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S. !3. HOW, Editor and Proprietor.
CLEARFIELD, PA., MAY 29, 1856.
Nominees of the Philadelphia Convention.
FOR PBE3IDEST,
MILLABD FILLMOBE.
VICE PRESIDENT,
ANDKEW JACKSON D0NNEL80N.
Union State Nomination!.
CAXAL COMMISSION KR,
THOMAS E. COCHRAN, of York Co.
ACDITOR GENERAL,
DARWIN PHELPS, of Armstrong Co.
SCRVETOR CKXr.RAL,
BARTHOLOMEW LAroRTE, of Bradford Co.
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ROWDYISM IX C0NGSE3S.
Immediately nfter the adjournment of Con
gress, on the 221 hist., whilst Mr. Sumner was
yet sitting in his arm chair in the Senate cham
ber, Mr. Brooks, a member, wo believe, of tiie
lower House, from South Carolina, entered
and approached Mr. Sumner, accusing him of
libelling South Carolina and his grey-haired
relative, Mr, Butler, in some remarks which
Mr. S. had made the day before, in reply to
Mr. Butler, in the Senate. Mr. Brooks then
struck Mr. Sumner such a heavy blow with his
cane as knocked him down, and repeated the
Mows until Mr. Sumner was deprived of the
power of speech, Mr. S. calling in the mean
time lor help, but no one interfered, although
several members were in the chamber at the
time. When Brooks desisted, Mr. Sumner was
picked up and carried to his room. Tho phy
sicians say he has the most severe flesh wounds
they ever saw on a man's head, and deny his
friends admission to him. Brooks has been
arrested, and held to bail for his appearance.
This is another beautiful display of '-southern
chivalry." To denounce the conduct of Mr.
Brooks as brutal and outrageous, is to call it
by the mildest term it deserves, and wc are
glad to see it almost universally .condemned
by the press. The Philadelphia Ledger says
that, in all the experience of rufflanism in
Congress, in has never heard of a more wan
ton, brutal and unmanly act. This assault on
Mr. Sumner, if it is not, should be regarded as
a breach of privilege. Congress has but in a
few cases undertaken to pr.niih such a breach,
T.r. iVnii! to band over the ofiendcrto the law
ronrts. But this is such an arriavab.-d case.
t'.it, ir tt.e ijou:
if t'.n Tim! if has anv rortrrl for if ili"-
nity and for the protection d"'.- n '.. .ruber of
the highest l-'iMiLvo hotly, it will at once
eipti brooks, which will serve as an example
for all othcr3 who :eay fe-cl disposed to indulge
in like ruffianly attacks upon peaceable and
' fkcent men.
KEroRTf.o War l ikk Operations auvjxst
Nicaragi'a and Mexico. Intelligence from
Havana reports tho Spanish govci isment as fit
ting out an expedition against Walker and
Nicaragua, and that a Spanish force is to
blockade and bombard Vera Cruz, to enforce
certain claims due from Mexico. Too much
credence should not be given to these rumors
in the form in which they are presented.
Without first having made a declaration of
war, Spain would not commence hostilities
against Nicaragua; and tho payment of any
just claim due by Mexico would only be re
tarded by the blockade of one of her princi
pal ports, the destruction of which, instead of
improving the bankrupt treasury of Mexico,
. would only iucrcaso the. embarrassment of the
government. There is an r.nusual activity, it
is true, among Spanish vessels of war ; but, it
is thought, if any expeditions against Walker
arc being fitted out hy Spaniards, they are in
dividual affair", not authorized by the govern
ment, though it may make no special efforts
to suppress them. Should Walker be success-
ful, the invasion of Cuba will doubtlessly soon
follow ; and, therefore, Spain cannot be much
r blamed if she does permit, though she may
; not give official sauction to the fitting out of
. expeditions which may prevent Walker from
' succeeding in Nicaragua. .v
. Tue French Minister at Paris ha3 ofl'orcd
what is deemed an insult to our government.
Maj. Delafield, Maj.Mordccai and Col. M Clel
Iao were sent to Europe to aciuire information
of value to the military service of tho L. S.
They were everywhere cordially received.
On their return by way of Paris, they' called
, upon Marshall Vaillant, who in a very oflen
. eive manner said, -W have nothing to give !
, Taere are misunderstandings between our gov
ernments, ami our relations aro such as not to
justify any such civilities!." .Major Mordecai,
who was spokesman of tho party wisely fore-
bore to retort the insolence ; and, as they bid
the Marshall farewell. lie expressed the hope
mat tney might meet again som where thir
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39BTHERS DEMORALIZATION.
. . a a c i,A V n York 1
The special correspuuucuv ui i"
Tribune, writing from Washington under date
of Ma? II, siJB: "The shameless tergtversa
ticm of .Northern men on the subject of Slave
ry is a spectacle to make angels weep. It is
needless to enumerate instances in detail.
Tbev malignantly dot the surface of the Free
States like pustules on a small-pox patient.
Southern Slavery has become the great god
before which the army of place-seekers bow
down with abject submission. It occupies the
seats of power, and robes and unrobes official
dignitaries in all thc plentitude of imperial
majestv. it issues us uuwa vi iiv.wiuuu,..v.
thm with the lordly authority oi tno aucan.
It saves and it tumns wun more man yiyai
promptness and zeal. Its mandates issue, and
trembling herd of its ooeiiient louovers
rushes in skurried alacrity to obey. This is
no figure of speech ; it is sober and exact truth.
Behold what Slavery has demanded of North
cm men in the way of eating their words and
swallowing their opinions, and behold what it
has got. Let the record be examined. There
was a time, and no distant time either, when
all parties in the. North expressed their con
demnation of Slavery. It was condemned
without qualification, and a manly stand taken
against its spread. Every cmiucnt and every
imrminent man in the Free States declared a
gainst its being carried' into Free Territory.
There is not a man in the north, who has a po
litical record, which is not clear and emphatic
on this point. All men and all parties, and all
the Free States, upheld the Wilmot Proviso a
few years ago while most of them declared
against agitation and against molesting the in
stitution in the States, even by discussion, the
expression of determination torcsist itsspread
into Free territory was universal. Search the
record, and it will be found that every promi
nent man's positiou was identical on this point.
Tho gathering up and exposing the attitude of
this man and that on tho question in times
past, which the Ilouse has been occupied about
of late, is labor lost. The record of alNis a
like. Ten years ago not one Northern man
was as debauched as the entire body of leaders
of the Democratic party is now. Ten years
ago the North unanimously occupied the
ground now maintained by the Anti-Nebraska
men. Whoever does not hold it now has fal
len from his former position, and apostatized
from his former faith. It ia idle to enumerate,
individual examples. Every Northern man
who docs not occupy the anti-Nebraska ground
to-day, is a deserter from the side of Freedom
to that of Slavery, and goes to swell the reek
ing mass of political apostaey that now olloiuls
the moral sense of every upright man. Look
back and around and see the individual monu
ments of this most lamentable defection. Be
hold Mr. Webster; himself at one time alight
shining in thn path of the. YVihnot-Provisoists.
Behold Mr. Cass, ponderously rolling iuto the
Senate with a Wilmot-Froviso speech in his
hat, which ho was only saved by an accident
from delivering. Look at Mr. Buchanan, hold
ing to the Missouri restriction, and declaring
it holy and sacred as the Constitution. See
New Hampshire, headed by Franklin Pierce,
outright and rank in declaring against the
spread of slavery. Kead the resolutions of ev
ery Northern State to the same purport, pas
sed with the consent of all sides aud emena
ting from all sides. Even in the South, the
voice lor the same general doctrine was potent
with its nobler spirits. Hearken to that of
Henry Clay.as late as 18o0,uttered in tho Sen
ate of the United States. There, with flushed
countenance and an eye of fire, rising in his
i place he proclaimed with defiant gesticulation
an,i passioned tone-s, to a breathless and si
Je.n. inn. i..- .r-i.v u...v.,
to admit Slavery iuto territory now free nev
ep . Contrast all this and volumes more of the
same kind, which the history of the past few
years can furnish, with the htato of opinion
now upon the subject, and weep over the hu
miliating record. It exhibits the North in a
position which her sons might well pray to the
Almighty to bur in oblivion. It exhibits a
recreancy that blotches the history of the Free
Sla'cswith u isightly sores, and surrounds it
with an atmosphere smoking with corruption.
It blears and bedims a history once clear r no
ble and glorious. It befouls by contact our
colonial and revolutionary reputation, that
once challenged the admiration of the world
for its purity. Who could have believed that
a son of New EDgland would be found to head
a movement that thus trails her honors in tho
dust, brings reproach upon her good namc,and
causes her children to blush over the coerced
degradation of the land of their afiections ?
And this is done all lor what I . For place ;
for official honors ; for a temporary lease of
high station; for a day of authority. Here
they go and there they go. From every Free
State, and from every count- of every Free
State, the examples of this deep humiliation
crowd forward with a disgraceful alacrity.
Xhey come- from hill and valley. High and
low throng in supple subserviency around the
throne of Slavery. They are called upon to
disavow and 'repent of every sentiment in fa
vor of Freedom they ever expressed, and they
do it. They apostatize from the faith of their
fathers. They repudiate their principles.
They renounce their opinions. They learn,
embrace, and repeat tho catechism of the pow
er at whose feet they cower. They begin, "I
" believe in one political god, and (hat god is
'' Slavery. I will not resist or obstruct his
" sway. I will perform his service' according
" as I shall be ordered. I will set up the sym
" bols of his worship in every office I shall hold
" under him." They are thus compelled to
cl eanso themsfdves of every taint and suspi
cion of hostility to Slavery before being ad
mitted to the service of a country whose prou
dest boast is the declaration of human free
dom and tho equality of human rights.
Thus general has the demoralization become
under the haughty exactions of an oligarchy
striving to trample all opposition to it under
its feet. . Cau the Democratic masses tolerate
i ll i.i n innv pniinrsfi nv t in-ir vr.r-: tin 'inni
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! ..v va.-.f, so humiliating so alarming?-
vast, so humiliating.
We- ah ill sec.
THE CRAHFTON DIFFICULTY.
The English government, having refused to
recall Mr. Crampton in accordance with an of
ficial request from cur government, it was de
termined at Washington to dismiss him. .. A
reply to Mr. Marcy s demand having, however
reached Washington on the morning of the day
on which Mr. Crampton was to be dismissed,
the subject was laid over lor the time being.
On the 21st, the President communicated to
the Senate, additional documents relative to
the British recruitments, and wholly involving
the question of veracity between Mr. Buchan
an and Lord Palmerston. ' Mr. Buchanan
charges that Lord Palmerston, while refusing
to lay on the tablo of tho House of Commons
tii. p.irri'snondencc on that subject, stated
such facts only as favored his own side, aud
entirely suppressed the reasons on which our
demand for the recall of Mr. Crampton and
the British Consuls were founded.
Mr. Buchanan also says that Lord Palsierston
was not justified in stating on that occasion,
that he (Buchanan) had expressed himself sat
isfied with Lord Clarendon's explanation, con
tained in his note of the 19th of July last, and
that Mr. Buchanan said he felt confident that
our Government would entertain similar leel
ings with regard to it. Mr. Buchanan denies
that he ever so intimated. He had merely ob
served to Lord Palmerston that ho would have
much satisfaction in transmitting that note to
the Secretary of State.. Lord Palmerston,
replying through Lord Clarendon, fails to be
convinced, saying it seemed to him there was
an essential difference between the substanoe
and the cflect of what was said in the House
of Commons and Mr. Buchanan's statement.
Finally Mr. Buchanan, under date of March
7th, says to Mr. Marcy ''You must believe
with me that the last effort of Lord Palmer
ston to extricate himself from the dilemma,
has served to make the awkwardness of his
position still more conspicious.
The reply of Lord Clarendon, dated April
30th to Mr. Marcy, thus concludes ''The un
dersigned has now had the satisfaction ol com
municating to the Government o( the United
States, the statements and declarations of her
Majesty's Minister at Washington, and of her
Majesty's Consuls at Cincinnati, Philadelphia
and New York, as to the conduct imputed to
them.
The Government of-tho United States had
been led to suppose that, the law and sover
eign rights of the people of the United States
had not been respected by Her Majesty's
Government, ami relying upon the evidence
deemed te he trustworthy, they believed that
the law and those rights bad been infringed
by British agents. If Mich had been the- case,
the Government of the L'nited States would
have been entitled to demand, and Ilcr Majes
ty's Government would not have hesitated to
afford the most ample satisfaction, for no dis
credit can attach to the I'rank admission" and
complete reparation of an unquestionable
wrong.
Her Majesty's Government, however, une
quivocally disclaim any intention either to in
fringe the law or to disregard the policy, or not
to respect the sovereign rights of the United
States, and the Government of tho United
States will soon, lor tho first time, learn that
Her Miijcsty,s Minister at Washington, and
Her Majesty's Consuls at Cincinnati, Philadel
phia, and New York, solemnly affirm that they
have not committed any of the acts that have
been imputed to them. Tho Government of
the United States will now also for the first
time have an opportunity of weighing the
declarations of lour gentlemen of un impeached
honor and integrity, against evidence upon
which no reliance ought to bo placed. The
undersigued cairiot but express the earnest
hope of Her Majesty's Government that these
explanations and assurances may prove satis
factory to the Government of tho L'nited
States, and effectually remove any misappre
hension which may havo hitherto existed, aud
he cannot doubt that such a result will afford
as much pleasure to the Government of tho
United States, as to that of her Majesty, by
putting an end to the difference which has
been deeply regretted by her Majesty's Gov
ernment, for there are no two countries which
are bound by stronger ties, or by higher con
siderations, than the Lrnitud States and Great
Britain, to maintain unbroken, the relations of
perfect cordiality and friendship.
"Tho undersigned, etc.,
"Ola REN DON."
"A Stt.gestion. To our brethren of tho
Press and to all those opposed to the present
National Administration, we would offer a
suggestion which wc believe will be produc
tive of good and lasting results. Wo propose
that, in the Congressional, Senatorial and Le
gislative districts, union tickets be formed,
and to effect that desirable object, a call be
prepared similar to the llarrisburg call ; and
let conferees be appointed in different districts
to meet in convention at such time and such
place as may bo hereafter fixed upon, but by
all means, let the action bo speedy. By nil
union of all parties opposed to the rot ten dy
nasty of Pierce, the three districts named can
be easily carried, and we appeal earnestly to
our friends to act at once upon our suggestion.
Clarion Banner.
Being
in tho same Congressional district
with Clarion, wc concur in the suggestion
made by the Banner. What we want is union,
and if it is effected in proper season, which
can be done if the proper exertions arc made,
there can be little doubt of success provided
wc get out a good and true man. But, as the
Warren Mail, which heartily favors the move
ment suggested, says, "we want no more slip
shod, half-and-half candidates. Mr. Barclay
pretended to be Anti-Nebraska and Anti-Pope,
whereby many honest voters were cheated."
The sifi erixgs of the inhabitants of the
Cape do Verd Island, from famine, arc depict
ed as most terrible. I ivc or six thousand, of
a population of one hundred and twenty thou
sand, have already died.
One or the Irish newspapers contains an ad-
Ucrtucnicnt announcing as loat.-a cloth cloak,
j belonging to a gcotk-m m lined vtth blue."'
THE NEW YORK DEMOCRACY.
It appears that a portion of the New York
Democracy refuse to endorse the apostaey of
their present pretended party loaders from
Freedom to Slavery. We find published an
able manifesto numerously signed by many
who arc among the most influential and wor
thy in their party in the State of New York.
The address takes ground against the exten
sion of slavery. We make the to' lowing ex
tracts :
"It is not our purpose to analyze the various
and contradictory reasons by which Northern
men have sought to palliate, if not to justify,
this act of aggression upon the rights of the
Free States. There is but one tine reason
that can be given, and that reason is in direct
hostility to tho settled convictions of a vast
majority OI IOC ucmuuaia ui xvin., ia
reiterated through their conventions during
tho last ten years. lis soli, its sclf-eridcnt pur
pose, was the Extension cf Slarcry. That insti
tution had been excluded from Kansas and Ne
braska by a law enacted under circumstances
which gave it the character of a solemn com
pact. By it Kansas was free, and must ever
remain so. No further legislation was neces
sary. It required no "interference" on the
part of Congress to accomplish this result.
Free by the action of a previous generation
free by the acquiescence of all parties during
a ouarter of a century free by the same pow
er which secured that blessing to Ohio, Illi
nois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa.
Under a similar law these States had all been
nratiiye d without excitement, without vio
lence, without any alledgcd breach of consti
tutional rights, aud with the entire concur
rencc of Southern representatives.
"Nor is it necessary that wc should trace
throuch successive vears the declarations phic
ed upon record by the Democracy of N. York,
as to the place occupieu oy inem in mo e-ou-troversy
between Slavery and Freedom. The
sentiment of opposition to the extension oi
Slavery is too wide-sinead and universal to be
controverted. In this respect there has been
little, if anv. want of coincidence between the
sections iuto which the Democratic party Ins
been divided. If they have differed, it has
been as to the time when the restrictive pou
cv should bo amdiod. not as to the propriety oi
the mincinle itself. On tho tide of the radi
cal democracy, the .whole current of party de
clarations is in one direction, hven tlie last
nominating State Convention, held in Septem
ber last, ndopted this authoritative exposition
of the sentiment of its constituents :
" Resolved, That while the Democracy of
"this State will faithfully adhere to all the
" compromises of the Constitution, and main
" tian all the reserved rights of the States,
" they deem this an appropriate occasion to
" declare their fixed hostility to tho extension
" of Slavery into Free territory."
"No man can with truth assert that this res
olution fails to accord with the feeling enter
tained by the Democratic masses ; nor will any
person at all conversant with the popular cij
timent, or the causes operating thereon, ven
ture the allegation that, in tho lapse' of three
short months from the adoption of tho above
resolution, an entire change lias come over the
mind of the Democracy of this State, turning
them from ardent opponents of Slavery exten
sion into quiescent abettors of its diffusion ;
and, above all, approving in their name of tfie
monstrous fraud and wrong which repealed
thtf restriction asainst the entry of Slavery in
to all that territory lying north of the Missou
ri Compromise line.
"It is an erroneous imputation, propagated
from unworthy motives, that the course ot the
De-mocracy of New York, in resisting the ex
tension of Slavery, is actuated by a morbid
philanthropy toward the African race. True,
they regard it as a social; moral and political
evil, at war with the fundamental principle's of
civil liberty, and deleterious to the true inte r
ests of the country. But it is because thoy
know that wherever Slavery is introduced,
there labor is degraded to a servile employ
ment that it divides society into two classes,
and fixes the badge of servitude on all whose
lot it is to toil that free and forced labor will
not amalgamate on the same soil, and that
hence Slavery operates to the virtual exclu
sion of a white laboring population it is for
theso and many other cogent reasons which
might be adduced, that we desire to keep fhe
"peculiar institution" within the present lim
its, and preserve the boundless and fertile
prairies of the West-as afield for free lalor
and a home for free men; whether our own
immediate descendants or those of the emi
grant Hoeing from the oppression of the old
world.
"It is a satisfaction to know that the efforts
of Democrats in this behalf aro in perfect ac
cordance with the principles and practice of
the illustrious exemplars of their faith. They
arc content to rest a justification of their course
on the happy results which have Mowed to the
country from the benificent operations of the
Ordinance of 1787, and the similar provisions
which have since been incorporated and ap
plied in territorial bills ; w hile the names of
Jefferson, Madison, and a host of honored fol
lowers, assure us that tho platform on which
wo stand is sufficiently broad, comprehensive
and democratic, without adding to it the nar
row, selfish' and sectional plank of Ncbraska
Kansasism. -
"Agsinst the legitimate and constitutional
lights of the South we wage no warfare. To
ward its citizens we eufertain no hostility.
We concede to them, within their appropriate
jurisdictions, the right to rcgulato their own
internal affairs in their own way, and accord
ing to their own convictions of propriety.
But they must cease the attempt to force npon
us an agreement in principles, in regard to
which there can bo no community of feeding
and no accordance of action. Wc warn them
against placing confidence in the representa
tions of men who have not the power, even if
they possess tho disposition, to control the
votes of the Democratic electors of the Em
pire State. These will demand a due respect
for their own rights and a proper appreciation
of the rights of others. They will riquiro a
return to those principles of public policy
which shall give to tho Democracy of the
States their true weight and position in the di
rection of affairs, and secure them against the
abuse of the Federal power. They will ask
that the aggressive policy which has marked
the onward march of Slavery, shall cease.
1 hey will demand for their brethren in Kansas
the just protection to w hich they aroentited
against border ruffianism, and a cessation of
that anomaly which, under the appellation of
"popular sovereignty," imposes upon them a
government upheld by the bayonet of a Fed
eral soldiery. " ;
"Speaking for ourselves, in view of the cir
cumstances wc have detailed, we unhesitating
ly, but firmly, declare, that in no possible exi
gency of party relations, by no act of omission
or commission on our part, will we consent
that the fair and fertile prairies of the West
shall be made to echo to tho lash of tho over
seer's whip or to the clank of the bondman's
fetter. The experience of tho past and the
hopes of the future all point us to an inflexible
adherence to the doctrine so often promulga
ted by the Democracy of this State, of "im
" compromising hostility to the extension of
Slavery into Free Territory," the recogni
tion of which can alone secure the support of
the. Democratic masses, and ensure th (ratabil
ity cf our republic! institutions."
JL.A.TEB FROM.KAliSAS..
REIGN OF TERROR IN THE TERRITORY.
Dates from Leavenworth, Kansas, to Satur
day tht' 17th,' are received. Wednesday; tho
21st, had been .fixed upon for tho. attack on
Law:enc . There is a general roign of terror
in the Territory. Two cannon. hail crossed the
river at Chison, destined for Lawrence1. " Bti
ford's regiment were enrolled in the militia,
and furnished with United States arms by Gov.
Shannon. The Free-State men want arms and
ammunition. Donaldson (United States Mar
shall) has proclaimed his intention to make
clean work of what he has to do thi3 time.
Gov. Robinson is still imprisoned at Lexing
ton....,, The correspondent of Tic Jcjj'erson (Missou
ri) Enquirer, states ' that a petition is hfing 1
circulated in the border counties praying for
the immediate removal of Col. Sumner.
. Mr. Brow n, Editor of The Herald of Freedom
writes that a mob entered the hotel at Kansas
City where he was staying, and dragged off a
man whom they supposed to be himself. On
discovering their mistake, they returned and
demanded him of tlie proprietor, who refused
to deliver him up to them.' A company of
Michigan emigrants then entered the hotel to
protect the occupants. The mob were still
surrounding the hotel and gathering reenforce
mcnts at the close of his letter. No authen
tic intelligence has been received concerning
his (Brown's) fate since his capture.
The Kansas correspondent of The St. Louis
Democrat writes under date of the 19th int.
that eight to twelve hundred men were encamp
ed near Lecompton.
The people of Lawrence had scut a note to
Col. Sumner, askir.jr him to station a body of
troops iu the vicinity to prevent the mob from
proceeding to sanguinary extremities. lie
declined, saying lie had no power to move
without order.
Mr. Cox of Lawrence waited on Marshal
Donaldson to asce-itain if anything could lie
done peaceably to prevent bis monster posse
entering the town. Mr. Donaldson said their
demands must be complied w ith that every
man against whom a process was issued should
be surrendered that all munitions of w;ir in
Lawrence shouid be dolivervd up, and that
the citizens of Lawrence should pledge them
selves under oath to implicitly obey the enact
ments under which the Territory is governed.
Upon receipt of this, the citizens held a
meeting and drew up a letter to the Marshal,
stating that any person acting under him
would be allowed to execute legal process
againsl any inhabitants of Lawrence, and that
if called upon, they would serve as a posse in
aiding the arrest ; that tljerj would not now
or at any future time bo any resistance to the
law, and that they only awaited an opportunity
to testify their fidelity to tho Union and the
Constitution. They claimed to be law-abiding
order-loving citizens, and asked the protec
tion of the constituted authorities.
The purport f the Marshal's answer was,
that he did not believe the promise's of the
people of Lawrence that ho regarded tliem
as rebels and traitors and that they should
know what his domands were when he came.
Washington, May -? In reply to a resolu
tion ofiVri'd by Mr. Barbour, in the House of
Representatives, requesting the President to
communicate whether United State-s soldiers
had been employed in Kansas to arrest persons
charged with the violations of certain suppo
sed laws enacted by a supposed Legislature,
assembled at the Shauue Mission., etc., the
Secretary ol War responds, that by instruc
tions from his Department, dated the loth of
February, Colonel Sumner and Lieutenant
Colonel Cooke were directed to ai l by milita
ry force, the constitutional authorities iu Kan
sas in ' suppressing insurrection or invasive
aggression against the organized Territory,
or armed resistance to the execution of the
laws, iu case of the Government finding the
ordinary course of judicial proceedings and
powers vested in tho United States Marshal,
inadequate for the purpose, should make a re
quisition upon them for military fores to aid
him in the performance of that official duty.
Under these instructions, and upon the re
quisition of Governor Shannon, a detachment
oi troops, under a Lieutenant was ordered to
report to the Governor to sustain the constitu
ted authorities in the enforcement of the law?.
The Secretary says the instructions from
theDepartmcnt being directed exclusively to
the support of the organized Government
and constituted authorities of the Territory,
convey no authority to employ soldiers to aid
by making arrests or otherw ise, iu the enforce
ment of the supposed laws enacted by a sup
posed Legislature. The Department, there
fore, presumed and believes that the United
States soldiers havo not been employed to
make arrests under the circumstances stated
in the resolution.
Holloicay's ointment and pills have effected
another wonderful cure of sore legs. Antho
ny Harrison Scard, of Martinsburg, Va., was a
sufferer for 28 years from sure legs, so bad at
times, that human nature culd scarcly bear
it ; covered with wounds and proud flesh. His
friends had given up all hopes of recovery from
his pitiable state, as the doctor.-: told him it
was constitutional. Several persons told him
the good effects Holloways pills had produced
in cases of this nature, he mads up his mind
to give tbeni atrial; after using them a few
weeks he felt better, and continuing them for
two and a half months, he was perfectly cur
ed, after being a cripple 28 years, and consid
ered beyond human aid.
The great Durham mixed cow, for several
years owned by Win. Shepherd, of Manches
ter, U. was sold a few days since, to Fran
cis F. Hoyt, of Concord, for SoOO. She was
raised in Pembroke, is 7 years old, girts 9 feet,
weighs 2,700 pounds, being tho largest cow in
the United States. : - -
Among the late arrivals at one of the St.
Louis hotcli, ia ono lh.it read j : "L. Smith and
! four hej. 'i.'lt Lake,"
; THE LATEST. .
Important 'News fromlxansas.-
TIn St. Louis Democrat oT the 2Sd sjj s it
was reported that a battle had been fongl.t at
Lawrence and that a number bad been kilhd
on both sides. It was reported that the inlub
itants were preparing to evacuate the place.
It had been determined to make no resistance.
Tho St. Louis llcpiibUcaa'has later intelli
gence, from which it appears that hostilities
have commenced in earnest. A'dospatch from
Brownsville, of the 'J4th inst., says that Law
rence was destroyed on ' Wednesday.'- The "
same day the hotel at Kansas City, and tho
Printing Office, were destroyed. Ni particu
lars arc given.
A bill rxssED Congress, which gives Iow.i
about two millions of acres of land, for tho
purpose of building four parallel lines of rail
reads through the State, with one branch road.
One line from Washington to the month of
Platte river ; one from Dave-nport to Council
Bluffs ; "one from Lyons to the Missonri river ; .
and one from Dubuque to Sioux city. It is
supposed that this bill will closa-all the land
offices in the State, and throw all the unsold
lands into the hands cf the railroad. The
President has given it his signature.
The committee on Public Lands reported a
bill granting a million of acres of laud to Flor
ida, to aid in the construction of railroads. It
is also rumored that the committee intend re
porting similar bills lor railroads in Michigan,
Alabama and Wisconsin.
Don't Mix if the Babies. The Albany
Knickerbocker gives the following account of
a curious affair which occurred in a family of
that city, a few days since: A mother and
her daughter were both confined on the same
day, each having a little son. In the bustle ..f
the moment, both were-placed iu tho cradle,
and to' the confusion of the mothers, w Len the
youngsters were taken from the cradle, they
were unable to tell which was the mother's asid
which the daughter's son a matter which, of
course,, must ever remain a mystery. The
family is in the greatest distress over the affair.
A pautt of women in Hanover, 111., a few
days ago, demolished a drinking shop, in that,
town. The leader of the assailants was a grand
daughter of the celebrated Geueral Boone of
Kentucky.
GoLt. The Kichmond (Va.) Dispatch says
that a lump of pure gold, wotth $1K', was
found on the farm of E. Matthews, nine miles
from Lvnchburg.
Old Mr. Sinri..stick mystified a tea-party
by remarking that women wcr facts. Whe-it
pressed to explain his meaning, he 6;id
"Facts are stnbborn things."
lVOTH'E.-In the ab?rn.- of Eli liloom, Trc.i
i. 1 nrer of Clearfield county, the KooV and 1
pers w ill be in the pows.-ion of John McPherin,
w ho will atteml to the business at all tint .
Clearfield. Mav 2i. lS.".fi.
TO. IIAHTSWIt'K, I. D., having located
in Clrrfu-ld. otier his profusions r-rvie(
to the public. He cau fur the pre-tcnt bo found at
Hemphill's hotel.
ltFiF.nrsers: Ir. llf-rry I.orfdn and It. V.
Wilson. Clearfield ; Dm. lierry. Oreeu. l'otter ami
Mitchell. Centre county. " inayiisr-r
IjLASTKUINt;. Cooper A
have had raurh exiieriouce i
Mitch el. h
:ieri nce jii Hie cilies of
New York and Philadelphia in fhe above tidi
ness, are prepared tn da work from plain to the
be?t orn:miCDtal of aav de.wriptiun. on reasonablo
terms. AdJre.3. YourEtt 1 M1TCHEL,
"V!aJL2'' ls:,r'- Olenhope, Clearfield Co. l'a.
KOPOSALS will lc reoeiv-r.J by the ConimN
doners at their office in Cleaifiohl. on tho ilii
I of J me. for rendering more secure the wall aroun l
i (La jail-yard. l'iJJ-.-rs arc requested to furui.-U
! plans therefor, and bids upon the plan subraiUv t.
JIv oraer or tlie Hoard.
May 23 It ' II. J. WALLACE. Clork.
1-K.v
FOK IOWA!! Tho i:ndeT.ijneJ. d-
siroua of coin;: Weit, offers to sell nt private
sale, three lots in the village of MaryfviMe. odc
hfllf iiilleeat of Clearfield Kri.lge. in "Hoggs town
ship, lmiog thereon erected a two-story if eather
boarded dwelling hose,good stable, and a black
smith shop. The term.', which will bo reasonable,
cm btf ascertained by inquiring of the undersign
ed, residing oa the premises. -
uny2S-tf SAML'EL B. DILLE1I.
A D.MIMSTRATOItS' NOTICE. Where-
ns Letters of Administration on tho Estate of
NATHANIEL HUGHES, late of Chest township.
Clearfield County. P., tlee'd. have been granted
to the undersigned, all persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make immediate payment,
and tLo.o having claims ngain.st the same will
present them, properly authenticated for sattl
meut. to KOBKirr HUGHES,
JDHXMAHAFFEY.
May 23. IflaO St. Adminutrator?.
TVOTICE The stockholders of the Glen Hope
X and Little Hald-eaglo Turnpike, aro notified
that an election will be held at tho house of Win.
T. Gilbert. Glen Hope, on Friday the 13th June, and
for the purpose of taking a vote for or against
division of said road. T. H. DAVIS, l'res t.
Attest A. Moore. See. May 19. 18'6-2t
Cast your lirtad upon lite Waters, for after mxny
days y shall find it.
A Ccrtaia Cure for all Eheamatic Pairs.
PON't COSI'EVX' PXT TRY IT, IT CIN'VOT TAIL.
E. C. ALLEN'S
C(jlcj:xthatej klectric paste,
ASD AR.VU.VN I-AIX EXTRACTOR, FOR MAX A HORSE.
Vojriltt stcttrrd according to Late.
SMALL JAK-50 CUNTS, LARGE JAR gl.
THE Electric Paste act? upon the Muscles ,Teo
dens. and upon the whole nervous system, re
moving torpidity and producing a healthy action
of the blond. Ther being no volatile matter in
its romposition.it remains in action until it accom
plishes iu work. Itcannotlo.se ita strength, and
is altogether harmless, its constituent parts beiug
entirely vegetable.
WHAT ATTLL IT CURE?
YTc answer Rheumatic l'air.3, when everything
cl e fails. Cramps, Choi to. Coughs, Chiiblaics,
Hums. Scalds, Sprains, lIeadache,Toothaehe.Swel
lings, Bruise. Sores, Riatvonu.Tetter, Stiff Joint.
Contracted Chordi, Freeh Cuts.Uleerated Sorcs.aqd
all Scrofulous Disease. where external remedies
can be used. Sore Throats, tiff Necks, Ac.
WHAT IT WILL CURE for Howes and Cattle.
Sweeny, Spavin. Fistulas, Poll Evil, Windfalls,
Ulcers. Cholic. Sprains. Collar and Saddle GalLi.
Stone Rruide-s, Stiff Joints, Vertigo, SptinU aai
Running Sores.
l3?"Nono genuino but thoso having tho worla
E. C. Allen's Concentrated Electric Paste, or Ara
bian Pain Extractor. Lancaster, Pa.." blown in the
1-ottlc fifLook out for counterfoils. Don't for
get to ask for ALLEN'S.
Letters upon business, address, E. C. Allen, care
of 11. A. Rockafield A Co., Lancaster. Ia. . .
LaTor sale at tho Drug Store of Charle D.
Watson, Clearfield. Pa. may21a6-ly
CAPS of all kind and at alt prices to be bail at
may;! I MQS.(P'S.
V LARGE let of lauiilv Grocriti jst receiving
at Me.-ii-o'a iu Clearfield. mT 2
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