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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-08-28

"ENJoYINg LIrE."-l must pity tha,
voung man, who, with little fnery of
dress and recklessness Of manner, with his
coarse passions all daguerreotyped upon
his face, goes whooping through the street,
1riving an animal much nobler in its con-
Auct than himself, or swaggers into some
haunt of shame, and calls 1t enjoying
1ife I" he thinks he is astonishing the
world; and he is astonishing the thinking
part of It, who are astonishod that he /.
6ot astonshod at himself. For looking at
Nat compound of flesh and impudence
end say if ON all this earth there is any
hing more pitiable. Does he know any
hing of ths true JOY of life? We might
q well say thai the beauty and immensltty
Of the universe were inclosed in the field
where the prodigal son lay among the
&usss and the swine.
w Ne man has a right bo do as he pleases
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-08-28

JESSIE FREMoNT.-Private letters from
General Fremont, says the Tr.JUc, speak
of the great assistance which his wife,
Jessie" well remembered o! the cam
paign of 1856, is rendering him in this
most serious contest. She acts rs his pri-
vate secretary, writing many of his most
important business letters, and taking
notes of his conversation with officers on
matters of moment.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-08-28
y. Is. ONlATT, Soo,otor;,,
LEVER illegal, ''' 'o'

OUR CLASSIC BATTLE FIELDS. In the his.
tory of this country we have had three
wars and one robellion-the present still
existing conflict. Many and glorious have
been the battles, and chivalrous tho deeds
that marked the war Of the revolution,
the war of 1912, and the conquest OF Mex
leo and it may be curious to contrast tho
names 10y which the battles of these three
eroch are known, with the names Of the
principle conflicts in the present war.
The euphony Of the former contrasts
strongly with the unpleasant sound Of the
latter. In the revolution we had such
battles as thosoof Lexington, Yorktown,
and Saratoga. In 1872 we read Of the
contests at Chippewa, Queenstown, New
Orleans, and Badensburg. In the Mex
lean war the liquid Spanish tongue fur
nished such names as Molina del Roy.
Buena Vista, Chapultepec, Chcrubusco
and Reseca dc la Palma, as the scenes Of
great battles. But in the present war we
cannot soar any higher in the realms Of
euphonv than Bull Run, Big Bethel, Scary
Creek, Dog Spring, Hokc Run, Bull Town
aud Pig Point Alas, for our present clas-
SIC battle-feds.- Y. Herald,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-08-28

The lays Of a nigbtengaie may be very
delightful to well fed man, but the 1ay'
OF hen are liked much hettea by hun
cry man,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-08-28

OUT At NIGHr.-Look out for your boys,
fathers and mothers. when night comes.
There is nothing more ruinous to theirmo-
rails than running abroad at that time I'm
der the cover of darkness they acquire
the education OF crime they learn to be
rowdyish, ifnot absolutely vicious they
catch up loose talk, they hear sinful
thougts they see absene things, they be-
came reckless and rio Gus. lfyou would
save them from dissipation, save them
from prison, see to it that night finds
them home.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-08-28

PRoTEsT AGAINST TIT WAR.-The Ioca
State Journal (Republican) says:
"rhe blows dealt 10y the Administration
to punish disloyalty are most fearful in
their recoil. The loyal Northwest is be-
ing ruined by the measures taken to har-
rass and disturb the country Of the South.
ern Mississippi. Whether the admins
tration knows it or rot is question some
body else mu answer. Wheat in this
CITY, of coed merchantable quality, will
not bring twenty cents per bushel corn
has been sold and delivered one hundred
miles east of US Tor seven cents per bushel,
and sill down, down. is the fearful ten
dency. it always appeared TO US that the
! better policy was to drain the South OF
specie and concentrate it hero.
"The loyal Northwest and the disloyaI
South feel alike the effects of the blow
| The last, stimulated to greater endeavors,
sows broad acres, and lives while we lam
ruish. We can tell the "blood invoking
advocates of this war that the "plain men
Of Mr. Lincoln's administration are becom-
! ing aroused. They see ruin and desola-
ton staring them in the face. They see
that every avenue which has hitherto brit
them wealth choked up-more, they see
evidences of the animuS of this war, and all
of them Republicans as well as Democrats
are beginning to think. From every hill'
top of Iowa the cry will soon come "Peace,
take off restrictions unlock the channels
of trade, give US life and peace" We
know it: we state nothing from hearsay
or conjecture: it is the monotone OF the
peonle which will become stronger with
| the need. The Mississippi river must be
opened and the Northwest saved"
E@yTbe contractors who have furnished
blankets to the Government for our sol
diers, says the Philadelphia Inquirer have
realized the handsome little profit Of TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. A correspon'
dent of the Cincinnati Commercial states
one of the sons of Secretary Cameron is
said to have made about $4,000 on a sim
! gle horse contract
Ez5@A husband or wife cannot witness
for or against each other, though wife
sometimes gives evidence of the bad taste
of the husband in selecting her.
1t is dull and hurtful pleasuret to have to
do with people who approve OF all we do
or say.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-08-28

EzTA husband or q wife cannot witness
for or against each other, though a wife
sometimes gives evidence of the bad taste
of the husband in selecting her.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-08-28

w Ne man has right 30 do as he pleasesr
Except when he pleases TO do right.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-08-28

1t is dull and hurtful pleasure to have to
do with people who approve OF all we do
or say.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-05
The Prairie Farmer.

The pioneer OF all western Agricultural
and Horticultural Journals, commences n
new volume january Isl, and enters its
Iiceatg f.St year of existence. It's present
proplietors have added to It's general at
trac;i.eness, and its usefulness is beyond
question 1t ought to be in every family
of The land.
The propIietors have concluded to place
the paper within the reach Of every cult
y,tor of the land, by offering it at the IN
p,sce,jcrtcd low price Of OsE DOLLAR in clubs
OF 'rwGSTY
Also in clubs of Ten for One Dollar and
Twenty 1--WE cents per yearly copy.
Cine extra copy TO the person getting up
clubs OF six and over.
Price Of single subscription, s., 3 copies
for 81, Il for 50
This IS lower than any paper of that
class has before been offered, considering
the material it is printed ON, the illustra
lions and character of COMMUNICATIONS.
There is - Office in the West where a
club Of Ten or Twenty cannot be obtained
with q little effort. Published by EMERY
& Co., Chicago, Ill.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-05
Soy. Curtin, Of Eeennsy iyania.

The inaugural address Of Gov. Curtin,
OF Pa, delivered to thu legislature on
Wednesday at Harrisburgh, is so much
liberal and statesnlanlike IN il tone than
was anticipated from any newly elected
republican Governor, that it is hailed with
joy throughout tho the country as 4 sub
stantial harbengor Of peace amidst the
present troubles The Telegraph gi~es
the following brief synopsis:
lie declares the doctrine Of secession
erroneous The Constitution l. something
more ,Ean mere compact. Organized Tc-
sistIrcc 10 the Federal Government : -
rebeiii n. II successful, il may be purged
OF the crime 10y revolution. II !n=uccess-
fui. the persons may be executed - tai
tors. Bu5 while denying The right Of a
State to a:soive its citizens from allegiance
to the Federal Government, nevertheless
it is proper ,hat We carefully and cand;diy
examine the reason alleged and If they
are well founded, they should be uuhesi-
tatingly removed aud reparation made for
the past and security for the future, for a
government created by the people should
never do injustice to any Of its citizens.
After examining the present State laws,
he says there is nothing to prevent the re
newai Of the act of 1896, leaving to the
claimant right TO seek for remedy I'M
der the State or federal laws. He recon-
mends that the consent Of the State be
given to the master, while soiourning i'll
or passing through Pennsylvania to retain
the services Of the slave. lie suggests the
re-eractment Of the Missouri Compromise,
and shat the line be extended to C3lifor-
MIA, thereby amending the Constitution.
He recommends the Legislature 10 in
struct cur representatives i'll Congress to
support such an amendment TO be sub
r1litteti TO the State Convention for ratii-
cation, and if Congress fails 70 propose it,
let it eInanate from the people.
He closed by declaring that Pennsylva-
MIA is devoted to the Union, and viii fol-
low the stripes through every peril,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-05

KANSAS REIIEF.-In connection with
this subject, tho Missouri Republican gives
the substance of a private letter from Chi
cago, making some curious developments.
The cist of it is that the head men of the
Kansas relief movement in Chicago have
forwarded to Montgomery large amounts
of money, munitions Of war, &c and in
stead of laboring as assiduously to relieve
the starving people Of Kansas, are really
promoting scheme to seize not only the
st. Louis arsenal but Jefferson barracks,
by the aid of the Germans Of st Louis,
and volunteers from all parts Of the coun-
try, to DC led by Montgomery.
Gen Harvey, in his report to the Secre-
tary of War in reference to his recent ope-
rations against Montgomery in Kansas,
makes the following grave charge:
! am satisfied that the greater part, if
not all of the donations which are sent to
sufferers in Kansas, goes into the hands
of this band, and the greater portion OF it
is perverted from the use intended, and
used in purchasing arms and munitions OF
war for carrying out their plans 1t would
take large force to thoroughly break up
this bank
A statement like this, from so high
source, will have its weight, if not proba-
bly, met The people of La Sale County
have contributed literally and are still
contributing to aid the starving settlers in
Kansas. But their donations would cease
instantly if they were satisfied that they
were only giving to equip and keep in the
field Montgomery and his band of despo-
radoee.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-05
BY TELEG R AP H.
FoRT KEARNEY, Jan. 4.

FoRT KEARyEY, Jan 4.
The Pony Express, with San Francisco
dates to the I'D, passed here at II o'clock
last night.
The pony express, with st. Louis dates
To Dec 4th. reached San Francisco on the
Goth.
The Presidents Message was telegraph
ed from St Louis to Fort Kearney, where
it overlook the pony on the 18th inst, and
thus came through to Sacramento, arrlv-
inc on the 10Th. 1t was telegraphed
thence to San Francisco by two wires, and
Immediately published in the bulletin and
Alta.
The reading Of the message and the
proceedings Of Congress up to the 9TH OF
December, tend TO increase the anxiety OF
the people concerning the critical condi-
ton OF the Union. The entire press of the
State now take serious views OF the seces-
sion movement, and favor the preservation
of the Uuion, if possible, by mutual con-
cessions. All the Republican papers advo-
cate the repeal OF the personal liberty bills
Of the Northern States.
There is some talk Of organizing a Paci-
ffc Republic If rhe~South secedes, but the
present sentiment of q vast majority OF the
people is undoubtedly to strive to preserve
! the Union as it is, and to stay with all
that remains Of the Union, if any portion
! secedes
| The legislature of Washington Territory
was in session. Paul X Subbs was elected
! President Of the Council The Douglas
/ Democrats have majority in the Council
and plurality IN the House.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-05
The Last Case of Galphinisnl.

The telegraph reports of the last ten
days have teemed with rumors in refer
eace to heavy robbery Of Indian lru
Fundsats Washington, the plain facts in re-
ference to which, after the mist of the Fl. st
excitement has cleared away, prove to be
about as follows:
There is held, in she Interior Depart
ment at Washington, largo amount o.
bonds of different States, for the benefit OF
various Indian tribes The bonds wero
purchased fer the Indians in payment for
their lands, and their tribes receive annu-
ally the interest upon them. These bonds
were some time ago placed in the keeping
Of one Goddard Bailey, from Alabama, who
held the Office of Appeal Clerk for Indian
matters in the Department Of the Interior.
Some ten days ago. Baily, through friend,
placed in the hands Of Secretary Thompson
letter, which proved to be q voluntary
confession that he (Bailey) had distracted
some $4,000 OF these bonds from the safe
in his charge and loaned them to a friend,
aud that his friend had failed to return
them, dc. This Of course created great,
| excitement, and led 10 an immediate in
ysstigation, in the course of which the
statements Of Bailey in his confession were
| fully confirmed, 10 wit That his friend
was Nlr. Russell, well known as the pro-
prietor CT the wagon limo between Fort
| Leaveuworth and Utah and New Mexico;
tnat Russell held g large amount of drafts
accepted by the Secretary CT War, but on
which he could rot realize, and finding his
fr;aaI Bailey the Custodian Of these bonds,
he induced him 10 lend them until his
own (EusseIl's) receipts could come roGud
50 that The bonds could be taken up and
all made right again. But Mr. RusselIs
business was taking an unfayoraGle turn
he was unable to come to terms, and DR.
Bailey's criminality could no longer be
concealed. Nr. g. was therefore arrested
and lodged ia jail, as was also, next day,
Mr. Russell. 1t appears the distracted
bonds are all in the Bank Of the Republic
in New York, which institution holds
Floyd's aoceptances TO Russell to cover
their full. amount, SO that the Government
in the end may not be largely a loser by
the theft.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-05

The Chicago Dailies Of Yesterday were
loaded with from four to six columns each
of exciting news by telegraph. OF course
our limits will only permit us to give the
substance in few brief paragraphs;
In Congress. the main feature was the
speech of Senator Douglas on the state OF
the country. He charged the republican
party with being the authors Of the present
troubles, and insisted that proposals OF ac-
commodation should coale from that side
He denied the constitutional right OF Sc
cession, but preferred compromise to coer-
cion, concession 10 disuEion.
The news from Charleston is exciting,
being nc less than that Fort Sunpter Is
actually besiegeG All Maj. Anderson
commandments are cut of, Fort Mouitrie Is
thoroughly repaired and all the guns re-
mounted, ready to open fire OF Fort stump
ter. He is being surrounded with bate
ries By the secessionists, so that it will be
impossible TO reinforce him.
There appears to be the best Authority
for believing that combination is forming
TO take forcible possession Of the Capital
and to prevent the inauguration Of Lin
coin. Gov. Wise seems 10 be at the bottom
of the movement The President IS said to
have declared if Wises invaders visit the
district, they must encounter ten compa-
MES Of federal troo.-.
The Post Master General has ceased 10
convey tie ma! from Charleston to Key
Wet
Tie President sent the name e VIM.
Mcintyre OF Pa, to tie -erateas Collector
OF tie Port NEAR Charles. Oh The nomi-
nation was not acted uron. 1t : consi-
dercd o. the highest Importance, az fore
shadowing the future course Q. the ad-
ministration.
1t is said the course Of adninistratio
in reference to the sece=sol.i=ts Is to be en-
tircly changed 1t Will 10 longer he wa
vering, but FIRM, vt If possible peaceful.
TIL. President is determined 10 collect
the customs at Charleston, and the steam
er Ana,osta S II read.aess 10 Join other
Steamers on their way to assist Mcintyre
in tie execution OF his duty.
1t is believed, that i'll the course Of a
few days the forts at Pensacola and Aey
West, Fort Morgan, Ala, the Fort at Ship
Island, near the mouth OF Lake Borgne,
together with the arsenal at Daten Rouge,
and Fort johnson, on Cape Fear river, will
be seized and garrisoued by the troops
of the respective States N which they lie.
There appears to be no truth in yester
days report that either the Senate OIL
House committee on the union had agreed
on any plan Of adjustment Tha Home
committee, on the contrary, appears to
have agreed to do nothing
The Florida Convention met or We'd
nesday, and on Thursday would undoubt-
edly adopt an ordinance Of secession, III
imitation of South Carolina.
The returns from the election in Georgia
show that tho immediate secessionists
have large majority in her State Con
vention.
The position of Secretary Of War lra.
rendered 10 Gen Scott and declined.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-05

\ BRITISH officer writing from Teheran,
Persia to the London Tines remarks -
" y Calhartic Pill manufactured by an
American chemist, DIR. j. c. AVER, of
Lowell, Mass, has cured the Shah OF n
Liver Complaint that threatened his life
This simple fact, as might be expected,
renders the Americans immensely popular
here, while We English are overlooked
Doubtless our own scholars made the dis
coveries which he employs and thus it is
in everything; we do the labor, then the
housing Americans put their mark on it
and take the reward Dr. AYERS idolized
BY the Court and its retanefs here, which
will doubtless be reflected to him on gold
snuff box, or diamond hilted sword, while
not the name even of Dayy, Christoson, or
Brodie-the great lights by which he
shines is known. ~ T. Sunday Paper.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-05

Va, it Is stated, viii, in his message to the
Legislature OF that State to be submitted
on Monday, oppose union with the cotton
States in case dissolution Of the Union
takes place, but urges the formation of a
Central Republic, embracing the border
slave and free States, and excluding New
England and the extreme northwest.
Gov. Hicks, of Nd, steadily refuses to
convene the Legislature Of that State, ex-
pressing his determination TO await the ac-
tiou of Virginia, Kentucky. &c.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-05
CorroS FROM Peru AS GOOD As7HE CAR

CorToN FROM Peru AS GOOD AS THE CARO-
LIMA SrAPLE.-A large invoice Ct cotton
from Peru has been received in New York,
which, from samples, would readily COM
mand the highest price paid for that art-
Gle. The plant from which it is taken is said
to be a perennial shrub in Peru, indigenous
to the soil, the growth of which already e1-
tends over considerable tract OF country,
and needing only little labor in the way
Of cultivation TO yield large returnA
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-05

GAZING TOR IlE. Colonel Dicl. Nash
tells q g.ch story a5ou. 'aN.us Tor has H.
his earlier day lie was deeply smiJten
with the daughter Of . wealthy old skin
flint residing in Alabama. Tie Colonel
sel.coniident Of success, arrayed himself in
his best suit and proceeded 10 call On the
.parient," Tor the purros. Of obtaining his
consent TO the cousunlatioa he deyoutly
wished. Matters had al along gone on
smoothly. Colonel Nash had every ground
10 hope for success. Finally convenient
season arrived for him to approach the old
an. Says tie Colonel: squire, my busi-
meas today is to ask for your daughters
hand . 1t i, is it? What! you marry
M gal? Loci, here, young man; leave
my premises instanter, and if you ever set
foot here again IL make my ringers skin
you. Marry my daughter, indeed! lou
-" The Colonel left; lie saw that tle
old gentleman was angry. After getting
off 20 . safe place, he thought he would
turn and take last fond look AT the home
OF his lost idol, when le spied the old man
busy, with spade in hand, shovellng up
his tracks from the yard and throwing
them over the fence. Col Nash imagined
he. was an uuwelcome visitor at that
house.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-05

The BuRcH Divorce CAsE.--This unfortu-
nate litigation, which was given SO much
prominence by the press, has at last been
brought TO an end. The parties compro-
missed, in Chicago, en- Friday last. The
oldest child, Mary ". Burch, remains in
the care of the father, and the youngest,
Harriet c. Burch, has been given iuto the
custody Of the mother.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-05

81. LOUIS, Jan 4.
Gov. Jacksons inaugural is almost ex-
ciusiyely devoted to discussion Of federal
relations. He says the destiny of the
slayeholding States is identical, and Mis-
souri, will best consult her own interests,
and the interests Of the whole community,
by timely declaration of her determine
ton to stand by her sister slaveholding
states, in whose wrongs she participates,
and with whose institutions and people
she sympa;hiZes. Missouri viii remain in
the Union IS long as there is 4 hope Of
maintaining the guarantees Of the Consti-
tuition, but If the Northern States are de-
terlnned TO pat the slayeholding States on
q footing OF inequality, hy preventing the
entrance Of slaves in the Territories, and
admitting 70 more slave States. then
they themselves practically abandon the
Union. The Governor opposes coercion,
and says the project Of maintaining the
Government by force may lead to a conso-
lidated despotizm. but never to union.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-05

How TO CARE FOR THE HAIR-As to men,
we say, when the hair begins to fall out,
the best plan is to have it cut short, give
it a good brushing With q moderately stiff
brush, while the hair is dry, then wash It
well with warm soap suds, then rub into
the scalp, about the roots of the hair, a lit
tie bay rum, brandy or camphor water
Do these things twice rnonth-the brush
ing of the scalp may be proftably done
twice week. Damp the hair with water
every time the toilet is made. Nothing
ever made is better for the hair than pure
soft water, il the scalp is kept clean in the
way we have named.
The use of oils, of ponlatums, or grease
of any kind, is ruinous to the hair of man
or woman. We consider it a filthy prac-
tice, almost universal though it be, for it
gathers dust and dirt, and soils whatever
it touches. Nothing but pure soft water
should ever be allowed on the heads of
children. 1t is different practice that
robs our women of their most beautiful
ornament long before their prime; the
hair of our daughters should be kept
within two inches, until their twelfth year.
Halls journal of Heath.