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Raftsman's $mmral;
8. B. HOW. EDITOR A5D PEOPBIETOR.
CLEARFIELD, PA., JULY 7, 1853.
i Tflt W41 ini Moxei Goes. Senator Wil
80D, in Lis speech on the extravagant sums
. epent by the Administration in collecting the
"national revenue, stated that there are at Ni
agara 19 men employed at an expense of
$12,000 to collect $8,000; at Oswego 23 men
at $18,000 to collect $6,000; at Buffalo 20 men
at $17,000 to collect $10,000 ; at Pittsburgh
26 men at $14,000 to collect $18,000 ; at Bur
lington 83 men at SI 0,000 to collect $8,500;
at iViscass 1 8 men at $7,000 to collect $130 ;
at Portsmouth 21 men at $11,000 to collect
$5,000; at Newbury poit 13 men at $0,200 to
collect $9,900 ; at Marblchead 9 men at S2;200
- to collect $250 ; at New Bedford 14 men at
$8,500 to collect $4,800 ; at Terth Amboy 13
men at $4,500 to collect $1,500- at Norfolk
23 men at $49,000 to collect $61,000; at Ocsa-
coke 7 men at $2,000 to collect $82; at Tole
do 7 men at $4,400 to collect $5G7 ; at Detroit
10 men at $3,600 to collect $405 ; at San Fran
Cisco 134 men at $402,000 to collect $1,580,
'000; atBenicia 3 men at $4,400 to collect
$2,300; at Stockton 1 man at $3,100 to collect
: $143 at Sacramento 1 man -at S3.C00 to col
lect $402; at San Diego 4 men at $7,C0O to
collect $30; at Monterey 3 men at $7,050 to
collect $45; at San Pedro 6 men at $4,200 to
collect $304. A glance at these figures will
' suffice to convince any man that the number of
employees at these places has been purposely
Increased in order to afford anng places for
politicians whom the party finds it necessary
, to reward. Two or three men would serve to
do all the work allotted to 20 or 25 ; but the
Buchanan party have no conscientious scru
pies about feeding a parcel of lazy fellows out
of tho public treasury.
The Need op Protection. The effects of a
low tariS upon the business of the country
encouraging excessive importations, are brief
ly stated in tho following paragraph :
Nations, like individuals, cannot for any
length of time buy more than tbey sell with
out running short of means. During the last
year our purchases troin abroad ran up to the
enormous amount of over $370,000,000, while
onr sales to foreign countries was less than
. $82,000,000, leaving ns at the close of the
year $56,000,000 poorer in gold than we should
have been bad our exports of the country, oth
r than gold, equalled onr imports of the pro
ducts of other countries, resulting in wide
spread ruin. The process, since last Septem
ber, has been one of liquidation. Our imports
have been small, white our exports have been
large in proportion, enabling ns to recover a
portion of the gold sent away ; in the mean
time, our workingmen, the bone and sinew of
the land, have lost in labor, either for entire
want of employment or for partial employ
ment at diminished wages, during the last six
: months, not less than $100,000,000, while the
manufacturers who employed them have suf
fered severely, "many having lost their entire
property."
Sesatob Camerox for tub -Presidency.
The Philadelphia Bulletin, Ilarrisburg Tele
graph, nollidaysbtirg Register, Huntingdon
' Globe, and a number of other Pennsylvania
journals, have cxpres?"d their decided pref
erence for Simon Camerox, as the People's
candidate for President in 1800. .Mr. C ameb
jc possesses great personal popularity in
this State, and his honest and independent
course in the Senate has endeared him to the
friends of Freedom in onr Territories, and
Protection to American Industry, in all sec
tions of the Union. Should he be elected to
that high office, Pennsylvania would have no
cause to blush, as she has now, for the occti
pant of the White ITonse. Tho Philadelphia
Enquirer a paper inclined to neutrality as
parties are now organized in noticing sever
al recent nominations for the Presidency says:
"The name of Gen. Cameron is also mention
ed in various quarters, in connection witli the
first officu in the gift of the American people
The General possesses many strong points of
popularity."
Hon. Geo. Taylor, of Huntingdon, hns been
named in connection with the nomination for
the Supreme Judgeship, by the People's Con
vention which meets at Harrisburg on the 14th.
Judge Taylor is a man of fine social qualities,
much natural ability, good acquirements, is
an excellent lawyer and jurist, and would hon
or and dignify the Supreme Bench. TVe think
that Central Pennsylvania is entitled to a rep
resentative on the Bench, other sections of the
State being already well represented, and we
know of no man we would sooner see occupy
ing a positionjbere than Judge Taylor.
Senator Ilammond, of South Carolina, in a
speech in tho United States Senate last spring,
poke 1 the laboring people at the north as
'mud-ii. This contemptuous expression
t a slave driving representative has ronsed
the pride f working men, and Anti-Lccomp-ton
Democrats are organizing mud-sill" clubs
In California and elsewhere. These northern
"niiid-sills"' if laid npon a foundation of ..Pro
tection to American Industry," will yet bear
a superstructure to strike terror into the false
, nu aw jocoiocoism out of Its
loot,.
It IS less nalnfnl 1 ., ." .
tTwant in old age. 'a 19
- AN AiTCHALY IN POLITICS. - -Whatever
follies may have been committed
by political parties heretofore, says the Indi
ana Register, their positions in regard to men
and measures were generally well enough de
fined to enable men of common apprehension
to understand what they were for and what they
were against. They presented their platforms,
placed their candidates upon them, and then
went ahead. True, it was said of the modern
Democracy, that they sometimes drew a doub
le string on their bow, the one directing ar
rows northward. and the other sending missiles
in an opposite direction. Still, it could be
seen what they were about, and hence their
movements could be met. But a recent inven
tion of theirs goes "ahead of all previous ones,
for it enables them to work two bows with one
string the string of modernized modern De
mocracy, by means of which they draw a Le-
complon bow and an Anti-Lecompton bow at
one and the same time. Truly, the present is
an age of inventions. In their State Conven
tion, held at Ilarrisburg, they presented to tho
people a platform cf principles highly painted
in Lecompton colors, and in connexion with
it nominated candidates for State offices. That
convention was said to have been controlled
by Washington officials, and the prcdomina
ting feature of Lecomptonism in its proceed
ings was imputed to that source. It was re
garded and boasted of as a triumph for the
President in his own State, and no doubt had
its influence, as had been designed, in the pas
sage of the so-called English bill. But the
people appeared less pleased with the triumph
than were Mr. Buchanan and his Lecompton
friends, and in order to reconcile them to the
proceeding, the Democratic presses in Districts
strongly Anti-Lecompton, on hoisting the
State ticket, arrayed themselves against the
Lecompton swindle, and thus presented to a
"wondering world" the anomaly of support
ing a set of candidates as the choice of the
Democracy, but repudiating the principles set
forth as the basis of the party's platform. But
the farce was not permitted to end there. An
effort must be made to give to the whole pro
ceeding the appearance of plausibility and
straight-forwardness ; and to accomplish this
end it was boldly assumed and broadly assert
ed that the election of State officers had noth
ing to do with the Kansas constitution, and
hence the one question had no bearing upon
the other. This were perhaps trne as an ab
stract proposition, but it does not bold good in
the case under consideration, when all the
facts and attending circumstances arc taken
together. Why was the Kansas question at
all introduced into the Ilarrisburg convention,
if it was not designed to mix it up with the
State election ? and why were Lecompton men
selected as candidates, if it was not done to
indorse tho President's course in regard to
that swindle, and to make them the champions
of the principles which the convention pro
claimed? If it be said that there is no proof
of tbeir'being Lecompton men, we answer that
the fact that they have acquiesced in the nom
ination and platform is prima facia evidence
agaiust them. Tho truth is, that those politi
cians who support the State ticket must sustain
Lecompton, if they mean to be consistent and
to remain within the pales of the party. The
two are inseparable ; and consistency requires
that they be supported together or be totally
rejected. Any other course will be regarded
as duplicity.
Free Trade vs. TnE Laboring Classes.
Our democratic leaders, says the Bloomsburg
Republican arc continually prating about their
regard tor the interest of the laboring men,
and yet they tnrn 'round and persisteutly ad
vocate the policy of Free T. alt, than which
there is nothing so ruinous to the interests of
this class. The laborer to be elevated to a
position of proud independence the natural
position of every human being must have
adequate protection. Industry to thrive and
prosper mutt be encouraged. The inevitable
tendency of Free Trade is to de grade the
laboring man, because, like Southern Slave
agricultural, with its markets all abroad, it
makes him dependent on one resource alone.
Protection encourages the laboring man, it
fosters industry and stimulates a development
of home resources and the home manufacture
of home products. It tends to bring the man
ufacturer and consumer together. Instead of
driving half our population elsewhere, and
taking all our earnings to pay for foreign
goods, it gives opportunity for growth and de
velopment to both.
The advocate of Free Trade then, no matter
how much he may profess regard for the la
boring classes, is practically the greatest ene
my with w hom that class have to contend in
this country.
- Tits Gold Excitement ix Iowa is subsid
ing almost as rapidly as it rose. The infec
tion extends from point to point, occasioning
a nine days wonderment at each, and then
things quietly subside to their accustomed
channels. The latest discoveries of which
mention is made are in Henry, Jackson and
Van Buren counties. Specimens, said to be
gennine, are exhibited as the result of research
at each of these localities. Some experienced
miners concluded to try the "long torn" so
well known to Californians in order to make
a thorough investigation. After one or two
daysjwashing they desisted, and have as yet
failed to report progress, although it is known
that they found some gold. We learn that
they have organized a company, and as soon
as the water subsides, will make a thorough
trial of the "torn." There is no doubt what
ever that gold has been discovered in Central
Iowa, but tho imperfect means used to sepa
rate the metal from the soil, and the inexpe
rienced manner in which operations have been
conducted, leaves us in tho dark as to the ex
tent and richness ofthe gold deposit. Iowa
Paper.
Florida. The Republican has a letter from
Tampa, Savannah, 24th nit., reporting the
hanging, on tho night previous, of fonr prom
inent citizens by the Florida VigUants.
: prcm Utah.
A dispatch from St. Joseph, dated the 28th i
ult., by the United States Express to Boonville
savs : The Salt Lake mail arrived here to-dav,
bringing dates from Salt Lake City to the 12th
inst. Gen. Johnston was to start fur the City
on the 13th with 3,000 men in columns. The
army will enter the valley n'a Soda Springs on
Bear River. Col. Hoffman had arrived at
Camp Scott with his men and officers in good
health and spirits. Capt. Marcy's command
had arrived from New-Mexico with 1,500 loose
mules. Commissioners M'Cullough and Pow
ell had' started for the city in company with
Gov. Camming and Postmaster Morrell. : Col.
Ilartnett, Secretary, of the Territory," left
Camp Scott on the 10th inst. for Salt Lake
City. There was quite a diversity of opinions
at Camp Scott as to what course the Mormons
would pursue in regard to allowing the troops
to enter the valley. The mail party passed a
bout three hundred Mormons, with horses and
mules, and well armed; but they would give
no information as to where they were going or
what they , intended doing. Fifty Mormons
who had escaped from the Valley were met at
Platte Bridge, wending their way to the States.
Twelve companies of cavalry, or dragoons,
were met near Fort Laramie, and they had
passed Gen. Harney and Col. May encamped
on the Pawnee Fork of the Little Blue. A
largo number of troops were encamped on the
Big Blue. Col. Morrison and bis command
were at the Little Blue. The mail party also
met snpply trains between the fourth and fifth
crossings of the Sweet Water. Col. Sanders
was at South Pass, and was on the eve of start
ing on the Exploration of tho Wagon Road
from that place to Fort Hall. The report that
the Mormons had removed their families to
Provo is confirmed. It is not known whether
Brigham accompanied the Mormons or remain
ed in the city. The Mormons have not gone
cither to Sonoia or to the Russian possessions,
as anticipated by the authorities at Washing
ton, but would do so next Spring if any but
Mormons are placed there to govern them.
Wm. M'Cann, agent of Messrs. Russell & Ma
jors, was drowned on the 17th inst. in Laramie
Creek. A great many deserters from the army
were met on the route. The streams were all
very high and rising.
The Government at Washington has receiv
ed a letter from Major Ben M'Cullough, dated
Camp Scott, in which he states as his belief
that one of the reasons why the Mormons de
serted their habitations was to guard their
women from the apprehended excessive gallan
try of our soldiers ; and besides, that the lead
ers resorted to this exodus to keep the people
together, and prevent the disaOccted Saints
from throwing themselves on the army for
protection. Tho Mormons, he says, do not
believe that the army has orders or authority
to pursue them, and hence congratulate them
selves that tbey are out of harm's way from
that source. Col. M'C. says that a small force
of the Mormons is still in Salt Lake City ready
to fire it, perhaps, in the event of the approach
of the army. lie thinks that a great mistake
has been committed in permitting tho Mor
mons to gather their crops, as this, while it
strengthened them, diminished, relatively, the
power of the military forces. It was still re
ported that the Mormons were going to Sonora,
but upon this full reliance could not be placed.
The belief is that the place of refuge has long
ago been selected. Major M'Cullough and the
other Peace Commissioner, Gov, Powell, were
going at once to Salt Lake, but not with the
army. Their powers are superior to cither
those of Gov. Cumming or Gen. Johnston.
Potxt Boxita. The San Francisco Herald.
of a late arrival, descants upon a rumored
proposition to sell to the government a piece
of land at Point Bonita, for the erection of a
fort, for the sum of 5200,000. The editor
says it is a matter of doubt as to whether the
whole county of Marin, in which Point Bonita
is located, would bring that much in the mar
ket to-day. A ranch, embracing some four or
five leagoes of land, Ivinjr along the bay of
San Francisco, was sold a short time ago for
$10,000 or $15,000, Point Bonita is spoken of
as a very proper place to erect a fortification,
but is presumed that enough of land for the
purpose could at any time be purchased for,
at the utmost, $T,000. The Herald appeals
to the Senators and Representatives of Cal;.
forni.i in Congress to prevent the consnmma
tion of the "bargain," as they are supposed
to be acquainted with the value of property
in that neighborhood. Hall. Sun.
This was one of Senator G win's pet schemes,
and it would have been consummated had not
the exposure of similar swindles prevented it.
The knowledge of his agency in this matter
may have prompted the stinging appellation
which Senator Wilson applied to him.
Threo hundred feet of tho track of the II
linois Central, below Burkevillc, eight miles
above Cairo, have been washed away ; and
across that point there is water from Charles
ton, Mo., to the blufls in Kentucky, a distance
of 30 miles. The inhabited portion of Mound
City is nearly all under water, more or less,
and the passage from honse to house is chiefly
effected by means of boats and rafts. There
is three feet of water in front of the Shelton
House. The "Locust Mound," whence the
place is named, has cracked in several places,
and is now slightly caving in. A false floor
has been arranged in the hotel, which obviates
the inconvenience. About half a mile of the
Mound City Railroad is under water, but the
trains all arrive and depart in time.
From Kansas. A dispatch from Leaven
worth 28th by the United States Express to
Booneville, says : "That a well-grounded re
port is in circulation to the effect that Gov.
Denver intends vacating the Gubernatorial
chair soon after the election in August. : The
reasons which havo prompted his Excellency
to determine on such a course are not stated."
.At Chicago the city authorities are over
whelmed with applications for employment at
hall a dollar per day. In Wisconsin labor is
not only cheaper than ever known, but the
poor toilers work more faithfully than afore,
time, knowing that fidelity is necessary to
mantain their places.
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS .
PREr-ARED FOR THE "RArTSMAX's JOVBSJ.."
Blair Cocktt. A little boy, aged threo
years, son of Mr. Martin Morgan, who resides
on the Brush Mountain,' some three miles
from Hollidaysburg, came to bis death by the
bite of a copperhead, which occurred on x n-
day last. The little son was in the field at the
time of the sad occurrence took place. Tho
snake bit the boy on one of its legs, the poison
at once spreading through the body of the lit
tle innocent, producing death Mi thin twenty-
four hours after it was done. At this season
of the year parents should be caref ul not to
permit their children to go into the woods or
fields, as groat risks are run A most out
rageous act of "violence and cruelty was perpe
trated at Aitoona on Friday evening last, by a
German named Johnston, and his wile, upon
Mr. Jacob Kinsel, an employee in one- of the
shops of the R. R. Company. The account
we have is, that Johnston and his wife had
stationed themselves at the corner next below
the "Logan House" to await the passage of
Kinsel on his return home', and that when he
came along Johnson accosted him in an angry
manner in the German language, the woman
at the same time seizing hold ot mm, ana
Johnson with a knife assmlting, cutting him
deeply and dangerously in the breast, should
er and neck; the cut in tho necK narrowjy
missing the jugular vein. But fortunately
the knife broke, and poor Kinsel in some way
got out of their clutches and ftcd to his home.
But for the breaking of the knife, it is thought
that he would certainly have been murdered.
The occasion of the assault is reported to
have been that Johnson had worked half an
hour so lazily in Kinsel's garden that Kinsel
dismissed him and paid him nothing; but
whether this is correct we cannot pretend to
sa The reports from all parts of this
county are, that the grain crops are exceed
ingly fine, promising an abundant harvest,
and the corn, potatoes &c. have come along so
rapidly for the last three weeks that the draw
back occasioned by the long wet spell is al
ready overcome. In short the indications aie,
that we shall be favored with a year of such
abundance-as we have rarely seen. The Or
chards only, are short of a good yield ; and a
scarcity of fruit is set down as a fixed fact. ...
A little son of Mr. Jas. II. Bell of Hollidays
burg, aged abont seven years, made an almost
miraculous escape from a sudden death on Sab
bath evening last, by accidentally falling from
the second-story window of his father's dwel
ling, upon tho porch floor beneath, 11 feet,
his head striking first! lie had climbed upon
the window-sill to throw up the upper sash,
and lost Ms balance, and so fell. For some
time his life was despaired of, but he is now
almost recovered On Friday night the
25th of June, the store of G. W. Reed, Esq. at
lellow Springs, was broken into and robbed or
goods to the amount of some $400 or 500. On
Saturday the people of the neighborhood were
out in search of the thieves, and we have a
report that they got on the track of the .vil
lians, followed them into the mountain, and
actually came within sight of them, but failed
to overtake and arrest them. There was doubt
less a gang of.them, and as they are still at
largo we shall hear further of Iheir depreda
tions. They took from the Store a considera
ble quantity of Cloths, Cassimeres, Sjlks, &c.
Cextre Cocsty. On Saturday last, a very
severe storm passed over the South Eastern
portion of Nittany Valley. It did not extend
perhaps more than a mile in width, but. was
very destructive in its course. Fences were
blown down, large trees prostrated, and several
barns were unroofed. The damage to crops
was considerable. .... The lightning struck
a tree in the vicinity of Milesbnrg on the 2Cth,
and killed a number of sheep which were un
der it. Several young lads were a short dis
tanee from the tree at the time, and received
a severe shock, but no material injury
Such exceedingly hot weather it is especially
necessary that people driving horses should be
careful not to oveiheat them. Our friend Mr.
John Hoy, Jr., while on a trip with his teem
to Tyrone last week, lost a valuable horse in
this way. .... On Sunday last, Mrs. Bottorlf,
a lady aged about 80-eais, who was stopping
at Elias Musser's, near Milesburg, compluined
ot a head-ache, and was advised to lie down.
She accordingly started up stairs for that pur
pose, and, when, a few minutes alter, Mrs.
Musscr went up to call her, she found her ly
ing upon the bed , in the cold embrace of death.
Indiana Cocxtt. A small house about one
mile west of Indiana Borough, occupied by
Mr. Jacop Long, was struck by lightning on
Sunday uight June 27th. The chimney was
partly knocked down, a portion of the weather
boarding torn of! the building, and all the oc
cupants knocked down and severely stunned.
Ths occupants were not seriously injured,
however, as wc understand that all were able
to be abont on Monday morning On
Thursday night June 24th, the dwelling house
of Mr. Henry Blank, of Sallsburg, was enter
ed by one or more persons who made their way
into his bed-room, and took therefrom the
pantaloons of Mr. B-, which they carried down
stairs and extracted from the pockets of the
same some twenty dollars in money. The
Grocery of Mr. Blank was entered on the
same night, by the same person, perhaps
and two pocket pistols, a number of money
purses, a quantity of raisins and other articles
stolen.
York Cocstt. The shoo manufactory of
Mr. Henry Wolhoff, in Frystown, near York,
was broken into on Friday night last and rob
bed of boots and shoes to the amount of about
one hundred dollars. .... Ou the same night
the tool chest of Messrs. Laumaster & Bucher,
W3S broken open at the County Almshouse,
and robbed of a quantity of carpenter's tools.
.... Mr. Henry Kindig, residing in Ilellcn
township, died very suddenly, on Friday last.
He was engaged with a lad hauling in hay,
and whilst on the wagon, in the field, was taken
ill ; he was able however, to descend from the
wagon and pass over to an adjoining field,
whre he lay down under the shade of a tree,
and in the course of an hour died, before he
could bo conveyed to his house. 'Mr. K. was
sixty-seven years old, and unmarried. An
unmarried sister has kept house for him for
many years. It is a remarkable fact or rather
successions of facts, that this is the third if
not the fourth member of the family -that has
passed off in that sudden manner.
Washington Cocstt. "On Friday last, a
Lout noon, while a number of persons were
congregated tinder a locust tree in Cross Creek
Village, is this county, a thunder storm sud
denly arose, and the lightning passing down
the tree, one of the number, Chas. Jerome,
was struck and insuntly killed, while the
others were all more or less severely shocked,
some of them remaining insensible for several
hours afterwards. Mr. Jerome, so believe,
was a worthy man, and his sudden death has
left a deep impression on the community."
.... On Sabbath evening last, two cows lie
longing to Mrs. Carlisle, Washington county,
were struck by lightning and instantly killed.
Somerset County. Two horses, owned by
Mr. John A. Lichty, of Somerset township,
were killed during the storm o i lastThursday.
Also, a very valuable horse belonging to Mat
thias Marteeny, was struck by lightning and
killed, oh the same day. .... During the
storm on last Thursday morning two valuable
cows belonging to John O. Kinimel were
struck by lightning and killed. They were in
pasture at the time, and were seeking shelter
under a tree.
Lycohixxj County. The house of William
Clark, Nippenose Valley, was struck by light
ning on the 24th June. The lightning stiuck
a brick chimney, descended to the cooking
stove, entered the floor, and tore it np to a
considerable extent. ' When Mr. Clark, who
had just stepped out, entered the house, be
found his wilt? stunned; Her bead was bruised
severely by a large splinter torn off the floor.
She has hot yet fully recovered from the inju
ries received.
Clinton County. A lad named M'Gowan,
from Taugascootack, aged abont 16 years, was
drowned in the river, at Lock Haven, on June
28th, while attempting to swim from a Canal
Boat, which was crossing to Lock Haven at
ihe time, to tne shore, with the tow line. He
was rescued from the water in a few minutes,
but all attempts to resuscitate life proved un
availing. ...... .j. . - -
Cumberland Countt. Messrs. W. Miner
Roberts and Wm. M. Watts, of Carlisle, to
gether with four other gentlemen, have con
tracted with the government of Brazil, to
build a portion of tho Don Pedro II Railroad,
embracing about 17 miles, the completion of
which is estimated to cost about three and a
half milljpns of dollars, the work consisting
chiefly of tunnels through mountains.
Elk County. A man in St Mary's, we did
not learn bis name, was shot a few days a;ro,
by an accidental discharge of his rifle. The
ball passed through the hand, entered the body
and passed through the shoulder. We learn
that the wounded man is not in a dangerous
condition. This accident was the result of
carelessness.
McKkan County. A son of W. S- Moore,
of Keating township, fell from a heavily load
ed waggon, on Saturday last and both wheels
passed over his "body, before the driver could
stop the team. The little fellow was badly
hurt ; but we understand hopes are entertained
of his recovery. .
Northampton County. The Easton Times
gives the melancholy particulars pi the decease
of a respectable citizen of Williams township,
aged 60 years, whoso death was caused by the
bite of a rabid dog. He died in the most ter
rible paroxysms.
FACTS FOE. THE PEOPLE.
It is high timo for the people of the conn-
try, and especially for tho honest yeomanry
who get no share of "the spoils," to awake to
the startling state of our public affairs, throu'
the mismanagement, profligacy and corruption
of the so-called "Democratic party." Here
are a few facts that cry out, as it werj, in
tones pf thunder for reform. They are dedu
ced from an able speech made in Congress on
the 27th may, by Mr. Sherman, of Ohio :
1st. The expenditures of the Government,
for the last fiscal year, were $83,31 3,9'J0.
2d. The expenditures for the present fiscal
year will be from Ninety to One Hundred
Millions of dollars. The receipts for the same
time will be about $50.000,000 leaving a de
ficiency ot over Forty Millions for which loans
have been made.
3d. The expenses of the National Govern
ment are equal to $3 to each inhabitant, or
$23 to every voter in the country. The ex
pense's have nearly trebled since Jackson's
time. While the population has increased
seven-fold, the expenses have increased, up to
IS 57, thirty six fold, and up to this year forty
eight fold.
4th. The expenses of the first year of Mr.
Buchanan's Administration are $5,000,000
more than the entire expenses of the Govern
ment from its foundation to the close of Jef
ferson's Administration. -
5th. Comparing the expenses of 1840 and
1857, the increase is in every department.
The Naval establishment has doubled in cost,
tho Military has more than doubled, the Civil
list has nearly trebled, the Miscellaneous ap
propriations are seven times greater!
Oth. As an instance of this prodigal expen
diture, whilst $29,163 were in 1840 appropria
ted to the President, his home, pardon, and
ground ; $56,200 are appropriated for 1859.
7th. The printing of Congress, a few years
since, cost $05,432 a year. The Congress of
1853 '54 spent $1,512,918 a year, for their
Printing, lncsc contracts are vast plunder
gardens.
Ciiubch Struck bt Lightning. A terrible
event occurred on Sunday last at the church
of the Rev. Mr. Galbraith, (United Presbyte
rian,) of Freeport, Armstrong county, Penn'a.
The Reverend gentlaman was in the very pos
ture and act of prayer when the church edi
fice, where the congregation were worshiping,
was struck by lightning. A Mrs. Ramaley was
instantly killed and her two brothers, Israel
and George Watson, and her unmarried sister,
Miss Jane Watson, were severely but not dan-
geronsly injured. Mr. Robert Morris, who oc
cupied a seat in front of Mrs. Ramaley, was
severely injured, but it was thought he would
recover.
A Herd of Cows in the Air. The recent
whirlwind at, and in the vicinity of Colesvillc,
Md., was the most singular phenomenon, ac
cording to the accounts, we have ever read of.
The Rockville "Journal" says further about it,
that there issued fronfit a black smoke which
darkened the atmosphere. One gentleman
saw a herd of cows apparently up in the air,and
there is every reason to believe that they were
blown a quarter of a mile. It is said that the
horizon was filled with fragments of clothes,
shingles, limbs, &c. It rushed on at this rate
till it reached the Patuxeut river, and there
its course was suddenly arrested.
England is fast drifting towards a repnbli
can form or government. Jews are admitted
to Parliament, and the property qualification
for membership is likeiy to be abrogated. A
bijl has passed the Commons to extend the
right of suflragc to all tenants in counties who
pay a rental of jCIO, the same as in ihe boros' ;
and also a bill to repeal chnrch-tythes. It is
curious that just in proportion as England ap
proximates towards a republic, in about the
same proportion does the rancor against her
increase on this side of tho Atlantic.
A man who gave his name as John Johnson
was arrested in Waynesburg, on Thursday,
the 17th nit., by Sheriff Adams (the consta
bles being absent), and taken before Justice
Webb, on a charge of dealing in counterfeit
money. On searching bis oarpet-sack, be
tween thirty-one aud thirty-two hundred dol
lars in counterfeit money were discovered.
Three hundred dollars of tho amount were of
gold and silver, The rest in bank bijls.
Longwood, the place on St. Helcqa where
Napoleon spent his exile, and the scene of
his death, has been purchased by the French
Government.
THE CE0PS. ,
CRors is Onto, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and
Kentucky. The Toledo Blade ; of the 28th
gives a summary of news respecting the con
dition of the crops in the States of Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Iowa and Kentucky, from the
general tenor f which it draws the conclusion
that, although the crops may be much injured
in sonic places perhaps entirely destroyed
from. which the loss to individual aiil be
heavy, yet, that, taken as a whole, the araonnt
of grain nlscd in the West the present year
will fall but little if any shoit of an average
crop, and that in wheat particularly the quality
will be finer than haa been raised for years.
The weather is now very fine for ripening and
harvesting wheat, and for making corn and
potatoes grow. We believe that some of
those who have been croaking the loudest will
be disappointed by finding themselves Messed
with fair crops.
Crops in Florida. A correspondent of the
Savannah Republican, writing from Palatka,
June 24th, says: "Having recently returned
from a trp that gave me sra opportunity of see
ing a large portion of the crops' of Madison,'
Hamilton, Columbia, and a portion of Alachai'
and Putnam counties, in this Sate, I am glad
to say that there has not, for many years past.
been so good a promise of an abundant yield
of corn and cotton as there is this season up
to this time. The corn crop is mostly made
and is beyond any casnalty, except that of
storm. The cotton is yet liable to its great
enemies, the caterpillar and red bug but the
stand is better than usual, and the pla'it vigor
ous and healthy."
Prospects tor Corn in Onio. Perhaps
there never has been a more gloomy prospeat
for corn in the Scioto valley, than at this prea
ent time. The waters have about subsided ami
the farmers are stirring around to see if tbey
cannot get an early variety of corn and yet
raise a crop. A quantity of corn from Cleve
land has been shipped here, said to be very
early in maturing known as the Canada. Oth
ers have procured a variety known as Jackson
corn. This latter variety was brought Into
Jackson county by a gentleman who moved
there from Virginia. Ports. Republican.
Congress has adjourned and gone home
without helping the country the first dollar.
The time has been squandered in quarrelling
about Kansas, and providing for a sinking
treasury. An enormous debt is accumulating.
and yet party spirit will not bend to the crisis,
and provide for its demands. One thing ia
plain, that the country can never prosper, to
a very large degree, till it learns to protect it
own industry. Christian Chronicle.
The man McAuley, who claimed to be Robt.
H. McAuley, of Portsmouth, Ohio, but whom
the w ife of Robert repudiated as bogus, bus at
last been proved to be a William McAuley, a
horse thief of Cincinnati.
The harvest reports from France are gener
ally of an encouraging character. In the
south tho yield is expected to exceed the
crops of that of last year by one fourth to a
third.
There i.i in the United States a sufficient
length of railroads, not including the double
tracks, to extend entirely around the world.
liew Advertisements.
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July 7, lijjS. Clearfield.
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thfl underpinned has been appointed by the Court
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