. J. BOW, BDITO!DPBOPBITO.
CLEARFIELD, PA., JAN. 6, 18C9.
Post-Jfaster General.
The augeistloD, which we made several
wbeVs ago, that lion. Edward M'Phersos
wai an eminently fit man to represent Penn
sylvania in Gen. Grant's Cabinet, appears
to be quite popular with the Republican
press of the State. The Reading Jbureta,
Stroudsbarg Jeffersonian, Greensburg JJer
all, Pittsburg Commercial, Harrisburg
Telegraph,Y ork Republican, Somerset Her
ald, Erie Republican, Bedford Inquirer,ani
Charuberaburg Repository have all contaired
favorable articles. The Indiana Register
also has an editorial ou the subject, in which
it says :
"Mr. M'Pherson baa a good record. ITe was a
member of tba 3th and 37th Congress At tba
expiration of bia second term be waa appointed
Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue, ami
on tba assembling of the SSth Congress waa cho
sen Clerk of the ilouae, which position be baa
continued to occupy ever sinoe. In 1865 be re
fused to enter upon the roll of the II- uee the
aantea of the Bogus Members of Congress, sent to
Washington by the Rebel States, and by so doing
raved tba country from all the embarrassments
and dangers that would hare followed the defeat
f tba Congressional pi an of Reoonstractioo.wb ieb
would have inevitable been the resultof their ad
mission. Mr. M'Pherson is a ripe scholar, and is
in every way well fitted for the place. His ap
pointment as Postmaster-General would not only
be popular, but wuuld, in onropinion. prove high
ly satisfactory to the Republican party of I'eun
sylvaniu, and we trust the proper steps will be ta.
ken to bring it about."
The Johnstown Tribune copies the fore
going article, and adds :
"This is well and truly said. Our Indiana co
temporary properly emphasises the courage and
patriotism of Mr. M'Pherson in December, 1365
whtn be refused to place on tbe roll of the House
of Representatives the names of Andrew John
son's Southern Congressmen. That one fearless
aud most timely act justly entitles him to tbe ev
erlasting gratitude of every true-hearted Ameri
can eititen. Its value to the country can be best
understood by imagining the Reconstruction pol
icy of Congress to have been effectually blocked
three years ago by the votes of Southern Con
gressman who had been 'reconstructed' after the
plan proposed by an apostate President. Mr.
M'Pherson has the ability, the industry and the
honesty to make a Cabinet officer who would do
honor to his State and tba nation. If Pennsyl
vania ia to be accorded the Postmaster-Ueneral-sbip,aa
is rumored, Edward M'Pherson is unques
tionably the fittest man in the State for tbe po
sition." An Important Deoiaion.
The following is the' language of Chief
Justice Sawyer, of the Supreme Court of
California, in tins case of the contested Pres
idential Elector of that State. It wa-t un;in
iuiou.ily concurred in by the associate justices.
The opinion was read on the 4th of Duccm
ber last :
'On the question submitted to u by the Secre
tary ot State in respect to counting for I. B Jl off
man, as Presidential Elector, the votes cast for
D. A. Hoffman, our opinion is that tbe Secretary
has the power, and it is his duty, to decide, on the
returns before bim and on all the surrounding
facts of general notoriety, whether or not tbe
votes cast for I A Hoffman were really intended
by the voters to be cast for D. B. Huffman; and
if he shall be satisfied of 'that fict it will be his
duty so to certify them. And we will add that,
as far as tbe facts are disclosed to us, we have no
doubt they were so intended."
Commenting upon which the Sau Fran
cisco Bulletin says :
"A year from now it will bo a matter of won
der that itcould ever have been though tjneces:i
ry to call upon the Supreme Cench lo decide so
simple a question. The general opinion already
is that but for a plentiful lack of good sense on
the part of high officials, and a tendoncy to view
the plainest propositions through a partisan me
diutn, no such issue could ever bare been raised.'
A fow more decisions like the above, wi!i
put an end to the venal practice of some
persons, in issuing or putting in circulation
tickets containing orthographical errors lor
the purpose of vitiating the ballots, and thus
defrauding the elector out of their votes.
The Gettysburg Orphan Asylum.
It appears, from a letter in the Soldier's
Friend, written by the Secretary of the So
ciety, that this institution has been in suc
cessful operation for two years; has receiv
ed ninety soldiers' orphans as many as its
present aecouiuiodr-tions will admit gather
ed from Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsyl
vania, "ew York, Connecticut, New Jersey,
Delaware and Maryland. Its buildings and
grounds eight acres, directly adjacent to
the National Ceretry are paid tor, while
the wor is progressing of eii'arginir. the
buildings for the reception of more orphans ;
and the instruction and influences under
which the children are placed are such as to
make the Homestead equal to any institu
tlon of the kind io the country. It has re
ftived no assistance from either State or Na
tional Government, except its charter from
the State of Pennsylvania, and the appeals
in its behalf must be the more earnest and
persistent to the general public and the
schools of the country, that it may not be
njerely sustained, but so enlarged as to be
worthy the name of National, and becoming
the nobla object of its establishment. Pests
of the G. A. R. have lately made contribu
tions to its funds, and it is earnestly hotted
that the general attention of the Grand Ar
my may Foon be awakened to this most indis
pensable and patriotic enterprise.
The Hill Murder.
The tfifcl of Twitcholl, charged with the
murder of Mrs. Hill, his mother in-law, at
Philadelphia, w&3 brought to a close on Fri
day, January 1st. The jury went out about
nine o'clock in the evening, andreturned in
twenty-five minutes with a verdict ol guilty
of murder in the first degree. The prisoner
is said to have "received the verdict by
throwing up his hands W a dopicating
manner."
f f;c Uffewatt' ouruaf, kaxfdb,
Freclamation of Amnesty.
President Johnson, on December 25th,
1S68, Christ mas day, issued a proclamation,
extending "unconditionally and without res
" ervation to all and to every person, who
"directly or indirectly participated in the
" late insurrection or rebellion, a full pardon
'and amnesty for the offence of treason
" against the United States, or of adhering
" to their enemies during tbe late civil war,
"with restoration of all rights, privileges
"and immunities under the Constitutions
"and laws." This proclamation is intended
to make a clean sweep in restoring the Reb
els, including Jeff. Davis, Breckinridge,
Mason, Slide II, etc., to their former status
as citizens of the United States, and is se
verely criticised and commented on by the
press throughout the country. The Pitts
burg Gazttte refers to it thus :
'"The President's last proclamation of am
nesty for rebels was a very fair theatrical
pciforniance, but that is about all of it. It
neither repeals Acts of Congress nor the
XlVth Article of the Constitution. It
clothes with civil rights none of those whom
the voice of the people, through Congress
or otherwise, has disfranchised, until, by the
same authoiity,those disabilities shall be re
moved. Doubts are even expressed -as to
the sufficiency of the Presidential act, ly
way of pardon for offenders who have neither
been tried nor convicted. Their right to
ciaini exemption from a criminal prosecution,
undei Executive grace, admits of question
among the legal profession. Practically,
however, we may agree t l.at there is no longer
a likelihood that such prosecutions will be
instituted. Th; "policy" of tbe President
would be swift to dispense with all the pen
alties of a conviction, and tho country will.
therefore, be spared froru any repetitions of
ths farcical proceedings at Richmond
against the letnling rebel of all. Davis, Sti-d-11.
Benjamin and the rest can, and doubt
less will, now return home, with sufficient
license to live among us, exempt from all
judicial penalties for their crimes. They can
live here unmolested by the courts and that
is all i hey have to hope for. They will re
main within the law's protection and without
nil it other privileges.until, by a two-thirds
vote in ea.:h House of Congress, their res
toration to citizenship shall be complete.
Until then, these rebel leaJers are welcome
to a civil status precii-cly the same as that in
which, up to iStil.five millions of the South
ern people were held by the ilass whom these
leaders represented. Davis, Bieckenridge
and their followers have changed places with
their once despised black slaves, and it is
now for the latter to consider whether their
old masters, now outcasts from political ex
istence in the land, retain any rights which
entitle them to respect."
"The Belies of the Confederacy."
In his article on the flight of Jefferson
Davis, in the current number of Packard" t
Monthly, Mr. E. A. Pollard makes the re
markable statement that the bulk of the
valuable documents of the Confederate Gov
ernment, iacluding the correspondence of
Jefferson Davis, exists to-day in conceal
ment ; that many days before the fall of
Richmond there was a careful selection of
important papers, especially those in the
office of the President, and letters which in
volve confidence in the Nort h and in Europe,
and that these were secretly conveved nut
of Richmond and deposited in a place where
they remain concealed to this time, and will
probably not be unearthed in this generation.
Mr. Pollard mertions the case of a single
-ccret document which he was once permit
ted to see in Richmond, wherein certain
parties offered to assist the Confederacy by
supplying its western armies for a whole
year from the granaries and magazines of
the North. Such important letters and
other secret papers, says Mr. Pollard, still
exist, were preserved from the wreck and
lire ot Richmond, and at this moment are
kept in a manner and place which render
them secure against discovery, loss or mu
tilation. The Situation in Cuba.
Mure and more the c nviction forces it
self on impartial mindi that the revolution
in Cuba will succeed. The young men in al
most ail the cities arc flocking to the libera
ting army, as they fondly call it, leaving
their homes and property in the towns. They
refrain at present from attempting to take
possession of any of the towns, knowing the
danger to which they would expose their
dearest friends, but in due time they will
mow'e on them. Just now the mountain
fasineses are the strongholds of freedom,
and the topography of the country is one of
the strong points of the liberal army. The
Spanish government, however, foreseeing
what sooner or later it tcels must come, has
benii to build tor.ia uiom i.i the princi
pal towns and villages and to strengthen
the cjwiuuti liu; paints in their neighbor-h-Hid.
These they are already garrisoning
and mounting with heavy cauddti. What
he cubic cwuceals these preparation-, reveal
Eevenne Officer Sentenced.
The case ot Colonel Geo. V. Alesunder.
who was formerly Collector of Internal reve
nue in the city of R .'tiding, and reeemlv
otivuted of malteasance in office before
Judae Cadwallader, in tha United State.
District Court, was again before the court
la.-t week, on a uiorio i for a nr trial, i he
ouri reiu.-ed to grant the application -la
ting that there was no dutibi, of the guilt ol
the prisoner. He was settle need to twelve
mouths imprisonment.
Friends ot Jefferson Davis propose to test
the value of Mr. Johnson's proclamation of
Amnesty, by judicial process in hi case.
He is to return from England, be given up
by his bail, an i the question then brought
up on a writ of habeas corpus. That is the
programme, but his consent to take the
chances has not yet been announced.
Another Amxestt. A man named Van
Al sume, who was convicted of passing coun
terfeit money in northern New York, iu
June last, has also received a pardon from
the President, along with Davis, Breckin
ridge, S Udell & Co.
Eight millions of dollars is promised as
the reduction of the national debt to be
shown by the coming monthly statement.
Prom tho National Capital.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 20, 1863.
Dear Journal: Congress having ad
journed over the Holidays, we once more ex
perience the cld-time character of the Cap
ital everything is "dull, stale and unprofi
table." The concluding word of this re
mark has no reference, as a matter of course,
to the operations of Robert J. Walker and
others in the Alaska acquisition. It will be
remembered that after Se.-retary Seward
had finished bargaining with the Russian
Ambassador, doubts were entertained wheth
er Congress would appropriate the seven
millions of dollars which our National Land
Broker has agreed to pay for the territory.
In this emergency, Baron Stoeckl called in
Mr. Walker and got him to "write up" A
laska, and so well did Robert do this, that
the Maron paid him the snug sum of $23,030
in gold for his services as appears from Mr.
Walkers own testimony taken before the
Congressional Committee that is investiga
ting the matter; and it also appears that
$3,000 were paid to the Chronicle men for
publishing these articles. Whether the Com
mittee will succeed in implicating any Mem
bers of Congress, remains to be seen ; but
thus far the lobbyists only figure in the af
fair. No man ever seated himself in the Pres
idential chair, of whom so much was ex
pected as will be from General Grant.
Retrenchnient,economy, honesty, and reform
generally, will be looked for, and anything
less than this will fall short of the popular
expectation. If a correct estimate has been
placed upon Grant by his friends, this hope
will be realized to the fullest extent, and the
outeroppings will probably make their ap
pearauce in the formation of his Cabinet.
Though he has thus far observed the strict
est :eticence because he docs not regard
himself President until he shall be sworn in
he will doubtless select lor his official
advUcrs, young, active, euiei prising men,
that will keep pace with the spirit ot the age.
indeed, it is high time that the supcratiuu
ated re?pcclauiiuies, who go into public at
tain, bevau.-ye they are uriveu out ot private
business, should make way for more energetic
and progressive men ; for it is one of the
evils ot our nation that every old fogy thinks,
because he is approaching the age of Jle
thusaleh or has attained the weight of Daniel
Lauihcrt, hat be ought to be a Senator,
Secretary, or Foreign mister.
Thus tar no one knows who will be invited
to places iu the Cabinet. All stories that
Mr. E. B. Wushuuriie is to be Secretary
this or that, or that Mr. Somebody . o and
So is to go into the War ofiiee or Nay De
partment, are mere guess work. I noticed
several ot your Pennsylvania politicians here
recently, aud it is sail their bti-ino-s was to
sound Grant on the subject of a Cabiuel ap
poiutment; but when they loft they knuw
uearly as much as when they arrived. And
whilst this will probably be the fate of all
others who come on a like mission, the im
pression prevails iu private circles that Mr.
M'Pherson, the clerk of the House ot Rep
resentatives, will stand as good a chance as
any man in your State for a seat in the
official household of the new President.
It is really astonishing to learn that all the
offices of the Government are filled with
original G rant men. I have the first one to
see who will admit that he was, before the
election, a friend of the "humble individu
al" who now occupies the White House,
but whose political "sands of life" are nearly
run. I see that the N. Y. Times, which had
stood by Johnson for nearly three years,
charges him with introducing demoralization
into every department of the Government,
and denounces the subservieucy of his office
holders. It says : "While seeking an ap
pointment, the candidate promises the Pres
idem. But the moment the appointment
is made the tune changes. . . Every Senator
is then assured that his wi.-hes shall be om
nipotent that he shall have whatever he
wants. . . A vigorous and adroit .-ysteni of
lying is thus essential to success. This sys
tern has been in the ascendant during the
larger part ol Mr. Johnsou's official term,
and accounts in a very large degree for the
character of his appointments." This is
decidedly frigid on the part of the Times,
for it is only a few weeks since it urged that
as few changes should be made as possible.
But it no doubt sees that there will be a gen
eral cleaning out, and hence its change of
tone in this particular.
After the Holidays you may possibly hear
again from Yours, Specks.
A New Paper. Hearth and Home is a
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partment edited tiy Harriet Beecher Stowe,
assi-tedtn Mrs. Mary K Dodge, with G race
Greenwood, Madame Le Veri and other
able contributors. Terms for 1SC9 Sinrle
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receive a copy free. A specimen copy of
thehr.-t number sent free. Address Petten
gill. Bates & Co., Publishers. 47 Park Row,
New York.
The Bosttui Trnnscrijit says; "Mr. John
son's salary is $25,000 a ear. We think it
would n. it tie a bad idea t-i pay it in a Treas
ury bond for that am i t.tr. on interest, due
in seventeen years, with he provi-ion that
the interest as it accrues be d -tlucted from
the Principal, instead ot baiit!5 naidtoMr
Johnson. "
The Ecclesiastical Court, before which
Rev. J. R. Hubbard, an episcopal minUter
of Rhode Island, basbeen tried for violation
of the church canons, has loiind him not
guilty. It was a second Tyng case, only
with a totally different result.
With one accord the Democratic journals
are calling for the pardon of the aassins
of Mr. Lincoln, and in Kentucky Mr. Breck
enridge has already been proposed for Gov
ernor. The crushed head of the serpent yet
has power to hiss.
Miles W. Tate. Eq, formerly of Clear
field, ha? been appointed Notary Public at
Tioneeta, Forest county.
A Communication.
The Curmnsville Teachrri Institute Rev. Mr.
William' Krpty Ureal it Diana of the
Ephtsians.
"If we are maligned y self-conceited brethren,
who run their own way s, and give liking unto
nothing but wbat is framed by (bemselves and
hammered on their anvil, we may rest secure
supported by truth and conscience. "-King James'
Bible, llu.ee j "s Ed tp Dedicatory.
"The tumult of the silversiuithV' (I ) -still
continues. It is asunjust in the nineteenth
as it was in the first century. "You men,
you know that our gain is by this trade. "(2)
The Pagan is mote candid than the Chris
tian, and more consistent, wo; for St. Luke
does not tell us that Demetrius disobeyed his
"Goddess." The race of great and r-r;VM-ly
gifted men is not yet extinct. History
say s that Alcibides, Oruen and others could
dictate in several languages, to as many
amanuenses, at the same time. Rev. Mr.
Williams is a modern illustration a drama
tist, a jurist and dicine. He knows he is a
ready and rapid writer, as his elaborate re
ply asserts. N o amount ot learning, no piety,
no powers of7r7(t"fiy (however loud) can sus
tain a wrong; hence his ignoble failures to
disprove my assertions. What were they?
The question at issue is this: Is it accord
ing to U. S. law to pray or read a Bible in
common schools or institutes ? I asserted,
the 26th of last November, that this prac
tice was unconstitutional, and a violation of
a plain command of their own version of the
Bible. His learned and polite reply appear
ed only December 17 th. I will now prove
the correctness of my position, and then re
view his stareoients.
Free-will is God's Magna Charta (Great
Charter) to man. If abused. He will pun
ish. The Constitutions (U. S. and Pa..)
give every man a right to worship God as he
pleases; hence, if he violates no law ot the
land, he is accountable to God alone. Ed
ucation, if possible, should be based on re
ligion on the true religion. There is no
probability that men will soon agree on what
is true faith ; hence the wise foresight of the
illustrious men who framed the Constitu
tions master-pieces of human legislation.
All legislation, to be law, must be in iiccor
daiiee with these excellent sources of equality.
The laws regarding common schools and in
stitutes ate so framed. The County Super
intendent must "see that orthography, read ,
iug.wiiting, English gra mmar.geography and
arit luetic" be taught in thecommon schools,
"a s ell as such ot her branches as t he Board ol
Directors, or Com toilers, may require." (3)
Direciors.or Superintendents.are "confined"
(pretty harsh, that.) "iu their examinations
of candidates lor teachers, to their fitness as
to moral characterjearnitig and ability."(4J
Nor can anv nerson teach "other branches
than. those set forth in such certificate of
said teachers." (5) The County Superin
tendent "is authorized and required to call
and invite thj teachers of the common
schools," Ac. "and organize themselves into
a Teachers" Institute, devoted to the im
provement of teachers in the science aud art
of teaching," kc. A teacher who "absents
himsclt from the institu'e of his county,
without a good reason, may have his want of
professional spirit and zeal indicated by a
lower mark on his certificate in the practice
of teaching, than he otherwise would have
received." (6) I can find nothing said about
any kind of worship, prayer, or Bible-reading
in the schools or institutes. It should
be well remembered, in this connection. that
the County Superintendent makes oath "to
perform all his official duties honestly, imjmr
tially, diligently, and according to law." (7)
"To the law and to the testimony I have
summoned you ;" they decide jn my favor,
that the public school, or institute, is neu
tral ukol'nd, where neither Catholic nor
Protestant has any right, from God op man,
to worship, pray, or read any version of the
Bible, As a military colonel has well said,
"our public schools should be free as air to
the rich and poor, Christian and Mchome
dan." (S) No pretentions to piety or learn
ing can set aside this just and peaceable
neutrality. "Predilections of parents," to
be carried out legally aud justly, must be
done on their own premises. Where parents
and pastors are the real and entire owners,
they can worship as they think proper; but
nowhere else. All parties have Art-equal share
iu the common school, or institute; of course,
then, no man no matter how zealous or pi
ous his conscience is can usurp what be
longs equally to others.
The Constitutions and School laws do not
say the majority may dictate to or dogmatize
over the minority. All the blustering, "loud
praying." must le done. if legully,on your own
ground alone in your dwellings and meeting
houses. If this is not tin plain and obvious
meaning of U. S. law. freedom of worship
would be impossible. Many persons discard
Catholicism, and "the thousand and one"
phases of Protestantism ; no law, divine or
human, can coerce them, as long as they re
spect the riehts of others.
Tr.e versions of the Bible are as conflict
ing as the creeds. A few examples will il
lustrate my meaning :
1. Iu the number of books ; what one
says isscriptute, another says is "doubtful."
2. Discoid even about the Lord's Prayer.
The Protestant says the Catholic subtracts ;
the latter says the former adds to the text ;
and boih versions pronounce a dreadful curse
ou the falsifier of the divine record.
3. "Bur it they oinnot contain," &c,
(Prot. version, 1 Cor., c. vii 9;) the Cath
olic version s ys, "it thty do not contain
themselves." "Cannot contain" cannot
be chaste a falsehood.
4. Wherefore, whosoever shall cat this
bread and drink," &c. ; the Catholic says,
"or drink," (1 Cor., ii 27,) a contradiction.
There is also a dispute about the Deca
logue. So -le Protestant denominations say
Christ is not God. To a great theological
chemist, like Rev. Mr. W. , it is a mere trifle
all is Protestantism all right, then. Cath
olics must discriminate between a divine and
a human creed. They cannot, like the per
sons censured by Gibbon, sign their sanction
"with a sigh or a futile," nor can they be
like Pulcy's Christian, "who couldn't say
'no' io nobody." 'Jj
This. then. is my proof. Rev. sir, my
charge is sustained. Your own versio i of
the Bible commands you to "obey the
higher ? owers."&c (Rom. xii : 17; ) the
Constitutions (U. S.' and Pa..) and the
school laws, on the present question, are
the higher powers to all ; hence, since the
Institu'e claims the right to listen to their
lira vers, they set aside not only American
law, but even assnme greater power than
the ()od man." for He forced no one to listen
to Him pray or worship.
I will now examine you:- statements Rev.
sir. l. I am ignorant of American law.
2. It is founded on King James' Bible
his rule of faith; this religion done every
thing Catholicity nothine for the "great
American nation." 3. "The Institute can
not he- responsible for a creed they had ni
lot or part in calling into existence," (he is
speaking of the Catholic church. 4. "The
ro.r wxff'fvniennf the peoplc.)"is aeainst
yiyi ;" hence he has concluded (hat my
course, and not his, was illegal. His argu
ment is the "i-erort courteous," as the epi
thets "cl'iven foor," "unsmashed." unmas
ked." or "unmusked;" "hood wink," &c,
clearly proves.
Objections answered :
1. "Sfranire, to object to prayer." No.
sir. on neutral ground; anything else would
be hypocrisy. Persons do pray '"amiss"
sometimes. St.. James says: "And many
flatter God wth their mouths and lie to
bim with their tomrues," fl's.RS 36.
Why would not "God's Benediction" be
givr n as oon for individuals' prayer, on
their own promises, as at the Institute?
I asked this question in my last ; you could
give no reply. . j
2. "Catholics did not tsk to worship."
Ijfa., gamtarp
thpv will not force their
V VWUio. sjv. - - -J
creed, or their Bible, on any one. .
3 "Yt hycoulun t uatnrmcs wuimi.p
Protestants?" Because Christ founded
their church, and men made yours. m
4. "But the prayer was Protestant,
Any kind would be illegal
5. "There is a prayer in Congress. JNO
purity ; all re free to hear the prayer, or
not, as they think fit. Teadters are not on
the same lootiug. Even then, the practice
is Calvanistic, introduced by the Congrega
tionalists, Samuel Adams, via Old and New
Eneland, Scotland, and Geneva. 101
67 "The school laws," p. 75. W as not a
word of the law. Strange you did not know
the State Superintendent's advice from an
Act of assembly; and yet you promised to
"enlighten" the "ignorant" R. C. P. Our
Pap says the Catholic Iman knows nothing
about the tchool laws." Very . amusing,
and truthful ! "Nothing more is saia on
the-subject." What wild assertion ! If this
is your luminous exposition of human law,
wbat then must be your authority in di
vinity? 7. "If Catholics and Protestants want to
pray, none can stop them legally." Not
true; ad equal on neutral ground. What
nonsense this "polly piety" is! Could you
sir, listen to the Mass, Invocation of Saints,
&.c, at the Institute? or would you approve
a Catholic saying his prayers or reading
what you call "Apocrypha" doubtful in
common schools or institutes ? If so, you
would not be "a jewel of consistency ''
8. "The Constitutions profess to be found
ed on King James' Bible." Yes, you say so.
It might be as near to the truth to 8-ssert
thatthe Model was the British Constitution ;
and the best parts of it owe their origin
to the Great Charter wrung from the tyrant
John, in 1215, by Catholic Prelates and
Barons. The version of the crowned pe
dant was not even the first Protestant one,
as you seem to think ; and the Catholic
church had the original for over fifteen hun
dred years, under her sole care and protec
tion. 9. "Catholics have done nothing for this
Tt. l.,w. Pmliitttunt wrirpf-'t that
. CMUIIll. lire . i . -. .- -.
: er lived refute you. Rev. sir. such as
I it- i - t r. t. t til Tk...
m asningtoti, xatii-roii, ixi;. j na
own vouchers are turned "swift witnesses"
aga;nst you. Catholics, for their numbers,
have done as much tor their country as their
other fellow-citizens.
Your cause is a bad one. Rev. sir ; hence
even your legal lore, knrwledgeof theology,
and general learning, have failed to main
tain it. I am none afraid of American jur
ors. This is not my first brush with the
"school men ;" if I fail now, it will be the
first time. I flatter no one, but I state a
fact: I have never yet "ignorant" advo
cate as I am appealed in vain to American
love of fair play and impartial justice. As
an American citizen, I ask no more ; noth
ing less will satisfy me.
Dec 2 K. O Branigan. R. C. P
(1) Acts, 19 4. (2!' Ih. (3) Com School Law of
Pa.. K. C. Cohurn. (4) PurJon's Digest, Note Ed ,
p 270 Act- A p 11, T2. fee. 14. P. L . 475. (5)
Act 6th Slav. '58. sec. 16, P. L.. 2S. (fl) lb p. 83
(7) Act Ap II. '62, sec. 14 P. I. . 475 (8) Col.
Mason. Conn. Com'r. '59 (9) J Q Adams- Letter
to his Son, p. 16. (10) Bancroft's Hist. V. S.. vol
7. pp 12ft-'3l .and vol 3 p. 32 (ll)io. and George
Washington's Reply to the Cathelio Address.
A well in California had dried up and the
country in the neighborhood was very dry,
until the late earthquake, which caused the
deep well to fill to the top and flooded the
farm on which it was situated so that
it must be ditched and drained before a
crop can he put in.
Both cotton and sugar crops have done
well in Louisiana this year. In soma sec
tions the freedmen have laid by enough to
enable them to start next season as planters
on their own account, thouch of course on
a limited scale.
At last a practicable use for Alaska has
been found. Somebody proposes that it
shall be made a penal settlement, and the
proposition seems sensible enongh.
A Georgia editor received a water-melon
and a basket of strawberries as a Christmas
present.
3ft fir drtrtfermcnte.
Advertisements setup mtarge typ,r out of plain
ttyle, will be charged double usual rates. JVo tuts
y00LEN GOODS AT COST. After this date,
If all woolen gooda, inoluding hoods, nubias,
breakfast shawls, sontags. children s capes.scarls,
cops. iVc, will be sold at cost, at
Jan. I, lbd9 J. P. KRATZKR'S.
i DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. -Let-ters
of Administration ou the estate of
George Aston, lata of Union township. Clear
field county. Pa.. dee d, baling beengianted totbe
undersigned, all persons indebtid to said estate
are requested to make immediate payment, and
those bTing claims against tbe same will pre
sent thein. properly authenticated, fur settle
ment JJ. DKEsSLtR.
January 6.1sfi0-fitp Adtuinistiator.
"CAUTION. All persons are hereoy cau-
tinned against purchasing or taking an
a-sigmnent of a certain note of band given to
V. C . Aletz. f Glen Hope dated November 3d,
1868. ano calling for fine Hundred and l wetity
vc Ito'lirs. payable Ninety days alter date, at
tbe Coo nt j National Back, of Clearfield, as I will
not pay thesome unle-s compelled to do to by due
proce-s of la,w, as X never received any value for
the same.
Januarys, '69-3tp. SAMUEL POWELL.
QUARTERLY REPORT of the condi
tion ot the First National Bank of Ciear
field, for the qunrter ending January 2d, 1809:
BKSOURCKS.
Loans and discounts ... $100,840 43
Over Drafts 1,766 88
li.S Bonds deposited with Treasurer
ofU S. to secure circulation 100 000 CO
Due from Nat Banks. ...... 16.552 t7
Due from other Banks and Bankers - 1,042 46
Furniture and Fixtures ..... I.ls7 IS
Cash (including Stamps,) .... 13.V93 04
Total S2352 b6
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock paid in, . . -Surplus
Fund ......
Dividends Unpaid, "- -Profit
and Loss. .....
Notes in Circulation, ...
1 ndivijual Deposits, - - - -
Due to Nat. Backs ....
Due other banks and Bankers,
. S100. (00 00
. - 7 000 00
- 4.000 00
1.104 51
86 470 (JO
- 33 975 07
- 1.S63 33
- 870 1)0
Total Liabilities $235. 3S2 ha
I hereby certify that the above Is a true abstract
from the report made to ibe Comptroller of tbe
Currency. Jan. 2d, lt69. A.C FtNNEY.Cash'r
QUARTERLY REPORT of the Fi
rst
v national rsanfc ot Utirweusviile, on
morning of tbe first Monday of January; laoJ
be
Loans and Discounts, : : : : i S136.236 SI
Overdrafts. : : :::::: : ; ng is
V. S. Bonds deposited with U S Tr.
to secure circulation, : : : : tl.000 00
U. S. Bonds on hand. : : : : : : 2.750 00
Due from National Banks : : : : 41,136 04
Due from other Banks and Bankers, : 5 832 69
Banking House. Furniture. 4e , : : ; 3.500 00
Cash Items and Frae'l currency, : : : 887 67
National Bank Notes, s : : : 184 00
Specie and Legal Tender Notes. : : 16,423 04
Total, ::::::;: : : 2S8.16a 63
LIABILITIES.
Capttal stock paid in, : : : : : : S100.0C0
Surplus fund. 30 000
Profit and Loss, : : : : ; : : : 6.697
Circulating Notes. ::::::: 66.695
Individual Deposits, : : : : : : 95.34
Due National Banks, ; : : ; : : : 30
0
IS
02
0
61
00
63
total Liabilities :
: : : S2S8.168
I hereby Certify that the above Statement
true abstract from the Quarterly Report mad
is a
le
the Comptroller of tba Curranev.
SAM'L AP.yOLD, Caifc
6, 1869,
KEW ADVEBTISEXEHTS.
BLANKETS a large etoca. oi nne wnne
blankets, army blankets, artillery blankets,
gum blsnkeu.horse blankets at J. P. KKATZER S.
(reat bat gains in elotbs. cassimeres, bearer
T cloth, doeskin eassimer satinetts, shirting
flannels. tweeds, velvet cords. at J. P. KK A 1
MCSICAL GOODS.violins.flutes. nresciaronets,
accord eons. Italian strings, guitar firings,
clarionet reeds, musio paper, instruction books,
for sale by J. P. KRATZBR.agent for Pianos and
Organs. January 6. 1660.
CAUTION. Ail persons are hereby cau-
tioned against purcnasing or in anv way
, , . : . 1. - vrtkft of RED !S 1 E.Erta.
uieaaiiug fiim ' j -
now in possession of Alexander Dixon. or Hoggs
township, as tbe same belong to me and have only
been left in the care of said Dixon.
Jan. 6,"69-3tp. JKKr.MtAH uai.h.
HENRY BRIDGE,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
MARKET STREET, CLEARFIELD, PA,
Keeps on band a full assortment of Gents' Pr
nishing goods, such as Sbiru. (linen and woolen.)
Undershirts. Drawers and Socks, Neck-ties.Pocket
n..jL,i,iri i)nn Umbrellas. Hats, etc., in
great variety. Of pieoe goods he keeps tha best
CLOTHS, (of even, siaJe.)
BLACK DOE-SKIN CASSIMERES. of the
bet male. FANCY CASSIMERES,
in zreat variety. Also. French Coatings, Beaver,
. . . . . am . . . . V. : n U
Pilot. Chincnilia ana Ar.coii uTer-coaim,
will be sold cheap for cash, and made up accord
ing to tbe latesi atyles by experienced workmen.
Alao. agent for CUarfield County for I M. Singer
A Co's sewing Machines. Nov. 1, 1SS5.
REMCTYAL!
REMOVAL!
C. KRATZEIi & SONS,
Have removed to the large and elegant NEW
STORE KOOM. on Second Street, adjoining Mer
rail A Bigler's Hardware Store, where they will
be pleased to see their old and new customers.
Citizens of the county visiting Clearfield, and
wishing te make purchases, will find it to their
advantage to examine tbeir stock.
Ooods at cash prices exchanged for all kinds of
country produce. Jan. 6,'69.
E. R. L. ST0UGHT0X,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
MARKET STREET, CLEARFIELD, FA.
Would respectfully inform thecitixensof Clear
field and ricinity.that he has opened a new tail
oring establishment in Sbaw'i Kow.onedoor east
of tbe Post Office, and has just returned from tbe
eastern cities with a large and elegant slock of
Cloths, Casaimeres, Vestings,
Beavers, &c., and all kinds of goods for
men and boys' we?r, are now
prepared to make up to order CLOTH INQ, froln a
siLgle article to a full suit, in tbe latest styles
and most workmanlike manner Special atten
tion given to enftom work and cutting out tor
men and boys He offers great bargains to custo
mers, and warrant entire satisfaction. A liberal
share of public patronage is solicited. Call and
esamine tbe goods
Oct 16. 167. E. It. L. STOCGHTON
AT COST! AT COST!!
We propose to sell our entire stock of Winter
Dress Qoods.DressTriinmings. Shawls, Hoods,
Nubias, Breakfast Shawls, Cloths. Cassi
meres, Sattinetts, Flannels. Blankets,
Under-shirts and Drawers, Cas
simere Shirts, Hoop and Bal
moral Skirts, Gloves,
Hoisery, Ladies' Coats, Hata and Caps, Bonnet
Velvets, Frames, Ribbons, Fealbers, Flowers
and Ladies' and Children's Bats,
AT NET COST,
to reduce stock for Spring.
NIVLLNG k SHOWERS,
KEYSTONE STORE,
j 6. Clearfield, Pa. '69.
DELAINES AT 20 CENTS PER YARD,
CALICOES, from 10 to 121 cents,
Muslins, 10 cents ar.d upwards,
at the KEYSTONE STORE
Ft R6 Ladies', Gents and Children's Furs,
balance of stock at greatly reduced prices,
at the KEYSIONE STORE. .
SHOES a fresh invoice of GLOVE CALP
BUTTONED BOOTS, Star Polish Bal
morals, Ac, at prices to suit the times,
a' the KEYSTONE STORE.
WANTED Country Produce, in exchange
for CHEAP GOODS, at the
KEYSTONE STORE,
Clearfield, Penn a.
Jan 6, '69 tf.
PMALE SEMINARY,
IIOLLinAlSBCnO, PA.
U ev. Joseph Wacgii, Principal.
S50 0u0 expended on the building.
None but Surresfnt Teaehers employed.
Lorati-tn is healthful and beautiful : accessible
by Penn'a R. R. Seventh Session opens January
13. 18o9. December 23. Is6t-3m.
OST on Monday, Dec. 21st, 1868,
between Albert'sstoreand Goodfellow'sbridge.
a certain Proroiory Nole given by David Askey
to David Forcey, dated December 5th. $tb or 7th,
pa-able five moitbs after date, and calling for
one hundred and sixty doi lata The finder will
be liberally rewarded by leaving it at the Journal
office, or by returning it to
Deo 23, lBria-3tp. JERE. BUTLER.
DM IN ISTRATORS NOTICE. -Let-ters
of Administration on the estate of
truh Ann Jury. late of Girard township,
Clearfie Id county. Pa . dee d, having been grant
ed to the undersigned, all persona indebted to
said estate are reque-ted to make immediate pay
ment, and these having claims against tbe same
will present them, properly aulbentieated, for set
tlement J. R. CAKR.
December 23, 1863 6tp. Adm'r.
AG?NTTuS,..WANTER-" t( a00piir
.J7 !!! or n'n)ision from which
twice that amount can be made by selling tba
Latest Improved Common Sense.
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE,
PTu ol?i2; or Terms address
,o 3 3ml 0 BOWERS A CO.
320 feonth Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa
s
ADDLES. Bridies, harness, collars e.. for
" MtKKELL A BIHufcK o.
TOVES of all sorts and sixes, oonatantly en
nana at MKKKtLL ft BIGLER'S
ITOR SALE four valaabie Town properties, la
. tbe Borough of Clearfield. Locations dtiir
able, and baildlngs new Apply to
IVlliUAX 21 M CI LI.OUOH,
Attotxi-y at Law.
December 18. 1S68. Clea.field Pa.
"D EG ISTER'S NOTICE. Notice is here
by eiven that the followine iceount
bare been examined and passed by me and reBaia
filed or record in tits otnee lor the Inspection of
heirs. legatees creditors. and all others ia any way
interested and will be presented to tbe next Or
phans' Court of Clearfield county, to be held at
tbe Court House, in tbe Boroueh of Cearfid
commencing on tho 2d Monday of January, 186
Final account oi Christian Korb, Administra
tor Charles Zillioux. lateof Brady t'p, dee'd.
Finv! account of George Ellinger, Adminitra.
tor of Barbara Ellinger. late of Brady t'p, dee'd.
Final account of John Bloom and James Jl
Bloom. Executors ot the last will and testament
of Isaae Bloom, late of Pike township, deceased
Nov. 36V6H. I.O. LARGER. Keg r.
T EGISTER'S NOTICE. Notice is here
by given that the following aecountsbave
been examined and pased by me, and remain filed
of record in this ofiiee for the inspection of heirs
legatees.creditors.and all others in any other wsy
interested, and will be presented to tha next Or
phans' Court of Clearfield county, to be held at
the Court Home, in tbe Borough of Clearfield
commencingon the 2d Monday of January, ISC9
The account of David Dressier. G uardian of
Mandres Flegal. Preston Flegal. Ellen Flegal.
Alice Flegal. John W. Flegal and James Fleal.
minor beirs of James L. Flegal. late of Go-ben
township. Clearfield eoucty. Pa., deceased.
The final account of John Russel, Executor ut
the last will aud testament of Jane Cochrane,la;e
of Penn towbship. Clearfield eoonty. dea d.
The partial account of Thomas H. Forney. Ad
ministrator of the estate of Matthew A. Forcey,
late of Bradford townsbrp. dee'd.
The final account of John Witberow. Exeeator
of tbe last Will and Testament of Henry Hsgar
ty. late of Guelich township, dee'd.
Dec. 9, 131 A. W. LEE. Register
T ICENSENOTICE.-Tlie following nam
ed persons have filed in the office of the
clerK of the court of Quarter Sessions oi Clearfield
co , their Petitions for License at the January Ses
sion. A.D.lSti9.agreeably to the Act ot Assembly ot
March 23th. ltsrto entitled. "An Aet to regulate
tbe state of iLtoxicating Liquors, ' Ao:
E. A. Thompson, Tavern, Woodward t'p.
Isaac Rickets. Tavern, Beccaria town p.
Samuel Holes, Tavern, Beccaria t'p.
D. II. Paulhamus. Tavern, Beccaria t'p.
Louis Plubell, Tavern, Morris town's.
JobnO'Dell. . Tavern, Morris townbip.
Robert Poyd, ! ' Tavern, Morris townihip.
fsaiab B'oom,.' ' Tavern, L. City borough.
Mtlo Hoyt, .Tavern, Osceola borough.
Benj. Bloom, Tavern, Curwenaville ber
John J. Ueed, Tavern, Curwensville bur
Henry Goas, Tavern, Osceola borough .
Casper LiepoMt, Tavern, Clearfiold bor o
George X. Colburn, Tavern, Clearfield bor'o.
Julia Ann Feeney, Tavern, Clearfield bor'o.
W. B Thompson, Tavern, Chest township
John Fonts, Tavern, Hoggs townabip.
TsRac Shiuimel, Tavern, Boggs township.
Samuel Hepburn, Tavern. Penu township.
John Molnon, Tavern, Covington town'p.
George Knarr, Tavern, Brady township,
A. S. Holden. Tavern, Bloom township.
Matt C Gamble, Tavern, Gaelieh townabip.
.Arnold Scbnarrs, Tavern, Covington town p.
Peter Gamier, Tavern, Covington town'p.
Andrew Shoff, Cavern, Guelich town'p.
J. C Henderson, Tavern, Osceola Boro.
Jacob Stir.e, Tvvern, Bald Hills.
Philander Smith, 'iavera, N. Wasbiagtea be.
RESTAURANTS
Daniel Bowman, Clearfield borough,
David M Gaughey, "
W.EnJres, "
Benjuinin Sw.irgart, Osoeola borough.
Catharine Graff, Curwensville borough.
Mary E. Montgomery, Shawsville.
MERCANTILE.
I. L Reisenstein A Co., Clearfield borough.
August Ltconte. Girard township.
Geo. E Robecker, liuston township.
December 18, 1863. A. C. TATE, Clerk.
C HERIFFS SALE. By virtue of sundry
writs ot YeniL Kxp. issued out of the
Court of Common Pleas of Clearfield county, aad
to me directed, there will be exposed to sale at
the Court house in tbe borough of Clearfield
on MONDAY, the 11TH da; of jANUAhY l'9.
at 2 o'clock r.H.,lhe following described Real ki
tute, to w it ;
A certain tract of Land situate ia Penn tuwa-'
ship. Clearfield county. Pa , bounded as fcllowi.
to wit : Beginning at a small hemlock on tbe nor:h
ern line of what is known as the Clendaniel traot
an southern line of tract No 5922, tht nee u'r U
133percbes to stone corner, tbence south 7M de
grees west 130 perches to a post, thence son to I3
perches to a post on Clendaniel line, thence along
said line north 76i degrees east 130 perches to tbe
place of beginning, containing 1U0 acres and al
lowance. Also, one other tract situate in Beit
.township, in tbe county aforesaid, begiiaingat
an old beuilocK. tbence north 37i degrees west I &
perches to white ok, thenee south 10a perches to
a post, tbenee by land of Lewis Smith south J'i
degrees east 159 perches to a post, thence at ai.i
9-10 perches to a hemlock, (hence north 21 Je
grees east 59 perches to the old hemloek and
place of beginning, containing 95 acres anil '"
perches, more or less. Seixed, t iken in execu
tion, and to be aold as tbe property of Jan.es ac J
Job Curry.
Also acertain tract of Land situate in 0 uclieh
township, Clearfield county. Pa., beginning "
birch corner of land of Jamea Morgan luenct
south 49 deg. west 186 perches to a post tbrr.-e
north 41 degrees west 133 perches to whito wait,
thonce north 49 degrees east 199 perches :o ten.
lock, tbence south 41 degrees east ti9 perekes to
hem'ock, tbence south 49 deg east loperofceiio
stones, tbence south 14 deg. east 9 per. to birth
or place of beginning, containing lati ictn aii
allowace, about 75 acreseleared. with lrt fri ::c
bcu.-e and barn thereon erected. Seize'!, mira
in execution, and to be sold a tbe proper:; .'
George Hegarty.
Also acertain tract of Land situate in ht-r:-side
township, Clearfield county, P . fcpunii"l u
follows, viz - on the east by land of Eiij-a f.jstr.
on the south by lands of Joseph nalir. cd :ho
west by lands of Reader King's estate, oa
north by lands of John Runnels, eoptnimng sbtet
2U0 acres, seventy acres of which are cleared and"
nndercu!tivation. having erected thereon a largt
two story house, barn, and necessary outbuild
ings, together with a bearing orchard Seisd
taken iu execution, and to be sold as the property
of Pater Ruth.
Also a certain tract of Land situate in Pike
townrhip, Clearfield county. Pa., bounded as fol
lows, vix : Beginning at a post on line "'"ee
middle and western divisions of tract 'o ail,
thence east 111 perches to a post, thence nwrta 2Jj
perches to a post, tbence west 111 perches tu pf.:,
thence wuth 245 perches to a post and place ot be
ginning, containing 159 acres, more or less Seis
ed, taken in execution, and to be sold as tbe pro
perty of Valentine Bailey.
Also a certain tract of Land situate in Morrs
township, Clearfield coun y, Pa :, bounded ali
scribed as fol'ows: On the north by tt'n), Zimu;f''
man, on tbe east by Henry Miller, south by
of Brenner A Blanchard. and on the west b U
of John Everhart, containing 223 acres.aiih 15 "
crts cleared and baring a Log house aud
rected thereon. Seised, taken in execution.
to be sold as tbe property ol Jacob W agoer.
Also a certain tract of Land tituate iu I-'
renee townsbip, Clearfield county. Pa . k'"- ,
as follows : On tbe west by lands of Win- r
on the east bv Dale. Macumber and others; on '
north by R Alossop; containing one hundred t
forty acres, with about fifteen acres le,rtJ"
a small plank bou-e erected thereon. Setisd li
ken in execution, and to be sold as the property
of Joseph Woods.
Also a certain tract of Land situate in l
ington township. Clearfield eomty. Pa .
aa follows : On tho tbe east by G. Sbulti. "J
west by Mrs. Reese, on the south by John PirH
on the north by ; containing twenty-three
cres, all cleared, with small Log house and sci
erected thereon Seised, taken in execution."
to be acid as the property of Chai. Weaver.
Also by virtu ef a writ f Fieri Facial, ths
lollowing described real estate, to wit:
All that certain piece or parcel of UndJit""
in Covington township, Clearfield county, raj
beginning at a white piue corner. S7 - P"
east of a white oak grub, the north corner ol
rant No. 196, and being a part of said V",,.
No. 1RM ; thence east 50 perches to white oak "
ner; thence south 124 5-10 perches to a whit P'.
corner; thence east 1 perches to post eorne
tbenee south 21 5 10 percbesto post corner ; J4
west 16 perches to oak corner; thenee i00'"
5-10 percbes te post corner; tbenee west ot P",
to post corner; thence north 110 perches r.fci
of beginning containing 52 acres and " I
more or less and being part of wrrrant
and recorded in Deed Booc R. page 45.
taken in execution. and to be aold as the prP" 1
ef John W. Kider. ,v
Also by virtue of a writ Test Tend, tsj- -following
described real estate, te wit: ...
A Lot of Land in the village of C"1""-.
Decatur townsbip. Clearfield county. ."
bounded as follows: Front 60 feet oa " 'n. "
sou ib by lot of James Cole, west by lot of "4r
eon A Hoops, and extending Back to an "'4'
bout 200 feel, with a small frame bouse eiw
thereon. Seised, taken in execution, ael 1
told as tha property of Joseph White
CYhtJSIXS HOTB . .
ClearfleH.Dwe. I,ms. . rt,r