Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-06-11
cL1PP1Ees AM soaIHBLINes.

penitentiary was destroyed by fire on the Sd.
Loss 100000. Nine prisoners escaped.
There is a great demand,'' says Yankee
pedlar, ssfor species of plaster which will en-
able gentlemen TO stick to their business"
THE NJ. E. General Conference, in session at
Indianapolis, decided, 81 to l25, against ex-
tending the time OF appointments beyond two
years.
SAN SLICK says he would rather break q
yoke of steers any day, than to make up a
quarrel between two women when they get
their dander up.
THERE were thirty-fve fires in the United
States during the last month, in each of which
cases the loss was not less than $4,000. The
entire loss amounted to 81 ,757 900.
IT Is CALCULATED that the clergy costs the
United States s6 ,00O, 600 annually, the crimi-
mails S19,000,000, the lawyers S35 ,000, 900, to-
bacco $40 ,000, 600, and rum over Sl00, 900, 900.
sPut not off till to morrow what can be done
to-day said mother to her procrastinating
son. ssThen, marin, let's eat that apple pie
you put away for tomorrow we can do that
to- day"
FLsE.-It was reported that the Warren
Co. Bank had failed. The Warren Mail says
they know nothing of it at home, and that on
the 7th May nearly 100000 in specie were in
the vaults of the bank.
A HORRIBLE AFFAIR occurred at st. Joseph,
Missouri, about the 22d nit. Jacob Friend,
wife and five children were brutally murdered
by some unknown demons in human guise,
and the house then burned.
A RAT CATCHER says ssone pair of rats, with
their progeny, will produce in three years no
| less a number than 646, ,SO8 rats, which will
consume day by day as much food as 64,6S0
men, leaving eight rats to starve."
ABOLITION CoSvESrIoN-The Convention of
| Radical Abolitionsts, which met Syracuse,
n. y, on the 29th May, nominated Gerritt
Smith for President, and Samuel MFarland,
of Penn'a, for Vice President, after which the
body adjourned sine die.
Mr.. BRooKs, the South Carolina ruffian, has
challenged Senator Wilson for words spoken
in the Senate in relation to the assault on Mr..
Sumner. Mr.. Wilson declines the challenge,
justifies the language used. and avows his in
tention to defend himself if attacked.
Tue WAY TO MAKE fashionable bonnet is
this Take handful of artificial roses, each
and six yards of lace. Secufe;(ifteq, ditto !;
''tt ri OF arnatiyeness with two long pins
OCT AGAIS.-The BrookVifIe JeUeys0nfS75yllJ lJi9 40,
ter suspension of two months has again made
Its appearance. The editor has been raft
ing, plaStcring his office, &c. He saws he ex-
poets to issnc regularly from now till after the
| election.
! GAssT.-The Hollidaysburg Standard is in
ecStacles over the arrival of some pipes for the
gas works about being erected in that place
DIabolus thinks it iSuseless expenditure to nut
up works, when so much gas is running on Iogs
/ thro' the streets Of that .ancient boroueb ;,
IHE WooL TRADE.-The clipping season has
now fully commenced in Western Pennsylva-
MA and other wool-growing States, and tbe
mild weather is quite favorable for shearinp
1T IS said that many agents and SPECTATORS
nave already gone into the wool-growing dis
triets to make contracts with the farmers for
the purchase of new wool.
The RECENT ELECTION in New Orleans re-
suited in the success of the whole American
ticket. The Mayor has 1000 majority. Mr..
Irepahnler, the clerk of the First District
Court, was shot and stabbed several times bv
a party Of Sicilians. Much fighting, stabbinr
and shooting occurred throughout the dav
Three Sicilians were killed.
IHE House Committee of Investigation into
the assault committed by Brooks on Mr.. Srm-
ner, made report, and the majority of the
committee recommend the exn,,IS;,,, 1r pa,
Tor his unmanly and disgroceful conduct. As
1t requires two-thirds' vote to expel a mem
Der, the South Carolina bully may possibly |
manage to secure enough votes to prevent it.
The editor of the Utica Herald saws that he
once knew wild widow who cut out her own
daughter in the good graces of her lover and
married him herself To obtain revenge for
TINS unmotherly trick, the daughter set her
cap for the young mans rich father. (of WHOM,
he was the only heir,) and actually married
him and had children, to the infinite annoy-
ance OF the other parties. This occurred in
OnondagO county, New York.
HE N I. Express contains ga query pro-
posed and an answer expected, - the object of
which was to ascertain who was the author.
ana what is the correct reading of the line so
oiten (and so frequently Incorrectly quoted,
'Fine by degrees and beautifully less.'' It
nay be found in Prior's Henry and Emma
where Henry, speaking to Emma, saws:
"No longer shall the bodice apply laid
From thy full bosom to thy slender waist
Ihat air and harmony of shape express {
Fine by degrees and beautifully less
Tuin -