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CLEARFIELD, PA., APRIL 1C, 1850.
Nominees of the Philadelphia Convention.
f ;. ' FOR r RESIDENT, - ;
5IILLABD PILLM02E.
VICE rRESIDEST, .
ANDSE7 JACKSOS DOJTELSOlf .
Union State N'omications.
CANWL COWMISSIOSKn.
; ' THOMAS R. COCHRAN, of York Co.
ArOlTOR CKNEttAL, '
DARWIN PHELPS, of Armstrong Co.
st-itvEYOR general, '
BARTHOLOMEW LAPOilTE, of Bradford Co.
,-. Vo of the PitixtixG Eill. We recently
mentioned that a bill for creating permanently
: the office of Stato Printer, had passed both
-brauches of the Pennsylvania Legislature.
On the 2d inst., Gov. Pollock transmitted a
. message to the Legislature, vctaing said bill,
: in which he sets forth reasons which will sat
isfy any reasonable man of tho correctness of
his course, llo gives statistics showing the
cost of printing for Ave years prior to 1814,
: when the printer was elected by tho Legisla
ture and not limited, as now, in his prices, from
which it appears that tho average cost of prin
ting per annum was S62,91l 0-5. On the 23d
March, 1811, an act was passed, establishing a
maximum rate of prices, and provided , for
giving tho contract to the lowest bidder. Du
ring the twelve years in which this Jaw has
been in operation, namely, from 1811 to 18G5,
r both years inclusive, the average cost, to tho
- State" of the public printing has : been . only
I $2G,132 annually, being a decrease, when coin-
- pared with the fivo years preceding 1811, of
, $33,199 0-3 making a total saving in twelvo
years, of $lll,Clb nearly a half of a million
. of dollars. Tho law which is now in opcra
4ion, if it is imperfect or liable to abuse, or if
it has been abused, can, in the opinion of the
1 Governor, bo amended and corrected by pro
per legislation ; bnt . the repeal of it, and the
enacting of the new law, arc regarded as being
of extremely doubtful propriety,' as it is tho't
that the bill which has been vetoed would have
a tendency to largely increase the cost of prin
ting being estimated by such ns have exam
ined the matter thoroughly, as high as $-30,000
annually. The Governor is very moderate in
hia estimates; yet h p-uia cnougir io snow
jiut ,v ,ioing this bill, a large sum of mon
ey will bo saved yearly to the people ; besides
' which it thwarts a scheme for filling the pock
' eta of unscrupulous partizans, and for building
up a central Democratic organ at the scat of
Government, which was to dictate and control
the politics of the State. The people willic
joicc at Gnding Gov. Pollock averse to such
legislation, which is designed to rob them un
der sanction f law, and that he is constantly
watching over and determined to protect their
interests.
Xassas. Advices from Palermo, Kansas,
state that the members of the Free State Leg
islature, which had assembled at Topeka, are
hiding themselves from the judicial processes
which have been issued against them. Somo
havo fled to Iowa, some to Missouri, and the
rest are secreting themselves at home. Tho
Grand Jury of the Circuit Court, under the in
struction of Judge Lccompte,has indicted not
only the members ot tho Legislature, bnt all
the judges of the elections ; end it said that
bills will also be found against Gov. Robinson,
Lt. Gov. Roberts, and all the oxecutivc ofli
ccrs. It is apprehended by some that when
the Sheriff enters Lawrenco to arrest these
functionaries, thero will be resistance and
bloodshed. But this is mcro surmise, and we
think that Robinson and tho rest of the State
officers, if they are to be arrested, will submit
without tho least effort at resistance.
Usiox State Ticket. In every section of
tho Stato tho ticket put in nomination by the
Union Convention which met at Darrisburg
on the 2Gth ult., is received with the highest
favor. 2s o anti-Administration paper comes
to hand that doos not speak in the most flat
tering terms of the candidates, and its fullest
confidence that the ticket will bo elected.
"The work goes bravely on." '
Final Adjournment. Doth branches of tho
Legislature havo agreed to adjourn on Tues
day next, the 22d inst. The Telegraph says,
there is little business of importance now un
der consideration but the Erie question and
tho Banks, and both will have ampla time to
test their strength before tho day fixed for ad
journment, IIos. John Covodb will pleaso accept cur
thanks for a package of "High-shouldered
Parsnip" seed, and another of "Late Siberian
Broccoli," procured from tho Patent Office,
and wbich were selected by tho agent of the
office in England. - " - . .
IIavaka. Tho clipper-ship Sea Witch, from
Hong Kong, with 500 Asatic "free colonists,"
went ashore on the 28th March, about 12 miles
west of the Moro Castle. AH tho officers and
coolies were saved, but the vessel is supposed
to be a complete wreck. The military hospi
tals arc crowded with yellow fovcr patients.
The disease prevails among the merchant ship
ping and the unacclimated natives of the Ca
nary Islands in that citv.
113. B uCH ATT Ah'S "HTn TTT) tttt- cnirTTTl
. ER2T VOTE. :- .
From tho Washington Union.
"Some discussion having taken place upon tho
position of Mr. Bnchanan on the Kansas-Jfc-braska
bill- we are permitted to copy the fol
lowing extract from a letter addressed by Mr.
Buchanan to SenatorSlidell, dated London, on
the 28th of December last, when there seemed
to be no difference as to Mr. B's thorough iden
tity with the Democratic party on this, as on
all other issues. It will be seen that Mr. B.
speaks of the Kansas-Nebraska bill with his li
ana! frankness and decision. We are confirm
ed in our impression, by this letter, that no
man, no set of men, and no newspapers, are at
all Warranted to speak authoritatively for Mr.
Bnchanan upon this or upon any other ques
tion. His own words speak.for themselves.
The letter of Mr. Buchanan was not, it will be
seen, intended for publication, but the gentle
man to whom it was addressed, has thought it
necessary, alter the editorial article in the U
nion of . Wednesday last, to lay it before the
country : " '' "
"The question has been settled by Congress,
" and this settlement should be inflexibly main
" tained. Tho Missouri compromise is gone,
" and gono forever. , But no assault should be
" made upon those democrats who maintained
" it, provided they are now willing in good
" faith to maintain tho settlement as it exists.
" Such , an understanding is wise and just in
" itself. . . ".. . . . .
. " It is well known how I labored in conipa
" ny with southern men to have this line ex
" tonded to the Pacific. But it has departed.
" The time for it has passed away, and I veri
" ly believe that the best nay, the only
" mode now left of putting down the fanatical
" and reckless spirit of abolition at the North
" is to adhere to tho existing settlement with
" out the slightest thought or appearance of
" wavering, and without regarding any storm
" which may bp raised against it."
The Lancaster I.idcjKndcnt Whig comments
as follows on the foregoing : By the above it
will be seen that Mr. Buchanan has plunged
deeply into the tnrbid waters of the Kansas
question, and placed himself along side of
Douglas and Pierce in the mud of slavery.
He had before occupied conservative grounds,
having expressed himself in favor of sustain
ing the Missouri Compromise; out tho en
chantment of the Presidential meteor has warp
ed his judgment, intoxicated his hope and
prostituted his principles. It will be observ
ed however, that Mr. Buchanan endorses squat
ter Sovereignty, with a protest. "No assault,
(he says) should bo made upon those demo
crats who maintained the Missouri Compro
mise !"
He appears sensible of the fact that he is ta
king a bold leap after Douglas & Co., and begs
Instily for the privilege of endorsing their in
iquity. He also reminds them of "how I la
bored in Company with Southern men to have
the Missouri Compromise lino extended to the
Pacific." Ho is proud of he boasts of the
bloodless services he rendered the country "t
company with Southern men," in endeavoring
to have that line extended to tho Pacific, giv
ing to slavery millions of territory that had
ever been frco T Perhaps he forgot that Doug
las and the South insist that the Missouri Com
promise was unconstitutional and a gross out
rage on the rights of slave owners !
But upon what ground is 'ut Mr. Rncha
n i -iuicscence in a "settlement"
of this vexed question, which overthrows and
destroys the principles in defence of which
his former labors were bestowed ? Why, "the
Missouri Compromise is gono and gone forev
er!" "It has departed!" It is not the ground
now taken by the South it is wrong in prin
ciple, and an outrage on Southern rights.
"The time for it has passed away," and he "ve
rily believes tho best and only plan now to put
down abolitionism is to adhere to tho existing
settlement."
The principle which underlies the Kansas
Nebraska act ia approved and endorsed. With
great zeal and elacrity he straddles the hobby
of hisjparty, and is ready to ride whithersoever
it may go, without rein or curb, for he verily
.believes that the repeal of tho Missouri Com
promise and the introduction of Squatter Sov
ereignty "is the best, nay, the only mode left
of putting down fanatacism !" Is it not enough
that he "verily believes it the best mode" of
keeping his party in power ? Mr. Buchanan
is a shrewd man, and has learned wisdom from
his experience. In 1812 he opposed "the sec
ond War of Independence," and would have
freely opened his veins if one drop cf Demo
cratic blood had been in them ; but experience
taught him that Federalism would not lead
him to power, and ho abandoned it.
In 1815 he denounced "'foreign influence,"
but soon saw that years must roll round before
the people could be aroused to a sense of its
evils and he could not wait, ho therefore aban
doned Americanism and rose to power and
place. His abandonment, first of Federalism,
and next of Americanism, has been rewarded !
Could such a man find the slightest difficulty
in acquiescing in any measure, however, op
posed to hi3 preconceived notions of right,
when such acquiescence might lead to his ele
vation to the highest office in the world 1
Surely not, and more especially if permitted
'to enter a protest that no assault should be
made upon him for this change.
It is amusing to hear some Locofoco sheets
talk about the nominees of the Philadelphia
Convention. The News says it reminds one
forcibly of the Frenchman who had but just
taken his first lessons in English. After a
short stay in a London merchant's family, ho
was called upon by a friend, to whom ha wis?i
ed to "show ofT" in the way of speaking the
new tongue. "I speak Inglis roast beef
godam pooding godam whiskce Patrick
by godam." So gabble some of the men allu
ded to. "Signed that bill "bad man pro
Slavery too bad the devil the American
party is Fillmore signed it outrageous."
An arrival at Salem, from Port-au-Praya
Cape de Vcrds, reports that a crisis was fast
approaching there, want and misery prevailing
to an alarming extent. By the arrival of a
small quantity of food from Brazil, starvation
had been prevented thus far, except in a few
instances "at St. Antonia, by the exertions of
the Governor-General. Their present supply
will soon be exhausted, and they will requiro
outside assistauce for 0 to 12 months to corny.
A SOTJTHESN JCtfZNAL SP2AKIN3 OUT.
- Some dayssince the Richmond (Va.) jlrr.eri
can thus spoke in relation to the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise :
"All the political troubles, perplexities and
difficulties of every kind, that have taken place
in the settlement of Kansas, and the enactment
and solution of such laws as are essentially
necessary to the good order and well being of
civilized society, are but the natural results
of the iniquitous and dishonest repeal of the
Missouri Compromise." The agitation and ex
citement growing out of the question of sla
very in the Territories of the : Union had been
amicably adjusted by the Compromise measure
of 1850, under the Whig administration of Mil
lard Fillmore, and the whole country was rest
ing in confident security that the vexed ques
tion was finally settled, when that unprincipled
mountebank and political demagogue, Stephen
A. Douglas, under the imbecile, hypocritical
and corrupt tidminisiratton of Franklin Pierce,
ripped up a Bettlement made by the Patriots
and Statesmen, men of lofty intellects and un
questioned integrity, and thu3 re-opeced the
slavery agitation, which, if there is any reli
anee to be placed in the fears expressed by the
leaders of the so- called Democracy, has endan
gered the very existence of the Union itself."
For this honest and fearless expression of
the truth, it has been called to a severe account
by the Enquirer, the organ of tho Virginia
Democracy, and denounced inviolcnt terms as
unfaithful and untrue to the South. In reply
to all which the American says :
We did assail Douglas, Pierce and all others,
who aided in the ruthless, wanton and unne
cessary repeal of a compromise made by states
men and patriots, whose names arc recorded
in the political history of our country as among
its brightest ornaments a compromise that
constitutes tho chief glory of the illustrious
Clay a compromise, upon which Texas was
annexed to this Union as one of the States of
which it now tonus a part a compromise,
which all conservative men had supported for
a period of 31 years, during the whole of which
time the people in all sections of the country
had quietly acquiesced a compromise so sa
cred in its principles as to fully justify J. K.
Polk in the estimation of all Southern Loco
Focos, for signing the Wilmot Proviso in the
Oregon bill, and yet, the Enquirer has the au
dacity to charge Monroe, Calhoun, Crawford,
Wirt, Clay, Lowndes, Pinckney, King, and a
large majority of the Southern delegation in
Congress at the time, with having degraded
the South, and to praise Douglas and Pierce,
for having 'blotted out' the degredation.
If there be anything "degrading to Southern
equality and Southern rights," in the Missouri
line, which we utterly deny, then is it ten fold
more degrading, in our opinion, to submit
Southern equality and Southern rights to the
decision of the squatters who may choose to
take possession of so much of our territory as
may suit there own purposes, without regard
tn u.iv vt color, and to say whether we of
the south are to enjoy our property, or not, in
such territory according to their will. If the
Enquirer can venture to denounce . such men
as these, whose names wo have mentioned,
we aro inclined to think it requires no extra
ordinary degree of boldness to denounce such
trifling creatures as Douglas and Tierce.
Tiie . American Oheer in Indiana The
following manifesto, by th President of the
American Order in Indiana, looks toward a
fusion of the Opposition in that State :
Indian afolu, April 2, 185G.
To the Members of the American Party of In-
diana : At a meeting of the Evecutive Com
mittee of the State Council, held at Indianap
olis on the 2d day of April, 1856, after a full
expression of the members upon those ques
tions that have divided and distracted the
American party in other States, the commit
tee unanimously adopted tho followiug sugges
tions, and earnestly request the true friends
of Americanism to co-operate with them in
carrying out the views of the committee :
I hat, as m 18-jl, wc stand uncompromising
ly opposed to the present National Adminis
tration, and as a party we stand ready to co
operate with any party which aims to put an
end to its misrule.
And, further, we regard the repeal of tho
Missouri Compromise an infraction of the
pligetcd faith of tho nation ; the same should
bo restored; and,if efforts to that end fail.Con
gress should refuse, under all circumstances,
to admit any Stato into the Union tolerating
slavery made free by that Compromise.
Therefore, we approve of the call for a Peo
ple's Conventton, to be held on the 1st day of
May next, and earnestly call upon the Ameri
can party throughout the State to send a full
delegation to that Convention.
Wm. Sheets, President.
Undignified Judicial Conduct. Tho tele
graph states that Judge Bcrrili., of Kansas,
is in Washington for the purpose of consulting
the Executive authorities relative to tho course
to be pursued towards the officers of the Kan
sas Free Stale government. If this be true,
it is a great departuro from the dignity of tho
judiciary to confer with the Executive which
is merely a co-ordinate power of the govern
ment. It shows too the dangerous tendency
towards centralization, which is one of tho
rocks ahead in the future of our country. A
Judge should act upon his own responsibility
and under the obligations of his oath, and nev
er descend to receive instructions or get his
cue from the President. Any course similar
to this involves the ermine in tho mire of pol
itics and derogates from tho high position of
a judicial officer. Phila. Sun.
Mr. John Upton, an agent of tho American
Express Company, on tho night of January
13th last, had a million and a half of dollars in
gold and notes in his charge, whcnan accident
took place on the Hudson River Railroad, by
which his leg was broke n, but he remained by
his trust for over three hours. The company
somo time ago gave him ?1,000, and recently
presented him with a" massive gold watch. i
i A SiTRPRrse. A correspondent of the Eow
ling Green (Ky.) Standard furnishes the fol
lowing interesting scene as having occurred in
Monfordsville on the 7th ult. A daguerrean
artist, with a lady represented as being his
wife, had been operating in the town aforesaid
he taking pictures, she teaching music for
somo months, and were meeting with great
success. On the day named, they were seated
at the dinner table, edifying tho natives with
the following wonderful dialogue. Mr. Pen
broke, (the gentleman's name,) said : " - : : -r
"There seems, my dear, to. be some. preju
dice in Kentucky against us Yankees'.", f . I
'Oh, yes," she replied, "but you and I will
leave no grounds for prejudice;- we'll -clear
ourselves, and ; v: n.':" . ".
... Mr. Tcnbrokc, allow mo to introduce yoii to
the Sheriff' of Nelson county," said a hoarse
voice behind him. The Sheriff", then, upon a
warrant, proceeded to handcuff the aforesaid
Penbroke and lady.
The facts are these : renbrokc had living in
the East a wife and one child ; the lady had
living in New York a husband and two chil
dren. But Cupid being stronger-than law. or
duty, they eloped to the far West, to live as
husband and wife ! The" man who introduced
the Sheriff Mas the lady's father, who, imme
diately on seeing his daughter, fainted, lie
resides in New York, is a man of great wealth,
and had lavished vast sums upon his only
daughter, whom he tenderly loved.- lie' had
followed them .1,700 miles when he found them.
She is young, beautiful and accomplised, and
marriod well. Here, indeed, was a "bank
ruptcy of the heart." The guilty pair was
placed in a vehicle in company : with tho
wretched father, and are now "gone East."
Female Lyxcii Law in . Indiana. About
three-fourths of the women of Princeton, In
diana, held a meeting on the 22d ult., at which
they resolved that no more liquor should be
sold in that town. On tho same day they
armed themselves with axes, hatchets, etc.,
and in a body set to work to mob all the liquor
shops and destroy all the liquor. The first
shop reached was a place called "Gollaher's
Finish," the bnrly proprietor of which stood
at his door, declaring that he would sell when
ever ho pleased. He disregarded the war
ning, whereupon the women broke into the
shop with their axes, and destroyed bottles,
kegs, barrels, jugs, liquor and all. The liquor
dealer had fled at tho commencement of the
work. The next place reached was a German
shop, "Rutcntrauz's," where the proprietor
also refused to pledge himself to sell no more,
His lager was speedly emptied into the gutter,
A number of other shops were then visited,
the liquor ferreted out and destroyed, and only
one vendor escaped. This was a man named
Kolb, who had always boine a very high char
acter among his neighbors, as a man who con
ducted tho business in the best possible man
ner. He gave the required pledge to sell no
more, and his liquor was spared. The news
papers of that locality publish approvingly
long accounts of these proceeding?.
TnE Peach Chop. The public will be grat
ified at the information given by the Newark
Mercury, that from all the peach growing dis
trict of its State, the prospects of a large yield
were never better than at the present time.
Notwithstanding tho severe winter and back
ward spring, the buds are said to bo generally
uninjured, and the lingering cold weather will
prevent them from swelling prematureiy.
Thero is no greater luxury than Jersey peach
es, and it is consoling to think that there aro
indications of a liberal supplj during the coin
ing summer and autumn. In other varieties
of fruit, tho prospects of a good yield arc rep
resented to be very encouraging.
Venezuela. By the arrival of the bark Ve
nus from Guracoa, advices from Venezuela aro
received to March 20. In consequence of a
serious destruction of property belonging to
the Dutch residents at Ville de Coro by the
inhabitants of Coro somo six months back, the
Dutch Naval West India fleet are at present at
Laguayra to gain restitution for the damages.
When tho Venus sailed they Lad not come to
terms. In the event of Venezuela not satisfy
ing the claims, tho Dutch Commodore has pos
itive orders to blockade tho Venezuela ports
and declare war.' The issue is doubtful.
The Ensign ot Nicaragua. From El JVi'ck
raguertse, tho official organ of Walker's Gov
ernment, we learn that tho flag of Nicaragua
was first thrown to the breeze at Granada on
tho artcrnoon of Sunday, March 3d. The oc
casion was celebrated with military ceremo
nies. The ensign consists of three stripes,
two of sky blue, with a white stripe in the cen
tre. In tho midst of tho white is a circular
device of the seal of State and tho representa
tion of seven volcanoes, in token of the vol
canic range of Nicaragua.
The authorities of Virginia have seized tho
schooner Maryland, of N. T., and imprisoned
her officers and crew, for refusing to allow the
vessel to bo searched for slaves, in accordance
with the law recently passed by the Virginia
Legislature. Tho seizure caused groat excite
ment at Norfolk, as it was believed slaves
were secreted on board the schooner.
The Kansas Herald of Freedom, March 22d,
says : "Our streets aro beginning to be thron
ged with strangers, and present quite a life
like appearance again, after the dreary winter.
Every boat which comc3 up tho river has a
large number on board. Pro-slavery men
from the South are hurrying on, and are 'squat
ting' on every unoccupied claim they can
find."
Seventeen slaves were manumitted last week
in Cincinnati. Thoywcro from Logan and
Simpson counties, Kentucky, and most of them
were freed by James and Gracy Mcllvanc.
It is said tho cost of the new dome for the
centre of tho Capitol at Washington will be
$1,000,000.
K V GLEANINGS.
- Brazil is organizing six military companies,
of 1,500 men in all, for service in the province
of the Amazon. ; ' i " ..-
There is a clothing establishment in Paris
which employs 6j. sewing machines and 1,000
women and girls in sewing.
A brother of Santa Anna is in Louisville,
Ky., and contemplates building a saw-mill on
the Beargrass River, near that city.
On last Friday night, a fire occurred on 1th
and Chesnut streets, Philadelphia, destroying
property amounting to about 5363,000.
A i-artisan- paper says "it is a mistake that
the (opposition) party play on a harp tf a
thousand, strings. The organ of that party is
a lyre." . , " .. ;
Cholera. This disease appears to bo still
raging at Pernambuca. For the 1 dys end
ing the 1st March, the Board of Health repor
ted 238 deaths. ; r ; - :. ..
The loss of cattle by tho cold weather in
Texas has been immense. TNot less' than one
third of the stock in many counties, it is sup
posed,' has been lest." " . . '
The Alexandria (Va.) Sentinel announces
the death of Mr. George Wise; of that city, at
an advanced age.1 He was the.Ia.st survivor of
tho pall-bearers who officiated at the funeral
of General Washington. ' - ; ' - -
, The exports of oil,, bone and candles from
the L'nited States to foreign countries during
the fiscal year ending Juhc 30, 1855, as we
gather, from the annual report, amounted to
more than three millions of dollars.
The statistical returns of Providence, R. I.,
show that two patent medicine establishments
in that city render the enormous product of
1,000 barrels and 432,000 bottles of medicine,
during the year, valued at 700,000. Horrible !
Norwegians. The Madison (Wis.) Journal
learns that the Norwegian population .of Dane
co. amounts to 0G28 persons. They constitute
the majority of the inhabitants in several of
the towns, and are industrious and good citi
zens. . ; . . .
The sword worn by Napoleon Bonaparte at
the battle of Marengo, ic 1800, was purchased
by tho Emperor Nicholas in 1850, just half a
century after that eventful and bloody battle,
for tho enormous sum of thirty-two thousand
dollars. . " ' " :
Horrible. The negro who murdered Mr.
Capehcart, an overseer, at Mount Meigs, Ala
bama, on the 1st of April, was taken out by
the citizens, on the next day, and burned to
death. He acknowledged his guilt while at
the stake:
The Clerk engaged in the robbery of Ball,
Black & Co., in N. Y., whose name is G. W.
Hayden, was arrested on Tuesdav 8th inst., at
the New Haven Depot, and the whle of the
booty recovered, amounting to about $30,000.
TTa was committed for trial. '
A New Article of soap, made from cotton
seed, has been manufactured at New Oilcans.
It is purely vegetable, and has the same pro
perties as Castile soap; the color is dark, for
the reason that it is made of the dirtiest por
tion cf the seed. It is sold at G cents per lb.
In Connecticut the forces . opposed to the
Administration - had four tickets in the field ;
yet they have five majority in the Senate, and
seven in the nouse three districts to hear
from. There is no choice for State officers,
but the Legislature . will select men of the
right stripe..- . ;
There is a school mistress teaching school
in the town of Lisbon who stands in her stocking-feet
six feet seven inches. Her name is
Wilkinson, and it is stated that she is the short
est of a family of four children, three women
and one man, whose united length is over 28
feet C inches. ,
CRors in Texas. The 'Nueces Valley' pub
lished at Corpus Christi, states "that judging
from the very considerable number of new
farms that have been opened this spring in the
Valley of the Nueces, there will be at least
four times as much corn raised in this and tho
adjoining counties as during any previous year.
Worth Having. An short time since a
number of gentlemen connected with the Cen-
tral Orthodox Church in Lynn, Mass., made a
call on their pastor, the ReY. Mr. Sewall, and
when the company withdrew, one of the num
ber placed in the clergyman's hand a package
containing over one thousand dollars ($1025,)
a present to him from a few members of his
parish and church.
The Missing Steamer. The ship Marengo
arrived at New York n Sunday from Havre,
after a very boisterous voyage of 89 days.
On the 23d of February, being short of provi
sions and water, she put into Fayal, and hav
ing been supplied, she sailed agaia on the 21th,
but she brings no intelligence of the missing
steamship Pacific, which had been then out 32
days from- Liverpool.
The St. Louis 'Democrat' of April 2d, says:
Some days ago a terrible and prolonged storm
vis-iteda large district of country bordering on
the Lower Mississippi, obliging number of
steamers to halt on their trips and tie up along
the shore. During the storm, a fire, supposed
to be caused by lightning, occurred in Napo
leon, at the month of the Arkansas river, and
totally destroyed that part of tho town front
ing the river.
HoLLowAY'a Pills a certain Remedy for In
digestion and Liver Complaint. Maria Arm
strong (27) of Edgartown, New Jersey, suffer
ed more than most people from indigestion,
accompanied by liver complaint. Several ve
ry clever medical men told her she was in a j
consumption, and her friends despaired of her
ever recovering, as she had tried every thing
they thought likely to benefit her, without suc-
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CeSS. At last She tried UOIlOwajr a i men
quickly' assimilated with the bloou, removed 1
tho obnoxious mattcj, and thoroughly cleased
and renovated the system. I He result is, that
she was perfectly cured, and now enjoys the
best of health. These puis arc also a certain
cure for all diseases cf the stomach and bowels
: Destructive Fire is HoLLinAYSBi RG On
Thursday night, 3d inst., at about 12 o'clock
a fire broke out in a stable or carriage hous
on an alley near Montgomery strwer, and be
fore . it was subdued it did a vast amount of
damage burning two extensive tinware estab
lishments, one belonging to Mr. John Boling.
er and the other to Mr. Daniel Bolinger the
clock and watch-maker shop of Mr. H. Maus
the dwelling house of Mr. Jas. Moorhousc-a
stable belonging to Mr. Dcetor another and a
carriage-house in the occupancy of Mr.Fishcr,
together with a considerable quantity of other
property, embracing a new rockaway carriage
owned by Mr. Joseph Patton four hogs, and a
lot of corn, coal and wood, by May. Raymond,
8,000 or 10,000 shingles and several barrels
of salt, by Joseph Smith, Esq., &c, &c. The
Messrs. Bolinger lost heavily in the way of
tools and wares, and Mr. Moorhouse consider
able by damage of furniture, &c. The shop
or Mr. Koontz was also considerably damaged .
The night was calm, but the buildings were
all frame and burned with great rapidity, and
it was only by the greatest exertion that its
further spread was prevented. How the fire
originated is not certainly known, but the pre
vailing impression is that it was iu some way
accidental. The entire loss was perhaps from
SG,000 to $8,000; mainly insured we be! ieve
in the Lycoming company. - Only about $15L
or $200 falls on the Blair Co. Comp. Jlcg.
New Mexico. A command of about 200
regulars, dragoons and infantry, tinder com
mand of Col. Chandler, wers to take to toe
field early in March to invade the Gila Apache
country, and demand satisfaction for the ro'oe
rics and murders of which the Indians have
been guilty.
Pears," imported from Havre, weighing a
pound each, were sold in New York, at one
dollar apiece. It wouldn't be economical to
cat a pair of them ever' day.
HBUCHER SWOOPE, ATTORNEY AX1
COCSHELLOH AT LAW. Clearfield. r. .
Office
n Graham's Row,
next door to Journal
office.
Aprillft tf.
FOll SALE, TWO BUILDIXO LOTS in the
borough of Clearfield ; several BUILDING
LOTS and PASTURE AND WOOD LOTS, contain
ing from three to ten acres each, near the borough
of Clearfield.
Alo seTcral desirable FARMS and pieces of
TIMBER LAND, in various parts of the county.
Terms accommodating. Apply to"
L. JACKSOX CRAN-5.
April 16. 1Sj6. Clearfield. Pa.
LICENSE NOTICE. The following named
persons havo filed in the Office of the Clerk of
tho Court of Quarter Sessions of Clearfield County,
their respective Petitions for License at May Ses
ston next, agreeably to Act of Ajsemblrof .March
23, 185G, entitled "An Act to regulate the Sale of
Intoxicating Liquors," viz:
Wm. II. Henderson, Innkeeper, Woodward tp.
Samuel Ians, Innkeeper, Clearfield bor.
(Jeorgo J. Lanich, . Innkeeper, Olearfield Lor.
Wm. J. Hemphill, Innkeeper. Clearfield bor.
apl6'561 WM. PORTER, Clerk
TVftfTICE. TO THE STOCK HOLDERS OF
ll TJ1E CMKFIKLD AXI) TYRONE RAIL
ROAD COMPANY. Take notice, that the charter
having been duly granted to the said eompany. oo
election will be held at the house f 1). Johnson.
Philipsburjj, Centre county, on MONDAY the 5th
MAY next, at 2 o'clock P. M., to elect by a ma
jority of the votes present, to be given in person
or by proxy, a President and twelve Directors to
manage the affaii3 of said company nntil the 2d
Monday of January next, and until others aro
chosen. - . JAMES T HALE,
JAMES I?. GRAHAM, 1). J. PRUNKR.
A. K.M'RIGHT, AO. CURT FN, "
WILLIAM POWELL, CUAS. R. FOSTER.
RICHARD SHAW, JOSIAH W. SMITH,
KLLIS IKWIXf, ' HENRY LORAIN,
J. B. PaTTON, J. BOYXTOX.
April 14th. 1856- Commissioners.
SnEKlFF'S SALES. Ey virtue of auaJrv
writs of Fieri 1'uritu, Issued out of the Court
of Common Pleas of Clearfield county, and to mo
directed, will beexpe-ed to publio dale, at theCwwt
House in the borough of Clearfield, on MONDAY"
THKHUh DAY OF MAY", 1S56, the following de
scribed real estate, to wit:
All that two-story frame house or building situ
ate in the township of Jordan, county of CJear
fiel J, on the south side of the road leading from
Chest Creek to Glen Hope, abeut0 feet from tho
same, occupied and claimed by Alfred I. Kn.ipp,
adjoining lands of Joseph M'Cully, Wm. Williams
and others said house containing in front 30 ft.
and in depth sixteen feet, together with lot or tract
and cartilage appurtenant. Seized, taken in exe
cution and to bo sold as the property of Alfred I.
ivnapp.
Also All that three story grist mill situate in
Morris township, Clearfield county, on the north
side of Moshannon creek, containing in front 3i
feet more or less, and in depth 40 feet, and the lot
or piece of ground and curtilage appurtenant to
said building. Seized, taken in execution and to
be sold as the property of Henry Grow.
Also All that three-story grist mill situate in
I Morris township, Clearfield county, on the north
side of Mosbannon creek, containing in front 30
feet more or less, and in depth 40 feet, and the lot
or piece of ground and curtilage appurtenant to
said building. Seized, taken in execution and to
be sold as tho property of Henry Grow.
Also by virtue of sundry writs of Vctulitio-ni Ex
ponas issued out of the said Court, and to me direc
ted, will be exposed to salo at the same time and
place A certain lot of ground situate in the bor
ough of Curwcnsville, fronting GO feet on Walnut
street,thence extending by an alley easterly 200 feet
bounded on-ibe north by lot of 1). Livingston hav
ing a two-story frame house and frame stable there
on erected, and known as lot Ko.101 in the plan of
laid town. Seized, taken in execution ana io oo
sold as the property of James Crowther.
Also A certain lot of land situate in Lawrenco
township, Clearfield county, Ta.. (viz : all tho in
terest of said deft.) containing 1 J acre more or less,
bounded by lands of Jacob Hoover. George Hall
and G. 1). Goodfollow, having erected thereon a
two-story frame house, Ac. Seised, taker i in exe
cution and to be sold as the property of Zebed
Lawhead. .
Also All that certain tract of land situato in
Chest Township, containing 100 acres and allow
ance, bounded bv lands of Jos McMurray on th
west, Thomas Wilson on the east, and Kliat Hurd
and others on the south, with thirty acres cleared,
with ono frame house, one log house and stable.
Seized, taken in execution and to be sold as tho
property of Robert MeFaJden.
Aaso All that certain tract of land situate in
Ferguson township, containing 100 acres, begin
ning at a post corner of land purchased by Cyrua
Thurston from II. Ogden, N. 50 deg. E. 130 ps. to a
Hemlock, & 40 dcg. E. 100 ps. to a post, S. 50 deg.
W. 130 ps. to a post. N. 40 deg. W. 130 ps. to pott
and beginning. Seised, taken in ccxecution and
to be sold as the property of Cyrus II. Thurston.
Also All that certain tract of land situate in
Bell township, Clearfield county, bounded by lands
of J. Snyder, Isaac Lec, R. Michaels, and others,
with frame house, frame barn, and 60 acres clear
ed. Seized, taken in execution and to be sold as
the property of Jas. White and Thos. Mahaffcy.
Also A certain lot of land situate in CurwenBr
ville, Clearfield county, with thereon erected a
large two-story house, stable and chair shop front
ing on main street 50fet and ISO feet deep, front
ing Filbert street on tho South, and bounded by
lot of John Askey on the West. All tho interest
of deft. Seized, taken in execution and be sold
as the property of Hannah Chambers.
. 1 . JOSIAH R. KEED, Sheriff-
Clearfield, April 16, IK.
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