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CLEARFIELD, PA., OCT. 12, 1859.
8IB JOES' FBASXLI2L
- The uncertainty which has so long surround
ed the fate of Sir John Franklin and the men
:oniposing hi3 crews, is at last removed. The
steamer Fox. Capt. McClintock, sent out by
Lady Franklin, returned recently to England
rith the full particulars, and many memorials,
;l the ill-starred expedition. , These were
round on the northwest coast of King Wil
liam's I sland. A fall record of the events
fhat occurred in the?xpedition, dated April
2-jth, 1S48, was found, and this shows that Sir
John Franklin died June 11th, 1847, up to
which time nine officers and fifteen men had
died. The survivors, 105 in number, were I
proceeding south to the Great Fish River.
The discovery confirms the previous reports
that have been received. - Dr. Rae ascertained
from the Esquimaux, in 1854, that a party of
about forty white men were on King William's
Island in 1850, and a few months later they
found their bodies not far from the Great Fish
River. These were doubtless the last remnant
of Franklin's party, who, after the close of
the record lately discovered, started southward
and gradually wasted away and perished.
. The story of Franklin's Expedition can now
be briefly summed ap thus : May 25th, 1845,
the Erebus and Terror sailed from Sheerness,
England, officers and men numbering 138 per
sons. July26th, 1845,the expedition was e?n
in Baffin's Bay. June 11th, 1817, Sir John
Franklin died. April '22d, 1848, tbo Erebns
and Terror Vere abandoned in the ice in Vic
toria Strait. Up to this time 33 of the officers
and men had perished. Spring of 1850, about
forty of the expedition were seen by Esqui
maux on King William's Island. Summer of
1850, the bodies of the renina it of the craws
were found near Great Fish River. Thus, in
five years from the time of their sailing all had
perished. There is a satisfaction, though mel
ancholy it be, in knowing to a certainty the
fate of these heroic navigators, in whose be
half the sympathies of all civilized nations
hare been aroused.
The Yield of Wheat. There 3ppcars to be
a marked difference in the production of wheat
in the various States this year. Throughout
almost the whole country the wheat looked
uncommonly well before harvest, but upon as
certaining the actual yield after threshing, a
difference, in some cases, of fifty and seventy
five per cent, was found in the yield of fields
giving the same promise. In parts of Illinois
the wheat alter being threshed did not aver
age more than eight or ten bushels to the acre,
where the farmers had been expectiug twenty
bushels. In Ohio, in partial cases, the same
course is observed. But in New York State
and Western Pennsylvania, fields which it was
supposed would only yield ten to fifteen bush
els to the acre, have yielded from forty to fifty
bushels. In no case does there appear to be
any reasonable ground for complaint of the
quality, and in this respect, more than in the ac
tual greater yield, is the crop of this year more
valuable than that of last year. In Minnesota,
the last in harvesting or tne wneat growing
States, no complaint is made. Illinois, India
na and Ohio seem to suffer more from this dis
appointment after harvest than other States.
What mix Store for Docglas. The Phil
adelphia North American says that Congress
will not have passed the holidays next winter
before Mr. Douglas will be subjected to the
torture of rjie Senate. Indeed, that process
may, and probably will, begin with the read
ing of the President's message. . For it may
be assumed with confidence that Mr. Buchanan
will seize the last opportunity before the meet
ing of the Charleston Convention, to put o
plnions on record which the South will require
Mr. Douglas to adopt or reject categorically.
Advices by the overland mail from Califor
nia to the 12th ult. inform us that the entire
Lecotnpton State ticket and both candidates
for Congress of that stripe have been elected.
The Legislature - is the same way in both
branches. The People's Reform ticket was
successful in San Francisco. Judge Terry and
Senator Broderick had a duel on the' 13th of
September, near San Francisco. Broderick
was wounded in the breast, and died from the
effects, the next morning. There is
new from the Boundary region.
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Good Movement. The members from Wash
ington at the Chicago National Masonic Con
vection presented a plan for establishing an
"Amerieaa Home" for the support and educa
tion of the orphan children of deceased Ma
sons. They contemplate the raising of a fund
of $1CO,000, a portion of which is to be devo
ted to the building of a Masonic Ttmple at
tie seat of government, and the revenues de
rived from it to be applied to the benevolent
purpoieg alluded to. - -V -
The Scalpel for October, is before us, filled
with its usual. choice variety.' This publica
tion Is one for which we always look anxious
ly. The only objection to It is, that it don't
appear often enough. - ' '
The American Fretmtum for October con
tains much entertaining and instructive mat
ter. . In every particular it ..sustains the high
character which tbo Magazine lias earned.
THE RESULT IS CLEARFIELD.
We have returns from about" one-lhird the
districts. Compared with the Congressional
vote of last year, when Gillis, Democrat, had
417 maj. in the county, some of the Democrat
ic candidates have lost considerably... Their
State ticket will have, about 400 maj. - In the
districts we give below, Gillis had 190 maj.
We are not prepared to express any more
positive opinion in regard to the county tick
ets, than that, from present appearances, sev
eral of the candidate won't have ranch to go
and come on, if they are elected.
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Cochran 60 CG
Wright, 74 15G
98 53 24 12 32 44
65 21 83 59 73 45
98" 53 25 12 34 45
05 18 81 59 75 43
Surveyor General.
Keini,
65 65
Rowe,
Judge,
Linn,
Gamble,
Senator,
Hall,
Durbin,
Assembly,
Gordon,
Nichols,
Boyer,
15G
S2 SO 100 54 31 15 37,34'
63 152 68 28 SO 5G 65 39 8
77 78-107 55 25 15 36 48
62 149 62 23 S3 59 68 42 9
72 86 115 62 25 13 34 60
67 77 106 56 25 13 34 48
75 146 51 20 84 61 75 31
72 143 56 25 84 61 75 45
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Benton,
Prothonotary,
JO. -.Bride, ob t
131 71 28 17 44 57
39 12 81 57 65 37 3
Cuttle, 85 146
Register,
Shirey, 52 56
93 51 22 11 39 45
71 28 6 61 73 40 13
Wrigley, 92 168
Treasurer,
Spackman, 70
94 110 62 25 14 34 54
Goodlander, 71 130
45 17 84 58 76 18
Commis'r,
Leech,
29 73 140 72 27 13 39 72
115 163 30 11 80 61 67 21
63 66 57 24 13 34 43
67 156 23 82 60 74 47.
Merrell,
Surveyor,
Lamm,
Wright,
Auditor,
newitt,
Sbaw,
62 64.
75 152
51 22 11 33 44
23 86 50 72 42
The figures for Boggs are majorities
dy is reported at 161 maj. for Gamble.
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FOREIGN KEWS. .
By the Cauada,of the 7th, we have Europe
an dates to the 24th ult. It was rumored that
a definitive treaty of peaca would soon b? con
cluded at Zurich. It would, however, bear
the signatures of only two Powers France
and Austria. The preliminaries of Villafranca
were to be strictly maintained. As to the re
lations of Austria and Sardinia, the prelimina
ries of Villafranca will" serve as a guide for
the conduct of Austria. A courier from "Vien
na had reached Zurich with instructions to
draw up a treaty of peace, and a document
for the cession of Lombardy to Sardinia. No
allusion is made to the Duchies. The screw
steamer Fox, sent by Lady Franklin to the
Artie regions in search of the traces of Sir
John Franklin's expedition, had returned to
England, having been completely successful.
At Point William, on the north-west coast of
King William's Island, a record was, found,
dated April 25, 1S48, signed by Capts. Crozier
and Fitz James. The record says the Erebus
and Terror were abandoned three days previ
ously in the ice, five leagues to the N. N. W.,
and that the survivors, in all amounting to
105, were proceeding to Great Fish River.
Sir John Franklin had died June II, 1847, and
the total deaths to date had been nine officers
and fifteen men. The American occupation
of the Island of San Juan attracts considera
ble attention in the journals. The Times says:
'Fortuoateley the affair is in good hands, and
we trust there can be no reason to doubt that
the Governments of the two countries will
proceed to a decision in the . same" spirit
of moderation and equity by winch their views
of the question have hitherto been character
ized." The English journals strongly de
nounce the incomplete and hurried manner in
which the.Great Eastern was sent to sea. A
vague rumor has been current that ber first
voyage would be postponed until next year,
and that in the interim she would be exhibited
at the principal ports in the kingdom. This,
however, is authoritatively contradicted, and
she is still advertised to leave IIolyhcad for
Portland on October 20. A thousand marines,
strong detachments of the rifle brigade, two
light infantry regiments, &c, were to leave
England for China by the overland route.' The
first of the squadrons for the service against
China had already sailed. The Government
intended dispatching fifty gun-boats, beside
frigates and other vessels. The Continental
news consists principally of rumors abont the
Peace arrangements. It is said that Napoleon
accepts the plan of the King of the Belgians,
which Is to give tho fortresses of Peschiera
and Mantua, and the States of Parma and
Modena, to Sardinia ; to reinstate the bouse
of Lorraine in Tuscany, and restore the lega
tions to the Pope. The Pope remained in a
very alarming state, and Cardinal Antonelli
had declared him unfit to attend to public af
fairs. The report that Gen. Serrano had been
appointed Captain General of Cuba is fully
confirmed. No later news from China. .
At Hickman, Kentucky, two desperate men,
named Hedgefoot and Smitb.who had frequent
quarrels, met near a wood, both being armed.
Hedgefoot told Smith ta; prepare to be shot,
discharged his gun in his stomach.and dodged
behind a tree. Smith,unable to stand, wilted
and waited. In about five minutes Hedgefoot
locked out to see if he was dead, and Smith
put a load through his head, killing him in
stantly. Smith died the next day. Thatfinr
ished up the quarrel.
-. Perspicuous Politics The London Illus
trated Times, in commenting on American
politics, says: "The Presidential nominations
fornilhe chief topic of conversation in Aru'er
ica. There are three candidates in the field
Wire, Douglas and Bolts. At the last accounts
Bolts was a little ahead." Bolts will doubt
less be delighted to receive this intimation of
his ultimate success.
' About two weeks ago a cargo of slaves wag
landed -near Trinidad de Cuba. . One of the
inspectors a young creole informed the
governtacut of the facU That night he wai
assassinated in his bed. -
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS.
PREPARED FOR THE DRAFTSMAN'S JOURNAL.'
Hbt4i County. Mr. Jacob Dick, of Chcr-
ryhill township, shot three young bears near
Diamond ville, on tho 29th Sept.- On tte
same day a large bear was seen near the barn
of Joseph Ober . . A daughter of James Mc-
Cracken, of Plumcreek township, Armstrong
county," whilst returning home from church at
Shelocta, on the :ioth, was. tnrown irom ner
horse and had her thigh fractured. . . . On the
night of the 28th; the store of Thompson &
Stewart in Indiana Borough was broKen into
and robbed of ten dollars in change. . . . Mr.
Alex. Long, of Green township, had one of
his legs fractured on tho 15tb, by a log which
he was dragging flying around and striking
the limb. The fracture was set by JJr. nan,
when the sufferer fell into a slumber, in which
state he remained until Saturday, when he
died. ... A fire destroyed the stable of 31 r.
James Sutton in the town of Indiana on the
morning of the 30th Sept.. A portion of the
building was occupied as a granary by John
Weamer. Jr.. who lost,in flour.seeds.sait, c,
about $1,000. Mr. Sutton's loss is about $250.
It is not known how the fire originated. ... a
few n?ghts since, Mr. Charles Beatty and sis
ter, of Armstrong township, whilst returning
home from Shelocta, on horseback, were
chased by a wild animal, supposed to be a
panther, which sprang upon the horse Mr. B.
was riding, sinking its claws into Mr. B's. coat
tail and tearing the rump of the horse, but
not having a good hold, it slipped off, and the
partv made their escape. ... A man named
G. W. Nivling, in West Lebanon, on the 26th,
whilst intoxicated abused his family, throwed
them out of doors, and arming himself threat-
end to shoot any one who approached, "alter
having set the house on fire, which was, how
ever, extinffuished and Nivling arrested and
put to jail. . . Joseph Il.Campbcll, Esq., of Eb
ensburg, when about leaving Indiana in at
teniDtimr to curb his horse which was restive,
struck his hand on the Horn oi tne sauaie ana
broke three of his fingers.
Cambria County. A woman by the name of
Powell died suddenly in Cambria City on the
1st inst., in an appoplectic fit. . . . A young
cirl from the country came to Johnstown on
the 4th, and before she left became beastly in
toxicated. She presented a pitiable spectacle
indeed. ... A coal miner named M. Oartney
bad one of his legs broken below the knee on
the 6th, by the falling of a heavy stone upon it
while at work in the Company's "yard." . .
A German miner named Ilolstine on the 5th
bad one of his hands badly shattered and was
otherwise slightly injured" by the accidental
discharze of a blast. . . . bins Penrou.a iar-
nier in Richland township, was visited, on the
4th inst., by an old bear and three cubs. They
sat down within a few feet of the Iront door;
Mr. P. shot two of the cubs, when the old one
made off, and the other was dispatched with a
club. ... A little child, 18 months old,dangh-
ter of Frederick Arenlelt, was run over by a
heavilv loaded wairon, on the street in W il-
more, on the 27th Sept. The child was scri
ously injured, but is still living. ... A son of
Michael Boyle, cf jnllville borough, while
getting nuts in the woods, a short time since,
ate some poisonous 8ubstance,from the etfects
of which he died shortly afterwards.
Butler Cocnty. A case, of somnambulism
occurred on the night of Sept. 28, at the ho
tel of Capt. GotT.in Oakland township. It ap
pears that Mr. William Hart, of Brady Bend,
had been at the Fair, and with his brother had
stopped at Capt. Gofi's over night. He
was the first to retire, and when his brother
came to his bed, about ten o'clock, be got up
in an excited manner, and went into the hall,
taking bis bedclothes with him. As he laid
down, and immediately went asleep, they-lid
not molest him further. In the middle of the
night he got up again, crawled out of the
window on the porch roof, from that he climb
ed up to the roof of the main building, and
from there, a distance of twent3-fivo feet, fell
to the ground, breaking one thigh, and dislo
cating the other thigh joint.
Lycomino County. A lad about six yeas
of age, son of Mr. Conrad Ludy of Montours
ville, was drownedJn-Loyalsock Creek, on
Friday the 23d Sdpt. . . . On the 23d ult., a
half-famished deer was seen in the River at
Jersey Shore,when the whole town was thrown
into consternation, and everybody turned
out to capture it. Soon the deer was surroun
ded, ducked stabbed, &c, until finally it was
killed, when a fight was near ensuing. a3 to
who should partake of the spoils, but the
matter was adjusted w ithout the shedding ol
any other blood than the small quantity that
had kept the deer alive.
Lancaster County. On the 1st inst., Reu
ben Chambers, died at bis residence at Betha
nia, near the Gap, having fallen a few days be
fore from an apple tree, and received internal
injuries wnich caused his death. He was a
Thomsonian doctor, and his house is said to
be a botanical curiosity, being crammed from
cellar to garret with herbs of every descrip
tion. . . . On the 4th, the machine shop and
engine bouse of the Pennsylvania Rainfbad
Company, at Elizabethtown, were destroyed
by fire, causing a loss of abont $2,000.
Clarion County. The store of Henry Al
exander and Joseph Reynolds of Callensbtirg
was robbed of watches, jewelry, silks, &c,
worth from $800 to S1000, one night week be
fore last. ... An old bear and two cubs were
seen near the Academy in Clarion a few days
since. ... A yonng roan named Morgan was
drowned in the Clarion river near Clarington,
last week. He fell off a boom-log," which
he was walking, with a candle in his hand.
Jefferson Countt. On the 3d inst., a lad
aged about ten years, son of Mr. Jackson Hall,
of Eldred township, whilst playing around a
threshing machine which was in operation,had
his right hand caught on a pulley, dislocating
his wrist, and breaking his arm above and be
low the elbow. The next day the arm was
amputated.
Mifflin County. A young girl named Re
becca Stull was poisoned on Tuesday a-week,
but by the timely aid of Drs. Worralland Van
Valzah escaped death. The story is that a
young man. sent her an apple by the hands of
a boy, and that it had been designedly poisoned.
. McKean County. The old red mill on Bun
ker Hill was recently set on fire and burned
down. ... Bears are said to be plenty in this
county. On tho 29th Sept., one was killed on
Annin creek, which weighed 467 lbs., and was
over 6 feet in lergth. . -
An attempt at economy by one of the Roth
childs, is told in a French paper. Going to
Paris, he registered eight trunks at Metz, but
only seven arrived. He was very anxious,
telegraphed to Metz, and learned that the
eighth had been left behind onaccount of its
excessive weight. In reply to a question he
said it contained a million twenty franc pie
ces! The price of registering was at once
augmented from lOOf. to 625f. much-to the
capitalist's chagrin, though he got the valua
able baggage. - - ...
An old man of Cincinnati, aged eighty years,
challenges the world to run a foot race with
any man of a similar age, one or two hundred
yards, and is backed by a resident of the same
city, to the amount of $5,000. ,
There is no medicine that will relieve the
principal ills that flesh is heir to in a short time
as Du Vall'd Galvanic Oil. . From five to thir
ty raiuutcs ia all the time required-
THE PERILS OF BALLOONING.
On Thursdav. Sent. 22d, Mr. La Mountain i
and Mr. John A. Haddock ascended in a bal
loon from Watertown, N: Y.: At 37; minutes
beforo'G P. M., 'they stepped into the car.
The rest Mr. Haddock relates thus: -
As we roso into the light, fleecy. clouds
they looked between us and the earth-like
patches of snow we see lying upon the land
scape in Spring time; but when we rose a lit
tle higher the clouds completely shut out the
earth, and the cold, white masses below us had
precisely the same look that a mountainous,
snow-covered country does as you look down
upon it from a higher mountain. In 8 min
utes after leaving the earth, the thermometer
showed a fall of 24 degrees. It stood 84 when
we left. The balloon rotated a good deal,
showing that she was ascending with great ra
pidity. At 5:48 thermometer stood at 42, and
falling very fast. At 5:50 we were at least 2
miles high thermometer 34. The wet sand
bags now became still with coid they were
frozen. Ascending very rapidly. At 5:54
thermometer 28, and falling. Here we caught
our last sight of the oarth by daylight. I re
cognized the St. Lawrence to the southwest of
us, which showed we were drifting nearly
north. At 0:10, thermometer 18, we dtilted
along until the sun left us, and in a short time
therealter the balloon began to descend. At
6:30, threw over about five pounds of ballast.
We must havo been, before we began to de
scend from this height, 3 miles high. At
6$, thermometer 23 rising.- We were now a
bout stationary, and thought we were sailing
north of east. We could, we thought, distin
guish water below us, but were unablo to rec
ognize it. At G:C8 we t. rew over a bag of
sand, making 80 pounds of ballast discharged,
leaving about 120 pounds on hand. We dis
tinctly beard a dog bark.
We heard, soon after dark, a locomotive
whistle, and occasionally could hear wagons
rumbling along the ground or over a bridge,
while the dogs kept up an almost ceaseless
serenade, as if conscious there was something
in the sky monstrous and unusual. W e sailed
along, contented and chatty, until about 7
o'clock, When we distinctly saw lights, and
heard he roaring of a mighty waterfall. We
descended into a valley, near a very high
mountain, but as tho place appeared rather
forbidding wo concluded to go up again. O
ver with 30 pounds of ballast, and skyward we
sailed. In about 20 minutes we again descen
ded, but this time no friendly light or 'deep
mouthed watch-dog's heavy bay" greeted us.
We were over a dense wilderness, and settled
down over a small lake. W e had our life-preservers
ready for use. but got up again by
throwing over all our ballast except about 18
pounds. Mr. La Mountain now said it was
I'oliy and madness to stay up longer ; that we
were over a preat wilderness, and the sooner
we descended the better. We concluded to
settle down by the side of a tree, tie up, and
wait until morning. In a moment we were
near the earth, and as we fell I grasped the
extreme top of a tall spruce, wfiich stopped
her descent, and we were soon fastened to it
by the large drag-rope. The touch of that
spruce sent a thrill of dixcornlort to my heart,
for I knew that its kind did not grow in any
well-settled, nor any warm country.
We rolled ourselves up in our blankets, and
patiently waited until morning. The rain
dripped down upon us in rivulets Irom the
great balloon, and it was not long before we
were wet as men could bo. After a night
passed in great discomfort we were glad to see
the first faiut ray of daylight. Cold, and wet,
and rainy, the morning broke, the typical pre
cursor, we were to learn, of many other morn
ings to be spent in these uninhabited wilds.
We waited until 6 o'clock in hopes tho rain
would cease, and that the rays of the sun, by
warming the gas in tho balloon, would give us
ascending power sufiicient to get up again, for
the purpose, it no other, of obtaining a view
of the country into which we had descended.
The rain did not cease, and we concluded to
throw over all we bad in the balloon, except
a coat apiece, the lite preservers, the anchor
and the compass. The Atlantic, relieved of
her wet load, rose majestically with us, and we
were able to behold the country below. It was
an unbroken wilderness of lakes and spruce
and we felt, then, that we had gone too far,
through a miscalculation of the velocity ot the
balloon. As the current was driring us still
to the north, we care not stay up, as we were
drilting further and still further to that '-frozen
tide" from which we knew there was no
escape. Mr. La Mountain seized -the valve
cord and discharged gas, and we descended in
safety by the side of a tall spruce. We made
the Atlantic fast by her anchor, and for a mo
ment talked over what we should do. We had
not a mouthful to eat no protection at night
from the damp giound ; were distant we knew
not how far from habitation, were liungiy to
start with, no earthly Lope of raising a tire,
and no distinct idea as to where we were. We
concluded to trust to the compass, and take a
course which would bring ns out of any wil
derness we might be in. To the southeast,
then, we started. After traveling about a mile
and a half we came to the bank of a small
creek, flowing down from the westward.
We traveled all day Friday up the unknown
creek, which kept its general course to the
south of west, crossing it about noon on a float
ing log, and striking on its southern bank, a
"blazed" track, which led us up to a deserted
timber road, lying on the opposite side from a
large lumbering shanty. We hoped one ot the
lumber roads might take us out to a settle
ment, but after traveling up them all until they
terminated in the wilderness, we concluded
to cross the crock to the shanty, and stay at it
all night. "
It was evident, we reasoned, that the creek
we were upon was used for driving logs in the
Spring season. If, then, we followed it to its
confluence with the Ottawa, cr some stream
winch emptied into the Ottawa, we would in.
time get out the same way the timber went ou t.
The roof of the shinty was covered with the
halves of logs.scooped out in a manner famil
iar to all woodmen. These were light and
dry, and wquUI form an excellent raft. Why
not, then, take four of these, tie them to
cross pieces by wythes and such old things as
we conld find around the shanty, and pole the
structure down to that civilization which a
saw log ought to be able to reach. Such was
the course we adopted. We dragged the logs
down to the creek, and La Mountain tied them
together, as he was evidently more of a sailor
than myself. Wc got underway, and as we
pushed oft a crow set up a dismal cawing an
inauspicious sign, and ominous of tho great
trials and sufferings in store for ns. We polled
down stream about ten miles and came abrupt
ly upon an immense pine tree which had fallen
across the stream, completely blocking the
passage of the rati. No" other alternative was
left but to untie the pieces and attempt to push
them through under the log. .This was at last
done ; tied the raft together again and poled
her down stream. To-day we each cat a raw
frog, all wc could find, and began to feel that
we were hungry. At night we did not stop,
but kept the raft going down through the sha
des of awful forests, whose solemn stillness
seemed to bold the unrevealed mystery of our
darkening future. We pressed on, until about
three o'clock, when pure exhaustion induced
us to stop. We found a spot where the clay
ey bank lacked a little of coming down to the
water. On the mud we threw our little bun
dle of straw, and sat down with our feet draw n
under us, so that our bodies presented as tit
le surface as possible fox the ram to beat upon.
But we could not stand such an comfortable
position long, and as the dayl.gh of th Sab
bath broke upon us, we were fv'""6 ,
stream in a drizzling rain. At 8 o clock we
cahie to a place w here the stream canoned
rushing over a stony bed.down a steep descent
between high rocks on either bank. Jo get
our raft down this place we regarded as hope
less. We tied up and examined the shore.
We descended the bank and thought it best to
try our luck on foot. After traveling about a
mile, we found the bank so tangled and rug
ged, and ourselves so much exhausted, that
locomotion was impossiole. So we concluded
to go back, and if we could get the raft down
a piece at the time, we would go on with her ;
if not, we would build as good a place as pos
sible to crawl into and prepare for death.
We went back, and after examining the
stream attentively, concluded to try to get the
raft down. Wc at ouce commenced, and I
freely confess this was the most trying and la
borious work of a life of labor.
After long hours of labor, we got the raft
down and La Mouotain again tied it together.
Passing on,in about an hour we came to a large
lake, teu miles long and six miles broad. A
round it wemust.olcoursejpass until we should
find the outlet. So we turned nptothe right and
pressed on with as much resolution as could be
expected. To-dav we found one clam, w hich
I insisted La Mountain should cat, as he was-
weaker than myself, and had eaten little or
nothing onihe day wo went up. Around we
went, iuto all the indentations ofthe shore,
keeping always iu shallow water. At last we
stopped at a place wc thought least exposed
to the wind. We laid down upon the cold
ground, having lifted up the end of our rait so
that the wind might not drift it away in the
night. It really seemed as though, during the
night, we passed through the horrors of a doz
en deaths. At daylight, wc got up by degrees,
first on one knee and then on tho other, so
stitf and weak we could hardly stand.
Again upon the almost endless lake wc went
following around its shore for an outlet. A
bout 10 o'clock we found a broad, northeix
stream, which we thought whs tho outlet we
were seeking, and we entered It with great joy,
believing it would take us to our long-sought
Ottawa. Shortly after entering the stream, it
widened out, and assumed the form of a lake.
We poled up the westerly shore for abont sev
en miles, but found we were again deceived.
Well, we turned the raft around, and poled
her back toward the place where we had euter
ed this last like. We had gone about a mile
when we heard the sound of a gun, quickly
followed by a secoud report. No sound was
ever so sweet to me as that. We hallooed as
loud as we could a pood many times, but conld
get no response. We kept our poles going,
and had gone about half a mile w hen 1 called
La Mountain's attention to what 1 thought w is
a smoke curling up among the trees on the
side of a hill. My own eyesight had begun t
fail me to an extent that I cound not depend
upon it when a long steady gaze was necessa
ry. He said it was smoke and that be thought
just below it on the bank was a bark canoe,
in a few moments the blue smoke rolled gent
ly, yet unmistakably, above the tree tops, and
we lelt that we were saved.' Such a revulsion
of feeling was almost too much for us.' We
could hardly believe our senses, and credited
anything favorable to our condition with the
utmost caution. Oar bitter disappointments
had taught us that lesson.
We paddled the raft w ith the end of our
poles directly across the lake; near, perhaps,
three-fourth's of a mile wide, and made for the
canoe. It proved to be a large one, evidently
an Indian's. LTp the bank I pressed, leaving
La Mountain at the canoe to cut oil a retreat
by the Indian, in case be was timid and wish
ed to avoid us. I came at once upon tbc
shanties ot a lumbering wood, and from the
chimney of the furthest building a broad vol
ume of smoke was rising. I hallooed a noise
was heard inside, and a noble-looking Indian
came to the door, "f'osa parlez Francois ?"
was the eager inquiry, as I grasped his out
stretched hand. Yes, sir, and Euglish too."
He drew me into the cabin, and there was the
head of the party, a noble-hearted Scotchman,
named Angus Cameron. I immediately told
my stoi il..tl wo came in v;fl I.'li.vni.wpm
lost, and had been four days without food,
asking w here we were. I agine my surprise
when he said we were one buudred aril fifty
miles due north of Ottawa in a dense, unin
habited forest, whose only limit was the Arc
tic circle. In a word, we were nearly three
hundred miles in a due north course from Wa
teitown, N. Y in latitude 47 deg. After fin
ishing up bis business in the vicinity w here
we found him, on Friday morning Mr. Came
ron started on his return.
At Desert we were a good deal troubled to
obtain Indians to take us out. At last we ap
pealed to Mr. John Backus, a kind-hearted A
merican trader, who agreed to procure us a
complement of Red-skins sufficient to take ns
to Beau's place, GO miles, when it was thought
we might obtain horses. Sunday morning we
started Irom Desert, and reached Alexis L'
Bcau's about 6 P. M. - At Alexis L'tieau's w e
first beheld a horse and vehicle, which they
called a "buckboard" simply a couple cf
boards reaching from one bolster to the ether,
upon which the seats were placed. Starting
at 7 o'clock in the evening, we traveled near
ly all night through the forests, over one of
the worst roads that ever was left unfinished,
and leached Brooks' farm, a sort of frontier
tavern, in the early morning, where wc slept a
couple of hours,- ami alter breakfast pressed
on by the stage to Ottawa, which we reached
at 5 o'clock on Monday afternoon. Our first
rush was to the telegraph office, whencn the
trembling wires sped the glad news of our
safety to the loved ones at home."
Mr. Haddock says that when you are sailing
in a balloon you arc utterly unconscious of
motion, unless you can see the earth ; nor can
you tell by a compass which way you are trav
eling, nnless you are sufficient astronomer to
judge from the shifting angles formed by cer
tain stars. He estimates" hat they travelled
at the rate of 100 miles an hour. -
A Mr. West, of Bradford, N. n., has been
mulcted in tho sum of $400 for breaking a
promise of marriage made to a Lowell widow.
Both of the susceptible parties have seen up
ward of fifty summers.
COAL! COAL!! COAL !!! The undersign
ed will deliver the best quality of StonnCorU,
to the citizens of Clearfield, on tho shortest notice,
for, six cents per bushel. AH orders to be left with
Franklin Short MICHAEL CONELLY.
Clearfield. August 20. 1859.
BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER The
undersigned takes thi3 method to announce
to the citizens of Clearfield and the surrounding
country, that he has opened a Barber Shop, on
Market street, in Shaw's new row.where he is pre
pared to accommodate all who may giv3 him a
call, and hopes to receive a liberal patronage.
Oct. 6, 135S. JEREMIAH NORMS.
ADttl.MSTitATGirs NOTICE. Letters
of Administration on the Estate of Thomas O.
Da vis. late of Lumber City .Clearfield co,Pa.,deo'd
having boon granted to the undersigned ; all per
sons indebted to said estate are requested to uiako
immediate payment, and those having claims will
present them dulv authenticated for settlement.
BRANSON DAVIS, Lumber City, .
Septembor 21, 1853-6tp. Administrator.
CARPETS, Oil Cloths, Window Shades, 4c, can
be procured at the store of
- Ilayl2..- JOHN PATTON. Cnrwetsville.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
It. II. R. BRYANT. LnthW i.
! v- i : i - ten
ms BroiussiuLiH.1 services tn tho
eral.
Latheraburg, October 13, 8
CLEARFIELD RIFLE COMPANY-t
will meet for parade drill, and icspeetioc 1
the Gohen School-honse, on Satnrdav "6m
15th, 1S5V at 10 o'clock. A.M., tnfulfBif
with your arms and equipments id onjer
J3Y viucr ui iuc Viuuim,
S. ALEX. FULTON, l,t
Se-g't.
TO BUILDERS. Sealed proposals for Vr
ing a church on A. Addleman'n fsras. in L
renec township, known at Centre Mee'.irj Uo-
will be received by the undersigned Building re
mittee, until the 1st November. Plans and i-"
fixations can be seen after the 17th October at
er of the printing cGces in Clearfield BorooA
JOSIA11 R. RKEB
JOHN HANCOCK.'
rill Lit ANTES.
Eailding Committee
October 12, 1S09.
BOGGS TP. FARMS FOR SALE.-Oe,
containing 124 acres S5 cleared aad nsdv
good fencfr. A log house 2'Z by 25. plank fcssw ij
by IS. lug barn, smithy and all necessary out-bai;.
dings thereon. Large spiinganl Epring-houj-eot'.
venicnt to house. The land is well watery tj
has sufiicient wood and ft-ncing timber. Tkerti;
an orchard of large grafted trees, and a youngo?"
chard on plcc, ail choice fruit. It is coctcck,;
for pasturing droves. .ALSO, one containing TlZ
cres 10 cleared and under fence balance
timbered. This land has a log house and aubit
thereon. For terms apply to
October 13. L. J. CRANS, Clearfield.
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oq rjssa joj A"OAjnjoxe Sn;ns epaajai oq ?y j
'S'O utojnj in wts pvoi -ji'.vjj vo 'txxtq 3
no jjidnjjo litxitujoj taco2l aqi nt "po Jniarjcutsr
M.oa f poop jo uflturj pus a"jout:a ajsa -jse u; -pu
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jo 3(;KisaAU-aajrd ue pauodo jnfgoq vjsa.v i"iJ;q:
aoj giouisnq aot! oqj ui pai'eSaa uaaq raq 04
31I -31101S 30I1S UXV XOOH A3.V
FIRM AMD SEW GOODS. The tu
deisigned. having become sole owner of tin
store of l.Iiza frvin & ons. -n Curwensvi!!. Pa.,
would rcspcetfaily inform the public, and tLe oM
customeis of .the establishment, that he bsa jai
received frem the East, a lore and extensive
sorttnent of SPUING & STM.MEU GOODS, wfckl
he will dispose of at the lowest prices.
He desires to "call particular attention tn tL
great variety of LADIES" DKESS GOODS, wLi i.
have been selected with an express view to mee;
the wants of the community. He has aio Cloth
and Casyimeres of the latest styles, and a lsr-'
stock of Hearty-made Clothing. Hat and C.ij.
Iloo'j end Shoes. Ladies" ikn?iets of the latr-t
fashion; Mackerel and Herring; Sugsr. Tea ar t
Molasses; Hardware. Oueensware. Ac. Ac. all tl"
which he will sell st prices to suit the time.
Lumber and country produce of ail kia t.. ta
ken in exchange for Gootls.
He invites purchasers to give him a call bef-r
sanplvin ' thAiselves elsewhere
JOHN IliVIN
Curwcnsvillc Pa., May IS. 1353.
DCROFPLA, OR KING'S EVIL, i. a cn-
lO stitational disease, a taint, or corruption of thi
tlooi, by which this fluid becomes itiated. weak,
and poor. L'eing in the circulation, it pcrvaiiis
the whole body, and maj burst out in disea.-e on
any part of it. No organ it free from it. atlaefci.
nor is there one which it may not destroy. 1 h
scrofulous taint it variously caused by mcrcuris!
disease, low iiing. or disordered or cnhealtby
food, impure air, Giih and Sltay habits, the depres
sing vices, and. above all. by the venereal infec
tion. Whatever be its origin, it is hereditary in tlit
constitution, descending from parents ''-to children
unto the third and fourth gecsration; indeed it
seems to be the rod of Him who says. "I will isit
the iniquities of the fathers cpon thairchifdren."
It effects ccnimer.ee by deposition from the blood
of corrupt and ulcerous matter, whioh, in the lungs,
liver, and internal organs, is termed tubercles; ir
the glands, swellings; and on the surface, eruj
tioi.s or siirs. This i"ul corruption, which gv
ders in the blood, depres-es the energies of life, s
that ssrofulous constitutions not only anger f: -"n
scrofulous complaints, but they have far less pt.v-?r
v iiii-itnJ lijc i- r ' r' u" : :z ; c?:;c--qucntly.
vast numbers peilsh by diardtrs a Li. h.
although not scrofulous in their nature, are s till
rendered fatal by tLis taint infciie system. 't''--t
of the eonsti'.nption which deccininates the l.um ;i
family has its origin direetly in thisserofuiou3 con
tamination, and many destructive diseases of tfc
liver, kidneys, brain, and indeed, of ail the organ .
arise from or are aggravated by the same canc
One quarter of a 1 oar people are scrofulons ; tiuir
pcr.-or.i are invaded by this lurkingconiaininiiiw .
and their health i undermined by it. To clean."-.
it from the -stoin we must renovate the blood tv
an alterative medicine. and invigorate it lv health v
food and exercise. Such a medicine we supplj iii
Ayrr's Compound IZj:trtrrl cf tars-tjtarilla,
the most effectual remedy which the medical ekii;
of our time ean derive for this everywhere pre
vailing and fatal malady. It is combined from tho
most active remedial that Lave been. discovered
for the expurgation of this foul disorder from the
blood, and the rescue of the system from its des
tructive conseque nces. Hence it should be employ
ed for the cure of not oc.'y scrofula, but ulso tho;
other affection? which arise from it, such as Erup
tive and Skin Diseases, St. Anthony" Fire. Host,
or Erysipelas, Piuiples, Pustule, .blotches. I!!ai:-s
and loi!s. Tumors, Tetter and alt Kheurn. ical-i
Head. Ivir.gworni, Lheutaatisin, Syphilitic ar.a
Mercurial Diseases, Dropsy, Dyspepsia, Debility,
and, indeed, all Complaints arising from -Vitiate J
or Impure Dlood. The popular belief in '-imp;in-ty
o f the blood" is founded in truth, for scrofula tj
a degeneration elite blood. The practical pcrpc-so
and virtue of the Sarsaparilla is to purify and re
generate this vital fluid, without which setr."
health is impossible in contaminated con3Ututi'?j.J
AYIIR'S CATHARTIC PILLS.ur all the purpo
if of a famiSif ky:c. are so composed that ur
ease within the range of their action can rareiy
withstand or evade thiia. Their penetrating pro
perties search, and creau.e. and invigorate every
portion ri" the human ergauicia. correcting its dis
eased action, and restoring iU healthy vitalities.
As a consequence of iLt.sc properties, the iiialid
who is bowed down with pain or physical debil
ity is astonished to find hid health or energy re
stored by a remedy at once so simple and inviting
Not only do they cure the every-day complaint!
of every body, but also many formidable and dan
gerous diseases. The agent below named is pleas
ed to furnish gratis my American Almanac, coa
taining certificates of their cures and directions
for their use in the following complaints: Cot-tivties-t.
Heartburn , IleaJache, arising from di'
ordered Sytomarh j?iTHsra,Jurr'tio. Pain it
and Idoriid Inaction of the liote-els, Flattdtnrx .
Lofs of Appetite, Jaundice, and other kindred
complaints, arising from a low state of the body
or obstruction of its functions.
AVER'S CHERRY PECTORAL, lor the rapid
cure of CouffliJ, Co!dsx lufiucnzx, Hoarstius.
Vroup, Bronchitis, Incipient Consumption, and for
the relief of Consumptive Patients in. cdvaxccJ
stesres of the disease. So wide is tho field cf it j
usefulness and so numerous are the esses of if
cures, that almost every section of country aboasdi
in persons publicly known, who have been restor
ed from alarming and even desperate diseases of
the lungs by its ue. . When once tried, its superi
ority over every other medicine of it kiud istw
apparent to escape observation, and where iu vir
tues are known, the public no longer hesitate wht
antidotes to employ for the distressing asd drff
ous affections of the pulmonary organs that are in
cident to enr climate. While many inferior rcw
dies thrust upon the community have failed snJ
been discarded, this has gained friends by every
trial, conferred benefits on the afiiicted they
never forget, and produced cures too cumerocs
and too remarkable ever to be forgotten.
Prepared by Ir.J.C. Aycr Co .LossellM
All our Remedies are for sale by C D. Watson
and M. A. Frank. Clearfield ; E. T." Brenner. Mor
risdale : C. R. Foster, Philipsburg; John fcc
Unionrille: Vm. Irvin. Curwensville ; fc'aau1
Arnold. Luthertburg : and by all DruggU:. kr9
out the eountrv. . Julv C.U69 DesClS-1?
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