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CLEARFIELD, PA., MARCH 21, 1858.
The Post OrricE Depahtmest. The report
of the financial operations of bur postal sys
tem for the year ending with last June, brought
'out by the 'enquiries at the Post Office De
partment of the Committee" on Ways' and
Means of the Douse of Representatives, at
"Washington, is-a very interesting table of sta
tistics. The following is a brief, though coin
prehensivc, abstract of it -."The entire . re
ceipts of the year from all the States and j.er
ritories amounted to $8,070,367 81, of which
$0,378,198 87 were from the free States and
Territories, and only S1,C32,1C8 91 from the
slave States. The gross expenditures amoun
ted to $9,881,042 22, including transportation
salaries, and the immediate expenses of the
various offices. Of this amount S4,131,7G2 12
accrued in the slave States, and 55,733,180 10
in the free States and Territories. The total
deficit for the year amounted to $2,814,574 41
The excess of expen.Vs over receipts in the
slave States was 52,436,598, and in the free
States $374,9S1. The States of Massachusetts:
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, and
Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia and
Washington Territory aretlie only ones in
which the receipts exceed the gross expenses,
which they respectively do in the following a
raounts: Massachusetts 178,550 23, Rhode
Island $23,097 26, Connecticut 27,77G 19,
New York $133,533 78, Pennsylvania $27,
G30 61, District of Columbia $C,07C 96, and
"Washington Territory $917 C8. The largest
receipts in any State were ia New York, a
mounting t $1,508,444 42. Pennsylvania
conios next, her receipts amounting to 5C23,
154 54. Of course the expenses in these two
States were also the largest."
" The Cincinnati Gazette says : A feature
worthy of mention is the favorable appearance
of the grossing wheat crop. Of course the
result catSrcJl yet be predicted with any de
gree of certainty, as the crop is liable to ac
cident or disaster up to harvest ; but the pros
pective at present favorable for the largest
yield ever 'obtained in this country. The
weather jiuring the month of February, and
so fir in the current month, has been favora
ble, and these are generally tho most trying
months in the year, on the plants. Nothing
serious is now to be apprehended, except
snch disasters a may occur immediately pre
ceding harvest.
How is it T It is stated in some of the pa
pers that Judge Gillis says openly that he seen
a letter lrom Hon. W. A. Porter, the Demo
cratic candidate for Supreme Judge, avowing
himself in favor of the Kansas policy of Mr.
Buchanan. Is this so ? Can any of the Le
compton Democratic prints enlighten the peo
ple on this point ? The voters have a right to
know how it is.
Lasd Sales. The Council Bluffs Bugle, of
the 3d inst. says, the Land office in that city
was ojened for private entry on the 23d ult.,
and at the closing of the office on Satcrday
evening over 81,000 acres had been entered,
being an average of near 17,009 acres per day.
The entries are mostly made with land war
rants, and mostly on speculation.
Advertisements. By reference to onr ad
vertising clumns, it will be seen that the
Treasurer of Clearfield county publishes a long
list of Unseated Lands, to be sold on the 2nd
Monday of June next. This list takes up a
large portion of our paper this week. In our
next issue we will endeavor to give our usual
variety of reading matter.
A Largs Stick. Several days since we
saw an unusual large stick of square timber
in a raft, on the river. It was 69 feet long,
28 by 30 inches square, and contained 359
cubic feet. It will produce over 3,000 feet of
1 inch boards, allowing one fourth for waste
In sawing.
Hon. J. L. Gillis, M. C, will please accept
our thanks for a copy of M.vj. Emory's Lr. S.
& Mexican Boundary Survey, ai.d Report of
the Pacific Railroad Survey.
Hon. E. D. Gazzam, of Pa. Legislature, has
' our thanks for favors received.
No Paper sext week. The editor having
gone down tfce river, the senior devil assumes
the responsibility -of saying tbat no paper will
be issued from this ofEce nest week.
-When the cat's awy, .
The luicc can play."
Northers Missouri. The St. Louis Demo
craiqnotes a private letter from the northern
. section of Missouri, saying that a large immi
gration from the free States is arriving there
to settle and that public sentiment is growing
favorable to free labor.
Raptwo During the last five or six days,
quite a number of rafts have passed this place,
on their way to market. A great deal of tim
ber will not get started on this freshet, the
water being already too low for safe running.
Damaged. Quite a large number of rafts
were damaged in passing through Irwin's
schute, the fee having taken away a portion of
the guard wall last week.
. A clergyman in Sobthfiekl, Mass.. had a
model donation visit not long since. His peo
ple put on his table an evergreen tree, and
pnng ita branches witlj gold eagles.
THIRTY-riTTH C0NGEE33.
March 18. The Senate resolved to hold
an evening session, and sat till nearly 11 o'
clock. . Mr. Green offered a resolution of in
quiry with reference to the massacre of . emi
grants in' Utah. Mr. Toombs made a speech
on the Kansas question, in which, he disposed
of the Union somewhat cavalierly, and eulo
gized Northern doughfaces, as surpassing in
heroism the" Greeks at Marathon and Ther
mopylae Mr. Crittenden rejoined, and was
followed by Mr. Bell, who thoroughly review
ed the history of the Kansas perfidy, and tra
ced it to the spirit of disunionism rampant in
the South. Mr. Foster of Connecticut has
the floor to-day. In the IIousc, the discus
sion of Mr. Quitman's Army bill was continu
ed, Messrs. Savage, Wasliburae, Humphrey
Marshall, Faulkner, Smith, Blair, Quitman
and Moms participating., :
March 19. The Senate adopted Mr. G win's
resolution of inquiry as to the massacre of were thrown oft tho track, fortunately no
emigrants ia Utah. - A joint resolution of the w hUrt nd b,ut JSj-",10 djmaee, dofnre:
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proposed Territory, of Arizona was received
aud referred. Mr. Foster of Connecticut,
apoke.agair.St.UCompton,iand Mr, Clay of
Alabama, against pure Democracy and in fa-
vor of disunion, in case the JXepublican party
should take the reins of Government J. His
views were criticised by Mr. Houston. A speech
by Mr. Durkee ; occupied the ; residue of the
session, which was prolonged till 5 o'clock.
The House of Representatives decided, by
the strong vote of 143 to 43, against any in
crease of our Standing Army, and in favor of
allowing the President toaccept the service of
tive regiments Of olunteers, to oe employed I
in settling our Mormon and Indian troubles.
The Army bill, in this shape, passed the House
by a vote of 124 to 73. Whether the Senate-
which recently voted down such a bill by a-
bout two to one will agree to this one, we
cannot guess and do not care. We have more
troops already than we either need or can af
ford. For the innoxious khape thus given to
the proposed Array increase, tho country is
largely indebted to the trood sense and inde
pendence of Gen. Quitman, Chairman of the
House Military Committee. Gen. Q. is an ex
cellent soldier, who has commanded volunteers
and served with regulars, and knows, by per
sonal observations and experience, that the
former is not merely preferable but the only
force which a republic needs or should endure.
Volunteers rarely desert they are only to be
paid when they are wanted and there is the
same difference between them and regulars as
between the farmer working bis own land and
the hireling. The thoroughness is all on the
side of the former. The precise proposition
thus affirmed by large majorities in cither
House is simply that our Army shall not be
increased beyond its present legal limit, but
the principle coes much further. If volun
teers are preferable to regulars for the mew re
giments now asked for, they arc equally pre
ferable for the old regiments, and should be
substituted so far as possible. When .will
Congress have the nerve to vote that all fu
ture accessions to our Military force shall con
sist of Volunteers t Messrs. Montgomery of
Pennsylvania and Reagan of Texas spoke up
on the Kansas question.
Tiie Slave Trade. In view of events now
occurring in tho South, which look to a re
opening of the odious slave trade, the Phila
delphia Prejj remarks :
'It will not surprise us if, at the end of an
other "year, the re-opening of the slave trade,
under the joint auspices of Messrs. Toombs,
Green and Slidell, is made the new test of
Democracy. Let those who doubt or deny
the prediction fall back to this time last year,
and tell us how they would have felt if at that
time it had been stated, as a Democratic prin-
ciple, that the will of the majority of the peo
ple should not prevail in the Territories. The
re-opening of the slave trade goes bravely on,
and so does the minority rule in Kansas."
Modern Democracy. The Washington U
nion, with infinite regard for the will of the
people, gives vent to its liberal feelings in tho
following characteristic languago :
We dou'l care whether the people like or dis
like the Constitution. We are unw iliing to take
any more'testiinony. The case has been clos
ed aler full notice. The verdict has been
rendered, the judgment entered up, and the ex
ecution, is now ia the hantls cf tjie officers."
This is "democracy" with a vengeance.
Such common fellows as the people, it seems,
are no longer of any account.
- Let it Come. The Louisville Journal, in
predicting the defeat of Lccompton in the
House, adds:
'The defeat may bring matfers to a crisis in
three or four of the Southern States, but a
crisis that can be brought on thus, must in
any contingency come very soon, and it may
just as well come now as ever. Let it come,
and may God be the helper of our country."
Yes ; let it come. There are ropes enough
for all the traitors it can produce ; and if the
President chooses to go with them he will all
the sooner come to the end of his rope.
Thk Casdle-Box Democracy. It has been
snggrtted that the supporters of Mr. Buchan
an, he in? committed to the Lccompton Con
stitution, be hereafter known as the Candle-
box Democracy. Certainly they do not stand
upon the Cincinnati Platform, but upon the
Candle-box found in Calhoun's woodpile, and
which contains the famous Delaware crossings
returns; or rather to the system of morals of
waicn me uanaie-oox aioresaia is a specimen.
A Town Pcrcuased by 052 Man. The vil
lage of Lowsville, Monongahela county, Vir
ginia, was purchased a few days since by Jon
athan McKeek. The purchases included a
very valuable mill property, store house and
several dwellings, together with a well impro
ved farm of about seventy-five acres. The
sum paid was $10,000 cash. , '
Twenty three public schooIs,nnderthe Com
mon schools system, are now in highly suc
cessful operation amonz the Indians of the
Cattaragus and Allegheny reservation in New
i ors. . . .. . ..
PEJnrSYLYAKTA. - ITEMS.--
PREPARED roa THE "BAFTSMAS'3 JOIESAL."
Blair CorxTr. On Monday week, a young
lady named Mary Omerman, aged about seven
teen years, living with Mr. David Denny, near
Tyrone City, while engaged in boiling soap in
the yard,'vaso severely burned by her clothes
taking fire, that she died the same night
On Friday a week, a man named Black, living
at Ironsviile, bnyder township, met with a
singular acciden., which proved fatal. He
was engaged at the wood chopping of Tyrone
Forges, and while employed in splitting a log,
fell upon his axe, completely severing his leg
at the knee jornt. He died Irom loss of blood
in less than fifteen minutes The root of
VTm. Thomas's Hat Store, in Ilollidaysburg,
was discovered to ' be on tire, a week ago, but
was extinguished before much damage was
done. . : . ; The house of D. K. Ramsey, was
on fire last week, but was put out, having sus
tained some' small damages. .... The UolK
daysburg Branch train, when about a mile
from Altoona, last week, come in collision
with a tree which tho storm had blown across
the track, by'which the locomotive and tender
r. laau. uaiucu anci, nf-v w
Vcars. was frozen to death in Greenfield town-
ship on Tuesday night a week, whilst attempt-
ing to go from Claysburg to Lis home, about
hdl:
with whiskey was in one of his pockets, of
which, it is supposed,. he had partaken, : and
was overcome. .. : '
- Westmoreland CocjiTr. On Friday last,
the Tannery of Mr. Mkihael O'Neil, in Mt.
Pleasant township, this county, was partly
destroyed by fire. The fire originated from
the stove pipe. A large amount of leather
was damaged to such an extent as to be en
tirely useless. The loss is about $2,000, and
IS covered uv insurance Mr. wiiarn
Browi)j of Monongahela City, met with an ac
cidenc near that place on baturday, wnicn re
suited in costing him his lite. He was worn
inz at a log. which was frozen to. the ground
on the side of a steep hill. The log- started,
and before Mr. Brown could get out of the
way it rolled over him, breaking one of his
thighs and injuring him internally. Mr. Brown
died on Monday. He was formerly a citizen
of Greensburg,, being a son of the late James
Brown On Wednesday evening the 10th
inst., an atlray took place at the Coal Works
on the Westmoreland side of the river near
Monongahela City, between a young man
named Cooper and a man connected with the
Coal Worjis, whose name we did not learn, in
which tho latter was seriously injured by a
stone hurled at him by Cooper and which frac-
turel his skull. It was feared st first that the
injury might result fatally, but he is recover-
in
Centre Coestt. Al ittlc girl, daughter of
Joseph Woods, Huston township, whilst kind
ling a fire, her clothes caught, her mother be
injr from home, and her father in the barn
She ran for the assistance of the latter, and as
soon as she got into the open air, the wind be
ing high she was completely enveloped in
flames. Her father hearing her piercing cries
ran to her assistance, and endeavored to tear
the clothes lrom her, but not succeeding in
this he plunged her into a spring of water,
and finally succeeded in extinguishing the
flames. Sb.c lingered in excruciating pain
until death put an end to her suffering. This
happened on the lUtfi inst.
Mifflin Covsty. The house aDd wagon
maker shop of Mr. Isaac Armstrong, in Belle
ville, were consumed by fire on Wednesday
morning, 10: Ii inst. Everything in the shop
was burnt, as well as a few articles m lue
house. The fire originated from a stove pipe
which extended through the roof of the shop.
. . . . Quite a number of petty robberies have
been committed lately among them the shoe
maker shop of Samuel West, in Lewistown,
was robbed of several pair of boots and shoes ;
the smoke house of Samuel Comfort of a num
ber of hams, &c., and in other cases, clothing
and whatever could be laid hands on.
Northampton- Cocstt. The barn of Mrs.
D. Iluber, in Easton, we learn from the Ex
press, was destroyed by tire on Friday evening,
with all its contents, which were owned by
Peter Boas. The presumption is that it was
set on fire. Mrs. IPs loss is about $300. . . .
A Mr. Stctler, of Petersburg, was thrown from
his wagon near Bath and seriously injured.
He was on his way !o Easton, and his horse be
coming frightened ran away, throwing him out
of the wagon. He was taken to tfatn wnouy
I unconscious and is now lying very low
Lancaster Cocxtv. On Salurdaj' night,
the 13th inst., about 11 o'clock, a fire broke
ofit in the stable of Hiram Wilson, in Colum
bia, and communicated to the adjoining stable
attached to the property occupied by Martin
Currie, and to George Wolfs stable, opposite,
all of which were burned to the ground. In
Mr. Wilson's stable a valuable horse and three
pigs were consumed. The fire was doubtless
the work; ot design.
Clinton CooTr. While a gentleman was
crossing the river a lew aays ago, at l,ock
naven, with a horse and nuggy, the animal
broke through the ice and perished, although
e'verv exertion was made to save him. The
horse was owned by Mr. Miller. .... Several
other persons in their attempts to cross with
horses, broke through the ice, but by some
means were rescued.
Berks CorxTY.-i-On Monday of list week a
woman named Delb, residing a lew miles from
Reading, fell from a wagon loaded with furni
ture, and in endeavormz to ease her tall, ex
tended her hands, and broke both arms just
above the wrists.
Lehigh Cocstt. Charles M'Carty, a yonng
man of Bethlehem, bioke an arm by a fall on
the ice, at that place, whilst skating.
A Parliamentarian. The members of the
Xegislature of many of the new States have
among their number some originals, it must be
conceded. It is related of the President of
the Senate of Minnesota that on a recent oc
casion addressing his fellow Senators, whom
he termed "old hosses," be imformed tbem
that if they "expected the cheer to decide
more than six pints at wunst, they were bark-
ing op the'wrong saplin that he could tell
them." Complaints have been made of tho
Ioose manner with which, some or onr state
legislators treat grave sutyects.biit we nave no
representatives that can come up to the "oitt
hosx" who keeps the Minnesotiang in order,
Patti v.Fortv.ninfi cattle
from South Branch, Va., are on their way to
New York, weighing as follows : The largest
weighs 2800 pounds, and more than half of
them weigh over 2000 pounds, and the whole
lot weighs 91,580 "pounds ; being an average
of 1 867 pounds, and cost $4082 an average
of $95 53 cents per bead
Babel is New York. At one of the re
cent meetings of the New York Historical
Society, Dr Bacon read a paper on the langua
ges spoken in New York. Eighty languages,
I he said, are used in business and social inter
l eourse among toe, Inhabitants of that city.
A LIGHT3ING E0D HAI7 IN- A FIX.
At Cincinnati, the other day, Mr. T. Kings- j
ton, who puts up lightning rods, climbed to
the top of the, spire of St. Paul's Cathedral,
two hundred and thirty-five feet, where, hav
ing left his ladder below, be clung by his arms
and legs fastened the foot of the rod and at
tached its point quite a heavy piece of metal
securely as he supposed, to the cross sur
mounting the steeple. He had just completed
this difficult and dangerous task, watched by a
number of persons in the street below, and
while looking at the work and experiencing
'that satisfaction which', results from hazard
passed and labor accomplished, of a sudden,
something heavy struck him , and made Lis
brain reel until he could hardly see. Instead
of losing his hold at once, as would seem to
have been the natural and inevitable result, he
clung with a power beyond himself and a will
superior to bis own, closer and instinctively
to the spire. He knew not what had -occurred,
and to his confused senses it appeared that the
steeple was tumbling.; or that some strange
cause was about to bring the vast structure to
the ground.: - : ' " . -. :
... Some forty seconds an age to tim ninst
have elapsed beiorhc sufficiently collected
his scattered thoughts and subverted eoncious
Iicss to know that the entire upper part of the
rod had fallen upon his head, causing the
blood to trickle over bis forehead, and nearly
blind him. Ha was in a dreadful perplexity
and most dangerous position. He feared, if
he moved, he would go cleaving the air to a
terrible death upon the stony street below
and at the same time he knew he coald not,
ia the disorded state of Lis nerves, and bis in
creasing weakness, retain his grasp, more the
result of fate than feeling, much longer. If
be stirred he might fall ; if be remained be
certainly would ; and so, determined to make
at least an effort for Lis life, he pnt one foot
very cautiously, then his arms, and then moved
the other foot ; and after half a minute of ex
ertion, and the greatest danger, be touched
the topmost round of the ladder, and in a few
seconds more was inside of the steejde aud
safe.
Then it was Mr. K's great courage and
strength forsook him ; his nerves and muscles
relaxed ; he grew sick unto death ; his knees
gave waj' ; Lis vision swam, and he sank upon
the platform motionless and insensible. He
must have lain there half an Lour before he
couid'rise and walk, and ho did not recover
from the shock for more than a fortnight af
terward.
Tho people gazing up at him from the street
describe the scene as painful and exciting in
the extreme. When they observed the rod
fall, a thrill of horror ran through their hearts,
and two women swooned away ; for they ex
pected to behold him the next moment dashed
to pieces at their feet.
Svckixg Up Wateh from Sand. Livings
tone, the African traveller, describes an inge-
ni us method by which the Africans obtain
water in the desert :
"The women tie a bnncb of grass to one end
of a rccdabout two feet long, and insert it in
a hole dug as deep as the arm will reach, then
ram down the wet sand irmly around it. Ajj
plying the mouth to the free end of the reed,
they form a vacum in the grass beneath, in
which the water collects, and in a short time
rises to tho mouth. It will be perceived that
this simple, but trnly philosophies.! and effec
tual method, might have been applied in many
cases, in diflerent countries where water was
greatly needed, to the saving of life. It seems"
wonderful that it should have been now first
made known to the world, and that it shouM
have been habitually practiced in Africa, pro
bably for centuries. It seems worthy of be
ing particularly noticed, that it may no longer
be neglected from ignorance. It may be high
ly important to travellers on our western des-
crts and praiiies, in some parts of which wa
ter is known to exist below the surface."
Long Imprisonment. David B. Mecch, of
Brutus, Cayuga county, Ohio, Las a two year
old heifer which ho lately found alive in Lis
straw stack, where she bad been buried for
two months and fourteen days. At the time of
threshing Lis grain last fall, be made a new
straw stack along side of an old one, and soon
missed one of his young cattle. Search was
made in all directions, but no trace of her
could be fonnd, and Mr. M. bad given her up
as lost, and had almost forgotten the circum
stance, when, a few days since, his son in get
ting straw from the stack discovered that it
moved. The straw was immediately taken
away, and in a small cavity between the two
stack completely surrounded by straw seven
feet in thickness was found tho lost animal
alive and in good condition. She had eaten
the straw in front of her so that, when found
she could take two or three steps backward.
A Missouri Spurgeon. During a late revi
val in the Baptist Church at Lagrange, a lad
17 years old, who bad acquired some notorie
ty in the town as a theatrical performer, join
cd the church and prepared himself for the
ministry. He Las recently been licensed, and
has entered on his clerical duties, and so won
derful are bis powers, that the whole comma
nity is in ecstacics with bis efforts. H hen he
preaches the church is crowded ; persons
from all the country round about flock to hear
him, and the oldest veterans declare that they
never before listened to such thrilling elo
quence. The name of the "boy-preacher" is
J. B. Fuller.
Parson Brownlow. The Parson seems to
entertain serious misgivings about the claim
of the Abolitionists to a place in the Kingdom
of Heaven. "When I get there, as I expect
to whon I die,"' says the reverend editor, "if
I find a regular built Abolitionist there,
shall conclude that he has practised a fraud
upon the door-keeper ; for in my opinion,
Kansas agitator and freedom sbrieker has no
more business in our Father's' Kingdom than
Commodore Paulding had in Nicaragua when
be captured tho flllibusters." .
t POSTSCRIPT.
Thursday, 2 o'clock, a. m.
Whilst we write onr Office is still bril
liantly illuminated by a destrnctive fire which
isited our town last night. The fire origina
ted about midnight in a stable known as the
Stage stable on the lot adjoining the Mansion
House. In a few moments the flames spread to
the Mansion House stabling ; Hemphill House
stables and ice bouse; W. A. Wallace's and
Bcnj. Spackman's stables ; and also the row of
buildings knows as Shaw's row occupied by
Richards and Radcbangh, Tailors ;
Richard B. Taylor, Eating Saloon ;
T. J. McCullough, Esq., Attorney at Law";
Sam. Johnson, Barber ;
Josph Goon, Boot and Shoemaker ;
Frank Short, Boot and Shoemaker ;
which buildings were burned to the ground.
For some time the fire presented a terrific
ppearnace. ltwaswitn tne greatest euons
on the part of the citizens that it was prevent
ed spreading to the Mansion House, the
row of offices in which, ours is located, the
Post Office, Mossop's house and other adjoin
ng premises.
Great credit is due to the Ladies of our
town, who worked assiduously in the lines con
veying water to the scene of conflagration.
We learn that 4 horses belonging to Foster
& Williams were consumed in the flames.
The value of property destroyed will probably
not exceed S 5,000 or $0,000. Jndge Shaw is
the principal loser.
I7LOrR. Just rcceireA 30 bnrrcls Extra Fam
ily Flour, which will be tohi low for ensh ty
December 2.
RICHAKD MOSSOP.
DR. LITCIl'S'PAlX Cl'RER. AXTr-BIL-IOLS
REMEDY, and RESTORATIVE, fur
Colds. Coughs, Croup. Ac., sold at Joseph (locu s
thee bhop. ClcarSel J. l'a Oct ZS.
JOn.V RUSSELL & CO., TAXXERS AXD
CCZKIERS, PenuvUle, CUarfirU Co..Pa
Keep cocstantl v on hanJ an excellent assortment
of leather, which thev offer fcr sale at the lowest
cajh prices. Hides taken in exchange.
July lo. lso4.
AMBROTYPES. P. C. PURVIAXCE. Pro
fcs.or of I'hotozraphic Chemistry. Gallery
at his residence on 2d Street, one door South of
Mcrrell & Carter's Tin-ware establishment. Clear
field. Pa. rDay of operation: Friday and
Saturday of each week. . junelS'SS
TJ"OTlCE. All persons are hereby cautioned
1 1 against purchasing or trading for a certain
Connty order. No. 545 of lr!57, payable to R.J.
Wallace, for ?o0. as the same has been lifted by
me, and has since been mislaid or lost.
J011N McPHERSON
Jan'y 13. 1S58. Treasurer.
REMOVAL. The undersigned notifies
his old customers and the public that he has
removed his BLACKSMITH SHOP to his new
building a few doors south of the shop he former
ly occupied, where he is prepared to do on the
shortest notice any work in his line of business.
April 10, ISO,. J.C'JB fcULXKVI fclLfclt.
JAMES B. GRAHAM. Denier ;n SAWED
LUMBER. SQUARED TIMBER, SUIXGLES,
BOARDS. Ac, is prepared to fill, on the shortest
notice, all orders for articles in his line of busi
ness, on as reasonable terms as they can bo tiro-
cured in the county.
Urflbampton. Clearfield Co., Jan. 23. ISoe
CAUTION. All persons are hereby cautioned
agaiDst purchasing or meddling with one
yoke of cattle in the possession of James C. Gill,
ot Bcccana towcsuip, as the same belong to inc.
JAHts A. HtUitll.
Janesville. February 12, l.H5?u:jt-pd.
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7AGON - MAKING. THE nndcrsingncd
would announce that they manufacture
Waggons of all descriptions. Buggies. Sleds, Ac., at
their shop in Xew Salem. Brady township, Clear
field county, which they offer for sale at as reasona
ble rates as can oe purchased elsawhcre. Ihcy res
pectfully solicit a share of patronage.
UAMlSKUHi JOHAS1U.A,
Octl-'56-tf WILLIAM LEWIS.
1 OH ACKES OF LAND, on tho Erie Turn
X rJ pike, about 7 miles west of Curwensville.
and 135 ACKES OF LAND, adjoining the sauie.
will be sold on accommodating terms, ihe land
lies well, is all susceptible of cultivation, and is
well covered with choice pine timber suitable for
shingles, sawing or square timber. A saw mill
near ov. Apply to l.J.ika.s.
mar25 Clearfield.
TJUBLIC SALE On Friday the ith day of
M. Mireh, Isas. A. T. Schryver will oner tor
sale at his residence on Clearfield Creek, the fol
lowing property, to wit : One Cow, one Horse,
flog. Bees, two Waggons (one light, and the other
a heavy one for two horses.) Ploughs, Harrow, Log
chains. Carpenter 'fools. Stoves, Ilorse-cears.
Chairs. Tables, and manv other articles. Terms
made known on day of sale.
March 5. A. T. SCHRYVER.
TAKE NOTICE ! TAVERN KEEPERS
aud the public, that Gros A Kunkel, whole
sale Grocers, Canal Street Wharf, Harrisburg.
have on hand a large lot of Liquors at reduced
prices, by the barrel or otherwise, to suit pur
chasers, consisting ot tie lollowmg
Pure Brandies.
XewEngland Rum,
Old Rye WhUkey,
Domestic Brandies,
Monongahela Whiskey
Blackberry Brandy,
Peach Brandy,
Lavender Brandy,
Cherry Brandy,
Lisbon N idc,
Pure Holland Gin,
Rectified Pitts.Whiskey
Port Wine.
Maderia Wine,
Pure Holland Gin,
Domestic Gin,
Scotch Whiskey,
And other Liquors.
Geslcr's Pure Champaznc. tc. ic. to
LS0rders proinptlv attended to.
GROSS A KUXKEL,
Wholesale Grocers,
Canal Street Wharf, between Walnut and State
Streets, liarrisbnrg. Pa. MarlO-'dS-l v.
-VRPI1ANS' COURT SALE Under and
-r by virtue ot an order of sale issued out of
the Orphans Court of Clearfield county, there will
be exposed to sale at the house of Wm. A Mason,
in the Borough of Curwensville. on Saturday tho
1st day of May. 1853. the following described Real
Estate of James Sharp, deceased, to wit :
XO. 1. Beginning at a white pine on the north
east of the tract surveyed for John Brown, thence
by William Brown's land, north 24 deg. east 33
perches to a witch-hazel, thence br Jacob King's
land south 46 deg. west 13S perches to a post
thence by Jacob Missencopp'g land north 34 deg.
west 33 perches to a stone-beap, and thence by E.
Brown's land north 56 deg. east 1.53 perches to
place of beginning, containing 30 acres and 140
perches.
No. 2. Berinnins at a white nine, thence sonth
37 deg. east 41 perches to a maple, thence by land
of A. Keaggy, deceased, south 20 deg. east 70 per
ches to a hemlock, south 37 deg. east 101 perches
to a white pine, theree by land of William Brown
north 341 deg. west 239J perches to tho middle of
nearneia creen, tnence up the same following the
several courses and distances thereof to the place
of beginning, containing one hundred and ten a
cres. Ac. Xos. 1 and 2 being the same premises
conveyeu oyjacoD ration oy assignments endors
ed on deeds recorded in deed book O, pages 739 4
741. to the said Green A Sharp in fee.
XO. 3. An interest in common with said Green
in a certain piece of land sold by John W. Wright
under articles f agreement dated October 24th,
1353, and described therein as follows: One traet
of land in the name of John Brown, containing one
hundred and nfnety-five acres, mor or less, situ
ate in Beccaria township, adjoining lands of A-
oram &. Keaggy, George Glenn, John fctraw and
others, with Clearfield creek on the south.
TERMS One-half cash on confirmation of the
sale, and the balance in one year with interest.
JOHN PATTON,
Feb2!. Adm r. of Jamc Sharp, do'd.
BIT T T.E R A lot of prime butter tn
hand, and for sale at low rates by
FebOi. WM- L. MOORE.
FOR SALE a first te LOO SLED, hj
JACOB DIETR1CK.
Curwenrrillc, February 24, im.
XT) AIL ROAD
nOl'S E, CORXER rq?
XV Main and White Streets. BROOK VILLE. P.
Feb24.
R. R. MEA'S. Proprietor.
SCHOOL BOOKS. Sanders' Readers; MitchelU'
Geography and Atlaa and Primary Ueogra
Iy; Webstcrs' Dictionary, Urge and small; Pg
on Teaching ; Green", Kirkhaia", and Bullion
Grammars; Davies', Smith's, Emerson's and Pike's
Arithmetics: Davies Algebra; Sanders' and Sar
geant's Spellers, 4e., at tho -Corner" Store.
Curwensrille. jan 20, 1S5S. WM. IRVIS.
CAUTION All persons are hereby caution
ed against purchasing, or meddling in any
way. with the following property a it was bought
by us at Sheriff" sale and left "with the said Mi
guire on loan : 1 waggon, 1 timber sled, 4 bead of
horn cattle, 10 sheep ; also 1 sorrel mare bought of
Michael Frank and Kft with the said Mark Ma
guire on loan. J. P. XELSOX & CO.
February 24. 185S.-3m.
ORPHANS' COURT SALE. Under acf
by virtue of an order of sale issued ont of
the Orphans' Court of Clearfield county, there will
be exposed to sale at the house of Win. A. Mason,
in the Borough tit Curwensville, on Saturday tho
1st day of May, 1S5S. the following described Real
Estate of A. Bennett Dale, deceased, to wit :
A certain lot or piece of laud, containing on
and a half acres, with a frame bouse erected there
on, situate in Pike township, Clearfield county,
bounded by lands of George B. Dale aud John T
Irvin. TEEiLj Cash, on confirmation of sale.
ZACHARIAU McXACL.
Feb24. Adm r. of A. Bennett Dale, dee'd.
CI U S Q U E
n a ar n a n o u s e T
O f r
nrrnsrrille. Crarfi'ld County, Penu'a.
The sabscriler, formerly of the Exchange llotel.
Philinshurg, having taken the aoove house, sitsate
in the east end ot the Borough ot Curwensville.
on the bank of the Susqucbanua River, would res
pectfully announce to the travelling public, that
he is fully prepared to accommodate strangers
and all others who may favor hiui with a call.
The house is new, well furnished, large and com
modious, and travellers will find every convenience
necessary to their comfort. Ample staid in jr, is at
tached to the premises DAVID JOilXsIOX.
Curwensville, February 17. !Aa3.
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE the un
dersigned offers to sell at private sale a two
story plank frame house IS by 21 feet in dimen
sions and the lot on which it stand, situate ia
the village of Bloomiugviile. Clearfield county.
There is also a good stable and other outbuildings
on tho lot. with a good well of water near the
door. Terms, which will be reasonable, can be
ascertained by calling on the undersigned, reiid
iug on the premises. WM. H. HEX
December 16, lS57-3m.
X. Ii. This would be a good situation for a me
chanic, especially a shoemaker, as there is oca
much wanted in the place. " . 11 R
JACLE FARM AND SAW-MILL
PROPERTY FOR SALE. 'The subscriber of
fers that valuable property on which be now re
sides, for sale, on reasonable terms. The property-
is situate 2 miles above Clearfield on tne Susque
hanna river, comprising 2T0 acres of land, or
which 70 acres are cleared and under good fence,.
having thereon two orchards, a good frame two
story dwelling house, also another smaller dwel
ling house, an excellent bank barn 69 feet by 40
jeet; also, a Saw and Lath Mill, with good water
power, ine Daiance oi tne lana is wooaiana, or
which a considerable portion is well timDered.
Applv to J. 15. .v.ctnaliy. at HcarBem, or to lb
subscriber on the premises
septa 5m rillLlf its.
7-ALU ABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE:
SALE. The andereigned is desirous of sel
ling his farm situate in Penn township. Clearfield
county. Pa., one mife from Peonsville, on the road
leading to I'unxsutawney, containing our aun
ilrt.l acres and allowance. Fifty acre of said land '.,
are cleared and in a high state of cultivation, of
whieh5L5"acres are in meadow. .There is erected
on the premises a comfortable 11 story log hou,
a good barn, and other necessary out-building..
There is also a quantity of most excellent Pice
and otner timoer, on tne lanu. near ana indis
putable title will be given. TERMS one fourth
in hand, and the balance in three equal annual
iaymcnts.sccured by mortgage or judgment bonds.
r any further information apply to the subscri
ber residing on the premises.
THOMAS M. MARTIN.
Penn tp , January 27. li?5S-6t.
A. MOSTOO EBT. . A. KirrLB.
JEW FIRM, AND NEW GOOD
Just received at the Store of
MONTGOMERY & 11 1 P P LE,
Cnrictn.n-ilfr, Pa.,
Consisting of everything usually kept in a coun
try store. Also, a large quantity of Drugs. t
which we invite the attention of Physicians ; and
a large quantity of Patent Medicines, amocf
which may be found the following, to wit:
Dr. Jayne's Medicines,
Dr. CurtisvUygeana inhaling Tafor,.
Dr. Londen's Medicines,
Dr. Ilolloway's Ointment and Pills,
Dr. Thompson's Medicines,
Dr. Osbourn's Golden Ointment,
Dr. Wrigtfs Indian Pills.
Dr. Trask's Magnetic Ointment,
Dr. Claris Female Pills.
- Dr. Hoffman's German Bitte a,
Dr' Beaty"s Arabian Ointment for Spavin and
Ringbone; a certain cure.
ALSO, Flour. Grain, Fish. Cheese. Bacon. Bests, '
Dried Apples, Salt. Ac, on hands at all times.
The above we offer low for CASH, as we wish
strictly to adhere to the Rr-if-Pay System. We
offer our goods, in price, as low as the lowest: and
in exchange, will take all kinds of produce, at .the
highest Cash prices-. V.'e invito all to give us a
call and judge for themselves. Feb. 3, 1 353.
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