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BY S. J. BOW.
CLEARFIELD, PA.. "WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER ' 4, 1867.
VOL. 14. NO. 14.
VI)
- THE MAJOEITY:EEPOET.
Washington, Nor. 25. The Committee
vmthe Judiciary, to whom was referred the
1-jsCltttioa of the 7th ofVMarch last, author
iiiti? them to inquire Id to the official con
duct of Andrew Johnson, Vice President of
the United Starts, discharging the present
'duties of the offivie of. president of the Uni
'ted States, and i to-report to the. House
whether, in their opinion, the said Andrew
Johnson while in said office has been quilty
of acis which were designed or calculated to
overthrow or corruptthe Government of the
United States or any department or office,
thereof, and whether the-said Andrew
Johnson has been guilty of any act ! or has
i-onspiied with others to do acts which, in
the contemplation of the' Constitution, are
high crimes and misdemeanors. requiring the
interposition of the constitutional power .of
t?iis House, ..... . . ,
. .RESPECTFULLY REPORT -.;
Tlat, in tie performance of the important
task aj-icnal to them, they have spared no
pains to make their investigation as com
piote as possible, not only by the examina
tion of the public archives, but in following
twry indication that seemed to promise any
additional light upon the great subject tf
inquiry, and they submit herewith the re
Milt of that portion of . their labors in the
vo'iiriiinous exhibit that accompanies this
i;)--irt. . "
In order, hove ver. to direct the attention
i f the House to Mich por'ions of the some
v. t-.rt heteropo-tiwus m:iss of teimmiy
tv!;i-.-h thoy have beeii compelled to present
without the order or airanucinent that
mi'ht have facilitated the examination, as
are reiranb'd by t.heiu as most material to
tin: issue, i hey will novr proceed to state, as
I ricfly as possible, the leading facts which
they suppose the inquiry to have developed
beyond dispute, along, with their own con-rlu-ii
n-itheiefroni and the eions by which
thfy have been influenced iu reaching thein.
In so doinp they must be allowed the in'
dulgence which a comprehensive scruti-'
wy, running over a two years'-administration
of the affairs of a great rrvcrninent
tliroueh an unexampled crisis of the State,
and involving the very highest matters
matters that can engage the attention of a
tree people, would seem to necessitate, and
mn5'. at i al! event, excuse. The charges
trade, and .tcT which the investigations of
the committee have beep especially directed,
nre usurpation of power, and . violation of
law.in the corrupt abuse of the appointing,
"pat'loning and veto powers; in the corrupt in
t erference in elections, and generally in the
ouiuiisMon of hi rh crimes and misdemean
ors, under the Constitution, and upon this
ri-ciral i? was cliArgjvi with the more gener
al duly of irKuirin2 into the official conduct
of the President of Jiiti United States, and
of reportins whether he had bean guilty of
air acf which v;m desieneJ or calculated
to overthrow, subvert or corrupt the " Gov
vrnnlent of the United States, or which, in
contemplation of the Constitution, would
constitute a high' crime or misdemeanor,
requiring the interposition of the constitu -tr
nal power of the Honsow ' ; V
It Will 'be observed that the great salient
point of accusation standing out in the fore
ground, and challenging the attention of
the country, as usurpation of power, which
involves,, of eonrse, a violation of law ; and
here it. may be remarked that, perhaps, ev
tj great abuse, every flagrant depature
from the well settled principles of the Gov
ernment,' which has been brought home to
its present administration, whether discov
ering itself in special infractions of the sta
tutes, or in the profligate use of the powers
conferred by the Constitution on the Presi
dent, or revealing itself more manifestly in
the systematic, attempt to, seize upon its
sovereignty and . disparage and supersede
the great council to which that sovereignty
has been intrusted.' - ' ' ' .
In reference to tha one ereat Oaroose ef .
reconstructing the shattered governments of .
the Rc'xd States in accordance with his own
wishes, 'in the interest of the great crimi
nals who carried them into the Rebellion,
and in such a way as to" deprive the people
( the loyal States of all chances of indem
nity for the past or security for the future,
h pardoriing their offenses, restoring lands,
and bringing them back, their hearts unre
pentant and their hands yet red with the
blood of our people, into a condition where
they could once more embarrass and defy,
if not absolutely' rule r the ' government
which they had vainly "endeavored to des
troy. It is around this p dnt, and as an
auxiliary to that great central idea; that all
special t.cts of maladministration we
have interposed ' will be found to gravitate
and revolve, and it is to this point, there
fore, as the great master-key which -unlocks
and interprets all of them, that the atten-
tion of the House will be first directed. "
It is a fact of history thatthe obstinate
aid protracted struggle between the Execu
tive and Legislative:. Department, arising
't of the claim of more than kingly power
3n the one hand, and as strongly maintain
ed by the operation of the first rights of
wvereipnty lodged with it by the people on
Nie other, which has convulsed t hi nation
or the last two years, and presented a Spec
tacle that lias no example here, and none in
England since the era of the Stuarts, began
ith the advent of the' present Chief Mag
istrate. The catastrophe that lifted him to
his place, whilst ft smWtethe heart of the
nation with grief ard " horror, was the Jast
ipiring armed effort of , the insurrection,
jne capital of the Rebel Government had
f'icn, its chiefs were fugitive, ita flag wm
in the dust ; the strife of arms had closed ;
he hosts that bad been gathered for the o
vrthrow of the nation had either melted
'ay in defeat and . disaster, or passed un
der the conquering band of the Republic.
' 'ne extraordinary mission of the Executive
wsfulfiUed. !.- '
Although ks thi Commandr-1n-chif he
might possibly treat with the belligerents
in arms, the cessation of the war -in theo
verthrow of the rebellion and the uncondi
tional surrender of.' the armies had. deter
mined that power. ..To hold the conquered
territory within our military grasp until the
sovereign power of the nation rested in the
representatives the same which had girt
the sword upon the thigh of the Executive
and placed the resources of country in men
and money at his command should be ready
to declare its. will in relation to the Rebels
it had coriQuered, was all that remained for
him to do. But the duties of the sovereign
were not yet at the end. ..An extent of ter
ritory of almost continental dimentions,
desolated by war, but still swarm in ir with
millions of people, was at our feet, awaiting
the sentence which it had deserved. -
The local governments, swept away as
they had been, in the opinion of the Presi
dent himself,' by the whirlwind of the Re
bellion, were in ruin ; whole communities
were in anarchy ; the courts outlawed, the
social tie dissolved, system of pretended
laws existing in deadly conflict withthe law
of the conqueror1; a people subdued, but
sullen and full of hate, and hostile as ever
to the power that had overthrown them;
a loyal element asking for protection a
new and anomalous relation without a par
allel in history, about which the wisest of
statesn.en might wtll hesitate ami , differ,
superinduced by tracticidal strife, that had
ruptured the original ties, nnd placed its
subjects in the condition of public enemies ;
a Urge army to, be disbanded, and such in
dulgence extended, such punishment in
Hicted, and such securities demanded for
the future, as the interests of peace, and
justice might require.
Never iu the history of this or any other
State have questions in ore numerous arti
vital, more debate or difficult, requiring
graver deli'teratum or involving ithe exer
cise of higher governmental powers, pre
sented themselves tor the eoDMderaiion of
a people, and never was a Congress convo
ked iu a more serious crisis of a State. The
duties and responsibilities of the men who
founded the Union of these States, and of
those who assembled here in 1861 to consult
upon aud provide the means for suppressing
this great Rebellion, we;e as nothing in the
comparison, and demanded certainly not
higher sagacity and no broader wisdom than
tite task of bringing back the dismembered
States, and infusing these jarring and dis
cordant elements with one harmonious
whole. - For this great work the supreme
Executive of the nation even though he
had been endowed by nature with the very
highest ot oigatuzing fuel. tie.-, was obvious
ly unfitted by i lie very nature of his office.
It Mr. Lincoln had survived, it is not to
be doubted, Irum his habitual deference to
the publicum, tliat altoutih a citizen of a
loyal State m,d enjoying the public confi
dence iu the highest possible degree, he
would fcave felt it his duty to convoke the
Representatives of the people, to lay down
his sword in their presence, and to refer it
to their enlightened and patriotic judgment
to decide what was to be dce with the ter
ritories and people that had been brought
under the authority of the government by
our arms. The bloody baud of treason, un
fortunately, hurried him away iu the very
hour of the nations triumph. . . But if these
were reasons which could have made this
duty an imperative onfe wifh him, how pow
erfully were they reinforced by the double
effect of the tragedy that notonly deprived
the nation ot its trusted head, but cast the
reins of government upon a "successor. The
new President was himself in the doubtful
and delicate position of a citizen of one ot the
revolting Stares, which were to be summon
ed for Judgment before the bar of Amer
ican people. . . ' ' V V
It. was, perhaps, but nitftral '.trial
should sympathize with the nottittjunities
from which he had recently differed only on
orudentiat reasons, or in others words, as to
the wisdom of the revolt ' at that' particular
juncture of affairs.
If ether arguaents had
not sufficed to convince him of the necessity
of referring all these great questions to the
only tribunal on earth that had the power to
decide them.it ought to have been , suffi
cient th it he owed alike his honors and his
accidental powers to the generous confidence
of the loyal States. " ;; -
y He expected, of course, that they would
insist, as they had a right to do, upon such
conditions s would secure to them, if not
indemnity for the past, at least the amplest
security for the future, ' Instead, therefore,
of convoking the Congress of the United
States to deliberate upon the condition of
the country, he seems to diave made up his
mind to undertake that mighty task himself,
to forestall the judgment and the wishes of
the loyal people and to neutralize the power
to undo his work by bringing in the rebel
States themselves to participate in the de
liberations upon any and all questions which
might be left for settlement. , . ; : .
To effect this object he issues his imperi
al pro;lima':o 8. beginning with that of the
yth of May. in virtue, as he says, of his
double authority as President of the United
States and Commander-in-chief of the ar
mies, declaring the governments of these
State to have peris" ed, creating, under the
denomination or provisiona1 governors civil
officers unknown to the law, appointing to
these -offices men who were, notoriously dis
qualified, by reason of their participation
in the Rebellion, from holding any office un
der this.- government, and "yet allowed to
bold the same and exercise the duties there
of, at salaries fixed by himself, and paid out
of the contincenttnud of one of the depart
ments, in clear violation of the acts of July
2, 1862, and February 9, 156.3.
v Declaring, moreover, that the govern
ments of these States had been destroyed,he
assumes it to be his individual right as be
ing himself the State rather the TJaited
States-r-to execute the guarantee of the
Constitution by providing them with new
ones, and accordingly directed hn pretended
governors to call conventions of such of tne
people as it was hi u pleasure to indicate, to
make constitutions for them on such terms
aud with such . provisions as was agreeable
10 unuseit. .
Unprovided, however, of course, in, the
absence of Congress, with the necessary re
sources to meet theexpencesof these organ
isations, he not only directs the paymeut of
a portion or tnera out ot the contingent fund
ot the War Deoartment. but with a boldness
unequalled by even Charles the First, when
nt, too, undertook to reign without a Par
liament, provides for a deficit by authoris
ing the siezure of property and the appro
priation of money belonging to the Govern-
u eut, and directing his endeavors to levy
taxes lor tne same purpose from the subiect
people.
The further reading of the report was
uispensea with, excepting the conclusion,
wnu-n is as toilows:l . "'".
In accordance with the testimony here
with submitted, and the view of the law
herein presented, the Committee are of the
opinion that Andrew Johnson, President ot
the United States, is guilty of high crimes
ana misdemeanors, requiring the lnterpo i-
tiou of the constitutional powers of this
House.
In that upon the final surrender of the
rebel armies and the overthrow of the Reb
el Government, the said -Andrew Johnson,
i reident ot the United States, neglected
to cou vene the Congress of the United States,
that by its aid and authority legal and con
stitutional measures might have been adopt
ed f6r the organization of loyal and consti
tutional governments in the States then' re
cently in!rebellion. -
In that in his pocl:ima:ion to the people
ot ISorth Larolina,oii the 2Uth ot JIay,lS65,
he assumed that he had authority to decide
whether the Government of North Carolina,
and whether any .other government that
might be set up therein, was republican m
form, and that in his office of President, it
was his duty and within his power to iruar
an toe to said people a republican form of
government, contrary to the Constitution,
which provides that the United States shall
guarantee to every State in this Union a re
publican form" of government, and contrary
also to a deliberate opinion of the Supreme
Court, which declared that Congress is ves
ted exclusively with the power to decide
whether the government of a State is repub
lican or not. - .
In that he did thereafter reorganise and
treat a plan ot government set up in North
Carolina, under and in conformity to his
own advice and discretion, as republican in
form, and entirely restored to its functions
a.-, a State, notwithstanding Congress, as
the bram-h of the governinert in which, by
the Constitution, such power is exclusively
vested, nnd notwithstanding Congress did
refuse to recognize such government as a
legitimate government, c-f a government re
publican in form. ,
In that by public proclamation and other
wise, he did, in the year 1865, write, solicit
and convene in tertain other States then re
cently in rebellion,' conventions of persons,
many of whom were known traitors, who
had been organized in an attempt to over
throw the Government of the United States,
and urged and directed such conventions to
frame constitutions for each State. "
in that he thereupon assumed to accept,
ratify and confirm certain so-called constitu
tions framed by such illegal and treasonable
assemblies of persons, which constitutions
were never submitted to the people of the
respective States, nor ratified and confirm
ed by the United States, thus usurping and
exercising powers vested by the Constitution
in the Congress of the United States exclu
sively. In that he pardoned large numbers of
public and notorious traitors, with the de
sign of receivine from them aid in such con
ventions, called by his advice and direction,
for the purpose of organizing and setting up
such illegal governments in the States then
recently in Rebellion, prior to the annual
meeting of Congress, with the intent thus
to constrain Congress to accept, ratify and
confirm such illegal and unconstitutional
proceedings.
In that he did within and fir the States
recently in rebellion, create and establish as
a civil officer, the office of Provisional Gov
ernor so called, an office unknown to the
Constitution or laws of the land
In that he appointed to such office eo cre
ated in said States respectfully,- men who
were public and notorious traitors, he well
knowing that they had been engaged in o
pen, persistent, and formidable efforts for
the overthrow of the Government ot the U
nited States, and well knowing, also, that
these men could not enter upon the duties
of said office without committing the crime
of perjury or in violation ot the laws of the
country.
In that he directed the Secretary of State
to promise payment of moneys to said per-j
sons so illegally appointed, as salary or
compensation for services to be performed
in s&id office so illegally created, contrary to
the provisisions of the law of the United
States, approved February 0, 1863, entitled
"An act making appropriation tor the sup
port of the army of the United States for
the year ending the 20th of June, 1864,and
for a deficiency of thea signal service for
the year ending June 30, .1863.- .
In that he . directed the Secretary of War
to pay moneys to said persons for services
performed in said office so illegally created,
which mone5s were so paid under his direc
tion, without authority of law, contrary to
law and in violation to the Constitution of
the United States. ' ' ,. ' .
In that he deliberately dispensed with and
suspended the ope ation of a provision ef a
law of the United States, passed on the 2d
day of July 1862, entitled VAn act to pre
scribe an oath of office and for other pur
poses."; " . - , " , -
In that he appointed to"offioes created by
the law ot the United St at ps, persons who,as
was well known to him, had been engaged in
the rebellion ; who were guilty of the crime
of treason, and who could not, without com
mitting the crime of perjury, or otherwise
violating criminally the said act of July 2,
1862, enter upon the duties thereof. '
In that, without authority of law and con
trary to law, he used and applied property
taken from the enemy in time of war, for
the payment of the expenses and the support
of the said illegal and unconstitutional gov
ernments so set up in the said States recently
in rebellion and for a like purpose ; and in
violation ot the Constitution and of his oath
of office, he authorised and permitted a levy
of .taxes upon the people of said States, thus
usurping and exercising a power which, by
the Constitution, is vested exclusively in the
Congress cf the United States. All of
which acts was a usurpation of power con
trary to the laws and Constitution of the
United States, and in violation of his oath
as President of the United States.
T' In that the said Andrew Johnson, Presi
dent of the United States, has, in messages
to Congress and otherwise, publicly deuied,
substantially, the right of Congress to pro
vide for the pacification, government and
restoration of said States to the Union, and
in like manner he has asserted his exclusive
right to provide governments therefor, and
to accept and proclaim the restoration of
said States to the Union. All of which is
in derogation of the rightful authority of
Congress, and calculated to subvert the Gov
ernment of the United States.
Iu that in accordance with said declara
tion, he has vetoed various bills passed by
Congress for the pacification and government
of the States lately in rebellion and their
speedy restoration to the Union, and upon
the ground and for the reason that the Said
States had been restored to their places in
the Union bv his aforesaid illegal and un
constitutional proceedings, thus interposing
and using a constitutional power ot the of-
hco he held as to prevent the restoration ot
th Union upon a constitutional basis.
In that he has exercised the power ot re
movals, aud appointments to office tor the
purjKjsc of maintaining effectually his afore
said usurpation, and for the purpose of se
curing the recognition by Congress ot the
State governments, so illegally and uconsti-
tutionally set up in the States recently in
rebellion: such removals and appointments
having been attended aud followed with
great injury to the public service, and enor
mous losses to the public revenue.
In ' that in the exercise ot the pardoning,
power he issued an order for the restoration
of 193 men, belonging to West Virginia,who,
upon the records of the War Department were
marked as deserters from the army in time
of war, and this upon the representation of
private and interested persons, aud without
previous investigation by any officer of the
VV'ar Department, and for the sole purpose
of enabling such persons to vote in an elec
tion then pending in said State and with the
expectation that they would so vote as to
support him in his said unconstitutional pro
ceedings,! theu well knowing that the men
so restored, and by virtue ot ueh restora
tion, would be entitled to a large sum of mon
ey from the Treasury of the United States.
In that by his message to the House ot
lepresentatives. on the 22d of June, 1S66,
and by other public and private means, he
has attempted to prevent the ratification of
an amendment to the Constitution ot the
United States, proposed to the several States
by the two Houses of Congress, agreeably to
the Constitution of the United States, al
though such proposed amendment provided,
among other things, for the validity ot tbe i
public debt ot. the united States, and ren
dered the payment of any claim for slaves
emancipated, or any debt incurred in aid of
the Rebellion or insurrection against the U-
nited States, impossible cither by the gov
ernment ot the United States, or by any of
the States recently in Rebellion, he well
knowinslthat the provisions asserted under
and by his direction in the said illegal Con
stitutions for said States were wholly inad
equate to protect the loyal people thereof,
or the people of the loyal States against the
payment of claims on the account ot slaves
emancipated, and of debts incurred by such
States in aid of the rebellion, thus render-
nst it practicable and easy, for those in au
thority in, the aforesaid illegal and unconsti
tutional governments thus set up, to tax and
oppress the loval people of such States for
the benefit of those who have been engaged
in the attempt to overthrow the Government
of the United States. .
In that he has made official and other pttD
ic dppinrntinn and statements' calculated
and designed to impair the credit of the Uni
ted States f to encourage persons recently en
gaged in Rebellion against its authority ; to
obstruct and resist the reorganization of the
Rebel States, so called, upon a republican
basis, and as en ated ana aesitrnea aiso w
deprive the Congress of the United States
ot the confidence or the people, as wen in
its patriotism as in its constitutional right to
xist and to act as the department of the
government which, under the Constitution,
possesses exclusive legislative power; and all
of this with the intent of rendering Congress
incapable of resisting either his said usurpa
tions of power, or providing nnd enforcing
measures necessary for the. pacification and
restoration' of the Union 1 and that in all
this he has exercised the veto power, tne
power ot removal and appointment,the par-
dnnm. nA other constitutional now- f
era of his office, for the purpose of delaying.
.fL.r.it.' v .u nrJnl.mn.
hindering, obstructing and preventing tne
restoration of the Union by constitutional
means; and for the further purpose of alien
ating from the Government and laws e
United States those persons who had been
engaged in the Bebellion, and who, without
aid, comfort and encouragement thus byhim
given to them, would have resumed in good
faith their allegiaoce to the . Constitution,
and all with the expectatio of conciliating
them to himself personally, that he might
thereby finally prevent tfwestoration or tne
Union upon the basis of the laws passed by
Congress! . - t . .
And further, that the said Andrew John
son, President ot the United States, trans
ferred and surrendered, and authorized and
directed the transfer and surrender ot rail
way property of the value ot many millions
of -dollars to persons who had been eugaged
in the rebellion, or to corporations owned
wholly or in part by bach persons, he well
knowing that in some instances the railways
had been constructed by the United States,
and that in others that such railways and
railway property hud been captured from the
enemy in war, and afterwards repaired at
great cost by the United States, such trans
fers and surrenders being made without au
thority of law and in violation of law, -
In that, he directed and authorized the
sale of large quantities of railway rolling stock
and other railway property, of the value of
many million or dollars, the property of the
United States, by purchase and construction,
to corporations and parties then known to
him to be unable to pay their debts then ma
tured and due, and this without exacting
from said corporations and parties any secu
rities whatever.
In that, he directed and ordered subordi
nate officers of the government to postpone
and delay the collection of moneys due and
payable to the C uited btates on account ot
such sales, in apparent conformity to an order
previously made by him ; that the interest
upon certain bonds issued or guaranteed by
the Stat i of Tennessee in aid of certain rail
ways, then due and unpaid for a period Ot
tour years and hiore,should be first paid out
of the earnings of the roads in whose behalf
said bonds were so Usue i or guaranteed, in
that in conformity to such order and direc
tion, the collection of moneys payable, and
then due to the United States was delayed
and postponed, jand the interest on such
bonds of which he, himseif.was a large hold
er, was paid according to the terms of his
own order, thus corruptly using his office to
defraud and wrong the people of the United
States tor his own personal advantages.
In that he has not only ret irned to claim
ant thereof, Urge amounts of cotton and
other abandoned property that had benseiz
ed and taken by the agents of the Treasury,
in conformity to law, but has paid aud di
rected the payment of actual proceeds of
sales made thereofaud this in violation of a
law of the United States, which orders and
requires the payment into the Treasury of
the United States of all moneya received
from such sales, and provides for loyal claim
ants a sufficient aud easy remedy in the
Court of Claims, and in . manifest violation
also, ot the spirit and meaning of the Con
stitution, wherein it is declared that no mon
ey shall be drawn from this Treasury, but in
consequence ot appropriations made by law.
And further, in that the said Andrew
Johnson, President of the United States,au
thorized the use of the army of the United
States for the dispersion ot a peaceful and
lawful assembly of citizens of Louisiana
and this by virtue of a dispatch addressed
to a person who was not an office- of the ar
my, but was a public and notorious traitor,
and all with the intent to deprive the Joyal
people of Louisiana of every opportunity to
frame a State Government, republican in
form ; and with the intent further, to con
tinue in places of trust and emolument per
sons who had been engaged in an attempt
to overthrow the government of. the United
States, expecting thus to conciliate such
persons to himself and 6ecure their aid iu
support ot his aforesaid unconstitutional de
signs. All of which omissions of duty, usurpa
tions of power, violations of his oath of of
fice, of tre laws and of the Constitution of
the United S tates, bv the said A ndrew J ohn
son, President of the United States, have
retarded the public prosperity, lessened the
public reveiiues,disordered the business and
finances of the country, encouraged insubor
dination in the people of the States recently
in rebellion, fostered sentiments of hostility
between different classes of citizens, revived
and kept alive the spirit ot the Rebellion,
humiliated the nation.dishonored republican
institutions, obstructed the restoration of
said States to the Union, and delayed and
postponed the peaceful and fraternal reor
ganization of the Government of the United
States. . .
This committee therefore report the ac
companying resolution and recommend its
passage. ,.- ;
(fcigned. J
Geo. S. Boutwell,
Francis Thomas,
Thomas Williams,'
Wm. Lawrence,'
JncCCbcrchili.
RESOLUTION. PROVIDINO FOR THK IMPKACH
- MKNT OP THE PRESIDENT OV THE UNITED
. STATES. ; . -.. -, ;.
Resolved, That Andrew Johnson, Presi
dent of the United States, be impeached of
high crimes and misdemeanors.
. . -t : '.- - ; -
A. minority report was also presented by
MessrsJ Wilson and Woodbridge,' dissenting
from the conclusions arrived nt by the ma
jority of the Committee. And Messrs. Mar
bhall and Eldndge (Democrats) also present
ed a statement, giving it as their opinion
"that the evidence . before the Committee
presents no case for the impeachment of the
President. . . '.
O OLDIERS' BOUNTIES. A recent bill
has passed both Houses of Concress.and
signed by the President, giving Jhrae years' ol-
diersSino and two yearg' soldiers 1
years' soldiers Sad. bounty.
' Soldiers wounded id line of duty, wbo did not
erjetwo or three yeara.are entitled li the bounty.
. Ear" Bounties and Pension collected -by me tor
those entitled to them. - .
WALTER BARRETT. AttVat Law. '"
-A "g- 5th. tftfio. . Clearfleld. Ta.
QHORTLIDGEi& CO.,' Proprietors of
3 Bellefonie Lime Kilns Rellefonte, Pa.
' . Wood oreoalfcarat liine forwarded by Railroad,
and constantly ton hand and for tale, at the kilns.
Jn 2g. 1867-6mp ... r. . :.. " -' i '
FIRST quality of MackeraL T M p kbt. t
Ag57. H. SMITH S-
Jujiinrss gitcrtont.
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W
ALTER BARkktT, Attorney tLw, Clar-
neifl, ra.-, . .... ; - May 13, 1803.
TR A.M. HltLS, DENTIST.- Office, oorner of
1 Front abd Market streets, opposite the 'Clear
field House,' Cleartteld. Pa. July I. IS67-I'r.
ED. W. GRAHAM, Deafer ita Drj-Goods. Groce
ries, Hardware. Qaeensware. W"oodenwara,
Provisions, etc., Maraet Street. Clearfield. Pa.
"VriVLTNO A SHOWERS. Dealers ia Dry-Goods
L Ladies' Fancy Hoods, Hats and Caps. Bo-oU,
Shoes, etc.. Second Street, Clearfield, Pa. stp25
TERRELL A BIG LEE." Dealers !a Hardware
LVL nd manufacturers of Tin and Sheet-iron
rare. Seeond Street, Clearfield, Pa. Jnna '6S. ,
HF. NAUGLE, Watch and Clock Maker,' and
. dealer in Watches. Jewelry, Ac. 1 Room It
Graham' row. Market street. - --. Nor. 1 0. :
HBUCHEK SWOOPE. Attorney at Law, Clear
. field. Pa. OEot in Graham's Row, four doo
west of Graham A Boynton's store. Nov. 10. '
I TEST, Attorney at Law. Clearfield, Pa., will
. attend promptly to all Legal business ep trust
ed to bis care in Clearfield a id adjoining boun
ties Office on Market street. July 17, 186?
milOMAS H MftrRV ll..lr r R-n., --j
j J Sawed Lumber, Dry-Goods, Queensware; Gro
J ceries. Flour. Ur-vin, Feed, Bacon, io , Ac, Gra-
n am ton. Clearfield county, Ia. Oct. 111..
J P. KRATZER. Dealer in Dry-Goods. ClothCh,
.'Hardware Qaeensware, Groceries.. Provi
sion, etc . Market Street, neatly opposite the
Court House, Clearfield, P'., June, !Bo5.
HIRTSWICK A IRWIN. Dealers m Drue;.;
Medicines. Paints. Gils, Stationary,- Perfume
ry". Fancy Goods, Motions, etc., etc., Market street,
Clearfield, Pa Dee 6, 188 ft.
"V KRATZER A SON. dealers In Dry Gboaa,
V . Clothing. Hardware, Queensware, '. Groce
ries. Provisions. Ac, front Street, (above the A
cadeiny.) Cleai field. Pa. Deo 27,1885.
JOH Gl ELICH, Manufacturer of all kinds cd
Cabinet-ware, Market street. Clearfield, Pi,
tie also makes to order Coffins, on short notice, and
attends funerals with a hearse. Aprl0,'59. .
THOMAS J. M'CULLOCGH, Attorney at Law.
Clearfield, Fa. . Office, east of the "Clearfield
o Hank. Deeds and other legal instruments pre
pared with promptness and accuracy. July S.
JB MEN ALLY, Attorney at Law Clearfield:
. ' Pa. ' Practices in Clearfield aud' adjoining
tounties.' OCce in new brick building of J. Bcya
t n, 2d street, one door south of. Lanich's Hotel.
RICHARD MOSSO.P, Dealer In Foreign and Da
ta estie Dry -Goods, Groceries,. Flour, Baeoa,
Liquors, Ae. ' Room, 'on Market street, afewdoorf
festoi QttrwXJljBt.Ulearnem. ft.. ; Apr7-
DENTISTRY. J. P CORNETT, Dentist, offers
bis professional services to the citizens of
Curwensville aud vicinity.: Office in Drug Store,
earner Main and Thompson St..- May 3,1866. j
FB. READ, M D., Physician and Surgeon.
. William's Grove, Pa., offers his professional
services ro the citizens of the surrounding eoua
ry.. July I Oth. I867..tf.
FRANK BARRETT. Conveyancer and Real
Estate Agent, Clearfield, Pa. Office en. See
ond Street,; with Walter Barrett, Esq. Agent for
Plantation and Gold Teiritory in South Carolina.
Clearfleld July 10, Ib67. -
FBEDERICK LEITZINGER, Manufacturer pf
all kinds of Stone-ware. Clearfield, P4. Or
der solicited wholesale or retail He alsok'et
on hand and for sale an assortment of earthen
ware, of his own manufacture. - Jan. I, 1863
r" t n r f rrr 7Z
JOHN H.FULFORD, Attorney at Law. Clear:
field, Pa. Office with J. B. McEnally, Esq,.,
over Fir.t National Bank. ' Prompt attention driv
en to the securing or Boduty el aims, e, and to
all legal business. . . March 17, 1867.
J BLAKE -WALTERS, Scriviner and Convefi
anoer, and Agent for the purchaM aud sale '
of Lands. Clearfield. Pa. Prompt attention giv;
en to all business Connected with the eoamty offi
ces. Office with W, A. Wallace. .. Jan. 3..
G ALBERT A BRO-g. Dealers in Dry God,
. Groceries, Hardware. Queensware. Flour
eon, etc.. Woodland. Clearfield county. Pa. Also,
extensive dealers in ill kinds ef sawed I art tier
shingles, and square timber. Orders solicited.
Woodland. Pa , Aug. 10th, 1863
WALLACE. BIOLER A FIELDING," A to,f
neys at Law' Clearfield, Pa.. Legal business
of all kinds promptly and accurately Attended to.
Clearfield, Pa., May 16th, 1866. v . : . -.'l
WILLIAM A. WALL AC B WILLIAM 3.. MSL.BR
J.BLAKE ITAttBHS . . FRANK Tt KLDIHO
DR J. P. BCRCHFIELD-ltate Surgeon'of the
83d Reg't Penn'a ' Vols,, having returned
from the army, offers his professional services te
the citixens of Clearfield and. vicinity. Profes
sional calls promptly , attended, to-. - Office on
South-East corner of 3d and Market Streets. . ,
Oct. 4. 1865 6mp. . . T
p U It X I T U K K It O 6 M &
' fOnS GITELlCIli '
Desires to inform his old friends and customers
that, having enlarged his shop and increased hie
facilities for manufacturing, he is new prepared
to make to order such furniture as may be desir
ed, in good style and at cheap rates for cash. He
mostly has op hand at his -Furniture Rooms,"
a varied assortment of furniture, among which is,
BUREAUS AD SIDEBOARDS,
Wardrobes and Book -cases; Centre', Sofa, Parlor,
Breakfast and Dining extension Tables.
Common, French-post, Cottage, Jen-
ny-Jjind and other Bedsteads-'
SOFAS OF ALL KINDS. WORK-STANDS, HAT
RACKS, WASH STANDS, Ac. ;
- Sp'rlng-seal, Cain-bottom, and Parlor Cha!r';r
And common and other Chairs. . :t; .
LOOKING-GLASSES
Of every description bn hand, and new glass fcr
old frames, which will be put it n very t-'
reasonable terms, oz rhort notice.' , 1 j
He also keeps on land, or furnishes to order! Hair,
. Corn-aualuAIair and Cotton top Mattresses.
COFFINS, OF EVERY Raxf D. ;
Made to order, and funerals attended with a
; , Hearse, whenever desirable. . '
: AIo, House painting done to ord'sr.' '
The above, and many other articles' are furbished
to customers cheap for cash or exehaaged ft a-
L roved country produce. Cherry. Maple. Poplar,
in-wood and other Lumber suitable for the busi
ness, taken In exchange for furniture. , , ,
Remember the shop is on Hancet street, ciear-
eld, and -nearly epp
rly erpotite the -Old Jew Btere.' ;
December 4, 1841
JOHN GHELICH.;
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