fpc affotttdu'o journal; arpb, gccemBct 23, 1808.
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Raftsman's journal.
.J. SWW, SDITOBASDPBOrBIETO.
CLEARFIELD, PA., DEC. 23, Wf.8.
"Of What Good are They?"
Thi question is quite frequently asked
about this season cf the year, when the an
nual reports of the Heads of Departments
and the several general cotDaiu&ioncrs at
Washington are being circulated by the
press throughout the country. We admit,
saya the Telegraph, that frequently reports
are made longer than necessary to give the
information they are intended to convey;
but that appenrs to he an evil hard to over
come, although the day is apparently dawn
ing when the Chief Executive of this Gov
ernment shall set an example having that
tendency. Tbis year the majority of the
reports were unusually lengthy, and it re
paired considerable time in many cases to
eeparate the wheat from the chaff.
Two of the most interesting bits of infor
mation we have gleaned are found in the
report of Commiw ioner Wells. That re
port shows that the receipts for liquors sold
in the United States not at wholesale, but
at retail in one year amounted to $1,400,
000,000 ! ITad this apreareJ in an ooscure
column of some straggling nencpaper, we
might have doubted its correctness ; but it
potnes in a different (shape, and with force,
over the signature of a sworn officer, who
states that the facts were obtained from
cworn returns made under the Internal rev
enue law. The figures are absolutely as
tounding,showing as they do that an amount
equal to more than one half of our national
debt is annually expended for intoxicating
drink.
Then, in the same report we learn the
amount of cigars and manufactured tolmcco
upon which duties were paid during the
rat year. The actual cot to consumer
alone is estimated as follows : Tobacco,
$47,400,339.50; cigars, $55, 147,95$. !4 ;
making a total of $103,543,397.64. The
interest on the funded debt of the United
States, at tix per cent., is only seventeen
millions more thnn the people pay for tobac
co and cigars. What a record I Would
the people of the United States remain
"temperate in all things" but for the short
space of twenty-one months, and contribute
what they would thus save to Uncle Sam,
our national debt would bo entirely wiped out.
The Creed of Democracy.
The Columbus Crisis, a leading Democrat
ic paper in Ohio, has an article laying down
the basis for the reconstruction of the Dem
ocratic party. It is to c. nrel the bonds,
abolish the legal tenders, abolish the banks,
make the currency gold and silver, abolish
the tariff, abolish all the internal revenue
duties, and support the Government by a
direct tax levied on the property of the
country. It declares the previous monetary
and financial schemes cf the Democratic
party all wrong, and that the only way to
restoration of the party is by coming tack to
these true Democratic principles. And in
view of their advent it declares it the duty
of the press of the country to warn the will
ows and orphans and poor people of the
country to dispose of all the bonds in their
posession, for "repudiation is inevitable."
This ia Democracy simmered down to what
in practice it would have shown itself to be.
Only the defeat of Seymour and Blair pre
vented the consummation of its ruinous
fohemes.
Oar State Debt.
Gov. Geary announces by proclamation
that two million four hundred anj fourteen
thousand eight hundred and sixteen dollars
of the principal of the State dibt have been
cancelled since the last report if the C'm
rulsMOners of the Sinking Fund, a period
of fourteen months. This is the cheerf ul
Cbrutmas greeting of a R publican adiuin
titration to the Comtuouwealth, and while
we accept it with thanks, let us remeiuW
it next fall when called oo to chiton again
tnjr (trustees for the tpgnageraent .of (he
public weal. If the people tf Pennsylva
nia will persevere in electing Republican
Governors and Legislatures for the neat
few terms, we shall surely be able ta extin
guish the Democratic legacy of debt wliich
for o long has pressed so heavily cn the
8tat. -
The population, of Arazona, according to
the Governor's annual message, has increas
ed largel ainee 1S67, an J the taxable prop
arty U on third greater. The debt of the
territory it $20,000, and ia being rapidly re
daoad. We art getting once more to be a cotton
growing people. Fifty-five per eat. of the
amount of that Maple carried into England
during the first nine months of 186$, came
from the United States.
Chief Justice Robertson, of the Supreme
Court tf New York, died on Saturday.
The Legal Tenders.
For several weeks past, some uneasineas
has existed in commercial circles, occasion
ed by the rnraor that the .United States
Supreme Court would pronounce as uncon
stitutional the act of Congress authorizing
an issue of paper money as legal tender in
payment of debts. But the excitement has
cons:derabIy abated within a few days, on
account of the announcement that the de
cision wou'J rtainly sustain the validity of
the legal tender act. The latter rumor is
probably correct, as it is not likely that
Chief Justice Chase, who claims to be the
author of the system, and of the law, would
be so lnijonsistent as to declare the works of
his own hands unconstitutional. It is stat
ed that the promised decision wi!I be ren
dered in January, and wiil not affect the
validity of the legal tenders, but will only
affirm the binding effect of all contracts
specifically made to pay in gold.
In alluding to this subject recently, the
New York Sun remarks, that in order to
allay whatever "apprehension may have
been excited by the prospect that the court
will declare greenbacks to be valueless as
currency, it may be as well to remember
that such a declaration is not necessary, 'n
the first place, to the disposal of the cases
which have been presented, nor is it at all
probable. It may possibly be decided that
contracts specifically made lor the payment
of coin must be met in coin, or that debts
incurred before the passage of the legal-tender
act are unaffected by its provisions ;
but these are matters which concern but a
small portion of the criumunity. Nearly
all the iiideblntent existin prior to 1802
has been long ago discharged ; a'nd as to
si'ccial contracts for the delivery of coin,
all who have made them have at the same
time made preparation for fulfilling thorn."
But that the judge t of the Supreme Court
arc g'ine to overturn from top to bottom
the whole business of the nation by throw
ing greenbacks out of circulation is too pre
posterous to be I elieved for a moment. They
will take good care to do no more than dis
pose of the cases immediately before them,
on the narrowest possible ground; and this,
as we have said, will not involve the pener
al validity of the legal tender act at all. On
some accounts, it is to be hoped that the
court will hold that contracts for the pay
inent of eoin are enforceable according to
their terms. Contracts of 'his nature are
being made continually, and simple honesty
requires that they should be kept. If the
law were to be formally decreed to be. a
many persons fear it wiil be, that a man af
tcr buying iron, or tea, or sugar, or any oth
e." commodity at a certain price in gold, and
getting possession of it, could turn round
and compel the seller to accept greenbacks,
it would be virtually sanctioning swindling.
On the other hand, if it were to simply rat
ify bargains of this kind, whenever volun"
tarily entered into, it would quiet much ap
prehension and great iy facilitate the trans
actions of commerce.
Let everybody be
free to sell and buy and make contracts eith
er lor gold or greenbacks, as they may choose
but when they hjve chosen, let them stick
to their word."
The Supreme Coart.
A bill is before the Senate to inereaae the
number of Justices to Gfteen, including the
Chief, and dividing the Republic ir.to four
ficn Circuits. The bill docs not, however,
provide for a correspond it g increase of Ju
dicial services on these Circuits. That in
crease becomes desirable, in view of the rap
id expansion of the business of the Federal
Courts. State lines are practically growing
fainter every day ; important litigations are
now almost always found to involve parties
f oui different States, and the preference
for F yderal over Statj Courts becomes, and
for tjood reasons, daily more manifest. The
jurisdiction of the former steadily widens,
and their business enlarges, so that already
the profession and the country recognize the
need for an extended J udicial set vice. The
especial feature of the new bill (introduced
by Senator Wilson) is that which assign-, to
the Chief Justice and seven of the .Woei
a'es, fo ire ttmttuilly eL-i.vu l,t. the hold
inu of a General Term, or a Couit ui L-tuc.
at the caj it !. the other seven Associates
trans i tine all the Circuit business of that
year. The 'jet To be ga'ne 1 by thi pro
vision is palpably this that tie.: tribunal i.f
final appcai sh!l be cfK-ciivelv redeemed!
IK.fi: ;i.e pterin puiic suspicion tU;it its j
UJBtJ.'i-f i "
lit-;
.otore enlist l'utel. aie too
nn:p'' ti'iv isolated f'ct'.i any ytupiitby wiih
. -t .-
- sere
;ti:.
he
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p''S!;. .; cm'sc .r; or:, u,.ii a!'i iejl iing otiice
bv' the life tent-te, th.: c nti:try has been
fbrceJ by turns to regard the Supreme
U'ueb, as the last sanc'ii uy '. exploded pol
icies and Ft: p erauuatttl, trlctc ideas, leao
lionary rather than progressive, and in tart.
tHitirely ..inside of the public confidence.
So far. the Wil on bill is well devised to in
fus; into the Couit fre.-h Hood fiom the
popular veins, and to maintain it hereaftfr
in a closer responsible relrf.ion to the New
Republic.
Avoiding to Robt. J. Walker, when one
undertakes to pur a job through Congress
for 125,000, he is "acting as counsel." and
when a newspaper is paid $3.0X) for help
ing, it is the recipient of a gift made pure
ly in the rpirit of gratitude. Surely we
improving.
Washington City Gossip.
The position of the Democracy on the suf
frage question is significant. It is difficult
to realize that the same men. lately as pro
fuse in their homilies on the eivil conse
quences that would follow universal voting,
should be so silent or qul-scent in regard to
it now. The secret is found in the fact that
the Sottth is accepting the laws on that sub
ject as a finalitv, and the Northern Democ
racy is preparing to follow in the wake of
their "southern brothers."
The House, on the 14th, adopted resolu
tions denouncing the repudiation doctrines
of the President's message, and declaring
that all forms and degrees of repudiation of
national indebtedness are odious to theAmer
ican people, and that under no circumstan
ces will their representatives consent to of
fer to the public creditors, as a full com
pensation, a less sum of money than that
which the Government contracted to pay.
All the Democrats, except six, voted for the
resolutions thus repudiating the very doc
t l ines which they advocated during the late
political contest. Poor fellows; we really
pity theiu, in their effort to blow both hot
and cold.
Collector Smyth, of New York, who was
nominated for the Russian Mission by the
President, has been reported against by the
Judiciary committee. This puts a dumier
on Preident Johnson's scheme to provide
for his friends.
The House, deyoted Thursday, the 19th,
to eulogies on the death of lion. ThaJ leus
Stevens. Mr. .Dickev, his successor, for
mally announced the death of the"old Com
moner. The Alaska bribery investigation has
elicited no evidence that money was used to
procure the passage of the bill for the pay
ment of the, purchase money.
O.i the Currency question therj is a wide
divergence, and is not confined to party
lines. Those who favor contraction an. I
early resumption of specie payments are in
the minority, and hence, no step will be ta
ken which is calculated to de-troy theconfi
denceof the peouie ia the credif of the gov
eminent.
By direction of the Prcsi lent. Mij-T
General O. O. Howard is honorably mas
tered out. of tli3 service of the Unitid S;ates
as Major General of volunteers, to take ef
fect on January 1, 1S69. General Howard
consequently talis back to his rank of Briga
dier General in the regular army, to whi'-h
he was appointed December 21, 1SG4. He
stands number six on the li-t of Uriitadier
Generals, as shown by the"Army Register."
and alo holds the rank of Brevet Major
General in the army from March 13, 1805.
The certificate nfelecii -n of Menard, the
coloied claimant for a seat in Louisiana,
presented in the House on Friday, and was
referred to the committee on elections, with
out, debate.
A bill, to aS lish th-; frinking privilege,
has been brought forward in the Senate.
It will hardly pass this session.
The bill introduce 1 by 3nv.or Ebn i ids.
relative to 'leorgia affairs is a most sweep
ing measure. Its passage will set that Stale
back where she was at the meeting f her
firt Legislature under ihe reconstruction
act. The colored members are to be restor
ed to their seats, and all whites who cannot
take the test oath are to be turned out and
then everything is to be done over again.
There appears to be no warrant as yet for
saying that this bill represents the views of
the Judiciary Committee, of which Mr. Ed
munds is a member, but is favorably regar-
ded by many members of both bi atiches of
Congress.
Commissioner Rollins, it is understood,
will retain his position until in March, at
the request ol the Republican members of
Congress.
Semiicn of the Armies of the "West.
The great gathering of officers of the
Western armies look place at Chicago on
Tuesday and Wednesday of last week, and
was attended by Generals Grant, Sherman,
Schofield, Thomas. ;md a larjie number of
officers of all grades. The city was filled
with soldiers and much enthusiasm prevail
ed. The exercises were interesting. The
representatives of the armies of the Ohio,
the Tennessee, the Cumberland, and of
Georgia, field separate meetings tor the
transaction of business, but united on Tues
day night in a general meeting for the hear
ing of addresses. Major Gem-rat Thomas
presided, and a welcoming speech was made
by General Sherman, short and eongiatula
toiy, but containing some fine allusions,
which must have bjjen jtratifyii g to all pres
ent. He was followed in eloquei.t and pa
triotic addresses by several oi her officers.
On ednesdny evening after the adjourn
meiit of the convent in. a prund liii qin-t
was held in the hall of the hami cr ol Cim
meree. attended by Generals Giant. Sh-r
man. Tho i as. and other lo.idiu generals
Petitions are in ciieu)a:itt, to ask Con
g!Cs for such a th'Moii It re iin i he
Naturalization laws . shall, lt. iv-nic:
t tie ixtwcr oi onteiTiiii f tie c:tizen-hi, to
the Federal Courtsor V I'lioiU-i iii.M ; 2m 1.
I
re
ring aooiarations of ioter.ti iii to l.c re-
c nd.-d in the Courts and witti the Secreta
ry ol Slate; 3d. i rovi.l ng for the nubK.-a
! ,,t
e names cf all applieauts, whether
j declaring intention, or for their fiaal
at'crs;
4: h providing more effee'ive penalties for
1 -laud- '. 5th. anoti'lin? all fr-iodnlenr ii-n ..r-
a;!, 6th. requesting the re enactment of a
regi-try-a-V, t) be siiuiiir in its tenor to the
Act o!' ls0L
The loss id iives by the recent steamboat
murder on the Ohio is already known to
have, reached a total of eighty five. Adding
tot unknown victims, ii is thought ti.at fully
oiie h'tndre 1 persons must have perished.
The responsibility of this soocking disaster
seeuis lu SA-tiie more and more eieariy oihui
the respective co niiijii der.s and pilots, who
are held to be equally guilty of a criminal rt twins next. She ought to. vote.
dcrclktion of duty. - j A Canada woman cut off her baby's head
The "MJV Magaire," have appeared j bl3US(' '' ""h husband as to
am.g the coal and iron mioerol Aikgbeny I l,Mf '"a"IK-'r wh'"h the child should be ed
cuniy. Maryland. One tr.H-..na assa-i J au, hvn il arr""--d at the age of twelve,
nation already alarms the people, .,ud the j Amusi; u, see a leading Cop hotel kecp
wildest rumors are afloat. We have t,o j er. who is in the habit of damning the "nig-
uoubt that the laws will be enforced and the '
community efficiently protected Ly the au
tborjtiee.
A Little of Eyerytlang.
Cold work skating.
Scarce butter and eggs.
Plenty turkeys and chickens.
Fell some snow, on Monday.
Ditto a L:dy on the side-walk.
Baron James de Rothschild left a fortune
of $400.iKX,000.
Mrs. Lincoln is said to bevery ill atFrank
foi t on the Main.
Punch thinks that black and blue are too
often election colors.
It. is said to be thought dishonorable in
England to lecture for pay.
A 3'oung mother in Ohio recently bit off
her child's nose in a dream.
The Rothschilds have lent $20,000,000 to
the new Spanish Government.
A Boston bartier has a razor that has been
in daily use for a hundred years.
Canada has only about ten thousand few
er troops than the United States.
In 1646 Massachusetts did a brisk business
in tra ling Indians for negro slaves.
Ten cents per bush d is all the corn sellers
get for thtir grain in Denton, Texas.
A philosopher does notjso much believe in
promising young men as in paying ones.
A New England paper thinks all the later
financial schemes are more specie ous than
sound.
Known the bnvs who broke the windows
in the Lutheran church. Next they'd find
themselves in jail.
There is a man in Lowell so thorough''
neutral on all public questions, that he never
takes a si le w.ilk.
Married Methodist ministers in the Cin
einnati Conference average $025 a year, and
the bacheloss $545.
An exchange wantsto know if Mrs. Bloom
er still "pants" for fame. She lives at
Council Ubills, Iowa.
Two hunters of Rnxhnry, Canada, went
shooting, were gone six days, and killed three
bears and eight deer.
One million three hundred thousand tons
of coal have been shipped this year from
Cuuiberlar d, Maryland.
jlonitreirard is the only rebel we know who
went to the "'l:i--t ditch." He is construct
ing sewers in New Orleans.
Mr. Chiomilaler Mabarv. of Bombav.has
paid $10,000 for a wile. which is lather high
tor Ma(ha)ry or any other girl.
There are said to be 103.500,000 hens in
the United States wliich are capable of lay
ing 18,250,000.000 evgs yearly.
A gentleman over the left the chap
who took up the whole side-walk and made
a lady get off into the deep snow.
A physician thinks the Grecian benders
will soon ask hi profession, ' Canst thou
not minister to a spine diseased?"
A tippler said to a clergymen who was re
proving him, "You're right, sir. Whiskey's
a bad thine especially bad whiskey."
Enjoying a holiday our neighbor Good
lander and bis printers, and hence no paper
will !e issncd from that office this week.
The New York Sun facetiously remarks
that New York City i.now governed by
Oakey Hall, Tammany Hall and Alcohol.
The Mormon elders find some difficulty in
restraining the young saints from wearing
their ha-.s in the tabernacle during service.
A butcher's boy. according to a lively re
porter, is a "juvenile vivisecter." The same
authority calls a cock-fight an "ethnological
argument."
Quite seven millions of people have etni
erated from the Old World to the United
States since the adoption of the Federal
Constitution.
The total earnings of the American poo
pie are said to be $7,500 000.000 annually.
If .there were but 7.500 of us how rich we
should all be.
"Briek" Pomeroy says that the North
should wear mourning for the South. It is
suggested that the rebel gray is a suitably
subdued color.
A young lady has been admitted as a stu
dent to the law school at Washington Uni:
versify, in Sr. Louis, by a unanimous vote
of the faculty.
Vermont contains no house that is not
within half a mile of a school and scarce'y
ore bundled native born inhabitants who can
not read and write.
The Trustees of the Agricu'tura! College
of Pennsylvania aie reported to have finally
sclet-ed a farm in ludiara county, for model
and experimental purposes.
"Mv farm of ten acres" is a pretty idea
enou.-h but would bard'y satisfy an Arizona
t '..
lrine-. one of whom ad vertises for sale his
little faiio of 1 IHiO.tiOO acres.
A Washington telegram says that "as
matters mrv l,..k, the Southern members
In-Ill the balance of power, and are inclined
to go f'..r an iucieae of the tariff "
1 In I resident complains that Congress
. h-i 1 not the good manners to listen to his
Messag't. ' oiijrev- rep ies that evil coui
inuiiicf.oMs coi nipt good manners.
in .James E. Cromw-l! was sentenced
j to solitary couS-ment for life in the Miciii-
i
, gati Penitent'-
v for murder. He died on
N ovemtjer l;th of the present year.
It is supposed that Hon. Hannibal Ham
lin wiil be elected United Stales Senator
from Maine in place of Hon I- M. Morrill,
whose term expires March 4:h, 169.
A showman advertises that among his oth
er cutiositics is the celebrated "difference"
which has been so often split by bargain ma
kers. He says he has both halves of it.
Providence, Rhode Island, presents a
woman to an aim ring world who has had
f children in eleven months triplets at
ger." lugging a da kies baggage from the
railroad depot to the hotel and giving him
b'i dinrjer and, stage fare for fifty oeou.
An Important Bank Case.
A case which involves the responsibility
of Banks in receiving Bonds and other arti
cles for safe keeping was tried in Lancaster
City recently. One Merrit Smith, of York
county, brought uit against the Lancaster
County National Bank, to obtain U. S.
Bonds to the value of $3,500, which he al
leged he bad deposited with them. The
deposit was made in 1866, in the presence
of witnesses, and in January, 1857, Mr.
Smith called for his Bonds, and was inform
ed that they were not there. Very able
counsel was employed on both sides, and the
examination of the trial occupied consider
able time. The Jury rendered a verdict in
favor of the Plaintiff of $1,184,50, the
whole amount of the claim. Upon the ren
dition of the verdict, the counsel for the
Bank moved for a new trial.
hXtxv tenements.
A!vrrtlrmr.nt letup IH farge typr,o outcf ptatH
ttylf.tcill br charged doublt usual rales, A o cuts
TOTICE. My wif.., Minerva Smith,
a- having left my bed and board. without any jost
cause, all persons are hereby warned agaiust giv
ing her credit on tny account, as I wilt not pay
an v debts ol tier Contracting. (J. B SMITH.
d23-3tp Uirard tw p, Clearfield co .. Pa.
F
E M A L E SEMINAR Y,
HOLLIDA SBCRO. PA.
Rev. Joseph Waugh, Principal.
S."0 OCn expended on the building .
Kone but Sin rest rut Tearhers emptoyd.
Lorati-tu i healthful and beautiful ; accessible
by Penna R. K. Seven-h easion open January
13. IStitf. December 23. l6S-3m
r OST on Monday, Dec. 21st, 1868
-L between Albert"toreiind ti.iodfellow'j bridge,
a certain Promiwory Note givtn by David Afkey
to David Forcey, dated December ih. titb or 7ib.
payable five moi thg after date. iid calling fr
one hundred and ciz'y iloi lai Ihe finder will
br liberally rewarded by leaving ilal Ibe Journal
office, or br returning it to
Deo. 23,'lS-3tp. JEKE. BUTLKK.
PMISTRATOIt S NOTICE. Let-
tcr of Administration on tire estate of
Surah Ann Jury, lute of (itrard township.
Clenrfi' ld couniy. Pa . dee d, havii.g been grant
ed to the uii'Jeitgi)ed. all perwiua inrteb ei to
aid eSititeare reque td to taake iuiixieditite par
laeit. aud tlnse 1 vir.g claims agtiinst Ihe a.tiue
will present tbcm, proj.erly autbentic ited for set
tlement J.R. CAKK.
December 23. ISM 6tp. AdiuV
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PENNIMAN, REED k CO.,
GAZETTE BUILDING.
Deo 23 g and 8B Fifth Avenue. Pittsburg!
"I ' OOErXO-GLASSES A large assortment ot
Jj arch top and square Lnoking-tlases. with
rose-wood, a-ilc walnut and mihnrini r..mA.
Also, looking glass plates, of all sizes, at
J. r. KlvATZtK 8.
B
OOTS AND SHOES are selling at h,lf
tat Vinal prioe,t. J. f, KKAIZBR'S.
HEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
SPECIALfortbellOLIDAYS.
That it may be within the reach of every on
desiring to make a Holiday Present, we offer the
following inducements :
Shawls, worth
Shawls, worth
Coburg, worth
10 00 at 3 00
8 00 at 6 00
65 at
50
French Merino, worth 1 00 at 75
French Merino, worth 1 25 at 1 00
Empress Cloth, worth 1 00 at 75
Poplin Reps, worth 1 G5 at 1 35
Silk, worth 3 00 at 2 62
Silk, worth 2 50 at 2 12
And all other goods itGREATLY REDUCED
FIGURES. Call and see and don't 11IS3 A
GOOD BARGAIN.
VM. REED k CO.,
Dec 23.1
Market Ftrieet, Cleaifiold, Pa.
T)ANK NOTICE. The annual election
for Nine Directors of the First National
Bank of Clearfield, will be held at the Bank, on
Tuesdav. January 1 2th. I8S9, between the hours
of 3 and four o'clock. P. M.
Deo. Id, 1S68. A CFINNET, Cashier
IVR SALE four valuabie Town properties, in
the Borough of Clearfield Locations desir
able, and buildiogs new Apply to
WILLIAM M M cl'LLOl'GU,
Attornev at Law.
December 18 163. Cleaifie'd Pa
r ISSOLUTION. The partnership here
totnre exi-itinjr hftween the unders-ipn-
ed was dissolved on October 21st. I63 by mutual
conseut Tl,e bfKksand accounts aie In the hands
of M Vingling for settlement.
Iturnside I MICHAEL TINGLISO,
Deo l.'oS-3t. ISAAC 1 I JiULIXG.
rklSSOLUTION of PARTNERS HIP.
A!l pe imiiis an; hereby not i tied that the
co partrerslilp existing between the undersigned,
in the Merchant Tailoring business. was dissolved
by mutual consent on the 3' it day of October. A
D.lsM. The books and accounts will be col
lected by M A Frank, and the business wiD bn
cairied on at the same place bv K. K L. Mough
ton. M A.'FKAXK.
Clearfield, Dec IS L' K. 1. f-TOlMiHTOX
PAR.M AT PRIVATE SALE. The sub-t-eriher
otters for sale his farm in Law
rence township, situate on the east bank of the
Susquehanna river, with the Lrie turnpike on
the outh. and containing 84 acres Most of the
farm is in meadow, aud the whole under good
fences. The iinproremeuts are a good log house
and frame bank barn, with the other necessary
out houses. A spring of good water is near the
dour.' An orchard of choice fruit is growing os
the prembes. 't here are three veins of good coal
on the land, to wit - one of five feet, one of three
leet-l inches, and one of two feet the latter near
the river. For terms, inquire of the subscriber,
on the premises. JUHDAN ULE1
December 16. 18n$ p.
nO;:OUOH ORDINANCE At a meet
ill!! of the Town Coutx-il. held on De
cember 7th. ISfitt. it was ordered that the follow
ing Ordinance be re published, and notice given
that its provisions will be strictly enforced :
Bb it Exacted A?;n OitDMMtn ty the Burgess
and Town Council of the Borough of Clearfield,
and it is here'y enacted and oMainej by the au
thority of the same, ifcat hereafter It shall be the
duty of occupiers of lots, and owners of unoc, u
pied lots, along whose premises side walks are
now. or may hereafter be laid under ordinance
now in force or which mry hereafter be passed,
to cause the sidewalks along their respecive
premises to be cleared ot now. wlieu and as often
as the saraeshall fall thereon. within twelve aoors
after the same r hall cease falling ; and on default
of such occupiers or owners, having such side
walas cleared as aforceiid. he. she. or thty. shad
be fined in the sum of five dollars, to be col ected
as debts of like amoui.t are now by law recovera
ble. And it is hereby made the duty of the ISur
gest to see that suits are brought against all who
may offend against this ordinance
In testimony that the foregoing ordinance was
passed the Gth day of Dec. A D I.S58, I haj e here
unto set my hand. Wv. K ADEBAGtiH. Burgess,
attest, L J Cuaxs Secretary.
Notice is hereb- given, that the provisions cf
the above ordinance will b enforced-
W. W LETTS. Burgess.
Attest, a L. Mobgax. Seo'y. dectS.
Tp1 STRAY. Strayed away from the sub
J wriher, in 1'ike township, on or about
tbe 1st of October last, a briudle BULL, aged
about two years. Any information as to his
whereabouts will be properly acknowledged.
Dec. 9. sifis-3tp CALEB WAY.
"QISSOLUTIOX of PARTNERSHIP.
The partnership heretofore existing be
tween the undersigned in tbe butchering business
has been dissolved by mutual consent. The biwks
of the late firm will be settled by Mr. Brown, who
has withdrawn from the business
M.ti ISROWN.
Dec. ,'6S-3tp. It R FULLEKTOX.
"IOR SALE. The property occupied by
Thomas Liddell. enrner of Reed and
Fourth Streets, Clearfield borough, consisting of
a good substantial Pan"i Houe and the lot (about
three-four hs of an acre) is offered lor rale. The
situation l close to the Railroad Decot. and is an
excellent location for business purposes' For
terms. apply on ihe premises .Nov. 11-188.
QAUTION. Ail persons are hereby cau
tinned against pincliu.siiir or negotiating
in any wise a certain .Note, given by me in favoi
of Philander Anderson, ot Norw ich, I benngo
eour.ty. N. V . dated October loth. I86S. calling
for tbe payment of S20II in three months from
date Also, another certain note, of same riate.
calling for the payment of 5 1 no in ii monibi
from dale, as I will not pay them unless compel
led by law having received no value tbeitfor
Osceola Mills. Dec 2 9-3t D It GOOD
A UlU l OR S NOTICE. The undersign
d Auditor, appointed in open Court,
to report pioper application of the proceeds aris
tr fn.m the ki1a r F....I i r
lyria. No. il. .Sept. T 1KCS. Common Pleas of
.,' . L , toumy. in me case ot packman h
l.irehfield v. Slatthew Henry, herehv gi-e no
tice that he will attend to the duties'of said op
p..in ment.on Friday.tbe Sib dav of January.A d .
between the boors of tOo clork.A at . and 3
o docs, P .t ,he office of J B M Enally. Esq .
in tbe Borough ol Mta.-fieid when aud where all
per.ons interested can attend
Dec 2. I-4t.J D W. M CCRDT. Aoditor
QOMMISSIONER S NOTICE.-Esi
ot Peter Smith, d. cea-d. In the n
Estate
ter of the netition Af Ji.nl, w c v, -. , ,
oian of Jonathan 11. (smith Jr., minor -hild of
Jonathon H. Smith, dee'd. for specific perform
ance of contract with the heirs of Peter Pmith
late of Lurusida township Clearfield couniy, Pa '.
dee'd., the nndersigned Commissioner, appointed
by the Orphan's Court of Clearfield county, to
take testimony in proof of contract, payment Ao
hereby gives n..iice that be will attend to the"
duties of hie appointment, at the offica of J B
M Lnally Esq . in Clearfield, on Saturday. Jan
nary 9. !89 at ID o'clock, a K .when and where
all persons interested can attend
Dec 2 1S6S-U D. w. M' CURDY. Com'r.
I-n,Tn?.JC0URT of Common Pleas of
t learfaeld county:
KecbeKeite So. 270 Sept. Term, 1867.
A a Keiter. f A'iSi.S,rJ),Mr
nr.AAV"" Ton are hereby
notified and required to b. and appear Sa ,ost
f.'fj ?old,n fewrfield.on Monday, lb.
Jo ? f Jt"n"y-8K9 before our said Judgea.
rnCb ,h,u8 may be then and there
charged a ga mat you in the complaint of said li.
bellant. in the proceedings now pending, and o
suhmit to such order and decrees as the Court
?: hereof fail not.
. Dwu,UteHt.:., c. HOWB.Skatlff.
AGENTS WANTED. $75 to f 200 per
Month !!! or a commia-iou from which
twice that amount ean te mad by selling tke
Latest Improved Common Sense
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE,
Price SIS. 00. For circulars and Terms address
Deo.9.'6S 3m O BOWERS CO.
320 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa
"REGISTER'S NOTICE. Notice is here
" by given that tbe following accouutit
have been examined and passed by me and remain
filed of record in this oQee for the inspection cf
heirs, legatees creditors and all others in any way
interested and will be presented ta the seat Or
phans' Court of Clearfield county, to be held at
the Court House, in the borough of Cearted,
commencing on tbe 2a Monday of January. 1st t.
Final aceonrt ot Christian Korb. Administra
tor of Charles Zilliouz. lateof Brady t'p. uec'a.
Final account of tieorre Ellinger. AdniioUtra.
ter of Haroara Ellioger. late of Lrady t p. dee'd.
Final account of John Bloom and James A.
Bloom Executors ot the last will and testament
of Isaao Bloom, late of Pike township, deceased.
Xov. 3i).'d3 1.0. BARUER. Keg r.
"REGISTER'S NOTICE. Notice khere
by piven that the following accounts have
been examined and pased by me. and remain filed
ot record in this office for the inspection of heirs,
legatees.creditors.and all others in an v other way
interested, and will be presented to tha next Or
phans' Court of Clearfield county, to be held at
the Court House, in tbe Boroueb of Clearfield,
eommencingon tbe 2d Monday of January. 1869.
Tbe account of David Dressier, Guardian of
Mandress Flegal. Preston Flegal. Ellen Flegal.
Alice Flegal. John W Flegal and James Flegal.
minor heir of James L. Flegal. late of Goshen
township. Clearfield county. Pa., deceased
Tbe final account of John Knssal, Executor of
the last will and testament of Jane Cochrane.late
of Peon towhship. Clearfield county, dee'd.
The partial acconnt of Thomas il. Forcer. Ad
ministrator of tbe estate of Matthew A. Foroey,
late of Bradford township, dee'd
Tbe final aeoount of Job Witherow. Ex"eutur
of tbe last Will and Testament of Henry Hegar
ty. late of Ouelich township, dec d
Deo 9. 131 A W. LEE. Register.
T ICENSE NOTICE. The following nam
ed fier-son have filed in the office of the
clera of the court of Quarter Sessions oi Clearfield
co .their Petitions for Licenss at the January Ses
sion. A D.1SH9. agreeably to the Act ot Assembly ol
March 2Sth. letti! entitled. "An Act to regulate
the state of Ittoxicating Liquors " Ac:
E A. Thompson, Tavern, Woodward t'p.
I.-ano Kicketa. Tavern, Beecaria town'p.
Samuel liolea. Tavern. Beecaria t'p.
D. il. Paulbamai. Tavern, Beecaria t'p.
Louis flu bell, tavern,
John ti'lloK. Tavern,
Kobert Poyd, Tavern,
Isaiah Bloom, Tavern.
MiloHoyt. Tavern.
Benj. Bloom. Tavern,
John J. Reed, Tavern,
Henry Gogs, Tavern,
Casper Liepoldt, Tavern,
W. B Thompson, Tavern,
John Fouta. Tavern,
Isaac Shimmel, Tavern,
Samuel Hepburn, Tavern.
Jotin Mo I son. Tavern.
George Knarr, Tavern,
A. S. llolden. Tavern,
MattC Gambia, Tavern.
! mold Schnarrs, Tavern,
Peter Gamier, Tavern,
Andrew Shoff. Tavern, :
J.C Henderson, Tavern,
Jacob Stire, Tavern,
Philander Smith, 'ievern,
Morris town'p.
Morris township.
Morris town-hip.
L City borough.
Osceola borough.
Curwensville bor.
Curwensville bor.
Osceola borough .
Clearfield bor o
Chest township.
Boggs tow nub i p.
Boggs township.
Pent township.
Covington town'p
Brady township.
Bloom township
Guelicb lowt.sliip.
Covington town'p.
Covington town'p,
Guelicb town'p.
Osceola Boro.
Bald Hills
N. Washington bo.
BESTAIJBANTS
Daniel Bowman, Clearfield borongb,
David M'Gaughey,
W . End res. " "
Benjamin Swaggart, Osceola borough.
Catharine Graff. Corwenrville borough..
Mary E. Montgomery, Shawsville.
V E RCA s TILE.
I.L Reisenstein A Co., Clearfield borough.
Aogust L.conte. liirard township.
Geo E Kobecker. Huston township.
Decen-.ber IS, IfiSS A C TATE. Clerk.
s. HERIFF'S I SALE. By virtue of sundry
writs of nd. Kxp. issued out of tLa
Court of Common Pieas of Clearfield county. and
tome directed, there will be exposed to sale at
the Court bouse in the boroagh of Clearfield,
on MONDAY, the UT1I day of JiNUAhY Istd,
at 2 o'clock l.n.,tbe following described Keal Ls
late, to wit I '
A certain tract of Land situate in Peun town
ship Clearfield county. Pa., bounded as fallow,
to wit : Beginning ata small hemlock on ibu nio'ib
ern line of what is known astho t'lnridaciel tract
ani southern line of trant Ko b'tli tb.nu north
I .'Jperehes to stone comer, theuee south f-i ut,
grees west 130 perches to a poet, thence south ;M
porches to a post on Clendauiel line, thun.-e along .
said lice north Tttj derwes eist lJ perches to tLe
place of beginning, containing ltui acies acJ a
l.wnce. Also, one other tr.cl situate in Lvll
township, iu the county aforesaid, begll.nig at
ao old bemloca. thence north .T1 degrees west I 3
perches to white oak. thence south Ills, perches t
a post, thetinu by land of Lewis rmitb soutu -tTj
degrees e.irt ti9 perches to a p.. St. theme ii nv.i
9 Id perches to a hemlock, thence oorth 2i de
greea east 59 perches to the old hemlock ai 'l
place of beginning, containing 93 acres ano T'i
perches, more er less. Seized, t.ken in tia.
tion. and to be soli as the property of Jau.es aui
Jib Curry.
Also- accrtain tract of Land situate in Gn lick
township. Clearfisld county. Pa , beginning- at a
birch corner of land of James Morgan, thence
south 49 deg. west lrto perches to a poet ttaence
north 41 degrees west 134 perches to white ,-ak,
thence north 49 decrees east t99 perches o heat
lock, tbencesoutn 41 degrees east 69 perches 10 a
beiu'ock. thence south 49 deg east 13 peiches to
stones, thence south 14 deg easi C9 per. a birch
or place of beginning, containing 16 acres and
a!twace. about 75 acrescleared.with Urge fran.e
houte and barn thereon erected. Seised taken
in execution, and to be sold aa tbe property of
George Uegarty.
4.LSO a certain tract of Land situate in Para
side township. Clearfield oojnty. Pa , touuded as
follows, via - on the east by land of Elijah ti.itur.
on the south by lands of Joseph Walls, on the
west by lands of Reader King's estate, on tbe
north by lauds of John Itunnela, containing sb .ut
2u0 acres, seventy acres of which are cleared ar.d
under cultivation, having erected thereon a large
two-story bouse, barn, and necessary outbuild
ings, together with a bearing orchard. Seised
taken iu execution, and to be sold as the proper. y
ot Pter Kuth.
Alsu a certain tract of Land situate in Pike
town-hip, Clcarneld county. Pa., bounded as fol
lows, vit : Beginning ata post on line between
middle and western divisious of tract Xo 57V'J.
thence east III perches to i post, thence norti ilJ
perches to a post, thence west II I perches to pi;.
tbence eouth 24a perdies to a post and place ot bo
ginning, containing 159 acres, more or less bi
ed. taken in execution, and to be sold as the pro
perty of Valentine Bailey.
Also a certaiu tract of Land situate in Morris
township. Clearfield conn y. Pa , bounded asu ae
acribed as fol'ows: On ibe north by Wm. Zimmer
man, on the ean by Henry Miller, south by lauds
of Brennei i Blancbard. and on the est b lai.s
of John Lverhart, containing 22:1 acres.wiih IS s
crcs eieared and having a Log house and barn
rccted thereon. Seized, takeu iu execution, aid
to be sold aa the property ot Jacob V agner.
Also a certain tract of Laud tituate in Law
rence township. Clearfield county. Pa . bounded
as follows: On tbe wt by lands of Wm. Porter,
on tbe east ty Dale, Mucumberand other; on tfcs
north by R Mossop; containing one hundred nj
forty acres, with about fifteen acres eieared. and
a small plank Louse erected thereon. Seized ta
ken in execution, and to be sold as the property
of Joseph Woods
Also a certain tract of Land situate in Cov
ington township. Clearfield cotntv. Pa . boULoed
as follows: On the tbe east by G " Shuln. on tbe
west by Mrs. Eeesa. on the south by Jobu Pirkard'
on tbe north by ; containing twenty-tbrte s-
erea. a!l eieared, with small Log house and stable
erected thereon Seized, takeu in execution, aui
to lie scld aa the property of Chai. Weaver.
Also by virtue of a writ ef Vri Ftieras, tie
following described real estate, to wit:
All tha't certain pieoe or parcel of Land siluats
in Covington township, Clearfield county. Ps.,
beginning at a whit pine corner. 27 5-le perches
east of a white oak grnb. the north corner of war
rant No 1694. and being a part of said warisnt
No. 18911 ; tbence east 50 perches te white oak ear
ner; thence south 124 4-lu perches to a white pt
eorner; tbence east l perches to post corner;
thenee south 21 S 10 pertbea to post corner; tbeo
west IS perches to oak eorner; thence south 2
5-10 pen 1 es to post eorner ; tbence west 50 r erc
tc post eorner; tbeoee north 170 perches to plc
of beginning containing 52 acros and 24 ,1"'
more ,r less and being pan of wrrrani Sj. ' j-?'
and recorded in Dead Book R. paga 45. So";
taken in execution and to bs aoid as the prof"1
of John W. Pider. .
- A Lao by virtue of a writ Tet Vend. Erf
following described real estate, to wit :
A Lot of Land in the village of Cbestervtiiv-.
Deeatar township. Clearfield county. Pec,'
bounded as follows: Front 0 feet Main rr''
somh by lot of James Cole, west by lot of ;-.
eon & Hoops, and extending oack to an alley "
boot 2u feel, with a smU frame bone "-'',a
thereon. Seised taken in execution, aud "
sold aa the property of Joseph While
CYhiMLA HOWE
Craarfleli.Dwo. 16, .. &
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