
spoons the spare clothing the jewelry, even
the bridial ring; and so thorugh the whole in
ventory of articles that can be dispensed with,
while life is retained. To accommodate this
inborn and inalienable American pride, the
pawn-shops are provided with stalls, so that the
melancholy bartering may be done without ex
posing the poor victim of" that 'peculiar insti
tution' to public shame. The amount of busi
ness at these establishments, within the last
three months, exceeds all precedent. Watches,
gold pencils and spoons, have been pledged by
the bushel, and every namcable and unnamea
ble article of furniture and clothing. A friend
af ours saw a poor woman at Simpson's onc
day last week, pawning her under clothing to
raije a shilling to go to market with. Another
had cut up her bed, and made it into pillows,
which she had pawned for a similar purpose."
C-Nebraska embraces 335,882 square miles
of territory Kansas 114,798. Our own state
46,000. Nebraska and Kansas would make
ten states as large as Pennsylvania, or forty
the size of Maryland! Shall all those broad
acres be cursed forever with slavery ? .
PcM.Judge MdLean, in a late judgment
in a maritime case, said: "Rum has, sunk more
aeamn than all the tempest that irer blew.
A Good Mots. We would call the attntio.
of our readers to the following act of Aasem
bly, proposed by the non. D. L. Smith la tb"
House of Representatives. There are, almost
every year, hundreds of forged naturalisation
papers issued, which aro used over and over
again to protect illegal voter. The pasaeo
or this act will effectually prevent such abutgs
in luture, and lead to the detection of such u
attempt their perpetration.
Ajr Act for the Detection and Prevention of
Frauds in the Naturalization of Foreigners.
Be enacted, &c, that it shall be the duty' of
the Prothonotary or Clerk of every Court of
RecorJ,etablishcd by the Constitution cr Laws
of this Commonwealth, on or within threcdav
after the first day of June, alter the parage "if
this act, to furnish to the Commissioners tr
th-3 county in which siid certificate natu
ralization were granted, a complete and accu
rate list of all persons to whom certificates of
naturalization ha-, )wtn o-rnnfwl iti-.rintr t'.,
twelve months ending on the last day of Mav
next, with the name of the voucher in eaca
case, and the date whn each certificate was
granted; and every such clerk or prothonotary
shall furnish to said Oommi,si.n.r n sin,;...
list for eacli subseouent month. within
after it shall have expired. And for furnishing
said lists said clerk or prothonotary shall receive
one cent for each person whose name f.ha!l ap
pear on said lists as having been naturalized.
Sect. 2. The Commissioners of any county
in which any Court of the United States msy
hold its session, shrill uropnrn frnm th Pl.-.r'r r,r
such Court certified lists similar to those requi
red to be filed bv Clerks of Statn and Pnnnt.
Courts, at the expense ofthe proper countv.
oecc. a. ine commissioners oi each county
shall Tretare an alrdiabetic.il list of all ..ro,,.
a a i - -j -'i; j
naturalized iu the county, whose names are
contained in said lists, with the dates, names
of vouchers, and Court naturalizing them, and
publish the same by three insertions in two or
more newspapers in ine county, (one ol which
shall be the paper having the greatest bona
fide circulation therein,) during the month of
Sptemler annually; atid also make siciil.tr
publication, one time, previous to the sixth
day of October in each year, of all naturali
zed during the month of September: Pron'
ded, That no such published list shall contain
the names of those previously published ac
cording to law, by said Commissioners.
Sect. 4. No person claiming to vote, who
shall produce as evidence of his naturalization
a certificate purporting to le issued by any
Court of record, ivhose name shall not apjrear
in the published list for the period embracing
the date of said certificate., shall be allowed to
vote until he shali make oath that said certifi
cate is genuine, that he is the person designa
ted thcrein,and that the same was granted him
according to law; and at the request of any
voter, the Judge of such election shall retain
Siid certificate, note thereon the residence of
the person so offering to vote, and the name
and residence of the person at whose desire ha
retains it, and within two days deliver the same
to the nearest Justice or Alderman in bis elec
tion district. If, within five days thereafter,
any one appears before said Magistrate, and
proves that said certificate is forged, or Las
been fraudulently issued, or that the re is good
reason so to belwve, be shall investigate the
matter, and imprison or hold to bail for atrial,
such as he shall consider guilty of any viola
tion of law; otherwise ha shall return the cer
tificate to the person claiming to vt-.te upon it.
Another Reyolctiox Im-F.xr.ixo. Caro
line S. Freeman writes to the Manchester (N.
II.) Mirror that if she had had the good for
tune to have been born a loij baby, by this timo
she would have been a citizen that is, she is
ubwards of twenty-one ; but having had the
misfortune to have been torn nothing but a
girl baby. he is subject to all thoss disqualifi
cations, from mere accident of birth," which
so materially affect woman's interest, an I re
tard her progress in the great march of life.
Among those dispu-difications, Miss Caroline
the entire inability of woman to '; .s weli
as acctpt a husband; to openly ?i:'rt her
heartfelt preference and yearning M'ter the
man of her choice, and give, as well as re
ceive, a free and open declaration of love."
Is there no one in Manchester who had "tho
good fortune to be born a boy baby," who wiil
take pity on Caroline, and "put her out of her "
misery," and avert a revolution which fb
says is impending? She threatens dire thir.gs,
but we have no doubt she. will make a loving
and dutiful wife, and a smart one, too. for shs
has had the cuteress to get herself wl-5! ad
vertised trrati. l:eal the conclusion ot r.?r
"Doc
ration of InlcHii lvncv," and tremble
for the result
'Against those exclusive privil-.-ges on thi
part of the other sex, I, with thousands cf
others of my own sex in this city, earot'Stly
protest. And I am authorized in their nane,
and in their behalf, to declare that, on an I af
ter the 4th of JuJy, A. D. 1355, we proclaim
and publish to the world our independence
from all such cruel and unchristian restriction.
And this is to give notice to all. single gentle
men (widowers excluded) cf industrious
and temperate habits, in this city, that ther
must improve the few remaining months to
the best advantage: for, after 4the incoming of
the immortal Fourth, we, the vroiktag sister
bond ot Mmcl e?:er, will show what women
can dci in this great, heretofore restricted
commerce of love,' by gallanting around
modest youth, making declarations, and pop
ping tnc question. a ours, m oenait oi equa:
rights,
Caroline S. Fkeemas.'
C" The Louis villc Journal estimates tho
property, money and labor transfered from the
older States of the Union to California from
18 VJ to 18ol, at S 1-30,000,000, and the product
of gold during the same time at $ 249,000,000,
leaving a balance of $280,000,000 against tho
Golden State. Besiees this loss in valuables,
transferred from the East to the Rocky Moun
tains, it is estimated that the gold prodnct has
been fruitful of evil to this country, by stimu
lating speculations and inducing over importa
tions ot foreign merchandize. When in addi
tion to the estimates of immense loss of life,
time &c, transferred from the old States, and
which remained unproductive, we add the im.
mense expense of the Government in protect
ing California, the Journal thinks it will b
found a bargain most costly and disastrous.
Excitement among Pristers. .V. Orleans,
Jan. 21. An attempt Las been made in this
city by the ''Associated Press" to reduce the
wages "of the compositors in their printing offi
ces; in consequence of which there is much
excitement among the craft. Tremendously
large meetings of the Printers' Union have
been held, at which resolutions were unani
mously adopted against any reduction. The city
is full of printers. An address has been pub
lished by the. Union cautioning their fellow
craftsmen in all qxiarters, and warning them
to keep away from the city for the present, as
there are large numbers now idle among them.
Disbanded. In accordance with the rec-.
ommendation of Governor Gardiner, of Mas
sachusetts, in his message to the Legislature,
the following military companies in that State,
composed of foreigners, have been disbanded,
viz: The Columbian Artillery, Capt. Cass;
Webster Art ilery, Capt. McKinney, Shield
Artilery, Capt. Young; and Sarsfield Guwd,
Capt. Hogan, of Boston; Jackson Musketoers,
Capt. Proctor, of Lowell; Union Guard, Capt.
Linehan, of Lawrence; and Jaskson Guard,
Capt. Brloll, cf Wcrehastar. .
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