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Clearfield, Pa.' Wednesday, Nor 21, 1855.
(Crowded Oct. -We hav e been compelled
to omit our Pencil Notes this week- Sorry
for it, but it can't be helped. They'll be all
the racier in our next.
A. Rafting Fksh. There ii a good flood
in the river, and a number of rafts have passed
down. "We don't suppose there will be a very
large quantity, after last spring's experience.
'Glka flops. We learn that the old Tavern
Stand at Glen Hope has been taken by Mr.
Benjamin F. Alexander, who is prepared to
accommodate all who may five him a call.
We-hare bo doubt he will keep a good - house.
,Qcibt. What's become of the "Clearfield
Library Association V Who has the funds ?
Where are the books, &c J It's about time
r ome account was given to the subscribers
who paid in their money, and have not yet re
ceived any consideration for .it.
'Wanted a smart, active boy, to learn the
printing business. A lad about thirteen years
of age, from the country," would be preferred,
who is willing to do what he's told, and does
not imagine that he's a man grown because he
can swear, smoke, and chew tobacco.
t To E.; A. C. Under other circumstances
would be pleased to publish your poetry,
but we fear it would only open a wound par
tially healed, and perhaps hasten the end of a
mother now almost at the point of death. We
hope this will be a sufficient excuse.
Covet Affairs. We publish in another
column the Trial and Jury List, Registers No
tice, Sheriff's Sales and other matters pertain
ing to the next Court, which meets on the
third Monday in December. We learn that
there are a number of important Common
wealth cases to be tried, and that it will prove
"an interesting Court. : We publish the Trial
List and Jury List, simply as a matter of lo
cal news, as we have'nt the good fortune to re
ceive any sh re of the patronage belonging to
the ' Commissioner's office. Ever since we
commenced the publication of the Journal, we
have inserted them "free, gratis, for nothing.'-'
CocsTEaxEiT Director. We Lave received
copy of ?-Kexme dy 's Bank Note f ud Commer
cial Review," published at Pittsburg, and af
ter a carerul examination, we . have . come to
the conclusion that it is the very best work of
the kind extant. Business men will ;:d it an
invaluable aid in all their transactions. To
each subscriber, a valuable "Supplement,"
containing fae similes' the roost dangerous
counterfeits, is sent free of charge. The agent,
Mr. J. D. Mallort, will be in town in a few
days, to receive subscription. Is is sent
weekly Tor $3 per annum., Semi monthly for
$2, and monthly for $1. Published by Ken
nedy & Brother, No. 72, 3d St. Pittsburg.
The Railroad. We learn that the sub
scription to the stock of the Tyrone and Clear
field Railroad, in this county and Philipsburg,
has reached $90,000 00. It will require but a
trifling exertion to add the requisite $10,000
to make it $100,000 00. This, with what wo
may reasonably expect from Philadelphia, and
6ther places interested, will be sufficient to
obtain the Letters Patert, and commence
work upon the road. When it is once com
menced there is no danger whatever of its be
ing abandoned. We think onr' prospects for
a Railroad are brightning, and it will only re
quire energy, an 1 united effort on the part
of its friends", to secure its success.
: Ah Exco&skment. The following letter,
from the Rev, C. Jeffries, who has recently
returned to ur County, is such an endorse
ment of our course, as we cannot refiain from
publishing, however egotistical it may appear
Those who are acquainted with Mr. Jeffries,
can properly appreciate the compliment:
t JtrFRias, Nov. 14. 1355.
Ma. Swoope. Dear Sir:1 wish yon would for
ward to my address your invaluable Journal.
When I say invaluable, I mean it, for the paper
that will fearlessly advocate Americanism, and
opposition to the extension of Slavery, is destined
(olire a leading Pharos, when the truckling sheets
ef the Roman Slavocracy shall hare passed into a
grave that knows no resurrection. Send to Jeff
riea P. 0., Clearfield Co., Pa.
: Yours, in the right cause,
, C. JEFFRIES.
" Th Graveyard. On Friday, a Dumber of
our citizens met together, and spent the day
in cleaning up the graveyard. This was most
eommendible, and if they will spend a day or
two more next spring, In planting a few trees
and some shrubbery,' we will have one of the
most lovely burial-grounds in th e country.
7 We understand that they intend devoting
next Tuesday to the same purpose. They
desire those who reside in the country, who
are interested, to bring trees to plant out, and
with their teams, haul some gravel &c. It is
also Important ' that those who have friends
buried there, should come and point out the
graves, as many f them-are-unknown, and
those which are unclaimed, it is intended to
fill up and arrange in decent order, This is a
re'ry iramportant matter, and our citizens
should attend to it. Nowfsthe time, because
in the Spring, we are generally all "down the
river," and if it it not attended to this fall,
the matter will be entirely" neglected, Jo our
wUttiaj disgrace as a people," " "
Pbesidehtial. We hare received a line
from Ex-Gov Sxward ofNew York, accom
panied!; with an old Campaign life of Gen.
Scott requesting us to ho'ret the Old Hero's
name fo the Presidency. !" We think the re
quest decidedly cool, and only wonder' that
Billy did'nt mark the wood cut of "Gen. Scott
aial the Irish Prisoners,"- or remind ns of his
love for the "rich-Irish brogue and the sweet
German accent I", However much we may
admire Gen. Scott, as the greatest - Military
Chieftain of the age, and despise the con
temptible conduct of th? Pierce Administra
tion in. endeavoring to cheat him out of the
'back pay' clearly awarded to him by the Act
of Congress, yet we are not. quite., prepared, to.
support him for the Presidency. Nor, would
our inclination to do so be enhanced by the
fact of Ex-Gov. Seward's endorsement. We
don't belong to the Seward school of politics,
and have just as little sympathy with the mad
ravings of his Abolition toadies, as we have
with the fana'ical Scesessionists of the South.
We dont exactly understand this move of
Gov. Seward. We supposed he was aspiring
to the Presidency himself, why then, make
this attempt in favor of Gen. Scott? lie cer
tainly can not suppose, for a moment, that
Gen. Scott stands any chance, either of a nom
ination by any party, or of an election 1 Can
any of our cotemperaries tell us "what's up?".
Thanksgiving. Tomorrow, has been set
apart by the Governor, as a day of Thanksgiv
ing and praise to the Almighty, for His mani
fold blessings and mercies. It is becoming
that we set. aside, all worldly business, and
unite in giving thanks to that God who has so
signally blessed us as a people. While other
portions of our country have suffered from
pestilence and disease, we have been spared
and permitted to enjoy the blessings of health
and prosperity. While War, with its long
train of horrors, has desolated other lands, our
beloved Union has still been preserved in con
cord and peace. "We have had a rich and
an abundant harvest; the flood of European
wickeduess that has so long been pouring up
on our shores, blighting the fair prospects of
our country, has been checked; in all tilings
Providence has smiled . upon our land, and
from every heart should rise up a grateful song
of praise for His innumerable blessings! Let
ns, then, "offer unto God thanksgiving, and
pay our vows r.nto the Most High !"
The Next Congress. The elections for Con
gressmen have now all been held, and we think
it would puzzle somebody wiser than even a
"Philadelphia Lawyer," to classify the mem
bers elected, with any degree of accuracy. It
would seem however that there are but 76 reg
ular Democrats to 157 Opposition, but when it
comes to distinguishing the component parts
of that opposition, we are free to acknowledge,
we are 'dost in a fog." . There are Know No
things, Whigs, Free Soilers, Republicans, aud
a best of other names "too numerous to men
tion." There will bo some fun when they
come to organize the House. We suppose the
great question w ill be the contested seat be
tween Reedeb and Whitfifld, from Kansas,
and this will, no doubt, be made the test in its
organization. If so, it is to be hoped, that the
members from the Free States will be united,
and not waste their strength on imaginary di
visions and differences.
Scafcitt of Provisions. It is rather sin
gular, after the plentiful harvest, that there
should be such a general complaint, in our
neighborhood, of the scarcity of provisions, and
that flour should be hauled into our county
and sojdat $12,00 per barrell. We presume
it is because our farmers are holding back for
higher prices. Those who do so, and thus
speculate otf the necessities of their friends
aud neighbors, deserve, if possible, to be made
keep their crops lying in their barns until
they will be glad to sell them for a fair price.
It seems to us that the present price of wheat
here, $1.75 per bushel, is sufficiently high to
remunerate the farmer for his time and labor,
and that he ought not to demand more, but
supply the wants of those around him, many
of whom are actually suffering for want of
grain. Present appearances indicate that we
are going to have a harder winter than the
last. If so, God help the poor!
1 he Aews. In consequence of a series of
articles looking to a rupture between this
country and England, put forth by the Lou
don Timet a considerable panic prevailed all
over the continent, and rumors were prevalent
that the American Minister had demanded his
passports, and a war between the two countries
was inevitable. A despatch from Mr. Bccha
fA2f contradicting the rumor, partly subdued
the feeling on the subject, still ruucfi uneasi
ness prevails in the public mind. The intelli
gence from the seat of war is not of much mo
ment. The allies have returned from their
late advance, to their previous fortresses, and
it is not likely that any further operations will
take place during the approaching winter.
The British government has prohibited the
exportation to all foreign countries of saltpe
tre, nitrate of soda, sulphate of potash, muri
ate of potash and chloride of potash.
State Council or Massachusetts The
American State Council of Massachusetts as
sembled at Worcester, on Wednesday. The
question of electing delegates to the Bolters'
American National Convention in Cincinnati,
on the 30th of November, opened the' subject
of slavery, and several members opposed the
sending. of delegates. Governor Gardner,
and other prominent leaders, favored the elec
tion of delegates, and Governor Gardner and
Henry Benchley were finally chosen dele
gates at large, with one delegate f rom each
Congressional district. A motion was adopt
ed, declaring vacant all the seats in the Coun
cil held by persons who had gone into session.
A Sehtijcest. Somebody, called. on for a
sentiment, gave: ;
The prtsent Governor' r JVfxjjjcA iLietts Th
sreatoct Gardener in the Stato. He raised the
iggeat txot in 1854. ever r&Wi in New England.
Gov. Reeder at Easton. From the speech
of Governor Reeder at Easton, his old home,
we make the following extracts :
Six months ago, I spoke to you on this old
and familiar ground, and recounted to you, as
truth and candor required, the wrongs which
have been done to our people, and the outra
ges which had been committed upon the Con
stitution and the doctrines of self-government.
I told you then that our people, though few
and weak, were firm and strong in their reli
ance in the justice of the nation and the pow
er of an enlightened public opinion- I. said
to you although compelled to wait for a pro
pitious time and the exhaustion of peaceful
remidie, they would never sit down in' per
manent submission, to the -yoke that had been
set uon, their necks, nor tamely bear th&
shackles of white slavery, which gulfed their
limbs.' And sooner even than I looked for,
have our prospects brightened and our hoj.es
increased.. In spite of mtoleronce and pro
scription and slander in spite of pertinacious
tyranny regarding no right too sacred to in
vade and no Draconian code too fierce to ini
pore in spite of the most insolent attempts
to perpetuate an ill-gotten power ancLtbe most
elaborate contrivances to secure it ia spite
of the complicity of a Chief Magistrate who
has proven faithless to his high trust and en
couraged the wrong by bis otlicial acts of com
mission and f omission and justified it by au
thoritative articles in bis official organ and
who has allowed our enemies te use and abuse
for their nefarious iends nine-tenths of his po
litical patronage in the territory in spite of
all these, 1 say, we begin to see what looks
like the dawn of a hotter day for Kansas.
In spite of a chaotic mass of scattered men,
each struggling among the hardships and pri
vations of a frontier life to provide food and
shelter for themselves and families and . not
knowing friends from enemies individuals
and whole neighborhoods strangers to each
oilier without organization or concerted ac
tion, they have Iiccome now an organized and
efficient party conducting their primary elec
tions having their committees and sub-com-mittees
throughout the Territorj. 'They have
met in regular convention of delegates, with
every district represented, have adopted a
platform of principles which in its conserva
tism and liberality, puts to shame the intoler
ance of our opponents and gives the lie direct
to the unmeaning cry of Abolitionism, with
which it is sought to brand every man who will
not proclaim that n?gro Slavery is a blessing
in itself.and that white Slavery should be tol
erated without a murmer. They have, for the
first time, had an opportunity to know their
strength, and are cheered with the conviction
that their numerical superiority is as three to
one, and that they have out numbered ail the
vote of their opponents including even the
nonresidents. They have seen, as the mists of
slander and misrepresentation cleared away,
large numbers of late misguided and deceived
opponents, flocking to their standard and rat
lying around their flag. They. have opnly "re
pudiated the vile coda of a f: reign-elected
legislature, and by the moral power of their
position they have seen its whole machinery
made impotent and stationary its magistrates
disregarded and ashamed of their functions
its courts silent an 1 empty its officers idle
its taxes uncollected, even from its own politi
cal friends and its unconstitutional penalties
a scoff and a l;y-vord. They hive seen men,
who, in March last craa into our territory as
part of the force that invaded our polls, recent
ly become resident s and join the the ranks of
ihe Free-State Party, atii having held an elec
tion with all the forms and all tho correctness
that would do credit to any community, they
have elected fitty-two delegates of character
and intelligence, representing every district,
who are now engaged in tho formation of a
State Constitution, to be submitted to Con
gress. .
I have spoken to you in general t erms of the
acts and conduct of tho legislature, and it may
be well to refer to them more in detail:
First as its origination, certain censorious
gentlemen, who sit quietly at borne and phil
osophize the matter in their own way, under
take to find fault with mc for granting any
certificates of election at all. Without stop
ping to inquire whether these gentlemen would
not have granted them all, had they been in my
situation, I will only say that such a cearge
betrays ignorance of the facts of the case.
Each disrrict and precinct must, ef churse
stand on its own merits, and it would have
been rediculous to set aside all of them be
cause illegal votes had been polled in some.
It would have been equally rediculons to set
aside a district in which I did not know that
illegal votes had been polled. These gentle
men take the absurd opiuion that my action
then should be judged by the knowledge we
have note. I had provided for the voters of
the Territoty the opportunity, the mode and
the time to complain of illegal votes, and the
right to a full hearing, and in none of the dis
tricts iu which certificates were granted was
there a protest filed as directed by the procla
mation, nor was I at the time made acquaint
ed with facts to justify a refusal. Seven elec
tion districts were set aside, all for the disre
gard of the forms prescribed by the proclama
tion, and those compromised all and more
than all of the cases in which complaints had
been filed. New elections were then ordered
and upon them certificates granted which the
Legislature at their meeting disregarded, and
although by the organic act the certificates of
the Exeutive are made the evidence of due
election by legal votes, and uow power is giv
en to the Legislature to Judge ol the qualifi
cations of members, those who had such cer
tificates were ejected and their places filled
by men who had no title to scats whatever.
Americans Forewarned, Forearmed ! The
New York Mirror thinks the American Party
have a glorious opportunity. before them to
achieve great success in the next Presidential
contest, aud says: "Let wise connscls pre
vail, and the t-trong republican element of
Protestant Americanism may now be elevated
and inaugurated as the ruling spirit of the
Union. Romanism is scarcely deserving the
namo of a religion. It is simply a secret or
der, struggling subtly and unscrupulously for
temporal power, and using the sacred name of
Chri&t as a cloak for its sins. It is for this
reason that we oppose it, that we protest
against it, aud that we regard its active jesuit
ical agents as disqualified for the discharge of
the executive offices of the Republic. There
is a system of espionage and proselytism con
nected with this powerful hierarchy", that ren
ders the whole system of Romanism incom
patible with Republicanim. It is based upon
the ignorance and superstitions of the masses.
and crowned by the love of ritual splendor and
easy absolution among the vainer, wickeder
and wealthier classes. There is not a word
spoken against Romanism at a dinner table,'
overheard by Catholic waiters, that may not
lie repeated at the Vatican, if the Pope so
wishes it. The servant .behind your chair
tells the Priest at the Confessional, the Priest
tells the Bishop, the Bishop tells the Cardinal,
and the Cardinal tells the Pope. The whole
system is one wide whisper gallery; and its
tyranny ever has . been, and always will.be.
commensurate with its power. Therefore ev
ery honest friend of Freedom and numanitv
must boldly protest against it." - ".
Mount ViayoH.-The Inquirer states that be
tween $60,000 and. $70,000 of the purchase
money has already been collected
The Connecticct Platform. In Connecti
cut the Americans have bold their .. Stat
Councils, and adopted the following, platform
of principles! f ?. p ? j ' . - 'i
Resolved. That we declare the following; to
be the principles of the American Party of
Connecticut, and we call upon all honest', citi
zens to rally together for their support. ' '
: 1." Maintenance of the Union of these United
States as the paramount political good ; or to
use the language of Washington, "the prima
ry object of patriotic desire." And hence the
recognition of the rights of the several States,"
as expressed and reserved in the Constitution;
and a careful avoidance, by the General Gov
ernment, of all interference with their rights
by Legislative o'r Executive' action. , 1
2. Obedience to the Constitution of these
United States as the supreme law of the land,
obligatory alike on all.
S. A revision and modification of the laws
regulating immigration, and the settlement of
immigrants.' Otlering to the honest immi
grant, who, from love of liberty or hatred . of
oppression, seeks an asylum in the United
States, the projection of our flag and our laws
but unqualified opposition to the-transmis-sion
to our shores of criminals and paupers.
4 A radical change of our Naturalization
Laws.
5. The support for political stations exec
utive; legislative, judicial or diplomatic of
those only who do not bold civil allegiance, di
rectly, or indirectly, to any foreign power,
whether civil or ecclesiastical, and who are
Americans by birth, or by thorough education
and training: thus fulfilling the maxim,
"Americans oxly shall Ggvers America.''
The protection of all persons in legal and pro
per exercise of their civil lightsand privilege ;
the" maintenance of the right of every man to
the lull, unrestrained and peaceful enjoy incut
of his own religious opinions and worship.
6. The education of the youth of our coun
try in schools provided by the State, which
schools shall be common to all, without dis
tinction of creed or party, and free from any
influence or direction of a denominational
or partizan , character. And inasmuch as
Christianity, by the constitutions of nearly all
the States, and by the consent of the people of
America is considered an element of our poli
tical system, and as the Holy Bible is at once
the source of Christianity, and the depository
and fountain of all civil and religions freedom,
we oppose every attempt to exclude it from
the schools thus established in the States.
7. We advocate Protection to American in
dustry and genius, against the adverse" policy
of foreign nations; also, facilities to internal
and external commerce, by the improvement
of rivers and harbors.
b. The unconditional restoration of that
time-honored prohibition known as the Mis
souri Compromise, which was destroyed in
utter disregard of the popular will ; a wrong
which no lapse of time can paliate, and no
plea for its continuance can justify. And
that we will use all constitutional means to
maintain the positive guarantee of that com
pact, until the object lor which it was enacted
has been consummated by the admission ol
Kansas and Nebraska Free States.
9. That Connecticut will never consent to
the extension of Slavery over the common do
main of the United State; but on the contrary,
believing that the free institutions, which an
experience almost coeval with the life of the
Republic, ha-s proved to be good for her, nre
and will be good lor all future commonwealths,
sue will strive to the best of her ability, to ex
clude the relation of human bondage from the
Hwatioaal Territories.
10. - That it is the duty of the General G ov
er. imer.t to protect, even by armed interven
tion, if necessiry, the people of the Territories
in the exercise ot the right of suffrage," and
that the National .Administration which, ne
glects to perform this duty is recreant alike to
the Constitution and the best interests of the
Union".
11. The union of these States should le
made perpetual by a fcithfiil adherence to the
principles embodied in the Declaration of In
dependence, and confirmed by the Constitution.
12. All the principles of the Order to be
henceforth everywhere openly avowed; each
member shall be at liberty to make known the
existence of the Order, and the fact that he
himself is a member. ,
Can a Roman Catholic Prii.st Contract a
Legal Marriage in this Country ; This is
an inporUnt quest ien, and one that is likely
to be settle I by the decision of a Court in
Jirooklin, N. Y. ' A suit is m-w pending, of
which the New York Jlveniu?; I'oit gives the
following account:
t "The- suit, as novel in its character as. it is
important, is brought by the widow of one
Charles Smith, a Catholic Priest, deceased in
18-31, to recover her dower in certain lands
conveyed by her husband, in the alienation of
which she did not join with him. Tho lauds
in question consist of two lots in Jay t.trect,
Brookl3;n, now valued at $10,000, of which in
1818 Chas. Smith was seized, and which in the
same year he conveyed in lee to Archbishop
Hughs for thy sum of $1GOO, They are oppo
site St. James' Church, of which Smith was the
pastor, and the defendant, Laughtin. who is
the Roman Catholic Bishop of Brooklyn, is
now in possession of the property, as tenant.
Tho plaintitl'claims lo have been the. wife of
Charles Smith at the time of the conveyance
of the property, and for many years0 proviou-,
and to have two children by him, who are both
living. The defendent denies that the plain
tiff was the wife of Smith, and sets up that the
property was purchased, held and conveyed in
a fiduciary capacity."
The simple question involved is whether a
Roman Catholic Priest can, under our laws,
contract a legal marriage. There is in this
case nc doubt about the fact that the usual
marriage ceremony was f ully performed ; and
the only issue is Avhether the Church has
greater rights than the State. We shall watch
the result with considerable interest, and
chronicle the final decision.
The Case Well Stated. The St. Anthony
Republican sums up the issue before the coun
try in a brief and comprehensive manner. It
says that in one half of the States of this Un
ion, free labor is declared to be the basis of
commercial and political prosperity. In the
other half free labor is declared to le impolitic,
unnatural and dangerous. In half of the
States, the elevation of the masses is syste
matically sought as one of the great ends for
which society exists. In the other half the
elevation of a few, and the depression of the
mass, is the order of things favored by the
government and by leading statesmen. Thus
the struggle in our nation is between two es
sentially hostile elements Democracy and
Aristocracy. The federal government must
be controlled in accordance with the funda
mental idea of f reedom and Equality of Rights,
or its energies must bo directed by the oppo
sing principles of Domination of the Few over
the Many. Which of these is jiost, agreeable
to the original design of the fathers of the Re
public? Which, most perfectly realize the
doctrines of the revolution?
An Indian Lawyer. Col Rogers, a half
breed Cherokee, has commenced an argument
before the Court of Claims in the celebrated
Cherokee case, in wich, Cherokeea who have
become citizens of the United . States, claim
the sum of $170,00, under provisions of the
freMyr.fl83o.-5 .. - -
jiisage pn te .L,Ains.-4 oxg-curj-oe atmua-
pheric pheneTmyvjlnCTsctl ty-nia.&y 6f
uur tiuicus luia itturimij.vsoun alter suuxisd.
The Lake wa seemingly lilted up so as to Ihe
plainly visible ; all the intervening fcpacoj in
cluding the Heuse'cf Refuge, Lake View,&c,
were entirely lost siirht of.: Th i iut.
mnnp north', amu'areil trv'. cr-r.n.l ' A,..ji i t
- o i i - - ivdiuit me
shore and terminated, in ftbe vaterV not -over
half a mile distant Tfaii cnrioua spectacle;
-was witnessed by many citizens, especiallv in
the western part of the city, where the view
was uninterrupted by intervening buildings.
" In some parts of the world mirage is very"
common, I ut none in our locality. It is ac-
eve of the. spectator .obiects..-ikatin
normal state, would be hidden by intervening
highlands or by the earth's sphericity'. Many
superstitions', such as "The Flying Dutchman,'
&c., are the result ol this. phenomenon.
Rochester. U.ion, Oce. 30. , ,
Desire for Scalis. The Eiigli.sh' newspa
pers are ' recommending a new feature to be
introduced into the eastern war. The London
Ptst, of a recert date, suggests the, employ
ment of a force of Indians, against the enemy.
It disclaims, however, any intention of recom
mending the characteristic cruelties of savage
warfaie. It says :-- Without introducing the
practices of, savages to the warfare on tohalf
of civilization, there is no doubt we might find
most ' valuable irregular troops in ths North
American Indians, ot-s fighting men,fbut as
scouts. - The stealthy character of their own
system of war would fit them admirably for the
task of watching the enemy, aud not a move
ment conld escape their vigilance. " It is wor
thy of note, - that" of the four great ' actions
which have taken place since our troops land
ed in the Crimea, two. have partaken largely
of the character of surprises, and very many
of the disadvantages arising from want of pre
paration would have been obviated in both ca
ses had a body of Red Men been prowling du
ring the night in the valley of the Tchcruaya.'
A Paragon of a Woman. The Indianapo
lis Journal gives the following account of a la
dy residing in Paris, Tennessee, lk r exam
ple is worthy of imitation, not so much as re
gards the extraordinary fecundity she hasher
self exhibited, as the generous conduct she
has manifested towards those not of her own
blood. We are sorry that we cannot give her
name In full. The matron ia question . is a
Mrs. D , now eighty-seven years old. She
had twenty three living children, and prayed
to the good Lord to. give .her one more, to
make the round and goodly number of two
dozen. Bssides these, she has raised four
teen orphan children. She has educated thir
ty children her own and a portion of the or
phans and f ormany years sent nineteen chil
dren to school in Paris, and theirdinneis with
them. She says that none she has reared and
educated have ever disgraced her or them
selves. ' The girls have all married well, and
are rich. The boys have all done well one
of her orphan proteges has been in Congress,
several others in the State Legislature; there
are sundrv Colonels.
&c ,a:norisr them and all
are highly respeetabl
Ths Election anu - ths Administration.
The Administration organs in various citi.-s
have been dwelling with so much unction up
ou the result of the recent election in this
Stte, as an endorsement ef the Fierce policy,
that we canuot retVuiu from commending to
their notice the following editorial paragraph,
extracted from the Easton Argus, a staunch
Democratic paper, which supported 1'lumer
and the whole tickdt all through the laic can
vass ; .
"We notice that ah' effort is made in cer
tain quarters to construe the late Democratic
triumph in Pennsylvania into an endorsement
of the present National Administration. It
must require a peculiar pair of spectacles to
see any such meaning in the result, and we
pronounce it pure, unadulterated nonsense.
In this section of the State, where the largest
majorities were given far the Democratic can
didates, no one thought of Mr. Pierce or his
administration, and no one cared the snap of a
finger about either- The victory might witJi
as much reason be claimed-as an endorsement
of the course of Louis Napoleon."
Rapid DF.rort LATioN ok SrxCrAi-ORE, nr Ti
gers. Two deaths by tigers every v.eck (says
th Singapore Free Press.) are read in the pa
pers, just about ns much as a matter of course
as the arrival o'r departure of thli P. & O. Com
pany's steamers." Itis notorious that dnring the
last fifteen or twenty years many thousands of
men have lost their lives from this cause. Yet
the only measure adopted by government, so
far as we know, to prevent this enormous sac
rifice of life, bave been to dig tiger-pits in va
rious parts of the isbnd, (which we now told
did little or no good,) and to give a reward of
one hundred Company's rupees for every tiger
killed on the island. ' This reward is, for all
practical purposes, ! ineffective. It ought to
be iticrerscd to two hundred aud fifty rupees;
for tlie price of procuring the destruction of
one tiger in the jungle of Singapore is one
hundred dollars, and the thing can rot be
done for one hundred and ten Company's
rupees.
Post-Office Df pi: kpatioxs. For some
time past, says the Cincinnati Times, there
hav" been complaints made by the Post Office
Department at Washington, of the large num
ber of letters, with money, ia them, lost in
transmission through Ohio, and which is said
to far oxceed that of any other State. In con
soqueuce of these complaints the United Stacs
Marshal has been unremitting in his cilorts to
ferret out and bring to justice the depredators,
in which, with the assistance of Mssrs. W. J.
Brown and T. Pi Shallcross, the mail agents,
he has been so far successful as to arrest, with
iu the past five months, no less than eleven
postmasters charged with this system of pecu
lation, all of whom have been examined before
tho United States Commissioner, and averal
held to bail to stand their trial at the October
term of tne United States Circuit Court. .
Erastus Brooks. The election of this gen
tleman to the New York Suite Senate, from
the sixth district,, is a result that will gladden
the heart of every true American aud Protest
ant in the land. Mr. Brooks was opposed by
the whole power of the Roman Catholic Church ,
Bishop Hughes taking tho field in person, at
tho bead of the Roman Battalions. But stong
in his American "and Protestant principles,
strong in his corruptible integrity, strong in
the affections of the people, Erastus Brooks,
the eloquent champion of Americanism, mas
tered the foreign hordes and their native al
lies, and came out of the contest with "brows
bound witli victorious wreaths." The election
of Mr. Brooks is a purely American triumph
over the -well.drilied legions of the Papacy,
and the result will "make Rome howl,"
The Presidents Cabinet. It is said that
fierce dissentions exist in the Cabinet, and that
Mr. Marcy has laid down his ultimatum, that
if CcsiiiiG is not turned out, he himself will
resign. Ccsuixa has been the cause of nearly
all the false steps' taken by General Pierce,'
and his riddance would . be no los either ta
the eountrv or ids associate. - ...
tur pu'iosopuicaiiy tnis way j- the ravaigiisli miles distant from lite loxtress,
of light proceecing from the surface are reirac- J T7- A'l the tobacco Ydzed in' Vnl
ptfe:'fTdiff r'Vr rS f -'"ll
i . . I f T - " - I
NEWstfoUjiiAsrY keadeH
' .
Aboiit 2500 bbs.;tfFlour are manufac
tured daily tthe mills pfSan Francisco.
? CT? Brigham'Yung has seventy wires.
Couldn't, he beat Barn urn on'a baby show?'
i Eighteen newspapers are published in
MinessoUw; though it contains bat 60,000 Deo-
K7-nort. Edward B.-Dudley, formerly
Governor- of North Carolina, died at Wilming
ton, October 80, aged 63 yeara.
"-" C"he rirrgjit tirchorabardment of Swea-
Dorg was heard at Kirbasch, which is 197 En-
nnto m ruriMrM a 1 - - & rf"
a new taper, just started, says: "it oriv lacks
ability and character, to..beiUiluer.tial.'?
Ths Norfslk. o.uinrii u.:ik. .r a im ; ,
ir.g revival in .business iberel iho var;-,!,
shin-yards. are. said to .pre sent asceij
activity .," - . p "" ; " - ';- -'
of laucb
u A writer ia one of tlie Northern papers,"
on School Discipline, says: "WitfiVt a lib
eral use of the rod, it is impossibrs t6 roaka
boys ri'!rt'.r -: .';...
Vlj" There is a man nh St.nton T:-'i ' K .v-f
loseu iei assauii -ami ouitery,- mat he l;aJ .
. . . j . . t j . i 1 1 , - . .
king bis barn.. -r . ,:.
tP" The- ladies of Wilmington,' Delaware,,
have formed an association to raisa; funds to'
help their sistere in other states to purchase
Mount Vernon.
Judge Stuart, of New . York, is under
trial, charged with accepting a bribe: of $.j0C,
knowu as "Bu.lilo Bill."
H7" lne Ilonesdale Democrat says that a
coal vein at Beaver Meadow is ou fire. Tho J
fire originated'-' from the outside dirt Leap. .
The miue has been abandoned. ;
CP" An Eastern Editor, in an obituary on a
young lady who bad recently died, closed by;
saying '-She had an amiable temper, and was
uncommonly fond of ice-cream and other deli
cacies."'. ,
E7- The Austin (Texas) State Gazette says
Benjamin II. Green of that town, recently r
killed in twelve consecutive mornings leforo '
dinner thirteen Ltars, one panther, one wildcat,
a.i.i sever, deer. .
K7 A" Washington correspondent of a New
York paper says that the Hon. Jobu P. Ken
nedy is spoken of as likely to bo the succes
sor of Hon. Thomas G. Pratt as United States
Senator for Maryland.
(XT The New York Independent states thm
it has information from Paris, that the Roths
childs have made a loan to the Czar of 5100,
000,000 on Russian bonds at 80 foro per cents.,
the money to be paid in gold.
CP" The Richmond Despatch mentions the
sale at Charlotte, C. II., of about 50 nrgroes
for S'25,100. One or two boys, weighing 9-5
pounds, sold for $950 each; so that boys ar
worth $10 a pound in Virginia. .
OCT In France, the gigantic . vflbrts of .the
Government to cany on the war, stm.-i to tw
redoubled. Men, stores, material, surgeons,,
sisters of charity, all in enhanced number and .1
iimount, are proceeding to the East..
I "1?" Belgium is the great glove manufactory .
of the world. It is statad that from one e.stjb-".
lishment last year, l'X',000 dozen pairs were
exported to England and America. There are
three thousand hands employed there.
rr? The New York Mirror predicts that
within twenty.five years the United State
will nt only supply the American petqle witiv
the pure juice of the grape, but will become
Ihe largest wine exporting nation iu the world.-,
he Boston- Pilot,' a -Kcmn -Carhnlic-paper
says: No good 'government can exisr
without religion, and there can be no religion
w ithout an Li'juiaition, which is wiselv di-s:rt-
i d for tb'j promotion and protection" of tli-j
faith!"
Michigan having refused the nse of her -.
prisons to the Gmrts of the United States
the imprisonment of fclavesi, the U.. S. District t
Court there has sent its Grand Jury to exam
ine into the necessity for the erection of a jail
for such cases. ' '
Twenty-five j ears ago Iowa was a wil
derness, tenanted only by the savage. Now
bhs has a civilized population, esiimated at
about six hundred thousand,, and constantly
increasing. The emigration to the State this
year has been heavy. .
In Peru there is a good deal ef exciie
rnei.t on account of the bill grantii.g religious...
liberty. Four priests in Lima attacked on
of the deputies, Matute by name, with a vie-
to assassinate him on account of bis opposi
tion to our holy religion 1" r ,, , -
Cr"" A dislingms'oed teacher defines '-genius"
to be J'the pover of inakiug - ctforts."', It,
so, the fellow who we see reported as having
fallen down drunk and making "efforts' to
raise himself by feeling upwards for the ground,
must be ''an awful geuius.": ..
nTht! Kansas "Herald'? published at-Lewr-juce
of October 27, f-UUs fLat-eveut--.
nine wagons, loaded, with j ioi:"ri from low;
aTi'i oth-.-r iTvsUrn' States. p:;ss'vd. Kansas, city "
between Suud.iy and Wedbes L'y c-1 1?.-:t week,
destined for -be 2s" t-o5ho.'5 . . . : .. -.'
Zy IIini. Joseph Casey, baa been appointed
by Governor i'ohock, SupeiiuU-Licnt of tlia
Ei ia and North East. Railway, hich has bt
forfeited to the State,' under the provisions t-f
the bill passed by the l ist Legislature, and Ye-
cently signed by the Governor. ?
Uy Ou Beaver Island, in Lake Michigan,
are eight hundred Mormons, mostly women,
who are made up of absconded wives, disap
pointed maidens, and such like. Strange, who'
preside over the flock, commenced life asa
Philadelphia lawyer, and has a lawful wife ia
Wisconsin. , . : -
. Mayer Cross, of Milwaukee, issued . a
proclamation, on the eve of the late election,
there, requesting the "keepers of liquor sa
loons and lager beer halls to close their re
spective places on Tuesday, the 6th inst., and
all go to the polls and vote the straight Deru- .
ocratic ticket." . ; .
C" A mesmerising lecturer having recent
ly declared at Cincinnati, that he would bet
$1000 that a table could not be moved by spir
itual manifestations, a man named Wilson, ac
cepted tho bet, slaked tlie funds and "did his
best" in presence of a jammed audience., to .
move a table, but did not succeed. '- "
CT- Several parts of Ohio are said to be aA
flicted with sickness unparalleled in the his
tory of the State. It is ; not confined to par-,
ticular localities, but appears to be general-.
on the hills as well as in the valleys, in towns,
as well as in the country. In Central Ohio,
where the chills were never before known,
the : have been - shaking they people most"
cordially. :' : : - -.-.ii
tr Three women.got jolly over a bottle 'of'
rum, in Schuylkill county, the other day, when
two of them,, a Mrs. Kelly and Margaret Adams, ,
became quarrelsome and engaged In a rough-and-tumble
fight, in which Mrs. Kelly bit off"
the entire under lip of Margaret Adams to tho
termination of the chin, causing her.4o present,
a horrible, sights Mrs. Kelly was arreted and
eytt prison f, ; 4i.,v-