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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-08-03

FDITOR JoURNAL:-Please announce Daniel
ia McCracken, of Bell, a candidate for Audi
tor, subject to the nomination of the Peoples
County Convention. August 3, 1859.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-08-03

A SHER CO0If KAN - Eos n l1.--kNotice
N is hereby given that Letters of Administra-
ton have been granted to the undersigned on the
Estate of Asher Cochran, late of Penn township
Clearfield county, deceased. All persons knowing
themselves indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment, and those having
claims against the same directed to hand their
claims, duly authenticated, to the undersigned,
without delay at Curwensville. Cleat6eld Co., "a.
jun22 JOSIAH EVANS, Adm r.
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AND HAIR DREsSER.-Th

DARBER AND HAIR DRESSEK--The
ID undersigned takes this method to announce
to the citizens of CIearfield 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 MIN
call and hopes to receive a liberal patronage
Oct g. 1855 JEREMIAH NORRIS
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rEDAR AND WILLOW WARE. received at the
~ cheap cash store, ~ and for sale by
Apr u, 1859. WM F. IRWIN
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Robt. W. Dallas gives notice that he is pre-
pared to supply all who may want the article
with good quality OF lime.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-08-03
Clearfield Market Prices.

CORRECTED By RICHARD MossoP.
The following are the prices at which Inc ar
tic Les named were selling Yesterday
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-08-03

A number of persons are announced in an
other column as candidates for nomination by
the Peoples County Convention.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-08-03

we direct the attention of parents and 9TH
ers to the advertisement of Dickinson Semi
nary, located at Williamsport, which appears
in another column Of our paper.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-08-03

YEHE FARM in Jordan towship noccupied oy
Il John Kilion, being 80 acrcs 80 Of which arc
cleared and under good fence, and having a nouse
June Is. 1859 l.. J. GRAMS, Clearheid
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-08-03

HLoCkS AND LOOKING GLASsEs. of yar,o,s
kinds; just received and for sale by 80
April q, 1859 WM FJRwIN
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-08-03

During the past two days We had number
of refreshing showers, which will do much
good to the potato, corn and buckwheat crops.
Inc oats look well and give promise OF an a.
bundant yield.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-08-03

HERR1NG-a fresh lot just received ana Tor
IL sale by the barrel at cheapest corner Cur
wensYille, by Iiune22l JOHN PATTON.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-08-03

A Camp Meeting, commencing on Friday
the I'd day Of September, will be held on land
of Mr.. James Turner, on the Cross-cut pike,
in Boggs township. Rev. Daniel Pringle is
the preacher of the charge.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-08-03
SCRoFULA, OR KINGS EVIL, is a c

Curwensville, Pa, May IS. 1859.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-09
A Compliment to the Democratic Party

Mr.. Washburne of Maine, one of the
leadingand most noted Republicans in the
House of Representatives in his late VIC.
lent and sectianal speech passed the fol-
loving compliment to the Democratic par
ty. lie said:
Let US Mr.. Chairman, learn wisdom
from our opponents. Look at the Demo
cratic party and note its policy. 1t has
held possession of the Government, with
short Interruptions for more than a quar-
ter ola century; just because it has alway,
been earnest and has dared to trust it.
self. 1t has never paid court to its oppo.
nents, or stopped to speculate upon their
weakness and divisions; always bold and
and uncompromising it has never doubted
its own suficiency and invinciblity, and
so it has forever been a mighty power in
the land"
Mr.. Washburne, with all his bitterness
against it, had TO confess that no other po
l!tcal organization stood by its principles
so bravely and unfinchingly as the Dem
ocratic party Post
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-09
ELECTIONFOR DELEGATES

The Democratic voters ol
ClcarGo!d county are requested to
hold an election on Friday the
18th ult, (the day of the spring
oIections,) at the usual place OF
holding elections, for the purpose
of e,ccliug delegates to meet in
convention at some time to be
.,crealtcr fixed, to reconsider the
present mode Of making county
nominations, in pursuance of res
uIulions passed by two Democrrt-
&C conventions. The township
committees appointed last sum-
3ner TO hold said elections. BY
order of the committee.
JAS. H LARRlMER Chm.
Jno. Magahcy Sect,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-09

We bnd n n lcliu nom lhc Valparaiso
cotrwpondci ol iho New Yolk Hm'L
tho following vcll.mcrilpd mud compi.
merlary notice of Hon JOINS Bioltr our
Miaister 10 Chilit
II IS now generally known that our
Minister Governor Biglcr) has effected a
favorable adjustment of the Franklin
case, which case has been under discussion
for more than twenty-five years. The
franklin, an American whaling ship, was
seized at Iulcahuano, in 1882, charged
with the violation of tho Estanco law
Soon after the seizure, indemnity was dc.
mandcd by the Government of the United
States for the owneIs OF the Franklin, but
until now justice in the premises has been
denied.
1t is also said, and generally believed
that Our Minister has, in the noted case OF
the brig Macedonian, obtained areierencC
of the case to the King of the Belgians
upon terms which canno: fail to secure
Justice to the citizens of the United
States interested in the claim. Tins
Nlhllil lltN btNll liNtl NllHNh9NAfAl A'A '''NA
thirty-seven years, and now, interest
included, amounts to not less than
S225 600. The seizure upon which the
claim is based, have been assured, took
place in tine year 1921, and was made by
marines under the co mmand OF the noto'
rious Lord CUchrane.
The adjustment of thecaseis hailed Will
joy by Americans residing here. They
are pleased because it is calculated tC
strengthen the bondsof friendship between
the United States and Chill. If these ru,
mors are correct, and our Minister ha.
been as successful as represented, he GER
tainly deserves the thanks Of our govern
ment and his countrymen.
p. 81 have just been assure by gen
tleman Of standing that the Franklin
case was adjusted about the middle o
September, and that the papers relating
to the Macedonian case, will also be sign,
ed in few days The amount involved il
these two claims is about S2j0,0O0.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-09
The Public Debt.

In his late annual message Gov. PACKER
presented very lucid and satisfactory
view of the present condition of the State
finances, including the revenues, expond-
itures and Indebtedness. The real debt
of the Commonwealth, funded and unfund-
ed he puts at $50, 25S, i'll, ,lG and adds, 'to
meet this, besides the ordinary sources Of
public revenue, the State owns bonds re-
ceived from the sale of the public works
and which have every reason to believe,
are well secured, amounting TO Sll.lSl.-
0O0.' Deductimg this from the outstand-
ing debt, it leaves. to be otherwise proyi-
ed for, the sum of S2S,0S7, Ill, l6." The
Governor continues-"lt is believed that. .
with the existing sources of revenue, and
the observance of strict economy, this sum
may be reduced, during the current year,
at least 100000"
These are truly words of encouragement
that carry hope and confidence to the
bearts of the taxpayers. Our State debt,
Should the bonds referred to by the Gov
eInor be sacredly preserved for the pur-
pose to which they were originally destin-
ed, is now virtully but S2S,OS7, Ill, l6,
and we already have a sinking fund OF
Sl,OOO,OOO, per annum, which, with prop
er economy, may be continued from eX~
istinE resources. The importance ofmain-
tanning this fund cannot be over.estima-
ted and it behooves the Legislature to CO.
operate with the Governor in giving it a
permanence, by pledges of fixed resources
that cannot be disturbed.
The potency of such fund is mighty
for good. 1t would pay off our debt in
eighteen years or, in other words, IA mir
lioE of dollars thus appropriated annually,
together with 81 ,404, ,355, ,55, the sum re-
quired to pay the annual interest on our
present diminished debt, will discharge
principal and interest at the end of eigh
teen years. Thus our debt of S2S,0S7 ,
Ill l6 would be entirely liquidated by
this wise appropriation Of but SIS, 100000
To show the vast importance of thi!
measure still further should we 90 OF
paying interest, without a sinking fund
at the end of eighteen years, we woulC
have paid S25.27S, ,399 90 interest money
and still owe the same debt of S2S,0S7,
Ill Ii, undiminished. But, with the pro
posed sinking fund, our debt would be al
paid, at the end of the time specified anC
thus eighteen millions, in addition TO The
interest that must be paid without sink
ing fund, would pay the entire debt. Il
is as dishearteniGg and unavailing as the
labor of Sysiphus, 10 pay interest withou
sinking the principal. 1t is also contrar,
TO the honest habits of the mass of oul
people, in their private dealings, and thei
servants may rest assured that no measur,
would be more popular with them than
the establishment, upon an inImovable ba
sis, of sinking fund, at least as large as
that indicated by Governor PAcKER.-Pa.
riot d, Union.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-09
The New.

Congress has passed no bills Of import
nee. homestead bill, the provisions Of
which we have not seen, is now under dis
ussion
A caucus OF the Democratic members of
he House on tho subject of the Tariff,
2ok place last Saturday night A reduc,
ou Of the expenditures Of the govern
lent was recommended, but nothing def.
ite was arrived at. Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Connecticut, and California, were
!ot represented in tho caucus.
The Democratic members Of the Penn
ylvania Delegation, were also in caucus
he some night, and passed resolutions in
opposition to the increase of the perma
nent National debt-endorsing the Presi-
dents recommendation for specific duties
and repudiating the acts of the Demo
cratic caucus.
The specific rail road bill is supposed to
c dead, and Mr. SliGel bill for the ape
preparation of thirty millions of dollars
or the purchase ofCuba, is likely to share
he same fate.
Hou. Samuel w. Black, has been ap-
pointed by the President. Governor q
;ebraska.
Hon. " ilson McCandlcss, of PITTSBURGH.
.las been appointed by the same authority,
Judge of the District Court of the United
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-09

"N0hme ncN m hcinrus." h thort.
rl1ma,Ion with which We orc greeted nl.
most uniformly oh late. md which vc al-
most os uniformly ic.ccho. So often, ih.
dyyd, have we heard d aud repeated &c.
that we myc moro than once boon induced
10 examine little further to see if there
urc substantial tcosous for lho .acrusaton ,
and we must confess, these reflections
have utterly milcd to sustain il.
No nows why every hour in this great
country Of ous teens with important oc.
cuwcncc,. The whole land is one vast
boiling, whhlng, cddymF, surging ocean,
Of active, stirring, struggling huunn life.
Nearly every man wo meet is toiling to
complete or sustain his pccuniary, his pro-
fcssional or political fortune. Every day
adds to the Development Of our vast ma.
tional resources Railroads, teegraphs,
mail routes through hitherto impossible
deserts and wildenesses, ara constantly
being completed; gold mines discovered
States and Territories created everything
in fact new, wonderful, and unexpected
and yet we exclaim "thero is 40 news. -
What woald "" have? What will satisfy
us in the shape of news? viii nothing
but scenes u war and carnage; terrible
fires cnd conhocratons railroad accidents
and steamboat explosions belligerant en-
counters between noted statesmen bloody
duels between private citizens; or iightt
in Congress; or scisms in political con
yentions, console the voracious appetite o
that great gormand Of startling intclli
gcnce-the people?
There was time when mo news at all,
was considered :" The best Of news" anC
why is it that we cannot be content tC
/ know that the land is prosperous and hap
( py that peace and quiet reigns through
out our vast sisterhood of States and tho
no danger Of foreign invasion, or domesti
|in.urrection, threatens US. Then let US pra,
I that there may ever be, no ne,eS.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-09
The Disorganizers.

The following appropriate remarks from
the Daily Penn&yIrapia,, upon the course of
a set of men who are striving to keep up
dissensions in the Democratic ranks, we
find in the Democrat q, Sentinel, Ebens-
burg, prefaced in this sensible manner:
alt is impossible for a sincere member
of the Democratic party to contemplate
with silent patience, the course certain
self-styled members, ar d would be lead
ers Of the party are now pursuing. When
the English Bill'' passed Congress we
confidently hoped that the war of factions
would Immediately cease, and that in a
few months we weuld hear nothing about
Lecompton or AntisLecompton. But we
have been disappointed, The men who
disorganized during the last session of
Congress, seem determined to be disor-
ganisers still, and not to rest from their
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-09

DURING OUR VISIT to Lowell we were
shown through the Laboratory Of our cele-
brated countryman, DIR. }. C. AVER. Scarce>
" could we have believed what is seen
there without proof beyond disputing.
They consume a barrel of solid Pills,
about $4,000 doses and barrels Of Cherry
Pectoral. 10000 doses per diem. To what
an inconceiyable amount of human suffer
ing does this point! 10000 doses q day .
Fifty million of doses per year :. What
acres ard thousands of acres Of sick beds
does this spread before the imagination
And what sympathies and woe True, not
all Of this is taken by the very sick, but
alas, much Of it is This Cherry Drop and
this sugared Pill are to be the companion
10! pain and anguish and sinking sorrow
the Inheritance our mother Eve bequeath-
ed to the whole family of man. Here the
infant darling has been touched too early
by the blight that withers half our race
Its little lungs are affected and only watch
ng and waiting shall tell which way its
breath shall turn. This red drop on its
table is the talisman on which its life
shall hang. There the blossom of the
world just bursting into womanhood, is
stricken also. Affections most asSiduous
care skills not, she is still fading away
The wan messenger comes nearer and
nearer every week. This little indictment
shall 90 there, theirl last perhaps their only
hope. The strong man has planted in his
vitals, this same disease. This red drop
by his side is helping him wrestle with
the inexorable enemy; the wife Of his bo-
som and the cherubs of his heart are watt
ing in sick sorrow and fear lest the rod on
which they lean in this world, be broken.
D Doctor! Spare no skill, nor cost, nor
toll, to give the perishing sick the best
that human art can give Galess!oa, Ttras
NclcS.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-09
Decay Of Mormonism.

The question is often started what is to
be the future of this singular religious
sect! Is the comparatively small number
of persons located in Utah destined to be
the founders of system of worship, the
followers of which shall rule and govern
other States, or will they pass away under
the pressure of adverse emigration from
the older States A California cotempo-
rary, in speaking on this subject, says -
From all the information received from
Utah, and from all the circumstances sur.
rounding the Mormon,p ,people, there can
be no doubt that the strange delusion that
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-09
FOR SALE OR RENT.

A VALUABLE TAVERN STAND AM,
~ FARM OF S5 ACRES OF LAND, % o
which are cleared and under cultivation, sI!uA.
ted on Clearfeld Creek, on the main road leadl1s
from Clear6eld town to Cloar6eld Bridge ~
Clearfeld county, Pa, and three miles ds"n'
from the former place.
The house is large, new, well calculated ia
Tavern, and will command nearly all the eu''Ou'
Of the watermen during the froshets which S'u
ally last from four to six weeks. Thol are ssO
good Barn, Wood Shed, Wash and Bake haus''
and various other buildings necessary for eon'S,
nience and comfort. Tho terms Of sale Nii -
made oagy-say four annual payments. to''~ n.
ther information inquire of j., L. Grams, hsl; D.'
A. 7. Sc,ryber, James II. Larrimer, ESQ Orss
field. or S. w. Weld, Glen Hope, Clesrfeld oOa.' ~.
ty Pa. Possession can be given so iha' ~.
buyer or rentor can have the beHofs Of shespal.s
business, which alone viii amount to more '''-
double the rent
January 3. lS5S.--tE
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-09


Doe held them m thmldom. and built up
n system Ul iimuny aud moral corruption
unparalleled boo jho hifloft ui civilization,
BE- nUdly fading 0nd ihat thc .sylrm BE-
Fastening. to ils final destruction The
people que becoming awakened to o. rcali.
cation of the deception that has been ptoc.
ticrd upon them by the "hcad Of The
church, ui their dcgipdcd moial and go.
ciDl condition, and begin 10 perceive that
their only hope is in am abandonment ul
their mistaken faith, and a rCnunc alton
of their spiritual aud temporal allcgi.
ancc TO NouNO and his associates and sues
ccssors in imposturo. NouNCs power
the ROVER of the priesthood is broken,
and it will never be revived The errors
Of the church can only be maintained
through the blind obedience of the people
to the temporal sway of rulers, and that
can only be maintained, even if left to
themselves, so long as they can be blinded
to the grossncss Of the imposture fastened
upon them under the guise of religion. VI
This blindness cannot he long maintained
while the people are in daily contact with
/ the outside world and have before them O
living evidence of the falacy of their sys-
/ TEN and of the impotence of their 'proph.
/ et." The maintenance Of tho laws Of the
country by the legal tribunals, indep nd.
emily Of the priesthood, is us necessarily
fatal to the delusion under which they
have lived, as are the rays Of the sun to
morning mist. That the laws will be
maintained there in the future, and that
the temporal power OF the church will
cease. there can be no question whatever
With the supremacy Of law and public vir
tue, will come population Of a healthy
moral character, schools churches, arts
science and general enlightenment. Be.
fore these, will disappear forever the Nor
mon dclusion. Then will spring INTO ex'
Iistcncc a State of wonderous power-rcl
in all the elements of National prosperity
and happiness. Comparatively few years
will be necessary to bring about this re
suit Then will the nation be repaid &
thousand fold for the expense and laboI
incurred in carrying out the ;policy tC
which the result will be attributable, anC
which has already given the fatal wounC
to Mormonism, in supplanting the spirit
ual by the civil ower.'-DaiLy PenSylva
ni1u.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-09
New Arrangement.
The "SouM" and "TTc States' 10 be ConsoE.
daicd.

The "SouM" and "THc States" to be ConsoE.
A y arrangement has been concluded betyssp
IA r. A. Pryor, editor OF the Richmond "Soutb -
and the proprietor Of this paper, The States %
by which the "South" and "The States" are IA
be consolidated intc one paper, to be published
in this city, Washington, in an ENLARGED form.
and to be under the editorial control of Mr.. Pry
or. The paper will be the organ of no person or
clique, but devoted to the general interests Of the
Democratic party in accordance with the princi
ples Of tate rights Democracy Mr.. Pryor has
undertaken the editorial control cf the paper 1t
will be continued under the name of "THg
STATES" and published on the following terms
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copies, $40 90; Semi-weekly Iaper-one copy
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per: As the proceedings of the coming Con.
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try, "The States" will keep its readers fully ad-
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February 8, lSj9-no. 4, vol. iv.l
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-09

ADAM PoE, of Ravenna, Ohio, we see by
one of our exchanges, died on the 5th ult.
He was Pennsylvania by birth, and was
a first cousin of Edgar Allen Poe, the poet,
whose tragic history and melancholy end
is doubtless familiar to all or most of our
readers. Adam Poe was q son of Andrew
Poe who had the memorable conflict with
Big Foot, the Wyandotte chicf-ani Indian
of giant frame and herculean strength,
and an inyeterate foe to the white man.
This terrible hand to hand battle took
place in the wilderness of Ohio, where the
brothers Andrew and Adam Poe had just
settled, in July 1852. Big Foot and his
four brothers, all powerful savages, were
committing depredations in the vicinity,
and Andrew and Adam turned out with
others to rout them Andrew and Big
Foot met on the banks of a stream, and
there, in a struggle for life and death, The
former conquered his gigantic foe. Big
Foot was shot by Adam Poe, who came to
his brothers aid, about the close of the
contest, and by his death the Indian diff
culties in that section were forever qui-
eted.
A branch of the Poe family settled at an
early day in Kishacoquillas valley Mifilir
county, where their defendants still re-
side.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-09
Cabinet, Chair Making.
ANN R@1GN RAglf.rnSan

VOHN GULICH, Of the borough Of Cloors0a
~ Pa, will be prepared at all times to attend ~
to any business in tho above line on sbo,,
notice, aud in a workmanlike manner. liz pIons
Of business is at the old shop on the north .ids ~
Market street, 3D. door east Of Third St. pon,lS
opposite the old jew store where he will kaos
constantly on hand large assortment of Ma'
hogony and Cane Bottom Chairs, and Cabins,
Ware Of every description, which he will dspo,.
ofon as reasonable terms Rs the same artiel,,
can be had elsewhere in the county.
His stock of Cabinet Ware now on hand, con.
sists in part of-Dressiug and Common Bureau,
Sofas Sewing and Washing Stands, Desks and
Book Cases, French and Field Post Bodstead,
Dining, Breakfast, Centre, Card and Pier Tia.
bes, &c. Collins manufactured and delivered AT
any place desired.
February 0, lS59.-[no. 4, vol. iy.1