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S. 8. ROW. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
CLEARFIELD, PA., NOV. 18, 1857.
LAEOR AND IT3 PBOTECTIOX.
... Labor iitho destiny of Man. Ever since
the decree went forth that "in the sweat of thy
t face sbalt thou eat bread," he has followed its
Imperative teachings. Upon it he has to de
pend, not only for "the kindly fruits of the
.. earth" as a means of subsistence, but for all
that is beautiful, and magnificent, and useful
In art ; and to it are we indebted for all those
great and glorious results of Civilization, which
o strongly characterize the present era.
Where labor is free, and receives its just re
. ward, it disseminates a wholesome animation
through all branches of business. Where it is
degraded, by ownership or otherwise, it pro
duces a sluggish and depressing effect. Free
labor is the basis upon which the enterprise
and prosperity of our own country l.ave to de
. pend, and it is, therefore, of the most vital
.importance that it should be properly nurtured
and fostered by the government.
. - In the European continent, labor does not
. on an average, receive more than one-tenth
the remuneration it does in the United States
In consequence of this, foreign capitalists can
go to our Southern States, buy the raw mate
rial there, ship it to England, manufacture it
there, bring the goods back here, and sell
them cheaper than our own manufacturers,
who have to pay so much more for the labor
necessarily consumed. The result of all this
L3 been, that, in times when ourdionie indus
try was not properly protected, there were ex
cessive importations from abroad, and our own
Interests thereby ruined.
Long since, our wisest statesmen were satis-
fled that unless guards were thrown out to
shield American Industry against the pauper
labor of Europe, not ; only our manufacturers
.and laboring men, but the entire country must
Inevitably suffer ; and hence their advocacy of
a protective tariff. The principle of protec
tion we have always advocated, and do yet,
notwithstanding the jeers of would-be wise po
litical economists : for experience has clearly
demonstrated that under its workings our
country has always prospered; and, on the
.ether hand, that the free-trade policy of the
dominant party has just as invariably involved
tis in commercial disaster. Take the present
time as an example. No specious or subtle
reasoning can disguise the fact that the exist
ing low tariff is the primary cau.se of our pres
nt financial embarrassments.
What, then, do we want f The answer is,
tn brief, Such a rate of duties aswill enable
our manufacturers of iron, cotton and woollen
goods, &c.-, to compete successfully with for
eign manufacturers. With such a policy in
operation, we can safely predict that busi
EC33 cf all kinds will soon be restored to a
prosperous condition.
Trouble Ahead. President Buchanan is
just now in a pretty stew. Gov. Walker, of
Kansas, having favored the Free State party
by throwing out the fraudulent votes of Oxford
precinct, has aroused the ire of the Pro-Sla-eryites,
and the Southern members of the
Cabinet threaten to withdraw, and "smash"
things promiscnously, if the President don't
remove him. On the other hand, Col. Forney,
of the Press, has taken a stand in lavor of
Walker, and if the latter is removed, ho will
Open bis battery upon the President, and no
doubt many of the country journals of the
Democratic party will follow Forney's lead, as
they have heretofore been upholding and prai
sing Walker's course. We incline to the be
lief, after looking at every thing, that Bu
chanan will yield to the Slave Power, which
always blusters and blows the loudest. In any
event, we may look for a big breeze being
tirred up, which may involve in its whirl
some of the other "great" men of the nation,
as well as the President. There's fun ahead.
TnE Bask or Pennsylvania, at Philadel
phio, seems to have been a corrupt and rotten
concern, and its affairs grossly mismanaged.
Its resonrces amount to $2,000,000, of which
$1,500,000 are set down as bad or doubtful.
Its liabilities, exclusive of capital, are said to
be $2,400,000. Rich developments may yet be
made. It is rumored that a Democratic poli
tician of this State, for using his influence to
have the old bank building sold for a custom
souse, received an ostensible loan of 10,000,
for ten years, without interest, and when the
bank became discredited, he lifted his note
with paper of the bank, bought up at a heavy
discount, and thereby made from $5,000 to
$8,000. This bank, be it remembered, was a
pet aflair of the Democratic party, and man
aged and controlled by Democratic financiers.
TIard Mosey CcREj.cr. The Democratic
party has for many years advocated a hard
money currency. That party is now in power,
and wa want them to go to work and establish
such a currency. - If there is, as they contend,
enough gold and silver in the country to sup
ply the wants of the business community, let
them carry their policy into effect. Let us
kave the "rocks," gentlemen. We should like
to see them in circulation.
. Jones, the alleged murderer of old man
t Campbell and bis sister near Pittsburgh, was
aeauitted last weak. Tf err a man dper-rprl i
" banging, be does. J
A COBEECT PREDICTION.
On the 1st of March, 1855, Hon. Wm. II.
Seward, U. S. S-'enator from Jvew York, made
a speech in opposition to the proposed allow
ance of Credit for Duties on Kailroad Iron, in
which he foretold this year's financial history
with most fearful and signal accuracy. We
direct the special attention of all who believe
our hard times to be accidental, unaccounta
ble, or unavoidable, to the following extracts
from that speech :
"Mr. President, we are told by the Hon. Sen
ator from North Carolina, (Mr. Badger,) that
we must Hdopt either the tarill project Delore
us or his amendment, because the railroad in
terest requires relief. - 5 ' -"This
brings me back to the precise ques
tion which I discussed here a few days ago.-' I
think. Sir, that the restoration of the business
of railroad building to a healthy state requires
us either to leave it to work out its own cure,
or else to adopt a remedy very different from
what is here proposed a remedy which will
sMmulate production of the raw material and
of fabrics by manufacture. Anything short of
this will fail to give any tone to the general
financial system of the country, now so much
deranged. The troubles with which we are
contending arose from excessive importations.
The project before us tends to reduce duties,
and so to encourage and stimulate imports
still more. It is a lever of which we are sick.
You propose to add fuel to the flame that is
consuming us. .-
"Let us look backward for instructions. . In
1834. bv excessive importations, by an unex
ampled enlargement of credits, we had brought
on great hscal embarrassments. Property of
every kind was depreciated; everybody want
ed relief loans; credit was paralyzed. The
Bank of the United States exerted itself and
gave relief; the crisis seemed to have been
passed. Importations were immediately re
sumed, credit was again expanded. Wheat
rose to two "dollars per bushel; prices of all
descriptions of property were inflated." The
relief obtained was only temporary. The em
barrassments of 1S31 returned in lb37, aggra
vated toufold. And then came that fearful
convulsion which carried distress and ruin
throughout this broad hind distress and ruin
from which wc have required twenty years to
recover. Sir, we, in 1854, j:ut passed through
ihe premomtorii symptoms of a crusruug pies
svrc, irti'ri is to come on in 1857, or some year
not leng thereafter. Let not this be thought
strange. It is near twenty years since the
last revulsion. Commercial revulsions come
once in twenty years. The circumstances of
our condition now correspond exactly with our
condition previous to the last revulsion. Gov-
erment then refused to stimulate production
by a tarifl uf protection, and, on the contrary,
stimulated importation. It went on to the
the bitter end.
"Government refuses to stimulate produc
tion now by a tariff for protection, and gives
fresh impulse to importation. The results
must, unavoidably, be the same. Those who
think otherwise relv upon the fresh' contribu
tionstootir currency which are derived from
the gold mines of California. I jrrant that
those contributions may delay a commercial
revulsion for a time, and may modify and
break its force when it shall have come. But
they can neither postpone it indefinitely, nor
can they b'-eak its force so that it will leave
the country harmless. What will be the lim
its of the influence of those contributions upon
commercial revulsions in mere speculation
After the severe revulsion of 1837, produced
by excessive importations, Government re
turned to a system of protection in 1842, and
so restored the prosperity of the country. IV e
shall return to the same policy, for the same
purpose, in the present case. The only ques
tion iSjWhether we shall adopt that policy as a
preventive, or wait until the distemper has be
come otherwise incurable. I am for applying
protection now. Nevertheless, I stand alone.
Congress is not prepared to raise the duties
npon imports. All that remains for me is, to
do all that I can to praveut the reduction of
those duties."
Forfigx News. The steamer Arabia ar
rived at New York on the 13th, from Liver
pool, bringing one million of dollars in specie.
Gen. Cavaignac, of France, died suddenly on
the 20th Oct. A number of heavy failures
have occurred in England. The American
horses Trioress and Babylon have been a
gain badly beaten in England. The ' most"
impoitant n-iws has been received fram India.
On the 14th Sept., the British troops assault
ed Delhi, and effected a lodgment, and after
six days obstinate resistance, on ihe 20th
obtained possession of the entire city. Great
numbers of the mutineers escaped, among
them the King and his sons, disguised as wo
men. The British loss is not yet fully ascer
tained. Up to the 16th, the loss in killed and
wounded was 500. Gen. Ilavelock has been
reinforced at Cawnpore. Fears are entertain
ed of a new outbreak at Assara. A conspira
cy to restore the ex-Rajah had been discover
ed. A plot to murder the Europeans at Kur
rachee has been thwarted.
Potter' Cocxtt, Pa., seven years ago, had
not an officer, high or low, but "belonged to
the Democracy." Now, all the officers, high
and low, are Republicans. Tho Journal says
that no man shall have an office, there, who
does not believe in the Declaration of Inde
pendence: the people have talked it all over,
and their deliberate, solemn conclusion is to
give. the offices and honors at their disposal to
outspoken, straight forward friends of Free
dom, only.
Among the names copied into tho poll-books
of the Oxford precinct, Kansas, from Wil
liam's Cincinnati Directory, at the late Ter
ritorial election, is the name of Salmon P.
Chase, who is thus made responsible for a
Pro-Slavery ballot. For casting out the vote
of Gov. Chase, Walker and Stanton are threa
tened with the dire displeasure of President
Bushanan.
The Ilarrisburg Daily Telegraph is a spirited
and interesting paper, and the enterprizing
publishers design enlarging it this winter,
in order to give the doings of the Legislature,
which will be unusually interesting, in full, as
well as those of Congress, and the general
news of the day. We direct attention to their
advertisement in another column.:
"Emerson's Magazine & Putnam's Monthlt
the only exclusively American Magazine
contains the choicest American Literature,
and is decidedly the most popular work of the
kind published. What bas become of the No
vember and December numbers?. Can the
publishers inform us 7 .
rr?-Plenty fighting whiskey, this week.
STJHMABY OF NEWS.
If the bread rioters.in New York propose to
sack the Sub-treasury, they must expect to do
it at the point of the bayonet.
A dispatch was sent to Gen. Scott request
ing him to take efficient measures to protect
the Custom-house and Sub-treasury. The same
marines who done such terrible execution in
Washington, June 1st, have been ordered to
New York.
The President, on the 7th, declared thatGov.
Walker and Secretary Stanton would not bo
removed for rejecting the forged returns..
Thomas llolliday Hicks, the American can
didate for Governor of Maryland, has been c
lected by 8,167 majority. Fillmore carried
the State last year by 8,315 majority over Bu
chanan. The Americans have working major
ities in both Houses of the Legislature. The
Congressional delegation elect consists of 3 A
mericans and 3 Democrats. Last year it stood
4 Americans and 2 Democrats, :
The Department has received no intelligence
of the slaughter of troops by Indians, or the
destruction of trains by Mormons. Yet it may
not be improbable. The force consists of 1,.
500 men,' with three companies of flying artil
lory, tnd are considered safe, unless resisted
in the mountain defiles. It is fully provision
ed for ten or eleven months. '
No modification of the Tariff will be recom
mended in the Treasury report, because, tho'
its working thus far shows the expediency of
some changes, it has not been on trial long e
nough to show what specific changes are need
ed. The Secretary will urge a curtailment of
all unnecessary expenditures, lie will submit
his report early in the Session, unless future
developments suggest a further delay.
A cotton - factorj',-at Athens, Ga.,.was des
troy .-dly fire on the 11th: Loss G0,G0O.
Gen. Walker, has an agency regularly estab
lished in Washington, which . is indirectly in
communication with the Administration, not
withstanding the President's diplomatic circu
lar to our fdreingn Ministers, guaranteeing ab
solute neutrality on the part of the U. States
It is now understood that Geo. Plitt will su
persede Mr. Seaman as Superintendent of the
Public Printing, at the opening of .Congress.
Plitt has taken Col. Forney's residence, and
Seaman will, it is presumed, retire with $100,-
000, after five years' service upon a salary of
$2,500. ' ' ; - '
Camming.?, who embezzled the funds of the
Bank of Upper Canada, has been sentenced to
five years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
Samuel D. Ross, has been convicted of rob
bing the mails on the cars between Montreal
and Toronto, and sentenced to imprisonment
for life.
Tho store of Rogers & Nash, Boston, was
broken into on the 9th, and robbed of jewelry,
velvet, handkerchiefs, ribbons, &c, valued ut
$4,000,.with which the burglars escaped.
Thirty-one Irishmen left IIarlford,Conri., on
their return to Ireland to live, thinking their
chances better in the old country.
Near Heart Grove, III., a person can stand
on an eminence, and at one view see over 09,
000 "acres of com, which ground, four years
ago was nnbroken prairie.
Our Minister to France, Mr. Mason, has re
signed his post. His successor, Mr. Slidell,
will go out to succeed him next Sprsng.
The expedition to Utah will make no hostile
movement against tho Mormons this winter, as
the force, is insufficient and no reinforcements
can be sent until the spring. 'v..
. There is now a prospect of an early recogni
tion of tho government of Nicaragua, the re
ception of Yrissari,and the negotiation of the
the treaty which has already been prepared
relative to the transit route.
Walker and his men have sailed for Nicara
gua, in Walker's fiilibustcr steamer, Fashion.
The party consists of about 400 men, a thou
sand stand of arms, a large quantity of muni
tions, and provisions for 3 or 4 months.
At Culpepper, Va., two newspaper offices
and five stores were destroyed by fire on the
12th. Loss 530,000. ' '
Five of the eight Democratic papers pub
lished in Oregon have come out in favor of es
tablishing slavery in that Territory. Amoi.g
the advocates of the policy is General Lane
the Democratic delegate to Congress. The
Convention to form a Constitution chose a
pro-slavery man for President.
A fire at Brownsville, Texas, a short time
since, destroyed property to the value of
$200,000, and blew up ninety-five kegs of pow
der, killir.g four persons and injuring several
others.
A gentleman just from Superior, up North,
says that three weeks ago, he waded in snow
that was knee deep, between Steven's Point
and Superior.
Tho mountains in Giles county, Vermont,
were covered with .snow on the 30th ult., lor
the second time this fail.
A man named Jones, convicted at Columbus,
Ohio, of shooting Cyrus Beebe, has been sen
tenced to the penitentiary for life. ;
The Goshen Bjnk, of Orange county, .New
York was robbed on Tuesday ' night a-week,
of thirty thousand dollars in bills, and all the
specie contained in its vaults.
There are about 700 applicants for foreign
appointments, and but ten vacancies of that
grade to be filled.
In the Ohio Legislature the Democratic ma
jority in the Senate is 7, and in the House 18.
During the freshet l ist week, the New York
and Eric Raiiroad track', at Corning, was wash
ed away, so that no trains could pass, and the
town of Corning was nearly swamped. .
In the Genesee valley much damage was
done by .the late floods. At Danville, N. Y.
eight dams and aix bridges were swept away.
Numerous culverts on the N. Y. Central Rail,
road have been washed away, and the track in
many places inundated, so no trains can pass.
KAKSAS CoSSTITCTIOSAI, CONTEXTIOS. -It, is
reported that a caucus of members hascteter
mined to submit the new Constitution to a
vote of the people, with two slavery clauses,
one for and the ot.her against, for their choice.
LATE3 FRD5I KAKSAS.
Special correspondence of the Chieago Tribune.
; - Lecomptos, Kansas, Oct. 31, 1857. ;
The finishing stroke to this monstrous work
of iniquity bas at last beeu introduced in the
shape of a schedule report. Black, infamous,
and cunning as have been the various frauds
and treacheries perpetrated on the people, they
no more come near equalling the scheme u-w
proposed than the light of the moon does the
full glare of the noon day's sun. Bitter and
bloody as our past has been, the future will see
a struggle more intense and desperate in pre
venting the final consumption of this hellish
iniquity. I do not see any peaceful termina
tion to this terrible drama, and for one I can
not bid Uhe Strife one-moment's delay if it
must come ere our liberty is assured.'
The Schedule Committee, consisting of Col.
Jenkins, of Marshall County, chairman ; Hen
derson of the Leavenworth Journal, Hamilton
of Fort Scott, Boling of Leconipton, and Reid
of Tocumseh A'oe Book, made reports. .Hen
derson, Boling and Reid, signed the majority
report, while Jenkins and Hamilton brought
fn a minority report apparently more ultra but
not so dangerous in reality as the artful scheme
now proposed. . ..
This first report legalizes all the past acts of
the Territorial Legislature and provides for
the seenrity of all vested rights and privileges
granted by it. It declares that Legislature to
be dead. . The Governor, Secretary and other
Federal o'flicers can remain until superseded
by the action of this Convention. sets aside
the 2lst day of December next for the submission
of the aare clause alone to a vole of the people.
By this they mean if we go iuto Ihe election
to entrap us To fully understand the infer
nal ingenuity here displayed, it is necessary to
make some explanations. The ballots will lie
printed "Constitution with the Slave Article"
and "Constitution without the Slave Article."
if we vote we are thus compelled to vote f r
the Constitution. Whether we do ordonot
the Constitution will be regarded as ratified
and sent up to Congress to be received. It
makes no difference as to the prohibition of
Slavery in Kansas, if the Slave Article is rati
fied or not. Slavery under the Dn-d Scott de
cision aud Sillinian letter is regarded us exist
ing already in the Territory, and th.s Consti
tution being silent, (should the Slave Article
be stricken out) on the suhject, will only give
perfect license and free trade to Hie trafiic in
flesh and blood. It not being regulated by law
it will only come under the general lights of
property. This is the position assumed by
Gen. Calhoun and the Douglas wing of the
convention. As the Executive has recogni
zed this body as the legitimate trainer of the
Constitution and it is generally aigued by the
Democracy that the convention alone has the
right to decide libw and in what manner it shall
be submitted, there can be no doubt on our
mind that it will be received.
The Slave Article is merely a regulation
prohibiting the emancipation of slaves .with
out the consent of their owners, requiring them
to be treated with humanity, &c, and its be
ing voted down will not eficct iu the least the
question of Slavery in Kansas.
The report provides that there shall be no
change in the Constitution for a long term of
years, nor without a vote of two-thirds of all
the legal voters. . It provides a regency for
temporary purposes and makes the President,
John Calhoun, the regent of Kansjs. He has
the power to order an election for State offi
cers, and Legislature, and by proclamation
convene tho General Assembly of the State.
He appoints all Judges of Election in all elec
tions till their regulation by the Legislature,
receives all returns, counts the votes, decides
who is elected and issues certificates.
. By the adoption of this report Got. Walk
er is completely aeposed, and iho-powor thrown
into the still more unscrupulous hands of Cal
honn. It remains to be seen whether the fed
eral officials will allow themselves to be de
capitated in this summary manner. I think
that Walker and S tauten both understood this
game, and they will conveniently leave lor
Washington on business, at this. juncture, and
never renrn. It is well understood that Walk
er starts for the Capitol as soon as the conven
tion adjourns. The ostensinle reason is his
desire to use his personal influence in the re
moval of Jndge Cato, but it is really to carry
out the plan which was already fixed upon w hen
he came to Kansas. Like Geary, he will be a
victim t-i the oligarchy, but unVke him, the
President will probably give him an ambassa
dorship, or other lat oilice. Of one thing rest
assnred, Walker will be no obstacle in the pro
gress of this work.
. The Minority Report is signed by Jenkins
and Hamilton, and the featnre in which it dif
fers from the other is simply, that it provides
in manner or form for the submission of the
constitution, or any part or it, to the people.
In all other respects it is similar. The ma
jority report will be adopted.
There was an animated debate npon its a
doption, and an intense feeling ot excitement
prevailed. It is understood that Judge El
more i responsible for the concoction of the
inlamous plan now before the convention.
This man, with all his pretended conservatism,
is the most dangerous member of the conven
tion. His talent and learning give him great
power, and he has used it well foi the advance
ment of party purposes.
Prompt JrsTiCE. One of tho quickest pro
ceedings in the administration of Justice, his
just taken place in Michigan. On October 13,
Wm. Crosier and Wm.Cromim, hands on board
a wood boat belonging to Chicago, called the
Charles Sumner, wort sent on shore at Mus
kegong for milk. While there they heard of
a dance to come of at night, and after dark
they took a row boat and went ashore again.
They attended the dance, and Crosier acci
dentally broke a window-glass. William
Young and John Powers procured guns, load
ed them w ith buckshot, ami swore thoy would
shoot Crosier. He ran away and they pursued
him, but. just as Crosier was getting into the
boat, Powers shot him ; he fell Into the water,
was picked up by his companion, : but died
almost immediately. Young and Powers were
arrested that nisjht; on Tuesday they were
lodged in jail ; Thursday they were indicted;
on Friday they were arrnigru:d, tried, and
convicted of murder; on Monday they were
sentenced to solitary imprisonment for life,
and on Tuesday night exact Iv one week
from the time of the murder they were lod
ged in the Penitentiary.
Important Decision. It was decided bv
the Supreme Court, at Pittsburgh, a lew days
ago that, "Whert an administrator or trustee
deposits trust funds in his own nume in Bank
or Savings Institution which fails, the loss
shall Jail upon him and not upon the cestui
que trust." The Cou-t held that "The lia
bility of an administrator or trustee for funds
lost by the failure of the bank or inst tution
in which they have been deposited, does not
depeud upon the good faith, prudence or judg
ment with which he may have acted nor up
on the fact that he has deposited his own funds
in tho same place. lie is personally .respon
sible for the loss of the money . deposited in
his name, because be did not make the de
posit as administrator or trustee." This is
an important decision, and those whom it in
terests, khould make a noto of it. .
Latest The Kans Constitutional Con
vention closed its labors on Saturday the 7th
Nov., having completed its State Constitution
and decided not to submit if to the people.
PEIfSSYLVATTIA ITEH3.
PREPARED FOR TBK "BAFTSMAJi'S JOCKJUL."
Jsfpersok Cocxtt. Great excitement pre
vailed in Brookville, on Sunday the 7th inst.,
occasioned by the discover- of a dead body
of a human being in the ice-house of" K. L.
Blood. The body was laid oh the ice, wit!) a
board under the shoulders and head, the legs
and arms spread out. the entrails taken out,
and the skin taken off, evidently in a position
for the purpose of dissection. A jury of twelve
men were summoned, and upon investigation,
returned a verdict giving the above facts, and
that the body was stolen out of the grave
yard, and that they believed it to be tho body
of Henry Southerland, a colored man, buried
several da'S previous. Accordingly, on go
ing to the grave the dirt was thrown out, the
collin opened, and it was found that the body
of Southerland was gone ; the clothes having
been torn off and thrown back, and the grave
filled up in regular order. - Charles Anderson
and John Lewis, colored, were arrested, on
oath of a s-ster of the deceased, but were dis
charged after a hearing, as no evidence was c
licited implicating them. It is evident that
some physician or surgeon was at the bottom
ot the whole attair, and had retaiued the Law
yer's, as it was difficult to procure one to con
duct the cass on the part of the Common
wealth.' . -. . The room nsed by Heichhold
& Matson as a drug store, and R. M. St. Clair
as a WHtch making and jewelry establishment,
was entered on the night of the 3d inst., by
means of a Key, lost sume time previous, and
from two to three hundred dollars worth of
jewelry, & , taken. .The thief or thieves evi
dently were knowing ones. ... On the 7th,the
Tannery of Thomas Strawhecker, was burnt
down, together with its contents, books, pa
pers', &c.: - Loss about $4000. Insurance on
the same SI, 900 Twoyonng ladies walk
ing along the street, in Brookville, acciden
tally, fell into a ditch. They were more scared
than hurt.
Westmoreland County. On the 8th inst.,
the house of Wm. Skelly, Sr., in Adamsburg,
was entered by soma scoundrel through a win
dow, who made his way into the sleeping room,
and took about 8 dollars tr"nioney Irom the
old man's pocket. .... A young man named
Daniel Snyder, of Henipfield tp., left home on
Friday, the Clh inst., lor the purpose of assist
ing a Mr. Ilarrold to kill a beef. He took a
butcher knife with him.. He did uot return
in the evening, which caused some anxiety.
The next morning his friends went to Mr. H's.
and found that he had. not been there, but on
the way home he was met going towards Mr.
IPs. with his throat cut. Ue could give no
satisfactory account of the occurrence
Four persons broke out of the Greensbiirg
Jail, on the 3d, but were recaptured Jo
seph Millin:er,of Mt. Pleasant ip., committed
suicide by hanging himself At Yuiings-
town, a man subject to fits, fell in the fire, and
had his head most shockingly burnt.
Lt'ZERXE CorsTr. An Irishman living in
White Oak Hollow, Jenkins township, named
Francis Being, killud his w ife by beating her
with a club a week or two since, while he was
drunk A man watching an eel-ware in
the river near. Scran ton, was shot at by an un
known person, the ball leaving a red streak a-
cross the waist A week, or two since
Charles Wallen while drunk, shot at his wife
with small shot, but bow much she was injur
ed is not known. A day or two after he com
mitted suicide by cutting his own throat. . . .
An unknown German was drowned in the Ca-.
nal near Fairmount John Aiken, w s
killed recently by accident at a broken bridge
in Providence tp., His widow has brought
suit lay it g damages at $25,000.
. Blair County. Some young men vh- had
been at huskingat Mr. Beasy's. iu NorthWood
bury fp.,.on their way homo got into a fight,
and a young man named Stoner, was severely
cut in the face, with an iron used in husking.
The wound may not prove fatal, but it is
thought be will at least lose one eye. Two
young men. Camercr and Campbell were air
rested for the deed. .... A young man named
John Murphy,-of York, Pa. ."who was engaged
to be married to a young lady at Patterson,
was run over by the passenger train, walking
on the Kailroad track, at the latter place, amh
instantly killed The toll house on the
Morison's Cove -Turnpike was burned to the
gicund on the 2d. ;
.: Cambria. Cot. ty. Near Sumitiitville, last
week, a small child was attacked and destroy
ed in Ihe woods, by a bear. No particulars ro
given. . . . : Hugh Hughs' dwelling near Eb
ensburg, was. destroyed by tire on Monday a
week. . . . . The R. li. Co. are placing gates
at the head and foot of Slackwater at Johns
town, to prevent travelling on the tow path
during tho winter The building of 3
miles of the Scalp-level turnpike, was re-let
last week, for SaOOO The M. E. Congre-
ition at calp-levcl,have er.-c.ted a ncwhoii.se
uU worship.
James RobI , of Keniviiie.
raised a cabbage this season tint measured 4
feet 1 inch in circumference and Weighed 12J
pounds.
Bkrks County. On the 7lh inst.,nearUe.id
ing, a large straw stack was set on fire, bv some
Fcamp, and burnt. A st ick of grain ch-.su by .
was saved. .... An Irishman, on the 7th. ob
tained lodgings at the public house of Wm.
Rapp. in Reading, left on Sunday without pav
ing his hoard biil. On entering his room it
was discovered that clothing to the amount of
$40 was missing. . . . .Clemens fiusinier, a
highly respected young farmer, oflMstrict tp.,
was killed l.y the premature explosion of a
blast wiiile employed in blasting rocks.
LvcoMi.vfj County. An affray occurred on
the 37th inst , near.Motitgonicrv station, which
rostil-ed in th : death of a Mr. Hill, from a
stab inflicted by Mr. Bird with a butcher's
kniTe. It nppears that Hill and the oldest son
of Mr. Bird went to the house of old Mr. Bird
for the purpose of quarrelling with him. when
old Mr: Bird, as he alleges, killed him in self
defence. Bird gave himself cp to the proper
authorities. ' ... .
ErikOocnty. .Three notorious burglars and
robbers who have been committing sundry dep
redations in the western payt of . the county,
have been arrested and placed in jail
On Friday a-week, W. J. Shields, of Wafer
ford, had one of his wrisrs c.mght in a rollin"
millut Yiueent's Tannery, wounding it se
verely. The Chesnnt crop is large in this
county; Large quantities are shipped east.
Crawford County. During a thunder
storm on the 7th inst,' a si abb- belon-Mn-' to
Charles Power, in Meadville, w-.is struck" bv
hghtninz. and consumed ; a oow bc!.i:inn to
Wm. M'Namara standing in the barn was kil
led, and a large lot of hay was burnt.
Mifflin. County. Theaton, a darkev fell
over the stone bride in Hayti, and cu: his
head badly on the rocks below ,lian
named Greer, was injured by the acci'dent il
discharge of a revolver, in the hands of anoth
er person. '
Columbia County. The workmen emploved
by the Iron Dale Company were discharged
last week. .... The work of laving the rails
on the Bloomsburg and Lackawanna Railroad
is progressing ranidly.
Montour County TheDanville Poor house
has proved" too small for the great number of
applicants, and new buildings are being erect
ed as additions.
Ixdiasa Cocxtt. Mr. Abraham Thomas, of
Blairsville, had a number of bushels of pota
toes aDd beets stolen from Jiis garden, last
FASHION AND FOLLY.
Some time since we published a brief so.
count of a New Orleans gentleman -suddenly
and unexpectedly walking into the room of bit
wife, who was stopping at a fashionable hotel
in New York, and finding her in the loving
embrace of another man one Gardiner Fnr
niss. The lady's name is Woodman. Her
hu band had her confined in an asylum, alledg.
ing that she was insane, but really to keep her
out of the other man's clutches. Week be
fore last, Furniss bad the bold and unexam
pled impudence to make application to one of
the New York courts, praying for the release
of Mrs. .Woodman. Whilst the proceedings
were goin on, a brother of hers appeared in
court, and requested that the action in the
name of his sister should terminate, as he had
arranged matters amicably with her husband.
an4 she was to return to her father's house in
Mississippi. This terminated the case, and
upon her release Mrs. W. made an affidavit, by
which it appears that Furniss, who assumed
to be her lriend, having acquired a power over
her reputation thfongb her weakness, had for
more than a year followed her in Paris, Bos
ton, New York, Philadelphia, New Orienns,
and other places, and seduced and robbed her,
and if it could be done in no other way, b
would beat and torture her without mercy,
break into her room, and raise disturbances at
hotels and private hoarding houses. In Paris
she loaned him SC00, and coming to America
he borrowed, stole and extorted from her m
Bey, jewels, and other valuables.
Some twenty odd years ago, Mr. Woodman
left bis home in Maine, a poor boy. to seek
his fortune in the South West. lie became
clerk to an apothecary in Vicksbnrg. Missis
sippi, and soon won the confidence and esteem
of all who knew him. His employer dying,
left an involved estate, which was sold by.tu
sheriff and the clerk bought the drug estab
lishment. He pp-spered. married a leatit:fcl
and accomplished daughter of a wealthy fsi
mer, and three years ago they removed to N.
Orleans, where, being fond of gaiety. sh
plunged into the vortex of fashion. Business
called the husband to Paris, and she went a
long. Afterwaids he took her there again,
and left her to amnse herself in that gay and
wicked matropolis, whilst he returned to his
counting-room. Rich, gay and fascinating
she was soon surrounded by a class of soulless
scoundrels, among them Furniss. who drew
her from the path of virtue. She left for New
York he followed, and by some strange in
fatuation she suffered loss of reputation, rob
lery and brutal treatment, keeping it from th
knowledge of her husband until a business
friend notified him of her conduct. What a
commentary upon fashionable follies ! Th
heart-broken husband deserves our sympathy.
We have been thus explicit because we set
it stated that Furniss has asked Mr. Buchanan
to appoint him Secretary of Legation to th
Hague. He is the most impudent scoundrel
we have heard of recentlv.
The Utah Expedition. Rumors of the des
truction of a portion of the Utah expedition
are afloat. A letter. vas received at Washing
ton on the 13th inst. by Gen. Cass from th
Chief Justice of Utah, who accompanies th
expedition, dated October 13. It states that
two trains, with seventy -eight wagons, wer
assailed by the Mormons, at night, on the 6th
October, in a narrow pass near Sweet Water,
about 280 miles from Fort Lariinie, and com
pletely destroyed. No lives were lost. Cob.
Smith, with a force of forty men, was near by,
but was not attacked. These trains appear to
have been comparatively unguarded, and to
have been scattered along the route, not ex
pecting a surprisb. They therefore fell an
easy prey to their assailants. Col. Alexan
der's party was in advance and bad st last ac
counts passed beyond Green River. It is
thought that he may be saved, if he have thi
courage to retreat, but as U do that would in
volve a disregard of his older to advance, it
seems doubtful whether the responsibility of
disobeying them will be assumed. Serious ap
prehensions of his fate are entertained. Mis
givings are felt concerning the safety of a hea
vy sutler's train with a half million dollars
worth of supplies, which was behind that des
troyed. If the heavy snows should have turn
ed it out of thf route taken by Ihe other train,
it is not improbable that it escaped sharing its
late. Otherwise its situation is verr preca
rious. New Advertisements.
7"bT. n." ROUERTSOX. Sealer of Weights
I and Mcasur-s for Clearfield coucty. uf
fioe directly opposite the Law Otik-eof L. J. Trail,
in ihe Riiroujh of ViearfielJ. Pa. Xv.H-"57.
CAUTION. All persons are hereby oauiioacd
against purchasing or meddling wiih the fal
lowing property now in the possession of Cyrus
Thurston, r.. of Ferguson tonLiD. vis : 2 tlor
ses, I two-horse Wagon, aud the interest of sai l
Jhurston in all the bay aud grain on the premi
ses oscupied by him, as the same now bclon- to me
Nuv. 16. ts..7-.;t. LOUIS J. HI KU
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