Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-06-25
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dent and INDUCES frequently in shouts for
Miitard Fremont!
ANOTHER FIRE occurred at Brookyille, JEFF
ferson county, on the 10th, by which the steam
saw mill and the water mill of L. II. Litch g.
Co., were destroyed, involving loss of about
$4,000.
WHILE the Cincinnati convention was in ses-
sion. some locofocos at Lebanon made bets on
the final result, one of which was days wa
ges. The Buchanan man having won, the
Pierceite rendered him ssten cents" alleging
that that was Buchanan wages
A COMPANY of 30 young men, mostly me-
chanics, has been formed at Dayton, O., who
intend to start forthwith for Kansas, via Iowa
and Nebraska. Tho citizens have contribu-
ted about $4,000 to pay their expenses
They go out as actual settlers.
BRECKENRIDGE, tn e Locofoco candidate for
Vice President, when in Congress two years
ago, sent a challenge to Mr.. Cutting, of New
York, to fight duel. We shall see how those
iocos who had such horror of supporting the
'sduelist Clay,' will swallow this fact
JAMES J. STRANa, a Mormon leader, vas shot
at Beaver Island on the 10Th, by two of his for
mer followers. He received three balls IN the
body and severe blow from pistol on the
head. Strang was lying in very critical con-
dition. The assassins had been arrested.
ANOTHER attempt will be made shortly to lay
chain cable for telegraph across the Allan
tic. The cable will be 240O miles long, and two
steamers, each with 1900 miles of cable, will
meet midway between Ireland and NewF ound-
land, unite the cables, and proceed in opposite
directions TO land.
CENTRAL AMERIcA-From Nicaragua we
| learn that General Walker had removed his
headquarters to Leon. There was some sick
ness among the troops. 1t was rumored that
| 4 revolution had broken out at Costa Rica dur
ing Mora's absence, which it is said was head
ed by an influential family named Castro.
TENANT HousEs.-An Anglo-French compa-
ny is putting up 4 large number of model ten
| ant houses in the Champs Elysees in Paris. a
popularity of the scheme is that the tenant,
after occupying the same house for period of
ten, twenty, or thirty years, according to the
worth of it, and regularly paying his annual
rent, will own the house in fee.
Observation-Disclosures fromMexico indicates
| that much alarm is felt By the government res
pccting the Spanish expedition, and foreshad-
ows an application for the protection of the
United States. Southern Members OF Congress
suggest the granting of protection on the con-
dition OF cession to us of the Tehuantepec
| route, with the circumjacent territory.
Bills of indictment have been found against
the Directors of the Camden and Philadelphia
Ferry Company, charging them with man
slaughter in negigently equipping the steam
| boat New Jersey burnt in March, thereby caus-
ing death also with misdemeanor in neglect
| ing the same, they being carriers OF passen-
gers. The Superintendent, Andrew B. Fra
zee, is also indicted in similar bills.
AN IMPoTENT THREAT.-The recusant Whig.
Thomas Butler King, aPennsylvanian by birth,
but Georgian by residence, told the Buchan-
an ratificators in New York that the South
would be with them throughout the glorious
| contest. He also added: 's.9ny man lrho does
not go 1cih the South in this contest 1ciU be set
do'cn desiring the dissolution of the Union"
| This then is war waged for the South
Who said sssEcrIoNAL PARTIES
THE Hoilidaysburg Standard states that Da-
Wis shot Johnston with musket, that belong
ed to Capt. Walls, which he had aboard of
Canal boat, and loaded for the purpose of
! shooting muskrats. 1t one of old con-
demned lot sold by the State at Harrisburg
some five or six years ago. As singular CO.
incidence, it is stated that Hutchison shot Ed
| monson with a musket out of the same lot,
| and within but few feet from where Davis
! shot Johnston.
| NEBUcHADsEzzAR.--It is stated IN the Lon
| discovered in state of perfect preservation,
| what is believed to be the mummy of Nebu-
| chadnezzar. The face of the rebellious mon
! arch Of Babylon, covered by one Of those gold
masks usually found inAssyrian tombs, is des-
/ cribed as very handsome-the forehead high
and commanding, the features marked and
regular. A post mortem examination has been
made and the stomach found full of grass.
! AFRAUD.-A man has been arrested in New
| York, charged with having attempted to de-
fraud an aged gentleman, residing on Long Is
land, of property valued at 100000. 1t is
stated that the offender induced the old man
to visit his house, and while there, he drugged
! him with liquor from day to day for weeks,
and then induced him to sign power OF at
torney, by which his property was to have
| been sold. Before the sale took place, the
old man rallied, and the accused was arrested
| and held to bail.
HoRRIp INHUMASIIY OF SrEP-HoTHER.-A
| recent trial before the Hardin (KyN County