Raftsman's journal. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, November 02, 1870, Image 2

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I. J. ROW, EDITOR 4!IDPnopnlETOB.
CLEARFIELD. l'A., NOV. 2, 1870.
Id another column we pubii.sk the pro
clamation of I'lesiuent Grant, recommending
Thursday, November 2-Uh, as a day of
thanksgiving.
There ate reasons for expecting that Chief
Justice Chasa and Justice Nelson will be
fore lonp re.-it'n from the Supreme Bench.
To fill the vacancies that will be thus crea
ted will devolve ua important duty on the
President. "
It is stated ex-Congressman Whittemore
has been defeated for the South Carolina
Senate by a colored man. 31.-. W., it will
be remembered, was turned out of Congress
fjr his alleged connection with the selling
out the nomination of acaJotship for a con
sideration. The World thinks the electiou law of
Congress ought to be calle J "a law ilr di
minishing Democratic majorities." The
World has hit the nail right on the head in
this instance, and certainly realize the full
effect of the election law. It will materially
reduce Democratic majorities by preventing
fraudulent registering and voting.
The Republicans of Iowa put Protection
into their platform, at the recent election
and carried the State by the largest majority
ever given but one that given to Grant.
In the les Moines District an out and out
Free Trader was put up against Palmer,
Protectionist, and Palmer wis elected by the
largast majority ever given in the DUtiict.
The Democracy are figuring very hard
to make Pennsylvania a Democratic Slate.
Democratic figures Luve, however, a repu
tation of being a little loo?e, and the calcu
lations don't all agree. Is is a pity, how
ever, to deprive '.he Democracy of ths joy
their calculations five thetu, and which
they fai.'ed to receive from the voses of their
party.
Tho official account of Governor Scott
relative to the recent outrages committed in
South Carolina, s'ates thut at lca:t sixty
person have been Liiled or seriously injured
since t'u; eiectto.i. The Do:u ciaiic; press
Y, ol Win trdnliint ltn rcadctd to tclivc tlmlf
the Democracy wouIJ be triumphant and
when it was discovered to be defeated, out
rages u;aitist Republicans were at once
ci-iiimeij'.-ed. Application for a military
force to be stationed in that State, it i.s said,
Trill be trrauteJ, and .similar outrages thus
be prevented. It seems, however, as though
the ruling spirit of the Ddinocrany was rit.
West Virginia Democracy carries out the
letter and spirits of the Democratic press, ,
to its roughs. General Harris and Mr. Old j
ham discussed the political issues of the day,
on Wednesday, the 24th of October at West j
Union, West Virginia. The discussion was j
carried on very temperately and gentlemanly j
on both sides, and the result was a complete '
Itepublican triumph. Ou his way home,
some one unable to stand the logic of the
General struct him in the dark with a larpe
stone, injuring him very seriously. This
was a Democratic triumph, a "while man's"
victory.
Ex-Senator Bucfcalew is fctrongly opposed
to the Crawford-county system of making
nominations. Ilia opinion, coming from a
man whohasgiven much attention ai:d thou
ght to minority representation, atid whose
motives cannot be otherwise than unrjM -s-tioncd.
ouht to possess a double weight,
lie thinks it a plan of plurality representa
tion, whereby the minority are every com
monly overruled, or rather coerced into sup
port of a candidate to whom they are oppos
ed. It also tends strongly, in his opinion,
to produce fraud and increase the expense
of a canvass.
Protection is crowing among the people,
notwithstanding all the efforts to talk them
over to Free Trade. Protection is practical.
Free Trade is a theory, au 1 the public pre
fers what it can understand. The following
remark of the St. Louis Tribune shows
what advance the American principle is !
making in Missouri : "The brass founders j
of St. Louis say that since the developments
of the zinc mines of Missouri, -inder the j
Protective Tariff, they are able to compete I
with foreign manufacturer, (five good wajres
and prosper, though the price of copper is
high, for brass in common u e is ma le of
copprrand zinc They expect when our tin
mines are developed, under the same pro
tection, they will be able to give good wage.-,
and prosper in the manafiicture of the better
description of brass."
While Northern Democracy crows jubi
lantly over the late elections, their Sout hern
Lrethern see rlaiiily that there is no caue
k i
e Kjfiems. uimcu neiory, ir.at avails
.u: r. it .u . : ,
..U......S, --.. lUC i' ne Northern I
Democracy made, has aroused the anm r of !
.i. i u i n: .i oi
iue meuujunia j(iu(ti, auu ii strikes Lark
as follows :
The truth is, the Xorthern Democrats
have not the tact , or good sense, or wisdom,
or what you will, t make up good issues.
The Southern Democrats formerly made
ibse up for them, and then they were al
Tvaysaceessful. This is hardly kind to the Northern Demo
crats, when they have been asserting so
joyously for weeks that they have had a
Democratic triumph. But the sting of the
rebuke resia in the fact, that of old, South-
1 ii t . -
tm uemocrats, saving an tne wisu,u, msde
up the issues tor the .Northern i, mr.cats, j
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Politicsl Items.
The overage Republican majority iu Ohio
is 16,073.
The Democratic township of Eat Vin
cent, Cheter county, elected William John
son, a colored man, constable at the late
election.
The Indiana Lcgislatuie stmds: Senate
Republicans, 2C ; Democrats, 23 ; Peo
ple's ticket, 1. House Republicans, 47 ;
Democrats, 52; doubtful, 1.
Two town.ships in Tama county, Iowa
Geueseo and Claik did not poll a single
Democratic vote. Winnebuco county, in
the the same State, palled 242 Republican
votes, uiidjust 1 Democratic.
The Nebraska Legislature stands : Sen
ate Regular Republicans. 8 ; Republicans
elected on People's ticket, 2; Democrat-?, 3.
House Regular Republicans, 20 ; ltepub
ieans elected on People's ticket, 5 ; Demo
crats, 8.
lk Republican majority on the aggre
gate Coiigreisional vote, at the last election
in Pennsylvania is about 2,547. So the
Democratic roosters crowed prematurely
over a claimed Pcraocratie majority of 8,000
on the same vote.
The Republican majority of Iawa in 1360
was 12.4S7, and in 1S70, 41,000. There are
only four Democratic counties in the State,
and there are three counties that do not
poll a single Democratic vote. The Repub
licans elected all the rucuibers of Congrcsa
from Iowa.
The official result of the election h;;M in
Ohio on October 11, is announced as fol
lows i Sherwood, the Republican canJi iate
for Secretary of State, h i? 221,70?, votes
against 204,079 for Htisley, the Democrat.
The Republican majority is, therefore,
16,7.jO, coupled with a total falling off in
the vote of the whole State of 25,700 since
the election of 1SG9, when the Republican
majority was 7,501.
The States of South Carolina and West
Virginia, h which elections have just been
held, have balanced each other, in that the
former went solidly Republican and the lat
ter is reported to have goue Democratic.
The only matter for surprise is the result in
South Carolina. Of course the presence of
the colore 1 vote explains the result. It
teeiui very like a case of poetic justice.
Ti.e head and front of the rebellion the
Stale which did more than any other to
briug on the rebellion i the one which, by
that rebellion, has been so affected as that
popular sentiment is entirely changed, and,
in place of the Democracy ruling. Repub
licanism is rampant everywhere. This must
be couviling to the old &lavchold'ng Do
mocracy in that Slate.
Thanksgiving Da v. By the Pkksi-
Li..r OF THE L'mTKI) STATES A PROCLA
MATION. Where, It tichuovjs a people
sensible of I heir d. pead-jnee on the Almigh
ty, publicly and c..,ec-.i-. e'y lo acknowledii:
tnetr iaiii.ui.e ror Mb javi.TS un;X mercies,
and humu'y beseech for their cjiiiiau.ince ;
and
Whem.it, The people of tho United
States, during the year now about to end,
have special cause to be thankful tor genera!
prosperity, abundant harvests, exemption
troiu pestilence, foreign war, and civic strife;
now, therefore, be it kn wn, that I, Ulys
pes S. Grant, President of the United
States, concurring in any similar recommen-
dation from Chief Magistrates of Siatos.do
hereby recommend to all citizens lo meet in
their places of Worship on Thursday, the
liith day of November next- there to give
thanks for the bounty of God during the
year about to close, and to supplicate for his
continuance hereafter.
In witness whereof 1 hrsve hereunto set
my hand and eau ed the ica! of t'uj United
Stares to be affixed.
llone at the city of Washington this 21st
day of Octoiier, in the year of our Lord
o:i thousand eight hundred an 1 seventy,
and of th.s independence of the United
Sutes, the ninety-tifth. U. S. Grant.
By the President :
Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State.
Coxgrf-Ss. An error having got into the
figures of Jefferson county, last week, we
republish them, corrected.
Counties,
Cauiernm,
Clearfield,
Flu,
Erie,
Forest,
Jefferson,
M'Kean,
Warren,
Scofield, R.
437
J,371
VA1
ij.i 'J5
oGG
1.S1-2
2.-J.W
Marvin, D.
390
2,603
7S7
4,089
276
1,004
70(t
1,057
13.055
12,411
12.411
Seofield's majority. 64 1
Mr. Senfie'd's mijoiity is ,9uGless than
it was two years aao. This is attributable
m two censes : 1st", to the smailnrs r,f ,h
vote cast ; and 2d, to the division on the
J,i;eial mixtion in Krl. Warren n,l V:.V
counties. The Republican vote in the dis
trict is 3, 015 less than in 1SGS, and the
Democratic 1,119.
Wkst ViftyixiA Election. A Wheeling
dispatch says: JiiC-.mrlctc reitiius from
about twenty cou-i res, embracing two thirds
of the State, show large Democratic gains
enough to wurrat t the announcement that
the State has been carried by the Democra
cy, by a small majority perhaps one thou
sand or twelve hundred. This the Repub
licans concede. Tluy have also elected two
Congressmen from the First and Third Dis
triets, and by their large cains will be ena-
bled to control the next Legislate, which
k. it . i e.-. . a en i
elects a United States Senator to fill the seat
made vacant by the reiirement of Senator
Wiley. The inteiim counties will not be
heard from for several days, owing to a lack
of telegraphic communication, but these re
turns will not materially change this estimate.
The Dayton Tdrcraph says Gen. Schenck
will contest for the election of Lewis D.
Campbell, on the ground that voters were
illegally deprived of ths right to vote, said
voters being inmates of the Soldiers' Home
in that city.
Gov. Ge-arv has issued his ,.ro,l..,,.,:...
concurring in the appointment by President
G,,nt. ot Thursday, iWember 2Kb. .s a !
day of Ihaak-iving. '
THE CENSUS.
Western District of Pennsylvania.
The 1'jl'owing are the official figures for
all the counties iu the Westeru District of
Pennsylvania :
1870. 1S60.
Allegheny, 202,482 178,831
Armstrong, 35,707
Reaver, ' cG,132 20.140
Dutier, 30,465 3o,5y4
Hlair, 33,050 27,829
Bradford, 51,100 4S.734
Bedford, 23,636 20,730
Cameron, 4.273 new couniyt
Clearfield, 5.770 18,750
Cambria, 3t5,572 20.15a
Ciiuton, 23,213 17,723
Columbia, 28.765 25.U1.5
Crawford, 03,827 4,75o
Centre, 34,304 27, W0
Clarion, 26,542 24,0.SS
Klk, 8.315 5,915
Erie, 65.'J77 49,432
Fulton, 9,301 0,131
Forest, 4,183 898
Favetie, 43,284 30.0U0
Greene, 25,803 24,343
Huntingdon, 31,252 28.100
Indiana, 36,123 33.0S7
Jefferson, 21,601 18,270
Juniata, 17,401 16,086
Lawreuee, 27,208 22,000
Luz.--ru, 160,071 90.244
Lvcouiing, 47,638 37.3'JX
M'Kc-an, 8,826 8,859 I
Mercer, 49.981 36.856
Mifflin, 17,509 16,340
Montour, 15.334 13 053
Northumberland, 41,440 38.922 j
Potter, 11.418 11,470
Snyder. 15,606 15,035
Somerset, 28,325 26.778
Sullivan, 6,191 5-6I
Susquehanna, 37.530 36 267
Tio-a. 35,1.2 31,044
Union, 15,568 14,045
Venang.J, 46 382 25.043
Warren, 23.897 10.190'
Washington. 48.481 46,805 1
Westmoreland, 58.699 53.736
Wyoming, 14.5S5 12.540 1
1,713,957 1,233,039
1,233,039
Increase, 480,918
Barclay towr.sip not yet in.
tNew couuty formed out of Potter and M'-
Iveau,
Capitol Convention Collapsed. It
is probable that we ahall hear but little for
sometime to come of the proposition to re
move the national capitol. The gentlemen
who engaged in the enterprise of getting
up a convention met with so many misfor
tunes, that after a two days' session at Cin
cinnati, they gave the matter up in disgust,
and went home. Greeley male sport of
them by proposing New York as the proper
place for the capitol. Forney did worse, by
quoting to thrm the sayings of Western
men in opposition to the project. And
some one else d.alt the finishing blow by
moving an a ijoarnuient sine die. This was
the Wst and c.-uelest blow of all. To save
ar peai auces th.5 chairman appointed a com
mittee to memorialize Congress on tho Fub-
joct. As 3ir. U.-etlcy Is on the committee,
it may be readily seen th'it the
Wisllft.S Ol
the speculators in capitol removing will not
be very fully realized.
Capitulation of Mktz. At last we have
official inte-liiyeiK'3 of the capitulation: of
Melz. Raz.iine and his whole army, e.sti.
mated at 170,000, including the regular gar
rison and 3 l,0'i) nek, are pris-oners of war
to the Prussians. This is the greatest vic
tory of the campaign. The number of pris
oners exceeds by one half those taken at
Sedan, and th-spoils of war, cannon, small
arms, ammunition, etc., roust h- immense.
The capitulation of Metz will enable King
William to send larg reinforcements to
I'aris and other points against which his ar
my is operating. The question now is, how
lonir can Paris hold out?
The spoils captured at Mefz inblude 3,000
guns, forty millions of French war funds,
and twenty millions of French civil Govern
ment Department funds.
- Loss ov Life at Sea. Another terrible
disaster and loss of life at sea, has occurred.
The steamship Cambria, which left New
York on the Sth of October for Glasgow,
with 170 passengers, besides the officers and
crew, was lost on Wednesday night a week,
off the Irish coast, ai:d of the whole num
ber on board, only on; person is so far
known to have been saved. A small boat
was picked up containing a sailor, and a
corpse of a pirl. Four other boats, con
taining passengers, left the steamer, but
have not yet been heard of. The sailor re
ports that his own boat was upset, and all
in it but himself were drowucd. Win.
Bingham, Jr., wife and twa children, of
Pitt-burg, were anione the passengers.
Tho area of the organized Territories of
the United States including Alaska.is great
er than all the States which have been ad
mitted into the Union. There are nearly a
billion of acres of land in these Territories,
and not over a halt a million of white in
habitants. In natural resources this territo
rial domain is richer than the area included
in the States. The latter contain say 40,-
000,000 inhabitants. But here is a country
waiting for 40,000,000 settlers, and even
the.-e would hardly be near enough for neigh
borhood purposes. Railraods will open up
the country and bring iu population. What
a magnificent country to carve into home
steads for 40,000.000 landless people.
The-.Pre 'hows that according to ihe in
crease in dwellings since 1SG0, Philadelphia
should have 739,115 population ; according
to the increase in voters, there should be
742, 107 inhabitants ; according to the in
crease in tax payers, the population should
be 742.S55. As it thinks either of these
results is actually too small, it is somewhat
dissatisfied with the census enumeration of
only G57.159 persons.
A person in prison was asked by a friend
what it was for. "For telling lies," he re
plied. "Telling lies ! how is that?-' de
manded the other. "Why telling people I
would pay 'em, and not keeping my word."
It is a blessed thing that "telling lies"
under similar circumstances is not punisha
ble by imprisonment in this section. Our
jail would be full to overflowing in less than
An official Statement reports 87,521 in-I
valid pensioners at tho close of June. !
A Little of Everything.
Christmas cornea on Sunday this yoar.
Get your turkey ready for Thanksgiving.
The needle-woman's exclamation a-bem '.
A very difficult thing to remember the poor.
Is it wrong te take asy one in when it rains?
Love is au internal transport. So ia a canal
boat.
Dont light fires with coal oil. It is very dan
gerous. A g(od rule back your friends and free your
enemies.
Business men that advertise gat the cream of
ibe trade.
The most useful thing, after all, id the 4;Iong
run" is breath .
How to take ink out of linen jerk our devil
out of his shirt.
The tobacco chewer is like goose in a dutch
oven always on the spit.
'Blowing jour own horn" cannot be classed
under the Lead of modesty.
While some ladies lace their waists tight, some
gentlemen get tight al! over.
When a good man dies the tears are shed which
he in life prevented from flowing.
Look out for counterfeit 6's on the Farmer's
Bank of Reading. They are afloat.
The Mormons predict a civil war between them
and the United States within a year.
Grapes are now so abundant in some parts of
the west that they are sold by the ton.
Fo:ne girls are like old tnurUcts; they nse a
good deal of powder, but won't go off.
A Maryland paper notice that kerosene ia a
very popular '-hair oil'' in that section.
Hops, in the country, run on poles, but atfash
iontibte parlies they spread on the floor.
A '-girl" of the tender age of fifty-two is among
the students of the Mijhi;;an University.
New York city, according to the "corrected eon
su3 figures, ,; contains itL'u.910 inhabitants.
A miirried lotbirio of eighty has eloped with a
deluded maiden of fourteen in Minnesota
Charleston, S C, has a population of 43,131.
In 1S60 it had 40.22. A fact worth noting.
A western editor says he is "pained to bear that
a dear friend of bis hus just gone te heaven.'
Apothecaries should be careful in compounding
prescriptions, and physicians ia writinj them.
Olive Logan ssys she will ' remove the myste
ries that surround gir'.s." Oh, good gracious.
A dog is said to be a biped --when his tail curls
so tight that it lifu his hind legs off the ground."
Philadelphia has a population of 637. 19, an
increase of V1.750 since 1851, or about Id 29 per
cent.
A Troy brute beat his wife's face with his fist,
and thcu said he was '-only putting in souao dim
ples." The man who wruld keep his head cool sheuld
not put a stove pipe on it. Young swells, take
uotice.
A rsvenue collector in Missouri reeenlly tried to
collect fifty cents a head ia a ball room the tax
on hops.
It was woman, perhaps, who first tempted man
to eat, but he took to drink on his own aaceunt
afterwards.
'What is home without a mother?" aaid ajoung
girl the other day asshesont the old lady out to
chop wood.
The N Y. World says: "Having successfully
invaded ail Inacches. women 9 want U take
I tho ftumr. .'
What a nuisance that word '--Tf ' is ; it stands
in the nay like the danger signal of a railroad,
and stops everything.
A fiiend of oura describing the dress worn by a
young Udy op itrcct, says, '-it busts open at the
top and foams over."
Wendell Phillips aa.TS " tarring and feathering"
cm be traced to the Crusades. Why did it not
continue a "Lost Art?"
Fond parents around town are engng oj in fil
ing up the front gates that wee damaged durinj
tho cuniuier sparking campaign.
An ecbange says : An Indiana attorney went
q'luil hunting and killed S'UO worth of pointer
dog, lie mado that dog quail though.
How much better it would bo (or boys to be
storing up useful knowledge at ho:ne these long
evenings, than to be ruuning about the streets.
"Names are nothing." according to an old saw.
bat call any of your lajy friends a perfect fright
ant toe the style of 'nothing" you got in return.
The Philadelphia Pres. says: "It is a sad com
mentary on French vivacity that no news can be
trusted unlessit bear the mark of lleraaa origin."
Tho first coin made in the Philadelphia Mint
was the copper cent in 17'J'I. The first silver dol
lar was made iu 1793, and the first gold eagle in
W95.
A Louisville merchant has sworn off. Last week
he decanted the last of a barrel of whiskey ana
fouud in the bottom two plugs of tobacco and six
rats.
A Texan begun to think that possibly his pres
ence might be obnoxious to bis neighbors when
they tarred and feathered and threatened to hang
him.
The largest bill ever drawn on any bank in the
world was drawn ou the Iauk of Kngland duriug
the war of l'J 12, and amounted to five million
dollars.
A sheriff in Minnesota last week, performed the
very disagreeable duty of arresting bis own son
and lodging him in prison fr murdering a prom
inent citizen.
Sawdust pills, says an old physician, would ef
fectually cure many of the diseases with whica
mankind is afflicted, if every patient would make
hi own saw dust.
A physician of Valparaiso, Indiana, was out
seventeen nights in succession attending to '-late
arrivals." An anxious desire is now manifested
for the census man to come back.
The plan of the Democrats is to abuse the mem
bers like pickpockets if they remain in the Cabi
net, and to accuse the President of more crimes
thun the decalugue mentions if they quit it.
Charles S. Swin has been expelled from the O
nondaga (Sew York) Democratic County Commit
tee fur having accepted a nomination for the As
sembly from the Labor Reform organization.
A Fast Tennessee woman stopped a railroad
train by waving a red flag- and wanted to know
of the conductor if -Sairey Melvina Thompson
was aboard which the sainc was her sister."
It is estimated that from 163 Turkey has hal
a treaty with Fngland by which she has bound
herself to charge no higher duty upon imports
than three per cent. Her people have suffered
from internal taxes in eonsequence.
It is wonderful what a high opinion the Demo
cratic press has now of Mr Wendell Phillips,
since he denounces the Republican party of Mas
sachusetts. But what is to be done with the few
tons of approbrious epithets east at him before ?
The Atlanta Georgian says: "'A smart chap is
going aroand the city buying up H the empty
goods boxes he can find, with a view to renting
them out as lodging places during the State Fair.
He expects to provide 1,240 beds iu this way, and
realize a snug fortune out of the venture. Js'oth
ing like enterprise."
Senator Vickers.of Md.. deeded a foot of ground
to ninety-four Democrats of Chcstertown, and
this gave them property qualification to vote. A
colored ge hearing of these things, deeded a
foot of land to 150 colore! man. and in the local
election, for which all thla wa? done, cleaned out
the Democratic ewnJilatos.
Our Noith western States are sometimes
represented as having a rigorous climate ;
but one would think, from the stories told
of their wonderful productions, that the
theory was true which some philosopher has
propounded, that the original Paradise was
on the Northern Mississippi. In I'olt
county, Wiscon.-in they are harvesting a
second crop of oats, and for a second time
this season the lilac blooms by the garden
wails. They have cabbages weighing thirty
or forly pounds; turnips almost a yard in
circumference, and "other things in propor
tion." That is one of the places where the
catlh, if "tickled with a hoi." "laughs
with a harvest." We don't believe half of
their stories, however, and their three
footed turnips can hardly be fit to cat.
A Correspondent of the Springfield Ite
publican in the Yellowstone Valley, on the
slopes of the Rocky Mountains, speaks of the
wonders of nature iu that region, confirming
the opinion of tourists that our midland
country will vie with Europe or South
America in the grandeur and pictresqueness
of its scenery. The writer says: "Here,
within a radius ot two miles, I saw hot
springs by the thousands and the geysers
that surpass the great geyser of Iceland. I
saw no less than seven of these geysers in
operation during the two days of our stay.
One of these threw water to the hight 250
feet, but as my owu eyes bore me witne.s,
it was a surprise to all of us and exceed all
power of brief discriptioo."
Save all your cats. Don't throw away a
cat! Don't permit your servant girl to
throw away a cat. If you see one (a cat) in
an ash barrel pick her carefully out and save
her coat. Because machinery has been in
vented in Kngland which makes silk velvet,
from the hair of cats, and their first cousins,
rabbits. There are at least three hundred
thousand superfluous members of the feline
family in this State ; ten of them will make
a silk dress or a velvet cloak. "Just think of
it ! Don't suffer another puss to go to that
bourne whence no traveler returns, as Handy
Andy beautiful y says iu his "Much Ado
About Nothing," Till you have picked
every feather wff.
A South Corolina letter Fays it is difficult
for the people of the North to understand
the actual state ot affairs, or to comprehend
how this system of barbarity can exist or
be earned ou so long before it is found out
by the authoriiies. It must be remembered,
however, that the railroal system ot the
State is quite limited, tod the telegraph is
known only in certain quarters. But one
train a Jay pisses over any of these roads
expect the Southern Central Railroad. A
system of outrages cau'.d be perpetrated for
weeks within ten mile3 of the county seat
of many of the upper counties, and no one
outside of the immediate vicinity kuow
anything about it.
Not less than one million of the freedmen
have been, to agreateror lers degree, receiv
ing elementary education. 1,0'J-t night
schools have been sustained by the freedmen
themselves. They now own 5S4 ochool
houses. The average attendance of pupils
has been 78 per cent, of the number enrolled.
They have paid tuition ti.es to the amountol
$51,009. They have deposited in their
savings banks nearly $13,000,000 ; tho num
ber of depositors being 45,000. They have
drawn from their savings bat.ks. to be used
for their education, $70,000. And them are
now among them 1 1 colleges, 43 high schools
and 2,8-3 ordinary schools.
Professor Olmsteal furnished the follow
ing solution of the auroral lights: lie
considers the aurora to bo due to nebulous
matter, like that which furnishes material
for meteoric showers, or the zodiacal liht.
The light, he thinks, is ciused by the fric
tion of the earth in plunging with its at
mosphere through this matter, which, being
parity metallic, thus gives rise to the con
current magnetic phenomeua.
The returns of all postmasters in the
country of the free matter leaving their
offices in the first sis months of this year,
show that if it had all paid postage the re
ceipts therefrom would have boon two or
three millions of dollars, being more than
would make the department self-sustaining.
The Revenue Bursau now saves $1,200
per day by a reduction of 284 in the num
ber of Assistant Assessors. Over three
hundred more are to be dismissed, making
an aggregate saving of nearly $900,000 per
unnuin.
A Nashville girl tried to hang herself
because her nose was turning red. "Tastes
is warious," said Sam Wcller. Some men
spend large sums of money, time and whis
ky in bringing their noses to a bright red.
It is said that, at the lowest calculation,
three hundred thousand bales of cotton will
be made in Georgia during the present
season, and that the wheat crop is the finest
ever gathered in the State.
A large meteor, which was seen near Troy
and Saratoga, last Sunday morning, burst
near North Adams, Mass., shaking the
earth and buildings for miles around.
Plum township, Venango county, has
been overlooked by the census takers
AJwrusfmeut tetup tnrTgetyp,0 muff pft
style, will be charged doiiblt usual rates. JVari
'aril
tut
ij. M. Pbttesoili, A Co.. 37 Park Row. New Tork,
and io. P. Kowkll A Co.. 40 Park Row. New
York, are the sole agents for the Jocrxal in
that city, and are authorized to contract for in
serting advertisements for us at onr lowest eah
rates. Advertisers in thateity are requested to
leave their favors with either of the above bouses.
Dtt. KLINE, at the Philadelphia Cancer Insti
tute. 9 il Arch St.; Prof. Dalton, 2: W. 4th
St.. Cincinnati. O , and Dr. Greene, at ChaMotte,
N.C aremnking astonishing cures
of a 1 1 by their I'LCF.P.S great Cancer An
tidotes without Tt" M O RS the knife or cnus-
tic medicine. mid
CASt'tKS wi!h but little
and fibre is killed
pain, t-veryrooi
and removed, if taken in time an-! cannot return,
lie ware of bogus Professors, with their bogus
treatments, stealing our advertisements. No others
have these treatments. None other should ever
be ned. For particulars, send for circular, call,
ar ad dies? as above. Sov.3,'74.
HEW ADVJEETISEalENTS
ClI ERUT S SALE. Hy virtue ot a cer
tain writ of Fieri Ficias issued out of
the Court of Comion l'lens of I learfield cona-
tv. and to me direciel. tl.ere will be exposed to
au1. -, ,'.... II u I, lli. i;.rni:if II r.f
Clearfield, on WEDNESDAYS tb 16th day of NO-
YEMI'EU. 1S70. at 2 o'clock, i il tha following
desciibed property to wit:
Defendants rights and interest in lease of ten
acres of land, in Brady towush'p. Clearfield Co .
Pa., embracing the old saw mill ind dam and mill
scat of Andrew Pen's the same baring been ac
quired by contract dated November 27, ISSj. re
corded iu Miscellaneous Docket A, page 269, Ac
Also all that tract of land situate in lira Jy tp..
aforesaid, beginning at a white oak corner thence
110 peiches tu post co:nr ot I a nils sold Kotiert
Patton. thence North 132 perches to post, thence
East 53 perches to pust. ibence South 20a perches
to post. Iheuee East 7 perches to post, thence
South 112 perches lo place of beginning, contain
ine 84 acres, mote or less, same laud conveyed by
J. C. Fuller and wife to Smith and Canfield.by
deed recorded in Clearfield, in deed book B. B ,
page 247. Ac. Seized, taken in execution, and to
be sold as the property of U. W.Canfield, Win. C.
Smith and Wni. . Curry.
Nov 2. 1S7 U. Iiut, snenn.
jTIST OF JURORS drawn for November Term
FIRST WEEK.
S. C. Davis. Beccaria
r-amuel Sunderlin. Ii il
James James, Boggs
Jacob Buniirardner,
JaeobS Lines, Brady
James Holt, Covington
Jno Simmons. Clearfield
A. F. Boynton, '
Edwin Cooper, "
iieury Stone. "
Micbal Walker ,Decatnr
J. D. Denning, "
James Flynn. Gnclich
Alex Burkey, llustou
F. E Hewitt,
Churles Brown, 14
kohcrt Liddie. Jordan
D . Bloom. Lawrence
AnsoLDiugherty Morris
Malt M Cully. Osceol a
Nathan Lines, Union
George Buwcr?ox, 44
D. Kephart, Woodward
William Henry. Bloom
Fobert Conner. Burcside
William Lamar.
Jo.'eph Mutton, "
Peter Beck, "
Iiaac Bentiett, " .
Saw'l Brillhart. "
Abraham Kuland Chest
George M'Cully,
James Wood. '
John M. Westover. 4i
F. Scbnarrs, Covington
Lewis Cuutreit,
SECCN'R WEEK,
Thomas Flik, Beccuria
William Bell. Bell
Thomas A. M'Shee
George W. Adams, Boggs
Jonas 1 Peters,
Daniel Smeal, '
J A Woolridge. Bradford
John Shirey jr.; "
Hobert G recti,
J. B Dellasa, '
K. A llail, "
Cenj. Carson,
H'orje Ellinger, "
Fred. W ingcrt, "
Wash Ganlner Burnside
Al. M. Yingling,
John Fraley, Chest
B. F .fcleilmj.C eai field
G A. Kephart. Decatur
W.T.'ihompson,
Harry Test,
R. S. Stewart. Girard
Samuel Flegal, Graham
S. D. Kobiton, Guelich
Jas. Geuckeven, Huston
R.J. Johnson, Jordan
Henry Slrppy, Knox
John Fulton, Lawrence
Miles Peltcr, MoriU
K i.-ha Dale. .
S M'Ewen N.Wathing'n
Jno llammerly, Oareola
Roberta. Bailey, 44
Jospb Newcomer, Penn
Robert Necper, Pise
David Way,
rniUAL LIST for November Term, 1ST0 :
L FIRST WEIK.
1. Morgan v. Shr.ff.
2. Hagerty's executors vs. Jefl'iios.
3. lianerty'scxccutois vs Jiff lies.
4. islooin
i. Bloom
6. Osceola Coal Co
vs.
Snyder.
Caldwe'.l.
( Oil.
Lytle.
Leonard.
Cook i Bell.
Goss, et. al.
TS
TJ
TS.
vs
vs.
7. Bear
8. Irwin
9 Snyder
1(1 "Morgan, et. al.
11. Hoover
12 Gallagher
13 Dellass
14. Snyder
15 Caldwell
vs
vs. Clary, et al.
vs. rarest.
ta. Barger's estate,
vs Mitchell.
ts. Kerns.
1. Hagerty's executors vs
erus.
Jenks' betrt
vs. Wright.
Henry
Goss
French
Yinjhug
vs. Biiger, et. al.
ts. Cuttle.
ts. Hale.
ts. Brothers.
TS. Lncas.
vs. Sboff. et. al.
ts. Snyder.
SKCOKD WEEK.
22. Dale
2.1. Sboff
24. Worrall
1.
2
3
4.
&
B.
7.
8.
9.
10 .
II
12
13.
14.
15.
!6
17
H.
19.
20
21 .
22
21.
24.
23.
rialey ve
Carter.
Cummings. et. al.
M'Cuilyi Fatterstn ts
Goss
vs.
Lacgttoc Ct JJivcn
Carrv
Cairy
Urooh s
Goss
Miller
White
Merman
liu'hrie
Woulriuje
Way A M'Nanl
Wny A M'Naul
Thompson
IK rile in
Dii len
Merhiing, et. al
Braiuiff
Mokel
Erhurd
Chambers
D'lniar
vs.
TS.
T3
V
V.
VS
VI
TS.
TS.
VS.
w agoner, et al.
Kiiciien.
Horn.
Gos.
Sl'Mas'ert.
M'Uarvey.
fioss.
Lowrie.
Launsberry.
M.r.ll .
TS.
Btaucbard
TS.
TS.
Way.
White.
TS.
HnmiiiCTrilan rb .
VS.
vs.
TS.
TS.
TS.
TS-
Wribt. et. al.
Lightner
Dunkelbarger.
Ljlie.
F.cbison. ct. al.
Worrall
I'xynton
vs.
I'pdegruff, et. af.
Fisher. Smith, et. al vs.
ewan, et. al.
BIUCK FOtt SALE. The undersigned
ha mntif:ii''iirfd and has now on hand
for sale 150 000 BRICK, whicn he will dispose of
on reasonable terms, in large or small quantities
to Puit purchasers. J- A. l'EKPE.
Luthersburg. September 14 iS70-6m.
SAWED LUMBER. The undersigned
having started in the Lumber business,
sear Osceola, ClsarQeld county. Pa., is now pre
pared to furni&h pine board, clear and panel
stuff. Ac. Pine and Hemlock bills sawed te order
and shipped on short notice.
C.R. MACOMBKR.
Osceola Mills.
Mny 5. !Sfi9-tf. Clearfield oo.. Pa.
-flavin? purchased theinteres
Plattenbercer, Eq., in the but
sincss horeiofore carried on under tne firm name
of J. A Blattentieyer Co., the same will be con
ducted hereafter under the name vt Moshannon
Land and Lumber Co.. (Store).
11. II SHILLING FORD. JOHN LAWSHE.
Preiddmt. Sup't.
Mayll,?7?.-tf.
1 ASTRAY. Came trespassing, on the prrmijes
a of Ihe subscriber, in tiueliri township, Clear
field eounty. Pa . on or about the 27:h of Septem
ber last, a DARK BROWN COW. with white legs,
and a white spot in ber face, an i supposed to be
about four ytars old. The owner ia requested to
come forward, prove property, pay charges and
take her away; otherwise she will be disposed
ol according to law.
Oct. l9-3tp. MATTHEW M CULLY.
DISSOLUTION. The co-partnership hereto
fore existing between A. B. Long. Tf. J. Long
and George II. Long, doing business onder the
firm name of A. B. Long fc Sons, has been dis
solved by mutual consent. The books will re
main in possession of A B Lone; and all accounts
of said firm will be settled by bim The business
will be carried on by A B. Lang
A. B. LONG,
Osceola Mills. Pa., J W.J I.O.Vd,
Oct. 2, 1870-3t.
G U LONG.
NEW STORE!
I wonld announce to the citizens of Clearfield
and vicinity, that I have just opened a large
FLOUR, FEED AND
Grocerr Store,
on REED STREET, next door to the Leonard
House, Clearfield, Pa., where I will keep con
stancy on hand, for
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL,
GOODS IN THE ABOVK LIN E,
At the LOWEST PRICES,
Flour in Barrels anl Sacks.
CORN MEAL, OATS, BRAN,
and all kinds of feed constantly on hand,
CALL AND SEE.
Clearfield. Pa.,
Oct. 26, 70-lt.
E. B. ISETT,
by J. DYSART.
"T7" ANTED 300 Tushels of Potatoes In ex
v change for Flour, Feed, 4c. E. B. ISETT,
by J DYSART.
"VJ OTICU. All persons indebted to the subscri-
ber, are req nested to como and settle with
out delay. Ii. M'WriOI.
T ORINU'S Dollar Box of Iuiticd Freu- -ot
I J Purer tnatka to yoa on receipt of SI " n
dress LOHING, PubiisherJBoston, Mas. Ocl2
WyUU rn three oest things out. Ja oo. "
and cuelnuation premi ira; to agentj 't.i,,
and tc,.. frt. Aldrei, J. L bYKX.su Cejj
ci. 12."70-Iai.
T A- OMTTISBERGER. Claim mrMltr
el . Tm Office. Conveyancing and at) u","
Papers drawn with accuracy anddispatch btft:
oa and pas.-ae ticket., to and ftotn , point
fcuropo secured. Os.-eola, Clearfield County V
October i. Ia7u-3ia. "
J.
K. Ii o T T O R F a
PHOTOGRAPH G41 .1 r
Mtr.XKT STREET, CL t !! Fir LD, PEsaV
Negatives made in cloudy as well m, i -t.,r
weather. Crn.Untl, en b.nd a g.d aMortaen,
. frames t-tereoseupes and Stereoscopic Yiiw.
Frames, from any ty, of mouldins. ut.de u
order. CIIK'JMOS A SPECIALITY
FAIRBANKS
STANDARD SCALES, OF ALL KINDS ALSO
IMPROVED MONEY DRAWER.
Fairbanks, Morse & Co.,
M SO-tm.) 1m2 Second At.. Pittsberj. Pa
SAWS! SAWS"
D1STON, CROSS CUT,
MILL, DRAG
A.D CIRCULAR SAWS.
LI-iHTXINtJ SAff3
PATENT PERFORATED,
ELECTRIC SAW?
And DISTON'S SAW'S of ail kinds,
for sale by
II. F. B1GLER A CO.
"riHIE OLD CLOCK ON THE VALL,,T with
X its dusty FACE, may now put on a bright
new DIAL, and henceforth keep the time of funr
or five of the great cities of the wcrld, either ia
Europe or America, as you may desire, and keep
your own time as before, alto. It msy be attach
ed to any ordinary clock, and is both ornamental
and useful. In the parlor it is ornamental. In
the public hoase it is a matter of curiosity, and
in the school room it is a matter of ereat utility
bend for a circular to S. L PL'llbY,
Oc'. IS).'70-6m. Westover. Pa
SINOER SEWIN'O MACHINES,
il IN K.LEY KN ITTINO M ACH INKS.
1 he most perfect and simple machines of the
kind ever invented. Both of the above papular
machines have been lately improved until they
stand without a rival Price of the Singer Fam
ily Machine from Sfij,C6 ntward8, according to
finish, lliuklev Knitters, S-'O.OO. Circulars and
samples mailed free on application.
STRAW A MOiU'JN, Gen. A-t's,
No 20 Sixth St., Pittsburgh. Pa.
Axents wanted for the H inkley Machine every,
where, and for the Singer in Western Pens a,
Eastern Ohio anl West Vs., whore thre are nose
already established. I Nov. 24.'6S ly.
TN TUB COURT or Con.mon Pleas ot Clears!4
Count j. Pa. :
CtKTUii Hepbub. ) No. 39, Sept. Term. 1370.
vs
Jaues Hrri R!. 1 SUH. SUR. DIVORCE.
Se itember 23tb. IS70. II W. Smith appointed
a Commissioner to take testimony in the above
case. A.C TATE, Troth v.
I will attend to the duties of the above apr oint
ment at my ofnV'e. ia Ciaarfield. on Thursday the
10th day ot -November, at 10 o'clock, A.M., whsre
all parties interested can attend.
Oct. 19. i0-3t. ii W SMITH. Coinm'r.
wIk a yTn g!
Mils. R. CALDWELL.
Having ensued in the WEAVING BfilXESi,
at ber residence near Logan's Mill, de&ircs to in
form ber friends and the public, that she tns n
and will keen cont:intlT on hn.l. a we!lsrlo l
ttoctc ot COTTON. Wo Vl.EN' sod tIE.'iP WAKPi.
and is prepared to furni'h to orusr Carpet res :y
made, or ns.rp atd wearing Wecvin; ol a!!
kinds done to order. If desir-d she fan famish
col'.ou warp of all kiuls fjr iiuen or woolen fill
ing. Wool and rags taken in exuhn;n
Address, Ms. it rALl Tl.T..
Oat 12.'70-ly. Cui weusviiie. Pa
WESTBEANCH RESTAURANT
AND
Ladies' Oyster Snloon.
OK SKCOKD ST.. ItEI.OW HtltKET,
CLEARFIELD. PA.
Constantly kept rn hand a xcleeted assortment
of Candies. Nuts, Cigars. Tobaeoo. Ac. Aliofreih.
Oysters received daily, and fjr sale by the iutta
or hundred. J. M. MACO.MEtK.
Oct 12.'7i). Proprietor.
T) ErOKT OF THE First National Bank
of Ciirwensville. Ta., a shown liy it
books at the close of business on tnisih dt cf
October, 11:79.
BiCSOlBCeS.
Loans an 1 discounts - - ... $17Kis35l
Overdrafts - - -
U. S. Bonds deposited with Treasurer
of U. S. to secure circulation - -U.
S. Bonds on band - - -
Due from re-lecminc; agents,- - - -Due
from other Nat Banks. ...
Due from ether Banks and Bankers -Bttukinir.
HouFe. : : : : : . :
Furniture and Fixtures - - - - -Curient
Expenses .... - -
Taxes Paid
Checks and other Cash;Itema -Bills
of National Banks, - - - - -
Fractional Currency, ------
Specie, (coin). - -- -- - -
Legal Tender Notes - - - - - -
477 63
SI 000 09
- 2.;0 10
. 26 024 0
- 7.H9 41
- 19 6f3 12
: J in 09
1 0i0 09
- 1 003 23
- 1 ins 05
. - 5.IS7
. - 4'0 00
. . t' il
. - 20 00
. 19411 00
3I?0."4 i
Total ------ -
UHKIl.ITIKS
Capital stock paid in, : : : :
Surplus fund, ::::::
Profit and Loss, ; : : : :
Circulation. : : : : ; :
Individual Deposits, : : :
Total Liabilities : : : :
: SI03 0C9 Oft
; 26.900 00
: S.07S 29
: 67.Io9 09
: 137,59-1 V
V47,SJ41
State o f Penn-'ylvnaia, 1 tJ .
County of Clearfield.
I. Samuel Arnold, C shier cf the First Nation
al Bank of Curwensrille. P , do olmnlT swear
thai the above statement is true, to Ihe bct ef
mj knowledge and belief.
SAM'L ARNOLD. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me tki Mi"
day of October, 1870. Jos. R. Irwik. 5 r-
Correct. Attest :
F. A. IitTi. )
Jobs P Ibvix, J Directors.
Job.h Ietis. J Oct. 19 '7f-2t
II E M 0 Y A L .
HARTSWICK IRWIX,
DRUGGISTS,
Market St., Clear field, Ptu
We heg leave to inform am old and new eni:-me.-e.
that we hare removed oar establi.hment t
the new building just erected on Market
nearly adjoining the Mansion House on the weit,
and opposite tirabam A Sons' store, where
spectfully invite the publie to come and buy their
DRUGS, C HEMIC A 1, PATEXT AfE""
C.YS, fJiXS. PAIXTS AXl K4K.Y5-
Ourstock of Drujrs and Medioir.esconsist of every
thing used, selected with the gretcst rare, ana
WARRANTED STRICTLY n'RB-
We also keep a full stock ef Dyes, rrrfareeriei
Toilet articles.Soaps. Tooth Brushes. Hair Bra o
es. Whitewash Brushes, and every eiher ktna
Brushes. We have a la-ge lot of
White Lead, Turpentine,
Flaxseed Oil, Paints, and in fact everything ewd
in the painting business, which we ener '
prices to cash uuyera.
TOBACCO AND SEGAES,
Confectionery . Spices, and the largest stock of va
rieties, ever offered ia this place, and warran
to be of the best the market aff uds.
J. . HAKTSVWK.
ee 1 SSJ JOHN F. JRWIV--
rpilEkf"! ."l market price.j pjM fr