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S. B. ROW, EDITOR ASD PROPRIETOR.
I CLEARFIELD, PA., SEPT. 12, 1860.
TOR PRESIDENT,
HON. ABBAHAM LINCOLN,
. . ' OF ILLINOIS.
, FOR TICK PRESIDENT, V .
HON. HANNIBAL HAMLIN.
OF MAIKE.
! ' ' ' ' ' FOR GOVERNOR,
HON. ANDREW G. CURTIN, of Centre Co.
FOR CONGRESS, . .
OENi JOHN PATTON, of Clearfield County.
FOR ASSEMBLY, ,
ISAAC G. GORDON, of Jefferson County.
. SAMUEL hi. LAWRENCE, of Elk County.
FOR COMMISSIONER,
' ' ALEX. MURRAY, of Girard Township.
J ' FOR AUDITOR,
;' ELLIS IRWIN, of Goshen Township.
, WHERE HE STANDS.
f, If we were to ask any intelligent Democrat
where to look for the "leading principles" of
"bis party, would ho not at once direct us to
the Platform adopted by bis" party in National
Convention ? And when we assert that "all
the leading principles of the Republican party
' are In accordance with Gen. Patton's settled
convictions and feelings," would not every rea
sonable and fair-dealing man just as naturally
- seek for those principles in the National Plat-
form constructed at Chicago ? This, bowev
.' er, the astute editors of the Clearfield Republi
. can seem determined not to do. Fearing to
- meet manfully the real issues of the campaign,
" they attempt to withdraw attention from them
, and their candidate by imputing to Gen. Pat
. ton the advocacy of views which they think
find no favor with the masses. But their game
won't work. The great questions that are now
.' before the people cannot be avoided. Gen.
- Patton has no disposition to avoid them, and
In order that the editors of the Republican
' may be saved the trouble of reading our plat
. form they evidently having a strong aversion
i to pernsing platforms of any desctiption just
- now we will, out of consideration for their
' feelings, state, In as succinct a manner as pos
. aible, where the General does stand :
He is in favor of the maintenance of the
Constitution, the preservation of the Union,
and the enforcement of the laws;
He is in favor of protecting the several States
in all their rights, as well as against lawless
invasion by armed force, no matter under
what pretext it may be attempted ;
He is in favor of a Protective Tariff;
He is in favor of a Homestead Bill ;
He is in favor of a Pacific Railroad ;
He is In favor of River and Harbor Improve
ments by the General Government ;
He is in favor of the immediate admission of
Kansas under the Constitution recently form
ed and adopted by her people ;
He is opposed to interfering with Slavery io
the Southern States;
He is opposed to extending Slavery, believ
. ing that the normal condition of the Territo
. ries of the United States is that of Freedom ;"
He is opposed to the re-opening of the Afri
' can Slave Trade ; regarding it as "a crime a
. gainst humanity a burning shame to our
' country and age
: He is. opposed to the new dogma that the
. Constitution, of its own force, carries Slavery
into the Territories; and hence to the passage
by Congress of a code for its protection in
those territories ;
, He is opposed to extravagance, fraud and
corruption in the management of the affairs of
the Nation.
These are the "leading principles of the Re
publican party," as set forth in the platform
adopted at Cticago, and are questious upon
which a Congressman will be called to act.
' That platform, and that alone, can properly be
consulted to ascertain what the "leading prin
ciples" of the party are. A resolution, offer
ed, Inconsiderately perhaps, by an individual
in Congress, or measures of doubtfnl practi
cability suggested by some extremist, are no
: part of those principles, and-the efforts that
' are being made to fasten them on any of our
candidates, must be the offspring of a coward
r ly, if not a malicious disposition, which impels
its possessor to "bear false witness against bis
-: neighbor." - AH the twattle of the Republican
'about the Blake Resolution and Helperism
is mere clap-trap and stuff, designed to hum
bug and frighten unsuspecting and timid per
sons, and to divert their attention from the
real issues involved in the contest. Those is-
- sues, tho principles enunciated in the various
platforms, and the attitudes the several candi
, dates occupy in regard to them, we are at any
time willing to discuss freely and fully ; but
l such balderdash as appears in the last Clear-
"field Republican, neither merits an answer nor
requires a denial. We have a firm reliance
that the common sense of its readers will in-
duce tbem to put a proper construction upon
- its article about "convictions and feelings." .
Illinois. The fires are burning brightly in
. the Prairie State. , In the Chicago Press $
- Tribune before us we have the record of three
r "Republican mass meetings, with headings as
follows: "Mass Meeting at Woodstock 12,
i 000 Republicans in Council ;" "Grand Dem
,. onatraation at Kankakee 12,000 present;"
? "Immense Gathering at Peoria 30,000 Re
r publicans out 5,000 Wide Awakes In proces
, . aion," &c. . Such reports appear . every day.
: The village meetings are never Jess than 2,000
t. the county meetings range from 5,000 to 10,
. ,000; and the meetings embracing two or three
counties from 12,000 to 50,000. XtJsaUcp
withl0Tigltalat State, - ,
. . THE TARIFF OF 1857.
At a Democratic meeting held recently in
this county a resolution was passed setting
forth, among other things that Henry D. Fos
ter's "individual efforts to procure a modifies-'
tion of the present Republican tariff, have en-
deared him to the people of this State."
" The man who wrote that must .be either "a
knave or a fool" he must be either ignorant
of the facts, or he must have known that the
"present" tariff is not a "Republican" tariff.
And what are the facts ? We will give them
as we find them in an article in the Columbia
Republican : ?. - ' ' t
"In the first place, during the 'session of
Congress at which the Tariff of '46 was repeal
ed the Republicans had not the majority, else
why did it take them more than six weeks to
elect a Speaker 1 In tho second place, was
there not a Democratic Senate, and a Demo
cratic President ? And the merest tyro in
politics is aware that no measure can pass over
the heads oi mese. aai in tno third place we
turn to the record and there we find that the
Tariff of '57 is Democratic to the core. Upon
the opening of the short session of the Thirty
Fourth Congress, in December 185G, it was
evident that a modification of the tariff of
1846 would take place before its close. The
adoption of a policy more in accordance with
the principles of free trade was foreshadowed
in most of the Democratic Journals. There
was a balance in the United States Trasury
of some twenty eight millions of dollars ; the
Democratic party was in power, and the Sec
retary of the Treasury Mr. Guthrie recom
mended a reduction of the rates of duty. Mr.
Banks, having been elected Speaker of the
House, had appointed a Committee on Ways
and Means, the complexion!" .which was six
for protection to three against it. . For a peri
od of seven months, all the efforts of Free
Trade Democrats to make railroad iron duty
free, and to reduce the tariff, were prevented
by a reference to this Committee. But as the
Democracy threatened daily to report a bill
reducing the tariff, and particularly to make
railroad iron duty free, the Committee of Ways
and Means of the House, at last reported a iar
iff bill, which was protective, and the principle
of which was the Committee refused to reduce
the rates on any article requiring protection.
Coal and iron were not touched. A free list
of articles was extended ; thus creating the
greater necessity of collecting the revenue
from those foreign articles which enter into
competion with articles of American growth
and manufacture. The House Tariff Bill was
considered by the friends of protection, many
of whom were in Washington at the time, as
the most favorable bill, under the circumstan
ces, that could be passed ; that it would prevent
the repeal of the duty on railroad iron and afford
protection to our manufacturers generally. The
Pennsylvania members who voted for that bill
were Messrs. Allison, Bradshaw,Broom,Camp
bell, Covode, Dick, Edie, Florence, FuIIei,
Knight, Kunkel, Milward, Packer, Purviance,
Roberts, Todd and Tyson 17. The Bill then
went to the Democratic Senate, and was refer
red to the Committee on Finance, of which
Mr. Hunter, of Virginia, an out and out free
trader, was Chairman. By that Committee the
duties were reduced, and the schedules chang
ed. The duties on iron, wool, &c, were re
duced, and a measure which was protective in
its essential features, was by a free trade Dem
ocratic Senate made more ruinous to our man
ufacturing interests than the bill of 1846.
When the bill was reported back to the House,
the Senate amendments were not concurred
in, the Pennsylvania members generally voting
to non-concur. A conference was asked for
and granted ; and although the Committee of
Conference was not so radical a reduction, it
was still almost a horizontal decrease on many
articles requiring protection iron anions the
rest. Those from Pennsylvania who voted in
the House for the Tariff act of 1857, were as
follows : Barclay, Cadwallader, and Florence
all Democrats- Those who voted against
that act were : Allison, Bradshaw, Broom,
Campbell, Covode, Edie, Fuller, Knight, Kun
kel, Milward, Packer, Purviance, Roberts,
Robinson, Todd and Tyson all American Re
publicans except Packer. The rest of the
delegation, who were Democrats, dodged the
matter in toto. j
Now these being the facts, as gleaned from j
the record, the man who asserts that the Tar
iff of 1857 is a Republican measure, does it
through ignorance, or with the design to dupe
and decieve. And the man who would design- j
edly decieive the unwary in a matter of such
moment, is a knave.
FOSTER STILL IN THE WOODS.
Gen. Foster, the Democratic candidate for
Governor, made a speech at Somerset on the
27th ult., that being the first place he was
heard of after he was lost in the woods atCres
son. According to a report of his speech fur
nished the Philadelphia Press, he advocated
the doctrine of Popular Sovereignty. A few
days, after, the Pennsylvanianx the Breckin
ridge organ, declared the statements of the
Press, to be false, and that Gen. Foster had
made no such remarks there or else here.
Its denial gains significance from the fact
that Gen. Foster himself was at that time in
Philadelphia, in communion with leaders of
the Breckinridge faction. Hereupon the Press
demands that Gen. Foster shall say whether
the report of his speech published by it cor
rect or not, ending its article thus :
"The earnest friends of Judge Douglas,
however they may deplore Gen. Foster's weak
ness, in constantly consulting with the ene
mies of that illustrious statesman, gladly greet
ed his Somerset speech in favor of the great
principle of self-Government ; and they stood,
and stand, ready to vote for him on that avow
al. But there must be no marked cards, no
loaded dice in this great game. Gen. Foster
cannot run upon two platforms. He cannot
make a speech in Somerset and disavow it in
Philadelphia. He cannot get the tens of thou
sands of votes of the Douglas Democrats by
catering for the contemptible Breckinridge
minority. His silence might have carried
him through; but when he will talk, it must
be with no forked tongue. Does be stand by
his Somerset speech, or does he repudiate it ?
That is the question. He must answer it or
the people will do it for him in October."
All Hail, Vermont! The Republicans of
Vermont have achieved more than their usual
victory. They have not only swept the State,
but swept it by 20,000 majority. The Demo,
cratic party in that State is about wiped out.
This is an inkling of what is to follow. Maine
comes next, and will roll up a majority ahead
of 1856. That every other free ' State in the
Union will take the same road, is no longer a
matter of doubt. The election of Blair and
Kolli ns in Misfjtri was the first gun of. the
campaign. This is the second. The victory
in Maine will tread fast upon the heels of that
in Vermont, and , then will . come the turn of
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, in October.
GtTeadj,"beys, for$ba fight and the assured
triumph that await i 51, . ' ;J -; ;
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE JOURNAL. ;
; Somerset, Pa., Sept. 7, 1860.
Dear Journal: Nothing of special impor
tance transpired on vhe way to Tyrone. In
passing over the mountain, however, we (the
stage) took in several rustic ladies. One, a
dark skinned,' black-eyed, black-haired-' girl,
had nothing to say ; until she arrived at
her destination, when she jumped out, and ex
claimed, "Good bye, gentlemen !." forgetting
our lady passengers. The other was a slender,
fair-skinned girl, who was "Going over to
the coalin' where her uncle had shot himself,
several weeks since."
At Tyrone we took the cars to Johnstown,
and on arriving at the latter place, we were
taken in by a back-driver, and when in front
of the Mansion House, we were taken in again ;
but shortly after we took tn a raasonable share
of "wittels," alter which we felt somewhat
relieved. The following morning I visited the
"Cambria Tribune" office, and found Messrs
Bowman and Swank', the editors, very clever
and pleasant gentlemen, who are doing good
service for"OJdAbe." After looking around
this mountain city, we wended our way to the
U lades of bomerset.
In speaking of "Old Abe," reminds me that
our friend George, in his issue of the 29tb
informs the world at large that "Foster was
found.' Not knowing from whence he re
ceived his dispatches, he may be wrong ; for
I have been informed that i oster was recent
ly seen wandering in the "Glades of Somerset
county," in company with "a man in specs,"
who tried to prove, to the "r iosty sons of
Thunder," that there was no difference be
tween the Lincoln and Douglas parties ; in the
meantime a number of the "harmonious" re
solved to capture the "gallant" Harry. A
regular quadrille movement was decided upon,
and Harry was at last driven into a corner.with
a promise of no bodily barm and his subse
quent release, in case be would give them
a few words of consolation and encouragement,
which truce was agreed to. Harry thereupon
mounted a stump and proceeded in imitation
of a new military evolution called the "snake
manoeuvre" or "anaconda movement," which
a fat, abdominous, credulous chieftain of a
western company went through with one hot
day in August, several wags in bis company
having told him that it was recently introdu
ced by Gen. Scott and was intended for the
safety of the commander-in-ceief in case of
great danger. "Straighten all !" said the cap
tain, and the 90 men straightened themselves
into a line. "Circulate all !" and the file did
circulate winding round their captain, ana
conda wise, fold on fold, encoiling him six
deep, until he was almost squeezed tb a skel
eton. Gasping and streaming at every pore
he exclaimed "unwind all !" doubting wheth
er the centre of tho "anacondo movement"
was the salest place for the commander-in
chief.
Thus it was with poor Ilarry. He straieb
tened, circulated, folded, and coiled, like the
"snake manoeuvre," until most of his auditors
could not determine whether he was "Union
or disunion," Breckinridge, Douglas, Gerritt
omitn or Bell ; but was understood to say
there was no difference between, the principles
or tne several parties, and that he was inclin
ed towards the Douglas squatter sovereignty
doctrine. -
After this severe effort sasnins and bleed
ing at every political pore, and doubting the
propriety of the movement the "gallant lead
er" departed ; leaving his friends to coniec-
ture whether what they heard was a reality;
or, whether a portion of bis contortuous move
ments were attributable to some spiritual
manifestations that had exhibited themselves
to his view during his wanderings in the Glades
And "whence he came or whither he eoeth."
I have not learned but it is presumed that he
is still wandering In "mum" paths, and that
it may he necessary to send a new committee m
search, to relieve him from his present un
pleasant position.
Political matters are moving along smooth
ly in this county. The "Frosty sons" are
alive, and will give "old Abe" not less than
1600 majority. The Democracy are divided
here, as elsewhere. The Douglas wing have
the inside track, but are for fusion ; therefore
the Hreckites keep as quiet as possible.
The crops in this county are unusually
good. Wheat is selling at $1; Rye at 60
cents; corn at 50 cents; and oats at 20 cents
per bushel. Yours, &c, S. J.R.
THE DOUBLE GAME.
Mr. J. C. Potterfield, who was nominated
for Assembly by the Democrats of Venango
county, has declined. Mr. Potterfield is a
strong and honest Douglas man ; but the lead
ers of his party, up there, are for Breckin
ridge; and feeling that he was merely used as
a bait to catch Douglas votes at the October
election, bo has withdrawn from the canvass.
He is frank enough, also, to give that as a rea.
son. He says:
"It is known that I have been a friend and
supporter of Stephen A. Douglas, and in the
main adhered to the doctrines promulgated by
him, and would cheerfully give him my sup
port were there a shadow of a chance of his
election. By the action of the State Commit
tee at Cresson, on the 9th day of August, the
last ray of hope has departed. The design of
this Committee is evidently to sell the State
to Breckinridge and Lane, which sale I cannot
lend a hand in bringing about, believing
Breckinridge to be the instrument by which
disunionists are mainly endeavoring to sever
the Union and obliterate the Democratic par
ty. The county organ (Spectator) hoists the
name of Judge Douglas, yet has nothing to
say in his behalf, nor does it advocate the
principles upon which he stands, and for which
he claims the highest office in the gift of the
people. The course pursued by this organ leads
me to believe that after the second Tuesday of
October the name of Douglas will be taken down
and those of Breckinridge and Lane run up ;
who are, I think, sectional and less worthy
the support of Democrats than Lincoln."
The sentence in italics indicates a fact of
great significance to the Douglas men. It
would be nothing if it were confined to Ve
nango county ; but what is true of that county
is true of a great many other counties in this
State ; and the fact is apparent that a large
number of democratic papers throughout the
State have raised the name of Douglas, and
give him a nominal support, which are really
for Breckinridge. The object is to hoodwink
the Douglas men for the present, and so se
duce them into the support of Foster and the
various democratic county tickets; and when
they have been milked dry, and everything
possibly gained out of their votes, haul down
the names of Douglas and Johnson, and run
up those of Breckinridge and Lane. The gen
eral stampede of these nominal Douglas men
to Breckinridge,"after the October election, is
expected to strike terror into the hearts of the
Donglas men, and carry the fusion electoral
ticket by a heavy vote over that of the Doug
las straightoat ticket.
'" The PeoDle's Party Convention f nh.
ter county unanimously nominated 140a. John
Hickman for CoBgreK, , - '
, " MR. BRECKINRIDGE'S SPEECH. ,
The speech of John C. Breckinridge, in re
ply to the "torrent of defamation" poured up
on him. was delivered on Wednesday at'Ash-
land, the home of Henry Clay. ' The speech
opens with an apology . for his appearance, and
an allusion to the union, wnicn was met: (run
great applause. Another apology for his treat
ment of Mr. Guthrie is introduced, together
with a dignified description of the manner in
which the nomination at Baltimore was forced
upon bim. He waives the question of the
Convention by which "an eminent citizen of
Illinois" was nominated. lie thinks that that
question has been fully exhibited before the
American people, but is of the opinion that it
was devoid not only of the spirit of justice,
bnt of the forms of regularity; -A very singu
lar sentence, breathing with prophecy; we
quote as follows : look forward with pleas
ure to the prospects 1 have of serving my country
inthe Senate of the United Stales for the tiext six
vears." lie denies having signed a petition
for the pardon of old John Brown, and having
entertained Know-Nothing sentiments, and also
declares that he did not support Gen. Taylor,
m 1848, and explains his neglect to vote for
Cass and Butler, by a little hunting anecdote:
fie also, in a few misty paragraphs, elaborates
bis popular sovereignty record, and denies
that he was ever committed to that doctrine.
He endeavors to show the inconsistency of Mr.
Douglas. The charges of Mr. Douglas that
the Kentuckian's party is a disunion party
the speaker dismisses in a few. haughty and
dictatorial sentences, while he proceeds to re
ply to the criticism of Mr. Crittenden, in that
stateman's Louisville speech. This portion
of the address is the most interesting part of
the oration. The speaRcr thinks there is
nothing in his career to justify the charge of
disunion, nor in the career of his colleague,
General Lane, to whom be paid a glowing eu
logJ on the "mutual admiration" principle
introduced by the General in his Philadelphia
speech. Mr. Breckinridge thinks the contest
one of principle, and to an elaboration of the
principle involved to wit : protection forsla
very in the Territories a greater part of the
address is devoted. He is very lame on the
Disunion question protesting that be is not
a Disunionist, -but failiug altogether to answer
the questions put to Mr. Douglas at Norfolk,
or to indicate what course he will pursue if
Lincoln is elected. On that subject he is as
silent as the grave. The N. Y. Times says :
".Mr. Breckinridge merely yields to obvious
expediency in asserting his fealty to the U-
iiion ; he affords us no assurance that his loy
alty is genuine ; or that he would withdraw
from the bad company he keeps, were he sat
isfied that these dangerous plans were only
suspended and not abandoned. His honesty,
in short, is exclusively a matter of policy."
THE STATE OF EUROPE.
That a great European War is looming on the
horizon of the r uture, can hardly be doubted.
The new-born accord between -the two great
German powers, after years of jealousy that
only stopped short of actual hostility, has pal-
paple reference to the trying ordeal which is
felt to be approaching. France yearns for the
boundary ot the Rhine at least her military
and other Napoleonists do and that boundary
can only be regained, as it was won and then
lost, by war. Italy would be free and united ;
out Austria, tne 1'opo and the King ot JNaples
obstruct the attainment of this end. The King
of Naples is evidently about to vanish: the
Pope may or may not follow in his footsteps ;
but Austria, strong in her well drilled legions,
her frowning fortresses, is not so easily dis
posed of. If the fall of .Naples does not call
her to arms, the first demonstration of Gari
baldi against the Statesof the Church certainly
will : and then comes war with Upper Itaby,
probably with France also. Only dear bread in
France and Government bankruptcy in Austria
aeeni likely to prevent this collision : and
such obstacles have rarely proved insuperable
when the passions of rulers, tho aspirations of
me military caste, counseled war. If Liouis
Napoleon live a year longer, a great war is all
but inevitable.
Then "the Sick Man" the Ottoman Empire
is visibly in the agonies of disolution. The
subtlest statecraft, the banded power of West
ern Europe, cannot keep the breath in his
palsied body much longer. Turks will be
Turks indolent, thriftless, merciless the ru
ler who compels them to treat the "Christian
dogs" as human beings and fellow subjects is
in tneir eyes an imbecile and a renetrade.to be
defied when out of sight, and desuised at all
times. Bankrupt, decreptirottiug silently,
irresistibly, the Turkish empir.e waits but a
rupture of the French-English alliance to dis
appear from Europe and the shores of the
Mediterranean. It will pass away in a convul
sion, but pass away it must. and the world will
look brighter when it is gone.
un every nana, me portents 01 change are
visible unmistakable. Wars revolutions
the recasting of States and remarking of Na
tional boundaries these are indicated as so
near that the oldest among us may reasonably
expect to witness tnem. The map of Europe
in ieti win be very dillerentfrom that of 18G0:
That it may bear witness to a free Hungary
and a United and Independent Italy, is pre-
aicie a Dy ine prayers ot millions and the
hopes of the generous and humane.
STARTLING AND GHASTLY CATASTK0PHE.
OVER 300 LIVES LOST.
The steamer Lady Elgin, which left Chica
go on t nday night last, was run into by the
schooner Augusta or Wausegan, m Lake Mi
chigan, about 10 miles from shore, at 2 o'
clock on Saturday morning, and sunk in twen
ty minutes in 300 feet of water, having on
board between three hundred and fifty and
four hundred passengers, orer three hundred of
whom were drowned : The vessel struck the
steamer at the midships gangway, on the lar
board side. At the time dancing was going
on m the forward cabin. It seems there were
but two boats on the steamer no mention of
life-boats is made which accounts for the
dreadful loss of life. Several fire comoanies
of Milwaukie forming part of 250 excursionists
of that city, were among the passengers.
The Rebellion iw Chisa. It is estimated
that in the capture of the city of Hang-Chan,
n China, by the rebels, from 50,000 to 80.000
Jives were lost. A correspondent of the N.
Y. Times, writing of the slaughter, says :
'Multitudes committed suicide rather than
meet tbe thickecing horrors ; or. driven to
desperation by their terrors, whole families
plunged into ponds, or wells, rather than fall
into the bands of the ferocious savasres who
were plundering ana murdering their neigh
bors. One instance especially has been men
. .. . -
tioned to me of a wealthy family who knew
that their reputed wealth would draw tbe ban
ditti to them, and who therefore deliberately
resoivea io escape or die together. There
were twenty-seven persons in all parents,
children, grandchildren, aud dauehters-in-law.
y nen n was iouna that the slauirhter had be
gun, ana mat tnere was no hope of escape,
tuey au leapea mio a aeep well, and died to
gether. At length, however, these scenes of
blood were brought to an end. The rfihu
found it impossible to storm the Tartar quar
ter of the city, and hearine of the advance of
a large Imperialist force sent to the chief of
tbe city, they abandoned tbe place aud made
good their escape."
B94 5lr Adams speech on our onteide; :
.- POLITICAL ITEMS.
All the elections held this year show con
clusively how the tide is running. The elec
tion of" Blair and Rollins to Congress, in Mis
souri; the almost universal triumph of the He
publicans at the municipal erections held du
ring the Spring, and the rousing Republican
victory in Vermont, all point nnerrinely to
the. coming triumph ot Lincoln; and they
have received unexpected confirmation in the
result 01 ine recent municipal elections in
Leavenworth, Kansas, and Wilmington, Dela
ware. This is the first time in three vears the
Republicans have succeeded in Leavenworth
The Immense aggregate of Army and lother
Federal patronage concentrated on that city
have hitherto made it strongly Pro-Slavery;
but its people have got an inkling of the fact
that Honest Old Abe is coming. Wilmington
has also for years been democratic, and has
now, for the first time, elected Republican
city officers.
Not the least gratifiyng feature of the
campaign is the marked and sleady growth of
Kepublicanism in the Slave States. Localities
where four years ago freedom of 6peech was
denied by mob force, now have their Repub
lican meetings and Republican newspapers.
Republican Electoral Tickets are running or
to be run, in all the Northern Slave States,
and the vote for them will show a steady and
rapid growth ol Republican sentiment. After
this election wiser counsels will doubtless pre
vail at the South in regard to differences of
political opinion, and the organization will be
extended to every State not only with respec
table strenglh.but with prospects ol early suc
cess. Alb. Eve. Jour.
The French population, like patriotic
men, are coming over to the Republicans by
scores. Within a day or two forty-six French
men of Ecorse, Michigan, have formed them
selves into a Wide-Awake club, and sent to
Detroit for their uniforms. All of those for
ty-six men, with one or two exceptions, have
acted with the Democratic party hilherlo ! Thus
thcpeople every where.are ranging themselves
on the side of freedom. Del. Adv.
The Secretary of State of Oregon lias're-
fused to issue the certificate of election to
Shiel, latety elected to Congress as successor
to Stout, on account of the election being pre
mature and unauthorized by law. This makes
a new election necessary, and it is not unlike
ly that Mr. Baker, the Republican candidate.
will this time eive Shiel, whom he lacked on
ly a few votes af beating before, a contest that
will "settle his hash."
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Journal of Commerce says: "It is
to be remarked that almost universally in the
South the election of Lincoln is deemed a
foregone conclusion. AH political specula
tions are based upon it. There has never ex
isted much confidence in the disposition of
the New Tork anti-Republican leaders to en
ter into a hearty and general co-operation."
The Republicans are the only party this
year who advocate the election of a President
by the people, or offer a feasible means of do
ing it. All the other parties are seeking not
to effect but to prevent such an election! By
their own confessions, this is all that any one
ol them is capable of doing.
The Albany Statesman is confident that
75,000 Americans in the State of New York
who have never before voted a Republican
ticket, will vote for Abraham Lincoln in No
vember next. The Americans cannot be
transferred as easily as the managers expected
James R. Struthers.Esq.,of Mauch Chunk,
a leading member of the Carbon County Bar,
and elected to the State Legislature several
years since by the Democracy of Lehigh and
Carbon, has come out and declared his inten
tion to-support Lincoln, Hamlin and Cui tin.
At the late Republican State Convention
in Minnesota, a delegate appealed who had
walked nearly two hundred miles in order to
be present. When the fact became known,
the Convention greeted him with three cheers.
One L. Caileton Belt, of Scarboro', Ga
advertises "the best plantation in Georgia for
sale, because he has no confidence in southern
security under snch a leader as Howell Cobb."
He muftt be badlv scared.
Bell-zebubs, is the new name for the Con
st it utional-Union-Bell-Everett-barter-and-sale
party. The name is much more expressive
tDnn its platform.
The Defiance rOhio) Republican publishes
t he names of ten Democrats of that town who
have come out for Lincoln.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Advertisements set w with large tvve or out of its mil
slyltwill bt charged double price for space occupied.
"IVTOTICE. A certain note given by W'm. Bell,
lv in favor of the subscriber, calling for S125,
payable 1st May, 1858, was lost by me. All per
sons are therefore cautioned against taking: an as
signment of the same, as 1 have received full
value. THOMAS CLEAVER.
PennTp., Sept. 5th, 1860-sepl2-3t
Large Copper Kettles,
APPLE PEARERS,
from 75 cts. to $1,25,
COAL OIL, 75 to $1.25 PER GAL.,
SELF-SEALING
FRUIT CAN S.
j
HOLDING 5 PINTS, 20 CENTS,
MONROE'S PATENT EUG-WIIIP,
Coal Oil Lamps,
A Splendid Assortment, at Reduced Rates,
MEAT CUTTERS AND STTJTFERS,
At Greatly Reduced Prioes ;
ALSO, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
HARDWARE, CUTLERY,
IRON, NAILS, STOVES, io.,
AT MERRELL & BIGLER'S,
Sentl2 Clearfield P
COAL I COAL ! ! The public are hereby in
formed that I will keep on hand, at the coal
bank of Judge Moore in the Borough of Clearfield,
a constant supply of the best article of Peacock
coal. The quality of the coal needs no recommen
dation, as the public know it as far superior to all
others for many miles around. Orders for enl
must be obtained at the store of Moore and Eti
wiler. Price for twenty bushels and nnwirdi 4.
cento per bushel at the bank, or 6 delivered. I
nave employed a man to deliver the coal to all,
except to snch as havt a team of their own.
rt. i2-3t. - MICHAEL CONLY.
h TVOTICE TO SCHOOL DIRECTORS AMlrr .
. 11 CIIERS OF CLEARFIELD CO. if VJ?A-
prereni, ins unaersignea win hold public e
nations and grant certificates to such teach.
are louna Qualified, at the trmes and ni.... l
named : Brady and UDion, September I"M ..'t'0
.1 . i mtk . -. . . u- ' Lb.
u.
burg ; Burnside and New Washington 2Gtb -
27th ; Penn, Lumber City and Bloom, 'sth
PennTillo; Pike and Curwensville 23th V 41
ucioncr lBi ; juecaiur a; aiorns 3d, at krf
Decatur 2d: Morris ?.t Vl,
field and Lawrence 6th ; Knox Sth, at Turkey H"i
Kartb stv8 10th 1 Covington 11th Girard 12th
Bald Bills; Goshen 13th. at Shawjtille; Hq,;.''
and Fox 15th ; Jordan 22d, at Ansonrille'
ria23d, at Glen Hope; Guelich 24th, at Jan
ville ; Woodward 2ith, at Jeffries, at 9 o'clock A M
AVhere no place h named, Directors should ehoos.
one. It would bo well for teachers to impror!
themselves in the art of teaching, inasmuch aj th
standard of qualifications has raised. Direotori
shmld be present with the teachers at the exami
nation to judge of their capacity to impart inrm
tion ta their pupils. JESSE EP.UOMALL
Sept. 12th. 1860 3tp Co. Snpt.
TAVERN LICENSKS. Notice U herebr
given that the undersigned have filed thtir
petitions for license.nnder the existing laws.at th
Sep tember Term of the Quarter Sessioni of Clear
field County:
W. D Woodward. Huston tOMnhin
Sept. 5. JOHN L. CUTTLE, FrothY
P
AV VP I PAY UP ! All rcrsom ii,Hi,,..i
to the underpinned on Judgment. Xm.,
Book Acconnts, Lands, or otherwise, are notiSef
to make payment without delay, and eave coau
He will be found at all times at tbe store of Gra
ham, Boynton fc Co., in Clearfield borough, wher
he keeps his book?. JAMES B. GKAll y
Clearfield, Pa, July 18, lSHO.
HUGH KRISE, )No. 53, June Term,
VS. Action sur Dirorcp '
Catharinne Matilda Krise. J And now, 25. June
18fi0, Thos. J. McCulIough. Esq., appointed com
missioner to take testimony. Per Curiam.
By virtue of the above appointment. I will .
tend to the duties of the same, at my office in tb
Borough of Clearfield, on Friday the 21st Uayf
Scptcmhcr. at 10 o'clock A.M.. when aud nhere all
persons interested may attona it thevsee proper
sept5 TJIOS. J. MeCl'LLOUGn. Com.'
VSf ILLIAM ANTES. ) No. - of Term.lSC-O.
W v vs. Action sur Divorce
MATILDA ANTES. 1 And now..lune20th.l-sn
Thos. J. McCulIough, Esq., appoirte4 commission
er to take testimony. Per Cceiav.
By virtue of the above arpoirtmect. I u!l at.
tend to the duties of the same, at my office in tho
Borough of Clearfield, on Fridav the 2!stdavof
September inst, at 2 o'clock P. M. of said dav.
when and where all persons interested ma v attend
if they see proper. T. J. McCl'LLOl'tf II,
Sept. 6th, 1800. . Commissioner.
GRIST AND SAW MILL FOR SALE.
The undersigned will sell at private sale hit
grist and sawmill on Little Clearfield creek, in
New Millport, Clearfield county. Pa. The grist
mill can be run by either steam or water, or tr
both at the same time. The machinery is all good.
The location is one of the best in the county. TL
saw mill ia in good running order and capable of
sawing 4000 feet every 12 hours. There is aluo a
dwelling house with the property. For terau,
which will be moderate, apply to the subscriber,
residing in New Millport
Aug. 15, lSG0-3m. MARTIN O. STIRC.
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, Clear
county, ss. I. James Vt'rigley, Clerk of tb
Orphans' Court of the county of Clearfield, do cer
tify, that at an Orphans' court held at ClearScM
the 2yth day of June, A.D. 1SG0, before the Hon
orable tho Judges of said court. On motion a ru!s
was granted upon the heirs and representatives of
Hannah Young, deceased, to coino into oourt on
the Fourth Monday of September nest, to accept
or refuse the real estate of said decedent, at the
valuation made thereof, or show cause why tbe
same should not be sold.
In testimony whereof. I have hereunto set
L.S. my hand and affixed the seal of said court it
Clearfield the 10th day of Jnlv. A. D. 1SO0.
Aug. 8.1S60. JAMES WRIG LEY. Clerk.
1VEW FIRM AND NEW STOCK.-Tb
ll undersigned take pleasure in announcing t
the citizens of Ansonville and vicinity that they
have entered into partnership in the mercantile
business, under the name of Swan ij- Ilartshon.
and that they have just received and opened oat
a stock of Seasonable Goods, embracing everything
usually kept in a country store, which they will
dispose of on the most advantageous terms to par
chasers. They solicit a share of patronage, trus;
ing that they will be able to render satisfactions
buyers. HENRY SWAN.
- W. U. HARTSHORN.
The books of Chase lr Swen. and those of Henry
Swan, are in the hands of 11. Swan for collection.
All persons indebted arc re quested to call and set
tle, as it is desirable to have the old accounts
squared. mar28, '60.
BKLLEFONTE MARBLE WOHKS!
The undersigned adopts this method of in
torming tbe public and the patrons of the let
firm of S. A. Gibson fe Co.. that he designs car
rying on the MAKBLE lirSIN'ESS in Lelle-
fonte, in all its various branches, and w ill bold
himself always in readiness to furnish thoso wbu
call upon him, with all kinds of Cemetrrv WorL
of the latest classical designs, and superior work
manship, such as Monttmrtit, Box Tombs. Cra
dle Tombs, Spires. Obrtisis. Grecian Tombs. Ta
ble Tombs, Ileatl Stones, Carved. Sculptured r
Plain, as cheap, if not cheaper, than they can b
had at any other establishment in the country.
Thankful for past favors, the undersigned solicit
an increase of patronage. W'M. GA11AGAN.
tfellefonte, l'a., March 23, 1859-tf.
JOSHUA S. JOHNSON, CABINET MAKER.
having fitted up a shop a few doors east if
the ;01d Jew Store," on Market street, desires to
inform the community at large, that he keeps on
hand a varietv of CABINET ltV)?A' m his
shop, and that he manufactures to, order, (of
penor finish.) every description of Household anl
Kitchen furniture, among which are Centre, and
Dining Tables; Mahogony and Common bureaus;
Common and Fancy Bedsteads, Stands. !afes. Cop
boards. Sofas. Loanges. which he is determin
ed to dispose of at as chean rats. for cash, as tbet
can be purchased at any other establishment of
the sort in the county. Persona wishing, to buy
furniture are invited to. come to his shop and ex
amine his articles, and judge for themselves of i
quality and finish, before purchasing el.ewhre,
as hefeefs confident that he an suit thcui in pric
end quality. Country ptoiltfce will be taken itt
payment for furniture. November 10. lS.iS.
A- 1$. lie is also prepare! t make COFFINs to
order on tho shortest notio, ad attend funerti
with a hearse-, when called upon. J.S.J.
NEW FIRM, SEW GOODS, AND NEff
TTrif?FS l ri Piitrirr r
The undersigned, desire to inform the cititens ot
Clearfield ad surrounding vicinitv. that the
have recently purchase! m tho Eastern cities
large and well selected stock of seasonable Goods,
which they have opened in the well-km.n-n Roma
on Market 6treet, Clearfield, (formerly occupied ty
Win. F. Irwin.) Their stock codsisLs ot a ireDeral
assortment of the very best Foreign and Domesti
DRY GOODS, GROCERfES. if A KD.WARE.
CUTLERY, QUEENS-WAKE. CEDAR & U ILl-OW
WAKE. BOOTS, SHOES. H TS CAPSO'D
BONNETS, DRUGS. PALMS, AC. AC.
Theirstock of Dry Good3 consists in part of such
Cloths, Casstmeres, Satinets. Ttt ctds. Yettmgi,
Mtistin, Tiding, Checis. Ca!icri, ChintzK
Ginghams, Cattn and Wool Plannrls,
Lame, Cashmeres. Sills. Plants, Shatelh
Brilliants, llosi
Also, a great variety of Ladies' Boots and, GilUTS
Misses and Cbildrens Shoes; Mens', Boys'. ni
Youths' Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps, with a lr
selection of useful notions, amonz which i
Perfumery, Cloth ana" Hair Brushes, Fef
Soaps, Pens and Prn-holders. Combs, be, . i
together with many other aseful notions, I' w ;
which will be sold low for Cash, or in exchan? j
for approved country produce. As their stock j
entirely new, and purchased on tho most aavao- :
geous terms, they feel confident that they can I
ana examine lor yourselves, before purco"-
elsewhere. Remember tbe new store is theph
Feb. 22, 1880. GRAHAM, EQYNTOlt tv-