THE SAFTSMAB'S JOUBHALi
CLEARFIELD, P A .
vedneiday, JTarch 14, 1353.
The Nationai Defesdeh, is the title of a
new weekly paper recently started in PLiladel
phia. It is neatly printed, ably edited, and
American all over. Price $2.00 per year in
advance.
... Ecfadok axd Mexico. We have a rumor
that a new expedition is on foot, having for
its object the liberation of the great Sonth
American Republic of Ecuador. What next ?
A New York paper, the Herald, suggests an
expedition for the capture of, Mexico, and
says that five thousand American volunteers
landed at Vera Cruz' could repeat the cam
paigns of Cortes and Scott, in a holiday ex
cursion to the capital.
TO OUR FRIENDS.
"We look to our American friends, this spring,
for their aid and assistance. Our bold and
open course on the American question has
called down upon us the maledictions of the
Jesuits and "their allies, and as the exponent
. of American principles, our paper ought, and
we have no doubt will receive a liberal support
in the way both of advertising and subscrip
tions. We place it, with full confidence, in
the hands of our friends.
AN ENVIABLE REPUTATION.
Thom-ass Mahaffey, the great expositor of
Know Kothingism, is gaining a most enviable
reputation ! An old and veteran citizen of our
borough says, "if he had kept his mouth shut
the people wouldn't have known he was a fool!"
The Bellefonte "Whig, speaking of his exposi
tion, says, "Mr. Mabaffey may rest assured
that he has done one of two things either
killed "Sam," or made a "Tom Caldwell" of
himself. lie must, however, for the 'present,
feel easier after throwing such a load from his
troubled conscience !"
PAPAL INTERFERANCE.
In his recent speech in Congress Mr. Chand
ler declared that "the Pope does not interfere
in countries outside of his Kingdom, and will
not seek to make or unmake the policies of
foreign governments." Unfortunately for
Mr. Chandlers veracity, this is expressly con
tradicted by the Pope himself, who has 'inter
fered' in the Government of Sardinia, which
undertook to rsguUte church property in its
own Kingdom. The Head of the Church,
thus interposes his pontifical auth&ritj-: "We
are bound to do everything in our power to
put an end to this state of things, we again
raise our voice with appostolic liberty in this
solemn assembly, and we reprove and condemn
not only all the decrees already issued Ly that
Government to the detriment of the rights
and authority of religion, of the Church, and
of the Holy Sec, but likewise the bill lately
proposed, and we declare all these acts to be
entirely worthless cud i.-r.7t"J."
Thus the Pope would upset established laws,
and prevent a nation from legislating for it
self! ne would dictate what measures the
Government are to adopt, and encourage op
position to the laws of the land ! Can Ameri
cans stand quietly by, with closed eyes, and
believe the syren voice that slugs to them
'the Pope Las no temporal authority, and
does not interfere with countries outside of
bis Kingdom ?"
CATHOLICISM! AND COZCHOU SCHOOLS..
The following extract from the report of
Wm. B. Gillis, Esq., the Superintendant of
Common Schools in Elk County, develops a
beautiful state of affairs!
"Of the two schools reported by that district
(that is Benizer township,) one is taught by
kcns cr sisters, as they are called, and is un
der the direct supervision of the Priest. It
cumbers about seventy-five female pupils, and
the teachers are paid out of the public mox
zts! The entire community are German Cath
olics, and the school is nothing less than a
NUNNERY ! The directors will not allow
me to inspect those teachers, or set feet inside
the building, on any consideration. Still they
expect aid, as heretofore, from the State ap
propriation. Are they entitled to it ? Does
our system recognize such schools?"
We should like to hear what apology 'a dem
ocratic paper, and other similar 'organs,' can
make for a portion of the people of this Com
monwealth who thus openly set the laws at de
fiance, and prevent a public officer from dis
charging his duties. 1$ it any wonder our
people should be aroused, when nunneries are
thus kept up in our midst, by appropriations
from tke State? Think of it a jublic shool un
der the "direct supervision of the Priest!"
If they can thus successfully disregard and
trample upon a law placing the public schools
of the Commonwealth under the supervision of
a Superintendent, bow long will it be, think
you, if they had full sway, before they succeed
in destroying the cardinal principles of our
government religious toleration, and free
dom of the Press?
The simple fact that the law has been open,
ly set at defiance, and a Superintendent pre
vented from discharging his duties, because
he is a Protestant, is enough to startle every
American,' and cause him to rise in arms
against such treason to the State. We sincere
ly hope that the insult shall be at once rebuk
ed, by .withholding the .State appropriations
from all schools that sit with closed doors, in ;
open defiance of the liws of the land.
A WORD TO THE WISE.
We have heard a number of persons object
to some vrords and phrases, occasionally used
in our paper, as vulgar, profane, and immod
est, although they are the first to " seize upon
such passages with avidity, and when not sub
scribers, (which is most frequently the case)
take great trouble to borrow the paper for the
purpose of reading them. We never expect
ed to please every body, and .we would not do
it if we could. A paper, or an individual
with whom no fault could be found, would not
only be an anomaly, but also a miserable non
entity. No man possessing a particle of inde
pendence, and no paper that adopts a bold and
fearless course, can fail to have enemies. To
those, however, who find fault with us for the
cause which we have alluded to, we would
suggest the propriety of sweeping before their
own doors, before they undertake that task for
other people. They will find, by a little self
examination, that instead of us, they should
blame their own vulgar, profane, and immod
est imaginations. It is not diflicult for those
who wish to do so, to put a vulgar or profane
construction on almost any sentence, and thus
phrases intended to convey a perfectly chaste
and harmless sentiment, are often made to
mean directly the reverse by vulgar and sen
sual minds.
We despise 'mock modesty.' We go upon
the principle that "to the pure, all things are
pure," and, therefore, never hesitate to call
things by their proper names, and to speak
exactly, what we think. By such a course we
may, perhaps, offend the ear of the over-virtuous,
and give the hypocrite an opportunity
to roll up his eyes in holy horror, but we will
please the gre3t mass of the intelligent com
munity, who don't ask that a piece of statuary
shall be covered with a gauze veil, before
their delicate eyes can gaze upon it. In the
greatest of all Books, and model for all wri
ters, we find.no blanks and mysterious phrases,
to please the would-be virtuous, but every
thing is designated by its proper name, and
found in its proper place. Let those then,
who are so extremely modest, go to their bi
bles and learn of Him 'who was meek and
lowly," in what true modesty consists. They
will also find there lessens in charity and vir
tue from which they cannot fail to derive ben
efit. They will learn first to pluck the beam
from their own eye, before they attempt to re
move the mote that is in their brother's eye.
BANK EXCITEMENT.
The editor of "a democratic paper," actual
ly succeeded last week in producing an "ex
citement!" It was discovered by '-the faith
ful," about the time he was 'working off his.
paper,' that it contained an article in opposi
tion to the Bank, when some of them called
upon him to remonstrate, and inform him that
Li3 article "was not the sentiment of the Dem
ocratic Party." The "fighting editor," got
his dander up, an 1 nothing Lut his "gray
hairs" saved one of our most worthy and res
pectable citizens from getting a trouncing,
('that is' if the editor had proved able to car
ry out his threats.) Finding, as the song says,
"that the! e was no use in talking," the gen
tlemen left him 'joined to his idols,' and pro
ceeded at once to get up the following 'card,'
which speaks for itself:
A CARD.
The undersigned Democratic citizens of the
Borough of Clearfield and vicinity, having
read in the editorial columns of the 'Republi
can' of this place, dated March 7, an article
in opposition to the granting of a Charter for
the Clearfield Bank, do most emphatically dif
fer in opinion, and have no hesitation in sign
ing our names in favor of such Charter, and,
moreover, believe that a large majority of our
citizens of all parties and vocations, are in fa
vor of it notwithstanding.
G. D. Goodfellow,
James T. Leonard,
J. W. Pais 11 v,
James Wrigley,
M. A. Frank, .
Geo. W. Orr,
John W. Shugart,
H. W. Park,
Wm. R. Hemphill,
J. B. McEnnally,
Richard Shaw,
R. V. Wilson,
John Livingston,
Thomas Robins,
J. II. Jones,
Davitl Litz,
David Winternitz,
Patrick Dolan,
L. J. Crans,
O. B. Merrell,
R. Wallace,
Francis Short,
Wm. L. Moore,
G. W. Shoff,
Wm. Alexander,
A. K. Wright,
Jona. Boynton,
Robert Smith,
Jas. II. Larimer,
J. F. Weaver,
Wm. Powell,
Wm. Porter, "
F. P. Butler,
Geo. P. Tate,
Geo. Richards,
J. W. Beard, -T.
J. McCullough,
James Ilollenback,
Wm. S. Bradley,
Richard Glennin,
David Etzwiler.
As we presumed, of course, the Editor back
ed out of his position, when he found that
the 'party' would'nt 'follow suit.' This difficul
ty has, at least, developed one fact, which we
long expected, and that is, that a democratic
paper,' is not the organ of the Democratic Par
ty. We were always loath to believe that the
intelligent members of that party in Clearfield
county endorsed the slang and abuse weekly
poured out, by that sheet, on their Protestant
American fellow citizens who saw proper to
avow their hostility to political Roman Cathol
ocism, and foreign influence.
SPECIE. $
The Banks of Boston exhibit an increase of
$109,170 in specie and $741,420 in deposits.
The New York banks hold sixty per cent
more specie than they did in the first week in
March last year, while the loans and discounts
are over two millions less. The Tribune says
that the specie now in New York amounts to
9 millions, beside the 16 1 millions in the
banks, making altogether 26 millions. The
amount in Boston is about 7 millions, in Cus
tom House and banks, making thirty-three
millions in both cities. Within ten days the
arrivals of gold from California have ' amount
ed to'$ 1,800,000, and a million and a half more
is expected.
C"The 'fighting editor says that the signers
of the bank Card are not all Democrats that
there aro two old line Whigs among them.' It
wont do Mr. Slob-gobler, yon can't get any con
eolation there. " The gentlemen to whom you alud
voted for Bigler both timet that he ran D'ye call
them Whigs. v
THE RECENT CONGRESS.
The late Session of Congress expired on
Sabbath, the 4th inst., at uoon, in a great deal
of confusion and disorder. Among the lead
ing measures matured during the Session,
the following may be ennumerated:
; The bill for the Reorganization of the Navy,
the creation of a Retired List, the Texas Cred
itors' bill, the bill creating the rank of Lieu
tenant General, the bill increasing the army,
the incorporation of a company to construct a
Telegraph from the Mississippi to the Pacific
Ocean, the .Bounty Land bill, the Diplomatic
and Consular bill, the new Postage bill, the
bill establishing a Board of Claims, and the
Shipwreck bill.
The Bounty Land bill in favor of the Soldiers
of the War of 1812, and of all who served in
any of the wars of the United States since 17
90, provides that each shall be given 160 acres
of land, and it extends , also to widows of revo
lutionary soldiers. Those who have already
received 40 or 80 acres, will now be entitled,
the first to 120, and the last to 80 more. The
amendments adopted by the House, after it
passed the Senate, materially changed its
character. The estimate of the amount of land
required by the Senate bill, as committed in
an official report of the Commissioner of the
Land Office, was over 200.000,000 of acres.
That quantity is reduced by the operation of
the House amendment to one-tenth, or 20,000,
000 acres. It includes only the surviving sol
diers of the wars from 1790 to this time, their
widows, and children who are now minors.
This description embraces a comparatively
small number of persons. The vast majority
of the soldiers are dead, their widows have
followed them, and their children are advanc
ed in life. The bill requires the holders of
warrants granted under the act to pay the fee
of the; Registers for its location, which is
about a dollar and a half.
The Diplomatic and Consular bill makes va
rious alterations in our diplomatic system, and
while it increases the salaries of our Ministers
and Consuls, takes away the outfit, and does not
make the cost much larger in the aggregate.
The new Postage bill provides that for let
ters going less than 3,000 miles the postage
shall be 'three cents, and over that distance it
shall be five cents, except where the postal
treaties with other countries shall prevent. It
further provides that, alter the 1st of January,
1 850, all the letters shall be pre-paid, and that
done with stamps; also, that letters containing
money can bo registered, so as to show that
they have been sent, but in no instance to
make the Department responsible for them.
The Shipwreck bill is intended to increase the
facilities of rescue in case of wreck or danger
along the Atlantic coast. This was one of the
earliest acts of the session, and is now a law.
An act was also passed establishing a Board
passing upon Private Claims against the Gov
ernment. The French Spoliation and the Col
lins' line Appropriation bills were vetoed by
the President.
TIIE NEWS.
At the last dates fromSebastopol, all was uncertainty-in
relation to the assault. The prep
arations were going on, and the troops weie
impatient, lut the officers were still anxious,
nervous and distrustful of success. The Rus
sians coutinucd to make sorties, but were al
ways vigorously repulsed. The weather had
improved, and fortunately, for the fuel was
giving out, and dlliculty was experienced in
obtaining enough to heat the ovens. There
was also a great scarcity of forage, so much so,
that for several days, none bad been served
out, even for the superior officers. In other
respects there were comparatively few com
plaints. One letter states, that the English
were still able to parade about 20,000 capable
men. The time of assault depended upon two
things, the condition of the weather, and the
arrival of reinforcements. A corresjiondent
of the London Times says:
"The French are extremely anxious for the
assault. Onr army has long been in a condi
tion which induces it to prefer anything to the
trenches. It may easily be imagined that Gen
eral Canrobert isbecoming less popular among
his soldiers than he was. Gen. Bosquet, who
command the French movement at Inkermann,
is rising in favor, as he is known to be in favor
of the bayonet."
The same writer says :
"Every day strengthens the correctness of
Sir John Burgoyue's homely saying about Se
bastopol 'The more you look at it, the less
you will like it.' Three months ago that offi
cer declarad his opinion' to be that the place
ought to be assaulted. Now Gen. Niel comes,
and we hear that he laughs at the notion of
our reducing the place by the fire of artillery.
However, we shall have a tremendous fire for
them, and a shower of 13-inch shells, each of
which weighs about 200 Ihs., will be an ex
tremely unxleasant addition to the storm we
shall direct upon the Russians."
United States Senator. In the State
Senate a joint resolution lias been submittted
for the election of a United States Senator on
the second Tuesday of January next.
(XT"" We learn that Col. Kinney has resigned
his situation as Agent of the Central Ameri
can Company ; also, that the Hon. James
Cooper has been elected to fill the vacancy oc
casioned by the resignation of William Cost
Johnston, Esq., as President of the Company.
TIIE POPE'S LAST DECREE.
Pius has issued a long address to his follow
ers, promulgating the new dogma of "the Im
maculate Conception of the Virgin." It will
be seen, from this extract, that his language
is imperative and binding :
"Let NO MAN interfere with this our de
claration and definition, or oppose or contra
dict it with presumptious rashness. If any
should presume to assail it, let him know that
he will incur the indignation of" the Omnipo
tent God and of His blessed Apostles Peter
and Paul. .
"Given at Rome, at St. Peter's, in the year
of the Incarnation of our Lord, 1851, the Gth
of the Ides of December, in the ninth year of
Our Pontificate, Pics IX,'Pope."
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Will passfhe, Clearfield Bank bill. v
- Dead Bill Poole, the New York rowdy. ? -
The question "Are yon going down the river?"
- Bac&ed.water the 'fighting editor,' on the bank
question. ' . -."-" k -
Out on a visit one of the Tyrone b'hoysjdast
week.
Changeable the weather, and the opinion of
the fighting editor. v
Easily found gut fSce. Over the sign of the
Yellow Boot. "
Vivlc'rish the weather again, and our coal box
empty. -; ' ?.
Good story The Smuggler's Daughter, on pur
first page. Bead it.
Expected the arrival of the Pacific, and Clear
field lumbermen at Marietta. , . .. ... ,
Probable that the President will call an extra
Session of Congres3.
rrr.pa-riiixha watermen, to go down the river.
Look out for flitch and sour-krout.
Ilisrh grain in St. Louis. Selling at two dol
lars per bushel. . ,
Some pnmlins. there is a snow drift in Illi
nois, eight feet high, aud eighteen miles long.
Don't come the 'Daily News.' What's wrong,
old fellow? -..Can't do w ithout you, no how.
A luit Plaid the Jefferson Star. What's wrong
now, Mac ? OiT on a bust, or paper run out ?
Signed the Sumlay Liquor Law by Gov. Pol
lock, to go into effect tho first of April.
Wanted bows, pins, cant-hooks, pike-poles, and
all other rafting tackle on the river bank.
Appointment. Oov. Pollock ha? appointed Ar
thur W. Little of Philadelphia, a Commissioner to
the World's Pair at Paris.
Down on the Administration Soule. ex-Minis
ter to Spain. He's as Dial as a March hare, or a
flea-bitten bull.
Destroyed by fire. the residence of Col. Benton,
in Washington City, on the 27th ult., including all
his books and papers.
Attention! Those who wish to procure a copy
of the Know Nothing Almanac for 1855, can do so
by leaving their names at this office.
Patriotic. 'Sam' has determined to finish the
Washington Monument. Ab he carries out all his
undertakings, ho'll do it. and no mistake.
Coming ''Saint Patrick's day in the mornin'."
Wont the Paddies have a glorious time next
Saturday.
Let her tip, Mac. The 'Star' is down on the Jef
ferson County Commissioners like a thousand of
brick.
High living boiled eggs for breakfast, hot
water for dinner, and Wright's Indian Vegetable
Pills for sapper !
Getting custom-try for stage drivers to carry
their loads in their hats. Better put their 'bricks'
in the boot for ballast.
The proportion . There were one hundred ar
rests in Alleghany City during the month of Feb
ruary 77 foreigners, and 23 Americans.
Slightly inebriated the fancy individual that
was attempting to find ont the difference between
curves and triangles in tho street tho other day.
Wears tlis unin-ruf ion oLlcs . A French woman in
male attire i3 digging far gold in California, the
workd desicrouily aiid is amassing the ore.
Adjoentmrnt. A joint resolution has been re
ported in the Senate which provides for the fiu.-il
udjournmentof theLegialatureontho20lh of April.
. t?ata.n reproriinr sin an avowed Df ist prating
about '-infidelity!1' Slop braying an-1 keep your
ears hid, and people won't know you're njfcc-as.
Knoir jVothin-ixtn "Americans cm do their
own voting and their own fighting." so said Gen.
Harrison. Talks ns if he had seen -Sam," don't he '.
Good idtj. for the borough ofliscrs to make
those using tho Hirer bank lor rafting purposes.
p;:y wharfage.
Wants to ! Presi lnt Geoigo Law. Guesi
Georgey can't come it. 'Sam' don t want
musket contractors in his service just now.
my
Proposed improvement a brick house in Cur
wensville to be built from tho materials carried
there in the hat of the driver thut left the raa'Is
last week.
First of Anril . Those of our subscribers-who
change their residence on the Hist of April, will
please give us notice, so that we may cha:igo the
direction of their papers.
Pond of it the editor of '-a democratic papc-rv
making attacks upon the character of private citi
zens, who hare no opportunity to reply to his
Elanders. It's characteristic of the man.
Good for Jji-oo'ci'lr. In the recent borough el
ection, '-.Sam7' licked the Whig and Locofoco par
ties combined. Tho whole American ticket was
succssful.
Respects t'r"ij kiirs" the ''fighting editor."
The people will no doubt be glad to hear that he
respect3 something The 'gray hairs,' however,
have'ntmuch -respect' for htm.
'Some pi' mi-ins' the 'one horse crpress' we ran
to Curwensville last week, to carry the mails left
behind by the stage drver, because he had too big
':a load on .f:'
lZantiDiLcrotis the editor of "a democratic pa
per," when he found he was not the "democratic
party." He'd better join the Kliow Nothings and
get to be "High Priest."
Give ns the Idttes the hail storm on Tuesday
morning, ltathor knocked our raftirg calcula
tions into a 'cock't hat.' Sorry, for we're lcuging
to get at that sour-krout.
Humored that the Brigadier Generalship, will
be given to Jefferson Davis, and that he expects it
to be the stepping Stone to the post of Commander-in-Chief.
In a fix. Tho Legislature of Indiana has ad
journed sine die. without electing a United States
Senator, or any State otiicers. -Ihe latter cannot
bq tilled by the Governor. .
Ought not to bo allowed burying grounds with
in the borough limits. It's not pleasant to think
that the water you are drinking is impregnated
with the juice of putrifying humanity.
Waman'.i Rights in Chili.-Tn this "paradise of
women" no fewer than four ladies have been hung
lately for putting their husbands out of their mis
ery with Spanish knives'.
Prospering. The receipts of the American Col
onization Society for the past year have been
!Joo,000. They have sent nearly six thousand em
igrants chietly emancipated slaves to Africa.,
Growing brighter our prospects for a Railroad.
The friends of the enterprise should not forget,
that they will hare it in their power to do it au
essential scrricc when they go East this Spring.
To be hoped that the Conference which recent
ly assembled in Baltimore, will reflect that it is
morally possible for the people of Clearfield to dis
tinghish between good preachers and bad ones, and
not send us those that no other place will have.
Wish y-icash y the letters we have been receiv
ing from our .New York Correspondets. If they
cant send us anything better, they need not put
theinselres to the trouble of sending 11s anything
at all.
"Sawi" von't touch it. Some of the opposition
papers are endeavoring to split the American par
ty on the Slavery question, but it's no go, "Sam"
won't have anything to do with it. lie has no re
lationship with 'niggers,' no how.
A practical illustration. Our devil says when he
kissed a girl tho other day she asked him in great
surprise "how could you do it? lie replied, "it
will afford me grant pleasure to ehow you," and
gave her a duplicate. Sharp boy, that.
A coiiiiujidrnm. Why is a horse the most mel
ancholy animal in existence? Bedauso his thoughts
are always on the rack, and his only comfort is
woa .'" Tho fellow that perpetrated the above
has left for Kansas.
JjooJc out for the first chance The 'down river'
lumbermen had bettor keep their eyes skinned this
Spring, or they'll get no timber. High prices,
and little of it, is the motto. Cost like vengeance
to get it out last winter.
Extra- copies. Those of. our friends going down
the river can have aa many copies of the Journal
as they desire. Give us the wink, and we'll heavo
a bundle on board your raft as it glides under the
bridge. We've had one hundred and fifty appli
cations already on behalf of Mother Moore.
ITEM A RI AN.
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( Peas and other vegetables are blossom
ing in the open air' in Florida. '
; Thirty females are at present incarcera
ted in the Cincinnati jail. V :
There are three nunneries in the state
of Massachusetts. v"
v The IT. S. Treasurer's statement made
up to the 2oth ult., shows $20,433,500 ia the
treasury subject to draft.
A bill has passed Congress appropria
ting $12-3,000 for the erection of fortifications
at Xew Orleans.
; In New England only one adult out of
four hundred is unable to read and write. In
this respect the Yankees "beat all creation."
There are some : things you can learn
from fools. Among the number is the value
of holding your tongue. .
A student in : want of funds sold his
books, and wrote home. "Father rejoice, fori
now derive ray support from literature.
It is ruraeredihatMr.Breckenridge, of
Ky., who recently declined . the mission to
Spain, is to be appointed Governor of Minne
sota.
Xever be critical upon the ladies. The
only way in the world a true gentleman will
ever attempt to look at the faults of a pretty
woman, is to shut his eyes.
There are persons with 'malice pre
pense,' who have dared to assert that the let
ters M. D. which are placed after physicians'
names, signify, "Money Down."
""Why don't you go to work and stop
picking your nose ?" "It's my nosa ain't it ?
and it is the Fourth of July, too. I'll pick
thunder out of it, if I've a mind to."
- A gentleman wishing to teach his horse
to do without food starved him to death. "I
had a great loss," said he, "for just as he
learned to live without eating he died."
- A young man on being requested to
dance a Scotch reel, with a couple of sour
looking ojd maids, objected on the ground
that pickles did'nt agree with him.
A Medical student wishes to know in
what portion of the animal economy the trom
bone is found. . He says that he has frequent
ly heard of it, but cannot find it in the medi
cal books. "
It is said that the Prohibitory Liquor
Liw passed by the Legislature of Illinois, can
not be found, though it has been signed by the
Governor! That is a rum circumstance, truly.
The Chinese are a queer people to go
to market. A friend at Canton writes that a
neibor of his had just laidin-his winter's
provisions a hind quarter of horse and two
barrels of bull dors. '
"Have you 'Blasted Hopes?'" asked
a lady of a green librarian, whoso f.;cc was
much swollen by the toothache. 'Xo, ma'am,'
replied the youth' "but I've got a blisfei
toothache."
Ail the Church property of the Catho
lic Church i;i Now York, except that in dis
pute at BufTaio, is vested in the bauds of one
man Hughes. The Ilerall says it r.raounts
to tiuchfy-fire millions cf doll rs in real estate.
Mountains arc considerable up and
down in Vermont. It is rcdated that a coach
man driving up one, was asked if it was as
s4ep on the other side. "Steep," he answer
ed, "chain lightning couldn't go down it with
out breechin' on!"
In the Municipal Ciurt, Boston, on
Monday, the Grand Jury returned sixty-eight
bills of indictment against ixty-eight priso
ners, for committing various crimes in the city,
and out of the whole number sixty were for
eigners, and mostly Irish.
If there is heaven on earth, it is on a
soft couch by your own fire-si le with your
wife on one side, a smiling baby on the other,
a clear conscieuce, a dozen cigars, a knowl
edge that you are out of debt, and don't fear
the tailor, shoriiT, or the devil.
The enormous quantity of forty-seven
million gallons of whiskey, rum and brandy,
and thirty-five million gallons of strong beer,
were made in the United States during the
last year, being more than throe gallons apiece
to every man, woman, child," sacking baby,
black and white, in the country.
Checks grew pale when tidings came
of the going down of the ill-fated Arctic, and
its living freight. Intemperance will this year
slaughter enough to freight a thousand Arctics.
And they all, bound as they are to hearts that
writhe in agony, 'go down' by authority.
The following oath was administered
to a little boy ten years of age, in the Iowa
Legislature, chosen to do up documents: "You
do solemnly swear to support the Constitution
of the Unitdd States, and of this State, and to
fold papers to the best of your ability, so help
you God."
j A Mr Heraxd, author of "The Descent
into Hell," was annoying . Douglas Jerrold
with importunate questions, at an unwelcome
time. Among others he queried "By the by,
Mr. Jerrold, did you ever read my Descent
into Hell ?" "No, sir," replied the infuriated
dramatist, "but I should like to see it!"
An Irish girl in Oregon the other day
complained to her mistress that the cow
would'nt eat her 'mess.' She 'scalded the
male an' she salted it but divil a bit would
the ould cow touch.' On examination it was
found that Biddy's 'male' was nothing but
saw -dust. The cow was evidently not used
to such-yine board.
Know-Xothingism, as- we understand
it, is" anti-Romanism, anti-Bedinism, anti-Pope's-toeism,
anti-Nunnery isni, anti-Winking-Yirginism,
anti-Jesuitism, and anti-the-whole-Sacerdotal-Hierarchism,
with all its
humbugging mummeries. Know-Nothingism
is for light, liberty, education, and absolute
freedom of conscience, with a strong dash of
devotion to one's native soil.
STRONG LANGUAGE.
John M. Stockdale, uses the.following lan
guage, in a recent article, over his own signa
ture published in the Ilarrisburg Democratio
Cbioti, "which we commcud to those ia this re
gion who. make the Pennsylvania their politi
cal text book :
' I will turn tho attention of the reader to the
public position of tho Peiinsylranian. 1 will
make two charges against its character. The
one involving its political and moral honcstr
the other is explained in the civil and criminal
laws of the Commonwealth. The first is 'that
the Pcnnsyha nian, while it makes loud profes
sions of democracy, is secretly allied Tvith the
opposition, and endeavoring to. Create disaffec
tion in the party to which it purports to be
long.' This is a clear, distinct, and serious
allegation. 1 am prepared, at the present time
to rore its truth. I am in possession of the
testimony. I know the Pennsylcanian may af
fect to sueei at the charge, and answer it bv vi
tuperation and asservations. But I propose to
agree upon a committee of three Democrats,
and if 1 do not prove to their entire satisfaction
that this charge is well founded, I will ac
knowledge myself a public uefaiaer of charic
ter. I am s.itisiied that this state of things has
not been long in existence, because it could
not, without having been exposed to the scorn
and conteinijt of au indignant and outraged
public opinion. I assert that, at this moment,
the press is owned and controlled by the oppo
nents of the Democratic party, aud that its
whole tendency' and aim is to demoralize it,
and finally destroy its identity. Whenever,
for some time past, an opportunity offered, it
has struck at the National Administration at
Washington,, under the specious pretence of
"disinterested duty .'" ....
Immediately after the Democratic caucus -met
and nominated Chahi.es 11. Bccealew, a
their candidate for United States Senatr, the
Pcxnsyluanian attacked the majority of thecau
cus in the most violent and disgraceful manner.
It charged them with having "betrayed"' the
party, and the interests of the State with hav
ing blackened their own memories.and covered
them with eternal infamy. It was even stated
that the faces of the "honest" portion of the
caucus were suffused with shame and mortifica
tion. And then, to endeavor to convince its
readers that these charges were correct, it
vomited forth a column of declarations cf
"facts," every line of which contained a base,
intentional misrepresentation, a bold, unmitiga
ted lie. The whole scope of the article proves
the --editor either an arrant knave or stupil
fool. He may choose the alternative.
-The next thing we see of the Pennsylvania,
it commences to abuse, by name, certain mem
bers of the Democratic party, and to 'pufF the
appointees of Gov. Pollock. They are all
right. It then flatters, and cries "at ccr to
the Know Nothings" v.-ho voted to please its
views, notwithstanding it is said less than two
months previous that these same men had com
mitted wilful and deliberate perjury when they
swore fidelity to the Constitution, iliralih
dictu ! But no matter, the Pennsylvania will
pardon them for the small crime of perjury,
and cry "all honor t j you, my brothers.-"-'
I ask the Pcuusnh-Ou-ian not to umwer these
charges by spitting forth columns of wordy,
base, insipid trash, which chagrin and crcitc
ratnt may cxtmt from its perfidious and bar
ren brain, but to i e a r?n. Agree to the ap
pointment of an investigating committee, and
I will substantiate all that I hive alledgri.
But if you refuse, confess to the vorid the
magnitude of your guilt aud the treachery of
your heart thut for months, your moral crimes
I, i;ve I;vn etching uway your conscience and
dsvc-urlng your s-jul. Such cotrduc.t as yours,
when hei-l" up to the cold and formal gaze cf
American patriotism and d.-niocracy, must sub
ject the culprit to the cj.-. cr..tK :.b i.i.-d male
diction of ail. J xv. M. SrocKr.Aix.
IDLE CUUIOSITY.
We commend the foII.--v.ing extract ttt th?
attention of thoso iu this neighborhood who
are in the habit of prying into oilier people's
affairs. "We hope it will teach them a valua
ble lesson. Bead it carefully:
It is right and proper for th3 yaang to he
active, inquiring and eager in pursuit cf h!l
proper information. But to be idiy and im
pertinently curious, to violate propriety, cour
tesy aud honor, by prying into the affairs of
other people, in hunting out matters that nro
intended to be private and conlidc-ntial, and
thus intrenching upon rights, and wounding
feelings, is not only to be ungentleiuanly atd
discourteous, but also to be mean, sneaking,
unmanly and unwise. Tho consequences, too.
are citen deplorable. According to the old
adage, '-listeners never bear any good of
themselves; and so hi relation to curiosity
mongers. In fact, they soon become recognis
ed" ns nuisances, and are therefore shunned
and avoided by all high-toned gentlemen.
It should also be remembered in disconnex
ion, that the existence of thia foible or vic3
induces an exclusion cf the party possessing it
from all confidential or honorable employment.
The individual who is so eager to become ac
quainted with the secrets of his friend or
neighbor, his companion, or his principal, will
be very apt to betray and disseminate the
Knowledge thus obtained, for the curious in
the manner described are almost invariably
restless and impatient, until the have commu
nicated their budget of discoveries to others.
Hence the double danger. In the first place,
of improperly prying; in the second, of dis
seminating and magnifying the knowledge
thus acquired. In fact, curiosity is the parent
ofscnndal. The one begets the other; and
wherever the sense of honor is so far blunted
as to induce the practice of idle curiosity, a
disposition to villify and calumniate will
surely be found in association.
A Romish Phifst on Reitblicaxism. We
learn from the Hickman (Ky.) Times, that a
Roman Catholic Priest, living in that county,
preached a sermon near Wilburu a few days
since, in which he attempted to prove that a
Republican Government was wrong in princi
ple, in practice, and in morals; that it was
con'trarv to the laws of God and nature, ruin
ous to" the interests of the true church, (the
Roman Catholic,) and that all who were mem
bers of that church should do everything in
their power to break down and destroy any
such government. meiican Trumpet, West
minster, Maryland.
This is the sentiment of the whole Roman
Church. And those in it act up to the senti
ment. Romanism and Republicanism are direct
and josilive enemies, and can neverexist safely
and peaceably on our soil. There is nothing
which the Pope of Rome more desires, and
which all his "policy is shaped to obtain, than
the downfall of this Republic. Crusader.
Kaxsas. We find in the Kansas Free Stale
returns of the census of that territory taken
by the Governor, as far as heard from. 1 he
returns embrace onlv the First, Fourth, Nintn.
and Tenth Districts. In these the population
amounts to 1876, of whom Sb6 are males and
490 females. The voters number o07. Missouri
iurnishes a larger proportion of the population
than anv other State. Of the voters, 126 are
from Missouri, 29 from, other slave States, 5
from Massachusetts, 37 from Pennsylvania,
and 255 from other free States. - The other
diatricti will largely increase these figures.
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