Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-07-02
CLIPPINGS AND scRIBBLINGs.

| OTIS. The Senate has yet to act upon the ap-
preparation.
THE THIRD TRIAL of VIM. Arrison the alleg-
ed murderer of the Allisons, will commence at
Cincinnati on Monday, July Z. 1t is thought
some difficulty will ensue in empanneling jury
ATTENTION BUCHANAN MEN All of you who
have ''any Democratic blood in your refas," are
hereby ordered to repair to the surgeon, and
have it ''let out" This order is imperative.
Memphis Wig.
IT Is RuMoRED in Washington that in case
Mr.. Buchanan should be elected, Mr.. Slidell
will be Secretary of State, and Gen. Quitman
Secretary of War. What a glorious time the
fillbusters would then have,
DAVIS, the murderer of Johnston, was ar
rested at Salisbury, on the Odd June, and the
Sheriff of Indiana county conducted him to
Hollidaysburg, where he is now securely lodg-
ed tc await his trial at the next court.
IrIs STATED that the three ssAmerican" jour
nails in New Hampshire-the Concord Repor-
ter, the especial organ of Governor Metcalf,
the Manchester .4msrican, and the Portsmouth
| BailOi-have all declared for Fremont.
IHE DAY FIXED LOT the election oil electors
to elect President and Vice President of the
United States, is the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, in all the States
! 1t will fall this year upon the 4th day of the
| month.
THF FARMERS of Chicago, Illinois, and its
vicinity, are preparing to cut their wheat,
which is said tie be fair average crop. Spring
wheat, oats and corn are suffering from the
continued drought, and the grass crop will be
rather light from the same ccuse.
s.BUCK AND BRECK,'' the rallying cry of the
democracy, is suggestive. The following sa-
tirical hit is from the Berkshire County Eagle:
ssWe know what to look for whenArnold Doug
lass drives the democratic team, with SHAW,
Buck Gee, Breck! G'lang there, dang yei''
A GREAT TALoRs SHoP.-M. Godillot, in
Paris, employs sixty-six sewing machines kept
| in motion by steam engine of nine horse
power, and which sewed all the overcoats for
the Crimean army. Besides the machines ,one
thousand women and girls are constantly ea-
gagged in sewing.
BoLTING BUCK.-The st. Louis .9nzeiger des
Westeas, a German daily and weekly paper,
among the Germans in the West, which has
hitherto acted with the Administration, repu-
dates both the platform and the candidates of
| the Cincinnati Convention.
| New YoRK.-In the city of New York, the
/ Tribune, Times, Herald, Post, and Courier aud
Enquirer, support the nomination of Fremont.
! Buchanan Is supported by the Journal Of Com
merce and NeIrs, and Fillmore by the Erpress
| and Mirror. The weight of talent and infu
ence is immeasurably on the side of Fremont.
An AFFRAY occurred in williamsburg, Blair
county, on the 21st June, in which man h0rn-
| ed Christopher II. Hooker stabbed another
man named Frank Davis, causing his death in
| few minutes. Hooker fed Immediately af-
ter the preparation of the deed, and at last
accounts he had not been arrested. Both par
ties were intoxicated at the time.
y SINGULAR mode of robbery has been de-
tected at Dublin. 4 man used to send large
press by the Liverpool steamer, headed ssthis
side up" In this press was compartment
in which lie hid himself. At night, when all
was still, he would get out and rob the ware
house Of valuables, and retreating to his hid
ing place, would be safely conveyed with his
plumber to his own house.
THE Utica Observer says pigions are devas-
tating the newly planted corn fields, in the
counties of Cattaraugus and Chatauque, and
; in that of Erie Penn, to such an extent that
5 the farmers are in despair. Not field of corr
: escapes, and so strong are the flocks of birds
t in point of numbers, that the hunting them
with guns and all other usual methods o
c frightening them, amounts to naught.
THE FOLLOWING are the names of few of The
come-outers from the s'Democracy :''-Ham
lin and Morrill,, of Maine; Cleveland, of Con
: necticut; Preston King, Abijah Mann, ID. X
Tompkins, A. s. Murray, j. J. Viele, d. G
Y Floyd and 2. Dorsheinler, Of n. York F. P
: Blair, of Maryland a. P. Stone and n. II
: Swayne, of Ohio Trumbull, Bisscll, kerne
o and Knox, in Illinois, and W. C. Bryant, ii
q New York.
d THE WHEAT harvest is progressing rapidly ii
!. Ohio, and in Tennessee and Kentucky is draw
ing to close. In the southern parts of Ohio
Indiana and Illinois, the wheat will all be Gu
:. during the present week. In some parts Q
:. Virginia and Tennessee the fly has injured tn
: crop, but the grain fully matured ,and is there
:, fore Of superior quality; and the great in
crease in the amount sown will swell the Gro
beyond an average one.
q WORTH TRYISG.-The Maine Culfirator saws
Id aWhen cucumber is taken from the vine
10 let it be cut with knife, leaving about tn
eighth of an inch of the '"0~tnoer on tn
/. stem th.n ,,it the with a knife from il
=, a. :, .ne, leaving small portion OF III