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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-02
MsttllantOus.
How tn, President Lives.

The correspondent of the Boston Colu-
ier furnishes an interesting account of the
Presidents manion, and his mode of
life, from which ye extract the following
paragraphs:
40 a large maprity of the trangers to
the federal metropolis, who visit Washing
ton, there ; no object which eXcites so
much curidity rs the executive mansion.
The truth ;. that up to the time of Mr..
Polk, the White House was not decently
furnished Congress then made an APP
preparation which being judiciously eX-
PENDED, uWoy d things son eShat. At
ter that . considerable appropriation
was made piil the year 1853. when some
fifty thousau dollars were appropriated
for heating, 'enlilating. painting, enlarg-
ins and re-tIai-hlng the house. The sil-
yer in the hose, am told, i mostly that
bought in Pae, dunng the ndminisra.
ton of MOnre There are but two or
three picturesa . the house One in the
bedroom. pohait OF Washington. winch
was cut from tn frame and secured 10y
Mr.. Madison. Nen Washington was oc-
cLpied 10y the lsti-h during the war Of
liz. Another rtne President otiict, Il
.s rat Di Bolivia the South American
Patriot. There al 40 hou .unnld orna-
ueu;, about the hoe. except VASES scat
tered mere and theron mantel~. andarti-
Giles brought from loan 10y Commodore
Perry. !he Waite ou~e. IN word, Is
furnished more nike dot. than a first
class private residence. There afe articles
o.. use. i'm abuudau, Q, ric and massive but
no articles Of art and adoument.
The President receivs twenty FIVE
thousand dollars salary. text, receives a
house. garden free of eXpeIse. Thehouse
is f.-ni,ned and the garden cultivated by
the Government. Every article Of Arui-
ture necessary is supplied blythe United
States. The Government alsoGghts ahd
heats the house. 1t pay for astewari to
take car, of the public propeiy, aud a
fireman, and for no other dorestic ser
wants The executive c office Is ln'he exc
cu,ive mansion, and for the torler the
Government provides private seeetary
clerks to the secretary, two messengers
and a porter. For all domestic seran,s
however. except stewart and fireman the
( President must pay out of his own PICKET
He must pay for his cooks, his butles hi
I stable servants, his coachman, groons &c
as any other person does when / EN-
ploys such reIinue of servants. Hfup-
niles Ibis table, with the exception gar
/ den vegetables, a. any private ci'izenioe>,
bv his own purse. SO with ms stable In
short. the only things furnished bthe
/ Government are house and iurnitureuel,
Iirbts. stewart and fireman, garden Nget-
ables. snd flowers. All else is matt yof
I privateexpense.
aWith these items as basis Of calda-
ti,n. any gentleman who keeps eigl.tn
or more servants Of both sexes. who ke's
a stable with horses. as does Mr.. Buch'-
an. who dimes persons, besides his own I
;.,;lv. every day, and once week gives
/ dinner to forty invited guests, can for
some idea how much out OF twenty til
thousand dollars, remains at the end of
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stlttt qoetrg.
FORTY YEARS AGO.


I've wandered in my dreams dear Kate, to where
in youth we've played
Around the school house old and brown, beneath
the chesnui shade;
And fancy brought me fairy forms, though we'll,
too well know,
That few are left who gathered there, some forty
years ago.
I stood agiu upon the steps, l Cpd the creak-
ing door,
The seatswcre standing just the same--the same
they stood Of yore
The children bent them Ger their books, and
stud led" suft and low;
And tlrrc the houored master" sat, of forty
years ago.
The I'LL" is just the same, ween, as when we
climbed its side,
But vhere are those who drew the "sleds" on
which We deigned to rider
IIay, wrinkles gatherci1- their locks be-
sprinkled now with snowl
All yes those boys are aged meu,-'twus forty
years ago.
The chestnuts must have faded, Kate and lost
their pleasant shade;
AID sundered far, are those who once beneath
the branches played
Some sleep beneath the church yard stone, and
some are left, to know
The changes time and griefhaye wrought, since
forty years ago.
;ome wander far, in distant lands, and seek a
foreign Shore
Some ling.r still within the homes their fathers
knew b, fore =
New England's sons Ger all the erth may wan
der to and fro,
Yet they will love her hearts and homes Of forty
yehrsago.
And we are severed too dear Katc,-oae walks a
crowded mart;
III, other hears old Erie's roar, with oft sad.
dened heart;
Yet sweet affection binds US, Kate, and rH
through veal or woe,
With mem; ry links US with the SC enes Of forty
years ago.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-02

An INyoLUNTARY SERMoSIzER.-TheC Ca.
diz RepuJhcm says that Mrs. Birney, OF
Tippecanoc, Harrison county, Ohio, a
highly respectable lady, during a peculiar
condition Of her physical and mental or
ganization, actually breaches a sermon.
Her discourses are delivered regularly ov-
cry other Sunday at 10 O'Clock, and have
been continued for nearly eighteen years.
While preaching she reclin.s upon a bed,
occupies that position until her remarks
are finished, which is usually about an
hour. Her instructions are generally eX-
celent, and abound in scrpturaI quota
tions, but when she RECEIVERS her consci-
ousness, she has no recollection whatever
Of what she has been saying Several
years ago her case excited the attention OF
number of medical gentlemen, who,
while they had the utmost confidence in
her sincerity, could give no satisfactory
explanation Of the mystery.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-02

Mohawk at Utica, but far more rapid and
lmpassioned in its flow. Indeed of all tho
rivers | have ever seen the Jordan has the
fercest current. Its water is by no means
clear, but it as little deserves the name
muddy. At the place where first saw it
tradition assigns the baptism of our Sa.
viour, and also the miraculous crossing of
the children Of Israel on their entrance
into the promised land. Like n true pill
grim bathed in its waters, and picked o
few pebbles from its banks as tokens of re-
membrance of the most familiar river in
the world. Three miles below the spot
where now stand, the noble river-itselr
the very emblem Of fife-suddcnly throws
itself on the putrid bosom Of the Dead
Sea-
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-02

DoN'T FoRGET THE NIGHT KEY!-Night
before last, says an exchange, a young la
dy went out with her lover to some place
ofamusement, She forgot the night-key,
however. and when she returned to her
home there was no entrance. 81, rang
and he rang, and beneath the pale glimpse
ofthe moon they spent halfhour ringing.
When their patience was exhausted, the
lover got a ladder and placing il against
the side of the house, proceeded TO make
an entrance through the window. Just as
he was getting in, the young lady's broth
er emptied upon his devoted head buck.
ct ofcold water. The lover beat hasty
retreat, and began TO rave, 80 loud that
the house was speedily opened, whereup.
on the mischievous brother apologised
and said he though. it was burglars. ~
OF course the lover had to accept the apoy
ogv, though he didn't believe il.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-02

QrEEr PLACE TO FIND DINNER INvIrA-
rIoN-A party Of ofSwedes DR.. Nordenski-
olds and Messrs. Torrcls and Ovenner-
skat, the latter young student, returned
to Stockholm about the beginning of Sep
temberfrom a cruize in Spitzbergen. They
made various interesting scientific discov-
cries, especially in the department Of 10
ology. At English Bay, however, they
found a singular addition to their collec-
ton of curiosities--a tin case containing
seryeral visiting cards oc Eeglish tourists
in good state Of preservation; upon eX-
animation they proved to be the cards ol
Lord Dufferin and his party, whole inter
esting Watch Voyage has lately been pub
lished Upon his lordship's card was a
written invitation TO the finder to dane
with him Mr.. Torrell, who designs visi,
ting Ireland next summer promises to
present this card in person to Lord duff
erin.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-02

4 Cool -IIillyer, of the
Natchez Courier, recently dunned a delin-
quent subscriber, who is five years in ar-
rears. lnreply to the dunning eplstle, the
fellow writes the annexed strikingly COO
letter:
"Now you may say or think that all this
is nothing to you, and that have had the
paper and ought to pay for it. True,
| have had it and read it, and if should
try very hard perhaps | might pay lorit'
but the fact is have gone the length OF
my rope. If come ont right side mp, |
will pay your bill, and if / don't come out
right side up, think You ought 20 lose il
for giving such long credits. For otrt fr-
teas,rc crclitSgirc id scomdrelS md dishonest
folks great odDaa'qge oUer honest ones. 1
wish it distinctly understood that the pa.
per be stopped, unless you choose to take
the chances just as they are"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-02

LEGISLATIVE FuN.-The business oil ap.
pointing magistrates for the Stateor North
Carolina, was carried into Sunday last
week, and mlde astonishingly diversified
in the Senatorial branch. One Senator
moved that the new Speaker be required
to deliver his inaugural, and explain
how Cain came to be branded with ahorse-
shoe, Another, that instead Of copy Of
the Rev. Code, the Justices of the Peace
for Person, should each be furnished with
q pair of shoes, which was amended by a
third Senator, by adding No. l2's to shoes.
The Senator from Person moved to give
the Justices of Bertie each, a barrel OF
herrings. Another moved to strike out
"a barrel of herrings,' and insert "a good
shirt" Amessage was also received from
the House inquiring the price Of peanuts
and whiskey.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-02

DLASTERING.-The subscriber, having
Il heated himself in the borough IT Clearneli
Ellld iugl-ua the public that be ls prepared TO
o. F1rk 10 the above line, from plain 'p ornamen-
"a lt any description in a workmaniike man
A-io ELtsuashi1s and repair dome IN a ne"
1l1usr and on reasonable terms
EDWIN COOPER.
CIsarfsId. april II, Iss5. y
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year. A private gentleman who enter
tains freely has only to estimate the large
expenditures which the offices imposes,
which are not dcvolyed even for the same
things, on a citizen, and fair estimate is
reached
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-02

ACsTRALGA.-ln Australia, tho north is
the hot wind, and the south the cool -
the westerly the most unhealthy, and the
east the most salubrious it is summer
with the colonist when it il winter at
home, and the barometer is considered to
rise before bad weather and 10 fall before
good the swans are black, and the ca
gles are white; the mole lays eggs, and has
a ducks bill : the Kangaroo IAN animal
between the deer and the squirrcl) has
five claws onits fore paws, three Ia ons on
his Lind legs, like bird, and yet it hops
on It's tail There is bird lmelliphaga)
which has bloom in its mouth, instead
of tongue fish, one half belonging to
the genus roa, and the other that Of squal-
us. The cod fish found in the rivers, and
the perch in the sea; the valleys are cold,
and the moun:0il tops warm; the nettlc is
a lofty tree, and the popular dwariish
shrub; the peas are of wood, with the
stocks at the broad end; the chery grows
with the stone outside the field are fenc-
ed with mahogony the humblest house is
fitted up with cedar, and the myrtle plants
are bulnt for fuel; the trees are without
fruit, the flowers are without scent, and
the birds without song. Such is the land
Of Australia.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-02

luz RIVER JoRDAN.-A correspond en-
of tie Utic Herald gives this description
OF tie River 10 dam
"A Wine of green, low forest betrayed the
couIse of the sacred river through the
plain So deep its channel, and so thick
is theCorest that skirts its banks, that
rode wrhin twenty yards of it before
canght the first CLEAN of its waters. ! was
agreeably disappointed had heard the
Jordan described by an insipidi muddy,
treacherous stream. Whether it was the
contrast with the desolation around, or
my own faiey that made its green banks
so beautiful, Cknow not, but it did seem
)b that momen of its first revelation to
my longing eyes'the perfection Of calm
and loveliness. is hardly as wide as tho
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WARN RECEPTION.

Rusticus wrote letter to his love,
And fiIledit full ofwarm and kind desire;
He hoped to raise a .Rame-and so he did;
The lady put his nonsense in The fire.
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BETTER TO FIGnT THAN RUN.-"1hat
which thou hast to do, do it with all thy
might" said a clergyman to his son one
morning. p. a
$50 did this morning" said Bill with
an enthusiastic gleam in his eye.
"Ah! what was it, darling?" and the
fathers fingers ran through his otfspring's
curs -
""ly walloped Jack Edwards" said
the young hopeful, "till heyelled like bla-
zes. You should just hear him holler,
dadw
The father looked unhappy, while no
explained that the precept did not apply
to any act like that, and concluded mildly
with:
You should not have done that, my
child"
"Then he'd wallopped me-" replied
the young hopeful.
Better, said the sire, FOR you have
fled from the wrath to come"
"Yos, but, replied the hopeful, by way
ofa final clinchcr Jack can run twice as
fast as | can. i,
The good men sighed went to his study
took up q pen, and endeayored to COM
pose himself.
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IL C-sarrsId. Ps.. OHeg in slav's Eov, oP-
Fu--s tlz I1zrulI Clee-
dec. /, ISis.-tf.
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physician. may be found either at his Ot5ee
/ at SeOteld's hotel, CuTWensviiie, when 10
TruEsssigEziiy absent Dee -, 1891
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1859-02-12
, MiScel(ant0us.
The Beginning OF the world.
IRENE.

The following is an extract from a sermon
of Spurgeon, the English preacher, and is a
specimen of the eIoquence which, within a
year or two, has made his pane familiar in
both hemspheres
Can any man tell me when the beginning
was Years ago we thought the beginning
of this world was when Adam came upon it !:
but we have discovered that thousands of
years before that God was forming chaotic
matter to make it fit abode for man. and
putting races of creatures upon it, that they
might die and leave traces of his hand work
and marvellous skill, before he tried his hand
on man. But this was not the be- inning, for
revelations point us to period long ere this
world was fashioned, to the days when the
morning stars were begotten-wheu, like
drops of dew from the fingers of morning,
stars and CONSULTATIONS fell thicky from the
hand of God when, ty his own lips, he
launched forth ponderous orbs when, with
his own hand, he sent comets, like thunder
bolts, wandering through the sky. to find one
day their proper sphere. We go bnck to those
days when worlds were made and systerns
were fashioned, and we have not even ap>
preached the beginning yet
Until we go back to the time when all the
uni"erseslept in the mind of Gcd, as yet un.
''C'| uptll VIC SIIoi luo clSIHIlS WBGTc OOJ
the Creator, dwelIs alone, everything sleeping
in his mighty gigantic thought, we rave not
guessed the beginning. We may go back,
back, back, ages upon ages. We may go
back, if we may use such words, whole eter>
mites, and yet never arrive at the beginning.
Oar wing might be tried, our Imagination die
away. Could it outstrip the Iigbtnings fash,
majesty, power and rapidity, it wonld soon
weary itself ere it could get to the beginning.
But God, from the beginning, chose his peo-
pie, when unnavigated ether was yet Unframed
by the wing of a single angel, when spaos
was shoreless, or else unborn, when universal
silence reigned, ard not voice or whisper
shocked the solemnity of siIerce, when there
was no being, no motion. naught but God
himself alone 10 his eternity when, without
the song of an angel, without the attend ance
even of cherubim long ere the living crea>
lures were born, or the wheels Of the chariot
Of Jehovah were fashioned; even then, then
in the beginning was the Word and in the
beginning Gods people were in the word, aud
iii the beginning he chose them all unto eter.
nal life.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1859-02-12
q The way OF the TfansEreslsOr is Hard.''

The Richmond Dispatch of the Goth ult., gives
the pa ticulars Of heavy robbery committed in that
city, on Tuesday OF last week. Robert, g. Brooks,
ofN. g, who was stopping at the Exchange, was
robbed of $l,100, and Wm. E. Deneale, a son OF
Geo. E. Deneale, of Rockingham, was charged with
the robbery. Brooks, itseems became intoxicated,
and assisted to his room BY Deneale when it is
believed the money was taken from pocket in his
undershirt. Deneale attended the theatre the same
night, and after lavishng his money freely ON those
aroand him desposited fiurteen $5oinotes wi the
bar>keeper for safekeeping. He then went home
with 'cypren,' gave her 500, and treated all
who were about him. Next day he got his money
from the bar-keepef and deposited $500 in the Ex,
change Bank, aud purchased two or three gold
watches at exorbiant prices, and gave two of them
to disreputable women. The extravagant manner
in which he disposed of his money excited suspic>
ion. Brooks suspected Deneale, but having no
proof against him, took no measures 10 have HIM
arrested. Mr.. J. B. Williams, however, one of the
officers at the theatre, Fseing Deneaie present, on
Thursday evening; took Deneale aside told him he
was suspected of the robbery, and advised him to
make restitution. Deneale declared himself inno-
cent, tut rather than be exposed, said he would
give up everything he had, and accordingly gave
Mr. w. check on the Exchange Bank for $500, or
ders on the two cypriens' for the gold watches he
had given them, and an order Mr. Ballard, of the
Exchange Hotel, for a gold watch, his taggage aud
other articles he had left there. Lieut. Kelly OF The
night watch, being informed of what trauspired,
determined 10 arrest Deneae, and entered the thea
ire for the purpose but being notified of the officers
approach, he ran off and escaped.
We understand that Deueale has since been arr
rested in the vicinity of Richmond, and after
undergoing the proper examination, was committed
for trial. Woodstock Tenth Legion.
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Beochcr on the Apostles.

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, in sermon on the
I'd irs ant, spoke ofthe Apostles as follows:-
In spea ling flour Saviour, Mr. Beecher alluded
to the twelve Apostles as men without character,
intelligence honesty, education, or worth They
taken, by Jesus from the lowest dregs Of So
ciety-from the fishing boats and novels of the aud
where they resided. But one of them-St Paul
could lay any claim 10 knowledge and he WAS not
ef the origiuai twelve, but one who came in atter
the first organization had been effected. Compar-
ing these men with the great majority of people in
that age, the comparison sunk the Apostles greatly
below their fellows. SOme we're liars, some drunk
ards, some tetrayers, none seemingly wocthy. Pc
ter was pompous when he ma rched at the head of
the twelve, and no opposition to encounter; bet
when they came in reach OF the Jews his sword was
showed into its scaGbUrd and ne trembed with fear3
And then, again; how shameful to hear this chosen
oqe cryiag out with iufriA assurance, Il know
Him not' Aad Judas betrayed his Master for the
meenes consde' atons, while the rest, fearing for
their personal safety hesitated TO indulge in
the most shameful deceptions TO lead him astray as
to their real motives. TIE reverend gentleman pro-
ceeded t. handle the AposIles in severe language
aud then explained why such had been chosen
to carry Gods word TO The sinful nations around
them" sst--
Ii an ordinary sinner had uttered this TRADE,
he would be denounced as an infdel wretch by all
the preachers and religious papers in the land but
we suppose it will be regarded AS orthodox and
even highly evangelical since it comes from Saint
Beecher.--N. H. Patriot
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nigh, Low. JACK, and the a1arn-sa,,.

The sailors of the 6llibuster schooner, su-
san, deserted before the vessel got out of the
bay. There were none hut Iandsmen on
boa-d, except the captain. and 1t is traditional
at sea that it is not easy TO convert lands>
man into sailor at short notice. The sea-
dogs have phrases Of their own, which are
Greek to the others. To obyiate this defect.
Captain MauFy took a novel and ingenious
eexPedient. Every man on board, we suppose,
knew how TO play cards, and the captain. ta-
king advantage of this skill, tied card to
each OF the ropss of the vessel. The order
then ran sonewhet in thisfashion Haul on
the ace of hearts 2 Let go the king of dia,
mon5s Delay the deuce ofspsdes i &c
BY this means the exiemporized sailors soon
got the hang Of the ropes, aud affairs went ON
pretty smoothly.