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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-11-08


FOREIGN NEWS
The Steamship Arabia arrived al Now
York ON Dhc 3l Instant Bringing Dhco
days later intelligence from Europe. The
only news ot Importance in relation to The
progress Of the wor is the announcement
that the bombardmcni Of Sobasopol had
commenced on the 18th ulImo, from two
hundred pieces Of heavy artillery.
Reports have also been circulated in
Vienna, Paris and London, Of the lall Of
Scbaslopo, aud large stock operations
were made on the faith Of the statement,
but the public were slow 10 believe.
An advance in the grain market had
taken place.
News Of importance may be looked Tor
by the next arrival.
I GTA wedding party LEFT town on Tues.
day morning, for BcIIelonte, and we un.
derstand were TO be married the same
evening at the latter place. The day was
cold and uncomfortable for the happy pair,
but we hope the chilling blasts Of the Al.
Ieghcny mountain would only make them
more resoIutcIy determined upon their pur.
pose. They left in fine coach, the "pri.
vate property" Of our gentlemanly and
obIging fellow townsman, Mr.. Samuel
Evans, called the "IIanL Pierce" and
which is always on hand for occasions OF
that kind. The coach is very nice one,
with a good team, and if "Sam" went
himself we will guarantee that they will
be safely landed at their destination.
GTFlour is advancing in Pittsburgh
The latest accounts from there quote su
Perfne at s.75 to $500, and extra family
-four at 900 to 9.25. By the by the ex
ira supcrfne is a great humbug. If they
were to call il extra coarse and very dark,
they would come nearer the mark. Our
dealers in purchasing are deceived by the
mark. 1t is strange that such stuff vii
pass inspection, and be distributed ovel
the country. Is there no remedy for il
We are nlraid that what flour we get from
Pittsburgh is inspected by the "Whiskey
Inspector" and a little "iuddled' at that
The ORDER OF RED.MEx.-Whero
was this order on the day orthe election
Our "naiiyes" were informed before th,
election that there was such an order, ant
that they were as numerous as the "frog
oi Egypt" and would all vote for Brad
ford They must have been hus,men
when the bell rang for Bradford's friends
Can the natives swallow any more sucl
stuff If they can they should say as tn
Kentucky green-horn said when be swal
lowed the oyster with the shell on, dts
ID OF a mouihful but here goes
GTThe usury laws Of England were
repealed by an act Of Parliament on tht
9Th Of Angus, last. We are not favorable
to following the example Of England in
many respects, but in this instance "
think il would be well for US to follow suit
The Legislature Of our State have th
power TO make such repeal, and We hop
that ere that body adjourns next winter
this restrictive law may be swep; from ou
statute book.
REpREsENTATIyE.-The following
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-11-08

The WAR or lsl2-NATIoNAL CoY.
vETTToY AT WAsHINGToN.-The delon.
dcrs Of the country in the war of Indepen.
dcnce who still survive, and the children
Of such as are dond, are requested 10 send
delegates to the city of Washington TO at.
tend convention 10 be held there on the
sth Of January next, 1855, to adopt such
measures as will induce Congress not on.
ly TO do justice to them, but also to the
widows Of those who have gone 10 theil
last account.
TThe New Brunswick Legislature
have passed an act ratlyng the Recpro
city Treaty.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-11-08

The commencement Of November has
been pleasant. Indian summer is over
and "rrosty winter" is rapidly approaching.
For five months there has not been rain
enough in Clenrfeld county to swell the
waters. Streams have not been known
for years TO be as low as they are at this
season.
We predict a hard winter and snow in
abundance. There will be good sleighing
on the first of December. The snow will
be preceded by frcshet in the waters,
which may be looked for about the 25lh
OF November. The river will be entirely
"closcd over" with ice during the month
Of December. From the first to the 10th
Of January there will be another fre shet
produced by warm rains and a south wind,
leaving the streams free from ice, and the
ground uncovered. Between the Goth and
25th Of January again everything will be
"lrozcn up," with plenty OF snow and fine
timber hauling, until about the first o.
March. The best time to fill ice house.
will be in December, and the best time to
empty them July and August of next year.
0~TThe Lancaster Sat7trday Express
a know.Nothing paper, makes n serious
charge against Col. Mott. 1t intimulet
that they were "loolod" in taking tha,
gentleman for one of their order and says
"that Mey haze risked their souls Saloa
ton By dellJcrate and aoi5u5 pcyjury," il
voting for Henry S. Mott. Poor Fellows
If will "save them from pershing" Col
Mott will give them back their votes ? IIt
did not need them
0~TSomo ortbo papers are disposed tc
boast ofEldred township, in Monroe coun
ty, giving BlgIer at the recent election l5C
votes and Pollock none. Pretty well dom
we admit; but Benzinger township in Ell
county, beats this all hollow--having civ
en- 2l7 for Bigler, and none for Pollock.
GOVERNOR REEDER has landed in Kan
sas. His reception in that new Terrific
ry was quite an imposing affair, and hi
speech TO the people breathcs the righ
= spirit.
6TTho Re'nsylUaniun still keeps put
ting in its "hord.licks" at the Know.Noth
ings. Before such fire they must fall.
0~TThe young men of this place, W
understand, are about raising a dancin
school. We wish them success in tbei
undertaking,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-11-08

ScATTERING.-This gentleman who fig
urcsasacandidate at almost every election,
it seems was a candidate for Governor at
the recent election, and received a few
votes, but regards the number as rather
an oquiyocal compliment, It's quite fat.
Ieriug 10 the Native American party to
know that in many of the published re.
turns their candidate is not even named
that in place Of going it with a Rush he is
cbrislcned "scaltcring," The Wings pro.
pose TO run Pollock for the Presidency
will the natives run Gen. Scattering also
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-11-08

0TThe official statement Of the u. S.
Treasurer shows the amount in the Treas.
ury, subject to draft, on the 23d Of Oct,
1854, to be 26,045,O 900.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-20
10, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1854.

lent, to deprive them of the ordinary
privileges of citizenship, is proposed act
of oppression at variance with the prlncl-
Piles on which our government is based
Here as in the inrtance already mention
ed, the purpose Of the movement is not
to devise new means for making the ad-
ministration of the government more
generally useful, but to restrict and limit
its benefits to particular classes of citizens
The object is not to advance, but to de-
stroy the very ends for which the consti-
tuition was formed. And to call faction
with such an avowed design, politica
party, is gross perversion of the mean
ing of the words. Pittsburgh Union.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-20

HoARD1NG ANE ENJoY1NG-AN ALE
GoRY.-sA venerable old man toiled
through the burden and heat of the day,
cultivating his field with his own hand, and
in strewing with his own hand the promis
ing seeds into the fruitful lap of the yield
ing earth. Suddenly there stood before
him, under the shade of a huge linden
tree, a divine vision. The old man was
struck with amazement L am Solomon,
spoke the phantom, in friendly voice
What are you doing here, old man p If
you are Solomon replied the venerable
laborer, how can you ask this? In my
youth, you sent me to the ant; saw It's
occupation, and learned from that insect
to be industrious and to gather. What |
then learned l am following out to this
hour You have only learned half your
lesson, resumed the spirit. GO again to
the ant. and learn from that animal to rest
in the winter of your life, and to enjoy
what you have gathered up.'''
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-20
Health.

Hon. Horace Mann, ON assuming the
Presidency of Antioc College, Yellow
Springs, Ohio, delivered an inaugural ad-
dress, in which he speaks of Health as
follows:
80 universal and long continued have
been the violations of the physical laws,
and so omnipresent is human suffering as
the consequence, that the very tradition of
perfect state of health has died out from
among men. We are wonted to the pres
ence of debility and pain. Religious men
teach US to accept weakness and suffering
as the appointed lot of humanity. Hence
the conditions of health and longevity are
not merely disregardei but ignored, and
men of the profoundest learning on other
subjects are here ignorant of felements. u
University professors know how to take care
of the solar system, but do not know how
to take care Of their own systems. ad-
mire the rules Of prosody by which the
Greek and Latin verse flow into harmo-
nious numbers; but prefer the tuneful
pulse which never makes an elision, to any
music or classical scanning. Ionce knew
professor of Rhetoric in an American
College, who choked himself to death at a
dinner party, with an undivided. piece OF
mutten He knew to a senlitone the rhe-
torical proportion in which breath should
be sent out of the lungs, but was ignc-
rant of the physiological quantities thai
food should be taken into the stomach
Clergymen are forever exhorting us te
keep our spirits clean and pure, and ther
in their outer-man, they exemplify theil
teachings by all the deflements of to
: bacco."
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-20

RoMANcE.-A young lady living near
Beaver Dam in Erie county, Pa, took it
into her head, short time since, to enter
into romantic adventure, and according
ly DOTTED her female attire, clothed herself
in the garb of a male, and left home to
seek her fortune at whatever might offer.
She proceeded to Cambridge, Crawford
county, aud hired out as a "tman of all
work." when, after driving horses, haul
ing wood and rails, loading hay, &C., for
short time, her parents discovered her
whereabouts, exposed hersex and convey
ed her home. The act was occasioned by
reading some OF the light literature of the
day, in which was portrayed in seductive
language, the adventure of lady who
had made fortune by donning male at
tire, and participating in public life.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-20

GAS ON BooKs-'sWe have been told, %
says the Evening Post, "that the principle
reason why the. Astor Library is not
opened at night, aside from the generally
thin attendance at libraries in this city at
evenings, is the destructive effect of gas
upon the books. The London booksellers
have found that gas is SO ruinous to their
stock that they have almost universally
discontinued its use; and in those cases
where it is provided with an apparatus for
carrying all the discharged gases out o
the apartment. What is worse, it's found
that the gas is most destructive to the finest
kinds of binding, and that the Russian
suffers more than any other
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-20
A PARODY.

Drayman, spare that whip
Don't touch me on the raw,
That harness gals my hip
Don't tugso at my jaw.
In vain you urge my speed
Invain you soundly fog.
You know I'm broken kneed,
And cannot faster jog.
The old familiar lash,
From whips of great renown'
Cut once mighty dash
I'm glad it's now done brown.
Then, drayman, spare that stroke
Don't cudgel me, pray,
i That double knots no joke
Would could bolt away
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-20

HAPPINESS the constitution both OF
our mind and body, every thing must go
on right, and harmonic well together to
make us happy. But should one thing go
wrong, that is quite enough to make us
miserable and, although the joys of this
world are vain and short, yet its sorrows
are real and lasting for l will show you
a ton Of perfect pain with greater ease
than one ounce of pleasure. And he
knows little of himself, or of the world,
who does not think it sufficient happiness
to be free from sorrow therefore, give a
wise man health, and he will give himself
every other thing Cotton.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-20
A Perfect Wife.

EDMUND BURKE, the distinguished ora
tor, presented to his wife on the anniver-
sary of their marriage, his idea Of "per-
feet wife, which, is supposed to be a
true portrait it of Mrs. Burke. 1t is GER
tainly a lovely picture, worthy of the pen
of the author of "The Essays of the Sub
lime and Beautiful" The following are
the extracts
Character Of
She is handsome, but it is beauty not
arising from the features, from complex
ion, or from shape. She has all three in
high degree, but it is not by these that
she touches heart; it is all that sweet
ness of temper, beneyolence, innocence,
and sensibility, which a face can express
that forms her beauty. She has face
that just raises your attention at first sigh
it grows on you every moment, and you
wonder it did not more than raise your at
tentionat first.
Her eyes have a mild light, but they arr
when she pleases: they command, like
good man out of Office, not by authority
but by virtue.
Her stature is not tall, she is not made
to be the admiration of every one, but th,
happiness of one.
She has all the frmness that does no
exclude delicacy-she has all the softnes
that does not imply weakness.
Her voice is soft, low music, not formed
to rule in public assemblies, but charm
those who can distinguish company from
a crowd; it has its advantages-you mus
come close to her to hear it.
To describe her body, describe he
mind:-one is the transcript of the other
her understanding is not in the variety o
matter it exerts itself on, but the goodness
of the choice she makes,
She does not display it so much in say
ing or doing striking things as in avoiding
such as she ought not to say or do.
No person Of so few years can know th'
world better; no person was ever less cor
irSSpted by the knowledge.
Her poii;teness flows rather from natu
raj disposition to oblige, than from an.
rules on that subject, and Ii. .erefore, neTe
fails to strike those who understand goot
breeding, and those who do not.
She is Of steady and firm mind, whicl
takes no more from the solidity of th'
female character than the solidity of marble
does from its polish and lustre. She ha
such virtues as make US value the truly
great of our own sex. She has ali tn,
winning graces that make us love even th'
faultswe seein the weak and beautiful in her
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-20

MASSACRE BY IND1ANs.-The Council
Bluffs Mo- Bvgle of the goth nit. says;
We have Just received advices from Scar
geant's. Bluffs that the express just ar
rived from the Punka tribe reports that
the :unkas have the scalps Of three white
men and, 100 fine American horses, beside
considerable gold coin and much other
property.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-20

MAKE A BEGINNING, OR You WILL
NEVER HAVE AN END.-The first weed
pulled up in a garden, the first seed put
into the ground, the first dollar put in the
savings bank, and the first mile Travelled
on a journey, are all very important
things they make a beginning, and there
by hope, a promise, pledge, an assur-
ance that you are in earnest with what you
have undertaken, How many poor, idle,
hesits, ting, erring outcast, is now creeping
and crawling his way through the world,
who might have ileld up his head and
prospered, il instead OF putting OH his
resolutions of amendment and industry
he had only made a beginning, and agooo
beginning too, is necessary
Had not the base been laid by builders wise,
The Pyramids had never reached the skies
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-20

TRIAL AND AcQU1TTAL.-A youngwoman
named Viladien was few days ago tried
by the court of Assizes of the Herault,
France, for throwing sulphuric acid in the
face of workman who had seduced and
refused to marry her. The mans sight
was destroyed, and he was otherwise much
injured, but, althoug the crime was proved
the jury acquitted the girl in consideration
of the provocation.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-20

WE learn from the Cleveland PLAIN
dealer that there was great gathering
of Spiritualists at Bainbridge, Geauga 60.
last Sabbath. Whole townships turned
out and the woods and fields were full
of them. It is estimated there were
eirht thousand present
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-20

MURDER. week JOHN IL. FRIsToE
was murdered in Hooking county, Ohio,
by Orpheus Ogle, by being struck on the
head with a gun.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-20

ANOTHER ELLIS, trail
creature, of Buffalo, was brutally murder
ed on the 4th, by man named Michel,
who had quarrel with her in the neigh
boring woods about ring.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-20

Thespeople have been surfelted with
Martha Washington hobgoblin stories,
until the public stomash has become dis
gusted, and the whole thing has been vot-
ed an unmitigated bore, and in that di-
lena, the aid and influence of government
is sought to give the Prosecution new IN
terest and zeal for the public taste. We
hope no money will be voted for any such
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-20

RocA DEAD.-We have letters from
Havana announcing the death of Roca,
the Indentente who committed the out
RACES on the Black Warrior. He died OF
black vonit on the night of the 9th ult.
Thus, while Mr.. Souls demand for his
removal was pending, power far higher
than that of any Government has remov-
ed him
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-20

The New ENGLAND CLERGY.-The COM
mittee appointed by the meeting ofclergy-
men at Boston dSring anniversary week,
to confer with clergymen of all denomina-
tons in regard to the expediency of calling
a convention of the New England clergy
to consult as to their duty in the present
crisis of freedom in our country, have de-
cided thatit is inexpedient to hold such a
convention. Sensible conclusion!
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-03

dosd % thu. Tho guilt Of irescbery 70 their constt
uents and 10 the cause OF liberty and We hereby declare
onr deced OF the course OF al such men,
vhatevr he Their party antiee and our firm deterna-
ton 10 crush the race OF dongnisces ana 70 vote cf
no man for Congress whose NE ana character are h" re-
liable guaranty that ne VIII ia'uD. 1one' " nc P"0
ples Of these resolutions.
Pesore1 That the country owes debt OF gratitude 10
all bers Of Congress especially 70 tho-e pst
lv s.rugped day and night to maintain the public faith
nvoate against all the patronage and sduc,ions OF the
administration and the slave power, and we rejoice TO
kpow ,hst the tire delegation from Maine with sin
gle dshonorable exception, maintained their integrity to
the last.
IRE abundanty able Themselves and hold to the
doctrine Of popular sovereignty IN lts legitimate inter
preaiion and application, maintain that the apology oil
northern men for supporting the Nebraska Kansas ac
tha. il contains this doctrine is unounded and deiusvei
srenuously denied by the South and its recognion
three times distinctly voted down and rePudiated by lis
peculiar friends in Congress.
recent instances of fagran: Executive ~
the legislation Of Congress and the freedom OF oe
ionsan interference that Is subversse Vi VIC nSn
the sople dangerous 10 our Republican system tehlh
to the oDenan power and longer to be tolerated ana
in order TO remedy this growing evi we are IN iavor OF
taking the appointment of officers from me President a.
r Is practicable and making them elective blythe people
Pe:6Ire6 That the Fugitive Slave Law ought 10 be
90 modified az secure the night OF hdc1s corpus and
trial by jury TO every person claimed IN the place where
Pesoir@G That we earnestly recommend to all theyppo
neng of the Nebraska Kansas act IN each COngres2ona
District in this State 10 lay aside every prejudice orego
for the time every difference other matters and cor
diqy cooperate in the election Of members OF Congress
who shall be and fatu in the coming conflict be-
tween Freedom and Slavery.
Resored That the best guarantee for the safety and
penanency of the Federal Union is TO be found in the
adoption Of designed to facilitate intercourse be-
tween the different sections Of the Union "a i Il now
constituted and which in their character would be calcu
lated and would operate bind together in mutual interest
and dependence every portion OF our country.
Resottd That opposed TO the repeal or essential
modification Of any OF the Constitutional PROVISIONS OF the
Maine Law and are in favor Of it, udcious enforcement
hrou the State gntl experience shall demonstrate
that II Is innfTecfnal and unWise.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-03
ATTEMPT at MURDER BY ROWDIEs.

Capt Dilks of the Fifteenth Ward Police, this morning
repor,s TO Chief Matse that about o'clock on satur-
dav night a gentleman named Reed, residing in West
Washing place while passing through Washington Ia
rade Ground four approached him from the corner
of McDougalst and Wayerly and on coming close
to him. one of the party asked: Are you Protestant or
Catholic"
Mr. Reed thought proper not TO answer the question:
when another of the cowary rans stepped close up TO
Mr. Reed and struck him powerful blow in the face say
inc at the same time You Of those id Know
Nothing Professionals
The third villain now advanced and drew from sheath
conceded in his bosom large drkknie, with which he
made rush at bis victim; but Mr.. Reed warded of the
blow with lis hand but received the blade of the weapon
in his thumb, which very badly cut
Mr. Reed becoming alarmed lest he should be murdered
cried oct I'm stabbed" which frightened the scoun-
drels who no doubt thinking they had accomplished their
hel.h and murderous purpose took to their heels and
escaped Just as some policemen had hove in sight Search
is being made for the perpetrators of this disbolca
outrage.