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CLEARFIELD, PA., JULY 25, 1860.
PUR FRESIDKST, ,
HON. ABBAIIAM LINCOLN,
. . .OP ILLINOIS. -., , , .
; -. ron VICE PRESIDENT,
HON. HANNIBAL HAMLIN.
' ". . i ; i , OF MAINE. j
FOR GOVERSOa,' - . - ;
HON. ANDREW G. CURTIN, of Centre Co.
' ; ; ; ! OtTB NEW NEIGHBORS.' '
'. The Clearfield Republican came out last week
under tbe editorial management of Geo. 13.
Goodlander tt Co., who say tbe paper "must
bo improved in its appearance and its charac
ter, in its influence and usefulness and we
liavo no doubt that it will.; Politically, how
ever, there is to bo no chango, it is to remain
as thoroughly Democratic as ever; with the
success of its party as , a paramount , object.
In tbe present "disorganized and confused
state of the Democracy, the new editors will
have abundant opportunity to exercise their
talents in . tbe way of bringing order out of
confusion, and wo see that they are, from the
outset, applying themselves busily to the laslc.
Whether the course they have adopted is the
best to bring about the result they may have
in view, or not, is a question that perhaps will
elicit different answers from different persons.
Tor our part, we can't see how the Untcrrified
will be able to decide wbooro the nominees of
-ths party, when their organ has flying at its
tnast-head two candidates for President
Douglas and Breckinridge and two for Vice
President Johnson and Lane without telling
outright who it prefers. We are inclined to
think, after considering their position fnlly,
that the new editors are for Breckinridge and
Lane We know they do not say so.' But
tbe fact that they urge the Democracy "to
vote Tor the present Electoral Ticket, whether
their first choice be Breckinridge or Douglas,"
leaves but little grounds of doubt ; for there is
nothing more certain than that the "mongrel"
ticket idea is as strenuously opposed by the
Douglas wing, "as it is vigorously advocated
by the Breckinridge. And good reason have
the former for opposing it. . They don't know
whether, they are : voting for Douglas or
Breckinridge for a man advocating Popular
Sovereignty, or for one favoring a Slave
Code for : the Territories. ..They have every
thing to lose, and nothing to gain by it all
the special pleading about "the contest being
between National Democracy and Black Re
publicanism,'? and that . either of . the candi
dates "must be infinitely preferable to a Black
Republican with all Democrat s," to the contra
ry notwithstanding. But suppose that they
should agree to unite upon one Electoral Tick
et, and by doing so the election should be
thrown into the House, what chances would
Mr. Douglas then have of becoming President
of tbe United States 1 Why, just none at all.
He could not command the electoral vote of
perhaps more than one State ; and it no choice
were made before, on the 4th of March the
Senate would probably select Joo Lane, Doug
las' worst enemy, as its presiding officer, and
thus,' under the Constitution, ho would be
come President. So it ia very apparent that
Mr. Douglas must be -the loser by the opera
tion. Tho game, upon the whole, is a shrewd
one, and tbe Breckinridge men can well afford
to drop the old watchword of "Stick to the
Ticket," and insist upon all joining in the
new, but delusive, shibboleth of "Stick to
the Electoral Ticket." It was a happy con
celt also of the new editors," when, like a Del
aware cotemporary, they "didn't know who to
holler for" under existing circumstances, to
adopt as their motto, "Principles, not Men."
We admire their acuteness ; and wish them
pecuniary success in their new enterprise.
Douglas State Convention. R. J. Halde
man, Esq., a member of tho National Demo
cratic Committee, appointed by the Baltimore
(Donglas) Convention, has just issued an ad
dress, according to the instructions given that
Committee by the said Convention, protesting
against tho action of tho State Committee to
unite on the electoral ticket,' and calling for a
mass and delegate convention to be held at
Ilarrisburg, on Thursday the 26th day of July,
when the various Democratic organizations
favorable to tblTelection of .Mr. Douglas will
Assemble and form a straight electoral tickot.
' Hon. John HicKMAx.Much ' speculation
has for some time been indulged in respecting
the political attitude this gentleman would
assume during the present campaign. All
doubts, however, are pretty well set at rest by
the announcement, we suppose of course made
by authority, that he will speak at a meeting
of the friends of Lincoln, Hamlin and Curtin,
M West Chester, on tho 27th inst. - -
' Mi3wai. -The State election takes place in
Missouri on the first Monday in August. There
are four candidates for Governor in the field
Jas. B. Garden hi re, (Lincoln ;) Seruple Orr,
(Bell;) Hancock Jackson, (Breckinridgej) and
C.'F. Jacksonj (Douglas.) t .The chances favor
Orr, as many of the : Republicans,' knowing
that they cannot elect Mr. Gardenhire, will
vote for Mr. Orr. ' ' '
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The two Democratic platforms and the Dred
Scott decision will be found on the fourth page
of .this paper. Read them carefully,
THE DESIOCEACY IN COM-MOTION.
The
'Irrepressible Conflict" in Clearfield.
A HIGH OLD TIME GENERALLY.
; Notice was given in the Clearfield Republican
last week that a meeting would be held in the
Town Hail on Thursday evening for ' the pur
pose of organizing a Democratic club. The
Breckinridge men. suspicious that the Doug
lasites intended to play off some game at their
expense, at once went to work, and, lo and be
hold ! when the hour for assembling had come
and tho admirers of the Little Giant were
wending their way to the Hall, the sounds of
martial music, in the distance, suddenly dis
turbed the stillness of the night, and breaking
upon their cars, soon convinced them that the
Breckinridge leaders had not been idle, and
were literally drumming up forces in the sur
rounding country. After marching and counter-marching
through the streets, tbe music,
surrounded by noisy juveniles and a few bois
terous recruits, . proceeded to the Town Hall,
where the hostile forces drew up fn battle ar
ray the Breckites taking possession of a low
er room, and the Douss the largo room up
stairs. , Whilst the latter were consulting about
the officers, and just as they had concluded to
wait until all were present, the Breckites came
rushing into the Hall, and before the surprised
Dongs fully comprehended the manccuver, tho
enemy succeeded in electing the temporary
chairman. From the outstart it was apparent
that the Breckites did not want to endanger
their position, or throw themselves open to at
tack, and hence when a motion was made to
form a "Breckinridge Club," they opposed it,
and carried one dubbing it the "Foster Club of
Clearfield Borough.". Another resolution, of
fered by the Douglas men, setting forth that
all who had heretofore acted with the Democ
racy, or such voters as were willing to pledge
themselves to support the National and State
uominces of the Democratic party, should be
permitted to vote at the election of officers and
become members of the club, was also voted
down by the Breckinridge forces, and deter
mined tho subsequent course of the Douglas
ites. Then, a3 alleged by the latter, contrary
to tho rules of the pat ty, in such cases made
and provided, an election of permanent offi
cers was immediately held, Gen. Jas. II. Larri
mer being chosen President ; Isaac Johnson,
John Hilburn, and Geo. B. Goodlander, Vice
Presidents; andJ.M. Kratzer and J.B. Walters,-Secretaries,
Whether the Breckinridge
forces were more or less numerons than the
others,we shall not pretund to say; but it seems
strange that at least one of their officers won't
have a vote this fall, and another, who declines
serving, is a firm Douglas man, and refu
ses to have any affiliation with the 'Seceders.-
James L. Morgan was chosen one of the Secre
taries, and also declined the "honor." Oth
ers also refused to have anything to do with
the club." hi J. Crans, Esq., who was tender
ed a position as Vice President, declined with
remarks substantially as follows:
Mr. President It is due to this meeting
and myself that whilst, peremptorraly declin
ing an election as one of tho permanent Vice
Presideuts of your club, I should, give the
reasons which compel me to do so. In view
of the fact that the Democratic State Central
Committee have appointed an early day for re
assembling.and in the hope that at their meet
ing such counsels would prevail as would en
able all who profess to belong to the Democrat
ic organization shoulder to shoulder and
with hearts bonyant with hope to face and
overthrow those avowedly hostile to the Demo
cratic faith, I, in the early part of this evening,
advised that we be not hasty in our action,
and urged that, as heretofore has uniformly
been tho course, we should not elect perma
nent officers until a constitution providing for
their election be prepared and adopted. Such
a course would have tended to harmonize dif
ferences and made the club a unit. But when
1 found that, for reasons not avowed, and which
we are at liberty to conjecture, the permanent
organization was to be precipitated, 1 felt it
my right to know of what material the club
was to be composed and what was to be its
course in tho approaching contest, before a
greeing to become a member thereof. There
fore I moved-'tbat all citizens heretofore actiog
with the Democratic party, or who may at the
next election be entitled to vote, and who are
willing to pledge themselves to support the
National and Slate nominees of the Democrat
ic party, be permitted to vote at the election
of officers and become members of the club."
I could see nothing hetrodox in the proposi
tion, and I know that it was in accordance
with the time-honored usages, of the party.
The defeat of the resolution determined me
to participate no more in the deliberations of
this assembly and to decline political associa
tion with tho club. In offering the resolution,
Sir, I did not seek to be invidious or to cast
a doubt on tho Democracy of any gentleman
present, tor I recognize amid me many who,
in hard fought contests, have labored by my
side in achieving democratic victories. If
this club is to be composed of democrats, the
adoption of the resolution, would have exclu
ded those only who have no right to affiliate
with us. If .is is not, then I seek no union
with it. v '
A glance, Mr. Presidentat the paper which
was recognized as the Democratic organ of
this county, shows at the masthead the names
of two gentlemen for President, and the like
number for Vice President. If I mistake not,
the constitution of the United Status provides
for the election of. but one person for each of
the said offices, and as a constitutional Demo
crat I can support but one. Among those
names is that of John C. Breckinridge a man
whom of all others I should have liked to
have supported for the office of President, for
he is a gentleman of character, of honor, and
of inteligence. Along side of that name is
tho name of his peer,' Stephen A. Douglas,
the regular nominee of the party, and there
fore entitled to my cordial support despite
personal preferences. I admit, sir, tbat-Mr.
Douglas was not my choice ; but fairly nomi
nated, I would be derilect in duty in failing
to work zealously for his support, . :
It is idle to deny it, and madness to endeav
or to convince ourselves, that there are not
divisions and dissensions in the Democratic
ranks. These are the result of partizan feel
ing, and not produced by advocacy of conflict
ing principles. A glance at the past will ena
ble Democrats to ascertain who are in the
right, and then their course is plain-; A few
months since a full democratic meeting assem
bled at Reading. It was apparently the most
harmonious and united Democratic gathering
for years. It was resolved that the reason for
difference among Democrats no longer existed
after the settlement of the qaestion which had
caused the variance of opinion. The question
of Slavery in the Territories was left whore it
fihouJdbe, recognized by the constitution; pro
tected against unfriendly legislation by the
decisions of the judiciary, and denying to I
Congress any right to legislate upon the ques
tion. Delegates were selected to attend the
National Democratic Convention which was to
assemble' at Charleston. Our Delegates met
at Charleston, and the National Convention,
by re-affirming the Cincinnati platform and
explaining the views of tho National Democ
racy upon the vexed question of slavery in the
Territories, simply endorsed tho . platform
which, when adopted by our State convention,
gave so much pleasure to the Pennsylvania
Democracy. Mr. President,-the right spirit
did not pervade the Charleston Convention.
Bitter partizans were there. They seemed de
termined to prevent the nomination of one,
Avho had a decided majority of the delegates.
Had these men . remained in convention they
could have accomplished that end, becauso
the nominee of the party could not then have
secured a two-third vote. They seceded. The
Convention then adjourned to meet at BaltU
more. The Pennsylvania Delegation again
met with the Convention. Another secession
takes place," our delegates retaining their seats.
After a few ballots, Stephen A. Douglas was
declared the nominee, and that nomination
was made unanimous by the National Conven
tion. Mr. Douglas alone should receive the
support of those who desire to preserve the
Democratic organization intact. - He received
all the votes necessary under any circumstan
ces to entitle him to our support. v
It was once tho rule fur tho Democratic
members of Congress to make the. Presiden
tial nominations. That was changed and the
power delegated to a National Convention se
lected according to the rule sof the party.
A majority made the nomination." When
Martin Van Buren was a candidate for nomi
nation he had a majority of delegates in con
vention. Some of those who were instructed
to use all honorable means to secure Van Bu
ren's nomination, struck hands 'with, the mi
nority, and through an unholy and corrupt
coalition, compassed his defeat, by agreeing
to the two-third rule. ' It was partisan spirit
which accomplished this end. It caused the
defeat of the Democratic nominee and gave
rise to that miserable heresy free&oilism
which for years was proved a lestering sore on
tbe Democratic body. -Is partisan spirit again
to triumph? Because the administration
and its backers are hostile to the nominee,
must inglorious defeat stilly our banner 1 If
the raaintainance of democratic principles is
not to be the olject of our party organization,
but a spirit of man worship or a mere expres
sion ot personal preference or particular dis
likes, is to invade and take possession of the
Democratic partv. then, for one, 1 sav, the
sooner the party is disbanded and a new one,
governed by correct iolitcal principles, or
ganized, the better. 1 , ' '
Mr. President, my first vote was cast in this
county. It was democratic. I have since
stood by the Democratic organization. Recog
nizing the soundness of the democratic doc-trine-principles
not men T have ever sup
ported f he regular nominee of the party. I
shall do so still. In the last Presidential con
test, for months I labored by day and night to
forward the cause of James Buchanan. 1 did
so, whilst hostile to the nominee, because I
thought there might still be 6ome Federal
blood coursing through bis veins, and I be
lieved him as one of his friends once remark
ed, so cold that icicles hung around his heart
in the midst of August. And I will now sup
port Judge Douglas, against my first coice,
because he has fairly received the nom
ination because when tho Administration
overstepped the bounds and established a
new test in the party, be manfully, resisted
it because in his own State, when the ad
ministration and Republican party combined
sought his political downfall, he came out
more than conqueror. If personal hostility to
Judge Douglas is sufficient reason to cansu se
cession and bring about d?feat of the party,
let it come and lot the responfibility rest
where it should. The support of any but a
Douglas electoral ticket will demoralize the
party and produce its dissolution , ,
I admit that when a convention is packed,
or fraudulent and corrupt means aro used to
defeat the popular will, the members of a par
ty are not bound, to support the nominees,
But such cannot be urged against Douglases
nomination, or given as a reason tor secession.
I know it was said by some Southern Demo
crats that the Democratic party must pledge
itself to the passage of a Slave code by Con
gress ; and the failure to do so was given as
the ground for their disaffection. Whilst I
wish our platform had been more explicit in
regard to this question, I can never agree to
support tho view taken by the extremo South
ern Democrats. At the call of the party, I
shall be ready to controvert the Republican
position, that Congress has the right to pro
liibit Slavery in the Territories to maintaiu
the docirine that has been promulgated by our
late State convention, and which since tho
Cass-Nicholson letter has been the Democratic
doctrine : but, sir, I shall never stultify my
self so much, as, in opposition to' the views
expressed in 1SGG, to defend the converse of
the Republican doctrine to ay that Congress
has a .right to. legislate for the protection of
slavery in the - Territories, and thus counte
nance as untenable a position as any support
ed by our opponents. ,
Speeches, on the part of the Breckinridge
wing, were made by W. A. Wallace, I. Test,
and R. J. Wallace, Esquires, but we have not
the room to give an abstract of them. ;..
After the meeting had adjourned, the Doug
lasites organized separately and formed a club
of their own. On Saturday evening they again
met. and elected the following permanent offi
cers : L. J. Crans, President; John Hilburn,
W. J. Hemphill, Vice. Presidents ; James L.
Morgan, Rec. Sec'y ; Walter Barrett, Corresp.
Secretary; David McGaughy, Treasurer; Maj.
John B." Ilisey, Jlichael Ilegarty, Committee
on Finance ; ' Wm. Behau, P. C. Purviance,
D. Connelly, ; Com. of Correspondence. , We
understand tbe club are about calling a Doug
las Ratification Meeting, . to be held ' at Cnr
wensville, on Saturday the 4th of August.
Thus it will be seen that things are growing
interesting with the Democracy of Clearfield ;,
nor are they likely to improvo until both
wing3 get a-good dressing at .the hands . of
"honest old Abe." : .
The Gold Seeking Mania has invaded the
land of tho "blue noses." Major Norton, U.
S. Consul at Picton, Nova Scotia, sends a tele
gram to the Boston Pott, stating that the ex
citement is intense, attendant upon the dis
covery of gold at about fifty miles from his re
sidence, lie says that thousands have already
gone to tho "diggins," and many more are
preparing to .start. The yield thus far is not
given, but (of course,) there seems to be no
doubt that it will be abundant. ' ' -
! , One Thol'8ani Houses Burnt. A tremend
ous fira broke out in Constantinople on the
morning of the 10th of June, near the mosque
of Sultan Achmet. The houses, which in that
quarter of the town aro all built of wood,
burned with great rapidity. From eight hun
dred to a thousand wero consumed before tho
lire could be got under. The whole work of
destruction was doue in about eight hours.
POLITICAL ITEMS.
The Danger to tue Union.' Judge Orr,
who is now stumping Missouri as an Opposition
candidate for Governor, ridicules the ide"a of
danger to the Union from the success of the
Republicans, and tells the following story to
illustrate the asinine character of such threats:
"The people are beginning to know them as
well as the lion knew tbe donkey, with whom
he was traveling. The pair becoming hungry,
the donkey proposed that they should turn
aside to a" cornfield.- They did so, and the
donkey, having feasted to his content, was
preparing to leave; but the lion said, 'What
am I to do? I cannot eat corn.' True,' said
the donkey ; but if you lie in the bush, here, 1
will go into the thicket, yonder, and frighten
the deer with a bray, to that you can catch
one when- they attempt to escape. The lion'
agreed, and the jackass, going into the thicket,
brayed so terribly that all the deer in it came
running out. The lion seized one, and made
a meal of the prey. " On coming back,the don
key, with much conceit.' asked 'Didn't I scara
them?' 'Yes,' replied tno lion, and you
would have scared tnc, too, if I hadn't known
who. you were. ' Just so we might, be fright
ened by the predictions of danger to our own
institutions by the Democrats, if , we did not
know exactly what value to sot upon them." :
Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, said in Congress,:
when an appropriation for a jail was asked,'
that Washington was a pauper upon tbe nation,
lie added : "Wo make their sewers,and every
thing else, and we feed them, in order that, at
the opening of the session, tnoy may. come
here and hiss, if freedom is mentioned, and
applaud if slavery is mentioned. -Before !
will vote anything, not absolutely. necessary,
for this town, they must reform their manners.
I shall vote against this wbola . appropriation.
I should, hate to starve them, but, if they
should get so lean, that at the opening of the
session they cannot howl or hiss, so much the
better." ,; .. , .; ;. . .; . -.
Thciraeeting last evening of men who
mainly in 18oG supported Mr. Fillmore and r.ow
support Abraham Lincoln, was large and spir
ited. Many participated who would have vo
ted for Bell and Everett had they boeuqnare
ly supported, ' with a reisonaMa prospect of
success, but who revolt at the idea of being
drawn after the car of the head breaker of the
Missouri Compromise, and thus thrust into the
Democratic ranKs. - Three-fourths of those in
our City who supported Mr. Fillmore in 1856
utterly refuse to vote for Douglas; most of
them are already decidedly for Lincoln, and
the rest are coming along. JV. Y. Tri. July 18.
In order to scaro "green folks," the Dou
glas papers are getting up stories of plots and
counter-plots on the part of Breckites to break
up tbe Union, and, by way of -diversifying this
bng-a- boo game, the Breckites r.re threatening
to pull down the Union.if John is not elected.
And wo are sorry, too, to see some of the Bell
papers indulging in the same grovelling
strain, instead of working for their candidate
upon his real record. There never was a time,
and there never, will be one,whiIe free suffrage
is preserved. that this Union will be dissolved.
None but cowards talk of fighting. -Bait. Pa'.
The-Republicans of Elk. county held a
meeting on the 4th, lion. Henry Souther act
ing as President. Resolutions were passed,
endorsing the nominat ions of Lincoln, Hamlin
and Curtin ; approving the course of IIou. I
saac G. Gordon in the State Legislature f and
recommending Samuel M. Lawrence for the
Assembly. , Congressional and Representative
delegates were chose tf, and a County Commit
tee directed to be appointed. Our friends in
Elk are wide awake and laboring zealously.
A Grand Mass Meeting of the friends of
Lincoln and Hamlin took place in St. Louisa
few nights ago. The procession was . tho lar
gest ever seen in , that city, at 4east twenty
thousand people participating, . with .banners
and flags, transparencies and torches. The
display was magnificent and the enthusiasm
unbounded.' . Frank P. Blair made an eloquent
speech. Tho demonstration closed with an
exhibition of fire works. The work goes brave
y on in Missouri. ; : :.. . , ' . "
A Michigan editor traveling through Oak
land, Wayne and Gunessee counties says the
wheat crop and the Republican vote will be
unusually large next harvest. In some neigh
borhoods they were confident of thirty bush
els to the acre, and not a Democrat within
five miles! In these neighborhoods, they
have fine schools, well filled meeting houses,
no "corner groceries," and never bolt their
doors. . . ' . s - ';-'-
Tho present predicament of tho "Democ
racy," says the Oswego Times, reminds one
of the answer once given to a traveler. He
had arrived at a point where his road "forked."
The reply to bis question as to which road he
had better take was, "It don't make a bit of
difference. Take whichever you please, and
beioreyou get half-way through, you'll be sor
ry you didn't take the other." -.-:'
CassiusM. Clay made a Republican speech
recently at Louisville, . to a large and orderly
audience. Ot tho speech, the Democrat says :
"Cash, is ingenious. He handles a Kentucky
crowd skillfully. He denounces slavery, and
pats the masters ou the back as good fellows.
In. tho language of Paddy, ho 'blithers 'em
down an' thin butthers 'em up.' " , ' .
Official returns from the Oregon election
give Shiel.the Democratic candidate for Con
gress, 70 maj. over Logan, the Republican
candidate In the Legislature," the Republi
cans and Anti-Lecompton Democrats have a
majority on joint ballot, thus ensuring the de
feat of Joe Lane as U. S. Senator.
Dr. Thos. C. Staples of Pettis connty, Mis
souri, and formerly a strong pro-slavery man,
has announced himself as the Republican can
didate for Congress in the Fifth Congressional
District of that State. ' He is strong for Lin
coln and Hamlin, and ; says he intends to can
vass his district. '.- .
The fire is spreading. One hundred and
four citizens of Hannibal,Missouri, "believing
that the success of the principles of the Re
publican party is necessary to the well being
of the country," ; have united in a letter to
Frank Blair to come and make tbem a Repub
lican speech.- " - .
It is said that a strange lusus naturae, In
the politics of the day, is to bo seen in East
port, Maine. This is nothing less than a cus
tom house full of officials, who are for Donglas
to a man. It is probable that this sight will
not remain long on exhibition. , ;
A Democratic paper, before us, is - sur
mounted with a rooster, that looks, as if he
might be a very appropriate emblem of the
Democratic party. His two urig are in an
awfully -ruffled condition. . ; ; ; .
. John Hanks, Mr. Lincoln's partner in
splitting rails, flat-boating, &c, has announc
ed his intention to vote for his -old friend,
though he has always heretofore voted the
Democratic ticket. i : ; -f-
r Letters from Anstin , Texas, - report that
the canvass for General Houston is going on in
that State with great activity and enthusiasm.
-non. Archie Dixon, formerly U. S. Sena
tor from Kentucky, is a strong supporter of
Douglas and Johnson. :-.'." , ,
A wag says the Democratic party swallow
ed a iugger, and died of the black vomit.
There are three Donglas papers in Ala
bama, and two in Georgia. ; .
Thereareorjr different Lincoln and Ham
lin elubs in Philadelphia. 1 1 ' '
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS ,
PREPARED FOR THE "RAFTSMAN'S JOURNAL.
; Indiana County: Mrs. Myers, wife of John
Myers of Rayno township, who. had been for
some time in delicatehealth, used as a remedy
a tea made of pipsissawa, a green plant that
grows wild in the woods. On the 12th inst.,
going out to gather tbe plant, she mistook for
it some other evergreen, boiling; which sho
drank the decotiou as usual, but unfortunately
this plant proved poisonous and caused the
woman's death. . . Mr. Alex. Apple fell from
the scaffolding at the steam mill of Sutton,
Marshall & Stewart, at the west end of Indiana
borough, on the 11th, a distance of 18 feet,
and injured his ankle seriously. . . . John Ray
had one of his legs injured on the 13th by the
falling of a mill-stone which he was assisting
to unload at the depot. . . . Tho grain crop has
been mostly harvested ; the yield is good. . . .
Mr. Moorhead, the late proprietor or the "In
dianallouse," has disposed of it to David
Ralston, Esq.,' vtho has closed it nntil he can'
refit it and furnish it anew. . '. . Campbell, who
is starting a tannery in Saltsbnrg, started west
recently to lay in stock. Ho had with him
$1500, one thousand of which belonged to Dr.
Murray. Whilst on the cars, he fell asleep,
and when he awokd be found that his carpet
bag, containing the money, had been stolen,
nor can he obtain any clue of the thief.
."' Westmoreland Cointy. On the 3d inst.,
David Eichar, of Hempfield township, bad bis
collarbone broken by the upsetting of a load
of hay. . . . On tho lOth a little boy of. Daniel
F. Sleek, of Ligonier, whilst playing w ith
powder, bad his face and neck badty burned,
and bis clothes bt't on fire. . . . Jlr. John
Kuhns, Sr., an old resident of Greensburg,
when a youth of 17 years, had a bone in bis
elbow dislocated, whilst at work at plowing.
The bone was not properly adjusted, but he
never experienced auy further inconvenience
than that he could not straighten his arm more
than two-thirds. '.. A few days ago, he went to
his son's farm, and whilst helping, to shock
grain in a harvest Sell, tho boue , suddenly
went into its place with a crack like that of a
torpedo. The pain compelled Mr. K. to retire
from tbe field, but his arm has now, alter be
ing lamed for over sixty years, become entire
ly well, and he cn straighten it with perfect
ease. Mr. Kuhns is now in his 78tli year.
Mifflin County. A boy five or six years of
age,' son of John II. Saxon, of Derry to wnship,
was drowned in Kishacoquillas creek on the
17th inst. . He was present with others when
the flood gates were raised for the purposo of
draining off water from the Lewistown Mill
feeder, und though cautioned to keep away,
must have returned afterwards and fell into
the channel. . . . Harvesting has been going
on rapidly during the last two weeks. The
red wheat turns out well, the white poor. Ot
oats there is. an abundant crop,: and corn,
though somewhat backward in places, is grow
ing fiuely. . , i A number of watches, jewelry,
&c., were lately stolen from the establishment
of Nathan Wise iu Belleville ; several pairs
of boots and other articles taken from the
kitchen of Henry Albright in Derry township ;
a shirt, pipe, tumbler, :&c, stolen lrom Ah.
Snyder, for which the fellow, was lodged in
jail; and numerous other; petty depredations
are constantly coming to light. . : ;
' CAMURrA' County: The wife of Augustus
Link, of Taylor township,' near Johnstown,
was bitten on the instep of her right foot by a
copperhead snak, on the 11th July, while
passing barefooted from her house to the
spring. '"-Her foot and log swelled to twice the
natural size, ; but by timely applications the
poison was counteracted, and she is past dan
ger. . . . Ou the 13th, while a girl in tho fami
ly vf Mr. Conner, who resided at the lock be
low Johnstown, was attempting to fill a light
ed lamp with 'campbene, the fluid ignited,
burst the lamp and can, set firo to the clothes
of a little daughter of Mr. Conner, and before
the flames coull be extinguished, sho was so
severely burned as to cause her death the fol
lowing evening?. . . Samuel Welsh, who was
imprisoned in Ebenshurg for attempting
to outrage ; Mrs. Mills of Cambria township,
broke jail on the 13th, and made his escape.
McKean County. Wallace Starks, aged n
bout 16 years, son of J. W. Starks of Hamlin
township, was so dreadfully burned with pow
der on the 10th inst., as to cause bis death
two days alter. It seems that he had taken
some blasting powder out of a keg in a wagon
which was staying at bis father's over night.
Procuring a roller to a bob-led,he and another
young man took it to a field, put a heavy
charge of powder in one end of the roller
where had been an iron bolt, drove a plug
into the mouth, bored a fuse hole with a three
eighths inch anger, applied a slow nip.tch, and
when the explosion took place, the load came
out of the fuse bole ; tho fire communicated
with the powder in his pocket, which also ex
ploded,burning him so dreadfully that he died
as above stated.
Potter County. On Friday the Gth of July,
Mr, Lemuel Sherman, of Pike township, was
tilling his corn with a cultivator, having a
colt hitched to it, when the colt, becoming
frightened, jumped forward, threw, Mr. Sher
man down on. the; shanks of the . cultfvator
teeth, cutting his face badly, and nearly kill
ing him. . lie was improving some at last ac
counts. . '.."..'..'., r
Elk County. A man named McConnel, re
aiding at or near. Bear creek, was severely in
jured on the Gth inst.. by the falling of a tree.
He bad one leg broken, a shoulder dislocated,
and a bone of the arm near the sholder broken.
Tue Knights of the Golden Circle. Gen.
Bickely has published an I address to the
Knights of the Golden Circle, in Virginia and
other .Southern States. - They are ordered to
repair to their encampment? Texas by tho
15th of September, lie says tho citizens of
Texas have raised money aud material to the
amount of 598,000 dollars, aud appeals to her
sister Southern States for contribution. . The
object is declared, to be to Americanize and
Southerenizo Mexico, - looking to tho estab
lishment of a Southern Confederacy. Such a
course is to be taken as will not violate the
neutrality laws, the Knights going into Mexico
as emigrants, ond becoming bona jide citizens
under, it is said, Mexican sanction. The Or
der is represented to number 50,000 members.
Hon. T. Corwin is, as most folks know, a
man who has a dark complexion, -nis joke
about his "mulatto" adventure in New Or
leans, which he tells at his own expense, is
equalled by this one, which wo never before
happened to meet with: Corwin wag intro
duced, in New York, to a freshly arrived Eng
lishman, as being an Ohioan. ; This term ev
idently puzzled John Bull; but in a moment
his face brightened, and ho seized Corwin by
the hand expressed bis joy at makibg bis ac
quaintance, aud kindly inquired "whether his
tribe were at peace with the whites?"
Somebody has got a big baby out at Saut
Ste. Marie, the dimensions of which are given
as follows : Around the shoulders, 32 inches;
around tho waist, 26 inches; around tbe call
of the leg, 17; iuches ; around tbe arm above
the elbow, 10 inches; around the arm below
the elbow, 9 -inches around the ankle, 9 in
ches. It is a female child, six months old, and
weighs 70 pounds; is perfectly, healthy ; has
never been sick; seldom cries, and has Fix
toes on each foot. Its growth is so rapid that
its mother has to alter or make new clothes
oucc in ten days. ". ;
PERKY HOUSE, FRONT ST., MARIETTA
(formerly kept by Mrs. Clements.) The fuw'
seriber respectfully solicits the patronage of h;
old friends, and assures all rivormen bavin-L '
sinessin Marietta that no' pains w ill le sw"
for their accommodation ana comfort. '
I'eb.'22. ISOO-ly. AliSKlt MM I C II A EL.
CLEAR FIELD IlOl'SE, CIARfTehJ
PA. Tho subscriber having purchasi-a t'h '
furniture and interest from II. 11. Morrow, inst
House, is now prepared for tho reception of traa
sient and permanent boarders, hvcry (lopart!
ment connected with bis establishment win U
conducted second to none in the county. Ile re,
peetfully solicits a share of public patroi:;o
July 11, lSt)0.-y. UKO. X. CO Lb I RX
NEW STONE WAKE MANUFACTORY
INiCLEARFIELD, PA.
The undersigned takes this method of inform
ing the public that he has commenced the mann.
fucture of fctone-Ware ia the liorough cf Cleat",
field, and thst he is now prepared to supply
who inny want them with Milk and Cream Crooi.'
Jugs. Jars, Ac., at lower prices, than they can W
bought elsewhere.
us soucirs a Fanrc nl ptr0n
FREDEHICK LEITZIOLR
age. . .
C!earfit?1d, Pa.
Mity 25, 1859-ly.
BROKE OUT IN A MEW PLACE !-Im.
rOKTAXT NOTICE TO' THE RAGGED:::
The undersigned having opened a Tailoring E.
tablishment in h.iw'S Row, in the room recently
occupied by II. F. Wangle as a Jewelry Store, an.
no'unccs that he is now ready and willing to make
Coats, Pmttatoons, Vests, ire., for his old custom
ers, and as many new ones as may give him a cai;,
after the latest and most approved styles, or af:er
any of the old fashions, if they prefer it Rv
doing his work in a neat and substantial manner,
and promptly fulfilling his engagements, he ex-'
pects to secure a liberal share of patronage
Jan. IS. IStiO.- WM.RADEBAUO, II .
OKFIIANS' COURT SALE Ey virtue of
au order of the Orphans' Court of CloarfieM
county, there will be exposed to sale, by public
outcry, at the hrusa of Win. A. Mason, in Curwens
ville, on Fjtitrday the Mtk da y of August, Im'.O,
at 1 oVlock, P. M., the following real estate, to i it :
Fifty-seven acres and one hundred and forty-three
perches of land in Penn township. Clearfield coun
ty, being the purpart set off to Ashca Cochran, us
one of the heirs of Oliphant (Cochran, deceased
late the estate of Asber Cochrtn. dee'd. 1LR.MS.
one half in band, and the residue iu vua year
thereafter, with interest, to-be secured bv bout
and mortgage. JOSIA11 KVANS.
July 18, i860. Administrator.
rilllE CLEARFIELD ACADE11V will be
JL
feiu
opened for the reeei'tion of pupils (nialeand
female) on Monday. May'iath. XV .. per acs-
sion of eleven weeks:
Orthograpby, Heading. AVritinz, Primary Arith
metic and Ueography, - - 2.5 1
Higher Arithmetic, Englirh Gramranr, Ueogra
phy and History vi . " ; . . . - $.".0J
Algebra. Oeometry, Natural Philosophy, and
Book Keeping.- s ; - St.00
Liitic and Greek languages, Si,tH)
To students desirous of acquiring a thorough
English Education, nad who wish to qualify them
selves for teachers, this institution oiler? desirau'i?
advantnges. No pupil received for less than half
a session and no deduction except for protracted
sickness. ' Tuition, to be paid at the close of the
term. r.iay3i)l , C. B. ANDF0RD, Principal.
TVOTICU TO ASSESSORS Whereas, by
1 l the lat part of the 6th clause of the 2ml sec
tion of tho Act of Assembly, entitled -An Act f.ir
the regulation of tbe Militia of this Common
wealth.5' approved the 21st day of April A.I).
183S, Assessors of boroughs and townships are di
rected to furnish the Brigade Inspector of the bri
gade in which their districts are situated, with a
eopy of the military roll of their respective di
tricts when they deposit the original with Lbs
county Commissioners. Notice is the. el re here
by gien, That tbe Assessors of the several town
ships and boroughs in Clearfield county, constitu
ting the 5th brigade of tbo 1 1th division, Pennsyl
vania militia, that they are required to furnish
me with a copy of said military roll on or before
the First day of Angust next: and upon failun
thereof, the penalty for neglect of duty mill be
strietly enforced. tOopies of the rolls can lie
sent to mti by mail, aiblressed to Butnside, P. 0..
or left with J. II. Lnrrimer. commandant of tLo
brigade, at his office iu the borough of Clear&clJ.
S. C. PATCH IX.
Brig. Tnsp. 5th Brigade, 14th Div. P. M '
: Brigade insp's Office, Burnside tp., July 4. 13o0.
HOSTETTER'S STO.MACTI BITTERS.
It is a fact that, at some period, every mem
ber of the human family is subject to disease or
disturbance of the bodily functions; but. with tha
aid of a good tonic and tbe exercise of plain com
mon sense, they may be able so to regulate the srs
temas tosecure permanent health, lnorder to ac
complish this desired object, the true tourse t j pur
sue is certainly that which will produce a natural
state of things at the least hazard of vital strength
and life. For this purpose, Dr. Ilostettor has in
troduced to this country a preparation bearing hi
name, which is not a new medicine, but one thut
has been tried for years, giving satisfaction to all
who have used it. The Bitters operate powerfully
upon the stomach, bowels, and liver, restoring them
to a healthy and vigorons action, and thus, by
the simple process of strengthening nature, ena
ble the system to triumph over disease.
For the cure of Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Xansaa,
Flatulency, Lossof Appetite, or Bilious complaints,
arising from a morbid inaction of the Stomach or
Bowels, producingCramps, Dyson tary,CboIic,Chcl
era Morbus, ic, these Bitters have no equal.
Diarrhoea, dysentery or flux, so generally con
tracted by new settlers, and eaused principally by
the change of water and diet, will be speedily reg
ulated by a brief use of this preparation. Dyspep
sia, a disease-which is probably more prevalent,
in all its various forms, than any other, and the
cause of which may always be attributed to de
rangement; of the digestive organs, can be cured
without fail by using HOSTETTHR'S STOMACH
BITTERS, as per directions on the bottle. For
this disease every physician will recommend Bit
ters of some kind ; then why not use an articla
known to be infallible ? Ail nations have their
Bitters, as a preventive of disease and strcugthen
er of the system in general; and among them all
there is not to be found a more healthy people
than theUermans. from whom this preparation em
anated, based upon scientific experiments which
have tended to prove the value of this great pre
paration in the scalo of medical science.
Fever asd Ague. This trying und provoking
disease, which fixes its relentless grasp on the bo
dy of man, reducing him to a mere shadow in
short time, and rendering him physically and men
tally useless, can be driven from tho body bv the
use of HOSTETTER'S RENOWNED BITTER S
Further, none of the above-stnted diseases can be
contracted, even in exposed situations, if the Bit
ters are used as per directions. And as they nei
ther create nausea nor offend the palate, and ren
der unnecessary any change of diet or interrup
tion of ordinary pursuits, but promote sound s!eep
and hcalty digestion, and the complaint is remo
ved as speedily as is consistent with the produc
tion of a thorough and permanent cure.
Por Persom iu Advancrd Years, who are suffer
ing from an enfeebled consitution and infirm body,
these Bitters are invaluable as a restorative of
strength and vigor, and need only be tried to be
appreciated. And to a mother while nursing thesa
Bitters are indispensable, especially where themo
ther's nourishment is inadequate to the demand!
of tho child, consequently her strength niu;t yield,
and hero it is where a good tonic, such as Ilostet
ter"s Stomach Bitters, is needed to impart tempo
rary strength and vigor to the system Ladie
should bjrvlt means try this remedy for UC'
ses of debility, and, before o doing, should a
their physician, who, if he is acquainted with the
virtue of the fStomach Bittcrsr will recomnieo1!
their use in all cases of weakness.
Cantion. We caution the public against nsic?
any of the many imitations or counterfeits, bnt fc
for llostftters Celebrated itomaci Bitter, and St
that each bottle has the words 1Dr. J. Ilostetttri
Stomach BittersM blown on the side of the bottl.
and stamped on the metallic cap covering tbe cork
and observe that oar autograph signature is on the
label. "Prepared and sold bvllotft:er i"jlt'
Pittsburg, Pa., and sold by alfdruggists. Rr'
nnd dealers generally throughout the I'cim4
States, Canada. South America, and Germany.
Agents Oeo.W. Rbeeni and C. D.Wstson.
field ; John Patton, Curwensville ; D. Ty!-r.
ton : F. K. Arnold. Luthcrsbarg. Scpt2QjL
BEST Philadelphia Sugar-Cured IIainitb'
new store of Graham, Botst? A
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