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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-11-03

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Penmanship.
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The world is tread mill, which turns all the
time land leaves choice but to sink climb.
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TLORIOUS NEWS!-NATI0NAL EX-
" CHANGE The subscriber having taken
the above well known stand, in Curwensviile. Pa,
is ready to accommodate all who may favor him
with their patronage. His table will always be
supplied with the best the market can afford. and
his Bar with the choicest liquors His stable will
be under the care of attentive hostlers
DAVID SMITH.
CurwensyiIle April s. 1858.
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nIssoLUTIoN OF PARTNERSHIP.

ii
II The partnership heretofore existing be-
tween DIR. Lorain and DIR. Hartswick in the prac-
tice of medicine is this day dissolved by mutual
consent All persons having accounts with them
will please call and settle Immediately and if they
can not pay give their notes. Their books will be
left at their old office. where Dr. Hartswick can be
found at all times, either to settle, attend to
professional business. HENRY L0RAIN,
Oct. is, IS5S-203t. j. &. HARTSWICK.
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CAUTION All persos are hereby cautioned
~ against purchasing meddling with One
Dark Brown Horse. years old, past. in the pos
session of Thomas Dixon, of Boggs township. as
the same belongs TO me. JOHN NJ CHASE.
Woodward Sept s, 1853 'ept22
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RAKBEK AND HAIR DfESSEN.-IHe ne
ID undersigned takes this method to announce
to the citizens of Clearfeld and the surrounding
country. that he has opened Barber Shop on
Market street. in Shaw's new row.where he is pre-
pared to accommodate all who may give him
call. and hopes to receive a liberal patronage.
Oct g. 1858 JEREMIAH NORRIS.
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ENLOUR, Oats Rye &c, for sale at the cheap
Il store Of JOHN PATTON, ourrers7iEe
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a. T. SCHRYVER has resumed the practices
III of medicine, and viii attend promptly TO all
calls in his profession, by day or night. kesi-
dence opposite the Methodist church IN the Bor-
ough of Clearfeld. Nay 18th 1888
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I Attest STYLE of Fall and Winter Bon cts, at
lA the corner store of WM- IRWIN
FREDERICK SCHMAEL, CLOCK AND
Il WATCH MAKER. Cherry street. zone door
east of the Methodist Church,) Cearfeld, Pa, VIII
repair Clocks, Watches, &C., on short notice and
reasonable terms Sept. 30. 1883
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y. B. They will also receive every variety OF
articles on commission, at low rates. NJ. & c.
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-05-20
THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.

We call the attention of our readers to the
new schedule tor Ssmmer Travel on the Bali.
more and Ohio Railroad, printed in our adver.
tising columns. 1t will be seen that the amplesi
facilities secured TO travellers from all sec.
tons. By new combinations, the Company is
enabled to run three through trains, daily. East
and West, and the greatest attention is paid 70
making the connections, and providing for the
comfort Of the passengers. Two of the trains
each way, will pass over the mountains in the
daytime, so as to afford an opportunity to enjoy
some of the grandest scenery in the world. The
Baltimore American says
1t is also contemplated, we are told. in fair
weather, to make 8 brief stoppage of the trains
at the grandest of the Cheat river yiaducts
where q scene is presented that may be called
the climax of the road.
With the present almost entirely finished
condition OF the several tunnels-now as endura-
bly, arched as human skill can render them
with Its new and improved hotels and dining.
halle, with ITS system of thorough conductors
and its mode OF supplying travellers needed in
formation, and of afording other rare courte
sizes to its patrons, with the watchfulpesa nnd
care Of lis train-men and other EMPLOYEES. it's
complete and exclusive telegraphic lines. with
Its new aud powerful passenger train locomo
tives, which, by their exclusive use Of coke 40
fuel, insure to travellers freedom from smoke
and spsrks-with these, we say, added to the
grsnder attractions, which are becoming so
widely known and appreciated, the passenger
business of the Baltimore and Ohio COMPANY
ought to become much more enlarged duriug
the coming season. Certainly no more attract,
i've and interesting line Of travel can be offered
in our country than that which this road pre-
sents"
The Company has also been at pains to fur
nish new conveniences Of travel on the Washing.
ton Branch. The principal train viii leave BAl.
timore for Washington at GAS, instead of 8
O'Clock. "While this is pleasant hour for
travellers from Baltimore in the summer
season, this train, by reaching Washington at
8 80, will accommodate the numerous Gov.
ernment officials and others, who propose to re.
side along the line during the season. This
train will also reach Washington in time to con.
meet with the steamers for Mount Vernon, and it
is contemplated to establish through round trip
tickets between Baltimore and Mount Vernon,
by which yisiters may view that sacred place and
return home upon the same evening"
An examination of the schedule will show
ether arrangements, demanded by the wants
Of the Public. The Company deserves great
credit for its intelligent enterprise.
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OFFICIAL REPoRT.-The official report Of h.
receipts and expenditures for the last uusr.r
has issued from the office of the Register Of he
Treasury. The revenue from the sale of lsBi.
was $480:936. The amount of premium r.
ceived on Treasury notes was $4,000. The
total receipts from the ordinary sources of rey-
nue. was S7,9OO,OOO for the quarter; amount
obtained by loan, Sll, O87, 900. An exchange
says:
"This certainly is a very sorry exhibit aul
it is idle to say that the necessity of loan csa
be blinked much longer The regular appro
pristions for the current year are SO, 600, 00d
of which it is estimated that nearly $40 .0(O,COl
will be suppressed by the arbitrary action G.
the Departments. This will leave S55, 600 600
to be provided for. But the deficiency bill has
just passed, calling for $9,7OO,OOO additions,
and the bill for deficiencies in the printing fund
will make up the sum to q round ten millions
making for the current fiscal year an unayol
able expenditure, under legal authority, OF
Sos, 100000. The receipts fer the past three
quarters, exclusive of Treasury notes, have
been S36,000,000, the expenditures abou,
$50, 100000. The deficiency of actual curre1,
revenue, as compared with receipts Tor the
nine months ending March 81, was therefore
$50, 900, and the receipts at the presen.
time represent an average of $50 100000 for
the year."
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VOL. XII,

ratify it, on the pretext that it has been cha
by our Government, when the truth ia tbs.s.9S
only changes have been few verbal o.. q
tons, not at all affecting single provisio o''
the treaty. The Government Of Paragrc... q (:
evidently inclined to be ugly and insoleb, : !,
little wholesome correction would do hsr ~. d
and we are the more willing to see il adr soo~
tered, because in her case there is no tenn. ~
to seizs territory by way of reprisals B.-oS
has lately compelled her to settle omar Y
show of force, and doubtless the same M. y
will prove effectual in regard to our own c-
ernment. '''.
Paraguay is enclosed between the Pa,..
and Paraguay rivers, and has an area Of sI o-'
S o. square miles, and population Of a.,
100000, chiefly hslf-civilized Indians T. !.
an interior country, nearly Thousand 49, :
distant from the ocean, and, although the =
rama is navigable, can never be of grss,
portance commercially"
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popularity. The eminent talent of New York
and Brooklyn is here exhibited. Among these
twenty FIVE sermons, we have those of DIR.
Alexander, DIR. Bethune, DIR. William Adams,
and one from DIR. William r. Williams, who
who is g distinguished representative of the
ministerial talent of our country. 1t is only to
be reregtted the Christian public see so little
from his beautiful pen. This sermon alone is
worth the cost of the book.
The Christian Examiner for May.
This admirable periodical is always welcome.
This number contains six articles, each of
which is full of talent, learning, and interest.
The Ideal Girlhood Of Modern Romance" is
q charming essay. :" The Oriental Question {"
is penned by one well posted with the great
questions of European politics.
Harpers New Monthly, for June, 1855.
Harper again. So early, too. Is it good
number3 What does he give rs nowf Very
natural inquiries. Let MS see. First, The
City of Elms," New Haven, with a variety of
illustrations and records-some old, some new,
some humorous, and some more grave, of its
origin, progress, and present state then,
Tropical Journey ings-Ca California" full, too,
of pictures-Po rtobello, Aspinwall, Panama,
negroes, buccaneers, scorpions, centipedes, bats,
vampire, and dash at the other inhabitants,
tree growth, and historical, biographical, and
descriptive notices then, "The Microscope" q
shorter article, with its illustrations of num-
Der of subjects "Dear Hunting;" "Old and
New Style 4" +" Our Sons =" 4" Esther Benefits
Love and Hate; ""A Night Scene" poetry IN
deed, by William Cullen Bryant; "a Nest of
Cavalers;" San Incident at Niagara Falls 4"
in Articulo Aortis;" q A Mothers Comics.
SION" Another portion, four chapters, of
Thsckersy's The Virginians," in which he in
PRODUCES Lord Chesterfield, DIR. johnson, Sam
uel Richardson, and Henry Fielding, and others,
the wits and authors of that day; Monthly Rec
ord !" Literary Notices." Editors Table,
Easy Chair, Drawer f" the Comic Illustrations,
viz: "Mr. Flasher's Love at First sight +"
" Fashions for june" &c.
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TUESDAY IN CONGRESS.

In the Senate, Mr.. Douglas called up the
Oregon bill, and it was discussed, Mr.. Trum-
bull, of Illinois, leading off in the debate.
The House proceeded at once, after the
reading of the journal, to the election of a
Doorkeeper. Mr.. Joseph G. Wright, the Dem.
ocratic candidate, received III votes; Mr..
Fletcher, the Republican candidate, n; Mr..
Chase, American, 10; Walker, American, 9.
There were three scattering votes. Every
Douglas Democrat, except Mr.. Harris, voted
for the regular Democratic candidate. Mr..
Wright had a majority of eight over all his
competitors, and was duly sworn into Office.
A bill to prevent frauds in land titles in Cal.
ifornia was then passed.
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole upon the appropriation bills.
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The Northern religious press generally comes
out against the action of the Tract Society at
their recent annual meeting. The Independent
calls upon the Anti. Slavery friends of the sOc-
ETY. to stand by it, in hopes of reversing thI'
action, but not to contribute any money to 1t
until it shall consent to open its mouth for the
oppressed. The more radical Antislavery jour
nails seem to think the opposition at the annual
meeting were served right, inasmuch as they did
not ask the Society to issue tracts against SlA'
very, but against its abuses. If we mistake
not, the Society has published tracts advocating
total abstinence from Intoxicating drinks. Il
the Opposition are right, the Society sho',l
limit itself to publishing tracts agar" "N
abuses Of iquor-drinking.
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he SUsoUEHANNA.-This United Statas r.,
ate recently came into New York with yelov
fever on board, and from San Juan to that po,,
she lost great number Of men. There sasr.
to have been cause for the pestilenee. On.
OF her seamen publishes statement in the n.
York journals, from which we make the foll,y
ing extracts:
"After our arrival at San Juan, we found ,b.
our stock was short; We had no coed Aop, n
the ship; that ration was stopped in toto. Ans
to make the other hold out, we were out on Ser
Juan fresh meat four times q week. This mas,
was boiled with few yams, and nv oo,o.
even now rises at the recollection of the n.
gushing compound. attribute the escans 4,
so many to the fact, that although hungry the,
could not eat it. There is some of the bre.j
we were fed on still on board the shin; il il 4.
own damning evidence. We were ancborad n
fresh water; the upper deck IVES scrubbed eve,,
day, the lower decks three ard four fnes /.
week; the ship was always damp. We bsrlJ
the seine three and four times a week. the man
up to their waists in water, and a trcpicsl am
overhead. Some of them would drink Et.le ~,
much rum, and were not particular about shift
ing their wet clothes when they returned On
board, and those who got drunk were put N
irons, with their wet clothes still remaining on
them. The fish, when caught, were piled INTO
large bake-pans, heated in the oven, and de-
voured nearly raw, there being no other mean.
Of cooking them for the men. A portion Of our
crew were employed in building boat-landirg
up to the waist in wa'er, as usual, with old ia
msics' frying them above, and on several ocea
sions the men were exercised on Point Areus.
until the heat of the musket became so intense
that they could not bear it to come in contact
with their hands. Our ship was receptacle
for every filthy flibuater who presented himssy
tor admission, and the lsst one received va.
crawling out of fever"
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The ADMINISTRATION PARTY At Wo,g
The "Key'tOne Club" of this city, which +.
composed chiefly of Government emplo,.,
has ordered one million of documents for din,
button in the single State of Pennsylvania
The Indiana Democratic Club, at a mestr,
held week or two since, subscribed sir hs
dred dollars for like purpose in the State ,
Indiana.
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Twelve hundred thousand of land warrants
were issued last month under the bounty act of
1855. Twenty-eight million acres of land will
be necessary to satisfy these warrants.
The Willett's Point investigating committee
are drawing their labors to close. The owner
of the property, it appears, gave the Govern
ment the refusal of it up to certain time
(April, 1857 for $4,000 but as the appro-
priation for the purchase was not available
until the lst of July, the owner in the mean time
sold it to Mr.. Irwin, who subsequently disposed
of it to the Government for $500, 900, the en-.
gineer department having reported it as the
most available site for Notifications. Nothing
has been elected to show that the Secretary
of War was concerned in any collision or
completely in the purchase.
The President has removed his United States
District Attorney for Kansas, Mr.. Wier, and ap-
pointed in his stead Mr.. Allison Davis. Mr..
Wier is Free-State Democrat. Mr.. Davis is
Slsve.State Lecompton Democrat. This act,
contaminated, as it is, after the passage of the
English bill, shows the intention Of Mr.. Buchan-
an. He will not give the people of Kansas q fair
election, if he can help it. This act, we trust,
will seal the fate of the Buchanan party in
every free State.
CALIFoRNIA.-We are glad to see, by our
California papers, that the slave Archy Lee was
set free in the Circuit Court at San Francisco.
1t was just decision.
We are sorry to notice that bill has been
presented to the California Legislature, prohib-
iting further immigration of negroes to that
State, and requiring those at present in Cali
fornia to take out licenses. The colored people
are very much excited, and talk of emigrating
in body to British territory.
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16r Many of the Democratic journals have
accused ThurloW Weed, of the Albany Erening
Journal, of receiving $4,000 from the agent OF
Lawrence, Stone, & Co, for lobbying the tart
act through Congress. Mr.. Weed denies this
most emphatically. BE says:
"With all the seeming of truth in this state
ment, the facts, when they are known, will
show how easy it is to pervert and distort the
truth. We have not received, either from
Messrs. Lawrence, Stone, & Co., nor from their
agent, Mr.. Wolcott, any amount of money. We
have never, directly or indirectly, spoken to or
communicated with either of those gentlemen
on the subject of money. We did, however,
receive authority, the latter part of March
1857, from a friend in Boston, to draw on him
for $4,000. The authority was from gentle
man with whom we were associated In raising
funds for the Presidential election, and ths
money was designed to cover deficiencies.
although pretty well known that elections
cost money, the public are not generally en-.
liqhtened with details. Without being disposed
to reveal, voluntarily, the financial details Of
canvass, it may be proper to say, that when the
facts in the case shall have been called out
they will show that the HerGlds version, is, IS
usual, entirely fabulous"
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-05-20

B9- A speech, by Lewis Tappan, of New
York, concerning the Tract Society, has been
forwarded to US for publication. 1t will be in
serted in our next.
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NEW BOOKS.

The Atlantic Monthly has circulation al
ready of 10000 copies per month. This is
doing pretty well, when we consider that it is
in its politics strongly anti-Slavery.
Beecher's "Life Thoughts" when out but
twenty days, had sold $4,000 copies-a very
fine sale.
Sheldon, Brakeman, & Co., of New York,
the publishers of Spurgeon's sermons, have al
ready sold $1,000 volumes of the series.
Mr.. Dayton, publisher of "Fifty Years in
Chains" an AntiSlavery story, has sold five
thousand copies in short time.
1t is very evident from these and multi
plicity of similar facts, that the book trade is
reviving, after its long and heavy depression.
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B6~ An item of news has of late been travel
ling the rounds Of the papers, to the effect ths
a sailor recently died in Texas, and upon bis
death had confessed that some forty years
ago, he was one of party of mutineers who
took possession of a brig from Charleston to
New York. The brig was the one which hsi
on board Mrs. Allston, Aaron Burr's daughtsr
and the sailor confessed that she and the other
passengers and officers were murdered. Col
Chester, the intelligent Washington correspond
emit of the Philadelphia Inquirer says:
The dying sailor protested to remember
her well, said that she was the last who persisted
and that he never forgot her look of despair IS
she took the last step from the fatal plank On
reading this account, l regarded it as fiction,
but, on conversing to-day with an officer Of The
navy, be assures me of its probable truth, and
states that on one of his passages home, some
years ago, his vessel brought two pirates in
irons, who were subsequently executed at Nor.
folk, for recent offences, and who, before their
execution, confessed that they had been mem.
bers of the same crew, and participated in the
murder of Mrs. Allston and her companions -
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WASHINGTON ITEMS.

The Turkish Vice Admiral has declined the
offer of a passage home on the Wabash.
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The Courier des Flats Unis is of opinion
that the Paraguay resolution is meant for q
precedent, to be followed by similar action in
respect 10 Cuba.
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d. ". Herbert, Esq, author, shot himself, +,
New York, on Monday, at the Stevens Hon.
The cause was family trouble.
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R6- The Tract Society, as our readers will
see in our news columns, has voted to sustain
its Publishing Committee in refusing to publish
one word respecting the duties of masters to their
slaves. They do publish upon the duties of
slares to masters-but that is quite different
matter The end is not yet. This great insti-
tuition will not be permitted to ally itself with
Wrong. Either the Society will be revolution
lied, or the great body of contributors will
leave it, and form a new one.
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OREGoN.-The Republicans held State Con-
vention at Salem, in Oregon, ON the second Of
April, and nominated
For Governor, John Denny.
For Representatives in Congress, J. R. Nc
Bride.
For Secretary Of State, Lesnder Holmes.
For State Printer, d. W. Craig.
For State Treasurer, E. E. Apologize.
The Democrats are in the midst of severe
fight, and two sets of nominations have been
made. 1t is thought, however, that they will,
after time, unite again, as they are not divided
by principle. 1t is possible that one wing
may hereafter unite with the Republicans, and
deliver the State from the government of the
Sham Democracy, in case Oregon comes into
the Union,
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Twelve hundred thousand of land warrants
were issued last month under the bounty act of
1855. Twenty-eight million acres of land will
be necessary to satisfy these warrants.
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-05-20

bar The Anti-Savery friends of the Tract
Society held preliminary meeting last week,
Tuesday, in New York. Mr. Lewis Tappan ad-
dressed the meeting in favor of the Society's as
Stunning radical position in reference to Sla-
very. He wanted the Society in its tracts to
oppose Slavery as sin, instead of regulating
the conduct of Shareholders, as if the relation
were proper. Rev. DR.. Cheever upheld this
view of the matter, but DIR. Thompson of the
Independent, Rev. Mr.. Patton of Chicago, DR..
Hawes, and others, contended that to take this
ground now would weaken the position of the
Anti Slavery friends of the Society. So it was
agreed that the conduct of the Publishing Com.
mittee should be condemned, and the action of
the Society year ago sustained-sction which
instructed the Committee 10 publish tracts
showing the duties of masters to their slaves,
nothing being said upon the relation itself.