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Daily national Democrat., 1859-01-28
United States Hotel !!
CORNER c AND THIRD STREETS,
NIARYSVILLE.

At.yaa THE Propretors would respectfully infon
tlRT their friends and the public that they have
EssElT Gently, at great expense, fitted up this
HAE6A Hotel in style unsurpassed by any house in
the city, and are now prepared to accommodate all
who may desire goodlving, a well ventilated room, or
good bed.
Mr. Stokes is well known as.4e former proprietor
of"Ckarey's Restaurant" where he acknowledged
the best in the city, his reputation is, tnere
fore, favOrably established. His old friends are
respectfully gited to call at his new house.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-01-28

< MOKED and PICKLED sALMON-On hand and
- for sale by s. q. WILLIAMS,
decI7sf Nos. "A and 46 n street.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-03-02
The Coolie Trade.

Mr.. William Breck, resident of Bang.
kok, Siam, has published n document il.
lustrating the Coole trade, from facts gain.
ed from the officers and crew of a Dutch
bark, which had been taken from that
vessel and carried to Singapore. This bark
was employed in the Coolie trade, and
among the papers found on board was the
original contract between the Coolies and
The Spanish agents at Macao. This paper
shows the Coolie contract scheme to be
iully on par with the African slave trade
IN all particulars, for not one out of a
thousand of the poor fellows who are
swindled into this contract will ever live
to see the end of it, " hile their seryitude
IN the meantime will be of the most alb
Ject and degrading character. The Coolies
agree to work on the island of Cuba, for
the term OF eight years, at every descrip.
ton OF labor, the working hours to be
hxed by their masters no restriction as TO
the length of the laboring hours, they
agree to submit 10 such corrections as their
masters or their agents may see proper TO
lntiict, and in no case nor Under any cir
cumstances to attempt to escape from con-
troll, no matter how tyrannical and op-
pressiye that control may be. The con-
sideration is to be 81 per month, and daily
rations of eight ounces of salt meat and
two and half pounds of boniatos, or any
other kind of flesh. The apparel stipula-
ted for in the agreement consists Of one
suit OF clothing, a woollen shirt and a
blanket each year. These are the main
features of the Coolie contract system,
which the hypocritical pretenders of Eu-
rope are engaged in, while, at the same
time, protesting most vehemently against
the system Of domestic servitude in the
United States, which at least has the mer
1t OF being under the control Of law, and
subject to the discipline Of wise, lust and
impartial judges. But what protection
has the Coolies when they are landed upon
the soil OF Cuba or any other island ? They
are entitled to the mercy of their masters.
who may, with impunity, decline or re-
fuse to keep their part Of the contract,
while exactlng from their servants the let
ter of the bond, the pound of flesh The
whole traffic in Coolies is mere trick TO
obtain the labor of these men at the same,
II not lower rates than slave labor can be
procured, yet leave room for Exeter Hall
orations and kindred exhibitions of maud
lin scntimentalism. But such facts as those
set forth by Mr.. Breck, will show the true
state Of feeling in Europe upon the ques-
tlon OF obtaining cheap labor, and exhibit
the sef@Gonstituted reformers in their true
llght.-Daiy PennSylpnian.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-03-02
Exports Of Fish to Foreign Ports.

In early days of New England the ex-
ports Of the products of her fisheries to
Spain, Franse, Portugal, and West Indies
were very important portion of her
trade, and gave to this colony of Massa.
chusetts its early leading position in com.
merce. But i. our fisheries relied now up.
on the foreign demand, its products
would be hard Of sale. The town of Glou.
cester alone, could nearly supply every
quintal of fish that is shipped abroad from
the United States each year, and every
barrel of mackerel and piokeled fish, and
then have 10000 barrels for home market.
Last year l6l 900 quintails Of domestic
fish were shipped from the United States
to foreign ports, and 10000 barrels mack =
erel, and other picked fish, such as sam
on, herring, alewives, shad, &c The great
markets are Cuba Hayti, Guiana and Por,
to Rico-Cuba and Hayti being the largest.
These places take five-sixths of the total
exports. Boston is the great exporting
port, shipping more than two~thirds of the
whole amount. New York ranks next,
with over one-third the shipments Of Bos-
ton then comes Gloucester, with gener-
ally one-third of the exports of Boston
Of picked fish, Boston ships from one
third to one.half of the whole amount,
Hayti taking the largest number of bar
rels, about 10000 annually. BY the these
statements it will be seen that our home
market is the egreatest for the fisheries, and
this demand is constantly increasing.-
The sources of supply for this immense
demand are almost declining in extent
with each succeeding year, and concen-
trating more at several leading places, such
as Gloucester which the last year furnish
es alone one.half of the mackerel for home
and foreign consumption. We see moth
ing to hinder the constant rise of fish in
the markets of the United States.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-03-02
A Cunning Device.

Inc chattanooga, Ala, advertiser rela,es
'he ioiiowing;-A nice, respected lady.
not thousand miles away. had long no.
tlced, toher dismay, that her "worser half,
was growing foolishly suspicious and
jealous oil her. She resolved to teach him
lesson. Some evenings since. as he was
leaving, she told him he need not hurrv
back, she would not be lonely; she want.
ed her ducky to enjoy himself &c. Ben.
edict felt veritable mice" under tbo,
hypocrisy, and resolved TO be ayenoed -
About eight o'clock, an "indiwsduaIU
ABOUT his size might have been seen eau
tiousiy creeping along to the door, and
noIselessly. Benedict peeped in. just
as ne expected, there they were--a pair OF
ooots' coat on the black chair, and hat
on the table. Benedict shivered like an
aspen leaf, as he stopped, pulled off his
ooots, and drew a pistol from bis coat
pocket. With resolution flashing from
his eye, he made tracks for the bedroom.
There he was kneeling at the bedside. coat
and vest off, and head on the pillow
Miserable villian--his time has come
say your prayers william, your time Ia
short" and q fash and report told that
the bullet had sped on its fatal mission
Help! murder watch l--oh, is that
you r and madame popped her little
head up from the foot of the bed. Bene.
dict seized the body as it was--a miscella-
neous, collection of old coats, vests, pil.
lows, hankerchiefs and the like, made up
for the occasion. 81 say, dear, what does
all this mean 7" exclaimed the husband.
with a blank, sheepish look. "Well,
dear" replied the wife, 81 did get lonely
after all, and just amused myself by dress.
ing up that puppet, and making be-
lleve you were at homo. Pm sure didn't
think you'd suspect" "There, there
said the chagrined husband, "say no more
about it; | thought it was robber dear
creature, Pm so glad il didn't hit you."-
Benedict repeated Now lay me-" etc.
and went to bed resolved not to watch any
more at present.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-03-02
Hints to Episcopalians.

BISHOP De Lancy, now on visit TO Eu,
rope says in one Of his letters:
II have attended five or six services in
England, and am struck with the follow.
ing particulars:
lst. The general and audible responses,
"a. The congregational singing.
Sd. The reading of the lessons bv ,ba
members OF the congregation in their BIZ
bles in the pews.
4th. The pause after the benediction.
9th. The very little looking round and
staring ut each other by the congregation,
ana the apparent devout attention exhibi.
ted"
In another letter dec. 20th) Bishop
Dell, speaks thus Of the weekly service
held the night before in st. Paul's Cathe.
dral, London: I" 1t was q most impressive
service; more than three thousand pres.
ent, Notwithstanding the rain. A choir
oil more than five hundred volunteer sing.
ers chanted and sung. The sermon was
by the Rev. DR.. Hook-extemporane
animated and impressive, and fixed the
attention OF the great multitude for forty
minutes. The voices Of the people almost
overpowered the immense organ. II was
1NNiiu DuCll ullcn never
heard. 1t was the Fall of niagara rever-
berating the praises Of God. 1t carried
me forward to what St. John says: a voice
came out of the Throne, saying, Praise our
God, all ye His servants, and ye that fear
Him, both small and great; and heard
as it were, the voice of great multitude,
as the voice of many waters, and as the
voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Allie
lula for the Lord Goo Omnipotent reign
etE.'
" All about us, so far as we could see or
hear, responded and sung, but no indi.
vidual voice, male or female, could be dis
tinguished in the overpowering and har-
monious mass of sound. There were no
long preludes or interludes by the organ.
When the hymn after the sermon was
finished, all bent down and the preacher
pronounced the benediction, to which the
organ, choir and congregation responded
most solemn and impressive amen and
all was silent as the grave. for private pray
er to God for his blessing on the service
silence oyerpoweging--silenoe that could
be felt. The immense fock then quietly
disbersed" "
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-03-02
A Gang of Forgers.

.he Huntsville (Texas) Item, of the 5tl
INST, relates the swinding deeds there OF
four fellows "A ling themselves Alfred. AL
bert and Augustus wilson, and Samuel
Morton, who settled down there. commen,
ced business, passed of drafts on New
fork to some amount, and then suddenly
lett. The drafts came back from New
York protested, and it was discovered that
the four" were forgers. They had be-
fore swindlcd the people of Indianola out
OF SlOOO, and various other property al
Hampstead, out of horse and buggy al
Waco, out Of saddles and horses, besides
passing more forged notes.
Alfred was accidentally recognized in
his true character, by person who hap
pened to be present. Just as articles OF
agreement were about to be signed be-
tween Alfred and Mr.. Edmonds, hotel.
keeper at Paris, Lamar county, and Ed.
munds was on the point of paying over
a2,OOO TO his new partner in the soap bu-
siness.
Alfred confessed to all his rascalitles
and was put in Jail. Albert and Angus.
tus were overhauled at Montgomery. Ala,
where they await the reauisition of the
Governor OF Texas.
Samuel Morton is still at large, and
-, 900 offered for his arrest by New York.
ers, on whom he had forged to the amonnt
OF $50, 600. He is suspected to be the same
fellow who recently passed off on Mr.. w.
+. Snoddy, Of Louisville, forged check
for $4,000 on the Citizens Bank of New
Orleans.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-03-02
A Romance in Politics.

One Of Texas distinguished citizens.
name not given, who has figured largely
IN public life. first as a lawyer, then as
soldier in the Mexican and Indian wars
and then as o leading politician, has the
ioliowlng related of him in a sketch
OF his life by :he New Orleans Christian
Advocate. He had been put up by his
party in 1857 to succeed Gen. Houston in
the unithd States Senate; but feeh I,
called TO the ministry, and distrusting his
own ;V ability to resist the temptations of
washington life, was unwilling to accept
the nomination. He laid the case before
his wife, leaving to her the choice between
the United States Senate and destruc,
ton to his morals, and the pulpit and sal,
vation -
Taking the letters and papers from all
parts OF the State, giving him assurance of
election, he went to his wife and said. ~
can 60 to the United States Senate. Here
are the evidences. If you wish il. will
go. But if go, hell is my doom. | shall
die drunkard as certain as 20 to Wash.
iagton. | can yet escape. III pass this
point, | never can. can enter the min.
istry, which ought to have done long ago
and save myself from drunkard's grave.
and my soul from hell. But you shall de.
eide His poor wife, unwilling to relin.
qulsh the glittering prize in Wow, re.
Piled, weeping, that she could not see WHY
he could not be a great man and a Chris.
tian too, But after prayerful reflection,
she would not iucur the fearful RESPONSE
billty OF deciding against his conscience,
and told him to go into the itineracy and
she would 60 with him. To the astonish.
ment of the whole State, letter from
him appeared in the papers, just before
the meeting of the Legislature, declining
the office, and announcing his retire.
ment from political life. The next ,hine
that was heard of him was that he was
preaching"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-03-02

RUNAWAY STEAABoAT-GoISG 1T ON
WOODEN CYLINDDR HEADS.-The steamboat
Wenona being in trouble at Pittsburgh,
some OF the owners seized her and she
was laid up. But the captain and crew,
not liking to be idle, got pair of wooden
cylinder heads, Ito replace the iron ones,
which had been taken away to prevent
her slipping off to another State, and
took advantage Of dark night to glide
silently down the Ohio. The Pittsburgh
Dispatch thus recounts the rest of her adj
ventures.
On Friday last, as we have stated, the
Wenona was hard aground at Whites rip
pie, Capt. Florer on board, apparently tax
ing things easy. We have also stated the
fact of the chartering of the steam tug
llawkeye, Capt. Jake Hill, by the three
fourth owners, fer the purpose of bring
ing her hack to the city. Previous to
starting, however, two legal gentlemen
called upon the Mayor, their object being
to get that functionary to detail his police
to prevent bloodshed in the anticipated
grand onslaught upon the Wenona. The
Mayor, however, declined to "put his foot
in it, but stated the probability of his in
reference in case the peace was broken by
either party. The conference with the
Mayor was not satisfactory, and the legal
gentlemen left. They we're joined by two
gentlemen connected with the Central
road, noted for the "pluck," and "some
on the MUSCLE" backed by at least thirty
men, consisting of droymen, truckmen,
porters, &C., bearing handspikes, dray pins,
&c. All being in readiness, the Hawkeye
proceeded on her journey.
Old Capt. Florer, happening out on the
guards of the Wencna, observed the Hawk
eye approaching, and anticipating her ar
rival, had not been idle. He drummed up
some twenty men, arming the greater
portion of them with old flint muskets.
some of them with no locks; others were
armed with old rusty sabres. Capt F. gave
orders for every man to take state-room
and not to show himself until the signal
was given.
The Hawkeye came up close, and the
leader of the formidable party on board
sung out, 1--WE have come to pull this
boat off and take her back to Pittsburgh"
Capt. FAN right what assistance
can give will be at your disposal" The
Wenona was soon ahoat, lines were at
tached, and oil was in readiness for trip
back to the city. Capt. F. stepped down
to the boiler deck, and with two strokes
Of the hatchet severed the line. Simulta.
neous with this, the men rushed from the
state-rooms of the Wenona, and with
pointed guns and drawn sabres overawed
the Hawkeye party, who took refuge in
the hold, cook-house and water-closets,
each seeming extremely anxious to put
himself out of sight,
The Wenona dropped quietly down the
Ohio, and met with no further molestaS
ton. The last heard from hor, she was
at Wellsvile, and having been provided
with cylinder heads Of boiler iron, was
making her way to Cincinnati, which port
she has probably reached ere this.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-03-02

a MODEL BRIDGE.-The Davenport To-
wal Gazette contains a translation from
the Temesvar (Hnngary) Gazette, which
gives description Of one of the finest
oridg in the world. The translation is
by Mr.. Clemens Mirschl, of Davenport.
and student Of the Lawrence Scientific
School, Cambridge. We take from the
description the following paragraphs:
Eight iron arches, each 1870 feet span,
restln upon seven cast iron pers and two
stone abutments, constitute this in its
present completion, majestic appearing
structure. The abutment on the Szegcd-
IN, viz: the right side of the Theisz is con
unued by stone viaduct of seven arches /:
SIX OF these have each sixteen feet, and
me seventh thirty feet span, because the
road to the old depot goe' through it.
The lowest and middle portion of the via
duct Is composed of white freestone.
whilst the arches are built of calcined and
valiegated stones. The eight iron arches
as well as the cast iron piers, are painted
with silver grey oil color, which gives
the whole very solid appearance and at
the same time protect the iron from
the effects of weather. The rail is thirty
five feet above the highest water mark,
which leaves twenty one feet below the
middle of the arches for steamboats, to go
under; the present water mark is about
is feet below them.
Each pier consists of two iron cylinders,
each ten feet in diameter, which were dri.
ven forty two feet below low water mark
into the bed of the river by means of com.
pressed air Piles We're driven down in
the inside of these cylinders, whose points
reach sixty feet below low water mark,
and whose tops cut of several fathoms be-
low the river bed, support the concrete
and masonry with which the inside of the
cylinders are filed"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-03-02
The Princess Clotilde of Savoy.

| The names of the bride of his lmperia
Highness Prince Napoleon are as follows
Clotilde Marie Therese Louise. She is thu
dau hter of the King of Sardinia, Victo
| Emanuel II, and the Archduchess Adel,
of Austria.
The Princess is only sixteen years old
having been born on the I'd of March
lS43, not remarkably beautiful, but grace
ful and animated. Her Royal Highnes
is tall. She bears a resemblance to thu
most flattered portraits of Maria Theresa
whose descendant she is. The mother o
the Princess was considered the most beau
titul Princess in Europe.
How THE Princess WAS WooED AND WoN
The first proposals of marriage of Prince
Napoleon with the Princess Clotilde cam,
last year from the Tuileries, but were no
received altogether with favor but thi,
year the gravity of circumstances seri'
business that is at present eXtreme--clear
ed away every intervening obstacle. The
sole condition imposed by King Victor
Emanuel has been, tnat the future bride
groom and bride should first see and be-
come acquainted with each other. Hence
the coming of the Prince to Turin.
A Paris letter says: Notwithstanding
the hopes of some future ACKNOWLEDGMENT
in Italy, the influence Of the E nperor OF
the French, and the attractions of his
intended son-in-law, it is affirmed that
the King of Sardinia did not give his con-
sent to the marriage of his daughter with.
out much hesitation and some diffulty.-
When the matter was first broken to him,
Victor Emanuel was as much taken by
surprise as the public has been on learning
that it was concluded. The ancient line
age of the one and the recent rise of the
other may have had some weight with the
descendant of the old and glorious house
of Savoy. all liberal as he is in politics, and
free and easy as he may be in familiar in
tercourse, for the prejudices of race never
are really eradicated. The objections, how
ever, are said not to have been confined
exclusively to that. The uncertainty of af-
fairs in France, the possibility of future
changes-for nothing Is impossible-and
the convenience that might arise to Sar-
dinia, owing TO variety of causes too nu'
merous to be detailed, were urged. / sup
pose the parties to whom they were Offer
ed did their best TO remove them-not
successfully, however, as it would seem,
for it required the direct Intervention Of
a third party to induce Victor Emmanuel
to give his consent. When the grand
Duke Constantine was last here this alli-
ance was talked over. His Highness' in
fuence was won in favor of the Prince,
and in compliance with the wishes express
sed at Turin its action was brought to bear
on the King.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-03-02

YANKEE LOCOMOTIVES IN EGYPT.-0n the
railroad between Alexandria (Egypt) and
Suez, recently finished, there are four 10.
comotives-two of them of English manu-
facture, and the other two were built at
the Taunton Works, in Massachusetts,. 1t
seems that the Pasha's ears are open to
hattery, and the English engineers,
through their consul, use every means to
get rid Of the American engineers. They
were told by the railroad company that
the engines would not be used, and their
services would not be needed. The ex-
cuse for hauling them up was that they
were not strong enough to haul the heavy
trains.
One of the American engineers, getting
an opportunity to speak with the Pasha,
told him he would haul as many loaded
cars as would reach from one end of the
read to the other. Accordingly, seventy
five heavily loaded cars (which was all
they could muster,) were put in train,
the Pasha's own car attached, and the
whole were taken through to Suez, a dis,
tance of 200 miles, in twelve hours, ma
king stopages for fuel and water. The
Pasha exclaimed, in Egyptian, God is
great, but Yankee is very near perfec-
tion" On his return, he discharged the
English engine drivers, and now uses the
Taunton engines altogether.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-03-02

Mrs. PARTISdroN's VIsIr TO ruE TKyr.
ED FIELD.-"Did the guard present arm,
to you, Mrs. Partington," asked a com.
m'ssary, as he met her at the entrance OF
the marquee.
"You mean the century? (said she smi.
ling.) have heard so much about the
tainted field, that | believe / could de.
plore an attachment into line myself and
secure them as well as an officer. You
asked me if the guard presented arms. He
didn't, but sweet little man with an en-.
ilepsy on his shoulder and smile on his
face, did, and asked me if wouldn't 90
into his tent and smile. told him that
We could both smile outside, when he DO
litely touched his chateau and left me-
The commissary presented q hard wood,
EN- stool upon which she reposed herself.
"This is one of the seats of war, | SUP.
pose? (said she) Oh what hard lot q
soldier is objected to! don't wonder A
mite at the hardening influence of soldi.
er's life. What is that for, (asked she. AZ
the noise of a cannon saluted her carl I
hope they aint firing on my account.D
There was a solicitude in her tone as she
spoke, and she was informed it was only
the Governor, who had just arrived upon
the field. "Dear me, (said she,) how cru
el it is TO make the old gentleman come
away down here, when he is so feeble he
has to take his staff with him wherever he
goes" She was so affected at the idea
that she had to take few drops of whits
vino to restore her equilibrium, and to
the dust from the tainted
feld.-Boston Post.