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JRaftsraait's KuiirnnL
S. . ROW, EDITOR A5D PROPRIETOR.
CLEARFIELD, PA., ilG. 4, 1858.
FOR JCDGE or SUPREME COCET,
JOHN M. READ, of Philadelphia City.
FOE CAS At COMMISSION E,
WILLIAM E. FRAZER, of Fayette Co.
D02TT LIKE IT.
Our neighbor of the Clearfield Republican
doesn't seem to like the "People's Party," its
candidates or platform, and emits a copious
ehower of epithets, prominent among which
appear "mongrel," "renegades," "political
bandits and hungry desperadoes." We were
not altogether prepared to hear the editor of
that paper indulge in low abase and billings
gate, for usually he is rather polite and affable ;
still we hare no disposition to restrict him in
the enjoyment cf anything that may be genial
to his tastes and natural inclinations.
The way our amiable neighbor pitches into
the nominees of the "People's Party," is real
Jy terrific, and we wouldn't be at all surprised
to hear of something dreadful happening them,
after such dire condemnation. And yet, we
think, this abuse smacks considerably of "sour
grapes." Like poor KeynarJ with the rich,
tempting clusters, when he finds that he can
not get them, the editor of the Republican pro
nounces these men poor aSairs. We are at a
loss to account for this apparent aversion to
"renegades" on the part of the Republican, and
its bitter complaint about "empty honors" be
ing bestowed upon them, when this slame class
of individuals finds the highest favor with the
President it worships and upholds. Joseph R.
Chandler, who wrote more against the Demo
cratic party than any man in the State, bos
been appointed Minister to Rome by Mr. Bu
chanan ; Wm. B. Reed, who was famous for
Lis opposition to Francis R. Shunk, is Minis
ter to China; and John Cadwalader, who was
extremely bitter in his enmity lo Gen. Jack
son, received an appointment as U. S. Judge.
Others might be named, but these will suffice
to show what "pure and nndefiled" material
may be found in the so-called Democratic par
ty, and how they are treated there. And we
would humbly suggest that the home organ of
Buchanan's "right bower," out of respect for
the feelings of this particular portion of its as
sociates, hereafter exercise a little forbearance
ia tho use of the term "renegades."
The editor of the Republican, thinks that he
ought to be "grateful for the high compliment
paid to the Democratic rarty, by the opposi
tion," who, he alleges, are "endorsing some
of the principles of governmental policy which
have always been part of our (the aforesaid
editor's) standing faith," and ia a tone of un
disguised admiration he proceeds to ennmer
ale them. In the very next paragraph, how
ever, he declares that "Altogether the plat
form of this 'People's Party' is like the mate
rials that composed the Convention, a mass of
incongruities ; and as a 'foundation' for any
thing practical is even worse than were in
their day either the American, the Republi
can," &c- Come, it won't do to boast of the
"principles which have always been part of
your standing faith," in one breath, and in the
next condemn them as "a mass of incongrui
ties" and as being impracticable, and for no
other reason, perhaps, than, as yon assert, that
the Opposition have been "endorsing, adopt
ing," or a? you add with classical refinement,
"stealing" them !
And now a few words about tho platform.
It asserts that the sovereign rights of the peo
ple and their liberties, as well as the Union
and the Constitution, must be preserved ; pro
tests against the attempt to crush the popular
voice in Kansas, and denoences the reckless
and profligate extravagance of the National
Administration ; declares that the purity of
the ballot box should be preserved at all haz
ards; that laws prohibiting the introduction
of foreign criminals should be promptly enact
ed ; and that the Industrial Interests of the
country should be adequately protected. Is
there anything in that platform that good A
merican citizens cannot endorse 1 Is it not
liberal and patriotic? Does it not oppose
wrong and uphold right and justice ? Does it
not condemn the miserable mismanagement of
our governmental affairs ; and advocate the
protection of our own manufacturers, mechan
ics and laboring men our coal, iron, farming
and other interests J And if there is any thmg
anti-American, anti-Republican, or anti-Democratic
in that platform, according to the true
and literal meaning of those terms, we should
like to know wherein it consists.
A Mistake. We see an item going the
rounds to the effect that IT. B. Swoope, Esq.,
ia the People's candidate for State Senator in
the Cambria, Blair and Clearfield District.
This is a mistake. Mr. Swoope is not a can
didate for State Senator. He was the Senato
rial Delegate to the State Convention, and this
has doubtless been confounded with a nomina
tion for the State Senate. Mr.S. assures ns
that he is not an aspirant for that or any other
office that he intends to devote his attention
at this time exclusively to hu professional
business.
A Change. R. F. Ward, Jr., has withdrawn
from the Clearfield Republican, and that paper
is now under the sole charge of the senior ed
itor, Jas. H. Larrimer, Esq. Our best wishes
attend both gentlemen.
UTAH AFFAIRS.
The letters of our special correspondent in
Utah, says the X. Y. Tribune of the 30th
July, contain full and interestizg details of
the sayings and doings in thai city and its
vicinity down to July 3, which is the latest
date of any accounts yet received from Utah.
The army marched through Great Salt Lake
City on Saturday, the 25th of Jnne, the city
still remaining deserted, the houses unoccupi
ed, the windows boarded np, and the few male
inhabitants left to guard the houses and tend
the gardens keeping within doors, and affect
ing to take no notice of what was going on.
On the other hand, the army was equally non
chalant, since no notice was taken of and no
salute paid to Gov. Cumming, who alone of
the householders ia the city stood out on his
porch to pay doe honor to the spectacle. . A
part from this rather gloomy reserve on both
sides, everything was conducted with the
greatest decorum. The soldiers were kept
strictly lo their ranks, and there was no cheer
ing nor laughing. In fact there does not ap
pear to have been much to cheer at, and still
less to laugh at, except the army had taken
to laughing at itself, and the contrast between
this quiet entry into Salt Lake City and the
triumphant march if not the bloody fight and
glorious victory which had been so fondly
counted oa and so conSJently expected.
The army merely passed through the city,
and crossing the river Jordan by a bridge,
encamped five miles off in a dusty pasture.
No soldier was allowed to recross this bridge
without a written permission. After remain
ing in this camp over Sunday and Monday,
the army marched on Tuesday to a point twen
ty miles southward followed by poor Chief
Justice Eckels, who had found it utterly im
possible to get lodgings in the city except at
Marshall Dotson's, whose small house of two
rooms and a pantry was already occupied by
twenty-one lodgers. All the ether Gentiles
who had followed the army were in the same
predicament, no lodgings to be had for love
or money, and board only at the Church Eating-house
at the rather costly rate of three
dollars a day. These gentlemen were begin
ing to realise the wisdom of the old proverb
as to tli e great difference between leading a
horse to the water and compelling him to
drink. The army has entered the valley of
the Salt Lake, the civil officers are there, the
Mormons havo promised submission to the
laws but ilormonism is as rampant and the
influence of Brigham Young as potent as ever.
No sooner has the army gone than Brigham
turns up again, followed a day or two after ly
bag and baggage, wives and children. The
boards come down from the windows, and
Salt Lake City was beginning to be active.
The next mail will bring us, we suppose, an
account of Brigbara Young's Fourth of July
sermon and oration.
Meanwhile, Gov. Cumming has been taking
steps to rid himself of that portion of the
civil officers who do not sympathize with his
conciliatory system of action. This fact has
come to the knowledge of these gentlemen,
and though the attractions of Utah as a place
of residence would not seem to be very great,
at least to persons of their turn of mind, it
has produced a good deal of commotion among
them. This application will doubtless be suc
cessful, if, indeed, as is very probable, it has
not been anticipated already. There is one
statement of our correspondent which merits
special attention. Much as the Mormons
stand ia need of religious enlightenment, they
have never been visited by a Christian mis
sionary of any sort, except, indeed, an agent
or pretended agent of the Bible Society, who
turned out to be a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Even the army sent to sustain the cause of
religion and morality is unattended by a chap
lain. Cheap Postage. Mr. Vice President JJreck
enridge has taken the stump in Kentucky, and
is attempting to justify the iniquities of the
Buchanan administration. He also advocated
a high rate of postage, stating that the defi
ciency of three millions in the Post Office De
partment was the consequence of not raising
the rates of postage. If yoa want the post of
fice department to pay expenses, said he, you
must raise the postago to such a price as will
do it. So, then, we may consider the Demo
cratic party as fairly committed to the task of
raising the rates of postage. What will the
people think of Mr. Breckenridge's suggestion?
The old and erroneous idea that the whole
region of the Rocky Mountains North of the
40th parallel is a sterile region, presenting an
almost unbroken field, is completely refuted
by Gov. Stevens' exploration. One of the of
ficers of his party, Lieut. Saxton, says in his
report : "I find that my previous ideas of this
Rocky Mountain range are, so far as this sec
tion is concerned, entirely erroneous. Instead
of a vast pile of rock, and mountains almost
impassable, I find a fine country, well water
ed by streams of clear cold water, and inter
spersed with meadows covered with a most
luxuriant grass."
The Xorth .American publishes an odcial re
port of an investigation into the affairs of the
Tioga county, Crawford county, Shamokin,
Pbcenixville, and Octoraro banks of this State,
five new concerns chartered by the legislature
of 1SG7. They all seem to have been used to
subscribe to the capital stock of another. A
party of Buffalo speculators figure as the con
trivers of the scheme.
President Buchanan has appointed John
Nugent, editor of the San Francisco Herald,
an agent to prevent collisions between our
citizens in the Frazer river gold region and
the British authorities.
JIocsehold Words. A change has taken
place ia the publishers of this interesting pe
riodical. Fredk. A. Brady, 126 Nassau St.,
New York, is the new publisher.
E2?See advertisement for Ascents- in anoth
er column, headed. "The Greatest Bio
of the Age."
AS IMPOETAJTT DECISION.
In our last we pablished 'the opinion of the
Supreme Court ia reference to the laying of a
school tax for building purposes. There was
another case from this county, which also in
volved a point of the most direct interest to
our people, viz : what constitutes a sufficient j
delivery of timber 1 The case to which we
allude was an action of Replevin, broug&t by
the firm of Ralston & Beatty against John M.
Chase, to recover two rafts of square timber
which they had purchased from Daniel Bnt
ton, and after stamping it with their marking
hammer, permitted it to remain upon the prem
ises of Britton." The constable levied upon
and sold it as the property of Britton, under
an execution issued by John 31. Chase, who
purchased it at the sale. The question was,
we believe, whether or not the marking of the
timber was a sufZIcient delivery as against an
execntion creditor. Judge Burnside held that
it was, unless the Jury could believe lrom the
evidence that the contract between Ralston &
Beauty and Britton was made to hinder and de
lay the creditors of Britton. Ralston & Beat
ty recovered the value of the timber, and a
writ of error was taken ti the Supreme Court,
where the opinion of Judge Burnside has been
sustained, and the judgment affirmed. The
case was argued by IT. B. Swoope, Esq., for
Ralston & Eeatty, and W. A. Wallace, Esq.,
for John M. Chase. It is an important deci
sion for this region, involving a point which
might have seriously affected the business of
the county. If we can procure a copy of the
opinion, and it is cot "too lengthy, we will
publish it.
The New Gold Excitement. Since the
davs when the grandees of Old Spain looked
npon the continent of America as a land of
goul, and the love of wealth made them forget
their family pride, and the time when Sir Wal
ter Raleigh risked his life on the broad Atlan
tic to visit the western Eldorado not in a
steamship or a modern clipper ship-from
these times to to-day this continent has been
sulyect to the best kind of yellow jacks, name
ly l'i fevers. California has been made by
one, and no sooner do we see her rising a pros
perous State, and able as it were to walk alone,
without the stimulus of gold washing, than a
new field is opened up for the restless miner,
and gold in plenty is discovered far north on
the Pacific Coast. Thousands have left Cali
fornia for the new gold field, which is in the
valley of the Frazer river, in the British pos
sessions, flowing from the Rocky Mountains
into the Gulf of Georgia. There would seem
t be no humbug ia the excitement, and the
gold discovered has been really astonishing,
many miners report having collected almost
fabulous quantities of gold. The Hudson Bay
Company have the control ot this portion of
the country, an! e are inclined to think that
the discovery of gold in their territory, and
consequent enormous immigration, wiil do
more to break up this disracefnl monopoly
than all the Reports which the British House
of Commons have been making for the same
purpose during the last few years. The Indians
who inhabit the district belong to the Chinook
tribe, and are already familiar with the whites
from their intercourse with British aud French
trappers, and will no doubt prove of valuable
assistance to the miners. We also see that
some English capitalists propose to make a
great Pacific Railroad in connection with the
Grand Trunk ot Canada, and their surveyors
are already ia the field planning the line from
Lake Superior through this same territory to
Vancouver's Island in the Pacific Ocean. This
will increase the value of the gold mines, and
render the journey there easy. Imagine the
Great Eastern to Portland, railroad to Mon
treal, crossing the Victoria Bridge, from thence
by boat and rail to the Pacific only seven
thousand miles by steam throagh the finest
scenery in the world, and over the greatest
engineering triumphs mankind has ever seen.
Truly America and England are great coun
tries, and the people rather go-a-head.
A Disgraceful Revelation. The Mobile
Register contains a letter written by Walker,
the great Filibuster, in which there "is a state
ment of an intrigue on the part of our Gov
ernment that seems almost incredible. It is
neither more or less than a conspiracy against
the jteace of a neighboring Nation, endanger
ing the peace of our own, and which, had it
been successful, would have placed ns in a
most damaging and unjustifiable position be
fore the world. Walker's story is that he and
Henningsen were urged by Mr. Secretary
Floyd to turn their attention to Mexico, and
to enter into the service of Comonfort, with
the understanding "that while in the Mexican
service we might by some act, such as tearing
down the flag of Spain, bring about a war be
tween Mexico and Spain, and Cuba might
then be seized by the former power." In
this operation Walker says they were promis
ed not only the support and protection of the
U. S. Government, but Money from the Fed
eral Treasury to carry it out !
The Washington Union denied this story at
first ; but now that it is repeated circumstan
tially, with the authority for it,we fancy it will
be found more difficult of contradiction than
when it appeared solely on Walker's authority.
Unless positively and circumstantially denied
this detailed report of the conversation be
tween Secretary Floyd and Gen. Henningsen
will be regarded as not only convicting the
Administration of the most marked dupficity
toward the filibustering chicl, but also of
entertaining most dishonorable designs upon
a neighboring republic with which we were
professedly on entirely amicable terms.
As to poor Floyd, himself, who seems to
be tho chief actor in all the discreditable
tricks and sly plots of the Administration,
there seems to be no chance for escape, unless
by utterly discrediting the authors of these
disclosures, and even proving that he never
had any private interviews with either of
them. This he cannot do. Henningson's
story carries probability on its face.
It turns ont that Captain De Riviere, the im
pudent and indefatigable foreigner of large
pretensions, who has lately distinguished him
self by running away from Mobile with the
wife and daughter of a wealthy lawyer, is the
identical Signor Don P. L. De Morete, who
turned the heads of all the Chicago belles a
year ago, bought a thousand dollar horse with
borrowed money, got np a magnificent excur
sion to Hyde Park, which was patronized by
the wives of a distinguished Senator and a
well-known Chicago lawyer, and finally becom
ing suspected, vamosed for parts unknown,
leaving behind a large number of anxious cred
itors, broken hearted young misses, with mor
tised and disappointed mamas, an astonished
city, half a dozen happy local newspaper re
porters, and two trunks filled with dirty linen
and cravats.
The Washington Union boasts that the af
fairs of the Government are going on like
clock-work. Oh yes, they are going oa tick,
tick, tick.
G0I3JG TO GLASGOW FOE ISOK.
The developement of the fact that the na
tional administration has sent to Glasgow for
$2-30,000 of water pipes for the Washington
Aqueduct, when they could have been had
cbeajer in Pennsylvania, is awakening a feel
ing of bitter indignation ia eastern Pennsyl
vania. Throughout the varions iron counties
of the State the furnaces and foundries are
idle, and such a job as this would have given
them partial employment; but an administra
tion that knuckles to Great Britain ia the
matter cf the right of search, must carry its
treachery to the country to the utmost limit,
and add to the sufferings of our mechanics by
sending abroad fur what could have been bet
ter made at home. A correspondent of the
Philadelphia Xorfh '.American gives the facts
as follows :
"Six thousand tons of cast iron pipe were
wanted to supply the city of Washington with
water. Congress made the necessary appro
priation, (one of the inducements being to
supply mechanics with work during the pres
ent dell times,) proposals were invited and a
day fixed for their reception. When all were
in, then was brought to bear certain influences
which are only kaown ia Washington. It was
necessary that the successful bidder should be
a democrat ; in fact this was abso.utely essen
tial, so that the faithful might be the recipi
ents of democratic money. Besides which,
a person who is cot strictly entitled to a con
tract, and yet receives it, is expected to pay
his friends. Under this process, bids from
responsible parties, legitimately engaged in
the making of pipe, were rejected as informal
several i's aud a few t's not being dotted or
crossed and the contract awarded at a higher
price, to a gentleman ia this city, who, by
the directory, is a brass and iron founder,
Lombard street below Willow, where in a
building 40x-30 feet, he carries oa both pro
fessions. Now, it is as well known at Wash
ington as here, that a brass andiron founder
is not necessarily a maker of iron pipes; that
many of our largest iron founders never make
them, aad the recipient cannot be charged
with being in the business, or intending to go
into it. The contract being duly signed,
sealed and delivered and the Pencsylvanian
and Argus having duly announced in their
columns, "3ore York for Philadelphia, merhtiu
ict," the job is quietly transferred tpjsitish
soil, and the $250,000 that would haw cone
much to benefit our coal and iron miners, and
our blast furnace men. and iron founders, and
also onr coasting vessels in transportation to
Washington, wiil be expended ia building up
our rivals in England. When our own gov
ernment goes abroad for its water pipe, when
offered to I hem by American founders at a less
price, how can we expect foreijrn governments
to come here ? It we ignore the lact that our
iron has been pronouueed superior to theirs,
(by competent authority) can we expect them
to appreciate it ? The injury done to us as a
nation by this trick of our democratic govern
ment cannot be estimated bv millions."
Expexsive Admisistratiox. The follow
ing figures go to show that the charge of "ex
travagance" brought against Mr. Buchanan's
Administration, is sot without foundation in
truth :
Balance in Treasury 1st July,
1857,according to Cobb's re
port. . 17,710,111 27
Receipts first quarterfroroCus
toms, Lands and Miscella
neous Sources 20,029.819 81
Receipts second quarter. . '. 7,(H2,0j ')
Receipts third quarter. . . 8,002,449 3-5
Receipts fourth quarter, esti
mated by Hon.Glancy Jones
on June 12 at. . ". . . 10.000,000 00
Treasury notes authorized bv
act of December 2, 18-57. 20,000,000 00
Loan authorized bv act of J une
183 ....... 20,000,000 00
Total $103,73-3,047 43
Now, there is no cavil about the facts here.
They are no longer su! ject to doubt. Almost
one hundred and four millions in sixteen
months ! Where has it gone ? Who has got
it? What has become of the $104,000,000 ?
That is the real question, and a categorical re
ply will be more appreciated than a hundred
disquisitions on retrenchment. Who has cot
theSlOI.OfO.OOO?
"Me A5D the Kixg." Did any of our rea
ders ever observe particularly the Sola Bene
to "'our own Montgomery's" letter to Enoch
South ! Here it is : "Send it (the whiskev,)
to James Buchanan, Esq., care of the Hon.
Wm. Montgomery," &c. This reminds us of
the hack driver in New York who was sent by
his employer to drive lord Morpeth a few miles
into the country. When he reined np at the
St. Nicholas his lordship was standi!?? on the
step. "Where isthe feller," inquired the man
in the livery, "who's goin' out in Mr. C.'s car
riage ? "I suppose its intended for me," re
plied the English lord. "Well," added the
driver, "jump in, I'm the Gentleman as is to
drive you." H'ashinston Republic.
A correspondent of the New York Tribune,
writing from Washington City under date cf
Aug. 1st, says : A prominent Western poli
ticiaa is about to make a fall and clear expose
of the secret appliances and inducements em
ployed by Mr. Buchanan and his agents t& car
ry the English Kansas bill. He knows where
of he affirms, and will place not only the Ad
ministration but its Congressional converts
from anti-Lecomptonism, especially the Ohio
gentlemen, in a most unenviable light. I do
not think be can now be silenced it is too late.
CALiroxiA.The Frazer river gold excite
ment continues unabated. The reports from
there have become fabulous in their character
One letter writer, vouched for ia the San
Francisco papers as reliable, says that his first
day s work was seven hundred dollars. Vic
toria was crowded with Americans, who had
run np the price of building lots to $20,000.
The Hudson Bay company are buying gold at
$1-5 per ounce. The Indians had commenced
molesting the emigrants on their road to the
mines.
A Case of Persevere?! T.aet uoi- .
determined and persevering individual, from
the State of Missouri, arrived at York Pa.
in the pursuit of a horse which had been sto
len from him early in the present year. The
thief was traced to Lancaster, arrooto.i i
, ... .hii,u, a iM
imprisoned at York. The horse was found in
the possession of Nathan Meads, of Baltimore
county, Maryland.
DorGLAj Backs Oct. Senator Douirlas de
clines to meet Mr. Lincoln on the stump. In
reply to a letter from Mr. Lincoln inviting
him to stump the State with him, Mr. D. says
it wouia interfere with his previous arrange
mentsit might bring in other disputants
the request ought to have been made before,
Sec, Sec, but the long and the short of it is,
he will not accept the invitation.
PZSHSYLVA5IA IIE2CS
PREPARED FOR THE "RAFTSMAS's JOCRXAL."
Indiana Cocstt. On Tuesday night, July
20th, the door of T. White & Co's. store, west
of the depot, in Indiana, was forced open and
the goods in the store were tossed about. Tte
object of the burglars evidently was to get
muney ; for they rilled the drawer f its con
tents. The clerk having in the evening re
moved all the money except some small change,
they got bet a trifling amount. It is not
known that any goods were carried otf
On the same night, the dwelling of Mr. Hacx
hurst, at the paper mill, was entered, probably
by the same rascals ; but the fellows did not
succeed in stealing anything, as they were
frightened od by some of the family On
the 23d, while W. II. Coleman, Esq., aud
George Hamilton were engaged weatberboard
iog at the dwelling of Dr. St. Clair, in Indi
ana, the scaffolding broke and precipitated
them to the ground, a distance of about 16
feet, bruising the Squire on the shoulders and
back, from which he suffered considerably,
but is now recovering. Mr. Hamilton received
no injury of any account Oa Wednes
day night, the 21st, some burglars succeeded
in getting into the store of Mr. Kelly, in She
locta, and carried o3" several suits of ready
made clothing and some twenty-fire or thirty
dollars in money.
Cambria Cocstt. The locofocos of Cam
bria County will have two tickets in the field
this fall, the one already nominated being ob
jectionable to a portion or the party
John Quinn, eldest son of Mr. Thomas Quinn,
met with a serious accident, on Monday after
noon the 29ih. Young Quinn it appears, was
employed as fireman on the old "Concmaugh,"
a locomotive at present owned an 1 used by
the Cambria Iron Company. His foot slipped
and came under the locomotive wheel cutting
it very badly A miner by the name of
John Smith was so unfurt mate as to have one
of his legs broken in one of the Company's
coal-banks, on the Goth. Dr. Ye3gley set the
broken limb and the man is doing well.
Mifflin CorxTT. E. C. Freeburn, for a
number of years a resident of Lewistown, met
with an accident on the 22d July, oa one of
the farms of James Burns, Est., which termi
nated fatally on Saturday. He was endeavor
ing to prevent a wagon loaded with grain from
tilling over, but was drawn along with it and
fell with great force, breaking both amis above
the wrists and no doubt sustaining internal in
juries which resulted as above. He was about
45 years of age. ... Two colored men, named
Hawkins and Scott, employed at the National
House, Lewistown, got into an altercation on
the 24th, during which Scott ran an ice break
er, an instrument somewhat like a butcher's
steel, into Hawkins' shoulder, creating an ugly
wound. Scott was committed to jail."
Westmoreland Cor5TT- On the 20th July,
Mr. Robert Birnett, of Allegheny township,
met with a horrible death. He ha 1 taken a
pauper to the poor house, and was on Lis way
home, in a state of intoxication, unable to
drive his horse. It is supposed that he fell
forward out ofthe vehicle, and his feet became
entangled in the shatts and front axle. In
this condition he must have been dragzed over
4 miles, when the horse wanderedfnto the
woods, and was there discovered next morn
ing. Mr. Barnett was so frightfully disfigured
and mangled that tor some time he was not
recognized, lie was about 70 years of aire.
What a death!
Clistox Cocstt. On the night ofthe 27th
July, the "Leckport Hotel." opposite Lock
Haven, the property of R. M. Hannah, was de
stroyed by fire. Very few things were saved.
The loss wiil probably reach $5,000 On
the 2Cth, the dry brush in the clearing on Dr.
Lichtenthaleir's farm, near Lock Haven, was
being burned, when the fire spread at a furious
rate, destroj ing some fifteen hundred cords of
wood, and fences, causing a loss of about $3,
000. .... A young man named John Geise
was thrown from a stage coach on the 23d, and
had one of his legs lracturcd in a frightful
manner.
Armstrong Cocxtt. Jacob Snow, of Bra
dy's Bend township, hung himself on the 22d.
by a strap attached to a rafter in the loft of
las father's house A son of Philip Hon-
ser, of Manor township, had his foot nearly
severed from his leg by stumbling on a scythe
blade A fire company is being organi
zed in Kittaaning. .... The Lutheran Church
in Kittanning will be dedicated on the 6th of
August Messrs. Putney", of Putney vilie,
had their valuable mill property consumed by
fire a few days since. No iDsnr'snce. The fire
caught from friction of the gearing.
Centre CorxTT. On the 23tu, while several
sporting gentlemen were engaged ia fishing
with a seine in the waste-weir, below Belie
fonte, two of them, Mr. C. Derr and Mr. Cun
ningham, were drawn into the vortex and nar
row ly escaped drowning. Mr.Derr.we are told
was speechless for some time after the occur
rence A daughter of Rev. M. P. Crosth-
waite, of Spring Mills, was a few days since
severely bitten by a snake. A physician was
immediately called in, who stopped the effect
of the poison in time to save the life of the
suCerer.
JIf.rcer CorxTT. An indignation meeting
was held in West Salem on the 10th, growing
out of the attempt to release noted criminals
from the county jail. Strong resolutions were
adopted. A vigilance committee was organi
zed to look after the scoundrels.
Ccmderlaxd CorxTT. A little daughter of
Mr. John Shunk, of Hogestown, aged about
3 years, was so severely bnrned, a "few days
since, by her clothes taking fire, that she died
w ithin a few hours of the time the accident
occurred.
Bradford Cocxtt. George White, a voung
German aged about 19 years, was drowned
while bathing in the river at Towanda. His
body was recovered a few hours afterward near
the spot where ho disappeared.
Mr. Rarey's career has unexpectedly been
stopped. He had cleared some 15,000 to
20,000 by his horse-taming secret, when sud
denly Routledge, the cheap publisher, cot
hold of a pamphlet published by the horse
tamer in America, and printed it." It contains
in a small compass all the art of horse-taming;
and the subscribers, w ho had bound themselves
not to divulge the secret under a penalty of
500, became furious, and Mr. Rarey had to
release them from their pledge in a letter in
the Times. In this letter he states that the
pamphlet in question is one he published m
Ohio some years since, w hen his system was
not perfect, and that more will be learned from
his practical lessons ia one hour than from th
book in a life time.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CAUTION All rWn, j....!. i. .
. . r -tvuvjtu, vauimncu
m-ainit purchasing, or meddling in an t other
way wun the following property row in the pos
session of Ir. V. D. Kline, in Uecatur township,
Clearfield county, as said property belongs to me,
to wit : 1 cooking stove nd pipe. 1 parlor stove
CI r 1 i f uei!ieaas ana beans?, l centre
table. 1 breakfast tahle, 6 chairs. 1 rocking chair.
I dresser. 1 in nk 1iii..n ,i r i r, u; !
g-ass, 4 maps, 4 tracks. 1 douehtrav, I rae bed. 4
, ? ' mouy cow, i sen came a. 1 one borse
sieigh. The above property was bought by me to
v- Kline, on loan only, until I see proner to take
It 11 T T- T- T .
Decatur township, July 27, 15i8-augl-3lp.
HO! FOR CU RWENSVILLE!!
JOSHUA E- BAKER informs his old cus
tomers and the pnblie genr!lT. that he bm. ta
ken ettire control cf the CABINET MAKING
SHOP formerly occupied by Baker k Hex, where
he is prepared to furnish Bureau. Tablet, bd.
itea.U. ire., at all timei. ALSO, C0FFI5S nude
to order, ani burials attended with Hearst.
Country produce of all kind taken in exchange
for work, shop on Walnut street, opposiie :aieV
Blacksmith-shop. Curwensville. Augl-'is-Si
C. BROCKET, TLCUjfSt .Xrtr-Yori,
KASrTACTTKEll OF GLASS SYRINGES,
HOMOEOPATHIC VIALS. GRADUATED MEAS
URES. NURSING BOTTLES. ETC Glass Ware
for Chemists. Djx agists. Perfumers, Photograph
ers, etc. Green Glass Ware, fcy tha package A
liberal discount made to the trade. Order froze.
Country Druggisa and Dealers solicited.'-Price
L:s:s sect on application Aug. 4, l&a-Zm.
A CARD FROM DR. JAMES 31. JAR
RETT. OF THE NEW-TOUK LUNrt IX
FIRMARY. My connection for the pat eigbt
yeurs with the aboTe Institution, as Chief Pbjsi
cian. and a twelve years' course of ceady devotion
to the Cure of Pulmonary Consumption aud its
kindred diseases, together with my uoriTalled op
portuLitics and advantage of pathological research
aided cot a tittle by a perfect system of Mtdical
Li'ialaiicH has enabled tee to arrive at a deci
sive, direct, an-i successful course of treatment for
the positive and radical care of al! disease of the
T.roat, LuMfr. atui Air-pnJ.ges. Ey Ink station,
the vapor and curative properties of medieices mre
directly addressed to the diseased organs of the in
tegument. I do not advise the u-e of Medical In
halation of any kind, to the exclusion of pmeral
treatment ; and although I consider it a useful ad
javar,t in the proper managemei-t of those fearful
and often fatal d :?ex-?s. yet I deem it very neces
sary that each patient should have the benefit of
both general and local treatment. The success of
my treatment in the above diseases, and the high
character of the Institution over which I have so
long had the honor to preside, are t o well known
to need any eulogy or comment from mo. At Urn
solicitation of many private and professional
friend?, through whose philanthropic aid the above
charity has been long and liberally supported, and
aflcr due consideration. 1 have concluded to make
suc-h arrangements as will bring the benefits of my
experience and treatment within the reach of ail,
SL-Vr.ct confine myself, as heretofore, to those on
ly who entered the IcSrmary, or who were able to
visit me at my office. Hoping therefore that tho
arrangement will give entire satisfaction, both to
my professional brethren and the public. I would
respectfully announce in conclusion, that 1
uotr te roHsnlted personal I if or Iw later, on all dls
eaes as above, and that the medicines, the same aj
cfeJ in the Institution, prepared to suit each in
dividual case. IiiAa.'tu? apors, ZlcJiecU luha
.ert. &.. ire . will be forwarded by express to any
part cf the United States or the Canadas. Tf.rk
My terms of treatment by letter are as follow?,
yii: 12 per month for each patient, which will
include medicine soScient far one month's use;
alo. Inhaling Vapor, and an Inhaling Apparatus.
Payment as follows: $ to be paid to Express A
zett on receipt of the box of Medicine, and the
balance s-5 at the expiration cf the month, if the
patient be enred oris entirely satisSed with the
treatment. Patients, by giving a full hbtory of
theirease. and iheir symptoms in full, can be treat
ed as well by letter as by personal examination.
Patients availing themselves of Ir. Jarrett s treat
ment may rely upon immediate and permanent
relief, as he seldom has to treat a ease over thirty
days. Letters foradvice promptly answered, for
further particulars address
JAMES M. JARFETT. M. D.
Xo. Broadway, corner Tweltih St., X. Y.
P. S Fhysicians and others visiting the city
are rtspectfaily invited to call at the JnfirmarT.
where many interesting cases can be witnessed.
and where our improveti apparatus for the inha-"
Iation of medicated vapor can be seen and in-
spectea. New-York, August 4, liiS. 6m.
rilllE GREATEST BIOGRAPflV OF
X THE AGE. Now READY: THE
LIFE OF THOMAS JEFFERSOX, l9H-
ry - RfUtlall. L.L.. D. 3 nw. ocatr.
This work contains upwards of 2.000 pages, is prin
ted on ne paper, and handsomely bound in va
rious styles. It is illustrated by several engrav
ings on steel, and numerous far simtlrs; among
the former are two fine portraits of JrJTmojt. The
fae si Hides embrace, among others, the originl
draft of the Declaration of Independence, in" Jef
ferson's own hand-writing.
This is, in every sense, om uurAon zr-l mrl ; it
was undertaken under the approbation of his fam
ily, and with an unreserved access to alt the pri
vate papers of Jefferson in tbeir possession; and
has received the benefit of their recollections and
opinions at every step.
The work contains the expressions of J'frrron
on every great public question which aroso from
his advent to public life to his death a period of
about sixty years, aud embracing the whole farut
iS period of the Republic. It contains Jeffer
son's heretofore unpublished fami'.v correspon
dence: selections from his finest published letters,
state papers, etc., etc , etc.
OPIXIOX. OF THE PRESS.
"No other Life of Jefferson ever published
probably none that ever trill be published can
bear any comparison to this in thnrouness. full
ness of incident and conscientious fidelitT. .' . .
This biography has evidently been a labor of love
and the years of patient, assiduous toil it has cout
hve beHi given with ungrudging, untiring enthu
siasm.'' Jir-l"o-i- Tribuue.
'At length the p ublic have a Life of Thomas Jef
ferson that is cot only fascinating, and therefore
sure to I popular, ba" one that wiil stand the es
sential historic te3t that of accuracy and truth
fulness. It is seen that the ground-work of the
whole is authentic cotemporary material, and of
the highest order. Togathcr it has been the work
of year?. We would not compare this volume with
that inimitable and incomparable bioraphvof
Ho.wellrand yet so faithful is the portra?ture that
Jefferson is made to draw of himself, that his na
ture, his very soul, isdeliniated with disto-t-nes
not unlike that in which Johnson stands out
in the pages of Boswell.-" Boston Post
Imbued with that enthusiastic admiration of
his suhje.-t. without which a biographer is rarelv
suecessful. Mr. Randall nevertheless doe not seek
to hide whatever faults he may find, either from
himself or from the reader. He prints the picrure
as Cromwell insisted bis should be painted, "warts
and all." The picture gains by this in life-tike
coloring, without losing any of its majestic propor
tions. Albany Event Hg Journal.
-No one who runs his eye. however casuallv -ver
this work, will fail to be satisfied that Mr Ran
dall has added very largely to the stock of the
world s information about Jefferson, that he has
had access to sources hitherto unexplored and that
he has done more than was ever done by anv ono
before him to illustrate the persocalitv of" that
great statesman. ' .V. 1". IM
'W e have read with delight Mr". Randall s cap
tivating details of Mr. Jefferson's personal hNtorv
which he has sedaously gathered, and admjrablV
grouped together, from a great varietv of authen
tic sources, hitherto unexplored. Ont of the tempt
ing richness of his materials, the able and clear
sighted author has constructed a book, at once dh
entertaining and instructive one that should be
studied by every patriot of the land. ' RirA,
tnoud, I a., Enqmrer.
-There can be only one opinion as to the abili
ty, general impartiality and industry which Air.
Randall has brought into combination in the com
position of this biography He has
worthily executed a much wanted book.'1 Phil-
-i Press.
-it will take place among the choicest classics
of American literature, and be consulted by eve
ry future historian of this country.'' PUaUtX'
phin Ereuiiitr Bulletin.
'We like it because it neither conceals, palliates
exaggerates, nor distorts, but approaches, in everv'
instance, and in every particular, the career of
the noble character whose opinions have done en
much ta shape the domestic and foreiro poliev Af -the
notion he contributed so greatly to call ;rX
existence." X O. True Djfta.
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