Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-11-26

The Democratic party now consists of the
slave power of the South, allied with the Cath
olics of the North, with just enough of dough-
faces thrown in to give triangular variety to
the mixture.
In Greenup county, Kentucky, Fremont's
vote equals the whole Fillmore majority, the
Republican party having very nearly the ssbal-
ance of power" The vote stood Fillmore
S66, Buchanan S65, Fremont one.
New YoRK.-Full returns from the several
counties of New York foot up as follows =
Fremont 275 ,353, Buchanan 1914 ,9O9, Fillmore
124 $50. Fremont's majority over Buchanan,
S0,445 That will do very we'll for one State.
SAMUEL SwARTwoUT died at New York on
Friday in the 73d year of his age. He wasCol-
lector at that port under Gen. Jackton, ,and his
immense defalcation while in office was the re-
suit of his being victimized by designing men.
THE THREE BRoTHERs WAsHBURNE.-Every
one of the three Washburnes is reelected to
the next Congress. Israel, in Maine, by 5000; /;
Cadwallader c., in Wisconsin, by 5000; and
Elihu B., in Illinois, by II ,551 majority. All
Republicans.
Hon. STEPHEN a. DOUGLASS was married in
Washington last week to Miss ADA CUTrs.
She is "a years of age. She is daughter of
JamesMadson Cults, who is a nephew of the
celebrated Mrs. Madison. Douglas was wild
over.
ONE OF THE TowNsHIPs.-1n Benzinger, Elk
Co., Buchanan had 245 votes, Fremont 1, Fill
II Ill al,
one. We should like to see the man that had
the courage to vote against the LocoiocOs in
Benzinger township. He must be possessed of
JOHN ii. EATON, formerly of Tennessee, died
He was member of Gen. Jackson's Cabinet
when the disruption took place in 1881, on ac-
count of some difficulty which occurred among
the ladies of the other Cabinet officers, they
refusing to associate with Mr.. Eaton's wife,
who, before her marriage, was gay young
widow.
LOSSES on THE LAKEs.-The disasters on the
Lakes this season far exceed those of former
years in number and fatality. The Chicago
Tribune gives an imperfect list of the totally
lost vessels, making an aggregate of six stea-
mers, nine propellers, two tugs, five briggs and
twenty-eight schooners. AT a low calculation
two hundred lives have been lost. Several of
the vessels have disappeared and never been
heard from.
SWIFT RETRIBUTIoN.-Wh they do nab
scoundrel in England whose crime can be le-
gally punished, they make short work of him.
a tJ,at
great forger, was arrested in New York, a man
named Robson, who had defrauded the Crystal
Palace at Sydcnham of G1O, 200, was arrested
in England. The City of Washington brought
the intelligence that Robson has been indict-
ed, tried, found guilty and sentenced to 90
years. imprisonment. Huntington, on the
contrary, has not yet been indicted.
A WILL CAsE.-The Columbia South Carroll
nian states that the celebrated case of Mr.. Will
lis,-who took colored woman to Ohio, freed
her, and bequeathed to her and her children
(who were also his own) all his property in
South Carolina,-has just been decided by
Judge O'Neall, at the late term of the Court
at Barnwell. The jury gave verdict against
the Uatidity Of the ,oiH H,-partly on the ground
that it was procured by fraud and insanity ,and
partly because it was opposed tn the policy of
the State, as declared by the act of 1871. 1t
has been appealed.
SOLD HER NIGGERs.-Miss McDuffie, of S.
Carolina, John Van Buren's bride elect, has
sold her niggers at an average price of $500,
herself for companionship with a
Buchanan Free-Soiler. She need not have
lone that for John is so debauched in politi-
,al and moral sentiment, that, despite his old
lime horror of slavery, we believe he would
D:gs, and doubtless, in view of the trade he
night drive iu this lire,we question if he does
lot feel that the lady has compromised his ex-
,ectant fortune by disposing OF her human
stock at SO low an average.
HoliOioay's Ointment aud Pills, an astonish-
ng Remedy for Erysipelas.-Mr. Henry Turn
II, of Dover, Maine, was afflicted with Erysip-
las, large purple blotches came on his face
md neck, and all parts of his body, and des- |
ute of the many remedies he tried, he was not |
,eneftted. At length he had recourse toHol- |
oway's Ointment and Pills, and made up his |
mind to persevere with these remedies, which |
Ie did. The result was, that in few weeks |
lie was perfectly cured, and his general health |
improved. This case has created |
Iujte sensation in Maine.