H hit IS n VOL. 12 -NO. 46: HI? BY &J.'-ROW. CLEARFIELD,: PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 2-5,. 1866. , Pi T TEfl BAHEETT. Attorney at Law, Clear- neia. jt. " ' . V. . v ;. .Bannfacturer Tin and Sheeroa - K,.t Clearfield, Pa. Juna '6d. WV , "RV1N BROTHERS, Dealart in Square k Sawed I Lumber. Vry Oooda, Groceries, . . Oj,n.. ;J4 ,lo., Barmide Pa., Sept. 23, 1S03. HREDEKICK LEITZISQER,- Manufacturer of K I1 kindi of Stone-ware. Clearfield, Pa, Or-iVnwUeited-wholeaale or retail. Jan. 1,1883 -i ROBERT J-WALLACE, Attorney at Law. Clear H, field, Pa. Office in Shaw'a new row. Market j.a fWori yaugle-i Jewelry rtore May 26. I I V XACGLE, Watch and Clock Maker, and H dealer in Watohea, Jewelry, 4e. Room tn if.ahamTrow, Market treet. Ker.lO. -r I BUCHEB SWOOPE, Attorney at Law, Clear M arid Pa OEc la Graham's Row, four doo. i ,iof Graham 4 Boynton'f itore. Mov. 10.- p KRATZER. Dealer in Dry-Goods. Clothing, .. j - nnunmin. Groceries. PrOTi- J - u iru w i o , . . ie Market Street, nearly oppoaite the IiKTSWICK 4 IRWIN. Dealert in Drags, Medicitsrt. Paints. Oil. Stationary, Perfume ry fy Goods, Notion., etc., etc.M.rk.t street, CUtrttU. Pa Deo. 6, 1865. . t-u 1T7VH OV rfaaleri in Drv Goods, ( . Clothing. Hardware. Queenaware, Groce- ries. I'roTiMoni. e., rront cireei. io" MUmy,) Cleai field, Pa. , Dec 2..1b65. Wl LLIAM F. IRW IS, Market atreet, aearfield, Pa., Dealer in Foreign and Domeatio Mer- ehanliie. Uardware, yueenware, t""""" hu.ily articlei generally. -jot. x. ...... rt.-T., mil u rn.t..... r.r all k i n rl H of Cabinet-ware, Market street, Clearfield, Fa. He alaomakei tooraer Viomnt. onsuwri ni.v-.- . attcndt funerali witn a nearse. pt"i " nK il. WOODS,. Pb.cticwo ParsiciAa, nd . PnmUinir nrsreon for Pension. Office," South-west eorner of Second and Cherry Stro t, Clearfield, ra, . - januarjii. IOv- rnilOMAS J. M'CULLOCGH, Attorney at Law, I ... n - nf AArfi Alii L. ciearaeia, ri. umn, mvih. pared with promptness and accuracy. July 3. I Pa.i Prsetiees in Clearfield and adjoining t m, 2d street, ene door south of Lanich's Hotel. RICHARD MOSSOP, Dealer in Foreign and Do meatio Dry Goods, Groceries, Flour, Bacon, Liquor. 4e. Room, on Market street, a few door west ot JonrWOjflirg.Clearfield. Pa. Apr27. riinOMAsV. Jl'XmE. Land SurTeyor and Con I revancer. Offioe at his residence, i mile eat wf Pnv-nUe Postoffice address. Grampian Hills Dee is itnd oiber instrumenu of writing neatly sieouted. Jone 7th. .a65-1y. G ALBERT 4 BRO H, Deaiera in Dry Goods, . t ruceries. Uardware, Qneensware, Flour, baton. ete.,.Woodlan-t, Clearfield eouuty.Penn'a. Also, extonaire dealers in all kinds of sawed lum ber, shingles, and square timber. Orders eolioi tsd. Woodland. Aug. 19th, 163. 1 TALLACE. BIGLER 4 FIELDIXG. Attorneys at Law, Clearfield. Pa. Legal business of all kinds promptly and accurately attended to' Clearfield, Pa. May 16th. 1S64. WtLUA A, WALLACE WILLIAM . BIOLKK 1 BLACK WALTERS FBAXK yiKLPINO. J BLAKE WALTERS. ScrWiner and Con Tejancer.and Agent for the purchase and sale of Lands. Clearfield, Pa. Prompt attention giv en to all business connected with the county offi . Office with Ho. W, A. Wallace. Jan. 3. DESTIoTRY, J. P. CORNETT, Dentist, offers bis professional services to the eitixens uf Carwenaville and Tkiaity. Office in Drug Store, corner Main and Thompson streets. Curwensylle, May 2d. 1S66. j. a. m McBRir. : : : : SAMcai. Mitchell.' M 'MURRAY 4 MITCHELL.? Dealer ia For .eiga and Domestic Merehandisa, Llubbr. Floar, Grain, ;4e., New Washington, Clearfield county. Pa. - - : October 3, lSfijt-lyp DR. J. P. BURCHFIELLV Late Surgeon of the &3rdRgt Penn'a Vols, having return ed iron, the army, offers bis professional services te the citiiens of Clearfield and vicinity. Prof essional calls promptly attended to. Office on South-East eorner of 3d aad Market streets. Oct. 4. 1865 6m-pd. - - - - - ; 5 . ' AL'CTIOXEER. The nndersigned having been Licensed - ow Auctioneer, would inform the eitisems of Clearfield county that he will at tend to calling sales, in any part of the county, whenever called upon. ( Charge moderate Address, - JOHN M QUILKIN, ; May 13 . Bower Pp., Clearfield co., Pa. . - . . RAFTSMAN'S JOURNAL. ' " KATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. AD VERTI3ISG AND JOSHING. i ' BT CltSt -CAM TO ACCOBPAJTT OBDXB. iabcriptioB, ia advance, X year, : t ; 2 00 Adm'r and Ex'rs notices, etuih. time,' " r 2 50 Andlkor's notice, each, ' - 2 50 Caatfons and Estray, each. 8 times, ' 1 60 Dtssolnrion notices, each, timee, - ' -20 Transient Advertising, per sqoar of 10 line, or less 3 times, or less, 1 50 For each subsequent Insertion, 50 Official Advertising, for each qnareof 10 -" ' line, or lee 3 time, or leas, ; :- I 50 For each subsequent insertion, 50 Professional 4 business cards, 5 line, 1 y. 5 00 Local notices, per line, I time, - 15 Obituary notiees, over 6 lines, per fine.' 10 ' Advertising, ' 2 month. S month. 6 mo. ' Xae square, (10 line) $ 3.00 $ 4.00 $ 5,00 Two squares, : 4.50 6,00 8,no Three squares, - , 6.-00 8.00 10.00 'Foursqiare. 8,00 -M.Ow 12,00 Yearly Advertising, tqar, : : : 8 00 Yearly Advertising, two square, : : : 12 00 Yearly Advertiaing, throe qua. -,v" 0 Yearly Ad ?rtisingoiio-fnrth eojnmn, 20 00 Yearly Advertisiag, ene-third eolamn, i-25 00 Yearly Advertising, one-half column, j '5 00 Yearly AdverUingene column, ,,- . - ' 60 0 Th ahova rate apply only to advertisements aetap tain,. -Advertisements etia large typo, or wti u, ar oat of plain style, will be en arg ed doabm the above ratea for if ace oocupied... . Blacks, singre quire, : : : : ; : : ; v 2 50 fiianks, 3 quires, per quire, : 2 00 Blanki; S-qwlna, ver qmir,' rfiii V-i. P 75 Blanks, ovet erufree, Ter qaire; t r : : r 50 Baadhlltsj afghlh kheet, 2a or leas, 1 60 . ft fourth, sheet 25- 250 fcV.;..alfa.aeVwr ' ' 4 c whole heet, 25 " 00 Over 25 ef each of above, at proportionate rate. SEWING MACM IN ES Person desiroua of haTing a superior Machine, should buy Wheeler 4 Wilson's Sample Machines on hand. Clearfield, t eh. Zs, Bo. H. If. jiallj.. ag i. GROUND AND CNGKOUND SllUfcH, Citron, English Currants, Ess. Coffee, and Vinegar of the best quality, for sale by ' . t. tn u 5 rcirrrL- TRWTV DR. T. B METZ, Surgeon Dentist, Ulen 11 ope, Clearfield county .Pa. . Teeth put up on gold, silver, and vulcanite base. Full setts from five to twenty-five dollars. Warranted equal to any in the State. , , . : May 30th, 1866. CLEARFIELD HOUSE, : CLEARFIELD PA. The subscriber havine purchased the furniture and interest from H. H. Morrow, in said House, is now prepared for the reception of tran aient and permanent boarders. Every - depart ment connected with his eitablishment will be conducted second to none in the county. " He re peotfully solicits a share of public patronage. FARM FOR SALE. The subscriber offer for sale his nroDertv ri :uate on PotU Run. Jordan township, consisting of 127 acres of land 16 or which are clesrea. icere in gow veins of coal on the place, aad an excellent wa ter power whieh, if suitably improved, onia drive a saw or grist mill mOtt of the year. Will be sold cheap for cash. - T LIDDLE. March 21, 1S68 tf. - mearaeia porongn. EAULESIilNGLE: MACHINE. The sub scriber is manufacturing at the West Branch Iron Works, in Williamsport, the best and most durable Machine for making 24 and 13 inch shin gles ever used jn this couatrr, also the EMPIRE MACHINE, which will out 13 inch shingles much faster, smoother and more fiom the same timber, than any machine in use ; also the best Saw Sett Mill Does for Gate and Mulay Mills, ever used in this section. A. T. N ICUOLS. Williamsport. Pa, May 5, 1S66.-6m. , CLEARFIELD NURSERY. ENCOUR AGE HOME INDUSTRY. The nndersigned having established a Nursery, on the Pike, about halfway between Curwensville and Clearfield Boroughs, is prepared tofuraish all kinds of Fruil trees, (Standard and dwarf.) Evergreen-. Shrub bery, Urape Vines, Gooseberry, Law ten Black berry; Strawberry and Raspberry vines. Also, c;k.;Vn Prakipwi Uninet and earl v Scarlet Rheu barb. Ac. Orders promptly attended to. Address Aug 31, ISM. J. V. v n Hi ill, vurwainTiim, T AN KING A COLLECTION OFFICE U or FOSTER, PERKS. WRIGHT A CO., Pbilipsbi ro. Cum Co., Pa. Bills of Exchange, Notes snd Drafts discounted Deposit received. Collections made and pro ceeds promptly remitted. Exchange on the Cities constantly on band, me aoove .Banting iiouse is now open and ready tor onsines.. . Philipsburg, Centre Co., Pa., Sept. 6, 1665.. , . , ; a. l. biio. 1 C. a. FOSTER. . BOW. PIRKf , J T. W. OIBK. Vt. V. WBSBT, W. A. WA.LAC, A. K. WRIOHT, RICHARD SHAW, J AS. T. LEOttARD, J AS. B. GRAHAM Q1IALRS! CHAIRS !! CHAIRS!!! JOHN TROUTMAN . Having resumed the manufacture of chair, at his shop located on the let in the rear ot his residence on Market street, and a short dirt tnce west of the Foundry, is prepared to accommodate his old friends, and all otherswho may favor him with a call, with every description ot 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, and finished in a workmanlike manner, and will .be sold at prices to suit the times Examine .them before purchasing elsewhere. Clearfield. Pa., March 23. 1863 H A TPT & CO.; at Milesburg. Va . continue to furnish castings of every description at short notice. They have the best assortment fof patterns in the country for steam and water-mills of every description. All kinds of machine and plow castings furnished. S ew World and Hatha way eook-stoves always on hand. They make 4 borre sweeo-power threshing machines, with sha ker and 50 feet of strap for S1S0 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 thresh one crop, free of charge. - June 23, 1865-y. .Isaac Haitpt, at 3ellefonte .continues to take rinks for insurance in any good stock company in the State. Also ia New York ; rbe Royal and Et na at Hartford ; and the Li verpool and London, capital S 6.000. 000. - N EW ARRANGEMENT!! Tae-eabseribore ssvsesUwi iato.ee-partnership, and are trading ander tha name of .Irvln, Baily 4 Co.. in lumber and merchandise, at the old stand of Ellis Irrin 4 Son, at the mouth of Lick Run. They would inform theirfriends, and the world ia general, that they arc -pre pared to furnish to order ail kinds of sawed or hewn lum ber, and solicit bills, for either home or eastern market. They would also announce that they have just opened A NEW STOCK of well selected goods, suitible to the season, con sisting of every variety usually kept in country stores. Their purchases have been made aince the late decline in prices, which enable them to sell at such rate as will astonish their customers One if their partners, Thomas L. Baily, . resides near Philadelphia, whose business it w be to watch the maraeta and make purchase on the most favorable terms. Call and see us. . .5 - ELLIS IRVIN, . . THOMAS l. baily,"; Goshen tp.,Dee.6.T865. LEWIS I. IRWIN. EDUCATIONAL. The andersigned in tends opening 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 Srinciple upon which the exercise will be eon ncted. , Particular attention pail to Penmanship and Book-keeping. . A daily register is kept of the attendance, de portment and recitations of each pupil, which i sent weekly -to parents thus furnishing-them with constant information of his standing aad progress in schoeL Public exhibition are not held at any stated time, but parents and guardian are respectfully invited to visit the school and observe the manner ia which the &uj( work is performed. .". ' " TRMior Tcitiobv: . . J, Spelling, Reading, Writing, Primary Arithme tic and Geography, 14 00 Grammar, Geography, History, ArithmeUo and Pook-keeping, 5' 00 ; Algebra, Philosophy, Geometry; Meartrntioa and Snrreying, . rf $7 f)0 Latin and Greek with any of the above branches,- - " - - - -- .,$ 00 Fox farther information apply to " ': C RKANDFORD. ' , . May 23d.lS66... . , , . a tPrinoipal. GOAL. Whale, and Linseed Oil, Family DveV. Varnish and Paint of all kind rroundinOil, for al by HARTSWICK 4TRWIN. WHAT I LOVE. I love the shady woodlands, ' - Bedeck'd in verdure gay, . 'i f - . When their vistas cool are ringing '. With the melodies of May ; , When the radient wild flower sparkle ' With the dews of early morn, ' And rich odors are exhaling ; . . From the snowy-blossom tl thorn.. . . i. And I love the breesy hill-top, . With it herbage sparse and don, , - When all nature seems to languish '- 'Neath the fervid noontide sun. , There, half-slumbering, I ponder . On delight for me in store, '" In the vailay far beneath me, . When my ramble shall be o'er, r Yes. I love that peaceul valley When the shades of evening fall ; But the miller's rustie cottage - Oh. I love it best of all! ' Would you know its rare atti action, " To me supremelydear ? W el L 'tis ham and eggs for supper,' v And a mug of home-brewed beer. ; AFP AIRS AT WASHINGTON". Resignation of Cabinet Officers Letter of Postmaster-General Dennison Attorney General Speed on the Philadelphia Con vention. . The following is the correspon Jenije te tween Mr. Denuidon aad i'resident Johnson, on the former resigning the position of Post master General : Washinton.D.C, Jaly 11, ISGG.-SiR: I have the honor to tender you herewith my resignation of the office of Postmaster-General, to take effect upon your notifying me of its acceptance. In . thus withdrawing from the Cabinet, it ia proper to say that I do so chiefly because of the difference of opinion between us io regard to the propos ed amendments of the Constitution, which I approve, and the movement for the Con vention to be held in Philadelphia cn the 14th proximo,- to which I am opposed. My confidence iu the patriotism of the Union Republican party, and conviction that upon its permanent control of the Government depend, in a large measure, the peace and happiness of the country, will not permit of my holding an equivocal attitude in respect to it. . Assuring you of my personal regard and appreciation of the uniform courtesy. I have received from you, I am. very respect fully yours, &c, W. Dennison. " To the President. . -Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C, July 14th, 1866. Sir: Your resigna tion of the office of Postmaster General, tendered in your letter of tha 11th, is here by accepted. Fully appreciating your kind assurance of personal regard, I am, very truly and respectfully, yours, Andrew Johnson. To Hon. Wm. Dennison, Washington, D.C. The speeches made when Mr. DennUon parted with the officers aad clerks of the Department, show that the personal rela tions between the gentleman designated to succeed I iui and - himself, are of the most friendly character, and that each concedes to the other a large degree of private worth and official ability. Letter from Hon. James Speed. Washington, July 15, 1866. To Hon. J.R. Doolitile, Chairman, dc . Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the lOthinst, with a print ed copy of a call for a National Union Con vention, to be held at : Philadelphia on the 14th day of August next. You request, in case the call, and principles enunciated in it, meet my approval, that I reply at my earliest convenience. - This language would seem to imply that no answer is desired if I do not approve the call and the principles avowed iu it ; or in other words, that a fail ure to reply may be interpreted "as a dis approval, not only of the call, but of each and all of the principles announced in it. . This is a oosition in which I am unwilling to be placed, when : I approve of many of 1 j . 1 .1. 11 1 1 tne principles ees lorxn in me can. sou ye do not approve of the call itself. I will briefly state my reasons ; first premising that I do not recognize the very respectable gen-; tlemen who nave made this call as the ac knowledged organs of the great Union par ty of the country. - Since the outbreak of the terrible strug gle from which the country has now emer ged we have had a National Union party that has exhibited more devotion, ., made greater sacrifices, and "manifested more up -selfisbrpatriotism than any party ever did Eiviously in the history of . the world, at party is still in being, with its organi zation intact, and its organs known : and as that party, by its faith, its. doctrines, and-j its exertions, has, in the face 01 the propn ecies of half the new and all the Old World, saved the Government and the Republican institutions of our common country from de moralisation, and indeed from utter ruin, by vindicating at all hazards the nrimordial theory of the eternal, indissoluble union of the states, tnrougn wmcn only can a parti cle of the theory . of State rights ever be maintained and carried out ; it would ap pear to me to be still the only or at anyrate the most effectual means, far. as a party can do it, of .finally adjusting . all the remaining minor and unsettled matters of reconstruction consistently with the require ments of the thedry mentioned. , . This party is the same to-day as it was w the days of its trial ; : the same party now as when, but' a few short- months ago, it elected Lincoln and Johnson, .and the ma jority of the present' Congress, and as acted with it then, for paramount reasons, my sense of duty demands . that I remain and act with it now.. . ,.-.. .The pith and marrow of the present call, I f hould say, tends toward a convention to form a party for sustaining, not the Gov ernment in its entirety (as has been the mission of the Union party,) but a depart mentof the Government.1 And here I must take the liberty of adding, that I can hard ly conceive of any sadder spectacle, under the crisis of present circumstances, than that of the tried Union party of this country be coming dislocated and broken up by divis ions, or that of one branch of the Govern ment of the country taking an isolated po sition upon questions of deep and common interest, and placing itself in hostile conflict with co-ordinate departments. For these and other reasons which might be mentioned, I cannot join in the call for the convention in Philadelphia. J I have said that many of the principles stated ia the call are, in my view, unobjec tionable. I will not 6top to criticise those which are objectionable, but content myself with stating that the call fails to take any notice of one of the great issues now before the American people. I allude to the ques tion whether the several States shall ratify or reject the last amendment proposed by Congress to the Constitution of the United States. Thi is a grave and all important question. , The issue npon it cannot be avtided. It should be phved. fairly and squarely before the people. The failure to take ground upon so important and all-absorbing a question must be attributed either to a desire to avoid the issue, or as a decla ration of belief and policy acainst the adop tion of the amendment. Bein? myself ear nestly and decidedly in favor of the adop tion of the amendment by the States. I can not go into an oreanizatton that would ei ther openly oppose that measure or that would smother it by avoiding its discussion I must also add, that no man is more de sirous than I am to attain the entire resto ration of the American Union, with its prac tical workings in more perfect harmony and concord than ever, and the surety, as far as mortal affairs can be made sure, of endless perpetuity in the future. The blessings to flow from such a Union are countless and inestimable. But such, a Union, consistent within itelf, maintained by the Universal consent of all classes and sections. and laugh ing to scorn both the assaults of foes inter nal or extern al. and the ravacrs of time and chanee, will only be obtained by sternly re rrnfipins' everv departure from, or compro mise with, the supreme and general idea of the American fundamental law tne vonsu tntion. That ceneral idea consits,in brief. of the political liberty and equality of man kind under the Jaw. nnch, and such only, can be the Union, the nationality, that will put in form the magnificent and lofty dreams ot the American continental niina, ana rui fil in the future the highest efforts of the present and the past. It ia not the vague delusion that (he rights of tlft States need doctoring. The American theory culmin ates properly in the sacredness of the richts of individuals of each sinde individual That, after all, is what Washington carved out with the sword, and Jefrerson. filtering it through his subtle and free mind: drew up and put on record with the pen. It is well known that in the political and legal history of the Untied States, the only departures or compromises of the kind al luded to have been those in the interests of slavery, and of its manitold incidents. I do not, of course, propose to go over the thousand-times-told, tale of the past sixty yea?. To-day, slavery as a confessed legal ity, is, as we all know, ntfmore. But some of the most important of its incidents or compromises still remain blots and incon gruities upon the law. . What equitable rea son can be given why these incidents also thould not be erased ? .Time was that when the brains were out the man would die ; but now we see the limbs demauding to live and move, as if the nervous centre still existed. The persistent, attempt to keep in the Constitution the rule of an pnequal and un fair basis of the representation is perilous to the future peace of the country, and will surely cause a chafing sense of injustice as long as it is continued." " . , , . Furthermore, the high mission 1 of the Union party, as avowed in the Baltimore Convention, . to "extirpate slavery," in cludes the removal of all the hateful and anti-popular excrescences grafted by that in stitution for its own selfish aggrandizement upon our free national laws and polity. That high mission and obligation cannot be accomplished until all which slavery has so engrai hed is cut out; for until then slavery is not 'extirpated.'' . ' , : ? ' , , Earnestly sympathizing with the men who lqok to a law of equal representation as the only guarantee both for popular rights and popular acquiescence, I would feel myself out of place in a party that favors a base of representation giving peculiar and unrigh teous advantages to a -portion of the body politic, to the detriment and dissatisfaction of the whole. ', - ' " : . ' Uniting with you and all good men in the soul-felt desire that peace, prosperity, and that amicable brotherhood which , is more than anv worldly prosperity,; may soon pre vail, and continue unbroken thmugh our beloved common country-hat former en mities shall die out and be forever lost, and that all over the broad domain of America equal laws shall protect equal rights to all mankind. ' - -f - ' '1 ' - ' " I have the honor to subscribe myself your obedient servant, ' James Speed.: Letter from Mr. Seward. r Department of State,-Washington, Jnly 11, lS66v-rSnt : Excuse me for : ex- fressing sTzrprise that' you ask me whether approve or the call of a proposed Unjp,B National Convention at Philadelphia, fc ter more' than five' years of dislocation by civil war,H regards a restoration pf the unity of the countrvi its most immediate as wefl as its most vital interests,' that restora tion will be complete when loraltnen are ad mitted as representatives of the loyal peo ple of the eleven States so long unrepresen ted in Congress. ' ; Nothing- bat- this can comnlete it; nothing more remains to be done, and nothing mora is necessary. ' - Every day h u delayed is attended by multiplying and increasing inconveniences, embarrassments and dangers at home and a! .marl fVimmfeia possesses the POWer ex- clusive. ' After a session of seven months,- Congress omits to express that power. What can be done to induce Congress to act? .This is the question of the day. Whatever is done must be done in accords ance with the Constitution and laws. It is in perfect accordance with the Con stitution and the laws that the people of the United States shall assemble by delegates in convention, and that when so assembled they shall address Congress by respectful petition and remonstrance, and that the people in their several States, districts and territories, shall approve, sanction and unite in such respectful representations to Con gress. I -. :, No one party dbuld do this effectually, or even seems willing to do it alone. , No local of popular organization could do it effectu ally. Iuis the interest of all parties, alike ot all states and ot aul sections a national interest the interest of the whole people. The Convention, indeed, may not succeed in inducing Congress to act, bu if they fail, the attempt can make matters no wor&e. It will be a lawful and patriotic attempt made in the.right direction.an effort to be remem bered with pride and satisfaction whether it succeeds or fails. . . ; The original union of . the States was .brought about by movemeuts of the same character. The citizen who objects to the Convention is bound to propose a better plan of proceeding to effect the detired end. No other plan is offered or even thought of. Those who should oppose it would seem to manifest at best, unconcern, if not op position to all reconstruction, reorganization and recoociliatiwr! between the alienated masses of the American people. . ; To admit .hat the Convention will fail, would be to admit that the people of the United States are deficient either in wisdom or the virtue necessary to continue the ex istence of the llepublivJ. I believe no such thing. A great political writer says that the'government ia a secular religion, and that the people of every country are divided into two classes, each maintaining a distinct political faith ; the one class always fearing the very worst that can possibly happen, and the other hopes under every circum stance, the very best that can. in any event happen. Without accepting this theory as absolutely true, 1 think that all men do gen erally act from a motive to guard against the public danger,; or else from a positive desire to do good both classes may. there fore,' favor the present attempt to restore the unity of the nation. 1 am, sir, 3'our obedient servant, ! I Wm. H. Seward. . ; To Hon: J. R,DoOLrrrij:, irm.Ex.Coiu. ; . " ' -Lincoln Hireling." ; . This favorite phrase of the Democratic politicians has gone quite into disuse. 1 wo or three years ago, when "th y were in the field, defending the Government again.-t traitors and rebels, it was the epithet iuot commonly bestowed on the soldiers by a cer tain class of politicians. In opposing the draft, they said let Lincoln's hirelings .fight out the war. When they attempted to pre vent the soldiers from voting, they said : If Lincoln's hirelings want to vote,. 1 hey should stay at home, as we do. Their creed was expressed in a few words, "ntt a lur n and not a dollarTor this war," and they did their best to make their practice conform tO It. ! -,v : . . How different now ! The change is, won derful. How sweet they now are 011 the bovs in blue. Soldiers are aH the eo. A soldier's funeral is a windfall. What long faces and lone speeches 1 Before election a soldier's bones will be relics to this clas of politicians, and they'll sing, "John Brown,", in their meetings. It is funny to see the tricks, twists and turns of the poor politi cians. It is funnier than a hand-organ and monkey. But it won't do. Brevet con scripts of the Clearfield Corps may be caught by it, but not old soldiers, honorably, dis charged. FiUsburg , Commercial. . , Gov. Orr, of South Carolina, thinks it hard that he and his brother rebels, since they have taken oaths to snpport the Con stitution and maintain the Union, are look ed upon with distrtist. The Governor man aees to foreet that he and his set took such oaths before, when they did not mean to keep them. - When men are known to have committed prejury they ought to be modest in urging their claims to credence. . 1 A ciraticar craft arrived1 in Galveston harbor on the 3d inst, wearing the black flag and carrying six 'guns on eacn siae. City officers rdwea out to her in a row boat, but were fired apon and forced to retire. The pirates then steamed away. ; A United States gunboat followed 6ame time, but could not overtake her. Hosea Merrill, of Pittsfield. was married last ..week, aged 82 years. He gave his v 1 - swi ci,. 1-oir. (r Bftmewhat vounsrer than himself. He was unable to get out of his carnage, and the ceremony was penorm ed while the parties were fitting in the carriage. - .. .' . -.- - , . p-.f. . Blot says : Never drink tea at breakfast; it is suicide .1 Drink coffee or chocolate, If you drink tea at all, drink it after lunch or dinner. Coffee should not be boiled, and be perfectly clear of itself, with out any foreign substance' used for clearing ' An Indiana' school teacher attempted to chastise a female scholar, when a young fellow- threatened to shoot him, whereupon the master drew his own pistol and shot the boy, who returned the fare, hitting uis mara Both were badly wounded. 'Judah is a Lion's Whelp." Some thirty years ago there came to a Connecticut .school a young man from the South to receive his education, in the land of the detested -Yankees. lie was kindly received, treated with confidence, and made many friends. Gradually,, however, doni- -,. plaints arose that articles belonging to the boys were missing from their trunks. Hand kerchiefs, cravats, and small sums of money were spirited away. - Suspicion was at la&t excited ; watch was set, and the thief was detected in the person of the little Southern scholar. He was expelled and sent home to his parents. :i That boy's name was Judah P. Benjamin, ex-Senator from Louisiana, late Secretary of State of the Contederate . States, ; and at present a barrister in the 7 Lincoln Inn, in the city of London. . Few lives hate been marked by more changes than his.- ' Inheriting wealth, he covered up all traces of where that, wealth , was required by lavishly scattering it among the people of the State. Possessed of the most undoubtful talents, endued with a flu ency of language and an easy grace, which made bini a successful speaker, he rose rap-. idly in public esteem and was rewarded both by his Loinmonwealth aud his country. But with all his honors the penchant to de ception continued. Havine been guilty of crime himself, he sought to make his neigh' bors do likewise, 'and was one of the warm est advocates of the repudiation of the State debt of Mississippi and her sistars. Com ing to the Senate, he was but little imped- ed in his progress towards treason by, the . high obligation ot an oath ot leaky, snd ho became at the very outset of the war a lead--, er, of the Southern States. ' He is at pres ent a member of the British bar. The New; Orleans 1 'icayune frays.; ,. . . -t;.- "We have bad the pleasure of reading a . letter from an old fellow-citizen and once distinguished member of our bar, J. P. , Benjamin, to relative in this city, in which he refers iu a very cheerful spirit to the cir cumstances of his admission to the bar of ! England... lie was called to the bar by: the , bencher. of Lincoln's Inn, and. as a special favor, dispensed from the several long ttms of readine and study which are prescribed, ' and. with very rare exceptions, demanded of all candidates for the wig aud gown, un-; der the ancient rules uf the courts of, Great Britain." ' ' . '.. So the "little thief' has gone to doft the wig and gown and play the VBuzfux" iu the ' British Court.... Wedo not understand why the course of study usually prescribed ' was dispensed with, but it must be a cause of deep rejoicing to the ostracised Hebrew to r be able to shine before the titled judges of a monarchy. . With what delight must he put on the venerable wig, and address 'My Lord,' as he sits in his gown.'. What field of new ambition are thus opened ! May he not aspire to the ermine ? May he not have his ' hands in the treasury of the British Govern-' ment? "Judah is a lion's whelp," and he has run along and obtained a parent in the British Lion. He has spent his life seeking what he might devour. The inherent avar ice of his blood have ever shone out. and we expect to hear of the '. little tluf ' of school boy daj-s becoming a millionaire and titled nobleman inia Burke's Peerage. He has the ability, and if h U not caught with bis bands ia - his neighbors' pockets, he will probably succeed. . , ; .- "My opinion is," says a married woman. " "that if men were always htrarght forward in their ways and actions,' there would be fewer 'tottering limbs' lorne to our dtxws especially at night and no gettiug up tha ky in the morning." . v; Jones has discovered the respective na tures of a distinction and a difference. He says that-a ."little difference"; fnwuetitly make tnauy encinie while a "little distinct tiou" attracts hosts of friends to the one on whom it is conferred. " " ' , A New Bedford Friend recently explain ed to ner hew domestic that washing-day came on every Second day. ' The girl left in high dudgeon. She didn't go to be wash ing every other day ! Notehe. : .. ,'. . " Philosophers say that shutting the eyes makes the sense of hearing more acute. Perhaps this accounts for the habit some people have of closing their eyes in church during the sermon. -. ; ' , . - A lady who wished some stuffing from a roast duck; which a gentleman was earving at a public table, requested him to transfer from the deceased fowl to her plate some of its artificialintcstines. ' ! ' A'"run on a Londoa bank was stopped.' and the crowd in front, effectually dispersed in a ludicrous plight, by the simple expe dient ot emptying a bag of flour over theiu from an ur per window. . ' ; r . The follow ing definition of the rights of woman, is giving in a Vermont paper : "To love her lord with all her heart, and her baby as herself and to make good bread." An Englishman is said recently to have invented a scarecrow so effective that on crow who saw it, brought back all the corn he had stolen fur three years. ' ' '-'" ' . ... . .-. Clark Chatten, ; an Illinois farmer states that one gallon of coal oil to a barrel of wat er sprinkled Tightly over potato vines will effectually destroy the bug. ; J ; : ' , A little school-boy iu Shirlef, Masa was buried in fun in a sand hole by hi compan ions, a few days, ago. " Hs was dead ,wheo hht teacher dug1 him out.'5 ! ' i 1 A hypocrite may pio- so fair a thread as to deceive his owa " eye. He may ; admire the cobweb, ab 1 mot know himlf to b the .pider. ' 111 1- M I' I- ii; A V M . ' 1 i i s . t:
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