gaffsman's Journal.
r t , - -
. J. ROW, EDITOR PROPRIETOR.
CLEARFIELD, PA., NOV. 8, 1865.
THE NEWS.
The mate and second mate of the Villa
franca, of starvation notoriety, have been
arrested at New York for brutally beating
two men, last week, who had shipped a
sailors. Capt. .Anderson of the Villafranca
tried to have them released, but the officers
were inexorable, and he had to sail with
out his mate3 leaving them to answer tor
their cruelty to the sailors, who had been
kidnapped when drunk, and taken on
board the vessel.
Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmers
ton, Premier of the IiritUh Miuistry, (First
Lord of the Tr.asury,") died on the morn
ing of 1 9th October. He was the cleverest,
and one the oldest British Statemen, and his
death forebodes important changes in the
politics of Great Britain, if not of Europe.
lie was born in Ireland, and lacked but one
day of being 51 years of age.
A most atrocious murder was committed
at a place known asBratt's tavern, near Al
bany, N. Y., on October 2Slh. The cap
tain of a canal boat and her driver were as
sassinated, as is supposed by two men who
were hired as hands in Xew York, and their
bodies thrown into the canaL The captain
was robbed of between two and three hun
dred dollars.
The steam tug Coinjaek exploded a boil
er near Fortress Monroe, on Oct. 21st, kil
ling all on board five m3n. Fragments of
of the boat were thrown more than thrpe
hundred yards distant from where the ex
plosion took place. The boat was new, and
the cause of the disaster is not known.
Oa the night of the 2 )rh Nov. a lire broke
out in Huidekoper's woolen factory,atMead
ville, Pa., which destroyed the factory and a
block of tcnaments occupied by the opera
tives. Between 23 and SO families are
thrown oat of homes, and the loss will not
fall short of $30, 00 J, to $73,000.
A destructive fire occurred in Indiana, on
Thursday morning, October 25th, by which
some 6 or 8 stables, three horses,and a num
ber of hogs were burned. The loss is esti
mated at near $7,0 10, about $1,300 of
which is covered by insurance.
J. Barclay Harding publisher of the Phil
adelphia Evening Telegraph, died sudden
ly of congestion of the brain.on October 29th,
The deceased was well known as an active
supporter of President Johnson's administra
tion. A den of counterfeiters was broken-up at
5Ixpeth, Long Island, on Oct., 31 st. Dies,
stamps, and it is said $100,000 in fractional
currency, were taken. Two of the counter
feiters were captured and two escaped.
Forty years ago railroad traveling was in
troduced into the German States, and in
that time not a single individual has lost his
life by collision, or any s v-called "accident,"
which are so common in this country.
The Masonic Fraternity of South Caroli
na have chosen a delegation to send North
to represent the prostrate condition of the
craft in that State, and ask for assistance in
restoring its former prosperity.
It is rumored that the several propositions
for the trial of Jeff. Davis have been aban
doned, and that he will be released on con
dition that he leave the United States.nevcr
to return again.
It is intimated that the finding of the
Military Commission, in the ca-?e of Wirz,
will be approved by the President, and that
in all probability he will be hung on Friday
next.
JDn the 22nd October $6,000 were sub
scribed in Corry to pay for the M.E. Church
there. That is the way the Ctrryites do
things.
A letter is advertised, as remaining un
called for in the New York postoffice, for
John Ollenbaubengratensteinersbobenbicker
Seventy oil wells all paying hare been
opened at Oil Spring Village near Sarnia sta
tion, Cannda West.
Shaffer, the murder of Saxe, at Buffalo,
has plead guilty to a charge of murder in
ihe second degree.
The colored soldiers of Pennsylva nia are
to have a grand reception at Harrisburg on
the 14th instant .
Forty-seven per centum almost half of
the population of New York, iscomposedof
foreigners.
It is some time since the Democratic par
ty renewed its professions of support of the
policy of President Johnson. We venture
to suggest that it does not become the pecu
liar supporters of the President to be so
backward at a moment when he is taking a
firm position relative to vital ideas and meas
ures, for instance, the total abolition of
slavery, the repudiation of the rebel debt,
ultimate equal suffrage, and immediate ne
gro testimony. This is no time to Flinch.
e i Hill 1
Read the new advertisements.
- High Prices and What Makes Them.
A fact is stated in a trade paper of New
York city, which giv?s us a little insight in
to the subject of high prices, and which, at
the same time, furnishes some idea of the
way that business is done in these days.
The fact is this, that a quantity of goods
was bought of Eastern manufacturers for
$94,000. and in a few days after was sold for
$200,000, in the same city twelve thou
sand dollars more than twice as much as
they cost making a profit of over one hun
dred and twelve per cent., in a few days.
Quite a number of questions about high
prices have suggested themselves to purcha
sers of commodities in these peculiar times.
What raises the prices of things? Who gets
the profits? Who pays them ? Who looses
in the operation ? Is there any just occasion
for the prices of things being so much above
the usual rates ? The above fact, taken as
a sample of the way of doing business, sup
plies an answer to each of the common and
reasonable questions. The manufacture of
goods, supplying all the material and doing
all the work in their production, and receiv
ing a fair and liberal profit for himself, sells
for the sum stated. These items the ma
terial, labor and profit of the manufacture
ought to be the largest proportion of the
cost of the articles to the consumer. But
business is so conducted that the price which
the articles tore when tLey left the manu
facturer is more than doubled before they
reach the consumer. Those who pass them
along on their dccdned way get more for
their ultimate price than those do who sup
plied the material and made the articles.
Can this be a just way of doing, business?
It js no injustice to the manufacturer, for he
got his price and pay for his commodities.
But it is a wrong to the consumer, who pays
the exhorbitant profit, and actually looses
to the amount of the difference between a
fair profit and the exhorbitant price. We
cannot charge the enormous prices upon a
scarcity in production, for there is no lack :
nor upon the currency, for that would aJect
the manufacturer as much as the trader. It
is justly attributable to the rapacity of spec
ulators, who monopolize the commodities by
combinations, and then control the prices,
levying a heavy tribute on all. commodi
ties for their own profit.
Geld In Greene Cotmty.
Considerable excitement has lately been
created in Greene county by the develop
ment of sold deposits in a shaft sunk for the
purpose of searching for oil. Tho , discov
ery was made on lands leased by the Amber
Coal Company. This company is boring for
oil on the farm lelonging to the estate of Da
vid Keener.deceasod, in Dunkard township,
and at the depth of C75 feet struck a strata
of very hard substance which proves to be
from two and a half to three feet thick. As
soon as they drilled through this hard vein,
the well was reamed to the bottom, and up
land pumping, fragments of ce were
brought to tho surface resembling the gold
bearing quartz. A lump the size of a hulled
hickory nut was immediately forwarded to
Mr. McGinley, at Philadelphia, President
of the company, who had it analized. It
was found to contain gold over twenty carets
fine. The value of $2 33 was rehired to
Mr. Long, as the product of the small lump
of ore, besides several small quantities which
were reserved as specimens. A committee
was appointed to visit the well and collect
all the necessary information and report
thereon. This discovery has created much
wild excitement, and very wild speculations
are rife resjecting it We presume a scien
tific investigation will ue made preparatory
tosbaftingforthe precious nietal. If these are
facts, it is an important feature in the min
eral production of Greene county.
The Pittsburg Commercial.
The Commercial comes to us this week
much enlarged, and otherwise improved in
appearance. Eighteen months ago, the
Commercial was printed on a sheet but lit
tle larger than the Journal, but its increas
ing popularity and extensive advertising
patronage soon-made its enlargement neces
sary, and arcordingly some six columns were
added to its dimensions. This increase in size
and usefulness seems to have been appreciat
ed by the public, and the Commercial con
tinued to increase in favor, and now the pro
prietors have been compelled to add some
ten additional columns to its pages, in order
to accomodate its patrons, and is now the
the l rgest Daily paper in the State. The
Commercial is one of the ablest conducted
papers in Pennsylvania.and although.devot
ed especially to the interests of Pittsburg,
yet it contains all the latest news, is a sound
Union paper, and a warm supporter of the
present National Administration. We
would commend the Commercial to all per
sons who desire a first class daily newspa
per. The war Department has decided, with
the rpproval of Gen. Grant, not to restore
the property of ex-Gov. Henry A. Wise, of
lrgima. Gen. Terry's action in refusing ,
wgneup iuetMeu sustained, wises
house is still used as a school for the child
ren of freed ne.eroes, snd old John Brown's
daughters are the teachers.
During the year endinz Juno ai isc.i
the Pension Office, admitted 1 5,32S soldiers
to pension, and 24,716 widows and orphans.
The annual payment to these pensioners
will amount to $3,796,457.
Major General Franklin will resign his
commission in the service, to take the man
agement of the Colt's Fire-arms Manufac
turing Company.
Got. Perry of South Carolina.
The election of Governor Perry to the TJ
nited States Senate, from South Carolina,
we dou't think is anything to rejoice over.
That gentleman is evidently a crooked stick
and of not much account He has suecedeed,
however in getting his bread battered tolera
bly thick.but it is'somewhat doubtful whether
he eats it this winter in the Senate. In his
message to the Legislature, he undertakes
to argue away the test oath, and doubts
whether there is a man in South Carolina
who can take it "without committing perju
ry." In addition, he argues for the pay
ment of the rebel debt, which President
Johnson holds to be the unpardonable sin
so far as reconstruction goes. So Mr. Per
ry may as well prepare to remain out in the
cold.
The Cholera in Hew-York.
New-York, on November 3d, learned the
fact that a European vessel brought the
cholera to American shores. On board the
steamship Aatlanta,f rom Londonjaud Havre,
with 43S passengers, the Cholera broke out
the second day of the voyage, and before
she had arrived at New York fifteen cases
out of fifty or sixty in all had proved fatal.
The Health officer, learning these facts, or
dered the Atalaata toLower Quarantine, and
she remains there at present, with all her
passengers on board and debarred wholly
irum communication witn tne snore. Mie
will of course be so kept until fumigation
and frost have done their utmost to destroy
the seeds of all lurking disease.
Funeral of Cel. Ulric DaUgzan.
j. tie reniaii.s oi uoi. L ine I'ahigren, ar
rived in Philadelphia on October 31st, and
laid in state in Independence Hall daring the
night. The funeral services took place on
November 1st. The Rev. J. P. Wilson,
D. D., of Newark. New Jersey. delivered an
? . i.i
uiipre.-ive he.mon, ana tne remains were
then removed from the Hall to Laurel Hill,
escorted by six companies of the 7th regi
ment of the First Army Corps, two compa
nies ofmarir.es, and city troops, which acted
as gunrd of honor. Among the distinguish
ed mourners was Admiral Dahlgrcn. Sena
tors "Wale and Humphreys, and Mayor
Henry. The ceremonies were imposing.
Bexxsvlvaxia Election. The official
majorities at the late election in Pennsylva
nia foot up as follows : For Hartraxft,
46,898 ; for Davis, 25.SS2 rrajority for
General Ilartranft, 21,016. The total U
nion "gains wore 24,393, or 21,016 over
Slcnker's (Democratic) majority in 1862.
Terrible Effect3 of tie Secent Gala
Number of Ve3sel3 Lost.
-Large
New Orleans, November 2. Arrived
the Jura, Thursday, from New York. She
fell in on the27th,cighty even miles e.r-tof
Boaufort. with the steamer Chase from New
York to Savannah. The ei:sign was Union
down. and was hoisted by the Purser while
the Captain was below. The Chase met a
h.pvy gale on the 23vd. The hull was full
of water, the fires put out and the engines
stopped. The pascngers bailed her. The
captian reported her light and sound, with
plenty oi'co;d and provisions. Between Ju
piter Inlet aud Cape Florida she picked up
in a small boat, Capt Appleman and four
of the crow. The schooner Minerva.of Mys
tic, for Key West, was lost in a heavy gale
nr. the 23rd, off Jupiter. From Ilillsboro
Inlet to Solbor- light-house, the Fung Shu
cy passed ashore with masts standing, one
hundred and thirty-two briss, one shin.
and the wrecks of five vessels sunk and dis
masted. Cant. Appleman reports that, whilst
at Jupi;er,he saw a proyellor towing a dis
masted brig. Large quant ities of steamboat
cabin furniture had floated ashore. A large
black ship, with cot ton, went ashore on Gre
cian slioals,Mirrounded by wrecks. The Her
mann and Livingston brought part of the
crew. '; he barks John Wesley and Caroline,
N. E. Smith, and Wesley, hence for Liver
pool, went ashore one hundred and fifty miles
from Key West. The officers and crew were
taken up. The N. E. Smith was from Mo
bile forLiveriool,and went ashore on French
Beef, forty miles from Key West One of
tie boat's crew of nine men reached Key
West The Captain and the rest of thf
crew were safe when the boat's left, but noth
ing has been heard of them since. The Brit
ish fhip Mercy,from Honduras, went ashore
two hundred miles north of Key West, four
of the , crew have been picked up in a dyins
condition. The Captain and crew had taken
to the boats and rafts. Nothing had been
heard of them when the Livingston left Kev
West ( " 3
Alluding to the silent amazement with
which the Democratic organs receive Mr.
Johnson's speech to the negro soldiers, the
Evening Post says : "It is known that a
sixty-eight pounder, or other heavy cannon,
fired over the waters of a shallow bay, will
kill, by its concussion, the lobsters and other
hard-shell fish. They fall into convulsions,
and perish in great numbers. The Presi
dent's thousand pounder, on Tuesday, seeius
to have similarly affected the people who
call themselves Democrats. They are struck
with universal lock-jaw. They are amazed
dumb-rounded, to use a vulgar phrase.
They make altogether a very ludicrous and
pitiable spectacle. " - -
CCRE FOR CHOLERA. A corresnondpni
of the New York Evening Post, writino
from Jamaica, communicates the following
remedy for cholera, namely : Steep one quart
of pimento, better known under the name
of alspicej in a eallon of strong spirits, rum
or oranay, tne latter preferred, tor at least
one woek, stirring occasionally ; take a wine
glass of this infusion with a little warm wa
ter,and sweetened with sugar. He says that
the daily use of this highly aromatic medi
cine will be found a remedy or preventive in
districts where cholera prevails or is anticpa
ted. Adjutant General Thomas intends to ask
to be placed on the retired list, and to make
his future home on a cotton plantation in
Louisiana.
DEBT FINANCE CUBEOCY.
The Secretary of the Ireasurv has made
t- .11 r V T I i ,
ing that, at the en 1 of lat month, the a-
y - . -..y . ,r.m,-
mount or Debt awl Interest was as follows
ISS5. Oct. SO. ' Sept. 30.
Debt bearing
coin interest $1,161,137,691 00 $1,116,653,191 00
Interest thereon 67,670,340 00 63,001,570 00
Debt bearing law
ful money int. 1,191.819.787 00 1,20.009,120 00
Interest thereon 71,287,733 00 72.527.645 00
Debt bearing no
interest 3o6.a23.359 00 366.891.006 00
Total debt, S2,740;35y,7o8 S6 $2,744,947,726 17
The following t Lies exhibit the rapid
growth ot tne rublic Debt tor the year end
ing with July last, when its increase was ar
rested, and its actual diminution since that
period : '
1864. Principal.
June 21 $1,729,536,253 00
July 5 l,7y2,867.040 00
July 12 1,795.033,569 00
July 18 1.796 368.868 00
July 26 l.S05,523,584 00
August 2 1.S37.492.170 31
August 9 1.832,049.835 60
August 17 1.S49,914.'555 4
August 23 1.S59.234.874 00
August 30 1,878,555.233 90
Spntemher -111 1.Q55 O.Vt 71 ic
$72,737,416 00
ir:r,H.
73.425.240 00
73,752.554 00
fl A - 1 l . - ftrt
76.650.529 00
76 413 305 oi
74.371.669 07
76,038,165 66
'7 447 'iV s
i, ".,
Ociober3l 2.017.099.515 75
I -,- mrw.m U "I J
85 .3l3!666 63
March 31. 1865 2.363.955.077 34
May,31 2.535,205.753 50
July43I 2,757,253,275 86
August 31 2.757.689.57143
September 30 2.744.947,726 17
October 00 2.710 854,758 86
10J,s;;6,53l 13
124.6S3.S74 0
130.2' 2 468 2S
133.021.682 24
137.529.213 25
133,938,073 59
Here it will be seen that although we
have been disbursing millions on millions iu
payment of arrears due to soldiers and sail
ors from day to day mustered out of service
we have actually reduced the aggregate prin
cipal of our National Debt more than Six
teen Millions of Dollars within the last two
mouths. No doubt, the sales of gunboats,
steam and sail transports, and other pubh
property purchased for use in the War and
nol.ms-pp ronnUoJ h-w .k.oIN. n.,;L
nr,l f th r.if i..,t ,.' k
paid out two do ars n is(-h:. ,.f rmr .-in-
v. v..jaii, j UUl; V t; UCL J tilled IJ l . Ill
teiior obligations to soldiers, sailors, con
,i i: : . i-.-
tractors, &a.'t for every dollar received, from
closing-out sales. It is certain, therefore,
that we have passed the turning-point, and
may henceforth steadily reduce our vast
Debt if we keep out of foreign complications
and wars.
We know there will yet be seasons where
in our's3-stem of sm injrent and searcbinc-1: x:i-
tion.will prove less productive than now : but
men we nope our new Congress will be con
strained by public opinion to innurrurate
and perfect a policy of Retrenchment which
will reduce, by manymillious, the annual
cost of our Government We have still a
mob oi useless Generals, dozens of skeleton
regiments of Veterans, Ac, and any num
ber ot diplomatic, consular or other execu
tive functionaries, whose places t-liould be
abolished or their auiuluments reduced
twenty to fifty per cent If the People will
only comriiand.itjCongress will razee these to
the tune of many miilions of dollars; if the
leople seem indinertnt. nothing will be
done. But if Congress onlv refrains from
doing evil, we may reduce the principol of
our Debt at least -Fifty Millions per annum
it our present high taxes are retained. Let
us do this throughout the next li ve years. and
we may netrctiate fresh loans for loner re-
riods at lower rates of interest, so as to re
duce our annual iuterest to One Hundred and
Twenty Millions, our current expenditures
to Eighty Millions, and thus, while reducing
our Federal taxes fullv halt, have a siirnhi
of Twenty Millions per annum to Iks applied
to t nc r.-uuction ot the principal ol our
Debt .
Thus far our interest has not leen dimin
ished, but rafher increased, by the liquida
tion of indebtedness which formerlv paid no
interest with obligations whereon interest is
accruing, w e presume this conversion will
have to be carried further, so that whil.
tbe principle of our Debt Willie still further
diminished, the interest thereon maybe some
what increased. But we are nevertheless
improving our position.
1 lie agrrccate ot Lesal lenders in circu
lation is as follows :
Oct. 30.
Sept. 30.
S32.954.2S0 00
tivepercenU $32,636.901 00
U.S. Notes, old issue 392.070 00
n.S.Xotes.newissue427,768.409 00
392.070 00
427.7fi8.409 00
Comp'd Int. notes 173.012,14108
217.012,141 00
Total 5638,709,618 00 S378.1 23,940 00
The Compound Interest Notes are nracti-
cany witnarawn Irom circulation, reducing
the volume of our Currency by r early Two
-. i i n . . . 1 . f
Hundred Millions. But, including these,
our aggregate (Jurrenev is verv nearW as
follows :
Government and Legul Tenders
Notes of National Iianks
S633.709.6U
t2u3.877.355
60,000,000
Notes of State Ranks (about)
Total Currency S337.536.966
Now, then, for the process of Resump-
tion
Let Congress authorize the Secretary of
low
-re .e-auijr to UUITUV OH lOilg 1 lie at IOW
rates, and on short time at
higher rates
...i.t ? ?
Hnuirr x u uis nc mag jinn necessary to re
deem and cancel Greenbacks until the resi
due shall be at par with coin : and let him
- . . . ' ' - I
bacKS, bearing no interest, lor other nhlirra. I
tions ot their Ooverment drawing interest
payaoie in com
fairly beg
Its SUCCessr, and Its rCSUlt Wl he "disnnnnt.
almost immediately. The nrmiinm -n
lifllll Will filial. 1 Crt,-., I 4 .1 . I
renew tne appeal to tne country so success- pressor the irenian brotherhood,
f udy madadast Springthrough the agency of Philadelphia were protracted into
Jay Cooke & Co. In other words let the ginning of last week, owing to the
x eouiu uc mviieu to exenange tneir tirppn- or nusiness com
. Juet tnis conversion be ot tne cmce or liead Center is to hirhnnJ
an, under the auspices that ussure to that of President an official who will be
" . . rci "i per uay uu jluc koiius oi tne new lnsn Itepub-
until it is down to a mere fraction, carrying he are issued and are very creditable speci
the Currency prices of Flour. Co.il. TW-f mens of enfravin" threat. Tiitimnn
Jjry troods, Groceries. Labor.and everything rejoicing were occasioned in theCopgressdu
else, along with it, and we may begin the ring Saturday by the announcement that
business of next year on a substantially coin Mr. Killian, delegate from Missouri had
oasis. Ana an tnis need not very seriously succeeded in procuring from President John
diminish the volume of Currenev sirwo if son the nncnndiiinii:.! .1.. t..i t:..i
TIT , J ...... - J 1 '"
wo Hundred 3I.lhons ot paper shall be
withdrawn and cancelled in order to effect
the main object, the Two Hundred and odd
Millions of com now in the country v hich
is now no more Currency than Iron or Mar-
ble is- will become once more a part of the
Circulating Medium whenever Paper and
com are at par -
frankly, we do not expect that Resump-
tion can be promptly effected without con-
traction and convulsion. Men who have
warehous-es full of Pork Lard Corn, Wheat,
F lou?, c-' whlch they nave bought on cred-
it, will be apt to realize a loss, and fancy
the world is on her beam ends. But the
sharp pang of prompt resumption will ,n
less Jinjury and loss than the slow tor-
tnreof a ong-drawn contraction It L
make the plunge and S dS with itll
F 6 U"Le Wlm UI-
ifiwnc. - '
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General Grant has purchased a residence
in Washington for $30,000. .
'
. . The -Fenian Movement. .
I That, tlx nu .i-
I f-v.. nuu nit; c UEaccu ill mis
swans: organisation expect to aceoniDli.-I
s-pme great thing there can be no quet-tion
That they will disturb to
some degree the
peace ot the world, and occasion considera
ble uneasiness to the government and peo
ple of (.treat Britain, is
But that thev will succeed
wie avuweu oiject tney pave in view the
dismemberment of Ireland from the British
11 , 1 . w
empire no man in hissohor
ome think that they have no serious inten
tion of attempting anything of the kind
Dllt that tl)''ir loud thr:if! nf irl,fi V.t,
will do in and for Ireland are but blinds to
conceal a far different design a descent
i nnn I nnn.hi
I J " ... -
nous demonstration against Ireland with
out a powertul naval force, whu-h it U sim
I nlv imDOSsible for anv nicnnlj-.tinn h.y
US I nllnmrnnc tr nrnviln C .
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.1 , " "" um-
""m'seives oi a strong wen-oraered cov
ernment upon territory of their own. Bu
m the case of the British possessions on thi
I ?nt'nent a sudden irruption across the line,
in considerable force, might be successful :
an'l if these people hive ordinary sagacity
tner will not attempt more than this lor the
present at least. What they would do with
Lanaua it they had it what sort ot a gov
ernment they wouid set up are questions
which the event alone, it it ever happens,
must solve. A secret society transformed
into an empire would be something new un
der the sun, and a consummation that does
not promise much for the promotion of good
government or human happiness.
The probability, however, is that, like
most wild and ill-conceived schemes, this
movement wih come to nothing. It is a vas
edifice without a foundation : a thins devoid
of sufficient solidity or cohesion to enable it
to sustain a single shock ot real war. :sevor-
theless it will have its effect nron the world
I I " 11 1 - . . -
ul i pwaiiy upon inose engaffeu in it, ana
Still more upon the relations which so many
of the Irish people, both in th old country
and in this, bear to the Church of Rome.
it will not break the yoke of Great Britain
1 rom the neck of Ireland, but the yoke of
liome will never a?ain be as stromr as it has
been, t cnianism is as rank rebellion arrainst
thcehureh as against the crown: and whilethe
latter is able to cru.-h it by sheer force, the
former has no means by which to maintain
its supremacy. It L in this aspect of the
subject that this reman movement is pecu
liarly interesting ; and it is this which fails
the minds of rood men with minded bone
and apprehension m view of it. W hat
would Celtic Irishmen, with' their wild and
ungovernable natures, be without anv relhr
ious restraints, when all the restraining force
of a despotic church, to which they have
hitherto been fanatically devoted, has never
been able to keep them from breaking one
another s heads.'
But things appear to be breaking np,
hiavery in America was stranrely and vio
lently broken up : and here appears to be
another work of emancipation still more
strance and unexpected. Politics seem to
be growing too strong for creeds, and pas
sion to be sweeping away the land marks
and barriers of conscience. Pittsburgh Ga
zette.
Attempted Election Fraud ia Philadelphia.
Among the candidates who ran on the Re
publican ticket in Philadelphia at the late
election, was JMin Given, who though known
to be unworthy, was by some political in
trigue re-nominated for City Commissioner.
ur. Livr-n, to the honor of the Republican
party, fell some ten thousand behind his tick
et, many Republicans refusing to vote for
him, and was defeated on the city vote bv. sol
dier who ran on the democratic ticket. OnFri-
day la-t, however, at an adiourned meeting
of the Board of Return Judges, held for the
purpose of counting the soldier's vote, a re
markable series of dmuments were presen
ted, which elected Given by some three hun
dred majority. These alleged returns bear
upon their face such evidences of fraud that
the Sunday Dispatch, Evening Bulletin,
Press, and other Republican journals have
spoken out in denunciation of them and of
the unscrupulous attempt of Given to retain
his office. Major Weaver, who is fairlv e-
lected to the City Commissionership, will at
once contest Given's certificate of election.
... i. . I . : . I J . 1 . . f 1 - ,
which is based on the returns of which w
have spoken, and which, though purporting
to come from diametrically opposite nort.ions
of the country, are in envelopes directed in
the same handwritiug, and post marked ei
ther in New York or Washington. The
whole matter will be thoroughly sifted, and
Given of course ousted, unless he can show
that the soldier's vote in his favor is an hon
est one. The Republican party of Phila
delphia has reason to pride itself upon the
fact that its leaders will 'not for a moment.
c"nniVe at P0tical rascality, though exer
in forM, f.f ita ' '
The Fenian Congress.
The deliberations of the National Con-
held at
the be
amount o - - Jr . A HI
poriant chants mtliAvmwMmf; -.t,r
mf? hptrtrp ( hn kruT,. T,
der are contemplated. The nomenclature
assisted bv bureau in ol,- nftlm Aan
mcnts of rinnnfA irar on.l nonol
.,,- Tl l 1. l.l. . 1 e.
, - " v.wtWUI tt lUH-
el. Cheers were given for the President for
the U. States, for Mr. Dillan and for Mitch-
el- A complete reorganization has leen ef
focted, n odeled aftei our National Govern
nent, with a President, Cabinet. Senate and
House of Representa.ives. Both houses of
the newly established Congress held sessions
on the 23rd. Col. John O'Mahony was u-
nanimously, and amidst great cheering de-
clared President after which he took the
oath of office and delivered an address A
committee was appointed to draft an address
embodying a recognation of an Irih RernK
he, which is to have a buildin- in that dtv
for governmental purposes y
"
Generil Granr n - - 1.
a.p -i i d 1 consultation with
ril,??5 ft tary of War hM de"
Clded to recommend the rmisterJntr nut 4
.1,,, -T. t - .
ttie V eteran Reserve Corps, and an order to
1 6?t be issued.- This is in accord-
" 8 ff dnt j
OI tne army to a minimum standard. -
of" B K.ecbn.m was arraigned in the Court
of General Sessions before Recorder Iloff!
manC U?,wLthdrewfcP!eaorSr;gui
ct. the gold check indictment for forUr? iJ
the third degree, and put in a plea of guilty
It was agreed his sentence should be ,Ud.
pended till he can be examined in the civil
cases before the courts.
Emersou Lthridge has been acquitted of
the charges preferred against him before
the Military Commission at Columbus, Ky
and is now at his home in Dresden, Tenn.
Advern,m,Ht,,t in targt type, rutt.tr tut .f plain
t,U wUl b charged doubl, prie f,rsp4.c.rrJp? .
To iTiture attenttoa, the CASH mugt accomniu
ny notice. M folio wr-AU Cautioni and Strava
with $1,60; Auditors', Admini.-tratori aa"'
all other transient Notices at the same raeV
Other aivErtiseaienu at $1,50 persqaare for s?f
less insertions. Tea line, (or lis.) count Viqun
WATED-AB!ackSmith,to earrr on th.
basiness at the Ijrge new shop, Erected at
the 'corner'' ,n Curwensville. A good smith with
hep to do the work, n see-re a ifrge patronlge.
XOV. 8. IKVIX Jt. lmiTcUAU6
k. llViil,
EXmEeao A'TICE.-Letters .e.U-M-i
mentarj on the estate of Sarah Xorris lata
h,haWrKnCe townsh Clearfield eo , pi, deT'd
having been granted to the undersignid. all per.
r.j ui.ui. idq mose navine clnimn &-
fhf- t?V?m6Wi" P""tthem proper j
thenticated for etUement. v 1 '
v q ,c JAMES S. XORRIS,
W8,lgfl5-p. Executor.
W'VVTvE?.TEller)fetic men to c "gent,
f for the Life of Abraham Lioooln. Liberal
Jerms and exclaiive territory guaranteed. Ap
plication from returned officer, soldiers, old a
gents, and all young men of ability should h.
made at once if they wish to engage in this profi
table ageDCT. Address for trrltr .,-.
Address for territory, terms, etc.,
J W. KHODKS & CO..
6S Jrifth fct., or P. t). Box 92R,
Not. 8. lSS5-4t
Pittsburg. Pa.
IRON-IN THE BJ.OOD. Tub Percvia.
Stiu p sucDlies th hl.wl ith i,. i ... t-.
mest, IKON, infusing Strength. Vigor, and New
Life into the whole system. For Iisier.sia. Dron-
sy. Chronic Diarrhoea, Debility. Female Weak.
ness, etc., it is a SDecifie. Thriiia-intl hvj Ku.
changed by the use of this medicine from weak, -sicly,
suffering creatures to strong, healthy, and
happy men and women. A 31 page pamphlet
sent Free. Price SI r.cr bottle, or 8 for .
J. P. DISSMOKE, 36 ley ?t.. N. Y. ;
Sold by Druggists generally. N0y 8-3m.'
DR. II. ANDER'S IODINE WATER.
An Invalcable Discovery. A Vnil
of Iodine in each ounce ot Water, dissolred witb.
out a Solvent ! Ihe most Powerful Vitalizing A- '
gent and Kestorative known. Scrofula, Salt
Kbeum Cancers. Kbenmatism. Consumption, and
many Chronic and Hereditary Diaciwi'ira .
ed by its use, as thousands can testify. Cirmlmra
sent free. Price $t per bottle or 6 for SS.
. Dr. If. ANDERS A Co,
Physician and Chemist. 42S Broadway. N.Y.
Sold by Druggists generally. Xoy.8-3m."
SOMETHING NEW
IN C till WENS VILLE! "
DRUGS! TmnftSlf.'
- - 1 1
The
to the public that he has opened a Drug Store, ia '
he room recently fitted un in tho hn..c r u
kiUkbarer. on Main street. Curwensville, Pa.
one door West of liipple A Faust's store, where,
he intends to keep a general assortment of - j
Drags, Medicines, Oils, Paints, :
, Dje-stuffs, Tatcnt Medicines, Ter-
iumery, loilet boods, ' Con feet iona
ncs
pices,
Canned Fruit. Tobacco -
Cigars, Books, Stationary, Pencils, :
Pens, Inks, and a general Variety
of Xotions ; Glass, Putty, etc. j .
The want of a Drug store K r.t tl J
urwensville, and as that want is now supplied,
the undersigned hopes, by strict attention to bu
siness, to merit and receive a liberal shara of
public patronage.
ilis stock embraces most articles needed in a
community, is entirely new. and of tbe best dual-
itV loll i n 1. KA ill AZ.. . , . .
"u.vu .ui ui3)w3o oi i roasonaoie prices
Call and examine the foods which nnn.r r.n -
topleae. JOSEPH K. IRWIN.
.November 8. 1S65.
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