SHAN'S
Raftsman's Jfoimwl.
BT S. J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., JULY 20, 1864.
NATIONAL UNION NOMINATION'S.
FOR PRESIDENT,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, of Illinois.
FOR VrCK PRESIDENT,
' ANDREW JOHNSON, of Tenneseee.
TIOJf ELECTORAL TICKET.
SeXATOKIAL LECTORS.
MORTON M'MICHAEL, of Philadelphia,
THOMAS CUNNINGHAM, of Beaver.
ELECTORS.
Elias W. Hall,
Charles H. Shriner,
John Wister,
David M'Conaughy,
David W. Woods,
Isaac Benson,
John Patton,
1 Robert P King,
2 Geo.MorrisonCoatee,
3 Henry Bumm,
William II. Kern,
5 Bartin H. Jenks.
n Charles M. Hunk,
7 Robert Parke,
R Aaron Mall,
U John A. Hiestand,
10 Richard II. Coryell.
11 Edward Holliday,
IS Charles F. Reed.
Samuel B. Dick,
Everard Bierer,
John P. Penney,
Ebenezer M'Junkin,
John W. Blanchard,
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
Special Election, August 2, 1864.
IN FAVOE OF SOLDIEES VOTING.
The National Finances.
Secretary Fessenden has returned toWash
ington from New York without money, or
the promise of money, from the associated
banks. His negotiations with them fell
through, whatever the ostensible reasons,
because of their absolute inability to furn
ish the fifty millions required, there being
but fifteen millions in gree'neacks in the city,
the balance having been sent west to pur
chase produce. The banks being unable to
lend money, offered to lend their credit, but
the Secretary considered that he had no
power to negotiate such & loan, and felt un
willing, even if he had the power, to exer
cise it. He was urged from some quarters
to take measures to make the money mar
ket easier, but replied that, on the "contrary,
he should exert himself to make it tighter,
go as to reduce the price of gold and the ne
cessaries of life, and those articles which
the Government must purchase for the ar
my. He will have recourse to a popular
loan, probably at six per cent., preferring to
t?ell long bonds at, or even below par, to a
further inflation of the currency. The ad
tisement for this loan may be expected to
appear before many days. Meantime, thanks
in a great measvre to the new tax law, the
Treasury finds itself fully able to supply its
present needs. Fifteen millions of dollars
were disbursed on the lath, and we are as
sured that the next weekly statement of the
public debt will show a reduction instead of
increase of amount of unpaid requisition,
and decrease also of the amount of notes in
circulation, more 5 per cent, coupon paper
having been withdrawn than eompound in
terest paper issued.
More of the Same Sort.
Two weeks since we published accounts of
a number of papers, which heretofore had
been opposed to President Lincoln, coming
out in favor of the Union nominees. Here
are a few more of the same sort :
"The Belleville Demokrat, one of the
strongest among the German journals in
Illinois to advocate Fremont before hia nom
ination, has backed square out and hoisted
the names of Lincoln and Johnson.
The Buffalo Journal, the new German
dailv recently started in that city, under the
editorship of Dr. T)e Hass, as the organ of
the Uenuan .Radicals, which was expec
ted to support the nomination or rremont,
and which, since the Cleveland Convention,
has maintained an attitude of political un
certainty, came out recently squarefooted
and decided lor Lincoln and Johnson.
The Waechter am Erie, an influential
German paper published in Northern Ohio,
and which was favorable to the Cleveland
Convention, sneaks as follows: '"The Fre
mont who wrote that letter (accepting the
Cleveland nomination,! over which the cop
perhead press is rejoicing, does not appear
to us like the rremont ot loao. . . now
can we recognize the document as coming
from one who has alwavs Deen a leauer oi
the radical ? Is it not a bid for the Chica
go noiniuatiou, or has the man become an
other t - -
New Call for Tjtoors. 500,000 More
Mkx.- The President as issued a call for
500,000 additional men. If these troops
are not put into the field, by volunteering,
on or before the 5th day of September, 1864,
a draft will be immediately made thereafter
for one year from that date. -Volunteers
will be accepted for one, two or three years.
A credit for any excess of men furnished on
former quotas, by sub-districts, will be al
lowed on the present call.
The hour of danger is the test of fidelity.
He who is ready to bow under the shadow ot
adversity, because the hosts of crime eon
front bgtb Grant and Washington, prefers
. anarchy to order, and starless despotism to
Constitutional freedom. He would cloud
the graves oi our martyred dead with dis
honor, and doom the living to humiliation
and lawlessness. Steady, faithful men
steady! An imperiled nationality is to be
rescued the hope of the living and the fani".
il the dead demand it !
TEE REBEL SAID.
Last week we gave an account of the in
vasion of Maryland by the Rebels the cut
ting of the Northern Central and of the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroads the capture of Geneial Frank
lin, who afterwards made his escape and
the concentration of the whole rebel force in
the vicinity of Washington.
On the 12th the rebels appeared before
Fort Stevens, on the Seventh Street road,
about 6 miles from Washington, and attacted
the fort with some vigor, but were repulsed
with a heavy loss. Annapolis was also
threatened, but no attack made on it. The
Rebels finding that Washington was better
protected than perhaps they anticipated
thought it prudent to make no further dem
onstrations upon the city, and accordingly
they withdrew; and on the 13th recrossed
the Potomac at Edward's Ferry, and oppo
site Poolsville. . In fact their attack upon
Fort Stevens seems to have been but a ruse,
to enable them to make good their retreat,
and to get safely away their plunder.
A portion of the 6th corps is said to be in
pursuit of the retreating raiders who are
moving off at a rapid rate, down the valley
towards Gordonsville. Our forces in pur
suit had succeeded in capturing Gen. Brad-
ly Johnson near Edward's Ferry, but he was
afterwards rescued by a bold dash of his
owncavahy. A portion of Mosby's com
mand, about 2K), passed near Leesburg on
Tuesday night each rider leading a horse,
while they were driving before them nearly
10,000 head of cattle. When last heard
from they were making towards Ashby's
Gap. Another portion of the rebel cavalry
made towards Chester Gap and Snickerville,
while the main body moved directly for
Ashby's Gap.
The statements that the rebel force in
the invasion numbered 50,000, and the un-der-estimate
of from 8,000 to 10,000, wc be
lieve both to be incorrect. Gen. Grant has
not varied from his original estimate that it
was from 20,(X to 30.0M strong, and the
War Department puts it but a little higher.
These figures are not very materially higher
than our published estimate of last week.
Some knowing secessionists in Baltimore
assert that this raid of the rebels was inere-
a reconnoissance to ascertain Grant's po
sition and strength at Washington and in
Maryland. Discovering this they have re
turned to the other side of the Potomac to
await reinforcements, with which, when ob
tained, they will advance again with Lee in
command. We anticipate that this story
was only intended to deter our forces from
making a vigorous pursuit, and to enable
the rebels to make good their retreat with
the large amount of plunder and cattle which
they had stolen in Maryland which, it
is believed, together with the destruction of
property on their rout, will amount to a
bout four millions of dollars.
Representative Ashley, who has been to
the front, and left headquarters on Wed
nesday, reports a confident feeling prevail
ing in Grants army, which was also shown
by the General himself, that the Maryland
invaders would be captured. No informa
tion of a capture of more than 300 or 400
has, however, reached Washington, up to
this time.
This rebel invasion seems to have been
only a raid on a large scale for the purpose
of plunder, and with the hope of withdraw
ing Gen. Grant's grasp upon the rebel cap
ital. If such was Lee's object, he has cer
tainly failed in his calculations. Gen. Grant
has continued his attack upon Petersburg
as persistently as though no rebels were in
the vicinity of Washington. On the other
hand the 19th army corps, from New Or
leans, which had been brought to Washing
ton, will now be in H)sition to either rein
force Gen. Grantor to co-operate with him
from this side. I lenee, this raid, has been
the means of strengthening rather than
weakening our cause, whilst the only advan
tage the rebels have gained consists in the
amount of plunder they have been enabled
to carry off.
Gen. Sherman is making good progress.
At last accounts he had driven the rebels
over the river, and he was before Atlanta.
We soon expected to hear of Sherman's
taking Atlanta.
By Tuesday Evening's Mail.
An official report to the Post Office de
partment shows that the mails for twenty
eight different cities were burned by the
rebels at G unpowder.
On the 15th a collision took place on the
New York and Erie railroad, by which Sixty-four
Union and Rebels soldiers we.re
killed.
The probability is that the rebel raiders
will make good their retreat with most of
their booty gathered in Maryland.
Mark well the malignant, treacherous
copperhead in this crisis in our country's
cause. The shadow of adversitj' quickens
his whole perfidious powers into life, and he
scatters unmanly treason on every side along
his flsithway. He would yield to treason
because he loves it because he hates the free
institutions so sacred to every patriot, and
lie serves the purpose of Jeff. Davis with
more effect than hi? murderous soldiers if he
can make loyal hearts despair. Let faith
ful men rise in their majesty and declare
with one voice that the Union shall be
PBESRVED, and THAT TREASON WILL DIE:
Jicpositorjt. -
Speaker Colfax is renominated from the
9th Congressional District of Indiana. He
has been nominated seven times and elected
five ; a repre-ntative for ten out of four
leen year.
A New Name.
There is something new under the politi
cal sun. l ne managers are about to coin
new name for the Democratic party. In his
card announcing the postponementof.'theChi
cago convention, the Chairman of the Dem
ocratic iN ational Committee uses the name
Conservative Union Democratic party."
Astonishing ! We never heard of such a
farty before. We have heard of Democrats,
'eace Democrats, War Democrats, Jeffer
sonian Democrats, J acksonian Democrats,
aye, and Confederate Democrats, but we
never heard of such an hermaphrodite ar
rangement as a 'Conservative Uniou Dem
ocratic party.' But why not have such a
party ? Democrats have always contended
that there are no two things so unequal as
white men and negroes, and yet the statis
tics of the strongest Democratic localities,
which have generally been south of Mason
and Dixon's line, have shown conclusively
they well understand how to mix the two !
Then why not form a "Miseegen" party af
ter such a manner ? The elements exist.
and why not use them ? The three adjec
tives used, "Conservatives." "Union," and
Democrats, might well be regarded as
representing the three principal classes of
men with which their voting class is divided
the office-hunters, the war-patriots, and
the peace-traitors. The idea of this grand
new party, uniting war and peace, loyalty
and disloyalty into one harmonious whole,
to be run by the old chiefs of the played out
Democracy is certainly brilliant lilooms
burg Republican.
Confession of a Copperhead.
Hon. James Brooks, editor of the New
York Express, is one of the most ultra op
onents of the Administration, and a Cop
perhead of the first water. In a recent let
ter from Washington to his paper, he
says :
Slavery carries with it its own punish
ment. It is a dead drag to the body politic.
It is impossible for any community to pros
per with it on its bosom. The affliction
bears as heavily on the master as upon the
slaves. It endangers the peace and happi
ness of the master, and robs the slave of
his freedom and his birth-right As to
prosierity and accumulation of property, it
keeps the master in the rear of others in a
like situation exempt from this evil, and
thus deprives him when it depresses his ser
vant. It is demonstrable, in my opin
ion, that that community of whites, taken
as a whole, must be happier, more prosper
ous and richerj where slavery is prohibited,
than where it is allowed.
And yet, in the face of this confession,
the Copperhead leaders refuse to fight for
the Union, unless the preservation and
perpetuity of slavery be guaranteed by the
Government.
Gold is Falling ! Provisions are fall
ing ! The speculators are in misery. They
have ruled the country long enough, and
their time has come. Many a scamp who
has been making money out of the necessi
ties of the Governmeut pork-gamblers,
gold-gamblers, whisky-gamblers, gamblers
in copper and oil will see in this crash a
just and terrible retribution. This is what
the A. J . tribune says, and we endorse it :
"Rejoice with us, fellow-citizens, that the
bloated, hollow fabric of speculation and
exorbitant prices, conjured up by the joint
efforts of avarice and treason, plainly totters
to its fall ! The premium on gold took a
heavy lee lurch yesterday, and the prices of
fork, flour, and most others necessaries of
ife, tumbled with it. There never was a
tolerable reason, a plausible excuse for car
rying gold above $1.50, or pork above $25,
or flour at wholesale above 8 per barrel,
and other staples in proportion. All beyond
these rates was a gigantic bubble, blown by
treason and rapacity, favored by cowardice.
1 lad our great banks and leading bankers
chosen to feed the market with gold, even
at the rate of one million per week, for
the last ten or twelve weeks, the above prices
need not have been exceeded. With ten
millions deducted from their gold and twen
ty millions added hereby to their green
backs, the banks would have stood stronger
than they do to-day, and been better able to
resume specie payments whenever the waste
of the war shall be arrested. ' '
The Way to Get Recruits. A public
spirited citizen, too old himself" to Ihj in the
draft, advertises in Thursday's Philadelphia
Ledger for three men for the army, whom he
will pay to go in his stead. If every man
of means, who fylt that the rebellion must
be put down, aud who is unable to render
service in doing so, except 13' proxy, were
to try this experiment, wc think the army
will not lack soldiers,and the war would soon
be brought to a close. The property posses
sions of a man a're not very secure unless he
has a government and law at his back to
protect him. Those who have the means
may easily, then, spare enough to provide
a soldier for the war, so that his Govern
ment can be preserved in its integrity and
power.
President Lincoln has issued a Proclama
tion apiointing the 1st Thursday in August
as a day of humiliation and prayer by the
people of the United States. The appoint
ment is in obedience to a resolution of Con
gress passed before the adjournment of that
body, recommending the people "to confess
and repent of their manifold sins, and im
plore the compassion and foregiveness of the
Almighty." It is at all times proper that
we should give thanks to God for his mer
cies, and at the same time as a Christian
people wc should not forget the duty of con
fessing our sins and humiliating ourselves
before Him. Thus alone can we hope for a
continuance of His mercy and loving kind
ness. Dr. J. P. Wilson, Surgeon of the 184th
Pa. Volunteers, and a brother-in-law of
Gov. Curtiu, contracted fever in the field,
and was brought to Harrisburg, on Satur
day July 2d, in a very exhausted condition,
and was taken to the Brady House. On
Tuesday morning while his wile was at
breakfast, in a fit of temporaryderangement,
doubtless induced by his disease, he cut his
throat with a razor, and was found dead in
his bed. While in the field he had devoted
his whole time to the relief of our wounded,
and constant labor and exposure brought
him to his sad and untimely end, He was
a most worthy and accomplished gentlemen.
A Rebel writer speaks of Vallandigham's
reception in Ohio as favorable to the " Con
federate cause. " This is what was intended.
i ANAECHY TO BE INAUGURATED.
A Bold Scheme to Deluge the Free States
in JJlood .Kebels in Council at Niagara
Falls The Chicago Convention.
The following article from the New York
Herald should be read by every patriotic
man in the land, as it truly indicates
the intention and objects of the cop
perhead faction in the coming political
contest The Herald perhaps, more than
any other journal in the country, is familiar
with the workings of the copperhead organ
ization, and may fairly be regarded as its
central organ. There is no doubt that the
magnitude of the schemes being concocted
by the copperheads to organize rebellion in
the free States, begin to appal even the jes-
uitical controllers of the Herald. Hence
the pulication of the following article :
George N. Sanders, with some twenty or
thirty rebel politicians and officers, is now at
Niagara Falls, plotting and scheming in
behalf of Jeff Davis and his villainous cause.
llemaiuing, as they do, on the Canada side.
they are in a favorable position to operate
upon the politicians whb visit that locality
during the hot season. From all accounts
they are making the most of this advantage.
They have concocted a grand scheme for the
control of the Chicago Convention. Their
project contemplates forcing a rupture and
division of the convention, after the manner
of the sfilit at Charleston in I860. This is to
be brought about in a way that will embit
ter the copperhead and peace factions, and,
with them thus maddened, inaugurate a sys
teni of riot and insurrection, not only in the
West but also in this and other Eastern cit
ies. The split in Charleston in 1860 was
accomplished by the scheming of Yancey,
Slidell, Davis and other leaders in the
Southern States, for the very purpose of
bringing about a state of affairs that would
give them a plea to inaugurate a rebellion.
A break up in that convention was neces
sary, or rather a preliminary step in prepar
ing the public mind of the South for the
revolution which was already planned by the
leaders. In accomulishimr this result thev
were assisted bv the Albany Resrencv and
other unscrupulous politicians of the North.
The events of four years have since rolled
around ; the rebellion, with all its evils and
suffering in the South, has been inaugura
ted and kept up; but they are at length
driven to desperation, and are in straitened
circumstances. They are compelled to re
sort to the same scheme to secure a diver
sion in the North or go under. A plot for
a split and break up at Chicago is resolved
upon, to be followed by revolution in the
North, as the last hope, fur. their sinking
cause.
To accomplish this the rebel agents, reb
el blowers and rebel plotters have been rush
ing back from Europe, and have made Can
ada their base of operations. The country
from Montreal to Niagara Falls and Wind
sor, opposite Detroit, id filled with them,
all directing their efforts upon the Chicago
Convention. Vallandigham was sent back
to Ohio to play his part of the game there.
But in order to accomplish their end, time
was needed. Accordingly the postpone
ment of the Chicago Convention was essen
tial. The peace faction and their organs
boldly came out for an adjournment. Dean
Richmond and the Regency became willing
agents in their hands, and the time asked
for by the rebel conspirators in Canada was
obtained. Thus the first step towards bring
ing about a Northern revolution has been
accomplished by the aid of the Regency,
and the same class of Northern politicians
who played into the hands of the Southern
conspirators at Charleston. What now do
we see ?
Sanders and his ret el plotters a: e actively
at work perfecting their scheme. Already
the Democratic Convention of Kentucky has
adopted peace resolutions, and done all it
could to assist Sanders in laying his wires for
the Chicago Convention. Fernando Wood's
seedy peace committee assembled in this city
to add its voice and support to the plot of
the rebels. The Chicago Times, Cincinnati
Inquirer and other peace papers of the West
have enlisted in Sanders cause as far as
they dare. Such twaddling journals as the
News, and World, of this city, and Atlas
and Arrns, at Albany, have been gradually
working themselves into the same scheme,
and under the influence of the conspirators.
Some forty or fifty rebel politicians, with
Sanders at their head, and a few Copper
heads of the North, met at Windsor, about
the 5th of this month, and perfected their
arrangements for operations at Chicago.
A split in the convention is the first move;
then insurrection, riot and rebellion thus
using the same means that were resorted to
in 1)SG0 to force the South to commence the I
rebellion to inaugurate a revolution at the
North, in the hope of by that means divert
ing attention and bringing about a division
that will enable them to delay their final
overthrow and open a road for the success
of the confederacy. That Jeff. Davis and
the rebel chiefs have been driven to this last j
resort is now apparent It is their last hope
for the success of the bogus Southern con
federacy. It is revolution at the North or
death to their cause. Hence their deter
mination and the desperate chances that
they are taking.
But they entirely mistake the Northei n
clement The peace politicians are equally
blind to the real results of this course. A
copperhead division at Chicago, or attempt
at insurrection and revolution at the North,
instead of helping the cause of the rebels,
will strengthen and intensify the Union feel
ing here, and make President Lincoln's re
election as certain as the sun rises and sets on
election day. It is true that, through the
Regency and other unscrupulous jwliticians
of the North, the rebels were enabled to
bring about a division at Charleston which
led to a rebellion in the South. But the
stirring events of this war have so educated
the peeple at the North that, with all the
assistance of the Regency, the peace faction,
the News and other organs can give, they
cannot repeat the result. The only effect of
these schemes, if they continue, is to bring
about the re-election of Abraham Lincoln.
This is the natural result and logical conclu
sion of their course.
The citizens of Swampscot, Mass., have
voted to assess every man liable to the draft
$30, for the purpose of providing substitutes
to fill the next quota.
A drafted Pittsburger furnished a substi
tute last Saturday a week for whom he paid
$1,000, notwithstanding he was disqualified
for service.
COUNTY SUPEEINTENDENT'S
Eeport of the Condition of the Common
Schools of Clearfield County, for the Year
emuug j une otn, lore. ,
C t r -
school houses. V hole number o
School houses in the county, 13-: number
still unfit for use. 24 ; number built during
tne year, viz : Aieccana, 1 ; Chest, 1 ; lira
dy, l ; ierguson, 1 : .Lawrence, 1 ; Jordan
1 ; Pike, 1 ; Graham, 1. These are all
neat and substantial frame buildings, erect
ed en improved plans, are suitably located,
wea ventilated and in every respect an im
provement on the old houses which they have
superseded. There are no suitable play
grounds, or proper out-buildings attached to
any ot them. Ut the houses unht for use,
Bell has 1 : Bradford, 3 ; Chest, 1 : Cov
ington, 2; Decatur, 2; Ferguson, 2: Gra
ham, 1 : Guelich, 2 ; Jordan, 1 ; Lawrence,
4 : Penn, 2 ; Pike, 1 : Woodward, 2. The
prevailing defects in the above houses are,
that they are too small, too low in the ceil
ing, uncomfortably furnished, and without
means for sufficient ventilation. I take
pleasure in being able to report, that at
least five of these will be replaced bv new
and more convenient builduitrs d urine the
ensuing school year.
Furniture. Whole number of houses
properly furnished, 40 : number of houses
with unsuitable furniture. 57. Excent the
new houses, none have been supplied with
i urniture during t he year. 1 hey have been
furnished with comfortable and convenient
seats and desks, graded, large enough to seat
two, and so arranged that one pupil in leav
ing his seat is not obliged to disturb the oth
er. Most of those iriven as unsuitable, have
the long steep desks, and hich seats, gener
ally without backs. Additional blackboard
surface is very much needed in many of the
old houses.
Apparatus. Whole number of schools
partially supplied, 118; number wholly
without, 23. In this respect nearly all our
schools are deficient. None fully supplied
witmn tne jjear. All the new houses are
provided with ample blackboard surface.
Many of the schools have a large reference
map, a few have outline maps,- and primary
charts ; but beyond these we have no appa
ratus worth mentioning.
Schools, Whole number of Schools in
the county, 143 : traded. 2: classified. 102:
unclassified, 41. No schools graded during
the year, nor any in the county in which the
system is fully carried out The schools in
the boroughs of Clearfield and Curwensville.
have been graded for many years, but the
gradation is imperfect Pupilj pass from
one department to another, without exam
ination, and without the requisite qualifica
tions to entitle them to promotion. The
lormer had during tho winter session, 182
pupils in three rooms, under four teachers,
the latter had 166 pupils in three rooms,
with as many teachers, total 34S pupils with
seven teachers, or an average of 50 to each
teacher. All the branches, required by law,
with algebra aud philosophy were taught in
both schools. In the rural districts, where
the population is sparse, grading is imprac
ticable, but wherever a uniformity of text
books has been adopted and introduced, the
schools are, as a general thing, well classi
fied. Commendable improvement, in this
respect, has been made during the past year.
Teachers. Whole number of teachers
employed during the year, 150 ; number of
males, 4tf ; number of females, 102; num
ber of applicants examined, 150; number
of certificates issued, 1 30 ; number issued
to males, 44 ; number issued to females, 86 ;
number of applicants rejected, 20 ; lowest
figure on the provisional certificates, 3.
Owing to the war, which deprived us of the
services of some of our best teachers, we
were obliged in some instances to grant cer
tificates to those whose qualifications were
considerably below the standard. The num
ber with provisional certificates who taught
successfully was 90 : 58 gave reasonable sat
isfaction, and 18 had evidently mistaken
their calling. Three teachers were dismiss
ed before the close of their school, for want
of government. A larger number of young
ladies was employed this year than in any
former year, and, with a few exceptions,
their success has been quite satisfactory. In
literary qualifications, and ability to teach
and govern, they are a.- a class, equal to
males. No professional certificate has been
granted during the year.
Teachers is the Army. Whole num
ber of teachers who have entered the army
as volunteers since the commencement of
the present war, 22 ; number drafted, none ;
number killed in the service, 1 ; number
who died of sickness in service, 2 ; number
honorably discharged, 2 ; number now in
the service, 18. Of this number two held
the rank of second lieutenants, one of or
derly sergeant, and two ot corporals.
Visitations. Whole number of visits
made, 150, number of schools visited once,
132; number visited twice, 17. All the
schools in the county were visited once, ex
cept nine. Five of these were not in ses
sion when I was in the districts, and four
were temporarily closed, on account of sick
ness. The average duration of each visit
was about two hours. During my visits, I
have made it my practice to observe atten
tively the teacher's method ot imparting in
struction, with the degree of advancement,
order, and classification of the schoolj and
also to mark the defects, if any, and private
ly suggest the proper modes of correction.
At the request of the teacher, I sometimes
took charge of the classes, and conducted
the recitations, and before leaving made a
short address suited to the wants and capac
ities of the scholars, llegular monthly vis
its by the directors, parents and citizens,
have been more frequent during the last
year than the preceeding year. The impor
tance of these visits cannot for a moment be
doubted.
District Institutes. Whole number
organized, 16; number visited, 4; Aggre
gate attendance, 92. The Institutes in ma
ny of the districts were thoroughly organi
zed and well conducted, the teachers mani
festing considerable interest in their success.
Many of these meetings were regularly at
tended by directors and citizens, who took
part in the exercises. In a few instances
they proved failures, owing principally to a
want of interest amonc the teachers, and a
due enforcement of the law on the part of
the directors. The annual meeting oi the
county Institute was held at Clearfield, and
continued in session five days. Forty teach
ers were in attendance, lhe exercises were
verv interestinc and profitable.
District Secretaries. Fenruson and
Pike are the only districts in which the ee
cretaries acted as district euperintendant
Both officers visited their respective schools
at least once a month and-the effect has
bepn verv beneficial.
Moral Instruction. Whole numbcj of
, schools in which the Bible w, , ,
number m which the Bible was not ?S 85 ;
number of schools in which mZ 21 :
tion was given by other means ()
majority of our schools the teacW Ia
portion of the Scriptures eve Si 1
adevotionalexerci.se. AnuXTS'T
were opened with singing and prav ,ls
none was moral instruction given ll : la
of a text book. K niUt
Public Sentiment. The prer;i;.
timent throughout the county fc dSl?"
favorable to our common school system 7
an evidence that some advance is mi;n j
public opinion, we mav rfcr .k- "
of improved school houses crecteJ T- r
the last few years, the desire Kef ??
ified teachers, and the increasing J
manifested on the nan nf At iaitT?l
and teachers. r PreaU
aarrrtfccmfnfe
Toinanra attanMnn thapien
ay notice., a. fo low.:-AU Caution, " ff
Stray., $1; Auditors' notiew, $1 so- A rfmi '
tratori' and Exeeutorf notice., $1 so Li1':
all other tramient Noticed Ta t th. iS? I
Other advertisements at 81 per ,q J I tnllX''
insertions. Twelve line. (0Pr u cZ SS?
r mm a aau u u n n wl in nit .
-1AlTTIO..-All per,n8 are hereby catiUB
y ed against purchaainir or mi;-. lun-
Uin household property now in the hands of w!T
B. Thompson, of Chest tp., as the s?. ll. '
to W and has only l.are Stft
Thompson, and is subjec t to our order t ,,,,1
July20,I8G4. A. W. P E A K C K 1 M (T '
TAKE OTICE -The 0,, bf
. , Clearfield co w.Il he in seion on .MondsT
the 25th day of July, l64. fur th. ' .. Jl
paying the veterans accredited to Clearfield cotm
ty ; at whion time all persons Uving authority
rece.pt for veterans will attend. Cy urder of hl
Board W.Miimn vv . .u
ICearfield, July 20th. ISlH.
S.J. MCKERSON : ; ; M. R. HARRIS -. : : W i-
WITH
NICKERSO.N, IIAUKIS & MOSELEY,
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in
BOOTS AND SHOES.
No. 43b Market Street. Philadelphia.
A large assortment of City Made Work constantly
vu uiou. juiy 2U, 1304.
ORPHAN'S COURT SALE
OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
By virtue of an order of the Orphan's Court
of Clearfiald county, there will be exposed to
public sale
On Saturday, August 20th.
At the Blue Ball hotel, the following describe!
Ileal estate, late the property of Peter Smeal.
deo'd, to wit: A certain tract of land situate in
Boggs tp., Clearfield county, containing 109 Acre,
beginning at a white pine, thence by land of W.
Smeal nolh 110 perches to post, thence west 1501
perches to post, thence by lands of G. D. Morgan
A Co., south IIS perches to post, thence by land
of Jeremiah Snieal west 157 perches to place of
beginning, with about 24 acres cleared thereon.
Part of this land is well timbered with white and
yellow pine, and is supposed to contain inexhaus
tible quantities of stone coal.
Terms : One half ca?h at sale, and the remain
der in one year thereafter, with interest, to be
secured by judgment, bonds. Sale to commence
at 2 o'clock p. in., of said day. when Hue attend
ance will be given by CY1U'S HOWE, Adm'r
July 20 16i4. MARYSMEAL, Adin'i
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Letters
of Administration on the estate of Thomas
Cowan, late of Beccaria township, Clearfield couu
y.dec'd., baying been granted to the undersigned,
all persons indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment, and those haying
claims against the same will present them duly
authenticatedlfor settlement.
SAMUEL JlE'JAIiTr.
July 6, 1364. Administrator.
R1
ELIEF NOTICE. The Board of Relief
for the county of Clearfield, will mart at ths
Commissioners office in Clearfield, on Wednes
day and Thursday, the 27th and 28th daji of
July. 1861.
The Board of Relief have directed that the wife
of the soldier must appear before the board, and
produce her sworn statement, detailing name of
soldier, regiment ami company, and when enlis
ted ; the number of children, with age and sex of
each ; the t wnship in which tbey resided at the
time ot enlistment, and their present residence ;
and that she is without the means of support for
herself and children who are dependent upon her.
Two witnesses of credibility from the township
in which she resides, must also be produced bow
certificate, (sworn to before the Board of KelieQ
must set forth that the applicant is the person aho
represents herself to be, that the statement of the
number and age of her family is true, that she is
in destitute circumstances and her family in ac
tual want, and that all the facta set forth in her
application are correct and true
Forms containing these requisitions can be ob
tained at the Office of the Board of Relief, when
application is made and the witnesses appear.
N. B. Illness of the aplicant, properly proreo,
will exouge personal attendance.
July 13, IstH. WM. 8 BRADLEY, clerk
"RALLY ROUND THE
COTTSTTE. BOTH."
AVif Sour-
THE 2D SERIES
Of Grand llaces have commenced oa
the Lumber-City course !
OPEN TOR COMPETITION
Everyday, (Sundays cxcejted.) A prize
J or everybody. Apply immediately w
the proprietors, Kirk t- Spencer,
at their At-to Cheap Store,
in Zjumbvr-City, Penn a.
The fact can be no longer denied the people
have said it, the people know it, and everybody
believes it, that the new store is the place to buy
cheap goods, to buy new goods, to buy fashiona
ble goods, to buy any kind of goods yoo want
The summer stock, now opening at Kirk k Spa
cer's, is the largest, the best assortet and littt
that ever came to the place.
Ladies can find delaines, alpacas, merinoi.
cashmeres.French and American ginghams.lawnt.
plaids, nankins, berege.cambric. muMins.
ral and hoop skirts, silk and cloth mantles, veili.
edgings, lace braid, nets, corsets. oeiis.cou"
ngs, lace braid, nets, corsets, oeiis. couiw
sry. gloves, ribbons, bonnets, hats, trimmiof!
nett, mull and ewiss muslins, shawls, comb,
tlets, linen handkerchiefs, toilet articles,
hosiery,
bobinett,
atri.tt.t.
Ii.rtl.man o.n finrl Rn.tjl nfttltS. VOiitS, bOOtf
shoes, hats, caps, collars, neck-ties, suspend,
shirts, handkerchiefs, perfumery Ac.
Children can find toys in groat variety, eanaiw.
nuts, Ac.
It is the place to buy your dry goods ; y8nrp"
cerica, your boots aod shoes, hats, caps and mo
nets; your notions your hardware.scythes, tors,
shovels, hoes, rakes; your brooms, cedar and wil
low ware ; your clocks and looking glasses ; yonr
stone and queeEsware; your flour, fish nd baoes
your glass, putty, paints, oil and varnieh ; yon
nails and spikes ; in Jact anything yon want, i
you wish the highest cash ptice for your product,
your butter, eggs, grain, flax-seed. rags, tinioer.
boards and shingles, it is the place to exebangt i io
the beat advantage to yourselves AB7art'S"j"
on hand will be ordered on short notice.
wishing bonneU or dress goods can have
dered by calling at Kirk A Spencer s cheap store,
as special arrangements have been made lor
purpose. ,,i.nily hurt any-
body
v O UU LlUl W1U IW W VUSJVB wa .
hut will da our utmoft to m.mai r
utation we have won. ot aeniug
lower than anybody else. j
" I . a 1 lilt.
and be n'
'Kally 'round uiw couoier. -
vi
inced of Vhe truth of our on vVrKR
Luner-city.-June 24. KIRK srhNCtK-