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WHAT HAS MODERN DEMOCRACY DONE 1
. The party calling itaelf the ''Democracy
bat held power lor the last eight years, up to
the 4th of March fonr years onder Pierce and
fonr under Buchanan. Darin? this time it
has always had a large majority ia the United
States Senate, which is one branch of Con
gress, and has generally been stronger than
ny other one party in the House of Repre
entatires, which is the other branch. No law
could be passed that did not meet iti appro
bition, Tor every law would hare to pass each
branch of Congress and be sanctioned by the
-President, and two of these were always on the
side of modern Democracy. During that time
the same party has wielded the entire immense
patronage of the government. Thus entrench
ed in power that party has exerted a control
ling influence, far and wide, over the affairs
of the nation.- And, daring thisre:gn of pow
er what bas it done 1 lias it made the conn
try more prosperous 1 Not at all. It leaves it
In state of dissolution and ruin. It bands
over to its successor the public affairs' in a
more embarrassed and perplexed condition
than ever tbey were since the beginning of
the government. The people want economy
and purity and patriotism in the administra
tion they place in power. Did they get any
of these things ia the last administration 7
Not one of them. The administration, so far
from using economy, was noted for extrava
gance. The yearly expenditures were in
creased more than twenty millions, of dollars
beyond what was before spent in one year In a
time of peace. And ia the midst of peace
and uninterrupted trade the administration
plunged the country in debt by borrowing
many millions every few months, to support
Its extravagant expenditures. On investiga
tion it is found, that embezzlement and fraud
have been practised to a fearful extent; aad
that the administration of Buchanan has been
the most extravagant and corrupt in the an
sals of American history. It is found that, at
least two members of the cabinet, Cobb and
Floyd, are traitors at heart, and go forth from
their high offices to plot treason and assiat in
breaking up the Union. The one leaves the
Treasury in a most ruinous condition, desti
tute of money and shattered in credit. And
It appears that the other, by his illegal mal
practice and connivance, has assisted in rob
bing the Treasury of six or seven millions of
dollars; whilst multitudes of smaller pecula
tions are brought tojight, by which the Trea
sury has been robbed of millions more. Oth
er leading men and controlling spirits of the
party, such as Jefferson Davis, Toombs, and
.Benjamin, go home to play the traitor and di
vide the country. Yet these are the men.
whose speeches have been circulated among
us under Democratic auspices, to teach us les
sons of wisdom, patriotism, and love for the
Union. Such is the character and end of
modern Democratic rule. But is it any won
der that such would be the end of a party con
trolled by such leaders 7 So greatly have the
Breckinridgo politicians of the north been un
der the influence of these men, that even now
they speak of the traitors in terms of the
highest respect, if not of praise, and boldly
endeavor to convince the freemen of the
land of the Divine authority and excel
lence of Slavery.
Gov. Houston and the Conspirators. Pri
vate information received from Texas gives re
liable assurance that Gov. Houston intends to
resist the conspirators who aim at the posses
sion of State power by deposing him from the
Executive chair, In order to carry out their
designs of disunion. He has refusod to rec
ognize the proceedings of the bogus Conven
tion, representing a factions minority in the
.State, and the malcontents intend to coerce
fiim if possible. This experiment may involve
a collision in Texas and, if the Governor for
tnally calls upon the President fur aid in sup
pressing rebellion, or the proper execution: of
the laws, be cannot refuse to furnish it. Some
such requisition Is expected, unless affairs
should assume so unexpected phase - in that
region. . Since Gov. Houston addressed his
letter to Gen. Twiggs, he bas repented of that
rror, and now seems willing to retrieve it.
; A Weighty Decision. The Supreme Court
of California (Judges Field, Cope, aad Bald
win) bas affirmed the judgment of the Court
below, whereby it was established that the
.owner of land in California under a patent
from the United States owns all that grows
-upon or ia buried within that land owns
from the center of gravity to the top of the
highest tree the same as is our older States.
In 1&52, that same Court decided that the min
erals fmbCed in such lands belonged to the
State, by virtue of Spanish-Mexican law and
the principle of Eminent Domain. Ttiat de
cision Is now completely reversed, by a unan
imous decision rendered on the 25th ult.', and
the right of the owner of the soil to tbo min
erals .contained ; therein, declared absolute.
The parties litigant were Moore against Shawl
.and Fremont against Flower, and the point
may sow be considered settled. . t rs :
" Hon George-W. Scrsnton, member of
Congress .from the 12th district In this State
died on Sunday, at.bii residence ia Scranton,
Luxtrna count,..;;,; ; 4..;. . .. s . ; .
NAVIGATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI
The main object of Mr. Jefferson and the
men of his day in the purchase of Louisiana at
every heavy expense for that period of this
country's weakness and comparative poverty,
was to secure the control of the Mississippi
from its far-reaching tributaries to its mouth.
This was justly deemed an object of prime im
portance, an essential condition of national
independence and prosperity ; and if so impor
tant then long before the invention of the
steamboat it is vastly more so now. let it
looks as if this great boon, purchased at so
large a price, and cherished ever since as one
of our country's greatest national glories, was
about to be rudely snatched from us, not by
the over-matching power of foreign enemies,
but by domestic traitors. Oo this snbject, the
Chicago Tribune, ot last week says : .
"The terms upon which the Mississippi riv
er can be hereafter navigated by citizens of
the United States of America, are published
by C. G. Memminger of South Carolina, who
signs himself "Secretary of the Treasury"
supposed to be acting under Jeff. Davis's gov
ernment. Mr. Menuninger's regulations are
highly refreshing to all of us who reflect bow
Louisiana was bought with Federal dollars for
the express purpose of giving to the North
west a free outlet to the ocean. The first
regulation pwrtains to vessels entering the
Hjonlederate "States" from points above their
northern limits. Mr. Memminger says that
the Collector of the port of Norfolk, orNelm's
landing, in the State of Mississippi, sh&Uboard
all vessels or craft of whatever description
entering said Confederate States, aDd compel
the master thereof to exhibit two copies of his
manifest, setting forth his cargo, destination,
etc. After a sufficient time spent in smelling,
measuring and gauging the cargo, the collec
tor shall give the master a permit to proceed
on bis course, written upon the back of one of
the manifests the other to be retained by the
said collector. Ail flat-boats loaded with coal
must stop at Norfolk, or Nelm's Landing, and
if destined for any point which is not a port
of entry, must pay duties on the same then and
there. All vessels destined for ports of entry,
having received the permit of the collector of
Norfolk, or Nelm's Landing, shall be allowed
to pay duties to the collectors of said ports
respectively, under a complicated svstem of
appraisement, inspection, urveyingJrJbnding,
et cetera. We have frequently called atten
tion to the fact that there can be no such thing
as free navigation of the Mississippi while any
State, or any number of States, south of us
assume the right to place any restrictions
whatever on the ocean bound products of the
Northwest. We have examined Mr. Meni
minger's circular quito carefully, and we find
that the right to levy duties, fees, imposts and
all manner of embarrassments on commerce
is fully and distinctly assumed. It is true
that no duties are imposed by the present tar
iff of Jeff. Davis's government on the princi
pal products of the Northwest. This liberal
ity may proceed from motives of self interest
or from fear of the outraged millions inhabi
ting the Upper Mississippi and its tributaries,
or from both combined. But the right to tax
every pound of freight shipped from Pitts
burgh, Cincinnati, Louisville, Memphis, St.
Louis or Galena, destined for Havana, New
York, Liverpool or any other port in the
world, is distinctly assumed. In view of this
plainly- declared tact, it is impossible to see
how war is to be avoided, whether in the
Union or out of the Union. It is impossible
to see bow Henry Clay's prediction in 1850 is
not in fair way of meeting a bloody fulfillment :
"If tbis Union shall become separated, new
Unions, new Confederacies, will arise ; and
with respect to this if there be any I hope
there is no one in the Senate before whose
imagination is Siting the idea of a great South
ern Confederacy to take possession of the
Balize and the Mississippi, I say in my place,
never! never ! never I will we who occupy the
broad waters of tbo Mississippi and Its upper
tributaries consent that any Joreign flag shall
float at the Balize, or upon the turrets of tbo
Crescent City never ! neves !"
THE HEW TARIFF.
New York is a great importing and commer
cial city ; and anything calculated to diminish
the imports of the country will meet with al
most unanimous opposition there. Hence
several newspapers of that city urge a modi
fication or suspension of the tariff law enacted
by the late Congress. This, bowever, they
will not be able to accomplish. Notwithstand
ing the importance, the wealth, and the pow
er of this importing interest in the eastern
cities, it is well for the general interests of the
country it is well for the whole country
that this one great interest, whose influence
is so immense, by reason of its power of con
centrated action, having failed in the opposi
tion it made to the passage of tbis tariff is
to fail In this further opposition which they
nre stirring up against it in the hope that c
ven now they can prevent it going into opera
tion by obtaining a call for an extra session to
remodify it; a course which they calculate on
as likely to result altogether to their mind
as the whole question would be sent adrift
once more, with the maelstrom of political
convulsion inevitable in the way. But their
hope, we trust, is only a "forlorn" one very
brave, but brave because of desperation.
Certain it is that no tariff that would promote
the general interests of the country that
would foster its growing manufactures, and
create a revenue to meet the requirements af
the government no tariff adequate to attain
these ends would receive the support of the
importing interest which so strenuously re
sisted the Morrill bill, and yet resists that
modification of it which the late Congress
passed, and which is now the law. This
clamor against it on their part is only evi
dence that they fear it fear the very trial of
of it, lest the people, experiencing the bene
fits resulting from it, would resist all after
attempts to interfere with it, or secede from
the principles on which it is based. Spite of
all this interested clamor, then, we say let
the law go into operation and have a fair trial
It Is certainly based upon correct principles,
although it may bo detective in some of its
details. It is not, however, the details but
the principlo that New York is quarrelling
with. The importing interest is in this re
spect like the slave interest at varience with
the general interest of the great body of the
American people, and we protest against
either being permitted to dictate the policy
of the country. '
v-A Souther Opinio. The New York Ob
server bas not been accused of anti-slaveryism
hitherto, but to stand by the Union is td be
reckoned an abolitionist in the southern con
federacy vow, or rucb a journal would never
get such a letter as this from one of its south
ern subscribers : . . . .. , ;
t We cannot sustain a p-per that inoculates
opinions and doctrines so hostile to the inter
ests of the South. You support the Critten
den resolutions, which are mere milk and wa
ter.' You make great glorification over Etn
eridge's, Clemens', Gilmer's, and Johnson's
speeches in Congress men who are all trai
tors to the South and to their constituents.
You are great Unionxaen, but we can preceive
the cloven foot. Ton are black-republicans,
Liacolnites, aad abolitionists la disguise.-
STOKAKY OF SEWS.
"Tbe SsEAxraa Traitors or the Nos-th.'! ;
The New York Jitlas, one of the ablest old
line Democratic papers of the North, bas a
strong artical with the foregoing beading, and
though stronger in language than we can ap
prove, yet doubtless, in its fact, substantially
true. It calls things by their right names, and
may be the only way to meet a "class of per
sons, who under a thin veneering of pretended
love for the Union, are profoundly steeped in
treason. Tbey talk of patriotism, and at the
aame time are chuckling at the humiliating
position in which the administration is placed
by being obliged to give up Fort Sumter, and
to tolerate others acts of the secessionists
which weaken our government at home and
render it contemptible abroad. These North
ern secessionists, in their disguise, are the
very men that the Southern secessionists rely
upon for encouragement and assistance in
their resistance to the general government.
Tbey are cunningly poisoning the public
mind, and are continually informing the peo
ple of the South that the North will be divi
ded in the case of a collision between the se
cessionists and the general government."
International Affairs. The first inter
national difficulty with the Southern Confed
eracy has occurred in Brooklyn, in the case of
Patrick McCIuskey whose name betrays his
origin who was brought before a Justice,
yesterday, on a charge of intoxicat ion. he
denied the right of the court to try him, as be
was a citizen of the Southern Confederacy, in
proof of which he pulled a small Palmetto flag
out of his pocket and flourished it defiantly be
fore the justice. The Court, however, did not
recognize the right ot secession, individually
or by States, so Patrick was convicted, fined
$10 and costs, and in default ot payment was
sent to jail for ten days, protesting vehement
ly that "it would be the occasion of war" be
tween the United States and the "Confederate
States of America." .
As Escocraging Epistlk. The Editor of
the Illinois State Journal bas received the
following chaste and encouraging epistle from
a secessionist, who, it seems, has been reading
that piper : Si-bixgfield Jocrnal. Allow a
disunionist to say your editorials are particu
larly noticed South. Your talk is just the
thing we like to hear. Give us bell, we like
to bear it. We defy the Government and all
such hell-hounds as your paper and followers
to alter our purposes. We are all right here
our course is marked out change it if you
can. A Secessionist.
The Flag of the Americas Usion. A few
days since, Judge William Lawrence, of Logan
county, Ohio, caused the following order to
be entered upon the journal of his Court :
"It is hereby ordered that the sheriff ol Logan
county be, and hereby is directed at every
term of this Conrt, to erect upon the dome of
the Court House in Bellefontaine, a suitable
standard witb the flag of the American Union
thereon, and the same shall there remain du
ring the sessions of this Court, as an evidence
of devotion to the 'Constitution, the Union,
and the enforcement of the laws.' "
"Look at it !" Two or three years since a
prominent American gentleman, visiting Eu
rope, called upon Mr. W., our Minister to
Prussia, and, in company with him, visited a
famous sculpture in the City of Berlin. Our
"representative abroad" folded his arms,
threw back his head, in admiring attitude, and
exploded in tbis brilliant exclamation:
"Look at It ! now arn't that a splendid statoot 7"
The story is told of him, too, that when he
paid his respect to the King for the first time,
he drove up to the palace in a cab, and a very
seedy one at that. .
A Significant Indication. A gentleman
residing in Iowa writes that the land offices in
different sections of the West are flooded with
applications for information from Southern
people. These applications are generally
made in writing and refer to the state of at
fairs existing in the South as rendering emi
gration to the North desirable. Many of these
applications come from as far South as Texas
and Louisiana. The fact is, the "reign ot ter
ror" prevailing in the "Cotton States" must
ere long drive tens of thousands of the best
inhabitants away.
Virginia. Tne secessionists claim to have
gained a few votes !n the Convention from
the ranks of the Unionists, but still the latter
have a controlling majority. This apparent
accession to the strength of the disruption
party is owing to the fact that some members
were Union men on sucb impracticable condi
tions that they might as well have been class
ed with the secessionists from the first
While they were elected by the votes of the
Unionists, they are really the worst kind of
destructives. We think the State at large is
safe.
Another International Exhibition. It
bas been fully decided that the National exhi
bition held in England in 1851 shall be repea
ted in 1862. The Commissioners appointed
by the English Government have come to a
resolution as to the precise character of the
building. The Bank of England has offered
to advance the required funds, and a contract
will at once be made with two eminent firms
who sent in the lowest tender, and who have
jointly agreed to execute. the work.
Something New. An improvement has
been made in sugar refining in New York, by
which, says the World, syrup made from com
mon Muscovado molasses, is pronounced by
sugar refiners who have tested it, as being
nearly, if not eqnal. to sugar house syrup
which is sold for family use. The process of
refining involves an expense of about one cent
per gallon. The process is rntiiriiauiiii i li mi
cal, no acids being used.
f Uenerocs. l ne Rev. ihos. K. Beechr
brother of Henry Ward, walking through E r
raira, saw a poor widow, who had no one to
help her, sawing her wood. Immediately off
went his overcoat and muffler, and sound min
isterial muscle soon finished the little pile she
had. The next day a cord of wood was laid
before the widow's door, and sawed and piled
by two men the pay coming out of the Rev
erend Beocher's pocket.
" A Love Affair. The guests in the Indian
apolis Hotel were startled one day last week
by the efforts of an unsophisticated young
country girl to stab a man in the parlor who
had lured her from her home under, the prom
ise of marriage. Preferring matrimony to
death, the seducer relented, the knot was tied,
and harmony again restored.
Fob the Union Naked. An enthusiastic
Union man in California thus closes a business
letter : "California is upright, downright and
outright for, the Union, whatever its Legisla
ture may say or do. . No bnzzard, bat, owl,
pelican, nigger, bear or wolf flag shall ever
flap treason from its folds while there lives a
pioneer to pull it down.",.
Taxes is Mississippi The Mississipplans
are already experiencing the benefits of seces
sion. There is already a special tax levied of
50 per cent, and if they get through their ca
reer, says a Louisiana paper, without having
their taxes increased more than 500 per cent,
tbey will come out well indeed.
A Pleasant Berth. The Times' : corres
pondent says that the Gautemala mission pays
f 7,500 and 50 per cent, of the above amount
extra for Honduras.- The duties are light
consisting of swinging all day ia a hammock
and turning around at night to tertnhas, and
flirting with the Senorltas." ' --
BOW THE KNEE-
Attention is directed to tbe position now
boldly put forth for the adoption or rejection
of tbe American people by tbe Hon. A. H.
Stephens, of Georgia, now Vice President of
tbe Confederate states, ana me master mina
of that Heptarchy. In order that the reader
may have his views set forth in his own lan
guage, we take tbe following extract from his
speech at Savannah, on the 21st Instant :
"Tbe new Constitution has put to. rest,
forever, all the agitating questions relating to
our peculiar iusuiuuuu -auitu ohicij
exists amongst us the proper status of the
negro in our form of civilization, ibis was
the immediate cause of the late rupture and
present revolution. Jefferson, in his fore
cast, had anticipated this, as the 'rock upon
which the old Union wouldsplil.' He teas right.
What was conjecture with him is now a realized
fact. But whether be fully comprehended the
great troth upon which that rock stood and
stands, may be doubted. The prevailing ideas
entertained by him and most of the leading states
men at the time of the formation of the old Con
stitution, were that the enslavement of the Afri
can was in violation of the lavs of nature ; that
it was wrong in principle, socially, morally and
politically. It was an evil they knew not well
how to deal with, but tbe general opinion ot
the men of that day, was that somehow or oth
er, in the order of Providence, the institution
would be evanescent and ps&s away. This
idea, though not incorporated in tbe Consti
tution, was the prevailing idea at the time.
The Constitution, it is true, secured every es
sential guaranty to the institution while it
should 1a6t, and hence no argument can be
justly used against the constitutional guaran
tees thus secured, because of the common sen
timent of the day. Those ideas, however, were
fundamentally wrong. They rested upon the
assumption of the equality of races. This
was an error. It was a sandy foundation, and
tbe idea of a Government built upon it, when
the 'storm came and the wind blew, it felt.1
Our new Government is founded upon ex
actly tbe opposite idea; its foundations are
laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great
'.ruth, that tbe negro is not equal to tbe white
man. That Slavery, subordination to the su
perior race, is his natural and normal condi
tion. Applause. Tbis, our new Govern
ment, is the first, in the history of the world,
based upon tbis great physical, philosophical
and moral truth."
It is not our object says, the Pittsburg Ga
zette, at present to combat these monstrous
doctrines, or rather assumptions, which are
admitted to be at varience with the earlier
doctrines of the Republic, and which we all
know to be at war with the general moral
sense of Christendom, and with all our ideas
of justice and humanity. What we wish to
do is to warn our people of a danger which is
looming up in the dark and stormy future.
This speech is a plitform upon which the ad
vocates of slavery intend to make a stand,
and upon which they hope to prevail. Up to
the time of the vote upon the question of Se
cession in Georgia, Mr. Stephens was regarded
as the leader of the Union party ; but when
the ordinance of Secession passed, be put his
name to it, and has ever since been a leading
man in tbe Secession movement. Some hoped
that bis object was to play that mad drama
out, and then, when a popular reaction should
take place, lead his State back into the Union.
But we now see that his views are far more
radical than was at first .supposed, and that he
is laboring, not so much to subvert the gov
ernment as to changejts principles. There is
evidence of the existence of a great conspira
cy to found a new government "upon exactly
the opposite idea" entertained by the framers
of the present government. To effect this the
majority of the American people are to be
persuaded to adopt that "opposite idea." AH
the slave States are presumed to be ready for
that now. To give that idea practical force
all they have to do is to discard the old Con
stitution and adopt the new. This, it is cal
culated, will restore unity and peace to the
slave States, and throw tbe war into the free
States. The Union will then be broken into
two great divisions. The democratic party
will then be resuscitated, and to it will be
given tbe work of reconstruction, npon demo
cratic principles, which, for a long time, have
been nothing more nor less than such as
Southern politicians dictated. The doctrines
which have been maintained by tbe leaders
and presses of that party are in strict accord
ance with those of the new Montgomery Con
stitution, and the teachings of Stephens, as
above quoted. Already have many of them
declared tbe new Constitution to be an im
provement upon the old, and that their party
in the North are "in perfect agreement" with
the secessionists. It is expected that thou
sands who deprecate and dread civil war will
gladly adopt tbis peace measure; that others
who cannot bear the idea of a dismemberment
of the Union will eagerly barter away the
principle involved for tbe hope of reunion j
and last, but not least, that the mercantile
classes will agree to any thing likely to pre
serve to them the trade of the South. Thus
do they bpe to drive the line northward and
northward, capturing State after State, until
the whole, or at least tbe greater part, shall
be absorbed. Then, so far as human powers
of resistance can go, slavery will be supreme,
and the government based upon what Stephens
calls "the great, physical philosophical and
moral truth," that negroes were made to be
slaves, and that the ideas held on tbis subject
by the fathers of the Republic, "were fundamentally-wrong."
Look at tbe combination
of interests and prejudices arrayed against us
on this all-important question, and you will
see that tbe hardest struggle we ever engaged
in is probably just , before us. Mr. Seward
was mistaken when he said, The battle of
Freedom is fought and won."
Specie in the Socth. The Savannah peo
ple are bothered for specie. The News thus
complains : "Our merchants complain ot the
hardship of having to pay 5 per cent premium
for gold with which to pay duties on their im
ports. By a tabular statement published in
the New-York papers, it appears that upward
of $19,000,000 in specie bas been received in
this country from England within the last
three months. Now, it is fair to set down at
least two-thirds of the amount of specie to the
account of the cotton exported from the South
to England. If tbis specie is in return for our
cotton, will any one inform us why a large
portion of it does not find its way South 7
Why is it that our banks, who control the cot
ton, have not an abundance of specie with
which to enable our merchants to pay their
duties ? Will some of our merchants who are
familiar with commercial and banking opera
tion Informs us why,., with the immense influx
of specie from Europe, it commands a premi
um of 5 per cent in Savannah"
Cacgiit Nicelt. A man named Lewis
Snowden, an engineer on the Bellefontaine and
Indiana Railroad, as we learn from The Bucy
rus Journal, was married at that place a few
days ago. A few minutes after the ceremony
was performed, a dispatch was received stating
that Showden was already married, having a
wife and three children living in Pittsburgh.
The newly-made wife demanded that the mat
ter be cleared up, and she and Snowden start
ed for Pittsburgh for that purpose, but, before
reaching that city, he left the train, and has
not since been beard of. The Injured woman
continued to the end of the journey, and found
all true as reported to her by telegraph.
Direct Trade. Tkt Charleston Mercnry
concludes an editorial on "JRrect Trade,"
with the following significant language :
There is but one solitary stumbling block in
the way of direct trade. A reconstruction of
tbe Slave States with any of the Northern,
Free, importing States will at once, in our
judgement, strike "direct trade" to thegrouad.
New-York has the track. She has the accu
mulated capital, and she has the custom.
Nor can any possible efforts at the South di
vert her trade from her, except through the
operation of two distinct nationalities. Tbis
will do it, as we have shown, most effectually.
And nothing else will. Any political connec
tion with New-YorK will again bind us, very
vassals in commerce, at the wheels of her tri
umphal car. Her rod will again be over us ;
and. with her accumulated capital and estab
lised business, no power can arrest it. Let us
look well to tLis matter in the future. Thera
are specks upon tbe Southern horizon that ere
long may become dark and mutteriog clouds.
We fear reconstruction on the basis of the new
Constitution.
HEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Advertisement set tw targe type, cuts, or out ofurual
style trill be charged double price f or space occupied
To insure attention, the CASH must accompa
ny notices, as follows : All Cautions with SI ;
Strays, SI; Auditors' notices, $1,50; Adminis
trators' and Executors' notices, $1,50, each ; and
all other transient Notices at the same rates
CAUTION. All persons are hereby caution
ed against purchasing or meddling witb the
following property now in the hands of Wm. Jor
dan of Lumber-city, to wit: One gray horse, One
bay horse. One yearling heiffer, One 2-horse wag
on, 2 set harness, and a variety of farming uten
sils, as the same belong to me and are subject to
my order, and hare only been left with said Jor
dan on loan. SAMUEL KIRK.
Lumber city, April 3, lS6l-3tp.
JV"EW STOKE. The subscriber has opened a
1 new store at Williamsville, Clearfield county,
?a, -where he will keep constantly on hand a gen
eral assortment of DRY-GOODS, GROCE
RIES, PROVISIONS, 4c, which he will sell
for cash, or exchange for Timber, Boards, Shin
gles, Grain, Country Produce, Ac. He will be
pleaded to have all who wish to purchase any of
the above articles to give him a call.
JAMES E. WATSON.
Williamsville, April 3d. lS61-3m.
STATEMENT of the Clearfield County Bank
for the month ending March 30th, 1861.
ASSETS
Bills discounted, : : : : 513,797 33
Pennsylvania State loans, 21.3j3 75
Specie, :::::::: 5.21215
Hue from other banks, : : 3.70 17
.Note of other banks, : : : 1.170 00
Checks, drafts, Ac. : : : 51i 00
Furniture. : ; , : : : : : 223 19
Expense of plate engraving.ac. 704 75
Stationary, c. : : : : : 304 S3
$52,110 22
LIABILITIES. "
Capital stock, paid in, : : $24,900 00
Notes in circulation, : : 19.6S0 00
Due dcpositers, : : : : 6.535 97
Interest and exchange, : : 99125
-S52.110 22
JAMES B. GRAHAM, Cashier.
Clearfield. Pa.. April 3. 1861.
LIST OF RETAILERS of Foreign and Do
mestic Merchandise, in the County of Clear
field, for 1351, subject to the payment of Lieense.
SAVES. . RESIDENCE. CLASS. TO PAT.
John Robison Beccaria town'p It $7 00
Wm. R. Dickinson " " 14 7 00
Jeremiah Cooper " " 14 7 00
Mary A Catharine
Wright A Co. " 14 7 00
Groom. Dicaty A Co. " 14 7 00
Lionel W. Weld " 14 7 00-
Samuel Hegarty " " 14 7 00
Charles J. Pusey " 14 7 00
John Robison , " 14 7 00
Eli W. Brady, Bell township, 14 7 00
II. L. Henderson, ' " 14 7 00
S. T. Hoover, " " 14 7 00
Wm Lnmadne, - Boggs township, 14 7 00
H. Waple, confect. " 8 5 00
A. Montgomery, Brady township, 14 7 00
Jacob Kuntx, " . 14 7 00
John Carlile, " " 14 7 00
Reuben H.Moore, 14 7 00
Thos. Montgomery, " 14 7 00
Daniel Good lander, " " 14 7 00
F. K. Arnold. 13 10 00
Samuel Arnold, " 13 10 00
Matthew Forcee, Bradford town'p, 14 7 00
Edward Williams, - 14 7 00
Wm. Albert, W " 14 7 00
E. McMasters, Burnside town'p 14 7 00
James McMurray, It 7 00
Patch in A Sons, " " 14 7 00
Wm. Hunter, Chest township 14 7 00
James Curry, " 14 7 00
Reed A Weaver. Clearfield Boro' 12 12 50
Moore A Etsweiler, " " 12 12 50
Richard Mossop, " " 12 12 50
Graham A Boynton, " 12 12 50
Wm F. Irwin, 12 12 50
. Kratzer A Sons, " 12 12 50
Merrell A Bigler, " " 14 7 00
J.G. flartswick, ji 700
Leonard, Finney A Co Bankers " 9 25 00
Francis Coudriet. Covington tp , 14 7 00
P. T. Hegarty. ' " 14 7 00
John Bannoy. " 14 7 00
Valentine Huffman. 0. " " 8 5 00
Ed. A. Irwin, Curwensv. Boro' 11 15 00
J. A J. F. Irwin, " 12 12 50
A. Montgomery, ' " " 14 7 00
H.Patton. HippleACo. 11 15 00
John D. Thompson, " " 14 7 00
J. Stephen Graff, conf. 8 5 00
J. F. Stiner, Decatur township, 14 7 00
Drum, Lippencott A Co. " " 14 7 00
Bowman A Perks, " ' " 14 7 00
James Irwin, Girard township, 14 - 7 00
Augustus Leconte, ' 13 10 00
Wm. F. Humphrey, . 14 7 00
Ellis Irwin A Son, Goshen town'p, 14 7 00
A. B. Shaw. " 13 10 Oo
Thomas H. Forcee. Graham town'p, 11 15 00
Holt, Wilson A Holt, " 12 12 50
Fox A Souder, Guelich town'p, 14 7 00
J. A. Hegarty. " " 14 . 7 00
Phoenix Lumber Co. " 14 7 00
P. Sneeringer A Co. " 14 7 00
David Tyler, . Huston town'p" 14 7 00
Hiram Woodward, " - 14 7 00
Wm. Brady, . 14 7 00
David McGeehan, Jordan township 14 7 00
Swan A Hartshorn, . " 14 7 00
Wm. B. Hegarty, 14 7 00
William Sankey, Karthaus twn'p, 14 7 00
R. J. Hayncs, " " 14 7 00
James Forrest, Lawrence town'p, 14 7 00
John Broom all, Lumber-cityBoro'14 7 00
Wright A Co., 14 7 00
J. L. Curby, t 14 7 00
J. Ferguson, conf " tt g 5 00
J.C.Brenner, Morris township, 14 7 00
Fowler A Jones, , " ' 14 7 00
Swarts A Bowers, t 14 7 00
J.C.Brenner, 14 7 00
Russell McMurray, New Washington 14 7 00
John Flegal, Ienn township, 14 7 00
W. W. Anderson, e. " " 8 5 00
Dan. E Brnbaker, Union townshsp, 14 7 00
John Sheeser, " 14 7 00
D. J. McCanc, Woodward twn'p, 14 7 00
Thomas Henderson, " " 14 7 00
Jude Whitcomb A Son, " " . 14 7 00
John M. Chase, " " 14 7 00
distiller.
M.Steinkirchner Morris township 6 5 00
PATENT MEDICINES.
Ed. Williams Bradford town'p 4 5 00
C. D. Watson Clearfield Boro' 4 5 00
Woods A Barrett , " - " 4 5 00
E. A. Irvin , Carwensville Boro' 4 5 00
A. Montgomery " " . 4 . 5 00
Thomas II Forceo Graham town'p " 4 . 5 00
J. C. Brenner Morris township ; 4 5 00
RESTAURANT.
Ed. Goodwin ' Curwensville Boro' 4 5 00
NOTICE An appeal will be held on Tuesday
the 7th day of May, at the Commissioners' Office
in Clearfield Borough, when and where all who
feel themselves aggrieved by the above appraise
ment, can attend if they see proper.
LLLMR.LIVERUOOD,
April 3, 1851. - Mercantile Appraiser. '
FOR SALE. A good two-horse wfcC!n
box, for sale verv low. Apply to
Re, New Millport Clearfield co! Pa Surl!.
WANTED-A person to dig eoal. A
chance will be given. Apply toGtt.
Tate, about one aad a half rci ooth-. ,
Clearfield Borough. March 23 T'"f
DR. JEFFERSON LITZ. having located at Gr.
hanUoo, Clearfield county. Pa., will atBJ
promptly t all professional bainexa ent routed
his care. He may at all times be fonnd at or
ficeor at the resdence of Dr. B. F.Akelv when e 't
professionally engaged. March'l3. l5i
CAUTION The public are hereby eantionrf
against harboring or trusting my two minor
children. Aquill and Jane Wain, ai I m deter.
mined to pay no debts of tlseircootractinr fro "
this date. - ISAIAH VaLX
Grauipian Hilla.March 1. l$6!-ml3-3t.
THE BODTJGGER.
THIS wonderful article, jnrt patented, 11 s.
thing entxrtlv new, and never Ut-rt HTere
to agents, who are wanted everywhere. Fail t
ticulars sent fret. Address SHAW A CLARK
March 6, lS61-ly. & Eiddefurd. 3fait
CAUTION. All persons are hereby eaatin.
tioned against harboring or trustir; oa
John D. Glasgow, as I will pay no dtbts Jf
contracting from and after this date. AndBr
person or persons so harboring him most abidt&t
consequences. JAMES iLA550r
Home. March 4. lS61-rnl3-3tp.
CAUTION. AH persons are hereby caution
ed against purchasing or medJlicg wi;j, t
certain promisory note given by me to Samael
bring, dated July 3d, 1S57, and calling for Twentr
dollars, as I will not pay the same, never hvic'r
received value therefor. SAMUEL BRICKLLT.
New Washington. March 27, lvjl-p.
REMOVAL. The undersigned would icfona
his friends and customer that he ba renor
ed his VEMT1AN HLI.NO MANUFACTtK
RV from No. 2tl Arch Street, to No. l."V North
Second Street, above Arch, where he will be hap
py to see his old customers and tbe Public in jtc.
eral. GEO. W. ZIMMEKilAN.
N. B. Old Blinds repaired and returntd
Philadelphia. March 27. lS61-4t.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Letters
of Administration on the Estate of J tat
Wilson, late of Chest township, Clearfield county.
Pa., deceased, having been granted to the onir
signed, all persons indebted to said estate ar re
quired to make immediate payment and thote
having claims against the same will presect tha
duly authenticated for settlement.
D. J. CATHCART, of Knox tP..
March 20. I361-6t. Administrator.
CAUTION. All persons are hereby esotion
ed against buying or in any way njeddlitj
with the-following property, now in poMeion of
Benjamin F Kline, in Decatur twp.. to wit: Oc
Iron-gray Horse, one Iron-gray Stud Horse, IIr
n ess for two horses, one 2-horse wagon wigon:
also one Iron-gray Marc, in possession of h. I).
Kline, in Decatur tp . as tbe above property be
longs to me and is only left with the Kline on
loan and subject to my order, or by mv agent D.
D.Kline. CATHAP.IKG KL1NF..
Decatur tp.. March 15. ISO! pd.
PHOTOGRAPHIC !V E W S. CHARLES
1IOLF.S A CO., beg leave to inform tbe eiti
ze:sof Clearfield and vicinity, that tbey will re
main for a short time yet, in this place witb their
car. for the purpose of affording all persons a
chance to get a first class Photograph or Atobro
type of themselves or family, from a Miniature to
Life siie. Ambrotypes and Daguerreotypes cop
ied on short notice. Having had several years
experience, in tbe eastern cities, they feel eot.fi
dent that they can pUase all who may give them
a call. Pictures takenequally as well in cloud
as in clear weather. Gr Price, 25 cents and up
wards. Clearfield. March 13. 1831.
PATENT MICA LAMP CHIMNEY. J
Iamp Chimney that will not Break Tbii
great invention commends itself to every one using
Coal Oils Lamps. It gives more light, require
less cleaning and will not break by the heat or
cold, falling, or any ordinary usage. Forsaleby
Storekeepers generally throughout the I'. S., acJ
the Canadas, and Wholesale by the Manu&ctureri
and Patentee. HORNING A IIUMt'illlEY.
No. 321, N. Second Street, Philad a.
N. B. A large and superior stock of Coal Oil
Lamps, always on hand, at prices defying compe
tition. Also, the Portland Coal Oil. at Manufac
turers price. March 13. ISCI-it.
CHAIRS !! CHAIRS !!! CHAIRS
ROW IS THE TIKE TO BUY n !!
The undersigned has now on hand, at his Furni
ture Rooms on Market St., Clearfield, Pa., a abort
distance west of Liti's foundry, a large slock of
CHAIRS OF ALL KINDS,
manufactured oat of the bett materials, finish!
in a very superior manner, and which be will e'l
LOW FOR CASH. His long experience in tbe bu
siness makes him feel confident that bis cbairi are
made in a substantial and workmanlike manner.
and will stand the test of trial. Persons wisbicj
to purchase chairs should call at once and get
them while they can be had at the lowest rates.
Feb 27, 1861. JOHN TROUTMAX-
STIRRING TIMES IN PHILADEL
PHIA 1 Tremendous Exeitemeut amovgtni
Masse.':.'-EXCITING FOOT RACE betwre lis
Philadelphia Police and a notorious Former aw
counterfeiter, James Buchanan Cross Cross
Recaptured It seems to be the general opin
ion ia Clearfield, that if Cross had worn a pairo.
Frank Short's French-calf Boots, that he wosll
not be taken yet. However, Shorty is not muck
put out at missing bis custom; hnt would -nouncetoall
Breckinridge, Douglas, Lincoln '
Bell men, and women and children in Clearfield
and Sinnemaboning in particular, that he i pre
pared to furnish them with Boots. Shoes and Gai
ters ot any style or pattern, stiched, sewed or peg
ged, (and as he is a short fellow) on short notice.
All kinds of country produce taken in ei Thail
and cagh not refused Repairing done in tbe net
est manner and charges moderate, at tbe Sbort
Shoo Shop on Second Street, opposite Reed, lea
ver A Co s store. FRANK SHORT.
X. B. Findings for sale. Ang.29.1si0
JMPORTANT Cn AN GE OF LOCATION:
GRAHAM, BOYNTON A CO.,
Dasire to inform the oiiiaenaof Clearfield ani
vicinity, that they have removed their store to tb
NEW BRICK BUILDING
recently erected by James B Graham, Esq..
Market street, Clearfield, where they will he piec
ed to accommodate all who may favor them wii
a call. Their stock consists ot a general art
ment of the Tery best Foreign and Domeiti
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES. HARD-WARE.
CUTLERY. QUEENS-WARE, CEDAR A WILLOW
WARE. BOOTS. SHOES. HATS, CAPSAXD
BONNETS, DRUGS, PAINTS, AC, AC.
Theirstac't of Dry Goods consists in part of uca
Cloths, Cassimeres, Satinets. Twetds, Vest?'
Muslins, Tiding, C heels. CaJicoes.CAintits,
Ginghams, Canton and IV'ac Flannels.
Lame. Cashme.res, Silts. Plaids, SiauJh
Brilliants, Ifosiery, Gloves, ttt . tic
Also, a great variety of Ladies' Boots and G1"1,'
Misses and Childrens Shoes; Mens', Boy "
Youths' Boots, Shoes, Hate and Caps, with a
selection of useful notions, among which
Perfumery, Cloth, and Hair BrusJits, Fa1
Soaps, Pens and Pen-holders, Combs, SrC
together with many other useful notions. all
which will be sold low for Cah, or in.eXC.Jj,
for approved country produce. As their u.
entirely new, and purchased on the most a or
geons terms, they feel confident that they csn
goods to the advantage of tbe buyer. I-:B.
and examine for yourselves, before P.ur?B ' .
elsewhere. Remember the new store
Mar 27. 1861. GRAHAM. BOYNTQj.
4 LARGE ASSORTMENT of Fancy CM"
A and other articles, suitable for
4 resents, for sale at
; Mtfifc J.WH-B 1 I