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Raftsman's ouvnal
S. B. ROW, EDITOR AND PROPKIETOR."
CLEARFIELD, PA., JUNE 2, 1858.
The New Militia Law. Quito a Dumber of
inquiries have been recently made of us con
cerning the militia law passed at the late ses
sion of the Pennsylvania Legislature. It
entirely too long for publication in a newspa
per, bat as it is printed in pamphlet form, it
Trill doubtless be widely circulated. By its
provisions every able-bodied man between the
ages of twenty-one and forty-live, and not ex
empted by the laws of the United States, with
certain specified exceptions, is required to
perform military duty. The assessors of the
several wards, boroughs aud townships, are re'
quired to enroll all such, and to assess a tax of
fifty cents upon all who are not exempt from
the performance of military duty. This tax
of fifty cents is to be collected . in the same
manner and at the same time other taxes are
collected in the several counties ; and is to be
paid into the county treasury as a military
fund, a separate account of which is to be kept
by the treasurer. The State is divided into
twenty divisions, corresponding very nearly
with the present arrangement. Clearfield,Cen
trc, Huntingdon, Juniata and Mifflin counties
constitute the 14th district. Each county i
the State is to constitute a separate brigade
The act also provides for an election for Brig
adier General and Brigade Inspector on the
first Monday of June, 18-59, and every five
years thereafter. The salary of the Brigade
Inspector is fixed at $150 per annum, and his
duties are fully and clearly defined. All or
ganized companies are required to parade an
nually by regiment, battalion or company, at
such time and place between the first days of
May and October, as the Brigade Inspector
shall order and direct, fur the purpose of dis
cipline, inspection and review. In lien of this
the commanding oiliccr of any brigade, may
order his brigade or any regiment, battalion or
company to parade and encamp for a period
not to exceed six consecutive days, between
the first days of May and October in each
year; twenty days notice of such cmcamp
ment to be given to the Brigade Inspector by
such commanding officer. All officers, non
commissioned officers, musicians and privates
of any uniformed company or troop to receive
one dollar and fifty cents for every day actual
ly on duty, and for each horse actually used by
them, two dollars per day. This extends only
to six days in each year.
The Xew Bloomficld Mvocale thus estimates
the cost of carrying out the new military law.
It says : "Suppose that we estimate the num
ber of infantry, artillery, &c, in the State at
2-3,000, and the cavalry at 5,000, (in I oth ca
ses a low estimate,) and suppose that there
should be the full number of parades, the ex
penses would be $G95,000 per annum ! and
estimate that there are 40,000 in the State lia
ble to military duty under the law, the rove
nue would be only 200,000, or less than a
third of the expense. We venture to say that
the expense of carrying out this law, on an
average, will not be less than half a million of
dollars annually .'"
Forney's Press, of the 20th May, says "It
begins to be more than manifest that scarcely
anybody can be elected to Congress from this
corner of the continent who voted for Lecomp
ton. The brand is on the brow of every one
who did the deed, and like the 'scarlet letter,'
it cannot be obliterated, while, unlike the
scarlet letter,' it is seen of all men. Now, it
may be a pleasing thing to power to see the
Lecoroptonites re-nominated, but it is a much
more important thing to the Democrats to put
nobody forward who will kill other candidates
by the contact. If the Leconipton Congress
men want vindication, they should go to the
Treasury for it. There are not votes enough
for them in the North, and that's tho long and
short of it."
That's right, John hit them again.
Montgomery's band of Kansas robbers still
continue their depredations, and late advices
state that they burned the town of Butler, in
Kansas, on the night of the 21st May. It is
also said that they have been committing rob
beries and outrages in Bates and Cass counties,
Missouri, and a number of the citizens have
petitioned Gov. Stewart asking that measures
be taken for their protection.
JtDGE Gillis, Lecotnpton member of Con
gress from this district, made one speech du
ring the present session of Congress. It is
characteristic of the man, and being very brief
and free from political taint, and as it shows
what the principal employment of the Repre
sentative of the "wild-cat" district is, we have
given it a place on our outside.
Mr. Lewis D. Campbell, of Ohio, was ousted
from his seat in Congress, on the 25th, and
Mr. Yallandigham, Democrat, voted in by a
strict party division. At the election Mr. C.
had but 19 of a majority, and the seat was con
tested on the allegation that certain colored
men votea Tor him, which, however, was
substantiated.
not
Henry B. Anthony, Republican, was on last
Friday elected United States Senator by the
LeRllatcre of Rhode Island, io place of Mr.
. v . , torn of r.fT:c expires on the 4th
THE NEW LICENSE LAW.
There seems to be quite a diversity of opin
ion relative to the effect of the new license
law, as to the duties imposed upon the power
intrusted with its execution. The main diffi
culty seems to be as to the degree of discre
tion which may bo exercised by the granting
power, as to the matter of the number to be
licensed, and the inquiry as to the necessity
for conferring such right to sell in each par
ticular case. It is alleged that Judge Gal
braith, of the Erie district, so interprets the
newLiquor Law as to authorize every tavern
keeper to procure license without publication
or certificate, aud he has granted licenses ac
cordingly.
In Northampton county, the Kansas cx-
Governor, Ileeder, contends that the granting
power is compelled to look into and to pass
upon tho necessity of the tavern, in each case
where license is granted, and as the subject is
one of some considerable interest, we give,
below, an outline of his argument, as prepar
ed by himself for the Philadelphia Press.
The Court in this case, did not pass upon the
point raised, as has been stated in some pa
pers. TVe commend this view to such parties
as are interested in the matter. Wc might
add that it is not the view held by some of
those who were instri mental in securing the
passage of tho law, and wo believe Mr. Reeder
was opposed in his argument by a member of
the last Legislature, who bad taken much in
forest in the legislative action respecting it.
Eastos, May 1-5, lSi)8.
Mr Dear Sir: Of course I have not the
least objection to comply with your request to
state the reasoning on which I have based my
argument npon the question to which you re
for. The argument was made in court, and
of course, is already public property ; ana 1
give it the more willingly as 1 have the most
thorough confidence in it, and cannot conceive
how it can be answered. Briefly, it is this :
The third section of the Act of 1834 pro
vides that no tavern shall be licensed unless
it is necessary for the accommodation of the
public, and the entertainment of : strangers
and travelers. This section remained in force
nntil it was repealed by the act of 14th April,
1853, which swept away ail the provisions in
regard to tavern licenses, as well as all tavern
licenses themselves. By the 3-3th section of
the general license law of 31st March, 18-36,
this repealing act was itself expressly repealed.
The certain cousequence of this repeal of a
repealing law was to revive the 3d section of
the act of 1804, by the operation of a simple
rule of construction known to every-body.
The act of 18-30 might have prevented this
result, if it had contained any provisions ir
reconcilable with the section revived. The
most careful examination of that act, howev
er, can discover no such provisions; whilst,
on the other band, the 8th, 14th, and 27th
sections (which I shall not stop to quote or
comment upon) strongly indicate a contrary
intention. Indeed, I have never heard it
doubted that, under the act of 18-jG, the
courts possessed a discretion to pass upon the
necessity of the proposed tavern to the accom
modation of the pubiic ; and, so far as 1 have
learned, the courts did not hesitate to exer
cise it, and to receive evidence to guide them
in doing so. The 27th section fixed a max
imum number of licenses, (by reference to
the number of taxables,) which they were
forbidden to exceed ; bot, within this limit,
they possessed, beyond all question, the pow
er to grant or reject, according to their opin
ion of the necessity in each particular case.
If this is so and I caunot iniagin how it can
be denied whence can the power be derived,
except from the 3d section of the act of 1834,
which 1 have already shown to have been re
vived and in force 7 This power is given there,
and it it given nowhere else. Enough, how
ever, that the power existed under the act of
1850. It was one of the "requirements of the
law," that the applicant should satisfy the
court of the necessity of his proposed tavern.
The 27th section did nothing more than to im
pose a restraint or qualification upon the oth
erwise general discretion of the court, to li
cense when necessary, by forbidding them to
go beyond a certain number. Thus stood the
law up to the act of April 8th, 1858, and I
have never been more mistaken than I am now
if that act has taken away this discretion from
the court. The question turns entirely upon
the sixth section, which is mandatory upon
the court in certain circumstances. It provi
des that the court shall grant licenses, &c.,
&c, "whenever the requirements of the laws
on the subject are complied with by such ap
plicants. One of tnese requirements was
that the application should appear to be for a
tavern necessary to the accommodation of the
public, &c, as I have already shown ; and
how this particular requirement is to be dis
pensed with, and all others insisted on, I am
at a loss to understand. Tho very restraint
imposed upon this discretion of the court by
the twentv-seventh section of 1856, is express
ly repealed by tho 22nd section of the act of
18-j8, and the discretion itself is left untouch
ed ; so that the Legislature by thus restoring
tho general and unlimited character of the
discretion, gave the strongest recognition of
us existence, and of their purpose not to dis
turb it. The act of 1858 is nowhere supple-
tory or, or inconsistent with, this previously
existing provision ; and, upon this point, ex
cuse me for quoting the language of the Su
preme Court, in 10 Barr, 448, where they
say : "It is in general necessary that the in
tention to repeal be expressed in clear and
unambiguous language, and not left to be in
ferred from the subsequent statute. . . . . .
An ancient statnte will be impliedly repealed
by a more modern one, only when the latter
is couched in negative terms, or when the
matter is so clearly repugnant that it necessa
rily implies a negative ; for implied repeals
are not favored by the law. When both acts
are merely affirmative, and the substance such
that both may stand together, both shall have
a concurrent efficacy."
Such was my main argument, besides two
minor ones, which, however, I considered su
perfluous and unnecessary. In one of them,
nevertheless, I have much confidence. The
provisos of the Cth section of 1858, after de
manding a compliance with the requirements
of tho law, one of which was the certificate of
twelve citizens to the necessity of the propos
ed tavern, direct that nothing therein contain
ed shall prohibit the Court from hearing other
evidence than that presented by the applicant,
and that the Court shall grant or refuse, "in
accordance with the evidence." The certifi
cate of citizens can be regarded as nothing
else than evidence of the facts stated in it. It
can be presented for no other conceivable
purpose or object. It is the evidence specifi
cally required from the applicant by the stat
ute ; and if the Legislature had gonenofur-4
luer, and the third section of 1834 had been
repealed, it might fairly be argued that
this evidence of the applicant must be taken
as conclusive. But when they proceed to say
that evidence presented by the applicant may
..id Vy counter evmence, and that the de
cision shall be made in accordance with all
i. ". ovHno in the cas, it is plain that even
l-i.'fctive c-f the thirl section of 1S34, the
question of necessity is opened, and the Court
must pass upon it.
ibese points might bo elaborated to meet
all supposable objections, but the unanticipa
ted lengtn ot tnis letter warns m? to close.
cry truly yours, A. 11. Keeper.
The Daily News of Philadelphia, is the only
pretended opposition paper that opposes the
call for an anti-Lecompton Convention in July.
It says there is time enough, and the call is
premature. This sounds so much like the
Neics of 1850 with its delay and final treason
that very few we hope will again be mis-led
by it. The Inquirer more sensibly, says: .
i "A Movement a mono the People A
Sound American Policy.' We invite atten
tion to the following call. It will be seen that
the opponents of the National and State Ad
ministrations intend holding a State Conven
tion at Ilarrisburg on the 8th of July, for the
purpose of nominating a candidate for the Su
prenic Bench, and also, as we presume, a can
didate for Canal Commissioner. The call is
addressed to all who are opposed to the Le
cotnpton swindle, and tho despotic policy of
the National Administration, in forcing it
upon the people of Kansas, a Constitution in
defiance of their known wishes, as well to "all
who are in favor of a sound American policy,
in opposition to the intrigues of foreign gov
ernmcnts." The movement is intended to
unite the entire Opposition, and we therefore
give it our hearty support. It is quite time
for the i'eoplk of Pennsylvania, who are con
servative, patriotic and national in their views,
and who desire to see adequate protection ex
tended to American industry, to rally together
in one spirit, and on some broad and compre
hensive platform. That the majority of the
citizens of this State are opposed to the Lc
compton iniquity, is beyond all question
We believe that if avotecould have been taken
throughout the entire Commonwealth, at the
time of our municipal election, the majority
adverse to the policy of Mr. Buchanan, would
have amounted to at least twenty-thousand
jina so in relation to home industry and a
Sound American ToLicr. There is no State
in the Union that is more deeply interested in
this question. Pennsylvania is eminently
suited for manufactures, and she is rich in all
the elements, calculated to render her the
great manufacturing State of the Union, and
thus to give her a degree of importance in the
Confederacy-, which hitherto she has not real
ized. Her coal and iron mines are exhaust
less, her climate is salubrious, her, children
are enterprising and industrious, her position
is central, and railroads run throughout her
length aud breadth, by which she is enabled
to transport her products from one point to a-
nothcr, with the utmost facility. All that she
requires, is adequate protection to Home In
dustry, this to her, is essential and vital
But this cannot be secured, nntil a change
takes place in tlic .National Legislature."
The Issce is October. Our Washington
masters, says Forney's Philadelphia Press, are
in an ecstasy of alarm over the dissensions of
the Democratic party. We sympathize with
them. They think the Kansas question ought
to be settled. Wc think so too. They are
beginning to see, like wise men, that for every
head the official axe takes off, the ballot box
will demand ten ; and we only regret that their
vision was not cleared at an earlier da'. These
things being agreed upon on all hands, what is
tne next step 7 Acting like rational beings,
they would, of course, withdraw their dead
Leconipton from the field, a reeking carrion
as it is, that smells to heaven. Animated bv
a desire to reunite the party, they should dis
miss to the shades ot private life ad those wor
thies who have voted for Lccompton. But in
this, it seems, the people are to be disappoint
ed, preparations are making to pour a new
batch of documents, in support of the Leconip
ton ana jcngnsn iniquities into our State
Club-rooms are being opened at Washington,
officered by Jones aud Biglcr, and filledwith
clerks, lrom which millions of arguments, in
favor of these great wrongs, are to be dissem
inated to every part of the State. Even Owen
Jones, is flooding his district with Stevens'
report in favor of the very Senate bill which
tie so steadily opposed ! So the issue is not
only accepted, but insisted upon ; and so let
it be. Pennsylvania is to be made the battle
ground in October. She was the battle-ground
in ls-jb. The theatre is. the same the actors
the same, and the principle the same, with the
amurence that those who were elected to ot
nee upon the principle now stand forth full
armed against it. These latter have many
potent influences on their side. A mass of
patronage held out ',o a mass of expectants : a
host of dependauts whoso bread is safe only as
they defend the wrong ; a Senate ready to re
ject or ratify, as Democrats are fair or false.
But we have great faith in the result. The
people are aroused. The public mind is filled
with light ; the public heart with indignation.
If there was a rapture in the strife of 1S-36, in
honestly supporting an honest creed, what
will it be in 1858, when that same creed, base
ly deserted, implores for rescue and for cham
pionship ?
The Twentieth Congressional District,
comprising tho counties of l ayette. Green
and Washington, is likely to be the theater of
a very pretty triangular fight the coming fall.
It opens out handsomely, with Gen. Jessie
Lazear, of Green, tugging for the Democratic
nomination for Congress as the Administration
candidate, and the Hon. Win. Montgomery
working for a re-nomination as the leader of
the Anti-Lecompton Democrats, and if defea
ted in that, will probably run on his own hook.
The Republicans will doubtles take the field.
with a leader of their own, and when the or
derot battle has been formed, and the signal
for a general engagement is sounded, we may
expect to hear some very sharp firing from
tho Twentieth. Montgomery has brought out
his "long torn," and is pouring bis hot shot
and shell into the gentleman from Green, who
appears to be slow in coming to the scratch.
The divided Democratic newspapers are skir
mishing pretty sharply already, while the Re
publican papers seem to enjoy the carte and
fierce thrusts of their brethren amazingly.
There is promise of a general scrimmage, in
which there will be as many bloody noses as
were once counted at our old Washington cof
fee house years ago, when, late in the night,
one of the Pats sprang up and exclaimed,
"Twelve o'clock and no fight yet!" Out
went the lights, and thwack went the fists.
The fellows who "laid low" under the table
were the only ones who come off unscarred.
The same result is not improbable in tho
Twentieth District Pittsburg Dispatch.
The New Orleans Delta's Washington cor
respondent gives tho following uicture of
"poor little Cox of Ohio," after the passage
of the Kansas Bill : "Poor little Cox, of
Ohio, has been tho chief butt of the Opposi
tionist's scorn and inuendos; Humphrey Mar
shall pitched into him ; and so did Campbell,
of Ohio, and Ilaskin of New York. It seems
to be known that he was weak of heart. Piti
ful it was, yesterday, to see the poor creature,
alter 11 ask in had grossly insulted him, begging
him to let him still call him his friend, and af
terwards creeping like a spaniel to llaskin's
desk, where ho was waved off with a "go away
I will hear nothing you have to say," and then j
sneaking back to his seat again. And this in j
the presence of thousands." i
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS
PREPARED FOR THE "RAFT9MAN'8 JOURNAL."
Mifflin Cocsty. Tho right side and hand
of Judge Wilson were paralyzed a few weeks
ago, which prevented him from attending
court in Union county at the regular session.
He has however nearly recovered from its ef
fects. Twenty-nine years ago be was affected
in the same way on one side of his face. . . . .
A colored child of Lewis Thomas, about four
years of age, was drowned in Kishacoquillas
creek, at Lewistown, on Friday last, by falling
from a skiff. The body was recovered a short
time after tailing in, but life was extinct
A number of dwellings were entered on Mon
day night 24th May, in Lewistown, by some
experienced thief or thieves, who lrom the
confidence with which houses are entered pro
bably use ether, chloroform, or some other in
fluence to quiet sleepers. At Mrs. McKee's
house, on Main Street, the thief was discover
ed on the balcony by some of tho inmates and
ejected under the supposition that he was a
prowler seeking a place to sleep. At Charles
S. McCoy's he entered at the back door, made
his way to tho bed room, took therefrom Mr.
McCoy's clothing, which he carried into the
parlor below, rilled two portmonaies of their
contents, consisting of a ten dollar Erie bank
note, two fives, and four or five dollars of oth
er money, leaving everything else undisturbed.
At Mr. Benedict's he also succeeded, in rifling
a pocket book in the same way, but of what a
mount we do not know. Mr. Willis's house
was also entered, and probably several others,
as somo one was heard in various yards and
buildings. Two men who left here in the
down train were arrested at Ilarrisburg on
their arrival there, but succeeded in clearing
their skirts of the charge. Two others, pro
bably the parties, left town on foot about sev
en o clock, inquiring their way to Pittsburgh
At Mifllintown we hear similar feats 'were per
formed, the pocket book of Hon. A. Parker
having been abstracted in the same way. An
attempt was made to enter the store of Blym-
yer & Brisbin on Tuesday night, which was
frustrated by Mrs. B. leirig up nursing a sick
child. She raised a window on hearing some
noise, which caused the thief to decamp.
' Cambria County. Ebensburg was thrown
into quite an excitement, onthe 2Cth nit, by
tho arrest of a horse thief, a couple of miles
west of Ebensburg. A dispatch was received
by the proprietor of the Cambria House, in
Johnstown, announcing that two horses had
been stolen the night previous, from a gentle
man in West Newton, Westmoreland county.
Constables Gageby and Ciipp, immediately
staitcd in pursuit of the thieves. When a
couple of miles from this place, on the Pitts
burgh pike, they discovered two horsemen, a
short distance in front of them. When just
below town, they took the Indiana pike, and
tho Constables followed them. Coming in
close quarters, one of them jumped from his
horse, and took to the woods ; the other made
some resistance, and attempted to strike Con
stable Cupp, from whom he received a "s,oii
wester," which quickly cooled his ardor.
Both horses and one thief were secured the
other made good his escape Last week,
the vicinity of Johnstown, like every other
place, was visited by heavy rains; but with
this additional feature that the water in , the
streams rose to such a height that in the lower
part of Kern ville, and at the "point" m Johns
town, families were driven from their houses.
The water surrounded their houses about 12
o'clock on Wednesday night, aud in some in
stances came up as high as the first floor. The
rolling mill was stopped in consequence of the
water backing up through the sewers into the
fly-wheel.
Lehigh County. On Friday last, Cornelius
Acker, a yonng man employed in the Sand
washery on Clader's Island, in the Lehigh near
Allentown, had his leg drawn Into the wash
machine and badly crushed The corner
stone of the proposed new German Reformed
Church, at Zionsvilie, is to be laid with ap
propriate" ceremonies, on Saturday and Sunday,
the 5th and 0th of June On last Friday
night some person burglariously entered the
Jewelry Store of Mr. Jacob Hill, and carried
off goods to the value of about $140 Two
of the "fallen angels" of Allentown, were out
on horseback the other day, and one of them
not being a great expert iu handling the eins,
got her horse into a iunaway gallop, nnd final
ly was capsized into a mud puddle at the road
side a lew miles from town. They ought nev
er to go out unattended by at least one of the
many male friends who court their friendship
at home On Monday afternoon as Messrs.
J. V. Mickley and E. 1). Lawall were driving
in Seventh street, Allentown, the fore axle of
the buggy broke oil just inside of the hub,
which frightened the horse into a pretty smart
gait. In front of a tavern he came in collision
with another buggy, which caused the occu
pants of both vehicles to fall out; in the fall
of Mr. Lawall he unlortnnately struck his
chin on the wheel of the wagon with which
they came in contact with such force as to
break tho jaw bone. The others who figured
in the occurrence escaped unhurt.
Green County. A few nights since, Mr.
Wm. M'Mullen, of Waynesburg, was relieved
of the moderate sum of $170, by some infa
mous scamp. No clue has as yet been obtain
ed of the guilty person or persons, although
suspicions are resting upon different ones.
The Officers have been in the pursuit of an
Irishman who has been prowling about for
sometime, but decamped on the night of the
robbery. They were unable to learn of his
whereabouts Mr. Thomas Kincaid killed,
on last Saturday a week, a "Black Snake" on
his fathers farm, measuring in length 11 feet
G inches; and 12 inches iu circumference.
Cumberland County. Tho Carlisle Demo
crat details the following: "On Saturday
last a fight took place between two butchers,
named John B. Noble and James Moudy. In
the affray Noble bit ofl a greater part of Mou
dy's ear. The fight, it is said, grew out of a
bet made between the parties on the weight
of a beef, which Noble won. Moudy after
wards went to Noble's house and demanded
his money back. Noble refused to refund it,
whereupon Moudy insisted to fight, and the
loss of one of his ears is the result.
Blair County. A man named Turner was
arrested at Altoona at the instance of the Pa.
Railroad Company, on account of refusing to
pay S130 freight. The matter was compro
mised by Turner paying up and settling costs.
He was from Sandusky, Ohio A man
named Knee received some severe internal in
juries on the 20th, by falling from the scaffold
ing of a building in Altoona Blair coun
ty is said to be flooded with counterfeit money
at present.
Lancaster Couxty. A valuable horse was
stolen from the stable of Dr. Grove, of Marii-
ctta, on Sunday night last. No word has been
heard of linn. 1 be Dr. offers a reward of $40
for the recovery of the horse and $40 for the
conviction of the thief.
If you are a gentleman and meet a lady of
your acquaintance in the street it is her part
to notice you nrsr, unless, indeed, you are
very intimate. The reason is, if you bow to
a lady first she may not choose to acknowledge
you, aud there is no remedy, but if she bows
to you, you as a gentleman, cannot cut her.
There is a local editor out AVest so nnor that
he never stands on more than one foot at a
time, for fear that he may wear out his boots
quick.
The Proprietors of the New York Illus
trated Golden Prize announce that in their
issue of May 22nd will appear the first chap
ters of a historical tale ot the sontn-west, en
titled Sarah De Vaushan, a trne stoiy of the
times of Aaron Burr, by Miss Ella bonthworth
They also announce, to appear in theii issue
of May 29th, the first chapters of another new
tale, entitled Nobody's Childby the well-
known author, Charles Burdett. Any of our
readers who have not seen a copy of this ele
gant weekly, will do well to send for one, as
specimen copies are sent free of charge by
the publishers, Messrs. Dean & Salter, Iso,
335 Broadwad, New York. The snbsription
price is $2, and to clubs of ten or more $1 50,
per annum. Each subscriber, besides getting
the paper for a year, receives a present, which
is forwarded as soon as his subscription mon
ey is received. For further particulars, see
the advertisement of the Golden Prize in a-
nother column.
The British War Steamer Sttx. It ap
pears it was a portion of the marines of this
cruiser which lately landed in Cuba. It is
stated that her commander gave them instuc
tions to search sundry . plantations from eight
to fifteen miles interior from the point of land
',;g giving as an excuse that he had suspicion
of a cargo of negroes having been landed in
the vicinity, which he wished to seize. No ne
groes had been landed in that part of the coun
try, so that the foraging darty contented them
selves with small hen-roost plunder, and a pig
thrown in to cure their disappointment. This
outrage had created the greatest indignation
at Havana. The Styx is the same steamer
which, pirate like, has boarded so many Amer
ican vessels during the last few weeks.
The Worcester Transcript says that Aaron
Burr lived an age too soon, i His projected in
vasion of Mexico, and Ins inquiry as to the
pos&ibilUy of taking Havana, were made at a
time when the influence of the character and
rectitude of President Washington Mad not
passed away. But had he lived under Presi
dent Buchanan, with what joy would the author
of the Ostcnd circular have received him into
bis counsels. The cool-headed ability of Aa
ron Burr, which no wickedness could shock
and no complication confuse, would have been
invaluable for a member of Buchanan's cabi
net. He would have filled the very place, but
with more ability and more power than Caleb
Gushing hued in irjnk Pierce s.
High Waters. From every point in the
States of Ohio and Indiana, as well as in the
western portions of our own State, wc receive
intimations of most fearful and disastrous
floods, the result of long-continued ami heavy
rains. Most of the tributaries of the Ohio and
Mississippi have been swollen to almost an nn
prccedentt-d depth, while the Southern Iwinks
of the Great Father of Waters have leen
crowded to their utmost tension, and in manv
instances have given way under its swelling
volume. Ihe Allegheny and Monongnhcla
rivers were very high, mid a large numlier of
coal boats, and a considerable quantity of Inm
ber, went ndnft. The loss will exc ed fifty
luousana aoiiars.
Washington, May 20 It is shown by the tes
timony before the House Select Committee.
appointed to examine the accounts of the late
doorkeepers, that a regular and profitable busi
ness has been carried on in Washington, for
years, by the iwioksellers. in Congresional doc
uments, intended for gratuitous distribution a-
niong the people, but which ore purchased
fresh from the press. As an instance of
these abuses, the Committee sav that the Fa-
tcnt Ofhcc Report, costing the government CG
cents, are retailed by the booksellers at 1 cents
a volume; and this could not Ihj done but for
the culpable negligence or misapplication of
mc documents lor .uenibers.
An Irish "Climber." On Saturday after
noon some people on Staten Island were en
gaged getting ship timber from a forest. A
tree some sixty feet high had been dug around,
and a man sent to fasten a line at the top, so
as io pnu it down in a certain direction. Soon
after reaching his des ination. to the conster
nation of the few spectators the tree began to
fall. The man clung to the trunk of the falling
tree, nnd landed on the ground with the tree a
bove him. The company hastelv gathered a-
round. expecting to sue the mangled remains of
ine cumber, judge of their surprise when
they were thus saluted, 'Ah, boss nn' shure
didn-t 1 wring her down nice". X. Y. Post.
An English paper publishes the sketch of tlio
life of a prisoner composed by himself in West
chester Jail. The original is in the shape of a
printed book; the letters and w ords all having
been cut of waste paper by tho man with Lis
unger nans as no knife or scissors w ere allowed.
Alter cutting ont the words suitable to his i.iir
pose, he earefnlly pasted them in proper order
io lorm a small book, comprising 22 pages.
A piece of poetry, addressed to the prisoner's
wne, la included in this singular production.
nr. jjunung, who lias been experimenting
with Alexis St. Martin, the Frenchman, with
a window in his stomach, through which can
be seen all the processes of digestion, declares
mat not bread never digests at all. It is turn
bled about for a long, time, till it begins to
lerment, when it Is forced out with other use
less debris. It never digests!! and is never as
Emulated by the organs of nutrition. Its on
ly effect is to produce dyspepsia.
LjLf-Peterson"8 Detector, caution? persons against
two dollar notes having lor vig a ship in full sail,
with her head to the right, figure 2 in die each
side of rig. ; head of Webster on left end, ship on
right, word two in ech corner, two in outline a
cross bottom of note, deer's head between tho sig
natures. The bills are new and printed on whi?e
paper of good quality. This bill is being altered
to suit many of the -Merchants' Banks,'' and can
be altered to almost any bank that has but nine
letters throughout the country.
r"An officer of the U States steamer George
town writes from Bombay, that he had just atten
ded the marriage of two children with nil the
solemn rites of the church who were each only
five years old. Children are there married by their
parents when mere infants. They think it is a
great disgrace not to be married at five years old.
A boy unmarried at six is an old bachelor.
The Board of C
'dcr the English bill, convened at Leconipton
on the 24th May, and after organizing, and
irausacting other bnsiness, fixed the first Mon
day in August as the time for holding the c
lection ordered by that bill.
Our hard money, low tariff -inti.Uni- ...!
rag money President is at the door of Con
gress again, Deseeclnng an additional govern
ment loan of twenty million dollars J
A German witness iu New York, on Wed
nesday, testified that he had drank 106 glasses
or lager beer in one day, without becoming
intoxicated ! Sound egg.
CJCHOOL DIRECTORS are informed that
they can bo supplied, at the Raftsman's
Journal office, with Blank Articles of Agreement
with teachers, and School Orders.
TO JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. Just
printed and for sale at the Raftsman's
Journal office, a lot of superior blanks, to wit:
Blank Subpoenas. Blank Kxccutions,
Blank Summons', Blank Marriage certificates
Judgment Notes., with and without waiver.
New Advertisements.
CAVTIOX. All person are hereby cautioned
against purchasing or meddling with the
following property, low in the pospeirron f Henry
Wisor, of .Bradford township, to wit: 1 cupboard,
1 table, 1 stove, 1 clock, 1 cow, 1 hefffcr, 1 calf. 1
plow, and 1 harrow, as said property belongs to
me, was bought at constable' sale, and loaned to
said Wisor subject to my order.
JOHN BLAIR..
Boggs Tp.. May 3fst, 1S58 jnn2
I FLEMING HOTEL. (FORMERLY KX0W.V.
1 AS THE GOOD INTENT.) CURWENSV 1LLE..
Clearfield County, Pa. The subscriber begs laara
to inform his old customers and the public gene
rally that he has recently taken the above well
known stand, and that he has entirely refitted and.
refurnished it in a style adapted to the age. and
the wants of the entire travelling community.
11IS TABLE will always be provrded with every
luxury the markets and surrounding country wilt
afford. HIS BAH will be supplied with the choi
cest wines and liquors. lIl.- STABLES, wbich
are the best and most commodious on the roar
within a day's travel, will always be in charge or
careful and attentive boctlers In chort, tvery
department of bis establishment will be fnpplied?
with all the comforts and conveniences the weary
traveller coutd desire. WM. A. MASON.
Curwensville, June 2, 1858.
CLEARFIELD HOUSE, CORNER OF
FIRST AND MARKET STREETS. CLEAR
F1ED, PA. The undersigned would respectfully
inform his friends and the travelling public ii
general, that he has taken the above house, (for
merly known as the Hemphill Hotel.) and that
the house has been recently refitted, improved
and newly furnished; that extensive stabling
has just been completed; and that he is pre
pared to accommodate all who may give hiiu
a call in the most pleasing and agreeable manner.
He amply provided with everything to reudcr
hid house a desirable stopping place, and will
endeavor to entertain his guests in a manner that
cannot fail to give the fullest satisfaction. The
house is situated in a pleasant and quiet part of
the town, nnd no expense or attention will be spa
red to make it one of the best houses in the county.
A liberal patronage is respectfully solicited. His
bar will be supplied with an assortment of choice
liquors. june2-'58 II. HA YS MORROW.
HO! YE HUNGRY AND THIRSTY !
The appeasing of hunger and the quench
ing of thirst, is a matter that has attracted the at
tention of many wise heads in various ages of tho
world. What conclusions they have arrived at,
and what theories they have propagated, it is need
less to mention here. In Iheso latter daysmen
have conceived the idea that the "inner man'' can
be at least bountifully supplied by means of res
tauranls. With this laudable purpose in view,
and a desire to gain a livelihood, the undersigned
has fitted up an elegant saloon in tho basement of
Alerrell A Carter's new building on Second Street,
Clearfield, l'a. One of the rooms is neatly furn
ished with carpets, stands. Ac., and is designed for
the accommodation of ladies. He has had consid
erable experience in the business, and therefore:
flatters himself able to render satisfaction. During
thesumriiT he will constantly keep on hand thebest
quality of Ice Cream and Cakes of various kinds.
He will also keep a large stock of Candies, Nutsr
Oranges. Lemons Figs, Dates. Prunes. Raisens.
and t'ruils of all kinds generally kept in such an
establishment. Sardines. Spiced Oysters. Bologna
Sausage. Crackers. lioilcd eggs. Ac, can be bad at
all times. Also. Ale and Ijger Beer, Cider, Lt-ui-onadc,
and all kinds of Summer drinks; together
with a large assortment of Cigars and Tobacco.
The public are respectfnlly solicited to extend a
liberal patronage, and to call in and try the arti
cles on hand ' .junc2 It. B. TAYLOR.
CONSTABLES can be supplied with Blank
y Sales, by calling at the Raftsman's Jour
nal office. Clearfield.
BANK NOTE LIST.
The following are the rates of discount at whicU
the notes of the banks given were purchased last
week by the brokers of Philadelphia: .
MAINK. disc. VIRGINIA. disc.
Mousom River Bank. 60 I Bank of Kanawha, Ka-
Roekland Bk, 11 ki d t
Canton Bank, China,
Ellsworth Bank. 75
Exchange Bk. Bangor 80
rocers" Bank. i
Mara time Bk. Bangor 20
San&ird Bk, Rockland
Hancock Bk. Eilsw'th
Bank of llallowcll, 80
NKW IIAUI-SIIIltE.
Solvent banks, i
VKHMOST.
Danby Bank. Dauby,
Bank of Royalton, i
Bk of South Royalton,
Stark Bk. Benningron I
St.AlbansP.K.St.Alb i
Missisquoi BK.sCeldn t
Woodstock Bank. i
M A S S AC II V S KTTS .
Western BK,Springfd 3
IM!OIK ISLAND.
Fa rm e rs' Bk . W ick ford
Hank of South Coun
ty, Wakefield, 35
Tiverton 15k, Tiverton
Warwick BK.Warw'k 6
Rhode f stand Exchange
Bk, E. Urecuwich, i
Mt. Vernon Bank, i
llopkinton Bank, 0
AH solvent hanks, j
COXNEfTltTT.
Mereh Kx.Bk. Bridgp 90
1
Bridgeport City B,
Colchester llauk.
Bk of Hartford Co.
Hatters' Bk. Bethel,
Exch. Bk. Hartford,
Charter Oak Bk,
Mercantile Bank '
I ncas Bk, Norwich,
Quinebaug Bk,
Woostor Bk. Danbury
Woodbury Bauk,
Pawcatuck Bauk.
Bk of N.Am. Seyinour20
I auqmoque liK, Daub
Granite Bk. Volunt'n
Pequonnock Bank, J
Windham County Bk, i
kewvork.
Agrioultur.il Bx.IIerk 10
Addison Bk, Addison I
Bk of Orleans, Albion, 60
Central Bauk of New
York. L'tica.
Chemung County Bk 20
Dairymen's Bank, 5
Eluiira Bank, Klniira i
HollisterKK. Buffalo, 5
Hamilton Ex. Bank. I
Huguenot BK,N.l'alt
Medina Bk. Medina, J
iN lagara Kiver Batik, i
Ontario Bk. Utica, 60
OntarioCo.BK, Phelps 5
i-rati nantc. liuOalo 20
Oliver LceACo's Bk J
Reciprocity Bk. " 35
Sackett's Harbor " 35
AVestcrn Bk, Look port 25
laics co. xK,ieuian
MAKYLAXD.
Mineral Bk. Cuuib.
CunibTd Savings Ek,
Solvent banks,
KKNTICKV.
Bk of Ashland, 1
Solvent Banks, lj
onio.
City Bank, Cincinnati 50
O. LifeATrustCo..Cin
Senaca Co. Bk, Tiffin.
Sandusky City Bk. CI 20
Bk of Macomb County
Davton Bank. Da v ton 10
Miami Val.Bk, " 10
State Bank, 12
W18CONS1.
Rock River BK.Bcloit 2J
Farmers' Bk, Hudson, 2J
Fox River Bk.Gt. Bay 21
Badger State Ek, 2
Solvent Banks, 21
MICHIGAX.
I'eninsularBK, Detroit
Farmers' A Mech-Bs, 2
ALABAMA.
Bk o Montgomerv.
Central Bank. 5
Northern Bank, 3
nowha Salines
Solvent banks, 1
. PENNSYLVANIA.
Bk of Penn'a, Phil's fii
Phil'a banks, . par
Allentown Bank, par
Anthracite bank, i
Bk of Chester co.. par
Bk of Delaware eo. par
Bk of Oermantown, par
Bk of Montg'y co., par
Bk of Pottstown, par
Bk of Catasauqaa, par
Columbia Bank, par
Doylestown Bk, par
Easton Bank. par
Fr.AMcch.bK Easton par
Far.BK of Bucksco. par
Far.BK. Lancaster, par
Far.BK. Heading, : par
Lancaster Co. Bank, par
Lebanon Bank. i
Mauch Chunk Bk. par
Miners" Bk Pottsv'e, par
Stroudsburg bank, par
Wyoming Bank.
Ilarrisburg Bank. J
Bk of Chamberslinrg, I
Bk of Middletown, i
York Bank. i
Bk of Gettysburg, J
Bk of Pittsburg, i
Citizens' Bk, Pittsb. i
Exchange Bk. Pittsb. J
Iron City Bk. Pittsb. J
Mechanics' Bk, Pittsh i
Mononga'la b. Browns i
Fraukl.bK.Washingt. 4
I FxrA I ru 1K, ay nesb J
I Bk of Northuniberl. J
I Bk of Danville. par
i it-- .. i i. , i
urnDcu ianK, 1
Lock Haven Bank, par
Lewisburg Bank. J
Far.BK Schuylkill co.
Allegheny BK.Allgh'y i
Bk of Lawrence co., 1
Honesdale Bank 1
MerAMan Bk.Pittsb. J
SEW JF.USEV.
Bk of N..T. N.Brunsw
Bergen County Bank
at Hackensack. 34
Morris County Bank 2
SOUTH CAKOI.IMA.
Fanners' Bank, Eliza
beth City, 5,
Solveut banks, 2i
TENNESSEE.
A grid Bk. Browns v.
a j WcsternBK. Memphis
0 I Bank of Nashville, 20
1 I Exc.liK,Murfrccsboro' 3
Shelbyville Bank.
Lawrenceburg bank, 20
Bank of Trenton, 45,
Bank of Claiborne, 45
Bank of Jefferson, 45,
Bank of Knoxvillc. 45
Bank of Paris. Paris, 3
Ban k of Taze wel 1, 45
Bank of the I'nion, 3t
Buck's BK.M'Minnv'e 3
City Bank. Nashville 3.
Northern BK.Clarksv. 3.
Traders' Bk, Nash v. 3,
Bk of Commerce. Z
Ococec Bk Cleveland, 5ft
Bank of Middle Tenn. 3$
Dandridge bank, 5ft
Bank of Tennessee. A
Planters' A Union Bk, 3-
iN DIANA.
Bank of theCapitul, 5ft
Traders' bank, 6ft
Tippecanoe bank, 60
Central bank 5ft
Bank of the State, I
Free banks, 3j
ILLINOIS..
Bank of Elgin, 2J
Rock Island bank, 2i
Peoples' iiank, Carmi 25
Hamilton County Bk 2i
Bisof the Commonw'h 2i
Huntevilfc Bank, 5i
Unshville Bank, 2fl
Stock Security Bk, 30
Cora Exchange, . 21
Bk of Chester, . 2i
Bk of Belleville, 2
Solvent Banks, 2,