davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-02-06
THE RAFTsMAN's JOURNAL,

that we shall, for the present, notice. After
urging that Mr.. Crittenden's proposition or his
own should be referred to the people, Mr.. Big
ler acknowledges that serious objections are
90 extraordinary ssirregular,'' and sswithout
&c warrant in the Constitution, ,''-and BY at
tempting to answer these objections on the
ground that s'the times are Irregular and that
" the nature of the case requires extraordinary
measures" he admits their force and correct
ness. And yet, few pages further on. he
says: "My logic, Mr.. President, is, that if
g we for the Constitution at all, we must
's sustain every feature of it, We confess
we are at O. loss how to reconcile Mr.. Bigler's
ss proposition,' which sets aside at least one
'' feature" of the Constitution, with Mr.. Big
ler's sc logic" which demands that &c erery fea-
ture'' of that instrument must be sustained !
Perhaps his home organ can ssiluminate'' our
obtuse understanding. Meanwhile, as the
speech has been extensively circulated in this
county, We trust many possible will read
it. and judge for themself OF its peculiar mer-
its. Having done so, il they can convince US
that it's distinguished author has by it estab-
lished a claim to the title of pacificator, it
must be on the supposition that counter-ir irri-
tants are more effective than soothing panaceas
for the ills to which he aludes.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-02-06

LETTER FROM Mr.. BoTTs.-Hon. J ohm Minor
Bolts has written most cogent and patriotic
Union letter to his friends in Virginia, in
which, after showing the madness OF secession,
he remarks :-ssMy earnest and urgent advice
then, is, that Virginia should remain in the
Union, demanding all her Constitutional
rights, the repeal of all unconstitutional laws
--or the declaration OF their nullity by the
Supreme Court-and just punishment for
those who shall resist its decisions. Let her
remain in, and, taking side with neither, act
the part of mediator and peacemaker between
the extremes of both sections of the country.
Recollect that those who now beckonsyou on
to destruction, are the same advisers and lea
ders that lured You on in 1854, to insist upon
the repeal of the Missouri compromise, which
has brought you to your present condition.
That was grievous error of which you had
timely warming, but to which you would not
listen; and those who warned you then were
denounced as submissionists and traitors to
the South, as they are now. Be not deceived
by the same men again, who would now lead
you into one ten thousand times more fatal /:
and do not hereafter forget that / tell you
now, when you give up yonr Union, you sur
render your liberties, and the liberties OF all
who are to come after you."
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-02-06
THE BORDER STATES ADJUSTMENT.

TAE bUhUEd S1hI6S ALI US1MENA.
A great many people do not seem to UNDER
stand the difference between the border States
Adjustment, and the Crittenden Compromise.
The essential difference is respecting the Ter
ritory South of 36 degrees so minutes, be-
tween the Indian territory and California.
The border States proposition is:
"That the line of 36 80 shall be run through
all the existing territory of the United States
that in all North of that line slavery shall be
prohibited that South of that line neither
Congress nor the Territorial Legislature shall
hereafter pass any law abolisLing, prohibiting
or in any way interfering with African slavery,
and that when any territory, containing suf-
fcient population for one member of Congress
in an area of sixty thousand square miles,
shall apply for admission as a State, it shall
be admitted with or without slavery, as its
constitution may determine"
This is a negative proposition. 1t permits
the operation of the existing territorial laws OF
New Mexico and California, pledges the nom
intervention of congress with the subject of
slavery, and the admission OF States made out
of it without Congressional induiry as to the
subject of slavery. 1t is not satisfactory to
the ultra politicians of the South, because it
does sot commit the Federal Government to
their dogma Of the protection of slavery in
the territories. 1t would be acceptable to the
moderate mon of the North and South for the
same reason.
Mr.. Crittenden's scheme is as follows:
ssThat in all the territory of the United
States no,c held or hereafter acquired, situated
north OF latitude sc 80, slavery or involuntary
servitude, except as a punishment for crime,
is prohibited while such territory shall remain
under territorial government. In all the ter
ritory south of said line slavery of the African
race is hereby recognized erisfent, and shall
not be inte rfered with by Congress, but shall
be protected as property by the departments Of
the territorial government, during its continu-
aRce."
John e. Breckenridge says in letter en-
dorsing this proposition, that hereafter acquir-
eds' looks to the conquest of Mexico, and con-
sequently to the establishment of slavery in
it. Therefore those who support the Critten-
den Compromise, not only support the estab-
lshment OF Federal ProteCtorate over slav-
cry, in the only territory now held where
slavery has the ghost of chance, but support
the policy of conquering Mexico, for the very
purpose of establishing slavery therein by the
power of the Federal Government; and this,
not that the relation of slavery itself, with any
show of legitimacy, requires extention, but
that the politicians of the slavery section may
increase their power, and use the General
Government to prevent the preponderance in
the Government, to which the Free States
are entitled bv their real weight and grouth.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-02-06

THE GREAT RoBBERY.-lt isascertaised that
Mr.. Floyds whole acceptances were Sc ,900,-
900. OF these Mr.. Russell and partners re-
turned about SO 900 900, first and last, and can
account for half million more. 1t therefore
appears that at least So. 100000 are still float
ing about, held by innocent parties, or were
discounted by banks and individuals. Large
amounts have been recently sent to Washing
ton fromN England, which were taken on the
strength of Mr.. Floyd's assurances, vouched
in some instances by Mr.. Toucey. Mr.. Bal
ley, who abs.racted the bonds from the In
terror Department, has never been examined
before the Committee of Investigation, and for
legal reasons, which may appear hereafter.
The act Of 1857, which is supposed to relieve
witnesses of Congressional Committees from
prosecution, will doubtless be pleaded for the
benefit of some of the parties to this mammoth
robbery. Lawyers already maintain that the
indictment against Messrs. Russell, Floyd and
Bailey for conspiracy to defraud the Govern
ment, is for crime not known in the criminal
statutes. They will ell probably escape pun
ishment.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-02-06
Total,

We, the Commissioners of Clearfeld county in
Comm ealth of Pennsylvania, having exaInin-
ed the accounts of q. b. Goodlander, Esq Treas
of the County of ClearGeld for the year A.
ID. 1860, do certify that we find the accounts Of
Geo. B. Goodlander. as follows: The amount duo
from all sources to be Seven thousand Eight hun
dred and Eighty-eight dollars and Ten cents,
(7SSS,l0) We also find the amount of ontstand-
ing orders to be Ten thousand Seven hundred
and Thirty-two dollars and Seventy ght cents
(SI0I327Sl, of which Nine thousand Five hundred
dollars are on Court House contract. The balance
due the Treasurer, Three hundred and Seventy
two dollars and Four cents. 1872 04). Witness
our hands this 9th day of January, A. D. 1861.
WILLIAM MERRELL,
Attest, WM McCRACKEN
WM. S. BRADLEY. SAM'L c. THOMPSON,
Clerk. Commissioners.
We, the Auditors of Clearfeid county, having
examined the accounts of Geo. b. Goodlander, Esq,
Treasurer of said county, for the year AID. 1865
do report that the accounts are as above stated
The amount due the Road Fund by the Treasurer
is Eight hundred and Seventeen dollars and Eigh-
ty-eight cents, (SSI7.SS). The amount of tstan-
ding orders is Ten thousand Sevsn hundred and
Thirty-two dollars and Seventy y-eight cts (Sl0732-
7S), of which Nine thousand Five hund red dollars
are on court house contract Witness our hands
this 18th day of January, A. d. 1861.
]. W GRAHAM,
Attest, J. B. SHAW
WM. S. BRADLEY, B C. BOWMAN,
Clerk. Auditors.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-02-06

NXECUTORS' NOTICE.-Letters Testa-
Ia mentary on the Estate of John Dillon, late
of Beccaria township, Clearield county, Penn a,
deceased, having been granted to the undersign-
ed all persons indebted to said estate requir-
ed to make immediate payment and those having
claims against the will present them pro-
perly authenticated for settlement.
JAMES H. HEGARTY, of Beccaria,
JAMES a. HEGARTY, of Guelich.
February 6, lS6l-6tp. Executors.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-02-06

ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.-Letters
n of Administration the Estate of John
Young lato of Burnside township, Clearheld CO..
Pa deceased, having been granted to the under
signed, all persons indebted to said estate are re-
quired to make immediate payment and those
having claims against the same will present them
duly authenticated for settlement
SAMUEL SEBR1MG.
February G. 1861 -6tp. Administrator.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-02-06

4 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.-Letters
n of Administration de bonis on the Estate
of George Dillon, late of Beccaria tp Clearfeld
co. Pa, deceased, having heen granted to the un-
dersigned all persons indebted to said estate are
required to make immediate payment, and those
having claims against the same will present them
properly authenticated for settlement.
THEODORE WELD,
February g. IS6I-2t Administrator.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-02-06

Geo B. Goodiander. Esq, Treasurer of-Clearfeld
County, in account with the different townships
for School Fund, for the years 1853 and 1859
DEBTOR.
To balance due tow ps, last settlement, 1928
To amount received from unseated lands, $3.50 80
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-02-06


THE SOUTHERN AND WASHINGTON CONFER
ENcEs.-The 4th of February will be memoir
able in the political history of this country for
the meeting of two conferences. The first is
the one Initiated by the State of Virginia, in
viting the border and other States to meet
them in conference, at Washington City, to de-
wise, if possible, some measures for averting
the storm which now threatens the fair fabric
of the Union. The second is the Southern
Confederacy Congress proposed by Alabama,
who extended invitations to South Carolina,
Mississippi, Florida and Georgia to meet her
through their delegates at Montgomery, Ala
bama, on the 4th February. All of the in
vited States have responded, and representatives,
have been selected to join in the deliberations
of that Assembly. 1t is thought that pro-
visional federative government will be formed
and put into operation by the end of February.
The provisional government will probably be
similar to that under which we now live. The
Congress itself is nothing more than provis-
ional government. They will prepare the
form to which all the States they represent
shall be pledged. Themselves the represen-
tatives of the pc ople-delegates chosen by
sovereign conventions their power in provis-
ional matters will be unlimited. 1t is suppos-
ed they will mould the incipient nationality
to suit the exigencies of the times, elect pro-
visional chief magistrate and order elections
for various Offices.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-02-06
ECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF
In. CLEAREIELD COUNTY. FOR A. D. 1850.

GEO. B. GooDLANDER, ESQ.,. Treasurer of Clearheld
county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
in account with said county from the 9Th day of
January 1860, to the 9Th day of January, 1861
To amount from Collectors for 1860 and previous
years, including percentage. SI2o IL
To amount from Unseatsd Lands. for
1s59 and 1850 5OO6 33
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-02-06
.HILIPSRURG AND WATERF0RD = :,

Il ROAD.-A meeting of the stock holaels nv
the Philipsburg and Waterford Railroad comp ne
will be held at the Office of said company; ~ IN
Borough of Clearfeld, Clearfeld county 6sa re bs.
Monday the 18th day of March, D. ioof' f'.s;s
tween the hours Of u and O'Clock, 7 NJ % ana
day. for the purpose OF electing One Presia Wop
Twelve Directors. to serve until tae second %.
day of January, 1852. A full attendance
oueyted. = l.. J. GRAMS, Seere'a''
Cleer6eld, January q, 1881.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-02-06

TRIBusE ALsASAc.-We have received from
the publishers copy of the Tribune Almanac
for 1861. 1t contains the party platforms of
1850; classification of both Houses of Con-
gress; election letnrns of al the States in the
Union; the popular vote for President in 1852
and 1856; with mnch other statistical and re-
liable information, in which the public are In
terested. Price. single copies. l3 cents, by
mail; 81 per dozen, or 81 per hundred. Ad-
dress, The Tribune, New ork.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-02-06

HYDE House, RIDGwAr.-Tbis is a first class
hotel and persons visiting Ridgway should by
aH.means stop there. They viii find Mr.. Os.
good clever man and good landlord. His.
card appearyin our advertising columns.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-02-06
ANOTHER PROPOSITION.

In the House of Representatives at Wash
ington, on the lst inst. Hon. William Kel-
logg, of Illinois, offered the following res
olutions a substitute for the recommends
tion of the Committee of Thirty three. When
they were read they produced quite a sensa-
tion. They are joint resolutions, proposing
amendments to the Constitution, TO be ratified
in the manner directed by that Instrument
Article 13. That in nil the territory now
held by the United States situated north of
latitude thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes,
involuntary servitude, with the exception Of
the punishment for crime, is prohibited while
such territory shall remain under territorial
government; that in all the territory now held
south of the said line, neither Congress nor
any territorial Legislature shall hinder or pre-
vent the migration to said territory of persons
held to service from any State of this Union,
when that relation exists by virtue OF any law
or usage OF such State, while it shall remain
in a territorial condition and when any terri
tory north or south of the said line, within
such boundaries as Congress may prescribe,
shall contain the population requisite for a
member of Congress, according to the then
Federal ratio of representation of the people
of the United States, it may, if its form OF
government be Republican, be admitted into
the Union on an equal footing with the orig
inal States, with without the relation OF
persons Deid 10 service ana laOOr, as the COQ-
stitution of such new State may provide.
Article IA. That nothing in the Constitution
of the United States, or any amendment there
to, shall be construed SO as to authorize any
department of the government in any manner
to interfere with the relations of persons held
to service, in any State where that relation
exists, nor in any manner to establish sus-
tain that relation in any State where it is pro-
hibited by the laws constitution of such
State, and that this article shall not be altered
or amended without the consent of every State
in the Union. s-s---..-
Article Is. The third paragraph of the Sec
ond section of the fourth article of the Con-
stitution shall be taken and construed to au-
tLorize and empower Congress to pass laws
necessary to secure the return of persons held
to service or labor under the laws of any State,
who may have escaped therefrom, to the party
to whom such service or labor may be due.
Artclesl6 The migration or Importation
of persons held to service or involuntary SER
vitude, into any State, territory, or place with
in the United States, from any place or coun-
try beyond the limits of the United States or
the territories thereof, is forever prohibited.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-02-06
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

set large tye cnfs, or ont OF msia
styfsariH be charged double price for space oeenp'ed
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-02-06

a DMINISTRATORS' NOTICE.-Lsii.i,
IA of Administration on the Estate OF JACOB ~
perry, late of Woodward township, deceased, ns
ing been granted to the undersigned all Pelsvn -.
indebted to said estate are required to max
mediate payment and those having claims -,
the same will present them duly auth hentiea'eu''
settlement. GEO w. MCULLf'
January 16, 1s61-6tp. AdminisiIsIol--
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-02-06

Geo. B. Goodlander, ESQ.,, Treasurer of Clearfsld
County, in account with the different township.
for Road Fund, for the years 1858 and 1859
DEBTOR.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-09-11
Fmm he Richmond Examiner.

The intelligence published in yesterdays
issue of this journal Is cUhhrmed to-day.
The blockade has been broken. II has been
broken 10 the most complete aud offensive
manner that IL could be broken. A large
merchant ship has trayersed the ocean. aud
entered port u the Southern Coniederacy
without let or hindrance, laden with arms.
ammuniton, and other articles. bey"nd all
dispute eontrsbsnd Of war. This vessel was
English, and the entrance was effected after
the distinct and formal warning % the Brit
ish Minister al Washington aud the precise
declaration of the British Premier 10 Pariia-
ment. that the well authenticated passage Of
Z single vessel through the lines Of the south
ern coast would be considered cause for pro-
nouncing il legally rs well as practically an
i ineffective and paper blockade, BY which
the commerce of no nation is bound. aud
over which every neutral hag must sail free.
/ " To and fro with the csrgces oi enemies aud
/ Of friends.
When the news that the Alliance has safe
lJy entered the port a Beaufort, - N"rtlI
\ Carolina. reaches the British Government,
/ il can scarcely do otherwise than give pub.
lie notice II Tie inefFiciency and insalIdity
~ ne blockade, aud declare il to be raised
De faeto and Dc jurs. Britis, merchants vii
! Immediately send TO the southern puris YES
sells laden with such stDres A. they may sup
! pose most saieable 10 the country, and CON
missioned 70 bring back cargoe, Of tobacco
and cotton. Should the Government Of III
. UnHed States be mad enough 10 interior,
. with any une Of them, either going 90 re-
turning. il will violate priacipIe " inter
national right 70 clearly established and ad
mitted by al nations, that the event VII
. bring upaa IL the maritime force ~ tbs civil
/ ized world. Nor will il be possible for tina
Government 10 reassert and re-establish an
,th.r blockade ~ that eoast during the war
!. for that would be child's play, and nation
cannot be 50 triaed With.
0 In a eoaple n NOR more we mar, there
! fore, reasonably anticipate the reopenIng Q
. Ruropean commerce; and the consequences
3 az that event 70 ourselves and Il. effects up
! On the war can scarcely be too highly stated
~ will forthwith give Us all The material an
i. arms We want for the equipment OF ,lIimita
4 bic armies. and u will hll the Freasar
! with the proceeds Of the cotton crop. !
Il win end The deprivation Of the thousand an
one comforts and utilities under which y
i have al silently suffered, and would suh'
le silently for years, IL the public welfare rer
IN deted that proper. II will make the fsrth'
er prosecution 81 hostilities BY the North |
u clearly insensste and suicidal. that we ms
1t suppose even the Covernment Of Lincol
e. and the AbOiitienists Of Boston will perceis
ID the necessity d 40 immediate peace az 80
price.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-09-11
THE srANp AZ HArrgR.s.

There seems 10 be disposition 10 under.
rate the stsunch resistance made at Hater.s
Battery. People are 4" apt. especially 10
reserses. 10 look only 10 the result. and fsr-
get. IN isnenting the defeat. act. Of bravery
equally rs praiseworthy a. those which.
nnder more lavnrable circumstances, have
worked out the glorious successes sf the
past. Bat where has there been a noblsr
isht than that az Rich Mouatain. in which
We were defeated, and where 81 exhibition
Of .teadier cooIness AMI yalor. with as hope.
less prospects, than that Al the little battery
On Haitsrass u u necessary 20 excuse our
brave soldiers and the defeat BY putting IN.
az some do, plea Of deficiency 81 drill and
disciplined u those WIN are ready 10 make
such excuses viii bot compare the force.
engaged On each side. we think they will
| end nothing wherein TO condemn the men
Who did the fighting, even granting them 20
have been musl experienced artiiierIsts. Thu
enemy had over 100 guns, 81 Founders most
of them and rihed. With an effective force
20 work them and for landing Of from {,
10 900 men. We had IA smooth bore guns
The largest ~ them % FOUNDERS, with lore'
u 600. The guns we're poorly mounted o.
/ little more than 4 sand bank. With the larg
est Hest ever seen on the American coast. aud
/ at the very least, seven tines as many met
aud seven times as many runs, and those n
Hed and Of great cslibre--with Ibis force 4
contend with, il vas the part Of prudence I,
have abandened the battery. land 4 y vel
known that oar troops could have done 81
on Wednesday night vith entire safety bu
with atesolutisa amounting 20 rashness, th'
sir hundred determined TO hold the point !,
The last. And nobly did they do 50. unti
literally sheIIed into surrender. When "
know that cur naen sustained a. ssch issrfu
odds a bombafd,Beat for dsy and ball, -
ia bombsrdment of shot add she'll dselare'
on. al hands 10 have been the most tsrnh
ever witnessed on this continent. and most
iron withest the range u our inferior piece
surely We are wanting ~ gratituds and
proper appreciation u True heroism, II We d.
mot add praise 70 our regrets. rather tina
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-09-11

Senate, and a special committee appointed
to consider the subject and report Tomorrow. 4
There are rumors in town that the Lincoln
puu.boats had shslled Columbus, but It can
Be traced to no reliable source.
Governor Magoain's message to the Legls-
lature is merely retrospective, showing neu-
traIity to have been thrice ratified at the bal.
lot box, and that his own course IN refusing
men to Lincoln. and his efforts TO keep bel
liperents off Kentucky soil. have received the
nearly unanimous approval Of kentuckians'
He SAYS:
"And now, addressing myself TO the rep,
reseniatives Of the people OF Kentucky
protest In their name and in their presence
| 10 the name Of constitutional liberty, ana u
presence Of Heaven and earth, against Al
and every Of the Presidents usurpaions an'
unconstitutional and illegal acts, anu pro
test, furthermore, against the prosecution
war proiesssdly for the object Of restor'n!
the Government. an object utterly lmPoss'
BILE of attainment by such insane means as
war Of coercion. and ! protest, moreover
against Kentucky being made the camp'n
groand or the pathway for the movement
forces BY either Of the belligerents, and :,
commend earnestly 10 the General Assemoi
the prompt passage Of resolutions requlrir
both beliigerents to keep of our soil, al
respect in good faith the neutrality whit
the people Of Kentucky with unexampl'
unanimlty desire to preserve.