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CLEARFIELD, PA., AUG. 6, 1858.
People's National Ticket.
Toil rT-ESIDRNT,
JOHN C. FREMO'T,
OP CALIFORNIA.
FOR VICB PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM L. DAYTON,
OP SEW JERSEY.
1; Union State Ticket.
CANAL COMMISSIONER,
THOMAS E. COCHRAN, of York Co.
' AUDITOR GENERAL,
DARWIN PHELPS, of Armstrong Co.
SCRTf TOR GENERAL,
BARTHOLOMEW LA PORTE, of Bradford Co.
tllflOS OF THE OPPOSITION.
Among the many plans suggested to unite
the forces opposed to Buchanan, the follow
ing, we believe, is one upon which all can a
gree, viz : Let 26 electors be jointly chosen
by the Fillmore and Fremont men. Then let
the Fillmore men choose a 27th and the Fre
mont men a 27th. Let both parties vote the
26 common electors, adding the Fillmore elec
tor at the head if they wish to cast their vote
lor Fillmore, or the Fremont elector if they
wish to Tote for Fremont. -If this ticket
should be successful, let the electoral vote be
divided between the two candidates in propor
tion to the number of votes which each shall
receive. Thus, if Fillmore gets half of the
votes cast for this ticket, give him half of the
electors, and Fremont the other half. If one
of them should receive two-thirds or three
fourths of the opposition votes in the State,
give him that proportion of electors. By thi
plan every man would be certain for whom his
vote would count. If he cast his vote for
Fillmore, it would count for Fillmore ; if for
Fremont, it would count for Fremont. This
wouKl be fair and just, would leave no man in
doubt os to where his vote wonld go, and
would be the means of carrying the State a
gainst Buchanan. The members of Congress
from this State have called a Convention to
meet at Harrisburg sometime in the month of
September, for the purpose of adjusting the
difficulty, and we have no doubt it w ill be ar
ranged at that time to the satisfaction of both
ections. Our friends should not permit them
elvesto become disheartened, for we have an
abiding confidence that all will yet end right.
The man who would oppose a union electoral
ticket upon as just and lair a basis as the fore
going, must at heart bo for Luliuiian.
A Meeting was held in the Court IIoupc on
Saturday evening, ostensibly for the purpose
of selecting delegates to the Convention to
form a Fillmore electoral ticket, which met
yesterday at Ilarrisburg. So far as selecting
delegates goes, we have nothing to say against
it. The course, however, that was taken was
calculated to distract our own forces and em
bitter men who should move in concert. It
always has been, and still is our desire to
unite the forces opposed to Buchanan, so as
to enable Tts to carry the State against him.
To abuse the candidate of one of the parties
opposed to Buchanan, as was done on this oc
casion, is certainly illy calculated to effect
such a desirable end. The -spirit manifested
was anything but conciliatory, and, therefore,
imprudent, at least. Although a very respec
table number of persons were present, many
of whom were Locofocos who had gone thith
er to witness the "fun," we believe not over
ten or eleven identified themselves with the
movement. "We will, however, for the pres
ent, refrain from further comment.
A NEW TRICK !
Be oh yocR Gcard! ! We sec it stated that
the Locofocos have raised a large sum of mon
ey, which is in the hands of the wire-workers
at Washington City, and is principally to bo
used in carrying Pennsylvania for Buchanan.
The Democracy are well aware, if a union of
the Fillmore and Fremont elements is effect
ed, that Buchanan will lose this State by a
large majority. Their main object now is to
prevent a union, and for this purpose they are
distributing funds, with a profuse hand, among
such pliable politicians as may be found in
our ranks, engaging them to oppose all efforts
to unite our forces, and to stir up disscntion
among us. Humiliating as it maybe, it is
nevertheless so, that thereare individuals to
be found who are venal enough to thus sell
themselves to the Locofoco wire-workers to
further the cause of Buchanan. We 'trust
our friends will be on their guard. No one
who at heart wishes to defeat Buchanan will
oppose a union of the opposition forces upon
some lair and reasonable basis.
Tras Oct! By a notice elsewhere in to
day paper, it will be seen that a Mass Meet
ing f those opposed to the Administration
party will We held in Woodward township, on
Saturday the 16th August. Everyone who
& ttead, should do so.
Lumbermen's Meeting. We would remind
our readers that at the Lumbermen's meeting
held here on the 4th July, it was resolved that
the meeting assemble again on Monday after
noon of August Court week.
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WHO IS JAMES BTCHANAtfl
. "No one," says the New York Sun, "will
seriously ask, who is James Buchanan!" This
is said with much unction and evident satisfac
tion. Well, it is pleasant, is it not, Mr. Sun,
to have a candidate for the Presidency at last,
of whom somebody has heard something be
fore he was nominated J But if it should hap
pen that any one should ask : "Who is James
Buchanan ?" you can tell them at once, and
without stopping to think about it, "Wrhy, he
is the man w ho abused Madison and the war
with England, in a Fourth of July oration in
1815, at a round rate. lie is the man who was
such a rampant Federalist that he solemnly de
clared, before God and man, that if he thought
he had a single drop of Democratic blood in
his vein3 he would open them and let it out.
He is the man who was four times elected to
Congress as a Federalist. lie is the man who
came to Mr. Clay in 182-3 and tried to make a
bargain with him, or at least held out a tempt
ing offer to him, namely that he should be Sec
retary of State, to vote lor General Jackson ;
and he is the man who led the General to be
lieve that Mr. Clay and Mr. Adams had made
a corrupt bargain. He is the man who heard
this charge made, reiterated, and the changes
upon it rung all over the country for fifteen or
sixteen years, and yet, knowing it to be false,
never contradicted it. He is the man who
said to General Clinch, in 1844, that he could
make those Dutchmen in Pennsylvania be
lieve that Mr. Polk was a better proccire-tar-iffman
than Mr. Clay ; and he is the man who
took the stump in Pennsylvania in the fall of
1811, and by pledging the honor of a gentle
man to the people of that State, that Mr. Polk
was abetter profectivc-tariffraan than Mr. Clay
did make them believe it, and vote for Mr.
Polk, wheteby they lost the tariff of 1812, and
he got the office of Secretary of State, all ol
which he knew beforehand would take place ;
and he is the same man who said in a speech
in the Senate, thai the best protection that the
mtnufacturers could hare was low wages
bring wages down to ten cents a dat, and
they would need no other protection. Now.
w ho does not know who James Buchanan is 1
Wash. Orean.
Fcblic Meeting. In pursuance ot previous
notice given, a meeting of the opponents of
Buchanan and the policy of the present Na
tional Administration, met at the Court Ilouso
on Saturday, the 2ud ins!., and organized by
selecting Michael A. Frank as Chairman,and
S. B. Row, as Secretary. The object of the
meeting having been stated to be the select
ing of Congressional Conferees, on motion.
Alexander Irvin, II. D. Putton and Michael A.
Frank, were chosen as conferees for Clearfield
county, with power to substitute. A motion
was made and carried that the delegates be in
structed to vote for Hon. C. B. Curtis, as the
choice of this county.
On motion, the following persons were cho
sen as a committee to make the necessary ar
rangements, for the holding of the Convention
to nominate a county ticket, and also for the
People's Convention, which are to be held in
this borongh on the Tuesday of Court week,
viz: J. B. M'Enally, Chairman, W. II. Ro
bertson, Lewis R. Carter, David B. Rodkey,
E. H. Dundy, James W. Owens, Alex. Irvin,
Isaac S. Shirey, John Patton, Benj. Harts
horn, Philip Antes, James M. Kelly, Ellis Liv
ergood, Orris Hoyt, Wm. Mitchell, Henry B.
Smith, Nathaniel Rishcl, Thomas G.Suyder, J.
II. Jones, James P. Nelson, Benj. Spackman,
Samuel Sebring, John Carlisle, Robert Mi
chaels and David S. Moore.
On motion, resolved, that these proceedings
be published in the Rnftsman's Journal. The
meeting then adjourned. M.A.Fkank, Pres't.
S. B. Row, Secretary.
Going Down Hill. The Buffalo, N. Y.,
Commercial remarks very truly : The nomina
tion of Mr. Buchanan fell still-born in all the
free States. There was no spontaneous, hear
ty response from any quarter, and he has been
growing weaker day by day, from the hour
Slidell overreached the supporters of the oth
er candidates, and secured his triumph, up to
the present time, and wo see no reason to
doubt that this decline in his popularity is to
continue up to the period of his final over
throw. In this State ho stands no chance
whatever. The most sanguine among his in
telligent supporters do not, even now, profess
any confidence in a favorable result, and the
current will leave them high and dry on the
sand, before the tide is at half ebb.
Border Disturbances. The-New Orleans
Creole, of the 21st, says there are appearances
of serious disturbances on the border of Texas
and Louisiana. Certain free negroes, mulat
toes and white men, to the number of forty,
with the Sheriff at their head, who had been
ordered for some reason to leave the country,
have refused to do so, and have fortified them
selves some four miles above Madison. They
are reported to have a buudred guns, besides
pistols and bowic knives, and bid defiance
to their opponents,
"no refused to publish the toasts becanse-
somo of them expressed Democratic senti
ments." Republican.
This, In the dignified language of the Re
publican, is "a positive and unqualified false
hood," and the editor of that paper must have
known it ta be such, for we informed him at
the time the toasts were handed in that we
could not give them for lack of space, and for
that reason alone were they omitted.
TnE Wheat Crop is now pretty well se
cured all over the country, except the extreme
northern portion, and we have never known a
harvest to pass with so little complaint of In
jury to the crop as this year. There Is, there
fore, every reason to believe that the yield of
sound wheat is unprecedently large, and con
sequently, without a largo foreign demand,
with no chance for shipments to California,
the price must be low.
t V ?Zn?m, is oin to Bir surgeon
!ha?SeJhTtbodr f James Bhanan for
Lm P Sf Demortic blood.' Bine lights
will be used on the occasion, and ten centsV
mission charged.
LETTER FROM MR. CAMPBELL.
Ma. S. B. Row. Dear Sir : Allow me
through your columns to remind D. W. Moore,
Esq. of the subject of controversy between
him and me.
Has the Editor of the Republican forgot, that
his unqualified assertions in reference to our
last exhibition,are still before the public mind,
in all their glaring absurdity, nnvindicated.
That Mr.Turner's specch,was nothing more
nor less than a re-hash of some false and stale
Abolition editorial from the New York Tri
bune or some other disunion organ," that "it
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was mil oi misrepresentations, uniair ana un
patriotic, and was badly written, badly deliv
ered, ami was as grossly defective in grammar
as it was in facts," are affirmations publicly
made by Esquire Moore, and their truth ques
tioned by me, their foundation pronounced
groundleis, and their author challenged, by all
that is manly and brave, to verify them.
These affirmations then, and these alone, to
every impartial and intelligent mind, form the
only true basis and subject of our controver
sy, and cannot be over-looked or evaded until
they are manfully met, logically answered, and
their proof established beyond the power of
refutation. Has this been the course of said
Editor T Did he in his last touch one of the
points in question 1 Readers, judge for your
selves. Had the subject of debate been the
most deadly serpent, from the venom of w hose
lana no sanity can recover, Esquire M. could
net have more carefully avoided it. Fear it
not, Dear Sir, it is the offspring of your own
rich genius. "
The Editor says "in all controversies ice
(consistency demands him to have this ice in
italics and No. 1, affixed) honor the antago
nist who will stand up to an open and manly
contest to a fair and tree light."
This language when contrasted w ith his re
ply to my letter, reminds me of the Preacher,
who was addicted to falsehood, intemperance,
profanity, immorality and debauchery, but to
his congregation ho was careful to preach
truth, temperance, heavenly conversation, o
bediencc to the Moral Law, and immunity from
nil "that defileth or maketh a lie," and at the
close of the sermon he would tisnally add,
"Brethren, do not as I do, but do as I tell you."
Such is a fair specimen of the mode in which
our down street Editor conducts a controversy.
He says "we characterized the piece as of a
partisan character, and expressed our disap
probation of it for that reason alone." Why
then did not the Editor confine his "strictures'"
to that feature "alone" which he believed to
be of "partisan character?" Why say it was
badly written, badly delivered, and grammati
cally incorrect, and thereby cast reflections on
the Teacher with no other design than to in
jure 1 Why call it an "Abolition editorial"
when there is not an Abolition sentiment in
it Had he confined himself in his "stric
tures" to what he calls its "partisan charac
ter" and not dipped his shafts in slander min
gled with falsehood, and aimed them at the
Principal and the Institution, it is highly prob
able that my pen never would have "been rais
ed in answer.
The Editor insinuates that Mr. Turner was
imposed upon by me, and that he did not fully
understand the nature of his speech. This is
untrue. My former letter plainly shows that
he well understood it, and that ho and I were
of the s.ime "opinion" in regard to its charac
ter. That I did not in this respect discharge
my duty to him, "not only as his tutor, but as
his friend," and that "the young man '.tor
nothing in it oljectionable,' but Mr. Campbell
did," are assertions, Esquire, that will not
square with the truth.
The only thing of "partisan character" (if
it will bear that name) that can be legitimate
ly cxlracted from "that speech," is the dis
honor which seems naturally to reflect upon
the Ruling Power, when we speak of the dis
tracted affairs of our country. This, in my
opinion, is a fair embodiment of its worst
"partisan" feature.
Those must be the "kimlest feelings", indeed,
by which the Editor was "prompted" to notice
our last Exhibition, when nine lines only out
of thirty-four (a little over one fourth) were
"filled with fulsome adulation," and even in
the latter part of those nine lines, that venom
ous serpent began to show his brazen head,
which the Editor now so much fears to touch.
He says "vc arc not acquainted with all the
rules laid down in Kirkham." This is no
doubt an honest confession, and it is not like
ly that any one, familiar with his editorials,
and especially with his late criticism upon my
lettcr,would bring serious charges against him
for being "acquainted" with any of those rules,
much less the rules of logic.
Pray, Sir, by whose logic do yon get author
ity to evade entirely the subject of controver
sy, and spend your force in another course ?
If this be not a gross perversion of logic, who
can define what logic is t
In so much of the Editor's reply as was oc
cupied in italicizing and numbering certain
words m my letter as incorrect,without giving
any rule of logic or grammar thereby violated,
he plainly manifested the spirit of a coward,
who raised his arm to strike, but had not the
courage (in his case the knowledge) to inflict
the blow. Now I assert, without fear of suc
cessful contradiction, that the Editor cannot
by the rules of grammar and logic, combined
or separate, prove those parts in my letter he
has italicized, incorrect. Without an addi
tional stretch of candor, he could as easily
have pointed out forty-two feigned mistakes
in it, as twenty-one.
Insinuating that a composition is incorrect,
and italicizing certain words in it, will pass
neither for argument or proof, and though
they may have the appearanc t of show to the
illiterate in the estimation of the wise and
learned, they will not "weigh a feather. "
The idea, Esquire, that by your italicizing
and numbering those words in my letter, you
arc exempt from the burden of proof that rests
on you in reference to the unfounded asser
tions in your notice of our last Exhibition, is
simply ridiculous. It is, no doubt an inge
nious, but a weak and despicable dodge. It is
certainly a "query" to know how long the legs
of yonr logic are !
Will the Editor come up to tho subject of
controversy, and vindicate his assertions, or
frankly acknowledge his error, and show'for
once that he "u ill stand up to an open and man
ly contest to a fair and free fight;" and let an
impartial public be our judges.
Yours truly, W. A. Campbell.
Remember. The pro-slavery party propose
to "save tho Union," but at the expense of
Freedom, and will make it a slave oligarchy.
Listen to the noble words of Col. Fremont,
and say Will you have one or both ?
"If I am elected to that high office for which
your partiality has nominated me, I will en
deavor to administer the Government accord
ing to the true spirit of the Constitution, as it
was interpreted by the great men who framed
and adopted it, and in such a way as to pre
serve BOTH LlBEKTT AND TIIE UNION."
Horne Tooke ridiculed the practice of sea
bathing, and said if any of the seal species
were sick, it would be as wise for a fish physi
cian to order them to go on shore. Parsons de
clared that sea-bathing was only reckoned heal
thy becanse many persons had been "known
to survive it ;" but Sheridan's objection to salt
water was most quaint. "Pickles," said he,
"don't agree with me."
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For the Raftsman's Journal.
. "Opties sharp have they, I ween,
Who see what is not to be seen."
Mr. Row: I wa strongly i hi pressed with
the truth ol the above couplet after reading
the criticism in tho last Republican on Mr. W.
A. Campbell's letter, in which it is alleged there
are 21 mistakes. In a majority of instances,
thongh some of the expressions may be some
what obscure and lack the elegance of the ed
itor's diction, the alleged blunders are suscep
tible of easy eIucidation,whilst a few are sanc
tioned by common usage, as for example the
words "us" and "we." But this attack is un
fair, for instead of even attempting to prove
that mistakes exist, the editor alleges that
there is a large number, and in effect asks that
Mr. Campbell shall show that they are not mis
takes. This is like arraigning a man and ask
ing him to' prove himself innocent, instead of
the prosecution showing that he is guilty.
But, I presume the Republican man has taken
this plan to withdrav attention from his for
mer unjustifiable attack on a scholar and the
principal of the Institute. I don't know who
the "critique" of the Republican is, for the
editor says he is "not acquainted with all the
rules laid down in Kirkham," a useless cau
tion, for no grammarian would ever deem him
guilty of such acquaintance, but I am dispos
ed to think Pope might have had a similar gc
nious in his mind's eye, when he wrote that '
4iSomo have at first for wits, then poets pass'd.
Turned critics next, and proved plain fools at last ;
Sonic neither can for wits nor critics pas.
As heavy mules are neither horse nor ass."
Ignoramus.
FILLMORE & DOHNELSON MEETING.
In pursuance ot a call a large meettng was
held in the Court House, in this borough, on
Saturday evening, the 2d August inst. It was
organized by the election of Tuos. Shea, Esq.
as chairman, Wm. Reed and Joshua Johnson
as Vice Presidents, and George W. Rheem &
L. R. Merrcll, Secretaries. On motion. Dr. J.
G. Hartsw ick, W. R. Brow n and D. M. Weaver
were appointed a committee to draft resolutions
In the absence of the committee, H. Bi cker
Swoope, Esq. was called upon and addressed
the meeting. He said that the stereotyped
phraze with which politicians usually com
menced their speeches "that we have entered
upon a most important political contest" had.
perhaps, never been more appropriately used
than at the present time. With civil war", strife
and rebellion raging in our territories with a
spirit of ruffianism prevailing throughout the
country, that has even stained the floor of the
Senate Chamber of our National capitol with
the blood of one of its members, with agita
tion, clamor, and alarm in all sections of the
Union, we had entered into a contest the re
sult of which must either restore peace and'
Harmony, or add luel to the name. He show
ed conclusively that the election of cither Bu
chanan or Fremont must inevitably produce
the latter result that the only security for the
country, the only method of restoring peace
and tranquility, were in the success of Millard
Fillmore, and the great conservntive princi
ples of the National American Platform. He
proceeded at some length to examine the
claims of the different candidates, showing up
Buchanan as a model of inconsistency. lie
wanted to knoy upon what grounds Americans
could support Fremont a man who had always
been allied with the Democratic party who
when elected in the Democratic Legislature of
California to the Senate and during the twen
ty days he sat there, voted in every instance
with that party among the rest against the
abolition of slavery in the District of Colum
bia, who had never to this day uttered a single
sentiment in common with Americanism, and
who was the nominee of a convention in w hich
the foulest and most vituperative attack was
made upon the American party, that was ever
listened to by any political assembly in this
commonwealth. He appealed to the men of
all parties, who possessed a spark of patriot
ism to rally under the Fillmore flag, in de
fence of the Union rnd the Constitution.
The committee reported the following reso
lutions which were unanimously adopted :
Whereas, we have assembled in our capaci
ty of American Freemen, to consider the con
dition of our country and resolve upon the
course we shall pursue in the eventful politi
cal contest now upon us; and from the sounds
of discord and strife that now reach us lrom a
distant Territory from the agitation and
clamor that prevades our whole land ; and from
the outrages perpetrated even in the halls of
our National Capitol, we have reason to appre
hend danger to our institutions, if not the
overthrow of our beloved Union; therefore
1, Resolved that now as ever, we will rally
in support of our schools, our Sabbath, our
Bible, our Liberty and our Union; and that
upon this great National American platform,
with one united heart, we will go into the sec
ond and greatest strnggle, that has ever been
fought on the soil of freedom.
2, Resolved that we will support Millard
Fillmore and A. J. Donelson, for President
and Vice President of the United, States, be
cause we believe them to be true patriots,
tried Statesmen and honest men, ardently de
voted to the constitution and the Union, and
faithful to those great conservative American
principles, on which, alone both can be per
petuated. 3, Resolved that both the foreign and do
niestic policy of the present National Admin
istration, (and especially the unasked fr re
peal of the ''Missouri Compromise," causing
tne re-agitation of the vexed question of Sla
very) have beer of such a character as to cx
citejust apprehensions, that the continuance
of power in the hands of that party, w ill prove
disasterous to the country and to the Union,
and we therefore pledge ourselves to use ev
ery honorable exertion to prevent the election
of James Buchanan who stands pledged to the
same system of measures, and the same plat
form of principles.
4, Resolved that we deprecate all sectional
contests for the Presidency, and are unwill
ing to recognize in any manner, a party ex
clusively sectional, whether of the North or
of the South, believing that such contests are
calculated not only to alienate one section of
our country from another, but to weaken tho
bonds of our Union, and ultimately endanger
its integrity and existence.
5, Resolved that it has become the duty of
all true Americans, in this era of trial and of
danger, to re-study the great principles and
precepts, tanghtand practiced by the foun
ders of the Republic, with which those now
promulgated by foreigners and sectionalists,
aro in such direct and startling contrast.
6, Resolved that time has not obscured the
brightness of the precepts, or tho course of
events impaired the title to reverence of the
Farewell Address of the "Father op uis
Countrt" in which we have presented to us a
summary of those true principles of our gov
ernment, and that we regard it as the ark of
our National safty, and the sacrament of our
political faith, the solemn injunctions of which
cannot be dodbted without danger, or depart
ed from, except on the verge of destruction;
that we more than ever cherish that portion
of this sacred testament, which says to us
"It is of infinite moment that you should
properly estimate the immense value of your
National Union to your collective and indi
vidual happiness, you should cherish a cordial
habitual aad immovable attachment to if, ac
customing yourselves to think and speak of it
as the palladium of your political safty and
prosperity; watching for its preservation with
jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever
can suggest even a suspicion that it can ever
be abandoned; and indignantly frowning upon
the first dawning of every attempt to alienate
one portion of our country from the rest, or
to enfeeble the sacred ties which bind togeth
er its various parts."
7, Resolved That in the life and services
the integrity and the honor of Millard Fill
more, we have the most sacred assurances that
he will be faithful to our beloved Union and
maintain the equal, sovereign rights of all the
States that at home and abroad the govern
ment will be administered fairly, flrnily and
purely, in conformity with American princi
ples, and to the honor and glory of the Amer
ican name.
8, Resolved That we will devote ourselves
to the maintenance of our glorious LTnion,and
to the furtherance of the great principles of
our party, as our fathers did to the cause of
Indcjendence, consecrating to their support
"our lives, our fortuues,and our sacred honors.'
9, Resolved that for the better support of
these principles, and the candidates of our
party, we form ourselves into an American
Fillmore & Donelson club, and that we will
recognise as members all who may 8tibM:ribe
their names to the platform of principles em
bodied in these resolutions, and pledge them
selves to the support of our candidates
10, Resolved that the proceedings of this
meeting, including these resolutions be pub
lished. Wm. S. Bradley and II. B. Swoope were u
nanimonsly elected Representative and Sena
torial Delegates to the State Convention on
the oth inst. to form an electoral ticket. It
was on motion resolved, that the officers of
this meeting be declared the permanent board
of officers of the club.
The meeting then adjourned to meet on the
Wednesday evening of the Court, in the Dia
mond. The proceedings passed off in the ut
most harmony, and it was in every particular,
the most respectable meeting held in this bor
ough, during the present campaign.
Cr. VY . liUKEM, I
L. R. MERRfcLL, j
Secretaries.
Washington, July 29, 1850.
The House has passed the Army Appropri
ation Bill, by a vote of 01 to 80, with Mr. Sher
man's amendment appended, which is as fol
lows :
"Provided, nevertheless, That no part of the
military force of the United States herein pro
vided for shall bo employed in aid of the en
forcement of the enactments of the alleged
Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kan
sas, recently assembled at Shawnee Mission,
until Congress shall have enacted either that
it was or was not a valid Legislative Assembly,
chosen in conformity with the organic law by
the people of the said Territory. ind provi
ded, That, until Congress shall have passed on
the validity of the said Legislative Assembly
of Kansas, it shall be the duty of the President
to use the military force in said Territory to
preserve the peace, suppress insurrection, re
pel invasion, and protect persons and proper
ty therein, and upon the national highways in
the State of Missouri, from unlawful seizures
and searches. .Qwl he it further provided, That
the President is required to disarm the present
organized militia of the Territory of Kansas,
and recall all the United States aims therein
distributed, and to prevent armed men from
going into said Territory to disturb the public
peace, or aid in the enforcement or resistance
of real or pretended laws."
The bill as amended has gone to the Senate,
and the responsibility is thrown upon that
branch to s ty whether supplies shall be voted
to the Army or not. Not content with this,
the House wheeled into line under the lead
of Mr. Grow of Pa., and substituted Mr. Dunn's
Free Kansas bill for Mr. Glow's and put it
through to its final passage by a vote of 83 to
74, and that has gone to the Senate also.
Dunn, Haven, Harrison & Co. voted for it.
The bill repeals the Kansas-Nebraska Act, re
stores the Missouri Compromise, and provides
carefully for a thorough reorganization of the
Territory, and the Executive power and au
thority in and over it to be vested in a Gover
nor, who shall hold his office four years; the
appointment of a Secretary and the election of
a Council and House of Representatives the
first election to be on the Tuesday after the
first Monday of November next ; that all the
laws passed by the Legislative Assembly and
Governor shall be submitted to the Congress
of the United States, and if disapproved, shall
be void and of no eflect ; and that all laws or
pretended laws, whether now existing or here
after enacted in said Territory, in contraven
tion of the provisions of this Act, shall be
void.
There is considerable speculation whether
the Scuate willreject or adopt this Kansas bill.
Many believe that it will adopt the bill. If it
does not, the House will insist upon the amend
ment to the Army Appropriation bill.
COL. FREMONT'S RELIGION.
Some of the newspapers have started the re
port and it has been industriously circulated,
with a view to injure the peoples candidate for
the Presidency, that he is a catholic. "A He
will travel ten leagues, while truth in putting
on her boots;" but the annexed statement,
made by Mr. Nelson, a gentleman who was
raised and educated with Fremont, will fully
arrest this falsehood. It was published in the
New York Tribune of tho 21st of July last, and
is as follows :
"In the Morning Express of Saturday, Mr.
Brooks asserts that Col. Fremout received his
education in a Roman Catholic Institute, in
Charleston, S. C, under the late Bishop Eng
land. Although opposed to the party rvhich nom
inated him in justice to himself and tho mem
ory of his mother I brand those, assertions as
utterly false from beginning to end. Born in
Charleston, I have known him from my earliest
days. He was my schoolmate for many years.
I was a member of the same Sundav School
class with him ; and while he was a member
of the J unior Class, of Charleston College, he
was my most intimate friend. 1 was standing
within a few feet of him w hen he was confirm
ed in the Protestant Episcopal Church by the
Bishop of South Carolina. I can vouch that
ho never had his foot inside of the Catholic In
stitute spoken of ; and I am sure he never
spoke to Bishop England ir his life. He was
born a Protestant, educated a Protestant, and
has more of a Protestant principle about him
than the editor of the Express.
Respectfully yours.. J. G. NELSON."
UoUoway's Ointment and Pills a certain enro
for Scald Head. Henry, 12, Maria, 10, and
John Ames, 9, of Apalachicola, Florida, were
all three affected with this disagreeable mala
dy ; Maria in particular was in a wretched
plight with it, and although there were many
remedies tried, yet tho malady did not seem
to decrease, indeed tho disease spread itself
all over the surface of the head, to the great
annoyance of the parents & discomfiture of the
child ; the blood of tho others was equally im
pure. At last tho parents put the three under
a course of Holloway's Ointment and Pills,
which cured them all iu the space of nineteen
days. Their health has siuce considerably
improved. These remedies aro wonderfullv
efficacious in all diseases of the skin.
CLIPPINGS A2TD SCRIBBLINGS.
Acceptable the basket of apples from out
friend Jacob Ii win. Such presents are always
in order.
Congress his passed a joint resolution fix
ing the 18th of August as the day of final ad
journmcnt.
John W. Geart of this State has been ap
pointed Governor of Kansas, in the place of
Shannon, removed. .
A woman and five children were burnt to
death at Boston on Tuesday, and a fireman kil
led by a wall falling... ----,
J . Barclat Harding, Esq., has taken charge
of the Philadelphia Daily Times. It is a strong
and ably conducted Fremont paper. -
Brooks and Keitt, who had resigned their
foats in Congress, have been re-elected at tho
f-pecial elections held in their districts to fill
the vacancies. ,
Tue steamer Empire State exploded her
boilers in Long Island Sound on the night of
the 2Gth ult. Seven persons wore killed and
fifteen wounded.
A Canadian journal says "the United States
has about run its race as a republic. Its De
mocracy is ripening into anarchy, the fruits of
which w ill inevitably be despotism of some
sort or other."
Still toit Come ! The Ionia, MichiganCa
zette, and the Manitowoe, Wisconsin, Tribune,
both Democratic papers, have hauled down
the Buchanan and Breckenridge and put up
the Fremont and Dayton flag.
Last week, as Mr. John R. Brown, of Hun
terdon, N.J., was getting upon the cars of the
New York and Erie Railroad, at Jersey City,
his pocket was picked of $2,940. It is most
ly in $20 bills on the New Jersey 1 ank.
The Hudson Slar says a decision has jnst
been rendered by Judge Mead against the le
gality of the practice of the Eric Railroad
Company of charging an extra price for tick
ets when not obtained at the station office.
Warr.es Cocntt. The Republicans of War
ren have selected non. C. B. Curtis as their
choice for Congress, and placed in nomination
G. W. Scofield for Senator, S. P. Johnson for
Judge, Thomas Struthcrs for Assembly and E.
Cowan, for Treasurer.
Manufacture of a Nose. A child was born
in Taris lately without any nose. M. Maison
nouve, of Paris, took the little lady in hand
w hen she was seven months old, and having
made her insensible of pain by means of
chloroform, cut such flaps so skillfully from
the face, that when twisted into position and
perfectly healed they made a very respectable
and good looking nose.
The Albany Journal gives the following idea
of Southern logic: "Rust beats Mr.Greely, to
convince him that his resolution ought to Lave
been adopted by the House ; Herbert shoots a
waiter, to prove that he is entitled to break
fast after eleven o'clock ; Biooks pounds Mr.
Sumner on the head, to establish the fsct that
his State is prosperous, and his uncle a gen
tleman ; Keitt puts pistols in his pocket, to
satisfy the public that South Carolina had
more troops in the Revolution than Massachu
setts ; and Pate, with five assistants, attacks a
newspaper correspondent ri et armis, by way
of refutation of the charge that he is a "Ruf
fian' !"
Nicaragua .We learn that Gen. Walker
was inaugurated President on tho 12th nit.
He received 11,000 out of a total of 21,000
votes cast. Rivas still held possession of Le
on, and was gaining strength by the desertion
of the natives from Walker. A leagne of tho
Northern Central American States was believ
ed to exist ; and an invasion of Nicaragua
looked for at the close of the rainy season.
Walker's situation is evidently desperate, and
the worst feature of it is that the enthusiasm
in his favor has very sensibly declined in the
L'nited States. He needs both men and mo.
ney, but is not likely to have the want sup
plied by sympathizers in this country.
Arrison, the Torpedo man, has been tried
the third time at Cincinnati, for murder, end
the jury brc light in a verdict lor manslaugh
ter! This is a mere mockery of justice, and
is calculated to throw discredit upon trials by
jury altogether. The jury in this case should
be Turnished with a diploma for stupidity. If
Arrison was guilty of any crime, it was that
of murder. If he planned the scheme, and
sent the hellish instrument to his victims, ho
was guilty of deliberate, malicious murder.
If he did not, he was not guilty of manslaugh
ter. We are glad to hear he is again to be pet
on trial for his life, for the murder of his other
victim, having only been tried for the murder
of one, which has produced this absurd Ter
diet. Pitts. Gazette.
Married On the SIstJuly, by the Rev. A.
Crowell, Mr. Henry Neff to Miss Melcena
Hurlv, all of Cambria county.
Married On July 31st by Rev. J. W. El
liott, Mr. Jamfs P. Farwell to Miss Honora
M. O'Neil of Pike township.
JAS. H. LVrRTMKR. i TEST.
LARKIMER & TEST.
ATTOIi.XltrS AT LAIT,
Will attend promptly to all legal and other bu
siness entrusted to their care in Clearfield and ad
joining counties.
Clearfield. Aag. 6. 1 35t.
TVOT1CE. The Fillmore and Donelson clnb
1 No. 1, will meet at the Court House on Thurs
day evening the 7th i list., at 7 i o"ciock. A gen
eral sttend aoi-e is requested, as business of im
portance i to be trans-ictcd. lliOS. SHEA Prest
G. W. r.HBKM, Sec'y. Aug. 6. 1853.
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NOTICE. A meeting of the . Directors of tho
1 CIcarScM Rail Road Comnanv. will bit il.l
at tho oflics cf the Tressnrer Joiah W. Smith in
the thorough of Clearfield on Tuesday tho 19th of
Ans- (Court Week) a! 1 o'clock P. M. A general
attendance is r juestcd. JAS. T. HALE Prest
Aug. 0;h 1S5S. - , . - '
All those who have not paid their first Icstal
mentdaeon their stock subscribed, ftre requetei
to come forward and pav ths same. -
Aug. 6. 156. JOSlAH W. SMITH. Trtas
rilEMPEKANCE MEETING. The W h
-a. mgtoman Temperance Society, will hoid ks
next quarterly meeting at the Court House, n
Monday evening. August ISth, at early eandlo
lighting. The public are invited to attend.
AnS' V PHILIP GrLICH, Pres't.
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