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CLEARFIELD, PA., JULY 27, 1859.
PEOPLE'S STATE TICKET.
TOR AUDITOR GENERAL.
THOMAS E. COCIIRAX, of York.
FOR SURVEYOR CESEP.Ar,,
WILLIAM II. KEIM, of Berks.
SHOWING THEIH HANDS.
The plans of Southern politicians are grad
ually developing themselves. Mr. Stephens
has taken grounds in Georgia in favor of a
territorial slave code md the revival cf the
African Slave Trade ; Senator Ercwn, ot Mis
sissippi, follows on the same side ; and now
we learn that Jefferson Davis, in his last speech
at Jackson, Mississippi, which may be called a
sort of reply to Senator A'. G. Brown, took
very ultra ground, declaring that the laws a-
gainst the opening of the African slave trade
were unconstitutional, and asserting that the
election of a Republican to the Presidency
would justify a resort to secession on the part
of the South. Thus one after the other of
the leading democrats of the South range
themselves in favor of extreme measures, and
render it more certain, every day, that a Con
gressional Slave Code for the Territories and
the re-opening of the African Slave Trade
w ill be the great issues before the people in
13G0. It is true that they may not be present
ed directly in the shape of a plank in the plat
form that will framed by the Charleston Con
vention that body may not consider it pru
dent or politic to do so ; but the tone of those
men who, it is well known, control the pseudo
Democratic party and shape its course, shows
idainly and unmistakably that the otject of all
their efforts will be to carry those measures
into effect. Northern Democratic politicians
may cry out never so lustily against the agita
tion of the slavery question, and say that it is
a dead issue and that the question is settled,
(though it seems strange, if this be true, that
ihey neatly always disenss it in their letters or
speeches) the South impels the agitation,
and there is no escape from it. If northern
doughfaces have the temerity to oppose it, the
fire-eaters threaten to dissolve flic confedera
cy, and immediately their Northern allies turn
Union-savers, and urge a compliance with the
demands of -the South, so that the impending
danger may be averted, and the Democracy be
glorified for its disinterested magnanimity
and intense patriotism.
The editor of the Clearfield Republican has
just made a discovery which, we think, enti
tles him to a leather medal. He has found
out in some way or another that "them 'orrid
Black Republicans" are the cause of the
"evils" that attach themselves to the recent
mail arrangements, by which the service has
been cut down and on some routes entirely
discontinued. How this can be, will doubt
less oe a query wnn many, tor, if our
memory serves us right, the Democrats last
winter bad a majority in both Houses of Con
frress, (as well as the President, Postmaster
General, &c.,) and had the Committees con
stituted to suit themselves. If what our up
town neighbor says were true, the Democratic
Representatives and Senators must have been
a set of precious boobies to permit the minor
ity to fix this matter up after their own notion.
But this was not the case. The South had de
termined, as a punishment for their repudia
tion last tail of the outrageous course of the
Buchanan Administration, to tax the people
ot the North by increasing the rates of post
age. In this they were defeated by the firm
ness of a number of Northern Democrats in
the House, who were not prepared to swallow
60 large a dose, and Toombs & Co. talked the
Post Office'appropriation bill to death in the
Senate. Foiled in their effort to increase the
postage, they now do what comes nearest to
it curtail the mail service. It is, therefore,
all gammon and pretence for our neighbor to
talk about the Republicans being the cause of
the evil."
Rewarded President Buchanan evidently
reaiembers his Lecompton friends, and knows
how to take care of those who were "killed or
wounded" in the cooipaign last fall. Hon.
James L. Gillis in a case in point, for we un
derstand that lie has been appointed agent tor
the Pawnee Indians in Nebraska Territory.
If the Judge Xnacages matters shrewdly, and
we have no doubt of 1m ability and disposition
to do so, he can make a much nicer thing out
of his appointment than he could have made
out of his election to Congress.
Philip Herbert, the California Congressman
who murdered a waiter at Williard's in Wash
ington, hag, with many others, been forced by
a mob to quit Hennasello. An ex-Judge was
a leader of "the instigators."
The "Independente" of Brescia states that
several young girlg have made vows not to
marry anybody but wounded soldiers of the
army of Italian independence.
It is said that the recent frost was so severe
in Cbautauque county, N. Y., as to cut down
everything except town and county accounts !
Gen. Tom Thumb arrived at his home in
Bridgeport on Saturday. He means to stay at
home hereafter.
Sickles has wiitten a letter in which he jus
tifies his reconciliation to his ifc.
r DEMOCEATIC DECLIVITY.
Those who doubt that the success of
the Democracy . in 1860 will be followed by
the adoption of a Territorial Slave Code, and
in due time by the legalization of the already
revived slave-trade, have superficially scan
ned the past history and present position of
that party. Those measures may not be in
uuiuuiaLL' 1 in HYnrP5? rprma mtn no rodri or
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iUl. uuaiu-jiuu uuinenuon. auouRn tt.ueu,
.
use, Drown, r itzpatrictc, ana tne men 01
that school, backed by influential journals like
I lit l:hnrl tfnn nr..,r..
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.....icui, ami iuon,Sumeru Mimr-.i
liser, demand it on pain of a bolt in the Con-
vention or at the polls, we question whether
these issues will be set forth in the platform
in unequivocal words. The South prefers not
to disclose her programme till she is able to
execute it. She desires that Conventions
should, uy their protocols, ratify the victories
sne nas aireaciy won,whUc by the nominations,
nicjr piatu n. nur uispusai pnani leauers wnom
sue can use m acuieving new triumphs.
one conquers not by hghting in the open field,
ontratuer uy subtle strategy, though she
mates some use 01 an tier partizans, yet, in
tne exigencies of a doubtful campaign, she
Su, sue
he fiery
Rrnwn
.urown,
relies more upon the cool Hunter than th
Wise, the wily Slidell than the blatant
me practical irecKinnage man tne metapiiys-
ical Rhett.
Let us illustrate our views by citing facts
in the history of the Democracy facts so
commonplace that the lesson they. teach is
lost upon the public mind. Since the adv-eut
of Jackson, the Southern wing of the party,
though in a numerical minority, has given the
law to its Northern allies, dictating the poli
cy to. be pursued, and designating the men
whom they might exalt and those whom they
must proscribe. Texas annexation, the Cora
promise measures of lS5U,the Kansas-Nebras
ka bill, the Lecompton swindle, the repudia
tion of Van Buren in 1814, the crushing of
Wright in 185G, and the election of Pierce
and Buchanan, may be cited as proofs of this
position.
While it is unquestionable, therefore, that
the entire party has been ruled by the mem
bers dwelling in one section of the Union, and
those a minority of the whole, it is equally
true that that minority has of late years been
controlled by a small moiety of its members
The radical and revolutionary portion of the
Southern Democracy have, for twenty years,
dictated the measures of the party beyond the
Potomac. Their central idea has been the
supremacy of Slavery in the Federal Gov
ernment,and its spread, more or less densely,
over all the States andTerritories of theUnion
The founder, the apostle, and finally the mar-
tyr, or tho jNegro Propaganda, was Mr. Cal-
houn. He originated the doctrine of the in
violability of slave property, and the incom
petency of Government to do aught to it ex
cept protect it. All the new ideas respecting
Slavery, which have startled even the slumber
ing Conservatism of our day, emanated from
bis fertile brain. All the assaults upon the
old-fashioned principles of Freedom which
nave marKeu our time were planned by the
same bold mind. His doctrines and his dis-
ciples now control the Southern wing of the
Democratic party, and that wing gives the
law 10 us nortuern allies.
This school of politicians have set their
hearts upon catching negroes in Africa and
planting them in the Territories under the
sanction of Congress. The absence of entire
unanimity among Southern Democrats, and
the seeming general repugnance of tho party
in the North to these twin iniquities, only
proves that they are encountering precisely
the same obstacles in their march to success
which all the other measures of the Slave
Power have met. Favored at the outset only
by a minority of the party at the South, each
of these measures ultimately secured a major
ity, there, and then its acceptance by the
Northern Democracy was made certain.
Though Texas annexation was ripening to
consummation as early as 1810, no Sauthern
member dared to propose, and no Northern
member would have dared to approve in the
National Democratic Convention of that year,
a resolution favoring annexation. Yet, four
years afterward, the fruit was garnered by a
Democratic Congress.. At the-Coavention of
181S, the South did not venture to offer, nor
would the North have ratified, a proposition
to repudiate the Danc-Jefi'ersonian doctrine of
the power and duty of Congress to prohibit
Slavery in the Territories. Vet, within two
years from that day a Democratic Senate and
a closely-balanced House, discarded that poll-
cy in the organization of New Mexico and
Utah. Had the attempt been made to incor
porate into the platform of 18G2 the doctrine
of tho unconstitutionality of such a prohibi
tion, it would have been saccessfully resisted
by the convention that nominated Pierce.
Yet the first Congress of his Administration
engrafted it upon the legislation of the coun
try. So, too, of the Dred Scott pronuncia-
miento, and its logical corollary, the Lecomp
ton English juggle ; they could not have been
sanctioned by tho Cincinnati Convention ; or
it they had been, its nominee would have
been scouted from the polls in every Free
State.
,
"laiunc aata show that the Slave
x oer auvances toward universal dominion bv
slow, sure and stealthy Bteps, that, when it
achieves a victory, it choose., tn r,
... vfc
.v.- v iueu at tne open-
nig ui iu vttimaifc.i.auv luipyvcs us triumph
by striking some bold blow ior tne Propagan
da not dreamed of by tho masses who assur
ed its triumph.
In the light of theso facts it is plain where
tho country is drifting. Slave trading on the
seas, and slave-holding in the Territories, by
acts of Congress, are as sure to follow a Dem
ocratic victory next year, as effects follow
causes. The seeming division of sentiment
on these questions among Southern Democrats,
on which wo many hang their hopes, is super
ficial, reaching not to the main propositions
but only, to some of their incidents. Tor in'
stance, TAe Richmond Enquirer, the organ of 1
Gov.' Wise, insists upon the incorporation of
the Slave-Code tenet into the creed of the
party by the Charleston Convention! But
The Examiner, which speaks for Senator Hun
ter, while it agrees with its neighbor at to the
duty of Congress to adopt and enforce such a
Code, doubts the expediency of bringing it
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the harmonv nf that lnd nf rhni anirito
I f wuakku
it thinks, too. that the Democracy, once in
power, can bo trusted to deal with the aues-
.. , . ...
Hon ina nianner satisiaciorv to tue soutn.
I
in the mean time it would , not excite the
nerves ot its Northern allies, nor cive the
Renublicnns th nrlvantn in thn -min-r ran.
. .
vass of an open avowal of this new article in
iue lauuoi me rropaganaa. ine uemocra-
cy of Virginia," so it savs. "believe that when
the occasion arrives for the protection by Con-
gress cf Slavery in the Territories, the North
crn Democracy will nobly unite with the De
mocracy of the South, as they did when
Texas was annexed, and when the Missouri
Compromise was repealed."
The Examiner is right, both in its opinion
0f its Northern allies and of the true course
to be pursued at Charleston. In regard to the
to be pursued at Charleston. In regard to the
fornier, our intimate acquaintance with them
v., . ,iau1- y ll'L,u
enables us to assure The Examiner that Sla-
very cannot make a reouisition unon them so
base in its nature, so humiliating in its terms.
that they will not respond to it with alacrity
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provided they can be assured of pay and
rations. As to disclosing its Intentions in the
platform, the Slave Power having heretofore
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on by secrecy and duphc.ty, by -giving
no warning of its delving till it sprung the
inine,let it not hazard success in 1SG0 by tell-
ing the
do. A
from th
South, in the White House, the Propaganda
n-iii MdW hnmm., vo.,; f
1 1
vuuS,c-aa, a.lt-i uHtaijr mc-u, UI) 10 save
the union, surrender at discretion ; and the
iseymonrs, Douglases, Bnghts and Touceys of
the North will first endure, then pity, then
embrace protesting most earnestly that they
will not be driven to the wall, and that these
Southern demands must lierc cease. Simple
tons! Do they not know that the Ultima
Thuleof these exactions is the establishment
and protection of Slavery in all the Free
States of the Union by virtue of the judicial
decrees of the Federal Courts ?
With this prospect before us, we earnestly
ask all opponents of the measures herein in-
dicated, and especially Old-Line Whisrs and
National Americans, whether it is not wise
that they unite with the Republicans, on a
fair and liberal basis, to drive the Democracy
from power and bring the Government back
to the raitb and practice of the Fathers ? To
aid, directly or indirectly, in securing or per
mitting a Democratic triumph in 1SG0, and
then hope that the country will escape its lo
gical sequences, is to defy fate and invoke the
nifi of rLii-aM,.. -v v
ffairs is Utah TEaaiTOEr.-The corres-
pondence of the JNew 101k Times from Utah,
to the 21th June, announces the return rf
Judge Eckles to that Territory. A reorgan-
ization of the Federal Courts immediately
tooK place. 'three District Courts of th
(United Sthates had been established, one at
I Provo, to be presided over by Judge Fckles,
and the others at Great Salt Lake City .and
Genoa. Vigorous efforts were to be put forth
to hold these Courts and secure the prisoners,
without calling in the assistance of the army.
A large number of apostate Mormons for the
States, and others, were supposed to be on the
point of departure.
A Family of Ministkrs. The Rev. Wil
liam Williams Mas for fifty-six years pastor in
Northampton, N. II. His son Solomon was
for fifty-four years pastor in Lebanon. Eli-
phalet, the son of Solomon, was for moro than
fifty years pastor in East Hartford ; and Sol
omon, the son of Eliphalet, preached in Nor
thampton for upwards of fifty years. Here
are father, son, grand-son and great-grandson,
each pastor for upwards of fifty years of their
respective churches, and two ot them of the
same church.
TnE Views of the Administration. A des
patch from Baltimore states that the Demo-
cratic Convention at Frederick have adopted
resolutions "endorsing the views of the Ad-
miniftration in regard to tho rights of nafu
ralized citizens;" but it does not say which
views the hist ones, the middle ones, or the
last ones, As the Administration has three
sets of, views on this subject, Democratic con-
ventions should be explicit.
Sucii is Life. The other day a young lady
near Zanesville, fell six inches from a door
step, and broke her neck. In St. Louis, a
man dropped from a fourth story, and light-
mg upon an awning, escaped with a severe
injury to his shoulder: In Buffalo, a lady
made an involuntary descent from a second
story window, but was saved from the least
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j v iiuiavuuHi ynu-
ciple. : . ,
The Ohio wheat croo this year is exnectml
i,.rnnnnftn ..... ....
w,v",vw uuouiu uiuio luau uafc j ear,
notwithstandmtr the frosts last month, whieli
destroyed per estimate. 3.500.000 bushel.
Iowa will yield more than an averacrc cron.
xv ' . TuS. "
" .,wi.a,u;.Ciu3 ucuci tiuu mis ouu-
son than ever before, both as to quantity and
quality.
The Locofoco candidates for Statj officers
at the October electi on are Wright and Howe,
anu tue propriety of these names, will bo ap
parent when it is remembered that tho Sham
Democratic party expects to be Rowed Wright
up to the source of Salt River.
There is a man by thTname of llvdc In Cin-
" 1 Z "ir;a"d.Len
v.rgu uraes.'
mi. 7T, " 7;
The bishop of Arkansas and tho Bishop of
Pittsburg have gone to Homo on an oflicial
visit to tho Tope.
country in advance what it intends to w 01 aw irg, vnun carrying a
. , , boiler of hot water let it slip from her hand,
gain in power, Mth a craven dotard and the contents fallinir on her r.hil.l. ,!
c North, or a supple tool from, the bout 10 months, scalded it so severely That it
, , PENNSYLVANIA ITEKS. .
" PREPARED FOR TUB "RAFTSMAN'S JOURNAL. '
Indiana Cocnty. On the 15th, the house of
Judge Cunningham of Blairsville was struck
by lightning and considerably damagedMr.
Patrick Finland, the occupant, was considera
bly stunned.; A Miss Curry, residing with Dr
Eaney, mdre than a square distant, was knock-
ca uown uy xue saine sirose ana Jay insensioie
hopes of her recovery are entertained On
,.. nth ;n,font o . 4 nr.. m t.,-
I HIV 1 I 't lUObUUU 4A VI aUl A J (A I f O VJ k
st Mahoning township, aged some 12 or 14
J'ear8 nad one of his hands badly lacerated by
1 c .c-o-oV,,. ;
me .vvnnma.umuaiscviaLUU. -I no nuuuu
j uvi. ow oi. tvi uuncftl, uo IV ICIIUCl lb 11V
cessary to amputate the band. . .'. The wife
cf John L. Getty, residing on the Ridgevfour"
miIe9 from Dlairsville, was bitten by a snake
on the night of the 15th. She arose from her
bed to gl) to lhe s for a drinv and jn s(
ping lrom tne door sill she tramped upon a
snake lying directly across the pathway. She
became deranged and was in a dangerous con
dition, her entire body being swollen and in
flamed. Medical aid was called in, and at last
accounts she was recovering A son of
Mr. D. Taylor, plasterer, was injured on the
lbtn, oy tailing down a precipice on the bank
of the Conemaugh. . . . . An apple tree in the
lot ot Jj. 1. lludebrand, in Indiana borough
was struck by lightning on Sunday the 2ith
Lancaster County. On the 7th inst., Miss
Mar - Zecher of Lancaster city, whilst look.
iU:irJ - 01 Lancaster cny, wnust 1001c
ing a?'ter SOm PUlt-?' ? fathf '8 V??1'-
ses, jumped on- a nail which penetrated her
foot. Infiamation and lock-jaw ensued, and
on the 18th she died from the effects, the case
1,avnS baffled the medical skill f one of the
fiX.t of vi Vt
Jonn JLusnong of l-ast Lampeter tp., a few
weeks Eince, was round grazing near the Gap,
and has been returned to the owner.'. . Ileu-
l? Anderson', a colored man, who committed
a gross outrage unon a white irirl named Con-
nelly, only 10 years of age, was anestcd on
the ICth and committed to the Lancaster pri-
son 10 await 111s trial. . . . 'the wife of Mr. Al-
dK'd tnc nxt day A little daughter of
George Grady of Pean township, about five
I vpnr riF nrrrt nn li lift. In i ... -
chair, with a plate in her hand. The tdato
broke, and apiece cutting her on the upper
auu "ose oniy aoout nair an ineh at
tho root of the nose not seperated. and it is
feared that a re-union cannot be effected.
Daituix Colxtv. Mr. Jackson C nrlin rif
Middletown was visited by a gmg of thieves
on the night of the l'Jth and robbed of about
S. J.0U. lhe thieves trained entrance to his
sleepiug room by means of a ladder On
tuesday night, while Mr. Henney, baker and
cal entered his store and stole all the change
i.uiuc.uuiici, us ;il ins uinner, some ras-
oul 01 ,noney drawer On tho 18th,
w.. .t ?
ed with all its contents GO loads of hay and
50 loads of grain D. Burton Williams.
rec5"lly lal editor of the llarrisbnrg Palri-
Hlce with ? e tT?
1 9. m t. .., 1
of that place. It is said that he played the
"gay Lothario" to one or two other females
in Uarrisburg. His wife, who lives in Mary
land, he abandoned some time since.
Cambria Cocstt. James Smith, one of the
owners of the house recently burned in Cone-
maggh thorough, was arrested on tho l!)th. on
tne oatl1 of'Baltzer Myers, the other owner, on
charge of arson in setting fire to the Iiohsr.
jiu uaua nearmg ueiore .sq.UolncIi on Wcd-
nikfT 11 v m :i rn i n rr i li i.!- vac-,, I in ... . r
tal to answer the chanre at Court. Then- ffli
so a warrant out to arrest Mrs. Smith. . . . The
farmers are busy harvesting their wheat, rve
ana grass, ine j-nensburg Democrat, of the
the crop of wheat in this county will be much
utn, says tnat notwithstandiag tho June frost,
larger than it has been any one year, since
the county was organized. Grass is light,and
nay win probably be dear next winter. Corn
and oats look well .... Work has been com
menced on the railroad from Cresson to Ebens
burg a distance of ten miles.
Westmoreland County. About two vprt
ago, Peter Cassaiiy of Greensburir made in
formation charging a certain John Hay and
deponent's wife with adultery. The parties
were arresieu,ana itirtlier prosecution suspen
ded on the promise that Ray would never a
gain speak to Cassady's wife, and she nromis
ed never again to give her husband "cause of
jealousy. On last Sabbath night. however.llav
A f 1 a ... . ' J
aim vaasau; a o eiopeu logetiier, takin"1
with them three of Cassady's children and
leaving three of them to be cared for by the
father, who was from home looking for work
They took the night train for the east. The
parties are all Irish. Ray leaves a wife but
no children. A warrant has bren issued for
their arrest.
Centre County. A vouns man named
Nicely, residing near Eagle Furnace, was re
cently bitten by a copper-head snake. For a
time his life was despaired of,but he is now re
covering In consequence of a strike a-
mong the laborers on the Snow Shoe railroad,
tne woi-k nas been almost suspended. .... A
negro named diaries Green, while engaged at
picking currants in the orarden of William A.
Thomas, Jr., on the 14th inst., was sun stiuck
and lay insensible for several hours An
Insnman, name unknown, died suddenly on
the 14th inst. in Milesburg, from the effects of
drinking ice-water. He appeared well at the
time, but was heated from over-exeition.
Bucks County. During a late storm the
barn of Rush Kirk, in Westminster townshin.
was struck by lightning and consumed. It con
tained his entire crop of hay and grain with
the exception of one field of grass and the oats
not yet cut. There were three horses in the
barn at the time, which were burned. During
the same storm a young man named Isaac Shaf
fer, of Tinicum township, was struck bv liirht-
cing ana instantly Killed. ..... Un Sunday af-
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ternoon a man in Moorland township, named
Mhar.es M. Cully, aged about fifty years, went
, , - 1 111 - unt,nSdon
r O t. j u 11 i u. , w V . UCTVUU
his uepiu ana was urowned.
Jcmata Colxty. On the 5th instant. Mrs
ZTZl ' a,,u a. tur ""n a"i lady
T 1 t r K 1 11' sw.w nnlo Hf 1 1 1
iro my, vigors ot the former, in
iuiiiiiuiown, were suddenly taken ill after cat-
ing some cake. The svmntoms hoino- w rr
i,0son n antidote was anministored, and re
-lS!d
VJ."U uu u.unu "coniain sc, which
naa in; en usca in rmstaice Jor cream of tar
tar - ... A son of li. w. Jamison, of Fayette
township, was recently bit in the heel by a
copper-head snake. Proper remedies were ap
plied and be is now out of danger.
Chester County. Mad dogs seem to be nu
merous in the northern part of tho conntv
One appeared in Pughtown on Sunday a-week
and another was chased through West Vincent
and Upper Uwchlan, but escaped.
Potter Codnty. James Gross, who. with
two other prisoners, escaped from the Couders
port Jail on tho 6th instant, was captured in
Allegheny township on tho 10th and is again
in confinement.
Bkaver Covxty. Three men wt
by lightning a few days since. One
whs an Irishman named Murray art
Industrv. J'
JiKAVEtt CotXTY. Three men were killed
no of them
resident of
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FECM EDSOPE.
THE WAR OVER.
PEACE BETWEEN TUE ALLIES AND AUSTRIA.
The Italian war is over. On the Sth Inst,
an armistice was, to the surprise of every one,
concluded . between Franco and Austria.
Three days afterward the two Emperors had
an interview which resulted" in a peace, of
which the conditions would seem to be a death
blow to all present hopes of Italian indepen
dence. An "Italian Confederation" is to be
formed under the "Honorary Presidency" of
the Pope : the King of Sardinia,who succeeds
to Austria's "rights in Lombardy," is to be
one member,' and Austria herself, in so far as
concernsVenice,whieh she will rotain,another.
We heard a good story of. the Sheriff or jail
or of Clearfield county, which is worthy of a
place in our local columns A prisoner lately
tried and convicted in that county, informed
the Sheriff during tho trial and after, that if
he would furnish him with whiskey, he would
give him information that would make his
fortune. Mr. Sheriff accordingly supplied
the ardent, and just before the convict was re
moved to Pittsburgh, he .informed the said
Sheriff that he was one of a gang of thieves,
horse-runners &c, whose operations extended
through Clearfield, Centre and Clinton conn
ties. He then gave the Sheriff a sketch of a
certain locality on the Moshannon creek, care
fully marking and numbering the stumps,
Corners and roads. Under certain slumps, lie
alledged that a large number of gold watches
were deposited in a certain corner money
was buried and along certain roads, other
treasure was secreted, all of which he trans
ferred to the Sheriff of Clearfield, lor the
quantify and quality of the whiskey he had
furnished. Mr. Sheriff-sought the spot with
as much trepidation and haste as Sinbad fol
lowed the golden lamp. He found the stumps
as ' designated, dug, but found no watches,
sought the corners, but they were empty, tra
versed the road-side, but Miey were barren of
gain. The fact soon became apparent that
the Sheriff was sold and bought for a lew pints
of whiskey. The shrewed rascal knew his
vistim, judged bis capacity properly, and at
his expense, had a good time generally before
taking his place in the Western Penitentiary.
So much for Clearfield. Bcllefoule Press.
This i3 a rather rich story, but is not correct
in all respects. The Sheriff neither furnished
any liquor, nor visited the Moshannon. The
jailor, however, we understand, did pay a visit
to the stream named, for what purpose we can
not say, but if for that indicated, the curious
can doubtless ascertain by inquiring of him
"what time o' dav" it is.
Beactifcl Financiering. It is stated in
the New York papers that a railroad, leading
from llollidaysburg, Pa., to the Sun bury and
Erie road, has lately suffered a loss of $180,
000, in its bonds, by falling into bad hands in
New York city. Tho Tribune says the par
ties interested in this road and .in the llolli
daysburg Bank are the same, and the Central
Bank became embarrassed by the extension
of its aid to the road. In order to relieve it,
the officers of the road wont to New York to
endeavor to negotiate- some of its bonds.
They fell into the hands of men much shrewd
er than themselves, and parted with $180,000
of the bonds for $200,000 of the notes of the
Southern Bank of Georgia, a concern which
has had a black mark against it for some time
in the respectable Bank Note Reporters. Af
ter discovering that the notes were worthless
the road officers endeavored to regaiu tlictr
bonds, but have not yet been able to discover
their whereabouts.
John Cobb, a young man of 1?, was hnng at
Atlanta, Ga., lately, for shooting a wealthy
libertine who had seduced his sister. Cobb
was convicted and sentenced last j-ear.but the
feeling in his behalf was so strong that Gov
ernor Ellis was induced to reprieve him for
twelve months.
A little son of Capt. Wm. Dorris, nt Hun
tingdon, a few days ago found a beautiful
fiesh-colored pearl, worth some $-3, in a mus
cle taken from the riverfhere. Pearls at Hun
tingdon ! Gold nt Mill Creek ! What next 1
PEOFLE'S COUNTY COMMITTEE.
S. B. Row,
B. B. Wright,
Arthur Bell,
John Biet-h,
Isaac S. Shirey,
John Carlisle,
Samuel Sebring,
James Dowler,
John Barmov,
: William McBride,
Daniel Albert,
John S. WilWams,
Heath,
Edward Wooldridge,
John Sankey,
James E. Watson,
Join B. Hewitt,
Henry Swan,
Henry Eeiter,
William Me Kee, .
Abraham G. Iloyt,
James Fersusonj
Thos. G. Snyder, :
James P. Nelson,
David S. Moore,
David Dressier.
John W. McNaul,
John M. Chase,
The members of the Committee are ren nest
ed to meet in Clearfield borough on Saturday
the 30th day of July, at 4 o'clock P. M., to
fix the time for holding a Convention for nom
inating a People's County Ticket, and to trans
act some other business. S. B. Row,
Clearfield, July 20th. Chairman.
SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
WAMED-a pair of about f?-year old Steers,
suitable for work cattle, for which a good
price will bo paid. Call on tho subscribers at
Pcircers mill, near New Washington.
July 27. A. H. PEIRCE A BRO.
AM. HILLS, Dentist of Clearfield, would in-
form his friends and patrons at New Wash
ington and vicinity, that he will visit that place
about the 9th of August to ppend a few days, fully
prepared to attend to all calls in hu professional
way. All orders left with Samuel Sebring will be
promptly attended to. July 27-2t
A CAMP-.MEETINO will be hell on Xctr
Washington circuit, within a quarter of a
mile of the town of New Washington, couimenciog
August 2oth. Preachers and people of surround
ing charges are cordially invited to attend, and
tent with us. No booth or stand for the sale of
anything will be alloVcd to bo erected within the
limits prescribed by law. By order and in behalf
of the committee. E. AV KIUBY,
July 27. 1 Preacher in charge.
ORPHANS' COURT' SALE.-By virtueTf
an order of tho Orphans' Court of Clearfield
county, there will be exposed to Public Sale, in
the Borough of New Washington, on the 4th Sat
urday in August, (being the 27th day.) 1S59, at 2
o clock, P.M., the undivided half paTt of two pie
ces of land, situate in Bill township. Clearfield
county. Pa., as follows, to wit : Tho oue bounded
by lands of James McUhte, George Johnston, F.
t. Miller and others, containing 20G acres, more
or less; the other, bounded by lands of Henry
Lreih, John ltoss and others, containing about "d3
acres, late the estate of (leorgo Smith, deceased.
TEUMS : One third Cash and tho balance in
three equal annual payments with interest, to be
ssoure 1 by bond and inortgago.
LEHIS SMITH. Adm'r.
July 27th; 1?M. ' of C-co. Smith, dee'd.
A CAMP .MEETING IN GOSIIEN.-Thero
will bo aCamp-mecting, commencing Aueus'
10th. in finqhpn. tit Ha IipI.I in nl...n
the farm of Bro. Jacob Flegal. A large gather-
)' r lit fl r,
"S vi iub iriues vi woa s Israel 19 anticipated
Preachers and people are cordially inTited at,d
earnestly requested to meet with us. All neces
sary accommodations will be provided for the c,x
fort and wants of tho people. I). SllEFFEU.
UNITED STATES IIOTEL.-Thes ubscri
ber announces to his Clearfield friend, and
the public in general, that he has taken the abcSV
named house, located at the Railroad, in Harris
burg, Pa. Ho will endeavor to make this houso
one of the most desirable stopping places in tho
ciaie capital, ny accommodating all who may fa-
r, 1 . ; :il ji . .1 1 -
vor him with their custom in tho best
tible.
manner pos-
Ijuiyii
BEX. UARTSUOJtX.
FLOUR ! FLOUR !! The undersigned hav
ing ina.lo arrangements with a large manu
facturing establishment to supply him with Flour,
he gives notice to the public that he is prepared
to furnish all who want a good article, at the very
lowest price, in o largo or small quantities aa
I. .) .,, : 1 it 1 - 1 1 ,
m-j ucukiivh. jic iao ccjs od nana consiai.t
ly liquors of all kinds, which he will sell whole
sale or retail. .IAS. II. OALEU
Tyrone City, Pa , July Hth. 1S39
EXECUTORS' NOTICE. Letters testa
mentary on the estate of Thomas McKee, late
of BurnsiJc township Clearfield county, Pa., de
ceased, having been granted to the undersigned ;
all persons indebted to said estate are requested
to make immeJiato payment, and those LaTing
claims will present them duly authenticated fur
settlement. JOHN M'KEE.
JOSEPH M'KEE,
July Cth. 1359-Ctp. Executor.
A T AN ORPHANS' COURT for the Coua
JT. ty of Clearfield, held at Clearfield on the 27th
L S.ay of Juuo- A- i)- 1SVJ : In tbc matter cf tho
Estate of Abraham Hess, deceased. On mo
tion of L. J. Crans, Esq., Attorney for Petitioner
the Court grant a rule uirected to lhe heirs of saJU
Abraham lles. deceased, to wit : Jlarv Hess th
minor child of Abr. Heas, Jr., dee'd., and Robert
Ilutler. guardian of Abraham L. Ilessand Kosaun:;
IIes, minor children of Abraham Hess, deceased,
heirs and prrsons interested in said estate, and all
other persons interested, to be and appear before
the Jlohorable the Judges of the said Court, at a
Court to be held at Clearfield on Monday tho 2(5th
day of September, A. I. ltij'J, at 10 odock. A. 5L,
then and there to accept or refuse the real estato
oftaid decedent at the appraised valuation put
upon it by the inquest duly returned.
By the Court, JAMES WHIG LEY, Clerk.
TO Mary Hess, the widow, Sarah London, Isaac
Hess, (Jeorge Hess. Alexander Jle., Martha Lou
don, Rebecca JIaney, Sophia Askcy, A. C Tate
guardian of Sarah Hess, minor child of Abraham"
If ess, jr., dee'd., and Robert Duller, guardian of
Abr. L. Hess and Kosanna He!.?, minor children
of Abrahem Hess, decl.. you will please take no
tice of the entry of the above rule and that vou
are required to appear and accept or refuse "tho
j'lviuisvs iu uiu vaiuauon. u. J.tUAXS
July 6, 183'J. Att'y for petitioner.
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MACKEREL AND HERRINO, of best quality,
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SALT coarse and fine can be bad by the sack,
or less quantity, at the "cheap cash store" of
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IOUll GOOD 2-UORSE WAGONS, for sale very
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STCVES cooking and parlor, an assortment, oi
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on
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