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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-06-04

PUTYAM's MONTHLY for June is received and
as usual is well freightcd with useful and in
tereSting matter. Putnam is always a well
come visitor, and the present number isl not
behind any of its predecessors.
HOUSEHOLD WORDS are also at hand, laden
with their wonted variety of useful, instruc-
tive and entertaining articles.
TIE School FELLow.-This sprightly little
monthly is likewise on our table. 1t is plea.
SAINT and interesting publication, well worthy
of liberal support.
These periodicals can all be procured of Dis
& Edwards, 32l Broadway, New York.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-06-04

ITO! FOR IOWA!.-The undersigned de-
Il sirous of going West, offers to sell at private
sale three lots in the village of Marysviile one
half mile east of Clearfeid Bridge, in Boggs town
ship, having thereon erected two-story weather
boarded dwelling house, good stable, and black
smith shop. The terms, which will be rensonaDle'
be ascertaiped by inquiring of the unoefsigh-
mn.T9etFS SAMUEL B. DILLER
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n Letters of Administration on the Estate OF
NATHANIEL HUGHES, late of Chest township
Ciearfeld County, Pa, decd have been granle9
to the undersigned, all persons indebted 10 sala
estate are requested to make lmmedia'e
and those having claims against the same VIII
present them, properly authenticated for set'le-
JOHN MAHAFFEf,
Nav as 1854 ct Administrators
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NOTTCE.-An appeal will be held on Saturday
the 2Sth day of June, at the Commissioners omcc
in CIeurfell borough. when and where ali who
feel themselves .aggrieved by the above appraise-
rnent can attend, il they see proper.
June l. 1856 WM. T. JOHNSON.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-06-04

V1oR sALE.-Two BUILDING LOTS in the
borough of Clearfeld several BUILDING
LOTS and PASTURE AND "ooD LUIS, contain
inc from three to ten acres each, near the borough
of Cearfeld.
Also several desirable FARMS and pieces of
TIMBER Lam ., in various parts of the county.
Terms accom- modating. Apply to
/, Jackson GRAMS,
ApriI 49, 1856. Clearfeld, Pa.
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RIOTICE.-The stockholders of the Glen Hope
~ and Little Bald-cagle Turnpike, are notified
that an election viii be held at the house of VIM
T. Gilbert Glen Hope, on Friday the 18th june and
fer the rurpose of taking a vote for or against a
division of taii road Z. B. DAVIS Prest-
Attesf-A. Moore. See May 10. lS562t
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THE HEATING AFFAIR.

The .fmerican Cell, an Irish paper, devotes
much space to the killing of Heating, at Will
lards hotel in Washington City, by Mr.. Her
bert, Congressman from California. Refer.
ing to the vote by which Herbert was shielded
from investigation, the CcH says -
Now, in relation to atdivison on Herbert'S
case, We have duty to perform, and we shall
not shrink from dischargiHg it. That duty is
to announce, in unmistakabie terms, to the
adopted citizens Of Irish birth throughout the
country, that the Democratic party in Congress
have shamefully deserted their duty, deserted
their own professions of impartiality between
different classes of citizens, and that they
have. as plainly as deeds can speak. declared
the murder of a man OF Irish birth by one of
their colleagues to be trife wholly unwor
thy even of inquiry. Is the Democratic par
Il mad, or is it only rotten, that it should so
belle itself? With half dozen exceptions,
every man of the majority for Keating's muir
dercr is a professcd isDcmocrat." What then,
does ii mean Or can it mean anything but
one thng-that an Irishman born, however
peaceable, or loyal, is only fit to be used by
the Democratic party, and when used, set mp
for target, and shot with impunity. This is
what it means, and to this meaning we shall
bold the entire party.
We hold Mr.. Pierce, Mr.. Douglas, and Mr..
Buchanan responsible for this conduct of their
| W WashiDgton it was for days the topic of the
| town if their friends have taken sides against
the victim and against common justice, they
| arc not wholly above suspicion. A few days
| ago the blood of Thomas keating was on the
| hands of but one Democrat; it has spread
| since then, and it is now upon the souls OF
the 10, who refused all inquiry. 1t is on the
Democratic party, and accursed be he who
helps such party into power .until that blood
| is lawfully purged away.
ssLet them not suppose this matter is going
to drop here. One lCho seldom drops anything
/ has IL in hand, and he distinctly lcdraS tht
| Democratic Representatives. al Washingfoa, thaI
u justice is not done on Ase nwrd6rer, Herbert
they 1cilt be held accountable, as the party who
intcrposed to screen and protect him from the
penalty of his guilt"
| Who is this '.one ?'' The Cell is a Catholic
paper. Its editor is a mouth-piece for Bishop
| Hughes, and the above may be regarded as
threat of the Archbishop against the Demo
cracy. The Democratic Representatives are t.
be judged by the Irish citizens and voters o
the United States, for the charge of guilt il
the matter of the Staying of Heating. The
old ally turns upon its own party!
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PROPOSALS. viii be received by the Commits
4 sioners Mt their office in CleaTfeld- on the 9'h
of June. for rendering more secure thewall around
the jaiI-yard Bidders are requested to furnish
plans therefor and bids upon the plan submitted
- r BY order of the Board.
Nav 25-2t r. j. WALLACE. Clerk
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Hamlet Do you yonder cloud that's almost
in shape of camel f.
PoIo,ins. By the mass, and It's like camel
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-19

The Hon. Henry A. Wise was inauguratei
as Governor of Virginia, on the LIST inst.
Hiram Powers, the great American sculptor
is in religious faith q Swedenborgian.
Tho specie shipments from NewYork tt
Europe during last year, amounted to $27,
530,141.
The Spanish Government, says a letter from
Paris, has pardoned Felix, the tilibuster, whc
was convicted at Havana.
1t appears by the United States Treasurer
statement that on the oath ult.. the net amount
subject to draft was SSs22, 1880 IS.
Robert Witherspoon, one of the oldest
merchants of Charleston, extensively concerned
in the cotton and rice trade, died in that city
on the 4th inst.
During the year 1855, one hundred and
siSty-iive men were hung in the United States
for murder. Of the number only seven could
read and write.
The richest member of the present Congress
is said to be William Aiken, of South Caro-
lima. His property is valued at two millions
of dollars, including over one thousand negroes
A London publisher announces The Old
Dominion" by G. P. r.. James, a new histor-
ical romance of American life of the present
day.
The total amount of treasure landed at New
York during the past year from California,
has been upward Of forty-one and a half mil
lions of dollars.
The st. Johns Protestant Episcopal Church,
in Providence, R. l., having enjoyed the pas
toral services Of the Rev. DR.. Croker for
more than fifty years, have provided for him a
liberal support for life, with an annuity to his
family on his retiring from the ministry.
Aband of 44s Mormons, Swedes, Danes, and
Norwegians, including 124 women and chill
dren, have embarked at Gluckstadt, under the
direction of Il Norwegian named Peterson, for
Grimshy, whence they are to proceed to New
York.
A thousand newspapers are proclaiming that
NJ. Louis Kossuth is just now quite short of
money. We know a good many worthicr men
than he in the same uncomfortable prcdicamcnt.
We wish them q safe dclivcrance from it.
The number of ships on the stocks in Maine,
it is said, was never greater than at present.
In Bath alone, 26 vessels are in progress, and
every yard is fully employed. In the other
ports equal activity prevails,
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-19
Walkers Prospects.

We find the following paragraph in the
Washington Star of the 3lst ult. We do not
consider the statements and differences of the
Star very reliable in this particular:
The last two arrivals from San Juan Del
Norte brought letters to Washington which
render it certain that Walkers situation there
is exceedingly critical, Notwithstanding the
glowing accounts Of the prosperity of his af
fairs, written by his followers for publication
in the United States. He cannot trust q single
native beyond the range of the rifles of his
men. His military chest does not contain a
dollar. The twelve thousand dollars. which
Parker II. French brought to this country
was every dollar that Walker has been able to
clutch in Nicaragua, and he was forced to part
with it, as without succor Of men and material
from the United States, starvation, if not i'm
notation, stared his marauding band in the
face, and it (%succor) was only to be obtained
here through the application Of hard dollars.
All Walkers hopes turned upon getting off
French's NewYork and NewOrleans flibus-
tering expeditions in safety. The government
having summarily stopped them, it will not be
long ere Walker and his band go the way Of
Kinney and his. At one time, it will be recol-
lected, it was represented in the newspapers to
be in almost as triumphant a position in Nj
caragua,as Walker and his are now said to be.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-19
Holmes, the Poet, on Abol,t,ontsm.

DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes, the NewEng-
land poet, pronounced a lecture recently before
the NewEngland Society, in New ork, in
which he gave great offence to abolitionism and
proved himself u sensible man. We extract the
following from the report in the Times:
Ultra-abolitionism found no favor. 1t is
very much the same with the black and white
races as it is with the red and white. The
white must rule. 1t is u law of nature. The
Indian, o sketch made by Deity in red crayon
as the outline Of a more perfect manhood, is
hunted down and extinguished. The black
according to the Doctors theory, is and must
continue inferior to the white. The thing that
remains to be done, is to assimilate the whites
Of the North and South in feeling, so that civil
discord may not finally end in open war
NewEngland stands on an isthmus, and busy
hands are digging away the earth that still
connects it with the main land. Let us not
we beg, see NewEngland poisoned through
and through with a hatred that hates the sinner
with the sin. Let her not run off into q corner
with her negative virtues, till her blood be
comes too thin and cold for a true patriotism
/" EnEarging upon this point of the subject
says the Times, ''the Doctor was Kissed pretty
loudly, but the cheers overpowered the Kisses
and the Grafton was finished with every mani
~festation Of delight upon the part Of his audi
|euce," M ..-. s.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-19
OVERRIDING the Thing.

~ AN 49,
Thereswas once a Methodist preacher travel
ING in the summer. There had been q pro-
traacted drouth, the earth was parched and dry,
and vegetation wilted. AT night, our Metho-
dist friend stopped in front Of a house which
belonged to a widow lady, and asked permls-
sion to stay all night. The old lady told him
that bread was scarce, and that corn was still
more more scarce, and that she did not know whether
she could spare enough to feed him and his
horse. The traveller answered that he was !, q
minister, if she would allow him to stay all
night he would pray for rain: Upon this she
consented, SO that night and the next morning
the preacher put up long and fervent prayers
for rain. and again went his way rejoicing.
The night after he left there came up a tire
mendous storm. The old lady, on getting pp
the next morning, found her garden flooded,
her fences swept away, her plantation washed
in gulleys, while ruin and devastation stared
her in the face. Turning to one who was
standing by, she said g Plague take these
Methodist preachers, they always overdo the
thing. l was afraid of this night before last.
when that fellow kept praying SO loud!"
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-19

under the great Petelier, is tempting the appe-
3tites Of the gusts. Such a banquet everything
that could possibly be desired, either in liquids
OF solids, were arranged amid pyramids of
fragrant flowers and elaborate devices of con-
fectionery, and bridal designs. The Maine Law
had few friends in that assemblage, and the
sparkling fluids lent exhilaration to sparkling
eyes. The guests came and went for five hours
in succession, rendering the occasion the most
brilliant as it was the most delightful wedding
that has ever taken place within the memory
Of the oldest Knickerbocker. Correspondence
of the Boston Bee.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-19
The man That kissed the Tl,rce Girls.

A young man who boarded at q house il
the country where were several coy damsel
who seemed to imagine that men are terrible
creatures, whom it was an objectionable sin tt
look at, was one forenoon accosted by an &c
quaintance, and asked what he thought Of tn
young ladies with whom he boarded.
He replied that they were very shy and re
served.
$50 they are" returned the other, "and 81
much so, that no gentleman could ever get nea1
enough to tell the color of their eyes"
"That may be-" said the boarder, quickly
I" but I will stake q million that 1 Gun kiss al
three without any trouble.' t"
"That you cannot do" cried his friend, ri
is an achievement which neither you nor any
other man can accomplish" VI
The other was positive, and invited his frient
to witness his triumph. They entered the room
together, and the three girls were all at homt
sitting beside their mother, all looking as prill
and delnure as John Rogers at the stake.
Our hero assumed o very grave aspect, ever
to detection, and having looked wistfully al
the clock, breathed a sigh as deep as Algebra
and as long as q female dialogue at a street door
His singular department now attracted the at
%tention Of the girls, who cast their slow opening
eyes upward to his countenance. PerceiviDg
the impression he had made, he turned to bis
companion and said, in a doleful voice:
cit wants three minutes OF the time!
edo you speak of dinner?" said the old
lady, %laying'down her sewing work.
"Dinner?" said he, with a bewildered as
pect, and pointing, as if unconsciously, with
curled forefinger at the clock. a silence ensued
during which the female portion of the house
hold glared ut the young NAL with irrepressible
curiosity.
"You will see me decently INFERRED" he said,
turning to his friend.
His friend was as much puzzled as any one
present, and his embarrassment added to the
intended effect but the old lady being no longer
able to contain herself, cried,
Mr.. o., pray what do you speak
Nothing" answered he, in a lugubrious
tone, but that last night a spirit appeared
unto mel" Here the girls rose to their feet
and drew near. "And the spirit gave me
warning that l should die exactly at twelve
o'clock to-day, and you sec it wants but half q
minute Of the time!"
The girls turned pale, their hidden sympa-
thies were at once awakened for the doomed
and departing one. They stood chained to the
spot, looking alternately at the clock and at
the unfortunate youth he then walked up to
the oldest Of the three girls, and taking her
hand, babe her q solemn farewell. He also
imprinted a kiss upon her lips, which she did
not attempt to resist. He then babe the second
and third farewell in the same tender manner.
His object was achieved, and that moment the
clock struck twelve. Hereupon he looked
around surprised, and CALCULATED:
"Who would have believed that On appari-
ton would tell such a lie! 1t was probably
the ghost of Ananias and sapphira."
1t was some time before the sober maidens
understood the joke. Western Paper.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-19
OFFICIAL. s3s
Proceedings of the Police jury,

PrOCee0AnSS Oh the FOAlCG jury
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
MONDAY, January IA, 1856.
The Jury met pursuant to adjournment. Present
Ebert CAN'T, Fourteenth Ward, President;
joel Fl. Sandoz, First Ward;
Solomon B. Hartman, Second Ward;
Francois c. Devilliers, Third Ward;
John F. Hutfpower, Sixth Ward;
Antoine B. Carte, Seventh Ward;
Elisha Wilmington, Tenth Ward
Augustin Guillory, Eleventh Ward;
Thomas McCrory, Twelfth Ward;
James M. Thompson, Seventeenth Ward;
Isaac B. Jackson. Fifteenth Ward.
On motion of MIR. Thompson,
Resolved, That the Collector of the Rail Road
Taxes for the year 1854, shall make a final settlement
for the collection of the same, with the Parish
Treasurer, on or before the first Monday of june
next, 1866.
Was read, an Ordinance levying a Tax on the Pa
IRISH of 81. Landry, for the service of the year 1855.
On motion Of Mr.. Thompson,
Resolved, That the blank in the second article Of
said Ordinance be filled up with the sum of twenty
five thousand dollars; that the blank in article 8 be
filed up with the sum Of four thousand six hundred
and thirteen dollars and ninety-one cents, and tina,
the blank in the second clause of the Sd article be
filed up with the sum of twenty thousand three hun.
dred and eighty-siX dollars and nine cents, making
in all the said sum of twenty-five thousand dollars.
On motion of Mr.. Thompson,
Resolved, That the said Ordinance, as filled up, be
and the same is unanimously adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Thompson, the Jury proceeded
to fix the per centage to be allowed the Parish Col.
lector for the collection Of the Taxes of 1856.
Mr.. Thompson proposed that ten per cent. be
allowed.
Mr.. Sandoz proposed that seven per cent. DO
allowed.
Mr.. McCrory proposed that nine per cent. be
allowed.
Mr.. Thompson Withdrew his motion for ten Der
cent.
Nhercupon, the Jury proceeded by ballot for the
highest proposed sum, to wit, nine per cent; and
the Yeas and Nays being demanded, it appeared
that Messrs. Hartman, Devilliers, Huifpower, Whit
tington, MoCrory, Thompson and Jackson had voted
in the atliImative-8 Yeas-and hat Messrs. Sandoz
and Carte had voted in the negative-2 Nays; SO
that the nine per cent. was adopted.
On motion of Mr. McCrory, tile Jury proceeded to
appoint Il Parish Collector for the taxes Of 1856.
MIR. McCrory nominated Ebert CAN'T.
The President appointed Messrs. Thompson and
jackson as ~tel!ers; when, on counting the votes, it
appeared that Ebert CAN'T had received 8 votes, and
that blank had been cast. Mr.. CAN'T, having re-
ceived a majority of the votes given, was declared
duly appointed as Parish Collector for the Parish
Taxes of 1865.
On motion of Mr.. Devilliers, the Jury adjourned
to the LIST Monday in March next.
Attest: ELBERT CAN'T, President.
Guy Fl. BELL, Clerk.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-19

A Berlin correspondent mentions one Of the
most important thefts ever committed. The
desk of Mr.. de Niebuhr, private Secretary
of the King Of Prussia, has been broken
into and the secret correspondence between
him and his Majesty of Russia distracted. The
King is furious about the accident, and is
afraid that tho papers have found their way
into the hands of Louis Napoleon or Lord Pal
merstOn.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-19

Hon. Caleb Gushing, Attorney General for
the United States, in the course of a legal az
gument recently made before the U. S. su-
preme Court, paid Mr.. Fillmore q very high
compliment. Mr.. Gushing paid this tribute as
due to one who had left in his own Office marks
of the highest integrity and intelligence. These
evidences of ability and character were made
most apparent in the records Of the Attorney
Generals office.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-19

FKossuth says, in o letter to the NewYork
Times: 81 have the most positive informa-
ton that the French and English are on the
worst possible terms in the Crimea. Neither
men nor officers cultivate familiar intercourse.
The French treat the English with supercilious
haughtiness since the Redan affair, just as the
English have treated the Turks from the be-
rinninr." ~
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-19

Yesterday morning, says the Council Bluffs
Bugle, Of the 18th ult, while the mercury in
the thermometer was down to zero, o most
beautiful phenomenon might have been seen in
the heavens. The sun rose bright, bringing
with it two beautiful counterparts, or mock
suns, with a bright inverted bowextended above.
One could scarcely tell only from their position
which was the true sun not a cloud was to be
seen through the day.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-19

N%g" NOTICE TO SHIPPERS AND CoNs1GNEEs
OF FEETGnr-The steamer ALICE W. GLAZE, G.
d. Louaillier, master, is now making trips via Pla-
1ue1nihe, and has reduced the rates of Freight and
Passage to the regular high water rates, viz: Sugar,
s.; Cotton, Is cents; Upper Freight, so cents.
The Glaze leaves Washington on SUNDAY, 18th
inst, and will continue to leave on her regular DAYS
duling the season.
WASHINGTON. January 10 1S5G
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-19

Wy To Nervous SuFEERERs.-A retired
Clergyman, restored to health in a few days, after
many years of great nervous suffering, is anxious to
make known the means of cure. Will send (free)
the prescription used. Direct the Rev. Jons M.
DAGNAIL, 50 Fulton street, Brooklyn, NY.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-19

Capt. Abel DeForrest, a soldier of the Rev
olution, died at Binghampton, N. Y, on the
oath ult., aged ninety-four years and eight
months. He was, for a time, Captain of a
West India vessel, and he who afterwards be-
same Commodore Hull was one of his hands.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-19

A letter from Capt. Casey, Indian Agent in
Florida, confines the account of the murder
by the Indians of o detachment of the United
States troops which was published some days
since, md says that serious troubles ore antici-
pated with the seminoles. Capt. Casey says
that d peaceful removal Of the tribe is impossi-
He. !. W.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-19

Ba5' CATHOLIC CHURCH OF WAs11sGrcs.
Such persons as were unable, on account of the aw.
full state of the roads, to come and rent Pews on the
9th inst, may obtain them by applying to the onici-
atins clergyman every Sunday and Wednesday, at
the end Of Divine Service,
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-19

1T will be seen by a card in another column
that Alex. Larose Fontenot has withdrawn
the reward of $4,000 which he had offered for
the arrest Of Adam Tate, the murderer Of his
con, Don Diegue Fontenot. H asa 1
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-19

The remains Of Judge Berrien, whose death
has already been announced, were committed
to the tomb, in Savannah, on Thursday last.
The funeral obsequies were Of the most solemn
and imposing description.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-19

At last accounts from. Washington, the
House had not yet elected a Speaker, and it
refused to officially receive the Message of the
President.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-19

1t is stated that crowds Of people are daily
vending their way into the territory of Kan
sas, and it is believed that its population is
now nearly 10000, and will be 10000 or
100000 by spring. .