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S.J. ROW, D1T0R ASD PROPRIETOR.
CLEARFIELD, PA.,OCTOBER24, 18C6.
THE HEWS.
The Reading Dispatch of Wednesday
contains the following: A man named John
Eck, Jiving near Princetown, Berks county,
some time ago offered his house for sale.
For some unknown cause it was not sold,
lie then made the following declaration:
"that he wished it would burn down over
his head." On Sunday morning, October
14th, the house was discovered to be on
fire, when some of the neighbors rushed up
fairs, where, strange to say, they found
Mr. Eck dead, having received a stroke of
paly a few moments before the fire.
Through the superhuman efforts of the
neighbors the body was conveyed to the yard
before the house was in ruins.
Says the Uniontown Genius: Fayette
county is becoming noted for its fine sheep
and wool. Mr. Asbury Struble, of German
township, one of our best and largest wool
growers, recently sold a lot of 14 head
ofSilesian sheep to Hon. Henry Clay Dean,
of Iowa, at the following prices: One buck,
$300; one at $150; two lambs for$lJ0,
and ten ewes at $75 each. . The sheep were
lately selected and taken by Gen. E. T.
Stickney, an extensive wool grower of Sen
eca county, Ohio. Mr, Scruble took five
premiums on sheep, recently, at the Carnii
chaels, Greene county, fair.
A singular conscience-money case has oc
curred in the Pension Office. Captain John
McKee, Thirtieth Indiana Volunteers, now
residing at Hamilton, Ohio, was wounded by
a ball.twhich struck the seventh rib, passed
through the lungs and emerged near the spi
nal column. He was awarded full pension,
but has returned half the amount received
for the past year, on the ground that his
health is so improved that he is not enti
tled to pension for that degree of disability.
The French sardine fishery has been more
successful this year, than for the past ten. At
Douarnenez and Concarneau, the principal
centres of this species of industry, eight
hundred and eighty-four boats caught up
wards of one hundred and ten millions of
sardines in the month of July alone,the sale
producing 707,648 francs. At the end of
the month one thousand sardines could be
bought for two francs only.
1 It is understood that Secretary Seward
has expressed his opinion that England
means to pay the Alabama claims. This
change of opinion is doubtless based on the
information which he received by the last
steamer.
The Democratic county ticket in Ashland
county, Ohio, is defeated by majorities
ranging from four to ten votes.
Nineteenth Congressional District.
Erie county has not been heard from, for
the reason, we presume, that railroads and
telegraphs only run through it, and we are
. so unfortunate as not to be in stage-coach
connection with that "far Northwest" part
of. the "Wild-cat" district. We hope,
however, the time will soon come, whqn we
hall again have more speedy means of com
munication than telegraphs and railroads,
and then we will be able to publish the re
turns of this district in less than a month
after the election. For the present our
readers must be content with the following :
Counties. Scofield, 11. Scott, D.
Cameron, 0rnaj.
Clearfield,
l,64f
2,791
936
Kne,
reported 3,000 maj.
359
20 maj.
1,986
854
2,663
Forest, .
Jefferson,
M'Kean,
Warren.
1,944
739
1,595
Total,
10,598 . . 8,005
In 1864 Scofield's majority over Bigler
was 1,738.
. How it is in Socrn Carolina. Mr. A.
C. Bigelow of Hubbardston, Mass., a teach
er of freedmen, who had just arrived at Ai
keu, S. C, and began his labors, was driven
, away by a vigilance committee, who visited
him in the. middle of the night, and com
pelled him to sign a paper that he would not
stay ; and accordingly he left in the early
train next day.: In regard to the condition
of that region of Sooth Carolina, it is alleg
ed that if a Northern civiDian like Mr.
Bigelow should go away from a line of com-
- niunication or a station of troops, his life
wpnld not be worth a straw. ;
VvTw Vote for Assembly. Below will
, ha found Uifl official -ote for Assembly in
this district;
Counties.
Clearfield,
Elk,
Forrest,
'.. Total,
M'Kav, R.
1,648
353
.99
. 2,100 '
8,790
2,100
Hunt's maj. 1,690
Hunt, D
2,788
, 926
76
Affairs In Maryland.
In the city of Baltimore the persons des
ignated to hold election are appointed by
the Police Commissioners, board created
by a law, and chosen we believe, by the
people of the city. In the other districts of
the State these election officers are appoint
ed by the Governor. The Police Commis
sioners of Baltimore ar Republicans, as
are a large majority of their constituents.
Gov. Swann is a friend and supporter of
President Johnson. The Commissioners
appointed Republicans, while in every in
stance, as is stated by the Baltimore Ameri
can, the Governor appointed men of the op
posite party. Parties in Maryland are not,
as with us, divided into Republicans and
Democrats, or Copperheads, but into Union
men and rebels ; but the Union men are
generally Republicans of the most radical
type. .The opposing parties are more wide
ly separated, and more bitterly hostile, than
in any other State.
There is a registration law in that State
requiring every citizen who is registered as
a voter to take an oath that he in no way
aided rebellion, which excludes thousands
who were active rebels from the polls. To
get rid ot the obstruction to rebel suffrage
the Governor ha3 been applied to to remove
the Police Commissioners of Baltimore In
compliance with this request the Governor,
last week, summoned the Commissioners to
Annapolis to have a hearing, but what the
result will be has not, as yet, transpired
Should the Governor take it upon himself
to interfere with the law, and with its es
tablished institutions, there may be a very
warm time in Baltimore at the election in
November, as the Union men of Maryland
seem determined not to be imposed upon,
or defrauded out of their lawful privileges.
It may be well enough also to state that
the Governor is a candidate for the United
States Senate; but unless he can, by some
means, secure the votes of the twenty-one
members from Baltimore he has no chance
of an election. It is thought that if he can,
on some pretext, get rid of the Police Com
missioners, and thus sweep away the Union
Republican election officers, and open the
way to rebel voters, his friends might carry
that city, and he accomplish his aspirations.
Solving the Mexican Question.
The news from Washington,says the Com
mercial,i that the Mexican problem is about
to have a solution in the Treaty or Treaties,
wherein it is agreed that Maximilian and
the French trooDS will leave Mexico this
year ; that the United States will assume
the protectorate of the country and the
French claims, in consideration of which
Lower California and other, territories are
conceded to the United States. 'This agree
ment is alleged to have been made with the
Maximilian government.
This may be a very good and it may be a
very bad arrangement for the United States.
One item rather important in determining
the character of the bargain is omitted ; and
that is the amount of the French claims.
Lower California is doubtless a very valua
ble piece of land, the possession of which,
on many accounts, is extremely desirable
though it is probable we might get along
without it but valuable as it is there may
be such a thing as paying too much for it.
As to the protectorate business, it may
prove an elephant, or a prize. Protector
ates precede absorption, or some sort of own
ership an arrangement not necessarily ad
vantageous to either party. We can readi
ly understand, however, that Mexico, once
fairly under the direction and tutelage of
the United States, would speedily become a
great and stable country, capable at no dis
tant day of taking care of herself and pay
ing back all that it had cost to bring her
through the nursing period. A protector
ship seemingly is the only thing that can
save Mexico, and insure her future devel
opment. In general terms, this country
would probably regard a treaty having this
for its object with favor. If the French
can see in it enough to satisfy pride or pock
et, we certainly should be satisfied. It
would be a square back out, and confession
of failure on her part, and no doubt prove
to be the last attempt for a very long time to
upset the Monroe doctrine.
When more is known of the arrangement
we can tell better what are its advantages
and disadvantages.
Unclaimed Fractional Currency.
Treasurer Spinner desires persons who
have forwarded packages of mutilated frac
tional currency to the Treasury Department
for redemption, and have received no com
munication from the Department, announ
cing the receipt of the package and inclos
ing the amount of the sum forwarded, to
address a letter as before, stating distinctly
the amount forwarded, the date of trans
mittal, and the name and post office address
of the writer. The officers of the Treasury
may thus be enabled to identify a largu
number of packages now in their possession,
the forwarders of which . neglected to state
their names or post offices.
The Amendment in Texas. The Gal
veston Bulletin, of the 9th, says:
'There is no doubt if the Sooth should
accept the Constitutional Amendment, she
would be immediately admitted to represen
tation in the National councils. There is
now a chance for the South to make a mer
it of necessity by adopting the Amendment,
as it is quite clear that it will be approved by
the requisite number of States, even if the
South holds out against it. So holding out
will only invite and assume further Congres
sional action to secure the franchise for the
negro or to place the seceded States under
provisional Governors.
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS.
(
Cambria Cocnty. One night last win-
n Kn w.ia at least "half seas over
ter
lost a pocket-book containing $160 and val-
uable papers in wnas was
saloon, in fc.oensourg. j vum -
time that he had been robbed of the money.
Last week, while working in the garden at
tached to this at one time saloon, a laborer
picked up th.s identical pocket-book so long
lost. It still retained, safe and sound, the
money and papers, all which, we have no
doubt, have been handed over to the owner
erenow. The pocket-Doofc was niosi useiy
dropped where it was found by the owner
himself. An over-sanguine Republican
in Ebensburg, made the lolIowinr bet, on
the result of the late election : He would
blacken his (the Democrat's) boots in- the
public square, in broad daylight, it treaty
was not elected by over 20,000 majority
the Democrat to blacken the Republican's
boots if Geary's majoritv did not exceed the
hcures named. Uur iepuoncan ineua. no
doubt will have to "shine" the Democrat s
brogans, to the amusement of all who may
witness the feat.
Washington County. The Mononsra
hela Republican says : on Friday afternoon,
October 12th, as CoL Milo Gibson was re
turning home from the Coal Works,at Lime
town,, to his residence, he was met on the
road by Isaac Byers who ordered him to
stop. "He then told Gibson to "say what he
had to say," as he had not long to live.at the
same time bringing up to his shoulder a
shot gun. After a moment, seeing that Gib
son walked on, he fired, putting forty shot
in his back, and twelve in his arms. The
distance was great, or the gun so badly
chareed, that the shot did not at once disa
ble tTie Colonel who turned upon his assail
ant, and gave him a severe pounding until
exhausted, he fell, and was conveyed home.
Dr. W. II. King was called, and extracted
some of the shot, but the patient yet lies in
a somewhat critical condition. Rumor gives
different reasons for the assault; some that
Byer's wife is mixed upin the affair; thers
say not. Byers was arrested but broke
away from the officers at Dry Run, and has
not since been heard from.
Blair County. An extensive fire oc
curred in Hollidaysburg on Monday night,
October 15th, by which six wooden build
ings were destroyed. The fire originated in
a back building occupied by a weaver.
Loss partly covered by insurance. A car that
was standing on the railroad track near by,
and at times nearly covered with sparks,
was pushed away to prevent its being burn
ed. It was not known until afterwards
that it was loaded with powder,and how near
hundreds of persons were to destruction.
The fire is supposed to have been the work
of an incendiary.
J efferson County. Some malicious per
son defaced a beautiful tombstone in the
cemetery at Brookville, last week. Such
an offence should be punished to the full
extent of the law. . . The church at Spran
kle's Mills, in this county, was entered two
weeks since, by some unprincipled person
Jh carried off part of the Sunday Schqol
library. Hope he may be detected and pun
ished as he deserves. . . .
Mifflin County. A Mr. Lee, and an
other gentleman, on election night left Lewis
town in a buggy, and when near Mt Rock
Mills, the horse, buggy and men went over
the bank into Kishacoqaillis creek. .Both
gentlemen were considerably bruised and
cut. . . A negro barber robbed his employer
in Lewistown of about $100, last week and
made his escape.
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTIONS.
Below we give the returns of the recent
election in this State, with the vote for Gov
ernor in 1863. and tor President in 1864:
Gov. 1863. Pres. 1S64.I Gov. 1866.
counties. 7 S" B 5- ? 2. F i i ? 5
' ' I " Fi
Adams,
Allegheny, I
Armstrong, 1
Reaver.
Bedford,
Berks,
Blair.
Bradford,
Bucks,
Butler,
Cambria,
Cameron,
Carbon,
Centre,
Chester,
Clarion,
Clearfield,
Clinton,
Columbia,'
Crawford,
Cumberland,
Dauphin
Delaware,
Elk,
Erie,
Fayette,.
Forest,
Franklin,
Fulton,
Greene,
Huntingdon,
Indiana,
Jefferson,
Juniata,
Lancaster,
Lawrence,
Lebanon,
Lehigh,
Luzerne,
Lycoming,
McKean,
Mercer,
Mifflin,
Monroe,
Montgomery
Montour. I
Northam't'n
Northumb'd
Perry.
2689 2917! 26121 3016 2910 3126
17703 10053 21519 12414 20S 1 1 ! 1 2395
31461 29771 3526 3211! 3753! 3078
3037
2430
6.705
205 3237 2304! 3310
27041 2336 2752' 2591
12627! 3710!1326, 7121
2386 3292 2t6! 3520
2385
2X35
13238
2763
32S31
6722:
62t6
3328
1542!
27141
7983 ;
2954
6836,
3054 1
300Qj
216!
2119i
3058!
5498
6865! 3007
6436; 7335
34 75 : 2947
2244 i 3036
71341 3091
6305 i 7399
3544 3061
264 3 ! 3295
3741 303
3 25 1 232,
1721 2251, 1906
2339
3564
6221
2813
2786
23.17
3538
4969
4567
4301
2262
916
3951
4359
76
4106
1055
3220
2239
2109
1912
1814
8590
1410
2696
28171 8399
309-2
8446, 5987!
17sn'
S5oo;
1776j
1650;
1754'
1618
2598
1531 2433! ISlf.j 2301
lh07 191lj
1801 3342
1666!
2135
1944r
6441 ;
3604j
5445
3467! 1956
4526! 6714
4354 4030
42!0! 6691
6141
4236
3434
5065'
3462!
336'
4075
3375
1789
722
3260
3791
53
3710
3664 2149 3647
348, 835! 376
6311 3723 7237
3221) 4126; 3569
85i 621 100
3862!-3862' 4299
694 906' 775
1483' 3074, 1699
6759
3091
91
3376
761
1484
3260
3961
1751
1456
10221
2960!
2l67i 33211 2477
3248
1955 4320
1693 1320
I737j 1437
7650; 14469
1251 3403
2653! 3780
21971 4458
1877 2015
1753; 1516
S44S, 14592
1339' 3560
27791 4194
5920; 4159
13341
3063
3658
3696! 5526
7022 8808
3903
5731
7645, 10045
3401 4207
8733; 12387
3371i 4443
3414; 3363
727
622
3408
1626
2712
767! 652! 877
4220i 3560f 4416
1643' 1718; 17251
KSV OOJ; 7(1.'
714
3757
1835
2699
3907
1709
684
6238 7489
6872' 7943' 723.5
8344
1523
6870
3329
2491
4S817
m724
620
10514
1326
1759
761
2931
1628
1287
3492
1572
1122, 1447
1130: 14961 1130
34651 6538. 3726; 6944 3359
26491 3356' 2015 3608 3381
2328 22961 2406, 2446i 25SI
Philad'phia,.
nM I
44274!37193 55797 440324205
2701 1184 2501 1180
1470! 619 1390i 680
6506 8547 7851 j 9540
17531 133l 1679' 1368
3064 1738! 2788. 1719
Potter,
Schuylkill,
Snyder,
Somerset.
Sullivan,
1346
8793
1812
3062
436'
4429
4791
1991
359 713 369 660
Susquehau'a
4134! 2932) 4203 ! 2959
45041 1617) 4673' 1584
20241 1250 1945 1352
32951 2979 : 3849 3341
2274! 1386 2541 1505
iioga,
Union, . .
Venango, . .
Warren,
Washington,
Wayne,
4409
2687
4977
2357
46271 43711 4951 4579'
2211 3152' 22751 3933
4712
2383
Weatmor'lndr
4494 4531 4650! 5977 6046 6113
Wyoming,
York,
Dem. totals,
1379! 1418 1337 14021 1408 1499
5512J 8063 5563J &500j 5896 8780
254,171 276,316 289,820
Rep
totals. 269,496
254.171
296 391
276,316
S06.943
289,820
Majorities, 15,325 20,075 ' 17.123
The above figure make Geary's majority 17,123.
The vote of 41 counties we eopied from official. re
tarns; the other 25 from the Ilarrisburg TtUffravk.
The entire official vote of the State, will differ out
little from our figure.
DISASTER AT SEA.
W. H. Harris, one of the passengers of
the ill-faced steamship Evening Star, gives
the following statement of the terrible suf
fering and loss of life. He says : ,
"The Evening Star, Capt. Knapp, sailed
from New York, Sept. 2!kh, for New Or
leans. On the morning of the 2d of Octo
ber began to blow pretty hard, and con
tinued until the morning of the 3d, when it
blew a perfect hurricane. At this time we
were 180 miles east of Tyber Islaud. ' After
weathering the storm for fourteen hours,she
foundered at daylight on the morning of the
3d, with two hundred and seventy-tive souls
on board, only sixteen of whom were saved.
About 5 o'clock on the morning ot the 2d
it began to blow very hard. I stood in the
doorway of what was called the "social hall,"
which is a little saloon at ti e head of the
stairway leading to the main saloon. This
saloon was tilled with ladies at this time.
At 6 o'clock the vessel commenced to ship
such heavy seas that the floor of the hall
was covered with water, and made it very
disagreeable for the ladies to remain there.
At 11. 3u o'clock all hands were railed on
deck to bail water out of the engine room,
the seas having washed down over the ves
sel and into the room. A party of men
went forward and succeeded in getting the
water all out of there.
We had some trouble with the Frenchmen
of the Opera troupe,iu consequence of their
not uemg aoie to understand fiiiglisn. How
ever, they did their best, and worked wil
lingly when they understood what to do. At
2 o clock the men were all tired with hard
work, and, as the water continued to gain
upon us, we gave up all as lost. The water
at this time was six feet deep in the hold,
and the ship was rolling about in the tem
pest like a log, the waves breaking over her
in quick succession. However, all was done
that could be done, and as darkness came
on, most of the passengers went below. At
5 o'clock next moruing I went on deck, and
the sight that there met my gaze can never
be erased from "my memory. At daylight,
on looking around, I found the ship, sure
enough, a total wreck, and the sieht one to
make the stoutest heart quail. The whole
of the paddle boxes had been carried away,
nothing but the fans being left. The pilot
house was gone, and the guards also The
sea was ruuning mountains high, the spray
blowing about like rain, and the wind rush
ing through the rigging and about the dis
niantlcd ship. The hurricane was now at
its hight. I forgot to mention that the en
gine stopped working at 2 o'clock in the
morning, in consequence of the breaking of
the steampfpe, and the fires being put out.
The donkey engine was therefore also use
less. At daylight the captain told the wo
men that nothing more could be done, and
that if any of them wanted, to get into the
boats they could do so.
Mr. Allen, the pur.-er, then came with the
ladies out of the cabin. All those who
could get lift -preservers had them, and they
were very lew. lie placed them in a boat,
but she no sooner touched the water than
she enpsized, and all were washed awaj .
The ship all this time was filling fast : I
stood by some hatches, intending to hold on
to them along with several women, when we
shipped a heavy sea forward of the wheel
house on the starboard side,and went down.
In an instant the sea swept me clear of the
starboard deck, and carried me down some
twenty-five feet, I thought. When I came
to the surface, I found myself in the midst
of the wreck of the vessel, surrounded by
floating spars and drift wood. Men and wo
men were floating all about, clinging to any
thing they could laj- hold of. All shouts for
aid were drowned by the tury of the hurri
cane. I got hold ot a piece ot the fragments
of the saloon, upon which I pulled myself,
but was thrown off again and again by the
violence of the waves, in each new effort to
regain my position, lacerating my hands and
limbs on the nails and splinters in the pieces
of wreck. In this way I clung to life for
two or three hours.
While drifting about in this way I could
ee the whole of the wreck as it lay before
me. I saw the hurricane deck," two hun
dred feet along,crowded with human beings,
herded together. Some of these were stand
ing, and some sitting, all helples and de
spairing. 1 now drifted nsar a life boat.
keel up, for which I abandoned my piece of
wreck ana swam. Uthers were clinging to
it, whom I assisted to right it. When I
succeeded in getting in with the ethers I re
cognized the purser, Mr. Allen- There were
now ten of us, but after this we were fre
quently upset, each time losing one or more
of our number, again adding to them by
picking up others. Helpless to manage the
boat, which was filled with water and drift
ing at the mercy of the sea, we passed and
repassed the wreck during the day. To
wards evening we lost sijrht of it. We had
been sitting in water all day long, and when
night came on we began to feel the want ot
food and water, but we had neither. Just
after dark I picked up a turnip, of which
we each took a bite, and this was all we ate
during the day. We were now so dry that
some drank sa wat ?r, which made them
very flighty, while others drank their own
urine, which answered better. The morn
ing of the 4th was very fine, so we deter
mined to get the water out of our boat.
At daylight we came up to one of the
wrecked, who was floating on a piece of the
cabin, and had an oar with which to guide
his craft. We got alongside and put some
of the men on it, after which we upset our
boat, thus getting the water out of it. We
then got in again, and felt comparatively
comfortable, but still suffering for the want
of food and water. We then rigged two
masts out of pieces of the wreck, and made
sails out of 1 he covering of the life-preservers.
Wc then headed east north-east. At
8 o'clock we fell in with the third mate, with
nine men in another life-boat, who gave
each of us a handful of crackers ; but, un
fortunately, our throats were so parched
with the long thirst, and by drinking sea
water, we were unable to swallow this food.
The two boats then parted company, we ta
king a more northerly direction than the
other. At 5 o'clock, on the 5th, we fell in
with the Norwegian bark Fleetwing, from
Balize, Honduras, for Liverpool, who took
us on board. - Here, i we remained thirty-,
three hours. On the 6th spoke th schoon
er Jr Waring, Capt. Frank Smith, from
New York for-ApalachicoIa, Florida. This
vessel having suffered in the gale and got
crippled, she put into Savannah for repairs.
While we were on board the Warinsr the
i captain and crew did all in their power to
j relieve our wants, even at their own dl-com-!
fort. While we were floating in the rlife
1 boat, a young woman, about eighteen years
of age, caught hold with us and clung on
for several hours. She held on while we
capsiaed three times, but kept growing
weaker. At last we were turned over again,
and she was lost. We all got very much
exhausted and could scarcely hold on to the
ooat , .nr. Alien became very weak, aud
would have been lost but for assistance giv
en him. We were all bruised more or less,
and the salt water made our wounds very
painful.
Captain Knapp did his duty faithfully
throughout, doing all in his power to save
his ship, and wheu he found there was no
hope, contributed much to preserving order
among the passengers and crew. He float
ed for some time, but while clinging to one
of the life-boats he was struck on the head
by a piece of timber and killed. On our
arrival at Savannah, the purser, Mr. Allen,
did .everything that was in his power to
make us comfortable. We had lost every
thing, and eveu the clothes we had on were
ruined by our long exrosure in the water.
New suits were given us, and passage to
New York secured for us on the propeller
Virgo. On board this latter vessel we re
ceived every attention from the officers.
We were aU very much sunburned while in
the open boat, and during our passage home
the skin peeled off our faces and hands. I
am still lame and sore, but will be all right
in a few days. One of the passengers on
board the Evening Star was Capt. Joseph
P. Hobiiison, of Boston, a brave and gal
lant man. He was one of the coolest men on
board the wreck, and labored manfully to
save the ship and to calm the fears of the
women and frightened men. He struggled
hurd for his life, but was struck, by a piece
of tlte floating wreck and went down.
The women on board the ship behaved
nobly during the terrible scenes of the
tempest, yielding a ready compliance to all
orders given them. There were abouj; forty
prostitutes on board the ship, but they had
behaved with groat propriety from the first.
There were but two or thr.ee exceptions to
this, and they were not particularly bad.
Most of the women had been obliged to re
main in their rooms or iiWhe saloons, pre
vious to the storm, owing to the rough
weather. Mrny ot them were sea-sick, as,
indeed, were many of the men. One of the
prostitutes, who was the proprietress of an
elegant house of ill fame in New Orleans,
had a beautiful p;iir of poi ies on board and
and fine new carriage. They were all anx
ious to work when danger appeared, and
some of them did good service.
- Captain Ilobinson, referred to in the state
ment of Mr. Harris, was a member ot the
firm of Bonve & Robinson, rnd was return
ing to New Orleans, where his house had a
branch store. Captain Ilobinson was a son
of Rev. J. P. Robinson, a well-known Epis
copal clergyman in Boston. The captain
was one of the earliest volunteers in the late
war, and was connected with the Potomac
army through all its vicissitudes. He was
detached from the regiment in which he en
listed and attached to the United States en
gineer corps. In all the bloody battles
wherein he had taken part he escaped with
hardly a scratch. His destiny proved to
have been to escape the perils of the battle
field and meet a watery grave.'
Among the passengers on the ill-fated
steamship whose names did not appear in
the published list, were Lieut. W. P. Dixon,
of the Sixth United States cavalry, who
graduated at the United States military
aeademv at West Point, in June lar.t : also
Wylde Hardings. of the late Con'ederate
privateer ship Shenandoah. He was the
husband of Belle Boyd, who is uow in New
York city.
Ailvfrtixmentsrttrarxrtype,CHta.troittof plain'
tylittllbt chargril double pri.ee fortfiarencrnpird .
Tointure attention, the CASH must accompa
ny not icei,a follows- All Cautions and Strays,
with $1,50; Auditors'. Administrators' and Ex
ecutors' notices, 2,SO, each ; Dissolutions, 82;
all other transient Notices at the same ra'es
Other a-ivertisemenU at $1,50 per square, for 3r
less insertions. Ten lines (or less) count a square
TEACHEKS WANTED. The board of
Directors of Jordan township wish to employ
two teachers for tlie winter session. Male teach"
ere prefened. to whom liberal waes will be paid,
according to grade of certificate. For further in
formation apply in person, or by letter, to Hen
ry Swan. President, or J. R. Johnson. Secretary,
at Ansonville. Clearfield coanty, Pa.
Oct 24th. 18f,6.-3tp. ' -
O YES! O, Y E S ! ! O, YES!!!
J 20 PER CENT. LOW EK
THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTS'.
JOHN S. RADEBA.CII,
Having opened a new store at the Blue Hall.
Clearfield county. Pa., wishes to notify the public
that he is determined to sell all kinds of goods
CHEAPER THA THE CHEAPEST in the CUnty.
Now is yonr time to eal I and examine bis stock,
while he is placing on bis shelres a full assort
ment of the best Dry Goods. Groceries, Queons
ware; Drugs, Oils and Paints, Ae.
Hats. Caps. Boots and shoes, of all kinds, con
stantly kept for sale.
Also, a general assortment of ready-made Cloth
ing for men and boys.
He will dispose of bis goods at a very low price
for ea-h. or exchange them for all kinds of mar
keting ,
Sawed lumber and shingles taken In exchange
for goods. JOHN S. RADEB iCH.
October 21th, 1866.
REVOLUTION! REVOLUTION!!
AMERICAN TANNING CO.
FREY, FARNSWORTH, A CO .
, -
COL. E FREY, of West Virginia, President.
L. S. FARNSWORTH. Secretary
GEO. STADTMI LLER, Indiana Co., Qen'l Ag't
A splendid opportunity for a seenre and mod
erate investment of capital is now offered by this
company to Tanners and Capitalists of large as
wf-U as moderate means, as the eompany is now
prepared, after a successful test of Hickel's im
proved system of tanning in several yards of this
couctT, and adjoining counties, to offer for sale
some territory within this State, Tennesee,Texas,
Oregon. Utah, New Mexico and Nevada, in the
shape of rights for districts, counties, towns, or
for individual use of said improved sygi em. se
cured to Sanlord A. Hickel. Esq . by Letters Pat
ent, dated Nov. 7th. 18B5, and granted for seven
teen year, and by said S A. Hickel Esq., legal
ly transferred to this eompuny for this and the
otber States and Territories mentioned.
The succpss'ul workings of this great discovery
has been demonstrated in every instance wherev
er fully and thoroughly tested, and has given and
now gives ireneral and universal satisfaction, both
! as to quality tf lenther and the flaring in fart of
j the former expensive matri:il bark, as can be
! seen by tnu aitacbed ecrt-'fi.-ate-. This is the on- j
ly rfvstem ever introduced wfcieh is warranted as (
to it virtue by the proprietors. j
We warrant to manufacture Sole Leather in 90 '
days: Harness Leather in 60 days; BrH;e t.
enn 40 days; Upper Leather in 35 dati- v
Leather in 30 days ; Calfskin in 20 hi Zi j i
Sheepskin in 2 to 3 days
We warrant to save one-third in beavy, tn(j
half of the bark formerly utd in light Mock 6"
king heavier leather than eaa be tt'anufaet '
with bark alone. A superior quality 0f fc.u
is also warranted to be made under this irtte
No alterations are necessary or required itv
manner of manufacture, but a great mtu?.
labor is saved by not being 'required to'
way," and this leather being scoured witk r V
ease.
The great virtue of this discovery coniUu
the lessening to one-half the expense of Unci1
by the use of a purely vegetable matter, in -ij
junction with tan bark.wbioh can be atany tij
in all seasons, and at any place secure ! at a!
limited cost of not more than twenty-five eti(
a hundred hides. a
This system having been but recently discos
and patented. November, lb(55. has not bees Tm
extensively introduced as yet, the eonimencti2,
having been made by this company, witbj?
patentee in this btate, in May, 1866, and is
successfully used in the following placet, refj
ence to which is made, vii : Ureen county.
,N. Newman, Harrington A Co ; Washington p7
" S. Smith. J. Weber, and others ; Fayette oountv
Pa. T. Vernon, J Emory, Daning A Bto ; lB&;'
ana,Pa. George Stadtmiiler ; Westmoreland Co "
Pa J. Vernon ; Allegheny county. Pa. Lidm
A Wicse, Luckbaupt A Keiffer, tuckgrth 4
Seits, Maxell A Co.; Beaver county ,P. Cantiin
Darrah. r
Specimens of leather manufactured nnder tbii
system can be examined at the. store and wan
room of George Stadtmiller, in Indiana eonntr
Pa.. General Agent ; Mr. Stckgrath's Tannery
Reserve township, Allegheny county, or the tan
nery of Messrs.. Luckhaupt A Keiffer, Sprinf
Garden.
Liberal terms can now be secured, a the coapt
ny is just beginning operations.and therefore dis
posed for the furtherance of the system to mike
sales at low and moderate prices. For further in
formation call on Geo. Stadtmiller. Indiana, P
EDWEN FREY, Prei t.
L. S. FARNSWORTH, Secretary.
TESTIMONIALS.'
UaiONTOwjt, Pa., July 26. 1866. Messrs Trtr
Farnsworth A Co., Gentlemen : We take pleasuV
in certifying that we have tested, in our yardi
and are now using Sanford A. HickeTs Improved
System of Tanning, and recommend it at making
a superior quality of leather, saving fully tbu
amount of bark recommended, and tanning with
in ibe time gptttified. We therefore recommend
tbesyfteuj as one of incalculable vlue lo Tan
ners, and as giving entire satisfaction to all par
ties. T. VERNOS,
J EMORY.
Ornrj Franem Tak.nebt. Pittsburgh. Pa-,
Sept 12. 166. We take pleasure in certilyioj
that we are now testing, at our tannery, the in
proved system of S A. Hickel, which, as far as it
has progressed, gives entire satisfaction. The
puck of upper and calfskins now in tbe syrtem
has. in nineteen days, sufficiently advancid to 6e
laid away, which has this day been done.
LAPPEAWlESf
E.'.oi.F. Tannest. Pittsburgh ?a.. Sept. 1.1.1 Mr,
Messrs. Frey, t"nrii worth A Co.. American Tan
nery Company: Gentlemen: It affords us pleas
ure to recommend your improved system of Tan
ning to t. e public, it giving entire satisfaction to
ns as tar as we have tbe privilege of u.ing it,
having tanned a superior qualitv of calfskins in
twenty-three days LUCKHAUPT A KIEFEB
IJ.MANA. Pa., Sept 14. 185(5.-1 take pleasur
in certifying that I
hnve thoroughly tested ifct
Hickel. patented Nor. 7th
to ViifSKfg all the virtu
system of Mr S. A.
Intio. and believe it
claimed by tbe patentee, taiining within llietion
speciDca ana saving lullj one half of the barkuu
light stock and making a pliable, soft, dnrsMe
and t mly superior; quality of leathei
GE'.RUE STAI1TMII LER.
We hereby certify that we have leatad tbe tj
tern uf S. A. Hickel. and are now using ikemi
in our yard in Ruckhanon, West Virginia, 1
recommend it to tbe community, and especial!;
to tanners, as possessing all that is claimed fur it
and as giving entire satisfaction.
M. RoHKliitOGU A ItRO -UpsherCo .W. Va
We take pleasure in certifying that we ban
tested, and are now using iu our tanne.y at 'Vhit
iey, Greene county, the improved system of Jlr.
S. A Hickel. patented Nov. 7ih. I8fij. and recom
mend it to be the cheapest and best mcde of tan
ning, in every respect, tusking a rupeiior quali.
ty of leather, and rendering better satijfiictioi
than guaranteed to us by tbe patentee.
HARRINGTON A SHAFFER
REVOLUTION IN TI1U MANUFACTURE T
LEATHER In November last, Sanford A Hick
el, Esq , of West Virginia, secured a patent for
the most important discovery of this century
The manufacture of leather has been ami is )."
an exceedingly expensive business, owin'; 'real
ly to tie growing scarcity of the all-importirt
material, bark. It has. therefore, for yearj put,
been tbe great objuct of our cbemisU aud tin
ners to discover a substitute fi r bark or an
tant tanning agent which, in a measure would
post-ess tbe important "tanning acids" and wbicii
would tbus lessen the use of the expensive bark.
Through, the great discovery of Mr Hickel. this
important tauLing agent Las been found, in tte
shape of a simple - vegetable matter." by cirun
alieady j repared as it would seem, for ths pur
pose for wbich it is now, and hereafter to be frx
ly used. Tbe importance of the discovery
sists in the abundance of this aent at all tin.
and at all places, of its inexpensive nature, ai
containing equal if not more tanning acid tbu
the expensive bark, and-being used with bar'
saving one-half of that expensive material, aiJ
making a firmer, stronger, more pliable
heavier article of Leather than can be maniuV
tured with bark a'one
But this ag nt possesses additional virtuiii
it opens the pores of the hides, and therefore
gives immediate access to the acid, and in cob
quence tans with much more rapidity than birt
thereby saving from one to two- thirds of tbe
now consumed.
The discovery of this tanning material will per
mit the manufacture of a superior article of leath
er at one half its present expense, and tbe grt'1
saving of time in its manufacture willentbiefbt
capitalist to make three returns to his formtr
one It will likewise enable men ef limit1
means to establish themselves in a lucrstire bu
siness, which heretofore was barred to smsll i
ginners on account of its expensiveness ad if
slow realisation. A great reduction in tbepri-'
ot this staple must occur when this system come
into general use, and those who first introdscsi'
will be largely tbe gainers for it is destioed too'
to cause a revolution in the LeatLer mirk1
Those who manufacture under tbe old proeesiess
not possibly compete with those who mannf1?
under the cheap and rapid process of Mr. Hie
'- Toebangin the construction of a yard J
quired, it is expected that tbe System "ill
come into general use .
Some specimens of Leather tanned wir.
process, at the yard of Mr. George gudtmi".
at Indiana. Pa . can be inspected athiissM'?
Mr. S it nwn. t. l - r k rirhtot IS-
ana county and agent of the American Tf"?J
Company for tbe State of Pennsylvania, fcP"L
information respecting the system. a,e,or?ii.
fer can be obtained by addressing Mr. Suo
ler at Indiana. Pa. ...
We refer the reader to the above adverliiBB':
where eertifieafaa af thm admirable worsws
the system can be found.
Oct. 24th, JWL
If
OTICE. I have this dsy takea
nerinthe Lumber business, at 0B" v.
John W. Arthur. The business -will itTt"XtT
carried on in the name of Rakestraw r7t
Aug. 1st, im a a. rasks";,
We have this day appointed, areordmf. " ,4
Elam Rakestraw as our agent, to whom
respectfully refer all partiesbavingelaimisg
the old firm, as well as those indebted to it
G G.RAKESTBA-.
Oct 15. T86.-3t. ' JOHN W. ARTtt
CTATE' NORMAL -SCHOOL
EDINBORO. ERIE CO., PA. j.
This School offers excellent '"c,1.,,'?J!us
taining a thorough, practical English t-a"rMti
The State assists those who intend l? , "Tji
teachers. A certificate from this in"t?'
good for life in all parts of Pennsylvania
ex-mpts tbe holder from examination 67?.
officers. .The Winter Term will open, I-
For circular or catalogue, address p,.
Oct. 17th, 1866 -6t. J r