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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. ' ' '-'"
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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. '
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