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BT SAMl'Et. J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA.. APRIL 10. 1861.
WHAT IS DEMOCEACY 1
Since the daya of John C. Calhoun, slavery
unatacism bai been fostered by a class of
oothero politicians, as a means of controlling
the southern mind and of raising themselves
to power. For many years these men have
ruled the Democratic party, and have used its
organization as a mere machine for advancing
their purposes. When the party nominates
a northern candidate for the Presidency they
contrive that be shall be a Pierce or a Bu
chanan, whom they can mould and sway as
they please. Thus having the organization of
the party and the President they calculated,
and very correctly too, that tbey could con
trol the whole party. And their success was
great. When Kansas was to be settled It was
found to be covered by the time honored Mis
souri Compromise, which excluded slavery.
Their first step waa to get rid of that compro
mise. The real purpose was to extend sla
very ; but, to make the measure popular at
the North they pretended it was for the pur
pose of giving the people popular sovereignty
and enabling them to do as they please. It
was soon found that a majority of the actual
settlers were against slavery, and would, prob
ably, in the exercise of popular sovereignty
exclude it. The next step was to prevent
this result and to force slavery upon the peo
ple in spite of popular sovereignty. This was
attempted by a system of invasion from Mis
souri, to take possession of the polls on the
day of election and elect to office the minions
of slavery, whom the people did not want. Af
ter they had by such lawless measures succeed
ed in making the odiocs pro-slavery Lecomp
ton constitution, an effort was made to force it
on the people whether they wanted it or not.
The Douglas wing of the Democratic party,
however, opposed the recognition of the Le
compton constitution, unless it shonld be fair
ly submitted to a rote of the people ; but the
Breckinridge wing were willing to obey their
Southern masters implicitly, and did all in
their power to sustain and enforce the Le-
compton swindle. This gave rise to a divi
sion in the party. The wing who supported
Breckinridge next repudiated popular sover
eignty and adopted the doctrine that slave
ry has a Constitutional right to go into
all the Territories of the United States
and that neither Congress nor the people of
the States have a right to keep it out. At the
tame time they generally avow that slavery is
aeood thing and a Divine institution. It is
thus, that a class of Northern Democrats be
came known by the name of doughfaces
Their southern masters could shape and fash
Ion them to their purposes with as much ease
as if they were so much dough. When the
demand was made for the repeal of the Mis
souri Compromise, they yielded to the demand
and advocated nonnlar aovereientv. When
popular sovereignty is to be violated and the J
Lecompton Constitution forced on an unwil
ling people, tbey yield again. When popular
sovereignty is to be abandoned, they yield a
gain. And when the new doctrine is to be
taught that slavery is excellent and divine,
they yield again. No wonder that the South
ern leaders despise their Northern allies. And
no wonder that with such pliable servants to
befriend them at the north, they imagine that
all the free States may be frightened by South
ern threats and bluster. Bat the day has pas
sed, when traitors at the South, aided by
their pliant tools at the north can govern the
country. They have succeeded in bringing
trouble upon the country, and, it may be, ac
complished the permanent dissolution of the
Union, but tbey cannot crush the spirit of lib
erty, nor make the free people of the North
their serfs and vassals.
tf.onx Mails Bcbxed. The mail train west,
.due at Pittsburg on the 3rd, waa thrown from
iho track thirteen miles this side of that city,
ty -the breaking of an axle. The forward car
went down an embankment of fifteen feet, and
Xhe other .cars ran off the track. About eighty
passengers vera in the train, five of whom were
hurt. Their injuries however were but slight.
The mails caught fire from the upsetting of the
stove, and the contents of several pouches
svere badly damaged or destroyed. The Wash
ington letter mail escaped, and the New York
and Philadelphia pouches were but slightly
damaged. The Baltimore and Ilarrisburg
pouches were considerably injured, and the
way malls between Pittsburg and Ilarrisburg
were almost entirely destroyed.
' )0 W. H. Ward! editor of The Key of the
Qui, resetted Montgomery on April lkt from
Pensajcola, and states that on the 25th March
the steamer (Sen. Bosk arrived at Key West
with 200 troops for that place, and 100 fur
Tortugas. These troops were from Texas,
.and It is said, the commissioners of that State
Lad stipulated that the troops on the Gen.
guak ahjauld be landed at New Tork. ..The
captain of the Geo. Busk, is, however, not to
blame for tjje deception practiced, " the com
manders of three companies on board (he Rusk
have signed a document exonerating Capt.
Smith from all blame.
- The South Carolina Convention, on Wednes,
day the 3rd April, ratified the Constitution of
the Confederate, states, by a vote of 143 to 29,
Tax Coxixo EvaorzAX Fmets. Whatever
the motive of England and France in ordering
large fleets into American waters Just at this
juncture, it is a well settled fact that the
movement was not anticipated by anybody
here, in diplomatic circles or elsewhere, and
that its purpose is a matter only of conjec
ture. The prevailing opinion is that the com
ing fleets are merely what a correspondent
said they were squadrons of observation
designed to watch the turn of affairs, and to be
ready to take a hand in whatever may trans
pire affecting British interests. Lord Palmer
ston, it is well known, does not entertain any
cordial good will for the United States ; nev
ertheless there are abundant evidences that
he desires to see prevail here the peace which
is essential to British interests, and that the
great peril of civil war which has threatened
us, has awakened in bis bosom the liveliest
concern. Lord Palmerston, too, is keeping
his eye upon Mexico, and the threatened re
opening of the African slave trade by the
Southern Confederacy. Opposition to that
inhuman traffic is with him a tradition, and
has become almost a passion. It is thought
very probable that one purpose of the expect
ed fleets is to crush the first attempt to re-open
the infamous trade. Another supposed pur
pose is that of preventing Southern filibuster
ism from seizing and appropriating Mexican
territory. No sensible man entertains the
opinion that England and France design an
intervention against any policy which the gov
ernment of Washington may decide upon with
reference to the seceding States.
The Positiox or Texas. The State of Tex
as has been but a few months in an attitude of
antagonism to the American Union, and al
ready she has her borders invaded by the most
ferocious tribes of savages on this continent,
and is in daily fear of an invasion of her terri
tory by well organized bands of Mexican out
laws. She has driven away the troops of the
National Government, placed on her frontier
for her protection, and supported there at
great expense to the Union, but considerably
to, the benefit of her citizens, who were well
paid for the supplies furnished to them. The
frontiers of that State are so extensive that to
protect the sparse population from hostile in
cursions, will impose a burtheu of taxation
upon the Cotton Confederacy which, to say
the very least of it, will be exceedingly Incon
venient. -It is already abundantly manifest
that in an economic point of view, secession
has not proved advantageous to Texas. It
would have been wise for her people to have
listened to the counsels of the old Hero of
San Jacinto. No Government can be so per
fect that under all circumstances it will please
everybody, and when men become restive and
angry, under the fear of prospective injuries
or oppressions, it would be better to pause and
cooly consider whether in endeavoring to re
sist one annoyance they do not fly to others
that they know not of." There are a thousand
evils in disunion which experience will prove,
if the destructive course be persevered in.
The Brooklyn Charter election on the 2nd
resulted in the success of Martin Kalbfieiscb,
the Democratic candidate for Mayor, by a ma
jority of 5,037, or 1,002 less than the Demo
cratic majority at the last Spring election
The vote of the city for President, last Fall,
was: Lincoln, 15,137; Fusion, 19,505, giving
a Fusion majority of 4, CCS. The Democracy
have an apparent gain in their majority upon
last Fall of C69 ; but comparing the falling off
in the vote of the respective parties, viz
Republican decrease 3,677, Democratic de
crease 3,008 ; Excess of Republicans not vo
ting 669. It appears that the relative position
of parties has not been changed in Brooklyn
since the Presidential election. Considering
that the Democrats bad healed up all their
differences, and swallowed the Bell-Everett
faction into the bargain, and that Brooklyn is
closely allied, in interest, with the commercial
politicians of New-York, we have done quite
as well, if not better, than could have been ex
pected.
The election in Kuode Island, held on
Wednesday the 3d of April, resulted in the
defeat of the Republicans. Gov. Spragne, the
so-called "Union" candidate, is re-elected
by a handsome majority. Whether Rhode
Island will now join the Southern Confedera
cy, as was claimed by some of the Secession
ists in case Gov. Sprague would bo re-elected,
remains to be seen.
A colored man and his wife and two child
ren were seized at Cbicagoo n the 3rd instant
one slave holder from Missouri claimed the
man, and another to own his wife and children
The arrest was made secretly, and the alleged
fugitives taken to Springfield lor examina
tion. After a hearing they have been deliver-
ered up to their pretended owners and taken
to bt. Louis.
The Republicans have gained in Maine as
well as in Connecticut by the disunion course
of the Democratic party. The city of Portland
has just elected W. W. Thomas Mayor by 175
majority over his Democratic competitor.
Last year the Democrats carried Portland by
31 majority. ' The City Council is largely Re
publican. Late advices from the South states, that
the tariff of the Confederate States is already
found to be burdensome by the Southern
merchants, and that efforts will be made to ro
duoe it when their Congress re-assembles.
Gen. Sam Houston still claims to be the Gov
ernor of the state of Texas, and, It is said, has
sent a Message to tho Legislature asserting
his authority.
At the Municipial election in Richmond,
Vs., the Secession candidate was eleoted
Mayor by about 1,000 majority.
Capt. Berryman, commander of the U. S.
sloop Wyandotte, died at Pensacola on the
Sod of April, of brain fever, .
' The Hon. Jndge McLean, of the rj. S. Su
preme Court, died at Cincinnati last week.
SOTMAKT OF KEWS.
The Souther Fokts. All the speculations !
which have been made in regard to the prob
able decision of the Administration concern
ing the Southern forts must be received with
grains of allowance. The point of embarrass
ment concerning Fort Sumpter, in the Presi
dent's mind, as announced with entire candor,
is, that it it be yielded and the r ederal author
ity be thus withdrawn under real or supposed
necessity, similar reasons may be urged as to
r ort Pickens and other points, which are not
considered in the same category. He had
never entertained the idea of abandoning the
principles announced in the Inaugural, and
if the military necessity should bo accepted
as to Jbort bumpier, it will be for reasons
which in no way affect it, and which will not
be held to apply elsewhere.
Secession no Protection. The Lonisvilh
Courier states that secession has invaded the
courts in Kentucky, but got kicked out:
"A day or two ago one William Chester was
arraigned before Kenton (Ky.) Circuit Court,
charged with passing a counterfeit bill on the
State Bank of Louisiana. After the evidence
was heard, counsel for the prisoner claimed
that as the State of Louisiana had seceeded, the
court had no jurisdiction in the case. Judge
Moore, however, ruled that as neither tiie
President of the United States nor Congress
had recognized secession, the trial would
proceed under the laws of Kentuckv : and it
did, resulting in the jury awarding Mr. Chest
er three years in the Penitentiary."
ErrECTS or Secession Socth. The National
Intelligencer says: "Those who imagine that
since the secession of the cotton States from
the Union all the suffering from the crisis is
confined to the trading and manufacturing
North, should observe snch paragraphs as the
following from the Aberdeen Conservative, a
paper published in the northern part of Missis
sippi : "We attended the sheriff sale on Mon
day last, and were perfectly astonished to see
such a sacrifice of property. Une gentleman
actually purchased one hundred and sixty odd
acres of land for $40 ; another bought a half
interest in a brick law office for $o0; a $125
buggy was sold for $30, and other property
sold equally low.'"
Deserted Villages The"' Pensacola cor
respondent of The Hew Orlean$ Delta says the
appearances of things in tl.e villages of War
rington and Woolsey are gloomy ; fully one
half the stores are closed, the storekeepers
having left for New-Orleans, Mobile, Pensa
cola, and other places, with their goods and
chatties; the residences are one-half of them
deterted, the occupants having left to avoid
"Lincoln's bouibaidment" of the place. In
deed, it is a remarkable fact that not one of
the old creole population but has packed his
furniture and proceeded some miles into the
woods to avoid the war.
A Good Sign. It is regarded as a good sign
that there are quite a number of Union men
in the States that have seceded, who have made
and are now making application to President
Lincoln and the members of bis Cabinet, for
the various Federal offices in their respective
States. The other dav Geo. W. Lane was
nominated as judge of the Northern and South
ern district of Alabama. As for the Southern
States which have not seceded, no trouble will
be bad infilling the various offices to which
they are entitled by staunch Union men. We
hope the seceders will all be turned out of the
places which they disgrace.
Female Soldiers. The Holly Spring (Miss.)
Herald learns that the county of Chickasaw in
that State has already ten companies of vol
unteer soldiers ready to be mustered into the
ssrviceof the State. It adds that, in addition
to these ; "The country has a regularly-officered
and drilled company of young ladies,
who have pled zed themselves, in the event-
that the men are called into service, to protect
their homes and families during their absence.
and see that the farms are properly cultivated
and full crops raised not only for the support
of the country ,but of the armies of Mississippi
Monet Plentt. The wall street banks, of
New York city, contain upwards of $41,000,
000, which the Government at Washington
can procure on loan on demand. Under the
circumstances of the difficulty ' in the South,
capitalists are unwilling to make investment,
but perfectly satisfied to placo their funds in
to the hands ot the Government for official u
ses. The Southern Confederacy would doubt
less be pleased La receive partot this.immense
treasure on loan, but unfortunately for the
wants of that government, Southern credit is
rather low in New lork.
Beating a SisTESfWUH a .Board. We un
derstand from a gentleman of the name Elija
Burgess, that a man of the name of John Wil
son, living in the forks of East Grand River,
Ms., maliciously and willfully beat and bruis
ed, in a terrible manner, his sister an orphan
girl about 17 years old, who is under his care
and protection. Air. liurzess states that her
shoulders and back were litterally covered
with bruises, leaving at least fifty marks of the
clap-board used by the brother in the brutal act.
WnirriNO a Woman to Death. We learn
that Mr. Jacob Patten, who lives in the south
western part of Missouri, whipped one Of his
plaves a negro woman, to death, On Saturday,
March th. After the negro was buried, sus
picions of foul play caused her to be taken up
A coruor's inquest was held, and it was evi
dent from the condition of the bedy, that she
had met her death as above stated, Patten
was arrested, and gave bail in the amount ot
$2,500 to appear at Circuit Court.
"Uold southern Ucmmers." A company
of young men paraded in Portsmouth the other
day bearing the national flag, and small pen
nonsincribed B. S. B. The unfamiliar initials
having provoked some inquiry, a correspon
dent gratified public curiosity by stating
through the Day Book that their true signin
cation is the "Bold Southern Bummers," and
that when next tbey parade it will be under
the flag of the Southern Confederacy.
Kansas. The attack of a portion of the
Democratic press upon the Kansas relief move
ment is brutal. Democracy endeavors to
make political capital even from the sufferings
of starving men, women and children. It is
prepared to dissolve the Union, rather than
fail in its object of breaking up the Republi
can party. In or out of office, the Democratic
party is alike mean and dispicable.
Don't like it. The Port- Gib&un (Misa.)
Reveille does not appear exactly pleased with
the proposed Constitutioc. The term of Pres
idential service (six years) it thinks is not
long enough ; the basis of Congressional rep
resentation is not light that ot three-fifths of
the slaves not being sufficiently advantageous :
and the African slave-trade should not have
been prohibited. ' .
That's the Qcestion. A ootenporary in
quires ''If half a dozen pew-holders in a rich
and fashionable church should take a notion to
secede, and convert their pews into plg-pena,
and the trustees of the building should fall
back on the law in order to protect the com
mon rights of all, and insist on the removal.of
the pigs, would that be coercion ?" .
. Flags. An immense number of secession
flags have heen made in New York. It is said
that the reason they are not made at the South
is, that the moths get into the original packa
ges and before they are made up tbey are ru
ined. It is, emphatically, a country, where
"moths corrupt, and thieves break through
and steal." "
POLICY OF THE REPUBLIC AH PASTY.
The laborine men and mechanics, who are
now suffering some of the disadvantages of the
confusion in business created by the secession
movement at the South, are told that their
sufferings are all attributable to the policy of
the .Republican party. What is that policy 1
As announced in the platforms of Republican
ism and sought to be established by the legis
lation of a Republican majority in Congress,
the policy ot the Republican party tends to
the protection of free white laborfrom all sorts
of unfair and unreasonable competition. By
just and equitable revenue laws, it seeks to
protect the mechanic noa laborer so as 10 en
able them to compete with the pauper labor of
Europe. No sane or patriotic man will doubt
the wisdom of such policy. Those who ob
ject to it, are those who clamor most against
the bestowal of any privilege or protection to
free white labor, the men who are prominent
in the revolutionary aggressions at the South.
On the other band, it is part of the domestic
policy of the Republican party to prevent the
extension of slavery, and thus guard against
the danger of a conflict between bond and free
labor. To effect this purpose, it is the policy
of Republicanism to maintain the freedom of
the Territories by speedy settlement through
energetic emigration, making the Homestead
Law and its bequests an inducement to the
sturdy laborers and skillful mechanics of the
North and East, to seek homes in the West,
to erect new Commonwealths, and thus add to
the glory, wealth and dignity of a Union which
is alone endangered by the burdens and influ
ence of the institution of slavery. The south
ern slave-oligarchy claim that protection to
white labor is aggression on the institution of
slavery and therefore cause for revolution.
Tbey assert that the Homestead Bill is an in
vasion of the territorial rights of the South,
because it precipitates into the national do
main a population opposed by interest, in
stinct and conviction, to any association or
connection with negro slavery. This is the
position, and these the principles, which the
Republican party hare taken and now advo
cate, and because of this, they are sought to be
made responsible for the effects of the revolu
tion at the South on the business and labor of
the North. Like all tho other attitudes as
sumed by the advocates and defenders of se
cession, it utterly fails before the light of
truth and reason.
THE DEMOCRACY AND FOREIGNERS.
The Democratic press of the North are
dreadfully outraged by the appointment of a
"political refugee from abroad, to represent
this government at a foreign court.' Tbey
reason to prove that in sending representatives
abroad, no regard should be evinced for the
feeling and sentiments of the American peo
ple, while every effort should be made to mol
lify the rotten aristocracies and pampered
prejudices of foreign governments. They for
get that naturalization and the oath of allegi
ance are sufficient to invest any white man
from any quarter of the globe with all thedig
nity and privileges ot American citizenship
and they forget, also, and are ungrateful to
that powerful element of strength, the adopt
ed citizens, which has heretofore rendered
them triumphant in their political contests
when they thus object to one of their number
enjoying the rights and immuuities conferred
upon them by their citizenship. It is an old
plea, however, of opposition to every princi
ple or practice but that which recommends
and bestows power on the Democratic party.
Twenty years ago the foreign Irish vote di
rected the movements and controlled the vic
tories of the Democratic party. Then it was
considered perfectly politic to contribute to
"repeal," and toast and fete tho exiled pa
triots of the Emerald Isle, even if the fact
did chafe and torment a nation with which we
were on terms of peace, because at that
time the Democratic leaders found in the
enthusiastic Irishman an element of suc
cess. But a change has suddenly come
over the appreciation of these Democratic
admirers of the "excited" foreigner. Because,
forsooth, the steady and practical German
adopted citizens have failed to support the
corruptions of the Democratic party, they are
denounced as ambitious intruders, and forbid
to participate in the privileges of American
citizenship. Because Carl Schurz was perse
cuted and driven from his native land for da
ring to raise the cry of liberty among its hills,
and declaring the universal freedom of man,
he is ridiculed as a political refugee and de
nounced in terms unmerited by the vilest
criminal. Out upon such hypochrisy ! It is
becoming too stale and transparent longer to
escape tho disgust and contempt of the honest
portion of the adopted as well as native Amer
ican citizens.
What is ma Matter in the Sorrrn. The
London Timet, in a very recent article states
the case in this way : Perhaps as much as any
thing, from the long license enjoyed by the
editors of the South of writing what they plea
sed in favor of slavery, with tho absolute cer
tainly that no one would be found bold enough
to write anything on the other-side, and thus
make himself a mark for popular vengeance,
the subject has come to be written on in a tone
of ferocious cynical extravagance which is to
an European eye absolutely appalling. The
South has become enamored of bcr shame.
Free labor is denounced as degrading, dis
graceful ; the honest triumphs of the poor man
who works his way to independence are treat
ed with scorn and contempt. It is asserted
that what we are in the habit of regarding as
the honorable pursuits of industry incapaci
tate a nation for civilization and refinement,
and that no institutions can be really free and
democratic which do not rest, like those of
Athens and of Rome, on a broad substratum of
slavery. So far from treating slavery as an
exceptional institution, it is regarded by these
democratic philosophers as the natural state
of a great portion ot the human race ; and s.o
far from . admitting that America ought to
look forward to its extinction., it is contended
that the property in human, creatures, ought to
be as universal as the property in landa or in
tame animals. Nor have these speculations
been merely inert or speculative. For the
last ten or twelvejrears slavery b has altered
her tactics, and from a defensive she has be
come an, aggressive power. Every compro
mise which the moderation of former tiruea
had erected to stem the course of this monster
evil baa been swept away, and that not by the
encroachment of the North but by tho aggres
sive ambition of the South.
A Bank Sceb'.tor Refusing to Redeem its
Notes. We learn from the Pittsburg Chroni
cle that Mr. Kaufman., a merchant of that city,
has instituted proceedings against the Alle
gheny Bank looking to. a, forfeit are of its. ohax
ter, under the Banking Law ot 185Q. Mr.
Laufman, it appears, presented $50 in bills of
the Bank for payment at its counter, and the
Bank refusing to cash them, a petition waa filed,
in the District Court setting, forth the faots,
whereupon the usual eitation was ordered to.
be issued. The Bank will have to make an
swer on Friday, and then if, after hearing the
entire facts of the case, the Court is of opinion,
that the respondents refused, as petitioner
states, to redeem thejr bills, the Bank will be
ordered into liquidation. We believe hs is
the first case of the kind that has occurred
since the present suspension, and the isue, be
it wha i( may, will bo looked for with interest.
Hois poor whoso expenses exceed his income
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS. ,
prepared for the "raftsman's journal." !
Centre County. On Monday evening April
1st, a most daring burglary was perpetrated at
the first toll-gate above Milesbnrg, on the Ty
rone and Bald Eagle Plankioad. Eli Musser,
the gate keeper had collected some fifteen
dollars which he was to pay to the treasurer
of the road tbe next day, bad placed the
money in his pantaloons pocket, which he
left lying at the foot ot the bed on retiring.
During the night he was awakened By some
nois, but failing to bear it repeated, be soon
fell asleep. On rising in the morning he dis
covered the loss of tbe money, as well as his
watch, which he bad left oa the window. All
attempts to ferret out the guilty party have,
thus far proven unsuccesslul .Naviga
tion on the canal was opened last week, and a
number of boats which have laid in the basin
at Bellefonte during the winter started for
Philadelphia. Ten thousand bushels of grain
were shipped for tbe eastern market by the
grain dealers of that place. This speaks rath
er favorably lor the agricultural resources of
Centre couuty The flag belonging to
the ISellefonte FencibleB was stolen from their
armory, recently. The flig-staff, with a blue
muslin sacl.el used for the protection of the
flag, were found in the armory but the "Star
Spangled Banner" was gone. The flag was
presented to tho Fencibles by the ladies of
Bellefonte, soon after the organization of the
company, and was of the finest silk. It is cer
tainly anew feature of burglary, and one which
no one but atraitor or an idiot would practice.
Indiana County. On Tuesday morning a
week, as Mrs. Fisber of Blairsville was work
ing about a fire she had built in the yard, her
clothes happening to catch, she was almost
immediately enveloped in flames. Her hus
band fortunately, was close at hand, and suc
ceeded in extinguishing tbe flames in time to
save her from a horrible death On the
night of the 31st ult., two dogs attacked a
flock of sheep belonging to Mr. Alexander
Cochran, of Armstrong township, and killed
no less than six of them. Mr. Cochran after
wards succeeded in killing one of the dogs.
.... Mr. John Wallace, of Burrel township,
had one of his arms broken by a large piece
of slate falling upon him, while at work in the
coal bank of Mr. Lintner The specula
tors in tan-bark, are purchasing the right to
strip the bark from oak trees, from the farm
ers. The bark trade must be a profitable bu
siness. .... The citizens of West Mahoning
tp., intend to erect a bridge over the Maho
ning creek, by private subscriptions.
Caabion County- On Friday evening, 22d
ult., as Mr. P. Sarvey was driving his team
and wagon home from Smather's mill, in Knox
township, about eight or nine o'clock at night,
a stranger accosted and ordered him to stop,
and demanded bis money ; and to enforce the
request, presented a pistol at Sarvey. As
Sarvey did not like this kind of an operation,
be quickly threw himself flit on the seat board
and giving the horses a cut, was soon out of
the villain's reach. He describes the robber
as being about six feet high, had on a slouched
hat and a ragged coat, and seemed as it driv
en by necessity to commit some desperate
deed A new Post-olfice called "New
Springfield" has been established in Monroe
township, and Robert T. Henry appointed
Postmaster Wild pigeons are very plen
ty this spring, and the sportsmen are having a
good time shooting them A third vein
of oil has been struck in this county.
Clinton County. On Saturday March 31st,
in Mill Hall, a match and cigar peddler stop
ped his team in front ot Col. Warner's restau
rant. During a momentary absence from his
wagon, his horse being blind deliberately
walked over the high bank near Fishing Creek.
The horse escaped with a few bruises, but the
wagon was a total wreck. Matches and cigars
floated down the stream in considerable quan
tities. Young America had rather a boister
ous time in rescuing from the waters the float
ing stock of the poor pedlar. The loss was
considerable. .... A Mr. Weaver, an employ
ee of G. S. Garth, near Mill Hall, had several
fingers taken oil with a circular saw, a few
da's since.
Lycoming Couxty. On Friday March 28th.
a stable owned by John Rigther, in Nippenose
Valley, was consumed by fire. The loss was
not very great. The fire originated by sparks
flying from the chimney of the house
Rev. J. A. Kelly administered the ordinance
of baptism, on Sabbath last, to four persons,
in Pine Creek, at Safe Harbor. The subjects
were two men and their wives.
Jefferson County. On Friday, March 30th,
Mr. John Stortuer, who is employed at Iowa
Mills, had the fore-finger of bis right band ta
ken off by the circular saw. He was engaged
fastening a bur beside the saw when, his hand
slipping, he was caught and injured in the
manner mentioned.
Putting six Bullets into a Brother-in-law.
Dr Williamson, residing nearNapoleon
ville,. La., was murdered on the evening of
the 13th ult. by two of his relatives. The
doctor was married, but, having no children,
he had reared and educated the two brothers
of his wife, Henry G. and Frank G. The lat
ter had, however, conducted himself badly,
and, after frequent vain efforts at his reforma
tion, Dr. W. had forbidden him the house.
Henry continued to live with the doctor. On
Wednesday evening Dr. W. went out to visit
a patient, taking with him bis little negro boy.
On returning, just as the boy was raising the
bar to let the carriage in, two men rushed lor
ward. While one seiaed tho bxidle of the
horse, the other asked if it was Dr. William
son who vras in, tbe carriage. Oo receiving a
re-ply in tbe aflxrmativo, he discharged six bar
rels of a revolver at the doctor , who fell bath
ed in blood. The little negro fled, and when
the noise of the firing attracted the attention
ot tbe c-ousehold, Dr. Williamson was found
stretched on the earth in. th.e agonies of death,
having received tour balls in diS'erent parts
of his body. Suspicion falls on the brothers
Henry and, Frank, especially as tle former,
when accused of the deed, replied, in his con
fusion : "It was not I that fired U him it
was my brother." Both haye beeu arrested.
A House Foa The Governor,. Tbe Harris
burg papers are urging upon the Legislature
the propriety of purchasing a suitable lot and
erecting upon it a dwelling lot the Governor,
which would be worthy ol tho great State of
Pennsylvania. It mnst be admitted that our
State has not been so liberal in this respect as
some of her sisters have been, and that a prop
er sense of our dignity should induce us to
make better provision for tbo aocomroodati,o
of the Chief Magistrate of so populous aBd
weahby a Commonwealth.
Rich. Tho Brussels correspondent of tho I
Universal, in his notice of the death of the too
celebrated Lola Montez, has the following :
.The celebrated gecheresse died, it is said, in
a most religious spirit, deploring the scandals
and extravagancies of her life. She was ta
ken care of during the last days of her life
by Mrs. J3uchannanx eifa. of the President of the
United Slates, who had, known her formerly,
and took pity on her abandoned condition."
Thia i news, at this side of tho water at least.
There is one thing a drunken maq can't do
drive a sulKy without getting his legs juic
ed up in the wheels.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Ailvfrttsemtntxset in Itirr-Htin. un ....-- ,
- c -j!-r i v - vj HJluii
ttilftritl bechargfldoiibltpnee fvriartorc4tpia
To in tare attention, the CASH mr.t
ny notises, as follows : All Cautions with i
Strays,61; Auditors' notices, 10; Adnuai
tratort' and Executors' notices, 81,50. each : id
mi utiicr iijiuneni, nonets t,i ue i am s rattt
PR1.HE LOT of fresb Drug iau cme4
and opened at 11 A RTs WICK'S.
WHITE ZIXC, ground in Damr Yarnl
in 2 lb cans, at HAKTSWICK S '
ILOHE-NCE White and Florence Liquid juit
1 received and for sale at HARTaWtCK a.
4 LAUUE ASSORTMENT of colored painu
.11 JVy and ground in oil, in 1 pound cans, just
received and for saleit HARTSWICK'S.
IVUE "WHITE LEAD, warranted, gronnj
in oil, in 25 and 121 pound can, just receiv
ed and for sale at HARTS WICK'S.
1.
LIQUORS for Medicinal purpose Braidr
Port and Sherry Wine, Nectar Whiskey ani
Holland Gin at IlAUTSVflCK'S.
T71LOUR AXD BACO.N a prime lat, jt rN
jl ceivea ana lor sale low tor coda, at
April 10.
Gra.ii AW, Butstox 4 Co'
CAUTION. The public arc cauaoaed agaicn
harboring or trusting iny son James Bennett,
who has left me without any just cau.e, at I
pay no debts of his contracting anleM compelled
by law. And any person harboring him will be
hel 1 responsible for his wages or services.
April IQ.lSHl-pd. W.M. BEXN'ETf.
CAUTION. The public are hereby eaiond
against purchasing or intermeddling with the
following property in the possession of Lnke Mill,
ward in Uuelich township, to wit: Two eowg and
calves, one hog, one cook store, two beds and bed
ding, one bureau, one table, one clock, one cap
board, one stand, and 8 chairs, as the ram were
purchased by me at Constable's sale and are only
left with him on loan subject to my order.
April 10, lS6l-pd. WM. A. NEVLIXt;,
JEW SPRING GOODS!!
Just received at the ''Comor Store'
a complete stock of
XEW SPRING GOODS.
Customers will find
The assortment varied, and tbe priceM reasonable.
CurwensTille. April 10. 1S61.
SALE OF REAL ESTATE. By rirtue or
authority from tbe Orphans' Court of Clearfield
County, I will expose te sale by public ouWy up
on the premises of C. Stumsteia dee'd, in Brady
tp, Clearfield Co, Pa on Friday the 3rd day of
May A. D. 1851 at 2 o'clock in the afternoon the
following real estate being off tbe north west cor
ner of the farm or real Estate of C Stumstein, late
of said tp, deceased. Beginning at the public
road leading from Troutville to Arnold k Ruhe I
(xrist-iuill, thence along said road South 57 perch
es to a post, tbence by other land ef Stumstem
Estate East 57 perches to a post, tbence north 57
perches to a post, thence by land of Miller's fceirs
West 5" perches to a post the place of beginning,
containing 20 acres, more or less. Term made
known at time of snle.
ELIZABETH STI'MSTEIN, Adm'x
April 10. ISrtI-4fp. of C. tumstein dee'd.
A
PAIR OF REAL NOVELTIES, AND
ONE WITHOUT A MATE.
1st. The Taper NeckTie." (Pa tent applied for.)
Is made entirely of paper, in 100 different it j lei,
and in perfect imitation of silk and other fabrics.
The price is so low that a gentleman may waar a
New Tie every day, and yet not be chargeable
with extravagance, or one Tie may be worn 3 to
6 days, if neeesarT to economize.
2d The Kelief'Tte. (Patented Jan 29. 1861.1
This is doubtless the most perfect silk Tie ever in
vented, and is just what the name implies, a perfect
Belief" fro'm all further trouble in tying bows.
3d. The Lace Edge Tic. An exquisitely beaa
tiful article it haj only to b seen to be admired.
SMITH BROU'WER. Sole Manufacturer,
No. 3t Warren Street. N. Y.
N. B. We sell to Wholesale Jobbers only. Coun
try Merchants can order our grxwls f any Whole
sale house with whom tbey are dealing. Aprlfl-3l
CJAMUEL II. PLEASANTS, BARBER AM
3 HAIR-DRESSER, has opened a shop ia tbe
basement of tbe Clearfield Jlouse. and solicits a
share of public patronage. Dec. 12. l.Sfi.
CAUTION. All persons ae hereby caution
ed against purchasing or meddling with the
following property now in the hands of Wm. Jor
dan of Lumber-city, to wit: One jrray horse. One
bay horse. One yearling beiffer, One 2-horse war
on, 2 set harness, and a variety of fajnuBg nten
sild, as the same belong to ute and are subject t
mv order, and have only been lft with said Jor
da'n on loan. SAMUEL KIRK.
Lumber city. April 3, 1861-3tp.
TVTEW STORE The subscriber has opened
ll new store at Willianisvillc, Clearfield county,
?a., where he will keep constantly on hand a fun
eral assortment of DRY-GOODS, GROCE
RIES, PROVISIONS, Ac., which he will sell
for cash, or exchange for Timber. Boards, Shii
gles, Grain. Country Produce. tc. He will be
pleased to hare all who wish to purchase any of
the above articles to give him a call.
JAMES E. WATSON.
Willinnisville. April .Id, 1S61-3ib.
BANKING AND COLLECTION 0FFICI
OP
LEONARD, FINNEY & CO.,
CLEARFIELD, CLEARFIELD COUNTY, PA.
Bills of Exchange, Notes and Drafts Discounted.
Deposits received. Collections made, and proceeds
promptly remitted. Exchange on the Cities con
stantly on hand. Office, on Second street, ia tbe
roo3 lately occupied by W. A. Wallace, Esd.
james t. leoxard. a. riwir.
WM A. WALLACE. !!:!!! I ! 1.C riXXIT..
01 A A A If RAYMONDS PATENT FE
OHUUJ! INU MACHINE FOR TEXDOL
LARS, will Fell, Gather, or do any k ipd- of famif
ly sewing and- so simple that any lady can learn,
to operate oa it in half an hour. It will make,
ono thousand stitches in a minute, and for its
perjority ya ev.ery i;especi. it took the First Pra
in i um a the iaiae State Fair oe,r all other Sew,
in" Jtach.ine$, A largo number have been sola,
and are now in use in th,is boro,ugh (Brookvillt)
and vicinity, and are pronounced the simplest ana
best machine ever invented sprior tomostcjj
the high priced sewfng.tiiaciine.
The undersigned having peohased the Bight
from the Patentee, to soil these luaokines in the
counties of Jeflerson, Clearfield. Elk, aod,Fcr,tjt.
are now ready to fill orders for the sasae in Uje a
bove dfstrict.. Orders for machines Ttill he filled,
in the order of their reception. Persons wishing
machines should send in their orders immediate
tf, as we have over i!0 machines already ordered
in advance of our supply. Township rights for sale.
All applicatioas for uaohines or township rigbft
by letter og otherwise, should bo addressed to
A. B. M LAIN A CO,.
Aug .15,1 Snfl-.t;. Brookyillc, Jefferson cp.. Ta
ON HIS OWN HOOK- JOHN GUEXICU
CABINET MAKER. The sabscrrber wbbn
t inform hfs bid friend aad customers, tbathe
is new carrying on tha Cabinet Making Lasine.
oa "his own hook,' at hu ld shop u Market
Street, nearly opposite the 'old Jew Store," where
he keeps on hand, and i3 prepared, to manufacture
to. order, every description of Cabinet-AV'are, tha.
raay bo wanted ia this section of country ; po"
stating of Sofa?, Lounges, Mahogony and Con"01.00,
Bureaas, Writing and Wash SUnds; Centre. lm
ing and Breakfast Tables: Mahe-gaay and Com
mnn RAtaioaAe K.win Ktana' in As. He Wl
also repair furniture &.nd, chairs, in good
o repair furniture &.nd, chairs, in good 'J".
ap for cash. Hoijiae Painting done on hrt B
5, and easy terms ' Now is the time to bnj
isonable prices, as I intend to sell every tbEf
cheap :
tice.
in my line of business at the cheapest cash rates.
Walk in and examine the articles on hand, a
judge for yourselves, of the quality and finwn.
Country produce received tn payment. ''
April 13, 1859 ' JOIIN GUFLICI1
N. B Coffins made to order on short notice,
funerals attended with a ue-ft hearse, and appi
priat accompany menta, when desired. J- -