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CI4EARFIELD, PA.. NOV. 4. l.XfiS.
The Election.
Below we give the ouly returns from this
county, received up to the hour of going to
press this (Wednesday) morning :
Districts. Grant. Seymour.
Clearfield 111 lot)
Lawrence 100 253
Curwensville 57 niaj.
The election passed off very quietly. The
Democracy, it will be seen from the above
figures, increased their majority one in Law
rencehaving voted the four " "niggers"
again, and one white boy not over nineteen
years old, alter being duly challenged. How
the officers could receive these votes, under
their oaths, is a mystery to us.
In this borough the result is very gratify
ing to the friends of Grant, who increased
their vote fite since the October election, and
consequently rsduced the Democratic majir
ity nine, notwithstanding the extraordinary
efforts of the Seymourites to swell their vote
by running in a gang of persons who, in our
opinion, had been sent here expressly for
the occasion.
The returns, so far as received, are too
meagre to indicate what the Democratic
majority may be in the county, but, we
think, it will not exceed that in October.
Hon. G. W. Scofield. The following
paragraph from the "Upper Dauphin
Journal," meets our hearty approval, and
hence we give it a place in our columns to
day :
"We are gratified to find that onr notice
in lavor of Mr. Scofield for United States
Senator, meets with the approbation of our
friends and our prominent Republicans in
different parts of he State. We have no
"axe to grind" in this matter, and are aiily
influenced by a desire for the prosperity and
welfare of the party, and for the elevation
of a man who wiil reflect honor upon the
State and add strength to the loyal party.
Mr. Scofield's experience and services as
a memUr of Congress have fitted him for
the high position for which he is named,
and has made the people acquainted with
hi- merits. His locality also is Mich as to
him. We know that other candidates are
seeking this office, and it is probable that se
ductive influences will be brought to bear in
their favor. Rut we do not believa that
they will be able to create a public senti
ment against the importance of electing a
first rate man to that position ; and we are
certain that no man whose locality is favora
ble, can be selected, that in point of talents
and qualifications will compete with Mr.
Scofield.
It is time, and this will be the occasion,
for, the Republican party to rebuke all at
tempt to rlevate inferior men to important
positions. We are aware that Mr. SciifitOd's
friends will have to eon.bat the cupMity
and mnnt-y influence of aspirants and their
hoteful backers We know the position is
one to be coveted and apircd after, but the
desires of no one should be encouraged who
is not fully qualified to fill the position in
the ablest and most satisfactory manner."
A Day op Thasksoivino. His Excel
lency, Governor John W. Geary, has pub
licly proclaimed Thursday, the 20th day of
November, as a day to be set apart by the
people of this Commonwealth, for thanks
giving to Almighty God. for the unbroken
peace which has reigned within our borders
during the past year, for the bountiful bar
vet just garnered by our people, and for
ether evidences of the protecting hand of
th Almighty. The people of Pennsylva
nia hate never had more reason for the ob
servance of a day by thanksgiving and
praise to the liord for uninterrupted prosper
ity than has been enjoyed during the past
year. The proclamation appears in lull in
another column.
Important Revenue Decision. Tho
Commissioner of Internal Revenue has had
the question propounded to him: "Where
an administrator wishes to assign a mortgage
not due, to the guardian of decedent's
heirs, in order to settle his trust finally,
is it necessary to stamp the assingment ?
Ni consideration, of course, passing from
th guardian to the administrator." To
this the following response has been made :
T reply to your lettter of the 19th instant,
the assingmeot of a mortgage requires, in
every case, the sanid stamp as a new wort
gage, tor the sum still secured. 1 be tax
does not depend as in the case of a convey -auce
upoo a valuable consideration."
Counterfeiters Nabbed. Two coun
terfeiters of United States fractional curren
cy, named Edward Rice and George Camp
bail, have been Babbed in Canada opposite
Detroit. Wbor, caught they gave them
selve up without extradition, and have
been taken to Washington for trial They
were engaged in printing counterfeit fi.'ty
cent pieces. The detectives found with the
rogues several plates, dies, presses and oth
er toola, beside a considerable quantity of
the uewly-printed coonrerleit currency.
Ballot-box stuffing is a ri-ty b-isines in
Prussia. At Intraburg, recently, two e e ;
tion inspectors who took Democratic tickets
from the ballot-box and pat Conservative
tickets into it, were sent to the penitentia
ry for one year.
Taken his Position. Hoo. Henry W.
Williams was duly qualified on Tuesday
morning, October 27th, and soon after took
possession of his seat on the Supreme Bench.
Admiral Farragut was at Gibraher two
wwk a jo preparing to return home.
The New Rebellion.
Washington, Oct. 28,1868. Private ad
vice from ew Orleans state that the city
is completely under the control of the rebel
element; that the Metropolitan Police, or
ganized under the laws of the recent Legis
lature, composed in part of excolired sol
diers, have been driven off the principal
ttreeU by the Kutlux Ki ms, which are con
stantly parading, and that colored citizens
generally are afraid to venture out of their
hou-es even to obtain food and other neces
saries of life. General Rousseau's orders to
Lb troops,acd his attempts t.) restore quiet,
have had the effect intended by him of ma
king a display as if he were trying to keep
peace, but in reality have resulted in aiding
the rioters. Sheridan or any other loyal
general, would forthwith have accepted Gov.
Warniouth's proposition, which was virtual
ly to declare martial law in the city ; but
Koustfau merely parades the ex-rebel sol
diers now enlisted in the 1st infantry up and
down the streets, while the intimidation of
white and black Unionists is continued a
usual, and the mob will not al'ow the loyal
police to return to their posts. A number
of policemen have beeo hhot, while others
have been badlv beaten, and, in fact, with
but few exceptions, the entire force has
ceased to attempt to do duty. Rosseau up
to yesterday had not made any attempt to
res-tore the possession of the city to the po
lice authorities. In fact, a well organized
rebellion against the city government as re
modeled by the Legislature has succeeded
in wresting the control of the city from the
proper authorities , and a condition of chaos
prevails which at any moment may resolve
itself into a wholesale massacre of loyal men
of both races. The rebels openly boast that
they have succeeded in overpowering the
Metripolitan police and set at defiance the
laws of the State authorizing that organiza
tion, which to them are obnoxious because
they empower the Governor to appoint coin
missioners.and consequently to eecure a loy
al police force. Rousseau claims that he has
no right to interfere with the civil anthori
ties, now that the State has been restored
to theUnion, unless an actual outbreak oc-
curs, and ax he construes the situation it haj
not jet occurred. Iu short, the rebels have
in New Orleans, re-established their su
premacy, wrested from them by Fanagut's
naval forces in 18C2.aud have suecfc-afully re
belled agaioat the State government rcor-
ganized under the reconstruction acts of
Congress.
The Earthquakes in San Francisco.
The recent earthquakes in San Francisco
created a terrible panic. A correspondent
states that the streets were filled with men
and women in their night clothes, running
hither and thither in great alarm. Animals
of all kinds felt the shock; horses became
wild gith terror, and some were thrown
down by the motion of the earth, while oih
ers started ana ran away, fugs were run
ning through the streets and barking, ap-
p u.. n ui uiev werpiimnir
Birds even noticed the great convulsion of
nature. But few persons would enter build
ings, and thoe would stampede into the ears were deaf fcVen to the tones cf mater
streets with a rush whenever a slight vibra ,,a' 'ove retiring from t lie ceil she sank
tion indicated that the earth was not yet set-
tied. The earthquake took precedence over
everything, business being for the time for-
gotten, and ail looked as if another night
uvghtcooie that would swallow the city;
yet with all this fear the people tried to I
look cheerful as they told their experience
and related their hair-breadth escapes. I
.Many most ludicrous incidents occurred. I
Persons in the country noticed an unl.eav- I
ing and opening of the earth in several pla-
ccs. .Large masses of rock, several tons in
weight, were detached and rolled down the
ntil, and mountain sides were violently sha-
ken, and water made lUs appearance where I
oli was dry before. From some streams j
bubbles containing inflamable gas has risen !
to the surface. Although one hundred
bui dings in the city have been damaged I
more or less.a thorough examination proves
that those bnildmgs which have been prop- I
erly constructed will stand a much heavier
shock, i he Accidental and Cosmopolitan I
Hotels, the .Lick and Russ Houses, the lar- I
gest buildings in the city, are uninjured,
except that in some instances the chimneys
were thrown down and the plastering crack-
a.i - ... j . .
. iut uumage west 01 Jic n gomerj'
street is very slight, very few buildings oc
cupying solid ground showing any damage
whatever. The e eatest wreck of r.,n
and destruction ol property was confined to
the eastern and southern portions ol the
- " -" 1 1 ac t
ctfj-, wiiere the buildings are erected on
made ground.
1.1-m.irkal mtiKS. a tinsmith in I
. . ... I
Reno. Cal., during a recent thunder storm
noticed that a la.) in Iin vninliii, uiunaJ
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" "' w h ioois. L pon questioning I
w,c uv,, uc cuuipiameu mac souietuin
a..u6c .s me matter witn them. 1 he I
tiOMinth upon attempting to take up the
large scissors whieh the youngt r had drop
ped, received afh- ck tl.a: neaily pn a iat-d
him. Immediately after little balls ot fire
began hopping about over bits of iron, and
making tlnaliy a unired assault upon the
isjm 1 11 r 11:1 1 w n&rf 1 1 rirr ' 1
his apprentice wis- Iy and speedily vacated
, --h"" '-"ss 111 1
the premises until the subsidence of the
storm.
-" ' " uenerai .wagruiler
wa arrested in New York for drunkenness
and disorderly couduct. put in the lock up.
and put under bonds to keep the pea?e for
six months. How are the mighty fallen !"
1 I W I
central 'l aru.ler at the commencement of
the war. held a high rank in our army. H.
as given a very high rank in the Confeder
ate anu only Lee. Johnston and Beau re
gard were al-ove him. He commanded the
little LouieWe army which stopped Mc
Clellan m lung at Torktown. "Now, none
so poor as to do him reverence."
An Australian letter states that the ti
dal wave there caused considerable dim
age to shipping, add flight shocks of earth
quake were felt. The solar eelip, WSs vU
tote on tne lxtb of August, and mereors
-I 1 .
and
cin-incai pnenoroena were observed all
through the naot.th. A meteor fell over the
stern of a ship at Crowdy Head on the nieht
of th J8th and burst killing the steersman.
Thanksgiving Proclamation.
Unto God, our Creator, we are indebted
for life and all its blessings. It, therefore,
becomes as at all times to render unto Him
the homage of grateful hearts ; and in the
performance of onr sacred duties, to set
apart special periods to "enter into His
gates with thanksgiving and into His courts
with praise." For this purpose, and in ac
cordance with an established custom, I have
designated Thursday, the 26th day of No
vember, next, and I recommend that the
people f this Commonwealth on that day
refrain from their usual avocations and pur
suits, and assemble at their chosen p'aces
of worship, to "praise the name of God and
magnify Him with thanksgiving;" devout-
iy to acknowledge tneiraepenueo.ee, ana lay
upon His altars the cheerful offerings of
grateful hearts.
Let us thank Him with Christian humili
ty for health and prosperity, abundant har
vests, the protection of commerce, and ad
vancmeut of scientific, mechanical and man
ufacturing interests; our pi ogress in educa
tion, morality, virtue and social order; the
increase of material wealth ; exemption from
pestilence and contagious diseases and the
destructive influences of war; for harine
blessed us as a people and a nation, and
opened before us the brightest prospects for
the future ; and for all other blessings.both
temporal and spiritual.
With sure reliance upon Divine favor let
us pray for the forgiveness of our sins, ma
king public confession of our dependence,
that we may continue worthy of His paren
tal ve and protecting care ; that we may
remember with gratitude our country's brave
defenders, and chorish with sympathy their
widows and orphan chil Iren ; and that our
paths through life may be directed by the
example and instruction- of th : R 3 laerner
who died that we wight enjoy all the bless-
ii gs which temporarily fluw therefrom, and
eternal life in the world to come.
Given under my Hind and the Great Seal
of the State, at Harrisburg, this twenty
eight day of October, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty eitht.
and of the Commonwealth the ninety third
Jno. W. Geart.
By the Governor : F. Jordan,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
An Affecting Scene.
The Richmond Enquirer, of a few days
j since, has the following :
An affecting scene took place a few davs
since, at the police station, which melted
more than one heart to tears. A youna
man of respectable connections had been ar
rested for drunkeness and disorderly con
duct, and was raving like a maniac in his
cell when his aged uiolher.at.iied in widows
weeds, entered the station house, and re
quested to be allowed an interview. The
revuest was granted, and she stood face to
face with her erring son. The surprise so
bered him for a moment, and he greeted her
with manly tenJeiness, but the demon of
tinvjiiiiu ouvu trroUo forth in fresh rav
lugs. Tte motLer endeavored to calm and
soothe him, but without avail ; his dulled
,nt0 seat while the sobs, so long thoked
down burst forth in passionate vehemence
or ner n ner fallen son, her fond hope
an pride, the prop and stay of her old age
for whom the would willingly have laid
clown her own life. For two hours her un
controllable agitation had full t way, and
then with an effort at calmness, she depart
ed. It was a scene which none cauld view
without emotion, and spoke in thunder
toues of the evils of strong drink. For our
town sake, for our mother's sake, nnd for
God's sake.spurn the intoxicatinz bowl. I
13 fraught with ruin to body and soul ; it i
a liquid hre; distilled damnation, the
strongest weapon of all the devil's enginry.
Don't drink. The ruby bowl may invite
hut there is death in every sparkle; tear
an sighs in every glowing drop. It will
deprive you of health, lortune, leputation
"" Wends ; mar your every prospect, and
blight your every hope.brirg down the gray
hairs of your parents in sorrow to the grave
and finally consign you a poor, bloated, dis
traded wreck, to a anper's trench
potter s field. Boys don.t drink
N FED OF RlST. A writf s in Lhpincotf
Magazine says: Head workers need more
rest than handworkers. The old saw pre
cisely inverted the proprieties of the case,
'ir as involved them, declaring "seven
hours' sleep to suffice'the student, eisrht the
'aooring man, and nine the fool." Th
hours of hard brain work destroy, as before
obstfrvpd. more norcmid iji.a ...) ...... ..
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greater substractinn .,f th r,..Ku. f
the svstem than nlin. J,.'. ...-, ..
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uicciiamcai laoor, rue proportlou ot grains
(in we irhrl ho nir sfi . 77
thing else, brain workers need sleeo. earlv
sleep and late sleep, and emmgh in the mid
die to feel "real stupid" at the end of it
oiupiuiiy is precisely tue condition into
which this class of toilers should manage
o ;i: , , ...
and advise and strive to get thentselve for a
time, longer or shorter, each twenty-four
hours. Nothing rests the brain, ami tin.
... 1. 1 . 1 - ,., . . .
stupidity, the product of ale, tobacco or
"iiuic wurkiue svsrem i:te it. .amini.
wine, is not the thing referred to, though
in emergencies this may, perhaps, m had
recourse to as a medicine, but the ouid, re
posef'ul readjustment of the nervous condi
Hons and the recharging with vital force f
the nerves, the contacts not yt cla-ed, but
only filling up the system with a diffu.sed
feeling of healthy sensations.
Re'nrns received at the Genera Land
Office for the past month show a disposal of
il.A4A acres of the pubi c lands at the fol
lowing Wal offices in California : Stockton
3S.S07 acres: San Francisco. S.fi.lX
Maryi-ville, 15 9S1 The greater portion of
these lands were sold for cash, and l bo re
mainder taken up under the homestead law
and located with military warrants. The
cash sales rea'.itvd $85,075.
The smoke from the volcanic eruption in
the Sandwich Inlands was seen one thou
sand miles from the islands, and at half
that distance was so dense that officers of
-bip were pr vented from making their
novation.
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A Little of Everything.
Gettirg shorter the days.
Getting longer copperhead faces.
Mexico is again in a state of fermenta
tion. v
On the increase murders and crime in
the South.
The Canadians have subscribed $S,000for
D'Arcy M Gee's widow.
Some of the Arch-Duchess Carlotta's jew
elry is for sale in Washington.
There was a heavy falj of snow in Buffalo
on thursday morning, Oct 22i.
Sacrament'-, California, has a tomato vine
tiny nine feet in circumference.
A late Quarterly Review estimated the
population of the world at 1,350, 200,000.
Brigham Young, it is said, ia going to re
tire to private life with the prophets $3,
000,000. One of the survivors of Kane's Arctic
Expedition is helmsman of a Cincinnati
street car.
A cow in Nashville, the other day ate
farmer's coat with $ U00 in greenbacks in
the pocket
About IId.OOO.OOO. were transmitted by
the money urder post offices during the pas
usial years.
The Queen of Spain now says that she
did not carry c ff the "crown jewels" they
were her own.
An Iowa girl of sixteen recently killed
large lynx with a corn .t utter, after it had
whipped two dogs.
Delaware County, Ohio, has an old lady
of one hundred and five years who can
walk six miles a day,
Mrs. Mary Small, of Maine. has one bun
ored and nineteen great grandchildren liv
tug. Mult urn in parvo.
A New York jeweller has made a gold
chain worth $1,000, which he intends to
give the next President,
Mary J. Bliss has obtained a divorce from
Frank B.iss, in New Haven, for abandoning
his wedded Bliss in quest of illegal bliss.
A correspondent wants to know what kind
of an agricultural product horse races are ;
they being the chief thing exhibited at ag
ricultural fairs.
Colonel Carpenter, of the Tenth Cavalry-
had a "brush" with the Indians on the
10th inst, in which a large number of hi.s
men were wounded.
Deacon Alvah Kimball, a prominent citi
zen of a.ssau, New Hampshire, died in a
prayer meeting on Sunday night a week, at
the age of sixty-four.
Benjamin B. Rosenberg was held in $10
000 bail by the United States Commissioner
in New York, on the charge of making for
ged naturalization papers.
brigham Young says he would be willing
to give up half of his wives if he were cer
tain they would get husbands, who could
'lead them to eternal salvation."
Mr. 6e ward has made a grand contribu
tion to science in the purchase of Alaska
flrftr tt 1 1. ..,..... .1 .. . , - ,
w ' iieuesoi oircis are on
their way from his new amiiisiiinn
-A man in New Jersey has recovered a
verdict of $500 against another, because
tuiiu or tne tormer was drowued in a tub
which t.; e tatter had placed at his door.
Mother" Bickerdxke, the famous hosni
tai nurse ot the Western armies during the
. i
war, is keeping a hotel at Salina, one of the
stat ouson the Kansas Pacific railroad.
Lougstreet is supposed to have certain
railway scheiues on which he was to accoui
I auy Rosetraus to Mexico. Rosy not get
ting under way. the Longstreet railway has
to wait lor the wagon.
Swearing on the Bible was first introdu
ced into judicial proceedings by the Saxons
aoout, a. v. ti(K. It was called a corporal
oath, because the witness touched with his
hands part of the Holy Scriptures.
The E.nperor of Austria has sent the
Pope a magnificent Roman Missal.on which
the best workmen of Vienna had been en
gaged for several years. The cover is orna
mente.1 with precious stones set in gold.
Ths total cost of the Government build
ings, grounds and improvements in Wash
ington, D. C, including the lighting and
cleansing the street of that city, up to June
30, accoiding to the appropriations
made ty Congress, amounts it is stated, to
ll,534,i-40.
An eminent lawyer in Wall street, New
York, having loi-t heavily on the late elec
tion, received a package lat Friday. He
began to take off the wrappers, and when
he got the eighteenth off he discovered &
twenty five cent bottle of xMrs Winslow's
soothing syiup.
The ex-Empress Carlotte isouite nros-
trated and she only revives at intervals to
utter fearful cries. Burdened by two inva
lid children, one mad and the other dvitur
the health of the Queen of Belirium thrift
ens to break up. and she is only buoyed up
oy her maternal feelings.
.mere was a quadruple marriage in In
loe otner dav. A man niarrit hi-
third stepn.otber. who had three ehil.lron
ly Lis lather, and three of hi.s mn;n'a
orotners, married three of his wife's sisters
At last accounts the parties were trying to
un.t uui wnat relation they were to each
other.
for nestroying uotbs in (arrets, a nlan
T 1
which has been found perfectly successful
Is: et a lileco of muslin Ian uM .!,...
wid answer very we 1) spread it upon the
oa'pet, and iron rapidly with a hot sruoot li
ng iron. This not only destroys the moths
in whatever staee thev may be. but
cleans and freshens the carpet
The meeting of the American Missiona
ry Association closed at Springfield, Massa
chusetts, on Thursday evening. Gen. How
ard, L-oL Baker, of Georeia : J. WaFlaop
of Massachusetts, and many others, have
poken with effect. The array of facts nr
nte 1 how that a new ir lzation had be -
gun its existence ar the South The Asso
ci.-itmn has had forto- iIhikhuI .k;i.1-
is scuoo's, and fifteen thousand children
are in other Christian school. The Asso
ciation must have fir Knn.'iwl t,nns.KJ i
.UWUOftim
dollars the coming year. '
Pennsylvania.
. Congress. The Pennsylvania delegation
in the XLIst Congress will be constituted as
follows:
Districts.
1 Samnel J. Randan, Dem.
2 Charles O'Nei 1, Rep.
3 John Moffat. Dem.
4 Wiiliaiu D. Kelley, Rep.
5 Caleb N. Taylor, Re?.
6 John D. Stiles, Dem.
7 Washington Townsend, Rep.
8 J. Lawrence Getz, Dem.
9 O. J. Dickey, Rep.
10 Henry L Cake, Rep.
11 D. M. Van Auken. Dein.
12 'George W. Woodward, Dem.
13 Ulysses Mercur, Kep.
14 Jorm B. Packer, Rep.
15 R. J. Halderman, Dem.
16 John Cessna, Rep.
17 PanielJ. Morrell, Rep.
13 W. II. Armstrong, Rep.
19 GlenniW. Scofield, Rep.
20 G. W. Gilfillan. Rep.
21 Henry I. Foster, Dem.
22 James S. Negley, Rep.
23 Darwin Phelps, Rep.
24 James B. Donley, Rep.
Members of the XLth Congress.
Republicans, 16; Democrats, 8.
THE LEGISLATURE. SENATE.
Republicans. Hensey. Connell.Worth
ington. Stinson, Osterhout, Olmstead, Cole
man, Billenglelt, Fisher, Stuiziuan. Robin
s ui. White, Graham, Errett, Taylor, Berr.
Brown. Lowry. 18.
Democrats. M'Candless.Naele.Linder
man. Browne, Davis, Randall. Burnett.
Turner. Beck, Jackson, Miller, Mclntyre.
Wallace, Searight. Duncan. 15.
ASSEMBLY.
Philadelphia David Foy, John McGtn
nis, Samuel Josejihs, George W. Myers,
Jonn 1. lingers. C J. Kleckrer. J. Sutlers,
J. V. Stokes, S'tmuelD. Daily, E.W. Da
vts, Daniel Hithmn, Alexander AJaire,
Michael MuUin, .John Cloud, J. Holgate,
M. U. Hong. Col. J. Cmrk, K. llervey.
Adams Dr. A. B. DHL
Allegheny Geonre Wilson, George F.
Morgan, James Taylor, M. S. Humphreys,
Vincent Miller, batnuel Kerr.
Armstrong Col S !K Jackson.
Beaver and Washington II. J.Vankirk
A. J. Buffington. Thomas Nicholson.
Bedford, Fulton and Somerset Lieut. J
H. Lmirnecker. John Weller.
Berks S- U'ltfemtein, Henry Brobst,
JiiciMoHil Li. Jones.
Blair Joseph Robinson.
Bradtord and Sullivan John L. Cham
bei lain. James H. We' b.
Bucks Jtixhua Be"nx, Etl McKinstry.
Butler, Lawr nee and Meree r Alexander
Leslie, George S. Westlake, David Robin
son, John Edwards.
Cambria John Porter. .
Carlion ai d Monroe Jttmex Place.
Cameron, Clinton and McKean iF. J.
Doris.
Centre . Gray Meek.
Cheste. Dr. S. M. Merdith, Archimedes
Robb, Jama M. Philips.
Clarion and Jefferson R. B. Brown.
Clearfield, Elk and Forrest Thomas J.
M Cultough.
Columbia and Montour George Scott.
Crawtord Wm. Beatty, S. W. Ames.
Cumberland Theodore Cornman.
Dauphin A. J. Herr. H. B. Hoffman.
Delaware Aueustus B. Leedoni.
Erie Georee P. Rea.John D. Stranahan.
Fayette H'. . Play ford.
Franklin and Perry John Shicely, Capt
John U. v alker.
Greene Joseph SedmcicJ:.
Huntingdon, Juniata and Mifflin Samuel
r. Brown. Amos H. Martin.
Indiana and Westmoreland Dr. David
M. Marshal, James A. Hunter, A. C. Ham
ilton. Lancaster Aaron H. Summy, W. W.
Hopkins, Jacob G. Peters, J. 0. GatchelL
Lebanon-S. G. Heihnan.
Lehigh John H. Fogel. Daniel II Creitz.
Luzerne S. F. Boxsard, D. L. O'Xeill,
X. G. Westler.
Lycoming, Snvder and Union W. P. I.
Painter. Capt.Tlios Church. W. G. Herrold.
Montgomery James Uxchbach, Henry
-c n.iii(r.
Northampton Georae II. Gaimdie.. T,
X. Stout.
Nortbumbfrlaiid IT. IT Kase.
Pike and Wayne If. M. Xehon
Potter and Tioea J. B. Xil Tt R
Strang.
Schuylkill
Susouehanna and Wvomlnw rVi! T
Burrett, Almon P. Stephens.
Venango and Warreu Col. A. P. Dim.
can. Junius R. Clark.
lork Dr. J. Ilersh, Dr. D. Porter.
SENATE.
HOUSE.
Republicans,
Democrats,
Republicans,
Democrats,
18
15
61
39
23
26
Rep. majority.
Rep. majority,
Republican majority on joint ballot,
Republicans in Roman, Democrats in Italic
Important Insurance Decision. The
New York court of Appeals, the histhest
judiciil tribunal in the State, has decided
that suicide does not vitiate a life insurance
policy. The American Mutual Life Insu
rance Company refused to pay the widow
of M arcus W. Gibson the su m for wl,i.li
his life had been insured because he com
mitted suicide, bot the court reaffirmed th
decision of the lower courts, the policy must
he paid. 1 he company attempted to prove
mat oioson was an atheist or infidel, and
therefore that the suicide was intentional
the deceased n t having the fear of God e-
lore him ; but the court ruled out this as ir
relevant, and held that in an action to re
ever for an insurance up on the life of the
deceased, it is i. competent to inou
bis religious faith with a view of i
ire into
influen
cing the question whether, in such case.
eatn was occasioned by an intent of self
destruction or of accident
....... .nine vomeaerate armv
was arrested in New York a few days since
ax tne oarue thief who adroitly stole some
g-ivernment bonds from the counter of the
sun treasury, when for an instant the eye of
the clerk having the bonds in charge was
turnea away. Un examining this confede--ate
General one of the stolen bonds was
louna on his person and also the Broadhead
etrer ot frank Blair. The m-ral and po
. ...... nines oi mat .Democrat rest
the same ocket.
in
A young lady lives in Lansmrhnrff V V
She plays the piano. A flock of eeese ri
in the habit of sporting in the river beneath
er window. When they hear tl
lady pl.y. if they are ever so far awav. thv
gather near to hear the nusic and they re
main so still throughout it that "you could
bear a pin drop" in the water. The lady
played "Twenty Years Ago" the other nihr
and a plump old gander, already uWn
for the Thanksgiving market, was observed
to vbed tears.
Maj. Gen. Hooker is in Detroit.
A curious fact has been lately bro't
to notice in regard to the Nevada sil
ver mines. Heat, not water, ia the
chief enemy encountered after reaching
a great depth, and, instead of pumping
out water, the companies have to pump
in air. A Nevada paper says : "The
increase in the heat of our mines is now
beginning to give many of our mining
companies more trouble, and is proving
a great obstacle to mining operations in
those levels lying below a depth of one
thousand feet than any veins or 'pock
et deposits of water yet encountered.
A number of the leading companies on
the Comstock are now engaged in put
ting in engines to be used expressly for
driving fans for furnishing air to the
lower levels, forcing it through large
tubes of galvanized iron. With this
great increase of heat in our mines
comes a great decrease of water,in fact,
in our deepest mine the Bullton.which
has attained the depth of twelve hun
dred feet not a drop of water is to be
seen ; it is as dry as a lime kiln and as
hot as an oven. Iu the lower workings
of the Clwllar Potosi mine, which are
a perpendicular depth of eleven hun
dred feet below the surface, the ther
mometer now stands at one hundred
degrees a frightful heat to be endur
ed by a human being engaged in a kind
of labor calling for severe muscular ex
ertion. Here, also, we find the water
to have decreased till there is at the
present time a very insignificant amount,
it being necessary to run the pump but
four hours out of twentv-four."
People who are apprehensive that
some of these days this globe may be
smashed to atoms by a wandering com
et, and who have not been reassured by
the assertions of scientific men that
comets arc mainly composed of gas,
may certainly now dismiss their fears.
An aerolite, as big as a small comet,
has recently fallen on the earth's sur
face near Warsaw, in Poland, without
doing any damage, but, on the contrary,
being itself shivered to pieces by con
cussion with the atmosphere before it
reached the ground. It is said to have
had a surface of two thousand acres,
which by computation would give it a
diameter of more than a mile. It first
bursted high up in the air, then each of
the pieces broke up in turn, until parts
of the mass were reduced to powder.
One oontifif? man pioVil up Q.J.? frag.
ments, another l,612and millions more
remain strewed over the country. This
-.i ii . ,
snows mai our atmospnere acts as a
kind of cushion to protect us a"ains
all such dangerous visitors, and also
both sets them on fire bv friction, and
by the heat thus engendered explodes
them into comparatively harmless bits
Humboldt, who witnessed severa
earthquakes, said that one never get
usc-ii m iiit-m, uui, on tne contrary, his
feelings of dread are intensified at each
successive one which he experiences
All beasts and birds partake of man'
Ci n . .... ...... . . " 1 . T
ltra' uim Bcem jianiu-SiriCKen. ilum
boldt accounts for man's inabilitv to
become accustomed to, and consequent
ly not to dread earthquakes, by saying
that, whatever we have at any time or
under any circumstances considered
shaky, the earth has always stood firm
and when we find that tossing beneath
our feet, it seems as though the very
oottom ot things had been knocked out,
Every time the shock is repeated, the
unreliability of our only support is fore
ed upon our attention with augmented
force. Other dangers can be for&een
and provided against, but this is inev
itable and remorseless.
When the public debt of the United
States caused by the rebellion was at its
hirhest Doint it amount. wl
a "voil U11C
1 i .
louar a minute for the time that has
elapsed since the creation of theworl.l
According to generally accepted chro
nology it was 4,00-4 years from the ere.
ation to the birth of Christ; that makes
this the year of the world 5,872. There
are 52o,600 minutes in a year of 365
iays; tbe whole number of minute
then, since the beginning is 3,039,019,-
w ln round numbers, three thous
and millions, which was about thenum
uer oi dollars ot our debt at its highest
njmre.
Ihere is a deed on record in Mont
gomery county, Ohio, which is remark
able for its brevity and strength. About
forty years ago a positive old farmer
residing near Liberty, donated a lot to
the church in that place for a chnrr-h
and graveyard, made the gift irrevok-
aoie and the purpose unchans-ablp hr,
deeding the lot "To God Almighty.and
his heirs and assigns forever." Noth
ing short of the last trump wiH disturb
that deed.
A German philosopher nrpdinfo f,.
m bum
the continents of the Old xr.
Worlds will one dav "h
Nobody, however, need be alarmed.'
The philosopher says that this
take place in about fire hundred million
years.
2lfur gidwttefmcnt$.
Advertisement trt ww in largt tvpr, trtutf
rtjtte. will be eAarjred deutl utnal tatet. jv, niu
GUM GOODS, Sib overcoat. O nra Boon id
Phoca. Cam Blanket, at J. P. KltATZtft'ji
HATS and CAPS. A fait aseortmcDt of V.u
tyle baU and eapi, jut rvcaivH at
Kov 4-1 m. J. P.KKAIZKK S
rpOBACCTJ C vend ih. Nary P" Roll, riot
X Cut Flouadar, Coogresa. Smoking Scnra
aod Snnff. at , . J. P. KKATZSR .
GRAIN WASTED Wheat Rya. Corn, Buck
wheat and Oau wanted, far a high
eel market price will be paid byJ.P KK ATZttt
Market Street, opposite the Jail. Clearfield. Pa '
SHOEMAKERS ean boy, at a raill advance oo
eitj prices. Sole leatner. F retch acd Ameri
can Kip and Calf skins Kip a iper. Spanish kip,
Moroccos. Linings. Find logs, 4c. of
NoTember 4, 1WI3. t. P KKATZE R.
LOOKING-GLASSES. A large assortment ot
arch top and square Lookt&g-Ulawes. with
rose-wood. Kilt, walnut and mabogsLy trasses.
Alto, looking glass plates, of all sites, at
Mot 4. J. P. KKATZKK'S.
f) ISSOLUT10X- The partnerhhip here
totore existing between the underi-ign-ed
in the Lumbering and Mercantile bofinefcs. in
Pike town, hip, Clearfield county, bas been du
solred by mutual consent. -
Mot. 4, laoS-Bt PERRY eRILK.
"CAUTION. Ail persons' are hereby cau-
tioned aeaiust purchafinj; or in any wav
meddling with a pair of Dark Bay Horses and
harness, now ia poafessioa of J. at. Test, of Deca
tur towrfhip. as they belong to me and are only
left with said Test on loan, subject to my order.
Osceola, Nor. 4. !8o8-3t. OhO. S PfcKKY.
"JNTICE. All persons having friends in
terred in the old graveyard at Curwns
Tille. are hereby notified that the Borough Coun
cil have passed an ordinance requiring tneir re
moval on or before December 1st. next, to the new
Cemetery where certificates for lots will be given
without charge This remove! is xeeetary in
order to open Loeust and Heorge Streets, which
pass diiectly through the ground, a well as te
hove the bodies reinterred in a suitable inelure.
Tbo'e interested are earnestly requested toattend
to the mutter at once. ' - JOS. K. IH WIN.
BurwensviMe, Nov. 4 3t -- Secretary
NEW. MILLINERY GOODS.
MISS. SUSAN REED,
Market Street, Clearfield, Pa.,
Has just received a new and splendid sock of
Fall and Winter
MILLINERY GOODS,
at prices to suit the times.
Call and see theiu.
" Clearfield. Nor 4.1863.'
NEW HARDWARE STORE.
Lindsay. Sterritt & Ernver,
Importers and Dealers in
HARDWARE
AND ' ' :
CTJTLER-y, . '
Entire New Stock just opened amh will
be offered to the trade at the
LOWEST EASTERN PRICES.
Ill lIUI DEPOT,
837 Liberty Street,
Aujf . 2G,'G8 ly - riTTSBURGU, FA-
ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE.- Let
ters of Administration ob the estate of
Robert R. Nowry. 1st of Barosid t"wp. Cissr
6eldeouatj,Pa .dse'd. kiting hssn grtii'td is its
aDdareigaed. all persona indebted s tid sstste
are requested to make isnmediate payment, sad
those baying claims against the sane still pre
sent Ihetn. properly authenticated, for settle
nBt LLIZABETH S0WRT.
October 7.1n8-tp. -. AdesinistTalrii.
TBSTERN HOTEL. OearBeld, Pa Ikit
II kcewa hotel, near the t oart Hosts is
worthy the patronage of the pablio Tke laele
still be supplied with the best in tne market 'Tie
best of liquors kept. JoHN fX'tUHkhTlf
MEDICAL NOTICE The Medical Heetety f
Clear0e:d oouuty will meet .n the 61 ef
November. t 2 o'eo-k. P M . in Ike ArUltatiea
room in tbe Court Moose, at Clearft'ld-
J H ARTswirs. . i FKIZIH, .
Oct 3t 3t. Srr'y. I'asS T.
DISSOLUTION. The arm of Irwin A SUfe
tins, ia the Drag ! sinsis. at Carwesstil!.
was this day dissolved by rnataal consent 'tea
bueineaswiil be carried on as beret, .for kvjea,
K.Irwin. IKWIN A MO"lLIlB
Oct. 19, 1Bt8-0.tl-3t.
fJOTICE TO CREDITORS Iu the 0?
-' lihan's Court of Clearfii-ld county. f.
In the matter of tke estate af Uet ry B m-l
late of liraham township, dee'd. The appraise
ment of real estate Set out to Margaret haaeal (be
widow of said deeaed,f 45 acres more or es,
and valued at 5219 60. was on the ilk day if 0s.
toher. A.U. IrtfiS.conlraied. -ti by tie tcoit
and ordered that publication be made ia tne
newspaper published ia Clearfield coeeiy.iorm
mgall persons interested that the same will lis
confirmed absolutely aniens saS -ient etjeKtieM
are filed on er before the Second Mondsy ef s
vember, A.D IS08.. By tba Coart.
Oct 21. I Q BARtjKt.. Clerk ef 0,C.
T H E LADT'S'FRIEHD.
bplendid Induceoienta to SDOM-riLrri":
The Lady's Priend aoaeanees the feJleereg
Novelets for !S9: Between Tne.'- k hliseseik
t"rercolt.sukor f- Hew a Woman bed her way
o ; -I he Prise of Two ilea's Lives." by asi.s
d M. Iouglss.aatherot-lbeI)euarrv Ferreae. '
A new novelet by Loaise Ckaadler See ties ae
ther of - Fleeing from Fata." e ; and a oe
lo,r - ricemg from Fata.-' e ; and a
noT' by Mrs. Henry Weod.tke distlngaUbea
glish Novelist, anther of East Lycne."'
les Mr. Weed is prereated w tiling U j i ke
Ubed a
t.o-
keellk
ith numerous shorter umlu ev a krilMaat
galaxy of lady writers
J he Lady's Friend will give taely sieewted
steel tnirraviiir a biidnaii ..ubu.tir. ieats-
oolored Fashion Plate rmrrmd ia uettt
large assortment ot woed u tiiie Ike
faibions. fancy wore, le , in every number. 1
will rive a notialar sim- mt ..U rrk ck-
cost of the Mag.siee in every aamker. , ef y
or the Large and Beaatifnl Premium Btsei is
graving The Song of Heme at fca". engravd
expressly forfjer readers will be sent (pm vd
to every full S2 5k) snbreriber. and te eeery par
son sending acmb. Tbe Engraving is gemot srt.
,0..?? Sccaiaa w be send ik Ike it asaifr
IU69 bufure t k m c-.. l ..va
the November and December namhersf tkts yr
in addition, anakimv t. ... ..... . . I. .11 . and
alt ' niTKubfcrihers fr IS69 shall reeotve the
nificent beecmber Holid.. nmm,t, -.kiast tti-
teen months in all. ....
T,"" One copy (aad the mrira rr'u.!B en-'
Kraving) tl it : fa.r x. ,Sa. -ett
id..-n" rmtii ; H cepica (and one grsiisi.
12 1)0 : sue eonv eaob l a.-. b-.l ,d Past.
and Premium kngraving X4, uo. Tke getier- '
of a club will always receive a eopy of the Pre
mium Ens-ravin V w . .i.v i.kie
the fcsgraviac meat remit Out Drnttat sr.
. V'"'''," " I gratia AddreafCkACOl
Pk.TLKSO. H Walaat Sr. PhiPa asp .
HARNESS. Trimmings, and Shoe-fi.nditg Tut'
falcat MERRELL ABKJLfcR'S .
piABLE CHAINS a good article, on hand "
torsaieby MERRELL A BIULER
s
TOVES of aJI sorts and sisea. constantly
nana at MERRELL A BIO It Kb
OIL, Potty, PainU Glass and Nails, lor ssis at
June '! htERRELL A BIULEK S.
TRON i IR0N!!Be. bar iron, for sale at ths
M. rare ot MERRELL A BIOLER
CA NNED FR IJIT, of be quality, for sale by
Aug. IS. MERRELL A PtflLsV
QCESNSWARKth.aha.peae I. tba
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