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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-09-05

NOREST HOUSE, Bloom township,
GAMER ?. BLOOM, Proprietor.
This large and commodious House is situated
on the turnpike, miles west Of Curwensville,
aud miles east Of Lnthersburg. The Proprie-
tor viii spare no effort 70 make his guests com
Portable and their stay with him pleasant, and
thereby expects to receive liberal share Of pub
lie patronage Dec. 20, lst3-u.
~ E0RGE FALK takes this method Of inform
VI ing the watermen cf Clearheld county that
be has restied and reopened the hotel formerly
kept by Z. SchreiRer. at Coxestown, where be
will take especial pains TO render satisfaction TO
all who favor him with their patronage.
Coxes:own, April -, '65. drsly.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-09-05

1t must be shown that all vegetables have been
raised BY the exhibitor.
JrDsEs-R. Il. Moore, David welty, Anderson
Murray.
Glass 32-Curriers. Saddiers and Shoe
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-09-05

JuDCEs-tranK Fleming, Peter Hoover, John
Wright.
Class 40-Horsemsnship.
To the lady who manages her horse best
and sits most Gracefully, Diploma
To the gentleman who manages his horse
best and sits most gracefully, Diploma
Best display Of horscmanship, not less
than fvc couplcsH Diploma
Best driving on tho course BY lady, Diploma
Best company Of cavalry, Diploma
Best company Of infantry, Diploma
Best band with brass instruments, Diploma
Best marshal band Diploma
Best ten singers. Diploma
JuDeEs-Frcd Irwin, William Irwin, jr,. James
Irwin
The Lansing state Republican., 1866-06-06
What Stranger sses Il Congress OF Sat-
urdar

The h.l x rather sOm1re, Qay-4gl- s.rug-
Cling IL dreariiv from the top LIT eTer Tie
light Of dull day makes TIE gliding glare
painfully He observes the two little rags
over the Speakers hea9, and has taken his
seat bef)re he perceiTes tle- man ( OF
Lis legs behind one Of those !i-tle g.cEer
bread desks. Aarangl!ng the House He
can1ot hear g word IL says partly because
the man does u0- tax loud enough, tz-
chiefly because no one IS Qayiag any atte--
tiou 70 him But lev rlemUers are 4 their
seats, and these are busv writing a. eI-
ercise tha. they vary w.-1 al0,-s- TIA.
somewhat amaZes our friend He tries
vain.T asd would Ike 70 catch v0-t OF
TWO OF apsech tha- seems u eGc.- sucl
terrible applause. Tie members are coz
SANITY clapping their hslds Will rrea- bG-
not Dre.0nZel eaeTgr. - wllcl l-r.e hob
goblin PAGES spring ahCI- running q l.
10 eve each slrchar-ei member o. ais
enthusiasm AID our tr.e-.' gradually cls
covers that lie haud clapp.lg i uo- ap-
ylause, ICt mode o. s-mL1-lng tLe pas
Is
He gszes IL bev.lts-meut oL tls Babel
before hin. Tie man is reading IS speech
arl does Sd from pri-te. c1ir. - a. 1e
were paid " the lue t5- T.. TIE pages
ss.p about The members clap tls.- hands.
People come il an .15- - t.s show W.--
st0ica apathy. an then - Or. a-a.a--
TIE ma- finishes his reat.l- lLI tLe- s.ts
down. Another MA ge-s =. III con--el-
ces tie same pa,.orl.dlce. T-s me,lDers
20 Ou-. unit. uOr over iCIel o. item 1-5
LETT. Tie nan Is reading as speech Il
does not 90 l. very gllb.g, le does ~, 10
4 It Is l. he expected % cain anything lr l..
some humane friend comes - lis rescue
with 9 motion. by parliamentary Usage Is
speech l. CO.'S. ierel le..vere1 an pr.u--
e. With tLs pr0ceeill-7. g.. = n-4Lv cop
les as the orator .ikas % pay io- m2V -
stuffed into TIE CORY %. e. bG1 envelope,
ant frankei - w01 .e--ly Constituency 10
lie "Cis-r.C-'
l. may be q necessity ID tie economy Oi
the great parliamentary wlale that 1t come
up 10 tie surface and LOW OF. and then 20
down again I. /, c0ulI be entirely re-
strIctei 20 the saturdays l. wOG.I be better
One day Z 81 5. alter a., not = greac deal
20 devote . parliamentary nonsense. Max
iu- = speech : cOns,dere. tie destiny OF
our politicians Tle member who should
not succeed u gong through the operation
Just described az least once n eaCl session,
anC irank.nc home many t.rty-lO0Slng Ii
tie pamphlets as evidence. would be con
side-ei an utter failure fraud Up0u the
public. II makes 10 difference that lie La;
nothing 70 say. l. makes stlA less that nC
one wants u Listen 70 him AT tae c.0st
o. his catechism some leader OF tht
House may be kild enough 70 take him by
the hani AMI congratulate him on III;
speech. but even the most verdant mem
} Der ) u0t uusophisticatet enough 10 be
hsve tha. il had any effect o. anybody L
5 vs-v broad .I.ce alG e very shallow
one. E7erv SATURDAY GETS I'd o. hall ;
! dozen " these orators.
The Lansing state Republican., 1866-06-06
TIE Force Of Habit

In the Dublin University Magazine We
have q biographical sketch Of Peter Bur-
rows, the celebrated barristeT. and among
the personal aneclote tod o. him is the
following
TREND called upon him one morning in
his dressing room, and found him shaving.
with MS face 70 the wall. lie asked why
le chose so strange az attitude The an
swer was 10 look 10 the glass
Why. said lis friend. there IS 10 gas.
there
Bless my soul said Burrows, Il did
not notice that before"
Ringing the bell be called his servant,
ami questioned him respecting lis looking
glass.
"Oh si-," said the servant mistres:
had it removed SIX weeks ago"
The Lansing state Republican., 1866-06-06

A L - O.
slsar Clrei H.LI Po-k, Ls-i. D7ie- Bse: EAli
bat. Whit Fish. Corr Va VI. Fee: -.
F. L Q U n:
IrAze speciality u, al kssr ca sac az article
made from s1zEd vhsai
So Goods sent Horne Free OF Charge.
557H
The Lansing state Republican., 1866-06-06
New Steamship Projec..

VI. Thomas Silver O. New York C,,r.
suggests tie construction o. steamers OF
az Improved model w.-icL wiz MAKE the
rln across the ocean IL Z weeE, Or AZ faith
est, eigL, days. They are 10 be bull, o.
irOl. propelled by paddles and screws, anu
adapted 10 steam power Ouly-mas-s,
sa..s and r.EgiD- 20 b. dispensed WIKI.
The proposes dimensions are: Length. i've
hunlreI az ninety feet, breat-1 o, beam,
sevealy-hve iaet; AeigL,, thirty feet; ton
maze. eight thousand. draft, sixteen %
eighteen ise,, With : nominal horsepower
CT twenty-five hCrsrei. TIE estimated
speel of these vessels 5 eighteen miles per
n0Ur, Cg about four miles greater than the
average speed Of tie 5es- ocean steamer
now afoa,. Tie p70jec-0- contemplates
great economy CT traysl, a. the estimated
expense for each t-ave.sr Is from twenty
i've 70 seven.y-dTe dollars. according 10
tie quality Of cabin accommodation. The
extraordinary breadth aEd length q. the
ship Is calculated % give eTelness Oi mo-
ton aud steadiness in al kinds Of weather
go IS 10 alj 20 the comfort o. passengers.
y steamer with these dimensions VII. carry
: four thousand tons OF freight aaI twenty
five hundred passengers. Tie trave. be-
tween the United States anu Europe ls IL
creasing 80 rapidly. that az improved sys-
tenn Of communication viii soon be needei.
10 order 10 meet the wants G. travellers and
the demands OF commerce. There Is much
10 the above project 10 commend Il 10 the
attention o. capitalists. -P.1Sjuryi C0n-
laercidI
The Lansing state Republican., 1866-06-06

hiz part he'd done WIZ ar5Tmer- lie
wanted uig-ers, because - coOl wo-iop
en- 4ld maze em 10 bis w0rz without pay
III them Eich be couldn't o. viii w---e
men.
I left the meern house c0nvnst that tie
south who worked the niggers. lsavlu Us
Northern D.mOc-ats 70 defend the system.
ned tie best eui w the barz.n
PErROLEUM : SASST
Ia, p...or 0. t-- Clsrc- - tie No Dsps-ssilo-
The Lansing state Republican., 1866-06-06
WAKES 4 SPEECH.

L ,,.,Reeonstrusted sleet'
i and the the Country upon
.s1st@l,sh,ss memphis outbrsak
81 Of n upon the Aigger
I pbfsnaainst q snas'
The Lansing state Republican., 1866-06-06

- The teacher Of one o. the needmens
schools was examining the class in geogra-
ply. Pointing to Africa on the map he
said, What country IS that, children -
They responded. " Africa" That. sal
the teacher, ''is where your ancestors came
from-your fathers ant mothers" A. this
remark bright looking little CHAP jumped
up and said: Ion. DO. mass'r teacher, dat
amt Sony pa is 4 white man, AMI lives
in Raleigh"
The Lansing state Republican., 1866-06-06

IT Is a great misfortune not TO have sense
enough to speak well. and judgement
enough to speak little
The Lansing state Republican., 1866-06-06
SEWING MACHINES.
THE IMPROVED ELLIPTIC,
LOCK-STITCH
sewing and Braiding
M ACHINE ES.

Ties Ce.sbrais4 4sslcss We car recommend e
tie nuthc. cc-a 5ining a. they 10 all the improve
leats which experience has pr0vec o be requisite
L. tae psr,ecsoa o. the sewing Machine. They To-
lllIaeL- themselves . tie public tie most rsA-
te rs.rrMsn. II tie I-srksi The mechanism @, the
rlchl1e simple ~ durable, thsir management a
g a.; Ire an With ordinary care and attention
~ clam they vii give prrfsct satIs.sction q tie
operator Il tie work thsl VII accomp.ish
These Nactinss are 50 remarkably simple - t1e.r
Construction that child can operate then a-t l1
csrstan their mechanism
TLsy are the strongest sewing Machines ma-e. Il
isamos; impossible - break crst sAem out o CIDER
They are sure II their operst5ns-daisamg ten
work l. a Uniform ard perfect manner
T1ey make tight iock-stitch. a!ke % bo.h sides
os t1e work which cAnno; ts -sv-lsi
They stitch. hsI 5.cc. ts-. r-l, b-al- sri sssaer
without 0Astin2
TasY sex 81 -Aly vel. ias lgasssi Aa- tie hsav.@s
sz5res
rhey sew over tie heaviest seams without c-A1-
Iog TIE ssas.on q breaking Tia dLeEt iArea4
Thsy -se aly Ne osCotio- Thrsa5 Or SIX. t--ectll
ro-a the spool
They rl- essly Anc are a--ozt aolss.ess
They DO nc; FORM ri1ges o. the under si1s o, u
work n0- rsvel SIT nor are they Tssteful % threat
= : tas case with al ChAln-Stitca AAcLnes
hey are capable o. DONG greater range q work
a-c II -9rs psrfect ulAncsr, thar any ser SsTni
EAc5re
Eemner Nest.ss, a. a. the took nsessss.y s9r ~
AlcLlne
EF Binders. Cor1ers fuckers, NesdleCAses. Sse
dies. Slk5 TaroSas, Oll an Sev.ng Machine endI1g
os tss very est 4as.ity Wholesale AZ retail
Es- FlsAss send for Circular, and samples Of work
a. cr.-s LIST " \ : WEE. Ageut.
543yl At City BOOK Store. u Lansing
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-02-15
Now and Then.

When Mr.. Bates, Attorney General of Mr..
Lincoln, delivered an opinion sustaining the con
stitutionnlitv OF the suspension of the writ OF hn
6eas corpus, the Black Republican partisans ~er,
loud in their paregyricks and nnstnteL in their
tributes to his sagarity constitutional lawyer.
and his profuntlity statesman.
Are they equally pleased with his recent opinion
on the test oath which contains among other expes-
sions the suhjoined:
'Test oaths odious, oppressive and eowardly
always, are always the result of desperate parties
who las violent as timidity make them) seize
upon this method to weaken their adversares.
whom they are afraid to meet i'll fair and open
controversy. 1t of frequent occurrence dur
ing the French Revolution ; and OF its experience
in that period the plhlosphic historian writes
This formality of an oath. so frequently employ
ed by parties. could be considered as guar
antee ; it has never been anything but an annoy
ance of the conquerors, who have taken delight In
forcing the conquered to perjure themselves
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-02-15
The Council OF Generals.

We learn from the Richmond Examiner, that
the council of Generals recently held i'll Washing
ton City, has finished the business for which 1t
assembled. The report of their proceedings VIII
be submitted to Congress in day or two.
It is said they will make the following recon-
mendations in regard to the Senate army bill :
They approve the number of men for which the
bill provides and the proportion to be taken from
each arm of the service. They also recommend
that, in addition to the Major and Brigadier Cen
Generals now in the regular army, five Major Gen
erals, ten Brigadiers, and number of Adjutant
Generals be appointed from the volunteer forces,
these offices to with the death or resignation
of the first incumbent. The only recommended
ton of Importance in regard to the militia bill is
that the commander of the army shall have power to
order inspections. They also report in favor of
taking the Superintendent of West Point from the
army at large, instead of combining the appoint
ment to the corps of engineers.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-02-15
MIR. Jones' Report.

In publishing the report of the joint select com
mittee on Banks and Banking, submitted few
days since by Mr.. Jones, of Columbus, in the Sen
ate, must, with due Difference to the committee,
enter protest against doctrines so demoralizng
in their tendency and so completely subversive OF
our rights. We cannot assent to the proposition
that our country has passed under the centralized
dominion of conqueror. The Constitution is
still the supreme law of the United States and the
States and with President johnson, we hold that
the Union will be as effectually destroyed by the
destruction as by the secession of State We are
firmly laying the foundation of monarchy, so much
desired by some, if the President in the exercise
of his sovereign power can, with a conqueror's
might, destroy the legal existence of corporations
and all the mu,iiments of title throughout the land
1t is much to be regretted that such document
should have the sanction of any Southron; it
certainly cannot have the approval of any believer
of democratic institutions or a constitutional
union
At another time we will show the fallacy of its
Objectionable propositions, and how illusory are
the hopes of gain to the State to be derived from
their adoption.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-02-15
Negro Tesfinnnnv-

letter from Gov. Graham dated Hillsboro'
Feb. 6th addressed to Messrs. J. Holderby and
j. W. Burton, Commoners from the county of
Caswell, expressing his opinion upon the question
whether negroes shall be allowed to testify before
Courts of Justice, appears in this mornings Jour-
,M This letter coming from the source it does,
will receive as it deserves the thoughtful consid-
Grafton of all rejecting minds
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-02-15

rivers navigated by steamboats,, and the oceans
and inland navib Ated by vessels of large size.
To say nothing of such rivers passing through the
richest and most densey populated portion of each
country, thus generating an impure state of at
mosphere generally, these large vessels are ordi-
narily the receptacles of dirt and the abodes of
crowded and filthy population. Nothing is more
natural than that disease. propagated by atmos-
pheric infection, should be found to travel along
such channels
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-02-15
W. T. SHERMAN,
Major General Commanding.

OBSERVATIONS ON THE SMALL-Pox.-In the Mo-
bile (Ala.) Tribune, of recent date, DIR. E. P.
Gaines gives some interesting results of observa-
tons made chiefly in Europe. These, he says,
'go to show that, though there are some persons
with whom the preventive effects of vaccination
last long lifetime, it is safest for all persons to be
revaccinated whenever the disease prevails in their
neighborhood. If the system retains the effects of
pnor vaccination, a new one will not take, if it
does take second third time, this is proof that
the system was liable to smallpox in some form
Records OF the Prussian army show that, out of
about forty thousand soldiers revaccinated it took
In about onethird Of the cases amongst Russian
soldiers revaccinated, the number on which it bad
effect q second time was about eighteen per cent
and Of Danish soldiers, more than one half took
second time Individual cases have been known
in which revaccinaton at periods early as eigh-
teen months and three years after the first opera
lion took perfectly. Some persons, however, can
never be revaccinated. It is believed that vaccin
alton once perfectly performed has the effect of
modifying an attack of small pox at any stage of
life. And it is commended that even after smal-nox
has commenced vacciuation will modify the dis
ease Second attacks of smallpox are referred to,
but the mortality in such cases does not appear to
have been as great as in original attacks"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-02-15

IT CURED HM.-The following story is told of
the Rev. DR.. Morse: At an association dinner a
debate arose to the of the rod in bringing up
children The doctor took the affirmative, and
the chief opponent was a young minister, whose
reputation for veracity was not high. He main
tanned that parents often do harm their children
by unjust punishment, from not knowing the facts
OF the case Why said he, the only time my
father whipped mewas for telling the truth. WELL
it?
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-02-15

The following is the conclusion of an epitaph on
tombstone in East Tennessee :-a'She lived In
life of virtue and died of the cholera morbus, caus
ed by eating green fruit in theful hope of bless,
months and Is days Reader 60 thou and do like
wise"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-02-15

When that ship load of Massachusetts, women
reaches Oregon, it is proposed to found city and
call it She-cargo.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-02-15

Congress, but We have not that privilege. We
have no representation III that body.
| From the New York Newsl
| The Tax on Cotton.
| The Commissioners appointed by the Congress
Of last year to consider the question of taxation
have included among their recommendations on
the subject, that of tax of five cents per pound
on cotton. The gentlemen who have made
that report appear to have been actuated by bit
ter spirit of hostility to the prosperity of the South;
and to have shown it, in the teeth of the principle
that taxation has an encOnomical limit. That cot
ton, the great source of Southern wealth, should
have been selected for enormous a tax while
wheat, corn, and the immense basis of taxation
made up of the staples of the North, go free of
excise, is clear indication of the conclusion that
the Commissioners were actuated by feelings of
bitter sectionalism. That the tax proposed should
be so enormous as twelve per cent. on special
branch of agricultural industry-an annual tax on
the gross value of the production-leads to the
conclusion which we have stated above, that the
gentlemen ignorant of the fact that industry
cannot carry an indefinite load of taxation. 81 :
Craftsmanship would have suggested to the tax
commission inquiry, that public policy should
foster those interests which are placed under ex-
ceptional suffering The cotton culture of the
South is, this moment, pining for want of capital;
and anguishes at less than half its usual energy
for want of seed, TOOLS buildings, stock. Aud
besides these heavy dlscOuragements, it is bowed
down by political uncertainties and almost
crushed by the arrangement of its system of labor
With its fences gone, its fields overgrown with
weeds, social necessities leave it but doubtful
hopes, save in the importation of white labor
and to meet a condition of things so discouraging
its pockets empty And at this point the fos-
tering hand of the Federal Government, is told to
come in to mulct it of eighth of the gross re
suits of its industry and they place efectual
barrier between it and the last hope of its restora
ton to activity-capital The government which
would sustain such policy, certainly claim
no longer to be paternal but on the contrary
proves itself destructive of the best interests of its
citizens. If any great branch of the industry of
this country should be dealt with at this moment
tenderly, nay, fosteringly, by the central author
ties it is that of the golden yield which has SO
long balanced our accounts with Europe-cotton.
Five cents per pound on raw cotton! Ordinarily
the market price of that staple has been but about
ten cents! And when in those days of hard cur
rency, and cheap food and low tariffs, and NOM
iaal taxation it fell beloW ten cents the production
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-02-15
Admiral Semmcs.


The New York Ne,cs thus speaks of the letter
addressed on tie 18th of January, by Admiral
Semmes to the President.
Frank, fearless and able as is this letter in all
it parts, it is the concluding paragraph which i'm
presses us most deeply, and which will inger long
est in the thoughts of most men. Right bravely
and worthily does the proud old Amiral, speaking
as an American citizen to the Chief Magistrate of
the American Republic say: LII.
We live in times of high party excitement, when
men, unfortunately, are but too prone to take
counsel of their passions !; but passions die and
men die with them, and after death comes his
tory In the future, Mr.. President nhen america
shall hare history, my record and that OF the gal
liant Southern people will be engratted upon and
become part of your history, the pages of which
you acting and the prayer OF tins petl-
ton is that you will not permit the honor of the
American names to be furnished by periidy Oh
those pages. In this paper L have stood strictly
upon legal defenses bnt should those barriers be
beaten down, conscious of the rectitude of my
conduct throughout checkered and eventtt'l
career when the commerce of half world was at
my mercy, and when the passions OF men, North
and South were tossed into whirlwind by the
current events of the most bloody and terrific
that the human race had ever seen, shall hope to
Justify and defend myself against any and all
charges affecting the honor and reputation of a
man and q soldier. Whatever else may be said of
me, / have at least, brought discredit upon the
American name and character.
| WE FIND upon table the Richmond Medical
Journal for February, being No of Vol l. We
don't know that we could dc Drs Gaiard &
McChesney better service than to allow them to
| introduce themselves to the public i'll their own
way.
This Journal is published Monthly octave OF eighty
pages,
respectable number of the best writer's i'll this country
have promised their support IAN osentaous display OF
avoided and the Editors offer paw tllC
highest journal rates for articles correspondence
and of works, it is hoped that the
department of the JOURNAL will be entitled respect and
confidence
articles, foreign aud domestic correspondence retro
spect of Medicine ami Surgery during the late
Eclectic Department. (which will be chief feature of the
JoURS) reports Of societies associations hospitals and
clinical lectures reviews and bibioGraphca notices, med
zeal news editorials, miscellaneous matter, etc.
Without making sp' cia1 promises, the Editors will
deavor to make this Journal acceptable to its support
ers
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-02-15
The Tax on Cotton

The New York Ncrs of the I'd inst, contains
what we think quite sensible editorial OH the
subject of levying tax of fire cents per pound on
all cotton raised i'll the South We say South
for cotton is not raised elsewhere this continent
The following is the article alluded to. We would
commend it to the attention of our members in
Congress, but We have not that privilege. We
have no representation III that body