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CLEARFIELD, FA., JULY 15, 1857.
WILL IT BE DONE 1
Immediately after the passage of the bill for
the tale of the Main Line of the Public Works,
some of the leading Democratic papers raised
the cry of "Packer and Repeal," and declared
their intention of making that the issue for the
campaign. The Main Line has been sold ; the
contract for the sale completed ; the works are
alreadr, or will in a few daysbe in the posses
sion of the purchasers ; and this, too, after a
decision by the Supreme Court that the con
tract and sale would be , constitutional ! We
are curious to know, now that the sale is made,
whether the Democratic press will insist upon
the proposed issue whether they will attempt
to repudiate the "decision of the Supreme
Court whether they will try to pass a law to
violate or impair the obligation of a constitu
tion.il contract, so declared by a bench of
Democratic judges whether they will attempt
to nullify the decision of that Court upon a
constitutional question. It they do, how will
they reconcile their couduct with the abuse
they heaped upon the Opposition press for ta
king exceptions to the '-Dred Scott Decision,'
so far as it related to the 3Iissouri Compro
mise; for regarding it as an assumption of
authority on the part of the Court as deci
ding a question not brought before them, and
therefore of no binding effect Every intel
ligent reader will remember how bitter and
vindictive their strictures were, what dole
ful wailings these pure, immaculate, guile
less, law-observing Locofoco papers indulged
iu over such "lamentable disrespect" and
"treachery" to "the law of the land!" And
yet some of these self-same journals proposed
to raise the Issue of "Packer and Repeal" to
repudiate the decision of the Supreme Court,
to nullify a constitutional "law," when that
law" happens to remove the "tlesh pots," out
of which they had eaten so long, beyond their
control. Selah ! What queer chaps these Lo
cofoco editors and otSce-bolders are! But
it'a really funny to see the fix they are in !
Poor fellows ! how they weep over the sale of
the main line, which they might set aside
but then their position on that "Drcd-iul Scott
Case" is in the way, and "it can't be did,"
without stultifying themselves in the eyes of
all sensible men. They are deserving of pity,
Political Wolves. Last fall we asserted
ca moro than one occasion that a certain clique
cf political tricksters, commonly known as the
"side-door" faction, were weiring the garb of
Americanism that they might the more readi
ly deceive unsuspecting but honest individu
als, and draw them from the support of the
only ticket that could possibly have defeated
Buchanan, as well as to hide the monstrosity
of their political deformity. The result of the
election showed that we were correct. We at
that time also declared our belief that the ser
Tices of the "patriotic" individuals alluded to
were doubtless engaged for the present cam
jiaign, and that they would attempt to play off
the same game of deception and duplicity this
fall. Recent movements indicate plainly that
in this respect wc were not mistaken cither.
They have now a third candidate in tho field,
whom they represent to Americans as the
man for the present "emergency," well
knowing that every vote they take from Wil
mot and cast for Hazlchurst, will help Pack
er to that extent. They are now making prep
arations to carry on the campaign ; and in a
short time the "stink" of their operations will
most likely begin to arise and impregnate the
political atmosphere. So lookout for these
disguised wolves, who we doubt not in a few
rears will turn out rampant and unmistakcable
Locofocos. See if they don't !
Look Oct! Some three or four individuals
have recently left this connty and neglected
paying balances due this of!!ee. The comet
couldn't have so-hyiI lim much, tho' there is
no doubt they will look blue when "old Xiefc
praises them lr neglecting to square up, be
fore emiratii.g to his domains. Hereafter we
will publish the names of such fellows, and the
amounts out of which they attempt to cheat
ViS. so thit th- people in the locality where
they are removing to may know what honest
fellows they are. We trust, however, that we
may nerer have occasion to publish a single
same, for such neglect.
The correspondent of the Tribune at Wash
iogtoa telegraphs that paper as follows :
'Three members of the Cabinet express re
gret that Governor Walker throws his official
weight into the scale of a submission of the
prospective Constitution of Kansas to a vote
of the people. Gen. Cass, on the other hand,
regards such submission as unavoidable. Wal
ker will be ccntly admonished, but not repu
diated. The Southern clamorers against Walk
er 5 course, win probaoly organize an ladepen
dent opposition, for which this Kansas matter
us-rather a pretext than a reason."
CyTbe feeling in the South against the
course adopted by Governor Walker in Kan
sas grows more bitter. A public meeting has
been held in Montgomery, Ala., at which vio
lent resolutions, deuuoeiatory of theGovernor,
were adopted, aud inflammatory speeches
made. Lawrence M. Keitt, of South Caro
. lina, late tha colleague of Pref fen S Brooks,
has published a letter in which Governor Wal
ker i abused without etiut. Go it, llctspurd.
IxformatIos Wasted. There is now in this :
city, says a Fort Dodge'paper, at the house of
Maj. Williams, little boy Who 'esc.ped the
bloody massacre by the Indians at SpriDgfield,
M- T., oathe 26th "of March last, and who
was bro't to town by the oliint.iors who went
up to the rescue. -He says his name is John
Sidman Stewart. Wc learu from some of the
survivors of ihe massacre, that he is the son
of Josiah Stewart, formerly of Indiana county,
Pa. The boy says his grandfather's name was
Fleming, probably his mother's maiden name.
All the boy's family, father, mother and two
little sisters, are among the murdered.
Also, a young lady,- about sixteen or seven
teen years of age, named Elizabeth Gardner,
whese family was also murdered, she only
escaped the horrid fate. She says her father's
name was Holland Gardner, but she knows not
the residence of any relatives. Iler father
immigrated from the State of Indiana to this
State, and was formerly from Steuben county,
X. Y.
Both aie desirous of hearing from their rel
atives, if they have any ; aud all communica
tions in reference to them, addressed to Maj.-
Williams, Fort Dodge, Webster county, Iowa,
will be promptly answered. They will be kind
ly cared for till such time as their friends
shall come for them. .
Waco. RoapOver the Westekx Plain's.
The Washington Intelligencer of Friday, July
10th, s;fys : From a private letter received by
a gentleman in this city, dated Independence,
Missouri, on the' 1st of July, we learn that a
portion of the Wagon Road Expedition under
Wm. M. F, JIagraw had taken up the line of
march, and that the remainder would follow
immediately. Thirty wagons , and the larger
portion of the force of one hundred and twen
ty men were upon the plains. The equipments
of this expedition are complete, and much is
expected from the well organized corps of
Messrs. Magraw, Acnan and Lander, the su
perintendent, disbursing agent, and engineer
of the expedition. This route has been de
signated by the Department of the Interior as
the Fort Kearney, South Pass, aud IIoneyLake
Pacific Wagon Road. Arrangements were
made by the superintendent to have all com
munications for any of the party, forwarded
him from Independence and letters should be
directed to his care, at Independence, to in
sure their reaching the party at any poiut on
tho line.
Dow th-ky Talk. The N. Orleans Delta thus
points out the trickery ol tho administration
iu Kansas matters :
"We are aware that sometimes, as Macaulay
has somewhere remarked, the best government
may require services which none but the
worst men will perform desperate men, who
have nothing to lose, and are willing to shoul
der all the responsibility in the event of a
failure. Are we to tinaerstana that sucn is
the relation existing between the Adminis
tration and Mr. Waluer f Was he detailed
on a desycrate venture to pacificafe Kansas
and save the integrity of the Democracy, at
any risk, by any trick or through any treaeh
crv? And, on the failure of the experiment
in the event of the Southern Democracy rising
indignant at Lis course and threatening to
dissolve the national organization if it should
be persisted in was it understood that Wal
ker was to bear all the odium, leaving the Ad
ministation blameless and the nationality of
the party intact ?"
DC?" Reeder, Shannon, Geary and now
Walker. The first thiee driven from Kansas
because they thought Xorthern men had rights
there, the last denounced as an Abolitionist,
by the South, because he says he believes it
right to leave the new Constitution to a vote
of the people.
In October 1853, the free-State election for
a Constitutional Convention was held in
Kansas at which 2700 votes Mere cast. The
Convention met at Topcka and adopted a
Constitution, providing that it should be sub
mitted to a vote of tho people. The idea has
been ridiculed, that so small a vote should
control the Territory against slavery. Now
the border-ruffians have held e.n election and
do not poll within 1000 votes as many as tho
lree State men did two years sgo. They pol
led some 1600. Shall this vote control the
Territory for slavery.
The Cincinnati Gazelle gives an account of
a sharp operation of a feminine swindler, in
that city, who, copying after rnanV lords of
this creation, left the millinery and trimming
business and her creditors, to whom she owes
about $3,000 at home and a comfortable sum
in the E.ist. She lft; between tho 3d' and
4th of July. The Gazelle says endeavors to
find her have been made without success, thus
far, and we learn that one ol the "victimized"
offers five hundred dollars for her discovery.
Whether the fair milliner became infected
with the present defaulcatinc dispositon of
her masculine brothers or not, we cannot say,
but we propose her as the next candidate for
a lucrative office.
A.v Important Discovert. A fiiend of
ours, says the Philadelphia Traneript, has ta
ken the trouble to analyze a tumbler of XX
ale, and reports that he found it composed of
tiie toilowing ingredients : Two parts putrid
norse nesn, inrec parts poor water, one part
malt, one half part hops, and the balance, two
parts aud a half, he could find ho name for.
The discovery was anything but an agreeable
one to him, as he is an inordinate lover of the
nut-brown beverage with its snowy foam. . lie
thinks that during his life he has drank the
carcasses of about six dead horses, and enough
stagnant water to supply Fairmonnt basin for
three months.
The course of Key. Dr. Itoss and bis sup
porters in seceding from the New School As
scmbly at Cleveland, meets tho marked dis
approbation of ; the majority of the Presbyte
rian Church in toe South. . Tlje Southern Prts-
by!erion pu hi is hod at Charleston as the orgs a
'of the Church in the Sout&,bas a sharp article
on Dr. h, oss, declining to accept his leadership
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE.
- The frigate Niagara was expected to le
complete in her alterations on the 20th ult.,
on which dar she was to leave Portsmouth
for Liverpool to take in her share of the sub-
narino cable. It is to ne sioweu m uve sepa
rate coils, connected together, each wound a
rcund a large wooden cone, to prevent fouling
when ruining off. Two coils will be placed
aft, the lower one on the "orlop," and the sec
ond one on the "berth deck ;" the three other
coils pl-yed forward will be arranged one a
bove the other or separate decks, the lower
one being on tin; hold floor. The cable will
be run out at the stern through a hotlow cone,
aud pass over friction rollers. It weighs near
ly one" tun tolthe ir ile, and will be 1:JG0 miles
long. This cable is now finished, aud lying at
Birkenhead. It was completed by the con-,
tractors, Messrs. Newall, of Liverpool, in
eighty days, three weeks before their term for
executing it had expired. The manufacture of
the cable employed 100 machines for making
spunyurn, with which the gutta pcrctyi insu
lation is covered. The cable consists of a
main strand of 7 copper wires covered with
three coats of gutta percha, served from end
to end with the spun yarn, and over this are
laid eighteen strands of twistedjvires, seven
wires in each strand, forming the exterior ol
the cable. There are in all 2-3,000 miles of
covering strand total wires, 175,000 miles
long enough to go seven times round the
world.
When the cable-was finished, on the Sth of
June, the contractors gave a dinner to the
workmen employed on it and to their wives,
seven hundred beintr present at the party. On
that occasion, W. lieid, an electric engineer,
who was present, stated that he had made an
experiment with the cable that day, and had
established perfect telegraphic communication
through its whele-length with a very minute
battery which he exhibited, the plates of which
were ouly one quarter of an inch square. It
is no doubt much easier to work a telegraph on
land than in water, but several engineers pres
ent who had doubted the practicability of work
ing the cable had their doubts removed by Mr.
Keid's statement.
The Atlantic Telegraph and the steamship
Great Ea.it cm are the most gigantic enterpri
ses of the present age.
, 1357.
The gubernatorial contest of the present
year is probably the most important which has
ever occurred in Pennsylvania. The year
18.57 secius destined to open a new era in the
political history ot the. State, and contingent
ly, of the whole country.
The last vestige of Old Line Whig organi
zation has bec-n effaced. Locofocoism has
forsaken and removed all and every of the an
cicnt lindmarks of Democracy, and has even
cepsed to boast of Jellerson, Madison or Jack
son. If the true Democracy of the olden time
has any friends, they are now to bo found bat
tling against the mad innovations of Locofo
coism. If lovo for tho cause of true Democ
racy, if admiration for its principles, or if auy
desire for their triumph and perpetuation,
warms the heart, firs tho soul, or actuates the
conduct of any of the citizens of Pennsylva
nia, they are now to be found ouly among the
antagonists of Locofocoism.
If there be surviving in public life now any
true-hearted, devoted and persistent follower
of the political fortunes of Henry Clay, he is
now to be found iu the ranks of those who arc
most strenuously opposed to the mad progrcs
sivisin cf Pierce-Buchanan Locofocoism.
Those who in times past adhered to and
used the Whig party only for the selfish ends
of private ambition, are now like our great
Bamboo Envoy Extraordinary, arrayed on the
side of the present national administration.
All honest advocates of sound American con
servative principles, and sincere supporters of
the compromises, to establish which the illus
trious Clay devoted his whole lile, are now to
be found exerting their cverv energy lor the
salvation of the country from the disgrace,
embarrassment and ruin which Locofoco as
cendancy entails upon every interest it
touches.
No stronger proof of the correctness of
these positions need be asked than that which
a reference to our State Ticket will afford, in
the names of. Wilmot, Millward, Lewis and
Veech.
It must be clear to every calm reflecting
mind that in the decision which shall be given
by the people of Pennsylvania to the issues
now before them, is involved the emancipation
of the public mind from the trammels of party,
the establishment of new and independent
stand-points from which to consider the ques
tions which now divide the sentiment of the
people, and the drawing of new lines, both in
regard to men and measures.
1 he tyranny of party cannot for ever shnt
out the light of truth from the horizon of the
freeman's mind. It cannot for ever mislead
the judgment or fetter the souls of freemen.
The intelligent masses arc awaking to a sense
of their danger from the sellishness, venalitv
and ingratitude of their leaders, and are pre
paring themselves for a return to first princi
pies. Already we hear tho echo of curses, not
loud but deep, upon the authors of the dis
grace winch has been put upon tho national
escutcheon.
In Wilmot they see an example of a man in
whom the voice of conscience was never
smothered, who abandoned party rather than
torsake time-honored principles, approved a
like by Jeflersonandllamiltoiijby thcAdamscs,
by Madison, Monroe and Jackson, and whose
only offeuco has been his attempt to embody
them among the laws of the land.
Around his standard the masses "will rally,
to the purification ot our political atmosphere.
and the disenthralmcnt of freemen from the
shackles of party. .
lo this end nothing is wanting but united
and harmonious action on the part of those
who profess opposition to the infamies ot the
Cincinnati platform, of those who profess to
condemn tlio ioul breaches of faith which char
acteiized the administration of Pierce, f
those who profess to see in the course of the
present national administration everv evidenc
of a disposition to crush out every sentiment
ot Americanism, and every feeling of devotion
to the interests of freedom from the hearts of
the people.
Iu the Locofoco ranks the tendency is cent
rifugal. Its boasted unity is broken, its vaun
ted harmony is giving place to discord, and it
is only necessary, for their final discomfiture,
that their various opponents should yield to
tho iufluenoe of tho centripetal attractions
which an now essaying, their concentration !
Men aud brethren you who love your coun
try and are devoted to the best Interests of the
good old Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, you
who are in favor of perpetuating the blessings
of civil and religions liberty to future gener
ations, rally as oue man to the standard of our
State Ticket, and the year 18o7 will ive sure
augary of the final overthrow of the miserable
tyranny which has so long misruled and threat
ened the ruin of our beloved country J Phil'
adelphia Sun.
Kgos tor Burns. The white of an egg has
proved of late tho most efficac ions remedy for
Lurr6. "Seven or eight successive applications
of this snbstanco soothe the poin and effectu
ally exclude the burned parts from the-; air.
This si mtjle" remedy soems to us far preferable
to collodion or even cotton.
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS.
Clahiox Gouxtv. On the 4th, two men, in
the vicinity of Callensburg, Clarion county,
Henry Livingston aud an Irishman" named
Kcagy, quarrelled for some time, wheaihe I
rishman challenged Livingston to fight. Liv
ingston refused the Irishman struck him,
when a regular Anocfc-down ensued. Living
ston got the better of the Irishman and kicked
him so severely that he d:"d in a few minutes.
Livingston made his escape and ere this is far
on his Vay to California. Livingston is not
blamed for defending himself as he did. ... A
little son of Jesse I). Porter, aged three years,
fell off a board to the ground, in Clarion, on
the &ih, and broke his leg. Dr. Koss bandag
ed the limb, and the little sufferer is doing
well. .... On the 4th, John 1 ! all was thrown
from a horse and severely kicked by the ani
mal. .... On the farm belonging to the Sligo
Iron Company, there ure 150 acres of Wheat,
115 of Rye, 65 of Corn, 70 of Oafs and ISO of
Grass for hay, msking in all 580 acres under
cultivation. The management of the whole is
in tHe hands of Mr. Moses M-Conrad, an ex
perienced former, who 4ias devoted his close
attention to the putting in of the crop. The
wheat is of the Mediteranean species and is
very fine, not being at all affected with weevil
or anything of the kind. This will be an im
mense and profitable crop, showing the ability
to produce and the results of careful cultiva
tion. The entire crop promises well, and will
be a great help to the extensive business of the
company, enabling them to have a full supply
of immediate necessaries within themselves
and not subject to the rise and fall of the mar
kets. So says the Banner. -
; Centre CorNTr. On the night of the 4th
July, a dark sorrel mare belonging to Nathan
Newman, was stolen from the stable of the
Franklin House, in Bellefonte. "Three men
were arrested on Mispicion'. but for want of ev
idence were afterwards released. In the evc-ning-a
young man rode the stolen mare into
town and claimed the reward, stating that he
tiad found her, with a blind bridle on, in the
woods near the mine bank Wm. Grove
was severly injured on tee 4th at Ilublersbnrg,
bv the premature discharge of a 50 weight.
liis left eye was entirely destroyed, the right
eve lid cut through aud his face cut up in a
shocking iuanner,and his shoulder ladly bruis
ed. . . . The milk weevil is makin? sad havoc
in the wheat crops in the neighborhood of
Bellelonte. The editor of the Whig savs : We
could not believe that the weevil was so bad
as represented until wc examined for ourself,
when wo found that, in many heads, cverv
grain contained three or four. A few weeks
ago the prospects wero fair for a large crop of
heat, but the prospects now are rather gloo
my. This is much to be regretted, but wo can
see no way to remedy the evil, and will, there-
lore, have lo put up with it.
Jefferson CorsxY. On the Cth inst., a 3
years' oi l daughter of Lewis Straightwellpof
Knox township, was so severely scalded, by
falling into a tub of hot water, that she died
in a short time. On the 4th, three. men
were badly injured by the-preniature discharge
of a cannon in Warsaw township A son
of Andrew Christie, of Rose township, had his
arm broken on the 5th, by falling off a log. . .
G. W. Zeigler, Esq., while riding in his car
riage on the 7ih, was precipitated from it, his
horse.having taken fright and was running off.
The carriage was torn to pieces, and Mr. Zeig
Ktwjs somewhat injured on one arm. . . Phil
ip Taylor and John L. Barr arc preparing to
build a large Grist Mill, at the new bridge, in
the borough of Brookville.
Ixtiia.va Cot xTY. Mrs. Parke, an ged lady
residing in the village of Marion, whilst on
her way to church, nift with a serious acci
dent. The saddle-girth happening to break,
she was thrown to the ground and had one leg
badly fraetured between the ankle and the
knee The American Republicans have
nominated John Bruce for Assembly, Joseph
R. Smirli lor Sherilf, James R. Porter, Jr., for
Prothonotary, Thomas Davis for Commission
er, John Brink for Treasurer, and Robert
Hughes for Auditor.
Blair (.VirsTV. On Wednesday, July 1, Ja
cob II. Stifler, Esq., was at Duncimsville with
his wagon, and whilst engaged about the hor
ses they suddenly started, and throwing him
down drew the wheels of the wagon across his
abdomen, very dangerously injuring him.
Drs. Christy and Landis have been attending
him, rendering every possible relief, but he is
still in a critical condition On Monday
evening the Cth, they had a slight sprinkling
of Hail in llollidaysburg. No damage done.
CcmberlaxdCoi'kty. On Saturday evening
a-week a fight occurred between Henry Peters
and James Moudy, in Carlisle, which resulted
in Peteis' being knocked down and having his
leg broken below the knee A student
named Carson was nearly drowned while bath
ing on Saturday a week ; a fellow student nam
ed Stene saved him, and was so exhausted in
the effort as to faint immediately after the o
ther was saved.
Wakrex County. Tiie Warehouse of C.
W. Rathbun, on the Point, fell the other eve
ning with a crash. It htd just been filled too
heavily. Pork and whiskey of course sudden;
ly had a downward tendency. But we sup
pose they were made to go tlown, so there was
no harm done except to the building.
The Power of Wind. The air which we
breathe is so light that one hundred cubic
inches only weigh thirty-one grains, yet when
driven at an immense -velocity, it exerts a
power which sweeps largo ships to the bottom
of the ocean,- and levels forests and strong
buildings with the dust. A wonderful demon
stration or its power took place in Southern
Illinois, at the village of Tena, on the 14th ult.
A tornado, accompanied with hail and rain,
destroyed a number of buildings dashing
them to pieces. It lifted up a large frame
church entire, carrying it 'several feet distant,
and it took up a train of freight cars from the
railroad track and shivered them to pieces.
Several persons were also thrown high in the
air, some of whom were killed.
Some theorizing philosophers have endeav
ored to prove that if a comet were to strike
the earth it could do but little injury, owing to
the attenuated nature of its matter. But the
electric fluid is so light that the most refined
experiments have not yet been able to discov
er whether it has weight or not, and yet its des
tructive power is terrific. The velocities with
w hich bodies move is" an indication of their
force, and comets move with fearful speed a
velocity, in comparison with which, tho speed
of the tornado erf wind that committed such
devastation in Illinois is as the cricket ball to
the musket bullet.. Hcieiilijic jlmerican. ;
Peauls. Since the pearl excitement in
Xcw Jersey, variou other sections have been
explored with more or less success. In Lan
caster county the papers there inform us.pearls
have been found ; and in Jierks county, the
last Reading Journal says, the valuable stones
are turning out quite promisingly. In Beaver
Run, Robeson township, muscles have been
fished for and one individual obtained "a small
handful of pearls." "faevcral ot them were
of very fine water, almost eqtial to the oricn
tal pearls in beauty and clearness." . , ' .
C?-The Herald of Freedom of the 2tb ult,
estimates the influx of population to Kansas
the present season at 80,000, and is f the o
pinion that !efore winter sets in 100,000 will
nave been added to the permanent population
vi me .territory.
The Democratic Candidate -for Gover
nor. The record of tho political life of Gen.
Packer, the Democratic candidate for Gover
nor, is not such as specially to recommend
him to the support of the people of Pennsyl
vania for tho highest ofEco within their gift.
A cotemporary thus sunrs up a portion of his
doings while in the service of the pnblic:
' lie came first into public life as Superinten
dent of the West Branch Canal, and remained
in that position from 1832 to l3o. During
that time he was before a Legislative commit
tee, and was censured upon two points: first
for changing notes of the Bank of Pennsylva
nia, to the amount of fifteen thousand dollars,
in which the State was then & stockholder, for
notes on the Bmk of Middletown, r.ot then at
par, and paying it out to the contractors along
the line, and also for using improperly the re
served fund of 15 per cent., withheld from tho
contractors to insure the completion of their
contract.
From 1K35 until 1839, he remained a "high
private," always seeking office, but never a
ble to obtaiu it. Upon the accession of Gov
ernor Porter to the Chief Magistracy, he was
appointed Canal Commissioner. During his
term of office he was before two Legislative
committees of investigation. By one of theru
he was pointedly condemned for giving a con
tract to his brother at a price far beyond what
other good bidders offered to do it for. It was
proven before another that he retained Victor
E. Piolett as Superintendent - upon the West
Branch when he knew him to have an interest
in a contract.
Whilst Auditor-General, he was again a wit
ness before two investigating committees;
and although every circumstance connected
with the investigation pointed to him as one
who ought to have known all about it, he, when
called to the stand, poor, innocent, inex
perienced soul, knew enough to know noth
ing. Whilst in the Senate, he voted- to revive a
law to give slave-masters a right to bring slaves
into this State, and hold them here as such for
six months in the year. He voted also against
resolutions instructing our Senators to extend,
if possible, more ample protection to our ag
ricultural, coal and iron interest, than was
given by the law of 1S49. He gave five dis
tinct votes for dilFerent prohibitory laws, and
yet his friends are urging him as the anti-temperance
candidate for Governor!
l'rotn the lJlu?adt!jhia Hut. Ecmitig I'ost
Since June, 1851, accorJiug to the Circular
of Messrs. Coates & Brown, extensive Wool
dealer's of this city, there has been a mod
erately active business done in Wools, and the
Prices then quoted, viz . from S7 to ac
cording to quality, have been fully realized for
all wcii-conditioned Wools, leaving the Market
at this time cp:iite bare of Fleece Wool. In
looking forward to the probable character of
tho Wool busines for the coming year, there
are several features, they say, which claim
very carerul consideration. The most promi
nent is the change in the Tariff, which opens
to our Manufacturers an extensive assortment
of Wools hitherto beyond their reach,-and
which will make them hereafter much les de
pendent upon our native Wools for their sup
plies. This fact would of itself soon lower
the Price of Domestic Wool were it not for
the high rates prevailing in all the Foreign
Markets, and which may protect us on this
point during the present season.
The second vital consideration is the fact
that Woolen Fabrics are now selling, and with
little prospect of an advance, at prices which
do not compensate theManufacturer,and which,
if continued, threaten to break up many who
are now consumers of Wool; and thus by di
minishing the demand, depress the prices of
the raw material. Again, the excessive im
portations of all kinds of merchandise and the
subsequent large export of specie in return
therefor, together with other causes, may com
bine to produce a ti&htness in the Money Mar
ket, the eflect of which would be to put down
rates of ool and cramp the energies of Man
ufacturers. On this point also there is the fa
vorable consideration that the old Wool is
thoroughly cleaned up, and that the whole clip
of American Wool is quite inadequate to srp
plv the running machinery of the country;
and as importations ot Wool for a considera
ble time will be quite moderate, owing to high
ices abroad, it iuav be several months or e-
ven longer, before'there will be any accumu
lation in the Markets; and should wc have a
good Fall trade, as is generally anticipated.
present rates for YY ool may be maintained
throughout the year. They quote the prices
at which Wool is now selling, as follows :
Common to J blood, 3-.to 40 cents.
to I
4 to f
J to full "
Extra lots,
42 to 45
47 to 50
52 to 57 "
60 to 05 "
Sis months credit.
Flogoiso White Mex. The Koniner Intel
ligencer, in giving the proceedings of Hamp
shire County, Virginia, Court, says : "John
Stark, indicted for stealing some fifteen dol
lars from Lewis' Hober, of Piedmont, was
found guilty of petit laiccnv, and sentenced
to thirty days' imprisonment and thirty lashes
fifteen of them were inflicted on that day.
and the balance to'be administered on the day
of the expiration of his imprisonment. Geo.
II. Lloyd, for stealing a pair of ear-rings and
a finger-ring, the property of a Miss Davis, was
found guilty, and sentenced to thirty day's im
prisonment and fwentv lashes ten of which
were given him on that day, and the remain
der to be inflicted at the expiration of his term
of imprisonment." In our ignorance of the
realities of the law, wc have been harboring
the supposition that the penalty of corporeal
punishment of white nieti had been expunged
from the statutes of Virginia. We live to
learn, it seems.
Fish and Flesh as Foot. Now, when the
price of meat is so high, it will not be out of
place to calf attention to the nutritious quali
ties offish. Payen fed a dog on a mixture of
w grammes ot eels and 50 grammes of bread.
On comparing the excrement with the diges
ted food, he discovered that 85 per cent of the
fat and 92 per cent of the nirogen of the eel
had passed through the intestines. Feeding
him afterwards on bread alone, the excrement
was found to be much poorer, containing less
fat and nitrogen. After beinir fed on eels and
mackerel the animal grew larger and fatter.
acieniijic American.
The trial of Charlotte Jones, Henry Fife and
Monroe Stewart, for the murder of tiie Wilson
family, at McKecspott, Allegheny county, was
finished at Pittsburgh on last Saturday, and
me jury nas rendered a verdict of "euiltv."
1' I. . -1 , , . .
ah3 in! uousumeu eleven -aays. ; i be mur
dered victims were a sister and brother, Jiving
logtiner, and were, quite aged. A. small sum
or money which they had, seems to have hd
me perpetrators to commit the horrid deed.
OAUFOKXiA.-otuing important;' the, crops-
mo soimicrn part oi tne State are sutlerin
from the drouth. Oen. Lane has been elected
delegate to Congress from Oregon by a largely
reduced majority.
Affairs m Nicaragua" continue unsettled.
Gen. Ilivas refused to act in concert with the
allied Geuerals. - A collision was expected
soon between the Leon party, who favor Wal
ker, and the Chamoristas.
In Pittsburch. on Mondav last. Flour waa
Belling at from $6,2a to ?7,12, as.er quality.
H7A man tried in Eoston for steals
horse and wagon, being called t0 Sl(.ak fof
himself said: "I have nothing to say j par,
ticular. The fact is,' when I got half 0r tW(
thirds drunk I think everything 0iKS t0
New Advertisements.
JIKSJAMIN COATES. WALTER BROWN.
GATES & IJKOWN, CcnmnssioT ilercl
ants, for tho r-ureha.-e and tu!e ot woo!, r.j.
4:t Market Street, above Front Pt. Philadelpfcis.
TVOtlCi: TO THE STOCKHQLDEKS OF THE
ll I'fLtJKIM? PH'XiKKSS MUTUAL BUI LIN
ING NL UAX ASSOCIATION. A Letting of
tho funds of the Association will be h'-f it the
houa-! of John Sulfridge, iii GirarJ towcifcij.-, ca
Paturdav. tho First day of August next, at 2 o'-
clock, l M. ISAAC S. SHI KEY,
rieaaant Hill. Juty 7. 1S57. Secretary.
"JVOTICE. All pcrson3 against whcia James
X M. Leonard has obtained Notes. Judgments,
or any other acknowledgments of debs. r.a ac
counts of my book, arc hereby notified not to pay
ucli claims to him or to auy Justice of the Pec,
in his favor, unless positively dirded to do by
myself,-as the Said Leonird baa no authority to
transact any business for mo.
MICHAEL DINGES.
Morris township. July 10. lo37-jul5-3t.
VI) .11 1 N f STUATOUS' NOTICE. Litten
of Ad laiuii (ration on the Estate of Georg"
EHingcr. late of Brady township, Clearfield coun
ty, fa., deceased, have bo.u granted to the sub
scribers; all persons indebted to th e&U estate,
arc requested to make immediate payment, and
those having cl.-tiuis against the same will preacut
them duly authenticated for settlement.
R. W. MDOKE.
. P. GOCDLAXDEK.
Luthcrsbiirg. July 11. lS57-6t. Adm'r
IlTllILADELPIIIA WOOD MOl'LMXi
L MILL. Willow Street n'wc TtcJflh, Xorth.
sVfr. Mouldings suiUblo for Carpenters. Build
ers, Cabinet and Frame Makers, worked from tho
bet and thoroughly seasoned m&teriu.!, always on
hand. Any pattern worked from a drawing.
The subscriber having perchesed the entire in
terest, will continne the budineij with increased
facilities. Agents wan'3l in tho various town
iu this portion of the State, to whom opportuni
ties will te offered for large profits to themselves.
SAMUEL B. IIESitY.
Philadelphia. July 13, lS6-"m.
riMUAL I.ISf, POll AUGUST TEHM, 1S57,
JL (comiaeuciiiS "J i!ond;iv, 17th dav.)
Vt . A. Wallace, VS
M. S;hirk, vs
Wilson, vs
M'EnaHy.. vs
J '. Afb-.ms. vs
l'hiiips' Kxeentors. T3
Mitchell .t Mebaffey, T3
ltood A Miller, vs
McGuiiSgal, t
Iri--!n &. livDisn, vs
IVil'on, r
Thomas Carson, vj
John Draucker, vs
rlurtop. vs
Lyon t Co., - vs
Hughes &, Lloyd, vs
Mitchell & Mehaflfoy, vs
Uillington Trustee, vs
Clearfield borough, vs
L. J. Crans,
Win. Jones,
Williams.
Comaford.
Eagle's aJm'rf.
J. Kearns ct ul.
S. Tozcr et al.
.Miller Jt Smith,
Gaines,
1'ianchards,
MehaS'ey,
E. (Larson,
1!. Hartshorn,
Prook,
G oss. -
Dunbar,
IVnningluT!,
Jos,
Lawrence towat&xp,
llooin, vs
litoom.
GT.O. WALTECS, Proth'y.
i'LtlAL JXU I ICE.
3 other metals will be
Old Copper. Hrasj tn
taken in exui.-iiiie ijr
auvthinir in our lin.
julyl
MERHELL 4 CAKTEK.
FrUIOM AS . SXVDER, .VEKCIIAXT. Keal
JL trio Sawt-d Limber. Shingles. Square Tim
ber, etcetera. KYLKUTO VN, Ciariie!d Co., i'a.
July I, itva If.
FOU SALE, AT LOW PRICES, Vut good two
horjo Coach, and one new two-horse Waeoc.
well-ironed. Ensure of
MONTHLIES A TEN EYCKE.
jun17 tt Curwensville. 1. .
AJIBKOTYI'ES. P. C. PUIIVIAXCE. Pro
fessor of Photographic Chemistry. Ga'ltrv
at his residence on 2J Street, one door South uf
Merrell t Carter's Tin-ware establishment. Clear
field, Pa. J3Tays of operation : Friday and
Saturdav of each week. junelViS
FOR SALE An Iu.proved Farm, with pood
building!', at Ardrys dead water on Clearfield
creek, three miles from the countv seat of Clear
field. Eor particulars inquire of A. T. Schryver,
who lives on the premises. John and Lionel Weld.
Mt. Pleasant, or Wm. A. Wallace, of Clearfield
town. fTuIv 8. IS57 3m.
CAUTION. All persons are hereby cactioned
against meddling with a certain voka of Ked
Steers, about six years old, now in possession of
Wui. Utiles, as said steers wero bought by mc. and
tire in his possession on loan only.T-
'; Ht.JVllY BALGU31AN.
Boggs to'wnsltip. July 6th, 1857 2t ...
CAUTION. All persons are cautioned against
meddling with the following propertjrnow in "
possession of Isaac Wilson, of Knox township, aa
the vanie belonrs to me and is oclv left with lla
said Wilson on loan : One light two-borso wagon.
one long sled, and one grind-stone.
HENRY HEGAP.TY.
AVoodward township. Jitne 11th. 1S57. - j!"-3t
PLASTERING. The undersigned, having
entered into eo-partnership in iuo Plastering
Business, in the Eorough of Curwensville, an
nounce to the public that they are ready to do ar.y
work in their line on the shortest notice and oiot
reasonable terms, aud respectfully soli.;:; a share
of patronage JOSEPH WHITE.
julyS 4m L. K. MeCLLLOUGII.
CAUTION. All persons art-cautiouc.l naiDt
meddling with the followins cronettv. viz :
one two-horse wagon, one cooking stove, one nirs
)d:tto stove, one cow and one bay ware-, tow in the
possession of John J. McCracken, of Knox town
ship, as the fame belonss to us and is only left
with the said McCracken on loan.
July S, 18.'.7-St- CHASE ASWAN.
LOST A carpet bag. email siie, marked in
ink-written letters, M. II. Fenwit-k, on the
leather bottom. Tt is supposed to hare dropped
from the top of the sta going from Clearfield to
Philipshurg. last FriJay morning. It coiUAlnei
clothing nnd some money belonging to a young
woman liviug in my family. . ALEX. McLE'JLV
Clearfield. July b, S!7.
ADMINISTRATOR'S M OTIC E. letters
of Administration on the estaie of Ifcrr
Korb, lute of Urady township, Clearficd county.
Pa., dooe&sod. having been r runted to tho subscri
ber, all persona indebted to (he fcaid estate, re re
quested to make immediate payment, m..l :Uose
having claims or demands aratrst tiie saiit, will
present them properly auhenlicall tor settle
incut. IREDEKICK KORB,
julyS fit Administrator. '
N
OTICE. A NORMAL SCHOOL' will be o
ncned in Curwensville. on Tuesday tho 11th
day of August next, to eontiniie a term of eijfht
wueks, for tho purposo of qualifying those wish
ins to tench Common Schoois. for that profession,
yinwe who have .-Miv.'ht. as well as those who hare
not, but who design" to teach, may find It to their
advantage to attend this school,, as .we wish lo
mnke the system of instruction in onr Common
Schools as t'horo' as possible. L. L. STILL.
julyS Connty Superintended!. :
y-lOK SALE A f:irm of 120 aeres on the river
I ' ubove Curwensville : r. .....
A firm of C4 acres in Ponn township ; .
A Turin of 104) seres in Ferewsen township ;
: A farm of 100 acres in Pena tovnsltip ;
2 firms of ll)6 acres each, adjoiairg.) in Fergu
son township ;
.TOO acres timber land in Bell township ; '
23-1 acres timber land in Ferguson township.
For description and terms f-pply to
L J- CRASS, Clearfield.
IAK IRON and CHAIN PUMPST"!
cheap at the Corner. WM. IRYLNV
f!2i