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VOL. 5.-JVT0; 28.
BY S. B. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1859.
a :n KM itm iU at Jfe Hit
PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS CARDS.
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It. B. F. AKELY. Graham ton, Clearficl.l coun
ty, Penna. April 1.
D
O. CROUCH, Physician, Curwensville. Clear
. field county, 1'enn'a. May 14.
I J. CRAXS, Attorney at Law and Real Estate
J. Agent, Clearfield, I'a. Office adjoining his
residence, on Second street. May J 6.
GEORGE SCHCLTZE. Boot and Sooe Maker,
opposite the Jail. Market street Clearfield,
J'a. ile sells low for cash. 'ov. 10.
"tlTILLIAM A, WALLACE, Attorney at Law.
- V Clearfield, Pa. Office, one door north of the
Pott Office, on Second street. Sept. 1.
JOSEPH UOON, Manufacturer of Boots and Shoe,
thaw's new row, Market street, Clearfield, Pa!
Made up work always on hand. Aug. 14.
ROBERT J. WALLACE, Attorney at Law, (and
District Attorney.) Clearfield. Pa. Office in
Shaw's new row, Market street. May 2t.
RI CHER SWOOPK, Attorney at Law, Clear
. field. Pa. Office in Graham's Row. oncJoor
east of the -Raftsman's Journal' office. Nov 10.
13 W. BARRETT. Justice of the Peace. Lnthors-
burj. Clearfield co., Ph.. will attend prompt
ly to all business entrusted to him. inar-i-tf
"T ITILLIAM V. IRW IX, Market street, Clearfield,
Pa., Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Mer
chandise, Hardware, Queenswarc, Groceries, and
family articles generally. Xov. 10.
MERRELL k CARTER, Dealers in Stores. Tin,
Copper, and Sheet-Iron Ware, second street,
Clearfield, Pa. ilou.e-spouting and Roofing done
to order, on short notice . Nov. 1.
G EELICH A BEXXER, Manufacturers of all
K kinds of Cabinet-ware, Market street. Clear
field. Pa. They also make to order Coffins, and
attend funerals with a hearse. Xov. 10.
TOSH I' A S. JOHNSON, Cabinet Maker, Market
eJ street. Clearfield, Pa. Jle wi!l also attend fu
nerals with a hears, when called on;
and make
Xov. 10.
coffins to order, on short notice.
HF. XAVGLE. Watch and Clock Maker, and
. dealer in Watches, Jewelry. Ac. Room in
Shaw's new row, Market street, opposite the Haft-t-man's
Journal effise, Clearfield. Pa. Xov. 10.
BLACKSMITH IXG.-JaoohShunkweiler. thank
ful for past favors, would respectfully solicit a
conlinuanoe of a share of public patronage iu his
line of business. Shop on Third st. Xov. 10.
M'EX.AI.LY, Attorney at Law. Clearfield.
Pa. Practices in Clearfield and adjoining
counties. Office in new brick addition, adjoining
the residence of James R. Graham. Xov. 10.
rAK.RIMER A TEST, Attorneys at Law.Clear
J field. Pa. Will attend promptly to all legal
tud other business entrusted to their care in Clear
field and adjoining counties. August 6, 18.'fi.
JA1. H. LAKKlMtl:. ISRAEL TEST.
rpHOMAS J. MTCLLOl'UH, Attorney at Law,
1 Clearfield, Pa., may be found at bis office on
Market street, one door west of Richard Mossop's
!ore. L'eeds and other legal instruments prepar
ed with promptness and accuracy. Feb. 13.
IOIIX KUSSKL & CO.. Tanner? and Curriers,
Penr.ville. Clearfield Co , Pa. Keep constantly
n hand an excellent assortment of leather, which
they offer for sale at the lowest cash prices. Hides
of all kinds taken in exchange. Julyl !i-i4.
JOSEPH PETERS. Justice of the Peace. Cur
wcnsville, Clearfield county, Pa., one door east
of Montclius A Ten Eyck's Store. All business
entrusted to him will be promptly attended to. and
all instruments of writing done on short notice.
. MBROTYPES. P. C. PCRVIAXCE, Professor
of Photographic Chemistry. Gallery at his
residence on Seeoud Street, one door Sonth of
Merrell A Carter's Tin-ware establishment, Clear
field. Pa. S"j7Days of operation : Friday and
Saturday of each week. junelS'30
TAMES R. GRAHAM. Dealer iu Sawed Lumber,
J Squared Timber, Sliingle, Boards, Ac, Gra
l.arnt.in. Clearfield county, Pa., is prepared to fill,
on the shortest notice, all orders fur articles in bis
line t.f business, on as reasonable terms as they can
be procured in the connty. Jan23-'il)-tf.
DR. M. WOODS, tenders his professional servi
ces to the citizens of Clearfield and vicinity.
Residence on Second street, opposite the office of
L.J. Crans. Lsq. Office, the same that was recent
ly occupied by Hon. G R Barrett, where ho can
be found unless absent on professional business.
DENTAL CARD A. M. SMITH, offers his pro
fessional service to the Ladies and Gentlemen
of Clearfield and vicinity. All operations up"n the
taeth executed with neatness and despatch, iioing
familiar with all the lato improvements he is pre
pared to make artificial teeth in the best manner.
Office in Shaw's Xew Row, Clearfield. Sep. 15.
AT-OCR. TEETH ! DR. A. M. HILLS, desires to
X announco to his frionds and patrons, that ho
in now devoting all of his time to operations inDen-tistry-
Those desiring hisservices will find him at
his office, adjoining his residence, at nearly all
times, and always on Fridays and Saturdays, un
less notified otherwise in the town papers the week
before. All work warranted to be satisfactory.
-v t- infiv - M K"TVS TIi nnilersinirned an
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' - -A 1 1. .. 1,1 w. that ttinv manufacture
Waggons of all descriptions, Buggies. Sleds, Ac, at
their shop in iNcw &aiem. uraay lowuauip,
liold county, which they offer for sale at as reasona
ble rates ascan bepurchased elsewhere. They res-
iiectfully solicit a share of patronage.
y . CAMBRIDGE JOHNSTON,
Octl-'56-tf WILLIAM LEWIS.
-r- OOT A SHOE MAKIXG .The undersigned hav
X5 cntared into partnership in the above bu
siness, at the end of the new bridge, 1 J miles a
bove Clearfield borough, are prepared to do all
kinds of work in their line on the shortest notice
and most reasonable terms. JOHN S. HOYT,
A. U. HOYT.
X. B. All kinds of country produce and hides
taken in exchange for work. June 2.1, 1353.
BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER. The
undersigned takes this method to announce
to the citizens of Clearfield and the surrounding
country, that he has opened a Barber Shop, on
Market street, in Shaw"s new row. where he is pre
pared to accommodate all who may give him a
call, and hopes to receive n liberal Ptr5"a?"v0
Oct. 6, 1358. JEREMIAH XORRIS.
1 ATEST STYLE of Fall and Winter Bonrets, at
JLi the corner store of WM. 1RVIX.
LADIES' FL'RS, a few set of Freneh Sables, at
the store of WM. IKVIN.
ARDWARE. A large assortment just receiv
ed and opened, and now for sale by
November 25- WM F. IRWIN.
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ILLOW BASKETS. A lot on hand and or
sale by Nov25 WM. F. IRWIN.
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UBS AND BUCKETS. A variety just receiv
ed and for sale at WM. F. IRWIN'S.
A
Lit of rood Grindstones, with fixtures, forsale
Ij Jo UN PATTON, Curwenvill.
- BE A WOMAN.
Oft I've heard a gentle mother,
As the twilight hours began,
Pleading with a son, on duty,
Urging him to be a man.
But unto her blue-eyed daughter,
Tho' with love's words quite as ready,
Points she out the other duty ,
''Strive, my dear, to be a lady."
What's a lady ? Is it something
Made of hoops, and silks, and airs,
Used to decorate the parlor,
Like the fancy rings and chairs?
A soft one that wastes on novels
Every feeling that is human ?
If 'tis this to be a lady,
'Tis not this to be a woman.
Mother, then, unto your daughter
Speak of something higher far,
Than to be mere fashion's lady
"Woman" is the brightest star.
If ye, in your strong affection,
Urge your son to be a man.
Urge your daughter no less strongly
To raise and be a woman.
Yes. a woman brightest model
Of that high and perfect beauty,
Whero the mind, the soul and body
Blend to work out life's great duty.
Be a woman naught is higher
On the gilded list of fame ;
On the catalogue of virtue
There's no brighter, holier r.aino.
Be a woman on to duty.
Raise the world from all that's low,
Place high in the social heaven .
Virtue's fair and radiant bow !
Lend thy influence to each effort
That shall raise our nature human;
Bo not fashion's gilded lady,
Be a brave, whole-souled, truo woman.
THE SURPRISE PARTY;
ASI WHAT BECAME OF IT.
"I wish somcbodv would give m a surprise
party, for Lizzie Torrciice bad one last week ;
ai.d yon don't know what a delightful time
they all had, to be sure ; there was dancing,
and music by a band, and such a supper well,
I can't describe it ; but Lizzie said it was so
nice !"
Thus said a bright-eyed little gi rl of a dozen
summers ; and added, with a long-drawn sigh,
that seemed to come from the very bottom of
her heart : "But nobody ever visits us that is
anybody, now-a-daj s "
"And dees my little darling think so much
happiness would result from a sudden gather
ing of a crowd in these old rooms, where we
have tried so long to be thankful for the very
great degree of qun-tness and rcjiose that al
ways reigns here I" replied her father; "your
mother and I can, either of us, tell you a dif
lerent story, where a surprise party very near
ly ruined our prospects ; and, but for a merely
accidental circumstance, well nigh caused bit
terness and gloom as the result of one cveuing
of comparative joy."
"Oh, tell rue the story, father!" said Mary.
"I will do so, my love ; and you shall see
whether there is so much pleasure, after all, to
be obtained from such agatlieriu?, not only of
people of whom you know nothing, or at least
very little, but of those who care nothing more
about us than to see how we may receive
them, nothing more."
"James Sargent & Co., was the name of a
thriving firm who did a very prosperous busi
ness many years ago, in Boston.
''Strict integrity awl constant industry, being
the motto upon which their dealings were all
based, they were enabled to amass, in a few
years, a competent fortune ; and many were
the young merchauts, just entering into busi
ness, who were proud and pleased to name a
mong their correspondents men so npi ight and
just ; and not a few, through their means, ob
tained credit which olten proved of lasting
benefit and of vital busiuess importance.
"It was my pleasure and satisfaction to
serve my apprenticeship in the store of these
gentlemen, and to Mr. Sargent himself, I owe
much thankfulness for whatever of prosperity
I have since-enjoyed.
"Mr. Sargent was a man of sterling worth
and remarkable business talent a man of few
words, though, when he did speak, it was as
much to the purpose as if ho had uttered vol
umes.
"Unlike 4he customs of these degenerate
days, the -men of the old school' held a cer
tain dizuity and manly bearing that had a stir-
rim? effect in the counting-house ; and woe to
the apprentice or underling who did not ob
serve sjme degree of reverence anu respect in
the presence of his employer.
"I well remember entering the old Massa
chusetts Bank, in Boston, where Mr. Sharp for
so many rears so faithfully disciiargea me au
ties of teller, and always counted over the
monev three times when cashing a check for a
customer: I well remember entering the bank
and presenting myself at the counter to make
a deposit, with covered head 'Take off your
hat, sir!' said Mr. Sharp, and 1 was wining
enoueh to acuuiesce and comply witn tne re
miest on the instant ; and I should no more
think of remaining covered in a gentleman's
counting-room than in his parlor. Alas! mo.se
times are of the past, and he is styled an old
fogy who too strenuously insists on sucn cour
tosirvq now.
"On becoming of age, through tho kindness
of Mr. Sargent, I obtained a stock of goods on
a short credit, and easy terms of payment, and
pnmnienced business on my own account.
"Trade was at that time good, and money
plentiful, and easy to be had, and on very la
vra.i( terms : and for the first five years, ev
rrvthinsr went on smoothly and satisfactorily
so much so, indeed, that the evil day seem-
rt tnn tar ahead A.i to be even in sizht. Cred
it had extended, and a creater amount of busi
n.ca h-irf hfn transacted, not only in the city,
but throughout the country, than was judged
to be either safe or advantageous ; aim umnj
a crash came and an awful crash it was, l as
sure juu. i i- j
".Many of the strongest houses were obliged
to succumb ; conndence was lost ; money
nmA sparcc. and onlv loaned on first-class pa
per, and at a high rate of interest. Such a
state of things can never exist long in a mer
cantile community without being felt in. a
ereater or less degree by every class, whether
the class be mecnanic, mcrcaumo, F.wv.o
sional ; and the suffering that ensued was aw
ful in the extreme. The merchant, who tho t
himself almost rich enough even to have
dreams of retiring upon his wealth, became
suddenly reduced to poverty; the mechanic
found no labor for his hands to perform, and
perfect stagnation ruled the hour.
"I ljad just taken in a partner when the
crash came ; and although I bad been warned
examine mv accounts closely, t, should not
otherwise have made so thorough an investi
gation info the state of my affairs, had it not
been necessary that this partner should know
my standing in the community, and my means
and capacity, before making an engagement.
"1 felt satisfied from the examination just
mentioned, that we could stand any ordinary
pressure ; but judged it prudent and advisable
to retrench in onr expenses, and curtail every
thing possible, without incurring an accusa
tion ol meanness and parsimony. And your
mother will tell you how carefully we studied
and contrived in our household managements
and arrangements, to make both ends meet,
and a little more. We dispensed with one of
our servants, provided plainer dishes for satis-
lying onr appetites, examined our wardrobes,
a nd where garments could be made respecta
ble by a little mending and repairing, such a
mendments were made, without much sacri
fice to our comfort, or any to our gentility;
and, in fact, so changed tho order of things at
home, as to conform as far as need be with the
change in the times, and the direful necessi
ties of the dangerous and trying hour.
"As in prosperous times 1 had always been
in the habit of consulting freely with my old
friend and former employer, Mr. Sargent, so
now, as changes appeared in the financial ho
rizon, I often sought his private room and held
long and serious consultations as to mode or
action, and seldom attempted any extensive
operation without first obtaining his counsel
and advice ; for in this, I felt strength ; and
I use! to return to my store or my home, in
vigorated and benefitted more than I can well
express.
"The old man had a son of about my age,
and, though like his lather in many respects,
was somewhat wild, and fond of playing pranks
and practical jokes, without considering as
much as he should have done, what results
might be produced from bis folly.
"We had one day made, as we believed, am
ple provision for meeting some immense sums
that were due on the day ensuing; and Mr.
Sargent, knowing from long experience that
he could trust to onr punctuality and promp
titude, had agreed to loan us ten thousand
dollars, which we much needed ; and for
which sum we were to receive his check on
the following morning.
"Pleased with the prospect of this assistance,
so cheerfully offered, particularly when confi
dence, the grand watch-word in all mercantile
parlance, had become to be considered at such
low ebb,I was surprised, on arriving at ourstoro
the next morning, to find on my private desk,
the following note from the man of few words:
"India street, October 7, 1337.
"Sin : I cannot let you have the amount I
offered you yesterday. Yours, etc.
James Sargent.
Surprised, astonished, and alarmed be
yond measure, I rose hastily from my chair;
and w ithout one word to my partner (although
I saw he noticed my troubled look), I ran, or
rather flew, with note in band, to Mr. Sar
gent's office.
"I entered it, and closing the door behind
me, found the old man alone, looking as
sternly as he used to do, when I had sold a
lot of bags of coffee or casks of sugar at too
low a price ; but being now neither coffee nor
sugar in the case this time, I could only wait
his motions, though I was not at all prepared
for the blast that followed.
"Glancing at the note I still held in my
hand, and which agitated and shook in my
trembling fingers, he broko out in words not
loud, but deep1 :
" So.sir,you had a large party at your house
last night, and from the lino of carriages 1
6aw, as I accidentally passed through your
street, it must have been a jam.
"There irus a larjre party there,' I replied
" Of course there was, sir, of course there
was I said so ; and plenty of music, eh ?
"To this I also assented, and was about to
add something in addition to my reply, when
he shut me ud with :
" Fine times these, sir. for frivolities of
this sort, when everybody is failing, and go
ing by the board! glad your business will
admit of it, mine won't glad your are so
prosperous, upon my word, sir wish you well,
sir hope your wife is well, sir; but look here,
sir : when any money is wanted in your busi
ness, don't come to me for it. I withdraw my
offer of yesterday not a word, be silent, sir
I won't have my money go to pay fiddlers and
harpists, in such sad times as these. You
ouzht to be ashamed of it, sir ! Don't think
I say so.becausc I might think I ought to have
been invited, sir tar Irom it, sir.
"This was a long speech for him to moke,
and as he would not bo interrupted, I was
oblieed to let him tire himself out ; and while
he was whiping the moisture that had collected
on his forehead in his impatience,! iouna op
portunity to reply.
" 'There was a largo party at my house last
evenins, I do not hesitate to allow and I as-
suro you I regret it at this time ; but it was
none of my gathering, as your son tvuiiam
will iniform you, if you will but call him in
and sneak w ith him. I believe he will call it
a SURt'RiSB PARTY.'
"Mv William, indeed! Say not another
word, sir ; it must have been one of his pranks,
then : the fellow is too full of fun, old as he
is grown. William !' called he, opening the
door.
"His son entered, and the father resumed :
" 'My son, your lolly last night had well
ni?h caused this old friend of ours serious
o
trouble !'
I did not,' said William, 'imagine that
my collecting a party, unknown to Mr. Davis,
at his house, and providing Dy suoscnption
for the occasion, so mat no expense, except,
lhe loss of his usual family circle and news
naoer. should accrue to him, would be the
occasion of a single unpleasant feeling or
heaTtbnrninsr.
"It is sufficient, my son. Enough has
been said. T'orgive an old man, Mr. Davis,
for dnntitintr your nrndence : but such times
as these, we must be guarded. There is my
check, use it, sir, without interest, until
o11 it in'
"I thanked him in silence, and pressed his
hand. Twenty years have rolled ny, my
daughter, since that eventful day. He never
.niiprt it In hut when he died, which he did
not long ago, a clause in his will made this a
deed of cut.
"Deliver me from another surprise pari,
for who knows in what condition may be found
tho recipient of the so-called ravor i
a rvTa Dbvice. The Chattanooga Ala
bama) Advertiser relates the following: "A
,! rannected lady, not a thousand miles
away, bad long, noticed, to. her dismay, that
her worser half, was growing foolishly suspi
cious and jealous of her. She resolved to teach
him a lesson. Some evenings since,as he was
leaving,she told him he need not hurry back,
she would not be lonely; she wanted ber ducky
to enjoy himself, etc. Benedict smelt a ven
erable mice' under that hypocrisy, and resolv
ed to be avenged. About eight o'clock, an
individual' about his size might have been,
seen cautiously creeping along to the door,
and noislcssly. Benedict peeped in. Just as
he expected, there they were a pair of boots,
a coat on the back of a chair, and a hat on the
table. Benedict shivered like an aspen leaf,
as he stooped, pulled off his boots, and drew
a-pistol lrom bis coat pocket. With 'resolu
tion flashing from his eye,' he made tracks lor
the bedroom. There he was, kneeling at the
bedside, coat and vest off", and head on the
pillow. Miserable villian his time had came.
Say your prayers, villian! your time is short,'
and a flash and a report told that the bullet
had sped on its fatal mission. 'Help ! mur
der 1 watch ! oh, is that you ?' and madam
popped her little head up from the foot of the
bed. Benedict seized the body, and it was
a miscellaneous collection of old coats, vests,
pillows, handkerchiefs and the like, made up
for the occasion. ; I say, dear, what does this
mean V said the husband, with a black, sheep-
h look. 'Well, dear,' replied tho wife, 'I
did get lonely after all, and just amused my
self by dressing up that puppet, and trying to
believe you were at home. I'm sure I didn't
think you'd suspect 'There, there,' said the
chagrined husband, 'say no moro about it ; I
thought it was a robber; dear creature, I'm
so glad it didn't hit von. Benedict repeated
Now I lay me down,' etc. and went to bed,
resolved not to watch any moro at present."
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BILL VETOED.
From the N. Tribune.
"The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his
master's cub.-' Stolid and blind the brute
maybe: but the welts on his hide, the prov
ender (or absence of provender) in his stom
ach, arc as sensibly present to his conscious
ness as if he were a-bolomon or iMato.
President Buchanan has vetoed tho bill
granting Public Lands to all the States in aid
of seminaries for instruction m Agriculture,
Mechanics and tho Useful Arts. He uses
some fair words in exensing this veto, but they
have nothing to do with his reasons for perpe
trating it. The simple truth is that he is a
tool of the Slave Power, its creature, Us in
strument, and the Slave Power is radically
hostile to educated labor, holding mat tne
mind and the muscle employed in productive
industry ought ever to be distinct and sepa
rate. An industrial College in a Slave State
would be as great a solecism as a blacksmith's
shop in a powder-house. Hence, John Slidell,
chief engineer of the Cuba-stealing project,
declared a year ago that this should be vetoed
if it passed, and bis puppet in the White House
has obeyed his mandate. Any one might
have apprehended this by simply scanning the
sectional aspects of the vote in Congress, on
the passage of the bill, which are as follows :
The bill passed tho House, April iT-d last,
by 104 Yeas to 100 Nays, divided thns:
Free States Yeas, ... 91 ; A ays, . . d.
Slave States. Yeas, ... 13; Xays, . . 63.
The Senate concurred on the 7th by 25 yeas
to 23 nays, divided sectionally as follows :
Free States Yeas, ... 21 ; Nays, . . 4,
Slave States Yeas, ... 4 ; Nays, . . IS.
This simple exhibition suffices. Any well
inlormed politician knows that a bill support
ed by three-fourths of the Members of Con
gress from the Free States and opposed by a
still larger proportion of tnose from tne biave
States, would be vetoed by a President elect
ed and pledged as Mr. Buchanan was. The
Slave Power, whenever it fails to command,
through the potency of patronage, a majority
in Congress, holds the Veto as its last resort,
so that no legislation favorable to the interests
of Free Labor, unless it be compelled by the
exigencies of the Government itself, is to be
hoped for while the President is virtually cho
sen by a National Convention of Democratic
office-holders and place-hunters in alliance
with the Slavery Propaganda. "Lands for the
landless" must stand back, while "niggers for
the niggerless" take the lead, and National ef
forts or appropriations in behalf of the Educa
tion of Labor will be scouted so long as Cuba
stealing projects, based on the assumption that
tropical regions can only be cultivated by ig
norant, degraded slaves, shall be commended
from the White House, and their opponents
branded as cowards by the President of the
Republic.
We have said that the objections to Mr.
Morrill's bill paraded by Mr. Buchanan, were
not his real grounds of hostility thereto. He
tells us, for instance, that the passage of this
bill would nearly deprive the Treasury of rev
enue from Public Lands during the ensuing
year, because the States would (or might) en
ter the market with their Land Scrip and un
dersell the Government. Now, the President
must know that the holders of Military Bounty
Warrants have been constantly in the market
for nearly ten years past, selling Land Scrip
at almost every place where a purchaser could
be found, twenty or thirty per cent, below the
Government price of lands ; and yet money
has flowed into tho Treasury from land-sales
yearly. It Mr. Buchanan's premises be sonnd,
there can be no revenue from Lands next year
whether this bill pass or fail 5 for Land War
rants are still abundant and more are being
ground out. We do not believe the receipts
of Money durins the next fiscal year for lands
will approach Five Millions, though this bill
be killed.
But again : the President ought to know
that the States would be in no such hurry to
dispose of their Lands'. We believe most if
not all of them would hold on for a higher
price than the Government minimum would
locate their lands judiciously, sell portions ot
them say alternate quarter-sections to set
tlers, and bold the balance for better prices, as
school-eections are now mainly held that each
State would mainly colonize ber own lands,
thus giving a fresh, peculiar impulse to West
ern settlements and growth. At all events,
they would not make haste to get i id of them,
like a sailor with his prize-money, but would
nourish and try to make tho most of them :
so that not a quarter of them would probably
be alienated during ' the residue of Mr. Bu
chanan's terra. -
All the land appropriated by this bill does
not amount to one-sixth of the quantity wnicn
Congress has donated within the last ten years
in aid of Railroads and as bounties for Military
Service; yet the President talks as if this
small grant in aid t, the, National Industry
would unhinge and derango everything. In
one breath, he insists that it would glut the
market and reduce the price of lands so that
the Government could not sell any for ten
shillings per acre ; in tho next, he fears that
it may help the speculators and monopolists
at the expense of the actual settler. But how
can those who have monopolized the Public
Lards and are holding them for high prices be
helped by putting Six Millions of acres of
fresh lands into the market in competition
with them ? and how can the actual settler be
damaged if this bill is to make lands so cheap
that the Government can sell no more even at
ten shillings per acre 7 Reasons never destroy
each other; pretexts often do.
Mr. Buchanan argues that the lands are not
held to bo given away; that Agriculture would
probably not be benefited by the proposed
grant; and that the States ought not to lo
beneficiaries of the Federal Government.
Now, w hat this -lull proposes to do is to de
velop a new interest and an increased efficien
cy in Agriculture by bringing to its aid the
treasures of Science and Knowledge ; a pro
cess eminently calculated to quicken the sale
of the Public Lands by attracting tens of
thousands ol our ablest ybuthfto the study and
practice of Agriculture. In this undertaking,
the Slates were to be simply trustees ; for no
one could supnose that a good Agricultural
College established and maintained in Dela
ware or IJhodelsland whould benefit that State
alone. The lands devoted by this bill would
be appropriated to the general advancement
of Industry, especially in Agriculture, and
thus would contribute "directly to increase the
value of and demand for farming lands, of
which the Government is by far the most ex
tensive proprietor. The President's assump
tions are. therefore, entirely aside from the
question ; and his veto, notwithstanding his
disclaimer, goes the length of condemning all
grants for Common Schools, for the opening
of Railroads, or for any purpose whatever.
But, as the real reasons for vetoing the bill
are net given in tho Veto Message, we pre
sume the President will not hesitate, to ap
prove any future landgrant.provided it secures
a maj'jrity of votes South of the Slave line.
If it should not, its chance is poor, indeed.
MANUFACTURES IN CALIFORNIA.
A correspondent of tho Jv. Y. Century gives
some important information relative to man
ufactures in California. From his statement
we learn that there are in the State 135 flour
mills, with a capacity of producing 2,500,000
bbls. per annum : nearly $3,000,000 having
been expended in erecting these mills. Im
portations of flour from the Atlantic ports and
from Chili and Oregon arc now nearly at an ead.
Timber affords of conrse an important ma
terial for industry. There are 388 lumber
and saw mills in the State, costing $2,500,000,
sawing annually about 500,000,000 feet. The
manufacture of doors, sashes and barrels is
carried on to a considerable extent, and is
rapidly progressing. Sbould the manufacture
of all parts of a house in detail, such as doors,
mouldings and windows ever become as it
must, very extensive in California, it is very
evident that w ith a little pains taken to make
the goods known, it cannot fail to become a
most extensive branch of export to South
America and the Amoor. New countries are
destined to spring up in a few years on the
Pacific, and the experience of the Californians
themselves, as regards the difficulty of obtain
ing better lodgings than tents when first colo
nizing, must teach their manufacturers that
the demand is one w hich will merit enterprise
in supplying it. .
Besides very extensive government works,
there are twenty iron foundries and extensive
manufacturers of steam engines. Brass foun
dries and shops are numerous. Metallurgy
chemical works employ much capital. The
vicinity of Manilla supplies hemp. At one
cordage factory near San Francisco, seven
thousand pounds of the new material are con
sumed in one day.
Manilla, China and the Pacific Islands sup
ply the raw material for several sugar refiner
ies. Two of these in San Francisco can make
more than a million pounds of sugar a month,
"and molasses enough to sweeten all the slap
jacks on the coast."
From details given wc learn that trier is an
advance, in some instances very recent but
very great, in producing the following articles:
blankets, furniture, agricultural machinery,
paper, matches, leather and its manufactures,
brooms, maccaroni, (extensively made and
exported to the Pacific ports,) candles, soap,
starch, glue, distilled waters, beer, camphene,
pottery, and last, but not least, ships.
Every month sees some new branch ot man
ufacture spring up,with success, in California.
Hitherto everything has been made with a
view to home consumption; but the Pacific
ports will claim a supply, so soon as a more
extensive method or supply shall have ena
bled the Californians to supply the demand.
DANGERS OF SEATING.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia ' North
American writing from a town in Massachu
setts, where skating is all the rage, tells about
his adventures on the ice with Mary, thus :
"Miry is as pretty a piece of humanity in
the shape of a woman as you could find on this
side of Heaven. Such eyes ! such hair ! such
teeth L And her hand ! Well now, there ! I
think it was just the smallest, the whitest
why, ivory is slow to it. And her foot was
like a little white rose bud, its snowy leaves
just showing enough to set off the neat cover
ing that concealed the rest from profane eyes.
It did not seem a foot, as one saw it reposing
in its tiny kid slipper, like a Canary bird in
its nest. Well, sir, this Mary caught the
skating fever, which is now raging so fearful
ly. 1 heard her express a wish for a pair of
skates, and the next day she had the best pair
that conld be found in the city, and nobody
knew who sent them to ber but, bless me,
how my blood boils at the thought ot the con
sequences. We went down npon the ice, and
there that little devil of a Mary, just sat quiet
ly down, ordered me on my knees, and quietly
placed-that loot, the foot, the poetic myth, in
my life, and bid me put on ber skate. Sir !
had Venus dropped down from Heaven, and
bid me rub ber down with rotten stone and oil,
it could cot have astonished me more than
when that divine foot was placed in my un
worthy lap. I felt very faint but I buckled
on the skates, and stood up, ' with Mary ty
my i de. Have you ever taught s 'woman to
skater Jo; well, let me tell yon. You've
been in a room lined with mirrors, haven't
you 1 You've seen a kaleidoscope, witb a fw
old c:ti of sJ33, fcc.,,13 ft t;a tcfceial tcra-
ing it have seen all orts ot beautiful figures.
Just imagine a kaleidoscope, and in place ot .
beads and broken glass please substitute blue
eyes, curving eyelashes, lips, ivory, wavy hair,
crinoline, gaiter boots, rephyr worsted, Cu
pids, hearts, darts, a clap of thunder, a flash'
of lightning, and "auld Nick." Imagine
yourself the centre of a system with all these
things revolving round yon, and' a violet
bank breathing sighs upon you all the while,
and you have Mary and her victim in the firat
skating lesson. Never teach an ugly woman
to skate, for then don't yon seo you bate
Dante's Inferno, with additions 1 Let me try
to describe our jtei formauccs. Mary and I
start she on my left arm, all square. Lord
have mercy on uiy poor puzzled brain w hile
I try to unravel the stirred and mixed
rainbow of sights and sentiments. First,"
Mary'a doar little gaiter boots present them
selves to my astonished vision, and, before
I have time to wonder how they came up
before me, I feel them pressing their blessed
beauty, with emphasis, into the pit of my stom
ach. Next scene wavy hair, with a thirty
dollar bonnet and a diuno head, comes pitch
ing into my waistcoat, with such force that I
feel the buttons against my sf ine. Next Ma
ry gazes up at me from between my jack-boots,
and anon her blessed little nose is thrust into
the bosom of my shirt. Ah 1 my friend, all
research and study on the mysterious subject
of woman has been comparatively in vain till,
in this eventful year of 1859, the fashion' of
skating has opened new and varied sources of
information. Do you remember your first at
tempt at driving tandem 1 Do yon remember"
how that infernal perverse hfeast that you se
lected for your leader, would insist upon turn
ing short round, and staring yon in the face,
as If to ask, "What tiie deucj you'd be at I"
Well, just you go and try a woman on skates,'
that's all just try it. Ah! won't you come
to the conclusion that women have Bundry and
divers ways of accomplishing their object I
Dear Mary". I offered myself to her every time
she t urned up or came round. I am hers ; but
I wish to enter my solemn protest before the
world that she alone conld not have conquer
ed me. But who could hold out, when sur
rounded by an army of Marys on skates 1 I
am hers ! but I am awful sore ! Ah ! I have
learned something. Cupid makes bachelors
tender, as cooks do tough steaks, by hammer
ing and pounding."
THE SICKLES TRAGEDY.
We last week briefly mentioned the fact that
Hon. Daniel E. Sickles, a Democratic Con
gressman from New York city, had, on Sun
day the 27th Feb., shot Phillip Barton Key,
U. S. Attorney, at Washington City, for hav
ing criminal intercouse with his wife. It ap
pears from Mrs. Sickles' own confession that :
this criminality commcuced last April in the
bouse of ber husband. Afterwards, however.
Mr. Key rented a two-story frame house on
Fifteen-and-a-half street, from a negro, where'
they were in the habit of frequently meeting.'
They had, between themselves, arranged eig- .
nals, and whenever Key desired the company
of Mrs. Sickles he would wave a white hand-'
kerchief, which was answered in the aame way
by her, if there was nothing to prevent her
from going forth to meet her paramour. Their
conduct did not escape notice, and created a
great deal of scandal, some of which did not
fail to reach Mr. Sickles, who, it is said; tho'
unwilling to believe any of these reports, yet
cautioned his wife, as did also her mother, a
gainst conduct which would give room lor die
creditable remarks. But matters went on as
before, the guilty pair going to parties, balls,
the opera, theater, &c, together, and revelling
almost daily in their unhullcwed lustful plea
sures. On Thursday night, Mr. Sickles re
ceived an anonymous note, which however be
did not open till next day, informing him of
their conduct and giving such particulars a
induced him to look into the matter, and thro' ,
tho exertion of a friend be learned the facta .
of their meeting at the negro's bouse, fcc. On
Saturday, Mr. Sickles confronted his wife about '
it, but she vehemently denied everything nn-
til Mr. S. presented the evidence of her go ill,
which so overwhelmed her that she burst into .
tears and confessed all, which was put down in ,
writing in the presence of witnesses. The
disclosure threw her husband into a mortify
ing state of mind, and he asked her to give up'
ber wedding ring and write to her mother to
come and take her home. Mr. Sickles coo-:
tinued in a state of high mental excitement
until noon on Sunday, when Sir. Key passed
his house several times and jrave the aecus- 1
tomcd signal. Perceiving this, Mr. S. left
his house, armed w ith a revolver and two Der
ringer pistols, and approached his victim, who
was in conversation with Mr. Butterworth, a'
friend of Sickles', who, it is alleged, was sent
by the latter to detain Key until ho should .
come up to him. As Sickles approached, Key
extended his hand in a friendly way, but if
was rejected, and Sickles told him he had dis
honored his family and that he must die. Key
stepped back, drew forth and threw an opera
glass at Sickles, when the latter fired at him.
The shot only gave a flesh wound, and Mr. S.
fired twice tUiore, when Mr. Key fell and ex
pired in a few moments. Sickles immediate
ly placed himself in the hand ot the authori
ties. Mr. Butterworth, it would seem, did not
try to prevent the shooting, and be was arrest
ed as an accessory, but be denies any knowl-
edge of Mr. Sickles having been armed, and
says he did not detain Kev. v.
Mrs. Sickles is the daughter of Antonio Ba
gioli, an Italian music master in New York, .
an upright, industrious and much respected'
man, whose w ife is a native of that city, her
maiden name being Cook. She was married
when she was 16, is now but 22 or 23, and has ,
two children. Mr. Sickles is about 40 years -of
age ; Mr. K -y was about 42, is a nephew of
Judge Taney, and brother-in-law of Mr. Pen
dleton, a member of Congress from the State
of Ohio. His father was the author of "The
Star Spangled Banner." '
The N. Y. Timet gives Sickles a rather dis- '
creditable name, and says that adulteries, like
curses, come borne to roost. This hint is too
plain to require explanation, and is accompa
nied by the remark that Sickles was excluded
from decent society long ago, and that it wonld
be almost a miracle if, in the school to which
he took his young wife, with her character yet
unformed, she should have preserved her in
nocence. The Times does not mean to ei
tenuate the injury done to Sickles it is the -greatest
one man can commit against another
but thinks there are states of social existence
where mutual toleration Is the rule of conduct,
and that Sickles, in acquiring so perfectly the
morals, sbonld also have acquired the philoso
phy ef the clsss to which h belongs.
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