Raftsman's journal. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, June 29, 1864, Image 2

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Raftsman's Journal
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BY S.J. BOW.
OLEAHPIELD, PA., 29, 1864.
CONSTITTTI O.V AL A MEN D.HE.VTS.
8pecial Election. August 2, 1864.
IN FAVOB OF S0LDIEE8 VOTING.
NATIONAL UNION NOMINATIONS.
FOB PRESIOEXT,
ABEAEAif LIKOOLS, of Illi:
1C13.
FOR TrCR PRESIDENT,
A5DEEW JOHNSON, of Tennessoa.
UNION ELECTORAL TICKET.
SESATORIAL ELECTORS.
MORTON JUMICHAEl., of Philadelphia,
THOMAS ll. CUS.MSOHA.M. cf Beaver.
REPRESENTATIVE ELECTORS.
Robert P Kin,
Oeo. JiorrisonCoates,
13 Elias W. Hall.
14 Charles H. Shriner,
15 John Wister,
16 David M"Conaughy.
17 David W. Woods,
IS Isaac Benson,
19 John Patton,
21 Samuel B. Dick,
21 Everard Rierer,
22 John P. Penney.
23 Ebeneier MJunkin,
24 John W. Blancfcard.
3
Henry Bumm.
Witliain H. Kern.
4
5
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Bart in H. Jenka.
Cnarle M. Rank,
Robert Parke,
Aaron Mull,
7
8
9
John A. Hiestand,
Richard II. Corvell.
10
11 Edward Holliday,
12 Charles F. Reed,
THE 7AY TO BO IT.
The conscription law in a great measure
failing to accomplish the object for which it
waa designed, (the filling up of the army),
on account of the greater number of those
who are drafted paying the three hundred
dollars cammutation, the question arises
How is the Army to be kept up? An asso
ciation of loyal men in New-York, seeming
ly, hare hit upon a remedy, which promises
to accomplish all that can be desired by the
most earnest patriot towards furnishing a
steady and constant accession of recruits to
tak the places of those brave men who
have fallen in battle or been disabled by dis
ease or wounds. The plan is as follows: A
number of the most influential citizens of
the city of New-York, Grinnell, Spaulding,
Roosevelt, and others, most of them exempt
from the draft, have organized for the pur
pose of placing fighting representatives in
. the field. They have their Recruiting
Rooms and are now obtaining men at 400
each. The Association is increasing in num
bers and influence, and already has forward
ed a large number of enlisted men to the
field, and every day adds to the popularity
and success of the scheme. Ere long every
loyal man in the great Metropolis without
reference to age or ether claims for exemp
tion from military duty, will be found en
rolled in this patriotic Association. If this
plan, on a sure ba.i, be ai once and gener
ally adopted and proclaimed in our lare ci
ties, a corps tT armee of 50,000 men could
be raised in less than sixty days. Let but
one-half the zeal and patriotic exertion be
displayed in this behalf which has been re
cently evoked by the Sanitary and Christian
Commissions, and our army will be main
tained in its integrity and numbers. These
Recruiting Associations in every district,
town and city of the free North will com
mend themselves at once to public favor and
supercede the old Board of Enrolment in
furnishing the muscle an ! sinew required by
the Nation in this crisis of her fate.
Official Statement of the National Debt.
As the Copperhead papers are continual
ly misrepresenting the amount of our Nation
al Debt, the following official statement will
be read with interest ;
In answer to a resolution of the House,
the Secretary of the Treasury furnishes a
statement of the public debt of the United
States up to June 14, 1864, the totals of
which are as follows :
Debt bearing intr'st in coin, . $837,941,001
Debt bearing interest in lawful
money 379,700.802
Debt on which interest has ceased, 370.170
Debt bearing no interest. . . 501,383,104
Total $1,719,305,167
The annual interest in coin i50.823,672
45, in lawful money. S20.876,057 70. Total
interest, $71,699,730 15.
The ten-forty bonds amount to $70,239,
250 ; the three year thirty per cent, notes
to $118,577,950; United States notes out
standing to $432,041,330 ; fractional cur
rency outstanding to $21,031,918 85. The
remainder of the debt bearing no interest
consists mainly of unpaid requisitions.
Two eminent Democrats, John Morgan
and C. L. Yallandigham, invited by their
friends, undertook a journey to Ohio about
the same time. More
although he took
the precaution to bring a guard with him,
found the route over which he was travel
ing so beset with organized bands of Union
ists, that he was compelled to turn back,and
when last heard from, he was laboring un
der some difficulties to retrace his steps.
Tux Ten-Forty Bonds. The subscrip
tion to the 10-40 bonds is still before the
public, and over seventy millions have been
already taken. At the present rate of pre
mium on gold, they pay over ten per cent,
interest in currency, and at the conclusion
of the war they will certainly bo worth par
in gold.
THE WAR NEWS.
OFFICIAL BULLETINS.
. A dispatch from the headquarters of the
army of the Potomac, dated June 18, 8 p.
m.,says: the lighting yesterday was very
severe along the greater part or the line,
the mo. t determined efforts being made to
break the enemy's line at several points.
But little ground, however, was gained, ex
cept on the left, where the rebels were forced
j to :.UI cac-K to &n inner Jin'1, on account oi
j the advanced position gained by Lediic's
aivision, o tiiirnsiao j vorps. on rriusy ai
terooon. Th;1 iine cf the Rebels is nearly
in the form f t' a semi-circle, the ends rent
ing on the Appomattox River, Petersburg
being about the center. At some points
of the line our gun.- are within a mile and a
halt of the city, which can be destroyed
at any time with ease. The havie.-t light
ing occurred on the right center, where each
division of the 2d corps at different hours
charged the rebel works in front, but with
out success. These works arecf the strong
est character, and the rebel troops were
massed behind them, and our men had to
cro open fields of from two to four hun
dred yards in extent to get at them, exposed
to a cross-fire from the batteries so as to
sweep the entire space. The last attack was
made at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, by the
3d division, under lien. Mott, and the loss
wa9 probably heavier than in any of the
other attacks.
Washington. June 20, 10 p.m. To
Major General Dix : So operations to-day
on the James Rivor have leen reported to
the Department. Unofficial statements rep
resent our loss to have been severe in the
assaults on the enemy's works on Saturday,
but no official list of the casualties has been
received.
General Sherman, in a dispatch dated
this evening (7.30 p. m. ) says : "I was pre
mature in announcing that the enemy had
abandon ?d his position. I based my report
upon those of the army commanders. The
enemy has thrown back his iiank and aban
doned all his works in front of Kenesaw
Mountain. but holds that mountain as the
apex of his position with his Hanks behind
Noonday and Moses Creeks. We have
pressed him pretty clo-e to-day. although
the continued rain makes all movements al
most impossibility."'
Gen. Foster, commanding the department
of ihe South, at Hilton Head, forwards the
following dispatch, dated June 15, at Hil
ton Head, S. C : "I have the honor to re
port that I have to-day received from Maj.
Gen. Samuel Jones, commanding the rebel
forces in this department, a letter stating
that five General officers of the United
States, as prisoners of war, had been placed
in Charleston, to be retained there under
our fire. Against this weak and cruel act I
have protested. In the meantime the fire
on the city is continued. I respectfully ask
that an equal number of relei officers of e
qual rank may be sent to inc. in order that
I may place them under the rebel fre as long
a3 our officers are exposed in Charleston."
This department has issued a retaliatory
order, transferring to Gen. Foster an equal
number of rebel general oincers. to be treat
ed in the manner proposed as long as our
o fleers are exposed in Charleston.
K. M. Stanton. Sec. War.
The ISth army Corps. Gon. Smith, has
returned to Bermuda Hundred, having been
relieved from its position in front of Pc-teis-bui
ir. General Smith has issued the filiovv-
iiiir order: To the Eighteenth Arm it Corn:
The Genera! commanding desires to express
,to his command his appreciation of their
soldierly qualities, as have Wen displayed
during the campaign of the lat seventeen
days. Within that time they have been
call e 1 upon to undergo all the hardships of
a soldier's life and been exposed to ail r f its
dangers. Marches under a hot sun have
ended in severe battles ; after th battles,
watchful nights in the trenches taken fiom
the enemy. But the crowiiint.' point of the
honor they are entitled to has been won
Mnce the 15th instant, when a series of
earthworks, in most commanding positions
and of most formidable strength have been
carried with all the gun? and material of
war of the enemy, including prisoners and
colors. The works have ail U en held and
the trophies remai . in our hands. The vic
tory is all the more important to us. as the
troops have never li.n regularly organized
in camp, where time has been given them
to !-a. ;i th discipline nwe-sary to a well or
ganised coijjs (1 nrmee, but they Lave been
nastily concentrated and suddenly .summon
ed to take part in the trying campaign of
our country's being. Such honor as they
have won will remain imperishable.
To the colored troops comprNinc the di
vision of (ien. Hindis the General com
manding would call the attention of bis com
mand. With the veteransof the Eighteenth
corps they have stormed the works of the
enemy and carried them, taking guns and
prisoners, and in the whole affair tiiey have
displayed all the qualities of good soldiers.
By command of Maj. Gen. Smith.
W.m. Russell, Jr., A. A. A. G.
Washington. June 22. 10 p. m. To
Major (icneral Dix : Dispatches from City
Point, at 4 o'clock this evening, report no
ngnting to-uay. .Movements are in progress
Allien are not now proper lor publication.
The Richmond papers report an attack up
on Lynchburg by G en. Hunter on Saturday,
and that he was repulsed. It is believed,
however, that there was nothing more than
a reconnoissance, and that, having ascertain
ed the place to be strongly defended, Gen.
Hunter withdrew, and is operating upon
theenemy's communications at other points.
A dispatch from Gen. Sherman's head
quarters, dated yesterday at o clock,
states that ';it had rained almost incessant
ly, in spite of which our lines have been
pressed forward steadily, and an important
position has been gained by Gen Howard. "
The enemy made a desperate attempt to re
take this position last night, making seven
distinct assaults on Gen. hittakers bri
gade of Stanley's division, and losing not
less t han seven or eight hundred men. Two
hundred killed were left on Whittaker's
front. This assault was followed by a heavy
fire of artillery, under which the position
was fortified, and is now safe. Our cavalry
is across Noonday. Creek, on our left, and
one brigade of the 23d corps is across Moses
Creek on the right ; but the rebel left is be
ii "... i
mnu a swamp, ana the rams prevent any
advance. The lighting has been quite se
vere at all points, the enemy resisting stub
bornly, and attempting the defensive when
ever he can.
General Sigel reports from Martinsburg
to-dav: "There is no truth in the statement! TheNewlork Timet says that a gentle
of The Philadelphia Jnnuirer of the 21st j man, m conversing with Mr. Lincoln, re
in relation to a raid of Mosbv. Winches- marked that nothing could de.eat his re-elec-
ter is not occupied by the enemy, nor arc
the telegraphic wires cut between this place
and Harper's Ferry."
No military intelligence from any other
quarter has been received to-day by the De
partment. E. M. Stanton, Sec. War.
Washington, J nne
25ih.-
-The
attack
upon the 2nd L'orps on Wednesday, near
the Weidon Railroad, did not result so disas
trously as was at firt supposed. The line
was formed by Barlows' division beiiiir on
the left ; Birney's iGen. Motrin command)
on the centre, and Gibbon's on the right.
It was expected that the 0th corps would
have connected on the loft with Barlow, but
..3,
it sH-m quite a gap was left, into which A.
P. Hill's corns entered, and lie for our men
were aware of it thev received a vollov from
the rear which created a panic in the ranks
and caused a rapid retreat to the woods in
the rear of the 3d division. This left the
flank of the 3d Division unprotected and
the enemy, taking ndvanrage of if, charged
through and fairly into the pits, ordering
our men to surrender.
The troops, however, left the trenches
and fell back rapidly, but many of them
were captured and quite a number killed and
wounded. Our loss in prisoners is reported
at about 1.000, while some make the figure
higher. Our loss in killed and wounded is
probably 1,500. Four officers engaged in
this fight had just joined their command af
ter being exchanged, and when surrounded
and ordered to surrender, replied, ""never,
death rather than Libby." and fighting their
way as best they could, several of them got
back safe. At 8 P. M. a charge was made
by the 2d Corps, and the line of works from
which they had been forced in the afternoon
recovered. We lost scarcely a man in this
advance,as the enemy fired too high. and the
balls all passed ever the heads of our men.
A number of prisoners were taken.
Washington, June
Highland Light arrive
.'7. The steamer
here at 1 1 o'clock
from City Point, which place she left at lo
o'clock yesterday morning. -The Highland
Light brought up the th Ohio Volunteers,
commanded by Major Winslow. who.-e term
of service has expired. Therociment mj m-l-ers
a hundred and fifty-one oiheers and men.
There has been no very heavy lighting with
in the last fV:W days. Skirmishing is kept
up all along the line. The cannonading at
times is heavy. Firing was heard about live
miles from Bermuda Hundred on Saturday,
whore Gen. Butler is entrenched. The en
emy ma le an attack upon Butler's entrench
ments, but did not succeed in effecting any
thinur. and were driven off. On Saturday
t!;c re 'no Is attacked Sheridan's resir at Wil
cox's Lauding, and opturcd a fiw of his
men. A brig ad 3 of infantry was nt once
dispatched to protect Sheridan's rear, and
the enemy was kept, back ti'l Sheridan hs'J
succeeded in crossing the river with his train.
The railroad is advanced five miles from
City Point towards Petersburg. Yesterday,
heavy firing was heard ia the direction of
Petersburg. On Saturday night tre rebels
made an attack on our pickets about the
centre of our line. a they were being reliev
ed. But fcero repul.-ed, with little or no
loss to our troops. On the height beyond
Petersburg the rebels hive an eighteen-guu
br.ttory bearing upon the centre ot our lines,
in front of that ttace. Th's balterv has
hoi-n very trout le-c
proved too heavy fi
have brought again
on another cavalry
n.-'-ws from him r;y
rebel captain and f
But i'Vs jiii'-s- on Fr;
of aHei-'hnee. Two
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What is tboajfst cf the G jI I r,uuc.
(Form the Now York tiernld
"Reckless SiEiULAron." Since the
passage of ttw gold Mil by ihe Congress,
buying and scbing the previous m-uil have
ceascd in the Stock Exchange. There arc
no longer any official quotations of its price.
A few reckless speeiuu;.. r.s, many of litem
v-: 1: more sympathy with J t If Davis ihau the
Union cause, have taken a ivaniaj-.: or this
Condition of aflaii :;, an lai c announcing gold
at all prices from, two hundred to isvo bun
died and thirty. Others have inciva -od ll.i:
excitement for the purpose, of accompll-Li;.;
the repeal or a modification of the new law.
The Copperhead press yesterday uiuriiiug
quoted ii as high as two huiuhvii a. id ten.
and endeajvored to make the public be
lieve that the ri.-e was caused by the failure
oi General Grant in his operations on Pe
tcr.-burg. 'j he etieel
furnished the sccoh
nt' the go id bill has.
sympathizers with a
sT'ier.i.iu opiioitumtv to rush thiouau the
streets and Keep up a clamor and cluster,
announcing gold at any price they choose.
That u the bu-ines that they are engaged
in just now, which explains the whole affair.
Let one of our merchants visit Wall street
with ten thousand dollars of gold to sell, and
he will very soon ascertain I hat gold is not
bringing any such price as the sece.-h .street
brawlers quote it at.
(From the N. Y. Tribune j
"Gold-Gambling." CoSd-gamblingha
long been a favorite resort of treason and its
sympathizers in our city. Ihe intercepted
correspondence lat year.of prominent rebels
burrowing here showed that they believed
thej- were serving their master, JefT Davis,
as much by forcing up the price of gold in
our market as they could do by leading his
regiments in Virginia. Congress, by the
gold act, has struck them a telling b!uv, and
thev writhe and foam madry in consequence.
Their craft is in danger or worse, and they
are making desperate, exertions to wreck the
credit and financesof the Union, in order at
once to glut their rapacity and secure the
triumph of the slaveholders' rebellion. Such
is the essential impulse to the spasmodic
and convulsive exaggeration of the premium
on gold during the last two days. . . . Any
man wuo na-s greenbacks can buy golu with
them in perfect obedience to the law of Con
gress, or he can sell gold (if he has any) for
greenbacks. What the law forbids is felling
gohlyou have NOT,or buying nnl not pavinn
Jont. Betting on the price of gold at future
day, and other forms of gold-gambling, are
likewise forbidden : but actuailv to KiW or
sell gold, paying or taking pay for it in cur
rency of the eountrv, is nowise forbidden r
discouraged. You are swindling j our read
ers, sir! and trying to coin their credulltv in-
to aisioyaity ami national ruin ! JJeware !
We are glad to hear of the convalescence
of Gen. McClernand. whoso ease at one time
was deemed very critical. Gen. Franklin is
rapidly recovering from his wound.
lection but Grant's capture of Richmond,
to be followed by his nomination at Chicago
and aeeeotanee. "Well." said the Presi-
dent, "1 feel very much like the man who
said he didn't want to die particularly, but
if he had to die, that was precisely the dis
ease he would like to die of."
Art vcrtxwmttttii set infarct type, ruts, or out ofustmt
tty'- ! bf rhirprri ioult price tor space occitfint
'1 o ifisura fcltSTJtion, the CASH rinit acsoaapu
ny notice, as follows-. All Cautions with
Stray. SI; Auiitcri notises, Sl.SO; Adaiiai'
tratars' aad Exe-outors' nonces. l.'-0. eea : and
! all other trausioat Noficsa u the eam, ra'rs.
i Other a 1 mtssanient at SI per tqaare, for 3 rr lat
insertions. Twelve lines (or leaa! count a square
ISSOI.UTIO.N tit' rAKDNOKSniP
The partnership heretofore existing between
Macy . lnompson, and Jas. Watson, in tne
Lumbering and lagging business, is this day dis
solved by mutual eousent. The business will bo
continued by J;is. K. Watson, who will pett! up
the firm business. TACY W. THOMPSON.
MaryviI!e.June21, JAfv L. WATSON.
SPECIAL. ELECTION"
PE0CLA3IATI0K
T7"IIEKLAS, the 'overcorof the
Coin mon
ths "teat
v T wealth of Pennsylvania, under
real of the State, lot a issned
of Election :
the following writ
TO Edw'bd Perks. Esq.. Sheriff of ihe county cf
Clearfield, sends li reefing :
WHEREAS, A Joint Resolution proposing cer
tain amendments to the Constitution of this Com
monwealth, which are as followa, viz:
'There Fhall be an additional section to the
third article of the Constitution, to be designa
ted as section four &s follows :
"Section 4. Whenever any of the qualified e
lectors ot this Commonweiilth shall bo in any act
ual military service, under a requisition from the
President of the United States, or by authority
of this Commonwealth, such electors may exer
cise the right of suffrage in all elections by the
citizens under such regulations as .ire or shall be
prescribed by law. as fully as if they were pres
ent at their u.-ual place of elections."
'There shall be two additional .Sections to the
Eleventh Article of tha Constitution, to be desig
nated a Sections eight and nine, as follows :
"Sectio-iS. N.-i bill shall be p;isst-l by the Leg
islature containing wore than one subject, wbich
shall be clearly exprosaed in the title, except ap
propriation bills.
"Section 9. No bill shall be passed by the Leg
islature, granting arty powers or pr: vileges.in any
case where the authority to grant such powers,
or privileges, has been, or may hereafter be. con
ferred upon the Courts of this Commonwealth. ";
had been agreed ly a majority or' the members
elected to each House of the Legislature, at two
successive sccfious ot" the s;iiue.
AND WHKUKAS. It is provided in the Tenth
Article of the ."aid Contitution. that any uaiend
rnents.so agreed upon, euail be submitted to the
people in such manner, and at ?u:h time, ut least
wiree moiitns utter heing so agreed to by the twj
Louse, a the Legislature shall prescribe ; such
subuiissi!! to be ot Mich mariner and form, that
the people may vote for or against each urcend
rneiit seperate and distinctly :
AND WliKiiEAS. 1-y an Act of the General As
sembly of this Commonwealth, passed the tiven-ty-lhir
day cf April. Anno Domini one thousand
eight hundred and sixty four, it is provided
that for the purpose of asvortaining the sense of
the people of this t'oioinonwcailh. in regard to
the adoption or refection of s-iid amendments, or
either of thorn, tiie lioverr.or of this Common
wealth shall i?sue a writ of L'lccrion. directed to
each and every Sheriff of thi3 Commonwealth,
commanding them to give notice in the uual
manner, in not ies than two Newspapers in each
city or county : 1'rovi Jed, That so many are pub
lished therein, and by at lean tro printed hand
bills in each Election Listriet. of every city and
county where no Newspaper f pubii.-hed. that an
election wiii be if Id in 'each of the towrsbij s.
boroughs, wards. prec!i.e and drsiricts therein,
on the HKSi HtSDAY OF A COL ST. in the
year of oar Lord. mo thousand e:.j;ht hundred
and sixty-four, for the purpose of deciding upon
tue approval and ratification, or rejection, nf the
said amendments, which s;iid election stiail b.i o
peud. held and elocea upon the day last aforo
sa: I. at the places ai.d within the hours, at and
wirhin which, th'; Uenetai l.leetio-is f thi. Coui
inoiiwe!lh are directed to be opened. he'. J and
cloied
N'jW Til FP.KFOr E, in o'diccce to the re
quirement of the Tenth Article ot the Couxiitu
uon, arid in accordance with the true in'ent and
meaning of the said act of the General Assembly
of this Commonwealth. T. A. li. Cl'KTlN. Govern
or of the said Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
do isue this writ, cotemandit'g and requiring
you. the said Ldward l'etks. sheriff of the said
county, to give notice in the usual manner and a9
by Law required, that an election will be hold ue
eording to the terms of the Constitution and pro
visions of the Act of the Ueneral Assembly utore-sai-J,
in each of the tounships, boroughs." wards
precincts and districts therein, on the u vt Tues
day of August, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred rd sixtv-four. for the pur-
pono ot ueeiatcg upou tne Approval and ratifica
tion, or rejection, of the said amendmuts.
, " T Civen under my hand and thoijreat
SiKAL J sioul of the Slate, at Marri-burg. ibis
Twenty-first day of .lure, in tbe year
of our Lord one thousand cig-t Lundred anj'.-.is.-ty-four.
and of the Commonwealth tlo etgLiy
eighth. l"y the o eriior : LLI SL1 J'Kl;.
Jsecrttary of tho Cuiuuioawealih.
THEREFORE. T. Enivian Pkrks. High Sheriff
of I'iearfiol J county, do hereby give Pimilic No
tick ta the Electors of the county of Clearfield. that
a special Election will be held ou the Fikst Tl es
pav or August next, being the Skcono day of tha
month, at the same time and places uxed bv law I
lor holding the General and township election, in
said county in accordance with
"An Act Prescribing thetimo and manner of sub
mitting to the people, 'or their approval and ratifi
cation, or rejection, the proposed amendments
to the Constitution
WHEREAS, A joint resolution, proposing cer
tain amendments to the constitution of this com
monwealth, has been agreed to by a majority of
the members elected to each house of the legisla
ture, at two successive sessions of the same, the
first session commencing on the first Tuesday of
January, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundreu and sixty-three, and the second
session commencing on the finst Tuesday of Jan
uary in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-four :
And Whkreas. It is provided in the tenth ar
ticle of the constitution, that any amendment, so
agreed upon, shall be submitted to the people, in
such manner, and such times. at least three months
after being so agreed to by the two house, as the
legislature shall prescribe, such submission to bo
in such manner, and form, taat the people may
vote for, or agaiust, each ameudtnent.J separately,
and distinctly ; therefore.
Sectios 1. Be tt enacted bv the
Ii o use ot A ejrrJn tati vex of the Cotnmn u tr-nlt t.
of Pennsylvania tn tieneral Assembly met, anl it
hereby enacted by the authority of the tame. That
for the purp,se of ascertaining the sense of the
people ox mis commonwealth, in regard to the a
doption. or rejection, of said amendments, or ei
ther of tbem, the governor of this commonwealth
shall issue a writ of eleetion directed to each, and
every, sheriff ot this commonwealth, commandtig
tbem to give notice, in the usual manner, in not
less than two newspapers in each city, and coun
ty : Provided. That to many are published
therein, and by at least two printed handbills, in
each election district, of every city and county,
wherein no newspaper is published, that an election
will be held, in each of the townships, wards, pre
cincts, and districts, therein, on the first Tuesday
of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four, for, the purpose of
deciding upon the approval and ratification, or
rejection, of the said amendments ; which said
election shall be opened held, and closed, upon
the day last aforeid. at tho places, and within
2nrw ADVBsnsEas2rrs.
th hours at, and within, which the s?eDemI eloo
tiuns of this common wealth are directed to be ope u
cd, be:J. and oloAed ; and it shall betbiptyof
the judges, inspector, acd clerk, of ecb of aid
towubii s. borouili. war ts, urtroinota, and dis-
triets. to roeic.al tha eaiJ election, tk-kets. not
exceeding the nur.ber of proposed amendmen
mts.
and
either written or printed or partly written
partly printed, from eacu of the qualified voters
of this State, who may idler the same, and to de
posit them in a box T boxes to be for that pur
pose provided ly tho proper officers ; which tiek
t? shall be, respectively, labelled, on the out
side. ' First Amendment." -'Second Amendment."
and - Third Amendment ;" und those who are la
vorable to said amendments, or any of them, may
express their approval thereof '-y voting, each, ns
many separate, written or printed, or prt!y writ
ten and partlv printed- ballots, or tickets, as
j there are ametcments approved by them, con
j iaiuing. on the inside thereof, the words. -A-
gatnat tee Amen.i uietit ; the electors, vo nig ir.
or against, the first amendment, shaii be
considered as voting for. or cgiir.st. "be first pro
posed tour'.h section to article three cf the constitu
tion, extending the right of suffrnge to soldiers ;
electors:. voting for. or against, :he second amend
ment, shaii be considered as voting fjr.o r against.
the prop.ssi eighth section to article eleven of the
constitution; ai-i electors. voting lor.or against, the
third amen iioerit. shall he considered as voting for,
or against, the proposed ninth section to article tt
leveu of the constitution.
SectlON- 2. That tho election, on the sai 1 pro
posed amendments, snail, in ail respects, be con
ducted as the general elcotions. of this common
wealth, are now conducted; and it shall be the
duty of the return judges, of the respective coun
ties, and districts, thereof, first hi-ving e irc.fully
ascertained the number of votes given for, or a
gainst, each of sai 1 amendments, in the manner
aforesaid, to make out duplicate returns thereof,
expressed in words, tit length, and not in figure?
only ; one of w hich returns, so made, shall be
lodged in the prothonotary's office, of tbeccnrt of
common pleas, of the proper county, and the oth
er sealed, and directed, to "the secretary of the
commonwealth, and by and of said judges deposit
ed, forthwith, in the most convenient post oftice.
upon which, postage shall be prepaid, at tho ex
pense of the proper county.
Section 3. That it shall be the duty of the sec
retary of the commonwealth, on the twenty third
day of August next, before four o'clock, past
meridian, to deliver to the speaker of the Senate,
or the speaker of the House of Representatives,
the returns of the said election . from the several
eonnties of the commonwealth ; and the fame
shall, on the same day, and hour, be openedand
published, in the presence of the members of the
Senate, and House oi llepresctatives ; and the
number of the votes given for, and against, said
amendments, respectively, shall be carefully
summed up. and ascertaine J. and duplicate certi
ficates, of the result, shall be signod by the speak
ers of the two houres. Oho of ai 1 certificates
he delivered totho secretary of thecotmu'inwealth
who shall cause the same to be recorded and file!
in his otlice, and the other ot saiu cert'fieates
shall be delivered to the governor, who s!n!I t'-rth-wi;h
issue his proclamation, declaring whether the
said amendments, or either of them, have been
approved, and ratified, by a majority of the qual
ified voters, of this st ate. voting thereou ; Provi
ded , That if. for any caue. a quorum of either
houseof the legistaturo. shaJl not be present, at
the d;iy. and hour, above mentioned, then tee
sai l votes shall be opened, in the presence c-f such
members, cf said houses, as shall be present:
and in case of the absence of the speaker, of
either bf said bou-s. the sai l certificates sha! I be
signed by the speaker present ; or. in oaso of the
absence of both speakers, the chief clerk sof both
houf.'S. or ei'hcr of them in case of the absence
ct'oDB of sa'd clerks
SrxTtoN 4. That tho several duties required to
be performed by ihe sheri fis. commissioners, con
stables, judge!, inipectrs. and all other ofrtcers.
whatever, in. and about, the general elections of
this commoowealtb. shall be performed, by such
ofiioers, in. and about, the elei:ttou herein provi
ded for ; ami a)i persons.' whether officers, or
others, shaii he liaMc to the same punishment, for
the poglect of any e'uty, the comiui.-sinu of any
offence, at, in, or about, the said election, as they
would, for the neciect cf like duty, or the com
mission of like offence, at. in. orabout. the gener
al elections of ibis commonwealth.
lltxr.v C. Johnson.
Speaker of ihe iioute of Rc;-i cjc.i i virs.
Joks'P 1'E.XM.Y.
Speaker .jf the ceoate
Ari'Kovrr) The twenty-third day cf Apiii. Ad
no uoiuihi one thousand eight hunii.'d and sixty
four A.-.i C V RUN
1 he e Votors of the county of Ciewrieh
no'i-ie titt tee i.ii i oc'al Election i
will tane
be heid '
at the following places vij:
At the house of Samuel M S'atth f"-r 2vj..r;.t
to wrishif.
Attbe"h!u-e of As pb I.IHj for IJetl t'-Hnship
I At the house of Jiitacs Lloom, Sen . fur Llooin
j township
j At tho house of Edward Albert for the towiuhip
Of Ito-jTtT.
j At the houso of Win. Hoover for the town-hip
I of Eradwrd.
I At the public house of K. W. Moore for Rrady
j township.
i At the hou;s of John Young for the township of
i rUirnside.
j At the school house roar Simon ;torab:iUgh's for
j the township of Cl.et.
j At tiie.-Htrt house f'-r the Porrtisb cf Cleurfield.
Atrlic hoa-eol' Jacob Maurcr fur the township
of Covir.jr'on.
j At the f c,"c cf T. l'.looii. dte"J. f .'thc P.vr
i ou;'h of Curwersvitie.
At Centre sehf.d hou.-c for the town-hip of Ie
j catur
' At the h t;-e Thomas D. Jjuvi fur the town
; sh';; of ferjusoii.
' At'br'ho'o
i of i'. t.
; Ai t ");': -
r ot .lol.n I . Lin: t
dv for th
'!
, Hill schcol 1
iso for the lownshin '
; ot" viiraoi
j At the p-:lii
: iioshcli.
: At the house
school house for
he Ivttuship of
r tho towcsliiji
f.i. '.rob 1
.!!.:
of (irabain.
At the si hotil bouse in
Janeivi'lc for the lima-
sh lp c' ti stcl ic.i .
At the house of Jesse V.'i!
Huston.
n tor tho towmbip of
At the school house in Acsonvilie for the town
ship of Jordan.
At the house of I. D. Hall & Co. for tho town
khip of Karthau s.
At the Tuikey Hill cchcol huu.-e for the town
ship of Knox.
At the court house in tho Borough of Cloarfie l
for Lawrence township.
At the public school bouse for the borough of
Lumber city.
At the house formerly occupied by Thomas Ky
lcr for the township of Morris.
At the public school house lor the Lorough ot
Xcw Washington.
At the house formerly of Wm. W. Anderson for
the township of Penn .
At the nouse of I. Bloom. decd, ia the Borough
of Carwensville for Pike township
At the house of R. W. Moore for the township
of L'nion.
At the house of Thomas Henderson for the town
ship of Woodward.
XOTICE IS FURTHER HEREBY GIVEN, That
all persons, except Justices of the Peace, who
shaJl hold any office or appointment of trust, un
der the government of the l.'nitcd States or of
this State, or of any incorporated district, weth
er a commissioned officer or otherwise, a subor
dinate officer r agent, who is or shall be em
p oyed under the Legiclative, Executive, or Judi
cial Departments of this State or United States,
or any city or iccorpoated district, and also that
every member of Congress and of the State Legis
lature, or of the common or select council of any
city, or commissioner nf any incorporated dis
trict, are by law incapable of holding or exer
cising, at the same time, the office or apoint
ment of Judge. Inspector, or Clerk of any elee
tion of this Commonwealth.
And the Return Judges of the respective dis
tricts aforesaid are requested to meet at the Court
House, in the Borough of Clearfield, on the First
Friday next after the said First Tuesday of Au
gust, then nnd there to do those things required
of tbem by law.
GIVEN under my Land and seal, at Clearfield,
this Twenty-ninth day of June, in the year of onr
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four,
and of the Independence of the United States the
eighty-eighth. , EPWARD PERK?, Sheriff.
KEVT AETEETISEKIN1S.
Cii:cri..vvt.msTouY of re ? pT-:
SYLVAN. I A KE.-EIiVES -Eli Barr r"
respectfully ancnuoee that theT have in rri,
tion it bistorv nt th Pfnns I vir.i k..l. ".lr4'
their organization to the expiration of lh.;r i'031
of service. r l,r!
j Thii history will contain the naaes tf ' ,v
j officers and privates of the oorps their m''
t, stria 'i . t, 1 T l , i . 1 , . V. - . . .
descriptions of their camp life and their gk' . 5
achievements in th many battles in w hi-2 J
have taken purl all derived from efEcial
thentie sources. " "
The History of the Pennsylvania EeM-rt, .
be in One Volume of 500 peges, octavo t ,
ly printed on good paprr, and subsur-'-I'"
bi.un l in black clolh. containing a steal ea-ravi'7
of the lamented Reynolds, and one of Gov r
tin (who first recommended the formation of t
Pennsylvania Reserve Corp3.) and will be sold o
ly by subscription- It will be rexly jn iaga;
The publishers feel confident that the jmtnrM
which every Pennsylvania mint r,toriain f 't
the brave mm whose gallant acbieveaen,.
prriofc self-devotion it records will i-ur fo
The History" a gecerons "iH approriiiti .
ception. ELI As BAKU 4 Co . Puhli.h.rf
4 . , ,. , ,Xt Ea' Kir.g Street
.FrK?w'an rrhable Agents wanted in
district In Pennsylvaiua to anruu for the ibov.
work.fi J
Johs t. Mdore, UharEeid Pa
Agent for Cleir
Jur. 29. Kit
Cold couuty.
"EA1LY
BOUND TH& COTJXTFR. BOYS.-
XfuS
TIIE 2D SERIES
Of Grand Kaces have coui-nenced on
the Lumber-City course!
OPE2T FOR COMPETITION
Every !ty, Sundays excepted. ) A prize
for everybody. Apply imwdiatrb to
tne proprietors. Kirk t Spencer,
tit their JCeic Cheap Store,
in li umber -City, Pernio..
The fact can be no longer denied the ftop'.
have said it, the people know it. and everybouy
believes it, that the new store is the place to buv
cheap goods, to buy new goods, to buy fwhion.
ble goods, to buy any kind of goods you want.
The summer stock, now opening at Kirk i Sp.
cer's. is the largest, the best assorted and but
that ever came to the place
Ladies can Cud delaines, alpaeas. merioot,
ca.-h meres. French and American giogharasjawnt.
pUi is, nankins, berege.cambrics. muslins, b a 1 mo
ra! and hoop skirts, silk and cloth mantles, veili.
edgings, lace, brai l, nets, corsets, belts, collareti?,
hosiery, gloves, rihbons, bonnets, bats, triirmiuir",
bobinett, mull and Swiss muslins, shawls, coab,
wristlets, linen handkerchiefs, toilet articles, Ac.
lieutlc-men cau find coats, pants, vests, boot,
shoes, ha's, caps, collars, neck-ties, suspenders,
shirts, handkerchiefs, perfumery 4c.
Children can find toys in great variety. cn.n li.
nuts, &o
It is the place to buy your dry goods ; yourgrc
ceries, your boots and shoes, hats, eaps and bor.
neis; your notions your hard ware, scythes, fork,
shovels, hoes, rakes; your brooms, cedar and wil
low ware; your clocks and looking glasses ; your
stone and queeuswaie ; your flour, bsh and baecs ;
your glass, putty, paints, oil and varnish ; yoor
nails and spikes ; in fast auythir,g you want. If
you wish the highest cash pi ice f your produce,
your butter, egg, grain, flax-seed. rag, timber,
boards and shir git s, it is the place to exchange tt
the best advantage to yourselves Any art el cot
on band will be ordered on short notice. Ladie
wishing bonnets or dress goods can have them or
dered by calling at Kirk 4 Spn.:er's cheap stir,
as special arrangements have been inaJa for that
purpose.
We do not wish to wound or seriously hurt an? -body,
but will do our utmost to maintain tha re
ntation we have won. cf selling goods a litl'v
lower than anybody else.
Rally o nd the counter, boys!' and be con
vicced of the truth of our assertions-.
Lumber-city, June 21. KIRK A SPENCER.
VO riCE TO BOMinOLDERS.-All per
il sons hcldin? ttonds of Clearfietd county da
ted St ptttuber 1so2 (being the f rst l.outty Vfrj
vl by C ir.missioners of Clf-.irSei 1 rmir.ty) a:-
f.o-ehy -.tifi'j i t'ist by reo':ioii of the l-n'.r i
: Ci.iuitisionrs they are reouesred to j.-ft:
ih"m to the Treasurer for payment on tbf It' f
July. as inr-re.-i will termiufct on tbat
At tbf miuo ti.T.' i,'' ''our: house Kot: due 'h-
11 dav of .!uiv will b paid. i7 order . f ;l
i;ord". " W. S RllAPI EY.
t j m ni rs
r'fiie
i i e -
2l
'f(-r
AM) O'lt.AIlAMTON
r.
. V.KH OY.
PAW. The ui.dn-bei
C'ini:!t;.si'tonis ippoinfoJ t. ren books, r-ce'v
subscriptions of s'.Ktk, mid organiz a ctt :pir.y
by the name and style of the MoshaDnou nt, '.
ffr.ihrii'iton Turnpike Road Company." L.tce
give notice that they will meet in the 1 . r. r.r
osb aniiori. Show-Shoe township. Centre o-jucty.
on Tuesday the 2sth day of June IS''1 ;'.!.'
stere or' F P flurx'hal. at which time an i plaro
books will be 07ned to recei, subsoriptions cf
stuck in snid company.
JOHS .1. tiO'VEE. F P. HERXTIl Al.,
H KOLT. s. tl. HERSHLY.
V.M. TK w ART. JACOR M'CK.
.IAS P. NELSON. JAS C. GRAHAM.
Mosiiaunoii. June 7. 1864.
DRUGS! DRUGS!!
II.
iul.n
;CK & HUSTON.
DRUGGISTS,
M 1KKET ST., CLEARFIELD.
Keep constantly on hand a large and well select
ed stock of
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS,
FAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES.
i Perfumery, Toilet J ood
BLANK BOOKS & STATIONAR V,
'JODACCO & SEGARS,
And a general assortment of varieties ar.d fane
articles We respectfully invite a call, feeling
confident that we can supply the wants ef all oa
terms to their satisfaction. April 29, 1H51.
FTNITED STATES TAX APPEALS.
t-J United States Assessor's Office. Xineteentk
Histrict. Pa., office. CurwecsvKIe, Clearfield Co ,
Pa. Notice is hereby given that the assessment
lists, valuations and enumerations made and ta
ken within the assessment district composed of
the county of Clearfield, Penn 'a. by the assistant
assessor, under the law of the United Slate,
will remain open to all persons ooneerned for ex
amination for the space of 15 days from the 7th
day of July, A. D.. 1)464, at the office of Daniel
Livingston, Assessor. Iflth District. Pa., in tha
borough of Curwensville, in the said county r
Clearfield, and. at Ihe same plaoe. the undersign
ed assessor of this Collection District, will attend
on the 22d of July at his office in Corwensville,
to receive, hear, and determine all appeals rela
tive to any erroneous or xcessive valuations or
enumerations by the Assistant Assessor.
In regard to appeals, the law provides, "That
' the question to be determined by tb assessor.
on an appeal respecting tbe valuation or enn
" meration of property, or objects liable to doty
" or taxation, shall be. whetier the valuation
" eomplained of be or be not in a just relation or
" proportion to other valuations in the same a
" sessment district, and whether the enumeration
44 be or be not correct. And all appeals to beaa
44 sessor as aforesaid, shall be made in writing,
and shall specify the particular cause, matter,
u or thing respecting which s decision ia reque"
"ed; and shall, moreover, atate the ground or
44 principle of inequality or error complained or.
DANIEL LIVINGSTON,
Assessor of the Nineteenth Collection District
CurwnrvHIe, June 5th, 131