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". CLEARFIEL1, PA., SEPT. 30, 1857.
Corretpoiuleiire of the Philadelphia .
ii-cn and L . .S. Oazrttf.
Clearfield, Pa., Sept. 17, ISoT.
Mr. Editor My attention was drawn to an
article in the Republican, the Democratic organ
of this county, in which it is intimated that you
are not acquainted with the lumber business
of this res ion, the manner in wlncti it is con
ducted, &e.
The journal which makes this accusation docs
not, however, presume to enlighten the public
upon a matter which is of more interest than
is generally supposed. With your pel mission,
I will state" a few facts that m:iy give an insight
into the business.
The rafting business, as it is termed, is the
one that 'is of the most v.tal importance to the
tieonle of this county. Halts arc constructed
out of square timber, or out of spars, and
others of boards and other manufactured stufl.
An ordinarv timber raft contains usually about
irotu Ct00 to 7lRK cubic feet, being about Irom
SUMMARY OF NEWS. al of the former to promote the reforms in
On Sunday the 20th, in Tike county, Alaba- Italy demanded by the latter. Some of -the
mi 27 i.orsons were noisoncd. 6 of whom died journal- apprehend war. The King of Swe-
3 - I ' I -
shortly after. The act was committed by tne
negro cook, instigated by a Hungarian named
Obminska. Thomas FraziU, the overseer, his
wife and two children ; Mrs. Cloud and Fra-
zill's grand daughter, are the victims to this
terrible crime, others Were lying in a critical
condition. The negro woman was burned to
death, an 1 Coiuinska was condemned to the
same fate by his self constituted judges.
The Register's oiKcc at Fairbault, Minneso
ta, was robbed, on the night of the loth, of
den will, by the advice of physicians, relin
quish the government for the coming year,
and has requested his snbjects to make eouie
arrangeiueit to fill his placo. . The ' Slave
Trade is active on the coast of Africa. There
is uo news from India. When the reinforce
ments now on the way .reach that country,
the English forces will amount to 87,000 men.
Efforts arc making to procure recruits in
Fiance, Germany and Denmark.
Gov. Pollock reached Philadelphia, on Sat-
land warrants calling for over 30,000 acres of J nrday, having been summoned to a conference
A n n V.mt Heady ? In less than two weeks
the election in Pennsylvania will take place.
The Democracy arc busy everywhere marshall
ing their forces for the 'contest, and they will what precarious, under ' favorable circnni-
donfct'os be out in full array. e see also i
on the condition of the banks. A proclama
tion will be Ufcuod convening the Legislature
on the Gtli of October. Tiie old Legislature
expires immediately after a new election, so
that the extra session will be liuiited to one
week. Whatever relief can be allorded is need-
land. A reward of SoOQ is olio red lor the de
tection of the thief.
Senator Slidell received a letter last week
200 to 210 feet long, and about 2o feet wide, f,0m Senator Benjamin, dated Irom tne n
which is the size of all rafts generally. 1 hese . f
-ltli instant nnnonnciii" that ho and
rafts are floated down the Susquehanna in the . . " ' ' . , ...,.,,,.,, ; m,kina-
...I I... Iw.rh ,,n.l irp 111:111. wih..uv ....... - o
l.V mean? of oars. The rapidity of tho factory arrangements with the Mexican Gov- ed immediately or this call would be delayed
current is such as to render their safety some- eminent, relative to the Tehuantepec Transit It is probable that the Legislature will put all
route, and that President Coiuonlort had acted bauks on the same footing, including the Hank
A 1 ' t
.... . ., . . 1 . in this matter against the earnest protest ol i of Pennsylvania, against which adverse efforts
-t . . . . 1 1 noro is Aiiomer svstcm 01 luitiuerjon cai - 1 1 -
that the Opposition m many parts ot tne state !,-... i,;,.i. i..nflict: HiroctK-with our Minister Foisvth. who thwarted Messrs. will be made. Its future business cannot bo
are waking up and preparing to perform their ue raft'ing, and is called "log-floating."' This Benjamin and La Sere to the extent of his a.Tected by this legislation, since it must de
part. Are our friends in this county ready to
do their duty 1 It needs unanimity and a full
turn-tut at fhc polls to enable us to rescue the
government out of the hands of the pro-slavery
Democracy and their Roman Catholic allies,
wis care mors for the "loaves and fishes" than
they do for the interests of the people, and
svsleni is carried on by a comparatively few
capitalists of Williamsport and Lock lyvew,
to the detriment of the rafting business. Dur
ing the winter, immense numbers of saw logs,
usually about 10 feet in length, are cut ana
hauled to the streams, and in the spring arc
also put in the river, when the waters are high,
and bcinc unrestrained, and allowed to drift
about at random, they get under the large rai ts,
. . . . . i -. : . 1. . I i . t c' i i .1 . . .
power, causing Uiem, ly Ills opposition, mo penu on me commence oi uie cumin.iiiiiy.
the prosperity and advancement of our good render them unmanageable, and generally cause
Old Corr.T"'nwcalth. The eyes of the entire
country are now upon the Keystone State.
Tho defeat of our political enemies would be
a heavy blow to the Federal Administration,
and would doubtless scatter and dishearten
many of the clans which are attached to the
their destruction. 1 Ins evil has become so
serious as to render the raf ting a very danger
ous and extremely precarious business of late
veais.
I have been thus explicit that you may un
derstand something of the practical working
of both systems ot lumbering.
Vow I wish to say a lew words relative 10
Democratic ptrty by "the cohesive power of th amount atK, ext-t of the rarting, as well
public plunder.
Under the good management of the present
Executive, the State debt of Pennsylvania,
according to a proclamation just published,
lias been reduced, during the last three years,
one million, forty-two thousand, eight bun
drcd and fifty-seven dollars and sixty-four
cents, ($1,042,8j7 Gi.) This will undoubted
ly be gratifying intelligence to the taxpayers,
and reflects great credit upon the present Ad
ministration. If David Wilmot should be e
lected Governor, we can expect that he will
pursue a similar wise course, and that the hoa
ry debt, which has been hanging upon the
people of this State for years, will be still fur
ther reduced. On the ether hand, if General
Packer is successful, wc may look for a rc-
eatablishmeut of the plundering policy, which
has been characteristic of all his public acts
ly which, when be was Canal Commissioner,
the State lost $100,200, by the favoritism of
himself and his associates ; and by which the
State debt will necessarily be again increased.
These are important considerations, and we
think it will not bo difficult for the people to
'decid which they prefer Wilmot and Re
trenchment, or Packer and Public Plunder.
as of the floating business. Log floating, as
stated before, is carried on by a few individ
uals. The business is only calculated to im
poverish us, by carrying ofT our timber at a
mere nominal price, very little more than pay
ing for the labor of getting the logs into tne
streams. On the other nana, me railing
business is immense, the lumber trade of Clear
field county alone amounting to about two mil
lions of dollars annually. Mills from Mnncy
to Baltimore scattered along the Delaware,
Schuylkill, Hudson, Raritan and Connecticut
rivers, procure lumler from here ; your bridge,
wharf. P1I1112 ami building timber can be I urn
ished bv our dealers: our government anu
private ship and boat yards, from liangor to
Norfolk, obtain spars, decking, Keels, wnanng
and ship plank Irom this region ; ana tbe bus-
- . : .v... w. .1:. II 1 .ciiii.rr
mess 01 ljuniMiurg, ovuu!;;iut; .i"vi.-uui0,
Coxestown, llarrisburg, Columbia, Ports
mouth, Middletown, Reading, Lancaster, Mar
ietta, Vork, West Philadelphia, Kensington,
Southwark, and numerous other places is more
loss of a million of dollars. Mr. lienjannn
promises at an cany uay 10 sei ionu an me
facts in a proper form, to be laid before the
President of the United States. It is further
stated Forsyth was over-reached by Soule.wlio
is represented as the attorney of parties who
are opposed to that transit routo. 1 lie Ad-
ministrstion having sanctioned or advised the
movement which has resulted in the annulling
of the Sloo and Garay grants, it is reasanably
inferred that our Government will take the
conduct of Minister Forsyth into serious con
sideration. Senator Slidell has submitted Mr.
Benjamin's letter to tho President.
The United States Indiau Agent at Fort La-
r.iaric, has informed the Interior Department,
that the Mormons have initiated measures to
control trade with the Indians, by making set
tlements at every twenty of thirty miles. lie
calls oil the Secret My to remove them, saying
that if this be not done, the Mormons will be
come exceedingly troublesome, and defeat any
policy our government may adopt with the In
dians. It is plain the Mormons are acting in
that manner in violation of the law.
The information iu the possession of our
Government, relative to the complicity of
General Sam Huston with an expedition sup
posed to be for the Invasion of Mexico, to help
the inhabitants of Taniaulipas, disaffected a
gaiust their government, is derived from reli
able sources, the movements being conducted
"Tun GtXEitAL." Inquiries have been
made, ''On what sanguinary liold did Wm. F.
Packer win his title i whether inKevolutionary,
British, Indian, Mexican, Cuban or Kansas
wars ? or whether be is onlv a Militia Hero ?
From all the histories, both ''national" and
State, we can obtain, we can say that the Gen
eral never mounted his steed upon the "tented
plain" where rod Mars was 111 earnest nor
lias he commanded even a bncrade of corn-
stalksind umbrellasamid the cheers of peannt,
gingerbread, and small-beer venders. His
sword is a goose quilt, and the stains upon it
are ink instead of blood. Steuben and Scott
artf not 111s text-tooKS wire-piming oeing
more congenial to his mode of warfare. His
most gallant "charges" were as mudboss,
supervisor, collector, Canal Commissioner, or
Auditor (reneral upon the Mate treasury,
from which during a series of campaigns cov
ering twenty years, he emerged victorious after
many a closely contested and doubtful fight.
In desperate contests for the people's money,
Genera! Packer lias proved no cowardly sol
dier, ns the rich trophies of himself, his broth
er, and personal friends abundantly testily.
His last and most brilliant display of tactics
proving him to be a very Fabir.s in prudence
was his drawing out Judge Wilmot, and
then his masterly retreat through the moun
tain pass of Coiuruitteedoin, whereby ho saved
himself, as did not his vaunting prototype
Goliah of Gith,l and whereby also lie is now
able to discharge a fierce volley of words at a
safe distance.
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS.
Blair Coustt. The Tyrone Herald of
Sept. 24th says 5 On Tuesday morning last,
while a gravel train, employed at Tipton was
ruuning slowly along the track near that place,
Mr. Joseph Meloy, of Williamsburg, In this
county, who had charge of a number of men
employed fixing up the ditches, embankments,
&c, along the line, met with an accident that
in a few hours terminated fatally. Jlc attempt
ed to get on the train, while it was in motion,
and mit-sing his footing, was thrown under the
trucks, one of which passed over him, crush
ing his left leg in a shocking manner, arid
breaking the right above the knee. Drs. Con
fer,' of Tipton, and Hirst, of AHoona, were in
attendance, and decided that amputation Of
the left leg was necessary, but the unfortunate
man refused to permit it, preferring to wait
for the arrival of Dr. Boss, of Williamsburg,
his family physician. Mi. Meloy sank rapid
ly away, meanwhile si tiering intense agony,
until aliout 3 o'clock in the after-noon, when
death came to bis relief. His remains were
yesterday taken toWilliamsburg for" interment.
He leaves a wife ami family to iiiouiu his sud
deu and painful death.
Elk Colvtt. A young man stopped at
Mr. Mead's Hotel, in I'idgway, on Wednesday
night the 20th, and pretended in the night to
be very unwell, so much so that ho hail to be
up frequently during the night. He took oc
casion while up in the night to fake from the
pocket of the young gentlemen stopping
there, from York State about -Sit and left
bright and early next morning. Sheriff IleaJy
is in pursuit of the thief and no doubt will
catch the rascal.
MosTOi a County. The Montour Iron Com
pany have determined to pay olf their laborers
and close their rolling-mills at Danville. This
nil! throw out of employment 'some two thou
sand men, anil with their families ;it least six
thousand people the natural result ol change
ot the tari'f, and the war upou railroad securi
ties. In'maxa County. On the night of thelSth
some scoundrel or scoundrels attempted to
break into the store of .Mr Samuel Rhodes, of
Indiana borough. They bored several holes
through the door, but it being a strong double
one, poor headway was made, and they failed
in their burglarious attempt.
Cambria County. Wc learn that two men,
engaged in making staves at Spriug Mills,
Cambria county, were killed a few days since,
bv a tree falling on them. They were Eastern
men.
HOI SI1 AM) LOT FOR RALE The !
residence of J. M. I'fotttc. in Acunnvillc.
may be bought cheap by inimediato Hpr,li.ion
ine, plecl0-tf J B. M KNALLY.
TONE AND EARTllFXWARK. A torse e.-
eortment of Joss, Stove-pipe t'ollan and
Croeks of all kiivl, f-r salo ut the 'earner."
Cnrwen?viIIe, 'cpt 23. w M. lUVLN
1ArTIOX. Stolen from the snbwiiV.er,en or
ah ut the first September, a Iu LiU, Riren
by Andrew Moore, in favor of Jumta Crosly cal
ling for S-'J.OO. All persons are hereby cainiom -t
raint receiving, or taKing any aasi.nir.-ni n(
the mine. V. .V .WiUE.
Lumber City, t-'opt. 10- 185-spt2o-t
nOCSC AND LOT FOR SALE.!
house oecupiod bv J. H . Larrimcr, Lq., itu-
nte en the roud fr-jin Clearfield to CurwenTid,
near Welch s saw-mill, will be sold very low. It
suitable for a store and dwelling, r or term f -
ply to L- J. CKANa.
cp'. ucamoia. i n
TVOTICK TO THE STOCK HOLDERS OK Tnli
11 1MLURIM? PROGRESS M I "I UAL BUILD
ING AXD LUAN ASSOCIATION. A Letting of
the fun. Is of tbe Ai'eiatin will t held at Uit
house of Jacob Mock, in Kylurtown. Morris tairn-
hip. on iaturtav. the 5d dav of October net, at
10 o'clock, A. M. WM. L. HAW,
(inslien tp., F-ppt. Ifi, 1S5T. Secretary.
T-AL1TAM-: FA KM AND SAWOIILf,
t Pli'UMCKTY FOR t?AI.E Tle Mibscribr of
ten that valuable property on which ha now r-
f id'.. for sale, on reasonable terms. The propertr
is situate ' miles above Clearfield on the Susque
hanna river, comprising 270 acres f land, of
which 70 acres are cleared hnd under iro-d feno.
having thereon two orchards. g'?)tl fraico tj-
tory dwelling house, also another smaller lTr$i
lini? houv, uu excellent bank barn 60 feet by Itf
feet ; ulso. a !w and Lath Mill, with good water
P"wcr. The balance ef the land it woodiand, or
which a considerable portion is well timbered.
Apply to J. H. ilchnally. at C luart.ela, or to ita
subscriber 011 the prcnii-ies
sept9 .111 1 II 1 1. II ATKp-
or less affected by the prosperity of tho raft- with more than usual sccresy. Full informa-
"Br st is Tints." Withia the past two or
three weeks banks and business men have been
'smashing rp" at a fearful rate. On Satur
day all the banks of this State suspended, snd
the number of mercantile and other firms that
have failed in the cities, it is not an easy mat
ter to ascertain. Several of the most reliable
houses in Philadelphia last week, either closed
r tuspended, and in turn these will bring ruin
upon others. Speculation .in stocks, over
trading, excessive importations, and espen
aire living are .he principal causes of these
disastrous revulsions. As an example of how
ome of these failures are bro't about, wc can
mention ih-t of one bank, which advanced
$500,000 to a sugar firm, to aid it in keeping
Bp the price of that article. The sugar, how
ever, came down so did the firm, and the
bank was out ot its money and was compelled
to close. This is the way these things work
The eflect of these suspensions and failures
will be serious in the extreme, and perhaps
disastrous to some ; yet probably the best
thine the banks could do tinder the circum
stances, was to suspend.
Tbe excitement in Philadelphia on Saturday
was intense. Men, women and children, big!
and low, rich and poor, were alike excited,
rushing to the banks, with tho hope of getting
the specie for their notes. The banks, bow
ever, would only redeem their small bills ; but
In this way relieved the immediate necessi
ties of the poorer classes.
Tyrone & Clearfield Railroad. There
eemsto be a wrong impression in some sec
tion relative to this road, and the ultimate
-ds"'gns of the company. Tho stock of the
Tyrone & Clearfield Railroad is owned princi
Tally ly citizens of Centre and this county
The Pennsylvania Central Company holds
rocf of its stock, and has never aided and is
nc:. nC"' in any way assisting in its construc
tion. The design has always been, and is yet,
to extend our railroad to Itidgway and there
'connect with tha Snnbury & Erie Road, and
with this object in view, our citizens feel a
deep interest in the early completion of that
road. Besides this, we can truthfully say that
we know of no one in this community who en
tr :..tic)t fecling3 of hostility to any of the va
rious railroad projects, designed to develop
'and give an outlet to the latent wealth of
tat s'jcii?n of the State lying north and west
of this, A respect for truth should induce
those who have elsewhere created different im
pressions, to enrrect them.
Tys Scalpel, edited by Dr. E. II. Dixon,
Kw Vcrk, is decidedly a catling affair. It
slashes Ecniercif ully into old fogyisrn of every
ort, dresses dnwu the profession, carves up
'buses, flays humbugs, dissects quacks, and
hews into perfect mince-meat civil, eccleaias
tU'il, or any other species of bodies that may
Jiapen to provoke its ire. We like it ama
rigif, and cheerfully com mend it to the fa
vorable attention of the public.
! Sixatqr Bioler will pl'iss accept onr
f hanks for a copy of Talent Office Report,
I? Agiicultuie.
in 2 business of this section of country.
In 1850 a memorial was presented by a com
mittee ol the citizens of this county to the
Legislature, giving statistics relative to the
lumbei or raft 1112 business of this region, jn
that memorial the committee say : "The bus
iness has gradually increased, and for the last
three years the lollowius- has been the aveiage
j-early business :
IUO.UO0.0U0 leet sawed lumber at
market, .... $I,WU,wu
10,000,000 shingles at market, . 130,000
2000 timber rafts at $oOO each, . 1,000,000
makinc an aggregate of $2,130,000
per annum from this article of export alone,
and still the amount is increasing yearly, lie
sides, there are now erected in the lumbering
region of the counties of Centre, Clearfield and
Elk. 883 saw mills at a cost ol not less than
$1,000,000."
From this statement you can form some idea
of the extent and importance of the lumber
business, and of the injury thai is being done
it bv log-floating. I will only add a few words
relative to the manner in which den. 1 acker
hatmens to be interested in it. In 1853 Mr.
Packer assisted to defeat a bill in the Legisla
ture to prohibit or restrict the floating of loose
logs, and under date of Jan. o, 01 that year
wrote a letter to a couple of gentlemen, ap
pointed a committee at a meeting held m Cen
tre co., in which he congratulates iiimseii upon
having len instrumental in defeating the bill,
which he savs was liu rons i event ;i;in," and
met with his "unqualified disapprobation
1 on mnv well imagine that tins action on ins
part, and such views, will not be much relished
by the people of this county, innetecn-tweu-
tieths of whom, at least, are opposed to log.
floating, which he favored in 1831. Further
than this, his recent letter is considered as a
verv dubious and uncertain atlair, and is any
thing but satisfactory to the people of this re
gion. Whether this question will aliect Mr.
Packer's prospects here, remains to lie seen ;
but if the people of Clearfield can, under the
circumstances, vote lor him, they are more
blinded to their interests than I am willing to
believe. But not alone are tho interests of
Clearfield at stake ; Philadelphia herself is
deeply interested. Iler ship and boat builders,
her manufacturers, her merchants who sell
large stocks of goods to dealers here, and
many others that might be named, have much
at stake in the business peculiar to this region,
and it might be well for them to inquire into
it. Oldtowx.
AMERICANS AND REPUBLICANS.
The election is near at hand, and it behooves
you to prepare for doing your duty on that
day. We warn you against any schemes that
may be got up to mislead you. The State
will be flooded with lying documents for the
purpose of deceiving you. Every American
and Republican, who has the interests of his
State at heart, and who really desires to defeat
Packer & Co., should vote the following ticket:
Governor, David Wilmot.
Canal Commissioner, William Millward.
Judges ot Supreme Court, Joseph J. Lewis,
James Vecch.
Vote the above State ticket and no other.
Do not be gulled by the assertions that a Bo
gus Ticket, headed by the name of Isaac II a
zlehurst, is the American ticket. That is a
mere sham and gull-trap, designed to help
Packer!
Emerson's Magazine akd Pit.iam's Month
it have united under this title. The Octolier
number is "rich, rare and spicy," containing
a number of excellent articles, which cannot
fail to be read with much interest.
C7"Whathas become of that spirited sheet,
tbe Philadelphia Daily Sun It hasn't reach
ed us dm iug the last eight days. What is the
reason ? We can't do without it, no how.
Tall Mr. Jnie5 Owens' Chinese sugarcane.
tion upon the subject cannot, as yet, be ob
tained.
At Bangor, Maine, on Sunday the 20th, a
shocking aHiir occurred in a school-boy quar
rel between Win. Crosby, son of Wm. C. Cros
by, Esq., and C. Lowell, son of J. Lowell.
Young Lowell was stabbed by Crosby with his
pocket-knife, and died within ten minutes:
The lads were each about 15 years old, and at
tended school in the same buildin
The Interior Department at Washington has
received offici-U information that, on the 25th
of May last, a large Mormon colony took pos
session of the valley of Deer Creek, one bun
died miles west of Fort Laramie, and drove a-
way a band of Sioux Indians, whom the Indian
agent, Mr. Twiss, had settled there in April,
and induced to plant com, and which region
of country was assigned to them by the treaty
of 1831. The pretext under which these set
tlements are made is under a cover ot a con
tract of the Mormon Church to carry the mail
from Independence to Great Stlt Lake City
The number of Mormons who have settled in
the valley of Deer Creek, is about 300. Thev
have ploughed and planted two hundred acro3
of pr.iirie. and arc building houses for the ac
commodation of five hundred persons, and
have collected there large herds of catth
horses, and mules. I ho agent adds: "lam
powerless to control this matter, for the Mor
iiions obey no laws enacted by Congress.
The proclamation issued by Gov. Walker,
of Kansas, relative to the October election,
while admitting of the injustice exhibited in
the Apportionment, whicii excludes fifteen
counties from participating in the election, at
tempts to exculpate the Governor from blame,
by declaring that only four days remained after
his arrival in the territory to make the appor
tionment, that lie did not know that there ex
isted a law requiring him to make the appor
tionment and therefore the duty devolved
upon ott ers. He expressed the opinion that
no one can vote except those who are qualified
under the territorial law of the 20th of Febru
ary last; also qualified under this law; and
that a territorial tax is not required lis a qual
ification for a vol er. The Governor states that
troops will be stntioned at the various voting
places where vloloncc is apprehended, and that
the best exertions will be made lo render the
election a fair and honest expression of the
views of the people
Maine appears to have chosen an entirely
Republican Senate (31,') and a House 113 Re
publican to 158 all sorts, including 6 unheard
from. If this, with over 12,000 majority 011
Governor, is called a falling off, it only needs
a fuller vote to increase it.
The steamship Canada Irom Europe arrived
at Halifax on the 23d. The London Times, in
an artkle upon the fluancial crisis in this
country, says that from eighty to one hundred
million pounds worth of American securities
are held by English capitalists. Mr. Cyrus
W. Field, in a letter to The Times, says that
the telegraph cable is perfectly available, and
disposes of several statements to the contrary
in detail. The submarine telegraph from
Europe to Africa has been laid with success
from Bona to Cape Terluda, a distance of 145
miles; in some places the water is two miles
deep. The returns of the Bank of Prance
show an increase in bullion ol X112,000 and
a diminution in discounts of three-quarters ol
a million. A difficulty has sprung up between
Austria and France, growing out of the rcfu-
r acker ash Wilmot. When Mr. Wilmot,
the American Republican candidate for Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, challenged his Demo
cratic competitor to traverse the State with
him and discuss before tho people at joint
meetings the issues of the campaign, many
persons were inclined to think Gen. Packer
acted properly in refusing the test. But, how
ever opinion might ditler on that point then,
Pickei s course since proves his declination
to have been unworthy of approval. Mr. Wil
mot has published a list ot his appointments
to address the people all over f he State, and is
now fulfilling thciu. General Packer is busily
engaged in loiioutng in exactly uie same
track, taking care to reach every point just a
few days afterWilmot has delivered his speech.
This looks like a practical acknowledgment
thnt General Packer is afraid to meet Mr. Wil
mot in a free and frank discussion. If he had
acted upon his own programme,thc case would
have been otherwise. It he spoke the truth
when, in his letter, he said that he and bis
party would not continue the agitation of the
slavery issues, what advantage could it be, to
hinl to follow in Mr. Wilinot's wake ? The in
ference from his conduct is that he does want
to discuss theso issues, but without an oppo
nent to confute his reasoning and false assump
tions. Lie stands confessed bv his own course
in the present canvass to bu unequal to a-fair
contest with Mr. Wilmot.
Piui.ADtLi'iiiA Election Fralts. The grand
jury of Philadelphia has returned over seventy
true bills against men engaged in tho election
frauds of last la.ll. Tha poor dupes who were
engaged in those frauds will sutler the penalty
ot them; but the men who instigated them
and who are profiting by them tho Democra
tic State officers and the National Administra
tion will go unwhipt of justice.
TtRiuiiLEBuTciitRYis IxDiasa. TheEvans
ville Journal has the particulars of a terrible
affair that happened near that place. It says
"On Thursday evening, at Francisco, a vil
l.igc on the canal, in Gibson county, about 10
miles from this city, a party of young persons
were assembled for practice in singing. A
crowd of rowdies soon gathered about tin
house and began to make a disturbance ,fo an
noy or break up the singing party. The young
men in the house, among whom were two sons
of Mr. Perkins, the owner of a large flouring
mill in that village, with their brother-in-law,
a Mr. Cross, came to the door either to drive
away the disturbers or persuade them to be
quiet. A fight ensued, iu which one of the
young Perkinses was stabbed and killed on the
pot the other was stabbed between the
shoulders and had his throat cut, and though
living when the messenger lclt, he was not ex
pected to survive. Young Cross was also stab
bed, and had his tongue cut out by the murd
erous savages."
The election law of Ohio, as changed by
the Legislature, now requires a resilience of
thirty days in the county and twenty in the
township, to constitute a legal voter. The
penalty for violation in an imprisonmet not to
exceed six nor be less than one month. A
person going from one county to another and
voting, subjects himself to imprisonment in
tne penitentiary, term not to exceed six
years nor less than one.
Tije Late Gale. The late gale proves to
have done more damage than was at first sup
posed. We have not yet probably received
the entire list of vessels wrecked and damaged
by it, but so far as heard from the total num
ber lost and damaged by the galo amounts to
IS, as follows steamers G, ships 4, barks 9
brigs 7, schooners 22. Total 48.
A farmer in Germantown, Xew Jersey
makes yearly a profit of $7000, by raising
early vegetables from twelve acres of land
He uses yearly about 2000 worth of fertili
zcrs on his land.
In one hundred and nine towns iu Xew
Hampshire, there has been a decrease of por.
ul.it: 0:1 of nearly seventeen thousand, owin
partial. y to the ravages of the western fever
New Advertisements.
TATING SALOON. The undersigned keeps
A-- m constantly on Imuci at Im .iloon 111 Miaw
How, a few doors west of tho Mansion House,
Fruirs, Confetionarits, Tobacco and Sears
of every description, aTdcthe.- Articles
usually kept in an establishment of this kind.
Ile will furnish articles to persons in large quai
tilies. on the most reasonable terms.
Seid. :?u K. P.. TAYLOR
TKWS FOR llARi:i()(HF.n FOLKS.
THE iiL'UsCRIBKllS) WISH TO IMitllJ
THKIU FKIKXDtf and the I'l'lil.IC ULM: RAL
LY, that they have bought out irank .Short of thn
SHORT SIIOF. S1IOJV
in thaw's Row, and mean to cor.ii.iuo the E'XJT
nd snOE m.-ikhig busbies., as hertnfvr. Cn;
tomers wisliitig to be supplied with substantia
wurk, if thev will give us a call bofuo purchasing
elsewhere, will find it to their advantage, .ill
kinds of ready made work oa hnul. ormad4 toor-
ler 011 short iotic. Kpaiiie.g done on nrt no
tice, likewise. W work sent out troTn our nt"-
li.shmctit is warranted not to ' suerdi I.t any
in the country, be they Yankee or any body !(.-.
J. jleCAKK,
Cleai field. Pa.. August 2i'k -57.
rp O T 11 1: V K O P L. 1:
I - OF CLEARFlbl.D COl'STT.
A NEW MARBLE WORKS IN
BKLLKFON'TK. PA.
t. A. ItlliS'U.S A MJ.. are now fully prepare t
furnish the People of Clearfield county, with fill
kinds of Marble woik. at a much lower .- thji
can be bought at anv other establishmtfiit Iv. tfcia
part of Pennsylvania, and of a FAK SUPKlU'jR
STYLE OF ViKKMAN.SH I P.
MR. WILLIAM CAllACJ AN. one of the firm, may
be found at the public honreof I. M. Weaver, in ll
Town, during ench Court, for tho purpose of re
ceiving orders, and will also pa every few neom
through all the different parts of tbe count-y.
Persons in want of work, will d well to retain
their orders until ealled upon, or soh-l then by
mail.
The work will be delivered to any part v( ti
conntv. free of freight." Address.
tf. A. C.rHSUS A CO..
Uellefoitte Mpr'dtj Wnrkt,
Mav IS, lSiT-m. P-l:efoni.
Merrell A Carter. Clearfield, and l.evl 5oav.
Curwenerille. authorized agentj i.,x thi ooaaly,
will fill ordcTs promptly
R
A Fakmkh GirsiLn out ok $1000. Two
strolling gipsies recently visited I ho farm of
Jostah Holmes, West Station!, Conn., and
learning that ho had a superstitious belief in
the existance of a gold mine on some part of
his land, soon convinced him that they could
Show him the precise spot. One of tho con
ditions was that the woman who disclosed the
secret, must hold in her hand ?10)0 in money.
Mr. Holmes borrowed $V00, made up the
required amount, and placed it, inclosed ic a
brown paper, in the woman's hand. She soon
returned it with the injunction that it must
remain unopened a week when the secret
would appear. Tho gipedes disappeared that
night, and the next morning Mr. Holmes, al
lowed his curiosity to get the better of him suf
ficently to peep and find it empty. The gob!
mine not being discovered, the price of corn
ami potatoes are expected to remain at their
present high point till Mr. Holmes pays up the
$800 that he borrowed.
v s t 1: it s ! o v s t 1: u s
The lovers of good bivalves enn procure at
all times THE l'.EST OAI.TIMOUE UY.STEU.S. at
tho s:ilo-,n of th; undersigned, in thaw's Kow,
Clearfield. Pa., where he will be Iinppy to serve
all who may favor hiui wiih ihoir cuMoiti.
He will supply persons with cur.s. if desired, at
Hallimore prices, with the addition of the expense
of bringing them here. K. 15. TAYLOK.
Cle.irtield. Pa.. Sept. SO. ISj".
"iy.TF.D.-T-o teachers to teach the Pub-
? lie Sehools, iu the Thorough of Curwcns
ville. for the term o ' six months, to commence a
bout the 1st October. Application to be made to
JOSIAH EVANS, .Secretary of
Sept 2r,. Hoard of Directors.
A .MIJKOTYPKS. 1 C. PUUVIAXCE, Pro
lessor of Photographic Chemistry. Gallery
at his residence on 2d Street, one door South of
Men ell & Carter's Tin-ware establishment. Clear
field. Pa. ' J?'"'! "ays of operation: Friday mid
aturday ot each week june'56
V U M i: K S I. a O K A T T HIS!
The undersigned, agent for the sale of
WILSON'S THUL'SHIMJ MACHINES, eivos iia-
ti;e that he is prepared to supply tho Farmers of
. iearnci'1 county, on tlie shortest notice, with
tu. 1 litiPib or r 1 1 1 11 IIOKi; MACHINES, at
the mast reasonable prices. These machines are
not surpassed by any in the United States, and will
thresh in one day. if properly attended, from luO
to 400 bu.vhels. Kcpairing done to order.
J1ENJ. PACKMAN.
Cleanficld. August 12, 1907 -"m-pd.
F
IjlOIl SALE. The undersigned offers for sale,
on reasonaido terms, his entire ini. ri.si In
How to Teli the Arcs of a Horse. The
age of a horse is now more easily told by bis
eyes than his tceths in this way : Alter the
horse is nine years old a wrinkle comes on the
eyelid at the upper corner of the lower lid.
and every year thereafter he has one defined ! siding In Ivnn towuehlp. one mile routh-oast of
that valuable Saw-mill property, situated on Lit
tie And.;ron s creek, one and a half miles below
Moore's Mill, uu tho road lcadir.g from PennviUo
to Curwcnsvitle. There is In connection with tho
nun-iui.i, n oo.i iranie iihuo. uanK barn, fcpring
houe and other out-buildings on tho premises.
1 luiuier particulars apply lotlio subscriber, rc-
wrmkle for each year over nine. If for in
stance, a horse has three wrinkles, be is 12 ; if
four he is thirteen ; and the number of wrin
kles to nine and you will always get it. So
aya a writer, and he is confident it will never
fail. At a great many people have horses over
nine it is easily tried.
There can be no doul t that the harvest,
takiag the country though, is very largo. Il
linois contributed 200,000,000 bushels of grain.
All the West groans under the rich yield.
All the South is burdened with its crops.
Peunvilie. Cleurfield eemit r.
Aug.v'ft7-.Jui. SAMUEL WIDEMIIIE.
OBISS' EXPECTORANT.
AX!)
COMPOUND SYRUP OF WILD CHERHT
"FOR THE CURE OF
Bronchial affections. Coughs. Coldi, PlourUy, !5rou
chitis. Asthma, and all other dissnses of tLu Uir-Jt
and lungs, except Consumption. This invalaiLta
remedy is no quack nostrum, but is prepared frtat
the recipe of a regular physician, whodaricga
practice of twenty-five years, used it with ur par
alleled sueeess. It is a combination of expecto
rant remedies, simple in their character ard ud
by every educated physici.in. ltii easily ivJctr..
produces no nausea or other diagreo&ble seoU.
and gives almost immediuto relief. In thu evur
changing climate, where" conghs and colds i fre
quently end in consumption and death, no family
should be without this ikiitiis cure.
It would be easy to. follow in thowafcoof t!m ru
dera of patent medicine, and multiply crlinciil.-f
got up for the oocasion. of miraculous enrus, but cu
such adventitious aid is necessary in inTroduuin
this preparation to tliepublic. Its real riluc. al
never failing success, in aeooniplisliing s!l proicl
cd f.ir it. cannot but give it a wide circulation, and
recommend it to all tho?e afflicted with ilijoifCt tur
which it is a remedy. 1'riet 371 C ruts per JJr-'.'t.
Prepared exelnsirelv lr
THOMAS" KOCINi, Prnggbd. '
March 4, lS.'.7.-tf Clearfield, Ta.
Tf0 Mr.CTTANlCS. INVENTORS ANI
A MANUFACTURERS. Jr. announcing tho
13th annual volume of the Srieuti ft' Amr'ic-tn.
the Publishers re-pe-ffully inforra the publio that
in order to increitso and stimulat the formation of
chiU. thev propose to offer NL" 1H')1.SANI
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN CASH PREMI
UMS for the fifteen largest lists of subscribers sent
in by the 1st of January. livsS. eaid Dreiniurutf k.
be distributed as follow:
For the largest list. 5300: 2d. S2..0: 3d. S2oii:
4th. 5ih, sdUO; f.th. S90 ; 7th, ?S1; P.th,.
0; !)th. too: l"th, S50: 11th. SI0: 12th. 3i;
l"th, S::o.; 14th. S25; 15th. 520.
-Names of subset ioers can be sent at different
times and from different post ofuses. TLo oanh
wm lie naul lo the orders of the successful coin.
petitory immediately after the 1st January, ISiK.
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One Dollar for six months.
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five copies for twelve month. S3; Ten coi.it . for
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Twenty copies, for twelve months.
For all clubs of twenty and over, the raarly
subscription is 51.40.
The new volume will be printed upon fine paper
with new type.
Tbe general character of the SnrKtifir A.fn
can' is well known, and as heretofore, it will Ik
chiefll.v devoted to the promulgation of informa
tion relating to the various Mechanical and Chem
ical Arts, Manufactures. Agriculture, Patent.. In
ventions. Engineering. Mill Work, and all iutor
esH which the tight of Practical Sciene is calcu
lated to advance. It is issued weekly, ir form for
binding; it contains annually fro.uoOU to 600 fine
ly executed Engravings, and" Notices of American
and European Improvements, together with au
Official List of American Patent Claims published
weekly in advance of all other paper.
It is the aim of the editors f tho Fcicutifi? A
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umns in a practical and popular form.' They will
also endeavor to maintaiu a caV.ii fet..rsneas in
combating and exposing false theories tnJ practi
ces in Scientific and Mechanical waiters, and thus
preserve the character of tho Scientific Afutticau
as a reliable Encyclopaedia of Useful and Ector
taininir Knowledge.
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rl I ICI:.. All persons indobtcd to Samuel
X Uiss. by note, bond or book account, arc re
quested to make immediate payuioiit. and persons
witn unsettled accounts will call and settle oelore
the 15th of November, and save costs. Hides will
betaken in payment at (h highest market prices
SAM L EL DISS.
X B. All bryiness from this date will be trans
acted in the niue of S. Riss . Junod. Thankful
for past favors, they respectfully solicit a contin
uance, of custom. Cash paid for hides
New Washington, Aug. 20.1r7
B
RICK, on hand and for salo by
Cnrwonsvillc, Sept. 9, ls57.
WM. IRNIN.
M
ACKEKKL. A lot of aunario Mkrt for
sale at , july22 WM. F. IRWIN'S.
UPERFINE FLOUR for aale at the "corner
.ton. by WM. IRVIN-
CurwensviHo, July 22. 1857. -
s
LT. Fine, and coarse Salt just
for ude by julTS2J Wfl
roaei rod and
iVIRWIN.