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CLEARFIELD, PA., APRIL. 10, 1867.
- ' The " Victory" in Connecticut.
Some of the so-called Democratic papers
make an attempt at great rejoicing over the
'"vktory" in Connecticut, while the thinking
and candid men of the party hardly view it
a "victory.' For instance ; a prominent
leader in this borongh, remarked to us, in
8-ibstance, that he did not view the result in
Connecticut as of much significance, except
to produce one of two results: Either to
atimolate the Republicans to renewed efforts
to maintain their ascendency as a party, or
to cmsh out or modify the radical sentiments
entertained bv some of the Republican mem
bers of Congress. If the latter was effected
thereby, .he could heartily rejoice over the
result, tut otherwise not. Now, this opin
ion accords with the general sentiment of
the Republicans all over the country. They
do not view the defeat of Gen. Hawley as
in any sense damaging to the Republican
j-srty that it will certainly act as an incen
tive to urge its members to greater exertions
in behalf of freedom and the cause of hu
inanity
and that, Phoenix- ike, the party
will emerge from the emoke of this battle
more vigorous, and more determined to
faithfully execute the mission forced upon it
by the results of the late Southern rebellion,
thn ever before. Viewing the defeat of the
Rjpablicans in Connecticut inthislight,the
pirty, throughout the Union.has rather rea
son for rejoicing than regret. Then, let not
our frien is be despondent "over this barren
"Victory" of our political, opponents, but
latiis at once prepare for greater and more
'important contests with the ever vigilant en
emies of the Union and free institutions,
and victory will perch upon our banners in
the future, as in the past.
Tgt New State Loan. Upon-an exam
ination of the bids, for the. new State loan,
on Monday, April 1st, it arpeared that the
bid were nine mUVvona in excess of tbe sum
reqrfired- thirty-one million being offered at
six par eent. interest, ranging from par to
one half percent, premium. J)exler & Co.,
E- W. Clark & Co; and Jay Cook k Co.,
w'll known banking firms of Philadelphia,
h?e .obtained a majority of the bids at a
premium, and the remainder, about seven
, million, has been taken in other parts of
- of the State. Of this $323,312.05 were at
5 percent, per annum, and $12,0S6.636.95
at 6 per cent, per annum. Of the 5 per
cant, loan, $92.8."0 were for the shortest
term ! f 90.479.88 for the fifteen year loan,
an l $723,983.17 for the long, or twenty-five
year ban. Of the 6 per cent, loan, $4,907,
153 were for, the short loan ; $7,909,520.12
for the medium loan, and $9,270,010.85 for
the long loan. This exhibit shows that the
State hu regained her financial reputation,
mder the able and judicious management of
Republican officials for a number of years
past. ' "
Another Bid for Colored Votes.
The DiMnocracyV held a Convention at
Nnhville, Tennessee, on April lstj at which
Jalge Grant presided. Judge Whitworth
and Mr. Williams, & colored man, were the
priasipal speakers, the former enforcing thg
Tieir he recently put forth in a letter re
specting the policy of accepting the situa
tion, fully recogniiing the negro as a citizen
and voter, and inviting him to participate
in political meetings, and Mr. Williams ta
king ground that the owners of the soil and
the laborers are identified in interest, and
should co-operate for tie good of each oth
fcr and the country. lie believed the South
ern mca were the negroes' best friends.
"Williams is from Pennsylvania, and has
served in the Federal army. , The conven
tion, adopted a resolution, requesting colored
voters to hold a meeting and appoint dele
rnf es to the State Convention, which assem
ble at Nashvilie on tbe 1 6th, to nominate a
andidate for Governor. " It seems the De
mocracy are i after the negro in all parts of
the country.
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ITobsox's Choice. A telegraphic dis
patch fronj Newbcrnc, North Carolina, late
ly "announced the election of ''Major" Jack
Ilugbrs, the ex-rebel candidate for the
State Senate, by a unanimous vote, adding
that the negroes took part in the election.
It appears now that no other candidate was
running, and that five negroes were induced
to vote for the Major. .
Mr. Greely has presented an elegartly
bound copy of his American. Conflict to
Governor Geary, who is one of the conspic
uous characters in the scenes it so faithfully
describes.
A Palton (Goorcia) pper tells of a for
mer planter in Pulaski county, who is cm
pToyea by one of his ex-slaves as overseer.
Fambo pay ' old master liberally, giving
him eikht bales of cotton for his services
fat tha season.
The Democracy after the Hegro.
Tr fifty years, says, the Ilarrisburg Ttlegraph,
th Democracy .of the Uaited Sutea bave ben
Tter the BegTO, with fire-ars, bowie-knives, ad
blood houndt, to prerent him from eKsping front
larery. Tieti will yet be adduced and filed oa
record, to how that ilavery in the Southern
States of the Union n the most Inhaman, beast
ly and degrading system of bondage ever known
in the history 6f the world. This entire system
was a natural out-growth of so-called American
Democracy. The Democratic"' party leaders of
tbe coontry taught iheir adherents to hate and
brntaliie the negro as a slave. 'This baa been
their chief stock in trade through more political
campaigns than we can' remember; and their
standing and most prominent argument against
their opponents of late years has been that they
were the ' nigger party," tfe the' woolly heads."
the ' black Republicans." The great Republican
organisation, however.distegarding thissecieless
abue of its adversaries, moved eteadfast!y for
ward to the acconiplithment of its purpose, until
victory, overwhelming and glorious, perched
upon its banners--its crowning achievement being
in preventing the Union being destroyed by the
traitorous cohorts of slavery. The rebellion hav
ing ehanged the status of the negro, and now that
impartial suffrage is on the eve of becooaing a
fixed fact, the Democratic politicians, and Demo
cratic newspapers, are preparing, in hot haste, to
take advantage of the situation. The Xew York
World, which furnishes the brains and the ideas
for the rest of its party, recently devoted more
than an entire page to a laudatory notice of th
negroes ef New York, and negroes generally, fol
lowing np its elaborate discussion by a political
editorial commending and fully endorsing its
descriptive article. The World particularly
'compares the negro with the Frisb, and declares
that in all essentials they are better citisehs.
That all may see that we do not misrepresent, we
quote tbe exact language of tbe World. In the
following extract, the World asserts the "affinity"
between negro men and Irish women:
It isasomewhat remarkable fact that, although
between an Irishman and a black man an antip
athy is presumed to exist, yet between thj IrUh
wossen and tbe negro there exists a decided affin
ity. In a majority of cases of miscegenation, the
parties are black on one side and Iriih on tbe
AS a general ruie.a.so, miscegenawr.
W u MWWn WW. " Y - v- - p,
in many cases precisely the reverse statement
holds true.". j ..
Next, in the following extract, the Woild asserts
that tbe negroes are cleaner than their white
neighbors of the same wards and localities, which
wards and localities are the great Irish centres
,in New York : .
"But there is one fact concerning the personnel
of the black man and woman wbicb U not gen
erally knowa or believed, but which is, neverthe
less, a truth that practical experience will teach
any disinterested observer of tbe matter the tact
that tbe blacks, as a class, are. in their personal
habits, more tidy and clean than the lower or
corresponding class of whites. , Of course, negroes
in the five Points are dirty very dirty but so
are tbe whites in the sains locality, and to a great
er degree. In certain portions of the Fifth and
Eighth wards, in TbompAn street and Laurens
street, and iu other sections of tbecity, great filth
accompanies great roverty. among the blacks as
among all other human beings; but taken as a I
whole, our statement keps good. In Amity Lane,
for instance, in the rear houses where the negroes
live, though everything is poor, everything is
clean ; while in any houses in Sullivan street would
do no discredit to the neatest bouae-wife. Even
in the vilest localities, it is found that the great
est filth abounds where the low blacks misoege
nate and live with tbe yet lower whites; as in
certain portions of Laurens street, and numerous
other neighborhoods. This may not be a very
flattering fact but it Is a fact nevertheless and
this statement may possibly serve to dissipate a
common though vulgar prejudice As regards
tbe popular notion of the odor of the negro, it
may be positively stated that he, in this respect,
is like the white a free negro being free from it,
and a foul one cursed by it."
Then, in the following extract, the World claims
that tbe negroes are less addicted to crime than
the white people of tbe localities in which they
live : '
'As a race, the negroes of New York, consider
ed from a police point ot view, are a better class
of citizens than the lower grades of whites. As
juf t remarked, a negro or negress is brought be
fore tbe courts occasionally forthft; oocaiionally
ablarkman U arraigned for outrage, and very
rarely for drunkenness or marder. But as a
class, tbe negroes give the police comparatively
little trouble This is the almost universal testi
mony of patrolmen, sergeants, captains and super
intendants; and we publish it as at le;ist an
approximation to tbe truth. The reason of this
air be that tbe negro is naturally a weak and
inoffensive b'e;ng, or that the blaaica have, as yet.
had opened to them eoinperatlvely few avenues
ot crime; or tbe cau'e may be, as the admirers
of the negro claim, that he is by nature more
pure and unworldly than the white (which latter
idea is "doubtful," "exceedingly ") At any rate,
tbe fact is as we have recordea. A few "colored"
criminals have, however, rendered themselves
notorious to tbe police'
It will be seen from the above extracts that the
Democracy are (till after tbe negro. The black
man free, in the estimation of the New York
World, is a better, a cleaner, a more reliable,
faithful, true, virtuous, sober and industrious
(ban than the Irishman. Shades ot the Demoo
racy so long npheld by the Irish, hear it net!
A Speck or War. The New York Her
ald correspondence, dated February 28th,
says : Turkey is concentrating her hosts of
various nationalities in great force in and
around Constantinople. Russia is reinfor
cing her regiments, and advancing on her
frontier lines, and the Turks, of all classes,
6eemea impressed with tne beuet that a
6trug2le was at hand in which the Sultan's
position must be maintained at the cost of
much blood, or the crescent be retired from
Europe to the Asiatio shores of the Bos
phorus. The Viceroy of Egypt moved, it
is thought by French advice, bears himself
more independently towards the Sultan, as
he understands the near approach of war.
Most Brctal Affair. The 6dy of a
male child, three or four days old, bearing
marks of violence upon its face and bodv.
was found in a small box neaf the reservoir
at York. Pa., on Sunday afternoon last
The infant was in a nude condition, only a
tew old clothes lay on the top or the corpse.
The Coroner's jury rendrred a verdict of
"death by violence," says the Irue Demo
crat, and the body was interred at the York
County Poor House.
Nothing nor Nobody, The Macon
(Ga.) Journal and Messenger has come to
the conclusion that President Johnson rep
resents nothing nor nobody, and that, there
fore, be should be let go "like the Confed
erate notes. " It furthermore says it prefers
old Ben." Wade, old Thad. Stevens, and old
Horace Greely to Johnson of Tennessee
and Johnson of Maryland. Johnson stock
don't seem to amount to much in Macon.
Tho Courts and Charters.
The following law passed by the Penn'a
Legislature, and approved by the Governor
on March 6th, 1S67, enlarges the jurisdic
tion of the Courts of Common Pleas, rela
tive to granting charters of incorporation;
and confirming those heretofore granted :
Section 1. That from and after the pas
sage of this act the several courts ot com
mon Pleas of this Commonwealth shall have
power and authority to grant charters of in
corporation ia all cases in which the same is
authorized to be grauted, undeY existing
laws, by the Supreme Courts ot this Com
monwealth; and the associations hereafter
incorporated, under the laws of this Com
monwealth, may be authorized to hold real
estate to an amount, the clear yearly value
of income whereof shall not exceea twenty
thousand dollars ; and all laws, and parts of
laws, insonsistent herewith, be and the same
are hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. That all charters of incorporation
which have hertofore been granted by any
of said courts of common pleas,' in cases
wherein the said Supreme Court 'only had
power and authority to grant, the same, be
and ihe same are hereby validated and made
of the time force and effect as.if the same
had been granted in pursuance of authority
conferred upon said Courts of Common
Pleas..
Sec. 3. That the said Courts of Common
Pleas shall have power and authority to
grant charters of incorporation, in all cases
wherein any number of persons, citizens of
this Commonwealth, are associated for tbe
purpose of insuring horses, cattle and other
live stock, against loss by death, from dis
ease or accident, or from beii:g stolen ; and,
also, to grant charters of incorporation; to
water and hook and ladJer companies, build
ing associations, teachers' institutes or asso
ciations, hotel companies, skating park asso
ciations, and clubs for the advancement of
athletic sports, including base ball clubs, and
barge and fishitisr clubs, and in granting
such charters of incorporation, the said
courts shall have power to incorporate, by
the same form ot proceeding, fire in.-urance
companies; which said companies, when so
incorporated, shall have all the rights, pow
ers and privaleges, and shall be subject to
all tre restrictions and provisions of the
general la regulating fire insurance com
panies, approved --vprn secnuu, one ihou
sand eight hundred and fifty-six, and the
several supplements thereto.
A New License Law. . . '
Tbe new license law just passed by the
Legislature, and approved by Gov; Geary,
gives further discretionary power to the
Courts in granting licenses and provides
that eating houses and restaurants shall;
hereafter be licensed the same as hotels, as
will be seen by . reference to the following
sections of the law ; . .
Section 1. That when an application is ,
made to any court of Quarter sessions of
this Commonwealth, for license to sell in
toxicating drinks, it shall be lawful for said
court to hear petitions, in addition to that
of the applicant, in favor of, and rfimon- j
strances against the application tor suctr
license, and in all cases-to refuse the am
whenever, in the opi?iion of said court, hav
ing due regard to the number and charac
ter of the petitioners for and against such
application, such license is not necessary
for the accommodation of the public and
entertainment of strangers and travelers,
and upon sufficient cause being shown, the
said courts shall have power to revoke any
license granted by them, and all laws incon
sistent with this section are hereby repealed:
Provided, That the suieties in the bond, re
quired of the applicant or license, shall be
signed to his petition.
Sec. 2. That applications for license to
keep an eatine house, beer house or restau
rant, authorizing the sale of domestic wines,
malt and brewed liquors, shall hereafter be
made in the same manner and t.- the same
authority as application for license to keep
a hotel: Provided, That the regulation in
relation to bedrdoiris and beds shall riot ap
ply to applicants for an eating house, beer
house or restaurant lberise', and the tenth
section of the act of twentieth April, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty -six, au
thorizing county treasurers to grant an eat
house or retail brewery license, is hereby re
pealed. ' . -
Sec. 3. No license to keep an eating
house, beer house or restaurant, under the
provisions of the second section of this act,
shall be granted in any incorporated city for
a less sum than fifty dollars, nor elsewhere
for a less sum than twenty dollars.
"A Mere Stra." The Richmond
Times, after alluding to the Copperhead re
joicing at the North over the Connecticut
election, gives the following advice to its
readers :
"The people of the South would act un
wisely, we think, if they were to jump to
the conclusion that the result in Connecticut
really indicates the disintegration of - the
Radical party. It is a mere straw a cheer
ing sign a patch of clear sky amid dark
and menacing clouds, and nothing more
Practically, it will in no way change or ef
fect the character of the Fortieth Congress.
Until after the next Presidential election
that bady will control the purse and the
sword, and its leaders will be Stevens and
Butler."
Couldn't go Buzzard. When Prince
Achillo Murat resided in Florida, (1847.)
where he often engaged in hunting, it is
said that nothing swims the water, crawls
or walks the earth, but that he served up
on his table. Alligator steaks, frogs' shins,
boiled owls and roasted crows are found pal
atable; but there is one animal that the
Prince don't like. The buzzard is one too
many for him. He says : "I try him tried,
I try him roasted, I try him stewed, and I
make snap of him, but the buzznr ;s not
jroot. T have no prejudice against him, but
I cook him every way, and then I no like
him."
Remember that sassafras tea will have
the effect of thinning the blood, and break
ing up the sluggish current which moves
through the veins during the winter season.
Try it, in moderate quantity.
A big rat hunt in Zanesvillc, Ohio, last
week, resulted in the capture and massacre
of twenty-seven hundred of the "varmints"
by one party, and twenty-three hundred by
the other. -
' ( . The Lata Election. -
; COSSBCTICCT. ;
A portion of the Copperhead press are crowing
"tremenjonsly" over the result is Connecticut,
and in large capitals announce a !gain of 13,000"
lor their party. Now, this is about as near the
truth as these sympathisers with the rebels gen
erally come. Gen. Hawley and Mr. English were
the opposing candidates last year as well as this.
In 1S66 the vote stood. Hawley, Rep . 43 974;
English, Dem.. 43.433; Hawley's majority. 531.
In 1357, the vote for Hawley was 44.303 ; for En
glislrlo.7S7 ; majority for English 979 showing
a net gain in favor of English of only 1.520 votes
instead of 13.000 as the wise-acres above referred
to w-uld have you believe. But this gain for
English does not show a corresponding loss for
Hawli-y, as the latter has an increased vote of
834 over that of last year, bnt to the greater in
crease of tbe vote of tbe former. The increase
of English's vote, since last year, 2.354, and hence
his election.1 The election of English and three
Democratic members of Congress, in Connecticnt.
it is strongly intimated, is wholly attributable to
tbe polling of fraudulent votes and the free use
of money, and that a fair and unbiased vote
would have resulted in the choice of Hawley and
the Republican candidates for Congress How
ever, be this 4) it may, certain it is that the frank
and undesignicg men of that party do not look
opon the election of English as a veritable and
decided victory, and perhaps for the reason above
stated and hence, too. the Repul ican party do
not regard the defeat of Geo Hawley as a decision
averse to its principles, but merely as a nominal
reverse, superinduced by snpineness on tbe part
of some of its leading members, and through the
treachery of Senator Dixon and others
RHODE ISLAND.
The Republicans of Rhode-Island have again
won a decided and glorious victory, with Burn
side as their leader. Tbe vote stands. Burnside
7 372; Pieice 3.178; .Burnstde's majority 4,194.
The vote was small. The Republicans also elect
both members of Congress Jencks, in the First
district, without opposition . Tbe State Legis
lature stands as follows: Senate, Republicans 23,
Democrats 6; House. Republicans 62, Democrats
8; Republican majority on joint ballot, 73 the
Cops having only 14 members in the two Houses
On hearing the result in Connecticut, tbe Cops
proclaimed that it indicated a complete political
revolution in tbe North, but little Rhode-Island
has knocked the i'erow"' out of tbeia -muchly."
All hail ! little Bb.ode-L.lacd ! She remains true
to the Union.
MICHIGAN. .
The returns of tbe losal county elections, in
Michigan, are not complete, but they show a large
Republican gain throughout the State. In De
troit, Mr. Qraves, Republican, was elected Justice
of the Superior Court by 32 majority. Last year
the Democrats carried tbe city by 339 majority.
Well done for Detroit. " .
Cl!CIS! ATI. OHIO.
The Republicans gained a aplendid victory in
Cincinnati. Ohi, on Monday, April 1st. They
re-elected Mayor Wilstach by a majority of 4.3 JO,
being a gain of 3,143 over last year. The City
Council stands, 23 Republicans t 10 Cops.
DCBUQCK, IOWA.
. At the municipal election held on Tuesday.
April 2d, in Dubuque, Iowa, Julius K. Graves,
Republican, waa elected Mayor by 300 majority.
A year ago the Copperheads had 250 majority.
Good for Dubuque.
1 . BT. LOriS.XISSOCRI.
' On Tuesday, April 21, the Radicals elected their
city ticket by 2.700 majority, in St. Louis. The
board of Aldermen stands 13 Radicals to 9 oppo
sition. Radicalism seems to be on the increase
in Missouri. - '
KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City , the second eity in importance in
Missouri, elected tbe Radical ticket for the first
time at her municipal eleotion on Monday. The
Democrats have heretofore carried the town.
Three Children Bctrneo. Dr. J. K.
Holloway, of dittany Hall, who was an eye
witness soon after the occurrence, sends us
the following : "A tndat shocking affair took
place on .March 30th, in Clinton county.
Three children of .Michael Krapes, respect
ively six, four, and two years of aget burned
to death in a small pig stable, which was
partly filled with hay, on the day of the ac
cident. The oldest child was iti the habit
of smoking, and before entering the stable
with the two other children, be procured
matches, and either directly with the match
es or through the fire of his cigar set the
hay on fire and all were burned into com
plete crimps before help reached them. The
mother heard the screams of the terrified
children, but concluded they were actively
engaged at play. An older 6ister was the
first to discover the situation of the children
and at once gave the alarm. She hastened
to remove a board from the burning stable,
when, to her horror, the three children roll
ed Out crisps. The remains were buried on
the 31st of March, in . the presence of a large
concourse of people Bellefonte Press.
Brigand ncNTiNQ. A novel and exhil
erating species of chase has just been inau
gurated in Italy; The Government has re
solved to rid the country of its greatest pest
brigandage, and to accomplish this, not
only are the mountains to be scoured by nu
merous detachmeots of chasseurs, but the
further inducement of pecuniary reward is
offered in the hope of getting the peasantry
to capture or betray the robbers instead of
harboring them as ha.s been the custom
hitherto. Twelve hu ndred dollars is offered
for the leader of any band, dead or alive,
and six hundred dollars each for his follow
ers. 'ihe temptation is great in a country
where the former sum is regarded as a splen
did fortune.
Saclsbury on the Rampage. During
the Executive session of the United States
Senate, on Friday, April 5th, Saulsbury, who
had become very drunk, came over towards
Sumner, and a.ssun ed a threatening attitude
gesticulating and announcing his intention
ot having satisfaction out of Sumner for in
troducing the resolution for his exDulsion.
The Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms promptly
interfered, and with the assistance of one of
the Senators got him into the coat-room,
where, after nearly divesting himself of his
clothing, he laid down upon the floor and
remained until the close ef the session, when
the Doorkeeper took him home. Tel.
M-c Parr," V-t "ST,,
came in from Boston as soon as she learned
bv telegraph that gold was falling rapidly in
Wall - street, bnt after srvpral unsuccessful
attempts to get into the shower, is going
Notes from Harrlsburg.
The House has at length paased a Free
Railroad law. 'It is the original bill, as
framed and introduced into the Senate by
Senator Bigham, but which was so amend
ed b the Committee on Railroads, that
when it was reported back to the Senate
the author did not recognize it as his bill.
In the passage of this bill the House has
the thanks of a large majority of the peo
ple of Pennsylvania, and it is hoped the
Senate will have back-bone enough to stand
up to the work, and also pass ths bill.
Gov. Geary has signed the death warrant
of Robert Folger, convicted of the murder
of Robert W. Dinsmore on the 4th Decem
ber, in Washington county.' Wednesday,
May 15tb, has been fixed as the day of ex
ecution. The bill empowering the Governor to
commute the death penalty in certain cases,
has finally been passed by the Senate!
The Sheriff of Luzerne county telegraph
ed to the Governor that a serious riot exists
in Hazleton and Foster townships, in that
county ; that his authority is resisted with
success; that armed and organized forces
were necessary, and that he wit-bed an order
calling out Capt. Ellis' company of Wyo
ming veterans. Soon after Captain "Ellis
telegraphed that the Sheriff had ordered
him out to quell the riot and asked further
orders. The Governor subsequently tele
graphed to prominent citizens of Luzerne
county who advised him of the exact' condi
tion of affairs. He then Fent an order to
Capt. Ellis, ordering him to hold his com
pany in readiness for future orders, but in
no event to move without orders from him.
It is unofficially understood that the cause
of the riot is a strike for higher wages, the
majority attempting to prevent the minority
working.
Washington City Gossip.
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The" ofEcc-seekers iu the lobbies assert
that the President has changed his tactics
in reference to making nominations, that
he will appoint no more radicals to office.
The Commissioner of Agriculture, under
the fifty thousand dollars appropriation
made by Congress, is distributing seeds of
vegetables andcarcals to the destitute people
of the South.
The Treasury Department has received in
formation of the arrest of a defaulting In
ternal Revenue collector, at New Orleans,
wlio escaped from one of the Western States.
He swindled the Government out of two
hundred thousand dollars. The name is
withheld for the present.
Secretary McCulloch ha3 been congratula
ted by several of the New York bankers. for
his success in reducing the public debt two
hundred and nine millions of dollars, within
the last year. . -
The Committee on Foreign Relations
have agreed to report back to the Senate,
the, Russian Cession Treaty, without a re
commendation. The friends of the Treaty
claim that it has g lined strength, and if the
Senate remains in session two weeks that it
will be ratified by a two-thirds vote. How
ever, it will require the assent of the House
to the appropriation before the treaty can
be finally consummated.
Eorrible Indian Massacre.
The following is au extract from a letter
dated Fort Sully, D. T., Feb. 25, 1867, and
received at Philadelphia on Saturday. a
week : .
"There has been quite a stirring excite
ment in this part of the country with the
redskins. I suppose you know of the Fort
Kearny affair also. You ask me how far it
is from us? It is about fifteen hundred
miles from here. 1 By the upper mail.which
arrived here to-day, we heard some very bad
news from Fort Bufort. There was one
company of our regiment stationed there,
under the command of CoL Rankins. The
Indians made an attack on that little band,
and it appears from all accounts that tbey
fought bravely until outnumbered by the
red-skins, who killed them all but the Col
onel and wife." 'They then took them a few
yards from the post, and having built a fire,
tied the Colonel's bands and feet and put
him in the fire, while his wife was compelled
to see him burning. After that was done
tbey maltreated her in" a shameful manner,
and having rolled her Up in a Buffalo robe,
they fastened her on a wild horse and turn
ed him loose. God only knows how'lbng
she was on the prarie, but it happened, very
fortunately, that the mail earners for that
fort encountered her in that condition, and
after they had heard who she was, they took
her in their charge and returned with her
and the mails to Fort Rice. The Indians
were 1,800 strong our men 96. They
fought them three days; but on the third
day the Indians took the place, scalped all
the dead, and those who were officers they
cut up into small pieces and ate them. That
is considered bravery 1 It will not be good
for them if they make their appearance
around this fort. We are very well guard
ed. There are six companies here four of
infantry, one of cavalry and one of artillery.
The weather here has been very cold. We
have lost nearly all of our stock frozen to
death. ' .
The Chittenden Ruins. A New York
correspondent writes: "The work of un
e trthinsr goods from under the ruins of the
Chittenden hre is still eoine on.' Imme
diately following the fire the Board of Un
derwriters took charge of the nuns and of
fered to sell the 'chance' for $25,000. No
one took it, however, and they went to work
themselves. They soon found whole cases
of goods uninjured, and bo far have recov
ered more than one' hundred thousand dol
lar'sworth. The lowerfloor was stored with
boxes of dry good, and the walls falling up
on them quickly after the fire commenced,
protected them from the. flames. .
Read the new advertisements.
A Litter or Lions. The r,, f,,
says that among the "dietingMicL-d
valo in that city of the past cek tavy U
mentioned tbe offspring of the large H-joi
bslonging to Thayer and Noycs. . Oo l'LurT
day last she gave birth to five whelp, th, "
males and two females, and at last accouctt
all were hearty as need be. " It has beea a
very difficult task to rear young lions in th:!
country, but the keeper, Charles Wbite ;
confident of being able to bring these lutV
fellows up in the way they should go. Jj,,,
will be a quite an interesting addition totu
already large menagerie of Thayer snd Xortj
Deficiency Scpplieu. It has UB Vut
national boast that we had the bigjot rC.
ers, lakes, cataracts, and other geogra
features in this country that could be l'uusl
eUewhere in the world ; but we ha to be
comparatively modest on the subject 0
mountains. Our acquisition ot the Iiu5;S!j
Possessions will supply this deficiency
There is a mountain there called St. Ei;'
which is eighteen thousand feet above th
level of the sea, or four thousand feet bigh
erf than Mount Blanc. Moreover its uctw
is much more dangerous and exciting.
A waggish journalist, who is often mtrrt
over his personal plainness, tells tbia gtorr
of himself: "I went to the drng otore ctrh
the other morning for a dose of niorphiDe
for a sick friend. The night clerk objected
to jiving it to me without a prescription,
evidently fearing that I meant to dfstr
myself. Tshaw, ' said I, 'do I look &.
man who would kill himtelf ?' Gazing u
me steadily for half a minute he replied : '
don't know. Seems to me if I locked lfn
you I should be greatly tempted to kill ov.
self." t
The following from the Venango Sptcta
tor is hard on Oil City, in view of tlwir ef
forts to secure the removal of the coii:t
seat from Franklin : "Ristori, the great tiv
gedienne, will not show in Oil City. In hv
letter to the President of the base ball clji.,
she says : 'I zal not aye ze plaLiir to givi
my grand performance in ze Oil City. Z
place is too small and ze troupe nev&ir per
forms wizout ze county scat is in ze town."
A IvertisementsMtt mlargetype,euU,orut tf p.
ttyl will be charged double prie4 for tyuctorrifiU
SEALED PROPOSALS will be rertwl
until April 30th, 1867,-for the trertioo
of a new Metbodist church in tha borough f
Clearfield, in accordant with plma to t wtn tx
tba office of J. B. McEcally. Eq. Fart of tU
material ia on the ground. By order f tit t;t:4
of Trustees GKO. VY EliLIM.
Apr. 10, 1867. ' ' . Eecrt'.itry.
PINE GROVE ACADEMY and 8K
17 INARY, Pine Grove .Mills. Centre Cn..
Pa. J. E. Thomas. A. M . Principal
This institution, organized in 1SJ2. wiil o;
it Thirtt-pirst session tbe Twe&tT-fourlfc .
der present control on..Wedneiday, April
1867 and continue five months. Cord;c at
tuitioa, English branches. SdO. Information fi
en on applioation. . Apr lu. Kj. S:p.
JEW CLOTHING -ST02B
JOSEPH KUNZ,
Would respectfully 'inform ' the-crtlinaij,c:.w-field.
and surrounding country, that he Lu jar.
opened a large and well-selected stork of iit
men's clothing, and furnishing goods. You k' ii
Boys' suits. Hat of latest sty), RouU Fhota. ',
in tbe well-known room on Market atreet,r?n'
ly occupied by Wm. Hoffman as a cotftcticsi-t
and saloon llis goods are of the best, arid t
prices moderate Call and see. . A). IS St
yALUABLE FARM FOK SALE
The undersigned offers at private sate, bis fara
situate in Jordan tp , Clearfield county. Pa ,e
tninig 203 acres net measure, 'i his land lit in er.t
of the best farming sections in the couu'.y. cj i
in a high state of cultivation. About lli Mr'
of the land is cleared, of which 125 serere i
clover and timothy the whole rede r goo-i ttvr.
The buildings are'a r.ew to-gtory frame dwtllicf
. JA.., . I... 1..,. f:
u wiTCf in u inch i vn .o . v a -
by 50 feet a frame straw house a ijnisicj
barn, 3fi by 40 feet a corn and c;uri:'g-l:se. !l
by 26 feet and all the other t!eca?iaryouthoii-i
to constitute it a desirable resideuee. The t?r
is convenient and good. r There is also, na tht
premises au orchard of 125 bearing; spi-l trt.
and some cherries. A good vein of coal Baler
lies the land, and there is an aljundauc ef !it
stone convenient thereto. Terms
For further particulars address tbe subvriUri
Ansonville, Clearfield county, r"a , or call ami
the premises.
Apr. 10,1867, 3mp. ' JOHg Vl'iX .
QUARTERLY REPORT of tbe Fin
National Bank of Cnrweuvi!l: on
morning of the first Monday of April,
RESOCRCF.S
Loans and Discounts.
Overdrafts.
Banking House, :::::::
Furniture, Fixtures and Safea. :
Current Expenses A Taxes paid, :
Cash Items and Revenue Stamps, :
Due from Kat. Banks and Bankers.
U. & Bonds deposited with U 3 Tr.
to secure circulation. : : ' '
TJ. S. Bonds on hand, : : :
National Bank Notes, : :
Fractional Currency, : :
Specie and Legal Tender Notes
Compound Interest Notes, :
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H"JS
1.JM t
797 f
i 21.W :
S1.0M
SHU
: 2,1'JO H
: 620 U
St.tti
: 4.2 M
$;5.CM
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4.:e'
ToUl, : : : : : :
LIARILITIXS.
Capital stock paid in, : : : :
Surplus fund. ::::;::
Circulating Notes. : : : : :
Individual Deposits, : : : : :
Due National Basks and Bankers,
Discount, Interest and Exchange.
Profit and Loss, :::::;
Total Liabilities ;:::::
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I hereby Certify that the above StaJemM-
true abstract from tbe Quarterly Ktport ?
the Comptroller of the Currency Apr. Ht-i50;'
'- SAM'L ARyoLg-j-
TN THE miTRT nf Cnmmon Fit" of
-J- Clearfield county, Penn a.: 14f
Elijah Bcrsb, ) No . January Tr.
TS. Subpiaiurrt,rrt.
LavixaBcbks. I ToIvinaBures.w?iB';
Ti u are hereby notified, that Elijah Burst t '
ly presented his petition in the Court of Coo
Pleas of said eonnty. praying that, for ttJ
set forth in said petition, be may be divorces "
the bonds of matrimony by the said Iibeani.
tered into with you, the saidLsviaa i!arcf;
Now, you are commanded, to be snd PP
the next Court of Common Pleas for tatJ .
to be held at Clearfield on the third Mondt7
June. 1897. and show cause, if any you bT; J0
Elijah Burns should not be divorced frw
bonds of matrimony contracted with vou.
Apr. 3, 1867. JACOB A. FA VST.b
"nAUTIOX AH persons are hereby crt;
tioned asrainst buying or in any ws-7
dling with four certain dark mules, one h
and harness, now with Jackson Test, si tnsr
long to me and are subject to my order- T
Apr. 3, 186J.-3t. fG. b.rERj.
T) ARGAIXS t all winds of woolen goodi.M
,.LjL blankets, coverlets. Ao, at T,.ri