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Raftsman's Jounml,
8. B. ROW, EDITOR AXD PROPRIETOR.
CLEARFIELD, PA., AUG. 11, 1858.
FOR JCDGE OF SUPREME COURT,
JOHN M. READ, of Philadelphia City.
FOR CA.NAL C0MMISSI05ER,
WILLIAM E. FRAZER, of Fayette Co.
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.
The laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable
Las at length been successfully accomplished.
Last week, at a time when no one expected
such an announcement, the news of its suc
cess flitted over the wires, with electric rapid
ity, to all parts of the Union, and was every
where received with marked demonstrations
of joy by firing of cannon, ringing of bells,
bonfires, illuminations, displays of fire-works,
music and processions.
The telegraph fleet, Mr. Cyrus TV". Field in
forms tho public, separated in mid-ocean on
the 29th July, the Agamemnon and Valorous
bound for Valentia, Ireland, and the Niagara
and Gorgon for Trinity Bay, on the American
shore. It is 1C9S nautical, or 1900 statute
miles from the telegraph house at the head of
Talentia harbor to the one at Trinity Bay, and
for more than two-thirds of this distance the
water is over two miles in depth. . The elec
tric signals sent and received through the
wholo cable were perfect. Mr. Field tele
graphed to Mr. Buchanan at Bedford Springs,
informing him of tho success of the enter
prise, and that as soon as the two ends were
connected with the land lines, her Majesty,
Queen Victoria, would send a message to the
President, and that the cable would be kept
free until his answer had been transmitted.
The announcement of tho success of this
magnificent and stupendous enterprise, gives
birth to strange emotions, nd one scarcely
knows bow to express himself. An achieve
ment so gigantic, so vast, so strange, so mo
mentous, is almost incomprehensible is al
most beyond the power of human mind to
fathom. The X. Y. Tribune says :
"It is not possible to grasp tho wondrous
beauty and magnitude of this triumph. The
ocean has defied man ; now man defies the o
cean, in so far as the subtle carnage of tho't
is involved. Down, down to its lowest deep
but late deemed fathomless go the magic
wires upon which play the harmonics of whole
peoples. Under the home of tho leviathans
clustered in obscurity and mystery, where no
human eye can reach, and where early faiths
placed the water-gods, run these cunning de
vices by which nation speaks to nation, conti
nent to continent, in the lightnings of the hea
vens. The old theory of distances, severan
ces and physical possibilities, seems destroy
ed, to be replaced by new combinations and
consqueences. The sea's storms, sucking
down argosies and armadas, are now compen
sated for by the prowess which seizes the deep
and uses it for human purposes, declaiming in
the language of nature itself silent and
sublime.
"Each man must feel freer in the accession
of so much power. What the earlier theolo
gies and romantic writings attributed to the
functions of supernatural beings the genii
the Olympians the force to strike ofl'the dead
drag of the flesh, and fly through ether to the
uttermcst ends of the earth, or to course the
under waters of the ocean with the haste of
light itself is here thrust before the dazzled
eyes of this age and all tho nations, in the
stern, fierce palpability of human triumph of
the work of man, who, advancing on chaos and
the dark, has battled with the Titanic forces,
and come off victor.
. "We must believe that such a new reading
to human possibility must carry as vast moral
as it does physical lessons. It cannot be that
such a fresh boon from God to man, which ex
alts the least as well as the greatest of human
ity, should not bear with it the principle of
love and liberty, even to tho humblest and sad
dest. In tbe contemplation of such supernal
glories accorded to the race, men will grow
weary with oppression; they will rise with their
newly born destinies ; they will mount ever
onward and upward, until the better day which
basever fired the heart of poetry and prophecy
shall have dawned on the race."
Hon. Johs Covode. We are pleased to
learn that this gentleman has been re-nominated
for Congress in the Indiana, Westmore
land and Armstrong district. Mr. Covode is
one of the most deserving men of tho last
Congress, and there were few more efficient
and useful members. lie is a practical man,
steadily opposed the Kansas iniquity through
its various stages, and has always been a strong
advocate of protection to American Industry.
We hope to hear of bfs triumphant re-election,
although the district prior to his first election
was largely Democratic. ' '
J. S. Bamhibt, Esq., one of tbe editors of
the Bellefonte Watchman, dropped into our
office yesterday. TVe found him a very agree
able gentleman, a clever, good fellow general
ly, and only regret that he is such an irre
claimable "Dimmycrat." Still we hope that
Ilia "shadow may never grow less."
Mifflin Conntv ha KTnm..j
for Hon. James T. nVSa
rcupic o cauuiuaie lor congress in that dis
trict. We know of no one that we would
sooner see nominated and elected than Judge
Hale. He is a sound tariff man, and would
faithfully represent iis constituents.
THE BEAK PEOPLE AND THE IE MASTE ES.
Throughout the country men are offering to
work at less than half the recent .wages, and
yet are wholly unemployed. Poor houses are
filled to overflowing- Taxes are rapidly' ris
ing Furnaces and factories are idle, i Ships
are rotting at the Wharves. , Merchants, una
ble to pay rents, discharge their clerks. . Labor
is, therefore, everywhere superabundant. x V'
Unable to sell his labor, the laborer is unable
to purchase bis usual supplies of food. The
market for food diminishing, prices fail, and
the former is unable to purchase cloth. Unable
to sell cloth, the manufacturer does not need
to purchase engines. Unable to soli machines,
the machinist does not need to purchase iron.
Unable to sell frontho furnace master docs
not ne6d to purchase coal, 'and thus is the
miner deprived of the power to purchase food
or clothing. Look where we may, commerce
is nearly dead the heavy sufferers by her death
being those "dear people" who, like out selves,
must sell their labor, if they would be enabled
to purchase food.
Such being the case with the people, how is
it with their masters the men whom they
have placed in tho administration of their af
fairs? Do they suffer in like manner? Are
their wages reduced t On the contrary, they
are largely increased. President, secretaries,
senators, congressmen, comptrollers, and all
others charged with either legislation or ad
ministration, have fixed salaries payable in
money, and the more that money will purchase
tho better it must be for them. At fifty cents
a day, they can purchase the labor of twice as
many men as they could do when wages were
a dollar a day. Reduce wages to ten cents a
day, and the President's salary becomes equal
to that of eight hundred men. All of these
people desire, of course, that everything may
be cheap feeling that their power to gratify
their appetites must increase with every step
in that direction'. " Free trade having already
done so much for them; cheapening land, labor,
food and clothing need we wonder that they
now look anxiously for tho arrival of those
happy days of "free trade and direct taxation,"
when a dime shall be considered a fair day's
work. Certainly not 1
That point reached, there will be glorious
times at Washington, if wc may judge from
what has already been accomplished, as exhib
ited in the following picture drawn from the
columns of one of our free trade neighbors :
"The present cabinet has been more remark
able than any of its predecessors, for a liberal
and hospitable style of living. It is true that
most of them are wealthy men, but it does not
always follow that official men live in a man
ner commensurate with their wealth. For the
year ending with this spring, not one of the
cabinet expended less than fifteen thousand
dollars, and two or threo of them expended
each twenty-five thousand. It is true that their
entertainments, equipage, etc., were unusual
ly frequent and of an expensive kind. Their
example was'f ollowed by some wealthy citizens,
foreign ministers and senators particularly
Douglas and G win rand thus fashionable and
public life, during the season prior to Lent,
was, in this city, a perpetual carnival."
To the people's masters, a "perpetual carni
val." To the people themselves, a perpetual
"Lent." Such is the prescription of that mod
ern democracy, of which Mr. Buchanan is now
the head of that hard money democracy,
which seeks to substitute low wages for that
protection to the American laborer, which was
given by the tariff of 1812. North American.
The present month of August is the proper
time for setting out strawberry plants. 2"ow,
young masters and maidens, if you "love" the
luscious crimson fruit, fit for the gods, don't
bo lazy or dainty-fingered, but go right to
work and make a strawberry bed, even if you
have a spot of ground for tho purpose no lar
ger than the family breakfast table. He that
planteth nor soweth when he might, onght
not to gather or reap. "In the sweat oCfhy
brow shalt thou cat" strawberries as well as
"bread." The drone on the farm or in the
city ought to be dragged over the side as the
big, greedy, lazy loafers of the bee-hive are.
How thfy are Bled. Buchanan office hol
ders, like the unfortunates in the reign of
John Tyler, have to pay the piper. The
Washington correspondent of tho Chicago
Times writes that Mr. Cook, the Chicago
Postmaster, has informed the Administration
that he has subscribed $7,000 towards the es
tablishment of the Chicago Herald, and has
compelled his eighty clerks to subscribe from
S25 to SI00 each.
There is a mammoth Congressional district
in Wisconsin. It is the third, which extends
from the line of Milwaukie county to Lake Su
perior, and embraces twenty or more counties,
having an aggregate population of 350,000
souls, and upward of C0,000 voters. Wiscon
sin will probably have, under the next appor
tionment, eight members of Congress.
Kansas Election. Last week the Constitn
tional election was held in Kansas. From the
returns received, there is little doubt that the
Lecompton constitution is defeated. In Lea
venworth there were 133 for the proposition
and 1,610 against it." "At Kickapoo precinct,
90 votes were cast for, and 53 against admis
sion under Lecompton.
Missouri Election'. Francis P. Blair, Jr.,
is defeated in the St. Louis district, and Bar
ret, Democrat, elected to Congress. There
were threo candidates in the field, which was
the cause of Blair's defeat. The Democrats
have evidently also carried the other districts,
in consequence of the division in the ranks of
the Opposition.
The advices from the country regarding the
Corn crop, are very enconrageing. In all sec
tions of the country it is doing as well as could
be desired.
See Derby and Jackson's advertisement for
gents, in another column, headed "A Casket
of Gems of Wit and Wisdom."
The President's Letter to Bill English.
The .New Albany Tribune publishes the fol- !
lowing letter from Mr. Buchanan to Bill Eng
lish, received by the latter a few days prior to
to the Congressional Convention in Lis Dis
trict, and doubtless used by him to facilitate
bis nomination : - 4 "
- ' Washington-, July 25, 1858
Hon. Win. H. Enqlisk .-Dear Sir : Aware
that the Convention for nominating a candi
date for Congress in your District, will con
vene in a few days, 1 cannot refrain from ex
pressing the hope that you may be the unani
mous nominee of the Convention. If I lived
in your District, and had a thousand votts
you should, have, them all. Occupying the
same position you do, I conskler it essential
that you should succeed in obtaining the nom
ination. A ailorein this -would be regarded
by me as a rebuke of my Administration.
There may be some aspirant or aspirants tor
the position in your way. If so you may say
to them that by giving you a clear track they
will gain my favor and may expect to be pro
vided for in a suitable manner. If nominated
I will throw as much assistance into your dis
trict as you may desire. Our friend Hughes,
I see, has a hard row to hoe. He will be lib
erally sustained. Ot this you may rest assur
ed. " Your friend, James Bucuasax.
A more undignified epistle than this has not
been written by any onc-horso ward politician
in or out of Indiana we were about to say
since the Foley document, but Foley's letter
was dignified in comparison with this miserable
thing. Foley merely wished to be "turned
looase" in the "Deestric," and promised to be
re-elected. But here we have the President
interfering in a Congressional Caucus in In
diana, and promising those Democrats who
were eager to succeed Mr. English, that they
should bo well provided for if they would
leave English a clear track, and also proposing
to throw as much assistance as Mr. E. might
desire into the District. This is direct bribe
ry corruption most foul Cin. Com.
That Tariff Bribery Fund.. John AT.
Walcott. who was the hero of tho tariff" cor
ruption committee of tho late session, has
been sued by the creditors of Lawrence, Stone
& Co., for the recovery of the $74,000 which
he received from that firm for the purpose of
influencing the passage of the tariff of 1857,
and which, as is well ascertained, ho kept in
his pocket, probably by an understanding
with Sam. Lawrence, who now shelters him-
sen nuioau ironi a prosecution at uomc. mo
trial may elicit some further facts in regard to
Lawrence's financiering. The testimony ta
Ken uy tno committee ol tlio House is now
published, with tho report, forming a docu
ment of 110 pages. There is nothing in the
testimony that shows that any member of Con
grcss received any of the Lawrence fund, but
it is conclusively proved that Walcott retain
ed the 71,000, with tho exception of SI, 000
paid to George Ashman. Ilarrisburg Tele
graph.
West Branch and Scsiueuaxna Canal.
A meeting of the Directors of the West Branch
and Susquehanna Canal Company the recent
purchasers of those Divisions of the Public
Works was held at Jersey Shore, Lycoming
county, recently, and it was determined to
dispense with about ore half of tho officers
that have been heretofore employed in the
management of tho canals. The company
will employ but ono Superintendent to take
charge of the entire lino from - Farrandsville
to the junction, and but six foremen instead
of thirteen heretofore employed by the State.
The salaries of all the oflicers in the employ
of the company have been reduced about fifty
percent.
Mr. Lewis Brittin, some time since, fell
from a four-story building in Buffalo, a dis
tancc of forty-four feet, striking on a stone
side walk. Both of bis legs and arms were
broken; both of his ancles were sprained,
and two of his toes were dislocated. His up
per jaw was scperatcd through the nose from
the upper part of his face.-, AH his teeth but
two or three were broken out, and his jaw?
were so mangled, that twenty-one pieces of
bone were taken from his face. In spite of
all these injuries, however, he has recovered,
and moves about nearly as well as before.'
A Doctor Tarred and Feathered. A
physician in Woodna, Orange county, X. Y.,
be in;
charged with neglecting his lamily and
paying too much attention to a fair widow,
was subjected recently to rough usage by
some self-constituted dispensers of justice in
that neighborhood. He was ducked in a pond,
and then enveloped iu a coat of tar and feath
ers, hoisted on a rail, and escorted from town,
while the perpetrators of the deed, principal
ly laborers of the town, were rewarded, it is
said, with the cheers and smiles of their wives
and daughters.
Not Run Oct Ykt. The retired physician,
"whose sands of life" have been running out
for several years past, has turned up in an ad
vertisement in the London journals. "Wish
ing to do as much good as possible," and be
ing interrupted at New York in his benevo
lent designs, by Mayor Tiemaa and the Post
Office authorities, he has exported his "sands
of Life" to the British Islands were, probab
ly, they will run as long as he finds it pro
fitable to keep them running.
ForxD IIusc The Upshur (Texas) Demo
crat tells of tho finding of the body of a man
suspended to the limb of a tree by the neck
in a swamp. A paper bearing the words "horse
thief" was conspicuously pinned upon the
corpse, which appearently had been hanging
somo weeks. Tho only explanation besides
were the words "Frier's Point, Miss., Frank
Woods." Whether this was the name of the
horso thief, or his executioner, is left for in
ference. The Mariettian, printed at Marietta, Lan
caster county Pennsylvania, says : All of the
furnaces in our neighborhood, with three ex
ceptions, have blown out, and one of those
three, Dr. Haldeman's will also blow out in
the course of a couple of weeks. Seven fur
naces within the space of three miles, out of
blast.
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS.. , -
rRKPARED.FOR THE "RAFTSMAS'S JOURNAL." .
Cambria Countt. On the 2d August, a man
named John Walker was committed to the
Ebensburg Jail, charged with attempting to
outrage the person ol a little girl named 1'ick
wortb, whose parents reside near Johnstown.
James Wallack, it is said accompanied Walk
er, but made his escape. The girl s parents
were absent at the time. . . . . Wolves seem to
be plenty in Cambria and have been disturb
ing people's slumbers and attacking their
sheep. A few days since John 1. V illiams
caught one of the "varmints" in a trap, four
miles north of Ebensburg. Andrew Dunmire,
four miles westof that place, .had a large num
ber of sheep killed by wolves a few: nights
since. . . . . ihe indefatigable Constable ol
Conemaugh Borough, Mr. Flattery, on the 3d
inst. brought to jail a man named Samuel Mc
Cullough, charged with having obtained a
horse from Patrick Nevin, of Johnstown, un
der pretence that he was going to the country
to bring in his wife. Shortly al ter he left town,
the suspicions of Mr. Nevin were aroused,
and he made information be ft. re Esq. ColiicU,
charging M'Cullough with obtaining the horse
under fa.se pretences. A warrant was issued,
and placed in the hands of Constable Flattery,
who immediately started in pursuit. When a-
bout five miles beiow Johnstown, M Cullough
rode up on the mountain and," it is alleged,
shot the horse twice in the head. He was,
with much difficulty, arrested, and is now safe
ly lodged in jail to await his trial at next
Court. The horse, we believe, is still living.
Bucks Countt. On the 31st of July, Jacob
Pool, Inn keeper of Bristol Borough, and John
Arrison, his wife and daughter, also of Bristol,
were arrested upon the charge of making and
issuing spurious notes, purposing to bo issued
by tbe Syracuso Bank of New York. They
were taken before a magistrate and gave bail
for their appearance at the September term.
They had hitherto occupied a respectable po
sition in society, and their arrest has caused
muck excitement in tho neighborhood
A young child of Thomas Jenks, in the village
of Yardloyville. was accidentally thrown down
a flight of steps, a week ago, by an elder brother
who was carrying it, breaking its arm and oth
erwise injuring it A young girl by the
name of Mary Roberts, residing in Betisaletn
township, came near being drowned, at Pas
son's saw-mill, by slipping off the planks into
the creek. Her body was found some distance
below, in the mill-dam, lying upon the bottom,
and apparently lifeless, she having been under
the water five to seven minutes, but by the ex
ertions of those who came to her rescue, ani
mation was soon restored. .... A youth nam
ed Joseph Chun, fell from a barn, in Plutnstcad
township, on to tho threshing floor, fracturing
his shoulders so badly that his recovery is con
sidered very doubtful A few days ago,
two children at Doylestown obtained "posses
sion of some matches, and set lire to the bed
on which they were playing, and would have
burned to death had not Hie screams of tlio
little, sufferers brought in the neighbors, who
rescued them from the fl inics in time to pre
vent so dreadful a calamity.
Ckntrr CorxTY. On the 2Cth nit., Mr. A-
uraiiain iiai'ieman, an aged citizen of Harris
township, was seriously injured by the upset
ting of a wagon loaded with grain, upon which
he was riding. If is head was badly cut and
otherwise he was much bruised. A voun man
t . , - . a
wno was aiso on me wagon, received some se
vere injuries Whilst Frank, son of John
Letteiman, of Cedar Hun, was preparing to
make a blast in an ore shaft, HO feet deep,
the powder accidentally took fire from flic can
dle in his hand. His clothes cauzht fire and
in that condition he was compelled to climb
up the cribbing of the shaft to the top, when a
man came 10 ins am ana assisted lifin in divest
ing himself of the clothes which had not al
ready been burned off. He was frightfully
burned ; but is now slowly recovering.
T i i . .
""""ws 1uimt. uii daturuay morning
the Cist July, a man, whose name we did not
learn, living some four miles north of the Boro'
ot l'unxsutawney, took down his sl ot gun
and started to tho woods for the purpose ol
looking for game. When a short distance
lrom the house, bis gun was accidentally dis
cnargcu, llio load ot shot passing thro' the
left hand immediately above the joint of the
fore-finger, and entering the throat and breast
of the unfortunate man. Dr. Woods was sent
ior, repaired to mc spot, extracted as many or
4 1. . l 1 1 . .
me miol as couiu oo reached, and dressed the
wounus in a proper manner.
Westmoreland Countt. Tho bnrn r.r Vr
Elias Tharp, near Irwin's Station, was entire
ly destroyed by fire a few days since. Every
thing in it at the time was destroved. It Is
not known how the fire originated, but it is
supposed it was irom uie neat of the new hay.
Loss heavy A lad named Kelly aged a-
bout fourteen years, and employed on tbi! farm
of John Thomas, two miles from Greensburg,
was kicked in tho abdomen, by a sucking colt,
.i icw uajs ago. iic lingered in great agony
or iniiiy noiirs, wnen no expired.
Northampton Cocstt. A terrible tornado
occurred in Lower Bethel township on the 30lh
July. A new frame house not quite finished
was mown aown, a number of houses were un
roofed, trees were torn nn. fences thrown nn.
and damage done in other ways by tho wind
which blew in a terrible manner The'
barn of Mr. James Kostembader in Bushkill
township, was struck by lightning and burned
to uie ground, it was tilled at the time with
nay and grain, ibe loss will bo very heavy
no insurance.
Clinton CorxTT. Another fire occurred in
j-ocivport, on vt ednesday night, the Cth inst
about midnight. The stabling formerly be
longing to li. M. Hanna's tavern, which was
destroyed by fire a short time since, was struck
by lightning, and before any preventive steps
could be taken, was all in a blaze. The build
ing, aiong wiin a considerable quantity of hay
that it contained was entirely destroyed.
Delaware County. Rev. Charles Maughin,
the Catholic priest, charted with unmpreid.iu-
whipping an inoffensive woman, has left for
pans unknown ot itself a confession r ;u
We shall, probably, have no more defences of"
ms cnaracier irom the Kev. Haviland, and no
more denials of" the truth of the charges against
mm, irom me uatuolic papers.
Chester County From all narfs of r.h.
tt-r county, there are complaints of the grass
hoppers. Never were they more numerous
and where the ground is dry and parched, they
ucuur eryrning. in some of the clover
fields the blades are all eaten off. As yet myr
iads of the insects are small, but the hnv
i""'" intmaeies gooa ieeders.
T-....... . .
vuuti son or .Mr. 13 ruse, of
iuuiiiu uorougu, agea about 3 or 10 years
uau iuree or nis nngers cut off oa Mondav
,. u'v i,s seiung on the
wood-pile where a younger brother was chop
ping, and his fingers coming in contact with
the axe, they were severed from the hand.
Armstrong Countt. On Saturday, the 21th
ult.,aMr. Laughlin, manager of the Bellknan
Company Store, committed suicide by taking
laudanum A son of Philip Howser, oT
Marion township, had one of hia feet almost
severed, one day last week, by accidentally
treading upon a scythe.
Clariox Countt. Mrs. Herwig hung her
self on the 31st July, in her house in Elk town
ship. She tied a strap to a bed post and round
her neck and n hen tound was upon her knees.
- ' Kansas Ele;ticn
iWe have some further returns of the K.-m-sas
election. Four countie- Leavenworth,
Shawnee, Johnson and Frankfin give 4,704
majority against Lecompton, the total vote be
ing C848. It is thought that tho whole vote
of the Territory will reach 13,000, and the ma
jority against the bill 9000. Topeka cast 246
votes against the bill, and 10 for it. Lecomp
ton City, 122 against, and 27 for it. Nothing
has yet been received from the Southern and
Western counties.
Absolute Success of the Cable.
Trinity Bay, N. F. Aug. 7, 1858.
The complete success of the Atlantic cable
is placed beyond all doubt. Signals arc now
being made through the whole extent of tho
cable, but it is unlikely that the cablo will be
opened for business for several days, or per
haps weeks, as the electricians will require
time for a series ol experiments with their
recording instruments. Due notice will be
given of the opening of the line for business.
Senator Sumner. Paris papers inform us
that Senator Sumner is under the care of the
most distinguished physicians. They affirm
that the brain is sound, though there is some
remaining effusion, and the spinal marrow is
also sound the trouble being in the spine it
self. He is submitting without analysthetics,
with the greatest fort itude,to a course ofcoun
tcrirritants being cotton soaked in some in
flammable substance, and ignited. He writes
cautiously, but hopefully.
Jous A Washington. It is everywhere
conceded that this man is capable of any
meannesss; but it is saidthat the terms of the
contract with the Association for the sale of
Mount Yernon legally preclude his stealing
the body of Washington. One of its clauses
reads : ,
"And that the said vault, the remains in and
around it and the enclosures, shall never be
removed or disturbed ; and that no other per
sons hereafter (shall be interred or entombed
within the said vault cr enclosure."
Newspapers a Widow's Right. AYermont
Judge of Probate, has incorporated it as a
part of the law of his court, that the adminis
trator of an estate must allow the widow the
cost of a newspaper, she making her own se
lection, from the common fund. The com
mon law of America now recognises the news
paper as a lamily and individual necessity. It
is classed among pigs and potatoes, cassitnvre
and calico, a tiling to be exempted like the
family Bible ever to sutler from r.ipncioos
creditors, never to be parted with the direst
poverty.
In the Clark county (Ohio) Cum t of Com
mon Picas Mr. Alviu E. Patton has brought a
suit against Mrs. Jane E. Rainhard (formerly
Baldwin) and her husband, for damages re
sulting from a breach of promise on the lady's
part. Mr. Putton claims $25,000. Mrs. Rain
hard is said to be worth 200,000 in her own
right.
Mr. Porter, the Democratic candidate for
the Legislature in Cambria county, bus written
a letter pledging himself not only to oppese
the repeal of the Tonnage Tax on the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, but to advocate its increase.
The pledge is made in compliance w ith a res
olution passed by the nominating convention.
A notorious character named Fowler, lately
threatened the lives of six of the citizens of
Brenham, Texas, who armed themselves to the
teeth, attacked him and shot him literally to
pieces.
J. Edgar Thompson. Esq., President of the
Pennsylvania Central Railioad has just been
elected President of the Pittsburgh, Chicago
aud Fort Waye road also.
A Mrs. Ryan, of New York, burned herself
and her child to death while using camphene.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CONGRESS. Gkoiice Means. Esn.. is nn Tn
V dependent Anti-l.ecompton. Protective Turin"
candidate lor Congress, rn tho Congressional
llistriet. t-uhjee-t only to the decision of the peo
ple at the ballot-box.
l urlsville, July Sth, 1S0S. augllte
CAUTION. All persons arecautioncd against
purchasing oruietldling with the following
property in tho possession of Luther 15urrctt. to
wit : 1 yoke oxen, 1 horse, 1 cow, 2 hogs. I lot Lav
1 lot wheat and rye in barn, 1 hcifler, 3 bec scaps!
I timber sled and chain, 1 calf. The above prop
erty has been left in caie of said Luther Barrett
and subject to my order only.
Juiy 11.1S5S. JOIIX PATTON.
".4 drslet of Grmtof Wit n,d Wiitnm ''
A THOUSAND AXD OXE STORIES,
XV Of tact and Fancy, Wit and Humor,
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In these pages aro given the essences of thought
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Johnson, and many others ; clerical anecdotes Hi
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and Palestine Paul and Virginia. Alexander Du
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once be presented to him for settlement.
, ROBERT MITCHELL.
Clearfield. July 7. 1333 6t.
SHERIFF'S SAI.ES. By virtue of sundry
writs of Venditioni Kxjionas issued outoftW
Court of Common Pleas of Clearfield co., and to me
directed, wit! be exposed to public sale, at the Court
House in tbe borough of Clearfield, on MONDAY
THE 18TH HAY OF AUGUST. lS5ti, the following
described real estate, to wit:
A certaiu lot of land, situate in the borough of"
Clearfield, known a3 lot No. S7 ; bounded on the
south by lot No. 83. on north by an alley, east by
an alley, and west by second street? with a plank
house and stable thereon. Seized, taken in exe
cution, and to be sold as the property of Josiah W.
Baird.' .
Also A certain tract of land, situate in Wood
ward township, containing aO acres ; bounded bjT
landsof Christian Shoff. jr., and W B. Alexander
with about 25 acres cleared and a lor bense nX
stable thereon. Seized, taken in execution, and?
to be sold as the property of Geo. W. Hoekeuberry
Also Defendants interest in a certain tract of?
land in Brady township, containing 63 acre, with'
40 r.cres cleared and log house and log btrn there--on.
and a bearing orehard ; defendants interest
being one-eighth. Seized, taken in execution,
and to be sold as the property of John Ellingcr.
Also A certain tract of land, eituate in 1'ikw
township, beginuing at.a post, thence along land-''
of Samuel C. Hepburn to north o"J i deg. west VJ'S
per. to a post, thcuco along lands of James Cross
ley n. 33 d. c 65 per. to a post, thence along laud
of John Porter s. 54 j d. east l'J perches to a pot,
and thence along land of Owens s. S'J d. wcl 6S.
per. to beginning, containing 76 acres: about 40'
cleared and having a house and barn thereon c--rected.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold
as the property of John Hcpbnrn.
Also A certain tract of land, situate in Coving
ton township, Clearfield county, as follows; be
ginning at a post, being tlie southerly corner of '
land sold to m Russell and on the divUion lina
between patents No 1S91 and 1S'J3 and being part
of said patent, thence south 223 perches to a w hito
o;ik. west 81 per. to a white oak grub, nerth 44
perches to a small maple, east S4 perches to a post
corner of the land Suld to Vim. Russell, thence
south perches to place of beginning, contain-- .
ing 120 acres and 122 perches, more or less, witn
log house, log barn, stable, blacksmith shop, and
70 acres of cleared laud, and a store house, two
dwelling bouses and two offices in lulsonhurg.
Swized. t:iken in execution, and to be sold as tW
property of Levi Lutz.
Also A certain lot of land, situate irf" Clear
field, bounded on Market street 50 feet, east by lot"
of Thompson, south and west by alleys, with
house and stable, shop and other buildings there
on. Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as
the property of .
Also A certain tract of land, situate in Pcnn
township, containing about sevei.ty-five acres,
bounded by lands of Charles GotT. Eyra. Mooro
and MeFiitire, with about 20 acres clcaied, with a
two story frame house and barn thereon. Seized. -t;ikcn
in execution, and to be sold as the property
of Caleb Moore, and Caleb Moore and Thuuia
Moore, adui'rs of David Moore, dee'd.
Also A certain tract of land, situate in Boggs
township, containing one hundred acre : bounded
bv lands of Ba-.-hiner. Jacob Smell and others ,"
with a plank house, a shop and small orchard
thereon. Seized, t:ikcn in execution, aud to bvaold
as the property of Enoch G Gray,
Also A certain tract of land, situate in Brady
township. Clearfield county, containing 00 acres;
bounded by lands of Cochran and others : lying
oil the east side of Sandy creek, with log house and
log barn and forty acres cltared thereon t-eized.
taken in execution, and to be sold as the property
of Wi!li:.ni Dickson who survives Samuel Kuapp
and Daniel Lung. dee d.
Also A certain tract of land, situate in Kart
haus township, containing ',12 acres, bounded east
by lands of widow Guns.tulus. west by J. K. V.
Sehnarrs, norih by Geo. Scheider and south P. A.
K.'irthaus; with a log house, log barn, and 15 a
cres cleared thereon. "Seized, taken in execution,
and to be sold as the property of Henry Schmidt.
Also A certain tr.ict of land. Situate iu Morri
township, containing 300 acres, bounded as fol
lows : begirningata stone heap adjoining lands
of Win. fseatcs, thence by lands of M. Jfc J. Miller,
south 1 d west 150 perches to post, thence by land
of Win. Eeates. north 2 d. cast 40 'JS-100 percJie
to stone, thence by lands of Michael Stinekerkner,
south 83 deg. east 1-10 perches to a post, thcuco
by land of same, north li d. east loa 0 10 pcrchm
to post, thence by land of Win. Beates south S3 d.
east 7S perches to place of beginning, with a I04
house and barn and 45 acres cleared thereon.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as thu
property of Anthony Stinckcckncr.
Also a certain tract of land, sitnate in Chet
township, Clearfield county, containing about 400
acres; bounded by lands of Thomas Wood. Thos.
Tozcr. Tu -ker and others ; wi;h three small dwel
ling houses and 10 acres cleared thereon. Seizod.
taken in execution, and to be ?uM as the property
of Luther Barrett & David Wood.
Also by virtue of sundry writs of Leriri l'a
ciax, the following real estate, viz :
A certain two story frame tenement situate in
Chest owus-hip, Clearfield county, on a lot or pioew
of land, bounded by land of Aaron 1'ierce. John
Kitchen and others, being IS feet frout by 25 feet
in depth and lot or curtilage appurtenant. Seiz
ed, taken in execution, and to be sold as the pro
perty of David Kitchen owner, or whoever may
be owner.
Also A two story saw-mill, being a frame-building
2( feet in width nnd fifty feet in length, sit
uate in township, Clearfield county, with tho
lot or piece of ground and curtilage appurtenant.
Seized, taken in execution, and" to be sold a
the property of William Barto or whoever may bo
owner
Also A certain house and lot situate in tho
borough of Clearfield, Clearfield county, fronting
f0 feet on Market streot and extending back 200
feet to an alley, bounded on south by Market st ,
east ba lot No. IbO. north by an alley, and on tho
west by lot No. 134; said lot being known as No
III. Seized, taken in execution, and to bo sold
as the property of Jan.es Hollcnbach.
Also by virtue of a writ of Fi. Fa., the fol
lowing real estate, to wit : -
A certain piece of land containing about 75 a
cres, about 40 acres cleared and having a houe
Ac., crcc.cd thereon, situated in Lawrence town
ship ; and being the same premises purchased by
A. High from C. Kratzer under articles of agree
ment, i-eizcd, taken in execution, and to be sold
as the property of Joseph Patterson and John Pat
terson, adm'rsof A High.
Also All that certain piece of land situate in
Bell township, Clearfield countv. bounded south br
Netzell & Campbell, west by Nicklin A Griffith"
land, north by landsof Hoyt A Sabins, contain
ing about aOO acres; 150 acres cleared with sir
dwelling houses, store house, blacksmith -shon
grist mill, saw mill, barn and stable thereon
Also a piece of land in Bell township bounded
by land of Mehaffcy t Mctlhee s and the Susouo
hanna river, containing 275aercs; 50 acres clear
ed with ia mi I dwelling house and stable
of Henry Musser in Chest township, bounded by
lands of tieddes & Marsh, Woods. M ilson. Michael
and others. Ai.so-an undivided half part of lot
in Ncwburg, Chest township, with a dwelling
house thereon Ai.so-an undivided half of I
piece of land in Bell township, containing obout
200 acres, bounded by lands of J. Snvder and oth
ers. Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold a
the property of Thos. A. MoGheo A Co.
Also all that certain messuage or piece of land
situate in Lawrence. township, about a mile from
... , imiiiuive roai leauwg 10 Laither-
burg, containing about six acres, more or less. with
dwelling house, stable, wood-house. Ao., thereoi
erected, adjoining landsof Lewis Cardon. of Rich
ard Shaw, of Jacob Irwin and others, beinir tli
on
h-
c...wv) i uiist-s uccupieu uy J-eonar.l Ugden, and
-uivu 11 u purcuaseu irom ajchis carter, the foruior
occupant. Seizod, taken in execution, and to bo
sold as the property of A, Leonard Ogden.
Also all that certain messuage tenement or
tract of land, situate in Brady township, bounded
as follows: beginning at a chestnut. then K,
lands of Jacob Wilt est 5S per t Q ' ' 1 . ec b
south by land of Smith 58 pP.r'"to . l
west by land of same 531 per to 2 Ik
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