S. B. BOW, EDITOR AND PROPniETOR.
CLEARFIELD, PA., JULY 13, 1859.
PEOPLE'S STATE TICKET.
FOK AUDITOR CEERAL.
THOMAS E. COCHRAN, of York.
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
WILLIAM II. KEIM, of Berks.
THE MAIL CHANGES.
Some of the papers in the interest of the
Buchanan Administration arc attempting to
get rid of the odinm that attaches itselt to the
recent catting down of mail facilities, by al
leging that tbe fault lies with the Republican
members of the last Congress. This Ib al
gammon a direct insult to the intelligence of
the masses and a mere glance at facts is suf
ficient to refute the groundless charge. The
Administration having profligately squandered
millions in its attempt to bribe Lecompton
through tbe.IIouse in its useless, so-called.U
tahwar, with its swindling contracts to favor
ites in its absurd, but outrageously expen
sive Paraguay expedition in its corrupt con
tracts for coal, ship-timber, &c, as exposed
by the investigating committees of Congress
last winter and having refused to increase
the revenue by additional protection, found it
self "hard up" for funds, and thai it was ne
ccssary to promptly replenish the depleted
Treasury. This was made an excuse for pro
posing an increase in the rates of postage ; but
in this there was another object than the mere
raising of revenue a desire to punish the peo
ple of the North for the manner in which they
had, at the polls, rebuked the Administration,
its outrages and corruptions ; in fact, it ii said
the boast was made that they wonld tax either
the North or curtail their mails facilities. Ac
cordingly, when the post office appropriation
bill came from the Douse of Representatives,
the Senate amended it by inserting a provision
to increase the postage rates. The House, re
garding this amendment as a measure to raise
additional revenue, sent the bill back to the
Senate, alleging that tbe latter had assumed
a constitutional privilege of the House, which
alone can originate measures affecting the rev
enue. The Senate refused to recede, and
committees of conference were appointed, who
unanimously reported against the Senate a
mendment for the reason already mentioned.
The House sustained the report of the com
mittees; but in the Senate Toombs and other
Democratic members talked against time until
the hour of final adjournment had arrived,
when nothing more could be done, and conse
quently the post office appropriation bill failed
to pass. This is briefly the history of the mat
ter. The Democrats had a majority in both
Houses, and they are responsible for the de
feat of the bill. They had tbe opportunity to
pass a bill after the old one fell ; but the rules
gave them the power to kill it, and kill it they
did. Foiled in their attempt to increase the
postage, those who control the Administration
now make the failure of that bill a pretext for
catling down the mail service. We say pre
text, for this reason, if they have no funds to
pay a daily mail, for want of an appropriation,
they can have none to pay for a tri-weekly if
they can get the mails carried three times a
week, they can get them carried six times.
The cost, it is true, may be increased ; tut if
they have no power to pay in one case, they
have no power to pay in the other and if the
next Congress will make an appropriation to
pay a tri-weekly service, it will scarcely re
fuse to pay for a daily, where such facilities
ave heretofore existed.
Precepts of the Casb Letter in Practice.
A Portsmouth, Ohio, paper states that a
German who had been working at Washington
Furnace, in that county, recently returned to
his native land to settle up an estate in which
he was interested, ne had lived in this coun
try a number of years, was naturalized, and
had his papers wjth him. Letters have been
received by his brother at Portsmouth, con
taining information that be had been seized
by the government officials and force4 into
the regular army, as a regular soldier, regard
less of his citizenship in this country. His
naturalization papers were sent back. He
leaves a family here, and is thus torn from the
country of his adoption and his family, to do
military service abroad. According to the
Democratic doctrine as enunciated by Secre
tary Cass, there is no help for him.
Again the tide of travel is setting away from
Pike's Peak, where, it is said, 25,000 or 30,000
persons four or five times as many as the
mines will support are congregated. These
reports are from a Mr. McCoy, who left Den
ver City on the 24th ult., and affirms that the
only claims which pay six or eight in all
are on the Gregory road. He advises every
body to stay at home. Accounts, on the oth
er hand, brought by the express, and reaching
to the SOth ult., are what the telegraph calls
"flattering."
Gov. Wise has written a letter to a citizen
of Lynchburg, Va., disagreeing with General
Cass on the question or the rights of foreign
Governments to exact unrendered military
service from our naturalized citizens who were
born under their laws. He says he "would
protect our naturalized citizens against mili
tary service of other powers, to the uttermost
cp.ds of the earth."
TO OUR POLITICAL FKIENDS.
You have doabtless observed that the mana
gers of the Democracy are busy trying to re
concile differences, harmonize conflicting ele
ments, heal up their divisions, and bring all
their forces into line the coming fall, so as to
be ready for the straggle in 13G0. This ac
tivity on the part of our opponents should
serve as a warning note to every member of
the People's party, and impel him to do all in
his power to effect a full and complete organi
zation of our forces in this county. For sev
eral years past, we have labored nnder many
disadvantages from want of a proper organiza
tion, to say nothing of those resulting from
the lack of harmony in 185G and 1857 the
burthen of carrying on the campaigns fell on
a very few persons, and as these were unable to
give their personal attention to all the dis
tricts, some were neglected, and in these the
vote fell short of what it should have been.
Notwithstanding this, we have been making
headway, and perceptibly cutting down the
majority against us. Now it must be clear to
every one, that if wo were properly organized
if we had two or three good men in each e-
lection district, who would be active in get
ting our voters enlisted and secure their rcg
ular attendance at the polls, every year
that the time would soon come when tbe as
cendancy of the so-called Democracy would
be at au end in CleaiBeld county. We trust
our friends will give this matter their atten
tion, and as the election this fall will be an
important one, and as the holding of a Con
vention during September Court, for the pur
pose of nominating a county ticket, has been
determined on, all will at once see the neces
sity of early and energetic action.
War News. Recent arrivals from Europe
brought intelligence of a great battle having
been fought at Solferino, a village not far from
Cavriana, on the right bank of the Mincio, on
Friday the 24th day of June. The battle last
ed from 4 o'clock in the morning till 8 in the
evening, and resulted in the defeat of the Aus-
trians. No definite details have as yet been
received, but it appears from tbe French ac
counts that the Anstrians had crossed the Min
cio in large numbers some estimates making
their force number 280,000 men for the pur
pose of attacking the French and Sardinians
with their whole force, but were signally re
pulsed. The French captu red 6,000 prisonei s,
three flags and thirty cannon. What number
were killed, is not stated, but as the accounts
leave the impression that from 10,000 to 12,000
of the French were killed and wounded, the
loss of the Austrians must have been very
great. The day after the battle, the Austrians
re-crossed the Mincio, and have since been
followed by the wholo French army, which
met with no opposition on the left bank of the
River. The defeated army probably retired
to the Adige to reorganize and wait for rein
forcements and the action of Prussia. The
Austrians admit their defeat. A message from
Carianna announces that, on the day of the
battle, the Emperor Napoleon was constantly
in the hottest of the fire, and that Gen. Lar
rey, while in company with him, had his horse
killed. The French are making preparations
to get together within two months 450,000
men. Another battle is considered imminent.
The Kamas Constitutional convention, which
has permanently organized at Wyandotte, e
lecting Mr. J. M. Winchell as President, con
sists of 35 Republicans and 17 Democrats.
Perhaps, remarks the N. Y. Tribune, it is as
well that Leavenworth county went wrong,
since otherwise the party of Freedom would
not have had sufficient opposition to stimulate
it to effort. As it is, there is a good working
majority on the right side a majority larger
than we have seen claimed by the most san
guine Republican journals, in or out of the
Territory. Those prints which hypocritically
condoled with us touching the small show
made by our friends in Kansas, can now, that
the majority of two has become one of nine
teen, dry their eyes.
Jeffeksox County. On the Cth instant, the
People's party of Jefferson held their County
Convention at Brookvllle, and placed in nomi
nation the following ticket : Assembly, Isaac
G. Gordon ; Treasurer, Henry Hock ; Com
missioner, C. B. Morris ; Auditor, Artemus
Tracy ; Trustees of Academy, A. P. Ileich
hold, R. M. St. Clair and John B. Mechling.
The nominees are all men of respectability
and strict intogrity. As we are in tbe same
Representative district as Jefferson county is,
we are gratified that as good and worthy a man
as our friend Isaac G. Gordon, Esq., has been
named for the Assembly, and we trust his
nomination will be concurred in by all the
counties in the District.
How's This ? The last Clearfield Republican
pitches into Judge Douglas' recent letter, in
fine style. In the course of his article, the
editor describes what ho understands to be
"the essence of the Democratic faith," and
finishes out the paragraph by saj-ing that "no
thing can be more demoralizing or mischiev
ous." We are at a loss to know whether he
intended to say that much or not; but if he
did, we can only account for it by supposing
that ho ig trying to refrain from a certain "ir
resistible habit," which he alleges we have
fallen into. such a candid admission really
excites our admiration.
The trial of Jennings, Low, Mitchell and
Davis, on a charge of kidnapping, arising out
of the arrest of fugitive alaves in Ohio, was
called np at Cleveland on the Cth, when, at the
instance of their counsel, an arrangement was
made by which nolle prosequi were entered in
their cases, as well as those of the Obcrlin res
cuers who were in prison awaiting trial. The
prisoners on both sides were then discharged.
Political issues aro as plerty as Jack Fal
atafl's "reasons," and down in Mississippi
Judge Robert S. G. Perkins has announced
himself as an independent candidate (or the
Legislature, in Yazoo county, intending "to
ran rtpon an anti gTand-jury ticket."
THE NATURALIZATION QUESTION".
The following is Gen. Cass' second letter on
the question of the right of foreign Govern
ments to exact unrendered military service
from our naturalized citizens, dated at the
Department of State,
Washington, June 6, 1859.
Sis In answer to your letter of the 6th
inst., I have to inform you that the brief letter
from this Department to which you refer, da
ted the 17th of May last, and addressed to
Felix Le Clerc, was in reply to an application
for information, and was principally intended
to recommend caution to our naturalized fellow-citizens,
natives of France, in returning to
that country, as the operations of tbe French
conscription law were not precisely known, and
might bear injuriously upon that class of A
merican citizens. Most of the continental
European nations have a system of military
organization, by which their citizens are com
pelled to serve in the army by conscription,
and not as in France, where the duty is des
ignated by lot or draft. In Prussia every
person is required to take bis turn as a soldier.
The condition of American naturalized cit
izens returning to their native country, where
the system of compulsory service prevails,
and who had left before such service, has con
sequently been the subject of discussion with
some of the European powers. Quite recent
ly it has risen between the United States and
Prussia, and the Representatives of this coun
try at the Court of Berlin, has brought the
matter to the attention of Prussian Govern
ment. In the instructions which were sent
him May 12, 1859; it was explicitly stated,
that this Government opposed the doctrine of
perpetual allegiance, and maintains the right
of expatriation and the right to form new po
litical ties elsewhere. Upon this subject it is
to be observed, that In this age of the world,
the idea of controlling the citizen in the
choice of a home, and binding him by a mere
political theory, to inhabit for his life-time, a
country which he desires to leave, can hardly
be entertained by any Government.
The United States, therefore, maintains the
proposition that naturalized citizens returning
to the country of their birth, are not liable to
any duties or penalties, except such as were
in existenhe at the period of their emigration
If, at that time, they were in the army, or ac
tually called into it. such emigration and nat
uralization do uot exempt them from the le
gal penalty which they incurred by their de
sertion. But this penalty may bo enforced
against them whenever they shall voluntarily
place themselves within the local jurisdiction
of their native country, and shall be proceed
ed against according to law. But when no per
sonal liabilities exist against them at the peri
od of their emigration, the law of nations,in the
opinion of this government, gives no right
to any country to interfere with naturalized
American citizens, and the attempt to do so
would be considered an act unjust in itself,
aud unfriendly towards us. Jurisdiction
cannot, of course, arise in tbe case of the nat
uralized citizen who remains in the United
States. It is only when he voluntarily returns
to his native country that its local laws can
be enforced against him.
I am, sir, your obedient servant.
Signed Lewis Cass.
The American Freemason's New Monthly
Magazine, published by J. F. Frennan, 121
Chambers St., N. Y., came to hand a few days
since in a new dress. We like the new form
of the pages and the size of the type much
better than we did the old, and now regard it
as one of the neatest publications in tbe coun
try. Nor will it be behind in a literary point
of view. Its contributors are of a superior
class, and the publisher announces that he has
secured the services of Albert Gallatin Mack
ay, M. D., of Charleston, formerly connected
with the "Masonic Quarterly Review," an el
egant writer, and the author of several valua
ble Masonic books. Terms single copy S3 a
year, two copies $5, five $12, or eight $16.
Wild Speculation. A correspondent wri
ting from Chicago, 111., says that city has
changed wonderfully within the last five years.
The bubble which had fascinated so much
capital has exploded ; fortunes have been
swept away in a breath, and schemes of specu
lation suddenly destroyed. Property has de
creased in value as rapidly as it rose, and
stores which five years ago rented for $3,000
will not now command $3,000. It is thought
noiv to have reached a healthy basis, and that
its further progress will be upward.
A Democratic Administration was installed
into office on the 4th of March, 1853, and the
Executive Department of the Government, in
all its branches, has been in tho possession of
that party for the last six years. Mr. Fillmore
turned the government over to them with a
surplus of twenty millions in the Treasury.
It is now bankrupt, owes a debt of seventy
five millions of borrowed money, can't pay its
mail contractors, and is squandering ninety
millions per annum ! Who says that J.B.'s
Administration isn't a smart concern !
Mr. Journal, what has become of the Clear
field Republican ? Brookville Slar.
Can't say. Probably it's waiting 'until a
mail, under the new admirable arrangement,
happens to stray out your way ; or, it may bo,
that it's holding back for some production
of its friend Bigler, who has, for some time,
been rusticating and trout-fishing in this "neck
of woods."
Prentice says that if Mr. Buchanan resolves
to submit his name to the Charleston Conven
tion, he will bring the same kind of recom
mendation that a son of Erin once did. "Pad
dy, do you know how to drive V said a trav
eler to the 'phaeton' of a jaunting car. "Sure
I do ; wasn't it meself that upset your honor
in a ditch two years ago ?"
It is taken for granted that, should the Aus
trians be driven out of Italy, a French army
of observation will have to be kept there for
some time to come. Several of tho French
general officers, it is said, upon the strength
of this conviction, have taken houses at Milan
and Genoa for two years and upward.
The Emperor or Austria is one of the best
linguists in Europe. It is said that he speaks
thirteen languages perfectly, and that he is in
the Imperial Council tho only man who under
stands all tho languages of his vast domains.
fTtt!?ar,iCSt0n Mercury says that tho result
of the Charleston Convention "will be the re
putation of Doug,, and his inso,cnt hcrcsjr
or the instant death of a party abandoning its
cardinal principles.
The silent testimony of a quiet conscience
is of far greater value th?.n riches.
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS. .
prepared for tub "raftsman's jouenal." !
Westmoreland Cocxir. The Fourth pass
ed off quietly in Greensburg. . . . One day
last week, a woman with four children landed
from oft a train, after traveling over three hun
dred miles to avoid ill-treatment to herself
and children, from a drunken hnsband. She
succeeded in renting a room in Greensburg,
and expects to support herself and children by
washing and sewing. She is a member of the
Methodist Church, and has testimonials of
good character. ... On the night of the 5th,
the railroad ticket office, at Greensburg, was
broken open. The money drawer was forced
and what little loose change was in it was ta
ken out. The burglar alsojbroke open a trunk
of Miss Philips, of Pittsburgh,and took there
from a very valuable silk shawl, and a silk
dress pattern. ... On the 4th Rebecca Nimil
ler, wife of Isaac Nimiller, was committed by
Justice J. E. Fleraming, charged with mur
dering her child. This is the woman whom
we noticed last week as having been found in
Samuel Mellingers coal bank, near Mt. Pleas
ant. ... On the 29th ult., Hiram Nelson and
Henry Longsdorff were committed to jail by
Justice JohnE. Flemming,of Mount Pleasant,
charged on oath of Michael - Abbott with the
larceny of near four thousand cigars. . . . On
the 1st inst., a child of W.J.Long, ticket
agent at Greensburg, fell from a chair, break
ing one of its arms. ... On the 2d a child of
Daniel Robinson, of Greensburg.pulled a dish
of hot starch upon itself, badly scalding its
face, breast and shoulders. ... A few days
ago, John Reed, (known as big John) was
found dead in his bed in North Huntingdon
township. He retired to rest iu his usual good
health, and in the morning was founddead. He
was advanced in lile.and unmarried. .... On
Thursday evening Mrs. Hunter, an aged lady,
widow of the late Col. Hunter, died snd-.ienly
at the house of her son-in-law, Samuel Reed,
in New Alexandria. She ate her supper, was
cheerf ul, and in a few moments after leaving
the table dropped dead. . . . One day last
week the barn owned by James Stewart, and
occupied by a tenant, near New Alexandria,
was struck by lightning and consumed, to
gether with all its contents. . . . The barn of
Amos Bierer, of Hempffeld township, was also
struck by Iightning.and the rafters and a large
portion of the roof shattered in pieces.
Centre Cocntv. On the Cth, Centre Coun
ty was visited by a heavy wind and rain s'orm.
In Bellelbntc, the front of the law office of
John Stover was blown out, and a number of
trees were twisted off. On the farm of Mr.
James Armor, near that place, the wind made
sad havoc among the fruit trees and grain.
Tho roof was blown off of Mr. John Hoy's
barn, and the farm more or less damaged. . . .
A barn attached to the tavern in Unionville,
now occupied by Mr. George Taylor, was
struck by lightning during the storm, and set
on fire, but the flames were extinguished be
fore they had done much damage. A man
and boy who had taken shelter in the barn a
few minutes previous to the storm, named
Myers and Vanvalian were both seriously af
fected by the lightning. Myers recovered
from the stroke to repair to his home, but the
shock had so confused his mind as to induce
Tears for his sanity. The boy.at last accounts,
was utterly prostrate, with little hopes of his
recovery. . . . The store of Mr Robert Cook,
in Ilowardsville, was a few weeks ago enter
ed by burglars, who carried off a considera
ble amount of goods and ten dollars in money.
On the 4th, the house of Mr. 4TiIHam Riddle,
near Pleasant Gap, took fire from the flue of
the oven, but the fire was discovered and put
out before it had done much injury.
Cambria Cointt. A married woman named
Elizabeth Gray, residing in Jackson township,
while returning home from Johnstown on tho
evening of the 4th, was attacked by three ruf
fians, who dragged her from her horse and at
temped to commit a rape, but was rescued by
some persons in the neighborhood, who heard
her cries. The next day an Irishman named
Frank Carroll and two boys, Thomas Meloy
and Bcrnand Moran, were arrested as being
the guilty parties. Carroll was held to bail
in $700 and Meloy in $300 for their appearance
at Court. Moran was discharged. ... Ben.
McCulIough and Henry Johnston escaped from
the EbeDsburg jail on the SOth June. The
former was convicted last court of a breach of
the peace, and the other of the larceny of a
gold watch. ... A son of ex-Sheriff Roberts
had one of his elbows dislocated and one of
the bones of the arm fractured, by jumping
from acar at Conemaugh station on the 4th. . .
A fight occurred at a cellar in Johnstown on
the 6th between two Irishmen, in which one
of the parties had the end of his nose bitten
off. As soon as it was spit out of the month
of his antagonist, he picked it up and took it
to Dr. Marbourg, who succeeded in stitching
it to tho stump. That Irishman now nose
something about fighting.
Jefferson County. On the 2d inst., tho
blacksmith shop of Richard Adams in Brook
ville was struck by lightning, but did very
little injury to the building. Mr. Ellis Russell
was working at tho hearth at the time, and
was in the act of putting a bar of iron into
the fire, when the lightning ran along the bar
in his hand, causing him to stagger, drop the
iron and render him speechless for several
seconds. ... On the night of the 4th, several
pocket books were stolen from persons sleep
ing at the Jeffersonllotel inBrookville. Search
being made, four of them, containing between
$300 and $400, were found concealed under
the bed-ticks. : Three persons who occupied
the beds, were arrested and bound over to
court. ... On tho Cth, Dr. A. P. Heichhold
amputated a leg for Win. G. Hefllefinger,
which had been dislocated at tho knee, when
he was young. An examination showed that
the joints had rubbed together atd that the
bones were much decayed.
Blair County. On the 2d inst.,aflre broke
out in the stable of Rev. Mr. Graham in Mar
tinsbnrg, which was near being attended with
great destruction of property, as at one time
no less than seven buildings were on fire, but
tho devouring element was arrested before
much damage was done. The roof of E.
Patterson's store-house was burned off. Mr.
Graham had a buggy, worth $150, burned.
The fire originated through the carelessness
of some boys, who had gone into the stable to
take a "quiet smoke." .... .Twenty-seven
freight cars were thrown off the Hollidays
burg Branch Railroad last Wednesday, and
smashed up, in consequence of runnine over
a couple cows.
Washington County. James Turner is in
jail for obtaining money under false pretences
from John Linn, of Washingtoi Samuel
England, of East Finley, was thrown from his
wagon and seriously injured, on the 1st inst.
He had an arm broken, and was injured inter
nally. . . . On the Fourth, a party of-young
men from Wheeling and a similar party from
this county became Involved in a difficulty at
Triadelphia, Virginia, on tho line of the
Ilenipfield Railroad, in tho course of which
James Denniston and John M'Neal.tvvo young
men belonging to Claysville, were cut with
knives by the men from Wheeling.
Columbia County. Lewis Lingly, a jour
shoemaker, was run over by the evening train
at Espy, on tho 4th, and killed. ... A storm
which passed over a portion of this county
week before last, unroofed a number of hou
ses, barns, wagon shed.i, and blew down tim
ber, fences, and did much injury to orchards,
especially in Jackson and Upper Greemvooi.
GREAT BALLOON VOYAGE.
Profs. Wise and Lamountaine, Mr. Gagcr
and Mr. Ilydo of the St. Louis Republican,
ascended in a mammoth balloon at St. Louis
on the 1st July, and landed in Jefferson coun
ty, New York, at 2 o'clock on the 2d, having
travelled 1200 miles. Their trip was in some
respects not the most agreeable. Mr. Hyde,
in his account of it, says :
"Before reaching within sight of the East
ern shore of Ontario, the aerial ship lost her
ascending power, and rapidly sank towards the
water ; the ballast had entirely giveu out, and
the provisions, water,8upplies, and some of the
clothing of the passengers were thrown over
board. Still the balloon ncared the lake with
great velocity, when it was found necessary
to take off tbe propeller machinery, a nd pitch
itoverbard. These results still not being suf
ficient, the oars and the seats of tbe boats
were given to the waves. All hands then left
the boat and clambered into the car, sixteen
feet above. Despite all exertion, the air ves
sel skimmed to within thirty feet of the water,
and actually darted the boat into the lake. It
righted itself, however, and the balloon went
on with the speed of two miles a minute.
Providentially, tho balloon reached the shore
having travelled over fifty miles, just above
tbe waves, which were rough and boisterous ;
but a terrific peril now appeared. . The balloon
rnshed into a thick fore&t, and tcariDg down
trees, and breaking branches, pursued its re
sistless course for upwards of a mile, dashing
the occupants of the car to and fro against
trunks and limbs, till at last it caught a tall
sycamore, and the silk rent into ribous, when
the apparatus at once came to -a half, leaving
the voyageurs suspended twenty feet in the
air. Mr. Lamountain was slightly injured a
bout his limbs, but all the others reached the
ground sate."
From tho Philadelphia (Penn'a) Inquirer, a
newspaper which has stood in the foremost
rank ot public jurnals in the United States
for over kixty years.
Enterprise in Business Exemplified. The
subject of business enterprise naturally com
mands a large share of tho thoughts of the A
mcrican people. Hence the theory of any new
brancli of business is anxiously inquired into,
as well as the fact whether it pays or not. A
mong tho establishments introducing novel
features into business, in place of the stero
typed and time-sanctioned forms, the Gilt
Book Enterprise stands first. It has accom
plished far greater success than any of the
modern improvements Advertising in the
public journals, when attempted on a large
scale, was condemned by everybody as inju
rious to the interests of trade ; but as always
is the case with a good idea, it prospered, un
til every one now advert ifes as a necessity.
G.G.Evans, the originator of the Gift Book En
terprise System, was born at Bingham, Maine.
His father is an eminent physician of that
State, and his uncle, Hon. George Evans has
represented Maine for many years in the Uni
ted States Senate. Mr. Evans' early years
were spent in Lowell, Mass., whore he started
the first Book Enterprise ever projected ; since
which time be has opened over or.e hundred
and fifty branch stores. The main establish
ment is No. 439 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
Mr. Evans has a host of imitators ; some of
them cheat the public by advertising them
selves the originators of the business, and
bring down condemnation, not only on them
selves, but on the man whose trade they arc
counterfeiting. Because swindlers are igno
ramuses, in any trade, subject us to loss, we
are not therefore to censure men engaged in
legitimate trade ; because "Peter Funk" tra
ders in watches deceive and cheat the public,
honest watchmakers are not to be denounced
and avoidsd; and so, because a number of
"Peter Funk" concerns ia tiro Gift Book Bu
siness, encouraged by the g:eat success of E
vans' Enterprise, sprung up in New York, and
for a time cheated those who were deluded in
to dealing with them, there is no reason that
a fair, liberal and energetic publisher should
be condemned with them. No injustice could
be greater.
Evans purchases whole editions of books
that he docs not publish himself, at the low
est figures ; sells them at regular retail prices,
and gives a premium with each book ; in eve
ry $10,000 worth of books ho appropriates
$5,000 worth of jewelry, watches, cc., which
arc given away with the books, purchasers of
ten receiving gold watches, costly cameos, silver-plated
ware, silk dress patterns, &c.
Mr. Evans originated the Gift Book Business
in 1854, and his great success in it is result of
tho energy, the integrity, and the liberality
that have characterized his course from that
day to the present.
In addition to the above just tribute to the
merits of Mr. Evans, and the unequalled suc
cess of his popular enterprise, we take great
pleasure in bearing testimony to the high in
tegrity which has ever characterized his mul
tifarious business transactions, establishing for
himself and his house a name above suspicion
or reproach, and a fame whjch must "lead its
possessor to fortune and renown." This is no
spasmodic effort on our part, at fulsome eulo
gism ; it is the plain recital of self-existent
facts, read and known of all men in our State,
to whom Mr. Evans and his business operations
aro extensively known. We have dealt with
Mr. Evans for years, personally, and conversed
with scores of others who have sent him their
money and orders, and ?cccived Books and
valuable Gifts in return, nd it is certainly
higher meed of praise than utu.-illy falls to tho
ordinary lot of man to be able, truthfully, to
say, that in no single instance have wc heard
the first word of dissatisfaction expressed.
His assortment of Lookf embraces the stand
ard works of the languages, and every depart
ment of American literature ; and through his
agency, vast numbers of useful books have
been spread through every part of the coun
try, to the great advantage of the rising gene
ration; and in this respect, he may very pro
perly be held to be a public benefactor.
A Double Murder. We learn that during
an altercation at a tavern in Pulaski, Law
rence county, Pa., on tho 4th, two men, nam
ed James Losletter and Frank McCord, were
shot by a man named Jacob Gerhart. It seems
that an old grudgo existed bctweeu Lostctter
and Gerhart. Meeting Pulaski they commenc
ed quarrelling, and the parties clinched, Mc
Cord taking sides with Lostettcr. During the
melee Gerhart fired at each of tho assailants
with a double-barreled pistol, shooting one of
them in the head and the other in the abdo
men, inflicting terrible wounds, from which
they died.
A great deal of excitement was created in
New Brighton, on Saturday tho 9th inst., by
the arrest of Mr. J. Glass, Postmaster at that
place, on a charge of counterfeiting.
iJ-VJ'TIOX. All persons aro hereby caution
v8gainst Purchangor ia anv way meddling
v ii t fo,lowing property in the possession of
m.u.Eooie, of Union township, as the same be
longs to me and is left with him on loan only: 1
cow and calf, 1 10-plato stove, 1 cupboard, 1 clock,
- bedsteads and bedding, 1400 shingles, 6 chairs,
1 wash kettle. 1 table, 1 grindstone, and a lot of
household furniture. J H BAILEY
Imon tp , JqIj s, lS5?-juU-3fp.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
f TSITKD STATES HOTEL The subscri
! ber announces to his Clearfield friends, and
the public in general, that he has taken the above
named house, located at the Railroad, in Harm
burg, Pa. lie will endeavor to make this bouse
one of the most desirable stopping places in tb
State Capital, by accommodating all who may f4.
vor him with their custom in the best manner pos.
eible. Ijulylll BEX. HARTSHORN.
F
LOUR! FLOUR!! The undersigned hav
ing made arrangements with a larze nianu-
factnring establishment to supply him with Flour,
he gives notice to ino puouc tnai ne is prepared
to furnish all who want s good article, at the very
lowest price, in as large or small quantities a"i
may be desired. He also keeps on band constant
ly liquors of all kinds, which he will sell whole
sale or retail. JAS. JI. GALEK.
Tyrone City, Ta , Jaly 11th. 1359.
GIFTS SPLENDID GIFTS TO FlI--CHASERS
OF BOOKS. AT THE ORIGINAL
AND THE ONLY GIFT BOOK ENTERPRIZK.
Established ia lS5t. Head Quarters for the
" United Statr at the PnUi thing House, ofG. V?
G. Evans, 439 Chestnut Street. Philuiei pJiia.
Pa. Catalogtte sent Free. Since I Origina-
ted the Gift Book Enterprise, I have repeat- n
edly called the attention of the public to my S
2 large stock of liberal offer, to which theyj'
ghave always warmly responded. I can now, 3
with more satisfaction than ever, call attention 5.
to my largely increased inducements to pur- S-
chasers. Being very heavily engaged in pub- f
j-lishing. I exchange my own publications for
-- those of other houses, and am enabled to pro-
cure all my books at the original cost of ma- c
o king, and thus can and do supply the major i- r
g ty of the other houses engaged in the Gift;
Book trade.with their 1 ooks cheaper than they 5
cnn procure them from other publishers. Icani'
o also, by my heavy purchases of Watches and
Jewelry, for cash, furnish them with their 2
Gifts, at lower rates than they can buy thein
from the manufacturers. Having such an advan
tage in buying. I can insure my customers a great
deal better Gifts with their books than any other
house, and can give my agents a larger commis
sion. A valuable tiitt will be delivered with each
Book at the time of sale. Gilts worth 500. at tho
lowest wholesale prices, will bo impartially dis
tributed with every SI. 000 worth of Books sold.
Send for a catalogue, which will be wailed freo
to any address, containing, the most valuable col
lection of Standard productions in Literature. Phi
losophy. History. Geography, Travels, and the Sci
ences, with all the favorite works of Fiction and
Romance, and every other department of Litera
ture, classified as described below. Send for it. for
if you don't wish to order books, you will obtain a
valuable book for reference as it contains nil tho
desirable books iu print. and willcot you nothing.
Particular attention is requested to the list of my
publications, which will be found in tlu Litter
part of my Classified Catalogue. It contains a largo
number of deservedly popular works, by various
authors ; among which are all of T.S Arthur's best
works.well known as a moral .instructive and pleas
ing author. also. interesting biographies, travclj.ic.
CLASSIFICATION OF LOOKS.
Agricultural This department embraces all
standard works upon general Agriculture. Cotton
planting. Flowers, Gardening. Farm Implement:),
Horses, .Sheep. Cattle. Fowls, P.ees, Ac. Ac.
Albums Ladies', (a great variety.', Floral. Cap,
Quarto, Royal cap. Demy Quarto, Autograph. Ac.
Annuals A large and elegant assortment.
BUJes A splendid assortment of pocket, pew and
Family Bibles, in every style, from SI to SiO.
Piayrr Books A complete assortment, in eve
ry form and style and at all prices.
Hymn. Jioois As used by the different denom
inations, (plain and fancy bindings.)
Biornphieal-W 'orks of Irving. lleadley.Weems,
Fparks, Bancroft, and every other standard author.
Jiatuiieal By Comstock, Gray, Lincolu, lerby.
Wood. Ac, Ac.
Cooler Receipt and Cook Books, by Mrs. Hale,
Leslie. Widdifield, McKenzie, Ac, Ac.
Grrnwn. Standard German Literature.
Dictionaries Webster's English. French, Ger
man. Spanish, Latin, Greek. Italian. lc.
Cvtlapehin All the standard authors.
Geographical-The latest iuot improved school
and other Geographies. Maps. and Travelers guides.
Geology The works o Hugh Miller, Harris,
Hitchcock. Lyell. an-1 many others.
Historical By Prescott.'f rving, Bancroft, Bob
ertson, Hume. Gibbons, Mac'auley. and other.
Humorous Embraces a world of Fun.
Juvenile Embracing, every description of Il
lustrated books for children.
Ltw and Medicine All the standard works of
these professions.
Ulerhanicai and Seirvti fir The most approved
works on Mechanics, Architecture, and the exact
Sciences.
Potry English and American. Octavo and
literary editions of the standard Poets; pocket
and cabinet editions plain and illustrated, bound
in every style to suit tho taste of all.
Worts of Fertian By Scott. Irving. Cooper,
Dickens, and all the approved Writers.
Schoof and Classira. Travtls and Adveutnrrx.
Gamrx. Storts and Patl tiers. Rrlirrions. liihlimt
and Theological. Musical ami Glee JiooLs. Odd
Frlfnirship and Frrr Masonry
Miscellaneous Our Miscellaneous Department
embraces everything not included in the above
classification, of an interesting and instructive
character, that is in print.
Tbe Gifts consist of So!d ane Silver Watches.
Gold chains, Ladies' Splendid Black and Plaid
Silk Dresses. Patterns. Parlor Time pieces. Silver
plated ware, costly sets of Cameos. Mosaic. Flor
entine, Coral. Garnet, Turqnois, and Lava Jewel
ry. Gold Lockets. Pencils and Pens, Ladies' Neck
and Chatclinc chains. Gents' Bosom Studs and
Sleeve Buttons. Pocket knives, Fort-monnaies, and
a Thousand Varu-liet of Gifts, of use and valuw.
AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE.
To Agents I can give more liberal inducements
thau can be afforded by any other house. In addi
tion to larger com miss ions, it is niueh easier to get
subscribers for my enterprise than any other.
The Peculiar advantages are A. larger stock,
and better Catalogue to select from. A better as
sortment and Quality of Gifts More punctuality
and correctness in filling orders. By acting as a
gents for me, Persons wishing a valuable Library
can procure it gratis. Those seeking an easy
method of earning a lirehood can find it.
For full particulars, send for a catalogue.
My large capital, together with my long experi
ence in tho business, and consequent familiarity
with all its details, gives me an almost incalcula
ble advantage over all other parties. All I ask is
a trial. Send me an order, and you will be convin
ced that there is no exaggeration. Do Hot forget
to send for a catalogue. Persons visiting tbe city,
are requested to call and examine for themselves
G. G. EVANS. Head Quarters.
430 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia, Pa.
. Branch Store. 45 Cornhill, Boston, Mass.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO BOOK BUYERS
My attention has been called to statements uiado
through the public journals, by a New York Gift
Sto. e, which are calculated to deceive ; who even
presume to advertise themselves as the originators
of the Gift Book Enterprise, which was first suc
cessfully established, and I may say honarably
conducted by myself. This concern, who are pro
claiming themselves. "The Oldest in tho business,"
are indebted to me. not only for their first ideas of
conducting the business, bnt for stock to commence
with, and a place to commence in. Their state
ment, that this is '-The fifth year of their location
in New York," is also faise.
It has been thought, on account of tho n.ime
connected with this New York Gift Store, that it
was a branch of my Original Enterprise; but it is
not so, and I wish it distinctly understood, that I
am not in any way responsible for their deceptive
advertisements, nor for the manner in which New
York Gift concerns are conducted. And holding
the position I do, as the Originator of the Gift
Book Enterprise in the United States having es
tablished it and brought it to its present high po
sition, by constant labor, unweariod application,
and large expenditure of money, I deem it my du
ty to the public and myself .to expose theso pro
tended originators,' who are attempting to im
pose upon tho people. I would here publicly state
that theso parties have been referring, without
authority or permission, to the largest and most
widely known publishing house in the United
States. I am informed by this firm, which is lo
cated in this city, that, not only have they never
given permission to this New York Gift Store to
refer to them, but they utterly disclaim any knowl
edge of their business or standing. Tho.
going can bo substantiated to the'-" '
any person cr r?rson. bv the ma
fcle rroofs. Jul