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S. B. E0W. EDITOR A"D PROPRIETOR.
CLEARFIELD, PA., MARCH 30, 1859.
A3I0T3E2I.EW KAME.
It is tho boast of many Locofoco editors
that their party never changes its name. This
may be so in a limited sense; for it they bare
not many names for their party, yet have they
any number of distinguishing prefixes, and we
bear ot a great many sorts of Democracy
For instance, there is the Jeflersonian, the
Jackson, the True, the .National, the Harmo
nious, the Lecompton, the ITard, the Soft, the
Barnbnrncr, and it is difficult to tell how ma
ny more kinds. And now, it seems, in order
to distinguish those who adhere to Buchanan
and sustain the action of the late office-holders
and place-seekers convention, from those who
go with Gov. Packer in carrying out the pro
fessions they made in the campaign of 1S56, we
are to have a new species added to the long
catalogne,whcb is to bear the expressive appel
lation of "The Regenerated Democracy." Nor
is this new prefix used in a derisive manner
it comes in sober earnest from a leading organ
f the "faithful" the Harrisburg Patriot 4-
Union which tries, in an article under that
heading, to bo very severe on Gov. Packer
and his friends. An extract or two will suffice
to show tho style in which the editor of that
paper 'pitches into' the Anti-Lecompton Dem
ocrats, and threatens to demolish them in the
most unmerciful manner. He says :
"Time and again we have privately and pub
licly exerted every nerve and energy to win
erring, guilty and recreant sons back to the
fold, for fear the National Democracy might
suffer by their desertion. Cut it has been in
vain. Disorganization has continued, and
corruption has stalked uith head erect, until it
has become the imperative duty of honest Dem
ocrats to lop off a gangrened member, lest the
whole body become corrupted. We waited
until the Democratic masses, through their
representatives, had declared that the party
with which we are connected must now, as ev
er, assert the position which it holds tint of
righter of the wrong, defender of the oppress
ed, undaunted enemy of greed, and upholder
of the interests of the people."
Who in the world would evcrhave thought
that the Anti-Lecomptouites were such bad
men, as the editor of the "Patriot & Union"
makes them out to be "recreant," "corrupt,"
'gangrened," and dishonest ? Or who would
have dreamed, after the long continued and
determined efforts of the present National Ad
ministration to crush the popular will in Kan
sas, after all the developements of corruption,
- peculation and favoritism made the past win
ter, and after failing to render relief to the in
dustrial interests of the country by a modifi
cation of the tariff, that a pet of the Presi
dent of the great J. B. would have had the
brazen impudence to claim for his party sach
a mission as is portrayed in the last sentence
of the paragraph quoted above ? But so it is,'
and these charges and assumptions are follow
ed by the declaration that
'The convention of the people responded ;
they rebuked dishonesty in high places ; they
re-asserted the dignity and purity of the or
ganization ; they deliberately cut loose from
the dirt-besvotled and Republican gang who
surround "the Chief Magistrate of this Com
monwealth. It is the sublimest spectacle
which American partizanship exhibits."
A "sublime spectacle," we have no doubt,
it must have been to behold those immaculate,
"pure" and "dignified" souls, old State plun
derers, and the leeches that are sucking the
money ont of the National treasury, applying
the keen-edged and inexorable scissors of par
ty discipline, and "deliberately cut loose from
the dirt-bespotted gang who surround" Gov.
Packer ! Unprecedented ! incomparable sub
limity ! ! ! "Eve hath not seen, car hath not
beard, nor has it entered the heart of man" to
conceive of such a "spectacle !"
The fate and influence of the Governor and
bia friends is spokea of by the Patriot $ C'nion
is the following terms :
" Wm. F. Packer, as a politician, is dead. . .
His former faction can do no harm ; it expires
with him. It can, at most, poll two thousand
votes of sin-ladened men ; but the Democratic
party, freed from a crushing incubus, will go
proudly forward in its career of usefulness and
honor."
Got. Packer and his "former faction" may
be "dead ;" but dead things sometimes rise
again, and like Banquo's ghost, "push us from
our 6tools," and if we are permitted to judge
front recent movements, the "dead"and "sin
ladened" Anti-Lecomptonites are likely to
spring from their cerements, and push "the
Regenerated Democracy" from the high seats
which they now so haughtily occupy.
Acditoh General. Among the names men
tioned in connection with the nomination for
Auditor General, by the People's party in
Pennsylvania, we see that of Col. S. S. Whar
ton, of Huntingdon. Mr. W. is a man of good
ability, was once a member ot the Legisla
ture, and is doubtless well qualified for f he po
sition lor wbich he has been named. We
think the centre ot the State is entitled to the
prominent candidate. Last year, the Eatern
part had the Supreme Jndge and tho West the
Canal Commissioner ; and it is therefore no
more than right that the Auditor General
should, and we think will be conceded this
year to the central portion, and In this respect
Col. Wharton occupies a prominent position.
Household Woris for April is before us.
The well established reputation of this period
ical renders commendation needless. It is a
publication that everybody likes to read.
LETTER FKOM HAEEISBUEG.
Special correspondence of the Raftsman's Journal. 1
Mabch 25, IS 39.
S. B. Row, Esq. Dear Sir : Although it
may not bo strictly legislative news, .it is nev
ertheless welcome news to your readers when
I assure you that the river is still up, and so
is the price of lumber. Every third man you
meet about the Railroad station has a bundle
under his arm, and is sure to be a lumberman
"Tanks" they call them here. The river
is likely to continue high for a week or two
longer.
The House having fixed the 5th of April as
the day for final adjournment, I had an idea
that we would shut up shop about that time,
but the Senate has concluded that we cannot
get through before the 14th, which will not
only fill up the one hundred days, but enable
the members to witness the deliberations of
the Democratic Convention which meets on
tho 12th of April to do what the Lecompton
office-holders left undone on the 16th inst.
We are soon to have an additional doso of
Fry divorce case. The newspapers have been
keeping the interest in it alive by writing fe
rocious leaders, and on Wednesday the long
looked for bill was reported. Mr. Ilaramers-
ly, the Chairman of the committee made an
affirmative report- and immediately followed
it up by offering a resolution fixing a special
session on Thursday and Friday evenings to
act upon the bill. The resolution was voted
down, and tho bill is therefore-likely to come
up in regular order on the private calender
What the result will be 1 cannot conjecture,
but that something will be done in the premi
ses is conceded by all hands and the cook.
The supplement to the exemption law has
passed the Senate, and I do not see any bar
rier to it becoming a law. It was amended,
however, materially before it passed, so that a
waiver only holds against a note or obligation
given for house rent, or necessaries absolutely
used in a family, and when the exemption is
claimed in real estate, the amount shall he
$-500. I consider this a wholesome amend
ment it is a bar to imprudent men squander
ing their money uselessly, and at the same
time the dishonest man can take no more ad
vantage of it than ho could of the law as it
stood heretofore.
Weil, the Governor gave official notice to
day that he has signed the bill incorporating
the Clearfield Gas Company. I presume the
corporators will now go to work, get the stock
subscribed, build the works, and light up at
least they ought to, whether they do or not.
The bill authorizing the people of Clearfield
county to vote on the question of removing
the county seat to Curwensville has been re
ported as committed by the House committee,
on whose file it no-.v is. Yesterday, however,
a motion was made to re commit it to the com
mittee, which carried, and they had a meeting
last evening at which II. B. Swoope, Esq., was
to have a hearing. Whether it will be report
ed negatively or not, I hold to my original o
pinion that the bill will not pass. Of course it
is not pleasant to me to throw cold water upon
the shoulders of those who are spending-their
time and money in the cause, but you will
perceive that I am candid.
A bill has been on the Senate file for a long
time having for its objact an alteration in the
districts of the Supremo Court. Yesterday
it came up, and an amendment was offered by
Mr. Brewer making Uarrisburg the permanent
place for the Court to meet. This amendment
was lost. The original bill contemplated two
districts, Eastern and Western, and the sit
tings to be at Philadelphia and Pittsburg. It
was lost, by a tie vote, so that the districts re
main as they were except that the Northern
District (Sunbury)was subsequently abolished.
A bill for tho better securing of wages to
laborers in several counties was passed in the
House to-day. ClearSeld is included. For
woiking mines, land, &c, the laborer has a
Icin upon eihter, to a certain extent, if I am
rightly informed of its provisions.
Yesterday a bill was passed in the Senate
for the appointment in each county of a board
of visitors who shall visit and examine the
Poor House, and make report of the sanatory
condition of the same.
The House has passed several stringent joint
resolutions in relation to the refusal of tho
Pennsylvania Railroad Company to "ante" up
a small balance of $97,000 due for tonnage
tax. The first authorizes proceedings for a
forfeiture of charter in the Supreme Court,
and the second authorizes the Auditor Gener
al to charge interest at the rate of five per
cent, per month on the amount which remains
unpaid. From the manner in which these res
olutions went through, I don?t think the Com
pany will make any further effort for a repeal
of tlx; tonnage tax this session.
Several of the Passenger Railway bills have
gone through, and there has been unusual ex
citement. Let them fight it out. If there
has been any bribery, your undo hasn't seen
the color of any of the fands, and ho there
fore don't care a dam-aged potato who wins.
Yours, Special.
Atlastic Monthly. We have received the
April number of this periodical, which has
been daily growing in popularity, until it has
attained a circulation of 40,OOC. This it has
accomplished, not by a system of puffing and
fulsome self-laudation, but by its own intrinsic
merits. Its articles are high-toned, instruc
tive and useful; besides this the publication
is national in character, its contributions being
all the products of American authors.
We omitted heretofore to notice the receipt
of tho March number of the American Free
mason. As usual, it is filled with matter that
cannot fail to prove both instructive and en
tertaining to its readers, but more especially
to the members of the fraternity.
The Treasurer of Dubuque county, Iowa
one O'Brien has defaulted to the amount of
$108,000. Ona ot his operations was the sale
of Dubuque bonds in New York for 40 cents
on the dollar above the amount he paid over
$8000 being his profit on that transaction.
ANOTHER C03TVENTI0IT.
We last week briefly mentioned the fact that
the Anti-Lecotapton Democrats had issued a
call for a State Convention, to meet at Harris
burg on Wednesday the 13th day of April,
1859. Tho object, as set forth in the call, is
"to vindicate' the name, fame and principles
of the Democratic party, outraged1 and insult
ed" by the late office-holders' Convention j to
resist federal political dictation and despot
ism ; to re-assert the principle of popular sov
ereignty ; and to sustain Gov. Packer, "who
has been assailed and proscribed" by the min
ions of, the President. - This call, at it appear
ed in the weekty Press, had 25S names at
tached to it, and we learn that large addition's
of signatures are being made daily. The
movement will, as a matter of course, meet
with bitter opposition from an unscrupulous
partizan press, and interested and venal poli
ticians; but the people cannot be so easily
managed, and the indications now are that the
masses will spurn federal intervention in State
politics. There are, however, a number of
Democratic papers that come out fearlessly,
with the Press and the State Sentinel, against
the course pursued by the Convention of the
ICth March. The Huntingdon Globe says :
"We expected better things from the assem
bled . aisdom of the Democracy of the State.
Instead of harmonizing the party, the majori
ty of the convention thought proper to strike
at Gov. Packer, because be dared to differ with
the President on his Kansas policy. If the
nominees of the Convention are not to receive
the votes of the political friends of Governor
Packer, it is easy to gness by what an over
whelming majority they will be defeated."
The Doylestown Democrat says :
"The attack upon the Administration of
Governor Packer we consider the weakest aud
silliest move that has been made oil the politi
cal chess board for some time. . . Governor
Packer has hosts of friends in all parts of the
State, and it is hardly possible that they will
be very active in placing men in power, whose
election will be considered a triumph over him.
The Lycoming Gazette remarks:
"Lecomptonism overshadowed everything,
and to uphold that iniquity and its adherents,
was the sole aim and work of the convention.
To bestow npon it and them the most fulsome
praise, upon the one band, and to heap upon
those who had the manliness to dissent from it
the foulest abuse, upon the other, was the
great object of the managers of the gathering.
... Even common decency was not observed
in the very madness which ruled the hour.
Never belore was the Democratic party so
grossly outraged by any assemblage."
These extracts will suffice to show the feel
ing that prevails in different sections of tho
tate ; and from them we may readily infer
that the cdAdidates put in nomination by the
olEce-holders' Convention, will find that Le
compton is "a hard road to travel."
The Waveelet Novels. The well-known
firm of T. B. Peterson &: Brothers, COO Chest
nut Street, Philadelphia, are now engaged in
publishing a remarkably cheap edition of these
unapproachable works of fiction. The first,
"Ivanhoe," appeared on Saturday, March 5th,
the next, "Guy Manncring," on March 12th,
"Rob Roy," was issued on March 19th, Kenil
worth on March 2Cth,and so on, one novel will
be published regularly oa each and every com
ing Saturday, until the whole number of vol
umes twenty-six is completed. The low
price fixed by the publishers for them are only
twenty-five cents a volume, or the whole twenty-six
volumes for five dollars. A complete
set will be forwarded, free of postage, by mail,
to any patt of the United States, to any one,
by the publishers, on receiving a remittance
of five dollars for the twenty-six volumes ; or
a remittance of three dollars will pay for tha
first twelve volumes ; or a remittance of one
dollar will pay for the first four volumes. The
novels will be neatly printed, and each volume
will contain about 125 pages, printed on fine
white paper, and neatly bound with paper
cover. The'revised uniform Edinbtirg edition,
from which this is reprinted, comprises forty
eight volumes, the cost of which is seccnty-two
dollars ; and this edition will contain every
word of tho Edinburg edition. We commend
the determination, of thi3 enterprising Phila
delphia firm, to furnish the works of an au
thor like Walter Scott," at a price so reasona
ble, that all persons whatever may possess a
full set, and direct the especial attention of
our readers to the fact, and would advise them
all to call and subscribe, or make a remittance
of Five Dollars at once, per first mail, to the
publishers, for the entire set, who will send
them complete to any one, free of postage, on
receipt of that sura.
Elections for members of Congress are to be
held in the course of this year, as follows:
Connecticut and Rhode Island elect early in
April ; in Virginia on the fourth Thursday of
May ; on first Monday of August in Alabama,
Kentucky and Texas ; on first Thursday of
August in Tennessee ; on second Thursday
of August in North Carolina, on first Monday
of October in Georgia and Mississippi ; on
second Tuesday of October in Minnesota; on
first Monday (7th) of October in Louisiana ;
and on first Wednesday of November (2d) in
Maryland. Nearly all of these States were
represented in the last House by Democrats.
A Chicago Jckt. It is stated that the
father of young Burch, acquitted of murder
in Chicago, a day or two since, gave the jury
who cleared him a champagne supper on the
evening aftertho verdict was rendered. Eleven
of the jurors attended, one only having the
decency to stay away.
non. John C. Ten Eyck, Republican, was
elected U. S. Senator, by tho Legislature of
New Jersey, in place of Hon. Wm. Wright,
Democrat, whose term has expired.
Counterfeit money is getting plenty all over
the country, more particularly bills of small
denominations. The public bad bettor keep a
sharp lookout for them.
A precocious youngster, named O'Donncll,
aged nineteen years, is on trial in St. Louis
for being married to three wives at "one time.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has fixed on
the 16th of April as the day for its final ad
journment. That will bo its best act.
PENNSYLVANIA ITEM3. .
prepared for tub 'raftsman's joursal."
Itdiana CorsTT. On the 17th March, while
G. P. Reed, Esq., of Indiana Borough, was
removing a privy on his lot, he discovered the
remains of a dead infant in the pit. It is
thought that an infanticide had been commit
ted, but there is no suspicion as to who the
mother of the child could be. The flesh was
so mnch decomposed "as to cause it to fall
from the bones. . . On the IStb, the vicinity
of Saltsburgh was visited by a terrific storm
of wind. Some five or six stables in the town,
and the barn of Mr. Robert Ray, on the hill
near the town, were blown down. A part of
the roof of David Henderson's house, and
part of the roof f J. R. Dougherty's shop,
were blown off, and a riuniber of frnit trees
torn out of root. A colored man was the
only person injured. . . On the night of the
17th, the store of John Prothero is. Son, in
Montgomery township, aud goods and money
to tho amount of several hundred dotl-trs sto
len, -r. A few nights since, Kinter's mill, in
Rayne township, was again broken into and
some Rye carried off. . . . On the loth, the
cooper shop of Mr. Wm. Richardson at Camp
bell's Mill was destroyed by fire the origin
of the fire is not known During Sunday
night, the 20tb, a couple scoundrels tried to
get into the ticket ollice at the Indiana depot;
they bad commenced boring out the lock at
the outer door,wben they were scared away by
one of the railroad employees firing a pistol at
them.
Blair Cocxty. A man named Otho nar
lan was lodged in the jail at Hollidaysburg on
the 20th, on a charge of having poisoned sev
eral horses belonging to Mr. Harvey Stewart
of Scotch Valley. Three of the horses died
last October, one on Friday night and one on
Saturday night. The loss to Mr. Stewart is
some 000 or S 700 . . . Mr. Miller Lindsey,
formerly of Hollidaysburg, but latterly engag
ed in one of the Altoona Shops. had one ot his
hands badly crushed under the wheel of a car
truck on the 12th inst. ... On the Nth March,
Michael Tracy, in attempting to get on the
cow-catcher of a locomotive while it was in
motion, slipped, and a truck wheel passed
over his foot, mangling it horribly. The ac
cident happened at Mnpleton Station. . . .
In Altoona,- on the 22d, a boy aged 13,
placed the head of another, aged 7, upon
a block of wood, and took an axe to play
the part of executioner, but fortunately'the
little fellow jerked away his head; the
axe however cut off one of his fingers and
another nearly off. The "guillotine" game is
a rather dangerous one.
Fatette Cocxtt. Quite a number of das
tardly, outrageous acts have been committed
in and about Connellsville. On the night of
the 21st. a new coal boat belonging to Mr.
Henry Walter was sent adrift, but fortunately
grounded on a small island opposite the Broad
ford. . . . On the night of the 18th,the single
trees, butt chains and wagon hammer were
stolen from the wagon of Mr. Garrison Smith,
of Somerset county, who had left it standing
in front of a store ia Connellsville . . . About
12 o'clock on the night of the 23d, the house
of Mr. William Mitts was assaulted by some
ruflians with stones, and finally the family
found themselves compelled to take safety in
flight. ... On the 23d, a company of eight or
ten persons left Connellsville for Pike's Peak.
. . . Mr. Ezekial Franks, aged 69 years, a citi
zen of German township, whilst returning
home from the election on the 18th inst., fell
from bis horse-and was killed, lie had been
drinking and was intoxicated when be started
for home.
Uxiox Cocxtt. A terific tornado visited
Lewishurg on the 18th March. Mr. L. II.
Nice, a student of the University, writes:
"There has been tho most terrific tornado
here, this evening, 1 ever witnessed, which
tore off the whole roof of the west wing of
the College building, and otherwise damag
ed it. A large pine tree lies down at the door,
torn up by the roots, and the massive roof
lies in ruins at the foot ol the building. We
distinctly heard it coming,and when it struck
the building with a tremendous crash like a
million cannons discharged at once, and shook
the building to its base. 1 for ona expected
to see the walls cave in upon us. The students
in the lorth story had a very narrow ecape.
In one room a pilo of brick came through the
ceiling to within a foot or so of an occupant.
York Corxrr. On the 2Cd, a little boy,
aged about three years, a son of Mr. George
Shctter of Wrightsvillo.was bitten and dread
fully lacerated in tho left hand and upon the
head, and the left ear nearly torn otf by a
vicious dog. the property of Mr. John E.
Wcitzell. Mr. W. had recently purchased the
dog from Geo. Zeigler, who, notwithstanding
the dog had last summer bitten his own child,
concealed the vicious character of the animal
from the purchaser. Mr. Wcitzell killed the
dog. . . . The" grain fields in the vicinity of
Wrightsville look beautiful and give promise
of an abundant harvest. ... The Susquehanna
& Tide Water canal was opened for business
on the 23d March. . . . Business is reviving,
and the coal and lumber yards present a scene
ot activity.
HrxTixoDox Couxtt. The Jewelry Store
of J. W. Dutcher of Huntingdon, was entered
on the night of the 13th inst. - and robbed of
of watches and jewelry to the amount of some
$1,600. Fifteen watches left for repair, were
taken. His own stock of watches he had ta
ken to his home, and so saved them. . -The
American says the make of Maple Sugar in
that county is more than ordinarily large this
season. ... Tho Globe reports tbe discovery
of Gold diggings at Mill Creek ; the editor
has seen a specimen of stone containing the
gold, and also a piece of the pure stuff worth
$2.50. He says if all is gold that glitters,
Mill Creek will rival Pike's Peak. If ah !
Chester Cocxtt. Tho barn of the Messrs.
Gracey, near the Maryland line, was burned
on the 5th, and all the farm stock ; some five
head of horses, 27 sheep, and all the cattle
were roasted. ... A dog of Mr. Townsend
Walter, of Valley township, went mad, a lew
days since, and bit cow which subsequently
died. It also bit a brother and two sons of
Mr. Walter, but as no blood was drawn it was
hoped no unpleasant effects would follow. . . .
John Harris, a colored man of bad character,
was shot dead in Salisbury township, on the
8th. His murderer was drunk.
Westmoreland Cocxtt. On the evening
of the 22d March, Greensburg, usually a very
quiet borough, was the scene of violence and
excitement. Two colored men, named Ben
Ware and Gilbert Sterling, were accused of
being too intimate with a white woman, and
a portion of the population determined on
lynch law. A crowd collected and proceeded
to their houses, which were pulled down, also
a house belong to Dr. Abercrombie (colored)
was pulled down. About thirty or forty per
sons are said to have been engaged in this
cruel and wicked outrage.
Lebanon Cocxtt. The late election in the
borough of Lebanon resulted in the success of
the Opposition ticket. . . . Mr.John A. Albert,
of East Hanover, made a very narrow escape-'
from drowning, a few days ago. He was driv
ing a buggy, and when at Lauderm lien's ford
on the Swatara, above Palmyra, the water was
so high that it ran in the road by the creek,
and Mr. Albert got into the stream beyond the
depth of the horse. The horse was drowned,
and Mr. A. escaped by clinging to the bran
ches of a tree, and getting to land therefrom.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
Frightful Sckxk. At Wheeling, a young
man who was working at a chimney on a roof,
lost his hold on the wet roof and slid slowly
down towards the eaves. The two or three
persons who witnessed the accident turned
away sick with terror. Although the man
made every effort to get a hold, which the fear
of certain death would naturally prompt, he
moved slowly down, and was only checked
from falling to the pavement below by a water
spout, against which his feet came in contact.
But for this frail obstruction ho must have
been dashed into a shapeless mass. Without
uttering a cry lor help, the young man kicked
off his' shoes and proceeded to ascend, wbich
he succeeded in doing, and went to work at
his chimney again, apparently taking littla
account of an accident which had made the
eye-witnesses heart-sick and dumb with ter
ror. Wonder what be would sell his set of
nerves for 1
Daxgerocs Counterfeit. A dangerous
counterfeit has just been detected at the
Treasury Department, in Washington, in the
shape of a $5 piece, the exterior of which is
pnie gold, plated upon an alloy, of which
gold seems to be the base. The coin contains
about three dollars' worth of pure gold, aud
is of such really " superior execution as to
make it pass readily for genuine. It was de
tected by the Treasury experts in consequence
of a slight fkitness at the edges, but which
would escape unnoticed in its ordinary circu
lation. The body of a gentleman indigenous was
washed ashore a short time since from the Mis
sissippi. In hipockets were found : "One
dueling pistol ; one bowie-knife, one speech
of Jefferson Davis ; one speech of Senator
Toombs ; one copy of The Mississippian, edi
ted by Barksdalc ; three copies of the Presi
dent's Lecompton Message ; a photographic
representation of an alligator devouring an
eagle supposed to be the province of Missis
sippi in tbe act of exterminating the "stars
and stripes."
A chap reading that Mexican files had been
received in New Yoik city, went into a hard
ware store and asked for a look at t'uem. He
is a brother of the, man who inquired for a
pound of Liverpool dates received by one of
the steamships, and a first cousin of the gen
tleman who inquired what De Sauty used to
ask a .pound for his telegraphic currents.
Whether he is any relation to the gardener
who put up flowers of speech into boquets,
we have not learned.
In Enslcy, Newaygo county, Michigan, last
week, two young desperadoes, Jacob Dopp
and Enos Merritt, attempted to kill a father
and son named White, for the money they sup
posed them to possess. They shot the sou,
but the old man escaped. Fearing detection,
and preferring to die rather than to incnr the
penalties of the law, Dopp blew his brains out,
aud Merritt swallowed a large dose of strychnine.
The Shelbyville, Ind., Banner says that a
farmer of that place, who had a horse of a very
homely color, recently sold him to a gang
of gipsies for a mere song. A few days al
ter, he was offered a fine dark brown steed,
for which he willingly paid a round price, but
was shocked to find, after a short time, that
he had bought back his old sorrel, with the
addition of a thick coat of paint. .
A Minnesota Snow Storm. Tbe niild win
ter in Minnesota closed up with a furious
Spring snow storm. It followed a heavy rain
or tho 12th inst., and raged violently all day
and night. In the vicinity of St. Paul the
snow was three feet deep on the morning of
the 13th. The Mississippi was rising rapidly.
the ice was breaking up, aud a flood was an
ticipated. Mormons. The Utah correspondent of tho
Chicago Tribune has taken notes of the social
status of that Territory. The result foot up
as follows : Three hundred and eighty-seven
men with seven or more wives ; of these 13
have more than 19 wives ; 730 men with five
wives; 1100 men with four, and 1400 with
more than one wifo.
A person in Millville, 2s. Y., has prosecuted
his neighbor for trespass, the defendaut being
a pretty lass of "sweet sixteen" and the tres
pass a mark on the plaintiffs fence with a lead
pencil. Of course it was not the damages he
was after, but revenge. The same roguish
defendant "ruittened" the plaintiffs son a
littlo while previous.
Since the Uarrisburg Convention Mr. Bu
chanan's friends claim that he should be the
candidate, as being the most available manj
having been endorsed by Pennsylvania. The
course of Mr. Douglas towards the Anti-Le-compton
Democracy of Pennsylvania, will be
watched with interest. Neutrality on his
part is inadmissible.
The Washington Union is about to have an
accession of two more editors. That's all
right. "Biddy, did you put an egg into the
coffee to settle it?" "Yes, ma'am, I put in
four; they were so bad I had to use the more
of 'em." Louisville Journal. '
The Troy Times give an account of a
"young America" runaway match lrom school
the boy 15, the girl 11. Pappy caught and
spanked him. Miss, handed over to her
mother she returned her doll and picture
books and shut her up. "
Information has been received of several
fights between the TJ. S. Troops and the Ca
manche Indians, near Fort Arbuckle. The
Camanches number 3000. The troops are
hastening to the seat of war, and trouble is
anticipated.
The Cambria Tribune calls the late Locofo
co assemblage at Uarrisburg, which endorsed
Buchaaan, and at which tho New England Soft
Soap Man made a speech, "the Soap Conven
tion." A good bit, that.
A Loss or Three Tsocsasd Lives. Near
Taganrog, on the Sea of Azorf, a catastrophe
occurred, about the beginning of February
last, which involved a loss of life unparalleled
except by memorable earthquakes or volcanic
eruptio-'g. It appears that some three thou
sand inhabitants of Taganrog, relying upon
promise of fair weather made by the genial
atmosphere and the cloudless eky, proceeded
to the Azof! Sea to indulge in the sport of fish
ing beneath the ice a favorite past time of
that region. Tbe atmosphere continuing se
rene, the party were lulled into a feeling ol
security, and ventured further than usual upon
the ice, in the hope of obtaining a good baSl.
Suddenly a breeze sprung up from the east,
which, growing boisterous by degrees, whirled
the loose snow and fine particles of ice in all
directions, and before long succeeded in de
taching the ice from the shore. The largo
ice field then broke into numerous pieces',
which, with their terrified and helpless human
freight, drifted towards the open sea. No as
sistance could be rendered the unhappy beings"
by their frantic relatives and friends on shore,
and within two hours not a sign of life was
visible on the surface of the sea. On the fol
lowing day a cake of ice drifted in shore upon
which were five of the unfortunates three of
them dead, and the other two numb and insen
sible. The two latter a girl and an old man
were restored by means of the usual appli
ances, the girl, however, survived but a few
hours; the man recovered, but lost the use of
his tongue a consequence, probably, of the
fright caused by the scene he had passed
through. He prepared a written narrative of
the occurrences of that fearful night on the
AzofT. . By this catastrophe at least thre
thousand persons found a watery grave.
Northampton County. Mr. Samuel Yoa
ger, a prominent merchant of Easton, left
home on the 14th inst. to go to New York and
return the following day. He went to Newark,
and left the City Hotel there at two o'clock
on the 11th lor New York city, since which
time no tidings have been had of him, and no
trace of liis whereabouts can be found. Ho
lid a large sum of money with tiini, and it is
feared nt has been foully dealt with. A liber
al reward is offered for any tidings concern
ing him. .
Franklin County. On the night of the
loth March, tbe barn of Mr. Michael Gonce,
in Southampton township, with a lot of hay
and grain, two wagons and a number f agri
cultural implement i, besides one !.ors; and
seven young cattle, was destroyed by lire.
It is not kiiuwn how the fire originated.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CAKR. GIESE& CO., COMMIT'.):." 5- r.
CHANTS, forlhe sale of Flour. Uth-i. --:
Lumber. Ac., BALTIMORE. M i., kfcp r -on
band for sale, Salt. Planter. C'emen-: Oniu r. :
Warehouse 21 pear:B rbarf
Lumber Office Ve-?t Kalis avenue.
C'ah advances on cnjiiiPicui. m.ir.'". -.'
T r A S II I X G T O X norSE.MIDLLETO-'. .
f T lanphin County. Pa. The underiiji ;
having become proprietor of the above ilvtcl. ri
ccntly kept by Mrs. C. GrifTee, solicits a con;ii
ance of the custom wbich b&3 heretofore been !j
liberally rxteEift?d to tho bouse, especially by .b.
citizens of Clearfield county, trujiiD that he will
ba avilo to render s-itiifa.-tion t ail ho muy fa
vor with a call, by strict attention to the wsijtri
and comfort of bis C;;s:. L R. !..
Mi.i.iiet.)wp. Pa . .Mb rob. "0. lS39-3m.
DISSOLUTION. TLe firm ofS A. Gibson
Co.. in Lellefonte.was on the 4th day of March
dissolved by mutual consent The books, notes
acd accounts are in the haudd of William On
bagnn for collection, to whom payment Diuit m
ma.le. S. A GIBSON.
Mar. 23,1 SS9-3t. AVM. GAllAil AN.
EXECUTORS' NOTICE. Letters Testa
mentary on the Kstate of Isaiah H. Warrick,
late of l&ccaria township. Clearfield county, Pa.,
dee'd., having heen granted to the undersigned ;
all persons indebted to" said estate are requested to
make immediate payment, and those having claims
against the same will present them properlv au
thenticated for settlement. WM. M. SMTLl-'V
SAKAU WAUUICK,
Eeccaria tp , Mareh 23. 1359. Eiecutors.
J- X EC T TORS' NOTICE. Letters Te.ta
in outcry on the Kstate of Isaac Bloom. Sr, lute
of Tike township. Clearfield county. Pa. deceased,
having been gratted to the undersigned ; all per
sons indebted tosnid estHte are required to make
immediate payment, and those having claims -gainst
the same will present them duly authenti
cated to our Attorney, L.J. Crans. Esq.. Clearfield,
or to us JOHN LijOOM.
J AS. A. 15LOOM.
Pike tp.. March 9. l?:i?.fit. , Eiecu tor.
4 UDITOK'S NOTICE -In the patter of
Jm. the Lstatc of Alexander Stone, late of Ro'-g
township. Clearfield county, deceased. THE llx-
dersigned Auditor, appointed by the Orphan's
Court of Clearfield couuty, to examine and report
upon the partial aceount of Jes-e Stone, Executor
of Alexander Stone the above named decedent,
hereby gircs notice that he will attend to the du
tiesof said appointment on Saturday, the ICth day
of April next, at the office of Larimer & Test in
the borvugh of Clearfield, at 10 o'clock, A. M.,
when and where all persons interested can attend
it they see proper. J AS. H. LAKIMER,
March 2i. 19. Auditor.
SHERIFF'S SALES.Cy virtue of sundry
writs of I eiulitiotii Exponas issued out of the
Court of Common Pleasof Clearfield eo.. and to mo
directed, will be exposed to public sale, at the Court
i,0,c ,'?Jh.e t,orouSh of Clearfield, on MONDAY
TIIK IITiI DAY OF APIUL, 1S.19, the fol
lowing described real estate, to wit -
The undivided fourth part of all that certain
messuage tenement and tract of land situate in.
lying and being on the waters of Trout Kun and
.Moshannon creek, m tho townships of Rush and
Decatur, in counties of Centre and Clearfield,
fMa.e of f cnnsylvania. bounded and described as
follows : Lcgmning at a post near the Moshannon
creek, thence south i,l acs west 28 perches to hem
lock, thence south G3 deg. w. 53 perches to pirn.,
thence n. la deg. west 27 per. to white oak, thenca
n. -2 deg. w. 4 per. to henjlock, thence n. 8 der
east 66 per. to post, thence north 0 east 12 per to
pine stump, thence north 35 dee. west 50 fcr" to
hemlock, thence n. 25 deg. w. 55 per to hemlock,
thenco n. Gl. J deg. w. 152 per to post bv iemlock
thence north b deg. w. 47 per. to post V hem
lock, thence s. 4b d w. U per. to hemlock stump,
thence s 2 deg. east It per. to post, thence .. 69
deg. c. oO per. to post, thence . 60 dc. w 2 i per
to post, thence south 12 deg e. 29 Vcr. to a poati
thepec s. 81 i deg. w. 23 per. to po?t. thence n S7i
w. oa per. to post, thence n. 12 deg. w 9 per to
post, thence eocih 46 deg. w. 724 perches to post
by white oak. thence s deg. cast 272 per. to a
beech stump, thence north 60 deg. east 35S per. to
stones thence 3i east 214 perches to post, thence
north 52 deg. south 194 per. to a laurel on left or
western bank of Trout Kun. thence down said
stream to its junction with Moshannon creek and
down castor right back of same by the courses
and distances thereof to southern line of John
Harrison tract opposite the town of Oceola. thenca
60 deg. east along said line to place of begin
ning, containing seventeen hundred and fivo acroa
and allowance. Also the defendants interest, it
being one undivided fourth part of the town of
Oceola. on Tyrone aud Clearfield Railroad, includ
ing within town plot eighty acres and all'ow'anco.
hened. taken in execution, and to be sold as the
property of J. J. Lingle.
FREDERICK G. MHLJ-R :t,,:r
Sheriffs Office, ClearfieldWh 23. is59
OALT. A large qoontity of SALT j.w rc-r v
cash, by th a sack, at w f V i n . ' c
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ClearfielJ, Dec S. M. F. IRWIN.