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CLEARFIELD, PA.
"Wednesday, Kay 2, 18S3.
We have been very busy this week ma
king arrangements to "keep house," and are
indebted to a friend lor the very excellent arti
xjn "Kansas," in another column. We shall be
pleased to receive favors from him in future.
CUBAN AFFAIRS.
The Washington Ciuon of Saturday, slates
that the President regards the recent exami
' nation, of American vessels as violations rf
international law, as indignities to our flag,
and aggressions upon our rights fhat will not
be tolerated. It says further, that the Spanish
Government have the iasce of war or peace in
their own hand3, that if they persist in the
aggressions war is inevitable.
REPEAL OF THE TONNAGE TAX.
The bill to repeal the Tonnage Tax on coal
and lumber passing over the Pennsylvania
Railroad, came up on second reading in the
House of Representatives, on Thursday last,
and after a spirited and energetic contest, wai
ordered to be transcribed for a third readinz.
The probabilities are, that unless prevented
1 th, shortness of the session, the bill will be
passed. ,. .
TOE NEWS.
The position of both armies, at Sebastopol
remains unchanged, and the night skirmish-
ling was still going on. The Allies report them-, i
salves prepared to commence the general bora-j
bardment of the city. . - ' .
The statement is made that the Allies arc
changing their tactics, and arc about to forti
fy and hold as a material guarantee ' their al
ready 6trong position at Kemiesch, with 20
000 men, supported by the fleet. There was
aa armistice at Balaklava on - the 21, for two
hoars, for Lurryinz the dead. ' The Russians
buried 400 men. It was believed the fire would
open about the27th. ' -.-.:.
The Vina" conference was resumed', but no
Instructions had yet been received' by tho
Russian ambassador. ? ' '
' LITERARY NOTICES.
Household w oaisr for. May, nas come
'promptly to hand. This excellent monthly,
conducted by Charles Dickies, numbers
among its contributors the celebrated names
of William Ilowitt. Barry Cornwall, Leigh
Hunt, Mary Barton, and Faraday, the eminent
chemist. With such a large and able stalf
contributors wo might justly expect it to be,as
It really is, a mirror of popular progress ia
Graat Britian, and a mode! of the best light
literature of England. Price $3 per year in
'advance. To bo had on application at this office.
' Pctsau's SIoMTnLT, for May is on rtur table,
from its new nublishers Dix & Edwakis, No.:
10 Park Place, New York. It retains all its
usual excelleneiey, and is got up in the same
:neat and convenient form as beforo.. ' It is one
of the best of our American Magizluc':;, slight
ly tinctured with anti-Knownothingism, it is
true, but still oue,of our most excellent litera
ry periodicals. Terms Three dollars a yc?.r.
. With Household Words, five dollars. -
The Yaxkee PaivarEEa, edited by Capt.
Karey Hazel, still continues to 'hair, our
Lumblo 'craft' occasionally, as it passes on its
prosperous course, under a full press of sail,'
, and a jolly commander. May it have a long,
, pleasant, and jrofilable voyage. .. .. -
, The Psnxstltania Schooi. Jocrnai. . came
; to hand sometime since, but was inagertantly
- overlooked. It is a most excellent publication,
and deserves to bo patronized by every teacher
and friend of education in the Commonwealth.
LEGISLATIVE.
J Oa Tuesday, the House passed finally the
' bills to charter the Western Bank and the
: Mechanics' Bank of Philadelphia. The Re.
aolation of the. House to adjourn, on the 8th
of May was adopted by the Senate."
On Wednesday the House adopted the sec
tion of the general Appropriation Bill fixing
the salary of members of the Legislature at
five hundred dollars, ine Jtitn section was
amended so as to increase the appropriation
for . the support of Common Schools' from
5220,000 to $330,000. '. .Another amendment,
making it lawful for the School directors of
any county to meet in Convention on the
3Iond3y in June next, and deciae wnether sire that the facts -should remain unknown;
they will any longer continue the. office of an(i jf there is the slightest disgrace attached
' County Superintendent in their County,
also agreed to. The resolution to remove the
neat ' of Government to Philadelphia was
passed by 43 to 35. " r
On Thursday, the Senate passed finally the
bill repealing the charter of the Erie and
North East Railroad. , Tho House voted to
, each of its members and clerks a sett, of
r "Colonial . Records and Pennsylvania Ar- 1 cause they have'nt deserved it,, for such an
.. ehtve." .The bill to repeal the tonnage tax I other pair of addlc-pated blaguards, and foul
. on coal and lumber passed second reading.
. , Qn Friday, the Bribery Investigating Com-
r mittee Tnade a voluminous report, covering i THE SOVEUEIUNS OF EUROPE.
one hundred and eighty-seven manuscript
- get. A-resolution was adopted that three J Continent of Europe haTe no decendarits who
V thousand copies of the report be printed. - . 4 can Bucceed them. "Eleven will be succeeded
- Oa Saturday, the House passed .finally
bill repealing the tonnage tax, on coal
lumber, and the bill to incorporate the Trades-
. man's Bank.
: Under orwr--Colf KiniyT nt Mr. iFabom
.. . -1. , .ju:.. ...,?, Xi.iijiia.
"tes shoes itews u:lssa.,
It is seliom tht we ectrroach upon Ihi space
whiciirs devxt to tfc instruction and amsse
meot or our readers, to indalgo ia personali
ties, cither about ourseif or, others, bet ,'we
feel that it is Incumbent upn ufthis rek, to
do so, and we desire, if possible, that as it is
tb Erst, so It shall be'the last lime. " "
A pper, bearing the above title, whih re
joices in the accuracy with which it initiates
the Hollidayscarg Stend&rd, reiterates a stale
story of the latter sheet, and fulminates against
us its filthy 3ang and abuse, in regular ''row
dy style." Fearing, doubtless, that their very
limited circulation would not giva their bril
liant production sufficient notoriety,the courte
ous editors took the trouble of supplying a
number of the citizens of our. town with a
copy of their paper gratis, that they , might be
made, aware of the astounding intelligence
that "The "Principal Instructor," ,f Clear
field county once received in Huntingdon at
the Lands of Col. Wharton a gooddott of cow
hide!" . .. - ' ;..
We have thus published the delicious mor
ccau. in order to relieve the editors from all
fears that the people of Clearfield should not
be made aware of the startling development,
which they have taken so much trouble to
convev to them. We would suggest, also,
that hereafter when they have anything to say
aboutr us, thev furnish us an exchange, which
wjll relieve us from the trouble of lorrovring,
to give our readers the intelligence
Now, we beg leave to intimate to the editors
of the "News Letter," "in the most delicat j
way in the world," that they lie if they mean
to insinuate that we were ever "cowJii led'' by
Wharton, or any body else, and that if they
were not acquainted with all the facts to which
they refer, they had no business to say any
iainS ai auo"1 lut;uj- A"c v-&
the Wstory of a man's private life into a news-
PaPcr controversy, unuer any circumstances,
is only indicative of a weak brain, and alow,
vulgar, blaguard, malicious disposition, that
sets well on the imbecile editors of a sheet so
utterly purilo and contemptible as the "Xews
Letter."
But we desire, once for all, to say a
few words about this "cow-hiding story,"
however unpleasant it may be to speak of our-
self, and difficult as it will be to give a proper
understanding of the matter without detailing
along history of private relations totally for
eign to the columns of a newspaper. We have
the misfortune to - be the nepkev; of a certain
man named S. S. Wharton, of whose character
we desire here to say as little as possible, but
must refer those who wish to hear about It, to
his neighbors the citizens of Huntingdon.
Some four years ago this individual was elect
ed to the Legislature because there was no
person to oppose him, for at that time we were
not of age, and consequently not able to pur
sue the course we subsequently adopted. The
next winter, as Usual, he was a candidate for
re-election. Being intimately acquainted with
his character, and the foul wrongs which lie
had perpetrated on his relatives and; friends,
for which, if he had his deserts he would now
of to serving out his time in the gloomy cells .of
the penitentiary, we believed it to be our duty
to make them public, and did so upon every
occasion. The editorial department of the
I Huntingdon JbttrnaZ, having been placed un
1 der our control by a number of the citizens,
published a series of articles boldly charg-
ing upon him the crimes ho had committed,
and exposing his true character to the com
munitv. These articles, which were" undenia
ble, and the truth of which was well substanti
ated, Wharton discovered were destined to de
feat him, as well as to unmask him, and pre
sent his character in all its hideous deformity
to the' public. He undertook, therefore, by
brute force, every other means having failed,
to compel tis to silence. How he succeeded
the sequel will . develope. A large, powerful
man,( phisic ally we mean, for mentally he is as
weak as the squash heads of the iVcirj Lifter)
he came up behind us as wc were talking to a
gentleman in the street, and struck us a blow
with the lull end of a cow-hide. ' In the second
pttempt to strike we caught the cow-hide and
held it, when finding he could make no further
use of it, he resorted to his fists, and, forcing
us up against a brick house, inflicted several
blows upon us. Wc were separated by those
who assembled on hearing the fracas. . It is
difficult to tell which party sustained the most
injury. The only wound we received was a
slight scratch under the ear, and we were not
"cow-hided," for the attempt was an utter fail
ure, 'and so pronounced by all who saw it. 1, It
may be well enough to add, that Wharton was
defeated in the District by eleven hundred ma
jority which, to a great extent, may be regard
ed as the verdict of our fellow citizens on tho
subject. . ' '
1 his is the true history of the affair, as pub
lished in the Huntingdon papers at the time it
occurred, and can bo substantiated by those
first J who were present and saw it
We have no de-
was J to the circumstance, why, we are willing,as,of
course, we would be compelled to bear it. We
have already paid Wharton a portion of the
debt we owe him, and we intend to pay him
the remainder with compound interest.
To the editors of the "Jersey Shore . News
Letter," we have only to say that if they have
the I not received "a dose of cow-hide" it is not be-
I mouthed puppies is not to be found in the
J Commonwealth.
pa - I Eighteen of the forty-six sovereigns of the
the I by their brothers ; twothe King of Denmark
and J and the Duke of Modena by their uncles, and
one the Elector Of Hesse by ' his consin.
Four the Pope of Rome, the Dnkes of Bruns
wick and Anhalt-Bernburg, and the Landgrave
for
of Hesse-Horjburg, have no . descendents or
tlx hav sons who sre heirs presumptive.
THE LESSON. ; I
- The tinnsnal qnaatily of lumber run to mar
ket this Spring, and the ruinous consequences
widen have ensued by reason of the over-supply,
together with the almost unparalelled.
scarcity f provisions in our county, teaches
a painful lesson, with which, we may most si u
ccrely nefc, our citizens will hereafter profit.
In the excitement produced by the unprece
dented prices of last season, many of our far
mers were induced to abandon the plow,, in or
der to find a more speedy road to wealth by
getting ut lumber and running it to market.
As might reasonably have been anticipated,
the result is the glutting the market by a sup-
ply greater than the demand, which they are
compelled to dispose of at prices that will not night, suranading a couple that started on the voy
(horn for tliftir labor. On the oth- ago matrimonial. - - ' -
remunerate them for their labor. On the oth
er hand, all the products of the farm are unu
sually scarce and high. During nearly the en
tire winter we have been compelled to depend i
on other portions of the State for provisions,
and thaso of our farmers who continued their
leitim ite business have realized for their
. , r. . -
produce, handsome profits.
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This sad lesson, the particulars of which are
too painful to discuss, should have the etlcctol
inducing our land holders to pay more atten
tion to agriculture, which, under all circum
stances, is a safer, if not a more profitable bu- I
siness than lumbering. It is a business, too,
which, in this county, can not be 'over-done.'
There is always an extensive home demand,
and it is seldom, if ever, that we have a suffi-
ciant supply. .
But if ever there was a time when farmers
had au incentive to labor to increase the pro
ducts of the soil, that time is the present. A
side from the claims of humanity, which the
exigencies of the times press upon them, their
prospect of pecuniary gains was never so fa
vorable. That the high prices now being paid
for all kinds of grain and provisions, will con
tinuo for a considerable length of time tocome
I manifest on a moment's reflection. We
have too many consumers, and too few produ
cers, and prices must, therefore, remain high,
until things are, in some degree, restored to
an equilibrium. But more than this, we have
no supply from last year to rely on. It is now
almost, and by harvest-time will be altogether
exhausted. The new crop will, therefore, bo
called immediately in requisition. And sup
pose that, like last year, it should prove a par
tial failure 1 AV'e are no alarmist, but the pos
sibility of such an event must' strike every
mind, and howawf al would be i ts consequences?
What then is the plain and obvious duty of
our agriculturalists, both to themselves and
their neighbors?:; Why, to increase their
spring crops to plant a- larger quantity oi
corn, potatoes,' and every thing that will con
tribute to the sustenance of man or beast.
There is no danger of an "over supply ;" all,
and1 more than we can raise will be required,
if not for home-consumption, to supply the
foreign demand. Let every man, then, who
possesses an acre of tillable land, sow it with
something that - will nourish and sustain life,
for he may' rest assured that all he can rais,
and more, will be required.
: KANSAS. '
The late intelligence from Kansas and Wes
tern Missouri is important. We hear that cer
tain of the citizens-r-so called of the territo
ry, have formally deposed Gov. Reedeb, and
have promulgated their determination to elect
a Governor in his stead. The doctrine of pop-
ular sovereignty seems to be thoroughly-un-
derstood in a practical way. If the theory of
DorcLASsand his confederates did not promise
such an issue, it was only because the sophists
did not dare to display the logical conclusion
of their premises. And yet, no deubt, ,tho
result is gratifying to them.
What is the result? Apparently, the settle
ment of the vexed question of slavery or free
dom in Kansas. The position is about this: -
Missouri slaveholders import a majority of
fraudulent votes;, elect by those fraudulent
votes their candidates for the Legislature; de
nounce and declare deposed the Governor who
refuses to certify that these frauds are legal ;
prohibit the preaching of the gospel by minis
ters of tho Methodist Church North; and de
stroy the freedom of the press, so far as its ex-
crcise by the opponents of. slavery is concern-
ed. These are the performances of Missouri
slaveholders up to, the present time. What
, i " t j- a it
more we. are to lookjfor, no man can tell. -. ; ,
The situation is not a pleasant one for the
Administration. . Speculation asto the course
t'1' - f-
of such a Tresident.and such a Cabinet, as at
present control our domestic relations, must of
course.be extremely vague. What the hero of
.1
Greytown will think of the villification of his J
nnnntmonta l-.'o- tli nnniilir snvproiirin of I
. . . . .
Kansas and Missouri ia difficult to pronounce.
Perhaps he may send, out that sensible and a-
miable M. Piebre Socie, who will, like hon
est Bottom j 'roar as gently as a sucking dove,'
to these turbulent gentlemen, and compose
them into quietude. . Perhaps the filibuster-
ing part of his council will obtain the removal
of -Gov. Reedeu. Perhaps Mr. Marcy will suc
ceed in . sustaining an envoy, who certainly
holds his opinions. Perhaps but this is only
guess-work, and we are tired of it.
Something, however, must be done. The Pre
sident must take a stand, either on the side of
law, or in defence of anarchy. He cannot now
shun the responsibility of , decided measures.
He must declare whether he is an accomplice
in the scheme to add one more slave-state to ,
this Union; or whether he has enough of hon
or, of patriotism, and of nerve to maintain the .
laws of the land, . All that is at present expec
ted from him, is, that he will sustain and en
force even the Nebraska-Kansas' Bill. Will he
do it t We fear not. . We fear that Davis and
Dobbin, Saunders and Soule will have their
own wt in th matter and what that war !.
. , J
wno does pot know 7 .......
A few weeks will decide.' The irrevocable
step mast shortly be taken, andtheri it will
fnr tb Pmh of tbft North to unnak. and '
i,-'ti. r iw .. v. T:,:
the People of the North to act, m the exigen-
1 . . !;. .' . . " -. '
c-j may amana, - v
. Qttifl Clearfield. -' , )
SuaizhrfiirJ upegaiuih fellow that waa'bent
on matrimony.' V; .; :. . '
Wantfd a good ! blackwiith by Cilia Irwla A
Sons, at Lick lUn. Se ntie.. . . :s
Rctitrnitsr shirty the lumbermen from ifid
dletown and Marietta.
A-rnroachins the Virginia election. It will bo
held on the third Monday iu thid month.
Amtaintitirnt. Gov. Pollock has appointed Hen
ry Uavis, of Philadelphia, Leather Inspector.
rosssJ the bill Tor the sale oi uie iiatn imeoi
the Public Works. It now goes to the Governor.
In. demand linnen coats and white pants, 'mint
juleps,' and 'ice-cold lemonade,' with 'fly' in"t
At tt
again thd juvenile fjalithumpians last
PUntv 'buildins material1 on PriJaT night, in
he hats of some of the 'fast larks.' They were
exceedingly tanjrled about the lega." '
Sure, erov.kn editor out in Iowa, says they
don't brag of te size of their babies, but they are a
most uncommon sure' crop. ;
Destmetire Coiflasrratio?in Boston. About
-three acres of houses have been burned to ashes.
The loss is estimated at 5300,000. .
,
Had vtvrment one we have to walk over six or
cight times a day going up town. Looks bad.
Lou, fix it.
Coining out. The'Know othinrsof lassacbu-
sctts are about to publish an exposition of- the ob
jects and aims of their organization.
A fisht in Curwensville. tho other eveninj;. It
is a bad business boys, to "scratch out each others
eyes out." . .
Going to adjorirnuia Legislature, on the 8th
cf May. We think Gov. Pollock Ehould appoint a
day of thanss giving
Increasing our subscription list, and our con
fidence in the promises of our friends on tho riv
er. They are doing it up brown.
Patted the House the bill to remove the scat of
Government to Philadelphia.' It will no doubt
pass the Senate, and pertaps will be sanctioned by
toe uovernor. c nope not. nowever.
Slight?! 'corner" the Vhov that spread himself
on the platform of the stairs last Saturday night,
. . . . . r , . , ..-v - i .J -
tUinking ue was in ueu. Aever- uuu-i u n uu,
Loss. Pull up the quilt Rjid fix the pillow."
A dimness. '-I'm loosing my eyo-S'sht," said
a dashing young gent the other day. ,;Gucss its
only a Uimncsa." replied a wag. -producca by
looking througu tnica-Dottomea tumoiers.-
Xdjournel Court. An adjourned Court for the
trial of causes, will be held here, on the fourth
Monday, (and 25th day) of June. Some 6pecial
causes, in which Judge Burnside was concerned
tin an attorney, will be tried at that time
Got a rival Crum Creek, in the shape of "gem-
men ob- color," who has reecutly et. up a.t -a
knight of tho striped pole and scissors." .He's
ahead of Crum Creek about "two pegs." -Uo plays
on the banjo, instead of tho old fashioned fiddle
Evisram. A friend hnsfurnisbed the following
impromptu translation of a French Lpigraiu :
One surely cannot think too long,
' : Before ho takes a wife ;
- Indeed, we eannotcall him wrong, .
Who thin is of it all his life.
A fact that vou can always buy the cheapest
ar.d best goods from those wuo are iue most noer
al. Tho man who is too mean and penurious to
advertiso his stock is sure to charge you a higher
I price
and stick out for the lastcect. It you want
cheap goods, buy from thse who advertue.
lecture. IIon.G. T.- Barrett delivered alocture
on Monday evening, 1n the Episcopal Chapel, on
the Sabbath School Teacher. . Wo were not pres
ent, but Lear it universally commended, and have
no doubt it was able and entertaining. L. Jack
eon Crans. Eso., is to deliver a lecture in the same
1 . , r
place on tne secona .uonaay evening iu juuo
PTtm telcsrrapli. Our readers will no doubt be
surprised to learn that a telegraph has been cstab-
nshed between this place and Pontiaa, 111. A cer
tain gentleman fond of sportiug military titles, is
the operator here. -V?c advise him to look sharp
that his "battery" don't 'bust," and his intcrfor
enoe in other people's business end in a -blow up
On at a time. There are two or three papers
just now very anxious to get us into a controversy,
Have a little patience; we n aucna 10 you present
It. We don t like to deal with more than two
blackguards at a time, ana as soon ts we goi mro
with the editors of the "Jersey Shore News Let
tcr,
we 11 be at your service
lee erenn- For the purpose- of rccoinmod
tins the ladies and gentlemen ot our vii
lno durin? the hot weather, our' cntemrisinT
friend, Charley Greaff, is about opening a neatly
furnished, and pleasantly wtuatca ice v,ream e
loon, in tho house eouth of Hemphill's Hotel. We
advise our young friends to give him a call.
The Academy Shortly before going 'down the
river." we called tho attention of our citizens totbo
Card of the principal of the Academy, in another
oolurhn, whieh, perhaps, in the excitement of raft-
in? was overlooked. Very superior inducements
are offered to those wishing to o'jtain a good edu
cation, or to be fitted for lcachcr3.
Neii' subscribers. We have been promised
larso number of new subscribers this Spring, and
we are bookinz them, too, in very agreeable style.
But thero are still a hit-ire number of our American
friends in' the county who do not take this paper.
How many of thcui.wiil come forward this Spring,
and sustain it in its advocacy of tucir principles ?
The Wheat Crop'. We nre glad to hear the gen
eral observation of our friond, returning from be
low, that the grain in our county looks as well if
not better than it aocs east ot uie mountains.
Many of our fields proscnt a most promising ap
pcaranoc, and as the season advances the prospects
C iL. rn-.H . -v. n wnrwl AfAn rr rt rr Vif!rltttv anil
KeV. '
- jIltg ,;,j0s. S. France, formerly of this nlace.
now editing a paper at Pontiac 111. We have not
seen the paper and therefore don't know what it
tA,,1; " ,1via; ta tako cftro of nnm.
J bor one. ; The man that hides" his ute. and
eainnfl waving nearly every man in me village
I .ninns hia mat rfn nnorh fn hew&re how he throws
stones at other people." Keep , your eye skinned
Josey.
- W-the Chinklecamoose Itangors, or tho
UlHUUlUt4(IO. A Mi.- J 2wvw -.-.w.a wu
Saturday night last, and certainly succeeded in
makine noiso enoueh to attract attention. -The
beatine of drums, blowing of horns, jingling of
bells, and yelling of "young lnjms. made all the
windows tremble, seared an me oaoies, ana set au
thc dogs to barking within a mile of town.
A aeneral 'drunk? We are: sorry to chronicle
tho fact, that it seemed on Saturday night last as
if about one third of the whole male portion of our
cititens wer.con. a regular :'tear.' There is one fea
ture of the spree especially, that should cause some
I of them who were engagod in it. to '-hide their di
minished heads in shame." We moan the 'fact
that among tho crowd -were a number of bovs, .who
were Hreated' at the bar by those calling them
selves men, and" who,-if all reports are correct,
were beastly intoxicated
Hie lumber, trade. From Marietta we have a ru
mor that prices ' are very low that our men
are. selling L at - six, seven, and;.' eight ,-qents
From Columbia, however, we have authentic in
telligence that there are few sales, both parties be-
J ing firm in their determination to hold out, tho
one for low and tha other for high prices. The
sales reported are about a half cent lower than
last year. The Spy says, that pom a of the heavy
manufacturers say they will draw, their lumber
themselves before they will take less than last
years prices.' '- '- : -
' ' Correspondents. -We have nodoubt thatwebave
affronted a number of persons by taking no notice
of the productions . which they hare sent us at
different times since we have commenced the pub
lication of the Journal. It so we regret it; nut we
I prefer passing a communication over silently to
pointing out its faults, or refusing it publicly
. j and thus wounding me reennga or ana author
We are always glad to receive original articles,'
and will give them a p'ace in our columns when-
be J not) wo quietly put them in the stove
for I and say no more about it. We would bo espeoia!-
I y obliged to oar friends throughout the county
J theJ TwonIa wnd M fMta ln teuton to acaideta,
I . , , 1 . i
I improvements, ana an ar wwi wnirftn
v kWHISKEY INSttRnjECTIOS".
"AtChicagoi' vreek before last, the ; rani and
ager-beer dealers resolved ona demonstration
to over-awe the Court and prevent the en
forcement "of a city ordinance, raising the
price of a license tcr three hanired dollars
A nrocession of forejffTWis oft be lowestclass,
armed with Tiladgeons, andiieaded ;withdrnms
and fifes, marched to the frfmt of the building
where the Court was in session, and began
whooping, yelling, beating their drums, and
denouncing the license law. The Marshal of
the city soon appeared, and ordered them to
clear the street and sidewalks and disperse. ,
He was met by a positive refusal. A few po-
icemen coming to Ins asistance, he again or
dered the street cleared, and proceeded to ar
rest some of the ringleaders, who were bidding
him defiance, and haranguing the mob to stind
their ground. This was the signal 'for a melee.
The Marsnal and several of his aids were, in
the first rush, knocked down and severely bea
ten. A large u umber of citizens came to their
assistance, and "pitched in," some with their
canes, others with thoir fists." A posse of day
watchmen, constables and deputy snenns ar-,
rived very opportunely, and the fight became
general. Men fell every moment. In some
places two or three of the rowdies could be
seen oeating one policeman; in other parts of
the crowd, as it swayed backwards and for
wards, a stalwart "star" would be knocking
down the rummies right and lft, having half
a dozen about his fect at once.
After a sham strussle of rive or ten minutes
the Law and Order men gained , the battle.
The ringleaders of the rioters were rapidly
seized and rushed into the jail, which stood
close by the battle field. A large number of
vanquished beat a retreat into a drinking sa
loon near by. In there tho Marshal. and his
posse rushed and seized half a dozen of the
rioters, a short fight ensued, bloody heads and
bruised faces emerged ana were niarcnea
across the square into prison.
Durine this fight tweuty-nve or tmrty per
sons were injured some severely, one repor
ted fatally. Twenty arrests were made. For
a few hours all was quiet. During me aner
noon the report spread that the free whiskey
bovs were organizing and arming tor anoiner
demonstration. And sure enouyh, about 4:u
m. a l.irce iirocession, chiefly Germans,
came pouring down Randolph street, from the
"North Side," and halted infront of the Court
House, on the former battle grouna. oome
fifty of them were armed with muskets, the
remainder with pistols, Knives auu ciuua.
In the meanwhile the Marshal had sworn in
twenty special policemen, and was pretty well
prepared to give tho whiskey boys a warm re
Tir.n. As soon as thev blocked up the side
walks, be ordered his police to clear them, ana
the second fight immediately began. - 1
Khid-Tcons swuner in tne air. ana aesceiiucu
on men's heads. The crowd fought, roarea
nd swaved to and fro. on a much larger scale
thin at the first fizht. Every few seconds tne
sharp crack of a musket loaded with buck-shot,
r-oiild be heard, and in an instant alter the
person firing it would be knocked down by the
nolice nnd dragged oft' to jail.. Several of the
shots took effect, and policemen were woun
ded. 'We saw one of the "stars" snot m ir.e
si.li; while encarcd in a hand-to-hand light
with a lane rioter. The miscreant that shot
liim 1ro!ni;d his weanon and fled.. A citizen
pursued him, and alter a sharp race came
n and noured the contents of his revol
ver into the coward's back, who fell, and was
then dragged off to jail.. 1 he musketeers were
soon beaten, captured, or dispersed, while the
remainder of the rioters scattered in all.direc-
tions.- Four of the police were wounded 'by
fire arms, two of them severely perhips mor
tally. One had his right arm shattered, and
since amputated. A citizen naa ins mumu
broken bv a stray slnir. A lawyer, while sit
ting ia his office, was struck on the side of his
bead bv a buck-shot which danced around
one section of the skull, tearing up the scalp
to the bone. A lanre number of persons were
injured by blows on the bead, arms or body.
Forty or buy arrests were mane, ana ine onen
ders denosited in prison to undergo a trial
The riot was quelled, and peace restored after
about thirty minutes fighting, l ne crowa mat
was attracted to the scene ot hostilities num
bered many thousands.
Durinz the evening it was reported that an
other demonstration would be made by the
rowdies. " A portion of .the Military was or-
dcred under arms; and towards nigntiau incy
Bi-rn marched lin to the Court nouse Square,
and then detailed off as sentries, and posted
at the corner of Wells, Madison, Clark and
Lake streets, at the distance of a b'.ocii .lroru
the Square. A loaded cannon was planted on
Randolph street, and all persons were lorbid
den to penetrate within the guarded space.
Some companies were held m reserve ior emer
srcncies and to relievo the ruaru. ine Street:
were thus watched throughout Saturday night
and all day Snndav. Crowds were not permit
ted to assemble near that portion of the city
which was thus placed under martial law. ine
rnt -n-aa inmn pii- v duelled, anil tuc rinrioau
ers were imprisoned or intimidated. !
Judge ETClnro on the Lisenso Question."
Tho following extract is from -a recently de
livered opinion of Judge M'Clubb of Pitts
burg,' who hns refused to hear any application
for license in Alleghany County1. It seems to
us to be anew view of the lato Act of the
Legislature. " ' : ""'
The verv first' section of the act of April,
18-55, enacts, "that all laws, or parts of Jaws,
inconsistent with tho provisions of thisact, be
and tho same arc hereby repeaiea." mere
is no law in existence, making it the duty of
tha Court to ffr'ant anv license under any cir
cumstances. Now, the Court' is as much
bound to disregard, repealed laws, as it is to
obey those that arc in force. Here then, the
multitudinous "laws ana parts oi laws, mo
mass and accumulation of more than a century,
guiding and directing the action of the licen
sing power, are.all swept away in a moment,
for each and all of them "are inconsistent with
the provisions of the' act" of April, 1855. A
tavern license is not a license to keep tavern;
hit is a license to sell intoxicating drink. An
application is made for a license; the couri is
satisfied of the fitness of the applicant, , the
sufficiencv of accommodation, the good re
pute of the signers to the certificate that
such tavern is necessary to accommodate the
public, and entertain strangers and travelers.
Now, these were very good reasons a year ago,
but they are no reasons now. The law that
made these reasons has been' repealed their
legal existence has ceased, and tio court at
least can re-enact them. The letter and the
spirit of the act of April, 18w, is the. total
abolition of the retail license.
; Bio Timber. The edi'torof the Warren Ui
Ztr tells the following story m his log book :
We saw a log manufactured into lumber at
Hall & Fisher's Mills, on Tionesta Creek, that
made 1015 feet of clear stuff, besides about 100
feet of common; - The lumber at tho mill,
from .that, one log. is worth at least $21.00,
and in the market below would be worth about
$3Q.O0. The treo from which thia log was ta
tAn' will Drobably make about $100.00 worth
of lumber. There is no need of going to Cal
ifornia . while; such trees are plenty here.
They say that there are two or three logs in
their pond that will beat this one,"
Goon Advice. In a lecture npon the 'Irish
Emigrant,' recently delivered by Robert C.
Barry, Esq., before the Irish Social and Be
nevolent Society, we find the following pas
sage. ; It contains much of sound advice, ap
propriately and pertinently expressed :
"As an American, I welcome to the soil f
.my country each and every' emigrant who
brings with h'"m a reputation for honesty, in
dustry and sooriety, pObr though he may be.
Thanks to God, "however, poverty is not yet
decreed a crime. And to the newly arrived
Irish emigrant, " in all candor, I would say,
neither stop nor loiter on the seaboard; rather
seek a homestead in the healthful air of the
country, or go out to the fertile and magnifi
cent regions of the West; clear away the for
ests, erect habitations, and diligently culti
vate the earth. If you have mechanical ge
nius, 6eek without delay employment; if a la
borer, look at once for work ; yon can obtain
it if you try. Whatsoever your calling, be
not idle; for it is a truthful apothegm that
idleness is the parent of all vice
"Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant.
Let the dead Past bury its dead;
Act! act! in the living present,
- Heart within, and God o'er head."
Be frugal and temperate, with spendthrift
hand scatter not to the winds the wages of
our daily toils, and thereby become depen
dents on the public charity ; educate, educate
liburally your children, lor the road or prefer,
ment in this land is open alike .for the lofty
and the lowly; ever bear in mind that knowl
edge is far more desirable than wealth; instil
not yourself, nor suiter others to intuss into
their youthlul minds, the poison ot religious
bigotry. Enjoy your own sectarion dogmas,
frequent your own church, and kneel at tho
altar of your childhood's faith ; interfere not,
nor intermeddle with the politics or religion
of your neighbors, for the American people
are extremely sensitive on these topics; eschew
political and sectarian discussions Tor they are
in truth productive of no good; be mindful of
your own affairs and look not after the business
of others, thereby preventing discord and ill
will. Avoid all private feuds, and shun pub
lic commotions; keep steadily in view the dis
grace and punishment attendant on viola
tions of the law; draw closely around you, by
kind words and deeds, your family, your
friends and all with whom you may bi brought
in contact: intermingle froe'y with our peo
ple, learn our manners, habits and customs ;
become, as it were, in mind, heart, and soui
nationalized, and yon cannot fail m winning
your way to their respect, esteem and confi
dence ; and abovo ill things
"To thine ownself be truo.
And it must follow as the night the day
. Thou canst not then be false to any man."
DECAY OF THE ZOMISH CEUSCH.
A universal blight seems to have settled
down upon the Roman Catholic Church
throughout the world; and wc may look upon
its present struggle Tor supremacy in tins
country as its death-throes. If it cannot gain
a permanent footing here, there is no chance
for it, and it must return to the rarentot uaric
ness whence it emanated. Even in Ireland, the
land of Saints according to both Protestant
and Catholic authority, the Infallible" is
doomed. We arc told that the work of refoi
mation has prospered to an extant unparalleled
since the days of the Apostles. Many thou
sands, who, a short time ago, bowed down to
the idol-godjs of Rome, are now constant
worshipers iif the Church' of Christ in Ireland.
The people are all returning to the ancient
faith of their fathers, and were it not for tho
encouragement and support Popery meets with
from English statesmen, it wculd soon be ut
terly repudiated by the whole body of tho
people. The most able advocate of the Romish
political party in Ireland (the Sation newspa
per) thus acknow ledges the reality of the rcf
ormational movement; -'Ireland is ceasing to
be a Roman Catholic nation. In many parish
es the priest gazes on his empty chapel.'
With the youth of Connaught reared ; up to
hate the faith of their race and nation, tho
(Roman) Catholic Church in Ireland will noed
a defence association of guardian angels ta
save it from extinction." The Duhiin Eve
ning Post (also a Roman Catholic psper) of
November 11, 1851, confesst-s the sarau f;"-c::
'The success of the proselyfers in almost
rrrry pait of t4e country, and we are told in
the metropolis, is beyond all the worst misgiv
ings could have dreamt of."
ARREST 01- A CATHOLIC PSIS'T.
A priest was recently arrested in I.ewiatown
for al using a boy on the street. We clip t'u
following particulars from the .farora.
We have been requested to give a st itoraont
of the difficulty which lei to the Triest's ar
rest, and we shall do so. It appears that the
PHost was eroin? to some point on Valley
asked who had done the mischief, when the-
'niltv bov pointed to Mr. Price's son, who was
then "on Sunderland's corner wending his way
to school, and said that he had threw the haU.
whereupon the Priest went up to where ho was,
pulled his ears and struck him several times
and afterwards ; kicked him. The boy then
went home, tho Priest following after, but the
little fellow getting there first, ran in an!
locked tho door. Upon arriviug at the hruo
the Priest knocked and was admitted by Mrs.
Price, and about the same time a neighbor
wpman, who had been a witness to the whole
afiair, went in to explain the difficulty, and up
on attempting to do. so, was interrupted by
his Reverence repeatedly calling her a liar.
Mrs. Price then very properly ordered him to
leave the house. This ia the truth of tho case,
as will be proven before the court.
' c . ivnttn rviTfn States. The Wash'
inglon Star gives tho most emphatic denial to
the rumors that have lately prevauou,
g-ird to the relations existing between Spain
and the Aaministrauoa,
Cauiey has been sent to apprise Concha that
tho practice of overhauling amenwu coc-
inthetfult win, uuiesa uw
diflSculty, and further to assure him that ha
may dismiss all fears of the successful depart
ure of filibustering expeditions from the Uni
ted States. The belligerent tone of the Wash'
inelon Union has so alarmed the merchants of
New York that there is talk of their sending
a deputation to Washington to ascertain wheth
er the tone or the Union is to be taken as the
President's sentiments in respect to Cuba. It
is shrewdly suggested by the Star, that the
war-cry was got up to aid the Virginia elec
tion, and that when that is over, we will hear
no more of "sinking Spanish ships of wr'
The Star is generally regarded as one of the
President's mouth-pieces at Washington ; tms
it is something singular that it IlOUd wa-"
run counter to the course pursued by tho
Union.- If the utterances of the latter i ire to
be taken with much caution, those of the for
mer are not to be toojmplicitly rehed upon.
Dead Mrs Nicol.better known aa.'Cnrrer
Bell," who has established a lasting, reputa
tion by her "Jane Erre," "Srley" . wj'4
lott " She died at her father's house, at
rHaworth in Yorkshire.-- '- ' ' : ' "
GaAi.There are now in store' at Toledo
no ess than 23,000 barrels of flow, 47
bushels of wheat, and 114,000 bushel, of corn.
All this is waiting for th opening of naviga
tion at Buffalo,
street, and had just turned outof Thirl stres.,
when a boy from the opposite pavement throw
a snow ball and hit hiiu. He turned aoout and
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