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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-03-12

"PoLrTICAL PARsoSs.-In the communica-
ton signed &C. J.'' which our neiphbor mn
street gavo place to last week, unless we are
B-e"tIy mistaken, We recognize an old acauain-
tanee-the Rev. Cyrus Jeffries-who might be
either tolerable preacher, OF a tolerable poli-
tician, but in trying to be both, he spoils both
most 2wfully. and If he don't look out they
will spoil him 10 i..diegs r.os1avtiu rierce
Tor all manner OF transgressions, his bill con-
tanning 10 less than ten counts. Why there
should be exactly fen--neithcr more nor less
we can't imagine, unless he thinking of
tho Ten commandments, the ninth one OF which
lie violated IN every count. We defy this Rer-
erend politician to make good-not all, but a
single one-of his charges This he cannot
do, because they are without foundation.-
Ministers of the Gospel above all other men,
should stick to the TRUTH
We copy the above from the CLARIFIED Re-
publican of last Wednesday. The logic which
It contains is certainly singular. We cannot
see the force Of the remark that the writer OF
the communication in the Journal might ssbe
either 4 tolerable preacher, tolerable pol
itician, but in trying to be both, he spoils both
most awfully,'' unless ii is to convey.the idea
that clergymcn are TO be deprived of the priv
ilegc OF expressing their opinions in regard to
the official conduct of our Magistrates, in which
they are certainty as deeply interested as any
other class of citizens. If that is the mean
ing intended TO be conveyed, we would beg
leave to dissent from it as being at variance
with justice and constitutional right. We be
lieve that it is not only privilege, but a d,,tJ
OF ministers OF the gospel to point out whatev-
er evil tendencies may appear in the official
conduct of those in authority; and if the wri
ter believed, as he undoubtedly did, that the
President was guilty Gas he stands indicted
in the ''bill,' - VIC see no reason why he should
not give publicity to his opinions. There car
be no plausible justification for eudeayoring tc
prevent preachers from expressing their view.
on matters pertaining to the political condi
tion of the country. 1t was their practice il
the primitive days Of the Republican the
days of Washington, Hamilton and Jay =
Freedom Of speech was one of the great princi
pies for which they contended, and in estab
ilshing it many brave heart beat its last throb
and many a dauntless patriot left his bones tc
whiten the field of battle. And are we no,c
in these enlightened latter days, to see one o.
the most respectable, intelligent and useiu
class of citizens deprived of that freedom o.
speech7 Are they to be snceringly styled
s'rererend politicians and their veracity i'm
pugned, merely because they exercise ita-
We trow not.
What we have said above, has been done a.
an act of justice, not to an individual only
bat to class of persons whom we highly re
speci. As to the position &C. j." takes in hi.
communication, We have nothing to say-tha
be can attend 10 himself
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-03-12

FEARFUL RIoT IL SoUTH Carolina COLLEGE
The Wilmington, y. c.. Commercial, Feb. Is,
has the following correspondence:-:.A trc-
mendous axcitement now prevails in Column
bia. Last night, abont O'Clock, some of the
students of the South Carolina College were
walking around the city with murderous object
in view, it is supposed. AS three of them
were walking down Richardson street, imme-
diately in front of the market house, one Of
them yelled out the name of the Chief of Po-
lice, whom they intended numbering that eve
ming. This gentleman, hearing considerable
noise in The street. proceeded to the spot to
arrest the parties disturbing the peace. One
of them pretended TO be almost beastly drunk.
The officer commanded the peace, and laid his
hand in the meantime on the shoulder of tho
intoxicated person, and as he did this, one of
the students punched him in the abdomen with
his club; the policeman thinking he had been
stabbed, Immediately struck the student with
his bludgeon, splitting his skull dreadfully.-
This being done, he commanded his fellow po-
licemen to assist in conveying him to the
guard house. AS soon as he was lodged there
the cry of college was raised By the stu
dents, and in less than ten minutes, l60 stu
dents were present, all armed with pistols
bowie knives, swords, hatchets and clubs, and
rushed to the guard house, crying scout out!''
After cutting all the doors and windows into
fragments. they rushed in upon tie Chief.
each student giving him wound with knife,
bludgeon. or sword, and then threw him out of
the second story window on the brick pave
ment. The alarm bell was then rung to call
the citizens together, but too late to be Of anv
service to the police. This morning, about
10 O'Clock, the alarm bell was rung again. On
| arriving at the guard house, found the str
dents and several of the citizens ssgoing in
lemons" with pistols, swords and bowie knives
Several of the students were carried 10 their
various homes dreadfully cut and bruised
The students had sworn to kill the policeman.
and they broke into the guard house. where
he had been put for safety, and pulled him out
in front of it, where they were each giving
him blow with their clubs, and some cutting
him with bowie knives. The few citizens that
were present rushed among them and they had
dreadful muss. The alarm bell was runy TO
summon the military companies, and in short
time i've companies were present.
Feb. 1e.-one of the students died this af.
ternoon, and others a-c expected to die to-
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PURE NATIvEIsA--It is a singular fact, shat
the people Of the United States-the people
Of all the world most entitled to hold theIr ga
tionality as proud privilege, aud boss,ing ;ls
stropgest and most heart-rootei attachments
to the institutions OF their fathers, as handed
down from si.cs 10 sous, are Tie most reckies.
aDd careless Of foreign influence, and do not
seem 10 regard it as their duty to preserve
their Americanism pure and unadul.eratcd.-
~ 49, on the face Of the earth nss
so little regard for its n1Irv4,-...--.---
contrary they ali endeayor to protect and sus-
tain il. The following is the opinion - enc,
sStt4atts Would call an untutored savage. This
man seems to have imbibed from nature and
good common sense the pure principles OF
those who framed the giorious Union of t!4a
States, and were willing io receive foreigners
here rs the 'asylum oil oppressed humanity
but not TO control the destinies or subvert Tie
institutions Of our country. Demagogues here
may learn lesson from the ssPure Natiyeisu,"
of the new King Of the Hawaiian Islands, a.
contained in the following announcement
HaIuuiiQa Islands, January 18Th, 1855.
The funeral of the late King took place
10th. The procession was by far the most I'm
posing ever witnessed in the islands. On fhe
1Ith the new King made his firse appearance,
and attended council. The King addressed
his native subjects, and also the foreigrers.-
From the speech to the latter cxtrac; the
following u therefore say TO the foreigner
that he is welcome TO our shores-welcome
long as ho comes with the laudablc motive OF
promoting his own interests, and 1T the sane
time respecting those of his neighbor. But il
he comes here with no more exalted motiru
than that of building mp his own interest, st
the expense of the natives; TO seek our conf
dence only % bct:ay it: with no higher arbi-
tion than that OF oyerthrowins our govern
nlent, and Introducing anarchy, confusion sad
bl0odshed, then he is most unwelcome."
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WORTHY OF BEISo PoNpERED.-Tho Grand
Jury OF the City of New York made pro-
sentiment to the Court on Friday, the 22nd rlt.
We call attention to one or two facts. Ths
Grand Jury say. ''during the past year tho
number Of commitments were fhirsy-,ir thes-
SAM, tlro kuai. ei and sixfy.four. Of these.
fbirtg-t'go thousand screen hundred aud hree were
persons OF intemperate habits. Eight thou
sand, nine hundred and six were American
born, while the remaining twenty-scven thou
sand, three hundred and thirty-eight were Of
foreigR birth. In view of this fact, the Grand
Jury are forced TO the conclusion that Tiers
exists an organized system of deportation and
emigration TO this country of criminals from
abroad, and they nrge thatevery means which
the law allows be put in force 10 check thi.
criminal immigration
Here, we say, are two things worthy of being
pondered. First, the intimate connexion be-
tween intemperancc and crime, and second. .
the gricvous burden imposed upon US by pour
ing upon this country tide of worthless vas-
abond people, who eat up cur substance, I'll
our almshouses, and crowd our prisons.
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| CONVERSATION IN THE EXCESSIVE Ssow.-T,s
excessive SHOWS with which the United S..
nave Deen visited this year, much as ,h.-
nave delayed travel and transportation m -;
| roads, have not been without corn,a,...:.- -. l.
vantages. All through this STATE aa
IN the West, they have enabled the e....-
by the uSe Of sleds, 10 carry their grain ;, :,
market towns, at a season of the year uN.r .,''
roads are usually impossible, either who'll
exceedingly rough. Most of the pri,:s.. :.
/ country towns, we understand, are oyerao,;.
! with rye, wheat and corn. The West has =,
/ iy been SO full of money. Thes. facts :,
gratifying In two respects. They show n,
the agricultural interest is in a very aour,l.
ing conditions but they show also that III.
farmers have been holding back their gr,js
and that consequently the stock in the coou,,,
at large is greater than has been supposed 7.
is plain that -four must come down. To IL.
inhabitants OF cities. to manufacturers and o..
eratives, aud generally to consumers Of foos
as distinguished from producers, this will /.
gratifying news; for it is they who have fr,
most kecnly the late enormous price. Of PFC
visions and who need mos. the relief Of a d.
cline.
But the heavy SHOWS have no, only broug,.
euormonse quantities of grain to market: .hey
have also rendered it nearly certain that The
coming crop will DC one OF almost upprecs.
dented magnitude. An agricultural Journal
estimates that tho ammonia added 70 the scn
by this winters ssnows viii be as good as tho
rough manuring. The pro;racted cold, noro-
over, forGds the idea OF changesble spring.
II former experience is 10 be relied on there
will be little or no Teirocession when the mild
weather once sets in but the processes Of rey-
citation viii so on without those sudden rs.
turns 10 cold which so often DESTROY grain and
IN many Of the papers, that the fruit trees kaYs
Been universally destroyed. But We les,
rom numerous sources, that this IL 10. t-as.
SFe incline TO think that the Instances in whiSa
ruit trees have been split, or otherwise inju--
ID, are exceptions. Ii is not certain, indeed
hat even trees which have been split, are rem
iercd permanently useless. On the whols
he excessive SHOWS ofthis winter have broush.
Tith them many compensations, and 1, is TO:
improbable that, in cycle Of years, it may lie
discovered they were absolutely necessary.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-03-12

WHERE'S THE LITTLE Joker 7-Tho Wash
'ngton Union contains the Delphic assertion
sthat it is no part of the creed of = Demo.
crat, as such, either TO advocate or to onnnso
the extension Of slavery. He may DO the ono
or the other, in the exercise of his rights az =
citizen, and not offend against his Democrstic
leaity., IT ybody can invent platform
.nica mas % ois OF the see-saw about it than
this, lei him bring along his tools and - -
vcrk, ~
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-03-12

CALIFoRSIA AS FREE STATE-GCy. John
Bigler, in his Message of the Sth of January
1886, has the following among other remark.
upon the progress of California in agriculture
That astonishing progress has been made
10 agriculture Is demonstrated by the fact tha;
| Few years ago we were almost, if rot entire
| " dependent upcL the Atlantic States. Chill.
oregon and the Islands for all the necessaries
and luxaries Of life. NON. however. bv tbe
energy OF our people and the unequalled fer
u!iiy OF our soil, we have supeTlbundance
! Tor nome consumption, and even for export
I II the market reports Of the Atlantic cities
/ are regularly quoted the prices paid for Cali
| iofnia wheat AID -four; OF WHICH exports e,,
/ ceedtug 81 ,OOU,C50 in the aggregate have been
/ iA"dc during the past year. This is truly
NChderiul change to Gc effected in SO Lrief a
/ period, and has no parallel in the history Of
! any Of our most progressive and rapidly de-
! yelopod sister States
''Among the many and ysr:cl products Of
our most prolific soil, wheat, barley and oats
may DC mentioned among the more Important.
/ These are produced in California in greater
| Quantities TO the acre than ia any Of the At
lantic States, and Of a quality unsurpassed if
not unequalied. Rye and com. although not
SO prolific IN growth as in some OF the older
" eStern States, nevertheless yield reInunera-
tive rctUrEs.''
Again he says;
productiveucss Of California. as an evidence of
her wonderful progress and prosperity, we may
weli and proudly institute a comparison with
other States OF the eoniederacy.
<'Amoug the many interesting facts TO Ie
CLEANED frosl Official reports and other reliable
sources VIC learn that the number OF the hor-
ses and mnles in California, IS only exceeded
in II States. including the great States OF New
York. Pennsylvania, Virginia and Ohio. Ia
the number Of cattle, bat States exceed Cal |
ifornia. Ia wheat, but States produced more
during the year 1Sj5-while New York alone
exceeds California in the number Of bushels or
barley raised. CT potatoes, sixteen Of the
States produce q less quantity than oGr own.
OF all the States of the Union, not one produ- |
ces so many gallons of wine-aud in the az
gregate value Of live stock, but II OF the 81
exceed California"
Truly This is 4 cheering exhibition of the
progress of the first free State Oh the Pacific,
aud it IS also an impressive lesson to the Lusi-
ness men Of our country. Suppose California
had been admitted as slave Statc-how dif-
fercnt would have been her present condition
To understand this, compare Virginia Will.
Ohio, Missouri with Illinois, or Arkansas with
Wisconsin. Have not the citizens Of all the
old States deep interest in preserving Kansas
from the curse Of that institution which smotk=-
tends Kansas, peopled by freemen, would
in a few years rival even California or Iowa in
its progress. and woald furnish vast market
for the products Of our manufactures. So
that even as matter of dollars and cents, we
have deepinterest in preserving Kansas from
ths curse Of slavery.
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FRENCH LOVE OF SCASDAL.--A French pro-
yincial paper contains the following "a t-,sl
took place at our Assizes- 1t promised rich
food for scandal. All the ladies of the town
bedecked themselves in their smartest toilets,
and crowded to the courthouse. On seeing
this, the presiding Judge rose and said "Per-
sons here assembled as spectators are not a.
ware oil the nature Of the cause. therefore
invite ali decent women to withdraw A
pause took place without a single female NOV
ing from her seat. Seeing this, the president
again rose and exclaimed: s.Oficers of the
Court, now that all decent women have retired.
tUrs out the remainder.s
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EARTHQUAKES Ia SwITzERLASD.-Ont the 5th,
Sth and 9th of January last, shocks OF earth
quake were experienced in various cantons.
A Swiss naturalist, who has for some time
closely observed these phenomena, states that
in July last the frighttul effects OF earthquakes
were visible on the tops of the highest noun
tains. On the 25th immense masses of ice
separated from the glacier Monte Rosa, came
crashing into the valley beneath, and solid
wall of ice was detached from the peak of the
Wetterhorn. On Mount St. Bernard the shock
was as severe as in The valley of the Rhone.
On the 18th shock was felt in a circle en-
bracIng Hermatt. Geneva, Basle, Zurich aud
Lurgano, which filled the animal world with
terror; migratory birds left the vicinity, and
have not since returned.
Whnn 1opS oor- ,on D
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CRUSADE AGAINST FREE-MAsoxs.-Th Ken
sington, Jamaica, Morning Journal, of Janua-
ry 10, says: ssNot long ago, we noticed in our
paper an order from the Pope to the late Vicar
Apostolic Of the Roman Catholic Church of
this Island, through the Right Rev. DR.. Nicu-
windt, Bishop of Cytrum, to excommunicate all
persons protesting Free Masonry in jamaica
This order or rescript, Father Benito Fernan-
dez refused to obey. We now learn that his
Holiness has sent 4 similar instrument direct
TO the present Vicar Apostolic, Father Dupey-
ron, ordering him TO diScountenance Free Ma
sons, and persons connected with other secret
societies, who are connected with his commu-
nion, because their tenets, being unknown.
may be dangerous to the State (what State y
His Holiness also prohibits the reading of such
works as those of Eugene Sue, which contain
moral poison, under an attractive exterior
The rescript, or whatever the instrument NAV
be termed, was read by Father Dupeyrou. in
open congregation, in the Chapel of the Holy
Trinity, on Sunday last. We learn. from
good authority, that stone cutter of this CITY
has been employed by the Jesuit Priests here
in effacing the Masonic emblems on tombs in
the Roman Catholic burial ground.''
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The Chicago Democrat says that some idea
Of religious week day meeting in that city
may be obtained from the fact that on recent
occasion of unusual interest, the assemblage
consisted of sixty. eight women, ons man and
boy.
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When does man look like : cannon ball 2
When be looks round.
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Aaftsmm's S aournal.
s. B. ROW, EDiTOn AND PnorRlEton

: eLEARFIELD. PA, MARCH u, 1856.
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AceN---A good lot of Hams and ShonIseTsat
- june 70 i W, F.sIltwINs. /
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1856-12-05
MISCELLANY.
Governors Message.

Governors message.
In addition to our very full synopsis of
the last week, we publish the following ex-
tracts, from the Governors Message
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.,
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demnation Of your institutions. But we
have interests to enforce course of self.
respect. I believe, as l have already stated,
that moro slaves are necessary to contin-
uance of our monopoly in plantation pro-
ducts. 1;believe that they are necessary to
the full development of our whole round of
agricultural and mechanical resources; that
they are necessary to the restoration Of the
South, to an equality of power in the Cen
eral Government, perhaps to the very intcg
rity Of slave society, disturbed as itll;.s been
by causes which have induced an undue pro-
portion of the ruling race. TO us have been
committed the fortunes of this peculiar form Of
society resulting from tbs union of unequal
races. 1t has vindicatcd its claim to the
appreciation of an enlightened humanity.
1t has civilized and clristianizcd the African.
1t has exalted the white race itself to higher
hopes and purposes and it is perhaps of the
most sacred obligation, that we should give
it the means Of expansion, and that we
should pass it forward to pcrpetuity of
progress.
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Iron TILE INDEPENDENT PRESS.
Autumn.
NY IyfOGSITO.

BY INCoGNITO.
1t comes with roughen'd vsage, but with a
cheerful smile
With locks torn and dissl,cvcrd. yet crown'd
with peace the while
With garments gay as Josepl's coat, rcd,
yellow, brown and green,
Like bright and gorgeous sunset, is the In.
dian summers sheen;
1t comes, and we will welcome it, and sing a
pleasant song,
For Autumn's varicgated hues will not be with
us long.
1t comes with slow but stately step, like god
d"ss Of the y"rc,
Bearing yearly Offering of fruits Lounte-
Ous stare;
It's golden grain as richly CLEANS, rs Califor-
lands snow-clal sh"rc
lis here in all its glory, nnl we'll greet it
with s"ng
For Autumn, gcn'rous Autumn, will nc. be
with us long.
Oh season Of swcct-sccntcd winds, of skies
serene and Clear
OF fading flowers, of finding leaves, and of the
falling year.
Thou, like twilight pcnsivc art, but has,
no gloomy hour
To those who look from earthly things, up to q
higher power,
Who hope to reapa harvest of immortal joy
and love,
"wcll done faithful servant" in o brighter
home above.
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A LAWYER at Fault.

We gave in our last nnmlcr an amusing
sketch of :: scene at one Of our courts in
this city. The following, which we cut out
Of the Germantown Tclcgraph, is Il parclcl
case, and will cause smile, or we mistake.
Everybody in Philadelphia, we believe,
says that paper, knows, or has heard of
Gotlicb Shccerer, Il tall, robust, wcll-formcd
German, with small twinkling eye, and a
look that tells you, quit as distinctly as lam
guage, that lie knows thing or two. Be-
ing called upon the stand as a witness on one
occasion, he was catechiscd rather severely
las the story goes) by Mr.. Dallas, who en-
pccted to make out strong point, eliciting
something from the following questions
"Were you at Harrisburg, Mr.. Scheerer,
in Dccember?"
"At Harrisburg in December, did you
say, Mr.. Dallas Z"
ayes sir, said at Harrisburg i'll Decen-
ber"
Putting his head down thoughtfully for a
moment lie replied: "No, sir, was not"
"Were you at Harrisburg in January,
Mr.. Schcerer9
"At Harrisburg in January, did you say
Mr.. Dallas ?"
"Yes, sir, at Harrisburg in January"
Relapsing into thoughtful mode for a
moment, he replied: "No, sir, was not at
Harrisburg in January"
"Well, Mr.. Scbeerer, were you at Harris
burg in February ?"
"Did you say at Harrisburg in February
Mr.. Dallas 2"
Eyes sir-and answer me if you please
Il said at Harrisburg in February"
Studying for moment or two, as before
"No, sir, was not in Harrisburg in Febru
ary."
Getting somewhat out Of patience with
him, Mr.. Dallas, elevating his tone, delnan
dcd: "At what time then, sir, were you al
IIarrisburg9"
"At Harrisburg? At Harrisburg, Mr.
Dallas )? [ was never at Harrisburg in my
life, sir"
Of course the court adjourned instanter
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VOLUME 4---N0. 81.
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