Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1854-07-15

Nfnril Notrs.



Chsap-potatoes at tialena, Illinois. Only 15 cts
sper bushel
Tn Liverpool $4,000 persons are said TO live
lin cellars.
G-s77 There are 100 lodges, and 10000 Free Ma
sssons in the city of New York.
Good ,eus.-Congress has agreed to adjourn on
sthe 4th., of August
s,sF7 The total loss by the recent FIRE at Louis
sville. is S25,ooo
Iatpropea-the Orchestra over the way, by the
Faddition of new sound board
.Stiyring-the Natives They have held a NEE
Fling in Boggs township.
E@Hon JOS Casey has been nominated for
sCongress by the wings Of Union county
g-Jacob Olinger, of Blair County committed
fsuicide, last week, by hanging himself
svs'The number of black slaves in the world is
sestimated at seven and half millions.
,5yeA slight shock of an earthquake was felt in
Cincinnati, Saturday evening, July the lst
IVA barrel of sugar and barrel of -four at
the present prices in New Orleans, amount to the
Same.
.1@A conspiracy to assassinatc the Emperor Ma
fpoleon has been discovered in France-150 arrests
swere made
.Jg@Santa Annals present from his friend Pierce
the seven million draft has been paid at the New
York Sub Treasury.
E9-It is estimated that the whiskey drinkers I'M
the Unitod States could build the Pacific Railroad
in couple Of years.
sTsThcre were 229 deaths in New Orleans du
ring the week ending the ID. inst,one hundred of
(which were from sun-stroke-
RoBbery-The banking house of Auguste Belief
''Inonte, at New York, was entered and robbed on
THE 9th inst. of $4,000.
At the recent election in Danbury, Connec-
|ticut the ..Know Notfings' were successful elect
,ing their whole ticket.
r-EY7Tn the neighborhood of Carlise, Pa harvest
hands are being paid $3.50 to $500 for the very
best Graders Others less.
sg@Therc will be Baptist preaching, by the Rev.
Mn HUSTER, in the Lutheran church of this
place on Sabbath the 23d inst.
- Harvest is pretty generally over in Dela-|
ware, and farmers complain of great injuries sus7
tained by the wheat from the rust.
10 Some of young men have formed a
string Band which discoursed most eloquent mu-
sic, on Friday evening.
- The Bishop of Erie preached in the Catholic
Church of this place on Sabbath, and confrmed
some fifteen or 20 children and adults.
Ev'It is said that ofeighty four German papers
which supported General Pierce's election, only
eleven remain friendly to his administration,
Gen VIM O. Butler has written a letter toj
the executive. declining the Office of governor of;
Nebraska, to which he had just been appointed
sy The United States Senate has ratified a!
treaty concluded with the Winnebagoes by which,
they cede half million acres of land in Minnesota
- Edward Mulligan, the local Mail Agent at
St Louis has been arrested, and held to bail inI
s eco, on a charge of puroining letters from the
mail
Neeatessly Aiarmea--he man who's afraid our
paper will be "Jakey' Whenever we desire to!
publish paper Of that character well call in his
assistance
- The Pittsburgh Gazette and Commercial CALL
for Northern Convention of all creeds opposed!
TO the Nebraska iniquty, or the further encroach
ment of slavery
.S5gaiJfcsut.-The Springfield (Mass) Pos, until
watchword hereafter the unconstitutional repent!
o. the fugttire stare lar Of 1850.
- couple aged respectively 80 and 5S years,
were married in Wheeling last week. Their ac-
quaintance, courtship and marriage, were com
passed by less than ten days
u Winchester, the Superintendent of the susoue-
hanna Railroad has been arrested in Baltimore on!
a charge of manslaughter, growing out of the rail-
road massacre Of the 4th inst.
,Sayrenderea at Last-Barnum the prince of
Humbugs, has relinquished the attempt of popu
larizing the New York Worlds Fair, and has
resigned the Presidency of the Crystal Palace
Fast TrareAtng.-A third daily train of passen-ll
ger cars has been put on the Central Road calleds
the Telegraph Express Train,'' which runs thro
from Phil adephia to Pittsburgh in l3 hours
Gone 5y-tho time fixed for receiving bids for tn y
sale of the Public Works. Owing to the onerou !
restrictions of the bll TO bids were received andI
they must still remain burden to the tax-ridden!
Serious Riot-at Lawrence Massachusetts, grow:
ing out of an insult to the American flag par!
ty of Americans passing through the street were!
fred upon with muskets from the houses No per !;
killed. Great excitement
Il Serenade.-The Brass Band Serenaded the!
Governor on Thursday night. They played the:
dead march, with mufed drum at least it sound !:
ed more like it than any thing else) as the v!
came down street: in anticipation, we suppose, of:
the Governors political de ath and burial
Renaena6ered-Clea arfield in the distribution of
offielal patronage. We have had during the pasts
week, three clerks from the different departments
OF the General Government and the Governor of heE
State, sojourning with us. We think the Democ-
racy OF this region have no reason to complain.