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England and the Unitet, States.

1t appears that the United States
Senate, by vote of twenty-five to
twelve, have voted down the resolu-
ton offered by Senator Chandler, of
Michigan, suspending commercial in
tercourse with Great Britain, and
recalling the American Minister from
The Court. The reason assigned by
the resolution for the proposed action
OF Congress was, that the diplomatic
correspondence with the Government
of Great Britain in relation to the
demands of the United States for
damages committed on American CON-
merce through the agencJ of British
subjects had resulted III the refusal Of
the British Governmental satisfy our
demands
One of the sensation journals in
New York observes that the introduc-
ton of this resolution was intended
to give some definite expression,
through the mouth-piece of Congress,
to the opinion which is known to
exist universally with the American
people upon this question. The Sc
nate, however, refuses to become the
'mouth-piece." It is evidently of
the impression that the sensation
newspapers are not the American peo-
pie, and that the American people do
not desire q rupture with England,
nor the interests and honor of the
country demand it.
"The resolution" says beliicose
Journal, twill no doubt be received
IN England as another evidence that
we do not intend to be trifed with
1t follows, therefore, as the resolution
has not passed the Senate, that Eng
land will conclude we do intend to
be trifed with ! 1t may be, however,
that England will recognize the Sc
nate as a more intelligent and re-
sponsible custodian of the national
honor than the sensation journals.
Such puerile bravado as this, eve do
not intend to be trified with" lowers
American character and dignity
abroad. Such gasconade is absolutely
unknown among the public prints Of
the Old World. If it should appear
IN an English or continental newspa-
per, it would be interpreted to mean
war. The press there does not deem
1t legitimate use of its influence to
lmperll the public interests, and en-
broil nations by words of sound and
fury, signifying nothing.
England has not the most remote
intention of tritiing with America,
for she understands, even more clearly
than some of our own belligerent pa
trlots, the ruinous consequences of
such folly. Neither nation can afford
to go to war. There are no questions
between them which do not admit of
amicable adjustment. England is n
great country, and SO is the United
States, and will be greater still, if it
turns deaf ear to the war-hawks.
RichnaOad Times.
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From the plantations, we have
tidings good and bad. On many
places, the laborers are giving full
satisfaction, while from others come
heavy complaints. We hear of cases
in which the laborers work well, and
profess themselves pleased with the
terms offered, but will not sign the
contract. They seem to fear trap.
One old ''mauma" says, 81 glib my
han to de Lord Jesus long time ago,
an I can't glib it to anybody else"
Darlington Sout7terne1..
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Colonel Forney writes to the Phila-
delphia Press, from Washington :
g Gradually, yet surely, the difficult
ties in the way of restoration are sub
siding, and that which was believed
to be among the probabilities, viz: a
difference between the prominent and
controlling intellects of the National
Union organization, may now, I
think, be wholly discarded. There is,
in fact, so little to quarrel about, that
he will be factious and daring par
tisan, indeed, who attempts to make
head against those necessities which
demand peace, on the basis of some
thing like the Presidents policy. It
does not seem to be doubted thatsthe
question of suffrage will be adjusted
with the consent of nearly all parties,
by an amendment to the National
Constitution, making voters instead
of numbers the foundation of repre-
sentation in Congress.
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VERY FUNNY the United States
House of Representatives., on Mon
day, BBrroomall, Republican,) of
Pennsylvania, offered the following:
"Whereas all government derives
it powers from tht> consent of the
governed and 1hereas the best way
Of obtaining thu t consent is through
the ballot-box ahd whereas the
white men of til District of Colum-
bia have by that mlans decreed that
in their opinion til ! black men of the
District should u8t be allowed the
right of suffrage therefore
"Resolced, - the Committee for
the District Of lumbia be instructed
to inquire into 'the expediency of
ordering an election, at which the
blacks of the District shall decide by
ballot whether in their opinion the
white men of the District should be
allowed thy / right of suffrage ~
Mr.. Spalding, Republican, of
Ohio, mJved that the resolution be
laid on the table; which was agreed
to by yeas 13S, nays IL.
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Natures furniture Of the mouth, is far
preferable to any that art can supply
Therefore, keep your teeth clean, and in
good repair with that toilet gem, Fragrant
Sozodont. Brush them daily with this de-
hcious vegetable preparation, and they will
not be likely to crumble or decay. Il
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What tho South Needs.

South, gentleman remarked to the
editor of the New Orleans Crescent,
that s'the South doesn't want con-
ventions, or legislation, lectures Or
speeches; she wants money and
mules. Give her plenty of money
and mules, and she will get along
very we'll" In one sense, the gen.
tlemah was perfectly right. He did
not, perhaps, mean that the South
needs nothing but money and mules
to enable her to reach the summit of
earthly prosperity, and the acme of
human bliss; but simply that, as her
calamities are material and physical,
ut least those of her calamities which
are durable, so her needs and her
remedies must be material and physi-
cal likewise. Hence 'smoney and
mules" may be considered a general
expression for those things of which
we ut the South are now in want, for
the purpose of recognizing our in
dustrial system and regaining our
wanted prosperity.
The whole world is vitality interest
ed in obtaining our great staples, and
as agricultural in the South promises
for time to be more profitable than
any other investment, we presume
there will be no lack of peeuniary
facilities. Companies are already in
process of formation, for the purpose
of working Southern lands under
purchase or lease, or in partnership
with the proprietors.
We have other needs that are
pressingly felt. One of these-that
of labor-is so vital that, unless it be
promptly provided for, nothing will
remain to us in the immediate future
but disaster and ruin. Without labor,
all our efforts are powerless to wiring
from the earth it's treasured store of
riches
Beneath the surface of~our lands,
vast and untouched mines lie hidden
from the day. We have an immense
area of virgin soil yet unbroken by
the plough. The fertile bosom of
the eartL needs only the hand of
labor to bloom into all the opulence
of cotton and sugar; but the hand of
labor is withheld, until we find means
to bring it into active use
The negroes are still dreaming that
some impossible revolution is in pre-
paration for them, by which they will
be relieved forever from the necessity
of labor 4; but such state of things
cannot last. The people of the South
have not lost their energy or their
hope. If the negroes, who constitute
the natural working population, will
not do the duty which is allotted to
them-the duty which is done cheer
fully by white people, in other COM
munities, we must simply get labor
from abroad.
Ii the Northern people, therefore,
desire to see the industry of the South
resuscitated-if they want to partake
of that opulent banquet which South
ern resources offer to the world, they
must not only send us 'money and
mules but that labor which alone
will make 'moncy and mules" availa-
BILE. At least they must cease those
agitations which drive the negro to
ldleness, and assist lis in making them
see that their only hope Of a COM
Portable existence, or of any existence
at all, is in performing their part of
the work of our society, that is to say,
the manual labor.
Tribute to StonevvaN jackson from
Federal Officer.
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Four-horse omnibuses are now
being run across the Mississippi, on
the ice, opposite st. Louis It is
thought that the ice is sufficiently
thick To carry locomotive safely
across.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-01-24

A happy family is mentioned at
Augusta, Maine. Three ministers, a
Congregationalist, Unitarian and
an Episcopalian, board in the same
house. The landlord is Universalist
and the servant Catholic.
A simple invention was exhibited
ut the late Birmingham cattle show
for making butter by atmospheric
action, the air being forced 6y a
plunger into the midst OF the milk or
cream, which is contained in cylin-
der, the result being that in a few
minutes butter is made, leaving the
milk perfectly sweet for family use.
It should be between husband and
wife as between two harp strings-the
one trembling when the other is
struck.
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CAsH.-Our terms for subscription, az.
vertislns and job work arc cash. We hn, "a
all parties will bear this in mimi.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-01-24

CLEOPATRA GA N1GGEs," AFTER
Alive alluded, the other day, Co
what we considered very absurd
notion prevalent with certain negro
philists with regard TO Cleopatra, viz:
that she was a negro. We thought
we had good authority on our side.
The first of her ancestors, of whom
anything is known, was Ptolemy,
General of Alexander the Great, to
whom, in the division Of that con-
queror's vast empire, the kingdom of
Egypt fell. The family continued to
reign over Egypt until, in the time
of Cleopatra, and in her person, it
became extinct. Ptolemy Philadel-
phus, one Of Cleopatra's ancestors,
was the man who ordered the trans
lation of the Old Testament into
Greek. 1t was done, and the work is
still extant under the name of the
Septuagint" SO called because
Ptolemy employed seventy learned
men i'll the work. The family of
Ptole1ny, generally, was one of the
most illustrious of antiquity. We
certainly never read that they were
negroes. On the contrary, every
writer, ancient and modern, who has
spoken of them at all, describes them
as pure Greek-the highest and most
refined of all the Caucasian types.
But we stand corrected. A Judge
has decided, upon the bench, that
Cleopatra was ''a nigger," and such
she must be to the end OF time. How
wise Judges have become in these
latter days !-Rictmond Dispatch.
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Agents ron THE PHdsNIx.-Thomas p
Slider, Esq, Of Charleston, and II. L. Darr,
Esq. OF Sumter, are tbs authorized agents
OF the Phenir, in those sections Of the
Stat.
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Is@ca1 Leeua@.

Advertisements, to insure insertion.
should be handed in by o'clock y. m.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-01-24

THE CoDE."-Tho Acts passed by tho
Legislature relative to the freedmen, for
sale at this Office. Price 20 ceuts; by msil
25 cents.
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w. S. T.

We will not attempt to unravel the mys-
terry, but will just hint that the contents
besides their other virtues "a sure
cure for fever and ague. 4 glance at Mr..
Zealy's notice, in another column, will show
that he has an excellent assortment OF
good things, which only require to be
known to be appreciated. Recollcct that
the limits of IN advertisements w;lI :ot
admit of 4 complete list of what dealers
have on hand-therefore, call and examine
the stock.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-01-24

HE BURNING OF CoLUMB1A.-An inter-
csting account OF the 'sSack and Dostruc-
ton OF the City OF Columbia, S. c." has
just been issued, in pamphlet form, from
tho Ph@ni1 steam power press Orders
can be filed to any extent.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-01-24

The female clerks in WashingH
counted $3.50, 900, 900 last year, =
did not steal one.
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How Government clerks are ruined
for life, is thus sketched off by a
Washington correspondent {:
Quite little futteIinS was pro-
duced among the clerks Ithe Tpea-
sury Department about week ago,
by finding numerous tickssts- of-leave
one morning upon their desks. in
stead of the usual budget of DAVIS
work. [ would not speak of this, at
this late day, were 1 not anxious to
extract q moral therefrom. and to
tender the consolation of philosophy
TO the bereaved. 4
have taken occasion z Ice before
to warn aspiring young "a against
the folly of rushing in (hese Go
vernment workshops Aemploy-
ment. and / mean to ka ing so as
often as the opportY presents
itself. The influence kese de-
partments is so be- y to the
intellect and so para j. the en-
ergies that no man Lonths,
has enough strenga Ileft tc
break away from could
be kicked out of bacity
1of other emplo hme 6
wreck, he oug enc
factor to the - 80
!. %:s:= 4 s:::!:
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-01-24

STATE TAXEs.-In our columns, yester-
day, was an important notice to Tax Col
lectors and the Commissioners to approve
the sureties Of the bonds of public officers,
In relation to the duties they are called
upon to discharge at an early day The
notice of the Treasurer is endorsed and
commended by tho Comptroller-Ge
and particular attention is called to his
notice. The Legislature of the State, under
the Ordinance of tho Convention, has
changed the entire system Of taxation
having adopted an al cdloreDl scale, which
will be fully explained in the instructions
OF the Comptro!ler-Ge shortly TO be
issued.
In this connection, we may say that we
are sorry to part with Mr.. Black as Comp
troller-General, he not being re-eligble
under existing laws. He has been con-
nected with this department for upwards
OF twenty years, and from our connection
with the State printing, we know that he
has been perfectly conversant with all its
details. During his official term as Comp
troler, for. the past four years, he has had
the most trying time that any of his pre-
decessors have had, and he rctircs
from the Office with the full consciousness
OF having discharged his duty, and bearing
with him the confidence of the Legislature
and the State.
New ADvEnTIsEMENTs.-A is call
ed to the following advertisements, which
are published this morning for the first
time:
Hunt Il Bro.-Shipping Merchants, etc.
Peruvian Guano.
Fisher Lowrance-Bacon, etc.
Meeting OF Masonic Fraternity.
Miss Shand-School Notice.
E. Shiver-Watches, Clocks, etc.
J. I. Zealy-Wines, Groceries, &c.
A. L. Solomon-Salt
' Flour.
Sc -Molasses.
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How IS IT?-The New York Tri-

bune, of Saturday, says:
''The constitutional amendment is
paper. The State ordinances are
highwaymen's receipts, bonds given
to the Alabama, payable six months
after eternity. The purpose of
slavery is not dead. General Schurz
assures us that many wealthy citizens
were of the opinion that Northern
men might go South and live safely.
Mark! It is only an opinion. There
is doubt about it, Perhaps YES, pro-
badly nay. This was the doubt of
July, when the whole South was
under armed mon. Is it q doubt
now?''
The Tribune, of Monday, says:
"We say, then, to every enterpris-
ipg young man who has q decent
knowledge of the routine of farm
labor, and can command few thou
sand, dollars, go South and plant
cotton, if you will! You can hardly
fail to make money by it. There are
millions of acres lying idle which can
be bought or leased very cheaply;
you can hire labor in plenty at fair
rates, provided you can pay for it SO
fast as the wages are earned; and you
can grow fail upland at ten cents per
pound, and sell next years crop for
twenty-five ip golu. If that isn't
good business, we know not where
you will find il; and you can grow a
second crop twenty-five per cent.
cheaper than your first.
Does the Tribune want all these
enterprising young men murdered,
or does it make assertions of danger,
on Saturday, which it believes SO
little that it forgets them over
Sunday?-Ne,carh rrN. j. Journal.
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We are pleased to learn, from the Prcsi-
dent of the South Carolina Railroad, that
by the end of the current month the trains
will be running to Blackvillc, and arrange
ments will be made ky the company to
transport freight through to Augusta.
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THE WASHINGTON STREET METHODIST
CHURcH.-We are pleased to see the conf
modious Sabbath School-room, attached to
the Washington Street Methodist Church.
rapidly progressing to completion. This
building Is intended as a temporary churcl,
for that congregation, and will be great
convenience to its members
IHE MYSTIC SYMBo!..-In Mr.. JOS. T.
Zealys establishment, on Assembly street,
is mysterious symbol, win. IN cannot fail
to attract attention, and puzzles the unin;-
tiatcd not little. 1t is this:
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01 01O h10t'o11' OI1C 0tOVeIOEJIIIeIIC
1of her great resources, and the means
\ TO most effectually develop these
resources, are worth more than the
Fdefeat of the Radicals or the triumph
of either party at the North.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-01-17

justices of the Supreme Court nave ne.u
circuit courts in these States and alstriGts
since actual hostilities ceased. When the
courts are open, and all laws can De peace
fully administered and enforced In those
States whose people rebelled against ane
Government, when thus peace shaii nave
come in fact and in law, the persons no"
held in military custody as prisoners OF war;
and who may not have been tried and con-
victed for offences against the laws OF war,
should be transferred to the custody OF the
civil authorities of the proper districts to oe
tried for such high crimes and mlsdemean-
ors as may be alleged against them
think it is the plain duty OF the Presl-
dent to cause criminal prosecutions to be IN
stituted before the proper tribunals, and at
| all proper times, against some OF those VINO
were mainly instrumental IN lnauguratlng
and most conspicuous in conducting the late a
hostilities. l should regard it as a diretul
calamity, if many whom the sword has spa,
red, the law should spare also; but would
deem it a more direful calamity still If the
Executive, in performing his constitutional
duty of bringing these persons before the
bar of justice to answer for their crimes,
should violate the plain meaning OF the
Constitution or infringe in the least particu
lar the living spirit of that instrument
l have the honor TO be most respectfully
JAMES SPEED, Attorney General.
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PAY ATTENTION!
LOOK OUT FOR GOOD BARGAINS.

We hereby notify the public that the Foundry
IN the Borough of Clearfeld, has been put in full
blast. by the undersigned, who are now ready to
accommodate the community with anything per
tanning to our line of business. We keep con
stantly on hand general assortment of stoves and
castings, among which are the following:
Cook, Parlor and Template Stoves,
for burning either wood or coal; Sala-
mander stoves, No. a; Vase stoves,
Nos 3 and A; Wash-kettles, 16
and 20 gallons ; Farm dinner
bells, two sizes; Fire CRATES, 30 and q
inches; Plows and plow-castings.
We are also prepared to make all kinds of GRlST
and sAW.MILL IRONS, and special attentoi
Will be paid to the repairing of THREsHss NJ
Persons in want of anything in our line would
do well to give us a call. Every description
approved country produce, and old metal, takes
IN excnange for our manufactures, at the hlg6S'
market price HARLEY & SONS.
clearfeld, Nov. 1, 1885 Il.
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Correspondence of the Journal.

BELvIDERE, ILL.,, Jan. 2, 1866.
Mr.. Row:-The weather has been very
fine here most of the Withdrawing had
only about four inches of snow. 1t is much
more pleasant to sit here by warm fire,
than hauling timber in the hills of Clear
field and [ would advise my friends to
move TO the west, where they can live with
much less hard labor than among the noun
tain pines My boys raised, the past year,
fifteen hundred bushels of oats, ten thou.
sand bushels of corn, and three hundred
bushels of wheat. Oats brings 20 cents a
bushel, corn 80 cents, and wheat from 80
cents to one dollar. You are aware, no
doubt, that | was little unfortunate last
year, in Clearfeld, on account of not get
ting my timber to market; but if no un-
unforeseen misfortune overtakes me now,
and my friends will have little patience,
shall soon be able to satisfy their claims.
Hoping that you will give these few lines a
place in the Journal,
/ remain your friend,
SIMON RoRABAUGH.
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SOMETHING NEW.
AND WAGON SHOP.

Immediately in of Machine shop
The undersigned would respectfully inform the
citizens of Clearfeld, and the public in general
that we have entered into partnership, and are
prepared to do all kinds of work on carriages
done with neatness and dispatch prdehrs prompt,
ly attended to. JOHN f. ROTE
Clearfeld, July 5, y VIM MCKNIGHT
thankful for past patronage, would still So
lelt the favors of my old customers, and ask ma
ny new ones to give us a CALL I have associated
with me in the above business VIM McKnioht
who is an experienced workman If you want
good carriage or timber sled, give US a call
], F. RorE
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Graduated.


At Duff Mercantile College, Pittsburg, Pa +:
Luther s. Dickey, Tarentum, Pa.
James NJ Watt, Indiana, Pa.
Robert Ash, Mount Vernon, Ohio.
Jacob Ash, Mount Vernon, Ohio.
T. FL. Mohr, Erie City, Pa.
Andrew Paul, Beckman, Pa.
Charles a. Hull, Mount Gilead, Ohio.
Elmore A Barnes, Rochester, Pa.
Benjamin FL. Linton, La Crane, Ohio.
VIM. p. Gault, New Concord, Ohio.
A r. Collins, Greensburgh Pa.
GeorgeiH. Lybarger, Monroe Mills, Ohio.
d. Irwin Myers, Indiana, Pa.
James W. Fletcher, Whitestown, Pa.
Jas. w. Pennel, New Alexandria, Ohio.
Max Koch, Alliance, Ohio.
Samuel Creelman, Williamsburg, Pa.
Sam'l S. McNaughton, Little Rock, Ark.
Robert Swartwout, N. Y. City, N. Y.
Samuel G. Keibler, Freeport, Pa.
John A. Nichol, Bridgeport, Ohio.
]. G. Burning, Maple Grove, Pa.
G. S. Feeny, Wheeling, West Virginia.
All of whom passed the usual searching
examinations of the College satisfactorily,
and who will, no doubt, hereafter distin-
guish themselves by an honorable profcien-
cy in business. Each graduate was award
ed the beautiful diploma of the College, as
a credential of his proficiency, OF his indus
try and of his exemplary department dur
ing his course of study.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-01-17

Ho FOR THE SOUTH begin to dis
cover indications that the tide of emigration
from this and other northern States towards
the South is to set in the future with astrong
current. Its fertile fields and salubrious eli
mate present strong temptations to North
ern capital and enterprise. By the abolition
of slavery the labor interests of that region
are undergoing radical change Men of
enterprise and means will either purchase
or lease the plantations and enter upon cot
ton and sugar growing with an energy and
will that must entirely revolutionize the in
dustrial interests of that region. The bene-
fits of tree labor will be realized at an early
day. In this way the South is to be.reclaim-
ed in allits interests and broughtinto har-
mony with the rest of the Union.