BY S. J. KOW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JOTE 27, 1866.
VOL. 12.-TO. 42.
iiVnG MACHINES. Persons dosirons
u-hwlerA Wilson s Sample Machines on hani.
CVaraeld, Feb. 2s, 68. H. F. HAJi.E. Ag'
Clearfield house, clearfield
j pa. Tbe subscriber Having purcnancu uio
furniture and interest from H. U. .Morrow, in said
House, is now prepared for the reception of trail
tient and permanent boarders. Every depart
ment connected with his establishment will be
conducted second to none in the county. He res
nectiul y solicits a naro ui i-uuno niiiingc.
P t'i- m ico.- GEO. N.COMJURN.
I-lAU.H FOR SALE. The subscriber offers
for sale his property situate on Pott? Hun,
Jordan township, consisting of 127 acres of land
16 of which are cleared. There arc several good
veins of coal on the place, and an excellent wa
ter power which, if suitably improved, would
drive a saw or grist mill most of the year. Will
be fold cheap for cash. T LIDDLE.
March 21, Id3ti tf. Clearfield borough.
LEWIS I. BLOOM, gives notice that he will
have the celebrated horse, Chester Liom at
ibe following places, to wit: AtClearfield on Juno
15th and 15ti. and 29th and 30th At New Mill
port on June Sth and Sth, 22d and 23d and July
6th and 7th. At Bloomington on June 11th and
12th, 18th and 19th. and 2jth and 26tb and July
21 aiid 2J He will also, at the same time and
pistes, attend to curing ringbone and dressing
Lrsn, June 8, lSfirt.pd.
TVKI.& COLLECTION OFFICE
IS or
FOSTER. PERKS. WRIGITT A CO.,
PiiLtP8Buni. Cestrb Co., Pa.
Bills of Kiehange, Notes and Drafts discounted.
Deposits received. Collections made and pro
eeeJsprompty remitted. Ezchang" on the Cities
eoDsfantly on band. The above Banking House
it now open and ready for business.
Pbilipsburg, Centre Co., Pa., Sept 6, 1S65.
6. L. REED.
C. . OSTHR. KDW. PERKS. J D. M. GIRK.
W. V. WBIUHT, W. i. JVA'.LAfB. A. K. WRIGHT,
HIC34RD SHiW, JAS. T. pKOSARD, JAS . R GRAHA1T.
LIST OF RETAILERS of Foreign and Do
mentic Merchandise in Clearfield county for
lk8 subject to tbe payment of Licence.
HANKS KESIDKNCE. CLASS.
TO PAT.
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20 00
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7 00
7 00
7 00
12 50
12 60
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10 00
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7 00
10 00
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10 00
12 50
10 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
10 00
10 00
12 50
12 50
7 00 I
L.W.Weld.
Thomas Groom,
W. C. Met,
W. J. Nugent
Horace Patchin.
Beccaria tp.
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Burnaide tp.
A. Patchin. 4 Bro.
HeMurray A Kinie,
Irvin Bros.
Eben M'Mast.ra,
John Snyder,
Lewis Smith,
David Hell,
Jtobert Mebaffey,
Bell t'wp.
WiUiam Brady,
W. Thompson,
v'i u;!liams.
P.ogg t'wp.
Bradford tp.
Oeorge Wilson, Brady t wp.
D.Goodlander, "
r. K. Arnold, " u
.-BrlisloA ecL, " ;'
Aico!d A Terf e;
3oph Catbers, ' "
Arnold A Carlisle, - "
K. 11. Moore.
William Hunter,
Chest t'wp.
i J ward Ixose. "
William Hewitt, '' "
Iraucis Coudriet, Covington tp.
Crauston,
W. ". Betts & Co.
Decatur tp.
T boron II. Forcey,
Uraham tp.
Guelich tp
F A. A. rlynn.
H Allman A Co.
Elliott A Miller.
Irwin. Kailey A Co.
Goshen tp.
li b. Mewart,
Augustus Lcconte,
Girard t'wp.
7 00
7 00
7 00
L. M. Coudriet,
A L. Dickenson, A nt, " "
William I'.rady, Huston t'wp.
1'avid M Keehau, Jordan t'wp.
Henry Swan, '
M. 0. Stirk, Knox t'wp.
W. 3. Sankey. Karthaus tp.
I C M'Closky A Co. '
Jiiues Forrest. Lawrence tp.
Leander Denning. Morris t'wp.
.'. C. Brenner, "
D. W. Holt,
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
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7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
25 00
10 00
12 50
10 00
10 00
12 50
7 00
7 00
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7 00
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7 00
12 50
7 00
7 00
10 00
12 50
12 50
7 00
10 00
12 50
15 00
7 00
7 00
10 00
7 00
7 00
12 50
25 Oil
7 00
7 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
5 00
10 00
6 00
LeDard Kyler,
I. A J. Walls,
Pcnn t'wp.
D.K.A.I 11 Brubaker, Union tp.
Thos Henderson, Woodward tp
Samuel llagerty, " "
George Uagerty, "
C.J.fchoff, M
Ricb'd Moasop. Clearfield Bor.
II. W. Smith A Co. " "
C. Kratzer A ton, " '
Wrn F.Irwin, " '
Wright A Flanigan. " "
RoyntonShowersACo. " "
llxury Rridge, " " "
llartswick A Irwin, "
J. Shaw & Son, " '
It Y. Xaugle, " "
1 L. Reizeastcin, " "
0 D. Watson, '
J P. K ratter, " "
Mrs. U. l Welch, " "
I ?aac Johnson, " "
Herrell A Bigler, "
John Irvin. Curwensvilla Bor
TeneyckATbompson, " "
Joseph R. Irwin, " "
Ripple A Faut. '
Montgomery A Ilarts'k " "
Irvin A Hartshorn, '
Iiecjamin Hartshorn, " "
JscobAke N.Wash'ton Bor.
McMurrayAMitchell, " "
William Featn, " "
Alfred Shaw. Osceola Bor.
i"toneroadlPrideux, ' "
Lawshe, White A Co. " "
Wm. S.Wells .
T F. Boalich,
KirkASpencer, Lumber City B.
J-Ferguson A Co. "
Uile,Kirk A Co. " "
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RETAILKBS or PATRNT MEDICINES.
Richard Mossop. Clearfield Bor. 4
Hartswick A Irwin. " "3
C D Watson, " ' 4
COSPKCTIOSTER8 AXD GROCERS.
John P. Rote,
Clearfield Bor.
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15 00
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. Hoffman, " "
A. Shopp, " "
W. Entres, "
Ed. Goodwin, Cur wensville Bor.
Catharine Graff, " "
I.anton Gardner, . Chest t'wp.
John B. Rougeux, Covington tp.
L.D.liite., Lnmber Cirv Bor.
Galer A Mechnig, . Osceola Borr
-uan neoerling.-- Brady twp
Harrison A Lingle, Cfoshen tp
8
8
BREWERS AXD DISTILLERS.
JohnFeeney, Clearfield Bor. 10
W. Entres, " . 10
Casper Leipold, " 10
BASKERi.
CUarfleld countr Bank.
30 00
An appeal wUl be held at the Commissioners
See in Clearfield, on Saturday, the 30th day of
June 1866, when and where aU parties feeling
nemlT aggrieved will attend according to
V- WILLIAM TUCKER, .
'Iia.im, MrMrtfU iftraim
BONDS AND NOTES FOR SALE. The
undersigned is prepared to furnish, to those
scpKing investments, trovcrsment and county
bonus Also nve per cent Government notes.
li . SWOOPK,
Clearfield May 4. 1S64. Att'y at Law
"llTALLACE, BIGLER A FIELDING. Attorney
W at Law, Clearfield, Pa. Legal business of
all Kinds promptly and accurately attended to
Clearfield, Ph . May 16th, I860.
WILLIAM A. WALLACE WILLIAM D. BIGLER
J. BLAKE WALTERS FRANK FIELDING.
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i L E S 1 1 1 N G L E M ACH I N E. The sub
Li seriber is manufacturing at the West Branch
Iron Works, in Williamsnort. the best and most
durante .laetimo lor making 21 and IS inch shin
gles ever used in this country, also the EMPIRE
iWAt.iii.ifc, wnicb will cut is men shingles much
faster, smoother and more f:om the same timber.
than any machine in use ; also the best Saw Sett
Mill Dogs for Gate and Mulay Mills, ever used in
mis section. A. X. JNICUOLH.
Williamsport, Ta , May 5, 1866. -6m.
,TLEAKFIELD NITRSEUY. ENCOUR
J AGE HOME INDUSTRY. The undersiened
having established a Nursery, on the Pike, about
nan way between Uurwensville and Ulearneld
Boroughs, is prepared to furnish all kinds of Fruit
ireea, (ciuuuaru anu "iwan,j evergreen'. urui
bcry, Grapo Vines, Gooseberry, Lawtcn Black
berry. Strawberry and Raspberry vines. Also
Sibrian Crab trees,Quince and early Scarlet Rheu
barb, Ac. Orders promptly attended to. Address
Ang 31,1864. J, JJ. WKIUliT, Curwensville,
IfTAJiTEll, AGENTS S75 to S200 per
T T month for gentlemen, and 5-w to $7o for
ladies, everywhere, to introduce the celebrated
common sense Family Sewing Machine, improved
and perfected. It will hem, fell, stitch, quilt,
bind, braid and embroider beautifully. Price
only $20. making the elastic lock stich, and fully
warranted for three years. We pay the above
wages, or a commission, from which twice that
amount can be made. Address, with stamp, or
call on C. Bowers A Co.. Salesrooms, No. 255
South Fifth St., Philadelphia, Pa. All letters
answered promptly, with circulars and terms.
May 30th, 1866. -lm.
HAUPT ft CO., at Milesburg, Pa , continue
to furnish castings of every description at
short notice. They have tbe best assortment of
patterns in tbe country for steam and water-mills
of every description. All kinds of machine and
plow castings furnished. New World and Hatha
way cook-stoves always on hand. They make 4
borse sweep-power threshing machines, with sha
ker and 50 feet of strap for S1C0 and 2-horse
tread-power machines, with shaker and 30 feet
of strap for 175. Warranted to give satisfaction
in threshing, and kept good to threfh one crop,
free of charge. June 23, 1865-y.
Isaac Hacpt, at Bellefonte continues to take
risks for insurance in any good stock company in
the State. Also in New York ; the Royal and Et
na at Hartford : and the Li verpool and London,
capital $6,000,000.
CLEARFIELD A C A D E M Y.
BEV P. L. HARRISON, A.M. rniSCIPAL,
The Third Session of this Institution will com
mence on Monday, March 12th. 1866.
"upiia can enter at any time. They will be
charged with tuition from the time they enter to
the close of the session.
The course of instruction embraces everything
included in a thorongh, practical and accom
plished education of both sexes.
Tbe Principal having had the advantage of
much experience in his profession, assures pa
rents and guardians that his entire ability and
energies will be devoted to the mental and moral
training of the youth placed under his charge.
Terms of TriTtos:
Orthography, Reading. Writing and Primary
Arithmetic, per session, (11 weeks.) S5 00
Grammar, Geography, Arithmetic, and Hixto
ry $6.00
Algcbra.Geometry, Trigonometry, MensnraMon,
Purveying. Philosophy, Physiology, Chemistry
anil Book-keeping. 59.00
Latin and Greek, with any of the above
branches, SI 2.00
rXo deduction will b made for absence.
For further particulars inquire of
Rev. P.L.HARRISON, a v.
Feb. 23,1866. Principal.
E
DUCATIONAL The undersigned in
tends open in? a school in the lown Hall,
Clearfield, on the first Monday in June to contin
ue for a term of eleven weeks.
Thoroughness will be aimed at in all our in
structions. "Not how much but how well" is the
principle upon which tbe exercises will be con
ducted. Particular attention paid to Penmanship and
BooV-V.-eping.
A li-.rVy r.-gister is kept of tbe attendance, de
portment and recitations of each pupil, which is
sent weekly to parents thus furnishing them
with constant information of his standing and
progress in school.
Public exhibitions are not hell at any stated
time, but parents and guardian are respectfully
invited to visit the school and observe the manner
in which the daily work is performed.
Terms of TfiTroN. :
Spelling, Reading, Writing, Primary Arithme
tic and Geography, $4 00
Grammar, Geography, History, Arithmetic and
Fook-keeping, $5 00
AlgebTa, Philosophy, Geomotry, Mensuration
and Surveying. S7 00
Latin and Greek with any of the above bran
ches. $9 00
For further information apply to
C. B. SANDFORD.
May 23d, 1866. Principal.
ORDINANCE. Sec 1. Be it enacted and or
dained by the Burgess and Town Counsil of
the Borough of Clearfield, and it is hereby enact
ed and ordained by the authority of the same.
That on and after the date of tbe ordinance no
person shall erect or cause to be erected any sta
ble, cow shed or pig pen in the side or line of
any lot in the limits of said Borough which
said side or line is or may be facing or adjoining
a street: but it shall be lawful to erect such
stables, eowshed or pig pen only on the inner
side or line ef the lot.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the street Com
missioner to remove or cause to be removed any
stable, cowshed or pig pen which may hereafter
be erected on the side or line of any lot in .the
Borough which said side or line is or may be
facing -or adjoining a street. The cost of said re
moval and twenty per cent, added thereto to be
paid by the owner or occupier of the lot on which
sueh stable, cowshed or pig pen may have been
erected, to be collected in accordance with the
Act of Assembly.
Sec 3. No person shall be allowed to throw or
collect in a pile any manure or ashes on any street
or alley, within the limits of said Borough and
every person so offending shall be fined for each
offence on a sum not less than one dollar nor more
than five dollars, such fine to be collected as other
Bocongh fine are by law collectable.
Sec. 4. AH manures-or vcoal ashes hereafter,
found on any street or alley shall ,be deemed the
property of the Borough and it is hereby -made
the duty of the street Commissioners to take such
mannre and coal ashes and dispose of the same
at public or private sale the proceeds of such sale
to be paid to the Borough Treasurer for the use
of the Borough. JAMES WRIGL.EY,
W. D. Bigler. Secretary. Rrgea.
Jaaef. ISM 4H.
' WHILE THE DATS ABE GOING" BY.
There are lonely hearts to cherish
While the days are going by ;
There are weary souls who perish
While the days are going by.
If a smile we can renew
As our journey we pursue,
O ! the good we all may do,
nhile the days are going by!
There's no time for idle scorning
AVhile the days are going by;
Let your face be like the morning
While the days are passing by;
0! the world is fuU of Bighs,"
Full of sad and weeping eyes;
Help your fallen brother rise
W hile the days are going by.
SOUTHERN CODES FObIBEEDMEN.
What the Eeconstrncted States ara WilKng
to do for the Negro.
From a statement of the laws and provis
ions of the Reconstructed States, regarding
tbe treedmen, called for by Congress, and
sent to that body April 27, we coudense tbe
most important facls. In North Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama and Texas, the laws are
less against the Freedmen, and show a
greater regard for the interests of labor.
These are duly noted.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA APPRENTICESHIP CODE.
In the negro code of the Palmetto State.
while "the statutes ar d regulations concern
ing slaves are now inapplicable to persons
ot color," yet it is thought necessary to de
clare that such persons are iuadmissable to
social or political equality with white per
sons. i.ney are privileged to make con
tracts, to sue and be sued, and to be pro
tected under law in persons and property.
But an act to amend the criminal law. Mass
ed and approved December 19, declares in
the first section thaj certaine crimes speci
fied shall be declared felony (which of late
w as punishable with death, ) viz : for any
ioFkfi t tA rQun an mciirrontiiin rr mllTi.-iti
in this State : for any person to furnih
arms or ammunition to other persons icho
are tti a state of actual insurrection or re
bellion, or permit them to resort to his house
for advancement of their evil purpose :
for any person who had been transported
under sentence, to return to this State with
in the period of prohibition contained in the
sentence; or for a person to steal a horse or
a mule, or cotton pat ted in a bale ready lor
market. Another section forbids farm la
borers to sell produce of any kind without
written leave troin the master ; aud the
punishment is, for the buyer, $500 or im
prisonment; lor the seller, a lighter, $5, or
twice the value of the products; "and if
that be not imttmliately paid, he shall suf-fer-corporeal
punishment."
The section devoted to corporeal punish
ment is well calculated to make Hogging the
rule and lining the exception. It forbids
colored persons, under penalty of fine or
flogging, to keep lire-arnis or weapons of
any kind ; to keep a distillery, or to sell
liquor ; to come into the State from another
State, ut less he gets two freeholders to be
his security for good behavior in a bond of
$ 1 ,000. Section 30 provides that upon view
of a misdemeanor committed by a person of
color, anu person present may arrest the of
fender and take him before a magistrate, to
be dealt with as the case may require, in
case of a misdemeanor committed by a white
person toward a person of color, any person
may complain to a magistrate.
Section 29 of the District Court act pro
vides that indictment against a white per
son for the homicide of a person of color
shall be tried in the Superior Court of law,
and so shall other indictments in which a
white person is aeeu-d of a capital felony
in the same regard. Not so, however, with
'persons of color." The accused, in a col
ored criminal case, and the parties in every
such civil case, may be witnesses, aud so
may every other person who is a competent
witness ; and in every such case, either par
ty may offer testimony as to his own charac
ter, or that of his adversary, or of the prose
cutor, or of the third person mentioned in
an indictment;" and Section 35 secures to
f ersons of color the rights as to whites, in
regard te the distribution of property by
will.
The act to regulate the "domestic rela
tions of persons of color" is worthy of atten
tion. "Colored children between the ages
mentioned, who have neither father or mo
ther living in the District in which they are
found, or whose parents are paupers, or un
able to afford to them maintenance, or whose
parents are not teacJiing theni habits of in
dustry and honesty, or are persons of notori
ously bad character, or are vagrants, or have
been, either of them, convicted of an infa
mous offense, may be bound as apprentices
by the district judge, or one of the magis
trates, for the aforesaid term." Section 22
of this law provides that the apprentice
shall be well treated in certain useful re
spects, "and if there be a school within a
convenient distance in which colored chil
dren are taught, shall send him to school at
least six weeks in every year of his appren
ticeship, after he shall be of the age of ten
years, provided that the teacher of such school
shall have the license or the district judge to
establish the same,' I
Section twenty-nine provides that a me
chanic, artisan or shop-keeper or other per
son, who is required to have a license shall
not receive any colored apprentice without
having first obtained such license.
Section thirty-five provides that all p
pons of color who make contracts for service
or 1 abor .shall be Jcnown as mxinf,and those
with whom they contract shall be known as
masters. ' vs. ' ''
Sotinn trnrtT-nine nrnviat3Tirat'"a person
nf mlor who has no parent living in the dis
trict, and is ten years of age, and is not an
o iMKint!vi mar malro a valid contract for
labor or arric for on yoar or mm.
1. Section 60 provivides that upon the con
viction of any master of larceny or felony,
I the district judge shall have the right, upon
ie demand ot any white freeholder, to an
nul the contract between such convict and
his colored servants. If any white freeholder
shall complain to the districc judge that any
master so manages and controls his colored
servants as to make them a nuisance to the
neighborhood, the iudsre shall order an is
sue to be made UD and tried hofnrA a inrv.
and if such issue is found in favor ot the
complainant, the district judge shall annul
the contract between such master and his
colored servant or servants. It would ap
pear that this act is obliquely directed at
me innovating i ankees.
More wonderfully made in the following
GAfltlAn 1 .! ' ! I il .i - f
vviiuii, which preffcnoes ruai no person oi
coior snau pursue or practice the art, trade,
Or business of an artisan. mfplinn'i or sVinn.
keeper, or any other trade, employment, or
business (beside that of husbandry, or that
of a servant under a contract for service or
labor, ) on his own account and for his own
benefit, or in partnership with a white per
son, until he shall have obtained a license
therefor from the Judge of the District
Court, which license shall be good for one
year only. lhis license the judge may grant
upon petition of the applicant, and upon
being satisfied of his tlill and fitness, and
of his eood moral character, and upon pav
ment of the applicant to the Clerk of the
District Court of one hundred dollars, if a
peddler, to be paid, annually, and $10 if a
mechanic, artisan, or to engage in anyother
trade, also to be paid annually . Provided,
however, that upon complaint being made
and proved to the District Judge of an
abuse of such license, he shall revoke the
same: And provided, also, lhat no person
of color shall practice any meclianical art
or trade unless he shows that he has served
an apprenticeship in such trade or art, or is
now practicing such trade or art
GEORGIA, ALABAMA AND TEXAS.
The laws of Georgia make the average
provisions in vogue as to the right of freed
men to contract, sue, and be sued ; to testi
fy and inherit ; purchase, lease, and other
wise di.-pose of their property, and to have
full and equal benefit of laws accordingly,
without being subject to other depriva
tions or punishments than white person.?.
l nese are contained in the Act of March l ( .
An Act of Decemlier 15 declares free per
sons of color shall be competent witnesses in
all the courts of this State, in civil cases,
whereto a free person of color is a party,
and in all criminal cases wherein a free per
son of color is defendant, or wherein the of
fense charged is a crime or misdemeanor
against the person or property of a free per
son of color.
The law of Alabama declares that freed
men shall be competent to testify only in
open court, and only in cases in which freed
men, free necrroes and mulattoes are parties.
either plaintiff or defendant, and in civil and
criminal cases, for injuries in the persons
and property of freedmen, free negroes and
mulattoes, and in all cases, civil or criminal,
in which a freedman, free negro or mulat
to is a witness against a white person, or a
white person ajrainst a freedman, free ne
gro or mulatto, the parties shall be compe
tent witnesses, and neither interest in the
question or suit, nor marriage, shall disqual
ify an witness from testifying in open court.
Section 2 of a law of Texas, passed April
2, states that "Africans and their decend-
ants shall not be prohibited, on account ot
their color or race, from testifying, orally,
as witnesses in any case, civil or criminal,
involving the right of, injury to crime against
any of them in person or property, under
the same rules of evidence that may be ap
plicable to the white race, the credibility of
their testimony to be determined by the
court or jury hearing the same ; and the
legislature shall have power to autnonze
them to testifv as witnesses in all other
cases, under such regulations as may be pre
scribed as to facts herealter occunng.
FLORIDA riLLORY LAWS.
The laws of Florida affecting negro testi
mony is much the same as the foregoing.
Hut an act of the 15th of January provides
in the twelfth section that it shall not be
lawful for any negro, mulatto or other per
son of color to own, use or keep in his pos
session or under his control any bowie-knife,
dirk, sword, fire-arms or ammunition of any
kind, unless he first obtain a license to do
so from the Judge of Probate of the county
in which he may be a resident for the time
being ; and the said Judge of Probate is
hereby authorized to issue such license upon
the recommendation of two respectable citi
zens of the county certifying to the peace
ful and orderly character of the applicant ;
and any negro, mulatto or other person of
color so otfendirg shall be deemed to be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-
tion shall forfeit to the use oi tne miormer
all such fire-arms and ammunition, and in
addition thereto shaU.be sentenced to stand
in the pillory foro hour or to be whipped
not exceeding 39 stripes, or both, at the dis
cretion of the jury.
Section 14 provides tnac u any negro,
mulatto, or other person of cclor, shall in
trude himself into any religious or other
public assembly of white persons, or into
any railroad car or other public vehicle
set apart for the exclusive accommodation
of white people, he shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to stand in the pillory for
one hour, or to be whipped, not exceeding
39 stripes, or both, at the discretion of the
jury ; nor shall it be lawful for ' any white
person to intrude himself into ny religious
or other public assembly of colored per3nsL
or into any railroad car or other public ve
hicle, setjapart for the exclusive accommo
dation "ofperson of color, under the same
penalties. r' , , ,
An act of January 16 forbids the. deposi
tions of eMored persons to bo taken in wti-tinj.
An act of Jan. 16 "concerning schools
for freedmen, appoints a State fcupenn
tnn.l.nt rf V.nrinr Kohnnta frr freedmen'
nrkA n.Cl. 1. 1 j l.iO I flUL-Ict ITltc dl!)ll fStA.rt-
lish schools for freedmen when the number
of children ot persons ot color in any conn
t rvr Anuntiao txi 11 vrranf tflA ATI If nrOVI
ded the funds hereinafter provided tor shall
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De sumcient to meet tne expenses iuwn.
It also lavs a lieht tax upon the freedmen
to support the schools. The last section de
clares "that if any person shall teach any
school of persons of color in this State tcirA
out first having obtained the license or cer
tificate heretofore provided for, he or she
sliaU be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not less
than one hundred dollars, nor more than
five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not
less than thirty days nor more than sixty
days, at the discretion of the court."
MISSISSIPPI FUGITIVE FREEDMES ACT.
Mississippi gives us, perhaps, the most
interesting chapter of legislative science on
the subject of freedmen. The act of Nov.
24, 1865, opens briskly : "All freedmen, free
negroes in this State, over the age of 18
years, found on the second Monday in J an
uary, 1806, or thereafter, with no lawful em
ployment or business, or found unlawfully
assembling themselves together, either in
the day or night time, and all white persons
so assembling with freedmen, free negroes
or mulattoes, or usually associating with
freedmen, free negroes or mulattoes on terms
of equality, or living in adultery or fornica
tion with a lreedwoman, free negro or niu
atto, shall be deemed vagrants, and on
conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum
of not exceeding, in the case of a freedman,
free negro or mulatto, $50, and a white man
$200, and imprisoned at the discretion of
the court, the free negro not exceeding ten
days and lh white man not exceeding six
months." Said negro may be hired out
on failure to pay the fine or tax.
In section first of an act of Nov. 23, it is
provided that all freedmen, free negroes nd
mulattoes may sue- and be sued, implead
and hfl i in nle aded in all the courts ot law
and equity of this State, and may acquire
personal property and choses in action by
Jiiciun .nrlTjj and niav dispose of the
same in the same manner and to the same
extent that white persons may ; proviaea,
lV..t V.4 nrnvidnnii et' tlli Section shall Hot
be construed as to allow any freedman, free
negro, or mulatto to rent or lease any mnas
or tenements, except in incorporated towns
in which places the corporate authorities
shall control the same.
Siantinn fnnr nrnvidA that in addition tO
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cases in which freedmen, free negroes and
mulattoes are now, by law, conipeien
i.pui f.-pedmen. free neeroes or mulattoes
shall be competent in civil cases, when a
party or parties to ine suit, enuer puuuuu
or plaintiffs, defendant or defendants, and a
opposing party or parties, plaintiff or plain
tiffs, defendant or defendants. They shall
all criminal
prosecutions where the crime charged is al
leged to have been committed by a white
person upon or against the person or prop
erty of a freedman, free negro or mulatto ;
provided, that in all cases said witnesses
ct.nl! kz oKmlnJ in rinpn court on the
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stand, except, however, they may be exam
ined before the grand jury, and shall in all
nono 1l tnliioff tn thf. rules and tests of the
common law as to competency- and credi
bility. .
s2nnf;nn wo nti1that. ivprv freedman.
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free negro and mulatto shall, on the second
.Monday ot January, ioo, anu anuuany
t,aranfK-r linrm 11 hi ir ful home, or eninlou-
ment, and shall have written evidence there-
of, as follows, to wit : It living in any mcor
illaire. a license from
the Mayer thereof, and if living outside of
any incorporated city, town or village, irom
tKa Tinard nf nnlice of his
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beat, authorizing him or her to do irregular
and job work, or a written contract, as prt
Irlorl 1'n cnsMsn nl-riVi nf triis act. : which
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licence may be revoked for cause at any
time by the authority granting me name,
fiction coirnn nm a that everv civil of-
ficer shall, and every person may arrest and
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carry back: to nis or ner legai employer ny
npiTtYi nr mulatto who shall
quit the service of his or her employer be
fore the expiration or nis or ner ienuui
r-;tl,rmf ortnd Miiw : and said officer
cci v ic nil""'" t t . t
and person shall be entitled to receive for
arresting Unil wtrrytny vtt-ij vAv.3v.fc
Amr.lAiraa ofArO,ai1 tTlA Slim of fivft dollars.
and ten cents per mile from the place of ar-
rest to the place 01 aeavery, ana me same
shall be raid by the employer and held as a
set-off for so much against the wages of said
deserting employee ; provided, that said ar
rested party, after being so returned,- may
appeal to a justice of the peace or member
of the board of police of the county, who,
on notice to the alleged employer, shall try,
summarily, whether said appellant is legal
ly employed by the alleged employer, and
has good cause to quit" said employer ; either
party shall have the tight of appeal to the
county court, pending which the alleged de-
Berter shall be remanaea to tue """"r ..
ployer, or otherwise disposed of, as shall be
right and just; and the decision of the
county court shall be final. .,,.,
Section ten provides that it shall be law
ful lor any freedman, free negro or mulatto
to charge any wuuc 11", uswui,
negro or mulatto, by affidavit, with any
criminal offence against his or her personal
property, and upon such affidavit the prop-
Ca piVCt OO ou &oaud& uu cawu-aim mm
the said affidavit waa - made by a white per
son ; ana h buo.ii ue uiwiui iorany ireeuuiau,
(nu naorm nr mnlatfrt in nnv asr.irtn. unit or
controversy, pending or about to be institu-
:n. AAMt law . AnnifV nf fha
Stai-o tn ttioI-o all rtnA fn and lawful affida-
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vita as shall be necessary for the institution,
prosecution or defence ot sucn. suit s
Colored youths may be apprenticed m uch
aftor tho mannor ot rbo South Carolina
code, according to another act. The county
court must be fully satisfied that the person
or persons to whom the minor shall be ap
prenticed is a suitable guardian, &a, from
whom said court shall exact bond and secu
rity. The apprentices shall be taught to
read and write, and the master is required .
to conform to any law that may be hereafter
passed regulating the duties aud relations of
master and apprentice.
00BSESP0NDEN0E OF THE JOUBNAL. .
Forrest Citt, N. T, June 10th, 1866.
Dear How: After a long delay, I would
again deign to solicit your attention to a
message from Nebraska : which vou mar
dispose of as you think proper.
I he weather, lor the last two or three
weeks, has been very favorable for the growth
of vegetation, and the rye, wheat and oat
promise an abundant harvest ; the rye Is in
bloom, and the wheat is just beginning to
head. The corn crops will be light, through
out the Territory, in consequence of the
drouth in the fore part of May, and the rav
ages of an abundance of vermin and insects.
dui ine iarmers ao not apprehend any great
loss from the lightness of the corn crops, as
they have still a sumcient supply on hand
to fill up any deficiency that may occur in
the present growing crop.
Prices of produce are as follows : Wheat.
$1.20 per bushel, rye, 60-cts., oats. 50 eta..
corn, 35 cts., and potatoes 60 ($70 cents.
Uned ham, Z'l cts., dried side and
shoulder 18(20 cts. ; butter, 20 (25 eta.
perm., pggs, 25 cts. per doz. ; groceries,
dry goods, &c, are selling at about the same
rates as in fennsylvama.
Ihe tide of emigration into tbis territorr
is largely on the increase, consequently the
vacant government lands are being home
steaded and bought up quite briskly, in the
settled portions of the territory, and new
settlenrcnts are t-pringing up quite rapidly.
In a few years more, the whole territory, to
its extreme boundaries, will be one vast em
porium of emigration.
Un vest erday-a-week, the 2d inst, we
had a vote, for and against a State Consti
tution, but as yet we have no full returns
from the various districts, but from what
returns we have received, we find a respect
able majority in favor of a State Constitu
tion. 1 he cops here are greatly opposed to
a State Constitution, but a majority of the
War Democrats are siding with the Repub
licans on this, as well as all other political
measnres, and the Cops are beginning to
shake fearfully lest they must succumb to
the "abolitionists," and give over their idol
ized cause, "State Eights," "Secession"
and Territorial "No taxation."
I am happy to learn that the Cops have
been frank and honest enough to nominate
a man, so well known as a rebel sympathi
ser, as their candidate for the Governorship
of Pennsylvania ; tor by this honest act they
have acknowledged their sympathy for and
with rebellion, more emphatically than tho
majority of them were willing to admit du
ring the war ; and I am confident that tho
gallant heroes of the Old Keystone State
will pive them "particular fits ' on the sec
ond Tuesday of October next ; and if any
one who has been a soldier in the Union ar
my is disposed to heed the promises, tho
flatteries and the brayings of Democracy,
permit me to refer him to the the abuses,
the threats, the basest of epithets, and tho
meanest of slang and nick-name titles,heap
ed upon the gallant defenders of our coun
try, fy the leaders of that party who go dis
guised under the garb of Democracy ; and
if after these facts, impartially, considering,
he can boldly and deliberately step np and
deposit his vote in favor ot Clymer & Co.,
we will give him over as an idiot, whoso
case is utterly deplorable. Tours truly,
Pilgrim.
"Biddy," said a lady one evening, "wo
must have some sausages for tea tlm even
ing, I expect company." "Yes, ma'am."
Tea time arrived, and with it the company ;
the table was spread, the tea was simmering,
but no sausages appeared. "Where are tho
,il-omi Rifr?, ' tnAladvinouired. "And
sure they're in the ta pot, ma am I 1100. t
you tell me we must nave tnem ior tay r
A would-be gentleman, the other day,
called at the post office and displayed hia
ignorance of natural history or the French
language, or both, by requesting to be sup
plied with a stamped antelope.
An Irishman who was on a journey said
he never liked to see the tables full of books
and newspapers where he stopped at night.
"For," said he, "lean never find any whia
ky at such places."
One hundred acres of land, lying within
three miles of Corinth, Mississippi, was
sold a few days since at auction, being a
trustee's sale, for thirty-five cents an acre.
Never look at the girls. They can't bear
it ; they regard it as an insult. They wear
their feathers, furbelows, and frills, merely
to gratify their mammas, that's all!
I'm afraid you'll come to want," said an
old lady to a young gentleman. "I have
come to want already, ' was the reply. "I
want your daughter."
"Why do you keep yourself so distant?"
said a fair one to a cool lover. "Because,"
said he, "distance leads enchantment to tha
view." -
Miss Lovely says that males are of no ac
count from the time ladies stop kissing them'
as infants,, till they kiss them as lovers.
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'.'Be content witlTwhat vou haveJLLaalHo
rat said to the trap wbeujkejcf tbii tail in it.
The internal revenue receipts during Mj
amounted to nearly 22,000,000.
Luzerne township, Favet oounry, Pa.,
has 14473 hor.