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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15


The JAPANESE AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL Soc1-
ErY.-The committee appointed by the Ethno-
logical Society of New York to hold an inter-
view with the scientific members of the Japan
ese Embassy have furnished their official re-
port, from which we make the following ex-
tracts:
The subject OF an embassy, alledged to have
been sent from Japan to Rome, A. d. 1928,
was broached. Matsmoto stated enlphatically
that no formal mission TO foreign country
ever occurred previous TO the one of which he
is a member, accredited to the United States.
He observed that some 278 years ago, several
young men, connexions aud representatives of
three princes, visited Rome, but without any
governmental authority.
As it was rumored that some members of tho
Embassy had become indignant ontheir people
being compared to the Chinese, we were a
greeably surprised at the candor and magnan-
unity of our informants, when interrogated re-
specting the sources whence they originally
derived tea, silk, porcelain wood engraving,
paper, printing, and gunpowder. The answer
was, ,uuinformly, ,ssChina." As il seems posi- Die.
If not probable, that navigation was as early
developed by the islanders of Japan as by tho
natives of the neighboring continent, their
opinion was asked respecting the origin of the
mariners compass. The answer was the same,
and as promptly given, ssChina.' Indicative
OF views and feelings untainted with national
preJudiceS, these replies are characteristic OF
superior minds. They were surprised on being
informed that the seamen of Europe and Amer
lea are indebted to the same source as them
selves for that invaluable gift of science to art.
When asked if such books as that before us
zone printed in coloIs) were rare, the reply
was they were very common, sin much
plenty" The report OF old travellers was
confirmed, that the japanese have what we call
encyclopedias, dictionaries of arts, and col
lections of manuals . like this, numerous, as
it would seem, and certainly as fully iupstra-
ted as any modern French series; and at one
fifth the cost, too-cheap as we may think the
Partisan issues are. So far as regards the pro-
ducton of cheap and useful literature, Japan
may be said to have been centuries in advance
of Europe. The cost of this book was about
eight to ten cents.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

A Man with a rag bag in his hand was pick
ing up large number OF pieces of ale-bone
which lay in the street. The deposit was of
such a singular nature, that we asked the
quaint-looking gatherer how he supposed they
came there. "Don't KNOW he replied, in. d
sqeaking voice, 's-spect some unfortunate fe-
male was wrecked hereabouts.'
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

Major Cubertson. who has just come from
the Rocky Mountains, says that the head wa
ters of the Missouri and Columbia rivers arc
so close together, that he at one time drank
from the Missouri ,on the east side of the Rocky
Mountains, and in half an hour afterwards
from the Columbia on the Pacific.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DAY.-An act passed
Congress in l045, ssto establish uniform time
for holding elections for electors of President
and Vice President in all the States Of the u
nion." This act fixes the election on ssTues-
day next after the first Monday in the month
of November which this year is the 9th day
of the month. All the electors must be cho-
sen. or appointed on that day, except in the
Electoral College, or where State has failed
to effect an election on the day designated.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15
VOL. 6.--NO. 81.
THE TRuR R1ur


Everybody has heard the designation sstruo
blue" applied TO Presbyterians.
DR.. Murray, in his speech before tho assem-
bly, of the Free Church of Scotland, at ths
tri-centenary celebration. playfully refers to
its origin;
81 have often been asked why we are called
s'true blue" l did not know how to answer.
But asked a Scotchman. s'Well'' said he.
''when we were prosecuted. the ministers us
ed to go TO the mountains and when they
were going to have communion they held out
a blue flag, which was an invitation to the peo-
pie of the country around TO attend and their
descendants are called true blue from that"
That is one explanation, but have found out
another for myself. A few years ago was in
Naples and Rome, and went to Pompeii,
where spent some time among its splendid
frescoes OF variegated hues. All the other
colors had faded away, but the blue was as
bright as the the day ii was put on, although
it had been buried for nearly two thousand
years. The true blue never gave opt-that is
the meaning of it. (Laughter.) The blue
Presbyterianism is SO blue that it never gives
out.''
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

The scales of iron that accumulate around
the anvil in blacks smiths shop are more
valuable than manure for peachtre A show
elful put around healthy peach tree will be
very likely to keep it in good condition; and
it is said that trees already diseased have re-
covered by the application of these scales.
Iron in any form will answer q good purpose.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

INTERESTING INCIDENT.-The death of Mr..
Gales, says the Albany EUening Journal, re-
wives a "Reminiscences of the only time his pa
per, the National IAteiiigencer ever suspended
publication. 1t was warm and able advocate
OF the Madison war policy. seconding the ei-
forts OF Clay and his compeers, and so power
ful was its Influence that when Gen. Ross, in
command of the British troops, entered the
capitol after the unfortunate affair of Bladens-
burgh.his first inquiry was not for the Capitol,
the Presidents house, or the departments,
but for the National InteiHgencer office, and it
was the first establishment demolished. caus-
ing short cessation in its regular publication
With this exception the hteAigencer has been
published regularly for sixty years.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

An ingenious French philosopher is at pres
ent maintaining the hypothesis that the feed
ing of the negro races continuously on exclu-
sively animal food, would effect their conver-
sion into white men. He grounds his belief
mainly on the fact that in some districts where
a large quantity of food is consumed, the Pc
culiarities of the negro physiognomy are con-
sideraby reduced. Guess agair, Doctor.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

CHARMED BY A SNAKE.-The Rochester, n.
Y. Union relates the case of a child two years
of age, daughter of Mr.. Davis, in that city,
charmed by snake. One day Mrs. Davis
found the snake in the arms of the little girl,
who was fonding it as she would kitten.
The mother was naturally much alarmed by
the apparent peril in which she saw her child,
and seized stick TO destroy the reptile. The
snake slowly retreated, showed its tongue, and
Missed at the mother. The child Cried and
begged SO hard of its parent to desst. that
she allowed the snake to retreat to its hiding
place. The child apparently thinks of moth
ing else bnt her companion the snake, and,
under the fascination. is suffering physical
decline. She now weighs but eighteen pounds.
Physicians have advised that the meetings,
which take place as frequently as the child can
get out of the house, be gradually interrupted !,
until they be entirely broken off.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

The first fruit of the treaty with japan has
ripened in the shape of large expectation of
an excellent quality of tea and of an amount of
raw silk estimated to be worth S1.000,000
The whole amount of the purchases from this
country.of Japan productions is estimated to
exceed five millions of dollars. This, for six
months, 10 a pretty heavy business.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

1t is believed in Washington that the disun--
ion letter was planned for and submitted TO
meeting of leading Southern men, who
concerting a secession league the South,
and have gone so far as to appoint secret "a
gents to ascertain what will be done by foreign
governments in case their plans are carried
out. Isn't that treason
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

REPUBLIcANIsM IN WAsHINGToN.-A Wash
ington correspondent says large number OF
Southern people are travelling Northward now
through Washington, and they express uni
versal astonishment at the strength Of the Re-
publican sentiment in the Capitol, and its toll
Grafton in Southeren city. They are frankly
Southern city any longer; that Republicans
claim their intentions to simply convert it into
tree national city. There is no doubt that a
rapid revolution is taking place in the senti-
ments of the population of Washington, as it
becomes better acquainted with Republican
ism. Success to il.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

THE SUMMER OF lS60.-The present summer
promises to be memorable for hurricanes, hail
storms, hot weather, big crops, astronomical
wonders, an unusual influx of Asiatic and Eu-
ropean royalty, and superabundance of Pres
idential candidates.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

The sM'Keesport snake" has been seen a
gain. The individual who was so fortunate
as to obtain sight of the varmint estimates
il to be about the length of two coal bargcs-
or thirty-five feet.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

Mr.. Douglas has been giving it out in his
recent speeches that Mr.. Webster endorsed
the SCATTER Sovereignty principle. Now hear
the old expounder in his 9TH of March speech
of 1850: .sSir, wherever there is particu-
lar good to be done-wherever there is foot
of land to be stayed from becoming slave terri
tory, am ready to assert the principle of the
exclusion of slavery. l am pledged to it from
the year 1887 have been pledged to it again
and again and will perform those pledges
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

The number of officers in the regular army
of the United States who have risen from the
ranks is %. 1t is not generally known that
there is law providing for the bestowal OF
commissions on deserving soldiers.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

1t is said that there now running on the
railways in the United States not less than
5000 passenger cars, and some $4,000 freight
cars under the whole Of which some 6So, 600
wheels are running.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

Gov. Ramsey of Minnesota has offered re-
ward of $3.50 for the persons who, on July 20,
Kidnapped from St. Paul an alleged fugitive
slave, named Henry Sparks. They carried
him off without any legal forms or any warrant.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

A Yankee in Panama sought shelter at the
American Consuls from earthquake--he
thought even the earthquake would .cspect
our fag.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

MANY surmses have been formed about the
oil found below the surface of the earth in
Pennsylvania. The best ont yet, is that it has
been put there by Nature for the purpose of
greasing the axis that the earth turns upon.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

"Good morning, Mr.. Grumm what is the
news to-day ?'' ssOh, there's no news; my
wife was sick yesterday, and didn't go out
no newS-no news.o
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

1t is said that there at present in Europe
Is, ,l40 actors, II 600 actresses, l, ,f73 managers
of theatres and the number OF persons attach
ed in one way or another TO dramatic estab-
lishments amounts to 50 ,000-
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

A man once asked company of little boys
what they were good for 7-Oae little fellow
promptly answered, eve are good to make
men Of"
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

The Augusta, Ga, Chronicle says that Mr..
Senator Toombs in recent specc b he made
at Warrenton, frankly admitted that Col. Bell
was ''as sound as himself upon the Slavery
quStion."
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

The people of Downingtown, are making
efforts for the establishment of Bank, nnder
the free banking law passed last winter
Shares of stock, amounting TO over S5O,0O0,
have already been sold.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15


WHAT WE ARE MADE oF.-The following is
from article by Oliver w Holmes &c If the
reader of this paper live another year, his self
conscious principle will have migrated from
his present tenement to another, the raw ma
terials even of which are not yet put together.
A portion of that body which is to be, viii ri
pen in the corn of his next harvest. Another
portion of his future person he will purchase,
o. others will purchase for him, headed up in
the form of certain barrels of potatoes. A third
fraction yet to be gathered in the Southern
rice field. The limbs with which he is then to
walk will be clad with flesh borrowed from the
tenants of many stalls and pastures, now un-
concious of their doom. The very organs of
speech with which he is to talk SO wisely
plead so eloquently, or speak effectively, must
first serve his humble brethren to bleat, to bel
low and for all the varied utterances of bristled
or feathered barnyard life. His homes them
selves are, to a great extent, in posse and not
in esse. A bag of phosphate of lime, which he
has ordered from Prof. Mapes, for his ground,
contains large part of what is to he his skel-
eton. And more than all this, and by far the
greater part of his body is nothing at all but
water, the main substance of his scattered
member is to be looked for in the reservoir. in
the running streams, at the bottom of the well
in the clouds that float over his head, or diff
fused among them al.''
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15

When wife kisses her husband, aud looks
unutterable affection at him, she is in want OF
s.twsnty-
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15
EARrH,s DEVILS.

The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, in recent
discourse, thus draws picture OF that large
class OF men who delight in tempting to ruin
the innocent and unsuspecting =
sit is not the indian alone who loves to car
ry the scalps he has taken in battle there
are thousands of beings male and female, who
love to carry in sight the number of victims
they have seduced or corrupted TO count them
over and boast of their crime. There are men
who love to corrupt young, who love to teach
them fallacious vices, and seduce them into
evil complrances, to put the leaven of perdi-
tion into their souls, and wait till it begins to
leaven the whole lump. They seem to have a
horrible gloat of pleasure in doing this. They
resist all the efforts of their victim TO break
away and if he does get away they pull him
down again-and God lets such men live
Did you ever see spider spinning his web
in the corner! With what delicacy of his
loom does he spin all the web! how it shines
IN the sun and who has spun it all right and
after spinning it he makes himselfa little hole,
in which he goes back and lies in wait for
singing fly that has surveyed and philosophiz-
ed the Universe. He looks upon the web, and
the moment he touches it how the spider rush.
es out to seize him and if he be small in
sect. and large spider, he will bite him and
roll him up in the web; or If he be large fly,
he commences rolling up and preparing by
and by to eat him and if, for moment the
poor little fly turns to escape, how he rushes
out and instantly seiZes him again, and rolls
him up and up, over and over, more closely
than ever, and then drags him down to some
corner,
have seen men treat men just They
spin just such webs, and then sit in some dark
corner till they wind their coils around him
till he is hopelessly entangled in the web;
leading him in their internal work, and rolling
him over and over again in its meshes and
If the poor victim begins to sing and buzy in
his efforts TO break away, how have seen
them rush out again and carry them back and
utterly ruin them in their house of inflmy
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-11-06
IetuaueIn Then,.

Republicans of Wheeling-you that are
free to vote in this free city of ours-re-
member the thousands of our brethren
throughout other parts of this State and
the South, who are not free to vote their
principles to-day. Remember that their
heartfelt prayer and their devoutes: wish
is that you will stand true to your princi-
pies to-day, aud by voting them help to
break down the despotism that surrounds
those who do not enjoy your privileges.-
Will you refuse to help our good and true,
but unfortunate brethren, when you have
it in your power to do so much for them
to-day?
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-11-06
Cn1,f. 1IcCinney,Se oold.
Cant. NtcCluncy. on behalf Of his Con

Capt McCluncy. on behalf of his Con@
pany c. publishes q card in orr paper to-
day, in response to Capt TfimGls's slate
meut yesterday. We say now, as we said
to our friend, Capt. McClaney, that this
hcard, in our opinion, ouly makes bad
, worse, only 'sadds insult to iniury.b--
Capt. McCloney cannot excuse his COM
.panY fer-suehzap-insnlt, and he.opght
to expose his own charaeterinthe attempts
to do so. All that can be said is, that the
insult was most gross one, and it is no
paliiatiou of it to say that Gen: Eagle
came into the ArmoTy with his Wide
Awake cap and cape on. OF course no
did. lie came inst as .heswns asked, not
knowing moment before he received the,
invitation, that he was going, snd not.
knowing where OF among whom he was
going, except that he was to look at a
military drill. If he had had tho .bIack
cockade" of South Carolina disunion
on, yet would Company G hnvo' had no
right to hiss him. And if he had had
that Hodious" @insignia" on he .would not
have been hissed, either. That, Captain
McCluney knows. 1t was simply because
he had on tho Republican insigntq-an
insignia that will be houored to-day. by
the people ofseventeen; OF. eighteeu States
of this Union, that he was hissed. The
insignia, too, was not odious to all the
members of Company @. There are mem-
bers Of that company who honor it and
who wear it, and the Kisses of their com :,
rades was gross insult to them, to say
nothing about the distinguished and
honorable stranger, and the gentleman
who introduced him. Does Captain Nc
Quincy think that if he Hbad gone
to Pittsburgh, with his Bell and Everett
regala on, and been taken by General
Maggie to see the Duquesne Grays drill,
that they would have hissed him. No be
knows they would not. And VIC are quite
sure that he would have thought they
were very low set if they had, and that
he would ever afterward have retained
very disgusting and indignant remem-
brance of them. Can the feelings of Gen.
Nagle be less sensitive than those of
Capt McCluney2 Assuredly not, And we
are very sorry that Capt, Mckinney has
put himself in the light of an endorscr of
such conduct. What right has he to say
that Gen. Maggie came sin his odious
costume? Aud to say that "comingas "a
Wide Awake he received Wide Awake
welcome.w That is to say that a man who
wears such q costume is not to be treated
as a gentleman. Such an idea is revolt
ing, and we do not believe that
this community, to whose judgment Capt.
Mckinney appenls, will, for moment, en-
dorse the conduct of the company. Surely
there is not Lincoln man in this city who
does notrcsentthc indignity, and We believe
that hundreds, who are not Republicans,
will sympathize in their resentment. We
can tell Capt. McCluney that the day is
near at hand, when that 'insignia" will
not be insulted in this community.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-11-06
CsARD.
fessrs! Bditors I,,feili;d. 8rer:

Nes8rs! Editors Ia1felliqs feel: perceive
inthis mornings Intelifgeneer IN editorial
headed "a gross.insult 10 distinguished
gentleman theAmaterial for which was
furnished by Mr.. Geo. Trimble, of this
city. And although averse to now paper
controversy, L, deem it due not only to
myself but to the Company which have
the honor 20 command, that this commu-
nifty should have the facts as they occur
d;-andSMithrthatsy view. request the iuser.
ton of the following statement: -,
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-11-06
PILES. PILEsu PILEs!!s
IEhut is 1T Uo,o cured :

What IS Uf Hoo cured
Thousands of persons have Pios-sufEer for years
with the dsease-yet few know what it is, or how it
ia cured. Every of Piles, whether manifested in
tho form Of external tunors frequent blecdings or
in violent itching aud irritation depends essentially
upon congestion of the abdominal venous circulation
This produces the engagement, intion ofthe veins
formation of tumors, hemorrhagcs pain and suffer
ing; and tho disease can only be fundamentally
cured by medicines which, taken internally, relieve
this venous congestion. Hence ointments washes,
and even injections, are SO intellectual
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cures the disease by curing the condition upon
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box.
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