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