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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18
TEE pLATFoR1r oF 1850.


Resolred. That the Democratic party viii re-
sist all attempts at renewing in Congress or
out of it, the agitation of the slavery question,
under whatever shape or color the attempt
may be made.-Pierce Platform Of 1850.
This is the platform which General Pierce
accepted when he was renOminated for the
have been elected. 1t was distinctly stated,
at the same time, that the Compromise meas
ures settled by the last Congress-, (l850) were
to be adhered to, with fidelity. How was this
platform and pledge ESadhered" to by Frank
lin Pierce, after his election Did he not i'm
mediately sEagitate'' the whole subject through
his adherents in Congress, and by his support
ers out of it? Was not the whole question re
opened in its most terrible aspect-in all its
threatening dangers to the Union, by the bold,
treacherous and sacrilegious repeal of the Mis-
souri, Compromise of 1920? This act: the sum
total Of moral and political perfdy, from the
time of Judas Iscariot, down TO the treason of
Benedict Arnold, was consummated by Frank
lin Pierce and his Cabinet, against the Amer
lean Union. He is the author Of the storm
that is now lowering over our country.
1t is deplorable circumstance, that the age
in which we live, coming over and above all
other ages, should produce men like Pierce
and his confederates, SO utterly regardless Of
all moral obligation. We had thought that the
nineteenth century had inlugurated new era
of candor and integrity in rulers and from
which there could be no departure, as at the
day when life, fortune and honor were pledg
ed The treachery Of Franklin Pierce has
taught US to beware of our faith in men,
Berks Press.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18
STATE ELECTIONS.

Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, Mis-
souri, and Texas, hold their elections on the
first Monday in August; Tennessee on the first
Thursday, and North Carlina on the second
Thursday of the same month. On the second
Monday in September the election in Maine oc-
ours, and that of Vermont on the first Tuesday
of the same month. In Alabama, Kentucky,
Texas, North Carolina and Tennessee, Mem
bers of Congress are to he elected.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18

STATE TEMPERANCE CoNvENTIoN.-A Mass
Convention of the friends of Temperance will
be held in Reading, Berks county, on Wednes-
day the 8th of August, to commence at 10
O'Clock, A. N.
AS the enemies of the Liquor Law are ma
king the most determined efforts for its repeal,
it is important that all its friends should at
tend this Convention. No one need wait to
be appointed delegate, as all who come will
be members. Come to the jubilee and show
the friends and foes of the law that it cannot
be repealed, except by the passage of more
stringent one.
The Address of the State Committee will be
delivered to members of the Convention for
circulation, and they are requested to collect
funds to defray the expense.
P. OOOMBE, Chairman, &c.
Philadelphia June 25. 1855.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18
ClearfieId, July l6, 1855.


AN INVITATION DEoLNED.-The Salem Mas
sachusetts) Gazette, one Of the conservative
Wing papers of that State so kindly invited by
the Democratic ''Organs' to form part of the
Rum and Slavery Coalition, responds in the
following polite yet firm manner. The Gazette
has the ring of the true metal. Hear it:
SsThe federal papers--that is, the papers
which are fed from the pap of the federal gov
ernment-are filed, just now, with the most
seducing invitations to conservative Wings, to
the support of Gen. Pierce and the Platform
Of Perfdy. But We must ask to be excused.
We do not like to train under such officers
The Democratic party-meaning thereby the
Administration paTty-is extinct. There is
nothing left of it but skeleton, composed of
custom-hoUse and post officers, with a few land
agents and such like, and corps of retainers
so small as to be almost invisible to the naked
eye. 1t can never be resuscitated under Pierce,
Douglas and Atchison, a national party. It
is mere sectional concern, and not even rep
resenting large section. It represents moth
ing but the most intensely bitter fraction of
the three or four hundred thousand slavehold-
erS. 1t has been beaten out OF sight, in every
State but one, in which an election has taken
place, aud has been almost extirpated in Con
gress. Scarcely q corporals guard is left in
the House of Representatives and in the
country at large, there is not enough left of it
to form a nucleus for revival; and if there
were, it is so thoroughly rotten, that nothing
can live which is built on such core. Its
| very bones are carious.'
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18

THE ssOLDEsT INHABITANr.' 1.-THE editor of
the annapolis Republican had visit on Friday
from one of the Oldest men perhaps in Mary
land, Mr. Richard Crandell, who was born in
Anne Arundel county, on the 10th of July, IL
AZ, and therefore will be 108 years of age the
10th Of this month. He has not the appearance
of man of more than 80, and even last fall he
sowed nearly all the grain on his farm. He is
in the enjoyment of most excellent health and
spirits; and at 100, he says, he had not a gray
hair in his head. He served as a privateer during
the revolution, and relates many interesting
facts connected with the struggle for Aueri-
can Independence.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18

a FORMIDABLE BODY We learn from the
Pennsylvania that the Liquor Dealers League
for the State of Pennsylvania, now number
about twenty thousand members, and are tho
roughly organizing the interior of the State
with great energy and rapidity,s their object
being a concert of action, to protect them
selves and their interests, by legal, pecuniary,
and political process, against legislation upon
the prohibitary question. VIII the PeHnsyL-
rGaiaa explain to US the E' 'pecWnidry process"
against legislation. We are little anxious to
understand it. Our neighbours is of opinion too
that our Restraining License Law viii be a
dead letter upon the statute book; that the
last legislature would have done better, as con-
sistent friends oftemperance, to have brought
all their energies TO bear in favor of a strin-
gent license law, as they could in that case
have had the aid of thousands of influential
citizens who viii probably now not only aid
in the repeal of the law, but assist in rendering
it nugatory. We do not ourselves believe that
all the Liquor Dealers in the State can cause
one step backward in the great Temperance
Reform. If the License Law is repealed, we
shall most assuredly have Prohibition. The
cities with their hives of busy rum cells, may
object but the country is all right and will
come to the rescue.-SUH.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18
For the Raftsman's Journal.
REPORT OF CONMITTEE.

To the President Of the Board of Trustees of Clear
field Institute:
The undersigned Committee respectfully re-
port: That, according to appointment, they at
tended the examination Of the scholars of
Clearield Institute, upon the studies which they
have been pursuing during the last two quar-
ters under the direction of Mr.. ". A. CAMP
BELL and lady, assisted by Miss CAMPBELL.
The examination was long and thorough
The majority of the scholars, though younger
than those who generally attend an Institu-
tion of this grade, with few exceptions, acquit-
ted themselves well land some with great credit.
Your Committee have had abundant evidence
that the Teachers have been faithful, patient,
and laborious; that they have had the advance
ment of their scholars fully at heart, and that
they have succeeded in a degree seldom equal
ed both in imparting instruction, and in gain
ing the love confidence and respect OF those
whom they instruct.
In some cases, here as elsewhere, the pro-
gress of the pupil has been impeded by irreg-
ular attendance. Of all causes retarding the
advancement of scholars, this is the most COM
mon and injurious;-and is, almost invariably,
to some extent, the fault Of the parents. 1t is
most strongly recommended, that all parents
ular attendance, and that they do, as far as
they can, personally encourage them in their
studies. No labor and faithfulness of a teach
or can insure the advancement of a child with
out the cooperation of the parents.
The Committee are pleased to report that
the School is in highly prosperous condition,
and bids fair, under the able management OF
the present Principal, to realize the best hopes
Of ITS friends : : 4 sss5s:9 SS355s $sassss.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18
OHIO NOMINATIONS.

The Free-Soil Convention of Ohio, which
met at Columbus on the 18th, nominated the
following ticket =
For Governor, S. P. Chase; for Lieutenant
Governor, T. II. Ford; Judges of the Supreme
Court, Converse and Jacob Brinkerhooff Au-
ditor of State, F. N. Wright; State Treasurer,
VIM. H. Gibson; Secretary of State, J. II.
Baker; Attorney-General, F. B. Keinball i;
Board of Public Works, a. G. Converse.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18

SCENE BETWEEN GUBERNAToRIAL CANDI-
DATEs.-Col. Winston and Judge Shortridge,
the two gubernatorial candidates in Alabama,
came near having serious personal collision
during a discussion a few days ago, Winston,
it is stated, in response to an assertion of
Shortridge, said You are liar p Judge Short
ridge replied to him-ssYou are an Infamous
liar sir,'' and as he said this he made his way
off of the stand towards Winston. As the
Judge descended from the stand Winston drew
his pistol--by this time the whole house was
thrown into confusion. a large crowd sur
rounded the combatants, and general tight
was prevented only by the Interference of
friends.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18
. OOUMDEs OHdITIIIAU,
Philadelphia, June 25, 1855.
A MurINr AMONG AMEn1nAu TRonps

A MUTINY AMONG AMERICAN TRooPs-A
correspondent of the Washington Star, wri-
ting from Don Fernandez de Taos, in New
court martial and military court of inquiry
had been for some time in session at that place.
They were instituted for the purpose of inves-
tigating riot which occurred there several
weeks previous, in which Major a. II. Blake,
of the 1St regiment U. S. Dragons, was as
saulted and beaten by number Of intoxicated
priyates belonging to that regiment. Five sol
diers were being tried by the court NATAL for
mutiny
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18
LYNCH Law AMONG THE RAFTsMEN.

The trial of a man named Maybury, at James
vile, Wisconsin, for the murder of a raftsman
having been brought to a speedy close from
defect in the indictment, crowd OF raftsmen
who were in attendance from the place where
the murder was committed, become greatly
exaspersted, and taking the prisoner from the
Sheriff, hung him. The affair produced great
deal of excitement
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18
GEN. WAsH1NGToN,s LAsT YOTE

Every Incident in the life of Washington is
full Of interest The plain, heroic magnitude
of mind which distinguished him above all
other men was evident in all his actions. Pa
triotism, chastened by sound judgment and
careful thought, prompted all his public acts,
and made them examples for the study and
guidance of mankind. 1t has been said that no
one can have the shortest interview with a
truly great man, without being made sensible
Of his superiority. OF too many, who have
some way earned the title OF great, this is by
no means true. Its applicability TO the cha
racter Of Washington is verified in the follow
ing interesting circumstance related by cor
respondent of the Charleston Courier
81 was present. says the correspondent,
&c when Gen. Washington gave his last vote.
1t was in the spring of 1899, in the town of
Alexandria. He died the l1th of December
following. The court house of Fairfax coun-
ty was then over the market house, and i'm
mediately fronting Gadsby's tavern. The en-
trance into it was by slight flight OF crazy
steps on the outside. The election was pro-
gressing-several thousands of persons in the
court house yard and Immediate neighboring
streets; and was standing on Gadsby's steps
when the father of his country drove up, and
immediately approached the court house steps;
and when within yard or two of them saw
eight or ten good looking men, from different
directions, certainly without the least concert,
spring simultaneously, and place themselves
in positions to uphold and support the steps
should they fall in the Generals ascent of
them. l was Immediately at his back, and in
that position entered the court house with
hin-followed in his wake through a dense
crowd to the polls-heard him vote-returned
with him to the outward crowd-heard him
cheered by more than two thousand persons
as he entered his carriage-and saw his de-
parture.
There were five or six candidates On the
bench sitting; and as the General approached
them, they rose in a body and bowed smiling
ly and the salutation having been returned
very gracefully, the General Immediately cast
his eyes towards the registry of the polls,
when Col. Dencae Il think it was) said =
q Well, General, how do you vote 20 The
General looked at the candidates, and said
8 Gentlemen, ! vote for measures, not for
men, and turning to the recording table,
audibly pronounced his vote-saw it entered
made a graceful bow and retired.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18

THE New York DEMooRAoY.-The EsHard
Shells'' at their recent demonstration in New
York city, did not manifest very tender re-
gard for the feelings of the Administrations
nor for the sesofter'' members of the ''happy
family One of the resolutions alludes to
the Tammany administration brethren as
sshypocrites' and ''knayes," !" who have turned
the old wigwam into a regular "HouSe of
Refugee for 'srascals'' whom honest Demo-
Gratis had cast out. Mr.. Marcy is regaled with
some hot shot;--and at his door is laid the
failure of the Administration toget possession
of Cuba. But the Hards go a step further,-
and show no disposition to make only Marcy
the scape-goat for the Administration at large,
another resolution (pasSed by acclamation)
declaring that 'ithe only safety of the Demo-
cratic Party now lies in an unconditional re-
pudiation of the Administration" The call
was ''heartily seconded for Democratic
State Convention, the 9th of September,
to make State ticket that ssshal be neither
Free Soil, Prohibition, Known Nothing, nor
fanatic, of any other class, degree or color. -
We opine that the President will find this
'sshell'' rather s.hard'' one to crack.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18

ALL TALK AND NOTHING IN Ir.-The Leba-
non Courier truly remarks that the LOcofoco
papers have much to say against the Ameri-
cans, but in their denunciatons, they gener-
ally set up objects of straw to knock them
down again. They attribute much to the Amer
lean party, which that party, so far as we can
learn from its avowed principles, does not in
the least endorse. In this way they seek to
make capital; but its unfairness is transparent.
We have carefully examined every declaration
of principle that has thus far come to us from
any American organization, and in them We
are unable to find either that intolerance or
bigotry which is charged on the party; but on
the contrary, they avow determination to
protect religious liberty, &c, just the contrary
to that which their calumniatorS attribute to
them.
The locofoco party has always disliked every
thing American; but the time has passed when
it can carry the people with it in its unpatri-
otlc snubbing of our own country. The issue
is now being fairly Joined between those who
are friendly to giving America nationality,
and those who will prostitute her to any depth
of humiliation and disgrace to accomplish
their selfish ends. On these grounds we meet
them, and may g God favor the Right
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18

10 Schuyler, the alledged railroad default
er, though protesting in his recent letter to
be somewhere In Europe, is believed by sew
eral New York city editors to have never left
the United States; and i'll proof of this it is al
ledged that his signature was furnished recent
ly to document which never crossed the
ocean.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18
ILLINOIS STATE COUNCIL.

The American State Council of Illinois,
=. closed it's session at Springfield, on the 18th
inst. The Anti-Slsvery Platform was adopted.
Considerable difficulty arose upon the ques-
tion of the restoration of the Missouri Com
promise, and the vote being finally taken, the
platform was adopted by vote of "a to IS.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18

THE LARGEST MILL IN THE WoRLD.-The
largest and most comprehensive mill in the
world is the Pacific, at Lawrence, Massachu-
setts. The floor surface of this immense struc-
ture is sixteen acres-the largest mill in Eng
land is eleven and half acres. There are
now in operation 10000 cotton spindles and
10. 900 worsted spindles and these are to be
increased to $4,000 and 10000 respectively.
There are 200 looms in operation, to be in
creased to 400. These, with 1000 hands,
produce 100000 pieces of cloth per annum,
one-half delaines. The weekly consumption
wool. Once a month the 1000 hands assemble
at the cashiers Office, where Mr.. Clapp pays
out $4,000 to them for wages, appropriating
to each one the exact amount she has earned.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18

BY H. BUcHER swooPE.
Clearheld, Pa, Wednesday, July 1s, 1858.

@ In order to arrange our books,-give
subscribers an opportunity of discontinuing-
and make necessary arrangements previous
TO commencing the second volume, no paper
will be issued from This Office next week.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18
AFFAIRS IN KANSAS.

The Missouri Republican confirms the re-
ported fight between Governor Reeder and
the outlaw Stringfellow. The latter, it seems,
met Reeder and demanded of him an apology
ernor in one of his eastern speeches, and when
this was declined he attacked the Governor
The report respecting MeCrea, who killed
Malcolm Clark, is also confirmed. McCrea
was taken before Judge Lecompte, of the u.
S. District Court, by writ OF habeas corpus,
and after the examination of large number of
witnesses, he was remanded to prison for trial,
bail being refused. The officers at the fort re-
fused to take McCrea into further custody,
and public meeting has been held, which has
resolved to guard and protect the prisoner un-
til his case shall have been decided
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18

~ The receipts of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road during the month of June were $500, ,I76-
10, being an increase of S74, 62f 75, or 80 per
cent, over the receipts in the corresponding
month OF last year.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18

FIENDIsH ATTEMPT AT TMURDER.-ProVldenc
r. l., July lathe dwelling house OF Jonh
Tucker, near the city, was blown up ana en-
tlrely destroyed by gunpowder last night while
the family were in bed. A keg OF gunpowde,
had been placed under MI fuckers pea, anu
the trail carried outside the house and fired
None of the inmates of the house were injured.
Their escape was miraculous.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18

ERIE ECoSrERENcE.-TheE Erie Conference OF
the N. E. Church, meets at New Castle on the
18th instant Il embraces the entire Western
Reserve, three counties of Western New orA
and a number Of the Western counties OF PENN
eylvania.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18
MINISTERS oF eTATE ExCoHIMUNICkTEp

The Ministry of Sardinia have suppressed
SO of the 10 Monkish orders in the Kingdom,
under the law recently enacted by the Parlia-
ment, and their revenues are appropriated to
the support of their infrm members, and the
poor benefices and schools of the country
The organ of the Church at Turio, Tie .frH7o-
mia, announces that the Ministers and Mem
bers of Parliament who votedfo it are excom-
municated under chap. XI. of the Council of
Trent, without special Bull, and that they
cannot receive the sacraments of the Church.
1t is intimated, however, that new note from
Rome may be looked for.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18

How THE South DID IT.-The Slavery part
of the Known Nothing platform is styled that
of the majority of the National Council, but
the National Intelligencer, in publishing the
list of yeas and nays on the question, calls at
tention to the fact that the yeas represented
fifteen States, with l46 electoral votes, while
the nays represented sixteen States. with $50
electoral votes.
The system of representation in the Con-
vention is well designed for the triumph Of
the South. Each State was allowed seven
delegates, without regard to the numbers
presented, and thus Delaware was equal to
New York or Pennsylvania, and the Southern
delegates, though representing but little more
than one-haf the actual voters that the North
did, was equal in power in the Convention,
and was given the supreme control by allow
ing the District of Columbia to have seven
delegates. The North was shorn of her just
power, and with the positive recreancy of New
York, the South carried its favorite platform.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-07-18

FEMALE SHoT-The Monongahela Rspubii-
can states that a lady named Mrs. Altman, Of
Pike-RUn, Washington county, got shot in
very singular manner, few days ago. Her
son-in-law, Mr. Carson, had been out cunning,
and. as he alleges, put ball down before the
powder. He took the gun to his father-in-law,
Mr.. Altman, and after pouring in water, took
off the breach, when the ball waa visible, and
no powder was TO be seen below it. He heat
ed an iron to melt out the ball as it could not
be driven up or down. When the ball melted,
the gun went off, and the ball, passed through
a chair and struck Mrs. Altman in the small of
tue back Drs. Biddle and Cotton were call
ed and probed the wound into the bowels,
where the ball is lost. AS yet, Mrs. Altman
is in fair way to recover.
Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-12-05
poduaI...
| For tbs star sf The Ksnswha Valley
TOT Friend on Parting with Him.

when for removed from friends and hom
% :; An exile from my native land,
Perhaps thtpugh>many wild TO roam. >
Msy memory with her wand :..:.4,g
Come and present before thine eye. =.
Past moments. months and yeatS,
Loved fornb 10 hush thy sigh .-..> .:8a.S
And dry fhy burning tears. ,.
May she WHO DER thy cradle bent. i:
And watched thy infant SAUNDERS. :
And many On Srdent prayer haskert
More sweet than music's numbeTsi
May she be heard in.every PRAYER, !
. And every sigh she brenthss fpE thss.
May nonebf eile dissolved in dir.
But waftA fai DER land ands :,
And reach tbyI heart in lonely hours.
And be tpthee aiihealing balm, :
Achaples formed Of sweetest flowers, :. :.
~ TO Crown thy Joys, thy sorrows calnli
And nayl aare to hope that thou u
Ny !,cattIs lestwishes will receive. :
ESQ may oh that manly brow, II
Fame hertithess laure's weave.
May riches, ease, cnntentrrent, love,
In sweet|eolnmu mon dwell with thee
May thou D olive branch ofpeace
j. About the ever see. .1 l..