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J. IOW, SDITOB A!D PROPItlBTOB.
CLEARFIELD, PA., FEB. 17, i860.
President Grant,
The juint Coramitttee, composed of Sena
tor Morton and Representatives James F,
Wilson and J. V. L. Pruyn, appointed by
Ixtngress to in tot in Gen. Grant of his elec
tion as President of the United States, per
formed that duty on Saturday last. ' On re
ceiving the certificate, the General said :
"I can promise the committee that it will
.be my endeavor to call around me as assist
ants such men only as I think will carry out
the principles which you hiye said thecoun
try desire to be successful economy, re
trenchment, faithful collections of the reve
nue and payment of the public debt. If I
should fail in my first choice, I shall not at
any time hesitate to make a second, or even
a third trial, with the concurrence of the
oenate,who have the confirming power. I
should just as soon remove one of my own
appointees as the appointees of my prede
cessors; it would make no difference.
There u one matter that I might possibly
epeac or nere, ami mat is the selection ot a
cabinet. I have always felt that it would
be rather indelicate to announce or even to
consult with the gentlemen whom I thought
of inviting; to positions in my cabinet before
the .official declaration of the result of the
election was made, although I presumed
that there was no doubt about what the de
claration would be. But after consideration
I have come to the conclusion that there is
not a man in the country who could In: in
vited to a place in the Cabinet, without the
friends of some other gentleman making an
effort to secure the position; not that there
would be any objection to the party named,
but that there would be others whom they
had set their hearts upon having in the
plase. I can tell that from the great num
ber of requests which come to me in writing
and otherwise for this particular person or
that one, from different sets and delegations.
If announced in advauce, efforts would be
made to change my determination, and
therefore I have come to the conclusion not
to announce whom I am going to invite to
seats in the Cabinet until I send in their
names to the Scaate for confirmation. If I
say anything to them about it, it will certainly
not be more than two or three days previous
to sending in their names. I think it well
to make a public declaration of this to the
committee, so that my intention may be
known."
Here we have the new President.! do
mestic policy clearly foreshadowed. The
prominent features of his administration wilt
be "economy, retrenchment, the faithful
collection of the revenue, and the payment
of the public debf," which is in happv ac
cord with the temper of the public mind,
and will leave an excellent effect on the
financial and business interests of the coun
try, at koins and abroad.
' . . Eapid Voting,
The ITarrisburg Telegraph says that,
"the testimony taken before the Legislative
Investing Com mittee, establi.-hes that the
Philadelphia election officers are exceeding
ly smart, and Can beat their country breth
ern in taking votes from those who present
themselves as voters. It was proven re
cently that some one hundred and eighty
votes were deposited iu a single hour in oue
of the precints, and last week it was again
elieited that Jno. M'Kwen,one of the Inspec
tors in the Eighth Dhisiuu of the Fourth
ward, received owe hundred and sixty fire
votts in a single hour, and that too when
six different slips were in the bundle and
had to be deposited in six different boxes.
Voting three tickets per minute, depositing
them in six different boxes, hunting up the
names on the assessment list, and marking
each name with a 'V"on the list, cannot
be done by any of our country experts, and
we know it to be a simple impo.-ibility. It
ii unnecessary to say that the Inspector was
a Democrat. Among the one hundred and
and sixty-five toics thus polled there were
about twenty Republicans returned.
Damages Recovered. A case involv
ing the right of conductors to ject passen
gers from cars, under certain circumstances,
was recently tried in the Erie County Court.
The case was this: Mr. Taber, a passenger,
having neglected to purchase a ticket at the
office, the conductor demanded ot him the
usual excess charged when fate is taken on
the cars, which he refused to pay, in conse
quence of which ho was put off tho train.
He then brought suit against the company
(Philadelphia and Erie), for damages, and
the jury awarded him $!46. The case will
probably be carried up, as the point is one
which should be dt-Guittlv settled. 1
Tub N. Y. Election Frauds. AH the
testimony in the New York election fraud
cases is iu, and the labors of the Committee
are ended. A vast amount of evidence has
1-eeu taken, disclosing a series of frauds and
vilinnies, the liko of which has never been
dreamed of even by those who were instru
mental in exposing the terrible pieture. It
is to be hoped that the revelation will in
due Congress, at an early day, to provide
measures for the prevention of such frauds
in the future. Further than this, we pre
sume nothing will result from the investiga
tion. First Gcn. At the charter election held
at Cinghampton, New York, on Tuesday,
J. R. Congdon, Republican, was chosen
Mayor by 15S over Jabez F. Rice, Demo
crat, It is a singular fact, says the Tribune,
that the incumbent, Rice, was elected last
year by exactly 15 majority. The Repub
licans have elected four or five aldermen.
The city government, in all its departments,
waa Democratic last year, and is this year
Republican.
State Ei-imoss. The political cam
paign ofl $69 will open with the following
State elections ; New Hampshire, March 9 ;
Connecticut, April 4 ; Rhode I.land, April
A Governor is to be chosen in each.
Defamation of Hon. John Soott
One of the ancient philosophers Pytha
goras, we believe, it was coutended that
the spirit of animals infused itself into The
bodies of men that in the latter could be
found something of the lion, the bear, the
horse, the sheep, the dog, etc. To what ex
tent this theory may be correct, we do not
propose at present to discuss. e desire on
ly to call attention to the snarling, currish
disposition which is constantly being display
ed by Democratic editors when they have
occasion to speak of one of their political
opponents.
lte election of Hon. John Scott, to fill
the place of Mr. Buckalew in the United
States Senate, has lurnished them a new ob
ject at which to discharge their invective
malignity. They have discovered that Mr.
Scott was "utterly unknown out of the
" county courts where he formerly practtc
' el" that he is "perhaps a very good man
in a case before a justice of the peace"
that he has "no experience in legislation
" but a single term spent at Harrisburg"
that he is the " hoice" of "base and un
" scrupulous political intriguers" and, last
but not least, that he is a "tool" of Gen.
Cameron, who is also stigmatized as a "man
who lowers Pennsylvania in the estima
" tiou of citizens of other States !" This,
we admit is rather an appalling picture to
contemplate, and we are not surprised that
our cotemporaries of the "coffee-pot" per
suasion should feel nervous at the unwonted
spectacle.
What may influence Democratic journals
elsewhere in denouncing Mr. Scott, we do"
not undertake to assert; but it is easily to
account for the organ of that party in this
place reproducing everything derogatory that
may be said of him, and also for repeating
the stale slanders uttered against Gen. Cam
eron. By the defuat of Seymour and Blair
last fa!!f the "slate" of certain distinguish
ed (?) geDtlea.cn, whose mouth-piece it is
known to be, wasadly fractured. L'x-Gov-Bigler's
prospects of a Cabinet appoint
ment or of a Foreign Mission ; Chairman
V allaee's aspirations for the place Mr. Scott
now holds;' Representative M'UuIIouru's
desire to step into Wallace's eat-off official
shoes; and a half dozen other neat little ar
rangements that had been decided to the
satisfaction of "those whom it concerned,"
were knocked into the most deplorable look
ing "cocked hat" that mortal eye ever be
held. This, of itself, was bad enough ; but
to have one of the most attractive prizes car
ried off by a person never before thought
of by an individual "summoned from the
depths of obscurity" was an event so to
'illy unexpected (at least to Wallace &,
Company,) that some allowance should be
made for the extraordinary ebullition of bile
which has since then betokened the condi
tion of their home organ.
But seriously : Was ever a more un
warrantable and unjust denunciation of a
man indulged in than that which the Demo
cratic press has been heaping upon the U
nited States Seuator elect? Mr. Scott's pri
vate character has always been of the most
irreproachable kind ; his personal integrity
has ever been "above suspicion ;" and nev
er before have Lis superior abilities been
called into question. This bis maligners
know and appreciate, and it is this that has
excited their envy and hatred. But they
might as well save their wind ; for the gocd
namo of John Scott will live long after
"Tray, Blanche an 1 Sweetheart'" will have
ceased to give tongue to misrepresentation
and abuso of their betters.
A Change in Sentiment.
"Wc are gratified to observe," 6ays the
Telegraph, "that many of our respectable
cotem poraries who have taken esj.ecial de
light in misrepresenting the action of the
Republican members of the Legislature,
are beginning to see that it would have
been much better if they had ascertained
the real facts in the matter. The expenses
of the present House of Representatives
will be over forty-four thousand dol
lars less than it was during former
years, and that too when the Democratic
party was in power. In addition to all that,
the appropriations for different objects, will
be about ONE million less than was form
erly appropriated, and, notwithstanding
this reduction, the appropriation will be
libera!. When our friends of the Republi
can press see the. e facts wc feel sati.-fied
that full credit will be awarded to their Rep
resentatives, which has already been done
to some extent by the most influential Re
publican press of the S'ate."
Information Wanted. Of a boy named
Rolicrt William Alexander, aged thirteen,
about lour feet ten inches hih, rather slim,
pleasant countenance, light hair and gray
eyes, a small mole on each cheek, has bieh
check bones. Had on when last seen, mixed
pants, light coat and barred vest. Said boy
was abducted from his borne, near Hummels
town, on the 10th of January, by a man
named William If George, who has since
been arrested and is now iu the Dauphin
county prison. S:.id George" states that he
lei't the boy in Harrisburg. Any informa
tion cin.-erning said Robert l.V. Alexander
will be thankfully received by his father,
Robert P. Alexander, who may be address
ed by mail, at Hummelstown, Pa.
In the U. S. District Court, at Richmond,
a nolle prosequi was entered in the treason
cases of Davis, Lee. Breckinridge, Hampton,
Longstreet, Wise Early and others, and the
sureties of Davis were discharged from
their responsibility.
Gubernatorial. Gen. Harry White is
favorably spoken of as a Republican candi
date for Governor of this iMate. He was a
brave soldier and suffered much in the war,
is a man of fine ability, and stands very
high for integrity.
Bonds and Gold. The Seoate Finance
Committee has authorised Senator Sherman
to report a bill prohibiting sales of bonds
and gold on commission. Buth bonds and
gold are to be sold at auction to the highest
bidder.
Not one of the Republican Senators who
voted against the impeachment of Andrew
Johnson has as yet been able to secure a reelection.
"Washington City Gossip.
The counting of the votes on Wednesday
the 10th, drew to the House of Representa
tives a larger crowd than Bince tha memora
ble day of the passage of the impeachment
resolutions. Every available space was filled,
and hundreds could not get in. At 12 o'
clock the House was called to order, and a
few minutes before 1 p. m. the members of
the Senate were anuounced, entered the
hall in the customary order, and took their
seats to the right of the Speakers Mr. Wade
in the chair. Senator Conklin and Represnta
tives Wilson (of Iowa) and Pruyn, were elec
ted tellers. Business began by Mr. Conklin
reading in full the official certificates of New
Hampshire, which formula was afterwards
dispensed with, by motion, and only the
summarized results were given in each case.
The votes of fifteen States were announ
ced, and then came Louisiana, to which
Mr. Mullins, of Tennessee, the butt of the
House, at once objected. A dozen of per
sons were on their feet in an instant, with
points of order,, and a dozen more were
about Mullins trying to persuade him to
withdraw his objection. Mr. Wade, as in
duty bound, declined to entertain any points
of order, and Mr. Mullins declined to with
draw his objections, declaring that "he was
going to make them 'era Senters go back to
their own end of the Capitol." 'Wbereup
on the Senate, according to twenty-second
joint resolution, withdrew tc its own cham
ber to decide what should be their action.
Both bodies decided by considerable majori
ties to proceed with the count. On the re
assembling of the joint convention all went
well until the name of Georgia was announ
ced, when Mr. Butler objected to its recep
tion. To obviate any difficulty in regard to
the vote of this State being announced, a
joint resolution had been passed by the two
Houses, on Monday, that the total vote
should be stated with and without the vote
of Georgia. Under this resolution, Mr. Wade
refused to entertain Mr. Butler's objections
to the reading of the vote of Georgia, and
accompanied his decision with raps of his
gavel to preserve order. The scene that
followed beggars description. Gen Butler
demanded to be heard. Senator Wade rap
ped, and growing more angry as he did so,
declared that the Chair would hesr uothing.
Fifty-seven at once tried to address the
Chair. Senators could be heard telling Mr.
Wale to goon with the count, Jtc. Shouts of
"order" made the disorder more turbulent.
General Butler's voice rose above the diu of
of Mr. Wade's gavel, appealing from the
Chair's decision, and declaiming with fierce
and electric effect that the lights of the
House were bing invaded and trampled un
derfoot. Mr. Wade still continued to beat
the desk, and declare that the Chair would
entertain no appeal, and that nothing was
in order but the announcement of Geor
gia's vote.- Messrs. Ingersoll, Bromwell,
and Farnsworth of Illinois, got into tho me
lee, and Mr. Dickey, of Lancaster, made
himself both heard and seen effectively in
support of General Butler. The latter was
the valiant ccutre of an excited group, and
memories of Cromwellian purges and Jaco
bioian furors came ci owding to the mind, as
the eye took in the intensely exciting aud
dramatic scene.
When the turmoil was at its height, Mr.
Wade, rapping more angrily, Senators grow
ing more and more excited, Representatives
appearing each moment more like the "con
fusion worse confounded," Mr. Butler, throw
ing his head back, shouted out, giving point
to his words by unconsciously turning up his
cuffs "that this tyranny could not be sub
mitted to; that the rights of the House
could not thus be tnmpled upon." The
disorder reached its climax here. The
Speaker came to Mr. Wade's rescue by
directing the arrest of members who diso
beyed the orders of the presiding officer.
The House sank into sudden quiet. Mr.
Conkling proceeded to read the returns. Mr.
Wade announced the final result, one which
marks a new era, and then in eager words,
as if too glad to get away to note the words
he used, declared that the Joint Conven
tion having adjourned, would proceed to the
Senate Chamber. This was so absurdly apt
that the House broke into uproarious laugh
ter, in the midst of which the Senate with
but little order or less dignity, left the hall.
It remained in its own chamber long en
ough to adjourn. Several were in the House
afterwards. While Gen. Butler's pugnacity
created the disagreement, Senator Wade's
want of tact at the time gave it serious as
pect. After the Senators had retired, the floor
of the House was cleared of strangers,
whereupon Mr. Butler introduced a resolu
tion declaring "that thecountiog of the vote
ot Georgia by order of the Vice President
was a gross act of oppre-sioo and invasion
of the rights and privileges of the House."
This resolution elicited au animated debate,
and, after a disca.-sion of three days, was
laid on the table by the deei.sivc vote of 120
to 60. So the fight is at an end, and the
House has partially retrieved its honor.
Appropriation Bill. -Through the in
dustry of the Hon. George Wilson, Chair
man, and Hon. Thos. Nicholson, Secretary
of the Committee uu Ways and Means, the
appropriation bill was reported to the House
last week. Heretofore the bill was general
ly reported about the first day of March.
The committee, therefore, have this year
acted more promptly and reported the same
some three weeks earlier in order to give all
the members iiroper time for a full exami
nation of the bill, and to prepare such a
tnendmentsas they may see fit to offer. The
bill as reported makes the expenses of the
present House some fifty thousand dollars
less than in former years, and the general
appropriations are reduced about one mil
lion of dollars. The promptness which this
committee has displayed proves conclusively
that the allegations made against them by
the press generally are fal.se in toto oth
erwise their report would have been with
held until the last day, and then rushed
through the House without proper examin
ation. leUgntph.
The largest man on record in modern times
was Miles Darden, a uative of North Caro
lina, born in I7i3. He was seven .feet
and six inches high. At his death, in 1837,
he weiged over 1,000 pounds. :
Legality of Legal-Tenders.
The Supreme Court affirms the sover
eignty of the States, in their unimpaired
right to levy and collect their domestic tax
es in such forms as they may desire for their
advantage. It was, consequently, held that
no Federal act could compel a State to ac
cept greenbacks from its tax-payers in place
of gold or silver. This decision will chal
lenge a wide and free criticism, not so much
for what it affirms as for what it fails to af
firm. We leave that line of commentary to
the lawyers ; the journalists will accept the
judgment ouly as a settled fact, and treat
of it accordingly.
It seems that State rights have not yet
become altogether mythical. This judicial
proof that such rights yet exist, goes to
support an idea, which generally prevails,
that when the progress of centralization
shall have obliterated every other trace of
the old barriers, visiouary or real, between
the Federal power and the especial privile
ges of each separate State, the Supreme
Court will be found the last and strong re
treat of local sovereignty.
This decision justifies every State of the
thirty-seven in the abstract right to disre
gard the legal-tender act iu the collection of
its taxes. Stat nominis umbra! The con
cession is unqualified, and upon its face a
sweeping assault upon Federal supremacy.
But, in fact, it amounts to just nothing at
all, for not one ofthe thirty three or thirty-four
Stales, in which the production of
the precious metals is not the leading inter
est, will ever hasten to avail itself of the
right thus proclaimed. Until a general specie-resumption,
the States wdl be found ac
quiescent, as now, in a paper circulating
medium for public as well as private use.
Indeed, if the question of resumption were
to be solved by State authority alone, that
period would be still more remotely post
poned. Ye conclude that this decision shows just
about the farthest point to which the Court
will advance in its judgment upon the legal
tender laws. This is probably the utmost
judicial restriction upon their validity. In
the decrees yet to be promulgated at this
term, there may be drawn still other fine
distinctions; there will le clippings on this
side and parings on that, and the Judges
will show a marvellous ingenuity in skir
mishing all around the outworks without
aiming a blow at the essential principle in
trenched in the heart ofthe law. l'ittsburg
Gazette.
An Ex-Postmaster in Trouble. Da
vis II. Mi.-simer, late postmaster at Potts
town, one of Johnson's appointees, is under
$2,500 bail f)r his appearance before the
U. S. Court on a charge of embezzlement.
The facts upon which the charge rest are
these : A short time since a draft was re
ceived by the Pjtmaster at Philadelphia,
from the Postmaster General, for $794 5S,
on Davis II. Missimer, as the amount of
deficiency in his account, and Postmaster
Bingham was directed to collect the money,
that defendant was notified of the fact, but
paid no attention to it. Upon the sureties
of the ex Postmaster being threatened with
suit, they paid the amount over to the Post
Office Department. The counsel for Mr.
Missinmer argued that the act of the sure
ties relieved him from liability to prosecu
tion ; but Mr. Valentine, on behalf ofthe
United States, thought that it diduot, and
the L'ommisaioner coiuciding with him, he
held the accused for appearance in the sum
above stated.
Mr. Johnson'sinalignity seems to increase
as the days for its exercise approach their
end. His latest performance is to attempt
the removal of Mr. Lincoln's Private Secre
tary from the Paris Consulate, to which he
was appointed shortly before the assassina
tion. The effort is of no consequence, save
as an exhibition of the Presidential temper.
Of course, neither this nor any of the other
new nominations sent in to the Senate will
be apt to receive any consideration.
Mrs. Surratt's Remains In compli
ance with the solicitations of the friends of
Mrs. Surratt, the President has ordered the
remains to be disinterred and delivered to
her relatives. Her body was buried in the
same inclosure with that of Paine, Atzer
oth and Harold, near the place of interment
of Booth'o remains. The understanding is
that there will be no public demonstrations,
and that whatever funeral services take pla e
shall be privately conducted.
The Israelite, the organ of the Jews at
Cincinnati, in a late issue, makes the fol
lowing st rikingly significant suggestion : "In
order that we ru:y have a day of rest, a real
Sabbath, which can be observed by all Israel,
we propose to adopt that day which is set
apart by hundreds of millions, nay the whole
civilized world, for physical rest and the
worship of God. Let our prayers and thanks
giving with theirs ascend to His throne on
the same day, Sunday."
Cu BA- Notwithstanding ihe large re-iu-forccmcnts
for the Spani.-h army in Cuba,
the Captain General has been compelled to
withdraw thereirular troops from the strong
est fortress in Havana, and to supply their
place by volunteers, in order to strengthen
the Spanish force at Cienfuegos, which is
seriously threatened by the insurgents.
Facts like this prove that the revolution in
Cuba is still alive and unsubdued.
The appropriations for carrying on the
government are gradually becoming exhaust
ed. The appropriations for the fiscal year
will create sad havoc among the Treasury
clerks. At the end of June next the cleri
cal force in the Third Auditor's office will
be reduced one hundred.
General Grant recently took occasion to
rebuke the attempt to create a breach be
tween himself and the Republican party,
aud remarked that after Andrew Johnson's
attempt aud failure, no one but a madman
would repeat it.
The pardon of Dr. Mudd was sigued by
the President, and sent to the Secretary of
State for his signature.
The Indians, in violation of treaties, have
appeared south ot the Platte river, near
Fort McPherson, and troops have been sent
to that point.
A Little of Everything.
Pennsylvania has 1,955 mile o Railroad.
, Lady Killers the thin shoes w rn now-a-day.
Scarlet fever is prevailing at Indiana, and vi
cinity.
" Velocipede hat" is the latest fashionable
agony.
Carpets are bought by the yard and worn by
the foot.
30,000 Mormons and 9.000 Gentijes live in Salt
Lake City
. St Petersburg has been troabled with snow
twelve feet deep.
The United States uses daily, about one million
of postage stamps
One paper had the hardihood to nominate
Buckalew for Governor.
High prices are said to be the most effectual
preventatives of consumption.
The cost of the Brookville jail is estimated at
one hundred thousand dollars.
The standing army of Bolivia is said to consist
cf eleven men, ene of whom is Captain.
the surface of the Great Salt Lake is said to
be rising at the rate of one foot a year.
The question of the removal of the Cambria
county-seat to Johnstown, is again agitated.
Up nt Lake M'mphrem'gog the mercury has
stood at twenty six degrees below tero this winter.
One hundred thousand dollars and thirteen
lives is the loss by the recent dam accident at
Danbury.
Wein Forney, with the advice of the Senate,
has been nominated and confirmed State Librarian
for three years.
Win. Albert, a soldief of the War of 1812, was
frozen to death in Greenfield township, Blair
eouaty, recently.
The supreme Court of Pennsylvania has decid
ed that ihe seller is obliged to uiuke a deed and
furnish the stamps.
The Altoona TribuUt proposes that the Repbb
licans of that place decide by an election the
question of posimaster.
Quite an amount of counterfeit fractional cur
rency has just been put in circulation at St. Mary's,
Elk county. Look out tor it.
For exercise the members of the Rhode Island
Legislature walk home to dinner every day and
back again for evening cessions.
The dog tax in Massachusetts is productive
In Hampden county it yields 85,000 more than
the damago the dog do the sheep.
Even the dozs in New York commit suicide. A
fine Newfoundlander killed himself the other day
by leaping from a third story window.
A Boston paper statesthat a man in that local
ity is ridin g a dog through the streets, as a pre
paratory practice to managing a velocipede.
The building of a branch railroad, between
Ligonier and Latrobe, in Westmoreland county,
is talked of. Go ahead, gentlemen it will pay.
Camden, N J., expects to build five hundred
new aDd substantial houses during 186T. We need
half as many in Clearfield; but how many will
be built?
The recent Democratic State C uVention of
Connecticut, "Resolved. That we '.ew the pro
zress of Radicalism with lucres slug alarm." No
doubt of it.
A white person died a nata.al death recently
in the Yo Semite Valley. This being the first in
stance of the kind on record the sensation was
marked. -
A Boston paper gives ns the latest ''Grecian
Bend" The acceptance of the proposition of the
the European Conference at Paris by the Grecian
Government.
A youthful wedding excited the attention of
many in Lynchburg. Va., recently. The united
years of the bride and groom were ISO, he being
90 and she TO.
The Penn'a Railroad company offer SI, 000 re
ward for the apprehension of the incendiary
who set fire to their repair shops at Altoona, on
January 21st.
The reporter of the Quincy (111.) Whig draws a
comparison between a horse and a velocipede,
remarking that the volocipede is specially re
markable for the "ease with which it lies down "
Preparations are makin g for the erection of a
large number of buildings in Tyrone, the coming
season That's the proper spirit. Build houses
if you want a town to flourish. Will our capital
ists take a hint ?
Captain Kidd's treasure has at last been found,
in the caves at Salisbury, Conn. An oxplorer re
ports the discovery of human and equine skele
tons, guns, pistols, swords, utensils of various
Kinds, gold and silver eoin, rings, charts and
manuscripts
A man, Dame on known, from whenoe be came,
and without baggage, was killed by a train at
Lock Haven on Monday night a week. His head
was crushed, and his legs cut off above the ankles
aud again at the thighs. He was a horrible sight
a ben discovered.
Ac exchange says: "Titusrilie is to have a
velocipede school shortly, and the oil operators
are all gning to take lesson?, wi -.h a view cf rid
ing them from well to well. They hope thereby
to avoid the mu'ecipedes and old hossipedes
formerly in vogue there."
A gentleman connected with one ofthe largest
business firms in St Louis, recently called at a
newspaper office and left a 600 advertisement. He
said that he dreamed the night before that he had
done so, and be felt that he ought to follow cut
the suggestion of his dream.
A jrazy girl was arretted in the White House
on Wednesday. She had gone there with an un
loaded pistol , for the avowed purpose of killing
Jon.tgox. Query : if she had succeeded, would
President Wade have imitated bis predecessors
clemency, in behalf of the assassin?
A Vermontcr, a resident of Greensboro, came
near breaking his wife s neck, recently by -playfully
shaking her." Her neck cracked, she be
came partially paralyzed, and was confined to
bed for several days. One more playful" shake
would have made the man a widower.
Several persons were last week arrested in Ty
rone and bound over for tbeir appearance at
court for pi acticins 'some ot their 1 reaks at the
Methodist church" during services. Shouldn't
be surprised to hear of soma arrests in this place,
some of the e days, for similar conduct.
A siily deer, in its ramblings, vistei Tyrone
one day last week. During the excitement, re
volvers and guns weie brnght into requisition.
One ball passed thro gh a man's hat. grazing his
hair; and another received a slight wound in
the wrist. The deer was finally killed.
Domestic troubles aad religious excitement
next to ill health, are assigned as the principal
cause of insanity, in the report recently made by
the Directors of the Indiana Asylum for the f n
sane. The victims of these disorders now tn that
institution are nearly equal in numbers, there
being twenty seven of the former and thirty of
the tarter. J
Illinois has soma mean thieves. At Muscatah
in that Stale, a Miss McCarren recently died and
was ouriea. A day or two afterwards it was dis
covered that thieves had broken through and
stolen a gold watch and chain and some articles
of jewelry which had adorned the corpse and the
silver nails of the eofiin. Poor Miss McCarren
probably had no gold fillings in her teeth, or
they too would have been stolen.
Two fatal accidents occurred in Clarion county
week before last. Wm. Reed, while attempting
to disengage a log, tripped and fell, when the tog
fell opon him crushing him in such a manner as
to cause his death in twelve hours. While ea
gaged in shoving a large log in Wilson's mill,
in Helen township, Mr John W. Lyon tripped
and fell, and the log fell upon bis head and crash
ed it almost to atoms causing instant death.
Advertisements set tip xh targe typ,uram.tf flat
style, mil tie ciargsU double usual rates. 1X9 tuts
ORGANS AND PIANOS,
ESTYS AND MASON & IIAMLINS,
FOR SALE BY
S. J. HAYES, Curwensville, Pa.
WATERMAN TAKE NOTICE. Cen
" tral Point House. The Subscriber hav
ing purchased and refitted the Tavern Stand form
erly kept by Solohas Bagdcb, ia Covington
township, Clearfield county, has now opened and
keeps constantly on hands the best kinds of li
quors, and bis table will be supplied with the best
tne country can produce.
ARNOLD SCHJTARS, Prop'r
February 17.-3t.J
T? EGISTEE,'S NOTICE. Notice inhere
by given that the following account
have been examined and passed by me. and remain
filed of record in this office for the inspection of
neirs,iegatees.ereiiitors.and all otnera in any way
interested and will be presented to the next Or
phans' Court of Clearfield county, to be held at
tne Uourt House, in tne Borough of Ulearuetd,
commencing on the Sd Monday of March, 1869
Final account of J. W WRIGHT, Esq., Admin
istrator or Estate or a. 1 Knule, lata of Eeeoaria
township, deceased.
February 15, 1369 A. W. LEE, Register
Tir ANTED at Glen Hohe. Clearfield
county, Pa., a good Sawer to run a
jiuiay saw, oy tne day or thousand. Apply to
W. C. atETZ.
February 10th 13(19 -3L
T?OR SALE a valuable IJIacksmith Shop.
a good Frame Dwelling House, and two
Lots, situate in the village of Glen Hope. The
situation for carrying on Blacksmith ing is one of
mo "i in tiic county, s no duiiuidks are in goon
condition. For terms, Ac, call npon or address
me suoscrioer at Uleu llope.c learneld county, fa.
ten iu, o wm. b. nuiuui.
rpo WAGON MAKERS. The under
Filmed is desirious of connecting with his
SMITH HOP, a first elass wagon, sleigh A sled
establishment. A good opportunity is offered to
a Wagon Maker, who wishes to go into business.
The subscriber can also furnish to applicant a
oomiortaoie nonse (near tne snop) it deairea.
HEM it Y KERNS,
February, 10th lSG Curwensville, Pa,
PEMAL E sTill nXbTy,
HOLLIOArSBL'RQ, PA.
Rev. Joseph Wacgh, Principal.
S50 000 expended on the building.
None but Sutcessfut Tearhers employed.
Location is heal tbful and beautiful ; accessible
by Penn'a It. R. Seventh Session opens January
13. 18d9.- . December 23, 166S3m.
CAUTION. All persons are hereby cau-
tioncd, not to purchase or use a note
given by me in favor of L'RBANAS HIGGLE,
dated December 30th ISOj.due in ten months after
date, for twenty eight hundred dollars without
interest, as the said note was obtained through
false representation, and by me will not be paid,
unless compelled to do so by lawful process.
U. S. PERRY.
Osceola Mil's, Pa. Feb 3d 1869,
FOR SALE.
STORE, DWELLING AND STOCK
of goods for gale.
The Store, Dwelling and Stock of goods 'and
about eight acres of land, the estate of the late
Robt. Campbell at Port Matilda, Centre Co., Pa,
will be sold on easy terms.
The store contains a small stock of saleable
goods bought low for cash. Has a good trade,
and is a desirable location for business The
dwelling contains eight rooms, is in first rate or
der. All the usual outbuildings, and a good
stable. The grounds contain about FORTY FK l-IT
TREE? all bearing well. For further informa
tion apply to J. P. CAMPBELL, on the premises.
- February, 10th IBS9 )
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE
United States, for the Western District
of Pennsylvania. EBESEZER Mc.MaSTERS. a
bankrupt under the act of Congress of March 5d
1SI7, having applied for a discbarge from all his
debts, and other claims provable under said act.
by order of the Court. notice is hereby given. to all
persons who have proved their debts, and other
persons interested, to appear on the 9th day of
March 1S69. at 10 o'clock. A. M , before S. E.
Woodruff Esq Register in BanErnLtcv at his
office, in Philipsburg. Pa., to show cause, if any
they have, why a discharge should not be grantod
to the said bankrupt And further, notice is
hereby given that the Second and Third meetings
of Credi era of the said bankrupt, required by
the 27th and 2Mb sections ot said act, will bo held
before the said Register, af the same time and
place. - S. C. McCASDLESS, Clerk.
February. 10th 1869. 2t.
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THE CARS! THE CARS!
REDUCTION IN TRICES.
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HAS JUST RECEIVED
200 BARRELS BEST FLOUR.
100 BAGS OF SALT,
10,000 POUNDS OF BACON,
5,000 TOUNDS OF LARD,
1,000 POUNDS DRY PEACHES,
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"p"OR SALE. A fine BAY HORSE. -
"Vivcc ri
. j icuci-iiy auunri. and
sale in harness. Also a a-onl l,j V...
and a set of buggy harness
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IIOR SALE four valuabieTown pro pertiea I
J, th'B?& t Clearfield. Loc.tfonVde'.i,"
bit, and buildings new. Apply to r"
WILLIAM M M CCLLOron
Attorney at Law,
Clearfield Pa.
December 18. 1868.
T J- CUNNINGHAM
ATTORNEY AT LAW '
Real Estate Agent and Conveyancer
TTBoae, blaib cooktt, pa. '
Special attention given to the collection of olaim.
Tyron, Pa., January 27, 1869-tf.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
The firm of . I. S Ito.l A.- .-J
of P. A. Reed A Co., are hereby dissolved by Bl.
cuumi. aii persons owing said firm, or to
whom a balance may be due are requested to
make settlement with Lloyd, Caldwell A Co at
Tyrone City, Pa. Tyrone, Feb. 3-3tt2 pd
A GENTS WANTED.-$75 to $200 per
Month '! nr a ,.,,;;, Vm L?i
twice that amount can be made by sellinc tha
Latitat Tmnrn...! C il
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FAMILY SEWING MACHINE.
Price SIS. 00. For ciroulars ind Tirmi
Dee 9,'S-3m C. ROWERS A CO
320 South Third Street, Philadelphia's
I Z U R E N E .
- Concentrated Indigo.
FOR THE LA U 7 DRY.
It is warranted not to streak, or in anv mi..
injure the finest fabrics. For Family use sold ia
five. ten and twenty cent boxes. Each twenty cent
box. besides having five times as much blue as the
five cent boxes, contains a pocket pin cushion or
emery bag. For Hotel and large Laundry ase.it
is iiut up in ca uu doih
See thteach box hasnroDer trademark. Fo
es le by A. I. Shaw and Ilartawick A Irwin. 13.
SJ. HAYES, Surgeon Dentist, Office
nn Main Klnwl ('iiraunucMU
.... . ... . vhi nvnniuic, l GUU
n ill make professional visits for the conveni
ence of ofthe public commencing in April, 1888,
as follows.vis : Luthersburg first Friday of every
month ; Ansonville, first Monday of every month ;
Lumber City, first Thursday of everv month
spending two days in either place. All ordes for
work should be presented on the day of his arri
val in each place.
t?" Teeth extracted bv the aDnlioation of lur
anasthesia, comparatively without pain. All
kinds of dental work eruaranteed.
N. B. The public will please notice, that Dr.
H , when not engaged in the above visits, mav L
found in his office in Curwensville. (ap.l.'6s-lT
FARM AT PRIVATE SALE. The sub-
scriber offers for sale his farm in Law.
renee township, situate on the east bank ofthe
Susquehanna river, with the Erie "turnpike on
the c-outh, and containing 84 acres. Most of the
farm is in meadow, and the whole tinder rood
fences. The improvements are a good log hosts
and frame bank barn, with the other neeessarv
out houses. A spring of good water is near tba
door. An orchard of choice frnit is growing on
the premises. There are three veiasof good coal
on the land, to wit.- one of fire feet, one of three
feet 4 inches, and one of two feet tba latter near
the river. For terms, inquire of the subscriber.
on the premises. JORDAN REKD.
December 16, 1869-p.
VTOTICK IN BANKRUPTCY. Tan ia to oivb
iN Notice : That on the first day of January,
A. D , 1 868, a Warrant in Bankruptcy was issued
against the estate of Stacy W. Thompson, of Clear
field Bridge, in the county of Clearfield and State
ot Pennsylvania, who has been adjudged a Bank
rupt on bis own petition ; tnat the payment of
any debts and delivery of any property belong
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the translerof any property by him are forbidden
bylaw; that a meeting of the creditors ofthe
said Bankrupt to prove theirdebts. and to choose
one or more Assignees of his estate, will be held
at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be holdenat the off:c
of the Hegister. in Philipsburg. Pa., before S. E.
woodruff, Register, on the ith day of March. A.
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The subscribers beg leara to announce to the
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Tbey will also make to order any other style of
work that may be desired ; and they Hatter them
selves that they eaa compete with the manufac
turers onlsida of tbe county, either in workman
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