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CLKARFIELD, PA.. JAN. 19. 1"0-
The Alabama lVcgudature assembled oa
Tuesday of last week.
Gen. Sherman, in his order announcing
Vhe cuh of Geneial Mower, wyi "abetter
oldier of braver man never lived."
The Governor of Rhode Island earnestly
recommends the adoption of the XVih
Atnendtnendmeut, by the Legislature now
iu enion. .
Senator Sherman ia designated the "great
American Fiuancial Hobbyist." It must
be rather discouraging to him, however, to
fee ro very few of hi hobbies successful.
. Kr,1iirinn Was adnrited in the New York
Legislature requiring members contesting
aeate to bear their own expenses. This ex
ample is worthy the attention of our ltepre
eenlativra at Harrisburg.
The Mississippi Legislature met at twelve
o'clock on Tuesday, January 11th. and ef
fected a temporary organisation. The oath
was administered by the J udge of the Su
preme Court. The test oath was required.
Governor Randolph's message to the New
Jersey Legislature states that the excess of
receipts over expenditures and the assets on
hsod are sufficient to pry all dtibts of the
8tate. A very comfortable fiuancial condi
tion, aurcly.
A member of the Wyoming Legislature
seeking to sustain a point of order, jerked
his coat off with "Mr. Speaker, if some
reliable man will hold these duds, I'll teach
him that he is out of order." The point
was sustained, of course.
' Train proposed, in a recent Boston speech,
to grind Charles Sumner up in twenty five
minutes, if that statesman would present
hiuvelf. Charles, however, did not present
himself, no doubt, little relishing the idea of
being mads up into sausage.
vThe Memphis Avalanche's Jackson, Miss.,
correspondent says Gov. Alcorn refuses to
l icstalled until the State U admitted into
the Union. The Lcgijlaturc n.cet, rat
ify the Fifteenth Amendment, elect Uuited
States Senators aud adjourn until after the
admission ot th State
The darkey who used to work at a case by
the side of Brick l'owcroy has been heard
from. He writes to the Cleveland Herald
that Brick owes him $2 70 borrowed money,
and that he would starve before he would
ugaio "work at a . case alongside of Brick
l'omeroy." That's pretty severe on Brick.
lion. John Huyler, who was assaulted by
a drunken rowdy in the town of Hackcnack,
Now Jersey, several weeks tin, died on
Monday evening a week from the effects of
injuries received. He represented the Fourih
uiatrict of New Jersey in Congress some
years -ago, and had nerved as Speaker of the
Assembly of New Jersey. At the time of
his death he was one of the Judges of the
Court of Appeals. Ackermao, his assail
ant, is in jail, but denies any recollection of
the crime he committed while intoxicated.
A letter from Dr. Ghel-t, of Berlin. Prus
sia, has been published, in which he says
that, from the description given, be believes
that Dr. Paul Schoeppe, convicted of mur
der at Carlisle, Pa.', is the same Paul
Schoeppe who, with his lather, was some
years ago convicted at Berlin, for forgery,
theft, etc. This letter has reopened the dis
cussion in the Schoeppe case, and as to
how it will terminate remains to be seen,
la the Berlin trial.ooeof the most important
witnesses was a locksmith whom Schoeppe
had employed to make the key with which
he robbed his employer's safe, although the
locksmith was innoceut of Schoeppe's pur
pose in procuring the key. That witoess.it
is said, is now in New York city, and called
at the office of the Staats Zcttxinq to cor
ro be rale the statement in Professor Gheist's
letter. It is now suspected that the testi
monials of character Schoeppe publX-hed
some weeks ago are forgeries.
The electiou of Mr. Iviu, as State Treas
urer, secuts to have been the result of a
regular "bargain and sale," between the
Democracy oa the oae side, and certain un
principled Senators and Representatives, of
KepaMeean proclivities, on the other. By
this "sale" the Democrats handed over an
important Slate office to a small cabal who
must have some peculiar reasons for desir
ing iu oontrol.auJ the cabal have, to return,
handed over the political majority in the
State Senate to the enemies ot the Republi
can party, by their infidelity 76 the Senato
rial contested election cases. Senators Lowry
(uf Erie) and Billingsfelt (of Lancaster)
have especially dishonored themselves per
oaally and politically by their actions in the
premises. No explanations can free them
from their base betrayal of party, and they
only merit the contempt and scorn of all
honorable men for their perfidious infidelity
to -party jjsagea. Although recreant Re
publicans have delivered over control of one
branch of the Legislature to our political
enemies, yet we despair not of the ultimate
auceess of -the Republican party. . The
treachery of an Arnold did not defeat Amer
ican liberty, neither will the treachery of a
few corrupt, pretended political friends, de
feat the final triumph of pure Republican
principles. Than, let the honest and incor
ruptible masses ef the Republican party
disavow these political fungus, and replace
them, with honorable and reliable represen
J.stivM at the earliest opportunity..
;; H. BTJOHEB SWOOPE, ESQ.
C President Grant,-on Monday last, sent in
to the Senate the name of H. Bdcheb,
Swoope, q., of this place, for U. S. Dis
trict Attorney, for the Western District ol
Pennsylvania; . .v., ""-i -
This appointment is well deserved. Mr.
Swoope is not only a first-class lawyer, pos
sessing the ability to discharge the duties of
the office sou to promote the best interests
uf the Government, but he has been a zeal
ous, earnest, and most eloquent advocate of
Republican principles. For many years
past, especially during the dark years of the
war, he Canvassed the State in behalf of the
Republican party, and hia eloquent appeals,
cogent arguments, and untiring efforts, con
tributed largely lo the success of our candi
dates. Mr. Swoope was born in Huntingdon, Pa.,
in 1831, andlsuow thirty eight years of age.
He received a thorough cla.-wical education,
studied law with Hon. John Scott, now U.
S. Senator, and was called to the bar in
1852. In 1853 he settled in Clearfield, and
is now in the enjoyment of a very large and
lucrative practice.
As a popular speaker, be has few equals,
and, perhaps, no superior in the State. His
manner is graceful, his voice is powerful, yet
susceptible of every degree of modulation,
his style ornate, but clear and logical, and
the impression he makes on his audience
always pleasing and convincing In criminal
cases, before a jury, he is one of the most
effective speakers we have ever heard.
He has had large',experienee at the bar,
having been engaged in very many grave and
important cases. Our own people will not
ioon forget his conduct of the case ef the
Commonwealth vs. Lena Miller, who was
indicted for poisoning her husband, where
be was assigned by the Court to assist the
District Attorney.and procured the first ver
dict ever rendered in America, where chem
ical iuvestigation failed to find arsenic in the
stomach. The experienced scientific experts
brought here, paid him the high compliment
of saying that it was the best tried case in
which they had ever been called to testify.
His recent defence of Morrison, whers he
almost wrested from the jury a verdict of
murder in the second degree, when every
body supposed his client could not escape
the gallows, and his prosecution of Ball for
the murder of JobSneaib.who was convict
ed ot murder in the first degree by the force
of his concluding argument, with many other
cases we might cite, all attest his superior
ability as a criminal lawyer.
In the civil courts ho has been no less
'successful. It is not long since he conduct
ed a case in the United Slates Court, before
Judge M'Candless, asainst some of the
oldest and ablest land lawyers in the State,
the trial of which lasted tweniy-seven days,
and during which all the points he made to
the Court were affirmed, and the verdict was
in P'.vor sf hvi c'ic:.t. The laud in dispute
is worth a quarter of a million of dollars.
His argument in the contested election case
of Robeson vs. Shugart, made in the Hall
of tho State Senate, his annual appearance
lieforc the Supreme Court, where he has
been uniformly successful, all bear witness to
his ability and experience as a civil lawyer.
We have every confidence that his duty to
the Government will be earnestly and faith
f -illy discharged, and that President Grant,
the Senate, and people of the district will
have no cause to regret his appointment.
The Public Credit Abroad.
AH the threats of repudiation of the pub
lic debt made by Democratic leaders do not
seem to have affected our credit abroa I in
the least. There appears to be among the
capitalists of Europe a well-merited confi
dence in the honesty and integrity of the Re
publican administration and party, and an
unwavering faith that the public debt will be
redeemed to the uttermost farthing. Such
is their confidence that they are now seeking
to invest largely in Government loans atiow
interest. A Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore Sun telegraphed that paper
lust week that two representatives of foreign
banking houses (one from London and one
from Frankfort) have arrived in this coun
try for the purpose of making propositions
to the Government to negotiate abroad a
four and a half per cent. loan, should Con
gress authorize it, on the plan submitted by-
Secretary Boutwell iu his annua report, and
which will be considered at an early day by
the Senate Finance Committee. They state
that if the interest is made ) ay able semi-annually
in London, Paris and Frankfort, they
will be able lo effect the sale of at least
$200,000,000 of such a loan. Pending the
action of Congress -on this question the
terms on which the foreign houses will un
dertake the proposed loan will be submitted
to the Secretary of the Treasury. These are
of course, based on a commission, which, it
is said, will be much less than was paid for
selling the Five-twenties.
New Coinage. Sj ecimens of a new sil
ver coinage have just been struck .at the
United States mint in Philadelphia of the
denominations of 10, 25 and 50 centa. Thtej
different specimens of each of these de
notuinatiois have been submitted to the
Treasury Department for approval. The
standard value of the new corns is re
duced :r as to correspond in actual value
with our present 'currency,' with a view to
ilsimmediate ue instead of the 10, 25 and
50 cent notes.
The Ohio State Senate, on the 1 1th, rati
Sed the fifteenth amendment to the Con
stitutioo, by a vote of 19 to IS. It is un
derstood that the house will do the same
the "Independent" members, holding the
balance of power, being favorable thereto.
It is said that Mr. BoutwelTs report, or
that part relating to funding ihe National
debt at a lower rate of interest, was not very
favorably received in Germany che capi-
toHsts, no doubt, preferring the highest rate
oi interest obtainable.-" -
. Newspaper Change. The Indiana
Re gister was last ween, sold to Mr. Birk
man, of the Blairsrille Press. In conse
quence of this change the publication of the
Vrs ceases. We wish Mr. B. success in
J his new quarters.
Our West Indian Possessions.
The Dominican Republic proposed to be
annexed to the United States, by a treaty
which the President was to have sent into
the Senate oo Monday, consists of that part
of the island of Hayti, which in 1777, by
treaty between France and Spain was set off
to the latter forever. It has always been a
distinct political district from the western
part of the island, or French Hayti.although
for many years after 1821, when it declared
its independence of Spain, it was subject to
the Haytieo Republic of Boyer., But since
1S44 it has been a separate goverment. lhe
boundaries between the two little nationa
have always been iu dispute ; but it is still
claimed that the Dominican Republic con
tains all the old Spanish portion of the is
land or about three fifths of the whole.
The area annexed by this treaty will there
fore be about 22,000 square miles; or nearly
three times as large as the State of Massa
chusetts. The population is variously esti
mates from 120,001) to 150,000; but not much
more than that of the State ot Delaware.
The people are generally idle, extremely su
perstitious and poor; but the soil is rich;
the situation of the island is well adapted
for extensive trade, aud its soil is peculiar
ly rich in many products needed in thiscoun
try. Mahogany wood aud tobacco, the best
in the world, will come to us free of custom
duties, and therefore somewhat cheaper than
now; and this to the mass of our people, is
likely to be the principal change resulting
from annexation.
- Society in the island is in disorder; the fi
nances ot the Republic are in a desperate
condition? The currency is depreciated al
most to woitblessness; and the population to
be added to our nation is not ot a character
to strengthen it much in intelligence and
morals. But the amount to be paid by our
government is said to be less than the earlier
treaty gave for Samana Bay alone, being
only 1,500,000; and in a financial point of
view, the bargain is probably a good one,
considering the larpe resources ot the island,
and the certainty that the feeble political or
ganization of Hayti will coon give way in
comparison with Yankee enterprise and or
der next door, and seek annexation too.
Fruits of Democracy in New York.
ire lammany ring is to all appearance
about to have the supreme control in the
city of New York. This is probably the
most shamelessly corrupt band of ruffians
in the world; and with, an annual revenue
of more than twenty millions in their power.
they are able to do what they please. They
have so debauched aud inflamed the rabble,
who are under the lead of thieves, rum sel
lers. gamblers and desperadoes, that even
the Democracy are unable to exorcise the
devil that they have let loose to plunder
the citizens. The future of that great city
is gloomy iu the extreme ; and it may re
quire a civic revolution, something like
that which purified Sau Francisco soiui
years ago, to relieve it from misrule. The
Timet remarks .
There is every reason to believe that the
power t.f the Tammany ring will roil over and
crush all that has Lejn most honest, efficient
aud euiivbteneu in our mumciple govern
ment. Under pretence uf restoring munic
ipal rights, all authority not wielded by that
organization is to be seized and, the el
euients that make and control the Common
Council and the Street Department, will
grasp l he powers of the Board of Health,
the board ot Excise, the Pulice and Fire
Departments. The roughs, the rabble, the
repeaters, the grog shop keepers in short,
the lowest strata generally demand it, and
the leaders, however they may dread the in
dignation of the future, are powerless to
resist. They have promised the spoils is
the reward of victory, and these will rot
and probably cannot be refused. Men who
desire to see the City well poverned.and who
will be sad to see many of the best men in
office in this city go out. may as well pre
pare for the wurst. Nothing in more clvar
than that the Deuirxratic victory is essen
tialiy a retrograde movement, and an actual
triumph of the di-orgi n sii g el men hot
midst. Those who rejoice most are the
worst classes of our people, and jtjiey alone
are gainers except as these leaders gain
with them.
New Counterfeits. Three well execu
ted counterfeit fifty-cent notes, of the new
issue, were detected at the Redemption Bu
leau of the Treasury on January 1 1th, being
the first counterfeits of the new series, and
are well calculated to deceive. " There are
indications that employees ot the American
and National Banknote Printing Company
of New York have had in their employ men
in league with the counterfeiters. It is a
well-known fact that several years since there
was priuted at the Treasury Department 8
fifteen cent note which was never issued, for
the reason that one of the engravers w-s de
tected in taking an impression of the plates
tt is stated he has since been in the employ
of the National Banknote Company. and al
though his record was made known to the
officers, they still retained him. . The face
of the vignette of Lincoln in the counter
feit differs in some respects from the origi
nal and the seal is somewhat blurred. The
backs of the notes are, however, a perfect
imitation of the genuine.
The British authorities in Nassau are en
forcing the British neutrality laws by seizing
vessels suspected ofa design to run the Span
ish blockade of Cuba. Dur ing the civil war
in the United States, the port of Nassau
was notorious as a harbor for blockade runners
and relcl pirates, but the British author!: iej
never lifted a finger then to enforce their
neutral obligations. They said they had no
power, but now they sieze blockade runners
without question of their power. This of
itself, is a confession that England .was
wrong in the Alabama matter. And it
proves, also, that the British Government
was secretly hostile to the United States
during our war, as it is secretly friendly to
Spain now. -
How many ministers are there, who dis
course eloquetnly about preaehing the gos
pel to the poor, who wotild do as did Rev.
Arthur Mitchell, of Chicago? This gentle
man enforces his doctrine by declining an
offired addition of one thousand dollars
to bis salary, and proposes that it be given
toward furnishing cheaper sittings for those
who are kept away from church on account
of pew rents. There is a little practical
Christianity.
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York, Pa It to hare a daily paper. r:
Philadelphia ha, 800 whiskey shop. ,
Tarmi of Journal only - two dollar a year ia
advance. I
England complains tbat the iour Mat from this
country hai alum in it.
New York baa formally declared war on the
atom p-tail -eow twill mi'k deaiera.
Oepredationa oo the male marching hat
band a pocketi while they are aIe p.-. t
A womon was murdered in Boston, oa Cbriat-
maa day. in a quarrel about five oetilaj .... ,rr,.
It if aaid that there are now four timet at many
cattle in Tezat aa there waa before the war.
Two hundred liquor ihcpi have been ran in
Boston the paat year despite the prohibitory law.
The real property of Kichmond, Va., ia estima
ted at $21,000,000, end the the personal at 10,-
250,000.
Three bend red and two deer were brought t
and parsed through Tyrone, duriDg the deer kill
ing season
A Cincinnati paper advertises lor "girls for
cooking." Too will take them raw when yon get
accustomed to them.
The Pope baa issued a bull that 611s with curses
sixteen closely written pages of ecclesiastical
Latin. Qudhelpns!
So many men are ao rery "short" aboat this
time, that Tom TLumb and Commodore Nutthare
ceased to be curiosities.
A good advertising medium the Journal
Cautions and estray notices $ I SO for three inser
tions Cash to accompany noticei
Some people in Bellefonte profess to see of..
almost nightly. Probably the reault of too
frequent indulgence in strychnine.
The latest iemnle dodge is for weeping ladies to
go around borrowing black dressea in which to
attend my dear husband's funeral "
A drunkard was found lying in the Pottsville
grave yard, and when taken in charge by an of
leer be claimed to be a petrified giant.
A dog killed eight valuable aheep.for Mr. flale.
near now Shoe, Centre county, one night last
last week. The dog was afterwards shot.
What ia the difference between a dandy on a
spree and a dog'a tail ? The one ia a puppy on a
bender, and the other is a bender on a puppy
Trinity Church, New Yorc.with ita three chap
els, has 2. HO communicanta. and St. George, of
which Dr Tyn is rector, haa 1.500 communicant
The progresa of national wealth in this country
it thus roughly estimated: In 1850. S7.I35.7S0.
223. In 1S0,$ 16,159,61S 063. In 1870, $24,208.
000 000.
. The name of the Altoona VinJicottr baa been
changed to that of Thi Altoona Sun. The pro
prietors. D. W. Moore A Sons, talk of issuing i
daily shortly.
The Norristown RfgiutT rejoicea in a aobacri
oer vz years old. who bat taken that paper aince
lSlii and always paid for it in advance. May bis
tribe increase.
An Iowa bride, according to a journal of tbat
State, 'is a n.erry, warm hearted, level-headed
truthful liitle anel. manufactured expressly for
the chap who got her."
A visitor in Boston waa asked what waa the
most noticeable thing he had seen in the city .and
tie replied: "A placard announcing 'grammar
taught in seven hours.' "
A fan rr.ir.sUco lay who had an eye knocked
out with a rocket sees St 0,000 damages wilh the
other eye. The man who fired the rocket can't
see it, though, with two eyes.
The fcarclet fever scourge still prevails in Rich
land township. Cambria county. Over thirty
children have already died, and many more are
tica and not likely to recover. .
The Dinges School House, near Millbeim. Cen
tre county, waa burned down on Christmas last.
together with the books. apparatus maps, mottoes,
eto. the result of carelessness, it is said.
Thirty wholesale liquor establishments and
distilleries were seized on Tuesday by Collector
Bailey, of the Third (Long Island) New Tore
district, for evasion of tax by false returns.
Editors do not seem to b s popular in Maysville
Kentucky. One or them ran for Clerk and re
ceived two votes, and another for Mayor and re
ee:ved forty the lowest cast fur any candidate.
Don't forget, if you want catda. envelopes, let
ter heals, bill heads, circulars, or any other kind
of job printing. that yoi can hare itdoue on short
notice and at cheap rates, at the Journal office
The Minnesota Senate consists of twenty mar--
tied men and two bachelors. In the llouso there
are forty one married men and six bachelors
Majority of married men on joint ballot, fifty
three. K)reat heavens V said a bar room bully of Den
rerCity.wbo shot a atranger for declining to take
a drink with him, "good heavens! am I never to
oome to Denver without being obliged to kill
eomcbndj ?'
The machinery for a new rolling mill, to b.
erected in Bellefonte the coming spring, it in
course of preparation. Bellefonte is a go ahead
place. Why don'toureipltalistsereotome man
ufacturing es;ablirhmeuts in Clearfield ? '
Some theivet entered Ed Perkt A Cos mill, in
Pbilipsburg. on Monday night a week, and stole
five sacks of Sour therefrom. So doubt the
scoundrels were hungry, and adopted this dis
honorable mode oi supplying their wants
Nearly all the signs in Salt Lake City bear the
strange prefix of Holiness to the Lord The fol
lowing are two examples: '-Holiness to the Lord ;
Zion's Co-operative 1 nstitute." -Holiness to the
Lord; Cider, apples and Cakes -for Sale here."
The veatmenta worn at Rohm are described aa
beautiful beyond conception, and tbe ladies aay
the lace upon tbem surpasses anything in tbe
world. So daxiling are the colors of the dressea
that tbe bUhopa are likened to a bed of tulipt in
appearar.ee. v
A venerable President of a Western College
who it proverbial for leaving nothing unprayed
for, remembers our now ex President thua: "O.
Lord, we pray for Andrew Johnson We oit
that he ia nothing but a piece of rotunnsss ander
Thy nose, but. O Lord, teat him up." .
Aa Irishman of Dunmore, Va . on being ap
pealed to for bis signature on a petition for -Free
Cuba,1' exclaimed, '-Ah. I know what you want;
you want to annex Canada, and git Cuba, then,
when there cornea another draft, we poor divila
will have no place to go to. I'll not do it."
At a recent trial io Ergland. before Justice
Willes, in which a polioeman was spoken of by
one of the witnesaes as a - copper." a aiiseusaion
arose aa to the meaning and derivation of the
term. The Judge closed the d iscursion by saying
tbat it waa undoubtedly derived from the word
rapio, I take."
Frank Phelps, a young Gentile living at Salt
Lake City won the consent of a young Mormon
ladylto change her name to Phelps, which to en
raged tbe elder that they let live -'destroying
angels" oa the track of the Geotilo. Bat the track
got -too fresh,'- for. though only boy. Phelps
succeeded in killing one -angel" and putting the
reel to flight.
A lsav man in h W.t has invented a novel
apparatus called tbe "Autoinatio Fire Lighter.
It consists of a small clock on tho plan of an alarm
clock, which at any desired hour Hgbtt a match
and oiled wiek on the hearth by aatan ot a eon
nesting wire. Tbe fcindliagt in lhe store are so
arranged that they are readily ignited ; and all
that it needed it to deride at what time yon want
vour fire etarted in the morning, eat the clock.
and tbe affair will take care of iteeli.
STATE TBEASUHEB. !
The election of State Treasrer canie off on
Weduesday nf last week -January J3tn.
Geo. W. W. Irwin was elected the result
of a colition between disaffected. Eepubli-,
cans'aod the Democracy., The defeat of
Mr. Maciey, the regalar Republican noun-
nee, was a surprise to the masses of the Re
publican party. The Philadelphia Press in
noticing the re.-u!t says :
The election ot Mr. Irwin as State Treas-
I L 1
urer, was .unexpected. , Jir. juackey nau
been regti'arly nominated in Republican cau
cus ; and had a tew weak and laitniess mem
hers of the organization been disposed to
recognize the will of a majority, he would
have been elected. We eauuot undei stand
and cannot justify that conduct which
prompts men to take the chances of victory
in a party council and then at defeat turn
npon the party and rend it. This spleen ts
the destruction of all organization ; and
farther, it ignores all representative wishes,
fjr, so far as public sentiment was reflected
through Republican members of the Legis
lature, the people had declared in a prehmi
nary way their preference for Mr. Mackey.
His ability and good management had been
endorsed. No man said aught against him
personally or officially. Mr. Irviua record
may be equally good, but the fact that he
has been sustaiued in a way violative of ail
party decorum, is sufficient ground for cen
sure. But the worst phase of this contest is the
mean advantage these bolters have allowed
the Democracy to take of the Republican
party. They must have known tbat tbe
Democracy would not scruple to part with
its pledges aud principles in order to make
discord in the opposition ranks more proiui
neut. Tbey must have knowu that any
triumph based upon such questionable as
sistance could not reflect any genuine Re
publican sentiment. Their knowledge should
have expelled all spleen, smothered all re
sentment, and given the contest over to de
,-ision oti pnucipie.
Tbe Democracy did not fail to receive the
advantage tendered thetu. They went thro'
the farce of a nomination for Treasurer, and
then abandoned their candidate fur one op
posed to them io politics. Why their apos
tacy? Why their despicable departure
from everything honorable or even partisan?
Why did the unscrupulous Wallace instruct
his bigoted adherents to vote solidly for Ir
win? We fear a truthful answer, to these
questions would prove alike dishonorable to
the bolters and the Democrats.
Unfortunately that answer cannot at pres
eut be given, but we will look for it with anx
iety throughout the work of the session, and
we call upon all honest Pennsylvanians to
keep watch over their representatives.' - The
answer will crop out sometime daring the
tession. and of this rest assured. Let us
sec tj whose glory or infamy it will redound.
Mr. Irvin is in no leg;il, poTitical,or moral
sense the Tr.'.nurer of Pennsylvania. The
Republican party is entitled to the honor of
conferring that office. That party is the
majority party of the State.. When its de
serters are taken up and embraced by the
minority, in the face of a majority sentiment,
tbe result if no better than a fraud, aud de
serves the severest censure. - Vain are ali
protests that improper means have not bet n
used to secure hU election. Suspicion will
not be hushed by so specious a plea. Sup
pose no Democratic members were bribed.
Suppose the hauds of the bolters are al
clean, how can that justify thesplenetic phase
of tbe bolt? How will it satisfy the people
who have been cheated out of their candi
date? How does it answer the spirit of in-
eubordination and rebellion that lies at the
bottom of the bolt? We speak of Mr.
Mackey and Mr. Irwin as equals in ability
and integrity. The bolters do not pretend
to sustaiu themselves by an argument based
upon Mr. Irwin'sjuperiority. The I) mo
crats will, of course, claim that their caucus
nominee was preferable to Mr. Irwin, else
their stultification must be greatly (lighten
ed. The whole method and manner of this
election is, therefore, at sword's point with
principle aud usage, whether party or gen
eral. We do not see how any honorable
man can Conscientiously abide by such a ver
dict, judging, ot course, by the light thus
tar luruished us.
We kuow somewhat of the rumors abroad
in the State raspectiug set tips, trades, com
promises, and all that, with Democratic
members, tor the purpose of detesting cer
tatu leading measures of reform. We trust
tor the houor Pennsylvania that these ru
mors are unfounded, but the election of Mr.
Irwin goes far to verity them. Because
they were rumors wo chose not to magnify
them or make them promiuent. But tbey
have been digested, and we give tbcui as
presented by the Pittsburg UozetU of the
loth. How near they approximate prophe
cy let the result prove. Here they are :
And hercis what the Opposition are willing
to pay, by way ot a price tor that present
aud future preponderance at llarnsburg
which tbe popular voice lias denied to them.
They propose to buy the tontrol of what the
people have hitherto rgarded as a Republi
can Senate. They make no disguise ot their
belief iu tbe corruptibility of at least two
Republican Senators, chosen as these were
from some of the most radically Republican
districs ot the Commonwealth, aud tbey
have even already publicly and impudently
disclosed the uaiure ot the considerations to
be paid:
Pirsl. 'A large sum of money, estimated
at f tOO.OOO, wore than one hut of which
has alretuiy been raixaL is er apart for,
piiuiartly, the detest of the Philadelphia
ponce bill, and, sjcondurily, for tue control
of the Senate.
Second. They offer to bring their fifty
four Democratic votes, in the joint oouveo
tioi ut the two liou.-es, this week, lo tike aid
oj the thirteen. Republican bolters,i( they can
seduce so many, to deleat the regular uoiui
neetor State Treasurer, and elect Irwin,
whose competition was -blown up sky-high
in the caucus last week by tbe exposure of
actual bribery attempted, and probably ciu
aumated, by one ot his weak by ouuide
friends in his behalf.
Tliird. ' They offer to euarantec, with the
same Deustjcnuo ail. tlu8UJes of a. ncv
couuty project which Las been, tor a ye r or
twopa&tgsceltiiig me legiilative cjuutcniuoe
iu the northwestern quarter of the Slate. -'
Fourth. They pledge themselves to give
the same Democratic support to the aup
port of the proposition ut a swindling raid
uion the Sinking Fund of the Common
wealth, in the pretended interests ot au en
largement ot the Erie Caual.
Thus we have staed the Democraio pur
poses and tbe price which they are ready to
oav. indeed Juice to vledo&l thenuelvtt. if
rumor be not fake, to accomplish then.
The fulfillment of this schedule is the
dinner ahead not only to Republican as
cendancy but tbe Co m tuon wealth's honor.
In conclusion, the less in of Wednesday ia.an
imperative argument in favor of aui elective
Treasurer. No ' State and no party can af
ford to renew contests so fraught with acri
mony and double dealing as those that are
now fraught for this office. To elect the
Treasurer is peace, dignity and safety. To (
elect the Treasurer if to insure the will ot i
the people in respect to him.
.i
From the South.
The following letter from a Southern res
ident to a friend in this place will, perhaps,
be read with some interest by many, and i
hence we give it room in our columns to day :
Madison Station. Miss ,
January 3, 1870. J
Dear Sir : Mrs. Perkins has just re
ccived'a letter from you, and it calls to mind
so forcibly the time when yon were in the
South, that I have determined to write to
you. I wish to tell you of the changed con
dition of everything in our sunny clime. A
new era has dawned up in everything. Peace
and plenty now reign throughout our coun
try. Instead of the despondency and doubt
that existed when you were here, now.where
ever you may go, the brightest hopes cheer
the Southern heart. This years' crop will
yield to the South $240,000,000, and when
you add to that the immense proSts which
have been derived from the Sugar, Rice and
Tobacco crops, the results seem almost mar
velous. As ComniiHsioner Wells says in
his recent report, lands hare risen rapidly in
all the desirable localities. On the Yasoo
they have risen three times what they were
two yeas ago. In my immediate vicinity,
lat.d is renting at $15 per acre. The negroes
have a great deal of money, which they
spend at the little country stores. All the
small towns are becotnine cities. Satartia
is improving rapidly. Some of the mer
chants sold there last year, it is said, $150,
000 worth of goods, and most all of this to
the negroes. The Danes, Germans and
Swedes are emigrating to the State in large
numbers, while, at the same time, the ne
groes from Virginia and the worn out lands
of tbe Carolina, are daily arriving in large
numbers. On my plantation, last year, the
negroes, li in number, made VO bales of
cotton. One man and an old mule made 11
bales, which is $1,050 for one man. Can
any other agricultural country do better?
The usual yield on good land is 7 bales to
the hand, which, at present prices, is about
$050 00. Everywhere through Hinds and
- i . . . .
.ua jison. larus nave gone up in value, iou
recollect Mr. Baily's plaitat ion on the az o
River. Two years since he would have ta
ken $S.O00 for it ; he has since been offered
$30,000, and it is probably correct that he
can Fea it jor riu.uuu. i nis year he has
rented it to a sq:iad of negroes for f 4.0J0
they agreeing to put a new fence around all
the cleared land. Mr. Baily I as opened a
bank in Yazoo City. Now is the time to
invest in Southern lands. In many sections
the people have not yet quite opened their
eyes to th j bri liant future tbat awaits the
South. ' Let another year pass by, and the
whole country will have become awakened
to the true condition of things. If I only
had the means,! could realize nntold wealth
I can buy plantations and pay for them with
two ordinary crops. The fertility of the
soil and the genial climate mast draw thou
sands from the old world. Working men
from the'.West are coining into various conn
ties of the State. Quite a-large colony has
settled near Yazoo City.
I hope 1 have net weaned yoo with my
long letter. 1 teettrm you have a fym pa
th)' for our section, an! that you w iuld re
joice to hear of the gigantic strides which
the South has made in the last two rc.rs.
The utmost harmony now exists everywhere
in tho State. Political excitement has died
out f rever. An excellent man has been
elected Governor, and now such peace.quiut
and good feeling exist as I have not seen
i inccthe war closed. The levees will now be
buil, and the great alluvial plains on both
sides of the Misisnippi and its tributaries
will receive an immense emigration. who will
cultivate cotton, rice and sugar. '
I intend to live in Madison with my faro
ily the coming year. The Colonel has offer
ed me this place for one year; so you can
write to me here. If you can bring about
$10,000 you can locate yourself somewhere
to your heart's ccntent.
Yours truly, A. O. O.
Kentucky is enjoying a "carnival" of
crime. They bare a pleasant local custom, in
lhe rural part of the State, which involved
all the respective relatives on each side in
every little unpleasantness that may arise
between two or more persons. A and B
have a knock -do wu and drag-out. The next
time A and B meet it is expected that al!
the little A's and B' s will be on hand
armed with bowie knives, shot guns, re vol
vers, harrow teeth, long bandied shovels,
and what not, and both parties shall shoot,
knock down, rip op, scalp and disembow
el as long as any A or B remains on end, on
the face of the earth. The holiday festivi
ties create an exuberance of spirits which
manifests itself in sundry lively controver
sies with the bowie knife and revolver, so
that for a few weeks after the holidays the
greater part of rural Kentucky is agitated
with the turbulent activity of these disputes.
Gold closed at 1.21 in New York on Sat
urday last a decline of 1 per cent, within
a week. .
51 en; umttscttuut-;.
AdvtrtwrmsMts set ire l fargttfp,' autre psTssai
ttylK, will ot eharrtd doubl usual tatss. JVo tuts
m LIUDLL'S M arblk ass 6tokb Yabd. Clear.
X. field, Pa.
fchop on Keed Street, near K. K
Irepot.
Jan in. 1870.
tATJTIO
V u-t ti huy or in any wav med-ile wi'H a ot
tain NOTE.' given by me to Thomas Jravea. bear-
inn date January 3d. IS70. for tbe turn of on
bundled and fiftv dollars said note pavablesiz
teen mobtha after data. . Having never received
value for tbe said note I therefore refuse tn nay
tbe tame 8. T MIICtlELb
New Washington. Jan. la.'T U-Me due.
N
AILS 6PIKES tbebft 'tb5"t-r
jmr sumttTMUttHTj,
A CDrroifs soncliXra, )..
final aeeeantot Jamee AUrgart. L I
5;oo ,. ef John'DifC'fjV
The adcmga.d. . Awditor appoint.!, w
Orphaa't Court of Clearfield oo.nr,.,o7,Ui U
ajoat. and rst.i, th. aeeo.at ,f k?I!,m
will attend to the darles of hi. aWi fcx50en,
where all parties intonated may att.nd
Jan. IO.-70-it. D. L. kWr,
""iiior.
15 THE C0CRT of Common PI,,, oTrT-"
field eonuty ; . t . ' of Ct.
FIK8T 1ATLBASK
of Clearfield,
ss.
Sa. 118 M&rch Tern 1
OhO W. SUIMEL
Xumrstfe AKach"ra4t.
The andemigned Trasteeo
atrmnlnf stt k.-
Court of Cme Plea, of CTe.rfi.ld eWT
cording to Aet of Amembly. hereb
that .he appoint FRIDAY, the llth DA Vnl
FEBRUARY. A . .870... Clearfield BooiT
to receive the proofs of trie several erediton i
to det.raaioe wpoo the same, and reqair. .n
eone holrtia ay mil of mosey or other oro.'
- " ----- - - m . -..i,iv u,1',r, ,k-
asae to the Trvstewe. "
T J. M'CrLLOl'.iu
W.M. M CULLOliiii
I V KREBS, Tra.tU,.
Jan.
177.
I
S THE COCRT of Common PUa, f cu.
field county: ; lie,.
UAKHISON t UDELL y Ho. Ul March t ..!,.
iOHN W.TCRLET. I Domestic At-.1,..
The undersigned Trasteer. anDoint.rf k.
Coertof Ccmmon Pleaa of Cl.arfi.1.1 ......
cording to Aot of Anwmblv. hereby rir, ao'tir.'
"ik"fi i-iiiws, me 1 1 in DAY Of
rr.BKUAKX. A 11 1S70. at Clearfield B,..k
to reoeive the proofs of the leveral creditor, aa'
determine npon tbe amme. and alto reauir. tl
persona Com lot; any earns of money .t,,r
property due the said John W Tarley, toUli,t
in. s.u. mi in. i msiere.
T J. M-crunoH.
W M M CCLL(ll lf
D. L KREBS. Tt.it.,
Jan. 1 9.-70.
SLEIGH 8. FOUR SKW, CtSHIOVED
SLEIiiiI.-i, foraale or exchange, at
J. L. LfcA V V'S Livery Stable
Jan. i. 1H70. Clearfield. Pa.
S1
TRAY PIOS Came to the eremite, of th.
aubscriber. ia Union townihin. .boot th. i
of lat October, two rood sited WHITK Pla
The owner it requested to come forward vtar
property. py en.rg-s and take thai. .... or
tbey will be dispored of as the law directs.
Ja r It. 70-atp. 11 B. BAILtT.
"JOTICE. AH persona indebted lo J. 1'.
Kratter. deceased, are rmutni
come forward and settle their accounts by Lay.
meats ia cash or otherwise. The books sra at bir
store and will be settled by me. or by Jack Lyil...
woo is .Hiaorisvo io maae aeuiemenls anl rw.iv.
payment.
Jsn. . IS79. C KRATZKR
pXKCUTOR'S NOTICE Km, f
-- William Irvin, lecea-eJ. Wher-av
Let ten Testamentary on the estate ef Wm. Irris
late ff the liurougD of Cerwensville. Jreesta'r
have been grantee) to the undersigned. All iwr-
suiu indebted to the said estate are rrqueitsa I.
maae immediate paymaot, and thom haricf:
claims agains tbeaame wilt present them, duly
auinonucaiou, lor settlement
K. A. IRVIN.
- J A3. B. OKA1UM.
Jan. S.1S7S. Eieooiors-.
OAUTION. The undervigned harinsr
purchased at Sheriff s sale the ful'owirr
property vit: Klgbt bedsteada and bcdnrj t
sofas earpet en the floor of iiine roots a ebair-,
bureaus stands, tables, bat race. Iwau.g fia,
paintings, X stoves and aitrb.n farniiur.. otic,
all goods sold in tbe houe ; ale,. 3 pigi, I cotr-.
I nay toll. 1 blsca eolt. and I pair twin i.eds told
' the property uf Darid Tyl.r and l.ft It o. in
possession of James Tylor and Manin Tyler bsre
b notifies all persons n t to iurcba?e or io aay
iy to interfere ith tbe sm riroiertv tae
same belonge to oie and is surjwi . my or4er
Jan. S, 70-31 JA.Vr.r U. 1 r. AI.
XO PAY It' Til K UOCT.il! CA.WUT
FULFILL HIS PR'JMISE EX
CEPT FOR MLDlClXE.
DR. II STRAESSLEY.
From Clarion eounty. Physician for th. traaim.al
ot Chrenio Disesses will visit tbe lollowirr pla
ces for the treatment nf Chronic l'iie Csa-
aultationa free of charge
l.UTIIEKSBURH . Tuesday. Jaausrv H.
PEXXi'lLLE. Wedi.eday. January i.
LUMBER CITY. Thursday. January .
BETHLEHEM Pridav, January 21
.YE IK WASHIXGTOX. Haiurd.T. Jaa 13.
.W-lVliURfr. Monday. Januarv U
XEif AtlLLP'fRT. ru.sday. Jauuar. Ji.
GLEN HOPE. Wednesday. January V.
JAXhVILLE. Ihurelar. January V.
MAP ERA. Kridav, Jsnaarv JS.
OSCEOLA. Monday January 31
BLUE BALL Fuwlay. Februarv I.
M iRHISDA I.E. Wednesday. February!.
KYLER T W .V, Thursday. February I.
FREXCHV1LLE. Friday, Febtuary 1.
GRAHAMTOX. Saturday. February -
CLEARFIELD. Monday February 7.
CUR WENS VILLE, Tuenday. February .
1 he Uoetor will visit his patients about regu
larly every two months.
Dr. Strattsley. whose appointments are pub
lished in another column, is a i roirnt rwi
dentnf this eounty. and ba, the reputatioa l a
reliable rntlemen and fkillful phvaisisn O'er
te Drmorrnt. (Jan 13. InTO-Jt.
SQUARE TIMBER.
E. A. Irvin- k Co.,
Being speoially engaged ia tbe business of bay
ing and telling SQUARE TIMBER, weald repre
sent that they are bow prepared to parches tim
ber, deilvored at either Cnrwnille. Loot nse
or Marietta, or will take It at any of these poiate
and aell oa eommuaiou, making such edaeesee
are nteeesary.
Those engaged ia getting out timber will
at our store in f!urwenvl!le, a very large tk
of STAPLE GOODS, f all dcrlpilos.
ALSO,
FLOUR,
MEAT,
ItTE,
OATS.
coit
and everything neoefiary for oe of Lew.ker.ee.
R AFT ROPE, of all tlxet.kept en hand in !'
tjuantitiea, and told at a small advanoe, hj U
eoll. Alto, PCLLEY BLOCKS, 6MALLR0PE
Special inducement, offered te tkot. -a-attr
taring Square Timber-
t. A. IBYISC
Curwensrllle, Jan. H.8
. . . ..1. .T "
. . . .vs e
C? ALT' SALT:: A prim. rr-,eee
LS a. aalt. aatca ia patent tacrrs.r"
at the ,tn f
to b. be'1
teed)
c
LOVER, Timothy and Bo.
DRY GOODS the cheapest in th0tP'S.
May VI. '67. fL.
PBTTOE& a quantity oa head "gA'tfV
Mey T.