Raftsman's journal. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, October 07, 1857, Image 3

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    THE JOURNAL.
CLEARFIELD, TA., OCT. 7, 1857.
Cvaa P. O. Our subscribers at Cush post
office, in answer to their Inquiry, are hereby
informed that we have issued the Journal reg
ularly, and that it has been mailed at Clearfield
office every Wednesday evening. Where the
fault Iks as to their not receiving our paper
we are unable to say. Perhaps some oneof
the Post-masters may be able to impart the re
quired information. We would be much o
tliged for any information respecting the last
three unlabels of tho Journal mailed to our
Cush fiiends. Wo shall make it our business
to ferret out where the fault lies, and take
prompt steps to have the guilty parties proper
ly attended to.
False Report. Ou the announcement of
the suspension of all the Banks in Pennsylva
nia, a report was spread thro' the vicinity, that
the lion. W. L. Moore's Coal Bank, of this bor
ough, had suspended operations. This, we
liave been credibly informed, m not the fad, as
tho "Bank" still continues to "issue," and
that all "checks" for shining miueral will be
j.i.xr.j tlv fiTk'il as heretofore. As this "bank"
was opened under the "individual liability"
law, and the "deposit" is abundant, the pub
lic need not apprehend its failure. It is one
f the permanent institutions f our borough.
Attempt to Break Jail. On Sunday night
the fellow that is confined in jail charged with
horse stealing, attempted to make his escape.
The noise he made attracted the Sheriffs at
icuiiiu about 10 o'clock, when it was found
I hat he had divested himself of hobbles and
Irons, had torn off some planks, and commenc
ed digging a hole through the wall. Some
lum- -Ocr, the Sheriff was awakened ly a
thumping noise-, and going to the cell found he
was trying to draw the steeple out of the IKor.
The Sheriff then d"2.ied it necessary to lasteu
his hands on his back with cuffs.
On Saturday evening, September 19, an un
known person attempted to ride away a mare,
belonging to Mr. Joseph Jordan, of Lawrence
township, which was taken from a pasture
field. After riding about a mile at full speed,
the fellow saw a neighbor of Mr. Jordan's ap
proaching him whom ho evidently recogniz
ed when he jumped ofl'and took to his heels.
The mare was returned to Mr. Jordan, who put
her into another field. The next morning
when he sent for her she was dead.
Fell into a Spring. On last Saturday a
two years old child of Mr. Isaac Thompson,
of Lawrence township, accidently fell into a
spring and when taken out was nearly insensi
ble, but fortunately was resuscitated.
Rcs-off. On last Sunday evening as Hen
ry Jlurd, Ej., of Chest township, was coming
to this place, his horse ran off, a short distance
above town, threw the Squire into a mud hole,
and broke the shafts of the bnggy.'
LUMBER CITY SCRIB8LINGS.
CyLeft for Tyrone the man that drove the
al horse over the river with a club. .
nExpeets to be sued the man who found
the medicine bottle, on Sunday morning.
C7Faied to come the candidate with the
iweet German accent" on Thursday last.
E7""Tot good pluck "Old Driver" from
theTact that au Irishman's dog licked him
last week. " :
CCaMant the . Pennsville chap, on Sat
urday night, promenading with three ladies
on each arm.
, C2r Worth a farm to see the "Governor"
langh; especially when attended by "that leg
accompaniment."
C7Ougbt to be kicked any man that will
deliberately Sre, 5 ounces of powder and a pint
f kltot, at 4 pigeous.
' CA great institution that new road down
she river. Would it not be a good idea to erect
a light-hots, at the first bend 1
.- pyFun to see the man wot rides the pale
borso, chase a Bull-o'-wax up street and choke
him for getting drnnk, while he was "how
come re so" hin;sclf. Ya Rock !
. A Fixaxcial Crisis is said to exist in Ger
many A letter from Vienna, dated Sept. 7,
asys: "Last week several failures occurred
here, as well as at Prague and Pesth. The
Kiokt important of these is a hardware cstab
ishment, with liabilities amounting to several
hundred thousand guilders, and having exten
sive connections' abroad. There never was a
time not excepting the years 1847 and 1843
when the failures were so numerous as now ;
very day one or more suspensions are announ
ced. The worst is, an early improvement
cannot be expected. The Bank of Credit
has limited its transactions, and refuses all
applications for new loans, Riving as the
reason, that ifr is not in a condition to expand
lis business." Jf some of our financiers were
Germany they would preach, in the face of
tmt facts calling for contraction, that it was
necessary for the bank to expand its business,
lb save the community fiora disaster. - '
f A Fish StortOut Greerfleld township
correspondent, says the 'Hollidaysbnrg Whig,
tends us in account of a giging party on the
night of the 18th ult in the little stream pas
sing Claysburg, which captured no lass than 70
wickers and catfish and 5 eels one of the eels
jr.. raring 3ft. 2 inches in length and 9 inches
in circumference and weighing 4 J lbs! But
another party in the same stream on the same
'fright giged an eel measuring 4ft. 4 Inches in
length and weighing 5 lbs I ., ,
A St Idea. The Sloar Case. A new
idea with regard to the Chinese Sngar Cane,
of which we bear so much now-a-days, fa sug
gested by tho Montgomery (Ala.) Mail. It
is, that the cane will degenerate into broom
rsrn about the third year of its culture. It is
a matter of importance to the planters every
where, many of whom have considerable quan
tities growing and some of whom have pur
chased machinery for grinding their crops,
that this question should be determined. It
would be well if every person who has a field
of the can a would examine it and see if a por
tion of !t Is not In all respects like broom corn
and entirely without the sacbarine juice. Tbe
Mail knows this to be the casa in at least two
tMa, and hears that it is the case In others.
CLIPPINGS AND SCRIBBLINGS.
CyTaken-in slightly the 'Stranger' that
footed a certain oyster bill one day last week.
& Fact there is no person who lives so
much from hand to mouth, as a Dentist.
fX7"Big that Radish our friend Xat Rishel
left at the 'Journal' office. Weighs 6 lbs.
C7"Windy the weather and that eight han
ded "editorial" iu the "Republican" of Sep
tember thirty-first.
E""Kcportcd that Gen. Packer had given
up the idea of making a tour to Venango and
has sent a likeness and lock of his hair.
E7Issucd from the Mint at Philadelphia
within the past three months, 8,G00,000 new
cents, weighing forty-three tons.
C7Within the borders of thJ United States
are 80,000 schools, 5,000 academies, 324 colle
ges, and 3,S00 churches.
C7"Has been selling wheat in Cincinnati at
75 cents per bushel, lately. The first time for
better than two years.
CP"Indu.stry must prosper," as the man
said when he was holding the baby, while his
wife chopped the wood.
C7"Arc fools people who take cart loads
of medicine every day w hen they imagine they
are going to be sick, and upon whom quacks
fatten.
!X7"Sarah E. Shaw has just recovered eigh
teen thousand dollars from the Boston and
Worcester Railroad, for killing her husband.
A good lift for the widow.
C7"Whos "Molly Maguirc ?" said a verdant
individual a few days since, in Philadelphia.
"Why, she's the four wheels of the Locofoco
coach, and Democracy is the filth," answered
an honest American Democrat.
C7"Good no doubt "Smith's Limitation,'
if we could read it all, as the following ex
tract will readily show :
"This Day is Bad and so is he
The night is allso not pleasant!. "
' IX7There is said to be a scarcity of jour
neymen mechahics in Charleston, S. C. Car
penters are in demand at two dollars per day,
while blacksmiths and moulders command two
dollars and fifty cents.
C7"Five cattle, among a herd of sonic twen
ty, were struck by lightning, near West View,
Augusta cotinfy, Va., on Saturday a-week,and
instantly killed. The cattle were on the sum
mit of a high and bare hill, remote from tim
ber of any kind.
Vs' You rascal J where did you come from V
inquired a lieutenant of a man-of-war of a sai
lor who had dropped out at the main mast on
the lieutenants head, and knocked him down.
"From the north of Ireland, to bo shure !" re
plied the sailor.
T7"Frederick W. Porter, for 30 pears Cor
responding Secretary of the American Sun
day Scnool Union, having a general supervi
sion of its aflairs, has proved a defaulter to the
Society, in the sum of eighty-eight thousand
eight hundred and eighty-three dollars.
C7"The Directors of the Bank of Middle
town, Ponn'a, passed a resolution on Monday
a-weck, making themselves individually liable
for all their notes. The combined wealth of
the Board of Directors and Cashier is about a
million of dollars, and their circulation is less
than two hundred thousand dollars.
E7"The Greensburg Herald of Wednesday
the 30th ultimo says that "the man whose
iricnds refused to let him' discuss the Slavery
question with Wilmot, was here last Thursday
afternoon, and spoke just one Aour and a half
on that forbidden subject. The fact is, if it
had not been for that, he would not have had
anything to talk about. What a mistake the
Committee' made !"
C7"Bennet, of the Xew York Herald, it is
said, loses $73,000 by the failure of Persee &
Brooks, who were his bankers. "Old Potosi"
has been striving long and hard to create a pa
nic now he has his reward ; just as the Man
hattan Bank, which created the revulsion of
1837, was one of the institutions most thor
oughly ruined by it.
C7"It is said that ex-President Fillmore is
about to marry a lady in Montreal. Tbe Port
land Adeertiter thinks this a pretty business
for a Know Nothing. "Americans must rule
America," and here we have the great chief of
the "dark lanterns" submitting to foreign rule
and actually laying plans to increase the im
migration! f '
IIoW TIIET ARE OFF IN THE WEST. One of
our Illinois exchanges, descanting on tbe fi
nancial derangement which evrcrywhero pre
vails, thus consoles itseifandits readers:
"What debts we may be owing to the East,
we have the produce now in our granaries to
pay. We have not speculated . in stocks, or
other fancy securities, but our expenditures
have been made in purchasing, enclosing, and
breaking the richest soil, with which Heaven
ever blessed the agricnltarist. These kinds
of investments have something to fall back
upon. The stocks they produce (corn stalks)
are paying stocks, which good, strong fences
protect from depredations of all "Bulls and
Bears."
Xot so Bad off as we See. In the infla
tion of prices produced by the abuse of cred
it in 1837, the prices ot food ran up to an enor
mous height, in some cases exceeding the
high prices of the present year. Flour was
$12 per barrel, and other articles In the same
exorbitant proportion. So . completely had
industry been deserted from labor to specu
lation, that we were actually obliged to import
grain from Europe, a fact unexampled in our
history before or since. Now, however, the
case is different. Bountiful crops have every
where blessed lal or with a rich reward, and,
instead of having to import grain, we have
plenty of it to export.
Slightly Personal. The editor of the
Louisville Democrat lately said, Wo live
neighbors to tbe Free States, and we see some
of their people every day, and they look and
talk pretty much as we do.". To which Pren
tice, of the Journal, adds. "Well, really, if
the people of the Free States look pretty much
as you do, we cannct wonder that a large por
tion of the South is in favour of dissolving
all connection with such an ugly race. We
don't know but we shall have to'go dissolu
tion ourselves.''
Died On September ISth, Emily Makqa-
Iekt, daughter of Robert and Mary Thompson,
of Lawrence township, aged 11 months.
ASSEMBLY. Mis Row : Sir : You will
please announce that Hon. Jambs T.LkoNAKD,
of Clearfield, will be supported as an independent
candidate lor Assembly, irrespective of party. ly
ScpiM ilA.V CITIZENS OF All!" I KLI CO.
SSEMBL.Y Robert Matson, of Rose town-
iL ship, Jefferson county,- is presented as an
Independent candidate for tho Assembly, at tho
ensuing election. epi. z.s-ic
WANTED. Two teachers to teach the Pub
lic Schools, in the Borough of Curwens
ville. for tho term of six months, to commence a-
bout the 1st October. Application to be made to
JOSIAH EVANS, Secretary of
Sept23. Board- of Directors.
"CAUTION. All persons arc hereby cauntion
V- ed against buying or in any way meddling
with a yoke ol oxen, now in possosuon of A. L
Murphy, of 1'cnu township, as said oxen belong
to me. ana nave only been loaneif to said A.J.
-Murphy. NATHAN M'KlRK,
Union tp.. Centre eo., Pa., Sept It?. 1837-23-3t.
riMlE SUBSCRIBER PROPOSES OPEN
JL ing a school for youth, raalu and female, on
the 12rh day of October, 1867. provided sufficient
encouragement be given.
For this purpura, in connexion with the '-Board
of Trustees," he is fitting up a room in the lower
story or tho "Clearfield Institute," where he hopes
to render his pupils comfortable in the pursuit
01 iticir smaies.
No effort will be spared to promote, the moral
and intellectual improvement of tho pupils atten
ding this school.
TUITION PER TERM OK ELEVEN WEEKS.
Orthography. Reading. Writing. Arithmetic, Geo
graphy and English Orammar. 1 00
Higher branches of au English Education
and the Classics, 5 00
No scholar received for less than a term, and no
deduction made for absence, except in cases of
protracted sickness. J. BUCHANAN.
Clearfield. September 23. lS.r7-4t.
REMOVAL OP ROBINS'
L ITK1 It Y 1 ) K POT.
Thomas Robins' having removed his Rook and
l)rux Store to the Store Room formerly occupied
by Riahard Shaw A Son. one door West of the
'Mansion House' where he is prepared to accom
modate his former customers ami the public gen
erally, with everything in his line. Having late
ly added a general assortment of Groceries to his
formor stock, ho is now prepared to accommodate
all who may favor him with a call, with
COFFEE. SUGAR, TEA, MOLASSES, Ac . Ac.
Also, frith
ROOKS OF ALL KINDS AND STYLES,
Statioii'trv.
FANCY ARTICLES AND "";NFECTIOXARfES,
lonncco and Vigars.
DRUGS, MEDICINES, DYE-STUFFS, PAINTS,
Clifinicnis, iV-i iV"- Vr
Among his stock will be found Histories, Biogra
phies. Sketches. School Rooks, Poetical, Scientic,
Mechanical, Medical and Law works ; the latest
publications always on hand or procured to order:
all the Magazines furnished monthly, at publish
ers prices ; fancy and common letter paper ; plain
and ruled cap paper; perforated paper; rjote pa
per; fancy and common envelopes; blank Deeds;
great variety ot fteel J'ens ; common and fancy
pen-holders, pencils. Ac. -. Ac, which he will sell
at the most reasonable prices.
JIis stock ot lru;zs. .Medicines. Dye-stuffs. Paints.
Ac, is large and well selected; anion" which are
Calomel. Rlue Mass, Quinine. Morphia. Red Pre
cipitate ; Rhubarb, root and pnlverizcd ; Rochelle
and Epsom Salts; Cream of Tartar, Sulphur. Sen
na, fins ltoot. run. Carbonate Soda, lartaric A-
cid, Sulphate of Zinc ; Liquorice, Col umbo and
Gentian root; Logwood, Oil Vitriol, Blue Vitriol,
Coperas, Alum. Red Lead. Prussian Blue. Chrome
Green and Yellow, Vermillion, Terra do S'onna,
and iu fact a general assortment.
He lias also a fine lot of Ladies Gold Breast
Pins. Ear Drops, F'ingcr Rinirs. Ac Also. Watch
(iuards ami Keys. Penknives. Hair oils; Hair.
Reading. Fine and Pocket combs, Tooth-picks, Ra
zors and Strops. Sadlers' Silk, Pearl powder, Fan
cy Soaps and Perfumery a great variety.
Also. Prunes. Figs, Raisins, Almonds, Pea-imts
and Filberts; Candies a general assortment; Cin
amon. Cloves. Pepper, and other spices; Blacking.
and Spool Cotton ; the most popular Patent Med
icines of tbe day ; all of which will be sold at the
very cheapest rates.
Call and examine the stock and judge for vour
stlvea. Scpt2il THOMAS ROBINS.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITU
TION : PROCLAMATION.
Whebkas, 1 have been directed by tho Gover
nor to give notice that a joint resolution, propos
ing amendments to the Constitution of this Com
monwealth, has been agreed to by a majority of
me incmoers elected to each House ot tbe Legis
lature, at two successive terms of the same, and
that it is provi '.ed by tho Constitution, that any
amendment so agreed upon, shall be submitted to
the people for their approval or rejection. There
fore, for the purpose of ascertaining tbe sense of
the citnens oi this Commonwealth in regard there
to, I, JOSIA1I U.REEli, High Sheriff of tbe coun
ty of Clearfield, do givo notico and proclaim to
the qualified electors of said county, that an elec
tion will be held in each of the townships, wards
and districts therein, on the Second Tuf'day o
Ortoher, A. D. 1&7. for the purpose of deciding
upon the adoption or rejection of the said amend
ments, or any of them ; which said election shall
beheld at tho places, and opened and closed at
the time at and within which the Genoral Elec
tions of this Commonwealth aro held, opened and
closed; and it shall be the duty of tbe Judges,
Inspectors and Clerks of each ot said townships,
wards or districts to receive at the said Election,
tickets either written or printed, or partly writ
ten and partly printed, from citizens duly quali
fied to vote for Members of the General Assembly,
and to deposit them in a box or boxes to be for
that purpose provided by the proper officers;
which tickets shall be respectively labeled on the
outside, "First Amendment.'" ''Second Amend
ment." "Third Amentlment." and ''Fourth A
inent," and those who are favorable to said A
uiendments, or any of them, may express their de
sire by voting each as many scperato writitu or
printwd. or partly written and partly printed bal
lots or tickets containing on the inside thereof the
words "For the Amendment." and those who are
opposed to such Amendments, or any of them,
may express their opposition by voting each as
many seperate written or printed, or partly writ
ten and partly printed, ballots or tickets, contain
ing on the inside thereof the words, "Against the.
Amendment?
And further, I do hereby give notice, direct and
proclaim, that the election on the said proposed
Amendment shall be opened and closed at the
same time, arid in all respects beeonducted, as tbe
General Elections of this Commonwealth aro now
conducted, as well as respocts the Qualifications of
voters, the time and manner of making returns, as
in all other particular.
Given under my hand and seal, at Clearfield,
this ninth day of fceptember, A. D. 157.
' JOSIAH R. REED. Sheriff-
y A RETIRED PHYSICIAN 75 years
XjL of Age whose sands of lifo have near
gly run oat, discovered while in the East Indies,
M a certain cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bron-
chitis. Coughs, Colds, and General Debility.
Tbe romedy was discovered by him when his
only child, a daughter, was given up to die. lie
had heard much of the wonderful restorative and
healing qualities of preparations made from the
East India Hemp, and the thought occurred to hint
that h might make a remedy for bis child. He
studied hard and succee led in realising his wish
es. His child was cured, and is new alive and
well. He has since administered the wonderful
rcmod to thousands of sufferers in all parts of the
world, and he has never failed In makuig them
completely healthy and happy. Wishing to do as
mnoh good as possible, he will send to snob, of his
afflicted folio w-beings as lequeat it, this recipe,
with fall and explicit -directions for making it
up. and successfully using it.- - no require eaea
applicant to inclose him oae shilling three
cents to he returned as postage on the recipe,
and the remainder to be appuea to the pay
meat of this advertisement. Address,
Dr. H- JAMES, No. 19 Grand street
Sept. 23. 1857-ltq - Jersey City, X. J
H
ATHAWAY STOVTS-t-A good article at low
prices at tne "corner-- xrvi..
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS O
CLEARFIELD COUNTY.
In the matter of the application of tbcCurwcns
viile Methodist Episcopal church for incorporation.
And now, August zlst, 1;7, articles or associa
tion filed, and on motion of L. J. Crans, Esq., attj
for petitioners, publication directed.
Gko. Walters. TrothV.
All persons interested will take notico that the
above application for incorporation has been made
and action will be taken thereon at November
icrm. L.J. CHANS,
geP2 Atty. for Applicants.
A DM I N ISTRATO RS' OTI CE.-Ia ttcrs
of Administration on the estate of James
M. Kelly, late of Glen Hope, Cluarfied countv.
Pa., deceased.- having been granted to the subscri
bers, all persons indebted to the sai 1 estate, are re
quested to make immediate payment, and those
having claims or ucmauds against the same, will
present them properly authenticated lor settle
ment. MARY KELLY. Bill tp.
JESSE II UTTON. Burnside tp
August 19. lS57-ot Administrators.
TyyilV. 10 AND 15, SINGLE AND
t,-rV'''-:'tf'E THREADED. EMPIRE FAMILY
V" MACHINE. An Agency for the sale of
these machines, for this and the adjoining coun
ties, can be secured by a personal application to
the subscribers. 6th A Arch streets. Philadelphia.
No one need apply without capital sufficient to
conduct the business properly, and without reffer
ences as to reliability and capacity.
Wc positively assert that these machines, for all
purposes of family sewing, are in every respect
superior to any Sewing Machine in market, (no
matter at what prices they may be held.) and
wherever they are offered for sale they must com
mand a ready and unlimited demand.
JOHNSON A GOODELL.
Philadelphia. August 19. lSi7.
jIIE TRUTH AHOl'T KANSAS!
L GOV. GEARY'S ADMINISTRATION IX
KANRAS larae 1,nn 34S WITH A
COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE TERRITORY.
UNTIL JUNE. 1857 Embracing a full account of
ts discovery. Geography. Soil, Climate. Products.
its organization as a Territory, transactions and c
vents under Governors Kecderaud Shannon, polit
ical dissensions. Personal Rencounters. Election
frauds, battles and outrages, with Portraits of
prominent actors therein, all fully authenticated
by JOHN II. GIHON, M. D., Private Secretary to
overnor Geary. Carefully compiled from the Of
ficial documents on file in the department of State
at Washington and other papers in the possession
of the Author, with full account of the INVASION
OF KANSAS FROM MISSOURI; the capture, tri
al and treatment of the F'rce State prisoners, the
character and movements of the Missouri Bonier
Ruffians, tho murder of Bufl'uia and others. The
Controversy between Governor Geary and Judge
Lceompte. The proceedings of the Territorial Le
gislature, of the Pro-slavery convention, and the
organization of the Nation:!! Democratic Party,
with a Sketch of Kansas during the early troubles
under Governors Reedor and Shannon. Its Inva
sions. Battles. Outrages and Murders.
A copy will be sent to any part of the United
States, by mail, free of postage, on the receipt of
retail prico. A liberal discount to the trade.
tlflOOO Agents wanted Price in Cloth SI.
Taper. 00 cts. CHARLES C RHODES,
Publisher, Inquirer Building.
July 23. 1 837-4 ui. Philadelphia, Pa.
(GENERAL ELECTION PROCLAMA
T TION. Whereas, by an act of the General
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
entitled "An act to regulate the general election
within this Commonwealth," it is enjoined on the
Sherifis of the several counties to jive public no
tice of such election, the places where to be held,
and tbe officers to be elected ; Therefore I. JOSI
AH K. REED, High Sheriff of Clearfield county,
do hereby give public notice to the elector of the
county of Clearfield, that a GENERAL ELECTION
w ill be belli on the Second Tuesday of October
nest, (being the thirteenth day of tho month.) at
the several election districts in said county, nt
which time and place the qualified voters will vote
For the Amendments, or
Against the Amendments, and will elect
One person for Governor of this Commonwealth ;
Two persons for t-uprcmc Judges of this Common
wealth ;
One person for Canal Commissioner of Iho Com
monwealth; Two persons to represent the conntics of Clear
field, Jefferson, Elk and M'Kcan in the House of
Representatives of this Commonwealth ;
One person for the office of Commissioner of Clear
field county ;
One person for the office of Treasurer of Clearfield
county ;
One person for tho office of Auditor of Clearfield
county.
The electors of the county of Clearfield will take
notice that tbe said Genera! Election will be held
at the following places:
At the Court Hovse iu the Borough of Clearfield
for Lawrence township.
At the house of William Hoover for the town
ship of Bradford.
At the house of Joha G oss for the township of
Decatur.
A t the bouse of Samuel M. Smith for the town
ship of Beccana.
At the house of Isaac Bloom, jr., in tho Boror of
Curwcnsville, for Pike township.
At the house of Jacob Maurer, for the township
of Covington.
At the house formerly occupied by M'illiara C.
Foley, for Brady township.
At the house of Samuel Smith, for the township
of Penn.
At the school house near Simon Ror.ibaugb'e,
for the township of Chest.
At Congress Hill School housi, for the township
of Girard.
At the house of Thomas Kylor, for the township
of Morris.
At the house of John Young, for tbe township
of Burnside.
At tho house of Ascph EUis, for tbe township of
JjOII.
At the school house in Ansonvillc, for the town
ship or Jordan. '
At the house of Jesse Wilson, for the township
of Huston.
At the house of Thomas B. Davis, for the town
ship of Ferguson.
At the bouse of John L. Bundy, for the town
ship of Fox. '
At the house of John Whiteside, for the town
ship of Woodward.
At the public school house for the township ot
Goshen.
At the house of B. D. Hall & Co., for the town
ship of Karthaus.
At the house of R. W. Moore, for the township
of Union.
At the house of George Turner, for the township
of Boggs.
At Turkey Hill school house for the townbip of
Knox.
At the house of Jacob Hublor, for the township
of Graham. " - '
At tbe Court House for tho Boro' of Clearfield.
At the house of Isaac Bloom, jr., for the Borough
of Curwen.villo.
NOTICE IS FURTHER HEREBY GIVEN, That
all persons, except Justices of tho Peace, who shall
hold any office or appointment of trust, under tho
government of tho United States or of this State,
or of any incorporated district, whether a com
missioned officer or otherwise, a subordinate officer
or agent, who is or shall be employed nnder the
Legislative, Executive or Judicial Departments
of this State or of the United States, or any city or
incorporated district, and also that every member
of Corgress and the State Legislature, and of the
common or select council of any city, or commis
sioner of any incorporated district, are hv law in
capable of holding or exercising, at the same time,
the office or annointmcnt af .liirlirn Inwd.r n
elerk of any election of this Commonwealth ; ami
mat no inspector, judgo, or other officer of any
such election, shall be eligible to anv
for. . '
And the Return Judges of tho respective dis
tnota aforesaid are requusied to meet at the court
bouse, in the Boron rh of C!earn1.1 on tho
l-rUly neat after the said Second Tuesday of Oc
tober, then and there to do those things required
of them by law. - - -
GIVEN under wy hand and seal, at Cloarfield,tbis
ninth day of September, in theyear of oar Lord
one thonsind, eight hundred and fifty-seven, and
of the Independence of the United States the
eighty first- J. R- BEE D. Sheriff.
BY AUTHOJUTV.
RESOLUTION PROPOSING AMEND
MENTS TO Til E ( (I VSTITI I'io.X
yjr nit, iu.il.liuj KALI II.
.tifv. ha the te,t ite mid Jl.,nse of Keprrsen-
Geiier.it Astem'Jy mrl ; That the following amend
ments are proposed to the constitution of the com
monwealth, iu accordance with the provisions of
the tenth article thereof.
FIRST AMENDMENT.
There shall be au additional article toid con
stitution to be dcrinated as artiele eleven, as fol
lows ;
ARTIf-LK XI.
OF PUBLIC DEBTS.
Seitio 1. The State mav contract debts, to sim
ply casual deficits or failures in revenues, or to
meet expenses nof otherwise provided for; but
the aggregate amount of such debts direct mid con
tingent, whether contractu'! by virtuo of one or
more acts of the general ass-emblT. or at different
periods of time, shall never exceed seven hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, and the money arising
Iroui the creation ot such debt", cliall be applied
to tho purpose for which it was obtained, or to ro
pny the debts so contracted, and to no other pur
pose hatevcr.
Section 2. I n addition to the above limited pow
er, the State may contract debts to repel invasion,
suppress insurrection, defend the St.tte in war. or
to redeem the present outstanding indebted doss of
the Stale ; but the money arising from the con
tracting of such debts, shall be applied to the pur
pose for which it was raised, or to repay such
debts, and to no other purpose whatever.
Sections. Except the debts above specified, in
sections one and two of this article, no debt what
ever shall be created by. or on behalf of the State.
Set tion' 4. To provide for the payment of tho
present debt, and any additional debt contracted
as aforesaid, the legislature shall, at its first ses
sion, after the adoption of this amendment, create
a inking fund. hich shall be sufficient to pay the
accruing interest on such debt, and annually to
reduee the principal thereof by a sum not less
than two hundred and fifty thousand dollais;
which sinking fund shall consist of the net annual
income of the public works, from time to timo. own
ed by the State, or the proceeds of the sale of the
same, or any part thereof, and of the income or
proceed of sale of stoeks owned by tho State, to
gether with other funds, or resources, that may be
designated bylaw. The said sinking fund may be
increased, from time to time, by assigning' to it
any part of the taxes, or other revenues of the
Slate, not required for the ordinary and current
expenses of government, and unless in case of war.
invasion or insurrection, no part of the said sink
ing fund shall be used or applied otherwise than
in extinguishment of the public debt, until the
amount of such debt is reduced below the sum of
live millions of dollars.
Skitio.n 3. The credit of the commnnwcidth
shall not in any manner, or event, be pledged, or
loaned to. any individual, company, corporal ion.
or association ; nor shall tbe commonwealth here
after become a joint owner, or stockholder, in any
company, association, or corporation.
Section 6. The commonwealth shall not assume
the debt, or any part thereof, of any county, city,
borough, or township: or of any corporation, or
association ; unless such debt shall have been con
tracted to enable the State to repel invasion, sup
press domestic insurrection, defend itself iu time
of war. or to assist the State in the discharge of
anv portion ol its present indei'tejncss.
Suction 7. The legislature i-hall not authorize
any county, city, borough, township, or incorpora
ted district, bv virtue of a vote of its citizens, or
otherwise, to become a stockholder in nnv coinna
ny. association, oreorporation ; or to obtain money
tor. or loan its credit to, any corporation, associa
tion, iustitutiyn. or party.
SECOND AMENDMENT.
There shall be an additional article to said con
stitution, to bo designated as article Nil., as fol
lows :
AltTICI.E XII.
F NEW COUNTIES.
No county shall be divided by a line cutting off
over one-tentb ol its population, .'either to form
new eouuty or otherwise.) without the express as
sent of such countv. by a vote of the electors there'
of; nor shall any new countv be cstabli-dicd. con
taining less than four hundred soiiarc miles.
THIRD AMENDMENT.
From section two of tho first article of the con
stitution, strike out the words, "ufthe citi of PUi
t'ldt dti'i, imd of enrli comittf rr.itretivrlu ;" from
section five, same article, strike out tho words, -nt
lhtlti'It.l 'phia unit of the. .rucr cotiiitirx from
section seven, same article, strike out the words.
'neither the city of 1'lnlaHrJ phia nor nny." and
insert in lieu thereof the words. no and
strike out section four, same article, and in lieu
thorcof insert the following :
Skction 4. In the year one thousand eight han
dred and sixty-four, and in every seventh year
thereafter, representatives to the number of one
hundred, shall be apportioned and distributed
equally, throughout the state, by districts, in pro
portion to the number of taxable inhabitants in
the several part thereof; except that any county
containing at lcat thre thousand livu humired
taxablcs, may be allowed a separate representa
tion; but no more than three eo untie shall be
joined, and no county shall he divided, iu the for
mation of a district. Auy city containing a suffi
cient number of taxable to entitle it to at least
two representatives, shail have a separate repre
sentation assigned it. and shall be divided into
convenient disnicts of contiguous territory, of
equal taxac!e population as near as may be. each
of wh:ch districts shall elect one representative."'
At the end of section seven, same article, insert
these words, 't'ue eitif of Philudrlphi'i shttH he di
ridnl into .tingle rn-itnriaJ rtitrirtt. of rontisrt
oux territory it iietirly C'mil in tamMe population
nt tmtuhle ; hut no icmd xh'iJl be divtdal in the
forinition thereof."
The legislature, at its first session, after the a
doption .f this amendment, shall divide the city
of Philadelphia into senatorial and representative
districts, in the manner above provided ; such dis
tricts to remain unchanged until the apportion
ment in the year one thousand eight hundred and
sizry-fbur.
FOURTH AMENDMENT.
There shall be an additional section to the first
article of said constitution, which shall be num
bered and read as follows :
Skctios 26. The legislatnrc shall have tbe pow
er to alter, revoke, or annul any charter of incor
poration hereafter Cdnferrcd by, or under, any
special, or general law, whenever in their opinion
it may bo injnrious to the citizensof the common
wealth; in such manner, however, that no injus
tice shall Lo done to the corporators.
Is Sesate. March 27, 137.
Resolved, That this resolution pass. On the
first amendment, yeas 21, nays 7 ; on the second
amendment, yeas ' l. nays 8; on the third amend
ment, yeas 21, nays 4; on the fourth amendment,
yeas nays 4.
JExtract from the Journal.
GEO. W. UAMERSLY, Ctcri.
In the HofSE u? REi'nesEVTATivrs,
AprU 211. IS37.
Resolved That this resolution pas. On the
first amendment, yeas 7ti, nays 12 ; on the second
amendment. ycaso7. nays 34 ; on the third amend
ment, yeas 72. nays 22; on the fourth amendment,
yeas 83, nays 7.
Extract fmm the Journal J
JACOB ZED JLER.t'W.
Filed in the Secretary's office. Mav 2. 1857
A. G CURTIN,
Secretary o f the Coiiimomcenfth.
Secrktaiiv's Owce,
Haurisiu p.g, June 22, 1S37.
PrnHxytva-nii, f ."
I do certify that the above and foregoing is a
true and correct copy of the original 'Resolution
proposing amendments to the Constitution of the
Commonwealth," with the vote iu each branch of
the Legislature upon tho final passage thereof, as
appears from the originals on file in this office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
It.. S. my hand and caused to lo oflixod the seal
of tbe Secretary's Office, tho day and year
above written. ...
A. i. CURTIN,
' " Secretary of the CoinmonictaJth.
Is Senate. Mirch 27, 1S37.
' The resolution proposing amendments to the
Constitntinii of the Commonwealth bving under
eonsidoration,
. On the question.
Will the Senate agree to tho firft amend
ment? The yeas and nays wojs taken agreeably to tbe
provisions of tbe Constitution, and wera at" fo--low,
vii :
Yeas Messrs Brewer, Browne. CclTey, Ely. It
vans. Fetter, Flenniken, Frair. Ingram, .lords a,
Killingcr. Knox, Laubach, Lewis, Myer, Sco5dd,
Seller, Shuman. Steele, Straub, Welsh, Wilkin,
Wright and Taggarl. Speaier 24. - -
N.ws Messrs. Crabb, Cress we 11, FiaaeTj Gregg,
Harris, Penrose and SonJher 7.
So the question was determined Jn the aflrrma--tivo.
. .
On the question.
Will the 5enatc" agree to tbe. pvcond p.mni
nint ? .
Tbe yeas snd nays were In ken agfwably to the
provisions of the Constitution, and wre f-d-low.
viz :
Yeas Messrs. Brewer. Browne, CraswlL E'V.
Evans. Fetter. Finney. Kleuniken, Ingram, Jor
dan. Knox, Laubach, Lcwis: My-r, Sellers. Sha
man. Souther. Steele. Straub. Welsh, Wilkin.
Wright and Taggart. Spenltrr 23.
N.s Messrs. Coffiy. Crabb, Frsr, Gregg,
Harri. Killinger. Penrose ami SoofielJ H.
So the question was determined in the afflrma-.
live.
On the question.
Will the Senate agree. to tile third amend
ment? -
The yeas and nays were taken agreeably to 1b
provisions of the Constitution, and were as fol
low, viz.:
i us Messrs.. Brewer, Browno. Crabb, Cr
well. Ely. Eva-ns. Flenniken. Fraier. Ingram, Jor
dan. Killinger. Knox, Laubach. Lewis, iiyeri Sea
field. Sellers, Shunian. Souhr, Steele," Slraab.
Wel-h, WiJkins and Wright 24..
Nays Messrs. Coffey, Gregg. Harris and rea.-
rose I. p
So .the, ouestion was determined ia tie oixrm&T
live?
On tho question.
Will the Senate agree to the fourth amend
ment ?
The veas and navs wrri' taken agreeable to the
provisions of tho Constitution, and were as fol
low, viz :
. Yeas Messrs. Brewer, Browoo, Coffey. Cre
well. Ely. Evans. Flenniken, Frazcr, Ingram. Kil
linger, ivnox, Laubach, Lewis. Myer, Seofitdd,
Sellers. Shuiii.in. Souther, Steele, Straub, Wchth,
Wilkin? and Wright 2X.
Nays Mcrs. Crabb, Finwy, Jordan and Puti-
rose I.
So tho question was determined, in the affirma
tive. In the II. u se op Refuesetati vbs,
April 2'J, Iftj7.
Tho resolution proposing amendments to the-
Constitution ot the Commonwealth, being under,
consideration.
On the question.
Will the House agreo to the first amend
ment f
The yeas and nays were taken agreeably Ui tbe
provisions ol. the Constitution, and were as fol
low, vii :
Vn Messrs. Anderson. Arthur. Iackhor.
Ball, Beck, Bishop, Bower. Brown. Calhoun, Caiaw-
bell. Chase. Cleaver, Crawford. Dickey, Ent, Ey
ter. Fausold. Foster, tiibbonev, Uildea. HajanL
llarper, llcines, Hiestand, Hill, Hillegan. Jlotl-
iuan. (ISerKs.) lmhrie, Jnnes, .l.icobs. Jenkin.
Johns. John5on, Kaufi'innn. Kerr. Kuiirht. l.ciacn-
ring. Longaker, livett, Manear, Mimglc, M'CaJ
niont, M" I Ivuin. MuorUcad.-Mumma. Musse.laian.
Nichols. Nicholson, Nuncuiacher, Pearson. Peter,
Petrikin. Pownall. Purccll, Ramsey, (Philadel
phia.) Kamsey, (Yorl?.) Reamer. Keed. Kob::
Rupp. Shaw, Sloan. Smith. (Cambria.) Smith. (Cen
tre.) Stevenson. Tolan, Yailr Vauvowrbis. Vickari.
Vocghley, Walter. Westbrook, W barton. Willistin,
Witherow,. Wright, Zimmertuak and tietx. Zij-aA-rr
7S.
Nay.s MofVi-s. Backus. Benson. Dock, liarail
ton, Hancock. Iline. Hoffman. (Luhiiuun,) Iebo,
Struthers. Thorn, Warner and Wiutrode. 1J.
So the question was determined iu the affirma
tive. On the question.
Will the House agreo to the second auioad-
IliCtlt ?
The yeas and. nays werc taken apreeably to tbe
provisions of the Constitution; and were'u fol
low, vii :
Yeas MestsrAndersonRnckliouso, Eall.iock.
Bower, Calliouu. Campbell, Carty. Kat Fausold, '
Foster, Oildea. Hauicl, Harper, lieines. Uies'a.jd
llillegas. lluHuian. (Berks.) Housekeeper, Imbr:,
I lines. Jenkins, Johns, Johnson. Kauflman, Knijjht.
I-isenring. Longaker, Lovctt, M.inear, ManIe
M'llvain. Moorhead, Mussulman, Nichols. XicLol.
son. Nuneinaeiicr. Pearson. Peters, Petrikin, Pow
nall. Purccll, Ramsey. (Philadelphia.) R&mscy
(York.) Reamer. Roberts. Rupp. Shaw. Sloan. To
lan. Vail, Yoeghley, Walter. West brook. W'harton.
Zimmerman and lietr.. &je.il-er i7.
Nays Messrs. Arthur, Augustine. Backus. Ecu
son. Bishop, Brown. Chase, Cleaver. Crawford. Rv
ster. liihboncy. Hamilton. Hancock. lliJI JC'e
H oilman (Lcbanou.) Jacobs. Ki.ir. Louo. MVal
mont, Mumma. Keed. Smith, (CaniLiia.) uiiLh,
(Centre.) Stevenson. Strut hors. i'born. Yjuvoorhia.
Viokers. Wagonseller; Warner, V. intrude, Withor
ow and Wright 31.
So the qucstiou was determined iu the affirma
tive. On the question.
Will the House agree to Uii t!.ird auw.d
inent?' The yeas and r.ays were tthu are. .;Viv to tin,
provisions of tho Constitution, and wore as foiiu ,
viz :
Yeas Mossrs. Anderson. Backhouse, n.illRdck,
Benson. Bower. Brow n, Calhoun. Campbell. Chaa.
Cleaver, Crawford, Dickey, Ent, Fiyiter, Faurold.
Foster, (libbnnvy, Haiiu-I. Harper, Ileitis. Hie
stand. Hill, llillegas. Hoffman. vRerks ) Uofiiiino..
(Lebanon.) Housekeeper, iiubrie. Ioa-iR, Jacobs,
Johns. Johnson, KauPjoan. Kerr, I.tU. Lonpukv;,
Lovctt, Manear, Maugle. M Calonont, Moorhead,
Mumma, Mussulman, Nichols. NicUoloo. Xuu
macber, Pearsou. Peters. Petrikin. Pownall, rut
cell, Ram -, (York.) Reamer, Reed, Rupp. Sbaw.
SI jan. Smith, (Cambria.) Smith, (Centre.) Sleveu
son. Tola.n, Vail. Tanvoorhis. ickcrs. VwrgUlav,
Wagonseller, Wcstbrook. WilltsUm. Witai-iiw!
Wright, Zimmerman nud Uets, iictUer 72.
N.n s Messrs. Arthur. Augustino. Backus, Bi.-ihf
op, Carty, Dock.tiildea. Hamilton. Hancock. H:n
Jenkins, Kuigbt. Lcisenring. Ai Ilvaio, liam y,
Philadelphia.) Rvberts. Strutaew. J'horn, WoiUf,
Warner, Wharton and Wintrode 22.
So the question us determined in the affiraia
live.
On the question,
Will the House agree to tho fourth amend
ment '.
The yeas and nays were taken agreeably te th
provisions of the Conrtitution, aud were aa follow,
v i x : ...
Yeas Messrs. Anderson. Arthur. Barkhous.
Backus, Ball. lScrk.lWtison, Bi.Jiop, Bower, Brown)
C iihoun. Campbell. Carty. Cbuse. Clo aver r.
ford. Dickey. Ent. Flyster, Fausold, Foster, tiibbo-
ny. ijimea. namcl, Harper, lieics. Hiesiand, Hill,
Hilieg.-uL. Hofiiiian. (Berks.) Hoffman. LbuaAn.
Housekeeper. Imbrie. Inues. Jacolts. .look in.
Johns. Johnson. Kauti'inan, Kerr, Lcbo, Leiseu-
ring. jAingaKcr, Lovctt, Manear, Maug.e. M CaJ
niont. M llvain. Mamma.- Mussilinan. Nichols.
Nicholson. Nunetnacher. Pearson. Peters. Petrikin,
Pownall, Parcel!, Ramsey. (Philadelphia.) Ram
sey. (York.) Reamer. Hoed. Rohorts. Rupp. Shaw,
Sloan. Smith. (Cambria.) Smith. (Ontre I Stevon
sn, Tolan, Vail. Yauvoorhis, Yiekcr. Yoejrhley.
Wagonseller, Walter, Warner. Westbrook. Whar
ton, Williiton, Witherow. Zimaicruian apd Ooti,
Fjmicr K3.
Nays Messrs. Dock. Hamilton. Hancock, Strath
crs. Thorn, Wiutrodc and Wright 7.
So thoquestioa was. determined in tbe affirmative
Secust vnv's Officb.
Harrisbnrg, June 22, 18JT.
Pinny!ruia..
I do certify that the above and Cureirointr i' a
true and correct copy of the '-Yeas" iu.-t""ays"
taken on the resolution proposing amendment to
too C onstitution of the Commonwealth, as
same appears on the Journalsof the two Hooses'oC
the 5encral Assembly of th
the session of H57. " "
Witness my h.md and th. ,.) ,.o ..
i s. ficc, this twenty-second da; of June cue
iuuu.-.iui cignt nandred and fiftv-srvon
A.u.cuitT:;,
. . Stxrccary af lb Com man um.'i 4 .
July 1. 157 .tin. - ...
ILASTERINti. The undcr.r"'' naving
entered inlu co-liartiiershin i inn I'luturln
Business, in ihe Borough of Cnrwensville, an
nounce to the public that they ere rendy to d r.v
work in tbeir line n the short.-.- nnti
reasonable term?", and ref poetfnlly ,,ijjt hrr
of patronage .TOSEPil WHITE, ---
july3 - lia L. K. MCULL0rlH.