BI S. J. BOW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1867.
VOL. 14.-NO. 16.
WINTER.
He comes ! The tariy Winter comes !
I hear his footsteps through the Nights !
I hear his vanguard from the heights
March through the pines with muffled drums !
His naked feet are on the mead,
The grass-blades stiffen in his path ;
No tear for child of Earth he hath,
No pity for her tender seed!
The bare oaks shudder at his breath ;
A moment by the stream he stays
Its melody is mute ! A glaze
Creeps o'er its dimples, as of death !
From fettered stream and blackened moor,
The city's walls, he, silent, nears ;
The mansions of the Rich he fears!
He storms the cabins of the Poor !
The curtained couch the glowing hearth
The frost-rimed Drey-beard's power defy ;
He curses as he hurries by
And strikes the Beggar, dead, to Earth !
For ever j gleaming hall he spares,
A hundred hearlhless hovels hold
Hearts pulseless, crisped with ice and cold,
hatched by a hundred grim Despairs!
The forests grow by his command
Who raitb. "lie lendeth to the Lord
Who giveth to the Poor!" Your hoard
Is His ! Ve stewards of the land !
Here is yonr Mission ! Ye who feed
Your lavish fires! Not afar.
But at you doors, yonr Heathen are !
"rod's Poor your creditors ! Take heed !
The path is long to ?a-a n shores :
Their skies are sunny: (iod o'er all!
The Winter's deadly harvest's fall
Around you! Deal your Master's stores !
THE MYSTEEI0U3 0BGAKI3T.
'Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood."
Tears ao, at a grand old cathedral over
looking the Rhine, there appeared an or
ganist. The great composer who had play
ed the organ so long had suddenly died, and
everybody, from the king to the peasaut,
was wondering who could be found to fill his
place, when, one bright Sabbath morn, as
the bexton entered the church, he saw a
stranger sitting at the crape shrouded organ.
He was a tall, graceful man, with a pale but
6triking!y handsome face, great, black, me
lancholy eyes, and hair like the raven's
wing for g!o.-s and color, sleeping in dark
waves over his shoulders. lie did not scctu
t-j notice the sexton, but went on playing,
mid bJch music Tie drew Iroui the lusiru-
lueut no word of mine can describe. The
Kstoaishcd listener declared that the organ
beeuied to have grown human that it wan
ed and sighed and clau.ored, as it a tortured
human hem t was throbbing through its pipes.
When the music at length ceased, the sex
ton batened to the stranger and said:
'Tray, who are you, ir?"
'"Do "not ask my nime," he replied, "I
Lave heard that you are in want of an or
ganist, and I have come here on trial."
"You'll be sure to get the place," exclaim
ed the sexton. "Why, you surpass him
.that's dead and gone, sir !"
"No, no; you overrate me," resumed the
stranger, with a sad smile ; and then, as if
disinclined to conversation, he turned from
old Hans and began. Aad now the muMC
changed from a sorrowful strain to a grand
old paean, and
"Looking upward full of grace.
- Prayed, till from a happy place
God s glory smote him in the face,"
and his countenance seemed not unlike that
of St. Michael, as portrayed by Guido. j
Lost in harmonies which swelled around j
him, he sat with his "far seeing" eyes fixed :
on the distant sky, a glimpse of which he
caught through an open window, when there
was a stir about the church door, and a roy
al party came sweeping in. Among them
mijht be seen a young girl with a wealth of
golden hair eyes like the violet's hue, and
lips like wild cherries. This was the Prin
cess Elizabeth ; and all eyes were turned to
her, as she seated herself in the velvet cush
ioned pew appropriated to the court. The
mysterious organist fixed his eyes upon her
and went on playing. No sooner had the
music reached her ears than she started as if
a ghost had crossed her path. The blood
faded from her cheek, her lips quivered,
and her whole frame grew tremulous. At
last her eyes met those of the organist,
in a loug, yearning look, and the melody
lost its joyous notes and once more wailed
and sighed and clamored.
"By my faith," whispered the king to his
daughter, "ibis organist has a master hand.
Hark ye, he shall play at your wedding!"
The pale lips of the princess parted, but
he could not speak she was dumb with
grief. Like one in a painful dream, she saw
the pale man at the organ, and heard the j
melodv which filled that vast edifice. Ay,
full well she knew who he was, and why
tie instrument seemed breathing out the
agony of a tortured heart.
N hen the service was over, and the roy-
al party had left the cathedral, he stole a j ment of Wright, Bros. & Co., and drew a
way as mysteriously as he had come. He j watch valued at $110.00. We asked to ex
fcas uot to be seen again by the sexton till ' amine the article, and found that we could
Jbe vesper hour, and then he appeared in : buy such stuff anywhere for ten dollars and
the organ-loft and commenced his task. ! be swindled at the same time. We didn't
While he played a veiled figure glided in and ; pay 5 per cent or $10.00-!ri.tl-
- : a .hnno Thrre she remained on the first. The next was
till the woi shippers dispersed, when the sex-;
ton touched her on the shoulder and faid : j
"Madam everybody has gone out but
, ' i r i i . II the rlnnrs. " i
Ton an.l m ta T ;UH tn plose all the doors.
"I am not ready to go yet," was the re-PV-
"Leave me leave!"
The sexton drew hack into a shady niche,
and watched and listened. The mysterious
?rgaoist still kept his post, but his head was cern mlJSew York, we care not how strong-hoa-.i
or.,1 Iip ron d lv thev mav present their case for fairness.
ot seethe lone devoted. At length s,he
fosefrom th aisle, and moving to the or- j
! from the aisle, and moving
fan-loft, paused beside the musician.
'"Bertram " clip mnrmured.
Quick as thought the organist raised his j
W There, with the lieht of the lamp
rill. I lir- All 'iiii l m uii;l,u
Impended to the arch above falline full upon
r, stood the princess who had graced the .
P that day. Tb oourt drM ef vl-
1 vet, with its soft ermine trimmings, the ti
rea, the necklace, the bracelet-, had been
exchanged for a gray serge robe and a long
thick veil, which was now pushed back from
the fair girlish face.
"Oh! Elizabeth, Elizabeth!" exclaimed
the organist, and he sunk at her feet and
gazed wistfully into her troubled face.
"Why are you here, Bertram?" asked she.
"I cannot bid you farewell ; and as 1 dared
not venture into the palace, I gained access
to the cathedral by bribing the bell, ringer,
and having taken the vacant seat of the
dead organist, let my music breathe out the
adieu I could not trust my lips to utter."
A low moan was the ouly answer, and he
continued :
"You are to be married on the morrow I"
"Yes," sobbed the girl. "Oh, Bertram,
what a trial it will be to stand at yonder al
tar, and take upon me the vows which will
doom me to living death !"
"Think of me," rejoined the organist.
"Your royal father has reuuested me to
play at the wedding, and I have promised
to be here, lfl were your equal, J could
be the bridegroom instead of the orga iist ;
but a poor musician must give you up."
"It is like rending soul and body asunder
to part with you," said the girl. "To
night I may tell you, this tell you how
fondly I love you, but in a few hours it will
be a sin ! tro, no, and liod bless you I
She waved him from her, a it she would
banish him while yet she had the power to
do so. an 1 he how was it with him I 11
rose to leave her, then came back, held iier
to his heart in a Ions embrace, and then
with a half snuthered farewell, left her.
The next morninr dawned in cloudless
splendor, and at a nearly hour the cathedral
was thrown open and the sexton began to
prepare for the wcduing. rlauie-coiored
flowers nodded by the wayside flame color
ed leaves came rushinc down iroiu the trees
and lay in light heaps unon the irround; and
the ripe wheat waved like a golden sea, and
beiries droooed in red and purple clusters
over the rocks along the Rhine.
At lenuth the palaee gates were opened,
and the royal party appealed, escorting the
i nncess luzaUeth to the cathedral w here
1 " . -IT
ner marriage was to he solemnized. It was
a brave pageant ; far brighter than the un
twined foliage and blossoms were which
floated from stately heads, and the lestal
robes that streamed down the housings of
the superb steeds. But the Princess moun-
teu on a snow white' pairry , ana ciaa iu tuuw
white velvet, looked pale and sad : and when,
on neaiirg the church, she heard a gush of
organ music, winch, though juuiiant in
sound, struck on her ear like a finical knoll,
she trembled, and would have fallen to the
ground had not a page supported her. A
few miuutes utter she entered the cathedral.
There, with his retinue, ttood the royal
bride-groom, whom she had never before
seen. But her glance roved from him to
the organdoft, where she had expected to
seethe mysterious organist, lie wasgone,and
she was obli. ed to return t he graceful bow of
the king, 'to whom she had been betrothed
from motives of policy. Mechanically knelt
at his side on the altar stone, mechanically
lis-tened to the service and made the respon
ses. Then her husband drew her toliiui in a
convulsive embrace, aud whimpered:
"Eiibabeth, my queen, my wife, lookup !"
Trembling in every limb, she obeyed.
"Why did those dark eyes thrill her so?
Why did that smile bring a gl w on her
cheek ? Ah 1 though the king wore the royal
puiple.and many a jewelled order ghtteredon
his breast, he seemed the same humble per
son who had been employed to teach organ
music, and had taught her the lore of love.
"Elizabeth." mu; mured the monarch,
"Bertr: m Hoffman, the mysterious or
ganist, and King Oscar are one. Forgive
my stratagem. I wished to marry you, but
I would not drag you to the altar an unwill
ing bride. Your father was in the secret."
While tears ol joy rained from her blue
eye, the new made queen returned her hus
band's fond kiss, and for once two hearts
were made happy by a royal mar; iage.
Gift Enterprise The Central Press of
Dec. 6th, says : "While in New York a short
time ago, we called at three different gift en
terprise establishments. We were request
ed to do so by three friend.-, each of whom
was duly notified that their numbers had
drawn valuable prizes. One of tie tickets,
belonging to a lady f riend, was on a "Bank
ers and .Merchants" concern, who publish
that all transactions of theirs are strictly
honest. We presented the ticket, which
drew a prize of two hundred dollars, and up
on which we were asked to pay five per cent ;
we discovered before paying the 8J0.00.that
the prize consisted of $200,00 worth of de
funct oil stock. We didn't pay the fen dol
lars, but vacated the premises quickly.
The next ticket, belonging to a friend in
Philadelpia, was issue i from the estalish-
,W any muiu iiiiiii
was a ticket entitled
to a fine set of gentlemen s jewelrv. &c, u
Arandale s concern. We called, presented
in
ei
the ticket and asked leave to examine the
nrMMnna art irlp nri wViipri wf wfrft to rtav
$1,00. The whole batch could have been
purchased elsewhere for 75 cents. We left
it also in the hands of the honest gentlemen
to fool some one else There ! not one cm-
in order to tempt peppjs from the country,
that is not perfect swinil from head to foot,
and none
; expect to roa'ize a dollar from any
one living in New 1 oi k. but their operations
r nrJneinallv in the country. V e would
umw -r' - -
here caution our friends not to throw away
their mony in this way e examinea
and investigated three distinct shops and
very "on i a swwdla.
gtofteman'is journal
CLEARFIELD, PA., DEC. 18, 1867.
Tried and Found Wanting'.
What are the Democrats doing, or what
have they done for the good of the South ?
With all their loud professions of love and
sympathy all they have done for the South
ern States was to lead them into war and
then desert them. And to-day, what Dem
ocrat is engaged in instructing the negroes
or poor whites, and fitting them for the tre
mendous responsibilities which have been
thrown upon them by the civil convulsion of
the past six years? What Democrat in all
this land is helping one jot or tittle towards
reconstruction? They will swear at Con
gress, defend a Memphis or a New Orleans
mob, decry the Union officers, apologize for
Andrew Johnson, flout and sneer at what is
deing done to elevate the colored race, or
help the whites by us, but not one iota will
they do themselves. The horrid traces of
war are being smoothed from the face of the
land ; peace is returning and with it plenty
order, and quiet ; restoration is progressing.
the waste places are being rebuilt, and one
by one the lost stars reappear in tho nation
al constellation, but no thanks for all this to
the Democracy. -They have stood aloof.
W hat more damaging judgment could be
pronounced upon a political party than this
record which they have made for thernselve;
is such a party fit to be entrusted with the
reins of government ? Is it a proper one to
administer the affairs of the nation? For
seven years the Democratic party has now
been but an opposition a mere negation
T i i i ... . .
" ii;is eiisieu out as a protest against our
nationality. What right has it to ask for a
voice in the government of a country and a
nation which lives only in spite of its syste
matic and most determined efforts?
When will the South Icarn that,in tl island,
her friends are the men of action the ad
.... , . .in. ti .. :u
see that the noisy professions of theDemoc
racy are but words, and treacherous ones at
that ? Point us to a sinslc school house in
Dixie built by Democratic funds; point us
to a single teacher sent by Democratic influ
ence southward to instruct the famishing
people; point us to anything done, and we
will admit that the Democratic party has a
rigl.t to something in this matter. But
until that can be done, as long as they are
by their own confessions, by word and deed
but an obstruction, we hold that they have
no part nor lot in the great work of recon
struction, which is now the immediate and
distinctive mission of the Union Republican
party, j ney have been tried in the balance
and found wanting.
TiiE National Banks. According to
ofaeial report the Government, during tho
ast financial car, derived revenue to the
amount of 1 15,084,532 f.cra the National
Banks. This does net coire up to the re
cent estimate of Mr. Jay Cooke,but it makes
an exhibit that is creditable to the banks,
and ought to telieve them of much of the
existing popular clamor. The objection re
mains that the bunks do not pay State.coun
ty aud municipal taxes ; and this objection
is well taken. However, this must be said,
that this evil has always existed in our sys
tem. So long as the banks were State insti
tutions they escaped most local levies, pay
ing only on real estate. The same evil exists
in respect to railroad, canal and other im
provement companies. The principle is en
tirely wrong, and the evi 1 ought to be obvi
ated, but this demand is as imperative in
one direction as another.
Not Protective. Secretary M'Culloeh
declares that the existing ta.riff has ceased
to be protective. Foreign merchandize flows
in as steadily as it would under what is face
tiously called a free trade tariff. This is one
of the main causes lof the stagnation of do
mestic industry. Heroin is found, moreover,
one of the principal difhculties in the way
of a resumption of specie payments. As
fast as gold is mined and coined it is shipped
out of the country, to liquidate commercial
balances. If the tariff should be so altered
as to make yit really protective, with a well
contrived sliding scnle of duties,-domestic
production would be quickened, the shipment
of coin stopped, and a solid basis soon be
laid for a return to specie payments. The
means of the masses of our people pot pay
would be enlarged, and their consumption
would rise somewhat in proportion to their
means. This would soon clear off accumu
lated stocks and create a steady demand for
more.
Mrs. General Gaines has spent her whole
life in establishing her claims to her prop
erty, and she is now worth fifteen millions.
She was certainly fond of gains.
The Boston Post proposes that the next hid
Mr. Seward makes hall be for Ireland.
' Extempore Preaching.
After Newman Ilall had finished his ad
dress before the Youujar Men's Christian As
sociation, at Springfield, he was waited upon
by a few theological students. After the in
troduction he stepped forward and throwing
great earnestness into his face and voice, Le
remarked, "I have a word or two to say to
you. Learn to speak icithout notes. I hear
that a good many perhaps the most of the
ministers in America confine themselves to
their manuscripts. That is abominable,
One shouldn't be under that sort of bondane
One ought of course to be able to write. I
sometimes follow closely from beginning to
end what is before me on paper. IJut tor a
minister tolimit himself to that one method.
and never feel free to speak without having
the written words of elaborate preparation
unuerms eye, is terrible. INo; you must
leain to speak without notes. Some think
they caunot do this. Let me tell you how I
UH it.
"When I went to College, it seemed to
me I should never be able to say a word in
puD:ic without writinir. liut I soon deter
mined that if I was coinsr to be a ureacher.
and particularly if I wanted to be anything
like a successful ureacher. I must form the
habit of extemporaneous address. So I went
inro mv room. locked the door, nhippd tho
Bible before me on a mantle, opened it at
3 1.1 '
ruuuom, anu tiien on whatever passage my
eye chanced to rest, proceeded to de'iver a
discourse ot ten minutes, luis practice was
Kent up tor an entire twelve mouths, hverv
day, for a whole year, ten minutes were si ven
to that kind of speaking in my own room by
my.se.r. At hrst I r.juui it very difficult to
speak so loug right to the point, liu: then
if I couldn't talk on the subject I would talk
about it making good remarks and moral
reflections beinc careful to keen u the How
and say something to the end of the term
allotted for the exercise. At the end oi the
twelve mout hs, however, I found 1 could not
only speait with a good decree of fluency,
but that I could hold myself strictly to the
subject m hand. ou take this course.
Din't do your practising on an audience.
That is outrageous. No man ought for a
moment to think of inflicting him.-df on au
assembly of people, until he has gone through
a course or trainir, such as 1 have indica
ted, by himself. But you ca.r learn to speak
without notes if you will try."
... A Siagulaj Community.,, ,
"lour miles from Oneida, Mew York,:
clas calling themselves Christian Perfection
ists, twenty years ago organized a commu
nity. It numbers about 250; twenty-live
-re under 14 3'ears of age. Property and
persons are held in common. No one of
himself owns anything. Thev commenced
poor, now they are rich. The location is the
most beautiful in the land. It embraces ti'JO
acres m tha choice Oneida Vallev. The
grounds are finely laid out. The principal
residences are brick, three stories high. Be
.u . i -i i
i-iuua me cufiiriii mansion r.nfrfinrn riv nr-.
ouiiumgs. une is used lor a general dia-ing-hah,
and thcothers for canning fruit and
various industries. They have" invented
much valuable machinerv. All cat in n
.. : t- "
large hall, at many tables. They provide
neither tea nor coffee, and seldom meat.
Vegetables, fruits, milk, butter, cheese.
cu.ies, puddings and pies are abundant.
They have a fine library and t.;ke t:.u news
papers.
lilcir reiltnOU faith. ;.t nannr. Thev
claim to be the successors of theAnostles.
to whom was promised the speedv second
advent cf Christ. They Kay that Christ did
re-appear alter the destruction of Jerusa
lem. when there was a judgment in the spir
itual world, and the final kincuom in thd
Heavens becan. They believe that thev
are in direct communication with Christ and
the Resurrected Church iu the angelic world!
Tl.ii 1. ,u i .
iuuik 1 1 icv fjj in a mem:, nui urina
tive sense. The marriage relation in this
community is wholly unknown. Instead,
there is a complex marriage. Ijach man is
the husband of every woman each woman
the wife of every man. Husband and wife
have no mcanintr. For there are no wed
ding ceremonies, for there are no weddings.
Nor are young persons mates. A young
man must mate with a woman elder and
more experienced than he ; a young woman
with a man olderaod more experienced than
she. Love attachments for individuals are
contrary to their principles. Only twenty
four children have been born in ten years.
The women wear Bloomers and short hair,
and enjoy' equal privileges with the men.
,A Cautious Judge. An Irish judge
tried two notorious fellows tor highway rob
bery. To the astonishment of the court, as
well as of the prisoners themselves, they
were found not guilty. As they were being
removed from the bar, the judge, address
ing the jailer, said: "Mr. Murphy, you
would greatly ease my mind if you would
keep those two respectable trentlemen until
seven or half-past seven o'clock, for I mean
to set out for Dublin at five, and I should
like to have at least two hours start of
them."
Disobedience to Parents. A young
man was lately sentenced to the penitentia
ry for four years. When he was about to
be sentenced he stated publicly that bis down
ward course began in disobedience to his pa
rents that he thought he knew as much of
the world as his father did, and needed not
his aid or advice, but as soon as he turned
his back upon his home, then temptations
came around him, like a drove of hyenas,
and hurried him on to ruin. There is no
place so safe and happy as a good home.
Four skeletons, some heads and corroded
metal trinklets were exhumed at the Frank
ford arsenal by a man who was digging a
hole to plant a tree in.
There is a man out west who drinks so
much whisky that the mosquitoes that bite j
"iuj uttj oi aejLTl UUi bir incurs
gusuicsis gircrtcnt.
ITALTEK BARRETT, Attorney at Law, Clear-
V field, Pa. May 13, 1663.
DR. A.M. HILLS, DENTIST. Office, corner of
Front and Market streets, opposite the -Clcar-field
House,' ClearGeJJ. Pa. July 1. 1867-ly.
ED. W. GRAHAM, Dealer in Dry-Goods, Groce
ries, Hardware, Queensware, Woodenware,
Provisions, etc., Market Street. Clearfield, Pa.
VJIVLISG 4 SHOWERS, Dealers in Dry-Goods
Ji Ladies' Fancy Goods, Hats and Caps, lioots,
Shoes, etc. Second Street, Clearfield, Pa. sep25
TERRELL A BIGLER, Dealers in Hardware
LVJL and manufacturers of Tin and Sheet-iron
rare. Second Street, Clearfield, Pa. June '06.
HF. NAVGLE, M atch and Clock Maker, and
. dealer in Watches. Jewelry. Ac. Room in
Graham's row, Market street. Not. 10.
HBUCHER SWOOPE, Attorney at Law,CIear
. field, Fa. Offiet in Graham's Row. fourdoo-s
west of Graham & Boynton's store. Nov. 10.
I TEST, Attorney at Law, Clearfield, To... will
. attend promptly to all Legal business entrust
ed to his care in Clearfield and adjoining coun
ties. Office on Market street. July 17, 1857.'
m'iOMAS H. FOKCEY, Dealer In Square nd
Sawed Lumber, Dry-Goods, Queensware, Gro
ceries. Flour. Grain, Feed, Bacon, tc, Ac, Gra
hauiton, Clearfield county, Pa. Oet 10.
JP. KRATZER, Dealer in Dry-Goods. Clothing,
. Hardware. Queensware, Groceries. Provi
sions, etc.. Market Streot, nearly opposite the
Court House, Clearfield, Fi.
Juno. 18fi5.
HARTSWICK Sc. IRWIN. Dealers in Drugs,
Medicines. Paints, Oils, Stationary. Perfunie
rj . Fancy Goods, Notions, etc., etc.. Market street.
Clearfield, Pa Dec. fl, 1365.
KRATZER 4 SON, dealers in Dry Goods,
Clothin.t, Hardware, Queensware, Groce
ries. Provisions. Ac, Front Street, (above the A-
cadomy,) Cleai field. Pa. Deo 27. 1BC5.
JOHN GUELICH. Manufacturer of all kind of
Cabinet-ware, Market street. Clearfield, Pa
ilj also makes toorier Coffins, on short notice, and
attends funeral with a hearse. AprlO.'SS).
rpKOMAS J. M'CULLOCGH. Attorney at Law.
JL Clearfield, Pa. Office, east of the ' Clearfield
o lHnk. Deeds and other legal instruments pre
t ttred with prctuptnesg and accuracy. July 3.
1 B M'EXALLT, Attorneyat Law, Clearfield,
jj Pa. Practices in Clearfield and adjoining
luunties. Office in new brick building ofJ.Eoyn
t n, 2d street, ne door south of Laaich's Hotel.
ti raestic Dry Goods, Groceries. Flour, Bacon,
Liquors, A.C. Room, on Market street, a few doors
westot J on mil Office. Clearfield, Pa. Apr27.
D'
ENTISTRT. J. P CORNETT, Dentist, offers
his professional services to the citizens of
Curwensville cud vicinity. Office in Drug .store
earner Main and Thompson Sts. May 2, 1866.
B. READ, M D-, Physician and Suieeon
T . William's Grove, Ta.. offers hij professional
cervices to the citizens of the surrounajnfr coun
try. July 10th. I8t57..tf.
171 RANK BARRETT, Conveyancer and Real
' Estate cent. Clearfield, Pa. Office on Sec
ond Street, with Walter Barrett, Esq. Agent for
Plantation and Gold Territory in South Carolina.
Clearfield July 10. lso7.
I FREDERICK LETTZINOER. Manufacturer of
; til kinds of Stone-ware. Clearfield, Pa. Or
ders folicited wholesale or retail He also keeps
on hi'.nd and for sale an assortment of eartben-
Trare, of his own manufacture. Jan. 1,
OHN H. FULFORD, Attortey at Law. Oar
field, Pa. Office with J. McFnally. Eq ,
over First National Bank. Pronipi attention giv
en to the securing of Bounty claims. Ac, and to
all legal business. March 27, !Sf7.
JBLAKE TVALTEKS, Periviner and Conrey
. aocer, and Airentfor the purchase and sale
of Land3, Clearfield, Pa. Prompt attention eiv-
en to nil haziness connected with the county offi
ces. Otacc with W A. Wallace. Jan. 3.
GAI
. a
con. etc
exten?h
ALBERT
BRO S, Dealers in Dry Goods,
roceries, Hard ware. Queensware. Flour Ba-
con. etc., W oodland. Clearfield county. Pa. Also,
extensive dealers in all kinds of sawed lumber
shingles, and square timber. Orders solicited
Woodland. Pu.,Aug. 19th, 13S3
WALLACE. BIGLER A FIELDING. Attor
neys at Law' Clearfield, Pa.. Legal business
of all kinds promptly and accurately attended to.
Clearfield, Pa., May 16th, 1888.
WILLIAM A. WALLACE WILLIAW I. RICLER
J. HLAKK WALTERS rBANK FIELMM
J. P. BURCflFIELD Late Surzeon of the
83d Reg't Pcnn'a Vols., havinir returned
from the army, offers his Professional services to
the citiiens of Clearfield and vicinity. Profes
sional calls promptly attendad to. Offico on
South-East corner of 3d and Market Streets.
Oct. 4. 1S65 flmp.
FURNITURE ROOMS.
JOI1N GUELICn,
Desires to inform his old friends and customers
that, having enlarged his shop and increased his
facilities for manufacturing, he is now prepared
to make to order such furniture as may be desir
ed, in good style and at cheap rates for cash. Jle
mostly has on hand at bis "Fui niture Rooms,"
a varied assortment of furniture, among which is,
'BUREAUS AND SIDEBOARDS,
Wardrobes and Book-cases; Centre, Sofa. Parlor,
Breakfast and Dining extension Tables.
Common, French-posts, Cottage, Jenny-
Land and other Bedsteads.
SOFAS OF ALL KINDS. WORK-STANDS, HAT
RACKS, WASH-STANDS, Ac.
Spring-seat, Cain-bottom, and Parlor Chairs;
And common and other Chairs.
LOOKING-GLASSES
Of every description on hand, and new glasses fer
old frames, which will be put in on very
roi'.scnable terms, onmort notice.
He also keeps on hand, or furnishes to order, II air
Corn-husk, Hair and Cotton top Mattresses.
COFFINS, OF EVERY KIND,
Made to order, and funerals attended with a
Hearse, whenever desirable.
Also, House painting done to order.
The above, and many other articles are furnished
to customers cheap for cash or exchanged for ap
proved country produce. Cherry. Maple. PoplaV,
Lin-wood and other Lumber suitable for the busi
ness, taken in exchange fnr furniture. !
field, and nearly opposi th
Tl I . O ... M.
nnmemoer tne shop is on Martcet street. Clear
lid, and nearly opposite the "Old Jew Store."
Deeetaber . 1MU JOHN 6TJELPCH
HE TRIBUNE FOR 1868.
PROSPECTUS.
The year 1868 will long Le remembered for it
settlement of the boundary question between ar
istocracy of color and impartial human liberty. '
The War of the Rebellion being closed, we have
now to decide whether the fundamental iaea
which impelled and justified the Rebellion shall
dominate over our whole country, moulding ber
institutions and shaping her destiny. If it be
true that liod has not creited all men, but only all
White men, in His own image, and made them
equal in political and civil rights, then it is a
world wide calamity that Grant did not surrender
to Lee at Appomattox ; and '! he Lost Cause."
trodden into mire under the hoofs of Sheridan's
rough riding cavalry, not only should but will
be regained in Constitutional Conventions and at
the ballot-boxes. If the black mce. because they
are black, should be excluded from the jury-box
and repelled from the ballot-box, then Stonewall
Jackson ought to head the roll of American mar
tyrs, emblazoned high above ibe names of War
ren and Mercer and Pulaski ; of Ellsworth. Lyon,
Baker. Rey nolds,Wadsworth, Kearney, Set'gw'ick,.
and McPherson.
It is difilcult to argue with a blind, besotted
prejudice, grounded in igcorauce and fortified by
self-conceit. Devoid of reason.it is hardly amen
able to reason. But millions whw would listen
unmoved to appeals based on Justice and Human
ity can be stirred by facts which affect their own
interest and saftty. The naked truth that every
Southern S;ate reconstructed on the White basis
is to-Iay a Rebel State shaped and ruled by men
who execrated Lincoln's reluctant and tardy re
sistance to the Rebellion as a causeless and crim
inal aggression. and profoundly rejoiced over Bui!
Run as their victory will prove invincible, if
we can but bring it home to the apprehension of
every loyal voter. There is no paramount ques
tion of good faith or gratitude to the blacks. Their
votes are as necessary to the preponderance of'
white loyalty as to their own protection and secu
rity. Reconstruct the South on the white basis,
and every one of the fifteen States which held
slaves in 18'50 will be intensely, overwhelmingly
Copperhead thecceforth and evermore. Allow
to-day the pl?a that the blacks are ignorant and
degraded, and those whom you thereby clothe
with power will take good care that the plea shall
be as valid and well-grounded a century hence
as it cow is. Public Education and Civil Rights
for the Frecdmen ean only be achieved and main
tained through the ballot. "We are for Xegro
Suffrage theieay thry suffered in NeicOrleans."
was the inscription on a banner borne in a late
Conservative cr Democratic procession in Balti
moie; and the spirit which dictated that avowal
is still rampant in the South. But for what is
stigmatized as Military Despotism, it would daily
avenge by outrage and infliction what it deems
negro treachery to the Southern cause.
The Tribune has declined to be lured or turned
aside from the main question. It has persistently
refused to swell the clamor for vengeance on the
defeated Rebels, whether by execution or by con
fiscation; aud one of its strong reasons for this
course is a conviction that no drop of Rebel blood
lty ftriitrerMlr shed -witrrovt
tially clouding the prospect of securing the right
of suffrage to the blacks. Defying the madness
of passion and tho blindness of short-sighted
uinuucciJUTO, ii ii as aemanaea reconstruction
on the basis of Universal Amnesty with Impartial
Suffrage, in perfect consciousness of the fact that
it thereby alienated thousands who had been its
jealous supporters and life-long patrons. The
hour ot its complete vindication cannot be far
distant.
As for the man who is to be the chosen standard"
bearer of the Republican host in the impending
contest, while we avow our deliberate preference
of Chief Justice Chase as the ablest and most
eminent of our living statesmen, the Tribune will
render a hearty, cheerful, determined support to
Gen. Grant, or Senator Wade, or Speaker Colfax,
should he be nominated and supported on a plat
form which affirms and a holds tbe equal politi
cal as well as civil rights of all citizens of the Re
public. We do not contemplate as noxsihu th.
support by Republicans of any candidate who
does not stand on this platform. And we do not
apprehend that the candidates who in nr .
proaching struggle, shall represent genuine De-
luut-r.-icj in opposition to me meanest phaf e of
aristocracy enn be beaten if proper means be sys
tematically taken, as Ihev must, and will h i.
enlighten and arouse the American people.
We will thank such friends as believe that tha
Trth'Dte will prove an efficient and chean wnv
influence the undecided, to aid us in extending it
eirculation. Thouxh ouri is eminent) v a nnliti&l
journal, but a small portion of its space is devo
ieu lupoiiucs.wniie an outlay ot more than $200,
000 per annum is incurred in collect! n(r Anil trlno.
mittiDe newd from all rartA or rh trnri.1 w
have regular correspondents at nearly all the cap
itals of Europe, with a director at London, who
is autnorizeu to ai.-patcu special correspondents
to all points where important events may at any
time uo transpiring or imminent, me progress
of the war in Crete, which is the precursor of a
still greater war. has been watched by one ef
these special correspondents, while another tete
graphs from Constantinople each novel phase- f
the critical diplomatic situation. Every step of
Garibaldi's recent heroic though unfortunate en
terprise, from its inception to its close.was noted
by our correspondents, who are also his most
trusted advisers; while an esteemed member of
our editorial staff has just accompanied the Em
bassador of Juate to Men co to san the Mexican
problem closely and under auspices more favora
ble to the Republican chief than those which
have colored the advices of our regular correpon
dents at era Cruz' and the Capital. Another
correspondent accompanied the first National ex.
pedition to Alaska. Walrnssia. or whatever, onr
splinter of the North Pole may be called, and ia
now reporting on the aspects and capabilities of .
that chilly region. Bayard Taylor is writing us
in his own vein from Central Europe; while able
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Montana. Ac. more copiously than we ean find
room to publish. Our reviews of books and lit
erary department are in charge of one of the ri
pest American scholars; while Agricultnre.ander
a competent editor, claims a leading place in our
weekly and semi-weekly issues. In short, we
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come of our business in efforts to render the rri
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