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BT S. J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1868.
VOL. 12,-TT0. 44.
Hi
qEWISG MACHINES. Persons desirous
5 of havin;? a superior Machine, ehonld buy
W heeler Jt W ilnon'a Sample Machines on hand.
Clearfield, f eb. 23, 6tt. U. fc NAUtiLE. Ag t.
GROUND AN I) UNGROUND SPICES,
Citron, English Currants, Em. Coffee, and
Vinejrar of the best quality, for sale by
jVd. 10 MiiAaraVtCK A IRWIN.
DR. T. B .METZ, Surgeon Dentist, Glen Hope,
Clearfield county,?. Teeth put up on gold,
jilver, aud. vulcanite base, lull uotls from fire to
twenty-five dollars. Warranted equal to any in
the State. May 3th, 1H66.
CLEARFIELD HOUSE, CLEARFIELD
PA. The subscriber having purchased the
furniture and interest from H. II. Morrow, in said
House, i now prepared for the reception of tran
tient and permanent boarders. Every depart
ment connected with his establishment will be
conducted second to none in the county, lie res
oectfullv solicits a share of publio patronage.
July it, ISHO.-y. GEO. N. COLBLRN.
PARM FOR SALE. The subscriber offers
for sale his property situate on Potts Hun,
Jordan township, consisting of 127 acres of land
If, of which are cleared. There are several good
reins of coal on the place, and an excellent wa
tr power whii:b. if suitably improved, would
dt:vet.iw or grist mill most of the year. Will
Be'soVlchsap lorcaah. T LIDDLE.
Mirth 21, 11' 'f- Clearfield borough.
J-lAi:LF.SMINLE MACHINE Thesub
J roriber is tnmufacturing at the West Uranch
Iron Works, in Williamsport, the best and most
dtirib'o .V.iehin for making 24 and IS inch shin
gles erer usei in this eountry, also tho EMPIRE
WAC1IXE, which will cut 18 inch shingles much
faster, smoother and more from the same timber,
thu any machine in use ; also the best SaT Sett
Mill Dojja fur Gate and Mulay Mills, ever u?ed in
tiif section. A.T. MCUOLS.
WiHinmsport. Pa , May 5, lS60.-6m.
CLEARFIELD NITRSEKY. ENCOUR
AtlE HOME INDUSTRY. The undersigned
having established a Nursery, on the Pike, about
halfway between Curweusville) and Clearfield
Boroughs, is prepared to furnish all kindsof Fruit
trees. (Standard and dwarf,) Evergreen-'. Shrub
bery, Grape Vines, Gooseberry, Lawtcn Black
berry, Strawberry and Raspberry vines. Also
Sibrisn Crab trees, Quince and early Scarlet Rhea
barb, Ac. Orders promptly attended to. Address
Aug 31,1864. J.D. WRIU1IT, Curwensville,
JgANKI.NG & COLLECTION OFFICE
FOSTER, PERKS. WRIGIIT A CO.,
Prilipsbcro. Centre Co., Pa.
Pills of Exchange. Notesand Drafts discounted.
Jippositu received. Collections made and pro
reeds promptly remitted. Exchange on the Cities
constantly on hand. The above Ranking House
is now open and" ready for business.
Philipsburg, Centre Co., Pa., Sept 6,1865.
o L. REED,
C. R. POSTER. rUW. I'KKKS. J D. M. GirtK.
Wlf V. WRIGHT, W. A. WA'.LACB, A. K. WRIGHT,
BICHAKD SUJW, JAS. T. LEONARD, JAS.3. GRAHAST
Q 1 1 AIRS! CHAIRS!! CHAIRS!!!
JOHN TROUT31AN
Having reiomed he manufacture of chairs, at his
shop located on fV.e lot iu the ror ot his residence
on Market s'reet. and a short distance west of the
Foundry, is prepared to accommodate his old
friends and all others who may favor him with a
tall, with every description of Windsor chairs.
He has a good assortment on band, to which he
directs the attention of purchasers. They are
made of the very best material, well painted, end
finished in a workmanlike manner, and will be
sold at prices to suit tho times. Examine them
before purchasing elsewhere.
Clearfie!d. Pa., March 23. lS'm
HAl'PT & CO., at Milesburg, Pa . coutinue
to furnish castings of every description at
fhort notice- They have the best assortment Jof
patterns in the country for steam and water-mills
of every description. All kinds of machine and
plow CHStings furnished New World and Hatha
way coi.k stoves always on hand. They make 4-hnr-'e
sweep-power threshing machines, with sha
ker and 60'feet of strap for $lt0 and 2-hor?e
tread-power machines, with shaker and 30 feet
of ?trap for 5175. Warranted to give satisfaction
in threshing, and kept good to thresh one crop,
free of charge. June 23, 1865-y.
Isaac H ai pt at Bellcfocte continues to take
rik fur insuranco in any good stock company in
the State. Also in New York ; the Royal and Et
na at Hartford; and the Liverpool and London,
capital S3.O0O.0C0.
N
EW AREANGEM EN T !!
The subscribers have entered into co-partnership,
and are trading under the name of Irvin,
liaily A Co.. in lumber and merchandise, at the
old stand of Ellis Irvin Son, at the month of
Lick Run. They would inform their friends, ami
the world in general, that they are prepared to
furnish to order all kinds of sawed or hewn lum
ber, and solicit bills, for either home or eastern
markets.
They would also announce that they hare just
opened
A NEW STOCK
of well selected goods, suitable to the season, con
sisting ot every variety usually kept in country
stores. Their purchases have been made since
the late decline in prices, which enable them to
'ell at such rates as will astonish their customers
One if their partners. Thomas L. Baily, resides
near Philadelphia, whose business it w be to
watch the marttet and make purchase on the
tnost favorable terms. Call and see ns.
ELLI IRVIN,
THOMAS L. HA FLY,
joshen tp..Deo 6. 1363. LEWIS I. IRWIN,
PDIX'ATIOXAL The undersigned in-
--i tends open it'; a school in the Town 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 the exercises will be eon
ducted, .
Particular attention paid to Penmanship and
Book'kreping.
A daily r-gisier is kept of the 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.
Publio exhibitions are not held at any stated
time; bat parents and guardians are respectfully
Invited to visit the school and observe the manner
In which the daily work is performevT
TERTTuiTro!f. :
Spelling, Reading, Writing, Primary Arithme-'-tic
and Geography, 54 00
. Grammar, Geography, History, Arithmetic and
took-keeping. . , $5 00
Algebra, Philosophy, Geomotry, Mensuration
and Surveying. 7 00
Latin and Greek with any of the above bran
bes. , .. $9 00
For further information apply to
. C. B. SANDFORD.
May 23d. 1566. Principal.
COAL. Whale, and Linseed Oil, Family Dyes,
Varnish and Paints of all kind ground in Oil.
r ! by HARTSWICK A IRWIN.
BABY Oil THE P0ECH.
Out on the porch, by tho open door,
Sweot with roses, aud cool with shade.
Baby is creeping over the floor
Dear little winsome blue-cyed maid !
All about her th e shadows dance,
All above her the rrses swing.
Sunbeams in the lattie glance.
Robins up in the branches sing.
Up at the blossomsher fingers reach.
Lisping her pleading i c broken words,
Cooing away iu her tender speech,
Songs like the twitter of nestling birds.
Creeping, creeping over the floor,
Soon my birdie will find her wings.
Fluttering out at the open door.
Into the wonderful world of things.
Bloom of roses and ba'm of dew,
Brooks that bubble, and winds that call,
All things lovely, and g'ad, and new.
And tho Father watching us over it all.
Aii Eztraordinary Story.
The Hartford Courant, ot June 2Sth,
says : "The fickleness of fortune is well il
lustrated in the experience of a worthy fam
ily in this city, who have suddenly i'ouu-1
tlieiuelves raised from tint condition iu so
ciety where people are mid to live in "tnod
erate cirenmtanoes" to the highest pinna
cle of wealth. The facts are these : Mr.--.
Eli Walker, residios at So. KM Maple ave
nue, is a woman of English hirth. Ilcr
husband, who is a machinist by trade, and
herself have resided here for a number of
year, and have several children.
'"It was reported tou.c mouths ago that a
larre property, valued at thirty-five million
of dollar,-, had fallen to Mrs. Walker's fa
ther, as a direct heir, and ho being dead,
that the whole amount belonged to her as
his only child. .Steps were at once taken to
ascertain the truth of this report, and ex
Governor T. 11. Seymour was employed to
investigate it. The result of his investiga
tion is entirely favorable to Mrs. Walker,
documents having been received which show
beyond question (hat she will come iu pos
session of this immense property, and she,
together with her husband ai:d children,
will start for England next week to receive
the golden egg.
"It is said that upon a full settlement of
all matters connected with this tnot extra
ordinary "streak of luck," Mr. Walker will
return to Hartford, and make h?r perman
ent residence here. Jtumor hath it that she
will erect upon some eligible site a magnifi
cent mansion, following the style of the
grand villas and ca.stles of Merry England,
which shall excel in grandeur the most costly
of American pal-tces.
"lint the lady has not prohably given any
one permission to make suol a statement.
It is more reasonable to suppose that some
gossipper, thrilled by the intelligence of the
"windfall," has allowed his imagination to
picture, as "Melnotte" pictured to "Pau
line," a fairy palace with niar'nlo halls by
the Lake of Cotno. Yet it would not be
surprising if the fortunate po?ssor of thirty
five millions in solid gold should desire to
erect here whore years of tod have been
expended to furnish a daily support a
mansion suitable to a life of luxury and ease,
and creditable to the city which she adopted
as a home.
"We congratulate Mrs. Walker and her
fami'y upon tlcii- good fortune. She will
he, whi-n in full possession of her property,
the richest woman in the United States.
But she is said to hp a woman of good .sense,
and will not, place herjlf heyn 1 the reach
of those who have been her friends during
the years she has lived here; already we
learn that it is her purpo-e to make one
family at least, in whom she is inf Me-ted,
independent of want : and we shall proba
bly be called upon hereafter to chronicle
other charitable deeds which her generosity
will prompt."
The Tennf.ssi.k 3 legation'. As it is
probable that all the Congressional delega
tion from Tennessee " ill be admitted imme
diately upon the adoption by that State of
the Constitutional amendment, it is of in
terest to know what sort of men it has sent.
The Senators are Joseph S. Fowler and
David T. Patterson. Fowler is said to be a
more able man than his colleague, and has
always beeu an anti-slavery man. It is
doubted whether Patterson can take the
oath, since he served the Confederacy as a
conscript judge. The Representatives, in
the order of districts, are Co'onel N. 13.
Taylor, Horace Maynard, William B. Stokes,
Edward Cooper, William B. Campbell,
Dorsey S. Thomas, Colonel Isaac 11. Haw
kins, and John W. Leftwich. Coltxiel Tay
lor is well known in the North for his efforts
in obtaining relief for destitute East Tennes
see Unionists during the war. Stokes and
Mavnard have been making radical speeches
throughout the North dining the session of
Congress. Colonel Hawkins served gallant
ly in the Union army, lie is from Emer
son Etheridge's district. All these, with
Cornell and Leftwich, can take the oath
without mental reservation ; so can Camp
bell. It is rumored that Mr. Cooper,1' who
is now the President's private secretary,
gave funds towards recruiting sDldiers for
the Rebel army. Stokes. Fowler, and Cor
nell have pronounced in favor of impartial
suffrage, and nrgod the Tennessee Legisla
ture to enact it by law. It is probable that
Stokes will be the next candidateof the rad
icals for Governor.
r Theodore Lep. of Philadelphia, misused
nis wue uuiu sne w;rs nriven to desert nun
Since then her father has died leaving her
some three hundred thousand dollars.'' Lee
brings a suit now to force her to come home
again, signifying his willingness "to receive
again and use her as a good husband ought
to do."
Three hundred young men are expected
to leave New York soon to join. the Italian
army.
F0&HEY AKD THE PEESIDENT.
A bcrap of Political History.
Recently it was asserted in the Washing
ton correspondence of the Cincinnati Com
mercial, that John W. Forney had, within
six months written a begging letter to the
President, indorsing his policy, etc. For
ney promptly denied this. Tiie matter ex
cited some interest, aud the President
finally consented to the publication of the
letter in question. At the request of the
President, the name of the gentleman al
luded to in the letter is suppressed. It is
not a bad guess, however, to say that it is
Henry Stebbens, formerly member from
New York.
New York, January 2d, 18GG.
My Dear Mr. President : I have been
in this city for two days, and now write un
der an impulse which I cannot restrain, be
cause I feel it to be for your own good and
that ot the country. I take it for granted
you are resolved not to be unmindful of your
own fame, and that you will not allow your
friends, who heartily sustain your policy, to
feel that they are without your aid and en
couragement. Whether you are a candidate
for President or not at d if 3-ou are not, I
shah be greatly surprised, with the wonder
ful favor that has crowued your restoration
policy you should not allow the great of
iice to n'. io iijdilTereiit men, r ihose clearly
in the interests of your foes. 1 need not
repeat to you that I am now, as ever, for
twenty years shown in my writings, and
since your great act of patriotism in JSoO
especially, your open and avowed friend.
Where i am to-dav my two newspapers
U)tn daily snow to tne world, lience, in
what I now say, I
mean all I say.
peak no idle words, but
The collector's office at
New York city is a post that you should
dispose of outside of all the politicians;
not, I mean, to defy them, but to select
your own man, who should be free only to
help you aud serve the Government one
tficy could neither attack nor use. Such a
man is ... of this city. He was elec
ted to Congress in . . . as a Democrat,
but, like you, refused to follow the party in
to treason. He served a short time with
great distinction, and resigned on account
of ill health, lie was a member of the
Committee of Ways and Means, and won
great applause. lie is a very able man, ed
ucated to linance, intensely national, honest
and independent, and could furnish millions
of security. He has an organizing mind,
would make you a party or fight your bat
tles single-handed, lie is an Andrew John
son Democrat, in short. I write in the
knowledge that he would accept, and that
his appointment would be hailed with joy
by this whole community.
V ours truly, J. W. Forxet.
To the President, &e., o:c.
In a letter, under date of July 2d, Forney
replies to the President. After inviting the
publication of any of his letters, he says :
When this letter was written there was
scarcely a Union Republican in the United
States who did not believe that 3our resto
ration policy included impartial suffrage to
the colored race, full guarantees before the
return ol .he rebels, and such a change in
the basis of representation as would prevent
the murderers of American liberty from re
siuiii.'ig their former power. The only real
d'.lVereiice between you and the radicals was
whether the rebellion destroyed the State
organizations or not. I wiite with the files
of the Washington Chroukh before me;
aud find that two days after the above letter
was written Mr. Trumbull's two tills for
"the enlargement of the powers of the
freedmen's bureau," and the other, "for
the protection of civil rights," were intro
duetd into the Senate in the lull expecta
tion that they would receive your sanction.
It was only when the Copperhead and trai
tor organs here and elsewhere began to
neak a it rv your autlwnty . against tne
lT, .'r, ; ( ',..,.. tiv.f !
pieiou oi the treason, suosequently indica
ted iu your veto of the freedmen's bureau
bill, and your disgusting 22d of February
speech, began to pervade and finally to pos
sess the loyal mind of the country. So fix
ed was the belief of the Republican party
that you could under no circumstances co
operate with ycur slanderers and theirs, and
so willing weie they to overlook your sus
picious indifference previous to the coming
elections in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, that at the period when I wrote the
above letter hundreds of thousands cheer
fully recognized you as their political leader,
and supposed you intended to stand firmly
by the substantial principles of their organ
ization. My own conviction was so strong
upon this subject that 1 need only to refer
to the pages of The Chronicle t nd The
Press to prove how steadily I resisted the
idea that you were plotting to betray your
friends, and how earnestly I endeavored to
convince the country that you had no sym
pathy with the common enemy. In all my
visits to the Presidential mansion, and they
were frequent, it was not until late in Jan
uary that I began clearly to perceive you
were conspiring with the copperheads and
traitors. Before that time, not a word had
ever fallen from your lips to excite the sus
picion that you were preparing to become
the persecutor of the colored race, or that
you were preparing to bring back into full
power the red-handed traitors whom you
nad so bitterly denounced during four long
yeax3. But when, with an amazement that
I caiTnevwiorget or faithfully describe.
tliPA ffift annenred too nlain for doubt, 1
fearlessly discharged my duty, regardless of,
and fully prepared for all the consequences.
I did not stop to calculate whether in deadMrehts tor. negotiating in this country a
Bouncing the dangerous conspiracy of which
you were then proved to be the chief, I was
helping or banning the distinguished gen
tleman in whose behalf I wrote the above
letter.
And now, sir, a word in reference to your
personal affairs. I know right well the dif
ficulty, if not the danger of the position 1
occupy. I know that for sternly holding
you to your pledges I am assailed and
threatened by every copperhead and traitor
between Maine and Mexico, aud I know al
so that, stimulated by the passions that
have controlled you since you broke away
from those pledges, there is nothing that
you would not resort to to demoralize the
party that elected you, and ruia those who
refuse to follow you into the ranks of
the common enemy. It is not the
first time I have been thrown into conflict
with a faithless and corrupt Executive ; but
it is the first time I have ever been called
upon to contemplate and to expose such
perfidy as yours. I will not remind you of
my earnest and uncalculating friendship,
from the period when you took issue with
treason in the Senate, in 1800, down to the
Baltimore convention, in 1S64, which bo?ly.
at the request of the lamented Lincoln and
such earnest radicals as Benjamin F. Wade,
of Ohio, I attended alone for the purpose
of pressing your nomination for the Vice
Presidency, after it became apparent that
Hannibal Hamlin, the incorruptible patriot,
was willing to give way in order to allow a
representative of the War Democracy a po
sition upon the national ticket. That 3-ou
should have forgotten these facts, amounts
to nothing in comparison with your heart
less ingratitude to the party which placed
you in nomination and elected jou Vice
President. Individual ingratitude and cru
elty concern only the person betrayed and
injured ; but vfhen, as in your case, the be
trayal of the whole country is contemplated,
the offence bfcomcs national and should be
accordingly checked and counteracted.
There is. ho? ever, one part of your ex
perience which deserves to he differently
considered, especially in view of the new
system of revenge you have adopted, viz :
that of publishing the private letters of gen
tleman who refuse to sustain your attempt
to make loyalty odious and treason honora
ble. Need I tell you that I allude to the
disgraceful 4th of March, 1 S05 ? IFAei yon
re.sohfi to fle.ii rt the brave, and bciterofcnt
men v:ho thmo over you the clonic of their
foraimnes anil cfiiritu on that tlmi you
conscientiously or unconscmttioitsfti prepared
for every succeed tag trexichery. W ben you
obtained your own consent to do that single
act of shame, your intrigues with the Cop
perheads be tore the 1 all elections of lsifjo,
your veto of the freedmen's bureau bill af
ter having simoot explicitly promised to
sign it? your revolting 221 of February
speech, your proscription of the brave white
and colored loyalists of the South, and your
publication of private letters written to you
iu unsuspecting confidence, followed natu
ral'y and irresistibly. Supposing that any
other gentleman could have been guilty as
j'ou were guilty on the 4th cf March, 1G5,
what would such a gentlemen have done ?
You stood before your own country and the
world dishonored and degraded.
The ordinary calumt ics of the Copper
heads and traitors were coined into the most
frightful maledictions against you. I know
of no scene in history where a public char
acter, for an act of inexcusable weakness,
was at the same time so universally execra
ted by one party and so indulgently and
magnanimously treated by another. Any
true man, equally unfortunate and equally
forgiven and defended,, would have turned
to the great Republican Union party, and
have said : "For this net of noble clemency
I am bound to you through life and unto
death ; that which you have done this day,
places me under obligations from which I
can never escape, ami which I shall forever
cherish. I feel that I have disgraced you
and dishonored myself, and by a dife of grat
itude I will prove that, although utiworthy
of your confidence, and unworthy of your
vindication, I can at least do my best to
atone for my ollVnce." But as you seem to
be made of different metal from such a
character, you have not only cooly forgotten
the trenerous men who saved you from ais-
grace, nut are now cngageu in tne pieayaut,
pastime ot slandering them and proscri
bing their friends. I will postDone a de
scription of my own part in that sad
drama, preferring to wait for the oth-
KT private revelations you promise, io jay
before the country. It is very certain that,
if you have forgotten all shame, .you cannot
have forgotten my connection with yourself
during that unhappy experience. Proba
bly no" more graphic and instructive page
could be added to the curious history of
your Administration than a detailed account
of that celebrated day. I have not been as
careful in treasuring all the incidents, as you
have been in preserving the private letters
of the gentlemen whom you intended to be
tray ; but where my own memory fads I
shall bo able to eke out a complete narra
tive by turning to the copiou3 and fascina
ting columns of those traitor and Copper
head newspapers which are now defending
your character and your conduct. .
J. W. Forney.
A minister's wife says : "The first time I
took mv Aldaat. bov to church, when he was
two years and a half old, I managed with A
caresses, and frowns, and candy, to keep
him very still till the sermon was half done.
By this time his patience was exhausted,
and he climbed to his feet, and stood on his
seat, looking at the preacher (his father)
quite intently, then, as if he had bit upon a
certain relief for his troubles, he pulled me
by the chin to attract my attention, and ex
claimed in a distinct voice, ".Mamma,' nki
papa say, Amen! "
Th PapafGovemment has jut appoint
ed Dnncan Shprman & Co.. of New lork,
loan of $4,000,000.
Why is a locomotive like a pretty girl?
Because she scatters the sparks and tran
sports the maila.
A Scrap of European History.
Truth is sometimes a j;reat deal stranger
than fiction. Let us give an example, which
will not be out of place, inasmuch as it bears
upon the present complication of affairs,
now threatening to eventuate in a war in
Europe.
The first overt act of what is called the
war in the Crimea, was the occupation of
the Danubian Principalities by a considera
ble Russian force, in the year 1S54. It will
be remembered that, having got the idea
that Turkey was ""a sick man," the late
Emperor Nicholas, not having patience, to
wait until death actually occurred, constitut
ed himself residuary legatee, and hastened
to take possession of Wallachia and Molda
via, part of Turkey, but generally called
"the Danubian Principalities," because the
great river Danube, which falls into the
Black Sea, not very far from the Russian
port of Odessa, is the Southern boundary,
which separates them from Bulgaria. This
armed oscupation was not permitted. An
Austrian army marched in and remained
there until all the fighting in the Crimea
was ended, the Russian troops having been
withdrawn without bloodshed. The Danu
bian Principalities, though belonging to
Turkey, had State.rights of their own, .and
their allegiance to the Sublime Porte hung
very loosely upon them. By the treaty of
Paris; in IS56, and by a convention in Au
gust, 18,")8. it was agreed (s:n,c;ioned by
Turkey in 1 SGI ) that Wallachia and Mol
davia, to be united and called Roumauia,
should firm a sovereignty, governed by an
elected, nnnre-born prince, entitled Hos
podar, assisted by a legislative body and a
responsible ministry the Ilospodar to pay
allegiance to the Sublime Porte.
Accordingly, early in ISo'J, Colonel Alex
ander John Cotiza was elected Ilospodar of
Roumatiia, and at'ter a reign of seven years,
during which he endeavored to obtain abso
lute power, was deposed and exiled a few
months ago. An electoral assembly imme
diately invited the Count of Flanders, only
brother of the present King of the Belgians,
tp except the thus vacated sovereignty,
which he declined. Next they offered it to
Prirce Charles, of lloheuzollern, a young
man with a long pedigree and small purse,
who had hitherto chiefly subsisted on his
nav as a Sous-lieutenant in a Prussian regi
ment of dragoons ; a relation of the Royal
family of Prussia, and alsoconnected.thro'jgu
the Murat line, with the Imperial family of
Trance. I his young icllow, now twenty
seven years old, obtained two months' leave
of absence from his regiment, packed up a
few changes of linn in his carpet-bag, -took
the shortest and cheapest route to Buchar
est, and announced his name and condition
to a sentry at one of the gate3 of that city,
was warmly received by the populace and
by the Legislature, and has actually com
menced his reign.
3Ieanwhile, on the expulsion of the former
Ilospodar, there was a Conference of cer
tain gveat Powers in Paris, which resolved
that the future ruler of Roumania must be
a native of that country. Turkey, on one
hand, and Prussia on the other undertook
to cary out this resolution by military force.
The Roumanese do not believe in a native
ruler hence their adoption of Prince
Charles who renchod Bucharest on May 22,
immediately visited the Chamber of Depu
ties, went to church, was presented with
bread and salt by the authorities, and made
a favorable impression. The national as
sembly of Roumania settled the question
very ingeniously, tor, in order to comply
wilh that Article in the convention of 1808,
which prescribed thaUthe Ilospodar should
be a native, they unanimously adopted a
resolution that the father of Prince Charles,
of Hohenzollern Sicmaringen, was a natur
alized Rouman which, of course, made his
son a native ! Surely, Roumania has a leg
islature which cuts the Gordian knot in a
fashion of its own.
The Medina Child-Whipping Case.
A recent telegram announced that Mr.
Lindsley, who whipped his child three years
old to death in Medina. N. Y., because he
would not say his prayers, was released on
bail. It now appears that he is once more
in jail. Fearing violence at the hands of an
indignant people, he went to the house of
his brother-in-law to stay ; but the latter,
fearing his house would be torn down by an
infuriated crowd, refused to shelter him.
With no place to go where he could be safe
in his freedom, he voluntarily returned to
the jail at Albion to escape the summary
punishment threatened him. When the
corpse of the child was taken from the cof
fin a scene was presented which made the
stoutest shed bitter tears. The bauds,
arms, hips, thishs, legs, and feet were la
cerated and bruised almost beyond descrip
tion. The ieoplc are very much incensed,
and threaten to inflict summary punishment
on Liudsley. - .
Ten years ago there were not more than
3,000 or 4,000 acre3 planted with the vine
in the United States, and now there are not
less than 2,000,000 so planted. Formerly
American wine would scarcely bring a dol
lar a gallon, and now it sells at from two to
six dollars per gallon. '
They have a marvelous flavor in Brook
lvn, N. Y., who having his salary increased
kfrom S3, 000 to ?o,uuo by the Common
Council, has vetoea tne ordinance, lie is a
Republican, oi course. 'W
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There are in Cleveland forty-three Pro
testant churches, with an average attendance
6f l 5,000; seven Romanist churches, with
an averneUaisice 5f 12,000, and two
Jewish Synagogues, with an attendance of
350. .... .. -
The Democratic party claims to be the en
emy of the negro, and they deny bis right
to Vote. They also claim to be the friend
of the soldier, yet they denied him the right
to vote. Queer, isn't it?
The War in Europe.
Hostilities have at last commenced inEu-"
rope. The result thus far is a success of
the Prussian armies, which meets, if it dos
not surpass, the boldest expectations f the
friends of Prussia.
Ou the 14th of June, the middle States "
of the States of Germany, by voting llr the
Austrian motion in Frankfort, had declared
their readiness to join in a war against Prus
sia. On the 15th, Prussian troops had en
tered two of these States, Saxony and Han-;
over. One week later, on the 23d, the
larger portion ot both Kingdoms, including
the capitals of each, were in the hands of
the victor. Kings, Ministers and armies
were on the flight ; and as to the army of
Hanover, it even was still deubtful wheth
er it could make good its escape, as the
Prussians had car tured Cassel, which lies
south of Hanover. The Grand Duchy of
Hesse-Darmstadt, the Electorate of Hesse
Cassel, and the Duchy of Nassau had al
ready thared the fate of Saxony and Hano
ver. A regiment of Hesse-Darmstadt isre
ported to have been cut to pieces and the
Elector of Hcase-Casscl himself has been
captured. The rapid and brilliant move
ments of the Prussians have thus far met
with no opposition. Ti e Austiians, who,
on the first outbreak of hostilities, were ex
pected to dispute the possession of Dres
d"Mi, have not only not advanced into Saxo
ny, but have even allowed the Prussian.5? to
advance from Saxony and Selesia, unop
posed, into Bohemia. The allies of Aus
tria among the German States were unable
to comprehend the cause of this inactivity,
and began to complain that Austria had in
volved them in war without being able to
protect them. The most powerful of the
minor States, Bavaria, was even reported
to hesitate again whether she should take
an active part in the war or uot. The main
armies of the contending parties are novr
confronting each other on the frontier of Si
lesia and 'Bohemia. Some Austrian troops
had advanced into Silesia, but the latest dis
patches are not only silent about their fur
ther progress, but they speak, on the con
trary, of the invasion of Bohemia by the
Prussians. Benedek's plan waB still kept
strictly secret, but upon the further advance
of the Prussians will soon become appareuL
A part ttf Western Saxouy has not yet
been occupied by the Prussians, and there
a concentration of Saxon and Austrian
forces has taken place, tich.;.may at any
time be joined by from 50,000 to 80,000 Ba-.
varians, unless Bavaria should, atler all,
deem it safest to keep out of the contest.
A Federal army of about 60,000 men,un
der the command of Prince Alexander of
Hesse, has been concentrated at Frankfort.
It consists of the contingents of. Wurtv
einberg, Ileosc-Darmstadt and several other
small States, and of the Austrian brigade
Kalik, which, by a precipitate retreat from
Holstcin, has -escaped the Prussians. It
expects to receive reinforcements from Ba
vari:, Hanover, and other States.
In Italy, hostilities have barely commen
ced. A formal declaration of war had been
issued by Italy on the 8th of Juna, and it
was reported that the Italians had crossed the
Mieino v,ithoutmeetingwith any resistance.
But the plan of the Italian campaign has not
3-et been developed. Kossuth was at Flor
ence, and had been received by the King.:
lie will act in concert with Garibaldi and
these two names are a guarantee that we
shall soon hear stirring news from the south
ern frontier of Austria.
The Contest Well Defined.
Never since the Union party had a being
have the lines between it and its opponents
heen more distinctly drawn. Indeed, our
present political contest is but a continu
ation of the great struggle which was waged
on the battle-field. It is the conflict of es
sentially the same ideas. Nor has the real
position of parties at ail changed. The
Democrats are consistent. They opprsd
the war, and all the great measures of the
war, with as much bitterness as they now
oppose the Union policy of reconstruction.
Tht v were the friends of the Rebels duiiaz
the war, and thc3' are now. They opposed
coercion, emancipation, and the arming' of
the blacks. The loyal people encountered
their opposition at every step of the great
struggle, and the3r expect to the end. Their
opposition does not disconcert us. It con
vinces us that we are right No miracle
has been wrought. The sentiments and
aims of the Democratic party have net
changed. They were the champions of that
set of ideas which led the South into rebel
lion the ideas of class privileges, of aristoc
racy, of Southern sectionalism, as opposed
to equal rights, republican principles, and
national unity- and they believe in tho8
doctrines stiil. The Democrats have not
changed.
On the other hand, the loyal masses that
sustained the war, and fuotained the mea
sures through which the war was made tri
unlphant, still stand together. What care
the people for a f ew j).!try ofjtccs i It is
ideas that mould politics not offices. The
lo3'al masses are determined that the ideas'
that ruled in the war fshajl. rule also in re."
construction. They are not to be cheated
out of the just fruits of their costly victory
They are not going to hand over the politi
cal power ot the nation to the men who.
have just been trjin to overthrow it by
force, and who still glory ia their wicked
attempt. .
With iwuesjw broad, so vital, so xrrecon
criablef where"! s tW any room for third
party? There is nonecrrBo more thwUJiar-
was "during the var for 'TCejnJ'wneutrali-:
ty. ' And as that cry of "neutrality" was
merely a dodge to gain time and make op-
portunities for the Rebei3, co any third par
ty movement now is merely a device -to -more
effectually subserve the ., purpose ' o
the opponents of the : Union party. .Th
contending hosts occupy the entire field, aryfc
they who are not for us are against us, '
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