f f;c 'gtaffeTOtttt' oimtaf, gfrarftcfb, a., gcccwficr 8, i860,
Raftsman's $ mtriml
. J. ROW, OITOR4.1DPROPRIBTO.
CLEARFIELD, FA., PEC. !, !i69.
The Governor of Wiaoousin has had
salary rai.-cd to f 5,UO0 a year.
his
The Vermont prohibitory liquor law, as
amended, holds the seller of liquor to him
responsible for all depredations a drunken
man may commit. Right I
The Houston (Texas) Times says : "Gen
eral Hamilton has not been drunk but once
in the last ten years ; neither has he been
sober but once during that time." That's
hard on Hamilton.
Judge Grier, of the United States Su
preme Court, will not take the benefit of
the law of Congress allowing him to retire
on salary. He iutends to hold on to the po
sition, notwithstanding his extreme age.
Andrew Johnson has declined the nomi
nation for delegate to the Tcnnec&ee Consti
tutional Convention from Greene county.
Strange, certainly, that Andy should refuse
to accept official position. The Millenium
must be approaching.
Gold still declines. Last week it fell to
$1.21. A little longer, at this rate of coming
down,speeie payments will come about nat
urally, and the "vexed question" settled
without the aid of Congress, or the manipu
lations ofpulitieians. So mote it be.
It is not itnproV able that General Geary
Will respite lr. Schoeppe, in order that the
case may be brought before the Legislature.
This much seems to be due to the grave
doubt surrounding the case a doubt which
teems to be strengthened by inquiry
The Spanish Minister has informed the
Secretary of the Xavy that the vessels
which were expected to pot into the port of
New York to refit would go to Philadelphia
instead, on account of the better facilities
offered by the dock yards at the latter place.
Paymaster V. G. Msrey, of the Mare Is
land 'avy Yard, California, is a defaulter
in the sum of 140,000, according to esti
mate. He has turned his property over to
the Government, but it will by no means
cover the amount of the ? efalcation. One
of Andy Johnson's appointments.
- It is nroposcd by our Government that
when the Alabama negotiation shall be re
opened it shall be at Washington and not
Loudon To this it is thought the British
Government will re: dily agree. The acerb
ity which lolloned the rejection of Reverdy
Johnston's treaty seems to have subsided.
The celebrated Will of James Pottcr.de
eeased of Centre comity, has got into the
courts, and was to be tried last week. This
is one of the most important cases ever tried
in the State, as it involves the constitution
ality of the statute of entails of .January lf
1T9'., The decision will be eagerly looked
for.
On the 30th of November the Govern
ment worts at Harper's l'erry were sold at
auction. For the mu.-ket faetory $170. 000
was received, and for the rifle factory $30,
000. The sale includes the buildings
grounds and the magnificent water power?
attached to them. The purchaser will use
the buildings for manufactories.
The Legislature of Tenne- see recently,
parsed a bill prohibiting the immigration of"
Chinamen into the Slate. The Chicago
Post says, in reference to this, Tennessee
need not worry over the Chinese. They are
mostly resectable people, and have insu
perable objections to living in the same State
with Andy Johnson, Emerson Etheridge,
and the rest.
The national debt suffered another reduc
tion of -over seven millions of dollars duriug
the month of November. The readers of
the Democratic newspapers will now be
treated to their usual homily on the ''in
crease" of our debt. It is amusing to see
how the adroit arithmeticians in that party
manage to manipulate the figures to deceive
their blind followers.
The Press says : "Prom that sublime
scarcity which jdaced gold high up out of
the reach of mortals, we have the other ex
treme of gold going a begging for takers
through the street of New York. The
withdrawal of the amount offered by the
Treasury was on account of the low price
offered. Is gold, then, a drug? Are we so
noon "beyond the breakers?"
The counterfeit coupon of the one hun
dred dollars five-twenty bonds, first series,
loan of 1.SC2, having been delected at the
Treasury Department, was redeemed by the
Assistant Treasurer at IJjston, and is a well
executed couutuifeit, being calculated to de
ceive an expert. It bears a very favorable
comparison with the genuine. It is only by
cloe scrutiny that it can be detoeted. It is
the opinion of experts at the Department
thai the counterfeit was made iu Ger
many. Rot-ton judges and juries Live provided a
capacious loop-bole for the vendors of lager
beer, by which they may easily escape the
penalties of the license law. The indiffer
ence of the judge allowed the question of
the intoxicating quality of ber to go to the
jury. Twelve men have said, upon their
oaths, it is not intoxicating. In this State
the current of opinion is the other way. Is
there a difference in the tastes of judges and
juries, or is the difference in the beer ? " ho
wi'! uevide when doctors disagree?
Px&ideBf's Message.
Congress met at 12 M. on Monday Dec.
Hh. A qtforum was present in both Hous
es. We received a copy of the message, in
the Pittsburg Commercial, at noon yester
day, but its length precluded its publication
this week. It will appear entire in our next.
The Commercial in commenting on the
message says: "Gen. Grant's message is
brief and direct. The home affairs of the
nation are treated with practical good sense.
Immediate resumption of specie payments
is declared to be undesirable ; and a post
ponement of a general revision of the tariff
and tax laws, a renewal of the Income Tax
at three per cent., and the funding of the
debt are recommended. In regard to Cuba,
the netrality laws have been strictly observ
ed, notwithstanding the ardent sympathy
of our people with the insurgents. The out
standing claims of the United States against
Great Britiau arc refered to in a tone and
temper that insure the rights of our country.
The remaining topics referred to are treated
with thorough intelligence, and the recom
mendations evince a degree of statesman
ship which will command the heartiest ap
probation of the country."
The Southern Elections.
Mississippi. The returns from this State
indicate the election of Gen. Alcorn (Re
publican) by over 10,000 majority. Dent,
as far as heard from, has carried only three
counties, and by but very small majorities.
The whole Republican ticket, with but few
exceptions, has doubtless been elected.
TEXAS.--The election in Texas has result
ed in favor of Hamiltou (Conservative) by
a majority of probably 2,000. Haynes,
Conservative, has also been chosen to Con
gress. Later advices indicate that the eon
test is much closer than was at firs anticipa
ted, and that the official figures only may
decide which of the parties has triumphed.
The Press in referring to the result in
these two States says : "Now that Missis
sippi has sealed her devotion to the Union,
we shall expect, nay, exact of her statesmen
a ready devotion to these interests which
shall best enhance her material prosperity
and make her a vigorous champion of the
right. Texasand Mississippi start abreast.
The former is bound hand and foot to the
Caucasus of ancient error ; the latter
has shaken herself free, and stands forth
strong and rejoicing in her strength. The
former will be discordant, and will waste her
life in domestic jars ; the latter will, if she
take advantage of her vantage ground, feci
a thrill of industrial and intellectual energy,
and will bound along in a glorious career.
The future of these two States will be wor
thy of the closest study. They will prove
the truth of the theory that progress is bet
ter than retrogression ; that liberty is better
than slavery ; that peace is better than riot ;
that law is better than vengeance ; that firm
devotion to the American Union is better
than limping patriotism and closeted rebel
lion." Another Reduction. Again the peo
ple of this goodly land are called upon to re
joice at a material reduction of the public
debt. November shows a decrease of $7,
571,454.13. As each month rolls up its
compliment to the zeal, integrity, and effi
ciency of the Secretary of the Treasury, and
gives the public an additional assurance of
relief from the pressure of debt, it becomes
plain that national finances are now com
pletely controllable. The expenditures of
the government arc daily decreasing, and
under the system of rigid retrenchment now
in vogue they must soon reach a minimum.
When thies is attained the matter of esti
mates will be an easv matter. On the other
j hand, a faithful administration of the rev
i enuo laws will make the receipts a constant
quantity, except in so far as they vary from
year to year by reason of our industrial
growth. As these desirable ends are at
tained the Treasury will be freed from em
barrassment, and the debt will pa:-s away
rapidly and quietly. In order to make pal
pable the immense work already accomplish
ed by Mr. B mtwell, we give the monthly
reductions since he came into office : March,
?2,5"."5.tC9.2S; April, ?f..,W9,f70 Co ; May,
$13,.SS4,779 H; June, $Ii5,4IO,1?,2 54 ; Ju
ly, $7,4.5,744 29 ; August, $5,504.2:54 79 ;
September, $7,407,429 39; October,
303,882 75 ; Xoveuiher,$7,471,4"4 13. Thus
in eight months seventy millions of the
debt has been paid, a rate which, if contin
ued (and there is no veason to doubt that it
will be), will, in a year, have diminished the
principal over one hundred millions.
Minnesota. It appears that the vote
for Governor, at the recent election in Minnesota,-
was not so close as some of our
Democratic cotemporaries desired and rep
resented it to be. Indeed, for . a time, the
more sanguine among the Democratic edi
tors indulged in a lively hope that Otis, the
candidate of their party, was elected, and
more than intimated that thcoflicial returns
which they said were necessary to determine
the result, would show a small majority for
Otis ; a::d iu this hope, or perhaps, rather,
belief, they indulged for a short period in
manifestation; of great joy. Rut their fe
licity, however compete for the time, was
destined to be short livbj. The official re
turns have been received. Au?'in, the Re
publican candidate, has a plurality pf 2,155
over Oi is, an! a majority of 4)4 over I be
combined vote of ();is and Cobb (the latter
having run as tho Temperar.ee candidate),
and now our lately rejoicing cotemporaries
have not a word to say on ou the subject.
It is herd luck, but by this time.after a sim
ilar experience of several years, they have
probably become accustomed to it, and can
bear it the better on that account. The of
ficial returns give Austin (Republican), 27,
520; Otis (Democrat), 25,305; Cobb (Tem
perance). 1,751.
Heavy Loss. The loss of the Second
National bank at Cleveland, Ohio, by the
defalcation of the late cashier, Ruell, who
committed suicide recently, it is said will
reach ths enormous amount of $600,000.
The directors have decided to make good
the losses of special depositors, and as the
stock-holders are mostly, wealthy men, it is
supposed that the bauk can stand the pres
sure of the heavy drain upon its funds.
Trouble Orer the Border.
There is quite a flash of rebellion in one
of Queen Victoria's American provinces.
The Red River settlement is up in arms
against being ruled by an appointed Gover
nor, and refuse, without their free consent,
expressed by ba'dot, to be considered part of
the Dominion. The population of the ter
ritory is composed of whites (chiefly Eng
lish and French), Indians and half breeds,
and they eeeni determined to maintain the
position of independence they have assum
ed, unless the following, which they have
agreed upon as their ultimatum, is accepted
by the Dominion Government, to wit:
"Full right on their part to elect their own
Legislature. The power of the Legislature
to pass any act of a local nature by a two
thirds vote over the veto of the Executive.
No regulations of a local character shall be
binding unless sanctioned by the legislature.
A free homestead and pre-emption law shall
be maintained. There shall be an Indian
policy sustained, to ensure good will and
quiet in the territory. All executive, legis
lative, civil and military expenses, for a giv
en number of years, shall be paid from the
Treasury' of the Dominion of Canada. An
appropriation shall be made for internal im
provements in the territory. Finally, they
bargain that after placing these guarantees
beyond peradventurc, the question of an
nexation to the Domiuion shall be submit
ted and determined by a vote of the peo
ple. Opposed to tiie School System. Evi
dence acccumuiates almost daily, establish
ing the fact that the Roman Catholics are
hostile to the free school system in this
country, and that the exclusion of the Ri
ble as a text book will not abate their oppo
sition in the least. A communication in
the Boston Iravclcr, signed "A Catholic
Priest," 6ays :
"Catholics would not be satisfied with
the Public Schools even if the Protestant
Bible and every vestige of religious teaching
were banished from theai, but he is grossly
in error when he asserts that they will there
fore endeavor to convert them into Catholic
schools. They will build or buy and sup
port their own Catholic schools, and they
will call upon Protestants to provide their
own schools for their own children, where
they can teach them any religious doctrine
they choose, but they will not be taxed eith
er for educationg the children of Protest
auts, or for having their owu children edu
cated in schools under Protestant control."
This is certainly an honest confession, and
one which cannot be misunderstood. The
abolition of the Common School System,
and the establishment of sectarian schools
in its stead, is the only thing that will satis
fy the Romish priestcraft.
Important to Tkstatoks. It is not gen
erally known, says the Wayne Citizen, that
there is an act of the Pennsylvania Legisla
ture providing that no estate shall be be
queathed, devi.ed, or conveyed to any body
politic, or to'any person. in trust for religious
or charitable uses, except the same be done
by deed or will, at least one month before
tho decease of the testator or alienor. It is
an important provision, and persons who
contemplate charitable bequests should pre
pare their wills in due season. We have
recently noticed several instances in which
such bequests have failed, because of the
wills not being executed a month prior to
the death of the parties. Last month Mrs.
Sophia Meylin died in Lancaster, bequeath
ing $1,000 to Trinity Lutheran Church, and
S10,OO: to Zion's Lutheran Church. Both
bequests are void, because the will was exe
cuted loss than thirty days, before her death.
Not long ago, Henry Lawson, of Norris
town, died with a bequest of a large amount
of money !o a Philadelphia association,
which failed for the same reason.
Important Decision. The Piftsbnrg
Ih'spntch says : The Supreme Court of Penn
sylvania has decided (Judge Sharswoid de
livering the opinion) that a mortgagee or a
purchaser at sheriff a sale, is not bound to
look beyond the judgment docket to ascer
tain whether the entries thereon are prop
erly made by authority.and that where there
is a defective entry of a judgment, or an un
authorized entry of satisfaction, the pro
thonotary is liable for damages to the party
injured. Hence, where the prothonotary.
without the authority of the Court, entered
on his docket against a judgment, "satisfied
on fi.f't.," it was held that the entry was
perfectly regular and conclusive as to third
persons to whom the judgment itself regu
larly docketed was constructive notice, and
that it was not necessary to search further
and ascertain whether there was any record
of an order of the Court directing uch sat
isfaction. Bonds. It is a significant fact that at
this time clerks in the Treasury Department
have their hands full of changing the Five
twenties from coupon into registered securi
ties. This transfer is going on to the ex
tent of millions of dollars. The bonds be
ing thus changed are held by private par
ties, and the registering means permanent
investment. They arc to be withdrawn for
the purpose of being laid away as something
beyond the ordinary fluctuations of busi
ness. While this fact secures this class of
bonds from feeling the sudden changes of
the market, it also points to their steady ap
preciation of valu-i. The more they arc
thus withdrawn, the more valuable will be
the r mainder for the same purpose and the
greater the demand for them. The registry
oC bonds sh-o secures them against loss by fire
or theft a fact which should be remember
ed by our feeders.
. -
Hard Times in Alaska. The people of
our newly acquired territoij' seem to be in a
suffering condition for want pt' food. The
Sitka Times complains that under ii;o Uni
ted States Government the people of Alaska
are deprived of the commerce which they
enjoyed under Russian protection, and that
in Silka many families have nothing but fish
to eat, and often no salt to cure this article
of diet, and charges our authorities with vi
olating the condition! of the transfer oi the
territory, and says that unless relief is af
forded the mournful cries of starving Ireland
and Greece will be echoed from the Pacifis.
This, if trne, should be speedily remedied.
There should be no cry for food in any terri
tory over which the Stars and Stripes wave
us a token of sovereignty.
There are in existence in the United
States tosday sixteen hundred and twenty
national banks. In addition to these,seven
ty-four have either closed or are closing
their accounts. Of this number Massachu
setts has two hundred and six, New Yorkl
three hundred and fifteen, Pennsylvania
three hundred and five, and Ohio one hun
dred and thirty eight. No other State has
over one hundred, and none is without a
national bank. The whole amount of paid
iu capital is $432,163,611 ; the aggregate of
bonds deposited to secure circulation is
$342,475,10), and the actual circulation is
299,7S9,$95 45.
The Freedman's Bureau will soon close
its affairs, its business i now being confined
to the collection of bounties due colored sol
diers, and education of the freedmen. The
number of bounty claims yet due is limited,
the amount already collected and paid over
reaching the sum of sis million dollars. The
total cost of the bureau during its existence
has been over thirteen and a half millions of
dollars. It is evident that the only want of
the freedmen is homesteads, and many of
them are taking public lands in the south
ern States under the homestead law. The
uumber who have taken this course is about
four thousand.
The Philadelphia LeJjcr in its money
column says with great force: "It is the
enormous expenses of living, which swallow
up not only the ordinary profits, but even a
moderate capital with it, in the struggle for
life. The fact is being gradually aopreci
ated tha' taxes mean something more than
the sum paid to the receiver once a year.
Every article of food and raiment, every ne
cessit3', comfort or luxury, every hours ser
vice rendered us by any one else, are all rais
ed to an uuwonted altitude by the common
burden."
Sonth Carolina w;is always the spunkiest
little State in the Union, aud the late un
pleasantness, in which she got such hard
knocks, has not cured her. Her voice is
again raised for war. She wants to fight
Spain now for Cuba, and her Legislature
once more pledges the last man, and the
last dollar, to keep, up the fight. As the
farmer said of the bull that undertook to
butt the locomotive off the track, we admire
South Carolina's spunk, but can't say much
for her judgment. Tho rest of the States
have had war enough, and prefer peace.
A very sudden movement of United States
troops to the West, in connection with the
reported fact that Riigham Young h rapidly
organizing an army, leads to the infeience
that Utah may become at no distant day
the scene of battle. Should the crime of
polygamy choose to amplify into the crime
of resistance to the central authorities, the
country will scarcely tolerate a repelition of
the holiday expedition of 1855-57, but will
demand such a punishment as the case re
quiies.
It is reported in Washington, that an Ohio
member, a Democrat, proposes early in the
session to attack the administration for the
nonpayment of private claims against the
Government, declaring that in refusing to
settle them the administration has furni.-hed
a precedent for the repudiation of the pub
lic debt. He proposes to suggest impeach
ment against Secretary Boutwell for alleged
i violation of tha law in redeeming bonds at
rates below par. That is the coolest joke ol
this cool season.
Specie. The New York lLrM states
that the specie export from New York Las
been nearly forty millions less in 1SR9 than
in 1S6S. The present year it has little over
thirty millions, while it amounted to more
than sixty-nine millions for the same period
in lSfiS. Reckoning the product of the pre
cious metals in this country at not more than
sixty millions a year, this would show that
the amount remaining in the country has
been increased thirty millions the last year.
The petition which the British Colum
bians have addressed their Queen prays for
annexation chiefly upon the ground that
the debt of their -small colony is a million
and a half, and its general financial burdens
seventeen pounds per head; that their pop
ulation is deserting to the United States,
and onlv 8 O'M out of 20,000 whites now re
main, and that their want of a favorable re
ciprocity of trade is killing the colony by
inches.
Death ok Mh. Richardson. Albert D.
Richardson, long an attache of the New
York Tii'mne, and who was shot by Me
Farland while standing at the counter in the
office of that paper, died on Thursday last
of the wound received. On Friday his re
wains were taken to Franklin, Massachu
setts, where thf-y were interred.
A Good Hit. The Chicago JVtfsays:
"Georgia wants rebel disabilities removed.
Very well. Let Georgia remove disabilities
on account of color, and disabilities on ac
count of treason will soon follow. One
Union negro is worth a forty acre field of
unrepentant rebels."
Contrary to expectation the Secretary of
the Treasury has ordered the Assistant Trea
surer in New York to continue the sales of
gold and purchases of bonds through the
month ol December withoutchange from the
present programme.
Another accident has ocenred on the Erie
Railroad, at Mast -Hope. Through the
carelessness of an engineer and conductor,
one freight train ran into another, smashing
up twenty cars. Luckily no one was hurt.
The recent Cre at Topeka, Kansas, proves
more disastrous than at first supposed. All
the records of the land office, incluliug also
the journal of the House of Representatives
were destroyed.
It is reported in New York, that Samuel
T. BlatcbfiKd. law deputy collector of cus
toms, and implicated in extensive drawback
frauds, has surrendered himself to the au
thorities. The internal revenue receipts daring
month of November were over $13,O0;.,009.
Total na.-is.ts since July firovcr $75,.,-000,
A Little of Everything.
Scarce local items.
Ditto butter and eggs.
Full of ice the Missouri river.
In Hutn strawberries In Georgia.
Tie lowest claie of society dwarfs.
The festival a quilting paity.
The best thing out an aching tooth.
Exists a financial stringency, in tho Wast.
Works admirable our new Gordon Job Press.
Gives general satisfaction the decline in gold
Subscribe for the Jaumal if you want a good
paper.
A good way to find a woman out call when she
isn't at home.
The St. Louis Democrat calls hanging '-Legalized
murder."
If you want to sell goods, advertise in the
Journal.
Read the prospectus of the Pittsburgh Com
mercial in this issue.
' A table of interest the dinner table ; especi
ally when a fat turkey bedecks it.
There is some talk of dividing the State of
New York a thing not likely to occur.
The President's mesrage, it is said, will be un
usually short. This is good news to readers
Michigan bari. g a county named Paw-Paw, it
is proposed to name a rival ecunty Leg-Log.
A roan in Cincinnati advertises for a situation.
'-Work not so much an object as good wages."
It is said that A. J. proposes to spend the winter
in Washington, though a Senator he cannot be.
Job work of all kinds neatly and expeditiously
done at the Journal office. aDd at reasonable prices
Jay Cooke has been presented with an ornith
ological curiosity in the tlinpe of a white wood
cock. Has subsided the '-disease" among poultry,
since Thanksgiving. It will reappear again about
Christmas.
The Philadelphia oyster trade is rapidly in
creasing, and now employs some three hundred
and sixty vessels
The Titusville Soldiers' Orphan Home has one
hundred nd seventy inmates. Tbe children is
sue a weekly pa sr.
Red Wing. Minnesota, is named after a d.-funet
Dakato chief named Flali-pa-hoo-doo-ta, signi
fying Wing of Searlct.
An unpaid rote given in 1S2B. by Morjrnn. the
subject of the anti Masonic excitement, has just
turned up in Rochester.
Ex-Minister Harvey, ( to Portugal) whose salary
Congress stopped, hits received back pay to tbe
mount of 52i OHO. gold.
The Pcnna R.R.Co. have erected snow fer.ces
along its line. at all points where the snow is liable
to drift into deep cutting?.
Advertising was not inaptly described by a
late eminent man of letters as being to Commerce
what steum is to machinery.
Wisconsin gives Gov Fairchild f.l -1 majority,
as appears from the official figures This is nearly
double his majority of two years ajo.
John Onion is tbe name of a local editor on an
Illinois paper. No doobt he brings tears to the
eyes of his readers every time he peels himself.
Called "let-uppers" the Republicans in Wrst
Virginia, who are willing to remove the political
disabilities from the reeett rebel --hang uppers."'
Tbe contribution boxes in one of the Boston
churches were passed around on Thanksgiving
day by the father and grandfather of the preach
er. Brooklyn has an association for preventing
frauds at elections This will have a bad effect
nn the coffee-euiored'' naturalization papers
trade.
Apples are selling for ten cents a bnhcl in
Crawford county. Indiana, and sales dull at thai.
They would scli fur ten times that prico in this
place.
A child died recently atinton. Iowa, in a fit.
to whieii it was s-jbject. A postmortem exami
nation revealed a good sized living snake in the
stomaeh.
A petition to Congress, asking that body to
recognize the Cubans as belligerents, is circula
ting in Philadelphia, and has received T.O.OVO
signatures.
The Ear? of Zetland. for twenty-six years ff rand
Master of the Masonic Order in England, has re
signed on account of infirmities. He is seventy
five years old.
Gen Wool's death leaves Major Mordecia My
ers, of Schenectady, the only surviving member
of the Eighth Regiment of 1SI2. The Major is
UO years of age.
The Crawfordsville (Tnd.) IZerietr ar.nonr.ces
that Lizzie M. Eoyntcn will be a candidate for
Ccrgrc.-B from that district of Indiana, in oppo
sition to Lew. Wallace.
Stme ot the Canadian papere arc filled, day
after day. with abuse of the Unite j States and its
Institutions. A 1 ittle annexation talk, we think,
would ease their minds.
It is-iH Urigham Yonng is cot frightened by
the Pacific Railroad. because with his own private
family and thoso of one or two elders, he can
start a respectable colony anywhere.
Said an astronomer to a bright eyed girl, when
talking of rainbows, ' Did you ever see a lunar
bow, miss?" '-I have seen bentx by moonlight,
sir, if that is what you mean," was the sly rc
joindor. One employment bnrean in Richmond adverti
ses for tJD thousand negro laborers to go to the
South. The Iemocracy, therefore, need hare no
further fears of tbe North being overrun with
this class of citizens.
The postal money order system, recently inau
gurated between tho I'nited State nr Switzer
land, works very smoothly and satisfactorily and
proves of great benefit to the poorer classes in
the remittance of smalt sums.
Ir P. Schoeppe, in jail at Carlisle nnJer sen
tence of death for murdering Miss Steinecke.has
written a letter to Gov. Geary reviewing his case
and trial, in which be asserts before God his in
nocence, and that be is the victim of prejudice.
A young lady out west, who had been attentive
to a gentleman while ill at a hotel where he was
temporarily stopping, without knowing his an
tecedents or means, was surprised to learn of his
death, and that he had remembered her ia his
will SIC. 000 worth.
Since the adjournment of Congress the Presi
dent has suspended about one hundred and twenty-five
postmasters in various sectionsof country.
A list of tre suspensions will be submitted to
the Senate, for" its action, immediately after the
opening of Congress.
A German living in Rookford. III. .while bank
ing up his house recently found, a short distauce
below the surface of tbe earth, several lumps of
copper, weighing in the aggregate six pounds.
Further research bai led to the opinion that a
large vein of the metal underlies the surface.
The little State of Delawaie is rich in ancient
relies. She owns the "oldest woman" Hannah
Fennimore, aged 103 and that last relic of bar
barism in this country, the whipping post, at
which some thirty prisoners, confined for various
offences, had their backs lacerated by the lash a
few days ago.
Says tha Philadelphia Press: After holding
the position of Right Worshipful Grand Master
in the Ancient Order of York Masons for two
years, Richard Vaux has been superceded, and
now assumes the rank of Past Worshipful Master.
During bis term of office he did much, to strength
en the Masonic order in the Stat and the retiracy
will be rogrettci
News Epitome.
In Cincinnati, the reading of the Bible
was recently prohibited in the public schools
of that city. Iu San Francisco, on the oth
er hand, Father Gallaher, a Catholic priest,
is permitted to enter the Tenth Ward
School, immediately after dismissal, and
teach the catechism of his church t- the
children. The matter came up at a late
meeting of the school board of that city.
Mr. Stillman, one of the directors, drew the
attention of the board to the matter, and
argued that it was an infraction of the law
to permit sectarian instruction to be given
in the schools. This was met by violent
opposition from those who sustained Father
Gallaher in his course, and a torrent of
abuse was poured upon Mr. Stillman, who
was denounced as a bisot for objecting to
such instructions. Finally the subject was
laid upon the table by a vote of 7 to 4, and
thus Father Gallaher is left free to catechise
the children in the Tenth Ward School as
much 'as he sees proper. This, no doubt,
will meet the approval of Catholics general
ly notwithstanding their objections to the
using of the Bible as a text book in the Cin
cinnati schools.
What a Wesffmcity can't tolerate is re
ally unendurable. Now, Kansas City has a
worid wide reputation for the freest and
easiest methods of speech and conduct ; but
it seems Dr. Mary Walker's breeches have
proved to be too flagrant a bleach of the
peace and dignity of the border city. They
were accordingly arretted, with the learned
Doctor in them, and in due process of law
both found themselves before a magistrate
The doetr pleaded her owu cause, and in
so doing utterly annihilated the eoiic:ii
tious policeman, with a blast of invective.
The magistrate was dumfoui ded.and before
he could recover his senses he involui tarily
decided that tbe public breeches of women
did not necessarily constitute breaches of the
public law.
The Irish show no sign of letting down in
their hatred of KnglUIf government. The
electors of Tipperary .have recently chosen
O'Donovan Rossa, a Fenian prisoner, to
represent them in Parliament. It is not
likely that he will be let out of his prison
cell to sit in Parliament, but the fact of his
election shows the animiis of the Irish peo
ple. It seenis that no concession of the
British Government short of absolute nation
al independence will satisfy them. And if
that should finally be granted, what then?
A man disguised as a Ku-Klux, having
entered tbe post office at Fayetteville, Ten
nessee, and overawed the postmaster into
handing him a letter for another party. Post
master General Cresswell has called the
Postmaster's attention to tho law bearing
upon the interference with the mails, add
ing, by way of a clincher, th:tt a repetition
of the offense will subject Fayetteville to
inconvenience of doing without mails. This
threat will produce the desired effect.
A man named William Uaily was fin
victed in the Queen Anne's (M l.) urt of
stealing nine ears ot corn vl.i:-J at nin
cents, and sentenced to the i-euiicntiaiy for
one year.
Tbe number vf votws registered in Texas
is lOS.ONO, of whom 58, lCl are white, and
4S,0rj colored.
The number of hog-) packed in Chicago
thus far is l 1. 008 against I7.,l04 last sea
son.
Aiiverln'Mcnt xrt up i forge typ. ,.- out ol ji.'hh
ttvl. 'ftl be charged douhlt usual iate.1. A o cut
PGR SALK 2 large, II KAY Y MARKS-
S years old. will be sold reasona In, for
want of use Suitable for logiuj or lumbering
G. K. BAKRKIT.
Dec S. 1S69. Clearfield P
PROPOSALS. Tbe School Dirt-tois of
( 'nrwcnsville. Pa., will receive sealed
pn-poi'als, up to .tnnuary Is'. !s". for building
ONE SCHOOL R'OM.(on 'or!h East corner of
school lots ) Said building to be -10 by 2-5 leet.
1-t feet from floor to ceiling, with two rooms 8 by
10 and entrance (or hail) 0 t-y 8 feet in frout end
of bui'ding; five doors and eight windows. Tbe
entire building to bo finished in style and manner
as the owe on said lot. except there is to be no
cel!ar. projecturc. or belfry. The boiliing to be
completed by September 1st. IST0 Payments
will be: On' thiid when all the mnteria! for
raising closing and roofing is on the ground ; one
third when raise. 1. closed and roofed, and the
bainee when tbe building is completed. It ii
rcq'iired that the contractor give s?curiy for the
completion of the same. For further particulars
inquire of tbe Secretary. II. B. THOMPSON,
C'urwensville.Dec. S.'t9-3t. Sec'y.
T70ROUG II ORDINANCE. At a mect
ing of the Town Council, of the Hor
ougli of Curwensville, held on Dextmber 6tli,
18!), it was ordered that Hie following Ordi
nance bu published, and notice given that its
provisions will be strictly enforced :
Be it enacted and ordained by the Btirgcsn
and Town Council of the Borough of Our
wensvillu,ani it is hereby enacted and ordiin
rd ty the anthority of the samo, That hereaf
ter it shall bo the duty of occupiors of lots,
and owners of unoccupied lots, along whose
premises side walks are now,or may hereafter
be laid, under ordinance now in force or which
limy hereafter lie passed, to cause the side
walks along their respective premises to be
cleared of snow, when and as often as the same
shall fall thereon, within six hours after the
same shall cease falling; and on default of
fetich occupiers or owner having such side
walks cleared as aforesaid, he, she, or they,
shall be fined in the sum ol one do liar and the
cost of cleaning the pavement, to be collected
as debts of like amount are now by Ww re
coverable. And it is hereby made the duty
of the Burzess to see that suits are brought
against all who m.iy oflend against this ordi
nance. Attest t H. SULSBAUGIl.
J.R. 1RWIX, Sec'y. Burgess.
Curwensville, IX-c. 8,'69 3t.
s
LEIG11S. FOVR SEFIOHSfor rale bv
E. A. IK WIN Jk CO , Curwensville.
A UCTIONEKR. The undersigned, hav
incr heen reeularly licensed, is prepared
tocall ales in aay pari of the county. Charges
moderate. Persons desiring his services will
call upon or address, CIIAS II. HEN'S ALL.
Nov 24-3mp. Smith"a Mills. Pa.
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1
10 THE W 'RKIXti CLASS. We are now pre
pared to furnish all classes with constant c De
ployment at homo, the whole of tbe time or for
the spare moments. Persons of either sex easily
earn from 60c. to $5 per evening, and a propor
tional sum by devoOing their whole time to the
business, lioysand girls earn nearly as much as
men. That all who see this notice may send their
address and test the biuinass, we make the follow
ing unparalleled offes : To such as are not well
satisfied, we will send SI to pay for the trouble of
writing. Full particulars, a valuable sample,
which will do to commence work on, and a copy
of The. People's TJterary Companion one ef tne
largest and best family newspapers published
all sent free by mail. Reader, if yon want per-
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bor nor expense to furnish the fullest a '
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publie affairs; as the sworn fnot-K? "
every description of dishune-t ceuibination "1
as ready to expose their practices in the H
lican as Democratic party, and even more b"
cause it holds that a party th it will cvt be
fenders of this description entitles it, f , of"
confidence of the people as an indepni em i'
publican journal, tho advocate of the rights
iuterests of the people the Pittsburgh l'ot. li
,ial needs no new introduction to tbe .
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and keeps up in the march of improv,im,nV ...
the d velopment of ideas Thoroujrhlv ai
everything that ia valuable or interesting it ij
tifies itself at once with whatever serins ct!c0?
ted to improve mankind and elevate tbe sundi
of intelligence and morality. Asa K..abl,,
journal of tha strictest stet. it deals wi h t',
cal questions with an earnest wish to cet it
truth, and place only good and capable n;en
office. 10
IT IS A PEOPLES PAPER,
and relies on their support and good opiuinsrr!,
er than the favors of political leaders. Nor li
it done so in vain. Its independent cuurt
more epecially ia denouncing legi:tivecur..
tion and exposing the practices of thieves in ( fy,
has made it the favorite of the maseese nr-j
learcd et dishonest aspirants and dcbau.-bel vrT
leaders Of the rrputatioo it has eared in tt,'f
respect it is sincerely proud; and it wishc, L.
different standing in tbe field of j'urna!isra jQ'
this regard than a discriminating public promM
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aud good opinion will be its constant enJeaur"
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and raaks with the leading j'larnalf whioh ft
thoroughly awake e al) that is going ou -f
news department always frejdi ami full i
editorials are written witb a purpo e in view It,
market reports ar.d commercial news gatherii.f,
are meant to supply the utoet exacting leat: u
the bastarss pablic.
h m it rnosPLKoi's. GRotrixG pati:::,
having from the stait gnno ahead, outstripi ii',
older ocupaiitp of the field of journalism, aiii
bus attained to a prosperity aad come toexer.jj
influence fei;iU to ao papi-r ra the State. Jl-ul
it hi-s fairly the rai It of the firt paper 'u
I I'enusy vania is ibeverdret ef newspnper reajtri
, in g-'tieral
J ITS PAST COrRSE IS J TS BESTRl-'-
OMME.PATJ(i.,
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ging in new professions or tttaktiug fre-h ir,an,
1 1 ans, wuhb auuerilkg Eu rS standard iu ;mi.
ties and morals, te improve as it prugre.,-' utl
omit nothing that will add to its strength ur lu
cre a Us !efulnees
THE NEXT YEAH.
The "ifrr(i.' enters o at.oti.er var Hrv.
and aopeful. aud with a deliberate puru,t cvn
fisteut with what has beea tetid atfe-ve At.d :t
does not hesitate to ask the co-operation el t 1
who approve f that purpose No hexiutinn i
telt iu saving that it desires thi supp.u; ii, in
creasing its circulation and enlarging the s;.ii--r
of its ust-fulness. The season is nt haiij mi?z
Congress aud tbe Legislature will bo In st-itr.
acid stirring events at both the Matinnal and -tee
Capitals will be transpiring. The nie-:are- i-t
tbe t-plcndid auministnition of lien Ojam w-t;
soon be before thecvuntiy embracing qut-t:6r.j
of the de pest interest to every reader and ut
payer. The s:ato Legislature tun, will preset
matters of interest. Abroad, the si-ne urc ai.i
mating, and at bou:e in the field of pontics. j- -
ular movements relating to education nrjj rr '.
gious quesiions are appearing, ot which in
should permit himselt tu be igt.nratit. and i- n
ceming which all that is essi-nt inl to be kt.o-.Tn
will be tbe aim of the 'Join hi'rn.il tugie
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THE WEEKLY COMM Ell CIA !.
is a large 3rcoluuu nuwf-pnper. containi:; fw-r
advertisements Its ample coiuoin ctr.::r,
complete compendium of the urwg uf the ti,
the leading edi'orinls from the dai?y ;,a iVe
kircitsn ami home markets. It i etnphaticallv a
family newspaper. Terms 5- p r year, ii r Ir-,-bly
in advance. Inclu"a of J) ; ill.
Uin eopies sent free. Send lor ca:aloue ct.ii
liiining, list of premimiM. Ad Iresi
THE CO.M.MKilll.Ab.
""h
QHKRIFTS SALK. By virtnr ol a
of Fieri Fncii. issued out ol" w i'cr.r.
of Common Pleas of Clearfield county ar.il tn uie
directed, there will be exposed to puhliettlc t
the Court House, in the l!rngh nl CIcjiiDaid ,u
FK 1 1 A V. OECE.MUEK. ?ltb. isu'.. at 2 o'elvtk,
I. M.. the following desciitted property, to wi.:
All the interest rf the ilc''endai.t of in at.J io
certain piece of land, with a t am ?nw njiil s; i
its eppurtenanoes. uml otlit-i I uildini ero- -(J
thereon, ni uate in iVady tnwti.l:i:t.t.'U'ar5vot c .
Pt des;i ibi d as follows : Resinning at a ulii e
oakeotner thence west 1 1 ti peiclies to a pct. co--ner
of land sdd o Robert l'atN:i. thei.ee lo-rii
132 perches to a pot, thence east iil ptrr-h- tu t
post, thence fouth 2) percht-5 t.- a port tht-i e
easto? percbe to a tKist.rhence south 1 12 prr,i.M
to place of beginning, containing ai.out s,1 --i-i
and allowance being the same property rut.vey
cd by Ira C. Fuller and wife lv dr-el. to lb "
Smith, and !. W. Cat.tieM, record-1 in Clearfte!!
county, in Xeed hook Rlt. page 47 etc Se-i'J.
taken in rxreution and to be sold as the piupity
of Win. C. Smith
Dec I. C. II-tWK. Sheriff
EO!!fI,LARD"S i an excellent ar'ic'e 'f
FI " O V Iv" (granulated iu-it,i :
JaU ii lalXV wherever introl-jcJ it is
SmOKing Tobacco j univ-tsnl'y ndtnirH It
is put up in handsome muslin ba-rs. in whi-h or
ders for Meerschaum Pipes are daily pucioi
LORII.LAKD'S 1 classed by allwhoc--sari:
Vwlir I lull il 45 the finest ef ail." t
1 K lib L-lllll me of the cLoicfl
Smoking Tobacco leaf grown; it is aijti ner
vous in its effects, as tiie Nicotine hx been ti
traded ; it leaves no ais.igrceat le taile af'er hh'v
king; it is very mild, liht in color ana eif"
j hence one pound will la.si as long as 3 of ordir.
I tobacco. In this brand we also pack orders every
I day fr first quality Meerschaum IMpes Try it
I and convince Tourse'ves it is all it claim! to be.
ihe finest of all."
LORILT.ARD'S
CENTURY
Chewing Tobacco.
This brand of Fine Cat
Chewing Tobacco h
equal or superior B I'
where, iinwn.'
doubt tbe best chewing tobacco in the country
InuLLARIKS I have new been inret tr'l
Q X I' Ii W Q use in the I'nited
O U 1 r t5 0wer iu years, an!
acKnowlodged -'the best" whercvor used
If your storekeeper daos not hsve these ir'';:''!
for sale, ask him to get them; they are tali hS
respectable jobbers almost everywhere.
Circular of pr ice forwarded on application.
Dec. l, o9-3m. P. LOKILLAI'.D. N,-V".-k
CLEARFIELD AODKMV.
Tho Second Session of the present S-'hols''"
year of this Institution, w ill couiroanee on Mon
day, the 22d day of September. 19.
Pupils can enter at any time. They "ill
charged with tuition from the timo thej ,e,:J
the oloee of the session
The course of instruction embraces evervrsit.f
included in a thorough, practical and 'a
pUshed education of both sexes.
The Principal having had the advantage (
much experience in his profession, assures r
rents and guardians that his entire ahilt'J
energies will be devoted to the mental and tu
traiadng of the youth placed under his charge
Terms of Trmox:
Orthography. Reading. Writing and rr'."J
Arithmttie, per session; (II weeks.) ,"(,,
Grammar, Geography, Arithmetic, and -
Algebr.Jometry. Trigonometry. Mersors'n
Farveying, Philosophy, Physiology- Cbetnt
Book-keeping, Botany, and Physical Gee-
Latin, Greek and French, with any of the
bove branches . ieJ
Music. Tiane, (30 lessons.)
VSTSo deduction will be made for absecw
For furthar particulars inquire of
Rr. P. t. HARRIS" J - c-,
Int. -ii iu7 jrincif
..ntlVOS.
s
TOVES of all sorts and sues. c". - :?
band at
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