Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-05-13
CLIPPINGS AND scRlsBLlNes.

Tamaqua Bank have been put into circulation.
BvThe Democrats carried the municipal e.
lection in Philadelphia on the 9Th instant
TLooks ine-the new head of the Lock
Haven Vafchman. Dunham prints rather
spicy paper.
DAbout-Jack Frost, for several morn
ings. Truly, ''winter lingering, chills the lap
of May
UThe bill releasing General Small from
imprisonment for contempt of Court bas been
signed by Governor Pollock.
TDown-the water in the river, and RATS
have quit running. Nearly all the lumber has
been taken from this section.
DyThe trial of Mrs. Cunningham, for the
murder of DR.. Burdell, was progressing in
New York last week. 1t is thought she will
be acquitted.
GyOut for Wilmot-the Daily Sun, the old
Native American paper of Philadelphia city.
1t gives 'side door Sanderson particular fits
By-the-by, the Sun is one of most spirited pa
pers in the city.
tS~This is progressive age. A chicken
fancer is trying to get up new race of pull
lets, by crossing weathercocks with shanghai
hens. We shall await the result of his exper-
iment with much interest.
DyLady Franklin has determined to fit out
anotherArctic expedition. The London Times
suggests that she should be presented by the
English public with the Resolute, for the exc
cution of the enterprise.
;S ;p oF 81,
lection of the Dallas Clarendon treaty, our
Minister to England, Mr.. Dallas, will return
home, and that ex-Secretary Marcy will be
sent out as his successor.
0-J. NJ. B. Petriken, a member of the Le-
gislature from Lycoming county, was last week
lying in critical condition at Buehler's Ho-
tel, Harrisburg. He is one of the victims of
the 'sNational epidemic,'' and his recovery is
considered doubtful.
Oy-An exchange asks very innocently if it
is any harm for young ladies to sit in the 'lapse
of ages Our opinion is that it all depends
on the kind of ages selected. Those from 1s
to %, we think are somewhat hazardous, but
are generally preferred by femininity.
Dy-A pocket book containing $4,000 in
notes has been found in the city of Montreal.
and being American money, the American
consul in that city sent a communication to
Mayor Vaux, of Philadelphia, notifying him
of the fact. Who is the owner
V5-How to make Time pass Quickly-get
note in bank for ninety days, and you will be
astonished at the velocity of time BY doing
this in December winter will seem remarkably
short, and spring appear quite as soon as you
are ready for it. Any person who does not
believe this, can experiment for himself.
DgThe Persian Ambassador at Paris, Fe-
rouck- Khan, has just presented to Louis Ma
poleon four Arab horses of the purest blood
from bis master, the Shah. Their peculari-
ties are two-that they are larger than any
blood horses hitherto seen, and that they have
no names. Paris was very much delighted
with the beauty Of these animals.
Uy-The direct intelligence from Walker is
10 the 18th of April, by way of the lake and
river. a dispatch came to Greytown of that
date from Gen. Mora, stating that he had got
Walker and his whole force confined 10 only
two houses-that he had dug trench all a.
round what was left of the city, and thatWal
er would be forced to surrender by the Goth.
DJ-The Louisiana sugar crop was not mate
rally damaged by the recent frosts, though
advantage was taken of the fact to advance
the price of sugars. At first material cur
tailment of the crop predicted. No doubt
the young cane was severely bitten, but as a
general rule it promises to regain its vigor,
or at least TO fair proportion of saccharine
juice.
05-Thc Chinese Sugar Cane.-About $50
bushels of the seed of this cane have been dis
tributeG by the Patent Office this season. 1t
is thought by many that this cane is destined
to be cultivated as extensively in the United
States as Indian corn, yielding, as it does at
the same time, sugar for man, and proyender
and grain for beast.
WFreemasonry was first known in Eng
land, in 674, and was forbidden in 1924 toler-
ated in 1000, and accommodated by the
pope in 1888. The Charity for Freemasons
was established in 1888. The Grand Lodge of
England was founded in 1927 of Ireland in
1920. Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen street,
was built in 1775, and opened in May, 1776.
D-A fellow in North Carolina, having been
put in Jail for marrying thirteen wives, recent
! ly made his escape. A gentleman afterwards
recognized him, and anxious to secure the re-
ward for his apprehension, invited him to din
ner, and then slyly slipped out in pursuit of a
constable but great was his surprise on his re-
turn TO find that the culprit had absconded
with his own wife. SO says an exchange.
OyThe proposed Convention at Lancaster
| is to be held on the 5th June, instead of the