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8. B. HOW, EDITOR A3ID PROPRIETOR.
CLEARFIELD, PA., JULY 28, 1858.
FOR JUDGE OF SUPREME COrBT,
JOHN M. KEAD, of Philadelphia City.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, -
WILLIAM E. FKAZER, of Fayette Co.
BATHES FRIGID.
Some of our Democratic Lecompton cotem
poraries are just now engaged in quite a cool
Diece of business. Finding that their denun-
ciation of those who, unlike themselves, with
consistency, opposed tho Lecompton swindle,
was likely to drive a large body of tteir politi
cal brethren out of their organization, they
have changed their tunc, and instead of "read
ing" the Anti-Lecompton men "out of their
party," they appeal to them in the most plain
tive and supplicating manner not to forsake
them in this their day of tribulation ; that as
Democrats they can diner on great National
questions, and yet it is the duty of each one to
adhere to the party, no matter how wrong it
may be; that if an error has been committed
the way to remedy that is not to leave, but to
remain in tho party; that if they do the latter
their recent hostile attitndo to the Adminis
tration shall be forgotten, and that they shall
again be considered as members in full com
munion with the party, and entitled to share
Its gifts and emoluments save and excepting
always John W. Forney. Now if that isn't
cool, we should like to know what is .' It is
in effect, telling the Anti-Lccompton Demo
crats that they can be twisted and turned about
at will by promises of office and political pre
ferment ; that their opposition to Lecompton
was of little moment, and that the success of
their party should be considered as paramount
to even the principles of right and justice,
These immaculate Democratic editors might
as well be a little plainer and tell their Anti
Lecompton brethren at once that they consid
er them extremely gullible ; that they expect
them to believe all they are told : and that
they will attempt to dupe them to their hearts
content. For onr own part, we have a better
opinion of the intelligence and honesty of
those who, during the pendency of the late
strife, spoke out fearlessly against wrong and
Injustice we believe there are many who will
hereafter refuse to act with the Buchanan par
ty, nnder whose sway Right has been trampled
down the will of the majority overthrown
onr Industrial Interests ruined and our coun
try brought to the verge of bankruptcy.
More Corruption. The Washington Slates
is down upon the lion. John Appleton, Assistant-Secretary
of State, and reputed editor of
the Union. It says charges are made against
Mr. Appleton of corruption, of using his po
sition and influence to put money in his purse
to the tune of ten thousand a year, or more,
and calls upon Congress for an Investigating
Committee to inquire into the facts in the
matter, and expose the truth to the public
gaze.
The Atlantic Telegraph is a failure. The
result almost universally . predicted, after the
experiments in the Bay of Biscay, has taken
place. Having made three fruitless attempts
in mid-ocean, and having lost in all something
less than four hundred miles of the cable, the
Niagara and her tender have gone back to
Queenston, where at the last advices, the oth
er two ships of the sqnadron were hourly ex
pected. - "What will we o with it t Like the in
terrogation with which Bulwer's last romance
has been baptized, most of onr exchanges are
wondering what we shall do with Mexico.
Some propose to swallow her up, anaconda
like ; others to change her into a fashionable
place of resort, for national discontent ; a few
to make a great Jersey melon and cantelope
patch out of her. .
Isdiasa Politics. The Anti-Lccompton
Democrats of Indiana, unlike those of Illinois,
are unitiDg with the Republicans of that State
in one grand phalanx to overthrow tho Pro-
Slavery party, led on by English, Foley, Ni
black. Hughes, Gregg, Fitch and Bright. . The
present prospect is that clean opposition
delegation will be elected to Congress.
The De Kiviere case, in New York, has at
length come to a termination Mrs. Blount
baring been, by some means, convinced that
the Frenchman was an Jmposterand a married,
man, and agreed to return to Mobile with her
husband, and to restore her daughter also to
me jamer. ue iiiriere is to be allowed
escape.
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News from Kansas states that the redoubt
able General Calhoun has given certificates
of election to all those members of the Legis
lature elected under the Lecompton Constitu
tion. Tho Free State party will have a major
ity in both branches of the Legislature.
From Utah we learTtlat Gen.Tohnston en
tered Great Salt Lake City on the 26th ult.
their homes, but were still at Provo.
I reported thaTdispatches have been
nttoour Minister in Mexico, approving of
course, and directing tho withdrawal of
me legation from the country.
Governor Denver has ' left Washington and
i om back to Kansas. -
SCHOOL TAX FOE BUILDING FTEPOSES.
It will be remembered that at the November
Term of our Court, for 1857, an application
was made by certain citizens of Boggs town
ship, to restrain and prevent the collection "of
tax of 11 mills levied by the School Direc
tors thereof, to be applied towards erecting
new school bouses. Upon the hearing, his
Donor, Judge Burnside, granted an injunction
restraining the collection of the tax, upon the
ground that townships were not, by law, au
thorised to assess such a tax.
The School Districts throughout the County
were dissatisfied with this ruling of the law
and the case was taken to the Supreme Court,
by Boggs District, upon an appeal.
It was argued in the Supreme Court by II.
B. Swoope,Esq.', for the Complainants, and by
Wm. A. Wallace, Esq., for the District.
It will be seen by the opinion of Jndge
Strong, delivered in the cause, and which we
annex, that the ruling of his Honor, Judge
Burnside, has been reversed, the Supreme
Court holding that the tax was a legal one and
should be collected.
Blair et al. vs. The School Directors of Boggs
Township. Appeal from the Court of Common
i leas ot Clearnelu County. In tquity.
Opinion bt Strong, J.
In the Court below this was a bill in equity,
praying for an injunction to restrain the Di
rectors of Boggs township school district from
collecting a tax levied in part for the purpose
of building school houses, and in part for the
support of tho Common Schools in that dis
trict. In accordance with the prayer of the
bill, the defendants were enjoined against pro
ceeding to collect the tax levied for building
purposes, and they have removed the case by
appeal to this Court.
The entire proceeding is exceedingly irreg
ular and cannot be sustained. The bill prays
for no process of subptena ; none was issued,
and the record does not show that the party do
fendants were in Court, or even had notice of
the pending bill. How, upon such a record,
an injunction could be decreed against the
School Directors of Boggs school district, wo
are not informed, and we are unable to discover.
But waiving this, and considering the case
as if toe defendants had been regularly in
Court, we do not perceive that levying a school
tax for building purposes is either contrary to
law or prejudicial to the rights of the com
plamants. It is urged in their behalf that
such a tax is unauthorized by law.
The 33d section of the general school law
passed May 8th, 18-34, is as follows : "The
board of directors (or controllers in cities and
boroughs, where the school property is vested
in them agreeably to the provisions of section
second) may at any time not oftener than once
in each school year, levy a special tax not ex
ceeding the amount of the regular annual tax
for such year, to be applied solely to the pur
pose of purchasing or paying for the ground
and the building or erection of school build
ings thereon, which said tax shall be levied
and collected at the same time, in the same
manner, and with like authority as the regular
annual tax." The argument of the appellees
is, that the board of directors spoken of in
this section is only a board in a city or boro
and not one in any other district. It is quite
clear, however, that this is a mistaken vit-w of
the act of assembly. Its design was to pro-
vide a general system of common school edu
cation in every city, borongh and township of
the Commonwealth. 1 o such a svstem school
houses are indispensable, and their necessity
was not overlooked by the Legislature. It
would have been unaccountable, if with the
thought of this necessity before them, thev
had made provision only for cities and bor
oughs and wholly neglected all tho tewnships
in the Commonwealth. Yet of such neglect
they were guilty, if the construction of the ap
pellees be the true construction. In no other
part of the act than the 33d section is any pro
vision made lor permanently raising the means
to purchase ground and to erect school houses.
True, the directors are authorized to borrow
money for such purposes. But this is a tem
porary expedient. Withont the power to levy
a special tax, such loans coyld never be reim
bursed, for the general tax is limited by the
act to an amount sufficient and necessary to
keep the schools of tha district in operation.
The intention of the Legislature to confer up
on the directors of every school district tho
power of levying a special tax for such purpo
ses is however too apparent to need the aid of
such a presumption. Without entering into a
minute analysis ot the statute, it may be ob
served that there are two classes of duties cre
ated by it and imposed upon the olhcers for
whose election provision is made. These du
ties are the care of the schools, and the care of
school property. In all the townships they
are united and imposed upon tho board of di
rectors. In tho cilies and boroughs, the care
ot the schools is devolved upon the board of
controllers, and that of the school property
upon the ward directors. So long as any ward
school district owns separate school property,
tho controllers have no authority over it, the
power to levy a tax, either to build or to keep
in repair. But when the school property of all
the wards has been conveyed to the board of
controllers, the ward directors cease to exist
as a board, and both classes of duties are uni
ted in the board of controllers. Jt may also
be remarked, that never in the act of assembly
is the word directors used as synonymous with
controllers. When, therefore, in the 33d sec
tion, power is given to levy a special tax for
building purposes, it is not given to a board of
directors in whom the school property has
been vested agreeably to the provisions of sec
tion second, for there can be no such board of
directors. It necessarily follows, that the
words, ''where the school property is vested in
them agreeably to the provisions of section
second," were designed to refer only to con
trollers in cities and boroughs, and were intro
duced to distinguish them from other control
lers to whom the school property of the wards
had not been conveyed, and who had therefore
nothing to do with the real estate of their dis
tricts. The term "board of directors" in that
section is therefore unrestricted by any quali
fications, and embraces that of any township
as well as ward.
The tax levied by the defendants was conse
quently In strict aecordance with the law, and
they should not have been restrained from col
lecting it.
The injunction granted against the School
Directors ot Boggs Township is dissolved, and
the bill dismissed at the costs of the appellees.
Franklin Couxrr.-On Wednesday after
noon, the 14tb,duringthe prevalence of a thun
derstorm, the barn of Mr. Jacob Wingert, of
Letterkenny township, was struck by light
ning and entirely consumed, together with its
contents, consisting of a quantity of hay,
farming implements, &., and some five loads
of wneat, a portion of the present crop
Mr. George Byers, of Hamilton township, who
with a sister, resides with his mother, on the
14th while in the act of sweeping a room, fell,
and almost instantly expired On the day
following, an aged colored man, while engaged
in mowing grass in a field of Mr. Uglow, near
Chambersburg, and without having exnibited
any previous symptoms, dropped, with scythe
to hand, and expired almost instantly. -
A TEIP THEO' CLEABFIELD COTWTY.
Dear Journal : Having a little leisure at
this time, and some business in your county, I
thought I would take a flying visit through it.
I came to Phillipsburg and took a good dinner
with my old friend Jackson ; mounted the old
coach, travelled along in a zig-zag couise
very pleasantly, and arrived at Clearfield about
sunset ; met many of m old acquaintances,
among them smiling Dan of the Mansion House.
Stopped over night ; next morning took a
stroll through town ; found every thing look
ing well; some fine buildings about being e
rected, which, when finished, will add much to
the beauty of the town, amcng them is one
belonging to Jon. Boynton, Esq., one on the
same street, belonging to W. A. Wallace, Esq.,
under way, and J. B. McEnally, Esq., is com
mencing one at a very beautiful situation on
Front st. After doing some business, hired a
guide and left ; got to Curwensville ; found a
very neat little town, with a large territory,
my guide informed me 200 or S0O acres;
stopped at the Susquehanna House, a very
large and comfortable hotel erected by Win.
Irvin, Esq. ; close by found one of the largest
retail stores in the west. After taking a view
of the beautiful Susquehanna, which glides
rapidly along the base of the hotel, we drove
up to the main part of the town ; met many of
my old friends ; took a look and a drink. But
I almost forgot met my old friend, Gen. John
Patlon, who recently took unto himself a
wife. Tho Gen. looking well, I thinking he
would be able to take care of himself, we again
turned our faces westward ; travelled, through
a wild but rather romantic country to Lutbers
burg, stopping but once on the way, at a jovial
old fellows by the name of Bloom; got our
horse watered ; took a little tansy and gin, and
mounted our buggy. . My guide informed me,
after leaving, that Mr. Bloom was a candidate
lor 'hangman' of Clearfield county at the com
ing election. On arriving at Luthersburg, I
was surprised to find so neat a little village
planted almost on the summit of the Alleghe
nies ; stopped at a good house kept by a mau
calling himself Moore, a good naturcd looking
old chap, and by the way keeps the best bran
dy I got on the road. There I met many of my
acquaintances the Moores, the Arnolds, and
Barretts all looking as though they expected
to live a hundred years. After looking round
town, we turned onr course to the East, from
whence we came, for about 5 miles, and then
turned south to a small, antiquated villaga,
called Pennville. Saw but one man I knew
good natured, middle aged man, who I think
they called Foley; looks as though he never
saw trouble. We hitched our nag, and were
met at the door by a large looking man, who
represented himself as the landlord. And a
landlord he is, for I think if I had been the
Governor, and suite with me, I could not have
had more attention paid me; and I would
judge from the interior cf the house it was
well kept, with the exception of the whisky
it was a leetU rough, but said be had better
coming. So we compromised and left; ar
rived next at Lumber City and took lodgings
at the Mt. Vernon Hotel, kept by a sprightly
young fellow by the namo of Ten Eyck, who
keeps a first class house for the country. This
town is very pleasantly situated on the bank of
the Susquehanna river, six miles above Cur
wensville and twelve above Cloarfield. I was
informed by my guide it was the highest up
the river that whole rafts were run from, which
must make it me of the best points for busi
ness in the county. The buildings are few,
but all put up in a neat and workmanlike man
ner. Hon. A. K. Wright, of Clearfield, is a-
boat building a large grist mill, which, when
completed, will add much to the town and
country around, and will pay the owner well
for his labor. Next morning, after taking a
"starter," we left for New Washington, a neat
little town, about 12 miles distant, over the
awfullest roads on earth, where we arrived a
bout neon, after stopping a few minutes at a
small place called Tozertown, on Chest creek,
where I met an old acquaintance, Col. Worrell.
And then my guide left me, and I left for tho
railroad. Yours truly,
Philadelphia. .
Foreign News. The steamshsp America,
from Liverpool on the 10th inst., arrived at
New York on the 23d. She furnishes three
days later Intelligence. Tho America arrived
out at Liverpool on the Cth inst. The House
of Commons had passed the India bill. Lord
Malmesbury annonnced that orders had been
issued for the withdrawal of British cruisers
from the coast of Cuba. The blockade of the
African coast is to be continued. There is no
additional information in regard to the Atlan
tic Telegraph cable, as the Agamemnon has
not yet returned to Queenstown. The India
bill passed the House of Commons without a
division. Tho House of . Lords passed the
Jew bill through Committee. The bill regu
lating the government of New Caledonia pas
sed second reading in the House of Commons.
It was generally supposed the Agamemnon
returned to the rendezvous in mid-ocean a
gain, to prepare for a fourth attempt. The
Niagara had taken in coal, and was ready for
sea again. The directors of the Atlantic
T elegraph Company will determine upon their
future plans on the arrival of tho Agamemnon.
Her report of the accident is considered im
portant before taking further action.
Another War. We are to have a war with
Paraguay, a very little nation, somewhere on
the map of South America. Paraguay being
small and not having much powder and shot,
cannot make much fight. They can easily be
whipped, and the Buchanan Administration
will have the giory. England insulted our
flag under Buchanan's very nose; Locofoco
newspapers blatberskited considerably; Gen.
Cass half conceded the Right of Search, and
John Bell said it was "all right." Locofoco
journals tell us that the Administration has
nobly resented Btitish insnlts. Brig ham Young
insulted the officers of the U. States, scouted
the power of the Government, and threaten
ed "to send old Buck to Kingdom come across
the lots." Mr. Buchanan sent an army to
whip him Into subjection, and then "made a
treaty of peace." If they go on this way,
the glory of the present Administration will
take all the Justre from that of Gen. Pierce,
and the conquest of Greytown will be thrown
into the shade. D;fy iVcic.
At the last dates ten thnnaand nmimii
u.iauto
bad sailed from California for tti Tr4Tot ta
goldmines. '
. PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS
PEEP A BED FOR TOE "RAFTSMAN'S JOURNAL.",
Blaih Couxtt. On Sunday the 18th, as
Mr. Gasper Statler of Ilollidaysburg, was on
his way in a buggy to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Sissler in Catharine township, the harness
of the horse ho was driving gave way whilst
descending Canoe mountain, and the horse be
coming frightened ran away; throwing Mr.
Statler, bis wife, and another lady, ont of the
buggy, but fortunately not severely injuring
either of them. The buggy however was con
siderably damaged Ilollidaysburg Fur
nace is unquestionably a great institution in
the way of making Iron. Last week's make,
as we learn from reliable authority, amounted
to no less than one hundred and fifty-one tons,
seventeen hundred and eighty-six pounds of
good, grey, marketable iron Kays and
Hamilton, committed on a charge of having
robbed Reed's Store at tho Yellow Springs,
were brought before Judge Jones, in Ilollidays
burg, on Tuesday the 20th, on a writ of Habeas
Corpus, and after a hearing were remanded
for trial at the Quarter Sessions this week. . . .
On Friday evening the 16th as some girls were
crossing the canal bridge at the east end ol Ilol
lidaysburg, they noticed something stuffed in
between the casing, and upon examination
found it to be a bag containing two pieces of
broadcloth and one piece of cassimere. Infor
mation was then sent to Constable Bowers,
who took possession of the goods and still re
tains them. There is no doubt about their be
ing part of the goods stolen from the store of
G. W. Reed, Esq., at Yellow Springs, and it
is hoped that this further development in re
gard to the robbery will' lead to such others
as will ensure the conviction and punishment
of the perpetrators.
Indiana Couxtt. Nathaniel Craven, of
Montgomery township, was killed on the 14th
inst. by a tree which he was felling. The tree
had lodged, and in trying to bring it down, he
got within its range as it fell and was crushed,
one leg being broken in two places, and his
chest and side terribly mangled John
Morris dijd suddenly on the evening of the
21st inst., he and another man having stopped
in tho barn of Jeremiah Wakefield, in Brush
valley township, where he wasseized with hem
orrhage, of the lungs. He was about 48 years
of age, and recently from Wales A man
named Michael Smith was lodged in the county
jail on Tuesday afternoon, charged with the
stealing of a suit of clothing from the residence
of John Montgomery, in White township. . . .
Joseph Gardner has been appointed postmaster
at Carter's Mills, in this county, vice Samuel
McCartney, resigned .... On last Sabbath a
week, Rev. P. Sahm, while riding on horse
back on his way to church, was thrown, in con
sequence of the animal taking fright, and con
siderably injured On the 19th, Henry
A. M'Mullin, formerly of Ebensburg, met with
a very serious, if not a fatal accident, in
Strongstown, Pine township. He was assist
ing to raise, with a block and tackle, the boil
ers at the steam mill of Messrs. Cresswell ;
when about half way up, the chain to the boiler
broke, and heavy pole full striking Mr. Mc
Mullin and knocking him down. Before as
sistance could be rendered the boiler rolled
over him, mangling him severely and cutting
a deep gash behind the left ear. Infl.tmation
of the brain it is thought will ensue, and little
hope of his recovery is entertained.
Cambria County. On Thursday morning
the loth, Peter Ueim, an old and respectable
farmer of Richland township, who resided a
bout three miles from Johnstown, committed
suicide by hanging. The deceased was about
fifty years of age and the father of several
children. He was one of the wealthiest men
in Richland township, owning several hundred
acres of good land, and possessed of at least
three thousand dollars in hard cash. No mo
tive for the rash act is assigned, unless the
tightness of the times and the partial failure
of bis crops may have effected a temporary de
rangement of mind. The deceased was a
member ot the Amisch persuasion, and a
preacher of that faith John Morris, a
dissipated Welshuiau, left Johnstown on Sat
urday the 10th, for some point west of this,
and on Monday morning he was found in a dy
ing condition in a barn in which he had taken
sheUer the evening before some twenty miles
on his journey. He died soon after being dis
covered, and was buried in the neighborhood.
Excessive drinking is supposed to have been
the cause of bis death.
York County. The dwelling house of Dr.
Geo. W. IIaldeman,in Liverpool, the collector
of State and county taxes of Manchester town
ship, was broken into on the night of the 14th
inst., and robbed of $1,500 in bank bills, a
check for $200 on the York Bank, drawn by
John Billiuger, in favor of Geo. W. Haldeman,
and a silver watch. The next morning six or
seven hundred dollars of the stolen money
were found near the house. In his eagerness
to depart, the thief no doubt lost this portion
of his ill-gotten treasure. The stolen money
is said to have been tax money, which the Dr.
bad intended to pay over to the County Treas
urer next day. .... On Wednesday evening,
the 14tb, a severe thunder-storm passed over
York. 1 Tho rain fell in torrents and there was
a high wind.- Sheds, trees, fences, and hay
and grain stacks were blown down in rapid suc
cession. The sheds on the agricultural fair
grounds were prostrated, and in their fall car
ried down the iron pavillion of Messrs. Small
& Smyser. The cross and ball on the steeple
of Saint Patrick's church were also blown
away. ,
CnESTER County. A son of Robert Hill,
aged about 12 years, whilst walking behind a
mowing machine in a field, stumbled and fell
forward ; his foot coming in contact with the
knives, was cut entirely off. The case was at
tended to and tho wound, so far, is healing.
.... The barn of Webster F. Hilton, at the
west end of Downington, took fire during the
storm on the night of the 12th inst., and was
entirely consumed, together with his Crop of
hay and grain. It was partially insured in the
Chester County Mutual. . ... A lad named
Moore, was killed in East Malborough, on the
10th inst. He was on a wagon loaded with
hay, and fell off, striking the ground in front
of one of the wheels, which passed over his
head, killing him instantly.
. Washington County. Robert Galloway, a
respectable farmer residing nearEeutleysville,
was found dead in a field near that place, on
the 15th. He was observed by some harvest
ers, sitting against a tree; who, upon reach
ing him, found that be had been sometime
dead. Mr. Galloway had been somewhat in
temperate in his habits for some time previous,
and it is supposed that recent excessive drink
ing had precipitated a heart disease upon him,
of which he died. .... It is asserted that
there is not a county in the Union that pro
duces from her own soil more wealth than
Washington County. In ordinary years it
&ells $250,000 of wool. $300,000 wheat and
flour, $500,000 coal, $350,000 cattle, sheep and.
hogs, making a total of $1,400,000.
. Cumberland County. During a recent
storm which passed over the county, the barn
of Mr. Abraham Goodheart, of West Penns
boro tp., was struck by lightning and totally
destroyed, together with its contents, embra
cing his entire new crop of grain and hav,
and 150 bushels of old wheat. Mr. Goodhart
had barely got in to the barn with the last
load of rakings as the storm came up. Both
he and his son were in the barn at the time the
catastrophe occurred; but miraculously escap
ed without injury.
r . THE STATE TICKET.
The nominations made by the. People's
Conversion which assembled at Harrisburg,
on the 14tb JirTy, meets with a Hearty endorse
ment on the part of all the opposition papers
in the Stale. We append a few extracts, as a
sample of the spirit manifested by the press :
; The Berks and Schuylkill Journal, printed
at Reading, says : -
"If fitness for the station has anything to do
with the merits of a candidate, then no man
of any party can object to John M. Reed. He
has every qualification for the station to which,
we doubt not, the people will call him, a
matured intellect, long experience, high so
cial position, a character for integrity which
never has been impeached, and with all this,
legal abilities second to those of no man in
the State. And be will be elected. Pennsyl
vania will, at the polls, show how she appreci
ates her own interests, and what her opinion
is of her recreant son now at the bead of the
government. Let all past differences be for
gotten. The resolutions of the Convention
meet the approval of every true son of Penn
sylvania. The platform is broad enough for
all to stand upon who have American hearts,
who love Republican principles, and who are
willing to do battle for the welfare of the
State."
The Philadelphia News, the organ of the
Americans, edited by Mr. Flanigan, who was
a member of the Convention and made a
speech endorsing the nominations, says:
Mr. John M. Read, the candidate for Judge
of the Supreme Court, is among the most em
inent members of the Philadelphia Bar. He
is distinguished for bis learning as well as his
experience, and in point of character is not
excelled anywhere.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, an influential
and conservative print, regards the selection
for Supreme Judge as "eminently judicious."
It says s .
Mr. Read is a ripe, experienced and thorough
lawyer, and he possesses every qualification
for the distinguished and responsible station
for which he has been named. His character
is without spot or blemish, his integrity is un
questioned and unquestionable, and he may
do supported with entiie confidence by all
who desire to see the highest tribunal in the
State occupied by individuals of conceded
ability, firmness, decision, purity and inde
pendence. The candidate for Canal Commis
sioner, Wm. E. Frazer, was adopted almost
by acclamation. lie received on the first bal
lot ninety-nine votes. This, also, may be re
garded as a happy choice, and one calculated
to afford very general satisfaction. The tick
et is an excellent one, and with union and
harmony in the ranks of the Opposition, it
will not only be elected, but the majority will
extend to thousands.
The Philadelphia North American also gives
a most cordial endorsement to the nomination
of Mr. Read, from which we take the follow
ing extracts:
The nomination of John M. Read places be
fore the public one of the most competent per
sons ever offered as a candidate tor the Su
preme bench a man of unimpeachable integ
rity, judicial cast of mind, of long experience,
and deeply skilled in the law. There ought
to be no doubt about the election cf such a
man, and we trust there can be none. There
are no exenses to be made for John M. Reed.
He is with ns in sentiment, as ho has long"
been, from a sincere and disinterested devotion
to the cardinal principle of protection, not less
than to the free institutions under which his
own Commonwealth has thriven so wondrous
ly" The Sunbury American, says, "As aprofound
and well read lawyer, Mr. Read has probably
no superior in the Stato, and is highly respec
ted for his moral worth and integrity of char
acter." . "
Forney's Press tho Democratic Anti-Lecompton
organ, has the following brief, tho'
significant paragraph :
"The nominee of the Opposition State Con
vention for Supreme Judge, Hon. John M.
Read, of this city, is a lawyer of the highest
character, and a citizen of umblemished repu
tation. We do not think his party could have
made a better nomination."
The Erie Observer published by a Lecomp
ton Democrat, at present, Post Master of the
city of Erie, remarks, "We are free to say, it
is the best nomination they could have made.
Indeed we do not recollect of the managers
of that party ever doing so sensible a thing
before. He is a good lawyer, an able and ac
complished man, and if ho should by any pos
sibility be elected, will cast no discredit upon
the Bench."
Fayette Count. On Monday the 10th,
H. F. Swope, Sheriff of Somerset county,
and James II. Benford, arrested a man in
Brownsville, named Underwood.who had hired
a horse and buggy at the livery stable ot Mr.
Benford last Saturday morning, representing
himself as a brother-in-law of Mr. John Davis,
of Milford township, to . whoso residence he
said he was going. On Sunday at noon, not
returning at the nppointed time, Mr. Benford
in company with Sheriff Swope started in pur
suit. He was traced from Somerset to New
Lexington, where he endeavored to dispose of
the horse and buggy. Not succeeding in ef
fecting a sale, he left in rather a hurried man
ner taking tho road leading to Connellsville.
On the summit of the mountain he left the
buggy and borrowed a saddle, stating that be
was going to Connellsville to meet a friend.
It appears that he kept the direct road from
there to Brownsville, where, thinking himself
out of immediate danger, he halted and again
offered the horse for sale. Having again failed
in procuring a purchaser, he commenced im
bibing rather freely, when suddenly a hand was
placed upon his shoulder in rather an uncere
monious manner, and he fonnd himself in the
hands of an officer before he had time to say
"Jack Robinson." He was taken back on
Monday night and lodged in Somerset Jail.
War on Douglas. Tho Washington cor
respondent of the Philadelphia North Ameri
can says: "All the attempts to patch up a
truce between the Administration and the
Douglas wing or the paity have resulted in
confirming the original separation, and widen
ing the breach. And although the Un ion is
not allowed to be a recognized organ, still it
reflects the views of those in power whenever
required to do so, and is the recipient of all
the patronage the Administration can confer.
For several days past, it has teemed with re
views of the positions taken by Judge Douglas
in his Chicago speech, which, if not direct
emanations from the White House, are known
to reflect and reiterate sentiments which the
President takes no pains to conceal. There
fore, the whole force of executive power is to
be thrown into the scale against him, notwith
standing the recent ovcrturse towards concil
iation which were very mistakingly made by
bis friends."
Mr. Wm. Dysart, at Tipton, was robbed a
few days 6ince, of about $200 worth of store
goods.
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VALUABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE
SALE The undersigned offers for sale hi
Property situate in Tyrone City, consisting of a
large and commodious DWELLING HOUSE, front
ing 24 feet each on Main and Clearfield street.
The house is finished in modern style, and has a
store room upon the first floor. The basement la
also very large and convenient. There is a good
well of water with a pump in it, in the yard. Al
so, a convenient Stable, 20 x 26 feet, upon the Loo
Tbe house bas an insurance upon it for 51.500,
and is protected with lightning conductors. A
Stove, Tin, and Implement Store baa been kept in
the above room for nearly five years, and the busi
ness prosperous, and could be increased 100 per
cent, by connecting tbe Tin and Sheet Iron Busi
ness with the above. The present stock, with the
"good will and fixtures," are also offered for sal
upon advantageous terms
Possession given immediately.
If the above property is not sold on or before
the fifteenth of A agust next, it will then be offered
FOR KENT, and persons wishing to aee the above
property will call at the premises and for any in
formation by mail, address A. H. SALMAN,
Mapleton. Huntingdon Co , Pa.
July 23, lS58-3t.
ADJOURNED OUPnANS COURT
SALE. MONDAY AUGUST 16. Under
and by virtue ot an order of sale issued out of
the Orphans' Court of Clearfield countr. there will
he exposed to sale at the COURT HOUSE in the
Borough of CLEARFIELD, on MONDAY the 16TII
day of AUGJL'ST, ISoS. at TWO o'clock. P. M., the
following described Real Estate or James Sharp,
deceased, to wit :
NO. I. Beginning at a white pine on the north-'
east of the tract surveyed for John Drown, thence
by William lirawn's land, north 21 deg. east 3S
perches to a witch-hazel, thence by Jacob King's
land south 46 deg. west 13i perches to a post,
thcr.ce by Jacob Missenconp'g land north 34 eVi.
west 33 perches to a stone-heap, and thence by E.
Brown's laud north 56 deg. east 143 perches to
place of beginning, containing 3(7 acres and 14t
perches.
No. 2. Beginning at a white pine, thence south
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, thence by land of William Brown
north 34 deg. west 2S9i perches to the middle of
Clearfield creek, thence up the same following the
several courses and distances thereof to the place
of beginning, containing one hundred and ten a
crcs. Ac. Nos. 1 and 2 being the same premise's
conveyed by Jacob Patton by assignments endors
ed on deeds recorded in deed book O, pages 73V &
711, to the said Green i Sharp in fee.
NO. 3. An interest in common with said Green
in a certain piece of land sold by John W. Wright
under articles of agreement dated October 24th,
1853, and described therein as follows : One tract
of land in the name of John Brown, containing on
hundred and ninety-five acres, more or less, situ
ate in Bcccaria township, adjoining lands of A
bram S. Keaggy, George Glenn. John Straw and
others, with Clearfield creek on the south.
No. 4. A certain tract or piece of land, situate
in Pike township, Clearfield county, bounded hr
lands of James Spence, John J. Smith. David
Bloom, William L. Bloom, containing one hundred
and nineteen acres and 49 perches, 4c. being the
same premises which John Patton and Catharine
M. his wife, by assignment dated September 19th,
1353, granted and conveyed nnto the said James
Sharp, in feo.
TERMS One-half cash on confirmation of the
sale, and the balance in one year with interest.
JOHN PATTON,
july2S-'5S. Adm'r.of JamesSharp.dcc'd.
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CAITTIOX. AH persons are hereby cautioned
against purchasing or in any way meddling
with the following property, which was purchase!
by me at Sheriffs sale, to wit: 5 acres of Rye in
the ground. 5 acres of Wheat in the ground, and
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July 21, 1358. AARON TIERCE, i
TTOTlCE, Strayed from the subscriber in
.u o-.w rn,8 . 9 towMhip. Clearfield County, about
the 2jth of June, a small black eow with soma
v w . face on boU ,nd hM one horn
broken off. Any person returning said eow or
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Burneido tp., July 1 1, ie58. B. C, PATCCI5.J