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TIRE COMING CRASH.

it suems that tho Iacobin authorities nt
Washington ore beginning tocomo TO ihcir
senses and 20 acknowledge that their pre-.
yious boostirr. about the prosperity OF
The country its financial credit Ec.. was
nll al.c. The following extract from q
recent circuaror Mr. Mccullough, the
Comptroller Of the Currency, is deccdidly
in poirl, as acknowledging, in every par.
ticular what Democrats have alwys said
that the aparont show Of prosperity was
dclusory,
Rear constantly IN mind, although the loyal
states appear specifically to be IN a prosper
cus condition, that such is not He.fact. That
while tho government is engaged in the
suppression Of a rebellion Of uneXampled
Gerceness and magnitude and is constant
ly draining the country Of its laboring and
producing population, and diverting its
mechanical industry from works OF per-
manent value to the construction of
of warfare; while cities are
crowded, and the country is to the same
extent depleted, aud vast and extrava-
gance prevail as they never before prevail
cd in the United States, the nation, what
ever may be the external indications, is
not prosperlEg'
The war in which we are involved is q
stern necessity, and must be prosecuted
for the preservation of the government,
no matter what may be its cost Ju! tie
country 0W, uHqteStionaJh be the poorer every
day il is continued. The seeming prosperity
OF the loyal states is owing mainly to the
large expenditures of the government and
the redundant currency which these eX-
penditure seem to render necessary.
X eep these facts constantly in mind,
and manage the affairs oryour respective
banks with perfect consciousness that
the dppardnt prosperity Of the country ,eiil
be proved to be unreal when the war is closed,
i not Jetore and be prepared, by careful
management Of the trust committed to
you, to help to save the nation from f.
nGnical collapse, instead of lending your in
fiuence to make it more certain and more
severe,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-02-03

The CosT.-John Borough, Cover
nor elect of Ohio, in his speech at Ian
caster before the election, as reported
in the Cincinnati Commercial, said:
slavery must be put down, rooted
out, if every wife has to be made a
widow, and every child to be made
fatherlcss.'
Every wifo' here means the wife
ofevery poor man, not John Borough's
wife, nor Horace Greely's wife, nor
Henry Ward Beecher's wife, nor Owen
Loveioy's wife nor the wife of any
shoddy patriot, but the wife of every
man who cannot raise three hundred
dollars or who has not money enough
to buy a substitute,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-02-03
The End not Yet.

| We have repeatedly warned the county
to put no faith in the theories which took
for granted that the military power of the
rebellion was broken, and that its armies
would melt away before the advent Of
spring. Our views are thus indorsed by
the Tribune Washington correspondent:
General Halleck, in conversation with
prominent public men, has expressed his
belief tina, the last grand and desperate
effort will he made in the ensuing spring
by the rebels TO transfer the rea! fighting
to northern soil. They cannot subsist
their armies in their own desolated region,
from all the most fruitful parts of which
slaves have been withdrawn into the in
terror cotton states. 1t is difficult to de
termne whether their new campaign will
be due north into Pennsylvania again, or
cross Kentucky into Ohio, using Long
streets present position as base Of oper-
ations. All the secret advices received at
I the War Department show that n Peter
the-Hermit crusade against the North is
now being preached throughout the con
federacy, and that they are conscriptimg
into the ranks with ruthless violence ev-
lerything humah that is able to bear
arms.
In letter which purpoi ts to give Rich
mond news in the same pc per occurs the
following:
II. however, the civil power is given tc
the spirit of discord aud contention, i
the government itself is suhnItted to an
outward pressure which pac es it in the
necessity Of resorting to violence and ar
titrary measures the army, on the con
trary, unconscious Of these dissensions
has recently seen its number increased
and its discipline improved. 1t is the on
ly organized body in the confederacy
which at the present time preserves il
spirit, and does not allow the wind of ais
cord to divide and break its ranks.
This is not the kind OF talk We usualE.
soc in the administration press; but it i
the highest prudence to take that view o
the matter, and be prepared for the tre
mendous campaign which will open il
the spring.
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For the Republican.
Letter from Grahamton.
GRAH4MroN, Jan. 9th

GRAHAMToN, Jan. oath.
Dear Republican
IL is q stubborn fact that
in the course OF human events il becomes
necessary sometimes to show people their
own faults. There was young man OF
our township went, some time last sum
mer, TO ClaiIon county to assist as clerk,
at the iron works near Sligo. His en-
ployer always expressed himself favorably
towards him until the day after the cleo
tion last October. Coming into the Office
next morning after the election, he asked
the young man if he had been 10 the elec-
.ion ? The young man answered that he
had Did you vote for Woodward -
" Yes, sir, did" "Well, r, am
very sorry you done so, you have been
very attentive end ve:y careful, but | do
not feel safe in having man in my en-
ploy so opposed TO my interest" The
book-keeper Qnd other clerks, for several
days before, told him he should vote for
Curtin. They knew his sentence, and
wanted to keep him in the office, anG
told him not TO 20 to the election at ALL
F. went TO the election and voted fol
Woodward and sound Democratic ticket
as he had always done. He is at HON,
now, the victim of Abolitionists. Iti
true he had no wife, or cradle" to b
set out in the snow" but he has feeling
as sensitive as other people. The League
passed a resolution at the last meeting Il
raise that swamp-angeI at Philipsburg a pc
higher. You know he has been filing il
for Butchers old windmill well, he ha
got crippled at it, and they are going u
have him turn @ while TO rest him. Whei
sprihg comes they will send him out Il
kill snakes. Bully for old SOanPy.
ARGUS.
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WE, the Commissioners Of Clcarfeld county in
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, having ex-
amiued the accounts Of Joseph Shaw, ESQ. late
Treasurer Of said county, Do Certify, that we find
the accounts Of the said Iaseph Shaw, ESQ., for
the year A, D, 1868, az follows:
The amount outstanding and due the county
to be Ten thousand one hundred and ninety
seven dollars and eight cents.
We also End the amount Of outstanding orders
to be Twenty-Five thousand six hundred and eiph
ty-four dollars and ninty-Gve cents-of which
Sixteen thousand Eve hundred dollars are court
house bonds.
The balance due Treasurer 10 Four dollars and
seventy cents.
The amonnt due the Bounty Fund 10 Five
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States.

"STARs. Perhaps some persons may
censure us Cor not expressing our sympa-
thy for our Jscobin neighbor in his diff
Guilty with certain Star, Well he has
our sympathy, if that will help him any.
His case, as it stands, is very bad one
There may be no cure for it, and he may
have 10 suffer the cdium Of retailing a
very mean bit Of scandal, if not a very
mean attack upon lady, But if he
could only manage 70 put a baby IN that era
die that wqs "sct in The SnO,O in hegwtter,
he vould be medSuraJy relieved Who will
furnish the infantry
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-02-03
Bulkley's Paien. J,
Lumber Dried by Superllta'''

THE undersigned respectfully ,.l.ii,, ini.
i pie Of CloarGeld and the aalolDSJ b
that he has the agency Of the aVys y M.
will sell Individual, County ana L.s M,
for its use. The Lumber dried y s' -
stronger, finishes better, ea'l'' ,,rs
requires less time in drying tnaI .I.,s ~
cess known-aud drying ! men luI. ~
in SO hours, and better than map! ,.,,,,s
the old system-using the sane .',-,, a-,
per day that coommon kiln Son,-- ,l, y, y
tifcates Of q number OF residen1 -l, q
known in this community, Is aIrs ,.,,is
convirce the most skeptical Of i. P,trr .st,r,
Persons desirous of purchaa ;ing CCn,
'' Clssaf
July |, 1868. -
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QUEBEC, G. T., January 25

Escape Of CoHtederates from JohnSon'S Blanc
and Camp Douglas. Marshal Kane Of Bal
hmcre, and thirteen confederateS, mostly
escaped officers from Johnson's island anC
and Camp Douglas, left here this morning
by the Grand Trunk Railroad for Revier,
du Loup, to take the overland route Il
Halifax,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-02-03

The SOLDIERS FRIENDs"-A few days
since, Mr. Dennison, the Democratic mem
ber of Congress from Luzerne District, in
this State, introduced bill in the House
increasing the private soldiers pay to
thirty dollars month, which was opposed
BY the '0hoie SOLID Abolition rotc, On the
same day the Abolition majority passed a
resolution to give batch of Abolition
Committee Clerks four dollars per day =
Comment is useless.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-02-03

sS-For week past the mud las had
undisputed sway over everything. We
bore TO SEQ Old Borens resume operations
before long.
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thousand two hundred and two dollars and eigh-
Ity-fve cents.
The amount of outstanding Bounty Bonds is
Six thousand six hundred and seventy dollars
The balance due the Treasurer is thirteen dol
lars and sixty-hve cents.
The amount due Relief Fund, including Mill
tia, is -Four hundred and forty-nine dollars and
forty -fvo cents.
Witness our hands this 22d Jannary, A. D, 1894.
JACOB KUNTZ, q
THIS. DOUGHERTY,
Attest, AMOS READ,
w. s. BRADLEY, Clerk,
WE, the Auditors Of Clearh.ld county, having
Examined the accounts Of Joseph Shaw, ESQ, lat,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-02-03
BONDS CT SLAVElI

LIVERY man that has read any l
II past history Of this WAR muatn
to the conclusion that the Conisisns
ment would be broken down. ItWn
tion Of time. But now we have th' ~
Gus soul-stirring news to cheer uF
only drawback to our joy and glodts
imminent danger of the Coutatna
North to "eat out our substance Hil,
eur shoes! But Of one thing thepei
ield county may be assured, and y
FRANK SH0RT-for short called Y
selling Boots ~ shoes as chesPHt
man in the county; and if YOU dal.
Just give him a ,all On court-Week ~
time, ard see for yourselves. Hr
mind the public that his shop hN
street, in Shaw's Row-where yG
/ just as Short as usuai-lf not q w
/ CASH than be would like to be. ,f
/ All kinds Of work on hands az |,
on short notice, and as well'madsG,-'.'s
as can be "Skeercd" up here or ~, S.,si
! EsG- Don't forget the shop--@ N n
in Shaw's Row, directly oPP@i, d
Swoopc's Office,
( Clearfcld, June II, 1862.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-02-03

MORE HoWLNG.--Forney saws, "lbe
wretches who cry peace ought to be cru,
Cited" That would be nothing new, for
more than eighteen hundred years ago
Christ was cruoiiied for preaching peace
by just such another set Of scoundrels as
Won are.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-02-03

Treasutor of said county. n,
counts for tho year a ID. isfl " Ppt hnn.
Tho amount duo tbe Road r@si .sr,a N
urer Is two hun lred ati iout,sa'' ME
~ ono cents. 1'sn Nh
Tho amount due the schooiP..n y
nrer ~ soyentsen dollars and ee" oy hl
The amount Of outaandio, ,N eeta \
two thousand six hundrod .n, ,''lels Z H..
lars aud uinety.hye cents-og gai, e,sa'yfn
sand two hundred dollars are c,%,, ,'v1 ssil'a
D. 1861. '' uay ol Jam,
G, WoRRELL.
dHC5t, f. COI1lTppraIH raHD, N
W. 5, BRADLEY, Clerk.
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SCHOOL FIND.

SCHOOL FUND.
JosEPH SHAW, Esq Treasurer Of Clearfeld
county, in account with the di fTorent townships
for School tax for the years 1923.
DIR.
To amount due townships from last
settlement, s2i79 II
To amount recd from Unscated Lands, 1913 55
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hdy-It is said that Grant has announced
hat he has no desire for Presidential
honos
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. nCIIrTs ANn nNrnNni1tInna

~ Of ,lemfa'd County Pa for A. b. is63
Jostru suAw EHqY Treasurer ef Clcoreoli
touniyin iho Commonwealth of pcnusylvnpia.
ln account with nil County from tho Gtb dny
Of Juuunry a d. 1908, until the on day of
january, A. d., leUh
DR.
To amount received from COLLECTOR for
1893 and previous ycnrs, including
-, percenmgG Sll7l7 Oi
10 oln recu from Jnseotod Lands, Gjl 90
TO amt reed from Commissioners Books, 8OI "a
To amt due from last settlement hy Tr's. COS 6j
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BOUNTY FUND.

BOUNTY FUND.
JosErH Straw, Esq, Treasurer of Clearfeld
county, in the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania,
in account with Bounty Fund for the year '63 =.
DR.
To amount received from Co Electors for
1863, including percentage, s34O3 60
To amt reed from Unseatcd Lands, 23l 81
CR.
By bounty bonds redeemed S2475 90
By interest on bounty bonds, G3l SIS
BY percentage to collectors, 81 10
By exhonerauons SO %
BY Irs percentage paying out, u -
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-02-03

NoTING VS. STARyING.-If the Abolition
lists were half as much concerned about
the comfort of the soldiers family, as they
are about his VOTING, they wouldn't oppose
and defeat the laudable efforts to increase
his pay, as they have They have been
suddenly seized of a fit of economy, and
seem terribly exercised about the direc-
ton the public treasure shall take. They
are afraid enough of il won't reach their
pockets, we suppose, or that the Govern
ment will become too POOR TO ROB; and
at the rate they have beep' stealing the
last year or two, it is very likely Uncle
Sam" WILL soon be on his last shilling.
Wum6SJarg Messenger.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-02-03
abe C.Itarlido ilppbIitan,
Wednesday Februar Y, 3d. 1864
CLEARTlELD, PA.
p7rTho State Senate is still without an

pSTThe State Senate is still without an
organization. The Democrats renew their
offer about once a day TO effect an organi-
zation by olectng the officers alternately,
The Republicans to have the Speaker, and
the Democrats tho Clerk, and so on. This
the Republicans decline, insisting that
the Speaker elected last spring is the
Speaker still-a thing without any prece-
dent. This the Democrats must continue
to resist, even to the bitter end, as they
would any other revolutionary attempt
That this idea that the old Speaker should
preside over the ucg Senate is an after
thought on the part Of the Republicans, is
clear, because at the commencement of the
session they held their caucus, and select
ed their cu& late for speaker, jast as has
been the practice of all parties heretofore.
If they bad then held that The old Speaker
continued to preside, why did they thus
prepare to go into an election No men
of sense ever occupied position 50 per
feotly lidiculous and if the Abolition
press of Pennsylvania was not completely
and abiectly subservient 10 their leaders,
they would, like honest men, denounce
this revolutionary measure as it deserves
10 be denounced, and tell them to nban-
don their ignoble posilion-aud the SOON
erthe better,
Instead of this, however, their presses
are laboring TO misrepresent the Demo
cratic Senators By tals.tying the record, in
showing that certain resolutions offered
by the Republicans --uno6jeclionable in
lhemse!ves-hav been defeated by the
Democrats. These resolutions were offer
ed for the purpose of forcing an organiza-
tion-of doing business and acting as if the
Senate was regularly organized. The
Democrats contend that the Senate is not
organized-that il cannot be until Spea-
er is elected-that tho election of Spea-
IS the first act required ot them by the
Constitution and hence they vote against
every proposition that is connected with
the reguIsr business of the Senate. Let
no man be deceived by such shallow at
tempts at deception.
An Invaluable WeRK.-We hope some
OF our dealers will secure supply of the
National Almanac for 1864, just published
by G. w. Childs, Philadelphia, at 81 25
in boards, or 81 so in muslin, per copy.
1t will contain over 500 closely printed
pages. Will furnish the best history Of
the times, and the most accurate and reli.
able statistical information that can be
found anywhere, We say this from our
personal knowledge of the talented gen,
tleman who has compiled the work. 1t i:
divided into five different parts, as fol-
lows:
l. The Calendar.
II. The Government OF the United
States.
III. The States Individually.
". The War.
Y. Miscellaneous.
"SrARs. Perhaps some persons ma!
censure US Cor not expressing our sympa
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-02-03
ROAD FUND.

JosEPH SHAW, Esq, Treasurer Of Clearteld
county, in account with the different townships
for Road tax for the years 1923.
DIR.
To amount due townships from last
settlement s1Sl6 90
To amount rec d from Unseated Lands, ll35 O6
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-02-03

SUITED AT LAsr.--The abolitionists
ought to feel we'll that they can for once
in their long, dresry lives, support the
government. 1t is the first time they ey-
er did it. They have hated the govern
ment, its power and its laws, all their
lives. They have prayed for its destruc-
tion. In all our wars with other nations
they have sympathized with its enemies.
They have resisted the officers OF the gov
eminent, tramped on its laws and got up
instructions to thwart the execution OF
law. They have set up state authority To
nullify the enactments of the federal gov
ernment. 1t is sufficient proof that the
government is uot what it was when they
are in favor of it. 1t has changed to suit
them, and for the first time they are for
it. They must feel better than they ever
did before - Louisville Democrat.
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S275l %

0LI0I y S275I y
Received January 22d, 1854, Of Joseph Shaw
Esq, late Treasurer Of Clearfeld county, two
hundred and fourteen dollars aud fifty. one cents,
it being the balance due Road Fund as above,
G, CRATER,
S2l4 5l Treasurer.
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by DO. do, receiving, 20 So
baiahce due Shaw, Trs, 10 C5
SS6l9 22 5000 %
Aggregate am t Of outstanding bonds, 5000 90
Do. de. due Treasurer, II az
Aggregate amount due from
Collectors, $2SlS 93
Aggregate amount due from
Unseated Lands 93S3 90
Indebtedness, 14sO so
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-02-03

Received Janua ry 22d 1854, Of Joseph Shaw
hundred and forty-nine dollars and froty five
above SAC IS
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RELIEF FUND.
JosErH SnAw, ESQ.,, Treasurer Of CloarheldI
county, in the Commonwealth of Penn a I'M
account with Rolief Fund for the year 1853.
DR.
To amount received from Collectors for
1868, including percentage, Sl757 81
To amt reed from Inseated Lands, ll6 06
To do. do. dc. Militia Fund, 1898 10
To do do. do. Commissioner, Book, us 90
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TE9l5nloug Vi5GT
GREATEST BATTLE on RE0i
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Aggregate amount of outstanding
County orders, S2TSS as
Aggregate amount OF outstanding
Court house orders, 34Ol so
Aggregate amount OF outstanding
Court house bonds, l6500 90
Amount due Treasurer, Shaw, 4 IN
s2-6s0 Go
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-01-22
cOncsds it, and what does it amount so'-simply

Concede It, and what does it amount to2-simply
that it has made a bad bargain.
have always thought the system of substitution
wrong-that it enabled the wealthy to avoid the
priVatons which the poor had to meet; but after
the government had adopted the system, it was the
height of folly to break its faith and leave theword
to justly suppose the government had no respect
for the obligation Of contracts
If the exigencies of the country demand that prin
cpas who have furnished substitutes for the military
service shall be brought into the field, why not let
there be Convention of the States to amend the
organic law in such manner to make it pliabe to
each and every military necessity which may arise
Why not let the Constitution be amended 50 as to
make the civil authorities subordinate to the mill
taryP In all seriousness it would look much more
respectable to have bona tide military despotism,
clothed with full powers-for the Executive to be re-
sponsible to no one, whose will should be the law,
rather than to have Constitution which we profess
toobserve, and which, whenever it is dsregarded in
erposes barriers to which Congress thinks
will benefit the country. Such government We
could well understand If its tyranny was detestable,
it would at least be manly and open.
The above observations have not been written by
one who is in any way affected by the act The
writer has no substitute in the field; but he has
been prompted to pursue this course from desire
to call public attention to act which is another in
stance of the recklessness of the present Congress
which plainly indicates tina: aHy act offering tenn
porary benefit will be rushed through the halls Of
legislation regardless of constitutional limitations
and restrictions. PUBLIUS.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-01-22
DistiIlation Of spirituous Liquors.

bAs we learn that whiskey is being distilled in va
rous localities in this State in violation Of law and
as the Confederate government has gone into the
distilation of the precious grain at Salisbury we
publish below the law Of this State the subject
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE DISTILLATIoN OF sPIRITUoUs
SECTION l. Be 1T enacted By the General assembly
of the State Of North Carolina, and IL is hereby
enacted By the authority of the same That from
and after the 1st day of January 1853, it shall not
be lawful for any person in this State to dstil any
spirituous liquors out of any corn, wheat peas and
peanuts, oats, rye chinese sugar cane, the seed
thereof syrup, molasses, rice, dried fruit pota
toes, or any mixture Of any either of them, and
all persons violating this act, shall, for each and
every act of dIstilaton, be guilty of misdemeanor,
and conviction thereof shall be fined and imprs-
oned, the fine not to be less than five hundred dol
lars and the Imprisonment not to be less than sixty
days; PrOUtdsd, That this act shall not be consru-
ed to repeal, amend, modify an ordinance passed
by the Convention of this State, entitled "An
ordinance to prohibit for limited time the manu-.
facture of spirituous liquors from grain" but said
ordinance is to remain in full force and effect until
the 1st day of January, 1868.
Sec. q Be it further enacted That this act shall
be in force and take effect from and after the first
day of January, 1868. That persons offending
against the provisions of this act shall be deemed
guilty of distinct ofense for every day or part oi
a day in which they shall be so offending. [Rati-
fed the 18th day of December 1862