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Haftsman's journal.'
. 3. ROW, niTOR A!ID PROPRIETOR.
CLEARFIELD, PA., NOV. 7, 1866.
Fenian Matters.
. The Feiiiau trials, were resumed on the 2d
instant at Toronto. Canada West. The
Grand Jury b'rought in true bills against a
number of the accused, but the trial of sev
eral of the prisoners , has been postponed.
- Much excitement prevails among the Fe-
1 nian Brotherhood all over the country.
Meeting have been held in' nearly all the
principal cities, and committees appointed
to solicit the interposition of the United
States Government, which no doubt sympa
thizes with the unfortunate men who were
cnzaired in the Canadian movement. ... The
Secretary of State has requested Sir Fred
, erick Bruce, the British Minister, to furnish,
him with the records iu the case, and has
asked for time to examine them. In his
letter, Mr. Seward says he "deemed it prop
er to say that the offen jes involved in these
trials are, in their nature, eminently politi
cal," and remarks that "it is the opinion of
this Government that sound policy coincides
with the best impulses of a benevolent na
ture in recommending tenderness, amnesty
and forgiveness in such cases. " A few days
after, a committee from the Tammany Soci
ety of New York city waited on President
Johnson asking his interference in the cases
J of Rev. McMahon, Col. Lynch and others,
. when the President reiterated the state
ments made in the letter of Secretary
Seward. The course of Mr. Johuson and
his Secretary of State will doubtless have
the effect of causing the Canadian authori
ties to hesitate before they carry any of
the sentences into effect, but what the ulti
mate result will be cannot yet be foreseen.
Who Yoted Negroes ?
Every newspaper reader remembers how
persistently Copperhead orators and jour-
t: nals charged the Republicans in the recent
canvass with favoring "negro suffrage,", and
' the pains they took to make people believe
that they were opposed to it. How much
I uincerity there was in their declarations can
i best be determined by a few facts that have
come to light since the election.
The Lancaster Examiner asserts, and
has not been contradicted, that a colored
man was taken to the polls in East Hemp
field township by a Democrat and that he
had him vote the Clymer ticket
The Herald, printed at Greensburg. West
morland county, in its issue of Oct. 12, says
"In the borough cf Greensburg, on the
ay of the last clectton, a Democrat march
ed "a man of African descent" up to the
polls and had him vote the whole Demo
cratic ticket, though he was not a residen
id the district even, let, John Dick.
Democrat, did that thing and a Democratic
Election Board took the vote."
Other instances of a similar nature might
be mentioned, but these will suffice t show
the difference between Copperhead profes-
. Mons and Copperhead practices. They wi
also give ueighbnr GooJlander, editor of th
Democratic organ in this place, who is deep
ly exercised on the question of negro suf
frage, an - opportunity of indulging in a
" learned homily on his favorite topic, .and
: also to administer an appropriate reproof to
his brethern in Lancaster and Westmore
land who have been guilty of the derelic
, tions above mentioned !
Signs of Change in Southern Sentiment.
The result of the elections already held
" in the North, appears to be effecting a
change of sentiment for the better among
the more intelligent Southerners. A Georgia
letter in the N. Y. Times says that Alex.
H.Stephens, ex-Rebel Vice President, ad
vises the adoption of the Constitutional
Amendment by the Rebel States. We see
it also stated that the Galveston, Texas,
Bulletin, the Beaufort, South Carolina, New
South, New Orleans Picayune, and one or
two other Southern journals are advising
, their States to take similar action, as no
more liberal proposition is likely to be of
fered than that already made. The leaders
; of the South must be satisfied by this time
that the great North is in earnest, and that
her people are determined upon committing
the question of reconstruction, not to the
President, but to a faithful Congress. If,
therefore, their States are wise, they will
accept the amendment promptly, make their
' laws conform thereto, and thus at once, and
it is to be hoped forever,' restore all the
States to the supreme authority and mutu
al blessings of our common L nion. .
Hard os Copperhead Claim Agents.
A sarcastic cotfimporary referring to the
face that several Copperheads having taken
out license to become claim agents, says
that "as it will not pay to collect one hun
dred dollars for white soldiers, none but
'niggers' entitled to three hundred dollars
bounty, need apply."
The Difficulty in. Maryland.
Got. Swann remove the old Police Commissioners
The new ones are arrested and ImprUo ned.
&ov. Swann,of Maryland.op last Thurs
day, decided, as was anticipated, remove
the Police Commissioners of Baltimore for
alleged official misconduct, and appointed in
heir place James Young and m T. A al
iant. (5n Thursday, the latter named gen
tlemen made their appearance in the Supe
rior Court and asked to be sworn in as Com
missioners. In allowing the applicants to
take the oath prescribed by the law, Judge
Martin said he desired to be understood as
expressing no opinion as to the jurisdiction
of the Governor or the validity of the title
of the new appointees that the Court was
only performing a ministerial duty which
might be discharged by the clerks. On Sat
urday forenoon, the new Commissioners ap
peared at the Marshal's office, and present
ed to the clerk of the Board a demand for
the surrender of the Station houses, Mar
shal's office, fire alarm telegraph and police
force, which was not complied with, and a
request to see the old Commissioners was
so refused. Messrs. loung and alhatit
then proceeded to the Sherift s office, evi
dently for the purpo.se of calling in his aid
and that 'of his posse. They also had sworn
in and attempted to use a police force. At
a later hour, the Slate' s Attorney for Balti
more county made application before J udge
Bond for a bench warrant for the arrest of
Messrs. Valliant and Young, to which the
Judge made the following reply :
It is vour dutv to bring to the notice of
the Court the very grave facts you have just
mentioned : it is the only tribunal here
charged with the punishment of crime and
the preservation of the peace. Whatever
power it has for these purposes, should be
immediately invoked aud exercised to pre
vent the violence which'you suggest is con
templated. It is not our duty to determine
the questions in dispute between those claim
ine to be officers and police Commissioners,
out it ougnt not to De iruumuiy saiu mui
in a government so long established as that
of Marvland. the onlv wav to obtain posses
sion of an office is bv force ot arms, Jlhe
Courts are cpen ; an appeal to them can be
sneedilv heard, and all official eights deter
mined. This course must be pursued. An
array of force for any purpose of this kind
is an unlawful assembly ; the parties enga
ged in this are guilty of a breach of the
peace, and must be .immediately arrestea.
AH the power of this Court should be ex
ercised with visor and oromntness to pre-
vent such a violation or law, and the public
. ....
peace sr all be preserved at all hazards. 1 he
tact that persons claiming, rightfully or
wrongfully, to be Police Commissioners, are
about to place persons on the streets as po
lice officers, chareed with the duty of pre
serving the public peace, is calculated to
alarm he public mind. The dread of col
lision between the two forces, and of ulti
mate armed conflict, will fill the minds of
peaceable and order loving citizens with ter
ror. It is impossible that this should be al
lowed if the law can prevent it, and the
warrant you ask shall issue.
. A warrant was accordingly prepared, and
subsequently the new Commissioners were
arrested and sent to jail in default of 5!2.5,-
000 bail. Sheriff Thompson who admitted
that he was summoning a posse to aid the
new Commissioners, was also brought before
Judge Bond, and in default of $25,000 bail,
committed to prison, on a charge of con
tempt of Court in refusing to obey the order
of the Judge forbidding him to swear in the
posse. Some new police officers, who made
their appearance on the streets, were also
arrested. It appears that under the law
creating the Board, the Commissioners have
the most ample powers. They can, in an
emergency, increase their force without lim
it, can call out the militia if they deem it
expedient, and can summon the bheiiff and
his posse, who are subject to their orders.
It was under this provision of thejaw they
proceeded to make the arrests, &c.
Several detachments of regular troops
were'ordered from Washington by General
Canby, who is in command at Baltimore.
Late on Saturday afternoon, the Genera)
sent for Mayor Chapman and the other Po
lice Commissioners, desiring to be informed
of the condition of affairs and of their abil
ity to preserve the peace of the city. The
Commissioners informed him that they had
an extra force on duty, had closed all the
taverns and grog shops, had arrested all
disorderly persons, and fully expected to be
able to prevent any outbreak. With th's
statement the General seemed to be entire
ly satisfied, and the Mayor and Commission
ers returned to their offices.
The Latest.
The old Commissioners Triumph They will con
duct the Election.
On Monday morning, Nov. 5th, Judge
Bartol,of the Court of Appeals,sat in cham
bers, awaiting the return of the writ of
habeas corpus issued by him on Saturday
evening, requiring the warden of the city
jail to bring before him the bodies of James
Young and Wm. Valliant, the appointees of
Gov. Swann, and Wm. Thompson, the
Sheriffs The time set for the hearing of
the case having expired, Messrs. Latrobe
and Schley, counsel for the first named, in
quired why the writ was not answered. The
opposing " counsel replied that the warden
had three days in which to make his return,
and. after a long discussion, the Judge de
cided that the point was we.U taken and that
the warden was not compelled to produce
the prisoners until the expiration of three
days, or until Thursday morning. So this
disposes of the habeas corpus strategy.
The next point attempted by the Con
servatives was to get the Swann Commission
ers to resign, and have others immediately ap
pointed in their places. Inasmuch, howev-
er, as the incarcerated ones are denied the
use of pen, Ink and paper, they cannot get
a chance even to resign. So the conserva
tives are flanked again. -
In the afternoon, John T. Ford, Robert
Cathcart. Geu. Horn and Lieut.Gov. Cox
called at the office of the Police Board as
the Representatives ef the conservative
wann party, and proposed that there snouia
t - 1 . C:t- &n TMVtV
be two distinct eiecuons,. t-
two sets of election officers, and leave it to
the Courts to decide between them.; rlhis
proposition being at once rejected, they then"'
chajged it into a request that tne list, or
udges should be revised and none appoimeu
except such as owned real estate valued at
ten thousand dollars, and one ot. them in
every precinct to be a Conservative. To
this proposition the Board also ret used to
accede, but assured the gentlemen that they
would, as they had proposed formerly, ap
point or retain good and responsible men
only, and would appoint one Conservative
in each precinct.
Thus it appears, the old Commissioners
have triumphed over Swann and his backers,
and as matters remained on Monday it look
ed as if the Republicans would have the
control at the election yesterday. They ex
pect to elect forty-three out of eighty mem
bers of the Legislature, and thus be able to
return Mr. Cresswell to the U. S. Senate.
The police, on Monday, seized four thou
sand muskets which were found concealed
in the establishment of one of the conserv
ative peace commissioners. When the
discovery was made, fifteen peace-loving
citizens . were busily engaged ramming a
charge of powder and a handful of buck
shot into each gun.
A number of arrests had been made for
alleged attempts to incite a riot, but no se
rious attempt had yet been made. It was
feared some disturbances might occur at the
polls yesterday, but it is to be hoped that
such was not the case.
What the Catholics Propose to Do.
Archbishop Purcell delivered a sermon
before the recent Roman Catholic Council
at Baltimore, in which he said that the
council was impressed with the necessity of
reclaiming the L nited fetates to Lathohcitv,
and intimated that to be the grand object
of its assembling. There is to bts no cru-
ade preached against Protestantism, no of
fensive thrusting forward the doctrines and
practices of Rome upon a population the
majority of whom are opposed to that
church, but in a quiet way the clergy are to
set about their work of proselytisiu with en
ergy, perseverance and industry. Catholi
cism must gain in America to make up for
its losses in lurope, and cheer the I'one in
his present troubles--. The council has taken
the most decided stand on the Papal ques
tion, and pledges the American Church in
as emphatic a manner as the Latin language
can convey to His Jloliness its unreserved
lovaltv and attachment.
The council was not less decided on the
public school system of the United- States-
I he bishops do not condemn that system,
but insist strongly that the Catholic youth
ot the country shall be educated in (JatUo
lie establishments. The catechism must go
hand iu hand with the grammcr. 1 he prin
ciples of religion must not be subordinated
to the principles of arithmetic, nor mere
worldly advantages be pursued to the detn
ment ot the soul s salvation.
The freed men of the South are likewise
to receive the immediate and earnest atten
tion of the Catholic clergy, and that not on
ly from their own desire, but from the ex
press command of Rome. The Southern
negro is to be Christianized, educated and
redeemed. . This work was to havo been
done in the most quiet, determined manner
possible, before the Protestant sect caught
the idea, but the latter were too quick.
Nevertheless, the Catholic Church intends
to take the blacks under its protecting wing,
and, if possible, claim exclusive possession
over them.
Wm. A. Wallace, in his after-election
Address, says to his Democratic friends:
" For the first time since the disbandment
"of our armies, you have met the forces of
" the Republican party. ' ' When he speaks
of "oir armies" which does William refer
to ? The Union or the Rebel ? As there
were no Republicans in the Rebel army,
are ive to infer, from the words quoted,
that the "forces of the Republican party"
have "met" the same enemy they encoun
tered on the field of battle? ' If that is
Wallace's meaning, (and we leave each per
son to put his own interpretation upon the
language used,) we take pleasure in com
mending his frankness respecting this par
ticular matter.
A Jefferson City dispatch says : Every
available man under arms in Gen. Hancocks
Department, with the exception of a few
troops to preserve order on election day,
has been sent westward to fight the Indians.
It is understood that General Sherman has
come back from . the plains favorably im
pressed with Gen.' Pope's theory of keeping
them in the rear of the advance guard of
civilization. It is certain that the Indian
troubles are assuming a most threatening
aspect. '
The investigation, just concluded, shows
the cause of the "disaster to the Evening
Star to have been an insufficiency of crew.
The hull of the ship was staunch and tight,
the engines were in perfect order, and, prop
erly, manned, the vessel could have lived
through the cyclone and carried her passen
gers into port in safety. Rut her entire
crew numbered only ten men, four of whom
were detailed as quartermasters, "leaving the
effective force only six. . v...
' . -
F. Milligan KTinter, of Indiana bor'
ough, has been appointed Assessor of " In
ternal Revenue for the twenty-first District
of Pennsylvania. Milligan was a Republican
of weak principles, with a decided ambition
for office, which he has finally secured by
the adoption of "my policy."
Got. Swana of Maryland.
Tne New ;Yort siW,; of November '; 2d,i
makes the following (statement relative to
ouowmg BweaieDt rciv iu ,
Swann, of Man-land,' which Willi be ,
vw.. unauu, wi'i"j ,.-"-""' r-j
read with ' interest in connection with Mhe j
existing trouble in Baltimore i r - .-1 !
In 1860 the present Governor .'of Mary- j
land was Mayor of Baltimore, and as such ;
attheheadof the city police. The Mary-j
laud Legislature, at that time, passed the '
police bill,and the first Board of Commission !
ers appointed thereunder required the Mayor S
to surrender the police department of the i
city to them.
He refusedand prepared to
resist the ingress ot the new board. un
der advice tK their counsel tu Commission
ers resorted to their remedy by mandamus.
They succeeded in asserting the validity of
their appointment, and Mayor Swann grace
fully yielded," as a matter of course. That
is to 6aj', the Mayor held over until the
courts had decided against him. He did
not call on the Federal Government, or talk
about bloodshed and revolution. Nor did
the Governor at that time : indulge in such
threats asainst Mayor Swann ; if he had,
that gentleman would no doubt have ex
pressed great contempt for the Governor.
Indeed, Mayor Swann would have resist
ed the Governor and the whole Federal
force at .his back ; a3 he promised to do so
on another occasion, of which a prominent
citizens of Baltimore gives the following
account:
"In October, 1857, the citv elections ere
attended M'ith much disorder so much so
stoprotoke the defeated party, and to i
create dissatisfaction amongst inanv who
really sympathized with the majority. The
present Governor Swann was then Mayor
Swann. He had been elected bv the Know-
Nothing party. Governor Ligon had been
elected bv the Democracy, and that party
appealed to him to defend thein in the ex
ercise of their e!t etivo franchise at the ap-
SToaching State elections. He came to
ialtimore and took measures for calling out
the militia, ostensibly to preserve the good
order of the city. Mayor Swann protested
against this encroachment on his authority,
and, under advice of counsel, prepared to
resist the Gorernor.a V outrance (to the ut
termost. ) Things assumed for a time a
most alarming aspect. On the eve of
the election, however, a meeting took p'ace
between the Governor and Mayor. Mutual
concessions or explanations were made. The
Governor withdrew, and the elections were
conducted under the supervisions of the
Mayor."
To say, in the face of such a record, that
Governor Swann can now decently resort to
force, and avoid the courts, is absurd. He
would make himself ridiculous to do so. .
To push matters to extremes, to make a
deadlock, to appeal to arms and threaten
with violence, force and blood-died, when an
affair can lie conducted peaceably, when the
courts are open, and their decisions will af
ford all necessary remedies all this is to
inflict a serious injury on the State and on
society, and to help make free government
difficult, and in the end impossible, trov
ernor Swann has not done wisely to run to
Washington with his complaints as though
the Federal Government were a kind of dry
nurse to the State of Maryland, and -the
Governor was only an agent of the Presi
dent. We do not doubt that there are law
respecting citizens enough in Maryland to
support the Governor in a lawful course ;
and it is his business to act lawfully, to give
those he condemns all the benefit of any
doubtful construction of the law, and to,
appeal to the courts for a decision, if a dis
pute occurs. It is not the part of a dover
nor of a free State to b!fin a trial with a
t hreat of bavonets, and enforce his own con
struction of a disputed point at law with
united States regulars.
The Maryland Trouble. ,
correspondent ot the A. l. lribvn
gives the following account of an interesting
"scene" that came off at Annapolis, on the
30t.li of October, during the hearing of tes
timony in defence of the Baltimore Police
Commissioners :
"The Governor looked somewhat uneasy
as he surveyed the large number of highly
respectable witnesses present, prepared to
invalidate and flatly contradict the mass of
slanderous charges aud irrelevant allegations
produced by witnessess for the prosecution.
As the examination of these witnesses pro
ceeded the effect was quite noticeable. The
Governor fairly quailed before it, and really
looked, at times, as though he were on trial
bv tr.e 1 once iioard instead ot sitting in
judgment on its acts.
"The counsel for the Commissioners had
wisely summoned several parties who in
times past had been familiar as participants
in managing Ward politics, under the reign
of Mayor Swann, now Governor. One of
these parties, who acted as Judge at a re
cent election, and whose character had been
assailed, was brought on the star d. He ad
mitted he had been a little rough iu hi:
time: he had served in the army under
Burnside and Sheridan, but was honorably
discharged. He had never been in the
penitentiary. He claimed that he had al
ways had a good reputation till he joined
the Know-Nothing party, during Governor
Swann's reign as mayor of Baltimore, when
he became a rowdy. As he said this, the
witness glanced at His Excellency mischiev
ously, remarking that he guessed His Ex
cellency knew him. Heie was a scene.
Think of our dignified Governor being con
fronted with one of his old Ward workers
during the reigri ot the Know Nothings,
when his bands of roughs and plugs con
trolled the elections, and gave their oppo
nents notice to leave the polls by piercing
them with awls; ' Evidently the Governor
was disconcerted, and the counsel for the
prosecution were glad to let him go with a
very brief cross-examination.
"George W. Taylor, Secretary to the Po
lice Board since 1S64, testified to the close
attention of the Commissioners to their du
ties of office, and swore that the ballot-boxes
used at the recent election, about which
so much clamor has been raised,' were the
same as used at every election since 1804 ;
also, that boxes for rejected votes were sent
to e very-creci net. (Specimen of boxes re
turned by judges with rejected votes, was
produced ; ) 27 of such boxes were returned
with rejected votes. - This testimony was
fully corroborated by others,, among them
that of the janitor of the Board, who has
been connected with the force since ita cr-
gantzanon. -
Marshall uarmicnaer testinea to the
same facts, and produced the official orders
of the Board for control and direction of
the "police, -which were read, showing in a i
"J051 emphatic; manner ihe solicitude of the
Board. for the preservation' of nea.ee ami
, , f , -
. ,Ma . fs j,,,;", ntvi,
i". iuany or the Judges or Election were
'present,', an I testified to the use of rejected
bQX-;s. and ihai the only parties whose votes
we rtyected wre those whose names were
nof the registration of 1865.
, he appearance of these men, I tuny
add. was also about the best refutation that
C0"1J f the slanderous statement
a their bad character uh a very few
captions., they were the; same men who
au bervu everF ior several
years past, and are men of undoubted re
spectability. Another of the judges, whose
character has been assailed, was proved to
have been a Judge of Elections, when
Swann was elected, and while in the army
had been promoted from the ranks to Cap
tain, for good conduct.
Pennsylvania Items.
Butler County-. On the night of Oc
tober 30ih, the old tavern stand of Jacob
Reiber, in Summit township, was destroyed
by fire. In one of the upper rooms three
children were sleeping, one of w hom, a lit
tle girl eleven years of age, perished in the
flames.
.Dauphin County. Mr. Wm. Femsler,
of Harrisburg, on the 1st Nov.. fell into a
cellar and broke his neck. He was 70 years
of are and leaves a wife and several chil-
aren to mourn nis ueatn vjii tne
evening of the same day, a son of Mr. Thus.
Stevenson fell off the scaffold at the water
works in Harrisburg and fractured his skull
to such an extent that he died several hours
alter. .
Elk County. The Ridgway Advocate
says: un tne morning ot tne ::stu uct.,two
men named rord and Cole, who were con
fined in the jail in this place on the charge
of stealing horses, by some means made
their escape, and up to this time have not
been apprehended. The Sheriff, we under-
stand.Mvas to have taken them to Irusville
in Crawford county on the morning they
made their escape.
Vevanoo County. A carpenter, en
gaged in rebuilding part of the Grant JIou-e
in the borough of Franklin, received the
welcome intelligence on the 22d of Oct. that
he had fallen heir to XS.O'H). (thirtv thous
and dollars.) left 'iv a relative in Engl.md.
He was so elated that he got on a "spree''
the nextdav, bv which he took delirium tre
mens, and on the 2th, though he had the
best medical care, died from its effects.
Clarion County. .The dwelling hou-f
ot Mr. i. ll- Moan, ot Jjiiucstone tp.. wa
burned to the ground on Monday, Ot. il'.lth,
caused by s arks falling on th-j roof whilst
attempting to Luin out the chimney. . ,
Between 55200 and .V0j worth ot goods.st
len from the store of Samuel Wilson at
Helen furnace, some weeks since, were
found recently .secreted in the woods near
that place. The thieves have made god
their escape.
Centre County-. Christian Van Pool.
aged between 1 12 and 1 14 yerrs, the oldest
citizen of this section of the country, died
on the 22d of October, at his residence in
Half Moon township. He, m his tune, saw
Washington and Lafayette. Last sumuior
he was seen reaping and shocking grain, and
making himself sreiirallv useful as a hand. . .
Thieves are said to be plenty in the vicinity
of Bellefonte, and quite a niimlr of ben
roosts, trranenes and spring houses have
been robbed recently.
Huntingdon County. The Sh'rclcys
burg Ilerald says : The barn of Wm. J.
Goshorn, of Tell tp-, was utteily consumed
with all its contents on the morning of the
23d, Oet., by being set fire to by a desperado
named J jseph Maf thews. Matthews, who
resides in Blacking Valley approached the
premi-e.s of" Mr. Go-horn on the morning
aforesaid, making demands of Mr. Goshorn,
which he refused to concede; whereupon
Matthews entered the barn, and deliberate
ly set Ere to ;he hay, all the while holding
Mr. Goshorn at bay from extinguishing the
flames, with rifle and pistols with which he
was armed, until the fire had full sway. He
then made for Shade Mountaiu across the
fields of Mr. Goshorn, shooting and killing
three of his horses to complete his fiendish
deed. Matthews is still at large. One hun-
dred dollars are offered for his arrest.
Jefferson County. On the night of
the :24th Oct., some villainous persons tried
to enter Mr. Isaac Lieobiaan s btore, m
Brookville, by boring off the lock, but ow
ing to the annearauce of 31 r. Kaufman up
on the scene, the' gave up the undertaking
and made themselves scarce suddenly. This
is the third or fourth time, lately, that ef
forts have been made to enter dwelling and
places or business in that town. ... b. II
Lucas, for many years a hi-ihty respected i
citizen of this county, as drowned in the
Allegheny river, at Franklin, Venango Co.,
on Saturday, Oct. 27th by falling from a
steamboat. . . . A gentleman and lady, with
a rather suspicious appearance, were arrest
ed at the American llouse, Brookville, on
the 31st Oct., charged with having in their
possession two horses and a carriage that
are advertised as stolen. They are being
held over for a further hearing as soon as
the owner can be heard from.
Luzerne County. On Sunday morning,
Oct. 21st, the dead body ot a German stone
cutter named August Deinich, a resident of
Hyde Park, a married man, 45 years of age,
of good habits and character, was found ly
ing dead under a tree by the roadside, near
the old Presbyterian church in Hyde Park. A
part of his necktie was hanging from a bough
of the tree under which he lay, and the oth
er part was about his neck it bavin? been
i broken or torn in two. Coroner Wagner
summoned a jury, and an inquest was held,
but not concluded some of the jurymen
thinking it a case of suicide, and others sus
pecting foul play. Dr. A. Davis was called
in as a surgical expert. He found no marks
of violence on the body except a slht dis
coloration of the throat, and considers it an
undoubted case of suicide. ... About
noon, on Thursday, Oct, 24th. as Mr. B. F.
Gould was coming in from Hickory Run, in
a two-horse wagon, he was stopped on the
turnpike, about a mile this side of the Sev
en Mile House, a revolver pointed at Im
breast, and his money demanded. Mr.
Gould had a pistol in his vest pecket, but
buttoned up under his coat and overcoat.
The robber was of medium height, dtesserl
in a faded browu sack coat, and had a patch
on his nose, and a handkerchief ' tied over 1
on nis nose, and a
, his nose and mouth to disguise him. Mr.
Gould was ordered to get out and put his
watch and purse on the ground, which ho
did, and then drove on a littU
turning, fired two shots at the Tobln in- v
out enect., xie .otteri-a-rreward-of flfti
the conviction of the thiet- -Mr. Gou
waylaid and shot with a fowling T
yearn ago, but his assailant escapWl f,
harp chase. " ' -
The Napoleon (Ohio) Sorthtcnt . n
pcrhead paper, is philosophic' It savstK
in the recent election "'the fight was be-.
a Republican Congress and a lWnHli!4
Frefident, and the Democracy very c?Ci
Iv tried to sustain the underdo? intliofiti?J
io insure attention, the CASH muitic.
ny notices, a follows All Cautions kBdsi,
with $1,60; Auditors'. Administrator! 11v
ecutors' notices, $2,50, each ; Diisoluticat ft
all other transient Notices at the same ri
Other airprtisemen's at$l,50persqaare,foi
less insertions.. Ten lines (or less) count n-
HATS. Late style hats just receWed at
Nov. 7, 1868 -1m. J. P. KRAT22R
GRAIN WANTED The highest market pru,
paid for wheat, rye, buckwheat, cornaai
ts, y J. P. KRATIER
STOVES. Cookstoves. Parlor store, Holloa,
ware and eastings for sale by
Nov. 7. lHtH.-lm. J. P RRATZKR, At
BEEF-HIDES, calf skins, sheep pelts. bouA,
orexchanged for role leather, kip, oalfu
morocco. Ac. at
I P.KRATZERS
COACH TRIMMINGS, Dash leather. tsjB.
eled drill, curled hair, seaming cord httl
linings, at ' J. PKRATZtKV
BODY VARNISH. Drop black. terrainiu,n.
ber, patent dryer, spirits of turpentine. )iB.
seed oil, benzine, ochre, whiting. Uapfc.V'l.
litharge, red lead, vermillion. rose pink.tt
Nov. 7th. 18fi6.-lm. J P. KRATZV.KS
CRANBERRIES, canned peaches, green p.
corn, condensed milk, houey, brandy p:V
es, cove oysters, sardines, inaccaroni, hominy
pineapple cheese. Sago cheese Worcester sauce i
Nov. 7th. 1iW6.-1ui. J P. KKATZEK'S.
OIIERIFFS SALE. By virtue of a writ
of Testatum Fiera Facias, issued out of
the Court of Common Pleas of Clinton county aj
to me directed, there will be exposed to public it!,,
at the Court House in the Borough of Cloarfifld.cn
MONDAY the 3D DA V OF DECEMREH. 1.t.s,
1 o'clock, p. m . the following described Real S,
tato. to wit : .
All detendeot'f iu'ernt In snd to a certain trs
or piece ot lind situate in Karthaus tp . C!tr-fi'-l
j conuty. Penn: .containing one bunurtdr.i
four n;res. more or leas, about eight acrnof
which tire cleared and under cultivation, nuirj
thereon erected a giit mill. sawmill bla-knui-j
shop, duelling house aud barn adjoiniuj Ud;i
of John Eiseliuan..lihn lieis. and otber Sa in
t:ikeii iu execution. nd to be acid as theproperij
of James Rough
Nov 7. -MS , JACOB FAUST, PW.J
"EW STORK AND NEW GOOWl
C3-.' Si 2? E R-R.TZ"
Announces to his friends that hh jut re
ceived and is f.pening at OSCKOLA, Cier6.i
oouiity. a large stock of rail and W inter (iouli,
. Alpscas, Delaines, Oniico.
Fhectings. Mlins. Fiance ,
Cassimere. Plaid.
Ready-made Clothitig.
Hats aud Caps,
Doots and Sb ,
Hardware. Queeudwnre
Groceries, Provisions.
And every thing usually kept iu a ri or.try
which he offrr to sell at price a.'toni Li-ig to til
Persons wi:hinz to buy wotilJ tio well to glit
nini a call bet ore purchasing tl-ewh-re.
. Osceola, Nov. 7, 13G3-3ui. 0 S. PERUT.
A
LIAS C I T ATI 0 .V
TO THB Hf.IR AND r-KKSOXft lVTKKKMII.U IS T.
REAL ESTATE OF JOHN SColT.
I.ATB OP f LEAP.F1RI.O CoCNTV, P.I.. 1EC.Ai;.'i.
The Com iiinuti'i j th of l'riyli''i-'-Clra'fi
rii'Mty. s
To Nancy Young -ami Ureeuwond Vuii lr
husband, and Heorge V. Scott :' snd to lw
Dell and John D. Miller, and all others 'laii;
title cr possession to purparts No. 1 anl I. ule
by said Nancy Young and t eorge W. Scctt.
Also, to Sarah K. Looker auJ J. K. -Si. Lo;'f.
her busbiind. and u Benjamin Hartshorn sn-i I
T. Lane, and all others claiming title, or
sion to purpart No. 4. taken by said anl
Looker, formerly .Sarah E. Scott.
Also, to John M. Scott and to David Mitcheii.
and llezekiah Patterson and Joseph Pattern ni
all others claiming title or possession to pnrjat!
No. 5. taken by John M. Scott. Gkkctino:
Whrrka. at an Orphan's Court held tr.i l-pt
at Clearfield, on the 2tith day of June. A D '
before the Honorable -Samuel Linn, PrriJ:l
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.and hLA
sociates, Judges of said Orphan Court
The petition of Mary II. Scott was prwa'
setting forth : That John Scott, Uteof said .;
ty, died about the 9th day of July, A. I'.
te.itate, leaving by bis will certain real eita11
said couiity to his two sons. Nathaniel aoiie0,g
Scott, share and share alike, and that th !
of George Scott, by the death of said Geo
becauie vested in his six children, vif : S'
wife of Greenwood Young; (Jeo. W. Scott; J'-
M. Scott; Sarah E , now wife of J. K. M. Lo'(1
Wm. J. Scott, nnd said Mary 11. Scott: W
partition of said real estate, under authority
the said Orphau's Court, the said wm.J.scW
and Alary 11. Scott received nothing. and th
the purparts were taken by the otber heirs. I-,
said court did on the 22d day of Septem!'.
order and decree, that the respective parties -cure
the amount due for owelty of Pr,i"on-
mortgage on the premises taken: And. ""zl
heirs not having paid, or secured caid '""j
aforesaid, said petitioner prayed the t0j,u
grant a citation 4c, which wai duly gwatw-;
order of the court, as follows : . v
"On motion of J. B McEnally, Attorney ot '
ry H Scott, now June 26th, A. D. 86.
awarded, directed to the parties from "nI
" owelty is due, via : Nancy Young f u , .
wood Young her husband, Geo. W- !0-.
" rah E. Looker and J. K. M. Looker, her
band, John M. Scott, and to thetenanttof
' pants of the purparts under their tiue. "r
" pear before the court at Clearfield, on ,
" daj of September Term, A D l-5. ""J.,.
"4th Monday of September. A. D. '"ly
" the amount due from their rcspeeU
as owelty of partition, or show eaof J
" said respective purparts should not be10
"the Court." iuAaL
Return being made to the forw''0B
the court granted an order for an alic1'
follows; ' . lWrd-
-Now, Sept 26th, 1868. an alias eitatK A
" ed, returnable to the 3d day of De"
D. 18156, at the adjourned special ,r
" field, to be served by publication ' b
" papers, published in Clearfield, for rT -"
previous to the said court. "By the to
io, yon tne persons
hereinlefor.
of you ar. er?lif
referred to. all and each
manded to be and annear
at-an Orphan's Conrt to be held at
f 1, a mat A r f,.n.fi.M AH
nrSl
December, (being the 1st Monday of -pfr
ioo, and pay the amounts aue j " h
ive purparts as owelty of partition.
why the said respective purparts igj.
old I.U. A ritff.
October 31. 1866.-4t. r . . -
CANNED rRriT.'Tor tale ty ,,TfiLjS
Aug 23: - . MERRELL 3Iftw