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Raftsman s Isnnml;
S. B. BOW. EDITOR ANt PROPRIETOR.
CLEARFIELD, PA., JAN. 26, 1850.
THE EASTS A3 FRAUDS PB0VE3T.
Our readers will recollect that, during the
controversies relating to tbo Lecompton cod
stitutional question, frauds of the grossest
hind were alleged to have been perpetrated in
several of the election precincts of Kaunas,
the most noted of which, perhaps, were those
of Oxford, in the county of Johnson, where
1628 votes, as indicated by the fraudulent re
turns, were cast, whilst according to the cen
sus taken afterwards there were only forty-
thrtt rotes fn the district. Tho charges
of lraud, although originating with men of
distinction and high character, were at the
time sedulously denied by the friends of the
.National Administration, which was using its
influence and its patronage to force the ob
noxious constitution upon a protesting people
The truth of these charges is now, however,
being established in such a manner as should
remove all doubts from the mind of every
right-thinking person. - The proof of forged
returns having been made for the precinct of
Oxford, has just been presented to the country
in a shape thac is entirely reliable. It comes
through Ex-Gov. Walker and Ex-Secretary
Stanton, of Kansas, who have issned an address
"To the People of the XTnited States," rela
tive to the returns from that precinct, which
they rejected on the 19th Oct. 1857, in which
they embody a letter from Mr. Bat t Jones,
one of the Judgcxf the election at Oxford,
whoso name purported to authenticate the re
turns. In this letter, Jones says that he never
subscribed them, nor authorized any one to do so
for him, and consequently they are a forgery,
as alleged at the time by Messrs. Walker and
Stanton, and as such were properly rejected
by them. There is, however, more importance
to be attached to this circumstance than may
at first sight appear. "Upon tho face oi the
Lecompton Constitution," say Messrs. Walker
and Stanton, "it appears that this Oxford for
gery wae incorporated into, and made part of
that instrument, by the legislative apportion
ment avowedly based upon it." Besides this
they bave no doubt "that the census and regis
tration, purporting to have been taken in the
fifteen counties out of thirty-eight which form
ed the sole basis of representation in the Con
vention, were largely contaminated with frau
dulent and fictitious names, designed to give
control of tho Convention to the same parties
who were the authors of the subsequent frauds
at Oxford, Shawnee, Delaware, Kickapoo, and
elsewhere, perpetrated under tho Constitution
itself." Thns, it is clear, that tha Lecompton
Constitution was based upon fraud and forge
ry, and should, for that reason, as Senator
Hammond, of South Carolina, said, '-have
been kicked out of Congress." And yet, as
Messrs. Walker and Stanton remark, the Pres
ident of the United States, with the full
knowledgo cf all the facts, urged upon Con
gress the sanction of this lorgery. We ore
somewhat curious tc know what the advocates
of the Lecompton swindle will have to saj
now that the Kansas frauds are being proven.
A short time since, Hon. John Covode, the
member of Congress from tbo Westmoreland
district in this State, acting upon tho Presi
dent's opinion as expressed in his letter to
the committees of the centennial celebration
of the taking of Fort Ouquesne, that ot late
years money had been employed to carry e
lections, offered a resolution asking the ap
pointment ot a committee to inquire whether
any money had been used last fall in Pennsyl
vania to influence the election of Members of
Congress, &c. This motion of Mr. Covodo
has had tho effect of arousing the "vengeful
wrath" of a number of pseudo-Democratic ed
itors, who make it a pretext for pitching iato
him rough-shod, and in order to withdraw at
tention from the corrupt and nefarious practi
ces of their own party, they charge him with
having used large sums of money to carry his
own election. We are well acquainted with
Mr. Covode ; we know him to be what it will
keep some of his maligners busy to be, "an
honest man," and we feel satisfied that he
would despise using any but fair and legiti
mate means in a canvass. Where he is well
known, a refutation of such a story as is allu
ded to would be unnecessary ; but as tho re
port might, perhaps, be credited where ha is
not acquainted, we deem it bnt an act of jus
tice to an upright and honorable man to stig
matize it as it deserves a base fabrication.
The very fact of Mr. Covode asking for a com
mittee to investigate ' the corruption that is
alleged to have been practiced in this State, is
of itself sufficient to refute the charge made
against him by unscrupulous politicians.
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LETTEK FROM H AEEISBTEG .
Correspondence of the Raftsman's Journal. ?
. ' . ,Jancari 22, 1859."
Friend Eow : Petitions iroin Pine' coun
ty that is to be, continue to pour in to such an
extent that I presume by this time the name
of every man residing within the proposed
imits of tho new county, Is now before the
Committee on N ew Counties and County Seats
in both the House and Senate. The prospect
is that a bill will soon be before the commit
tee, but what its fate will be, I am not pre
pared to say. There are but three applica
tions for new counties up to this time. .. - -At
length both House and Senate have ta
ken action on the Tariff question, by passing a
resolution instructing our Senators and mem
bers of Congress to vote for a modification of
the present system, in order that Pennsylva
nia interests may b protected. The resolu
tions were offered by Mr. Lawrence, of Wash
ington, last week,' and referred to a select
committee, whicb made the following report
on Tuesday: - '
The experience of the past and present most
fully demonstrates that it is a wise and benefi
cent policy of the General Government which
dictates the imposition of duties oh such pro
ducts of foreign nations as come in such di
reefcontract with those of our country, as to
interfere and prostrate the trade on our own
soil and among our own citizens. - For want of
such aid the country is filled with foreign pro
ducts, the result of cheap labor; the moneta
ry a flairs of the nation disarranged by the ex
portation of specie to pay an indebtedness
abroad, and the citizens and laborers in many
departments compelled to abandon their ac
customed employment ; especially do our own
coal and iron interests suffer; therefore
Rttolrtd by the Senate and House of Represen
tatives, 4rc, That our Senators in Congress be
instructed, and our Representatives be re
quested, to labor for the passage (at the pres
ent session) ot such an act as will not only
tend to increase the revenue by the imposi
tion of duties, but afford adequate protection
to all the interests of the country injured by
the productions of the cheap labor of other
countries, but more especially to urge an in
crease of duties on coal and iron in which
so large a portion of our people are deeply
interested. .
Resolved, That the views of the President,
expressed in his late Annual Message, in ref
erence to the advantage of specific over ad
valorem duties, as more uniform, less liable to
frauds, and affording the most certain amount
of revenue and protection, meets our most
hearty approval.
Resolved, That the Governor be roqnested
to forward each of our Senators and Repre
sentatives in Congress a copy of the above
preamble and resolutions, informing them of
their adoption.
The following named gentleman composed
the committee : G. V.' Lawrence, P. C.
Gritman, Geo. W. Wood, Jro. J. Patterson,
George Wiley, W. P. W ilcox.
The resolutions were adopted with but two
dissenting voices Messrs. Goepp of North
ampton, and Laird of Erie.
The resolutions came up in the Senate on
Wednesday and passed a final reading unani
mously. Quite a large number of gentlemen identi
fied with the coal and iron business were in
town, and immediately on tho passagu of tho
resolutions they made arrangements to go to
Washington, in a body. What "effect this u
nanimous expression of the representatives of
the people will have upon the dignitaries at
the Federal City remains to be seen.
If there is to be any local legislation for the
benefit ot your people, I must say that those
who expect it are tardy about rushing it in.
. The bill abolishing the Caual Board came
up in the Senate on Wednesday, but it was
soon surrounded and hemmed in by barriers
in the shape of amendments which gave rise
to a lengthy debate, which ended in the bill
being left in tho hands of the committee, with
leave to sit again. The fact is, soma of the
Senators have friends with "claims," and they
did not wish to see the Board abolished on the
10th of February without some provision that
the claimants, their heirs, assigns, executors
or administrators forever," may push these
claims for all time to come.
I believe I told you about the Donnavan and
Church affair. Yesterday a re-consideration
of the vote on expelling Donnavan from the
privilege of the floor of the Housa was lost
yeas 41, nays 40.
The everlasting "Record" business has been
disposed of so far as the House is concerned,
by a party vote, rescinding the contract made
with Ilaldeman last session. So far so good,
but it still has to go through the Senate, and
a party vote there would certainby shelve Berg
ncr & Co.'s prospects.
The State Agricultural Society held its an
nnal meeting on Tuesday last and elected the
following officers to serve during the ensuing
year : President, David Taggart ; Vice Pres
idents, 1st district, Geo. V. Woodward; 2d
A. T. Xewbold, 3d Chas. K. Engle, 4th Joseph
Yeager, 5th Thoi. P. Knox, Gth Chas. Kelly,
7th Adrian Cornell, 8th George M. Keiia, 9th
John Strohm, 10th John P. Rutherford, 11th
Amos E. Knapp, 12th E. W. Sturdevant, 13th
II. D. Maxwell, 14th Wm. Jessup, 15th H. N.
McAllister, 16th Jacob S. Daldeman, 17th W.
Deyser, ISth Elias Baker, 19lh John McFar
land, 20th Joshua Wright, 21st John Murdoch,
Jr., 22d John Young, Jr., 23d Tbos. J. Power,
24th nenry Souther, 23th James Miles. Ad
ditional members of the Executive Commit
teeFred. Watts, Jas. Go en, W. A. Stokes.
Simon Cameron, Jacob Mish. Chemist and
Geologist- Prof. S. S. Ilaldeman. Librarian,
Henry Gilbert. . '
The abolition of the Canal Board came up a
gam m the Senate on Thnrsdav, when Mr.
f urney offered an amendment for the imme
diate abolition of the Board, inasmuch as the
town was filled with buzzards who were en
gaged in digging ont"old rotten claims against
the Commonwealth, which had no foundation
in fact. Several of these old condemned
claims were re-opened, and allowed by Messrs.
Scott and Frazer,' one of which created some
little excitement. It was to A. M. White, al
lowing him a claim for upwards of $5,000 for
wood furnished the State on the Portaze Rail
Road in I806. The Senate passed the amend
ed bill without a dissenting voice, and it was
eut to the. House, which body concurred in
the amendment yesterday. - So the - Board,
like Hummel's cider, "ish very goot, aver it i
isa au anymore!" ! lours,
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. B. Both Houses adjourned at 1 o'clock 1
yesterday, until 3 o'clock on Monday. i r.
C0XGEESSI0KAL PROCEEDING.
Jak. 17. Congress did little but listen to
speeches called forth by the announcmcnt of
Col. Harris's death. The House adopted a
resolution to hold evening sessionsfor debate
(i. e, buncome speeches).
Jak. 18. -The Senate adopted a joint reso
lution permitting Mr. Townsend Harris to ac
cept a gold snuff-box torn England. A reso
lution, introduced by Mr. Seward, calling for
the correspondence between our Government
and Spain relative to the purchase of Cuba,
was adopted. The Pacific Railroad bill oc
cupied the remainder of the session. 'A num
ber of amendments were rejected, and Mr.
Bigler's substitute, somewhat amended, was
adopted."" Finally tho Senate, after ordering
the bill to be printed,- that they might see
what shape it now wore, adjourned in despair.
The House adopted a resolution, offered by
Mr. Sherman of Ohio, appointing a Commit
tee of Five, to inquire into the truth of char
ges importing that the Navy Department here
and in Philadelphia has been guilty of favor
itism in the award of contracts, and has used
the public money for partisan purposes.
Should the inquiry be put into the right hands,
and be prosecuted with pioper diligence, some
interesting discoveries may be made, even at
this. late day. .In Committee, the House
struck out the enacting clause of Mr. Coch
ran e's bill to codify the Revenue laws, aud
then concurred, as the House, thus defeating
the measure by a vote of 108 to 84. Mr. Cox
of Ohio, made a speech on tho "Law of
growth," and the "Genius of our institutions,"
in which he took ultra filibuster grounds, and
talked a great deal ot second-hand nonsense.
He was for the annexation of the whole world,
and "the rest of mankind." Mr. Hickman
made a speech on the Tariff. The majority
and minority reports ot tho Committee npon
the Oregon bill were presented. " -
Jas. 19. The Senate refused to lay the
Pacific Railroad bill on the table, by a vote
of 38 to 19. Mr. Bell withdrew his motion
to re-commit the bill. Tho residne of the
session was occupied with a discussion on the
constitutionality of carrying the road within
the limits of the States. In the House, Mr.
Cobb of Alabama reported a bill amendatory
of the pre-emption laws, by which three
months' occupancy of the land is required.
An attempt to table the bill proved unsuccess
ful; but, the morning' hour having expired,
the Ugusc went into Committee of the Whole
on tho Consular and Diplomatic bill. Mr.
Keitt made a Cuba-stealing speech ; in the
course of which he was, however, honest e
nough to say that ha did not believe the island
could be purchased. The appropriation for a
Minister to Persia was stricken out of the
bill, on motion of 3Ir. Colfax. Mr. Lovcjoy
of Illinois moved to strike out all the appro
priations for the salaries ot Ministers and
Commissioners, excepting on the suggestion
of Mr. Clark the Minister to Spain. Mr.
Stanton of Ohio, did not see the utility of
Ministers ; Mr. Crawford of Georgia did.
Mr. Scales of North Carolina cried for re
trenchment. Mr. Lovejoy's amendment was
finally rejected, but by only twelve majority.
Motions to strike out tho salaries of Ministers
at Rome and Switzerland, prevailed. In the
evening session, Mr. Humphrey Marshall of
Kentucky, made an elaborate political ha-J
rangue, ostensibly in reply to recent speeches
of Messrs. Seward, Giddings and Washburn.
Other members had leave to pi int their re
marks a practice to which Mr. Burnett sen
sibly objected.
Jan. 20. The Senate passed the Invalid
Pension bill. Mr. Benjamin reported a sub
stitute for Mr. Mason's by which the warmak
jng power is conferred upon the Executive.
The main difference between the substitute
and the original bill is, that the Presideut is
by rke former required to make an immediate
report to Congress of what he may do under
previous provisions. After further discussion
of the Pacific Railroad bill, the Senate ad
journed. In the House, the Committee on
Mr. Sherman's motion to investigate charges
of corruption in the Navy Department was
announced. It consists of two Republicans,
two Democrats, and one American, as follows:
John Sherman (O.), Chairman; Wm. S
Groesbcck, Ohio, Chas. Ready, Tenn., Tbos.
S. Bocock, Va., David Ritchie, Pa. Taking
up the bill amending tho Pre-emption Laws,
the House adopted Mr. Grow's amendment,
prohibiting the exposure cf public lands for
sale unless returns of the surveys thereof
shall have been made ton years or more pre
viously, and then rejected the bill by four
majority. In the evening session speeches
were delivered by Messrs. Purviance, Thomp
son and Phelps of Minnesota.
Jan. 22. The time of Congress was taken
up with the private calender.
Jan. 23. The Senate not in Session. The
House, after considerable objection, received
resolutions in favor of a protective tariff from
the Legislature of Pennsylvania.
The Scalpei,. We omitted last week to no
tice the receipt of the January No. of this in
teresting and valuable quarterly, published in
New York by Dr. Dixon. The Scalpel is net.
as its namemigbt seem to indicate, a medical
publication on the contrary, it dissects with
unsparing hand, and lays open f n tLe plainest
manner, the defects and deformities of the
body professional, and cuts its way through
the humbuggeries of modern practice in a
truly refreshing style. It is to be reeretted
that there are not more as independent and
outspoken writers as the editor of the Scalpel.
It appears by a card published in the news
papers over the signatures of Messrs. McKib-
oen and Ad rain on the Dart of Hon ' Wm.
Montgomery, and Messrs. Lane and Niblack
on tne part of Hon. Wm. H.Enrrli.h. th,t
English's hitting Montgomery over the head
wun nis cane was only a mistake. ' Mr. Mont
gomery not having offered uy insult which
authorized the violence, and Mr. English
"-6 -f""o,"" J ttuuiuiuerj' ior nis t
mistake: the difficulty is settled ! I. .7 ' . i
For the ''Raftsman's Journal."
f NEW C0TTRT HOUSE.
31a. Editor: 1 wish to say a few words
more on the New Court House Question. Du
ring the past week I had an opportunity ot
seeing, in the Commissioners' office, the plan
and specifications, known as the Thorn plan.
According to it, the lower story is to be 13,
and the upper 15 feet the partition walls to
be 9 inches thick, and the lower floor to be cut
up into some seven rooms. The building is
to be 96 by CO feet dimensions to tho length
will be added the porch projection. Any per
son who has a correct conception of archjtecr
taral symmetry and beauty, will at once ob
serve that there is no sort of proportion in the
above figures.' The building would not be o
ver 30 or 32 feet high to tbo eave only one
half tbo bight of its width, and one-third as
high as it would be long. This would give it
a low, squatty, unseemly appearance, such as
would no doubt induce any mechanic,' who
has any pride of reputation, to disown it as a
specimen of his workmanship. But there are
other objections than those that refer to the
mere external appearance. Nine-inch parti
tion walls are entirely too frail for a court
honse as large as the one proposed the walls
should be sufficiently substantial to render the
building solid beyond all peradventure. The
court room, to make it comfortable, as well as
to give it fair proportions, should not be less
than from 20 to 25 feet in tbe clear. The low
er floor should be divided off so that four of
tho county offices say Prothonotary, Register
& Recorder, Treasurer and Sheriff would oc
cupy one side ; then cut off' from the other an
office for the Commissioners, and make a hall
out of the remainder, which could be used for
public gatherings, without asking the use of
the court room. I have thus, briefly, pointed
out some defects, which, in my humble opin
ion, would destroy entirely the fair appear
ance, convenience, and, in soma measure, the
utility of the building. If we arc to have a
new court house, let us have a respectable and
creditable one not a "botch." of which we
will be ashamed. But, says some one, if you
make these changes in the plan, the signers
of a certain bond will be released from its con
ditions, and the county will lose the boasted
advantages of that offer. As a matter of
course, that will be the case; and, after exam
ining the meagre and imperfect specifications,
almost any person will conclude that a devia
tion from the plan is inevitable, and, perhaps,
it may be that the signers of that famous duc
umcnt anticipated a release from its stipula
tions on that very ground and if the Commis
sioners do go on and let the contract on the
29tb, I will venture the guess that such will
be the result. So far as the Commissioners
are concerned, they stand in an unenviable po
sition. If they get a house built on the plan
before them, they will bave an ill-proportioned,
incommodious and discreditable building.
If they change the plan, they will lose the
'advantages" of a bond, which, it is said, was
the inducement for using so much haste in ad
vertising the letting. And this may not be all.
If they had taken more time, they might have
procured a much bstter plan, and, perhaps,
received a much more liberal proposal. Let
them take which "horn of the dilemma" tbty
please, they will suffer in the public estima
tion, notwithstanding they may have been ac
tuated by tho best of motives. Oldtows.
The Doxevas axp Ciubch Affair. Our
readers will recollect that C. M. Donovan, an
ex-member of the State Legislature, on the
14th January, committed a most brutal assault
and battery upon the person of Mr. Church,
member elect to tho House of Representatives
from Philadelphia. After the adjournment
of tho House, Donevan met Church, whose
scat he is contesting, in the street, and after
an angry conversation, proceeded to assault
liira- with a cow-hide. The parties were sep
arated, and the next day the assailant was ex
pelled from the floor of the House by a res
olution of that body. - Donevan, . who is by no
means a peaceable man, was bound over to
answer the charge of assault and battery at
the next sessions of Danphin county. On
last Friday the caso came up, and after a
hearing the Jury rendered a verdict of guilty.
Pat of Congressmen. The present session
gives to members a thousand dollars a month,
besides mileage and perquisites. Deducting
the Sundays and hollidays, the present "short
session will allow about CO working days ; for,
by constitutional requirement, it must close
on the third of March next, which will give to
members nearly fifty dollars per day for every
day employed, exclusive of mileage."
A correspondent of the Hamilton, Canada,
Spectator, says if a railroad should be built
through the British dominions to the Pacific,
it would cost A'oO.OOO.OOO, and for six months
of the year the track would bo covered with
snow, and with water for another four months.
Under these circumstances, ho thinks it not
prudent for capitalists to invest in tbo enter
prise. "
A letter from Madrid, Spain, says : "We
have received news of a terrible catastrophe.
The rich lead mines of Linares, belonging to
tho State, have fallen in, and it is said buried
in their ruins moro than 70 miners, of whom
upwards of 30 bave been taken out dead. The
falling in of the earth is attributed to the ex
cessive rain tor some days past. ' - . -
DuVall's Galvanic Oil BiUious Cholic was
cured in ten minutes ask P. A. Brand, of
Harrisburg, Pa. Piles of ten years' standing
cured by one bottle, and many others of the
same character ' cured soundly by the use of
this oil. 'V- " .'
Mr. Macbodo has imported one hundred
camels into .Texas, with a view of their intro
ductien, not only into tho army, but for agri
cultural purposes.
What has become of the January No. of the
ItlmiUic Monthly T Can the' publisher tell ?
We can't d j without your valuable periodical.
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS.
PREPARED FOR TUB "RAFTSMAN'S JOURXAL."
- Centre Cocntt. Two men,' John Kennedy
and Mr. O'Laughlin, on the line of the Belle
fonte and "Snowshoe Railroad, were injured
on the 12th January, by the explosion of a
blast, which had failed "to go off, aid which
they then commenced working about . Al
though a numlter of workmen were around at
the time, none were injured bet tbe two nam
ed. . O'Laughlin's injuries are slight, but it is
feared Kennedy's will prove fatal. ... Sever
al men and horses made a narrow escape from
drowning in the Bald Eagle near Milesburg,
one day last week. They were cutting and
hauling ice, aud whilst 011 tho ice it gave a
way, precipitating men and team into the
water. It was with much difficulty that they
were rescued. . . . Mr. Clarke Bri.tbin, a resi
dent of Potter township, met with an accident
on the 12th, which resulted in his death on-
the following day. He was . engaged hauling
wood, and it is supposed that the horsj fright
ened and ran away, as he was found in the
woods greatly injured both externally and
internally. . . . A series of religious revivals
are in progress in tho Lutheran church at
Boalsburg. and in the Methodist churchenat
Howard, Unionvillc and Milesburg. ... Mr.
Daniel Musser, of Boalsburg, while out in the
"Seven Mountains" on a hunting excurs on,
came across three deers, and beiug-an expert
and experienced hunter, he succeeded in kil
ling two of thcu at one shot. . . . Mr. John
Fry, of Potter township, who was accidently
shot by a friend, while bunting, some time
since, is fast recovering.
Indiana Cocnty. On the Gth inst., Mr.
George Devers, of Canoe township, had bis
left hand entirely blown away by the bursting
of a musket. He, with a party of other
young m-ri, were at the time of ths accident
engaged at serenading Mr. Isaic Be wer .and
M iss Reed, whowere nmrried that evening. . .
Mr. John Simms and son, and Mr. Win. Moses,
of Blairsville, while at work mining cojI in
the bank of Mr. R. Smith, were severely in
jured on the 13th, by the falling of a larg'e
quantity of slate and rock. ... On the 8th,
Mr. Jacob Peclor, of Armstrong township,
broke two of his rits by a fall which he re
ceived. ... A few days since, Miss Sarah Jane
Adams, of Bnrrell township, aged 10, died of
erysipelas.- The first indication of the disease
was a small pimple on the chin, which in a
day or two spread over her Ijcc and neck and
caused her death.
Mercer Cocxtt. Rev. Wm. Smith, of
Delaware tp., fell dead whilu in tho act of
winding his clock, on Sunday evening, 5?th
inst. lie had preached a sermon that after
noon bis last. He fell into the arms of bis
daughter dead. Disease of the heart was
the cause of this sad exit. ... A Mr. Hubbard
of West Greenville, returned home from a
hunting excursion in TioucseU Forest, last
week, having killed 13 deer.
Clinton Coitntt. A young man while
skating on the river at Lock Haven 'J'ucsday
alternoon the ISth, accidently fell in an air
hole, and received a complete ducking.
Through the assistance of bis comrades he was
soon rescued from his unpleasant situation.
Jefferson Cocntv. A little son of Mr.
John Conili oii, near Punxsutawney,' came to
an unttmely death recently, by its clothes ta
king fire while its mother was absent at a
neighboring bouse.
A meeting has been held in Grant county,
Wisconsin, at which resolutions were pass-4
pledging the people against the payment of
taxes, State, county, and town. The reasons
assigned are that there has been much extrav
agance in public expenditure tbatl'rovidenco
has withheld its usual bounties from tho peo
ple, and that it is but just that the office hold
ers should share in the general compulsory e
conomy induced by the hard times.
NEW ADVESTI5EI1E3T3.
4 CARD A.M. Hills would inform bis pat-X-
rons that lie will bo al?ont from his office ln
ring tha three fir?t weeks in February on a l'rot'e?
sional visit to Elk county. January 2i.
CAUTION'. All persons are notified net to
meddle with the following Property now in
possession of James M. Leonard, as the iamc be
longs to me and subject to my order only, to wit :
One lloaa Colt and u lot of liay in th bnrn
11 D.VCJioo.XOYEll. "
Morris township. Jan. 22. is:il-j:in2i-:;tp.
FARM FOK SALE OK KENT. The un
dersincd oflVrs for sale or rent Lis farm of
it) acres of laud ; 2i acres of which is cleared and
the balance well timbered with whits oak. maple
and hemlock; there is a good house and barn
thereon.. The property is tuunta.l I miles from
Clearfield town oh t.le INke leading to Luthcrs
burg. Those desirous of buying or renting, w ill
please apply .oon. as.Iniu bound to pitch my
-wig-warn" in the West, soon. Possession will I..,
given at any time. Apply to
' " C. R. MACUMBER.
Lawrcneo tp., Clearfield Co.. Va.. Jn. V.-:;in
rSAO TEACHERS, DIRECTORS.' AM PA-
JL KEM6. Ihc-l'ractieal Orthographic Chart
designed to exhibit the Natural and Organic Ar
rangement of the sounds heard in tbo F.i.,r!M,'l
guage." and the -Key" to the same. "Containing
1 1 . ft n i r 1 n .-i Ca.... 11.1i 1 - . . v
u . i viuia mi -I liiurajtnic .Analysis,'
are now published, and wilt be sent by mail, post
paid, on receipt of the prices, being as follows
One Chart and Key, 50 oent3 ; One Chart in colors
and Key, (if! cents ; Two Charts und three Kev'
SI; Four Charts and eight Keys, 2; Ten Charts
and eighteen Keys. S5. Keys, pr rcopy. 18 rents"
Keys, per doien, 51 50. Copies of the Kev for ex
amination, sent on receipt of 12 cents lirpcom
desiring to supply their districts, will be allowed
a reasonable discount on the above pricos I -s
than one dollar may be remitted in potaee
stamps. Address, JOHN' W. ll,"LKS.
Jan. 23, '59. Indiana, Indiana co.. Pa.
TROPOSALS WA.NTKD -SeHlcTprosaTs
-l will be received at the office of tho Commis
sioners of Clearfield county, in Clearfield, until the
-"Jtli day of January, 1So9. for tho building of a
new Court House, 60 feet front bv Ut deep? with
Offices beneath and court room above, with fir
proof vaults for Prothonotary 's, Hcsjistcr s and
Commissioners' offices. Specifications can bo seen
at the office of R. J. Wallace. Clerk, for ten davs
preceding the 29th day of Jannary. 18.9. Propo
sals are desired to express what the contract will
- ,t:lk for' the contractors to take tbe ol.i mate
rial of Court Honse and offices. Alt proposals
must be accompanied by -the name of a responsible-surety,
residing in tbe County of Clearfield
JOHN IKWIV. )
;?RE KlUlAltD, tconnty Com-
Att. R i 11 11 ' misoners
Attest R. J. Wallace, Clcrk.
Commissioners" Office. Jan. 12. lS59-jan 19.
T OOK HERE ! LOOK HERE I'.-TuTuT-M-l
- dersigncd take this method of informing the
public generally that they hava entered into co
partnership m the Blacksmithing business, and
can be fnnnl tit th r . . .' "a
- k ti 1 ' ivumtriy occupied bv J a-
t? i-J"- trough
Zl r- mey wm oe pleased to see
their o d customers, and as many new ones as can
make it convenient, to give them a call. .
Bring on your hoes, yoor spades, and picks,
lour log chains and your pulling sticks,
Your sleds, your sleighs, your horse and mare,
three-year old, shall then go bare.
Your spears we'll work up then just right,
lo pruning hooks for every night,
1 our swords too, shall then be wrought
10 plough-shares such as CVit ne'er bought.
n ' -r. J.SHUNKWEILEK,
Dec. fi, ISjS UKORRE W OUR
Sl'tiAR. White and Brown sugar to be had at
OvemhAr'iS.; . .. rf 1? trwt v-ei
, Lj-t of good Grindstones, with fixtares. foTskTe
L by : jyux PATIOS, CurweBsriUs. ' .
IOR SALE, by Merrell A Carter, Corn Shel
1 lers and meat cutters, the latt st and bet in
market. Also, a large lot of goods, in their line,
just received and for sa'e. cheap for cash or pro
duce. Also, S. A ?. llaupt's Clover Iluller. See
advertisement in another column. lee. 8.
FOR SALE, THE FARM occupied by John
F. Wiley in Ferguson township, containing
106 acres, 30 acres cleared ; house, barn and other
buildings thereon erected.
ALSO. 60 acres of land or the timber tbereon.
situate in Tike township within one and a half
miles of the river on a good road to haul.
For further description and terms apply to
-L. J. CRANS.
May 20. 1SS7. Clearfield.'
CAI1D MIeS CONSTANT, late from the East,
respectfully announces herself to the eiti
cns of Clearfield, and the County generally, that
she is prepared to give instruction in Music Fi
ano. Melodeon and liuitar and also in the French
language it being bar native tongue h refer
ail who iii.it be interested in the above to tbe Kev.
lJr. and Mrs. Mo Leo J. Terms, S3 in advanee. or
510 if not in advance. lee. 8, 158.
- . , . .
EXCELSIOR MARBLE Y ARB.
Tbe undersigned hereby Miiouii-
ces to the citizens of Clearfield eonBty-Xx.
that be is stilt engaged., at his old stand 3crVJ
in TYRONE CITY, in erecting 3IO X CMX X Trf
and JiOX TOM 11.. Also Ilea aud Foal Slon.t
of the latest and most approved styles, and on the'
most reasonable terms. All ordsrs promptly at
tended to. Address, ISAAC BERLIN.
Auff. 2". 185S.-ded2-t-,ar. Tyrone City.
COAL ! COAL ! ! Tho subscriber respectful
ly informs the citir.ecaof the borough of Clear
field and vicinity that ! has taken a Icae ot
Judge Moore's Coal liunk. adjoining the ton,
where he- will keep constantly on hand a full sup
ply of the article, either lump or mixed, to suit
purchasers. Fersons in town can beeupplied with
it at their homes at six cents per bushel, or at tl.
bark lower tiian ever A share of public patrou
age is solicited. PATRICK ML'LVANEY,
CU-arfield. .rpt. I,
IYATCI1ES AND JEWELRY. The u
It clersigned respectfully informs his custo
mers and the public generally that be has just re
ceived from the East- and opened at his establish
ment in thaw's How, Clearfield. Fa., a fi::o e:ck
ot" Watches, of different qualities, and Jewelry of
every variety, from a full sot to a single pircc.
which be will sell at tbe most reasonable price
for Cash. All kinds of Clocks, Watehes and Jew.
elry carefully repaired and warranted. A c-?u-tinuanceof
patronage is solicited.
November 10. lS.iK. II. F. X AVY5I.E,
I71IRST IN, FIRST SERVED.
Boots ft Shoes always oa Hand,
of onr own mair.)Jt)fl'H liOON. thankful for
past favors, and grateful for future pruspects.de.
vires to inform the citizens uf this vicinity and bis
old fiieuds and patrons ii particub r, that he ha
rrmorrd to thf FMFT U(H)?'t ia lite EAST
li.XJJ of&flAlVS XElVROn. tltr first t.'t-ar
irrt of the M rnsioti Jlarrsr. w here he hns trn hand
constantly, a large assortment of everv variety in
the BOOT AN1 S?110E line. Custom work attend
ed to with dispatch. Tbe very beat of stock will
be used and no pains spared to make neat fit.' and
durable work. All of which can be obtained of
said J. 5oon, very low for (he Ready KLii.o.
Clearfield. August 1 1. 13jrf.
AVER'S SAKS AP A RILL A, a compound
1. remedy, in whi -h we have labored to produce
the most effectual alterative that can be made, it
is a concentrated extract of Para Sarsnparilla,, .
combined with other substances of still greater al
terative power as to afford an effective antidote f..r
the diseases Sarsiparil.a is reputed to cure. It is
believed that such a remedy is wauted by tho
who sclfer from St rumvuseuin plaints, and that onn
which will accomplish tbeir eure must prttvc ot"
immense service to this large class of our a.Uictad
fellow citizens, llow completely this compound will
do it hits been proren by experiment on in any of tho
worst cases to be found of the follow in;; com plaint;
Scrofula and Scrofulous complaints. Krupliou
and Eruptive Diseases, deers. Pimples. lilotches.
Tumors. Salt Rheum. ?cald Head. Syphilis aud
Syphilitic affections. Mercurial Disease. Dropsy,
Neuralgia or Tic Douloureux. Debility, DyspepMit
and Indigestion. Krysipelas, Rose or St. Anthit
cy"s t ire, aud indeed th whole class of com
plaints arising from Impurity of the Blood.
This compound will be found a great proinotor
of luslth. when taken iu tho spring, to txptl lb
foul humors which foster in the blood aMbat sea
son of the year, liy the timely expulsion of them
many rankling disorders are nipped in the bud
Multitudes ran. hv the aid of Ibis remedy, spurs
themselves from the endurance of foul eruptions
and u'ecrous --res. through w hich the system wi'l
strive to rid itself of corruptions, if uot assisted to
do this through the natural chaiiucls of the bodv
by an alterative medicine. Cleanse out the vitia
ted blood whenever you find its impurities burst
in;; through the skin in pimples, eruptions, or sores;
vitalise it when you find it is obstructed and slug
gish in the veins; elcar.se it whenever it is foul .
and your feelings will tell you a ben. liven where'
no partieular disorder is felt, people enjoy i.clter
health, and live longer, for cleansing the blood
Keep tho body healthy. nd all is we'll; hut with
this pabulum if lifa disordered, there can lo
no lasting health. Sooner or later souiethiif
must po wronii. and the prcat machinery ot"
life is disordered or altogether overthrown.
Sarsnparilla has. and deserves much, the repu
tation, of accomplishing these ends. Put tbo
world hns been egregiously deceived by prepara
tions of it, partly because the dreg 'alone Las
not all the virtue that is claimed Tor it. but moro
because many preparations, pretending to bfl
conecntrrtcd extracts of it. contain bat little cl"
the virtue of Sarsnparilla. or any thing else.
Duriiiit late years tbe publi: "bave been misled
by large bottles, pretending to give a Quart of Ex
tract of Sarsaparil la, for one dol lar. Most of these
llUVt- llf'fn rr.lll! J nrwn ikn c- C 1. f ,1
- . ,. V "- "' - n-r icey not only
contain little, if nny, barsaparilia. but often no cu
rative properties whatever. Ilencc.bittcrand pain
ful dtsappotuimcot has followed tho use of tbe va
rious extracts of Sarsaparilla which flood the mar
ket until the name itself is justly despised and
lay become synonymous with imposition andcheat.
Mill wo call this compound Sarsaparilla. and
intend to supply such a remedy as shall rescu
the name from the load of obloquy which reMs
upon if. And we think we have K,od ground for .
believing it has virtues which are imputable br
the ordinary run of the diseases it is intended to
cure In order to secure their com ntete eradi-a-t'on
from the system, the remedy should be judi
ciously taken according to directions on the bottle .
I re-pared by Dr. J. C. Arer Co., Lowell, Maa"
I rice 51 per Bottle ; Six Bottles for 5
AVER'S CHERRY SECTORAL, has wot, f.Jf it
sol. SU.-1, a renown for the cure of every varie
ty of Throat aud Lung complaint, that it is en
tirely unnecessary torus to recount the eviden-a
7 Vs,v,r,?e3' hcrcvcr it has been employed.
As it has long been inconstant use thrcVuc-ut
h section we need not do more than as-uro
the peoplo that its quality is kept up to the best
it tvurhiw 1 ten, and that it way be relied on to do
t r taeir relict all it has ever been found to do.
AVER'S CATHARTIC FILLS, for the cure of
Costivcness, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Indigestion.
Dysentery, 1 oul Stomach, Erysipelas. Headachy
nies, Rheumatism, Eruptions and Skin Discasos.
Li ver Complaint, Dropsy, Tetter, Tumors and Salt
Rnenm, 1 orms, Gout, Neuralgia, as a Diuncr Fill,
and for Purifying the Blood. They afe sugar
coated, so that the most sensitive enn take them
pleasantly, and tbey are the best aperient in the
orld for all the purposes of a family physic.
Price 2j cents per Box ; Five Boxes for f 1 .00.
reat numbers of Clergymen. Physicians. States-' -men.
and eminent persona;ea.bave lent tbeir names
to certify the unparalleled usefulness of thee rem-
wl l :n
" wui vui pTew uviq miiuoi permit the in
sertion of them. The Agents below named furnish
grans our American siiirwnac in which thev aro
C! Vfn - with full : . e . , J.
complaints, and the treatment that should be fol
lowed for their r.nrA 11a i . .
-- .- -.- ;. - i oa put on by un
principled dealers with other preparations tbey
make man nrnfil ni, t r r-uuna mey
i uvmdim -iter a and tik
no others. Thn si.-k . .v. . . .
for them, and touVZ "
and M" A. EST 3 "r- "1 '-C ta
risdala P ft v . 7,. Brenner, Mor-
uSSriuS WmSKhr Psb"S?JoH "
Arnold I ntk-Jl?' ' J9urwe,,STil,e : muel
gHAWLS AXD EO.N-yETS, a Tall .rsortnT7rI7t
December 1. KRAIZERS'.
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