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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28
HENRY CLAY ON SECESSION.

In relation to the much discussed ssright of
secession the opinions of Henry Clay should
be entitled to consideration. In letter to
Daniel Ullman and others of New York, in
1851, Mr.. Clay said:
elf there are local exceptions at the North
and at the South of rash and misguided men
who would madly resist the Constitution and
laws of the United States, let us not despair
of their return, in seasonable time, to
reason and to duty. But suppose we should
be disappointed, and that the standard should
be raised of open resistance to the Union, the
Constitution and the laws, what is to be done {?
There Can be but one possible answer. The
power, the authority, the dignity of the Gov
ernment ought to be maintained, and resist
ance put down at every hazard. Government.
in the fallen and depraved state of man, would
lose all respect, and fall into disgrace and con-
tempt, if it did not possess potentially, and
would not in extreme cases practically eXer-
else, the right of employing force. The theory
of the Constitution of the United States as
sumes the necessity of the existence and the
application of force, both in our foreign and
domestic relations. Congress is expressly au-
thorized ssto raise and support armes,'' ssto
provide and maintain navy s'to provide for
calling forth the militia to execute the laws of
the Union, suppress Instructions, and repel
invasiors." The duty of executing the laws
and of suppresSiDg instructions is without
limitation qualification it is co-extensive
with the jurisdiction of the United States, and
it comprehends every species of resistance to
the execution of the laws, and every form of
insurrection, no matter under what auspices or
sanction it is made. Indiuiduals, public meet
ings, States may resolve, as often as their
tastes or passions may prompt them to resolve,
that they will forcibly oppose the execution of
the laws, and secede from the Union. Whilst
these resolutions are made on paper, they arc
harmless; but the moment daring hand is
raised to resist, by force, the execution of the
laws, the duty of enforcing them arises, and if
the conflict which may ensue should lead to
civil war, the resisting party having begun it,
will be responsible for all the consequences.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28

REMARKABLE CASE OF A FAST WOMAN The
Cleveland, Ohio, Piaindeaier says, in that city,
recently, woman, still young, and in whose
face traces oil former beauty were still discov-
erabe, was sent to the county Jail for vagran-
cy. Five years ago she was school teacher
in small town in the State of Michigan. She
was pretty, educated, and captivating in man.
ners. But she had an uncomfortable passion
for dress, and was one day detected in the act
of stealing a costly silk from the counter of
the village store. She was arrested, but un-
der promise of leaving the village, never more
to return. she was spared the pain and morti-
cation OF public trial for larceny. She trav-
eled West, and encountered Southern plant
er somewhere on the route, who employed her
as a governess in his family. She accompa-
MED him to his home in the far South, where
she succeeded in captivating him, causing his
wife to sue for divorce. After thoroughly ru-
lining the planter, and scandalizing his friends,
she eloped with a light mulatto, the most valu
able servant in the planters collection, and
went TO st. Louis. There, becoming sick of
the mulatto,. she sold him for $1,000. She is
next heard of as manageress and leading ac-
tress of a strolling theatrical company in the
interior of Missouri, playing star parts upon
the stage, and sdOing' susceptible grain mer-
chants off. The st. Louis papers last spring
contained numerous reports of her dashing
swindles along the Missouri river. She ran
wild race in Chicago, and brought up in Bride
well where she served out short sentence for
theft. She reached Cleveland in the course of
time, hopelessly dissipated and shattered.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28
A MODEL WORsHIPPER.

Tell me about the sermon dear,
Take of your shawl and hat,
And come and sit beside me here;
The text frst-where was that :.
"Well. really. Aunty, / don't know,
/ have forgotten quite,
I wish you could see Jane Monroe,
She dresses like fright.
Miss Lyman wore a splendid shawl,
With that old horrid bonnet,
The very one she wore last fall,
With that old trimming on it.
But Mrs. Deacon Jones had on
One of the richest collars
/ ever snw. and her new dress
Must have cost fifty dollars.
Strange what extravaganee and waste
Some people always show!
Then Hattie Bell. what want of taste
She dresses with you know"
Tho audience you remember, dear,
If you do not the sermon;
Which preacher do you like to hear,
This one, or Mr.. Herman ?" -
..Oh, like Mr. Herman, for
Hes handsome, aunt, you knt
Then he's so graceful, and hisi
How splendidly they show :"
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28

1t seems that the early French settlers and
the Indians in Western Pennsylvania were ac-
quainted with the natural oil or petroleum
wells, which are now thought by many persons
to be a new discovery. At Franklin, old oil
watts have been discovered, with trees centu-
ry old growing in them. An old well, sup
posed to have been sunk for obtaining the oil,
has also been discovered, with the remains of
an Indian ladder in it,. The early settlers used
TO place dam on the creek, then take off the
oil which doated on the surface, by absorption
with blankets. This they used to sell IN vials
as medicine for curing rheumatism.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28

The steamer Glasgow, with European dates
of the Sth inst, reached New York on the
2Uth. Lord John Russell's dispatch on Italian
affairs had caused much excitement and some
ill-feeling among the diplomatic corps. About
$4,000 Neapolitan troops, 1000 horses, and 80
guns, had been pursued by the Sardinians into
the Papal States, where they were disarmed
by the Papal and French authorities. Francis
III. had lost about 10000 men in less than one
week. There was a report that negotiations
were not going on smoothly at Tientsin, in
China. Chowfoo had been captured by the
rebels, and Maypo and Ningpo were threaten
ed. Private kilograms speak of the recon-
mencement of hoStiitieS,
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28

The Western People are SO disgusted with
those New York merchants who sought to cre-
ate financial panic at the close OF the cam
paign, fin order to defeat Lincoln, that they
have determined to adopt the policy of non
intercourse with every New York merchant
who entered into this reasonable conspiracy.
Through cne of their journals, (tbe Detroit
.4drertiser,) they call upon the Republican pa
pers of New York to publish list of the dis
union merchants of that city.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28

LINCOLN AN INvENToR.-We were shown at
the q. S. Patent Office the model of steamer
combining buoyant air chambers with steam-
boat or other vessel, for the purpose of ena-
bling their draught of water to be readily les
sened, that they might pass over bars or
through shallow water without discharging
their cargoes. This method of lifting vessels
over shoals was invented by Abraham Lincoln,
President elect, for which he received pat
ent, May %, Washington Star.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28

A sporting gentleman in New Orleans, own
ing horse, which, be asserted, could not be
ridden by anybody bat himself, Miss Ellen
Dennson made the attempt; the horse plnng-
ed, ran away and brought up at his stable door;
on again being brought out, after grooming,
he ran away again, and on being secured, was
again led to the stable; the lady having stuck
to him throughout, mounted him the third
time, and the horse became quiet as q lamb.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28

A fellow was doubling whether or not he
should volunteer to fight. One of the flags,
waving before his eyes, bearing the inscrip-
tion, "Victory or Death,'' somewhat troubled
and discouraged him. s'Victory is very good
thing" said he; s'but why put it Victory or
Death Just put it Victory or Crippled, and
I'll 90 that 2,'
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28

A NAIL IN THE BRArx.-Geoffrey J. Le-
vale, who was shot In fight with T. B. Ker-
shaw, at Petersburg, Va, died on the 18th
inst. The wound was inflicted on the 18th Of
October, and the pistol was charged with
horse shoe nail. The nail was found in his
brain, where it has been for nearly month.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28
v. Barnes, q native of Eastern Virginia, and

v. Barnes, native of Eastern Virginia, and
resident Of Harper's Ferry, writes to the
Wheeling Infelfgencer that, having avowed his
design to vote tor Lincoln, he was threatened
with indignity and compelled for personal
safety to leave that place before the election,
and is not safe in returning. He is Metho-
dist. Such is the Terrorism that reduced the
Lincoln vote in the South. If mon dared vote
in the Slave States as they wished to, the re-
turns would indicate quite different result.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28

PARssN BRowNLow, of the Knoxville, Ten
nessee, Whig, pitches into the Disunfonists In
the following refreshing style:
"UNIoN MES, BE ON YOUR GUARD There
are those all over the country, and in all of our
towns and villages, who talk long and loud a.
bout the horrors of Lincoln's election, and ia
king advantage of the events which themselves
and associates have fastened, cali uron us all
to unite-to let sbygones be bygones'-and all
act together as united South. The object OF
these men is to get as many Union men to
commit themselves TO the cause of Secession
as they can. Let them know. wherever they
meet you, that, as law abiding citizens, loyal
to our blood bought government, you will new
er consent to see our soil ravaged by the terri
Bile strife which would result from Secession,
and on the very threshold proclaim your de-
termination to oppose all the mad schemes of
Disunion and to stand by this Union of States.
Tell these secret emissaries and street takers
that you admit the value of cotton as an arti-
Gle of commerce, but remind them in the next
breath that Kentucky and Missouri hemp, a
necklace for trait6rs, is an article of still
greater value for home consumption"
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28

Pennsylvania made the first turnpike road
in the United States laid the first railroad, es-
tablished the first water works, ran the first To-
comotive, established the first hospital, the
first law school, the first public museum, the
first hall of music, and the first library in the
world open freely to all. Good for Pennsyl-
yania!
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28

The Secession cockade seems to be fashion
ionahe only with the middle aged men of
Charleston. A card signed .sMany Ladies' -
is published in the Evening News which re-
proachfully asks ssWhy is it that our chival-
ric young men and our gallant old men do not
adopt the emblem of secession ?'' The fair
querists threaten that if the men have not
spirit enough to show their colors, they vii.
set them an example.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28

SECTIoNAL.-Andrew Jackson of Tenn. was
President, and John G. Calhoun offs. c., Vice
President-both from the extreme Southern
sssection," and both slave holders-in 1928.
Yet the Union endured. In 1886, Fillmore
and the Northern Union savers voted for Har-
rison of Ohio and Granger of n. Y. on the
same ticket. And the Union sssurwived -
Then, Frank Pierce of New Hampshire was
President, and Jesse Bright of Indiana acting
Vice President-both from Free States-in
1854. But the Union wasn't sssplit.'' In 1856,
we offered them Fremont, away down at the
South West, and Dayton up at the Central
n Northeast. But the Union savers preferred
'ssectionaP' Ticket from Pennsylvania and
Kentucky central States almost adjoining each
other. Now, the People choose man from
the farthest East, and one from the Central
West-men much wider apart than Jackson
and Calhoun, Harrison and Granger Harrison
and Tyler, Buck. and Breck., or Pierce and
Bright--and the split, divided, mauled, broke
up Democracy call it "sectional." Tut, men
you don't remember the facts of history or
you wilfully belle them
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28
A LITTLE ROMANCE ABOUT GARIRALDI.

The London .dfhen9um says that a bit OF ro-
nance about Garibaldi may help to explain the
hostility of the Dictator of the Two Sicilies 20
France, and that of the Emperor of the French
| toward the Liberator of Italy. The family of
Garibaldi, like the family of Bonaparte, is Cor
sican and the name of Pozzo d Borgo or of
! Louis Blanc is evidence with what fiery hate a
Corsican may pursue his vendetta against that
| lucky race. The Dictator's grandfather, Jo-
seph Battista Maria Garibaldi, was one of those
patriot Corsicans who gave the Grown to Count
Won Fenhof, crowned Theodore the First of
Corsica, and being sent by the new king on a
message TO his mother, Madame Won Fenhof,
who lived at Peddench, near Ruggeberg, in
the Mark Country, (now part of Westphalia, }
Garibaldi fell in love with the kings sister,
Catharine Amalie, and, with his sovereign's
consent, married her. The registry of this
marriage, we read in a Rhine paper is still to
be seen at Ruggeberg. In the same year, Gar
lbaldi took Catharne home 10 Aiaccia but
fortune failing the patriots, Theodore fed be-
fore the Genoese to England, where he became
the idol and butt of Walpole, who traduced his
character, and wrote the inscription his
monument in ST. Anne's church-bewailing
the fortune which s'bestowed a kingdom and
denied him bread.''
Joseph Battista Maria Garibadi fed from
Corsica to Nice, where, after the French con-
quest and occupation of the island put an end
to the last hopes of Independence, he forgot
politics and practiced as a physician. His
grandson is the Dictator--the present Garibal-
di. Meanwhile the offences of the Bonapartes
against the Garibaldi's have grown in bulk and
atrocity. Corsica has been made French.
Nice has now been made French. The old
country, the new country, are alike gone.
More, the very last home of the hero is mena-
ced. Caprera, the lonely green rock in the
Straits of Bonifacio, which he has bought with
his gains and peopled with his pigs and asses,
belongs to the island of Sardinia and must
follow its path should new .'recovery'' of
territory to France take place.
Thus, the Bonapartes seem to chase the Gar
lbaldls like an evil fate, leaving them no foot
OF earth on which the soles of their feet can
rest in peace. Who can wonder at the Dicta-
tors doubt. suspicion, and dislike. A roman
tic speculation may be allowed to close the
record of these romantic facts. Theodore,
King of Corsica, left no lawful son. An ille-
gitimate son, known about London streets as
Col. Frederick, a man Of mark in his day, pis-
toled himself under one of the porches of
Westminster Abbey. The title has been de-
clared by the Corsican Parliament hereditary
to Theodore's family, near branch of which
Dictator Garibaldi now represents. Thus,
Garibaldi's title to the throne of Corsica is
just as good as that of Louis Napoleon was a
dozen years ago to the throne of France.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28
VOL. mo. IA.
COOKED VS.. DRY CORN FOR HOGS.

The following valuable facts are from tb,
paitey Farmer: Upon the question of show
much pork will bushel of corn make7n Mr..
Richard Thatcher, of Pennsylvania, gives in
the New ork Tribune, the result of his feed
ing scalded or cooked corn meal, in several
instances, TO fattening hogs. The result OF
one trial gave sixteen and one half pounds of
pork for each bushel of fifty-six pounds of
meal fed out. In another instance, seventeen
and nearly one-half pounds were the gain from
a bushel. The breed of hogs experimental
upon was the s'Chester'' county, Pa.,) white,
which We regard as among the best breeds now
In the country. We have recently seen ac-
counts of several other experiments Of feeding
hogs in the same way, with similar results
while the same breed of hogs fed in the ordi-
nary way, upon dry corn, in the ear, gave a re-
turn OF but about one-third OF the weight com
pared with those fed on the cooked meal.
The experiments of Mr.. Clay, OF Kentucky.
as detailed in the December number of the
pdt[ey Farmer, for 1856, afford conclusive evil
dence of the advantages of feeding cooked o.
yer raw food. In the experiments on the same
animals. it was proved that dry corn would af-
ford gain OF about five and three-qiiarters to
SIX and three e-quarters pounds of pork to each
bushel consumed, but when changed to food
prepared by grinding and cooking, gave a re-
turn OF from fifteen to nearly eighteen pounds
of flesh for each bushel of corn fed out. These
various experiments demonstrate facts worthy
Tue CouSiueratlon OF farmers and others.
with care IN breeding from a'good stock
of hogs, and with their proper Infringement
throughout, keeping the hogs constantly thru
wing, at least an average of fifteen pounds OF
flesh may be received from every bushel OF
corn consumed. a few we'll conducted exper-
iments in feeding, with appropriate apparatus
for preparing the food, compared With. facts
determining the amount of gain from the ordi-
nary method of feeding, would settle the ques-
tion and lead to valuable improvements in this
most important interest to farmers generally.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28

At the late vote on annexation in Naples, a
woman, who, from her heIoisn, has become
famous, La Sangiovannara, claimed the right
to vote, and voted. She is the leader of a
large district in the City of Naples, and fought
at Capua. Having borne arms she was ad-
judged TO have gained the right of suffrage.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28

A speaker at stump meeting out west de-
clared that he knew no east, no west, no north,
no south. 'sThen," said tipsy bystander,
s.you ought to go to school and slarn' your ge-
ography."
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28

A German journal speaks of a young author-
ess who has distinguished herself in the liter
sry world. She is called the Baroness de
Pickalkrenken.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28

e The Vermont Legislature has passed a faw
against prize 1ghting-principals, ten years
Imprisonment or $4,000 fine aids, seconds or
surgeons, five years Imprisonment or S. 900
fine. and citizens of the State who attend .
prize fight in other capacity, out Of the State,
TO receive the same punishment.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-11-28

BAD AIR AND INrEMPERASCE.-A London
city missionary attributes much intemperance
to the poisonous influence of bad air. He
thinks that the atmosphere of the damp, ILL.,
ventilated cellars to which the lowest classes
are confined, induces fierce craving for stim-
ulants-an opinion which has much probabli-
ty. When the vital forces are forcibly dimin-
ished or exhausted, nature braces against the
depletion, and looks in every direction for the
means of recovery. The missionary fortifies
his opinion by the statement of numerous ca
ses, in which persons who had been enabled to
change their ill-accommodations for pleasant
and healthy lodgings, deserted the gin-shops
of their own accord. This is an excellent hint
to moral reformers of every kind. The great
secret is to begin the work of reform with their
Improvement. If a bad man is hungry, naked
or homeless, the first step should be TO feed,
clothe, and comfort him, whereby, in major
ity OF cases, the way of his reformation will be
greatly facilitated. This is especially true of
the young to whom the disbursements OF
want and poverty. are certain means of de-
pravation. The statement which has OCCASION
ed this paragraph goes farther, however, and
touches the recondite. but very certainly es-
tabiished fact OF the interdependence of moral
and physical conditions-a subject of great
Importance, but little considered.
The Placer herald., 1860-06-16
THE PLACER HERALD.
AUBURN, JUNE i6, 1860.

FIRE.-At about two o'clock this morning,
Mr.. Osborne, the wa.chman, discovered that
the store Of Davidson & Jones, clothing
merchants, situated in the fire proof center
block, was on fire. The alarm was given,
and the doors Of the store opened, but after
taking out q few goods it was found impos
sble to save anything more on account of
the Ere and dense smoke, the iron doors
were then closed to prevent the fire spread
ing to adjoining property, and up to this
hour Is o'clock) the fire has been confined
to the huilding. The roof and walls are
yet uninjured, but the goods are no doubt
entirely consumed. There is an insurance
uucn the building and stock to the amour,
$500. The origin Of the fire is not known
LATEa.-The doors of the building have
been opened and the fire extnguished The
stock Of goods is almost entirely destroyed
--s,me saved, but badly damaged
The Placer herald., 1860-06-16
ROMAN EYE RALSAM.

HNHIS celebrated remedy for weak and nfam-
Il ed Eyes. was constantly used, with signal
success by distinguished Occulist during long
professional career, and may be confidently relied
upon, as the very best salve that can be used.-
In cases where the Eyelids are infamed it acts
almost like magic in relieving all irritation, and
usually effects complete cure after few appli-
cations.
Prepared and sold by A. B. x D. Sands, Drug
gists, 100 Fulton Street. New York.
Sold also by H. Johnson & Co., and Redding
ton Co., San Francisco; Rice & Coffin, Marys-
vile; R. H. Mcdonald Il Co., Sacramento; and
by Druggists generally.
H. r. HAWKINS, Agent.
Apothecaries' Hall, Auburn
June 10th, 1860.
The Placer herald., 1860-06-16

WooL.-The Sacramento Union says
wool continues to come in for shipment TO
San Francisco, where it is assorted and for
waried to New York. The last quotations
Of California in that market, are % and
soc. for choice, and 10 and l2. for coarse
The MOUNTAIN SPRINGS RoBBERs.-Th
gang who robbed the store Of II. Brown
Co., at Mountain Springs last week, are in
fair way of being brought to justice.
Three arrests have been made; the first,
"Curley Smith" mentioned last week. the
second young man who, in company with
the notorious Mrs Moore. of Grass Valley,
visited town this week, dressed in female ap
parel, for the purpose Of seeing "Curlsy," and
passed himself off as Mrs. Murphy, and being
suspected, was arrested; and the third, whose
name we have not learned, who was arrested
near Grass Valley, by officers Boggs and
johnson of this place. The last fellow at
tempted to escape, but was brought down
by shot from the oficcrs-being wounded
in the leg We understand that some OF
the clothing taken from the store was re-
covered at the harbor of these fellows. The
crcumstantial evidence is said to be strong
against them