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CLEARFIELD, PA , JUNE 17, 1857.
THE HIGH PRICE OF LIVING.
Our city coteuiporari.es are complaining
much of the greatly enhanced cost of air the
necessaries ot life. Meats, vegetables, bread,
coffee, and sugar, are all at most extravagant
prices, and it is difficult, for the laboring man
to supply the wants of his family from the wa
ges he earns. Here, in Clearfield, we feel it
as sensibly as it ia possible to be felt anywhere.
Ia reply to an inquiry, a few days since, as to
the price of flour, we were told that sellers
asked "eleven dollars a barrel, or five dollars
and a half a hundred." AVe have been watch
ing the market reports, and nowhere has flour
reached such enormous prices as with us. In
.New York, Philadelphia and PPtsburgb, it
Las been selling at from S" to SS,jO, as per
quality. We incline to tire belief that the un
usual heighth of prices is owing in a great de
gree to speculation in produce, for wo do not
think there is any scarcity. In the western
States there is plenty of grain and flour ; but
there is a consiant croaking kept up by opera
tors, who represent that there is a great defi
ciency of the old stock of grain, and a poor
prusject for good crops this season. VTe ob
serve, however, that there has been a decline
in the prices of flour at Pittsburgh, and that
their tendency is still downward. This is ow
ing, in all probability, to the favorable reports
from the-grain-growing districts of Indiana,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Ike.
Whilst we are on the subject, we may zj
well remark that too little attentiou is paid to
Agriculture in Clearfield county. The lum
bering business seems to have almost entirely
superceded it. There is not near enough gr.-.in
raised in this county to snpply ths home de
mand, perhaps not over one-half. Consequent
ly in a season like the "present, when the sup
ply is cnt short by the failure, to a great ex
tent, of the crops the previous' year, a large
portion of the money brought to the county is
immediately carried out -again to purchase
breadstnffs. This, in connection with selling
much of the lumber on credit, is well calcula
ted to cause "hard times" here ; and unless a
fair proportion of onr population engage in
farming1, and manage to raisc'as much'grain as
will feed the w!joIe, we may reasonably ex
pect a continuance of the same. Good grain
can be raised in this county, if it is properly
cultivated, - and remunerate the farmer well,
for it is certain that those who have turned
their attention exclusively to their farms, have
become wealthy. The plowing is entirely too
shallow to either produce a snperior quality of
grain, or protect it from freezing in the win
ter. Recently, during a conversation with a
respectable farmer on this subject, be told us
that be plowed deeper than his neighbors, and
that he invariably had better crops and upon
inquiry we ascertained that he plowed about six
inches deep. If he will double the depth of
his plowing, we will venture to predict that in
a few years he will raise as good .wheat as can
be raised in Pennsylvania We should like to
see our citizcus awakened to a proper appreci
ation of the importance of promoting agricul
ture in our county, and adopt some measures
to induce persons to engage in that pursuit.
20-ao. Theludian territory south of Kan
sas contains sixty thousand persons of the
tribes of Cherokees, Creeks, Chickasaws and
Cbocktaws. All who are civilised have plan
tations worked by negro slaves, but no bites
have yet settled there, as the law excludes
them from the Indian territory. Tart of the
programme is to make Xeosho a slave State to
offset Kansas, should the will of her people be
respected by admission as a Free Sto. To
make a star of our confederacy out of such
material would seem no easy matter, but noth
ing is impossible to Democracy when Xeosho
is girt around by Arkansas, Missouri and Tex
as. The Iadians have heretofore opposed a
territorial government, a3 they have their own
tribal organizations, which must be abolished
ty sncb action. Hut if t!io pear is ripe for
the next session of Congres, there will be no
difficulty of plucking it, and the border States
will give their quota of population to add to
the government agents, half-breeds, and oth
ers now there, to swell a census.
Jrrr. Davis ox Ccba. Jefferson Davis; Sec
retary of War under Pierce's administration,
had a barbae ue given him recently, at Jack
son, Mississippi, at which be made a speech
in reference to the position be held while in
Washington, in the course of which Le stated
that he had gone into the Cabinet for the pur
pose of doing whatever he could to acquire
Cuba an acquisition which he regarded as
important to the whole "country, but as indis
pensable to the South, lie says Gen. Pierce
had done all in his power to accomplish so de
sirable an object, but that the non-action of
Congr-s3 on the President's Message, in ref
erence to the Black Warrior affair, frustrated
their purpose.
Punr-aw's Musthit. We have received the
July number, of this best of all American
monthlies. The contents are more than usu
ally interesting, and several of the articles are
interspersed with expressive embellishments.
Pu-r;1s clways a welcome visitor, and all
who wish to proccra a LJgh-toned periodical
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A WABiillTG.
Tjc Democratic press throughout the State
are pursuing their usual course, at times when
the forces of contending parties are marshal
ing for aceming contest, of endeavoring to
raise false issues with which to enbarrass the
judgement of the people as to the real merits
of the case which is to be tried before them.
Wriggle and twist, however, as they may
please, they may rest assured thrd the people
of this good old commonwealth are not going
to be led astray from the strict logical consid
eration of the questions original y proposed
for their consideration. r oreigmsm ana.
slavery extension, the rights and privileges of
free labor and the protection of Pennsylvania
interests; arc the only points to be decided
upon, and these not upon The principle of say
ing grace over picayunes, but upon broad
national grounds. We shall not suffer the dis
cussion to degenerate into the compass of a
debate at a Broker's Board, but we shall insist
upon the "Bycnd" leaders of Locofocoism
meeting it upon the broad platform of
JSaturaIization,SIavery extension and National
Taxation. Such was the position the Irish
free trade Democracy were content that we
should take' until the nomination of Packer
disorganized their ranks, and the nomination
of Wilmot struck terror to their souls. Xow
they desire to reduce the whole -question to
the simple form, "was it right in ur last Leg
islature to pass an act for the sale of the Main
Line of the Public Works V We see: the
snake, though it has only shown the little end
of its tail We ask our friends in the country
to pass this notice around, that, fore-warned,
all may bo forearmed against his venom, and
nt suffer it to poison their minds, or divert it
from the real merits of the issue. We arc
ready to meet this, as we are every : other
question, but we shall not allow it to take ef
fect as the touchstone of the contest. -' By the
way, we may here mention that we read with
great pleasure, the approbatory editorial on
the subject of the action of the Legislature
and the Governor, published a few days ago by
the Pennsylraiilan. and when the accredited
organ of the party speaks in favor, it ill be
comes the press at large, or the leaders of the
party to endeavor, for the mere sake of plun
der and provender, to force the sentinels on
the watch-towers of-party tt hail for a f.tlsc
pass-word which has not been issued at guard
mounting. Pliifa Daily Sun.
The Cincinnati Gazelle says : Our advices,
written and verbal, from the country regarding
the crops continue to improve, and they are
uo-.v exceedingly favorable. A gentleman just
returned from a trip through Inditna, says, he
'cannot And language to express the luxuriant
appearance of the fields. Some of our mer
chants connected with the Southern trade,
have private advices from Kentucky, Tennes
see, Georgia and Alabama, that are most flat
tering. In Southern Kentucky and Tennes
see, Wheat harvest will commence in a week
or two. Soon after the first of July, new wheat
will be in this market from those States. The
crop of Peaches and, indeed, most kinds of
fruit, will be very large. Tho weather, could
hardly be more favorable lor the growing
crops than it is. In fact, every thing connec
ted withrtbe agricultural interests of the coun
try exhibit .a most cheeiful appearance, and
everybody is disposed to make short congrat
ulatory addresses on the sul ject. This state
of affairs, is dragging heavily upon the produce
markets, and for most articles lower prices
have been estabhshid.-
.re ices ot T West. Stephen Miller, of Ilar
risburg, writes borne from St. Clo ad, Minneso
ta, under date of May 23d, the following state
ment of the prices ruling out theie at the pre
sent time : Land can bo had of the best qual
ity according to location at from SI 2-5 per a
cre up to $100, and prices of pi oducc, &c,
range about as follows: Corn, wheat and oats
are the same price, $1 50 per bushel. Pota
toes $2 per bushel. Hay $40 per ton. Milch
cows $-30 to $75 per head. Working oxen
$100 toS200 per pair. Mules S-100 to SbOO
per pair. Butter So cents per pound; oO cts.
iu the winter, and I have not seen a good
mouthful in the Territory, nor since I left llar
risburg. Eggs 2-5 cents per dozen, oO cents
in the winter, kc.
C3The Xew School Presbyterian Church
is split by the slavery question and a south
ern secession is threatened, as in the Metho
dist Church. The passage of mild anti-slavery
resolutions in the recent General Assembly,
at Cleveland, Ohio, has brought an address
from Rev. F. A. Ross, D. D. of Tennessee
and fourteen other Ministers, "To the Minis
ters and Churches in connection with the
GeneralAssembly of the Presbyterian Church''
inviting them to '-meet in the c'ty of Wash
ington, on the 27th of August next, for the
p'irpose of consultation and of organizing a
General Assembly' in which, it will bo dis
tinctly understood, the subject of slavery will
not be introduced." "
IProbably the greatest leap on record
was made at the Helena Shot-tower, Wis.
Some time ago, a horse, twelve years old,
jumped from the bank over a j erpendicular
precipice of one hundred and eighty ftet into
the river below, and came out safe and sonnd,
after swimming nearly half a mie to a suita
ble landing place. The water it the point
where the leap was made was from 20 to 2-3
feet deep. :' .'
C-An advertisement of the "Mercantile
Guide," published by W. A. Blakeny, Xew
York, will be found in our paper to-day. A
gents are otlered .very superior inducements
for procuring subscribers. .. . .
IXOn Monday, Floor was selling in Pitts
burg at from' $7 to $7,75 per bbl. ; hams at
12aud 13 cts., and shoulders 11 cts. a lb. .
LtPThe Indians on the head waters of the
Missouri have become troublesome, and are
committing atrocities against tht whites.
AIFAIBS IN UTAH.
Washington, June 10. David II. Burr, the
Surveyor General of Utah, and others arrived
here on the morning of the 7th inst., direct
from Salt Lake, having left that place on the
loth of April. The repeated acts of violence
against the population of Gentiles and dis
senting Mormons, and the reiterated threats
of murdering them, compelled all to leave,
thus leaving the Territory to the tender mer
cies of the Mormon leaders without a United
States officer to restrain them, or an unpre
judiced pen to report their lawless and violent
proceedings. . . r
'. The party leaving embraced Judge Styles,
the only Federal Judge who remained iu the
Territory? Peter K. Dotson, United States
Marshal ; Mr. Morrell, the Postmaster at Great
Salt Lake City; audT.'S. Williams, Esq.,
together with a number of others, swelling
the party to about a hundred persons. The
obstacles which were encountered in the be
ginning of the journey were very great, the
snow lying to the depth of many feet in the
mountain passes, on the crust of which women
and children were compelled to trudge many
miles, and through which the men with, great
labor and toil succeeded in dragging .the
wagons. Under other circumstances', the ob
stacles would havo.been considered insurraoon
tuble, but the dangers of their situation rend
ered the undertaking unavoidable.
This, one would suppose, will be sufficient
to convince the most incredulous of tlie la
mentable state of affairs in Utah Territory.
Dr.llurt, the U. is. Indian Agent, had, some
two weeks before tho party left, taken refuge
among the Indians of his agency,' to avoid the
violeuce and excitement at Salt Lake. The
party were followed by o party of "Danites"
as far as the Devil's Gate, ii-30 m:k'3 from Salt
Lake City, who were constantly watching their
movements, undoubtedly with tho intention of
cutticg otl any stragglers, and seizing the first
opportunity to st.nuptde Uteir animals. thereby
leaving them on the open prairies destitute of
the means of continuing their journey. The
"Danites"' . were driven back by the report
that live hundred U. S. troops were inarching
from Laramie to ialt Lake, followed by an
army of 0W from the States. '
At Fort Bridger, 110 mile : from Salt Lake,
the party were astonished by the arrival of two
men, Mcsrs. Bovier and Hoops, who had been
compelled to flee from Provo to save their
lives.-. These men had rrfnsed to consecrate
their property and yield to the heavy exactions
of Erigham Young ; consequently it was voted
unanimously in the Tabernacle at Provo to
"shed their blood," and to tho call foi volun
teers to do the deed fifty men responded.
Some friends informed Bcvicr and Hoops -of
these proceeding,, and they, leaving their
wives and children, fled to . the fields, cacght
their horses, and escaied to Fort Bridger,
through the mountains. They are now at In
dependence, Missouri.
At Green. River,, the party received another
addition of two persons Mr. Soba and' wife,'
who had been concealed soiue days in a camp
of mountaineers in a pile of. bufialo robes.
They had escaped from Salt Lake City a short
time before making their way across the moun
tains on foot, and through deep snows, a dis
tance cf 1-55 miles. He had been obliged to
flee to save himself from the penalty conse
quent upou overhearing Brigham's order given
to Robert Burton for tho massacre of Tobin
Pclteo and party.
A few days before the party left Salt Lake
City, tho daughter of Thomas S. Williams,
Esq., was abductd frota bis house, and he was
arrested the next day for threatening to be
revenged.
He was thrown into prison and chained to
the floor, and was only released by the inter
ference of Howard Egan and the father, of
Williams, who confronted Brigham Young,
and told him uuless Williams was immediately
set free they should all three die together;
whereupon Young accompanied them to prison
and restored him to liberty.
AH the above mentioned persons were com
pelled to leave their property and business,
and in sonic cases evea their wives and
children; being unable to make any arrange
ments for the security of the one, or the pro
tection of tiie others.
The office of the Surveyor General would
have been burned down, but fearing a desper
ate resistance from the inmates, none of the
"Danites"' were louud sufiiciently courageous
to do the deed ; Bill Hickman, the most ter
rible of the "destroying angels" positively re
fusing to have any tiling: to do with the affair.
The terrible and frequent exactions of Brig
ham have produced dissensions even among
this faithful band of his subjects. Brigham
Young had left Salt Lake City on Lis Northern
tour, the object of which was kept a profound
secret, taking with him some two or three hun
dred men. Mrs. Sutherland was expecting to
leave Salt Lake for the States under the pro
tection of Mr. Fernandas, a Gentile merchant,
who was about to return with an ox train.
Many Mormons were leaving the Territory;
about one thousand were making preparations
to go to California. A". . I", Timet.-
The suit of Mr. A. Smith against Andrew J.
Conselyea for the seduction of Eliza P. Smith,
daughter of the Plaintiff, was. yesterday con
cluded at Brooklyn by a verdict of Ten Thou
sand Dollars (the full amount claimed) for the
plaintiff. The general accord of those who
listened to the triai proclaims this a righteous
and salutary verdict. The defendant bad ag
gravated the baseness of bis original crime by
bringing forward a crony named O'Meaiu
(married) to swear away the good naae of bis
victim a device wherebv the verdict Was
Uotiotless doubled, as. was j itst. Half a dozen
such verdicts iu rapid succession .would be
likely to exert 60ine"wbotcsome restraint oa
villians who win the aflections of young and
credulous girls only to work their ruin. Judge
Culver ably presided at tue trial. N.Y.Trib.
EF'Yictorioas fhc Republicans of Minne
sota, at the recent electionV
Fpjiu tLe Pittsburg Tost a Democratic paper.
Tho Eill for the Sala of the Main Line.
To-day we publish the bill for the ale of
the Main Line of the Public Works, which
has just passed our Legislature. It will be
seen, by examination, fhat the interests of the
Slate are well guarded by various provisions of
the act, while at the same time privileges ex
ceedingly liberal are granted to the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company. The price to be
paid by that Company is $9,000,000, of which
100,000 is to be deposited with the bid, and
tin entire payment is to be made in five per
cent, bonds of the Company, the interest of
which is to be paid annually. Of these bonds,
$100,000 will fall due July 31st. 1850, and
$100,000 annually thereafter rmtil July 81st,
lSDoj when S1,000,000 will fail due, $1,000,
00'J annually thereafter till the whole is paid.
Thus the Sinking "Fund of the State,, which
for some years past, has been almost a dead
letter will regularly receive an annual increase
from a responsible source, and the treasury
will bo relieved from the expense of maintain
ing the canals, and railways which have
hitherto impoverished the State. That the
revenue derived from the sale of the Works
should le set apart to the credit of the Sink
ing Fund no disinterested person can deny,
and all who sincerely desire the future pros
perity of the old Keystone State cannot but
oppose tho attempts which are now being
made, by interested individuals to involve the
finances of the Commonwealth in loans and
guarantees to languishing railroad corpor
ations. i.
' A.Kixo Woi:d to Srooxtts asb Gbeks
non.vs. Dear infatuated mortals! why do you
oppose David. Wi'rpot ? Oh, says some sap
headed fellow, with just sense enough to shal
low bread without chewing it, and chew water
without swallowing it, because be is a Black
Ropublican ! 'Ah, indeed, good sinipleton.and
what do you mean by a Black Republican ?
Why a man who is in favor of the niggers.
IIolJ on, soft pate -there is your mistake.
Mr- Wilmot is not in favor of u'gers, as you
classically say, " but such wldtc specimens as
you, who have not brains enough to thrive in
a city beset by loco politicians. He wishes
the territories to remain free, so that you may
go there with your "shovel and your hoe," or
pick-ax, and make a living out of your free la
bor. What would such fellows as you do in a
slave-holding State 1 You would not hare
s-ense enough to govern an intelligent slave
a shrewd slaveholder would not trust you as
his overseer. . In the South you would rank
below the slaves any likely slave is worth
one thousand dollars, and' you would not be
worth, with your brainless head and white, soft
hands, ten dollars. You therefore oppose and
abuse David Wilmot with a very bad grace.
We need not trouble ourselves with South
ern slavery let us look at home at the poor
things like you whose minds are owned by
shamocrats, whose overseers are pretended A
mcrieans, to chisel you and lead you like
bloating calves and baaing sheep to the slaughter-house
of Straightism. Open your eyes
laughing-stocks, and look around you. Phil
adelphia Daily Sun.
Wht Dir the De5iockatic Convextiox
Pass Resolutions Ag.wsst the Sale of the
Mai.v Lixe ? Gen. Packer, who was con
nected with the Public Works, in one form or
the other, for many years, and who made large
sums of money out of them, looks upon the
sale of them as likely to deprive many of his
personal friends and adherents of the chance
they have heretofore had of making fortunes.
Hence from the first he has opposed the sale
of them. Hence he, whilst at Harrisl nrg, at
different times during last session, sought to
retard and defeat the passage of the bill.
Hence he sent Ellis B. Schnable to Ilarris
burgtobore against it. This interest com
bined with that of the Canal Board and the
employees upon the Main Line have been mov
ing heaven and earth to induce the late Dem
ocratic Convention to take ground against the J
sale. They have succeeded, and now we shall
see what these men, actuated by personal and
selfish ends will effect in their struggle' with
the better and purer portion of theDeinocracy.
The latter class, conscious of the fact that the
retention of the public works is rapidly disor
ganizing and destroying the moral power of
their party among the masses, are seeking to
rid that jwrty of this incubus. The corrupt
and dishonest portion of the party who have
fattened, and are still fattening, upon the spoils
arising from the annual appropriations to these
works, have thus far succeeded in overbear
ing the other. It remains to be seen whether
the people will support the latter rather than
the former. We doubt not the virtue and
honesty yet left in the Democracy will triumph
over the rascality which seeks to drain the
State treasury for long years to come. Sun.
A Lower Deep. Four school boys were
walking up State street, Friday afternoon, on
their return from school: says lad No. 1,
"Let's go in and see the murderer." "What
do you want to see him for ?" asks No. 2.
"Because he's murdered a man," replies the
first. "I wouldn't give a snap to see linn,"
says a second. "He's nothing but a man !"
puts in Xo. G. -I know that," but I'd like to
see him,", again says the first..' It remained,
however, for the previously silent No. 4, to
"quash" the argument, and he did it ; for af
ter Ije bad said "J irottWu' gire any more to tee
hiui than Frank-Pierce !" we passed on and
heard no more about that juvenile visit.
Springfield Republican..
DIf anybody wants a good and a spirited
campaign paper, let him subscribe for the Phil
adelphia Sim, which can be procured for fifty
cents during the campaign. The Sun is the
old Anierican organ, and is doing noble serr
vice for Wilmot and the rest of the American
Republican ticket. Its fearless advocacy of
the principles and candidates of the American-Republicans,
and its prompt denunciation
of all "side-door" arrangements, will secure
it a favorable reception by all sensible men.
PEyjrsYLVAiriA itexs.
Cajieeia. Cocsty. Johnstown was visited
bv a terrible storm of wicd, hail, and rain, on
the 8th instant. The storm commenced about
half past eleven at night. Streets and gar
dens were submerged and cellars overflowed
with water. Tho Tribune states the fol owing
damages : The oil State D-pot partly blown
down. Two sides were entirely destroyed.and
remaining - portion ' much injured., A frame
shed over the Railroad leading to the Depot,
which was used as a work-shop for repairing
boat trucks, was also levelled with the earth.
The destruction involves a heavy loss in tools,
patterns, &c. Pi ingle, Rose & Edsou's biack
smith shop totally destroyed. Island school
house blown down. It was lifted some ten
feet from its foundation, and then thrown over
on its side a total wr.-efc. In a range with it,
on the side of the Canal Basin, a small frame
house was capsized and torn to pieces. It had
been turned half round, then thrown over and
demolished. This building was occupied by
the family of John Cropj but fortunately, none
of them were in it. On the o:1kt side of the
Basin, we observed several wrecks. A large
frame building used by Mr. John Bro.'n as a
boatbuUders shop, was unroofed and much
damaged. The roof of an engine bouse at the
boat-slip, was torn off; the end blown s.n, and
the structure pretty considerably used up. . . .
A little son ot Frederick Albright, during the
absence of his mother, got to playing with
fire, and st-t his clothes on fire, and when Mrs.
A. returned she found the child burned almost
te a crisp. It died in a few hours after. ... A
few nights since, constable Flatten f Johns
town, while arresting a fellow for disorderly
conduct, was struck on the head and severely
cut with a piece of iron, thrown at him by one
ot a party who endeavored to rescue the pri
soner. The scoundrels wete known to the of
ficer, and ha bad them arrested and bound o
ver in $2000 to onswer for their conduct. . . .
A la'ge convention of the citizens of thr coun
ty was held in Ebensbtirg on the 2d int., and
emphatic resolutions, denouncing the sale of
the Main Line, adopted. The Democrat inti
mates that the people will resort to rccoluiion
if an induction, restraining the sale, is not is
sued. It basis its hopes for an injunction on
the ground that the bill contemplates tiie sale
of the New Portage railroad, the lands tor
which were taken without release from the
owners, ami without paying them damc-ges or
consideration The German Baptists held
an annual meeting in Conemangh township on
the 7th. ..Twelve liuudred were present and
nine hundred members communed The
prospects were never more flattering than now
for an abundant fruit crop throughout the
county. . . -
Cextkk Coistt. On Friday morniig, the
oth inst., the dwelling house of Mr. Ft.-imlee,
near Centre Hall, took fire and was burned to
the ground. The fire is supposed to have
been caused by sparks from ttie stove pipe.
We learn that at the time the roof caught, the
inmates were all in bed asleep, and had it not
been discovered by the citizens of Centre Hall,
they would very probably have been burnt to
death ere they could have made their escape.
The furniture in the hause was all saved, with
the exception of a few articles, which f ere on
the upper story. As there was no insurance
on the house, the loss will be severely felt by
the owner. - . . . On Wednesday evening the
3d inst., two horses, attached to a buggy,- be
longing so Dr. Potter, which had been ;eft un
tied, became affrighted, and ran down Spring
street, at a rapid rate upsetting the bu?gy
and breaking it to pieces. . ... The Lcck Ha
ven and Tyrone Railroad is under contract,
and the workmen have commenced opera
tions. . . i . Fighting seems to be all tie go in
Bellefonte. They go it on the "free"-principle,
old, young aud darkies "'rolling in." .
Blair Cocxtt. On the 8th, a child was
found dead in the Juniata River, abovo the vi
aduct dividing Ilollidaysburg and Gaysport.
It was wrapped carefully in a piece of muslin
and must have been several days in the water.
It was doubtless destroyed by its motl.er. A
coroner's jury rendered a verdict that it came
to its death by the hands of some person un
known Geo. Beatty, of Altoona, in com-
Inv with some others, went fishing on Satur
day evening a week, and after walking some
miles went into the water while perspiring,
chilling his system so that lis died the follow
ing day.
Ixmana Cocxty. A stable belonging toC.
Milihonser, in Blairsville, was completely de
stroyed by fire on Monday evening the 8th in
stant. . . . The Xtstcntr says Mr. J. D. Cum
mins, of Centre township, has a calf only nine
months old, which weighs six hundred and
sixty-four pounds On the 4th, a wildcat
was killed on the new State road, about fonr
miles from Indiana, by some wagoners who
were passing along that wuy.
Alleciiesy CorsTV. At about 12 o'clock
on the night of the 9th, owing to a sudden
freshet in the Allegheny river, almost the en
tire fleet of rafts moored between Pittsburgh
and Sharpsburg, broke loose and floated off.
For half an hour the river was literally black
with rafts of boards, logs, scantling, flats, me
tal boats and other craft many of which were
dashed to pieces on the bridge pier. The
loss is very heavy.
Westmoreland CorxTT. On the 2d inst.,
Mrs. Ann 'Trauger, wife of Geo. Trauger, of
Pleasant Unity, was burned so badly that she
died in a few hours after. She was alone in
the house, when her clothes caught fire, which
she was unable to extinguish A son of
Mr. James Glass, of Hempfield township, had
his skull badly fractured by a kick from a
Lorse, a few weeks since.
Clarion- Covxty. While a small child of
Mr. James R. London, of Madison township,
was climbing a fence, he fell and broke his
thigh. .... Mr. Addison McCamant, a young
man residing in Limestone township, sudden
ly expired a few days since after eating a hear
ty dinner. It is supposed that he died in an
epileptic fit.
Price of a Woman is Utah. Some two or
three weeks ago I met by accident, a very in
teresting girl, apparently sixteen years of age.
I was informed, not long afterwards, that Brig
ham Young had sent for the girl's father, di
recting him to come at a specified tinis to his
ollice. He went and fonnd with Brigham a
man by tiie name of McKay, who has several
wives already. Brigham said to the ftther,
"You have two daughters, what are their a
gesf" The father replied,' that ond was ten
and the other sixteen years of age. Your.e
then told him that he mnst give the eldest to
McKay. The father, not daring to refuse-, put
them off by saying he believed she was engag
ed. Subsequently Ileber C. Kimble,' who
stauds next to Young in the priesthood oflcred
a yoke of oxen and wagon for the girl. This
purchasing of young girls from their parents
is not uncommon .here, and if, in such cases,
their father refuses either to give or sf 11 the
girl to some of the band, be will soot be cut
off from the church, and become a target for
every species of outrage and oppression.
This .McKay to whom I have alluded, is the
Territorial Marshall. Western Exchange. .
u"Pretty The Sunbeam by Myrrh Jfay.
- "JIM csaw COSVEUIIOS."
This is what the Philadelphia Sun ca'.'.stba
recent Lancaster Convection, in an artie'.c.
full of pith and hnraor, from which we ciko
the following extract. It says: "Only
counties in the State were represented is the
Convention, including the bogus delegates
from Philadelphia- Governor Geary, who hid
been much spoken of in connection with tba
nomination for Governor, would not allow hii
name to be used, and there was some difficul
ty about a candidate. And then the Cvi.
vention took a recess, and
WhecI'd about, an! turnod abnt ' i
But. found it wouldn't X 4 '
And every time it wbc'l'd about
It jumped Jim Crow !
- - Then7 Isaae Hnzlehurst, Esq., of Philadel
phia, was proposed as a candidate. A member
read a letter from Mr. Hnzlehurst, potitively
declining a nomination. Another stated that
Mr. Hazlehrirst liad changed his mind since
the letter was written, and would certainly ac
cept. Another had telegraphed a gentleman
in Philadelphia to know if Mr. Hazlehurst
would accept, and had just received an answer
saying yes. Another was confident that Mr.
Hazlehurst had not committed himself on tho
subject. Another was authorized to say that
Mr. Hazlehurst had not iLdicated Lis inten
tions to any one su J there must be a mistaJta
about the letter whicb had been read he doubt
ed whether Mr. Hazlehurst had ever written'
it. Another expressed a similar doubt, be
cause he knew Mr. Hazlehurst was not in the
hubit of committing himself so fully oa any
question, under any circumstances. Another
considered this last remarK very unjust to Mr.
Hazlehnrfct, for he personally knew that ha had
decided views in relation tolndependencellall,
aud once heard him declare publicly that the
Hall was situated in Philadelphia. This elici
ted great applause, dirring which every body
" AVboel'd about, cud turned about.
And tricj to make it go.
And every tim thty Hlm-l'd about
They jumped Jiia Crow!
Isaac Hazlehurst, Esq., was then nominated."
The way to ciee a Northern Democrat of
attachment to his pf.r.y is to send bint to Kan
sas. If r.2 his cr.y love of liberty ia Lira at
all he will come home disgusted with his par
ty associates. The following we take from
the Kansas correspondence of the St. Louis
Democrat, being part of an account of a meet
ing lately held in Leavenworth :
"Judge Johnson next addressed the people,
ditlering some little from the views expresed
by Col. Lane as to the policy, but avowed a
purpose to" go as far as the farthest ia an effort
to make Kansas a free State. He said when
he came to Kansas he made an effort to organ
ize tho democratic p3rty ; but those men who
had now organized the national democratic
party said, we are pro-lavery men, and want
a pro-slavery party, and if you are not for us
you are against us ; and that he was pronounc
ed an abolitionist every time he spoke of or
ganizing the eemocratic party. He was a dem
ocrat, and had s:ump--d Ohio for Buchanan,
and the Kansas laws had given him a great
deI of trouble in that eampaiga.and he hoped
to r.evcr see their like again. I!c had much -faith
in the democratic party, and would not
be kicked out c-f it by this small atlair called
national democracy in Kansas. He bad faith
in Buchanan, but he must say, if Mr. Buchan
an intended to d-n the democratic party, he
thought he was pursuing a line of policy in
his appointments for this territory well calcu
lated to d-n it so deep that the hand of resur
rection could never reach it. He did not
blame the President, bnt thonght the influen
ces which had surrounded him, had made him
commit an awful blunder in his Kansas ap
pointments. . Everything passed off quietly,
and the pro slavery party were not in pluL,
and never will bo again in Kansas "
New Advertisements.
FOR SA LE, AT LOW PRICES. One good tso
horse Co.vh. and one new two-horse Wagot
well-ironed. Knqure of
MUNTELIUS X TEX KYCKE.'
jnnI7 It CqrwrnsriHe, Pa.
CAUTIOX. AH persons art cautioned against
meddling with a certain Gray Horse, now ia
the possession of John J. McCracken. Knox too
ship. as the same belongs to os and is onlv left
with the mid MeCraeken on loan.
june!7-t MeMLRKAY & IIEGARTY.
CAUTION'. All person arecantioDcd agaict
me Idling: with the following property now in
poes.s!on of Isaac Wilson, of Knox township, as
the fame belongs to me and is only Jeft with the
said Wilion ou loan : One light two-horse wagon,
one long sled, and one grin l-.lone.
HENRY HEGARTY.
Wool ward township. Jure 11th, 1SA7.- : jl7-5t
"jV"OTICE. Letter of Administration n th
1 Estate of John Miles, late of Knox township.
Clearfield county, lV.dec d. having oecn granUd
to the undersigned, all persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make immediate pavment.
and those haiog claims against the same to pre
sent them, properly authenticated for settlement.
SAMUKL MILES.
JuliX S. WILLIAMS.
junc-li-St Administrators.
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the attention of merchants, farmers and mechan
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