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CliEARi'IELD, PA., APRILS, ISTO.
The Pennsylvania Legislature will adjourn
on the 7th, to morrow,, -.. :.
Messrs? flamihoo and Hantaan, fSenators
elect from Tex as, were swore in on Thursday
last, and took'tbeir'seats on the Republican
side of the chamber. - " '" - ''."" : " ''-'
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For contesting Mr. Covodes seat in Oon
rrest: Ir.. H D. Foster is, to be allowed
$1,000. :JIarry need it,;. for, no doubt, his
expenses io importing voter to defeat Co-
Vode were heavy. .
. It w announced that' the recent political
editor of the I'ittsbui -g Cwnmerciul has ta
ken charge of the editorial department of
tho Columbus (Ohio) Statesman, the Dem
ocratic rgan. A-hem. -"
. Gov. Geary, ou Friday but, returned to
the House twelve bills with his objections.
Twelve vetoes in one day, is doing quite a
wholesale business. But this is the only
way to stop hasty and improper legislation.
. Rumors in reference to cabinet changes,
. are rife at Washington. It is aid that'See
retary Fi.h will shortly retire, to be succeed
ed by '3en. Butler. Other changes are also
bin ted at, among them that of Secretary
Bout well. We shall see. . u-
-A Clergyman in Louisville threatens to
"shale hell" out of that place. Upon
wbi U the Cincinnati Times remarks : "If
he succeeds in bis laudable purpose the
remoants of "that village will scarcely be
worth looLiog after." That's pretty heavy
on the .Democracy.
The Buffalo Express says it is mortifying
to think that Bayard Taylor should traverse
two coptioents, hobnob with princes, climb
the Pyramids, fumble the keys of St. Peter,
and plow through the snows of the Arctic
circle, to come home to , Pennsylvania and '
have (he whooping-cough 1 .
' "A exchange says : "Not a single license
to sell liquor has; been granted in Potter
couuty for the last nineteen years. They
are a spberrsidel people down there." - We
should like to see ' the household . statistics
of Potter county, in, order to ascertain how
much liquor is consumed jrivatejy by those
" Says the Philadelphia Ledger ot Saturday
the several raHroad and canal companies in
this city paid their coupons maturing April
1, as announced on; Friday, in coin, except
the Morris" Canal.' which '-'went back" on
its promise and paid in current v, to the
great chagrin of its creditors ; but to make
urt for this faifurc, the Huntingdon and
Broad Top Railroad paid the coupons on
its first mortgage bonds in coin.
Very rarely has there beer a more pitiful
exhibition or little mindedness than was
shown at Columbus, Ohio, iu the refusal of
the lower House to suspend the rules in or
der to introduce resolutions of respect to the
memory of Major General Thomas. The
Democrats' hate a dead soldier yet as Utterly
as they did a living on in the war, and by
this time certainly every soldier spared from
: the dangers of the field ought to know his
relation to the Democratic party. If he
does not, he is one of those who, having
eyesj sec not.
It has been stated recently that the South
ern States would probably her.after substi
tute uiitiite for cotton. Whereupon the
witty editor of the" Chicago Pout remarks :
Mr. Riee still keeps his place as member of
Congress from Kentucky, and Mr. Roots
holds his own in Arkansas. But Al corn is
stalking abroad instead of Dent, as Governor
of Mississippi ; . Flint, with the title of
"Kernel," is aspiring in Texas, and Cobb,
who went- under in Georgia, is coming to
the surface in Alabama. And now a faith
ful correspondent tells us that the frisky
Fenton slapped Revels gaily on the back.
the other day, and assured him that he was
a "husky boy.".. We are in a uwzo.
Brick Pomeroy, Prince of Copperheads.is
.'. on a triumphant tour among the ex-rebel
notables oi Virginia. In this way he is re
plenishing his stock of vituperative adjec
tives by engrafting upon his own "red hot"
vocabulury soiue of the choicer malignity
which the F. F. V.'g still cherish toward all
who participated in putting down the rebel
lion and abolishing slavery. He writes home
to his i-aper in gushing terms of admiration
about the ex Confederate colonels and raa
jon who are loading him down with atten
tions, remarking particularly of the excel
lent reputations made by them ' through
their great service in the rebel cause. Among
l other wguificant proofs ol their very cordial
friendship for him, he narrates that some of
them have presented him with .the "identi
cal drop used at the execution of John
Brown." Overjoyed by being made the eus
. todiaa of a relic so dear to the true Demo
cratic heart, he exuhingly adds: "The last
, ".platform he (John Brown) . ever - occupied
" is now in our possession.' . . . ' The drop
" which flopped from under the great raid
"er can. in a short time be seen at the of
' ficeof the Democrat i nXew Vork What
a trophy of a victory gained by the slave
, power over a poor old enthusiast who believ
d pod's law of liberty superior to' man's
Iniquitous code of human bondage ! It is
. bat natural too, that rebels of four years'
; standing and their cordial Democratic sym
pathizer's, since they themselves have esca
ped the halter, should exult over the death
of this heroic old martyr.
Death of Gen. 6. H. Thomas.
t)n Wednesday last. the country was start
led by the announcement of the BUdden
death of Gen. Geo. H. Thomas, at San
Francisco.ageBtty-fuur years. Gen Thom
as rocenpted a high place in the estimation
of his countrymen, on account cf his bril
liaut explo'ts during the war of the rebel
lion. The Pittsburg Chronicle in noticing
his death says : "lie was the model sol
dier of the Republic. Born in Virginia,
IS 16, he graduated at West Point in 1840,
won his tirevetas "First' Lieutenant in Flor-
ida,."for callatit conduct," his Captain's
grade at Monterey, under "Old Xack"
and his Major's at Buena Vinta- v In the
war of the Rebellion,' he was one of the
few Southerners that' stuck to his flag.
He fought all through in the Army of the
West in Tennessee and Kentucky, and
was made Major General of Regulars be
fore its close, for distinguished services
Wc have not evert time to sketch tit mil
itary caieer of "Old PapTl omas," as the
soldiers loved to call. hjm..i Two points of
it stand out briuhter trn nil tho rest. At
Chicauinuea. when Longstrect broke
through tho lines of Rosccransand all seem
ed lost, Thomas throw his solitary corps,
.he Fourteenth, in tho. way, of the Rebels
and withstood their utmost assaults till
night. He saved Tennessee to us then,
and probably saved - the 1 Western Army
from distraction. ' .. A glorious picture would
it make to represent Thomas as he sat on
his horse, and hurled back the rebel charg
es that day. The orher point of peculiar
glory in Thomas's career was the battle of
Nashville in 1864. '" This battle crushed
Hood and the Rebellion in the West. It?
immediate fruits were 10.000 rebels killed
and wounded, 13,189 prisoners, 80 cannon.
3,00-3 small arms. nd 26 or 30 battle flags.
Its ultimate effects were peace and recon
struction west of the Allegheuies."' '
The remains of Gen. Thomas, will be
intered at Troy, N. Y.- ' r
Clearfield and Buffalo Bailroad.-
It is a well defined fact, that public i:n
provements develope the resources of the
country through which they ttavcrsc, and
hence the announcement of the passage of a
bill for a Railroad from Clearfield to Buffalo,
was a mutter of gratification and rejoicing
by the citizens of this county generally. This
road will pass through a great extent of
country which, at present, is still a wilder
ness, but abounding iu white pine and other
tinibor ; coal, iron ore, fire clay, and other
minerals.. This road is but a link in (be
great air-line between the Lakes and our Na
tional capital, portions of which' are already
completed at either end and along interme
diate distances. That part of the road to
which we have particular reference, extends
from Clearfield to Stnethport, in McKean
cone'?, and when built will render intact a
continuous line from Mt. Union to Buffalo
leaving bui two other links, one from Mt.
Union to Cbambersburg. and the other from
Hagerstown to Point itf Rocks, to make a
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jective points first named; !. e., between
Buffalo and Washington city. When' once
built, this will constitute one of the mott
important thoroughfares in the country, and
command an immense trade and travel.
In view of these facts, and the certain de
velopment pf the untold and now dormant
wealth of this region of country, it should
stimtila-e the citizeas of this county to re
newed activity in furthering the building of
tins, to us, most vital improvement.
Tue Bellefonte Xatioual "opines" about
Clearfield sand.' ' All right. It ought to
"opine" too on the relative amount of traffic
on the Bald Eagle Valley and Tyrone and
Clearfield branch railroads. Perhaps, in
doing so, he would find ,that "tand" formed
only a very small item indeed,-as compared
with the other traffic. Has the editor for
gotten that we are sending 1,000 tons of bi
tuminous coal, every working day, from the
Moshamion region, besides some 2G millions
of feet of sawed lumber annually, and untold
quantities of shingles and building material?
Mining and manufacturing interests Lave
increased so rapidly, that the inhabitants of
Rush township have urgent deed of a speedy
transit between their homes and the seat of
justice, which they cannot hope fur so. long
as they are connected with "mother" Cen
tre. Let them come." If our "sand' is at
tractive they can cnjny it, but in doing so,
we fear, they would leave "Gould" for
"sand." And as the editor of the Xatiou
al "opines" on that account before it is se
riously agitated, we fear he will "pine" away
altogether when the annexation is complete.
CoNNFCTicrr. The State election "was
held in Connecticut on Monday. So far as
received, the vote indicates a close contest,
with a small Republican loss in several dis
tricts. The probability is the Republicans
carried the State by a small majority.
Governor Bowie applies the rod of the
fifteenth amendment to the backs of the
Maryland legislators, by veioing an act . in
corporating Chestertown because it provides
that only white male citizens shall vote.
Another shock of an earthquake occurred
a, L . . - a l a
fan r ran ci sco, on April IM. ro damage
was done, but the people were much fright
ened, and run out of their houses into the
streets. A heavy rain prevailed at the time.
The Avondale mine, wherein the terrible
disaster occurred last September, will be re
opened and work resumed this week. The
owners have provided against the Recurrence
of a similar disaster.
A bill has been introduced into Congress,
fixing Tuesday after the first Monday in No
vember, as the day upon which members of
Congress are to be elected in all the States
The National debt was reduced $5,766,
349 43, during the month of March. Ma
king the total reduction sioce the 1st of Jan
nary $15,lS4,ii25 07.
Congress will probally pass an enabling
act, looking to ihe early admission of New
Mexico a a State. . ..
Gold closed 'at Hi in
New York, on
Saturday last -
The Public ? Lands. A Washington
correspondent has been calculating the total
amount in, acres and value in dollars of the
public lands whose appropriation is contem
plated by some ninety odd bills now pending
in Congress. The aggregate' fs certainly
startling. The acres asked for are above
100,000.000, in area about three times the
size of New York State. Their value at the
Government price is $125,000,000. A great
many of those bills will not pass, and many
others ought not to ; but it is to be feared
that importunate Viand grabbers," without
the intention or the means of developing
theDublie lands they ask, will injure the
chances of honest petitioners at the head of
practicable .and important enterprises.
The public lands are too valuable to sen in
the smallest quantities at the bighen. price
to mere speculator s.
OklaHOMO. Senator Rice's bill creating
the Territory of . Oklahomo is intended to
try the experiment of civilixiog the 'Indian.
The region is the old Indian Territory, chiefly
occupied bv the Cherokee, Creeks and
Choctaws. The President is to appoint the I
territorial officers, all of whom, it 18 believed, I
ill not be white men, if capable Indians
Can be found, as probably there can be, I
mnnr tho Phprntoes and other tribes ad-
vanced in civilization. Through the council,
the Indians "who have adopted the customs
of civilized life" (this restriction lets in the
principal tribes) will be enabled to take a
direct part in the legislative affairs of the
territory. Every male Indian, over twenty-1
one years old, belonging to such tribes, will j
be entitled to vote for council delegates from
bis tribe, and be eligible to a seat in that
body.
Democratic Agoxt. Some of our breth
ren of the Democratic press occasionally
exhibit symptoms of distress worse than
usually attend the most painful cases of colic.
One of these, who edits a paper away out
at Eugene, Oregon, thus pours out his grief:
"How long, O God, how long shall the
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eyes Ot tne wnitc people 01 iue '"
States be closed to the hellish iniquities of
their oppressors ? When will the spirit of
Tell and Winkelreid rise like a Phcenix from
the ashesof our liberties, and swear on their j
blades, if necessary, that America shall bo a
White Man's Country?"
Our own opinion, remarks acoten.porary.
is that it will be some time before those
Swiss gentlemen resurrect and come fooling
around here m eddling with our business.
The Eugene man Is evidently sick very
sick. .
Maryland. The Republicans of Mary
land are demanding, with good reason, that
Congress shall not inter.ere with the duity
on bituminous coal. It is the only impor
tant interest which that State asks to have
protected, and except the clamors of a set
of free-traders in New York and New En
gland, who have been concentrating their
efforts to make the abolition of the coal
tariff an entering wedite against the whole
policy of protection, there exists no rational
,aoi nn dwu wujdu, uaavi tuuuaiion. x ne
chief industrial interest of Maryland should
receive the same fostering care claimed for
all the other great industries of the country.
In the Supreme Court of the United States,
in tho case of Doming and Latham, which
are understood o involve the Constitution
ality of the Legal Tender Act, a majority of
the Court voted in favor of a re opening .of
the case. Those for re opening w?re : J us
ticcs Swayne, Miller, Strong, Bradley .nd
Davis, those opposed were: Chief Janice
Chase, Justices Clifford, Nelson and Field.
This is regarded as a test vote on the main
question, which suggestion carries with it
the presumption that the minds of the per
sons composing the Court aie already made
np, and that the srgumctit will be simply a
matter of form.
The four recently convicted Brooklyn Dem
ocratic election return manipulators have
been sentenced as follows : One, a justice of
the peace, has been 'sentenced to ten days
imprisonment; another to three months in
the penitentiary ; another to ten 'days; and
still another to thirty days in the common
jail. Light sentences if measured by the
enormity of the crime ; but stHfthe fact of
conviction and punishment, mild as the lat
ter is, is tomethiug one step in the right
direction.
It is pretty generally understood, at
Washington, that the, President contem
plates shortly to issue a proclamation of gen
eral amnesty. This may not meet ' the ap
probation of the entire Republican parly:
but as such a measure will be necessary soon
er' or later, the only question is as to the
proper time. The President inclines to the
present as the most favorable, and the peo
ple will submit to his decisiou in the prem
ises. - -
. The Legislature of British Columbia have,
it is said, passed a resolution . that Canada
should annex Alaska and the State of Maine.
This may be regarded as a joke on the part
of these humorous legislators, but on the
other hand, it is. regarded as another way
of agitating the question of the annexation
of British North America to the United
States. - -
A bill before our Legislature enacts that,
in all cases where an incorporated plank road,
turnpike, canal or slackwater navigation
company has for ten years ceased to make
use of its franchise, works or improvements,
this non-user shall be held, to operate as an
extinguishment of its frauchise and of all
rights thereunder.
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" In the several States where municipal
elections were held this week, the Democ
racy courted the colored vote. It is said,
however, that they were not very success
ful in their wooings, as - the colored men
generally voted for. the Republican candi
dates. .
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Rev. Thoa. VickerW, leader of the anti
Bible movement in Cincinnati, was defeated
for School Board, in the 11th ward," by
Theodore Bauer, the Bible candidate.
The bill, known as the "border raid bill,"
was finally defeated in the Legislature, on
Wednesday of last week.
The Schuylkill miners, numbering about
22,000 men and boys, are on a strike again.
1 A Little of Everything.
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Coming -garden-making time.
Fact good raraioDS ought to b short.
Ob a high tho riior, on Saturday laat. ,
Iitto tho chap with tho :-Pek" neck tio.
Brtk hoop rolling among tho small boys.
Look promiaiog tho grain field, generally.
Should prepar for planting tho farmera. Now
is the tine.
All the c "(tore-pipe" hat. QenU and edi
tor! wear them. - I - , i m k
Popular medicine Jamaoia ginger, with some
of the Temple boys. ' ' " " - ' -H
Sixty millions of dollars in the New Tork ta
rings bank anelaimed. " '-'
The cry of the Congressmen, or what ought to
be my offence Uf rank.' ' '
There ii no truer ssyin; than that ''Sweet' are
,t, , Df derUemenu !
Napoleoa calls the 45,00a schoolmaster in hit
Empire. -the Paeifio army of Franeo." '
Infrequency of the mails causes complaint in
Utah. Tho females are plenty onourh.
The Nebraska plan of exterminating the Indi
ans is to teach the papoose '-Shoo Fly.".
A lioness in LonUville has three little baby li-
on, which are quite .the lions of the eity
A Baltimoreaii ha encompassed his death by
cneompa.ing a quart of whuky straight.
Described tho ipriog tyle of bonnets, a tome
L"8 a sunflower on top a Drum neap.
A letter from Germany", just received at Wash-
ingtn, was o'nly twenty-one year on the way.
A godo atriker the town clock. It struck "for
ty-two" time, without stopping, last Saturday.
Think some of the b'boyi, that swearing i
manly, whereat it only indicate a black-guard
Th Canadian exodua for 1870 hastegun. Large
number of emigrant are leaving for the United
State.
Here and there in California a storekeeper an-
noafaoe thathe will hereafter -'receive greenbacks
at par." .-
A Jereeyman, in reply to the charge that women
can do no fighting in time of war, tayt hi wife
doea nothiug else. . ,
The misting steamer City of Boston, bad fifty-
five cabin and fifty-two tteerage passengers, and
a crew of eighty-four.
OUVHIU U O HIUII CI C .1 luu I. . f " liu .v
c-.u v. .... r.. I .1. ..I. . n mtA
eet in at a back window, tho other night. -Sieh
doin' i disreputable."
Florida i tantaliiing u with aocountof beam.
peas, beets, strawberries and other luxurie wbioh
in this region are yet afar off.
A Maine man has found a bat and a eoat in hi
house. Their former occupant, a burglar, went
out through a window when abot at.
A young man in Eldred townihfp, Warren co
drank a pint of forty rod whiskey at one swallow
He won't drink any more he' dead.
Tbe.man who abot Gen. Aihley, of the Black
Hone (Confederate) caralry, ia blacking boot at
Vallejo, California, lie ia very black himlf.
3Iaine traveller rendered aatles in paaaing
from car to car upply the deficiency at the nez
nation by unroofing a byatander at the train
panes.
The PleasantTille Gahghi think that spring
is iar enough advanced to warrant the removal
of that office out of the damp cellar where it hat
ipeut the winter. - -' '
.Frog are easily please,. German, professor
has discovered that if yon take out the brain, and
then rub a wet finger down the frog's back the
creature will otook with delight.
A very haijdsime young ady in Washington
says in reference to Socretary.Robcon's bachelo
establiahmeotl'"Ifthe 'litCe bouse were a abip
how charming to be first mate
The town of Lyndon, Washtenaw county, afibh
igan, has been settled for more than thirty years.
and yet it haa neither church, hotel, store, post
office, grocery; nor mail of uy kind.
Gen Ames was admitted to a seat ia the Senate
by a vote of forty yeas to twelve naya. The Re
publicans who voted in the negative were Carpen
ter, Conalicg, Scburs and Edmunds
The place to get all the leading literary pa
7er and inagaunes, v at the Pojtofflse ; Also
school books, letter and - note paper, envelope.
pen;, pencils, ink, etc , always on hand. Blank
books turnued to order.
The Fifteenth A.oendmsot Proclamationwasnot
in time for the Connecticut election. The color
ed voter in that State numbi; between two and
three thousand, noarly all of whom.it is claimed
will vote with the Republican.
A nephew of the great Chiof Jnstiee Marshall,
of Virginia, is said to be begging in the streets of
Macon, Georgia. Virginia' may be everything
that could be desired as the mother of statesmen,
but she is eridently not a great aunt
A sraciate Justice Strong b'ar been assigned to
the Third Judicial District embracing Pennsylva
nia, New Jersey and Itolaware ! and Arsenate
Justice Bradley to the Fifth, comprising Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas.
Gen. Grant's instruction to Collector Pleasant-"
on. just appointed in place of Bailey .in New Tork,
direct, it is asserted, a very general dismissal of
hit subordinates, "in order to put ia men who
have not been in an atmosphere ot corruption "
Tennessee has adopted her new Constitution by
40.000 majority.. It is claimed for the new instru
ment that it presents the first popular endorse
ment, by a direct vote, of the doctrine of univer
sal suffrage. That is aboht the only merit that
it has - - -
A Methodist minister in the Sardinia District,
Ohio, had the parents of a ebild present it for
baptism not long truce.- On being told that the
child's name was 'Vallandigham." he refused to
baptise it. with the remark that be -'could not
give any child the name of a traitor."
Having recently added a large assortment of
type to the job department of the Jopbsal office,
we are prepared to exeente alt manner of plain
and fancy printing on short notice and at reason
able price Cards, envelopes, bill and letter
heads, neatly printed, at less than eity prioes.
Give us acfll.
Mr F. A. Com ley, Preiideot of tho North Penn
sylvania Kailroad, has furnished the members of
the Legislature of the State with S39,760 worth of
free passes, which the Philadelphia Inquirer con
siders as very uncomely conduct on his part, and
hints that be only passes great Tom, Dick and
Harry, ou condition that they should past hit lit
tle Bills.
A Norwegian laborer on the St. Paul an J PaciQo
Railroad recently sent an order to a friend in
Minneapolis for a pair of boots. The measure
tent was fifteen inches in length, by twelve Inch,
es around the ball of the foot, which, when made
up, would be about No. 22. The shoemaker bad
no last that was large enough, and to the order
was not filled.
The Lynchburg Virginia- that at the time
of the Seuthamptoo insurrection, when General
George B. Thomas was a ehild.he wa saved from
a violent death by hit elder sifter, who, escaping
from their dwelling, carried him in her arms to
the woods, just in time to teeeao him. from the
avenging furies led by Mat. Turner, who spared
neither age nor sex. -
The V ioksburg IlrraM report that when Ver
ger came back to jail in Jackson, Mist , he ex
pressed much gratification at hit week's sport,
hunting, fishing, etc. Hi first question was, "It
my room in order ?" Next, be feot a note to a
neighboring saiooa. wtik h read, "Good morning
! I hTe return. sd me a Vttie of cocktail
and a doicn cigart."
Fifteenth Amendment Eatified.
To the Senate and Iloutt of Representative:
ItU unusual to notify the two bouses of
Congress by message of the promulgation
by proclamation of the Secretary of State of
the ratification of a constitutional amend
ment. Iff view, however, of the vast im
portance of the Fifteenth Amendment of
the Constitution, this day declared a part
of that reversed instrument, I deem a de
parture from the usual custom justifiable.
A measure which makes at once four mil
lion of dcodIc voters, who were heretofore
declared by the highest tribunal in the land
not citizens of the United States, nor eligi
ble to become so, with t be assertion that at
the ftime of the Declaration of Indepen
dence the opinion was fixed and universal
in the civilized portion of the white race, re
garded as an axiom in morals as well as in
politics, that black men bad no rights which
white men were bound to respect-is indeed a
measure of grander importance than any
other act of the kind, from the ..foundation
of our free Government to the present time.
ostitutions like ours, in which all power
is derived directly from the people, must
depend mainly upon their intelligence, pa
triotism, and industry. I call the atten
tion, therefore, of the newly enfranchised
race to the importance of tbeir striving in
every honorablo manner , to make them
selves worthy ot their new privilege. To
the race more favored heretofore bj our
laws I would say, withhold no legal privi
lege of advancement to the new citizens.
The framers of our Constitution firmly be
lieved that a i-epublican iorm of Govern
ment could not endure without intelligence
and education generally diffused among the
people. . The father of his , country, in his
Farewell Address, uses this language ; "Pro
mote, thenv as a matter ot primary impor
tance, institutions for the general diffusion
of knowledge. In proportion as the struct
ure of government gives force to public opio
ion, it is essential tnat public opio ion,
should be enlightened." In his first annual
message to Congress the same views were
forcibly presented, and are again urged in
hie eighth message. I repeat that the a
doption of the Fifteenth Amendment to
the Constitution completes the greatest civ
il change, and constitutes ihe ni03t impor
tant event that has occured since the na
tion came into lite. . ine cnange. win be
beneficial in proportion to the heed that is
given to the urgent , recommendations of
Washington. It these recommendations
were important then, with a population of
but a few millions, bow much more impor
tant now, with a population of forty millions,
and increasing a rapid in ratio.,. I would
therefoie call upon Congress to take all the
means within their constitutional power to
promote and encourage popular education
throughout the country, and upon tbo peo
pie everywhere to see to it that all who
Iossess and exercise political rights shall
have the opportunity to acquire the knowl
edge which will make their share in the
Government a blessing and not a danger.
ity fucti means only can the benefits con
templated by this amendment ta ihe Con
stitution be secured. , U. S. Gbast.
. Executive Mansion, March 30, 1870.
Hamilton Fish, Secretary of States of the
United states:
To all whom these presents may come greet
ing:
Know ye that the Congress of the United
States, on or about the 27th day of Februa
ry, in the year one thousand eight hundred
. and sixty nine, passed a resolution in the
words and figures following, to wit:; '
"A resolution proposing an amendment to
the Constitution of the United States:
"ResolcetL, by the Senate and House of
Iienresentatices of the Laited tStafcs ot A
merica in Congress axseinlJttl, two third
of both Jlousex concurring, I hat the follow
ing article to be proposed to the Legisla
tures of the several states, as an amend
ment to the Constitution ot the United
States, which, when ratified by three-fourths
of saiu 'cfclatures, shall be valid as part
of the Consw'uiic. viz: Article 13.
"Section 1. The ifhte of citizens of
the United States to vote sha!! not be de
nied or abridged by the United State? or by
any State on account of race, color, or pre
vious condition of servitude.
'"Section 2. The Congress shall have
power to enforce this article by appropriate
legislation."
And further, that it appears from official
decuinents on file in this department that
the, amendment to the Constitution of the
United States proposed as aforesaid, has
been ratified by the Legislatures of the
States of .
North Carolina, West Virginia. Maine,
jyisconsin. Michigan, Louisiana, Pennsylva
nia. South Carolina. Connecticut, Arkansas,
Illinois, Florida, New York, Indiana, Neva
da, New Hampshire.. Vireinia, Vermont,
Missouri, Alabama, Ohio, Mississippi. Kan
sas, Iowa, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Massa
chusetts. Nebraska, Texas,
in all twenty-nine States. And . further,
that the States whose Legislature have so
ratified the said proposed amendment con
stitute three-fourths of ihe whole number
of States in the United States. And fur
ther, that it appears from an official docu
ment on file in this department that the
Legislature of the State of New York has
since passed resolutions claiming to with
draw the said ratfiication of the said amend
ment, which has been rcade by the Legisla
ture of that State, and ot which official no
tice had been ' filed in this department.
And further, that it. appears from an of
ficial document on fiie in this department
that the Legislature of Georgia has, by res
olution, ratfiied the said proposed amend
ment "
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Ham
ilton Fish, Secretary of State of the United
States byvirtue and in pusuance of the second
section of tho act of Congress approved the
20th day of April, in the year 1818, enti
tled "An act to provide for the publica
tion of the laws of the United States, and
for other purposes," do hereby certify that
the amendment aforesaid has become valid
to all intents and purposes as part of the
United States. . -
In testimony whereof I hare hereunto
set roy hand and caused the seal of the de
partment ot State to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this 30th
day of March, in the year nf onr Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy,
L- S and of the Independence of the
United States the ninety-fourth.
Hamilton Fish,
3fTit? 3a f1ttstf Htt rtta
ityU,ill it ehargtdJotibl Mm ml rates. tf cut.
t aiy Sprinr style SILK HATS, at
lOlU ' c. KRATZER'n. opposite the Jail.
Great reduction in price of Snar. Coffee. Tea
Molasses. Ac, at C. KEATZKR S, opposite
the Ja'l '
PA HITS. Linseed Oil, Spirits Turpentine. nre
White Lead. Paint Brush. Varnishes. Ac ,
at reduced prices, at C. Kit AIZKK'S, opposite the
Jail. . ' -
HOI 'FE HOLD GOODS Carpets, Oil Clothe,
W ndow Ulindsand Fixtures, Wail Paper,
hugs. iVc . at reduced prices, at U. ktlAUtK c,
opposite theJaiLj '
XJ"ORMAL INSTITUTE. The under
signed will onen a Normal Institute, in
Clearfield, iu upper room of Town Hall, to com
mence the 2nd ol May. 1870. and continue ten
weeks. Pains will be taken to make tbo course
THORO Vail and PRACTICAL..
GEO W. b3i i UCtL, w. supc.
NEW TIN SHOP!
Fred Sackett,
Manufacturer of
T7.V. COPPER and SHEET IRON WARE,
, (nearly opposite the jiil),
MARKET SIREET, CLEARFIELD, PA.
ALSO,
ROOFING, SPOVTIXG and JOB WORK
done on reasonable termt.
April . 1870 ' ' '
"REPORT of the condition ot the rirst
" National Bank of Clearfield. 1'enn a. at
the close of business on the 24 th day of March, 70 :
Loans and Discounts. : . : : : 2o
Overdrafts. i : :::::::: 6,S 31
IT. S. Ronda denoiited with U. S Tr.
to secure circulation. : : : : : lon.ooo 00
IT. S. Bonds and securities on hand, : 1,580 00
Due from Redeeming and Re-
serve A rents ::::::::: io,tns si
Due from other National Banks : (172 02
Due from other Banks and Bankers, - : 4 917 II
Furniture and Fixtures :::::: 1,2 H fin
Current Expenses, : : s ' t 7 83
Taxes paid. 787 48
Cash Items (including stamps) : : : : &26 43
Bills of other National 15ns : : : : J io
Fractional cnrrencvfincludinrnicklea) : 238 OS
Sneeie 17 25
Legal render notes o.ov
Total. :::::::::: S240.30I 26
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in, - -
Surplus Fund - - - -Discount
------ - .
3100.000 00
- II. OlIO OA
- I,5: A.
Exchanges - - - - -
1AI 02
I,7l8 8j
Ifil IS
Interest ....... . ...
Profit and loss - - - - -
Circulating Notes outstanding -
Dividends unpi I. .....
- So. 4 20 00
- - 4S 00
Individual lepostts. - - - -Due
to Nat. Banks - - - -
- 37 749 K7
- 722 43
Due other banks and Bankers, - -
- 191 21
Total Liabilities
J-240JW1 2A
statement is
I hereby eertily that the above
correct, to the beet of my knowledge a..d belief
A. v. r ii.r , i-asbi. r.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24th
day of March, A.D 1870
VT. RADcasccn, H. P.
Attest:
J. B.M'Ewat.lt. )
KoarRT MiTrHKLL, Directors.
IdciiAnn Moss ip, ) April C70.
OEFORT OF THK First Nation.-l Bank
of Cnrwensvillc. l a., as shown by l
books at the close of business on the 2tih day of
March, 1S7. -
' BKSOCBCE.
Loans and discounts - - ' - $1S1,8!7 10
Orarraft - - 1 - - 131 4'
U. 8.-Bonds deposited wiih Treasurer
of C. S. to secure circulation 31.000 00
U. S. Bonds on hand - - - - .- 2.10100
Due from redeeming and reserre agents 44.A73 SI
lue from other Nat Banks. . - - - - 3.5 1 i 7u
Due from other Banks and Bankers - 4 VS3 1
Banking lloufe. : : : : : : : J.ioti mi
Furniture and Fixtures --.- - - 1.000 0u
Current F.ineuses ........ H So
Taxes Paid 2 89 9i
Checks and other Cash Items : - - - - 3V 3
Fractional Currency (including nickers) 33 47
Specie :::::::: : : : 2.4Ai 00
Legal Tender Notes - ..... 14.185 0
Total - --fj32 1,623 06
LiaaiLirisa
Capital stock paid ia, : : : : ; : $100 800 OS
Surplus fund, :::::::";: 33. two 04
Discount, Interest and Fxohaage : 4.5H6 97
Circulating Notes, t : ; : :: : 67.150 00
tue Indiridual Depositors : : : : 1IS.42S 4S
Due National Banks, : : : : : : : 28a 43
Due othrr Banks :::::::: 1.074 Jo
Total Liabilities : : : : : : 114,623 OS
tat of Prumjfvnaia
Vonttf of CieurJUd.
' I." Samuel Arnold. C shier of the First Nation
al Bank of CurwensTille. Pa , do toitmul j swear
that the above statement is true, to the best of
my knowledge and belief.
SAM'L ARNOLD. Cashier. .
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st
daj of April, 1378. Josi-n Ew.n, N P.
Correct. Attest:
Jobs Pattos. i " .
Jobs P Xavi
J April 6,'70-St.
RO SAD A L I S
THE GREAT AMERICAN HEAJ.TH
RESTOKKR, pnrifles the blood abl
eul Scrofala. Syphilis Skin Diseases. Rheu
matism. Diseases of women and all Chron
ic Affections of tbe Blood, Liver and Kid
Beys. Recommended by the medioal fac
ulty and many Ibousandt of our best citi
aens.. stead tbe testimony of Physicians and pa
tients who hare used Roeadalis; send for
our Rosadalis Guide to Health Book, or Al
manac for tbis year, which we prblish for
gratuitou distribution; it will giro you
much valuable information
Dr. K. V. Carr, ol Baltimore, tajs :
I take pleasure in recommerding your
Rosadalis as a vey powerful alterative.. I
have seen it used in two ease with bappy
results one in a case of secondary syphilis
in whieh the patient pronounced himself
cured after having taken Ire bottle of
jour medicine The other is a can of sorof
ala of long standing, which it rapidly im
proving under its use, and tbe indications
are that the patient will toon recover. I
have carefully examined the formula by
which your Koeadalia ia made, and find it
an exeelleut compound of alterative ingre
dients Dr. 5pa-ks, of Nicholasville. Ky.. says he
hat used Rosadalis ia cues of Scrofula and
Secondary Syphilis with satisfactory results
as a cleaner of the Blod I know no bet
ter remedy.
Sainttel O. HcFadden, Murfreesboro',
Tena , says:
I bave ufed seven bottle of Rosadali
and am entirety eured of Rheumatism : send
me four bottles, as I wish it for my brother,
who has scrofulous sore eyes.
Benjamin Becbtol. of Lima, Ohio, writes,
I have suffered for twenty years with an in
veterate eruption over my whole body ; a
short time since t purchased a bottle of Ro
radalls and it effected a perfect cure "
Labratory, 61 Exchange Place, Baltimore.
CLEMESTS, k CO , Proprietors.
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Rosadalis is sold by Hartswick M Irwin and A.
I. Shaw, Clearfield. D. U. Good, Osoeola, and by
Druggists generally. April 6, '70-1 y.
TO RAFTSMEN!
Oped lauding at the Mouth of the Eianamahon
inr 4ood post for tnabbin. and good fare at
the Hotel . J.W. MKKREY.
3-10--7o-2mo.p. Proprietor.
FAIRBANKS
STANDARD SCALES, OP ALL KINDSALSO.
IMPROVED MONET DRAWER. . .
Fairbanks, Morse & Co.,
M 30 6m iqj p ppd At., Pittsburg. Pa.
NEW LAMPS Perkins A House's Nnn-Explo-ive
Lamp a new article Inst reoeived and
for tale by HARRY P. fjlQLEB A CO.
T" "SHAW HOIJSK,'
MARKET ST., CLK.IKFIELD, n
GEORGE H.COLBtUlS, : : : : : - p.,
This house wwt lately completed and ia
ed to the public-h newly turui!.bed..nd'il,!
ith al I the moder. improvement, of . ZZ't
hotel. It it pleasantly located, in the
par. iae town, and near to the mWi.71 T
ng. A share of natrons
oarges moderate
the ber.
Man '
.S-tf
C. KRATZER&SOXS
are receiving a splendid stock of
CARPETS .VXD OIL CLOTHS,
LACE CCRTA1XS, WINDOW SHADES,
COUNTERPANES AND QCILTS.
LINEN TABLE CLOTUS AND NAPKIX3
LADIES SILKCOATS AND OVERSKIRTS
ELEGANT SHAWLS AND LACE POISts
LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S TKIVirr
HATS,
DRESS GOODi AND TRIMMIXgs,
BEST -KID GLOVES LADIES', GENTLE
MEN'S AND CHILDREN'S,
BLACK AND FANCT SII.KS,
FISE BLACK ALPACAS,
UNEQUALLED STOCK LADIES' A&
CHILDREN'S SHOES AND GAITERS,
MEN S CALF AND FRENCH KIP BOOTS,
IIEAVT CALF BOOTS, $5,
MEN'S AND BOTS" FINE AND IIEAVT
SHOES,
BEST STONE TEA SETTS, ,,
CASSIMERES VERT CHEAP,
GROCERIES, FLOUR AND PROVISIONS
AT LOWEST RATES,
LIBERAL REDUCTION TO THOSE BIT.
ING IN QUANTITY,
WOOL, MARKETING AND CoLNTKT
PRODUCE WANTED.
Clearfirld Jnne 30, 18G!.
ATTENTION,
B V Y E It S
READ! READ!!
Who sells tin1 clu'M jwr.r kJ in th
COHIltY ?
M 0 s so r !
Who sells best ealicoos a 1 1 2 cts a yard
moss or:
WbcseTls bet unb!ecfcel mn'ln st 17 rests'
MOSSOP!
VHw Bens Hall's Calf Boot, at $5"0
MO S S O P!
Who sell nail's best Coarse Boots al SI 51?
MOSSOP!
Who sells Hall's beotKip Boots at 4,50?
MOSSO P!
' Whoeel! Hatt lower than anybody elsst
MOSSOP!
Who sells Sugar the cheapo? 1 1
M O S S O PL
Who sell Syrup the cheapest!
MOSSOP!
. Who sells Flotir the elcapest ?
MOSS OPT
Who sells Chop and Feed the cheapest I
MOSSOP!
Who sells Hardware the cheapest !
MOSSOP!
Who sells Qttcenswaro the chrapwt ?
MOSSOP?
Who sells Tinware the chrpt!
MOSSOP!
Who sells Clothing the cheapt !
MOSSOP!
Who sells Plaster the cheapen?
MOSSOP!
Who sells Salt the chonpoet ?
Mossor:
Who first brought pood down to
lowest cash prices ?
' MOSSOP!
Everybody should buy their goods
MOSSOP'S!
Clearfield, May j.M
T1D. PERKS A Co't flour,
VJ sale by
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. v... e-nwewi, n PT IIC tUes MM
LLlUilS. i"Ul l risr iw".- ill.
ale or
GROUND AND CN6R0r;ND F rlClS. .Clw
English Currant. Essence Coffee.aad 'T
gar ot the beat auaUty for sale T
Ity for sale T
HARTSWICS AIR
van. I.