Raftsman's journal. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, April 24, 1867, Image 2

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g. J. ROW, EDITOR A.10 PROPRIETOR.
CLEARFIELD, PA., APRIL. 24, 1867.
"The Voice of the People."
The Hollidaysburg Register, in comment
ing upon the failure of the Free Railroad
. Law, in the last Legislature, also suggests a
remedy, which, if seconded by the people,
cannot fail to procure the passage of 6uch a
law a3 the wants of the country seem to de
mand. It says :
"We had hoped that the Legislature of the last
winter would readily hearken to the voice of the
people. The House was anti-railroad. or it seem
ed so. from some of its decisions. Their duty will
be to keep it so next year, and in the mean time
the Senate must be reformed. If necessary our
warmest personal friends must be discarded, if
they do not ma lie up their minds to agree to the
most liberal legislation on the railroad question.
Pennsylvania demands more than one through line
from the Great West She will have it. and those
who propose to be candidates for the nest Legis
lature may make up their minds to pledge them
selves to this doctrine If they do not, there will
be no hope for them in many counties. We utter
this beliet in all eandor, because the manifesta
tions of the Deonle indicate it. This demand re
quires no sacrifice of principles no betrayal of
former pledges, and whoever is not willing to
take tbisside will scarcely beconsidered as worthy
of publio confidence."
The opinion here expressed by the Reg
ister, is but a reflex of the general senti
ment of the State. None but faithful men
should be sent to the Legislature, if possible.
Those who have been faithful in the past,
bhould be remembered in the4 future. And
if any have been unfaithful heretofore, or
hare manifested a weakness in reference to
the wishes of the people, they should be
thrust aside as unworthy the suffrages of a
free, liberal-minded, and progressive con
. ptituency that considers the improvement
and development of the State as paramount
to all personal or individual interests.
The Northern Democracy.' The New
York correspondent of the Charleston Cour
ier, in sneaVing of the occasional "flings"
made by Southern men at the Democracy
of the North, establishes the following
points :
1. That the only friends the South have
are in the Democratic party.
2. That the Democratic party would have
etopped the war and secured Southern inde
pendence had they not bssn "overborne by
the sentiment of the Northern people."
3. That the Democratic party would have
redeemed its promise to stand by the South
and prevent coercion, if "at the critical mo
ment it had not been deserted by many of
its prominent men."
4. The consistent Democrats who were for
throwing themselves into the breach in aid
of the Southern rebellion now constitute
the backbone of the Democratic parly, and
should not now bo abandoned by the South.
The people will appreciate this candid
statement of the Democratic situation ; an I
we may add, that what is thus admitted is
only what was charged on the Democracy
during the war by all the Republican jour
nalists of the loyal States.
A Fact. The Vess says: Wten the
Southern rebels made war against the Gov
ernment, they committed the felony of trea
son. Treason is a crime like rape, larceny,
burglary or any other offence tried in ouj
criminal courts, only it is by the common
law the highest oall felonies, and by all the
laws of every time, works a forfeiture of all
rights, including the right to live. In the
case of our great rebellion, we, out of .great
mercy and forbearance, have restored at
once to all the late rebe'a all their civil rights.
Out of prudence we- have not yet given
them back fully their political right-?. We
shall do so when we deem it best and safe.
This Is the law aud common sense of our
position to-day. It is simple, clear, and un
derstood by the people, and they cannot be
confuted or muddled by the chancery and
circumlocution politicians.
Nominated. Rev. II. Ward Beecher
has been nominated in Brooklyn, as a can
didate for election to the State Constitutional
Convention a rather interesting and unu
sual proceeding in New York. Iu that
State, clergymen are seldom" put up for of
fice, and scarcely do we find them seeking a,
nomination for any political position. This
habit Beeins to be a good one, and strictly in
accordance with enlightened propriety. The
position for which Mr. Beecher has been
named is an exception, however, and there
are many reasons in favor of the proceeding.
In reorganizing the fundamental law, the
beat minds of all classes and professions in
the land, should be called to take park
Execution of a Murderer. Albert
Temple was executed at Doylestown, on
. Thursday the 18th. Though deuying h
waa guilty of the murder of Captain Wiley,
for which offense he was hung, he confessed
other crimes. He was visited by his father
and other relatives and friends, the night
before his execution. In the morning he
was in convulsions, from poison, it is sup
posed. He was attended by several physi
cians, and though very weak, and more
.dead than alive, he was hang at 12 o'clock,
paving swallowed a heavy dose of brandy.
A Queer Statistical Comparison.
An exchange makes the following Bingnlar
comparison: The salaries the fees, we
presume of lawyers in the Uoited States
amount to $35,000,000, that the keeping of
criminals costs $12,000,000, that tho dogs
require $10,1300,000 for their subsistence and !
entertauiment,and the preachers $6,000,000,
and that there is more grumbling about the
expense of supporting ministers and relig
ious institutions than about all the others
named. We do njt vouch for the correct
ness of the estimates, nor altogether admire
the classification, but it answers the purpose
of showing how abstrd and ridiculous . are
the apprehensions entertained of the im
poverishment and ruin of the country by
the outlays for religion. And to the senti
ment of a cotemporary, that "no one thing
exerts such a mighty influence in keeping
this Republic from falling to pieces as the
Bible and ministers," we may add that no
one supplies its aid with solit.le Ostentation
or .at so small an expense.
Its Latitude. The Commercial says :
Persons who speak of our newly acquired
Northwestern possessions as a region so cold
as to forbi'd the idea of population, civiliza
tion and the arts of commerce, should re
member that its southern boundary is south
of a large part of Ircfand and England, and
Russia in Europe, and all of Scotland and
Denmark, and Sweden and Norway popu
lous kingdoms. The prosperous and famous
cities of Belfast and Londonderry, Carlisle
and Newcastle, Copenhagen, Stockholm
and Moscow, are all north of that line, and
St. Petersburg is several hundred miles
north of it. It will not be many years be
fore free American cities north of it will ri
val many of these we have mentioned.
Soldiers' Orphan Schools. We learn
from the Harrisburg Telegraph that Col.
George F. McFarlaad, at present a clerk in
the School Department, has been appointed
Superintendant of Soldiers' Orphan Schools
of Pennsylvania. Col. McF. is among the
ablest and most experienced of the profes
sional educators in the country, and was for
several years at the head of one of our most
flourishing seminaries. He rendered gallant
service during the war, and lost a leg whiht
leading a charge at the battle of Gettysburg..
He had done much towards perfecting the
plan for educating soldiers' orphans, and
will unquestionably render that great system
a success and a credit to theCommonwcalth.
The Wheat Crop. A correspondent of
the Chicago Times, writing from Rockford,
Illinois, concerning the price to which he
alleges wheat has been carried by specula
tors, says ; "Now, all the farmers want is
for these men to. keep their faith until they
get through with their wheat seeding, which
is progressing finely, when they will give
them No. 2 in such quantities as will dispel
their ideas of a famine this year. The fall
seeding of both wheat and rye never looked
better on the 8th of April than they do now."
Education in Maryland. The report
just issued of the State Superintendent of
Public Instruction for the State of Mary
land for the year ending June 50, 1856.
shows that there was expended throughout
the State for schools and teachers $674, 525."
40, while the expenditures for courts, alms
houses, paupers, and jails, was $1,044,4.87.
54. If these figures could be reversed,
Maryland would be a more loyal and pros
perous State.
The "Negro" Democracy. The Ten
nessee "Conservative" Convention was
held in Nashville, on Tuesday, April 16th..
The representation of negroes was very
small, only six being present. Speeches of
amostviolcrt character, denouncing Con
gress and the radical party, and applauding
the Confederacy were delivered. Emerson
Ethridge was nominated for Governor.
The Supreme Judgsuip. The Cham
bersburg Repository says : "It now seems
probable that the Democrats will nominate
Judge Sharswood for Supreme Judge, and
if so, he will be a strong candidate. Judge
Linn, of Bellefonte, seems prominent for
the Republican nomination."
Just Like Them. It anything was
wanting to show the malignant dishonesty
and malevolence of the Democracy, it would
be the course of their press regarding the
prompt measures by the State Administra
tion to put down the riots in the mining
counties. The companies raised' to quell
Uie disturbances have been stigmatized as
moss troopers," and every appeal has been
made to the ignorance and passion of the
misguided and criminal rioters. Such lan
guage is incendiary ; the unscrupulous men
who use it are dangerous in a community,
and indictable by any intelligent grand jury.
The whole Democratic press at present is
not doing much to dignify or make respect
able the profession of journalism, and some
of the ruial Copperhead sheets are disgra
cing it every day. Rress.
The Jackson ( M ississipni) Clarion assures
us of the gratifying truth though deeply
regretting it that "the fact is too manifest
to beienied, and too important to bo disre
garded, that the Republican party is fast
extending its ramificatsons throughout the
Southern States. In all of these States in
itial movements, more or less formidable,
are on foot for forming a compact party to
co-operate with that organization. It is a
part of the matured scheme of the leaders
of that party to maintain its ascendency,
and they have seized the opportunity afford
ed by the introduction of the new clause
into th elective franchise.
Omaha in 1853 was the site of an Indian
village. It ha3 now a population of ten
thousand inhabitants.
What a Southern Paper thinks of the De
mocracy and the Connecticut Election.
From the Charlottsville (Va.) Chronicle, Apiil 4
The election in Connecticut is a straw
which suggests
that the Radical wave has
begun
to ebb. Let us not run away it is
only a
rinnle. Last year the Republican
candidate tor Governor was elected by 500
majority ; thi3 year the Democratic or Con
servative candidate is elected by 800 major
ity a change of 800 votes. This is the
whole business. The Democratic party also
took ground during the canvass iu favor of
the "eight hour" system of labor, and of
course made a strong appeal to the working
classes. .
The telegraph brings us the results simul
taneously with those of. the Connecticut
election, of municipal elections in Cincin
nati and Circleville, Ohio. The former city
canied by the Republicans by 5,000 major
ity, their entire ticket being elected a Re
publican gain of 1,200. The latter town
was also carried by the Republicans, and it
is added that this party gained largely on
the previous election.
What we would say, therefore, is this:
Let not the South, as usual, fly off at the
helve about the Connecticut election ; let us
not fall back again in hope upon the "'Dem
ocratic party. ' ' We have suffered sufficient
ly by delusions of this sort within the past
two years.
The Connecticut election is a good thing
provided the Conservative men of the coun
try, North and South, learn the proper les
son from it. It is a very bad thing, if it
leads us anew into the bog of the "North
ern Democracy." Neither the Democratic
party, nor President Johnson, nor the Su
preme Court, is going to be of any service
to the South. As matters now stand, the
North and the South are arrayed against
each other just as they were during actual
hostilities.- The North is still tusing its
sword. It is still hacking and slashing the
body ot its prostrate foe. Why is this?
There is a philo.-ophical reason for it apart
from the mere passion aud violence of the
hour. Why has the North been so rough
wih the South why has it put the ballot
in the hands of our recently emancipated
slaves ? The reason was fear they fear the
future. They fear the old Democratic par
ty and the old alliauce between this party
and a united South. "
The Northern people have determined to
secure the practical fruits of their decisive
victory ; and they know the rebellion is not
over so long as the Xorthern Democracy is
undispersed. If there is one thing that is
hated by the Northern people now, it is
what they call the "Copperhead Democra
cy." Now, the Northern Democrats want
to get into power as a party again ; and they
find the Southern question a line election
eering capital. 1 hey are pcrteetly willing
to take our rmrt until the matter comes to
Llows. They hacked us up manfully until
April, iSfil. They pressed us to "go out."
butler led them on to the charge at Charles
ton fifty-seven times in behalf of Jefferson
Davis. But when actual war came they
shot us powerfully and used to brag that
they furnished all the soldiers to the "U
nion" armies.
Since Gen. Lee's surrender they have be
come strongly Southern again ; indeed, we
have habitually observed that our friends
north of 4 he Potomac take a warmer inter
est iu our honor than ice do ourselves. We
thank. the northern Democracy for a certain
measure of sympathy, but our experience
iu life has taught us that self-interest is the
great spring of human action. The North
ern Democracy have use for us in peace,
they have none in war. They talk, about
the Constitution, and violation of the Con
stitution, and usurpation, and tyranny, and
consolidation ; but they never Jight, except
against the Constitution and for consolida
tion. They set us up to receive the whole
fury of the storm ; they have, after repeal
ing the Missouri Compromise, and sustain
ing the Administration of Mr. Uuchanaa,
brought us to universal negio suffrage.
Since the close of the war they have stood
forward again as our champior s, and have
merely done us mischief by keeping up old
party lines and party feuds. The other day
they combined with Thaddeds Stevens and
the extreme Radicals, and 4efeat'd" tte
Sherman bill as it cam? from the Senate,
and the consequence was we got the Sher
man bill with the Shellabargcr amendment.
Their object is to make party capital, and
the South is merely a ball that is struck at
by the bats of the contending parties. It
is wounded game for which two fierce beasts
are struggling, and we have beeu torn near
ly to pieces by their respective efforts to
snatch the prey from each other.
Now, this Connecticut election loosens, as
it were, the hold of the Radical beast on
on the Southern carcass; it natches, as it
were, the lacerated body for an instant from
between the Radical teeth, and the conse
quence will be that this animal will be alarm
ed and) infurj$ted, and will seize us again.
Radicalism is determined that Demociacy
shall not carry off the prize.
We fear that the petty triumph in Con
necticut will revive those easily-awakened
.Democratic hopes, and that we shall hear
for the tenth time of the "great Democrat
ic party." Tl e result will be the Northern
column will close up again, the Radical trum
pets will sound afresh, and the crusade
against the South, lulled for an instant, will
be again set in motion. This will be the
result if the Democracy make any serious
noise. The Republican party cannot be
beaten at the Nerth by the Democratic party.
The latter party is extremely unpopular
among the Northern masses. The victory
in Connecticut is not owine to the strength
Of the Democratic party. They called them
selves the "Conservative" party. The vic
tory is owing to the waning popularity of
the Radicals. If a new party is organized,
and the old prejudices against the Demo
cratic party dodged, there is hope of future
victories at the North over the Radicals
But the very moment Ben. Wood & Co!
show their heads plainly and run up boldly
the Democratic flag.and call upon the South
... w,cl as oiuii, mat, very mo
ment will the North be a unit airain
SrmtL n,1 nil a. T i
me ieiuucrauc cnampions
It is hatred and fear of the Democratic par
ty (whose strength was in the Southl hit
has made the Northern people so sharp and
so extreme with the South. It is this ha
tred and fear which has kept the sore run
ife? m Iher-WiU be ? Peace"
iui nio uwuiii uiiiu intj xemocratic
marches off the field of battle.
party
The Pittsbu rz
Gazette is out in favor of
Major General C. O. Howard for President
and Schuyler Colfax for Vice Pretties- nt"
the United States. ; - 01
St
Washington City Gossip. .' '
The evidence taken by the House Judioiary
Com mil tee relative to the discovery and pursuit
of John H .Surratt ia just made pubiio as officially
reported before that Committee, and coa ains the
testimony, einbrneing a partial onfession from
Surratt as to his complicity in the assassination
plot, and of bis much disputed whereabouts on
the day the assassination took place. It appears
from the evidence ot L. J. .McMillan, surgeon of
the steamer Peruvian, plying between Montreal
and Liverpool, that Surratt came on board in
September, 1S'.5, booked for Liverpool, and that
becoming intimate he confessed to McMillan who
he was. The supplemental evidence, together
with the official correspondence of the State De
partment with our Foreign Ministers and Con
sul?, show that the Confession of identity to Mc
Millan was the original and sole cause which
eventually led to Surratt's arrest. This corrob
oration leaves no room to doubt the evidence. Dr.
McMillan testifies that Surratt came on board the
Peruvian, at Montreal, on September 11th, 1S65,
and was introduced to him under the name of
McCarthy; that becoming well acqnainted in a
few days, Surratt confessed to him that he had
been from the beginning in the Confederate States
service carrying dispatches between Washington
and Richmond, and also as far as Montreal ; that
he and booth had planned at first tho abduction
of President Lincoln ; that, however, they thought
they could not succeed in that way, and they
thought it waa necessary to change their plan.
After this, before the assassination, Surratt was
in Montreal, when he received a letter from Booth
ordering him immediately to Washington; that
it was necessary to act and act promptly, and he
was to leave Montreal immediately for Washing
ton. He did not tell me he came to Washington,
but be told me be came as far as Elmira, in the
State of New York, and from that place telegraph
ed to New York to find out whether Booth had al
ready left for Washington, au.l he was answered
that he had. lie did not tell me whether he h:id
gone further than Elm;ra. The next place be
kpoke of to me was St Albans, Vermont, where
he said he arrived early one morning at breakfast
time, and went to a hotel there for breakfast.
' While he was siting there he hoard several men
talking "aboat an assassination, and he inquired
'What was up They asked him if he didn't
know that President Lincoln had been assassina
ted, lie said, "I did not believe it, because the
story was too good to be true." On that a gentle
man pulled out a paper aud handed it to him. lie
opened it and saw his own name as one of the as
sassins. He said it unnerved him so much that the
paper fell out of his hands, and be immediately
left the room and walked out, and as he was going
I out through the house be heard another party
say that Surratt must hare been or was at the
time in St Albans, because such a person (men
tioning the person's name) had found a pock'et-
nanuKercniet on tne street with Aurratt a name
on it. He told me that he looked in his pocket
and found be had lost his pocket-handkerchief.
From that place he then wnt to Canada, and was
concealed there from April to September. When
he was aboard the ship ho called me aside and
again commenced to talk about the assassination,
and one thing or the other. . It was in the even
ing, and we were alone together ; he tock out his
revolve-, which be keptia his pocket all the time.
and pointing it to the heavens, said, "I hope and
wish to live just a few years more ; two years will
dome, and then I shall go back to, the United
States, and I shall serve Andrew Johnson as Abra
ham Linooln has been served." I asked him why,
and he answered -because he has been the cause
of my mother being hung " Dr. McMillan fur
ther testified that he arrived in Liverpool, Sep
tember 27, 18(55. and went before the American
Consul. Mr. Wild, and made allidavit to the above
facts. An official letter from Consul Wild shows
that the affidavit caused the commencement of the
pursuit of Surratt which resulted in his capture
in little more than a year from that time.
Tho Commissioner of the General Land "ffice
has received returns from the local office at Jack
son, Mississippi, showing that during the month
of March 87 farms, comprising in the aggregate
5,215 acres, were added to the productive force of
that State. .
T.he Secretary of tho Treasury received a tele
gram that the first National Bank of Selma. Ala
bama a Government depository, was robbed on
Monday night of Sl6u.nufl.
Attorney General Stanberry is reported to have
remarked recently to the District Attorney of
Virginia, that Jefferson Davis' case must be dis
posed of at the nest term o'f the United States
Circuit Court, which commences at Klchmond on
tho first Monday in May. .
The rumor still prevails in Washington that
negotiations are pending for the purchase of
British America by the United States, Secretary
Seward proposing to give the Alabama claims in
part payment.
An expidition, to be organized by the State
Department, will start about the first of May to
explore Russian Ainerte i, the object being lo ac
quaint the people of the United States of the
value of the acquisition. ...
The Result in Connecticut. The N.
Y. Tribune sys: On the morning of the
Connecticut election we estimated the vote
for Gov. ilawley at 4rj,00 a majority of
any poll ever yet made in the State. Ilaw
Icy's actual vote was 46,578 which is 1,887
more Jhan Lincoln's highest vote, (in ISC4,)
which was the highest ever polled for any
one till now. English beats him by the niott
enormous expenditure of money, ever yet
made in a State election an expenditure
which was especially efficient in hunting up
alien,and running them through the Natu
ralization mill ; but which was operative al
so in bringing to the poll every one who
could bo coaxed or bribed to vote-the Dem
ocratic ticket. The total vote tor Governor
is as fol'ows: Ilawley, 46.578; .English,
47,505; English's majority, 987.
The Republicans have 1 1 against 10 SeiT
ators 4ohe- of the Republicans, being chosen
by right and one of the Democrats bv- nine
majority ) while the House stands 124 Re
Repubhcans to 114 Democrats. On Con
press, owing to a heavy Republican defec
tion from the support of Mr. PT. Bar-
jority ol 1,394.
The French efftosition seems measurably
to have lost its interest in the minds of our
people, and is not likely to attract the crowds
of visitors from this country that were an
ticipated. The dullness of visitors and the
reports of the extortion which the Parisians
have arranged to practice on visitors have
induced many who prepared to. go to recon
sider the matter, and postpone their Euro
pean trip to a more favorable season, when
tb?y will be likely to suffer only the ordinary
amount of fleecing at the hands of our Euro
pean cousins.
The Gf.md Dnrhv of T
grandly. called, is a little patch of land about !
as big as Allegheny county, and .contains
about the
wauld be better for the two' great "nations,
mat nvc a iiouon or going to war aoout lt
to settle the cae by arbitration op bring it
before some justice of the peace for deci-
sion. it riapoieon wants it, why don t ne
take Mr. Sewards Commercial dinlonmpv as
his pattern and buy it? Our late purchase
was as large as six hundred Luxemburgs.
I?V thp W:1V. llwa nnr Piivprnnionf Vin
Esquemanx with the land, after the old
xtusian iaj-mon i commercial.
The Dunkard Gold Shaft. The Val
ley Spirit, published at California, Washing
ton county, in its last issue, says : Opera
tions at the ''gold shaft" have been sus
pended. It is rumored there has been fraud
and that the officers of the "Amber Gold
Mining Company" have made a handsome
fortune selling shares and do not care to test
it even if it pays well There will be three
or four wells sunk on Dunkard, this year,
with a view to testing the quartz, &c. Some
capitalists propose to siuk a well 1500 feet
deep in Greene county.
The Savannah Republican says : "Ac
counts represent the condition of things in
Camden and Bryan counties as truly alarm
ing ; the wildest days of St. Domingo seem
to have been reproduced in .southern Geor
gia. In one county two negroes were sen
tenced to death tor murder, and three oth
ers to penitentiary. A mob ot colored peo
ple surrounded the jail, broke open the
doors and allowed the prisoners to escape.
In another countj' men were found hanging
to the trees within a short distance of the
public roads, and had been hanging there
for several days."
An Australian paper announces the recent
discovery of a new species of a liquid gum
or oil, in that country. A tract of land not
less than ten miles square had been discov
ered, which every where abounded with bub
bling springs of this gum, or oil, while all
around were vast quantities of the gum sol
idified to the consistency of India rubber.
This when exposed to a fire, burns with a
bright flame, accompanied by a thick smoke,
and a smell like old grease. The substance
is light, and floats in water.
The Protestant theological school at Flor
ence, Italy, is growing strong und success
ful, and protectant missions throughout the
country are Duw prosecuted with great vig
or, particularly by the Waldeuses. An A
meriean and Foreign Christian Union is also
doing useful unsectarian woik, and Protest
antism in Italy is taking to itself a peculiar
freedom in form and .spirit. A larg part
of the people, on separating from the church
of Rome, prefer a system of Christian lite
more free and simple than .that of any
Protestant sect whatever.
Two immense Masonic Temples are to be
erected, one in Philadelphia and the other
in Washington City, -m smin as the prelimi
naries can be arranged. The one in Phila
delphia is to be located somewhere on Broad
street, and will be the wonder of the world
when finished. . The buihliog in Washing
ton will be four stories high, with a front on
Ninth street of fifty-one feet by one hun
dred and fifty feet on F street. The ancient
order in Washington is in good condition,
but needs a first class hall.
The meteorological records kept at Sitka
by the Russian government, in latitude 57:03
degrees, the mean temperature for a period
of ten years was in the spring 44:5 degrees ;
in the summer, 57:5 dejrrees ; in autumn,
47 degrees : in winter 30:5. degrees, and du
ring the year 47:4 degrees. This indicates
colder springs, summers and autusiiif, but
milder winters than they have in Philadel
phia. ' A negro, after being confined two years
in the Davidson (Tenn.) county jail, has
just been released by a writ of habeas cor
pus. Neither the sheriff or jailor of Da
vidson countj' know the cause of imprison
ment. 21cm? (Irrrtfetmcnte.
A(vertiementsetinrarretyp?,ettts,oroHtof plain
sty! wit Ibr charrd do ubl price fortpartorriipifd
rji II K JUDICIARY COMMITTER of the
-1- Senate meet at Harrisburg on Monda3
May 13th, prox., at 2 o'clock, ?. M., to hold a ses
sion for the investigation of the charges marfe
against Railroad Companies for alleged extortion
ai ch urges upon freight aud passengers. Parties
interested are notified to attend.
Apr. 24-2t. L. I. SHOEMAKER. Cb. Cora.
INCORPORATION. All persons inter
x rsted are hereby notified that application
has been made to the Court of Common fleaa of
Clearfield County, for the incorporation of the
"Curwensville Presbyterian Church." which ap
plication ha? been filed in my'office. and that the
said application will be granted at the June-term
of said Court, unless cause is shown to the con
trary. By order of the Court.
April 24 3t. D. K. ETZWEILER, Proth'y.
"11 TARRIED LIFE. Serious Reflections
. x for Young Men, on the Errors, Abuses
and diseases induced by Ignorance of Nature's
Laws. A personal narrative of misery, despair,
and final restoration by simple means. Should
be read by every young man in the countryT
Sent, for the benefit of all without money and
without price. Sent in a sealed envelope to any
address, tree of charge. Address
JAMES S. BCTLER.
Ap 21 2t Box 5197, (ien'l P. 0., New York.
JJ S. TAX APPEALS.
U. S Assessor's Ofpice, 19th District, Pa., I
Office,Curwen8ville, Clearfield County, Pa. J
Notice is hereby given that the assessment lists,
valuations and enumerations mad and taken
within the Nineteenth Collection District. Pa , by
the Assistant Assessors under the laws ot the
United States, will remain opn to all personscon
cered for examination for the space ot ten days
from the first day of .May. A. D , 1867, at the As
sessor s Office, in the Borough of Curwensville.
At the time stated above the Assessor will re
ceive, bear, and determine all appeals relative to
any erroneous or excessive valuation! by the As
sistant Acsesfors.
In regard to appeals, the law provides, "That
" the question to be determined bv the Assessor,
on an appeal respecting the valuation or er.n-
meration of property, or objects liable to duty
" or taxation, shall be whether the valuation com-
plained of be or be not in a just relition or pro--portion
to other valuations in the same assees
"ment disttict, and whether the enumeration be
' or be not correct. A nd all appeals to the asses
h "k'iV 0Te.ni&- shall be made in writing, and
shall specify the particular cause, matter, or
" thing respecting which a decision is requested ;
' and phall, moreover, state thground or princi-
pie m inequality. or error complained of."
DANIEL LIVINGSTON,
Assessor of the 19th Collection District.
April 24, 1867. .
fAUTION.-All persons are hereby
y tioned against buying or in aay wav 5
dling with four certain dark mules, on,
and harness, now with Jackson Test, tt ih0
long t me and are subject to ay order
I Apr. 3. ;867.-3t." Q. s. PERRy
VVYTi-TERS ! OYSTERS !!-l7u7ahT"
w in receipt of the best Ovstcrs iv?
will be served up in the usual va"iietT of .1
I have now a warm and contortable room s
up for the accommodation of Ladies, hick"'
partmont will receive particular attention
KOTE:S Oyster and Ice-crena
Jan. 16, 1866-tf. Uarfieo4
ADMINISTRATORS NOTlE
ters of Administration on the e?tato j
uantel uroweii, 01 ueccaria township, Ctir 1
co - dert'ft. having teen ffr&ntt tA.tK. 1
ed, all persons, having claims againit tit J.'
are requested to present them prortrW -.i'
1 h.J.. .
ticated for settlement, and those indebted to j
estate are requested to make payment
delay. T. H. BREweh '
Apr. 17, 1S67. Admipi,irtta,
fi AUTION.-All persons are hereby .
tioned vagainst purchasing or in
meddling with two mares, one roan snd onJ,
a two-horse wagon, harness, one log
fJlw, uuo uaii'f. 1 " " uiiim v.rns, l"CEJ D t l(j rvf
theep, one cook stove and all the household and
kitchen furniture now in possession of Clirk
Lyons, of Brady township, as the same belong
me and have only been left with id LjoaT 0
loan and are subject to my order.
April 15, 1367-al7. S. R. LQBOTJQH
OEALED PROPOSALS wUlbelSS
until April 30th, 1867, for the ereaia
of anew Methodist church in the boroogV 0
Clearfield, in accordance with plans to be tec,,
the office of J. B. McEnally, E.-q. Partof'ij
material is on the ground. I'y order of the bout
of Trustees GEO. W RUEEM
Apr. 10, 1867. StcreUrr.
piNE GROVE ACADEMY and SEM.
A INAKA Pine Grove Mills, Centre Co
Pa. J. E Thomas, A. M . Principal. '
This institution, organized in 1S62. will opu
its Thirtv-first session the Twenty-fourth u.
der present control on Wednesday, April iii,
1 Sf7 and continue five months. Boarding it
tuition, English branches, &S0. Information git
en on application. Apr 10. lS67.3tp.
pLOUGIIS. The undersigned would re---
f pectfully inform the public that they
have now on band, at their foundry in Curweo
ville, a lot of ploughs which they will dispose of
on the most reasonable terms. They areufanev
pattern, and have given entire f attraction to til
who have tried them. Also a lot of plough piuu
and landsides kept constantly on hand. UUset
al taken in exchange for castings.
March 6, lK67.-tit.; Ro'BISON i SOS.
pLEAIt FIELD NURS ER Y. Kxcocr-
ace Home Industry. The undewsrn-
ed having established a Nursery, on the Pike,
half way between Curwensville and Clearfield
Boroughs, is prepared to furnish all kindiof Fruit
trees, (Standard and dwarf,) Evergreen-. Shrub
bery,Jrape Vines, Gooseberry, Lawtrn Elaci
berry. Strawberry and Kaspbeiry vines. Also,
Sibrian Crab trees.Quince and early Scarlet Kkei
barb, Ac. Orders promptly attended 'o. AdJresf
Aug 31.1S34 J.D. WKIGIIT, CurwensTille,
W A N T E D I M M EDIATELY. - Fire
' hundred men, to act as talesmen lor
"Cobhin's Illustrated Domestic Bible," eurxwii
ing upwards f 1 .500 crown quartp pages; a Com
mentary of I7.0H0 notes from different Commeiii.
tors ; 7C0 engravings r family photograph depirt
ment ; extended concordance ; maps, biblirallii
tory, chronological tables. Ac. A book that al
ways sells. Our average sales are 500 copies per
day. As a standard bible for families, teachen,
ministers, and all lovers of the word ot (iod, it
has no competitor. For particulars, addrew
H. A STREET i CO.
April 3, IS67. Bo 222, Harri burg. Pa.
JfEW CLOTHING STORE
JOSEPH KCXZ,
Would respectfully inform the citiiens of Clear
field, and surrounding country, that be has j4
opened a large and well-selected stock of (jeotle
inen's clothing, and famishing goods. Youths' v.i
Hoys' mits. Hats of inUst sty'e.Doots. Irhoes. et,
in the well kr.own room on Market street,rctcn
ly occupied by Wm. Hoffman as a confectionary
and saloon II i 3 goods are of the best, and lis
prices moderate. Call and see. Ap. i0-3t.
T) ISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
The co- partnership heretofore exit
ing between C. K. Foster, J. l. -M'uirk. EdwarJ
Perks, U. L. Reed, Kichard Shaw, A K. Wright,
J. T. Leonard. Jus R. tiraham and W.A.Wallace,
in the Banking busiiiesa. at Philipsbnr?. Cenir
county. I'a., is this day dissolved by n.uiuil
sent. 1 be business will be conducted as nerew
fore at he same place, under the title of Foster,
Perks,' & Co.
RICH AFD SHAW,
,C. R FOSTER,
J.D. M'OIRK.
J. 15. (J R A II AM,
(J. L. HEED,
March 5, 1867.-m20.
J. T. LEONARD.
EDWARD PEKKS,
W. A. WALLACE,
A. K. WRIGHT.
1867. -SPIlING" 1801.
EYRE & LANDED.
FOURTH & ARCH STREETS, PillL'A. PA,
Are opening for spring of 18o7, 3 ca.e leet
shades of silks Fashionable plaid silks. B"
mark, the new color silK. Best black ill" '
town. Plaid India silks, perfect. Xe tf'(
dress goods. New style spring ehmtiei
dies of newest sty le. Steel-colored popliw.forw'
d- B. Staple house-keeping goods. "
stocs cloths, cassimeres. and tweeds tor jtato-
P S- Merchants in search of aearee n4 '
rable goods will find it their interest to call aa
ex imine our stock. ' March 27, ISoX-m-
rpiIE NORMAL SCIIOOL-The
x mal School will be opened in Curwens
ville, on the 30th day of April, and eontinus
session eleven weeks. There will be an r""
ment made to accommodate all teachers ind P'
pits who can remain longer than one 'SS1D' .
be either under my charge or that of the A
tant teacher, or of both.
TC1TIOS :
Teachers, per session, from S3 to $5tD ""
teachers in attendance, the less the tuition.
Pupils, per session, who do not porpojeteac
ing, or are not competent to teach, the e0B1J
winter, S3. Tuition to be paid in advanea"
apn ied to "the payment of an assistant teacB-
tP"Boarding to be bad for S3 50 per week.
O. W.SVVDEK.Co Sup t.
N. B All pupils, who can enter th "
classes, will be admitted. MarchtUiU
yALUABLE FARM FOR SALE-
The undersigned offers at private sale.hi" fr
situate in Jordan tp , Clearfield eounty,
tainig 203 actes net measure, i his land lies " T
of the best farming sections in the eonnty. "a
in a high state of cultivation. About LJIcrT
of the land is cleared, of which 125 acrti ar"
clover and timothy the whoe under good f
The buildings are a new two-story frame wel"jij
house, two 40 teet fronts a hewed log
by 50 feet a frame straw house adjoining
barn, 3fl by 40 feet a eorn and earriage-bouM- -by
2il feet and all the other necessary on tJ
to constitute it a desirable residence, ike f
is convenient and good. There is also .
premises ai. orchard of 125 bearing app'e trfv
and some cherries. A good" vein of eoal
lies the land, and there is an abundance of "J:
stone convenient thereto. Terms reiJfl!!r
For further particulars address the ubscrl5L,
Ansonville, Clearfield oounry, Pa , or call anUi"
the premises
Apr. 10, 1867. 3mp. Jm$j
CJTVAIM'S PANACEA, Kennedy's Medical D
k5 oovery, Hembold'a Buchu. Bake's Cod w
Oil, Jayne'g and Ayer'a Medicines.for mJ ?.