i'il si. Raftsman's Iflitntal S. B. ROW, EDITOR A5D PROPRIETOR. CLEARFIELD, PA., FEB. 16, 1859. TTE03TE & CLEAEFIELD EAILEOAD. The friends of this road will doubtless be much gratified to learn that Us early comple tion is now rendered nearly certain. Its im portance as a feeder, as veil as in other re epects, seems at last to hare attracted the at tention of the Board of Directors of the Penn sylvania Railroad Company, and induced tbeni to take some action in the matter. In their 12th annual report to the stockholders, dated Feb. 7th, 1859, the Board say : - "Application lor aid toward furnishing the iron rails to complete the Tyrone and Clear field Railroad, twenty-three miles in length, was made by that company, and alter mature ly considering the subject, your Board of Di rectors agreed to receive in payment of pas senger fares and dues for freight that may ac crue for transportation to and from that road, and passing on the Pennsylvania Railroad, six ty percent, in cash, and lorty per cent, in the first mortgage bonds of the said company ; pro vided the amount of the first mortgage, which is not to exceed $200,000, shall complete the road from Tyrone to Pbillipsburg. This road penetrates a region rich in products of the mine and forest, and when brought into use, will doubtless be a valuable tributary to the Pennsylvania Railroad, developing a portion of the State which has hitherto been without the facilities of reaching a market." This proposition, if we have a correct un derstanding of it, contemplates that the Penn sylvania Central Company is to furnish $200, 000 in stock and iron rails, put the rails down, erect water-tanks and other conveniences, fur nish the running stock for the road, and take a mortgage for the above sum, payable in twen ty years, with interest. The ties are to be de livered by the Tyrone fic Clearfield Company at convenient points along the line, and when ever they have any tolls for freight or passen gers to pay, the Pennsylvania Company will receive 60 per cent, in cash and 40 per cent, in mortgage bonds or, rather, give credit on those bonds for that amount. The President and a majority of the Directors of the T. & C. road are to be conceded to Philadelphia, in order that the affairs of the road may be at tended to with that promptness and dispatch which are essential to success. Should this proposition of the Pennsylvania company be accepted by tho Tyrone & Clear field, and we hare no doubt that it, or another from which mutual advantages will be derived, will be, we may look for the most active oper ations to commence on the line during the ensuing summer, and a completion of the road in a comparatively short time thereafter. When the many advantages that are to be derived from the construction of this road the developement of our latent mineral wealth, the enhanced value and importance which the lumber trade of this region must necessarily derive therefrom, the complete revolution that will be effected in the mode of transacting business, the immense trade that would con verge at this point, and the large amount of money that wonld be saved in the cost of trans portation we say, when these advantages arc all properly considered, every individual who lias tho prosperity and advancement of this portion of onr State at heart, cannot fail (o re joice at the bright prospects which now sur round the enterprise. BLOWING HOT AND COLO. On Tuesday of last week, Senator Biglcr, who, according to our neighbor of the Repub lican, "can no longer be claimed as exclusive ly her own" by Clearfield county, but is "one of the Nation's Statesmen" and the property of the whole country, delivered a lengthy speech in the TJ. S. Senate on the Tariff ques tion, by which he has secured to himself new distinction of that peculiarly problematical species which seems to characterize the great er portion of his political lucubrations. When be moved to bring np the resolution upon which he founded his remarks, one of the Southern "whippers-in," Mason of Virginia, was on hand, ready to perform his task, and accordingly objected on the ground that mea aures affecting the revenue could alone origi nate in the House of Representatives. With this view Mr. Bigler coincided, but contended that the resolution in question did not con template such as object, being "merely an ex pression of the opinion of the Senate," and a majority agreeing with him on this point, he obtained the floor. His speech, as remarked before, is long, but its main features are thus briefly summed np by the intelligent corres pondent of the Forth American : "First, that there waa no such serious disa greement between the President and the Sec retary ot the Treasury, in regard to the tariff, as the public supposed. Second, that he was opposed to the principle of "protection for the sake of protection." Third, that be was in favor, if nothing better could be done, of rais ing the duties under the present tariff" "four or five per cent, or returning to tho act of 1846 ;" and, fourth, that the evils under which the country i8 now suffering were superinduced m vy r an iufltion of the currency. These are the leading features ot a performance which at once characteristic of its author and his party- It is neither fish, flesh, fowl, nor good red bemng. It looks both ways at the same time to Pennsylvania, by pretended prefer ence ; and to the Sooth, which dictates and directs the democratic policy." Mr. Bigler, it is well known, is a gentleman who indulges in the loftiest kind of aspira tions, and, therefore, we do not regard it as a matter of surprise to find him attempting the extraordinary feat of "killing two birds with one stone" of blowing hot on the north and cold on the south of trying to keep up, at one and the same time, a show ot compliance with the demands for protection to home industry from his own State, and an apparent acquies cence in the policy of the southern politicians who exert such a powerful influence in nation al aflairs. This appears to be the principal ob ject of his speech ; for if he is really desirous of securing such a modification tf the tariff as would afford adequate protection to our man ufacturers, mechanics and laboring men, he should have said so plainly, instead of floun dering about as if he were swamped, favoring mixed specific and ad valorem duties, and talking of all tariffs having disappointed their frarners of excessive importations having ta ken place under relatively high tariffs of con flicts between diverse sections and classe of all tariffs being objectionable In one respect or another, and of his lack of sympathy with extreme protectionists and men who talk tariff while they mean party. This is sheer gam mon ; for who does not know that the "pro gressive free-trade" plank in the Cincinnati platform was put there to catch votes that it meant "party," or it wonld never have been put in that famous structure, upon which he, in common with the so-called Democracy, planted himself in 1856 1 Nor is his idea that dispensing with the nse of all bank paper ot a less denomination than $50, would do more for the manufacturer than any other measure that it would be a sovereign remedy for a!I our industrial ills entitled to any higher consid eration. For if that is the real remedy, why do not those States4that are nnderJDemocratic control apply it at once,' and secure a monop oly ot manufacturing, no matter under what tariff J Why does not the cotton manufacture drift away from States that issue small bills almost numberless, to others that Issue but comparatively little paper money of any de nomination 7 And why did not the Senator make that the strong point in his argument, and present some well-defined and practicable plan for removing, as soon as possible, what he would have us believe a dangerous disease, which is now preying upon the vitals of Amer ican Industry 1 For the '-'Raftsman's Journal." FROM HAREISBTJBG. S. B. Row, Esq. : Dear Sir .-Since I last wrote you, nothing of much importance has been done here. The City Passenger Railroad fight continues to monopolize the largest share of the attention of members of the Legisla ture. Yesterday, there was quite a discussion in the House on the bill to form a new Judi cial District out of the counties of Clearfield, Forrest, Jefferson and Elk. It is impossible to tell what may be the fate ot the bill. It has friends and opponents in both Houses. The Bill for the erection of Pine county was reported to the House unanimously, by the committee. It is now being printed, and as soon as it gets on the file will be acted upon. It will pass the House, but its fate in the Dem ocratic Senate remains to be seen. General Patton is here urging its passage, and has as sisted materially in making friends for it John M. Cummicgs is also here, for the same purpose. The removal question has not yet been heard of. Whether it will be attempted, I am un able to say. The Bid exonerating the tax and costs on the commission of Judge Leonard, for the ben efit of the family of the late George Walters, has passed the House. The interests of our county have found au ardent friend and advocate in Isaac J. Xeal Esq., the member from the tenth Philadelphia District. Mr.Neal is a yonng American of the truo stripe, and one of the most eloquent speakers in the House. His popularity, both in his District an4 in the House, gives him an unusual degree of influence for so young a man. The Americans of Clearfield will bear him in remembrance. As our local measures progress, I will noti fy your aeadcrs, and endeavor to keep them booked up. If the Democrats of Clearfield, who boast of their influence, come here and exert it in behalf of Pine county, the bill will pass both Ilonses. Measures of public and general interest, have been put off from day to day, and nothing of any consequence has yet been done. Resolu tions against the increase of the rates of post age, fee pending, and a number of bills of im portance. The Election Committee reported to-day, a bill to prevent frauds in elections in other words, a Registry Law. I hope this Act will pass both Houses. A strong effort will be made to procure its passage, and if it should succeed, Locofoco ballot-box staffers will find some difficulty in carrying on their operations. I learn, this morning, that Gen. Tatton has procured from Gov. Packer a pardon for Ellis Aekey, who was convicted, some thirteen months ago, in Luzerne county, for passing counterfeit money. The General has gone on to Philadelphia, and intends to take him home to his family, who, as you know, have been in much distress since his imprisonment. Feb. 10th, 1859. Yours, S. "RErREMcnxEST." Aj the session of Con gress draws towards a close, savs the Albany Journal, we begin to see more plainly what the u':u7" "JKaa "retrenchment." They will not cut down the rich Ministers' salaries, but theywtll raIse the poor man's postage! They will not cease to fill the idler's purse, but they will begin to empty the laborer's pocket They will not stop the leaks in the Treasury" so long as they can borrow to keep them run ning. They think it safe to borrow through the present Administration, because they can 6hove off payment, with compound interest, npon the next one. They are too poor to give the farmers a college site, but they are rich e nough to buy Cuba. Thev are too poor to pay for taking a handful of blacks to Africa, but they are rich enough to establish an armed Protectorate over all the parti-colored races in Mexico. They are too poor to dig a sand bar out of the Hudson, but they are rich enough to build Southern Forts by the dozen and War Steamers by the 'score. In a word, their "retrenchment" consists not in bridling their own extravagance, but in saddling th consequences of it on somebody else. LETTER FROM HARRISBTJRG. Special correspondence of the Raftsman's Journal. Februakt 12, 1850. S. B. Row, Esq. Dear Sir : Thought you had me in a "split stick," eh T Not a bit of it. What I said first I say last. Let us sup pose a case. If you were to go to the polls of Clearfield, and cast a vote for mo in good faith, would you stop to inquire if the board was legally organized. If it was afterwards proven that the board was illegal, it docs not prove your vote so, neither would there be a shadow of justice in disfranchising yon, and thereby holding you responsible for the acts of others 1 Let such a precedent be established and it opens the door to endless "contesting.' I hold with Mr. Proudfoot, that Porter receiv ed a majority of the legal votes cast in Cam t bria county, and that 156 votes polled for him were thrown out, because the election board was not legally constructed. The formation of the new judicial district came up in tb.3 House on Wednesday last, and cave rise to a very exciting debate. Mr. Rose opposed it, because it would give the Gover nor "a chance to appoint a Democratic Judge Other Republican members, however, declar ed themselves in favor of the measure, as it was contended that the duties of Judge Mc Calmont were too onerous. The effort to make a party measure of it failed entirely, and th motion to postpone indefinitely was lost. It was laid over, however, and will most likely be called np tgain some time during the en suing week. The tonnage tax question will soon come u in some shape or other. The petitions and memorials, which are always looked upon as araut couriers, are crowding in, and we may look for a lively time when the wise heads handle the subject. The Railroad Company will not test the constitutionality of the tax. until they shall have tried this legislature. see some of the papers state that the Governor. in his message, spoke against the repeal of the tax. If so, I confess that I can not find any passage in that document liable to such a con struction. I think if the tax was repealed, the Governor wonld not hesitate to sign the bill A little bill in relation to the Courts in yon county went through the Senate a day or tw ago, but as I was paying no particular atten tion at the time, 1 cannot say what its prov sions are. Most probably a bill to change the time of holding our Courts. Ed. By the death of James Allison, Esq., the office of Grain Measurer in Philadelphia, was made vacant this week, but has already been filled by the appointment of James W. Clark Esq.jDf Williamsport. Mr. Clark belongs t the editorial fraternity, and it is really re freshing to see one of them occasionally get his reward in this world. "Pine" county is not so much spoken of just at present, but its frierds are at work, and petitions continue to come in. It is utterly impossible to predict the fate of the bill, on that immutable principle that "donbtf ul things are mighty uncertain." Mr. Proudfoot, who lives in one of the townships proposed to be taken into Pine, I am told, is opposed to the project. Col. Ben. Hartshorn, Gen. Patton, and oth er removal men are here with a view to knock ing down the pins on the Clearfield alley, and "setting 'm np" on the Curwensville alley I can not learn what progress they have made if any. . . I thought the measure conflicted with the new county movement ; but as I am not geographically acquainted with your sec tion, 1 am at a loss to know whether one would interlere with the other or not. Did I tell yon that the Senate voted down the bill to pay the witnesses in the Cambria county contested election case J The joke is on our tall military friend of the Tyrone Star He played Sergeant-at-Armg in the matter waited here some days for a bill of $80,00 and then went home without the"mo" Donnovan has been pardoned, uncondition ally. The cause of Executive clemency was a petition signed by 64 members of the House and 30 Senators, all of whom no doubt tho't the sentence disproportioned to the crime, or they would not have signed it. There is a limit to all things. Often a gun, "aimed at duck or plover. Shoots wide the mark and kicks the bolder over.' Since as many Republicans and Americans signed the petition as Democrats, the Gover nor can not justly be charged with being moved alone by political prejudices. -Have you beard cp in yourpine timber conn try of theiry divorce case 1 Well, it prom ises to be exceedingly racy, and will shortly be brought before the House. It will devel- ope one of the many pbazes of life among the upper crnst which we, who swim and sail about in the undertow, never dream of. "Oars all!" fun ahead but of a kind hardly suited for the fireside of a virtuous fain i! v. The Fourth and Eighth Street Passenger Railway interests have drawn hundreds of Pbiladelphians here during the past week, and the whole thing has got into such an inextri cable snarl that the ingenuity of a Philadel phia lawyer could hardly unravel it. I may state, however, that the contention has nar rowed down to two rivals, and whoever wins is a matter of no importance to Tours, Special. A War Panic A Paris correspondent of tne J3oston C ouner says : "The notion of war is swallowing up every other pre-ocenpation here in people's minds, and since 1848 1 have never seen anything like the alarm that reigns throughout society. It seems that the Empe ror has been extremely astonished and disap pointed at the impression produced by bis words to M. do Hubner on New Year's Dav. lie fancied that it was always an casv thine to arouso in France the warlike ardor for which some people persisted in declaring that the trench are invariably ready. The attempt has entirely failed, and such a complete panic, I suppose, was rarely if ever witnessed in anv country." Dr. Livingstone has discovered an iimnnnu coal field at Tete, on the Zambesi, Africa. It is of about as much use there as flannel shirts. Wheat has this last season been raiend f.. the first time, on the island of Hawaii. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. Feb. 5. In the Senate, the voto opposing the Missouri two per, cent. Land bill was re considered, but the discussion of the bill was deferred. Memorials were presented from New-York, opposing any increase in the rates of postage. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, brought in a substitute for the Treasury Secretary's recommendations of economy.' Mr. Clay proposes to dispense with the services of about a thousand Custom Ilouse officers. In the House no important business was done. Feb. 7. In the Senate the Agriculturcl College bill was taken up, and Mr. Clay of Ala bama spoke strongly against it on the ground of its unconstitutionality. Several other Senators continued a debate for a short time, when the bill was passed, Yeas, 25 ; Nays, 22. Mr. Slidell wanted to take np the bill for the acquisition of Cuba, and moved that its provi sions be added as an amendment to the Civil Appropriation bill, which Mr. Hunter was trying to get tip. Nothing was done with cither, however. The Pennsylvania Avenue Railroad bill used up the remainder of the session. In the House, after some unimpor tant business, the Executive Appropriation bill was taken up in Committee giving some Members an opportunity to explain their views of economy. The Committee rose without coming to any conclusion on the bill. During the evening session a miscellaneous discussion took place, Mr. Bliss of Ohio speaking upon the Federal Judiciary, Mr. Stuart of Maryland in favor of revising the Tariff, and Mr. Vance in favor of specific duties. Feb. 8. In the Senate, a resolution was adopted, calling for the correspondence with the alleged Government of Nicaragua in re gard to filibustering. A bill was introduced in regard to marine signals, providing for the appointment of a Board to establish a perfect cede. The Senate was further exercised on the subject of retrenchment and reform, but no practical result was obtained. The Penn sylvania Avenue Railroad bill was rejected, 22 to 25. Some discussion was had upon the Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, when the Senate adjourned. In the House, after some talk about the Indian war expenses in Oregon, the Executive Appropriation bill was taken up in Committee. A bit of sharp talk on Slavery occurred, when the Committee rose and the House concurred, by the castiug vote of the Speaker, in the amendment stria ing out the appropriation for The Congression al Glolt ; but that vote was reconsidered and the amendment rejected by nine majority. Feb. 9. In le Senate the vote defeating the'Pennsylvania-avenue Railroad was recon sidered. Mr. Bigler's resolution adverse to public debt and in favor of readjustment of revenues and expenditures was taken up, and Mr. Toombs replied to Mr. B.'s speech, going over the bill by sections in an elaborate speech, when the subject was postponed. The Cuban bill was next taken np. Mr. Doolittle offered as a substitute a bill appro priating $50,000,000 to establish in Yucatan or Central America a free negro nation. In the House the Executive Appropriation bill was taken up, and the sum of $2:K,000 for mileage, $10,000 for furniture, $70,000 for Thi Congressional Globe, $100,000 for the wa ges of the San Francisco Mail, 22,000 at the New York Assay OiEee, and $225,000 for the purpose of a site in New York for Court pur poses, were stricken out, and on the other hand $175,000 was added tor deficiencies in printing, after which the bill was passed b' 16 majority. A bill was reported to increase the number of Surgeons and Assistant-Pursers in the Navy. The Thirty Million bill was reported back from the Committee, when Mr. Davis of Mississippi, gave notice that he should move to strike out the word "purchase" as applying to Cuba, and insert "take." The rost-08ice Appropriation bill was reported. The House then took up the case of the Dele gate from San Francisco, whiclk was debated until adjourned. Feb. 10. In the Senate, Mr. Brirbt"s Tariff resolution was up, and Mr. Clingman spoke at length in opposition. Mr. Simmons re plied, when tho subject was postponed until to-morrow, Mr. Hunter having the floor. Mr. Seward tried to get up the Indiana Senators case, but failed by one vote. The Cuban bill was then taken up, and Mr. Foot moved to amend no payment shall be made until the Treaty shall le ratified by the Senate. Mr. Foot and Mr. Pugli occupied the session, Mr. Benjamin having the floor at adjournment. In the House, the case of the disputed seat of the delegate from Nebraska was laid on the table by six majority. The bill lor the admis sion of Oregon was debated for a short time, and made the special order for Saturday. During the evening session, Mr. Keim spoke in favor of Protection, and Mr. Taylor of Louisiana in favor of the acquisition of Cuba. Mr. Abbott opposed the latter proposition. After the debate upon the Oregon bill,Mr. Tay lor of N. Y. made an expose of the enormous sum paid by the Government for printing. Feb. 11. In Senate. Gov. Seward called up me inaiana contested .election, but it was laid on the table by the decisive vote of 30 to 21 All tho Republicans present, and none others, voting in the minority. Where was Douglas 1 The Cuba bill was " then taken up. and Mr. Benjamin of La. elaborately advoca ted it. He asserted that Cuba must either be acquired by the United States or Slavery would die out there, &c. He talked of peace able acquisition, but evidently spoke to in flame the popular appetite to the stealing point. .Nothing else was done. In the House the Oregon Admission bill came up, and was the occasion of miscellaneous debate upon the Oregon, Kansas and other- Territorial questions, until there were only a dozen mem bers in the Chamber. Nothing was done with it, and the House adjourned. Westers Lcmber Trade. The following paragraph, relative to the Lumber Trade of the Allegheny River, is taken from the Olean, New York, Advertiser : "The amount of lumber annually run down the Allegheny river and its tributaries, is esti mated at from 150.000,000 to 175.000.000 feet. This amount is to be greatly reduced the com ing fcpnng. w e doubt if it will exceed 100.- 000,000 feet, including the amount manufac tured and to be manufactured from the logs now on hand. Tbo amount of logs now on hand cannot be greatly increased unless we get .now. Up to this time we have not had more than four or five days sleighing. And though there is time enough for it, the pros pect for snow is not very fiatterine. Eastern dealers have been among our manufacturers very recently making purchases, and, we hear, have agents now among them to purchase to almost any amount for export via Gcnnesee Valley canal, the coming season. Good lots of lumber on the dock at Olean. are now worth from $12 to $13 per thousand feet, while in Pittsburgh it is worth from $11 to S12.."io. This fact should, and doubtless will attract the attention of our lumbermen and dealers, who have always heretofore sought a southern mar ket for their lumber." We trust that the various indications of an improvement in the lumber trade, which are manifesting themselves in different sections of the country at this time, may not prove to have been false, when business opens out tho ensuing spring. Glasses and lasses arc buttle w are. PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS. . PREPARED FOR THE "RAFTSMAJt'S JOI7R2IAI,." Juniata Cocxtt. The residence of Ch.nrles Linthurst, at Perrysville, was entered one night last week, nnd robbed of all the shirts of which tho said Charles stood possessed. . . An attempt was also made to enter the house of David Renno, of Fermanagh township, a lew nights since. ... A small frame and planked building on the Patterson side of the river, and within some ten or fifteen yards of the bridge, was lately fired by an incendiary. .... While Messrs. Vcnonner & Yeater, wagon-makers on Main street, Miffiintown, were absent from their shop for breakfast, the shavings on the floor caught fire from the stove, and before their return the flames had spread so far as to consume two pair of wagon wheels and a small quantity of lumber. . . On the 28th of January, Mr. John Cleck, of Wal ker township, killed a bog which weighed, when dressed, 597 pounds George Adams, a young man employed in the Patter son Machine Shop, had his right shoulder pull ed out of joint by being caught in some ma chinery on the 31st nit. ... On the 5tb, Mrs. McDonald, of Milford township, fell from a wagon, severely injuring herself and disloca ting one of her wrists. . . . The roof of a house belonging to and occupied by Archi bald Smith took fire from a stove pipe running through it, one evening, last week, and if it had not been discovered immediately would have destroyed the entire building. ... James Anderson, of Tuscarora tow nship, who has been sullering with a protracted and painful disease in one of his feet, was on 'Wednesday of last week put under the influence of chlor oform, and the limb amputated. His situa tion is deemed unpromising. Indiana Cocxtt. Mr. David Lucas met with a serious accident a few weeks since, while butchering at Mr. George Lowman"s of Armstrong township. On of the nun who were aiding him, was cutting off the feet of the hogs, and in doing so. the axe which he was using flew off" the handle, and striking Mr. Lucas' foot, cut off the big-toe, and bruised the next one to it considerably. He is moving about. ... On the ni;bt of the 2d, while Mr. Gardiner, of Blacklick station was returning from Blairsville, he mistook the way and fell over the rocks at Lanrel Point, and broke through the ice into the slack-water. He remained in the water clinging to the edge of the brittle ice for almost Italian hour, when he was rescued from the perilous situation On Saturday night Jan. 20th, some scoundrels effected an entrance into the cellar of Mr. Jacob llarman. of Kayne town ship, and stole a quantity of perk from a ves sel. ... On the 31st ult., a son of Mr. James D;ivis, of Blairsville, while skating on the slack-water, tho ice gave way and precipitated Lim into the river. Assistance was at hand and tho little fellow was rescued from a wa tery grave. ... Some six weeks ago, a child or Hugh Weir, Esq., of Indiana town, hap pened to have one of its feet scalded. Rem edies were promptly applied and the wounded part ore rapidly healing, but the child is now lying in a pecarious condition with infi im mation of the lungs. Hcstin-cpox Cocxtt. Benjamin Fockler, a citizen of Huntingdon, fell into the cellar of the "old red house," owned by Mr. Geo. A Steel, situate on the southeast corner of the Diamond, and was injuied to such an extent that he died the next morning a!oiit nine o' clock. ... A dog belonging to Henry Foster, of Huntingdon, supposed to be rabid, was killed by Cijt. Hiram Johnston on Thnrsduv night List. . . . David Rupert, of Henderson township, was sariously injured on Tuesday while crossing the river, with his team at Sha ver's Acquednct A man named Wm. Neville, a resident or Petersburg, was found lying upon tiie track of the Pennsylvania Railroad, about four miles west of Hunting don, on Saturday morning the 5th, frozen To death. More ol ruin's doings. Blair Cocstt. Scarlet Fever is pr?va;!i:.g to an alarming extent in HoIIid u sburg. Three children have recently died of it. . . . The temperance ball, set in motion in IloIIiiays bnn;, continues to roll ahead. ... A new bora child was found, naked, on the track of the Central Road, near Tyrone City, last week, by a watchman, who humanely took charge Jf the "little rexpons:b;i!!y,"and it was provided ivi. . . . ccvip:s ui i:.e comity iVr 1S-3S $14.204 87; expenses $14.102 45; balance in Treasury, $102 42. Total outstanding debts 11,4.5 51 The stable, wood shed and coal house attache! to the hotel of C. McCon nell. Newry, were wholly destroyed bv fire on the evening of the 5tb. Loss about $200. Armstrong Coixtt. The house of John M'Crca, in Wayne tp.. was burned on the 27th ult. with nearly all its contents. ... A daugh ter of Philip Leighley, ot Franklin township, on the morning of tho 27th ult., undertook to start a fire in the dinning room grate by pouring powder from a horn on the live coaly. The consequence was an explosion seriousl, but not fatally injuring the foolish girl, and tumbling things about in the h Oil SO ill A irftn. derful manrer. ... A meeting was held in Kiskiminitis tp.., on the 22 1 ult., at which res olutions wera adopted declaring the office of Superintendent of Common Shools a failure and asking the Legislature to abolish it. Crawford Coi ntv. A spirited revival is in progress in the Mfadville Baptist Church. ... A large company is forming in Meadvillc to leave for Pike's Peak in the spring. ... A man named Prussia, of Spring township, has been arrested on suspicion ot having poison ed his wife. She died about a month ao, declaring to her friends the belief that she had been poisoned. Her hushan.f .. Se quent conduct strengthened the suspicions the body was exhumed, and the stomach han ded to Prof. Williams for analvsis Cir- ",JV.I,1iCrlwford Bank on the 1st inst., oi,o.j. 00 ; com in vault $S,022 51. Soxeeset Cocxtt. The receipts and ex penditures ol the county for the last fiscal year show her finances to be in a verv flour isning condition. The receipts exceed th expenditures by $2,29100! Besides, there are many outstanding taxes, which when col lected, will more than pay the indebtedness of the countrv. A recent number oT the London Times de nies the accuracy of certain Roman journals that Romanism is on the increase in England. A few persons, who, by the accident ofbirtli are classed among the nobility, have joined her communion, but Romish Church is rapidly losing the slight hold it has had on tho people and does not constitute one per cent, of the people. In Ireland, Protestantism is gaining from the Romanists, so much as to excite the alarm of the Pope. The House of Representatives at Washing ton on Saturday (12th) pa.sed without amend ment the Senate bill admitting Oregon as a State of the Union by a vote of 114 yeas to 103 nays. Oregon is the thirty-third Slate in the union. .T ?abMS propose the Abolition ol Slave- ni a !' i8rt to 6ave tueir Wand. That will do it effectually. TiI-l?,ouucil o( Richmond, Va., have ord cr- uusueis oi coke per month for the poor Mrs. Partington has bought a horse so spir lous that he always goes off ia a decanter. SHOWALTER ESTATE FOR SALE. The farm or real ertate f John Showalter. late of Pecatur township, Clearfield county, de ceased, it now for rale on reasonable terms. Ap ply to the subscriber at bi residence in eaid town ship. KC.-SELL D. SHOW ALTER. 1'ecatnr township. Febrnary 16. 1859-Cm. 1 OH ACRES OF LAND, on the Erie Turn XmJ pike, about 7 miles west of Cnrwensville, and 135 ACRES OF LAXIK adjoining th fame will be sold on accommodating termi. The land lies well, U all ruaceptible of cultivation, and is well covered with choice pine timber suitable f-r shingles, sawing or square timber. A aw mill near by. Apply to L. J. CRAXS. mar2i ClearSeld. T7XCELSIOR MARBLE YAllI). - ' The undersigned hereby annonn- ee to the citizens of Clearfield county. that be is rtill engaged, at hi old stand. in TYROXF. CITY, in erecting MOXUMWrS and VOX TOM1S2. Also Jlea-l aud Foot Ston.i of tbe latest and most approved styles, and on the most reasonable terms. All order promptly at tended to. Ad drew, ISAAC UKKLINJ Ani. 2i, lS5S.-dec2X-'o7. Tvrone Cut. w ATCHES AND J KWELRY.-Tit ua derjiencd respectfully informs his ensto- lners and the public generally that he has just re ceived from the East, and opened at his establish ment in Shaw's liiw, Clearfield, Fa., a fine stock of 'Watche. of different abilities, and Jewelry vf every variety, from afa.l set to a e'.ngle ptcc, which he will ."oil at the most reasonable pri-- for Cash. All kinds of Clocks. Watches and Jew elry carefully repaired and warranted. A con tinuance of patronage is solicited. Xovcmbcr 10, Ws. 11. F. NAl '-LE. FA KM FOU SALE OH RENT. The n dersijned offers for sle or rent bit farm .f 50 acres of laud ; 25 acres f wbich is cleared aDd the balance well timbered with whits oa5. maj.lo and hemlock; there ia a pood bouse end baru thereon. The property is sitr.atad li miles frcei ClcarSel l town on the Flka leading to I.nthers borg. Thoe desirous of buying or renting, will plcuse Apply soon, as lam bound t pheb fty wig-warn'' in the West. soon. Puss&jioa will L given at any time. Applv to " C. R. MACUMBF.H. Lawrenea tp.. C'earfield eo , Fa.. Jan. 2o. 5V-"tn BIHLES. The Bible Poeity of Clearfield co . hereby jrives notice that their Irfwlts. nam ly, I;i!.!os and Testaments, are deposited in the of fice of JcniM Wrigiey. Register and Recorder a: Clearfifld. Tbe books are of various sixes and u dapted to supply either private individuals or StL d.iy Schools at very chep rates. Very u?iuu tial bibles can be bad as low as 25 cents aj iucr and testaments as low as 6j rents apiece. The people of the conuty generally are also in vited to leave with Mr. Wrigley ary donation tbey may be plcesed to make in nid cf the funds of th" Society. Signed by order of tbe Kxecutive Ctt: mittec. . ALEX. McLEOD, l'rejiriem. rjpO TEACHERS, DIRECTORS, AND r. JL REXTS. The -Practical Orthographic Char?, designed to eihilit the Xatural and Org.ir.-io Ar rangement of the sounds heart in the Engii.-ii Lan guage.7 and the -Key" to the same. '-Containing Dcfinilious and Forms for Orthographic Analysis" are now published, and will be seat by ma:!, pun paid, on receipt of tbe prices, Iw-ini ai f,thws : One Chart and Key. 5"i cen's; One Cuart iu c.lors and Key. R:1 cents"; Two Charts and threa Kr. SI; Four Charts and eight Keys. 1; Tea Cts.-w and eighteen Keys. S.t. Keys. p:-rvpy. lcetts ; Keys, per dor.cn. Si 50. Copies of tbe Kiy fur ei amination sent on roeeipt of 12cents l'ireotor desiring to supply their districts, wiil be nil.jwt l a reasonable discoact on tLe above prices I.cs? than one dollar may be remitted in ppvae stumps. Address, JOIIX V . KOI'l.Kr. e Jan. 2f.. yj. Indian. Indiana co.. I LOOK HERE ! LOOK IIEItE !! Ti e r.i -dcrsigned take this method of informing t:.i public generally that tbey have entered into c- partnership in the Ulaekrimithir.j business, aid can be found at the shop formerly occupied by Ja cob Sbntkwcilor. on Thir l street, in tbe bor'uugh of Clearfield, where tbey will be pleaded to see their old customers, and us many new oni as can make it convergent, to gie them a e.-tll. I!rin onyocr hoes, your spades, and picks, Your lojr chains and your pnll-n sticks. Yonr sleds, your sleighs, yonr horse and uar'!, -Xo three-year f!d. ehall then go bare. Yonrspear? we'll work cp lien ju.it rigiit. To pruning hooks for e-cry Light, Your ?a ords too. jhall then be wrought To plough-? hares sath Jt'fi ne'er boufcbt. J.SIILXKWKII.KP., Pec. fi: 1S.V3. ' c;LMKii: W. .iK. c I. E A il V I E J.l HOOT AM) SHOE 5T5t?crii,T tJKM this method of iniormiu tLo ei-iiens of CiearSeld bb-J viciiifv. that Le Lis LOCATED .itr ot i. I .Y f TK H ' T t -;ottec Ihr J.ti. and is now prepared to wait upon and render jroneral satisfaction to all who may fa ycr h:ra with tLeir patronage. Jlc feels conn lent in saying that never before has there been offered to tbo public of this section, such inJuccmenf as he offers. AH articles purcbs-od at this etblish-nv.-i.t w ill be warranted, and if proven not to bo as represented, will be made good without ejtrn, charsc His work cannot be surpassed, as be ia determined to nse only the very best materials in their manufacture. The "world and the rest of mankind"' arc requested to crj.il and saiisfr them selves of the fact, that bis articles are of iha bed and mo5t durable materials. .T:or.tE SUFI.T2. Clearfield. March 17. 1?5S. XSONYII.I.E I. Till: KIN!xrY J FALL AXL WINTER. HOODS '.11. SWAN announces to tho citizens of Ansocville and th surrounding country, that he has jast returned from tbe Fait and is now opening at hi store rn extensive stoek of choice and serviceable Fall and Wmtcrti ooar. consisting of a general assortment i f IiUTnOOD-?. C.ROCE1UES. HARDWARE til EEXSW ARE, HATS A CAT'S, UwYslVu.X. and a great variety of useful fancy goods, amonc which maybe found (he latest styles of Ladie-' 1)R1S HOODS. SHAWLS. HOXXETS KlliDOXS. LACES. FLOWi:i JcAc. The undersigned wonld direct particular aHcn tion to his extensive selection of Fitrlor and Coal ','mc!i oo toc and fixtures. Stove pipe. As i- r 1 Urge 1uaDtii? of Tci-ona uirous of purchasing any of the articles in my line of business, are invited to call and examine my a:.ck telore buying elsewhere, as 1 feel petuaded that I can supply them on as reasonable terms for cssh. as any other store in the county. Lumbor of ev ery description,, and approved country produce taken in exchange for goods. H "SWA'V Ansonville, Xovember 10. 1S;.3. '.' G K A n A JI T o S AHEAD)! -otc - ' Tune fr Urtrgains Tho undersigned has just received from the Fan and opened at his store in Grahamton. Clearfield county, an extensive and well selected stock if SPRING AXD SUMMER GOODS. enwaAHng every vericty of Dry Goods, Hardware, Queecsware, Groceries, etc.. etc. These goods have been selected with aner.ciai view to fnpply the want of this communitv. an4 will be sold en the most reasonable terms. " Thev will POSITIYF.LY be sold as cheap as the cheap est in the country, for CASH. Particular attention has been paid to the stlec t.on of LADIES' DRESS GOODS, among whick are Plain and Fancy Silks. Plain Bareges. Chall.f. Barege Delaine, Kobes, Embroidered collar ?nd sleeves. Kid Gloves ; Shawls, a great variety ; Mat tillas; Trimmings; Silk and Linen Fringe's; Bon nets of tho latest styles ; Bonnet Ribbons and trim mings. tre. Also, Parasols, Hosiery, Gloves. Slits. ISisop and India Mulls, Jackonets, Domestic and French Ginghams. Lawns, Calicoes. Barred and Cieek Mwha, Diapers, Crash, Xapkina, Ladies' that all can be well sailed. , P0, ?renc clolh cajsimeres. American V.S d,caa''- Marseilles vesiings. Roots. .''.J0'1 Dd SB"1 ortment of mens and boys tinnier wear He has .also a stock of READY-MADE CLOTII-i-G, which he will sell low. The undersigned is determined to sell his good irI-WWti PM&tf.- This is not mar rreteuce and vain boast he srilt do it OrahamtoiMay 2'-, ft -3 i! I "XT in
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