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CLEARFIELD, PA.,
EPnon. C. 3. Crans, SI. C, will accept
our thanks for a copy of Capt. Marcy's Explo
ration of the lied River. It is a valuable work.
Household Woans, a double number, for
March is on our table. It is the last of the lOtli
Volume. Those who desire to commence with
the new volume of this unrivaled periodcal can
at once send on their orders to us, enclosing
$3, or 53.50 for it and the Journal for one year.
TO OUR ITEADERJS.
- - The editor, was taken away on Sabbath mor
ning last,-by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Sen
ate, to give testimony before the Bribery In
vestigatory Committee, which will account for
lhe lack of editorial mattes, and all other dis
ciepencies in this number of the Journal.
UNITED STATES SENATOR.
The Convention which met on Tuesday, in
panuinee of the adjournment, proceeded to
ballot for a U. S. Senator. After three unsuc
cessful attempts, the whole matter was post
poned until the first Tuesday of October nest.
Cameron had 55 votes, a loss of four since
the former meeting.
Neither are we disposed to use "coir
kid.es" to kick, &c. "Democratic Paper."
They ars not even 'cowhide when on you
only sheepskins," and wouldn't hurt very
much; so blazo away.
EFWondcr if Swoope didn't leave this with
a 'flea' in his ear. Elk Co. Jdcccate.
Mr. Powell had better look out, or he'll gtta
bull bed-bug' in his ear, before he's aware of it.
iltNo one but a knave or fool would make
such an accusation. "Democratic Paper."
There must be a good many 'knaves' and
'fools' then in this community, as a majority of
the people of this county believe "a Democrat
ic Paper" to be, at least, the especial defender
of Catholics and foreigners. That it is so, no
-one bat "a jack-ass, without brains enough to
write his own editorials, wonld deny.
AGRICULTURAL.
The season has almost arrived for the most
animated pursuit of the labors of Agriculture.
And nothing can be more gratifying to the
. taste of a man deeply imbued with the love of
his kind, than to witness and help forward
those exertions by which the wilderness is
mde to give place to cultivated fields, and
the blossom of the eartli to teem with the
means of subsistar.ee for increasing cumbers
of its rational inhabitants.
He who derives no satisfaction from behold
ing the manifold glories which sustain him,
the opening foliage of the forrest, the variega
ted and gorgeous bloom of the fruit trees, the
fresh and luxuriant growth of the meadows,
and the npidly expanding shoots of the nu
merous plants which furnish m with bread, sre
innocent and natural sources of delight, to
every anperverted mind. And the, pure en
joyment which they inspire, is greatly en
hanced by bestowing upon them a portion of
our personal labors.
He whose hand and heart and mind, have
been habitually engaged with these objects to
secure them from waste, to cultivate them, to
apply them to the uses for which they were
designed, and to enjoy them, fulfills, in our
opinion a dignified and happy destiny, and we
cannot but rejoice that rural occupations are
coming up among us to a much higher esti
mation than they have heretofore attracted.
We think it argues well, both for the virtues
and comforts of the community in which we
live, that so many respectable establishments
for the dessemination of all the sciences and
arts connected with these occupations, have
been lately founded and maintained in our
country. Gaining favor of the considerate
and wise, among our farmers, merchants, pro
fessional and literary men, they are turning
the great current of public opinion, with in
creasing force and volume into the most uso
fal channels wa ascribe to their influence,
and that of their patrons, the formation of our
State Agricultural Society, instituted a few
yeart ago, and we hope they have produced
ttich efTect. upon the public mind of every
county in the State, as will soon lead them to
rngago in similar associations.
Scnday LiQroa Traffic. The Cincinnati
Enquirer which cannot be made to advocate
Liquor Prohibition says : "the advantages to
be derived from the closing, on the Sabbath,
pf all houses where liquor Is sold, are self ev
ident, and require no logic to convinco every
", well-disposed individual. But a few months
' since and our watch houses were crowded cy-.
ery Sunday night wjth men and women, ar
rested for some act committed while intoxi
. cated, and the whole of the following Monday
was occupied jn the Police Court in examin-
inp charges for drunkenness. Close all the
. coffee houses on the Sabbath, and common
sense will tell you we shall be troubled with
none of this. Remove the temptations and
none will sin." If it is good to do this once
week, why not accomplish seven times the
fcenefit, and remove the temptation every day
. THE NEWS.
The steamer Baltic arrived at New York on
the 21st inst., with Liverpool dates to the" 10th
inst.: The new Ministry has been formed
Premier, Lord Polmerston; "War, Lord Palm
are, formerly Fox Maule; Foreign, Earl Clar
endon; Home, Sydney Herbert; Colonial, Sir
George Grey; Exchequer, W. Gladstone; Ad
miralty, Sir James Graham; Chancellor, Lord
Cranworfb; President -of the Council, Earl
Granville; Privy Seal, Duke of Argyle; Public
Works, Sir W. Molesworth; President Control,
Sir Charles Wood; Postmaster, Lord Canning;
Wituool office, Marquis of Lansdown. The
above form the cabinet; Aberdeen, Newcastle
and Lord John Russel go out; Panmure ccmes
in, and the balance are the same as the late
ministry. The Vienna Peace Conference has
not yet opened. Affairs in the Crimea are un
changed. There is reported a battle between
the Russians and Turks on the Danube, in
which the Turks were victorious.
Official despatchs from Raglan, dated 23rd
and 21th, both allude to the improvement in
the weather, and speak cheeringly of future
prospects. The latter say3, we resume our
work before the town with renewed activity.
Eight Austrian merchant ships were fired into
by the Russians at Galatz. Austria has de
manded an explanation. Earl Lccan has been
recalled from the command of the cavalry in
the Crimea. The Sultan intends to rise a na
tional voluntary loan. Abdel Kader has asked
for the command of troops in the Crimea. The
English missionaries in Poland have been or
dered to leave the Russian territory. It is said
that the Emperor of France will take command
of the army operations on the Rhine. It is said
that the operations for assault arc completed.
The Russian army want supplies. A sortie was
made on the 23d, and great loss was sustained
by the French. It is rumored that the Zoaves
mutinced, and 400 has been sent to Constanti-nopel-
They demanded the retreat from the
Crimea. , The rumor is doubtless incorrect.
The Russian forces on the frontier of Austria
have been ordered to retreat to the interior.
Queen Victoria had issued a Proclamation
forbidding the British at home or abroad from
aiding the enemy or supplying him with muni
tions of war. The German Diet has decided to
place the principal contingent upon a war foot
ing. The Picdtnontcse Chamber of Deputies
have sanctioned the treaty of alliance.
FROIT ENGLAND.
Both Houses of Parliament adjourned from
Tuesday until Thursday. On re-assembling
Lord Aberdeen briefly announced his resigna
tion. The Duke of New Castle entered into
an explanation in self-defence. The Earl of
Derby informed the House that he had been
invited by the Queen to form a Cabinet, but
could not do so. The friends of Lord Aber
deen and his Ministry are dead against Lord
John Russell for breaking up the coalition.
The Queen is reported to Lave written him an
autograph letter, censuring his conduct, but
this is considered doubtful. Among the latest
business in Parliament was the second read
ing of the bill to give efTect to the Reciproci
ty trer.fr. The English Baltic fleet has been
ordered to assemble in the Downs and prepare
for sea by the 1st of March. Rumor gives the
command to Admirals Seymour and Martin.
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M. ?digne has been appointed Minister of
Finance, and M. Rougher Minister of Agri
culture. And latest accounts frm Vienna
were that the Peace Conference had not been
opened. There are rumors current that the
Emperor will himself take command of on
operate on the Rhine, and that M. de Morny
will act as Lieutenant of the Empire in the
Emperors absence, further, that Gen. Can
robert is to be recalled, and will be succeeded
by Gen. Ptdlsler. The Moniteur announces
that the Germanic Diet, on the 8th inst., re
solved that the principal contingents be put
upon a war footing to be ready on fourteen
davs' uotico.
FF.0?I EUSSIA.
The St. Petersburg Journal give an official
account of the recent crossing of the Danube,
and describes it as a reconnoissance in force.
Letters, however, say that it was really au ad
vance of the whole Russian army, which was
stopped by orders from the Russian ambassa
dor at Vienna, to prevent embarrassment in
the negotiations.
FE02I PRUSSIA.
Prussia 13 preparing for action. An impor
tant despatch dated Berlin, Jan. Cist, says the
Prussian government hasdecieed the mobili
zation of her own army, and the 4th and Oth
corps ordered to occupy the Provinces of Sax
ony and Sileaia.
FP.0M POLAND.
The English Missionaries to the Jews in
Poland are ordered to leave the Russian terri
tory. Their printing materials and bookbind
cry, library and chapel have been taken pos
session of by the Russian authorities, aud are
offered for sale.
FSCM HOLLAND. . '
It is stated that Holland has concluded or is
about to conclude a treaty of alliance, offen
sive and defensive with the Western Powers,
also, that the Danish Minister at Vienna, has
made overtuers to Connt Buol, which lead to
the conclusion that Denmark will shortly re
linquish the neutrality hitherto maintained,
and will, like Sardinia, join the Western Al
liance. It is at least, hoped so.
- FE0?I HAVANA. '
A letter from Havf.na received by the War
rior, report that orders had been issued for
the searching of all vessels that might arrive
at any of the Cuban ports-a precaution deem
od highly necessary in the present excited
state of the Island as rumors were current of
numerous fillibustcring crafts on their way
from the United States.
Unfortunate. A getitleman having, at a danoe,
aocidently stepped on the toe of the one next to
hiia, asked pardon for bis carelessness. "No mat
ter, Sir," was the good natured reply, "it w on
ly an error of the prM "'
Dull oar town.
Sharp our scissors.
Ditto our devil.
Vetoed the French Spoliation Bill.
Cold the weather, and maiden affection.
Numerous tax collectors and poor cowa.
Etch some of the valentics we received.
In dun and EufFalo robes and pretty girls.
Exjicetcd a break up in the Susquehanna soon.
Pn ttif frirls those that attend spelling at Wolf
Run School House.
Froze rtp the Jr. Institute in this place. Come
boys that won;t do
Plenty snow-squalls and pleighing parties
Your.g America goes it about 'this time a year.'
JVot so sti-ct to kiss the face of naturo as the
lips of a pretty IaJy.
Absent our editor this week. Another chance
for the devil to write editorial.
Left tou-n the Book and Jewelry pedlars that
were here during Court.
Unfeeling the young man who was so loving
as to break the whalebones.
Ilorrille. An English lady in Paris has cut her
throat because she could cot learn grammar.
The le.tt tear of sympathy is a volun-te(ayr; wc
had cular demonstration of the fact, on tho 22d.
Hard to dirt sansages made of reJ flannel,
boot-jacks, and the hind quartors of a night-:are.
Popular our Devil, on last Friday night. He
says young America turned oat in all its glory.
Sound the idnfring-whool. on Saturday nijht
last, not twenty miles from town. Tho Shanghais
were all there.
Ildd (. meeting tho ladies of Corpns Chrisii.
and resolved riot to associate with youi'g men who
patrotiize Mexican fandangos.
Opcv the Missouri river, for navigation from
St. Louis to Kansas, also our pocket book for the
reception of cash.
Got np in a-hurry the Railroad bridge over
the Juniata, near Lewistown, and the lady who
lost her centre of gravity.
jtfodest. A your.g lady In onr town, it 13 sai l,
objects to going sleighing now because tho roads,
in spots, are bare.
JiTi. cn money the man whocries '''ye2 .' cycx I'
in Court is now praying for a shower of young
lawyers who wish to be admitted at the n?xt term
JVftcx for the rr.;. A letter from Kan?:i3 com
plains that there is not a raillincr in tho whole
territory. Some arc wanted immediately.
D-'Uoo uc?nx!on. Godnrd mnde a balcon as
cension from !Xcw Orleans, on Sunday, tho 4th,
and reached the uncommon hcigth of T.iOO feet.
IVoi'ien's ritrht i. The untiring advocates of :wo
maa'i rights' Mrs. Bi nstine L. Jtose and Miss Su-s-an
B. Anthny aro discussing, at Albany, the sub
ject of tho right of women to vote.
Sm-z1 the young uiiin orer the way, who got so
tired ts to fait over a three leged stool without
toucIi!T! it. The floor tiying up and striking hi:u
immediately between the eyes.
Lnnjc out for it . TTo are informed that a most
thrilling exposition of -Know Nothinism" will
appear in -a Democratic l'ry,rr.'- The editor is
most magniticicntly bamboozled.
The. Deal.' caic. The most strenuous efforts were
mads lr,s Tree!: fcr the pardon of Dr. Uoalo. Af
ter a full henrinc? of the case. fior. Pollock has
positively refused to grnnt it.
Co min? rn'ind. The editor of the late '"Shep
herd cf the Valley,7" a Catholic paper, is said to be
now writing Know "Nothing articles for a St.
Louis Know .Nothing p.-ipcr.
Considerahig shacLed tho inhabitants of Bang
or. Me., by the earthquake, and the good citizens
of Clearfield, by the notice put up at the Mansion
House, by the wculd-bo worthy landlord.
Half 1111. On an after the 17th inst., th mem
bers of tho Xcw Jersey Legislature will be reduced
to half pay. The constitutional limit of 40 days,
wherein a per diem of 53 is allowed, has expired.
i4mc f.ccarinq. A witness being requested to
give in his testimony, at court, respecting the loss
of a shirt, gave it thus. "Mother said that Ruth
said that Net said that Poll told her that she seen
a man that scca a boy ran through tho street with
n ,-tn:ii t flannel shirt, all checker, and our girls
won't it:, for motktr has licked them moro n a
hundred times for it I"1
" iWw. herd. The Clarion Independent Register'
has been changed to tho -Clarion lndcdendcut Ban
ner.' It looks neat and well. May its ub.?ription
list increase in proportion to its appearance.
Tho three following items were ssnt to Ua by an
inmate of the county jail, nho has been sent there
ten days, for sclltug liquor to intemperate pcr-aics :
Li jai' the man that told the other n:an whero
ha coul.l 2nd somo spirits.
7v-ihe king!y ju Jge that made the noble charge.
Getting mighty strict ihe Liquor Law.
The lulling Stsi.ion. Wednesday last, says tho
Daily iYffjw, being Ash Wednesday, commenced
the season of Lent, during which the Catholic com
munity, especially in Catholic countries, observe a
rigid fast. The s-imc season is also observed as a
fast to some extent, by the Episcopalians.
In the Roman Catholic Church tho faithful are
interdicted, during Lent, from forming any matri
monial alliance whatever. According, from Sun
day preceding Lent to Ash Wcdnsciay, there are
an exchange paper says more connubial knots ti
ed than on an other three days in the year. u
last Sunday, in the Roman Catholic churchcr, the
bancs, of a number of unhappy twos, anxious to
be made hnppy ones, were announced from the al
tar. During tho forthcoming six weeks, endingon
Easter Sunday, the communicants of tho Catholic
Church arc expected. to abstain from the useof flesh
meats, and other such rarities, and. besides, other
wise mortify their sinful bodies. The Church ex
cuses from the obligation of fasting (but not of ab
stinence from flesh.) oxcept in special eases cf sick
ness and the like, the following classes of persons:
1st. The infirm. 2d. Those whoso duties arc of an
exhausting or laborious character. 3d. Thosowho
arc only attaining their growth. -1th. Women in
pregnancy, or nursing infants. 5th. Those who are
enfeebled by old age. . The following lines from
an old English Poet, will afford our readers a hint
of the old fashioned way of doing things:
TO KEEP TKCE LEST
. Is this a fast, to keep
The larder Ieano
And clcano
From fat of veals and sheep ?-
Is it to quit the dish
Of flesh, vet still
To fill
Tho platter high with Ssh ?
Is it to fast an hour,
Or ragg'd to go,
Or show
A down cast look and sour?
No: 'tis a fast to dole
Thy sheaf of wheat
And meat
Unto tho hungry soul.
- Is it to last from strife,
From old debate,
And hate
To circumcise thy life
To show a heart grief-rent;
To starve thy sin
Not bin,
And that's to keep thy Lent.
In olden times Lent was the season for a number
of ceremonies that are now almost forgotten, and
live but in tradition Wc aro informed that it was
the custom at one time, in England, for the ur
chins, towards the end of Lent, to go from one
house to another, beating pieces of sticks togeth
er, and crying
Herrings, herrings, white a red,
Ten a penny, Lout's doad ;
lliso damo ar.d g've an egg,
. Or else a piece of bacon
One for Peter, two for Paul.
Three for Jack, a Beat's all :
, Away, Lent, away.
And if the damo refused the specimens of Young
England existing at that day the expected largess,
they left the house crying
Here sits a bad wife; -The
devil take her life
Pet her upon a swivel,
And send her to the devil f
. . ITEMARI AN.
"If five and a half yards make a perch,
how many will make a cat fish ?
"Madani, your shawl is dragging in
the mud." "Well, you little huzzy, suppose
it is; isn't it the fashion?"
Be wise, for in gaining wisdom you al
so gain an eminence from which no shaft of
jeolousy and malice can hurl you.
Monkeys have been dying of cholera in
the Island ol Trinidad; and their nearest rela
tives, our dandies, are all of a tremble in
consequence.
There i3 a maiden lady in Connecticut
who is so extremely nice in her notions of fe
male modesty that she turned olTher washer
woman because she put her clothes in the
same tub with those of a young man.
. If your sister, while engaged in a ten
der conversation with her sweetheart, requests
you to bring her a glass of water from an ad
joining room, you can start on your errand,
but you uecd'nt bring the water.
A Coroner's jury in Michigan wore cal
led on lately to "sit" ona hat and jacket found
on the bank of the lake, and r.ftcr six 1. curs'
deliberation returned a virdict of "Found
Empty."
A successful inventor has offered tho
English v. ar-oClce an electric rifle, which great
ly surpasses any weapon in usa. flinging a lull
from 1000 to 2000 feet, at the rate of some six
ty shots per minute.
Truth and female beauty do not always
go together. Pretty girls are famous for fib
bing; while ugly ones run with the gospel.
The poets always harness truth and beauty to
gether, but the world jerks them apart.
"Do you think you are fit to die ?" said
a stepmother to her neglected child. "I don't
lenow," said the little girl, taking hold of her
dirty dress and iuspecting it, "I guess so, if
I an't too dirty."
A new poor house, in Cook county
Illinois, was recently inaugurated by a grand
hall. The idea is indicative of progress, and
the example may be useful. Opening a poor
house with a Ball! "This is a great country."
A deserted husband in Baltimore ad
vertises his wife as having left his bed and
board end oflcrs a reward of S-'jO to any man
that is white, and has never been convicted of
stealing! who will marry her and take her to
California.
Mrs. Partington saidlo'navv anxious
ly asked if Uncle Tom i a better man than
Enoch, of Biblical memory. She grounds her
inquiry on the fact that she heard that Uncle
Tom has been translated seven times, while
Enoch was translated but or.ce.
One of tho novcuies in London, as r.n
exhibition, arc a man, woman and chil l, of the
tribe of Niam Xiams, or tailed people from
Central Africa. Dr. Sexton lectured on them
before crowds of visitors, three times a day.
Ladies are not admitted.
The editor of the Detroit t imes says he
heard a day or two since, the following illus
tration of early piety: "Pray God bless father
and mother, and Anna, and by jinks I must
scrabble quick to get into bed before Mary
does."
The wine growers of Ohio, it is stated,
arc considering the propriety of petitioning
Congress at its nest session to pass a bill to
encourage the cultivation of the grape and
the manufacture of wine in this country, eith
er by offering a bounty or by some other fea
sible mode.
The Yarmouth Register cautions hotel
and boarding house keepers againsta plausible
rogue, with snakey eyes, and one crooked leg,
pretending to be a printer, and calling him
self II. T. Thompson. He is about 35 years
old, and shows his teetha good deal like "Car
kcr," in "Dombey and Son." It would be easy
to identify him, we should thiuk.
A serious if not fat;1.! accident occurred
on Tuesday, at West Point, in the riding school
during the exercises of the cavalry class. Two
horses, ridden at the top of their speed, came
in collision, and tho rider of one Cadet Gay,
of Vermont had a leg broken in two places.
At last accounts he was in a very precarious
condition. Cadet Childs mounted on the oth
er horse, was borne to the earth senseless by
the shock, but afterwards recovered.
A nice young army officer, now in Con
stantinople, writes to his cousin in London,
that tho concluding line of Payne's popular
balled. There is no place like home," is de
cidedly more poetical than true. "Constan
tinople," he writes, "is the place. Here, for
the paltry sum of X500 sterling a year, a man
of moderate desires may live like a prince
commodious habitation the best of wine the
most glorious tobacco three beautiful wives,
and no going to church."
Perhaps the oldest tree on record is
the cypress of Somma, in Lombardy. It is
supposed to have been planted in the year of
the birth of Christ, and on that account is
looked on with reverence by the inhabitants;
but an aucient chronicle in Milan is said to
prove that it was a tree in the time of Julius
Cassar, B.C. 12. It is 123 feet high, and 20
feet in circumference at one foot from the
ground. Xapolcon, when laying down the
plan for his great road over the Simplon, di
verged from a straight line to avoid injuring
this tree.
We clip tho following from an ex
change: I, David Lightner, Sr., do offer as
follows, viz: Any person who can and will
come forward at the court of Lawrence county
which commences on the. second. Monday of
February, 185-5, and swear that they ever knew
me to steal anything to the value of 6 J cents
(with the exception of a few apples to eat,
while passing through an orchard) I will give
Mm or her 10,CO, that is, with the exception
of old Betts Lightner, my wife.
DAVID LIGHTNER. Sr.
.. COURT PROCEEDINGS.
.."Tha Quarter Session's business occupied
nearly all the time during last week, only two
causeB were tried in the Common Picas, viz:
Jas. Gailaher vs Burguder & Brickly. Eject
ment for. 17 acres of land. Verdict for Deft.
Wallace for Deft.; Hale and Weaver for PliT.
G. W. Shotrvs Lytle &IIoutz. Tresspass Q.
C. P. for cutting timber. Verdict for Plfl.SO'J.
Wallace and Linn for Fin".; McEnually, Hale
and Cuttle for Defendants.
In the Quarter Sct-ssions, Commonwealth vs
G. N. Colburn. Larceny. Deft, acquitted.
Crans & Wallace for Com"; Barrett for Deft.
Same vs Benj. Lounsberry and Jos. Powel.
Malicious mischief. Defts. acquitted but sen
tenced to pay the costs. Crans, Linn and Mc
Ennally for Com.; Hale and Dundey for Defts.
Same vs L. T. Hurd. Selling liquor to intem
perate persons. Deft, convicted and sentenced
to piy a line of $20 and costs, and undergo an
imprisonment in the county jail for 10 days.
Crans and Wallace for Com.; Barrett for Deft.
Same vs Jacob Hoover. Malicious mischief.
During trial District Atty. directed to enter a
nol pros., and afterwards a Surety of Peace
case between same parties; heard and the Deft,
ordered to enter into recognizance to keep the
peace. Crans & Barrett for Com.; Gordon fbrD.
Same vs Jos. Kupley. Surety of Peace. Dis.
Same vs Robt. Woods. Larceny. Deft, con
victed and sentenced to six months imprison
ment in co. jail. Crans for Com.; Swoope for D.
Same vs Sol. Bander. Tippling house. Deft,
pleads guilty; sentenced S20 fino and costs.
Same vs Daniel Ne-fi'. Tippliog house. Deft.
pVads guilty; sentenced $20 fine fn 1 costs.
Same va Stepa. Graff. Tipplinghousc. Delt.
pleads guilty; sentence $20 fine and costs.
SamevsAb. Pafzner. Tippling house. Deft,
pleals guilty; sentence $i!0 line and costs.
SamevsEd.Comcfort. Tippling house. Deft,
pleads guilty; sentence $2') fiue and costs.
Same vs David Frazicr. Tippling house. Deft,
pleads guilty; sentence $2!) line and costs.
Same vs Eliza Watson. Tippling house. Deft,
pleads guilt v; sentence $20 tine aud costs.
Same vs T. C. Davis. Tippling house. Deft,
ph'tids guilty; sentence $2') tine and cobts.
Same vs Alex. Stone, Tippling house. Deft,
jdeads guilty; sentence $20 line and costs.
Same vs John O'Dell. Tipplinghous-e. Deft,
pleads guilty; sentence S20 fine and c;s!s.
Same vs Geo. W. Con.lo. Gambling house.
Heft, pleadiguilty; setner.ee ?00 fine and costs.
Thj Grand Jury found 1-j true Bills: 1 for
murder, 1 gambling house, 7 tippiling houses,
2 larceny, 1 malicious mischief, 3 selling li
quor to intemperate persons.
Thev returned 5 bills ignoramus.
AURICULTTRL MEETING.
The Clearfield County Agricultural Society
met in the Court House, on Wednesday even
ing last, aud c.inio to order" by Josr-ph Irwin,
Esq., taking the Chair.
On motion. Judge Burn.side was called upon
to addre'ss the meeting, which h did with
great ability, aud w-'s listened to with interest
by all who heard him.
Ou motion, Judge II; t was called upon t
address the met ting, which he did at consider
able lenghth, rendering general satisfaction.
On motion, The fedlowing officers v. e-re elec
ted for the ensuing year:
Pres'u .-lit, Jostci-i: Inwix, Esq'.
Vice Presidents, G. L. Beed, Clearfield bor
ough; J. D. Thompson, Curwcnsville ; George
Thorn, Lawrence tp. ; Daniel Bailey, Pike; B.
McXaul, Peun; Win, Kishel, Brady; Jno. Bru
bakor, Union ; Philip Heavner, Huston; Mr.
Thorp, Bell ; Jas. Mo.Murry," Burnside ; A. S.
Tozer, -Chess; J. R. lloyt, Furguson; Jas. Pat
terson, Jordan; J. W. Wright, Beccaria; W. B.
Alexander, Woodward; Gvo. Turner, Eoggs :
JiiO. Gearhart, Decatur; M. Forcey. Bradford;
Jno. B. Kyler, Morris; Jos. Yothers, Karthaus;
F. Cou-lreit, Covington; T. Leonard, Guard ;
Matthew Tate, Goshen; John J. Buudy, Fox ;
and Isiiac Thompson. Knox.
Executive Committee, Bichar 1 Shaw, Jona
than Bovin'on. Phiiip Autis, Wm. Tate, an i
M. Nicho'ds, Jr.
Treasurer. Hon. Richard Shaw.
Cor. Secretary, IIo:i. II. B. Barrett.
Recording Secretary, T. J. McCullough.
motion, The meeting adjourned until
Wednesday evening of Mav Court.
JOSEPH HiWI.V, rreilcnl.
T. ,T. M'CrLLoi cn, Pccret ?ry.
Fatal Aitkav. We learn th.it a man (says
the I'ii-icsburs H?'g) named Thomas Strickland
killed John Hewlett, on Friday night.
It appears (if tho statement of Strickland
before the Mayor's Court, at tho examination
which took place on Satur.liy night, be cor
rect,) that llewlotf, the deceased, and Strick
land, had been p.mne:rsinkildng deer and oth
er game for market, unl that a dispute arose
between them, i.bout their money matters,
when Hewlett rushed oti Strick'.andwithaknife
and threw him or. the ground, when Strickland
drew his knife anil killed him. Strickland
made no attempt to escape, and says that he
staid by the corpse all night, and sent for the
Coroner of the county on the next morning.
The coroner summoned jury and proceed
ed to the spot where the man was killed, and
found Strickland watching by the corpse. He
stated to the jury that he had stabbed the de
ceased, but in self-defence. The jury returned
a verdict that Hewlett came to his death from
wounds inflicted by a knife in the hands of
Strickland, but appear to believe from his con
duct thrughout the whole affair, that his state
ment, in all probability, was correct. There
was a man present at this affray who has r.ot
been found, and the Mayor has felt it to be his
duty to commit Strickland to the jail, untilthat
witness could be procured. We learn that he
will be before tho Court this morning, when
the case will be finanlly disposed of. -
Eloquent. J..R. Lowell, at the close of a
recent lecture on Milton, said :
"The noise of those old warfares is hushed;
the song of Cavalier and the fierce psalm of
Puritan are silent now; the hands of this epis
copal adversaries no longer hold pen or crozier;
they and their works urc dust; but he w ho lov
ed truth more than life, who was faithful to the
other world while he did his work in this ; his
seat is in the great cathcdralwho.se farcchoing
aisles are the Ages, whispering with the bless
ed feet of the saints, martyrs and confcssoisof
evcr3r clime and every creed; whose bells sound
only centurial hours; about whose spires, crown
ed with the coustellation of the cro,ss,no meaner
birds than missioned angels hover; whose organ
music is the various stops of endless changes
breathed through by endless good; whose chor
isters are the elect spirits of all time, that sing
serene and shining as morning stars, tho ever
renewed mystery of Creative Power."
A Gang of Thieves Committed. The jail
received another accession to the number of
its inmates yesterday, in the persons of seven
unfortunate boys, who were arrested on Wed
nesday last, for larceny. The parties are all
mere lads, and have for weeks back followed
thieving as a ineaus of gaining a subsistence.
The Mayor's police, tracing a number of petty
larcenies to one of the prisoners, he was ar
rested, and shortly afterwards gave the officers
the names of his associates. The police, af
ter considerable difficult-, succeeded in find
ing the whole pirty, and now they are in pris
on awaiting trial. The probability is they
will all go to the iTor.ee of Refuge. Pitttbvrg
THtpaich, ,
TIIOMAS PAIEZSM
The Journal of Commerce warns the corns a
nity against the increasing strength of the
grossest Infidelity in this country. It Rys ;
'Wc called attention some months eo to
the lact, that large numbers of Gcmianswho
have come of late years, to this country are.
disciples of the anarchist school of Heine ac
cording to whose creed 'there can lie no true
freedom until Christianity is abolished,' f. .
until a persecution by infidels of Christians is
instituted, with ends similar te- those of Dio
cletian of Sapor. We showed that elections
had been made to turn cpon tho single point
whether prayers should be offered to God in
our Legislatures; whether the Lord's day
should lie kept, and religious oath fee main-
tamed. One of the most influential German
papers in this city, published, simultaneous!? . I
articles warning the better class of Germans'
of whom there are so many in our cif v, against t
encouraging these excesses. Our remarks t
were republished in Tarions parts of the Uni- I
ted States, and we trusted that a good result ;
might be produced. Since then, however. a;i- 'f
other anniversary has returned of the birth- '
day cf Thomas Paine, and it has filled our
hearts with shame to learn how the natal nr
of this enemy of God, of his Saviour and of '
his ceuntry, has been celebrated." .
The leading spirits in this Atheistic '-re- i
form," are said to be banded together all over
the country in secret societies, which are in I
constant communication with each other ai d f
act iu concert, rni n.nve j:i tlu-m or r.m!er
their influence hundreds of thousands of for
eigners. They call themselves the Fie. iman.
ner, and make Tom Paine their patron V
r-i r . milk.
Tltfill ffrili.l n!tj, nr,..... .- , t .
j,"""- vo jv-vv i1-,.u.3 lu lj to overtrrow
christian government. To this end thev 'ire
pose to a'oolish all laws for the observance of
the Sabbath ; oaths in Congress; oaths upon
the bible; pra3-er in our legislatures; the
Curisfi-m systems cf punishment ; the Presi
dency ; all Senates ; and all lawsuits, involving
expense. They assert the right of the penj.'io
to change tin; Co:is:titutitn when thev like,
and demand a reduction of even the short tsna'
now necessary to acquire citizenship, See, kc.
Such are some of the sweeping, r.nd christi
an and destructive reforms demanded by tfcesa
unbelieving foreigners. With the doiaaads
and machinations of Popery on the one- ha;, J.
and of German Inflefolity on the other, no
wonder that millions of our sober native citi
zens feel the need of a great and strong Amer
ican party, to meet the exigencies cf the
times. But let not this party forget that in
their prosperity, that the otfy stable founda
tion for the institutions of republicini-m is
Christianity free, pure, simple, Bible Christi
anity ; embracing an honest and open re-er:ni-tion
cf the sovereignty of God aud man's'"ab
solute dependence and accountability. Ca
this corner stone our fathers laid the "founda
tions of our free government, nnd on no oth.-r
bp.si.-; will It b Kate for tholr children to belli.
-V.j.'c:: Traveler.
A W eraan. Tlur lorel in a Canal L:at.
A young unmarried woman, by tho name of
Sarah Elizabeth Frame, in the employ of Capt.
Cartwright, canal boat .?i?'?.o, of this city,
was brutally murdered yesterday aft erne i-a. In
cabin of the boat, by a ma'i nanie-d Alfred
Miller. It appeared, from the evidence of the
coroners inquest, that the parties had a quar
rel on the night previous, at which time Mil
ler threatened to 'slap' the girl. Yesterday
afternoon the quarrel was renewed, and after
an interchange of angry words. Miller knock
ed the girl down, and kicked her severely
three or four times in the side and Lack. A
girl nam-.td Stradley. who was a witness of the
murder, assisted her to rise, ani pUceil.fr
upon a chair. She appeared to s:!k r v-.-rj
much, and in a short tir.i-2, s'ta turned tcward
Miller, who had rem lined in the cabin, in;
said in a feeble voice : "Alf, you have killed
me I'm dying!" Miller was evidently fright
ened, r.nd his!ily retreated from the b'v.t.
The woman, Stradl-?y, was so confused t!at
she was inep:ible cf raising an alarm, a'id the
murderer escaped. The physicians who v. era
present at the inquest gave it as their pir. i r
that the wounds and rupture of the spleen oc
casioned by violence done to the side, a;: J re
gion cf the spine, caused death. Upon
mortem examination, they found a larc;e f,;::.n
tify of -'clotted blood"' internally and in. Me
diately in the region where the bruises w-ra
inflicted. The ivriict of the coroner's jury
was rendered in accordance with the abo-va
facts. i llban-j Ri'gis'cr.
CvMrui-XK Exr-Losiox. Tu-o cM! ,'rcn Icrri
L'y lurned! Ou Sund ir evening, twochildrea
of Mr. Wm. Keynidds, a clerk f Adams' Fx
press Cerjpar.y, were terribly burned by tie?
explosion of a eum;:!ie:;o lamp. Th?y v.- re
both boys, tue-Ir respective ages being thht.-en
and seven year.. The. accident occurred ct
the residence -f Mr. Reynolds, Xo. 474 Fi h
street, near Walnut tt., about seven o'clock.
Mr. Reynolds was absent at the time, but be
fore leaving the house he had extinguished
the light of the lamp. A few minute's atter
his departure, the oldest lad again lighted it.
His mother, who was sitting in the room, di
rected him to set the lamp on the mantel-piece.
He took it into his hand to do so. and when
he had it about on a level with his head, it
suddenly exploded, literally covering him and
his brother, who was standing just at his side,
with flames, lie held the lamp in an inclined
position, and the wick being out of one of the
tubes, the flames communicated to the lieu: J.
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lliu uiut-.l uo naa uuuiuij . uuiutu vxi
neck, head, face and hands, and the youngest
on the chin, neck and right hand, though not
so severely as his brother. Mrs. Reynolds
was so astounded that she scarcely knew what
to do. She informed us that it was a mirscle
she escaped uninjured, as the children were
not two feet from her side. The report pro
duced by the explosion was terrific, it being
distinctly heard by persons living a square dis
tant. We were shown the coat worn by the
oldest lad at the time, and the garment was so
much burned that it was with difficulty wc
could conceive what it really was. Both chil
dren were immediately attended by a physi
cian, and when we visited them, last e-ening,
thev were in a fair way of recovery. Pitts
burg Union.
Telegram to the Pacific. Both Houses
of Congress have passed abillfor fhecoustruc
tion of an underground magnetic telegraph
from the Mississippi river to the Pacific Ocean,
nn.tprms which lad nnr tnhrmo. that the pro
ject will be successfully carried out. The en
terprise is a bold and difficult one, wnicu
require a heavy expenditure of money and a
largo amount of energy and administrative tal
ent. The wires must be carried across rivers,
over wide, desert plains, and high mountains,
and through the territories of hostile Indians,
who will with difficulty be taught to understand
the meaning of the mvstcrious buisness. the
construction of the line will require the services
of laborers and pioneers accustomed to the
hardships of frontier life. It will require also
an armed force to protect the workmen from
savages as well as te watch the line and pre
vent its destruction. Tho magnetic telcgrapa
is one of the white man's Inventions which tne
Indian can neither understand nor put faith
in- " ' '
rj-The last dodge of Xew York sharpers i
to paint or dye the plumage of common pi?"
eons, and sell them "rare specimens
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