o M In m m M-w ;-Ml- ill! JMUMI p . .-.-. ! BY S. J. KOW. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JAXUA11Y 10, 1866 VOL. 12.-3VO. 18. V'- . r-tKlI-aeeneral variety, just received -and for alt and plaster in larj?e qnantities FLOIKA larfie quantity Extra Family Kluur in Barrels, Saek 8 and i hacks for .l'"' .Feb. 22. 1853-1 W. F. IRWIN. JELAKE WALTERS. Scriviuer and Con veyancer, and Agent f ix the purchase and sale of lands. Clearfield, Pa. Prompt attention giv en to all business connected with the county offi ce, office with Hon. W. A. Wallace. Jan. A. TrriUSK i: KS ! W II IS K E KS '-Do yon want Whiskers or Moustaches? Our Urecian Compound will force them to grow on the sm"tb--t face orehin. or hair on ba.d heads, in bil WeKB Price Jl " ent by mail anywhere, tln-elv sealed, on receipt of price Address, WAKJiER CO.. box 133. Brookhn, J. York. M arch 29th. 165. ' C!TRVG2, Bl'T TKUE.-rEvery young 3 UdT and gentleman in, the United States can heur bomeihia' very much to- their advantage by return miiil (free of obare.) by addressing tha undersized. Those having fears of being ham bu"eJ oblige by not noticing this card. All ..thrw will please address their obedient servant, utB F : XiiO.S. F. CHAPMAN. Jnn. 3- 16-ly. "S3I Broadway. N York. ERStOUS Or' YOUTH. A Gentleman who suffered fi;r years , from Kervons Debility. ' jVau'ure Decay, and nil the efiucU of youthful indin'retlm. will fjr th sr.ke of suffering huinan jff. send tree t all who meed it. tha recipe and di'reeciuo Ar making the simple remedy by " which he was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the advertiser's experience can do no by ad d retire . JOUN U. OiJDEM. J:.n 3 ISM-ly. No. 13, Chambers St. y.Y. i 5 A. M. HILLS DLSIKLS TO IN'. i f fi ne bi3 patrons that profession ' at i.uiii?ss. cuii fines bim to his office 1 1 ?r-iy,Z' the tiiiie. aud he will therefore be u n-. if ' " r able to make Professional Visits to any ol his ac customed plai et this summer:-but ma be found at his o8ioi on the southwest cornerof Front and. Jlan; streets at all times, ejecept whtn notice 8 pear in tho town papers to the contrary. Cleirfield. Pa., July I. 1SC5. X. 15. A ull set of Teeth put in for 20. . ) i L K A It FI ELD XT US EU Y . ES CO C K J AUE 1IO.MK IXDrSTKV. The undersigned having established a Nursery, on the Pike, about nan way.oeiweeD tursnuviua aaa - viwruciu Uorouhs, is prepared to fumiahali kindsof Fruit trees, standard and dwarj.) .Evergreen . Shrub bery, Urape ines,. Uuosenerry, lawten xiaca berry, strawberry, and P.aspbeiry.vinea- Also SibrianOrab trees, Quince and early Soarlet Ph3u barb. ic. ilrs promptly uttended 'o. '-Address .In; I . I .s4. J. J. WK I GUT, Carivensvil! o, gTKAM EN1SES.-We have on sale One J new .-team engine. 12 inch diameter cylinder, 24 inch stroke, fitted to rolled ironbfz bed plate, with all sofa I modern improvements witb or without boiler. Also one new Portable Steam Engine and boiler. 8 ir.ch cylinder. 1 2 inchsiroke, made of the best material uiid most approved pfit tern Also one secud-hand team Engine. 21 inc'i dinmetcr cylinder. 5 feet stroke, just repair ed and warranted as good as new, which we offer at a very low figure. ii'LA.NAUAS A STONE, L)ec. IS. ISrti-fit Holliday6burg, Pa. K VV FI IOI . The undersigned have thts day il farmed a copartnership under the firm name of Irrin A iiartsborn. for the transaction ol a gen eral merchandise and lumber business. A larpe aud well selected stoc't of gooJs has been added to that already on band at the "corner store" in t.'urwensville. w here we are now prepared to show customers a complete assortment, with prices as loiv as the lowest. The highest market rates paid for lumber of all descriptions. The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited. E A IRVrN. W. K. HAIITSIIORK. Curweniville. July 17, 1SJ5 ..rrEIS WEEK-SIOOQO ACTIVE, JU STI11UIU At! EMS, (men or wo ui n wanted in livi'rp- Citif - Towfn,' 'i!tas, -'ir'''o'Vof.. Factory trn.l iSJiop ia the land. liuMiiess stiii.'tly : honorable and litt'e or no c:tp- l'al needed to com iiienr". lo the iij;iit sort ot t i liciitiU we ouur Jnuucemeuts whioli witl ena- le tln-m to make 550 per week in the cities, and a proportionate amount in tho interior.! . tend One Dollar for Five Rumples worth One Dollar each , fur your own use, if you do not choose to suli 'heiu again, and our confidential circular of terms to Agents will be also forwarded. T. U tiAl'Gn AN & Co.. Importers, Jan. 3. 17(55 4t 1115 Broadway, New York. HOI.L1DAV PRESENTS . AGENTS WANTED Oieut S lUof Jewelry at4 fi!vertpare. The Ar rnnJaU Great Gift Distribution! . far Agents are making from Five to Thirty Dollars per day . and wo still need more. Late invoices from Eurupe have swelled our stock to over One Million Dollars. A splendid assortment of Watches Kings. Ladies' and Gentlemen's Jew elry ofall kinds, of the most fashionable patterns, seiiing atl each. Send 25 cents for a certificate, and you will see what yon are entitled to ; or $1 for five certificates. or'Sa for thirty, or sen- a 3 cent stamp tor our terms to Agents, whi:h are of the most liberal kiudii'. Now is your time'! v ARRANDALE A CO., No 167 Broadway, How York. : Dec. 6. lSC5-3m - . ,-'- nEADLE Y'S '.HISTORY i OP,": THE GREAT , REBELLION. The- late Re ' bullion stands ont peculiar and extraordinary in - human events ; and the migo-tirenf seal upon which the war hu been conduotod, constitute it oneof the GRANDEST AND MOST BRILLIANT CHAPTERS Ob' THE WORLD'S JUSTORY. . Mr Readier, of all writers, isperhaps best qual ified lo portray the Stupendous. features, of . the nighty contest.' His previous works on less mo- - tnentous themes have pi a and him ia the first po sition, as rrupUic aiui jtawtrt'al:.dtliitatar of war scenes and characters, and the magnitude and grnndeorof the present " eubjecC impart to his i pen tha fire and vigor of a yet more, exalted in spiration, and furnish ample .scope for the ki?h tt rxiiAil0Uif kit per.ulw cuiioua for military dfixcriptroii aj Lnder his powerful pen theetirrin scene of the War pass in review, with the vividt ness and distinctneM ef a present and livitg real- : iiy; while his reit taleiU for. c Hfi'ut.itton ena bles him to embdy everything of .importance in a eompa.u jt,t nuittJ t the-public ip,tjtt From no other souroo can so clear and fo.utprehenxiv an i txpret,oi of tke frnuti ;nirch f vl be ob- 1 trtimd,so -easily and agreeably,; as row Mr iieauley's work . , . . - . Vlkrr Hintorirx hptt ben intni befyr Grant's . Septet uud olAw UJiml l)o?UiJtt uutrt aubnut. M to thr.Gneritme:u(la4 an tktntforf nrtlixj Mr. Heailley h liehiyed th completion , f JIALt A HTURSVTIt' TV K L-x, .r. - . , . , ' - it- tb tK0 4 Tbe Second Volume, oomplelintf thi WiarsiirUI ' issued iif,ilrb,-lSo8. jgeaOa wanted to v engage ip Its, sale in .every towu and, county in ; Waited Sutea.t Liberal. iaduceaieuU oefered. r partirnlari apply to ot address. ... - - AMtRICAPUB.ISHiyQ;CUMPANY, J- " HsAnjUim Seet, Hartford, Conn caAsioa i Bcr, AgenU. 3,? ; Jan. 3-4t ; TERMS OF THE JOURNAL. : : The Raftsman's Jocesal is published on Wed nesday at S2,0l) per annum in advance Adveb- visEfcBNTS inserted at SI. 50 per souare, for three or less insertions Ten'lines (or less) counting a squ ire. For every additional insertion ou cents a deduction wtuoe made to yearly advertisers. BttisuwjSis IRVIX BROTHERS. Dealers in Square t Sawed -Lumber. Dri G'Xxls, Groceries. Flour, Grain, o , fcc, Burnside Pa., Sept. 23B63. FREDERICK LEITZINGER, Manufacturer of : 11 kinds of Stone-ware. Clearfield, Pa. Or ders solicited wbolesalo or retail. " Jan. 1,1363 GRANS . BARRETT, Attorneys al.Law. Clear field, Pa. ' ; 1 Msy 13. Jwti.V : - l. J.-CRAN9.- : -: : t : Walter barbett.' ROJJEKT J. WALLACE. Attorney at Law. Clear field. Pa Office in Shaw's new row. Market street, opposite Nauglo'tf .iewolry .store May 23. H.F. NAIJGLE. Watch and Clock Maker, and , dealer in Watches, Jewelry, fce. Room in Graham's row. Market street. Nov. 10. H BUCHER SWOOPE. Attorney at Law. Clear , field, Va. )f5ct in Graham's Kow. fourdoc s west of Graham & Boynton"s store.. Nov, 10; CK'ATZER & SOX, dealers in Dry fJoods, . Clothing, Hardware.- Queeusware, Groce ries. Provisions. Ac, Front Street, (above the A, cademy.) Clea;acld,Pa. Dec 27. 1885. W 7 ILLIAM F. IRWIN. Market 8treet.CleurF eld, l Pa., Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Mer chandise. Hardware. Queonsware, Groceries, and family articles generally. Nov. 10. JOHN GUKLiCH. Manufacturer of nil kinds ol Cabinet-ware. Market street. Clearfield. Pa. He alsv makes to order Colin s. on short notico. and attends funerals -.vith a hearse. Aprl0,'i9. DR il. WOODS," Practicixo Physhmas; and Examining Surgeon for Pensions. Oilice, South-west -corner of Second and Cherry SUe t. Clearfield, P. ., ; Jacuary 21, 1S53. , THOMAS 3. M'CULLOC'JH, Attorney at Law. Clearfield. Pa. Office, east of the ' Clearfield eo. Bank. Deeds and other legal instruments pre pared with promptness and accuracy. July 3. JB M'EN ALLY, Attorney at Law, Clearfield, . Pa. " Practices in Clearfield and adjoining lounties. , Office in new brick building of J.Boya t n, 2d street, one door south of Lanich's Hotel. I TCIIARD" MOSSOP, Dealer in Foreign and Do V raestic Dry Goods, Groceries. Flour. Bacon, LtcjT'"ri. &c. Room, on Market street, a few doors west ot Joi'tvJ Office, Clearfield, Pa. ' Apr27. . rpUOMAS W. MOORE. Laud Surveyor and Cou--I. veyancer. office at his residence, i mile east of Pennville. l'ostofiice address. Grampian Hills Deeds and other instruments of writing neatly executed. . . . June 7th, l65-ly. ITJM. AL1JERT 4 BRO'S. Dealers in Dry firodds, V t rocerics. Hardware. Queenswure. Flour, Bacon, etc.. Woodlan- .--Clearfield county. Penn'a. Also, extensive dealers in all kinds of sawed lum ber, shingles, and square timber. Orders solici ted.- - Woodland, Aog. lath, 1863. DR. J. P. RURCH FIELD, lato Surgeon of the 83rd Regt Penn'a Vols, having return ed from the anry. ff"ers his professional services to the citiiens of Clearfield and vicinity. - Prof fuMiocal calls promptly attended to. Office on Souta-East cornr of -3d and Market streets. Oct. 4. 1S55 Sui-pd. - - VrCTIOXEER. The' undersigned having been Licensed an Auctioneer, would inform fhe citizens of Clearfield county that be will at tend to calling sales, in any part of the county, whenever called upon. Charges moderate ' Address, JOHN M QUfLKIN. May 13" - Bower Po., Clearfield Co., Pa. ITCTIONEEK. The undersigned having fceer. Licenced an Auctioneer, w.nild inform tbe citizens f C.carfreid eounty bat he w;Jl at tend to c.-tiling sales, iu any part of tbe county, whenever okllid upon. Charges moderate. Address. NATHANIEL RISHEL, Feb. 22. ,lria. . ' Clearfiold,, Pa. : C. R. FO-TER. "' f.d;v. PERKS, J. D. MClTtK, . V WUIC.Hr, W.A.WALLACE, A. K. WEIGHT, RICHAUK SU.IW, JAS.T. LEHKAR3, J A3. B. GRAHAM, '; a t.. Ri-.En. : ; Banking and Collection OfHcc ' op FOSTER, I'tUKS, WRIGHT i CO., PiiiLii'sBi Rti. Centue Co.. Pa. . Bills of Exchange. Notts hed Drafts discounted. Deposits recived. Collections made and pro ceeiirj -Mmptly remittcl. Exchange on tho Cities constantly ou hand- The above Bunking House is now open and ready for business. Phiiipsborg. Centre Co., Pa., ..Sept. C. 1S05. Al'l'T & CO., at Milesbnrg, Pa . continue t. A i. ft. at ...iicovu., ..uww to furnish e:istines of every deMiription at Eiiuu 1 i. ;y o , i iu? wv.ot .... v... v patterns in tho country for steam and water-mills of every desci ipttou. All kinds of machine and plow easling- furuihed. NewWorJd and Hatha way oook:stoves alwnys on hand. They make 4 horse sw eep-power threshing machines, with -aha-ker-aud iiO feet Hf sttap tor SltiOand 2-horse tread-power machines, ith shaker and 30 feet of strap ("or $175! Warranted to give satisfaction in threshing, and teept good to thresh one crop, free ofcharge ' - r . , June 2jf.lSlio-y. ! . Isaac IIacpt, at Bellefonie, continues to take risks for insurance in any good stock company in the State. Also in -New. York: the Royal and Etr na at Hartford ; and the Liverpool and London, capital 56,000,000. , ' . - : . - " FIRST NATIONAL BANK op Ccrwes 1 tille, Pa. ' " i John Pattos. Pres't.,, Capital paid in $ 75,000 SAu'fcABNOLD. Ciish. Authorized cap $200,000 j J piRKCTORS .r ; rilT:1-" ' SVm. Irvtn.'" John Pattoa, J! Samuel Arnrld. F.K.Arnold, . Daniel Faust, 'r'7' E. A. I rvin, , j: F:irvin,. ;' ;G. U. Lyl!o, ; . H.P.ThompSon This bank buys and sells all kinds. of Govern mett securitiaa. . r.7-30 notes always on hand and for sale.. Receives money on deposit, and if left for a specific time allows nteiest. Buysandsells j Ij .m,jm tnH hrll. aiscountad , l . . ... ' I ' 1 . .- I . 1. 1. .. f o -firt...nTi t nf at legal fate of interest, and does a general baiiK- 1.- .e.nave Teoronjr bidmw - . banking, hoiit-e. Ua a good vault, burglar-safe, ! V:c,, hna will vejna fwieoeiro mj 'l"",v r. friends and customers niBj: have, that they desire "l to leave for safe-keeping. ;.-; . . ;.j i: -" ' ' ,!,: We would nspeotfully so'icit.i thi business of . . , l . , .l i :i I n - iHercnanis, L.unnerinen. anu. otLicra. : I deavor to make: it their interest te do their bank- i' . . -., ......iTr-. a tv-,,f 1, .: Mng businesa'wuo as.,: o.sivn.u an-Jio;.! Curwermvilley Pa. Oct- 25. 1 "Cj Cashier- JUU.VPS AND NOTES FOR SALEThe X3 undersigned is prepared te furnish., to those seeking iavesunents. GoverameBt , and .county bonds Also five per cent Government notes; 3 ; . . t - H. B. siWOOrE, : i' i WearjUid mrJ, 1364'.' , : Att'y at Law. detect 'cctrij. . THE OLD FOLKS' BOOM, i a ; The old man sat by the chimney side ; : ' His face was wrinkled and wan, -. And he leaned both hands on his stoat old cane, As if all his work was done. ; His coat was of good old-fashioned gray, " ' , The pocKets were deep and wide, - " t .Where his -specks" and steel tobacco-box , ; - Lie snugly side by side. - '. : The old man liked to stir the fire,' So near bim the tongs were kept; ' Sometimes he musod as be gaied at the coals, : :. Sometimes ho sat and slept What saw he in the embers there ? . ' - Ah ! pictures of other years ;' ' And now and tben they wukened smiles, ' v But often started tears. , His good wifenat on the other side, . . In a high-biick flag-se.it chair; I sec 'neath the fr ill of her muslin cap The sheen of her silvery hair. There's a happy look on her aged face, ; ; As slie busily knits for him ; And Nellie takes up the stitches dropt, , For grandmother's eyes are dim. ' Their children come and read tho news, - To pass the time each day; .' . ' ' now it stirs the blood in the old-man's heart : To hear of the world away. I : 'Tis a homely scene I told you so, But pleasant it is to view ; " . ' At least I thought it so myself, " - : j And sketched it down for you. . ' : Be kind unto tbe old. my friend. :.! They re worn w ith this world's strife, .i Though bravely oujb purchance they fought ! The stern, fierce biittio of lite. Jhey taught our yottlLful feet to climb . : ; I Upward life's rugged steep ; - . " Then let us gently let them down .- ' -To where the weary-sleep. CHITALEY ON TEE EAMPAGE. .; ; ! Notwith-standing Uia fact that Majorlen cral Gibbon, cotuiuuniinir tbe District of the Nottoway, State of Virginia, lorbaue the loaning of any United States horses or other property to tbe late Petersburg tour nament, to which- 'no Yankees were to be admitted,! the bhow eatne olf as per adver tisement, on the 10th December. Tbe "re constructed" chivalry were there in force, and they got over the absence of borrowed or stulen government property by such make shifts as were available, in the way of horse flesh and of needful equipments. The di lapidated Lords of Black -fat arid Fine-eub and the Disinherited Knights of the Nigger pen and tbe Lash .were there in orce, and the congenial scribe, a repoiter for a local newspaper, tells us how the thing went off. Desperate men ot little flesh but of much hair and ihorc tobaeco, mounted upon such steeds as that which bore i'elrueliio to his nuptials, rushed madiy, with htnee in-rei-.t; upon pendant muffin-rings; other valiant knights, bearing long sticks wadded at the farther end. poked away at the tin-helmet-ed, irou-ck 'dieted and butter nut armored corpuses of yet other valiant knights, and tie prize of the dy, (a victor's crown,) af ter all ibis tilling at muffin -ring? and punch ing of ribs with wadded sticks, was awarded to a donkey of a lawyer named Lyon, who, odd'y en ugh. figured to tbe tourney as the "Ciaek Prince. ' ' Weil,, thi representative of colored royalty, (who might perhaps with more propriety have been .styled the mulatto I'riuee) af a ball held" the same evening, handed over his" blus-Iung .'honors to the Queen of Lore and Beauty on the occasion id the coronation of that feui'uine potentate Mr.'" Lyon, we he; pardon, the colored Prince. 'seems? to have been an attentive stu dent of Cervantes, for we can turn to scores of pages of Don Quixote that seem almost a counterpart in cntekedbrairiedness.of the oratorical effort of Mr. Lyon on the occasion of the coronation ot the Queen of Love and Deauty, making du? "allowance of course far the difference between the unction of Cer vantes and the addle-patedifoss of the black (or mulatto) priuee'of e'hivalry. Thisspeeeh is so delicious a piece of Virginia blather skite Quixotism, and sO fine a specimen of the'reeonstrueted"- chivalry of the Old Douuni'ft, that we cannot avoid thetcinta tion of giving it in full as we find it repor ted in the Petersburg E-rprcts. Listen to the black prince : , . ...'.'" i " Fairest and Loveliest Maiden ; .-. If Kn:ght!y -'generosity did not forbid, well might brave men envy thy champion the sweJt privilegesof eegwningthee "Queen of Love and Deauty'1 "here to-night. ; To.be. the chosen out of this assemblage, e'nehan loth the tribute to thee, and the reward cf 'thy gallant Knight. : And those fair and lovely maidens tuy companions ana atten dants, will fitly adorn thy regal state, radia ting and reflecting upon the loyal subjects,' the light of 'Love and .Beauty. ' - -' "There is no need for us to search the old Chronicles to study chivalry. We hav now ehunlru of our own. , There live atuong us, and stand around us, in this goodly presence, men who during these four years, have developed and illustrated in an eminent degree, all the high qualities vhieh made the Knights of old admirable and fa rrotls.' Singleness of "purpose, fidelity, eri-; thnsiasm, devotion,1, self-sacrifice", ' fort itude, eourage, humanity and courtesy, have' found in thein glorious impersonation,:, Earnest-; ly believing that their cause teas just, faith-1 fully and zealously devoted to what seemed to be d'dtythey endured without murmur- ing, hunger and thirsty eOid aud heat, wear-; iness and imprisonment, , and faced without fear, peril of disease . and of battle,, always ready to die if need be,, for' what they dcem-ed'ihe'right.-!, ( ..-' , .... -i- '.rip' ; , (' The gallapt competitors: for, the honor Which thy Knight has, won, are all Virgiu Jans. q They Oielonged.to that nolle, nrmy,. tc7w.se manhood drew forth sutfi Uer&ilean deeds of valbtj as extorted ; the praise ot their chief adverjar JTheyJiave won their, spurs in the. red strife ot tftle,,..-,They w?re; the comrades of Robert L. , Lee and btpue wsdl Jackson Knights without, fear and reproach! Xolttst of Gtrisliqii iigh(s- f Leaders and exetnjilars! One has shown us how to die in the hour of victory ; the oth er teaches us how to live through the gloom of disaster. Taught" by the precepts and example of such heroes, it is impossible to doubt that the gallant Knights here present Jt?7 emulate their leaders in the' practice fif those chivalrous virtues which; men admire, women love, and God approves. ..' . 1 'Now that the bloody strife is ended, and duty to God and our sovereign Virginia has been fully performed, it is permitted the gallant Knight returned from the war, to exchange with his comrades knightly cour tesies, and pajr his devotion to his lady Jove. The Knights of Prince Edward have prompt ly accepted the challenge of tbe Knights of Petersburg to a trial of skill. In the friend ly contest of this day, you have witnessed the exhibition of some ot those accomplish' metita and qualities which, in the hour of bat th, sht a lustre itjwti Soutlierii: arms. The Judges have awarded to the Black Prince this trophy of his prowess, which, to him, derives all its value from the hope that thon will graciously accept it from his hands.'"" : : s : At this point the Black Trince crowned, as Queen of Love and Beauty, Miss Ada Venable of Petersburg. Mr. Lyon, contin uing his remarks, said : ' ' ' ' "Thou wearcfet thy crown gracefully. ' It becomes thce.; Thou mayest be proud of thy Knight, and take bio oSering as au ear nest, that if he and ins comrades had won that other prize for which they vainly strove, their' Independence, thy would have laid that, also, at the feet of thysclfaad thy fair sisters.'! ' .. ' ' " There is ? certain class cf people whose impudence is so sublime,' ana whose ego tism is so ' excessive, that argument is thrown away upon them, and reason and common sense are ' dntaufonnded in -any at tempt to reply to their rigmarole. ; Of this class is Mr. Lyon, alias the Colored Prihcei Unfortunately he is the fit rcpresettt.itiJ8'"of a large class 'of the reconstructed chivalry.' Following tbe ontorieal style of this F. F; V., and in view of- the' present. posture of affairs in the'OId Dominion, we can only sav tp this representative individual : Thou donkey, why cant thou not be content to be soundly. cudgelled, while engaged in the perpetration of the greatest blunder as well as the wickedest crime of modern .times, tvithout making thyself as' ridiculous as tha crazed hero of La Mancha, by prating, of knight errantry while rubbing thy pumtnel ed bones? ;; ' - . j We have it upon the authority of a greaij statesman that the age of chivalry- is past (the case of Virginia is not a substantial or fane exception. ) It is at least certain, however, that the fools are not ail deadycL Attacking the lTationr.1 Currency. ' It seems that the rebels are not satisacd with the fa'lurc cf their attacks on the na tional honor, the national L'nion and the na tional valor, and therefore," they are new de voting themselves to attacks on the Nation al currency. The llichmond papers are leading off in these attacks, which they con duct as fellows: A list of the National Banks whose circulation has reached the! Southern States, is prominently published,; and the fact that the banks are remoteby lo-1 cated in distant States adduced,1 when it is stated that these institutions are insolvent, broken, and of course their circulation is utterly worthless. ' It "is alleged that these notes cannot circulate where thchanks are located, because there the fact is patent that euoh institutions are ' closed. Now, this is all invention on the part of the South ern organ.3 of defeated treason. A Nation-; al Bank cannot break. The Governineut holds collateral security for every dollar of national uanK circulation, ana is tnereiore always prepared to redeem the notes of all the National Banks, in the country- Of course the conductor.; of the Richmond press understand this" fact,' but they hope by ex citing the fears of the ignorant, to injure the currency. of the' country, and thus of course effect the prosperity of the people. '-. ' " '' " '.Our Gold Products. '" The total aaiounCof gold brought from California during the year 1865 is $20,504, Sy:3, against 12,)o2,9ti7 in 1SG4, $ll.05, 478 in 1863, $24,882,846 in 1862, and $34, 370,557 in 1SG1. The heaviest amount .vas in 1854V of $46,532,116. The whole amount of gold ; from California for twelve years past is.$377,0S0(719, If .this, was.all.now in the country it would be currency enough for ordinary times, and could that amount, with what will be obtained during ten years to come, be in circulation, gold might then be ; our sole currency.v But gold in com merce is like water it must invariably find its level, and hence can retain but a com paratively small proportion of what we pro dnfA Th nhove sums, however! only in-' elude What is brousht bv sea, while large amounts are brought over by individuals.; It is supposed that the:grand total for that period is near. $500,000Jt00. - . . , . Gov. Anderson's--message to the Ohio Legislature sas" that the State, is in a flour ishing condition. The State, debt is $ 12, 300,000,' which is less by S50.000 than it was1 at the end of 1S64. The' Governo? is adverse to keeping Ohio volunteer; regi-! ments j any longer . in the field. 1 1 He jsaya they volunteered to . put down Jeff. Davis' confederacy "and they have done their work. He is also J opposed "to go'ng to "war ' with France, or to menacing that country in be half of Mexico. " :""y The 'Lilerator week before last contains the valedictoYy of Wm. Doyd Garisorjt who announces that" this :is- the ' last 'number", the, paper having been published thirty-five years., ILvsays- the ..object for, which .the Liberator, was commenced has been gjonous, ly' consummated. He 'does not. indicate 'aihoWa -;iI'1a in -his remaining years, though be hopes to be .permitted to take a, - . 1 The .Era of Statesmen Mr. Seward , and j..;,...-.-.,- . Mr. Stanton. - . ' From the, New rorK.Times-1 , ' It is a happy circumstance that we have at leDgth reached a time in the; history of our government in which 8 atesmen and or ganizers appear in public ahairs, and , con tinue their course of duty despite puolic clamor. ' . '."." There were no "better abused men' in the first two years of our war than Mr. Seward and: 31r. Stanton. The scandals that circulated ajrainst the Secretary or War could not be numbered. lie was crazy : he insulted all his friends : he was a blood-thirs ty ' radical, a tyranical ltobespierre ; he knew nothing of war or its organization ; he carried the prejudices of political life into the service ot his country : he worshipped the negro," and violated the freedom of the whites by imprisoning contractors. Xso one could get on with. him ; he must leave his plaee or the national cauie bo ruiued. Deputation after deputation, individual af ter individual, waited on the President to beg him to remove hitu. - But Mr. Lincoln saw that he had the right man in the right place. Mr. Stanton remained indifferent to the popular clamor. . He had his own plans, and was determined to execute them. A few friends continued constant to him ; and of two things no enemy ever veutumi te accuse him first, of the slightest suspicion of speculation, though he was' liaudiiug some five hundred millions n year ; and second'y, of any indifference ' to the hapless sufferer from the war, the unfortunate slave. He persevered in his o'lico, and aimed at distant effects, not present popu larityat duty, not applause. : : The result has been a military tidiiiiiiis tration which will be the admiration of all time for its organization, and , to whoso wonderful efficiency - the Republic almost o'rt c.s its salva'ioir. Mr. Stanton has been een to accomplish what no military leader in Great Britain could accomplish in the Crimean war with a much smaller force and under much f;cr obstacles,- the peifect equipment, supply arid . transportation of great masses of men over vast spaces. Na poleon himself, with two-thirds of Kurope to draw from, did t.ot effect ; bo much, so speedily and with such perfect organization of inyuense armies, as did this Pennsylvania lawyer suddenly elevated to the head of a powerful military ' bureau. All men see now his wonderful capacities for his task. His' very faults aided him. . His impatient energy subdued all obstacles ; his hriutquc ness was needed for meddlesome intru der?, and his arbitrary treatment of dishon est contractors was the only thing which checked the terrible and increasing disease of public corruption. . v Mr.. Seward agalu was' the centre of inoi 0 abuse and scandal aud attack than any other man of the day, except Mr. Lincoln himself. He was negotiating with the South ; he was indilfciouL to freedom ; he was truckling to Europe ; he had no earnestness in tbe eou test; he was given up to intoxication,- and had lost his wits. If he continued to guide our foreign relations, Ave should have all Europe joining with the South. Tbe President was besought again and again to remove him; some of the iuot prominent men of his own party opposed themselves to him ; he was entreated to re sign, and many most patriotic citizens be lieved him to be tho source of all our mis fortunes." We do not propose to defend or excuse all Mr. Seward's sajings, or every measure of his diplomacy. Some of his proceedings toward .European powers we should have desired to have seen otherwise; but we submit now -to all reasonable persons that, judging Mr. Seward's foreign policy by its fruits, it has beei pre-eminently suc cessful. ' ; ' i Possibly somctliing of its ..success may have been due to accident,, to the jealousy of European Powers of one another, and to the revolutionary fire aud prodigious energy shown by our people. This may be,- and yet the result remains that in the great op portunity of many centuries for our rivals and enemies iu Europe to strike us a weak ening and damaging blow, in the midst of the most perilous and conflicting questions, with constantly occurring provocations and unwise acts of subordinates, no opportunity or temptation wa.-: offered by our Govern ment for foreign'-interference, and' not a break of friendly relations occurred with any European Power. If such a result be not evidence of wise . statesmanship, we know not what proof can be offered . of it. By some means' or other, England and France never were presented with the chance which they would so gladly have embraced of interfering to break up tiie Union and make the United States a second-rate power. It is true that some steps of Mr. Seward's policy have been less bold and less confident in the assertiou of principles than we would have prelered.. r Still the result justifies bis caution. 7 . tf he had yielded to clamor, or if Mr. Lincoln had put in his : place - a - more headstrong man, we might now be plunged in war with half the world. ? r Mr. Seward's name will go down not as of a man who could well forecast the whole struggled or who fully understood 1 its bear ing hut as of a prudent and self-contained statesman", who hever let present effect and popularity turn him from what.he believed would be for the permanent benefit' of the country." Both or these leadcrs'in bur; "civil war show the power of independence'and per sistence in a course eonscieatiouhly believed right, though opposed to popular, favor. They proved that our politics have at length become so earnest as to eonipel 'public men, or to leave the age. 'Th Pierce and Bu chanan era is overr Thed"y of popular cf-ftstVof'acthii- solely for influence on ."the people,' !.vjpfj; the,- headstrongf. blustering, thoughtless and superficial statesmanship is past at least with our leaders. J. We may now expect independent men ' in public places, even' though sometimes they are dis agreeable to their condiment... :-:'.' For the "Itaftsman Journal." Mr. EditoU: Some time tince, I pro pounded some queries, through the Journal, to a certain class of correspondents of the Re publican. Tho object of said inquiries be ing to call the attention of those writers to the subject of taxing the bonds in which the moneyed men and speculators were inven ting their money, as a subject worthy ot their pens to which B. D. 11 responded in a satisfactory manner; but how did Mr. A., or the three Stars, as he calls, himself, reply to my inquiries? We shall'see. In. the Republican of the 22d of Novem ber, the editor of that paper heralded forth that he had received tho"First chapter of the war in Karthaus." from the historian, and that it should appear 111 his next issue, and advised others-to. follow the example and furnish hiin with thohistory in oiher lo calities. The material only was asked for the editor promising to '"put it in shape" before publishing. " fu the next number of of his paper appeared s'ltfcejt .double lines' headed "First chapter of the war in Kart haus." Ni w the only ouestiou I have to ask at this point is: Was the material in this case furnished to the editor," and is he chargeable for the shape in which it makes its appearance to the public? If so; lhave on'y 10 say, I should decliue his offer to shape one tor me. And should the editor attempt to screen himself from the respon bibility by stating, as editors tomttimes do, that he was absent from home at the time of its appearance and that the "devil" only is responsible, I should then say, from the knowb'dge'l have of the craft, that there is scarc3y a "devil" on top of the ground,that would not be ashamed of the deformity of that article. But my object, at this time, is not to oQcr any comments on the article or to siy -anything derogatory to its author but to relate a conversation I heard in regard to it and the writer thereof. "A youug gentle man who had just returned from collcgc.and a young lady then engaged in teaching school, met at a hou-e where 1 was stopping lor the night. During the course of the evening, the conversation turned upon (he subject of poetry. The Lay remarked that she had a piece in her po?sos'ston, in rc-jard to which she would like to have the--gentleman's' o pinion. poetry was produced, the gen tleman read it, and ., then said . My opin ion is, that this is not poetry it lacks too many essentials. It lacks -fense, it : lacks grammar, and it lacks measure and ryhmc. There i.v only one sense in which it can be called poetrv. Poetry is a word sometimes applied to compositions in which the lan guage is that cf excited imagination. A madman's imagination may be excited, and under that excitement may compose an ar ticle ibijthe press." ; In that sense it is poe try ; and if tha writer is not a madman, he ib an ogoLi. t. He conceits that he, knows everything, and is qualified for' any office ; whereas his "History of ; the war in Kart haus" proves r that he is not qualified to" write prose (to say nothing of poetry) fit for publication, without some oue to "put it in shape" for him. ' " ' ' Shall I send you the balance - of the dia logue between the lady and gentleman about ' the thres stars ?' " ; It beeomes spicy ns it progresses, and serves to show the opinion held bv sensible people of the treat "Histo rian of Karthaus. QCEREST. Filling Ice-IIouses with Snow. As the tiuie is now approaching, says the '.Coun try. Gentleman, w hen the supply ot ice for the ensuing year is to be secured, I beg leave to give vou the experience of one of our "Clinton Farmer's Club." of Clinton O hio. His ice-house is situated on the side of a gravel hill, covering a jut about four or five feet in height ; the sides of the pit are boarded up, and the drainage is through the gravel. Finding it expensive to haul from the neighboring ponds and rivers, he bust winter filled hi- house with snow, after the custom prevailing in Switzerland and California (for'tny friend is a traveler,) aim ply robing up iu masses, and with a wheel barrow conveying it to ihe house first in ir.g the sides of the pit with straw, and after it was filled covering the snow-with the same material,thus filling his house without cost, and securing an abuudant .supply of good ice for his largo family, during the whole sum mer.' ; The snow settled down into a conl- Eact ' mass; when the kpring1 and eummer eats affected it, and a portion still remains at the bottcm of the pit,as solid as a glacier of the Alps. " s i Thff Boston Journal relates of a PortuT guese soldier, recent'y returned from the war, that when he went into service, he could not understand even the military orders in Eng lish, but made a good soldier.. Coming to this city, he got into debt for his board with one of bis own .countrymen, and said ! that, when he enlisted, he received five hundred in bounty, which he hid in a crevice of his barracks on going to wahr - His landlord and others took him about to the several milita ry camps in the hope that a recdliection of the place "would enable him to recover the secreted mone3'; and it was not until a friend had provided hint with means of goimr. to New, Bedford ( to ship, and his missing thp way and-return, and-that chance led him to New IIampshire,where it proved that he en listed, and, on going to the barrack at Con" eord,he found his five hundred dollars which had remained safe for two-and-a-half yers. r A' Masonic Fxag. "On ' Tuesday1 'evening the fammis ' Arctic eplor,er," Dn'Haye. 'of Philadelphia.returnedjto Kanri Lodge of New .York the Masan'ro flag, which th Lodge had entrusted to . hinv, . at , the Merchants . Ex. change in that city.' five ; j'ears ago to carry to the N6fth Pole, if possible? ! Gen.'Jattics F.j Hall,- one of the officers of ihe lodge, in troduced Dr. Hayes to the bret hern present, and the Doctor, in a brief addro8s.statedthat the flag which he then 'returned had - been planted further -north thani any: Other.'ex cept the flag of our country.! and that it had floated within five hundred xriilefl of h Pole. Y V nr
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