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ffl CLEARFIELD, TA , MAY 13, 1857.
AMERICAN REPUBLICAN
COUNTY MEETING.
A meeting of the American Republicans of
Clearfield county will bo held 'in tho COURT
HOUSE in Clearfield Borough, on WEDNES
DAY EVENING, MAY 20th, (Court week.)
lion. James T. Hale, Samckl Linn, Esq., and
others, will address tho meeting. Majt.
CAUSE AND EFFECT.
Tho unprecedented number of murders, rob
beries, Sec, that aro being daily committed,
often gives rise to inquiry as to the causes
which lead to their commission. Evidently
there is a great lack of moral principle at the
bottom of it all a disregard of the value of
human life, nnd o( the dread penalty that lies
in the future; but wo think that a portion of
the newspaper press is in some measure to
blame. We refer to those journals that give
all the liuiribleand disgusting details, when
ever some incarnate fiend invades the taberna
cle of life, and destroys a fellow mortal not
permitting tho most trivial circumstance to
pass by unnoticed, but filling up whole pages
with their recital and the public, with a nat
ural proclivity towards a vitiated taste, seizes
upon theso dotails and devours them with a
rapacity that would put to blush a famished
catamount when he seizes an object of prey.
We believe that a constant indulgence in this
sort of reading can do nothing less than dull
the sensibilities and stupefy the moral feelings
of persons of mature y tiara, and with the
young, whose minds may as yet have no fixed
cast, it must be infinitely more deleterious.
Ercry one knows with what avidity a boy will
peruse tho "Adventures of Jack Shepherd,'
Scenes in tho Lives of Murderers," and pub
lications of that sort, and yet, perhaps, few
reflect what influence theso books may exert
upon his future life and actions; and doubt
less reading the details of murders and robbe
ries and villanies of all kinds, with which too
many .newspapers aie filled, tends not only to
generate a taste in tho minds of our youth for
such morbid trash, but is calculated to almost
entirely withdraw their attention from that
which is useful, beneficial and elevating. Not
long sinco we saw mention made of a case
showing the lamentable fruits of reading news
paper details of a. murder. The diabolic act
had ben conceived and carried out with an
unusual degree of cunning the body of the
victim, a female, buried beneath a barn floor,
and all traces of the horrible deed obliterated.
A boy of somo ten years of nge, a bright
little fellow at that, having heard the details
read by his father, conceived tho terrible idea
of imitating the fiendish act, and the account
stated that he really did kill a smaller sister,
and carried out the entire tragedy, even to the
removing of blood spots by means of acids,
as given in the journals of the day. Other in
stances might be given, but this will sufTice to
illustrato the pernicious tendencies of this
sort of reading.
Tue Bcrdei.l Mirdek. Tho trial of Mrs.
Cnnningham lor the murder of Dr. liurdell,
in New York, closed on last Satnrday evening
at 7 o'clock, under much excitement. At half
past 7 the Jury returned a verdict of "Ab
Guilly." Tho verdict is said to give general
satisfaction. As soon as the verdict was ren
dered Mrs. Cunningham and her daughters,
Helen and Augusta, fainted. John J. Eckel
was admitted to bail in tho sum of $5,000 on
bis own recognizance and liberated from pris
on. Ho is to appear on the 18th, when it is
believed a nolle prosequi will bo tntercd.
Thus for the present ends this mysterious
murder.
Tns Trial or McKim, at Hollidaysburg, for
the murder of young Norcross, came finally to
a close on last Thursday. All the testimony
went to show conclusively that McKim was the
perpetrator of the murder, and is but a con
firmation of facts already known to the public.
At 4 o'clock on the day named, Judge Taylor,
in a clear and able charge, submitted the case
to the jury, w ho af ter an absence of an hour
returned iuto Court with a verdict of guilty of
murder in the first degree. Afterwards, the
Judge passed sentence of death upon him, and
it now remains only lor the Governor to sign
the death-warrant.
It is said that many fish have been killed
Ittely in the Sciota river, near Chilicothe, O
hio, by the drainage from the whiskey distille
ries. This did not formerly occnr, and there
is nothing in the grain that should prove fatal
to the fish. - It is no donbt the effect of strych
nine, recently introduced into the manufac
ture of whisker. By the use of a certain
quantity of this poison, mixed with tobacco
juice, every bushel of grain is made to pro
duce five gallons of whiskey, while with hon
est distillation the product is one-half that a
raount. No wonder that whiskey is called
rot-gut."
The Poisoxrsa. A Washington despatch
says : "The merchants and business men in
this city are taking up a subscription often
thousand dollars, which will bo paid to anv
person or persons ascertaining the cause of
the poisoning cases at the National Hotel '
-The developments that have recently como to
light have caused much excitement here."
Correspondence or the "Baftsman's Journal. -Harrisbcro,
May 9th, 1857.
Diar Journal : I wrote you some lime ago
that the House had passed tho appropriation
bill, by which the sum of $830,000 were ap- j
proprlated to common schools. In the Sen
ate, Mr. Brown, of Philadelphia county, moved
to amend by redncinglhis sum to $250,000,
and Mr. Brewer, another Locofoco, moved to
reduce it to $2'-!5,0OO. How these Iacos hate
the light. Mr. Brown is aiming to be Gover
nor, and he thinks tho way to accomplish his
purpose is to bo as penurious, as possible, and
especially towards the common schools. His
motion did not carry, however, but the section
passed appropriating $280,000 to common
schools. This is $50,000 more than last year.
In order to carry favor with tln.dr Fusion Cath
olic constituents, they must opposo the grant
of aid to tlie common school fund. While the
State is advancing in wealth nnd population,
Brewer was for advancingbackwards, nnd ma
king the appropriation less than last year.
. The bill guaranteeing tho security of $3,
000,000 to the Sunbury and Erie Railroad,
passed tho House by a small majority, 49 to
13, on the 1st inst., and Went to the Senate.
It has not yet been reached in that body.
What its fate may be there, I cannot say.
The Senate have had under discussion this
week, tho bill lor the sale of the Main Line,
and has passed it with a few amendments to the
third reading. Its enemies have opposed it
at every stage ot its progress.
The Senate has passed the bill to incorpo
rate the Bell's Mills and Fallen Timber Turn
pike nnd Plank Road Company, and it has been
signed by the Governor, and become a law.
The people along Clearfield Creek w ill now
have another good road across the mountains
to the railroad.
The frauds acted upon the people of this
Commonwealth by Insnranco companies, es
pecially by companies located out of the State,
'have become so frequent that the Senate has
passed a bill to appoint commissioners to in
quire into tho condition of Insurance compa
nies. This is a good bill. There is a great
deal of wicked speculation in these compa
nies. With many, the great matter is to get
offices, ami to get well paid for their services,
and much fraud is practised by the companies.
Tho bill to release Gen. Small from the ty-
ranons Judicial decision of a Lm-ofoco judge,
for contempt of Court, has passed both houses,
and Gen. Small is released from prison.
You nro aware that most astounding frauds
were practised in the districts of Philadelphia
in the election of last fall. Wm. B. Mann con
tested the office for District Attorney, with
tho Democratic candidate, who was declared
to be elected. Tho investigation has revealed
some of the most villanous frauds ever prac
ticed, but the investigation is not ended. The
Legislature, probably from a peculiar sympathy
for darkness on some things that wont bear the
light, passed an net requiring the appointment
of a second District Attorney by the Court ;
and the Court have appointed Vlr. Mann, .who
was now an applicant. This is all wrong
wrong in tho Legislature to pass tl.e act, inter
fering with tho legal investigation of fraud
wrong in the Court to appoint Mann, who is
the contestant, thus removing the reason why
he should continue to ccntest ; and wrong in
Mann to accept, lie should have prosecuted
his just claims, if he had any, to tho end.
There appears to be some difficulty in the
cabinet of Buchanan at Washington, in rela
tion to Kansas affairs. I judge they aro be
coming somewhat alarmed at tho determined
free spirit manifested by those sons of liberty.
The cabinet spent a day recently on the sub
ject of Kansas affairs, Gov. Walker being
present.
Tho probability is tho President will soon
die. Tho Washington epidemic is not con
fined to those who put up at the National Ho
tel, but others, who neither eat nor drank
there, have had the same. It should be called
the office-seeker's disease. My impression is,
that it was occasioned by the rot-gut whiskey
they drank there.
M'Kim is found guilty of murder in the first
degree, and sentenced to be hung.
Yours trulyfc Ccjus.
KAN3A3.
A dispatch from St. Louis states that the
Free-State wen of Kansas, through a commit
tee of tho citizens of Lawrence, have made a
distinct proposition to Secretary Stanton for
the peaceful settlement of all the questions
which now trouble that embrvo State. That
proposition is in substance as follows :
"Two persons (one from each party), selec
ted in each district, will correct tho registry
list, and proceed together to registei the legal
votes. Tho Probate Judges will then correct
the lirst list, and the apportionments being
made according to these returns, four judges
ol elections, two ot each party, will bo selected
for each precinct, and tho names of three of
said judges w ill bo required to the certificates
to entitle a person to a scat in tho Convention."
This proposition, it is added, Secretary
Stanton has declined of course because the
Tro-Slavery party, who have entire control of
the bogus census and registration, and who
mean to hold the election and count the votes
without check or scrutiny, will not consent to
abate ono -scruple of their "pound of flesh."
They have, at great expense of effort and wear
of conscience, got their machinery all oiled for
making Kansas a Slave State, and they will not
forego their advantage. A fair election would
prove their ruin, so they will none of it. And
the Federal Administration, which, for the
honor of human nature we mnst believe, would
gladly feel at liberty to take the side of jus
tice in the premises, is constrained by its obli
gations to the Slave Power to back its minions
in Kansas in refusing the Free-State men that
fair election so often promised them and which
is all they ask.
The Free-State men of Kansas have now vin
dicated their motives and confounded the mal
ice of their enenres. - If anarchy and civil war
should ensue, History and Eternal Justice will
place the blame where it belongs. The issue
is now so clear that sophistry cannot confuse,
ana falsehood will in vaia misstate it Trib.
THE WILMOT FF.CTIS0.
As this proviso will doubtless be frequently
referred to during the present campaign, it
may not be inappropriate to state tho princi
pal facts, and recall a few incidents connected
with it.
The Mexican War had in the summer of
1816, quite depleted the National Treasury.
On the 8th August, President Polk, in a mes
sage to Congress, asked for an additional "ap
propriation to provide for any expenditure
which may bo nece&sary to make in advance
for the purpose of settling all our difficulties
with the Mexican Republic." On the same
day, in accordance with this request, Mr. Mc
Kay, of North Carolina, introduced a bill into
the House, simply setting forth that a state of
war existed between Mexico and the United
States, and that "the sum of two millions of
dollars be appropriated to enable the President
to conclude a treaty of Peace," &c, to which
Hon David Wilmot offered a proviso, which
has sinco become so famous, in the following
words:
"Provided, That as an express nnd funda
" mental condition to the acquisition of any
" territory from tho Republic of Mexico by the
" United States, by vlrtiufof any treaty which
" may be negotiated between them, and to the
" use by the Executive of the moneys herein
" appropriated, neither Slavery nor involun
" tary servitude shall ever exist in any part of
" said territory, except for crime, whereof the
" party shall first be duly convicted."
The bill, including tho proviso, passed the
House by a vote of 85 to 80, nine Democrats
from this State, namely, Black, Erdman, Fos
ter, Leib, Thompson, McLean, Rittcr, Wilmot
and Yost, voting for tho same. Tho bill, how
ever, failed in the Senate. At the next session
a similar bill with a similar Proviso in sub
stance, passed the House by a vote of 115 to
100, five Democrats from Pennsylvania voting
in the affirmative. This bill reached the Sen
ate on the 19th February, 1S17, when Mr. Cal
houn introduced a scries of resolutions which
set forth in a tangible form the doctrines in
relation to the "peculiar institution" that are
now entertained by the Pro-slavery Democra
cy, and which had their triumph m Douglas'
Kansas-Nebraska bill. The three million bill,
as it is called, was at the bottom of these ab
stractions and resolutions, and during the re
mainder of the session, the Senate, as well as
the whole conntry, was in a state of high ex
citement. Finally, on the 2d March, the Sen
ato struck out tho proviso by a vote of 31 to
21, and passed the bill. Tho bill with the pro
viso stricken out, went buck to the House.
Here another fierce fight took place, but the
united South, the gifts of office, the rewards
flung broadcast to those who would vote a
giinst the Proviso, were too strong for justice
on the other side. Tho bill, as it was return
ed from the Senate, passed in tho House by
1 15 to 82. AVith the proviso stricken out now,
tho Pennsylvania Democrats stultified them
selves, and voted in the teeth of their former
ballots on the question,, or dodged, all except
Wilmot. He stoed up to his professions.
Now, let us see what has been going on in
the meantime in our own State.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania, which was
chosen at tho general election in 1810, and
which met in January, 1817, took early action
upen this question, and it is gratifying to turn
back to tho records of that body, and sue how
emphatically it sustained Mr. Wilmot. There
were Whigs and Democrats in those days, and
their party fights were as bitter as any that
have happeucd since ; but upon this question
they were united. Nearly every Democratic
member of both Houses recorded his vote in
favor of .tho Wilmot Proviso.
Mr. Victor Piolett, a democratic member of
tho House from Bradford county, introduced
into that body the following preamble and res
olutions: "Whereas, Tho existing war with Mexico
may result in the acquirement of new Terri
tory ; and
Whereas, measures arc now pending in Con
gress having in view the appropriation of mo
ney and the conferring of authority upon the
treaty making power to this end, therefore
Resolved, ifC, That our Senators in Congress
be instructed nnd our Representatives bo re
quested to vote against any measure whatever
by which territory will accrue to the Union,
unless, as a part of the fundamental law upon
which any compact or treaty for this purpose
is based, Slavery or involuntary servitude shall
tie j or ever prohibited, except lor crime."
On the 20th of January this preamble and
resolution were called up, and they passed
nanimously, by the following vote :
Yeas Messrs. Allison, Anderson, Bassler,
lieniz, Bingnam, xiiacK, Ulair, Boushner, Bow
man, Breidenthall, Bull, Burns, Rush, Rush
ncll, Clark, Colvin, Conner, Daly, Dickinson.
Dickson, Donaldson, Edie, Evans),as.ic,.F7ut-
hold, 1-ernon, i ensterniacher, torsyth. Fox,
Gehley, Gould, CrarT, Grata, Haley, Harris,
Hasson, Haymaker, inlands, Hunter, Jets, Ja-
coby, Jackson, Kaufman, Kcalley, Kerr, Ken
near, Kline, Klingensmith, Knox, Krick, Lad
ley, Laughlin, Lawrence, J.avan, Leyburn,
Lockhart, Long, Mackay, Mather, Matthias,
Montclius, Morrison, Myers, McAhcc, McCal
lister, McCurdy, McCurley, McKnight, Mc
Minn, Noble, Patterson, Pauling, rearce, Per
ry. Phillips, Piolett, Pomeroy of Mercer, Pome
roy of Franklin.. Reynolds, Robbins, Ross, Ru
pert, Sanborn, Sharp, Shelly, Sipes, Souder,
Thomas, Thompson, Trego, tliet, Warner,
We Her, Wertsner and Cooper, Speaker 95.
Nats None. Democrats in italics.
Every democrat present voted aye, and eve
ry democratic member of tho House was pres
ent but one.
The resolutions were sent to the Senate and
were called up in that body on the 27th. At
the late Harrisburg Convention Mr. Gibbons
stated that he was Speaker ol the Senate at
that session ; that Mr. Bioler, then Senator
from Clearfield, afterwards Governor and now
U. S. Senator, came to him on the morning
of the 27th and asked as a particular favor that
the Speaker would award the floor to him that
morning to enable him to call up the House
resolution. The Speaker did so ; Mr. Bigler
accordingly called up tho resolution, made a
strong speech in its favorurging its Immedi
ate passage, and moved to suspend the rules
to put it on its final passage ; and the yeas and
nays having been called tho resolution passed
by the following voto :
Yeas Messrs. Bigler, Boas, Carson, Corn-
man, Crabb, Durragh, Darsio, Gillii, Harris,
Hill, Hoover, Johnson, Jordan, Levis, Mason,
Morrison, Rich, Richards, Ross, Sanderson,
Smith, Smyser, Williamson and Gibbons,
Speaker 21.
Nats Messrs. Anderson, Black and Pollei
ger 3. .
Thus it will be seen that Mr. Wilmot receiv
ed the strongest possible endorsement of his
course from the democrats of Pennsylvania,
every democratic member in both Houses of
the legislature, excepting thne, having voted
to sustain him.
It is worthy of note, also, that the legisla
ture that winter was Whig in both branches ;
yet this resolution was introduced in one
branch by a democrat and urged through in
tho other by another. '
David Wilmot, has occupied the same ground
ever since 5 but the party which then endors
ed him has falsely deserted the noblo stand it
had took, apostatized from tho faith of its
founders, and shamelessly renounced all the
good which it did in its better days.
LATEST FROM HABRISBT7RG.
IIarrisdiro, Monday, May 11th, 1857.
Mr. Editor op Journal: Dear Sir : The
Scuate, to-day, passed tho bill for the sale of
the Main Line, with some amendments. The
House will no doubt concur in the amendments.
They have tho bill under discussion this after
noon. I send you a copy of the bill as it pass
ed the Senate. .
The House amended the Apportionment bill
in such a way that tho Senate would not con
cur, and the bill has been in the hands of a
committee of conference for some time; this
committeo have not yet been able to agree.
There aro a few bills of importance that will
occupy the time of the Senate for a week or
more.
Tho Senate have not taken up the bill to
loan the credit of the Commonwealth to the
Sunbury and Eric Railroad yet, as they have
only to-day disposed of the bill for the sale of
the Main Line.
Private bills, in the passage of which your
readers are not much interested, mainly occu
pied the attention ol the House, for the last
week, and the Senate have been discussing tho
bill for tho sale of theMain Line, so that not
much business of general interest has been
done by the Legislature.
Mrs. Cnr.ninghom has been acquitted of the
murder of Dr. Burdell, by tho jury sworn to
try her according to evidence. Who, then, is
the mimlorer ? A mnrdcr lias been commit
ted. Alas, this Sodom !
I sec, at the present, no agitation of the sub
ject of the loose log question.. Have tho rafts
men managed their side of the question well 7
There was quite a stir about a week ago on
this subject, causod by tho warlike manifesta
tions on Clearfield creek.
Tho river has so fallen that it is in excellent
rafting order. Three rafts struck a pier of the
bridge to-day.
It is snowing to-day at BufTalo, K. Y. The
clouds here have some appearance of snow,
but none has fallen.
I must again express my decided approba
tion of the manly, dignified, upright course of
our Senator, Mi. Souther. That Mr. Hamlin,
his predecessor, as one of the most worthy
members of the Senate, while a member of
that body, we must admit ; but excellent as he
was, we have made a glorious exchange. Al
though neither of these men are from Clear
field county, yet Cleai field lias reason to be
proud that her district is so well represented.
Yours, truly, Crjis.
A Book From Gov. Geary. The Chicago
Tribune has the following statement. We pre
sume the informant of ' that Journal is Gov.
Gorman, of Minnesota: "Wo are told by a
Democrat of unquestioned faithfulness to his
party, himself a Governor, that in a late con
versation with Gov. Geary, he learned that
that gentleman is preparing from his diary,
faithfully kept during his administration a
summary of events in Kansas, as they came
under bis own personal or official observation.
Wo are told by trio samd authority, that in
that book, when it is given to the conntry, the
allegations of the Republican journals in rela
tion to tho fiendish atrocities practiced upon
the Free State men, by their Border Ruffian
invaders, will be not only confirmed, but ful
ly proved. It will be stated that, during a
trip on much frequented roads, soon alter his
arrival in the territory, the Governor saw the
bodies of twenty-six murdered free State men.
Some of these had been shot or brained, and
thrown out by the roadside to rot under the
burning sun. Others had been scalped as In
dians scalp their victims. One was pinioned
to a tree by a bowio knife driven through his
heart into the solid wood at his back, on his
breaBt was fastened a written "warning to all
other "Abolitionists." Some wero buried
just beneath the prairie sod, their hands and
arms left sticking out of the shallow holes into
which they had been thrown. Upon others
the nameless mutilation of private parts, which
characterize tho ferocious joy of the Indian
in tho moment of victory, had been commit
ted. In all cases, brutality seemed to have
exhausted itself in insulting what, among all
civilized men, whether friend or foe, are look
ed upon with respect the bodies of the dead."
COUNTY SUPERINTEHDENTS. '
' Below we give t'uo names and amount of sal
ary of such of tho newly elected County Su
perintendents of Common Schools, as have
como under our observation.
Counties.
Karnes.
Rev. L. L. Still,
Rev, J. K. Miller,
S. D. Ingram,
Prof. J. I. Burrcll,
John Dean,
Samuel McEIhose,
Rev. S. P. Bollman,
J. II. Longdcn,
Rev. C. W. Quick,
Hugh Castle,
Rev. J. R. McAfee,
R. N. Avery,
Thomas Ralph,
Thomas Berry,
C. W. Gilfillan,
William Burgwln,
A. B. Putnam.
Salaries.
$600 00
475 00
800 00
800 00
COO 00
600 (!0
G50 00
800 00
10OO 00
800 00
800 00
350 00
S00 00
500 00
COO 00
500 00
Clearfield,
Somerset,
Dauphin,
Centre,
Blair,
Jefferson,
Indiana,
Washington,
Allegheny,
Lycoming,
Westmorel'd,
Beaver,
Butler,
Lawrence,
Mercer,
Vonangj,
Montour,
Lancaster,
Mifflin,
Clarion,
Clinton,
Columbia.
Elk,
500 00
Rev. J. S. Cnimbaugh, 1500 00
Prof. A. D. Hawn, COO 00
J. G. McGonigal, 100 00
J. H. Berry, . 600 00
William Burgess, 400 00
C. R. Earley, ' 400 00
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS.
Blair Col sir. The Tyrone Herald, of the
7th, says tho late rains greatly raised the
streams in that vicinity, and on Monday the
plank road was covered w ith water for some
distance, and the cellars of those residing a
long the lower side of the road filled with wa
ter, and the bridge across tho Juniata, near
the City Hotel, was badly injured. John
Dean, Esq., has been elected Superintendent
of Common Schools, aud the salary fixed at
six hundred dollars.
India a Covntt. Robert McCormick was
brought to Indiana borough on the 4th Mar,
charged w ith stealing a horse from Mr. Silas
Adams. Tho horso had been taken to Blair
county and sold. James M. .French, of
Saltsburg, committed suicide.on the 30th A
pril, by taking laudanum. Rev. S. P. Boll
man was re-elected County Superintendent on
the 4th, and his salary fixed at $050. A Mr.
Stump, nenr Chambersville, had his leg ampu
tated a short time since, rendered necessary
by some disease, of which he died on the 3d
inst. Mr. John Roberts had one of his legs
broken and was otherwise injured, on the 2d,
by being thrown from a hand car on the India
na Branch Railroad.' The Catholics have
converted their "monkery" in Indiana bor
ough into a '"nunnery."
Allegheny County. A horrible murder
was perpetrated at, br near McKeesporf, on
tho 1st' May. It appears that an old man
named Wilson, and an aged sister who resided
with him, were brutally murdered by some
fiend or fiends in human guise, for tho sake of
a few hundred dollars which they had laid up.
Wilson had four stabs in his breast, and a gash
in his shoulder, and his sister, Mrs. McMaster,
was found to have the back part of her head
literally mashed, her right temple broken in,
her under jaw broken, and her right hand and
breast gashed with a knife, in a frightful way.
A neice, named Charlotte Jones, was arrested
on suspicion. She has made three different
statements, from which it would seem that
Henry Fife, her alleged husband, and Monroe
Stewart, are 4he perpetrators of . the murder.
She also alleges that her brother, Wni. Jones,
and a man named James Williams, are the per
petrators of the White murder, committed a
short time since in Washington county.
Centre County. Prof. J. I. Burrell, of An
ronsburg, was elected Superintendent of Com
mon Schools, and the salary fixed at $800.
Chas. Malone, a colored nun, charged with
stabbing Geo. Rider at Milesburg, last winter,
was found guilty at the recent Term of Court,
and sentenced to three years' imprisonment in
the Eastern Penitentiary. The negro Hard
ing, charged with attempting to commit an
outrage upon the person of a young lady, a
short time ago, was acquitted. Ilenrv Deck
er, residing near Potter's Bank, committed
suicide recently, by cutting his arm with an
axe, after first mutillatiug his body. He is
said to have been of intemperate habits.
The election in Bellefonte resulted in the se
lection of the entire American Republican
ticket, the Locos not deeming it prudent to
enter the contest. The American Republi
cans held a spirited County Meeting in Belle
fonte, on the 28fh, nnd the proceedings show
that the Opposition to Locofocoism are mo
ving like "a unit" in old Centre.
Railroad Riots. The employees on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad have struck, in
consequence of a circular issued from the office
of the Master of Transportation, to the effect
that thereafter, each and every car containing
merchandise to be transported over the road,
should be delivered into the charge of the con
ductors aealed, and a receipt taken for the
same. The issuing of this order arose from
the fact that for a long time the company has
been required to pay claims for goods lostin
transportation, and this plan has been in suc
cessful operation on the New York Central
Railroad, and also upon a number of Western
roads. Attacks were made on the trains leav
ing Baltimore and Martinsburg on Wednesday.
Tho trains subsequently sent out met with
various obstructions, and fire arms were used
by both the military and rioters, resulting in
the death of a few persons and wounding others.
Tue New York Times says that on Wednes
day night at the Opera, Col. Fremont and cx
President Fillmore sat side by side in a front
seat, listening to Gazzaniga in "Norma." ap
parently entirely forgetful that there had been
a Presidential election last fall. If Mr. Bu
chanan couid have looked in and seen how
perfectly satisfied and placid theso two rivals
of his appeared in their defeat, we are not
sure, but that ho would have envied them their
happy escape from tho toils and troubles ol
tho White House.
New Advertisements.
XACK AGAIN IX THE OLD SHOP,
ov THIRD STREET. '
J'ne subscriber informs his old friends and tho
public penerally, that he is now re-established in
the OI,L SHOP, on third street, lately occupied by
Jacob Shunkweiler. where ho hopes by strict at
tention and keeping a good stock vi aborted iron
to merit the favor of the publio. Country produce
and cash never refused An apprentice, from 16
to 18 years of age, will meet with a good situation
if application be made soon.
Clearfield, May 13, 1S.i7. ft. Ty". ORR.
WM. F. IEWIN
Has just received and is now opening at his
store in Clearfield borough,
A LARGE AJTO WELL SELECTED STOCK OF
SPUING & SUMMER
GHOCERIES,
HARDWARE, QUEENSWARE, &c,
which he offers to the public at tho most
reasonable prices. (may 13
TO THE I K o I L E
-1- OF CLEARFIELD COCXTT.
A NEW MARBLE WORKS ITT
BKLLEFOXTE. PA 1N
S. A. GIBSON & CO are now f.,li . .
!'-V$- Clearfield eou n tywhh all
kinds of Marble work, at a much lowcf rto than
""lV0sht ? an7 oth osta,li,hment in th
MR. WILLIAM C.RAHAM.'oneof the firm mav
be found at thepublic hcusoofD.M. Weaver in Old
eeivinz orders, and w,U also Pai. every few weeks
throng all tho different parw of tho county
S. A. GIBSON Jk CO.,
M,.,,,,... Rollefoato Marble Works.
-My 13, 18.7-6ta. Bellefonte, Ta.
CAl'TI(. All person are l-ereby cautioned
against harboring or trusting hit fst'jer,
C harles Terpcr 011 my n.-couut. as I am de'tcm ined
to pay no more debts of liia contracting aft.-r lhi
date without an order from mo. 0
if LICS A. TF.UTE.
Lutkerabarg, Msv 2, lS57-3t.
LOOK II EKE!
rty II K ST O C K OF (i O () D s
X in the store lately owned by II. I. I'atton,
has been purchased by the subscriber. The store
will be continued at the old stand at the corner in
Curwensrille. where a general assortment of Gro
ceries and other loods may be found.
25tH April, 1SJ7. V M. 1KMA.
TVOTICE The stockholders of the Tyrone and
11 Clearfield Kailroad ar hereby notified that
the second instalment of five dollars a fthnror was
payable on tho first of March last. A tbi d instal
ment of five dollars a share will bo due on the lt
of May next; a fourth instalment of fire dollars a'
share on the 1st of June oct; a fifth instalment
of five dolliira a nhare on the 1st of July next, a-j-rceably
to resolution of the Eoard of Manager.
As the company hove now a large force of men at
work, it is absolutely essential to the prosecution
of tho work that the Mock tc regnlnrlv rid
JAMKS T. Li:ONAkl, "
Clearfield. April 29 ln.M. Treasurer.
milK BAPTIST CIU ULII IiriLDI.NG
M- in Clearfield town, ii now in progress, aud the
Building Committee gives notice to the mbscribers
thereof that their subscription is wanted by the'
2mh of M.iy next, for materials and workmen.
The subscription book will be at Thomas Robins
store, in Shaw's ltow. Court week, and those uh
scribers in the South part of the county will fiml
their names and sums fubecribed correctly copied
ami left with Brother 11. t-wan, of Jordan town
ship, who will receipt orcro.- theainc, which vrilt
bo acknowledged in the papers.
inayG MAKTIX N1CUOLP, Sr., Treas r.
X E W GOODS!
GE 1 I) E S, M A K S II & O O.,
would respectfully announce to their custo
mers ami thepublicingener.il that they are re
ceiving from tho East, and opening at their store
honse at liuena Vista, in Bell township, Clearfield
county, a larjjc and well selected stock of
DRY t:OODS, GROCKR1ES. HARD
WARE, QL'EE.X.S WARE. rc,
which they will sell ns cheap as the cheapest. All
kinds of country produce, hoards, shingles, ie.,
taken in exchange for jroods. aud Cash uot refused.
Uive us a cnll and examine our stock. 2Co
charge fur show ing goods.
Bull Township. May 6, 1.7 tf.
SO M 13 T II I N O E Y !
LEATHER AND 1ULE STOKE,
Wist End of Spring Cird B. idze, CiepsiJe
Bellefonte, ',,'.
The subscriber respectfully informs the public that
he has jut opened a Leather and Hide store at his
'tannery etablfehtiieut. in BcKefontc. Centre
county. Pa .where he will keep constantly on hai.d
a goo I ..rtincnt of I.ethers. Ac. K3 fullows:
O il Tinned Spanish Sole Leather.
Jfrndoei Sprrnit Sv.'e Ijettlher. I'renck
Ca'f-xliiis, Urttoirt Istther. Oil Tunnel Isi
cing Lrarfi'T, Spt Lf jiitei, I'atent Frevrh Cuff
i'.. Mflrus Boot tiin.s. (tl Rouns and
Vi-ii Linings. Cape Bitutincs an J Gai
ter Kill, Tanners' Oil. A LSO: I'las
tering hair ; Copper Rivets anrt
Burrs ; Threw. Bristles ami
War, and all liml of
Tools. Lf st, Vr . for Sltoemalerx.
TO MACHINISTS. For the convenience of Ma
obinisU of all kind he will keep on hand a pood
supply of Patent Riveted StreVhed Leather Bolt
ins: Straps fnru 1 to 21 inches wide, which he will
sell at city prices. -
CASH paid f..r all kinds or nides and Skins.
I"PTheboe nmlM have been carefully se
lected, and are the very best quality; but call aud
examine, and judge for yourselves.
THOMAS EURXSIDE.
Bellefonte. April 20. 1.7-tf.
LIST OF JTJRCES. FOE KAY TERM, 1357.
OaAsn Jcroiis. Clearfiid 1 Borough. L. R. Mcr
rcll. Huston Arnold Bliss. Bell Tos. Nichol
son. Timothy Sunderland. Curwcnsville John l.
Thompson. Covington John B. Btrinny. Brad
ford William Hoover. Edward Iale. (Josticn
Robert Leonard. Graham John V. Wilihelm.
Bojrjrs VTm 'Wilson. Karthaus llaniel Moore,
William (iiiimulu. Chest Emanuel Hiltcbrand.
Decatur Joseph Millwood. Urady EliasRishcl,
John Flegal. Levi Hraucker. Becc.iria S. K lle
garty, Jeremiah Cooper. I'ike (Jeore C. P iss
more. Woodward Lis'c MeCully, Hugh llendor
sou. Curuside Eli.u Itrickley. "
TRAVERSE JURORS.
Lawrence Matthew Op;.Ien. jr.. Andrew AduV
man, Jacob S. Cole. Abraham J! ish. Rurnside
John Pati-.hin. Lewis Rose, Wm. l eath. liti-iii
Josinh Washburn. . Reccarin John WelJ ir.. If.
R. M right. James Stewart, Joseph M. Smith. Jo
seph Mewart. Brady Samuel Postle'hw :iife. A-
Icxan'icr Dnnlap, Edward tle!nett. M'm. ?. Tav
1 11 . . I. ., ... ,. , . ; .
ivi,wrm; 1 tun, itiu mi. ixjii rinl'p M -
ihec F.U.Miller. 1'enn ThomasMartin. Jacob
Douchman. Chest John Klin;er. Daniel Ior
inan. S. J. Tozer. . Decatur M'm Hashes. Thos.
Waring. Morris Jeremiah Hoover. John B. Ky
Kr. Samuel Merrtdl. John HtK-kenburv. tlirnrd
John Nelson. Peter Lamm. Thos. Leonard. Cov
ington JohnMu!son. James Allen. Jacob Maa
rcr. Bradford John Shirev. sr. Clearfield J.
W Shugart. Union JohtriloMopcter. Fergu
son Joseph Straw, Alex. Ferguson. Woodward
II. Hegarty. Piko Irvin Thompson. Kart
haus M in. H.Michaels. (Jrahnni John W. Tur
ner. Cnrwensville Edward Hippie.
& 95 W I T X E S SES!
3 6V OR,
g THE FORGER CONVICTED.
JOHN S. DYE IS THE AUTHOR.
Who has had 10 years experience as a Banker
, and Publisher and Author of
Q A series of lertnns at the Broitcxy Taltrnaele
p, when, for 10 successive nights, over
O llf 50.000 People
WGrceted him with Rounds of Apj.i "use. n bile ho
exhibited the manner in which Countcr
0 feitersexceuto their Frau Is.and tho
O Surest and Shortest Means of
O Detecting theni !
O T!te R",i: -' Ensri irer nil say that he isth
-l greatest J ndge of Paper Money It ting.
GREATEST DISCOVER OF THE
O PRESENT CENTURY FOR
g Detecting Counterfeit Bank Notes.
Describing Every GetuinoEill inExistcnee,
O and Exhibiting at a glance every Coun
.2 terfeit in circulation ! I
j Arranged so admirably, that referf.kck is KAST
t-i and PETECTION INSTA.VTANKOCS.
EjOXo Index to examine! No pages to hunt
u up! But so simplified and arranged, that
J the Merchant, Banker and Busioasa
Man can seo all at a (Manet.
ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN".
Thcs Each mat brad thb samk is dis ows "a
a tivb Tonocb.
O Most Perfert Banl 2ote List PublisheJ.
p Also a List of all the Privato Bankers in A inerica.
jj A complete summary of tho Finance of En
rope and America will be published in each edi
tion, together with all tho Important News of
"the day. Also
O A SERIES OF TALES
pFrora an Old Manuscript found in tho East. It
furnishes the most complete history of
g ORIENTAL LIFE,.
E describing the Most Perpl exing Positions ilk
which the Ladies and Gentlemen of the conntry
.have been so often fonnd. 1 heso Stories will
S continue throughouUthe whole year, and will
.2 prove tho most entertaining ever offered to the
"public. -
ty Furnished Weekly to Subscribers oxlt, at
OJl year. All letters must be addressed to
5. .... " ' JOHN DYE. Broker.
03 April 23. lS57-ly
BACON, FLOUR, and SALT, just received and
tor sale at the Corner Store.
Cnrwensville, Aprii 2j. WM. IRVIN.
BAR IRON and CHAIN PCMPS, for sals
cheap at tho Corner. WM. IRVIX
apl25
-tl. and BEST SYRUP MOLASSES, for sale at the
owner- apl25 WM. IRVIN.