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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-31
DEATH OF FREE GOVERNMENT.

1t is q melancholy spectacle to be-
hold free government die. The
world it Is true is filled with the evil
dence Of decay All nature speaks
the voice of dissolution and the high
way Of history and of life is strewn
with the wrecks which time the great
despoilcr, has made. But hope Of the
future, bright visions of reviving glory
are no where denied to the heart of
man saveas he gazes upon the down
fall of legl liberty. He listens sor-
rowfuIIy TO the autumn winds as they
sigh through dismantlcd forests, but
he knows that their breath will be
soft and vernal in the spring,and that
the dead flowers and the withcred
foliage will blossom end bloom again.
He secs the sky overcast with the
angry frown of the tempest, but he
knows that the sun will reappear, and
the stars, the bright cmblazony Of God,
cannot perish. Man himself, this
connecting link between dust and Del
ty, tottcrs wearily onward under the
weight of years and pain toward the
gaping tomb, but how briefly his mind
fingers around that dismal spot. 1t
is filed with tears and grief, and the
willow and the cypress gather around
it with their loving, but mournful en-
brace. And is this all ? Not so. If
a man die shall hc not live again /?
Beyond tho grave, in the distant Al
den, hope provides and elysium Of the
soul where the mortal assumes immor-
taiity and life becomes an endless
splendor.
But where, sir, in all the dreary
regions of the past, filed with eonyul-
sion, wars, and crimes, can you point
your finger to the tomb Of Il free COM
monwealth on which the angel of res
direction has ever decended or from
whose mouth the stone Of despotism
has ever been rolled away Where,
in what age and in what cline, have
the ruins of constitutional freedom
renewed their youth aud regained
their lost estate ? BY whose strong
grip has the dead corpse OF a Repub-
lie once fallen ever been raissd 7 The
mercifnl Master who walked upon the
waters and bade the winds be still
left no ordained apostles with power
to wrench apart the jaws Of national
death and release the victims of des-
potism. The wall ofthe heart broken
over the dead is not so sad to me as
the realization of this fact But all
history, with loud unbrokcn voice,
proclaims it, md the evidence ofwhat
the past has been isconclusive to my
mind of what the future will be.
Wherever in the wide domain Of hu-
man conduct a people once possessed
of liberty, with allpower in their own
hands, have surrendered these great
gifts OF God at the command of the
usurper they have never afterwards
proven themselves worthy TO regain
their forfeited treasure.-DdHid w.
VoorhecS.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-31


BILL ARPs VIEws.-Bih Arp, it will
be remembered, was recently elected
to the Senate of Georgia. In a letter
TO the Metropolitan Record he writes;
For two momentus and inspirin
weeks the legislature have been in
solem session, one ofwhom | am proud
to be which. For several days we
were engaged as skouts, maxim sor-
ter rekonysance to see whether Geor-
gy were State or a Injun terrytory
whether we were in the old Union
or out oft; whether me and nay folks
and you and your folks were some.
body; and lastly, but by no means
lcastly, whether our poor innocent
children, born durin the war, were all
illegal and had to be born over agin
or not.-This last pint are very much
unsettled, but our women are advised
TO be kahn and screen.
My friends, our aim has honestly
been to git you all back into the folds
of the gloryous old Un-ion. Like the
prodigal son, we had nuthin to live on,
and feeiin lonesome and hungry, have
been bowin and scrapin and maxim
apologys for FIVE or six months. We
have been seen standin afur off for
weeks and weeks, bnt durn the caf do
they kill for us. They know we've
got noth;n, for they eat up our sub
stance rs for putin rings on our fng-
ers, we couldent expel1t it until they
bring me back the jewelry the carried
away. | cannot say, in the langwidge
of the poet, that our labor has been
a labor Of love, for we We had monstrus
poor encouragement, to be shore; but
We had all set our heads toward the
stars and stripes, and VIC iintly deter
mined that, come wool come wo, sink
or swim, survive or perish, thunder or
litenin, we'd slip back, or sneak back,
or git back somehow or somehow else,
or we'd stay out forever and ever
amen and be hanged to 'em, so-called,
] golly.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-31
NEW sERIEs-vOL. VINO. 2a.
ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.

J Our readers will probably remem-
Der that Col. S. S. Goode, who formly
resided in Decatur, was made Colonel
ofthe 2lst Illinois infantry at Mattoon,
and was subsequently dropped by
Governor Yates, to give place to Col.
(now Lieutenant GeneraD Grant. We
find in the Decatur Tribune quite a
romantic story about him
at seems that, after undergoing
many strange and startling vicissitudes
of life, and butfeting the dark waves
of adversely and misfortune, no has
at length become a wealthy and titled
gentleman. BY the death Of his cousin,
Sir Jasper Goode, who died at York
shire, England, he has fallen heir to
estates, the rental of which amount
annually TO $4,000 sterling, and also
succeeds to the title by inheritance.
"The incidents and adventures thr'o
which this singular individual-now W
Sir Samuel S Goode--has passed, would
fill a large yellow covered volume. AT
the age of nineteen he was a inidship-
man in the Texan nayy-then engag-
cd in the war Of Independence with
Mexico-and was promoted TO Lieut..
in three months, for cutting out a
Mexican bungo under tie guns of the
citidal of Vera Cruz.
ain the war between the United
States and Mexico that Immediately
followed. he volunteered in the Amer
lean army as private, but by his gal
lantry soon won forhimself captains
commission. In the disastrous fillibus-
tering of Lopez he commanded COM
pany-was taken prisoner at Carde-
mas, and escaped the garrote by the
daughter of a Spanish officer, who be-
came enamorcd of him, opening the
prison doors.
"Undeterred, however, by his mar
row escape, he next embarked in
Walkers first expedition from this
he also managed TO escape, after pass
ing through untold periIs and suffer-
ings. As all our readers are already
aware, he raised a company in this
city when the guns from Sumter re-
verberated through the North, went
TO Mattoon, and was elected Colonel
by has regiment, the Twenty-frst.
"By some means, however, he was
deprived Of his command, and Gen. Z.
S. Grant, then plain citizen, was ap-
pointed in has stead. Weary and des-
appointed, he abandoned his pro-
fession-the law-and by some chance
driitcd into Cailinville, in this State,
where, at the time he received his
fortune, he was keeping a bar in a
billiard saloon. He passed through
this eity en- route for New York, there
to take steamer for England, honor
and fortune.-.Sprinqfeid Journal.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-31
HORRIBLE CASE of HYDRopHoBIA
DEATH or A MAN BITTEN SEVERAL
YEARS AGO.


The Paola (Kansas) Free PREss re-
ports the death by hydrophobia, Of
Mr.. Samuel Rose, Of Spring Hill, John
son county, in that State. The case
is one of unusual interest, and is thus
described:
The deceased was an old resident
of Kansas, an honest, upright man,
and good neighbor Four days pre-
vious TO his death he had some tcver,
with chilly sensations, and was soon
unable to swallow water or any kind
of liquids whatever DR. Fitzgerald
was then called, and Immediately upon
examination pronounced it an unmis-
taxable case of hydrophobia. The
least breath of fresh air, the appear
ance of water, or liquid of any kind,
any object with bright surface, the
pouring of liquids from one vessel into
another, or even to think of water,
would create a shudder and involun-
tary spasms of the muscles of the
throat, and temporarily suspend
breathing; and, as is usual in such
cases, ateach occurrence of the spasms
thick, tough mucus would rise in
the throat.
He remained in this deplorable con-
dition until the second day of his i'll
ness, without material change, chill
ing, shuddering, and running to the
opposite side of the room; grasping,
struggling for breath whenever the
door was opened and air or light ad-
mitted. His mental was more unen-
durable, if possible, than his physical
suffering, although in addition to the
symptoms already enumerated, he ex-
perienced acute, laacinating pains,
commencing on the left side of his
face, and extending down into his
chest.~ Upon inquiry, he statc5, upon
the doctors first visit, that he had
been bitten by dog several years
ago, at the exact place where the pain
was located, and within sixteen years
he had been frequently bitten in other
parts of the body, but that he could
not recollect Of any recent bite.
Some twenty hours previous TO his
death he told his medical attendant
and others that he felt "mad, mad
mad, mad" and was fearful he could
not control himself much longer, and
shortly afterward made his escape
bareheaded into the street, tearing
the phlegm from his mouth and throat,
and threatening all whom he saw.
He was now indeed mad in earnest.
On his return home he had his first
convulsion, and as soon rs recovered
he again escaped into the cornficld,
was finally caught, overpowered, and
secured by cords, he resisting with all
his power. Calling for water, be no
sooner tasted it than he took another
convnlsion, which came near releasing
him from his sufferings. He, howcv-
er, lived until the following morning,
having several convulsions of lesser
degree through the night, when he
died sitting in the chair.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-31

WooL CONVENTION. The wool grow.
ers of Washington county requests
sheep breeders and all interested in
the produce of wool 20 meet at Pitts
burgh on the Sth of February, to form
State Wool Growers Association
We think the object very commenda.
BILE, the circular Al oiief;;lly clear, and
if its action can be kept clear Of high
protection theories, we do not see why
it should not be a useful and success
ful enterprise.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-31

1HsURREcTIoN IN THE PuLPIT.-Las
Sunday morning the congregation oi
the New School Presbyterian church
were entertained with what has been
termed political speech, by the Rev
Thomas II. Robinson, who, we be.
iere, is pastor of said church.
The harsngue Of the reverend gen.
tleman reminded us most forcibly OF
the style peculiar to General John
Walker Jackson, Of this city, whose
notoriety as pulpit orator is wide
spread.
The speech Of Mr.. Robinson, here.
tofore referred 10, was bold, open
and defiant one, 1t was second edi.
tion Of the effort made by Thad. Ste.
vens in the House Of Representatives
n few weeks ago. The most particu
lar points TO which we desire to refer
is the argument of the reverend up
holding the late infamous negro in
surrection in Jamaica and San Domin
go. Also, MS advocacy ia his owl
church pulpit ofhegro suffrage and III
consequences. We will not comment
upon this position. We know the man
and the only regret that we have is
that he should thus long have beer
permitted to remain in a position or
dained by God for man TO preach
"peaoe on earth, good viii to mon,
instead of insurrectlon, negroism, pill
lage and murder. er.--Pat. g. Union, 18th
Robbers come iila rain--fhev fal
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-31
VALUABLE HISTORICAL RECORD

v nav Ao&& LAO 1OhlOdA AGSOhO
The following is list of the Presi-
I'dents and Vice Presidents of the Uni
FHed States, as we'll az those who have
been candidates for those offices, since
tthe organization of the Government f:
17SS-Gcorge Washington and John
ADAMS, no opposition.
1796-John Adams, opposed by
Thomas Jefferson, who, having the
highest electoral vote, became Vice
President.
1SQ0-Thomas Jefferson and Aaron
Burr, defeating John Adams and c.
C. Pinckney.
1s04-Thomas Jefferson and George
Clinton, defeating Charles G. Pinck-
ney and Rufus King.
1SO8-James Madison ard George
Clinton, defeating Charles Pinckney
ISl2-Jamcs Madison and Elbridge
Gerry, defeating Dewitt Clinton.
lsl6-- James Monroe and Daniel D.
Tcmplllns, defeating Rufus King.
I820-James Monroe and Daniel d.
Tompkins, defeating John Quincy
Adams.
1024-John Quincy Adams and Jno.
c. Calhoun, defeating Andrew Jack
son, Henry Clay and Mr.. Crawford,
there being four candidates for Presi-
dent, and Albert Gallatin for Vice
President.
ls2S-Andrew jackson and John
c. Calhoun, defeating John Quincy
Adams and Richard Rush.
1S32-Andrew JACKSON and Martin
Van Buren, defeating Henry Clay,
John Floyd and William Writ for
President, and William Wilkins, John
Sergeantand Henry Lee for Vice Pres
ident.
Is36-Martin Van Buren and Rich
ard NJ. Johnson, defeating William II.
Harrison, L. /. White and Danl. Web
ster for President, and John Tyler for
Vice President.
1S40-Wm. III. Harrison and John
Tyler, defeating Martin Van Buren,
and Richard NJ Johnson. Harrison
died one month after his inauguration,
and John Tyler became President for
the rest of the term.
I844-James X. Polk and George
NJ. Dallas, defeating Henry Clay and
Theodore Frelinghuysen.
1S4S-Zachary Taylor and Milliard
Fillmore, defeating Lewis Cass and
Martin Van Buren, for President; W.
o. Butler and Charles +. Adams, for
Vice President. Taylor died July 8,
1850, and Fillmore became President.
1s52-Franklin Pierce and William
r. King, defeating Winfield Scott and
w. A. Graham.
IS56-James Buchanan and John
G. Breckenridge, defeating John c..
Fremont and Miliard Fillmore, for
President, and William L. Dayton and
Andre J. Donelson, for Vice Presi-
dent.
lS60-Abraham Lincoln and Han
nibal Hamlin, defeating John Bell,
Stephen A. Douglass and Jno. c. Breck-
inridge, for President, and Edwaid
Everett, Herschel v Johnson and
Joseph Lane, for Vice President.
1564-Abraham Lincoln and An
drew johnson, defeating George b.
Mcclellan and George ii. Pendleton.
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated the
l4th Of April, 1868 Andrew John
son being President for the balance
Of tho term.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-31

Hoe KILLING BY SrEAM.-It is we'll
known that hogs are killed by steam
in Chicago. A great iron claw, with
five fingers, hooks out the pigs which
are quarrelling in the pen below, aud
life them to a gibbet near by, and
then plunges them into sealding water.
BY this machine fifty are killed ,scald-
ed cleaned, split and hung in rows
ready for sailing, within an hour.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-31

SUDDEN DEATH.-It becomes our
painful duty 90 chronicle the sudden
death, on Saturday last, 20tn inst, Of
Samuel d. Young, Esq, who died Of
heart disease, at his residence in Har-
risburg. Mr.. Young had been for
some time Superintendent the Md
die Division of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, in the discharge Of the duties Of
which Office he made many warm
friends.-Huntingdon Monitor.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-31

FRATERSAL.-During the war the
jewels of Zion Lodge of Masons, in
Jones county. n c., fell into the hands
of a Connecticut regiment, and were
ultimately carried to Hartford, where
they were repaired by the St Johns
Lodge of that city, and forwarded tc
the North Carolina owners, with sun.
drv additions to their value
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-31

LARGE PRoFIrs.-The Reading
Railroad Company report that in its
financial year OF 1865 its receipts
were s., ,269, 9,3Il expenses s4,9el, ,l9l:
profits s4,S0S, $50. AT this rate it
should not take many years TO pay
the great debt Of that corporation.
Other railroads show equally large
profits, Why not pay off all these
debts !?
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-31

Many persons have their best socie-
ty within their own hearts and souls
the purest memories Of earth and
the sweetest hopes Of heaven; their
loneliness cannot he called solitude.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-31
NJ TERMS or THE REPUBLICAN,.
Eghs RrruBLrcaS unpublished every Wednesday
BY GEO. W. SNYDER, & CO.,

lat $500 per annum In advance. II paid within six
months $3.50; and IL not paid until aftcr the ex-
piration Of six months. S3.00 will be Charged
No paper discontinued till all arrearagesare paid.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-31

LiBEaAL.-The Rump Senate pass.
cd Summers bill on Thursday, grant
ing the franking privilege to Mrs. LA.
coin for life. Hadn't the revenues OF
one of the States better be set aside
as pin-money for that family, and be
done with itf
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-31

REsroRrD.-Gen. Swecny Secretary
Of War of the Irish Republic, who was
dismissed from the United States ser.
vice by Secretary Stanton for"abscrce
without leave" has been reinstated by
General Grant.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-31

DEAD.-Hon. Oswald Thompson,
President Judge of the Common Pleas
of Philadelphia, died, in that city, on
the 22d inst, aged SO years.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-31

A proposition to build State pen.
itcntiary is before the North Carolins
Senate. This State has never beer
blessed with a building of this kind.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-31

IMPROVED LoYALrY-The Macon
Georgia. Journal, Of late date says:
From what we can learn, we are
left TO fear that there were at least
four white ladies, living in this vicini-
ty, brutally ravished by negro troops
on Sunday night last"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-31

RuMP CoScREss.-Rump is a good
name, but Ebony Congress would suit
sbe time and ego . great deal better.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-31

Capt. Shankland, one of the Oldest
shipmasters of Phila. died on Monday.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-31

Robbers come like rsiD--they fal
q the Just and unjust
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NRUSTEES SALE!

By virtue OF a Deed of Trust, executed on
the 9th day of July, 1850, by Reese Pritchard,
to the undersigned, Gas Trustee to secure the
payment OF certain sums OF money therein
mentioned, which said Deed of Trust Is dtilE
admitted to Record in the Recorder Once Tor
the county Of Morgan, State Of Eest IT.
ginia, i'll Deed Book No. I, pages 494-9 |
shall proceed to sell before the trent o., door OF
the Courthouse, in the town Of 80 III, IN the
county aforesaid,
On MONDAY, 14th day of MAY, 1866,
(being Court day,) between the hours of 10
O'clock. a. land o'clock, p. M, the tract
of Land conveyed in said Deed of Trust, Cor
so much thereof as may be necessary.J esti-
mated to
CONTAIN 900 A CRFS
situate in said county, ON Indian Run, a branch
Of Sleepy Creek, joining lands Of Henry Daw
son. George Iinaweaver's heirs, and others.
being the land upon which said Pritchard re-
sided at the time Of his death.
Ts1ms: One-third of the purchase money to
be paid in cash on the day Of sale, one-third in
six months, and the remainderin twelve months,
from the day of sale-the credit payments to
be secured to the satisfaction of the Trustee,
and the title retained, as further security till
the purchase money be all paid.
Selling as Trustee, | shall convey only such
title as is vested III me rs such.
april 5, 1866 ELLIS SMITH, Trustee.
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Commissioners Office, !
Bath, Morgan county. West W.,

The parties to the above cause are hereby
notified that will attend at my Office, in Bath,
on the 9TH day of May, 1866, next. for the pur-
pose of executing the decree above stated, at
which time and place the parties to the said
cause and all others Interested will attend and
produce before me such evidence and vouchers
as they may desire, and which may be neces-
.sary t. enable me to make such report in said
cause, IS am directed to make BY the above
Order
Given under my hand, at my Office afere-
said this 9Th day of April, 1866.
J. RUFUS SMITH,
Master Commissioner.
april ), 1850 Pendleton pa
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- F-1LN'.
WIN. II. BAKER, c. NJ. c.
Commissioners Office,
Bath, Morgan county, y. Ia,
1 I'LL :. i Al.lt
LortE5 1856.

N, :, TT u y, 17VV'
The parties to the above cause are hereby
the 9th day Of May 1856 next, for the purpose of
executing the decree above stated at which time
and place, the parties interested to said cause
and all others will attend, and produce before
me such evidence and vouchers ;s they may
DESIRE and which may be necessary to enable
me to make such report in said cause as | am
directed to make by the above Order.
Given under my hand this 9th day Of April,
1866 J. RUFUS SMITH,
Commissioner IN Ctance1Y Cilcuit
court Jor ziIofgda Comfy.
april ), 1865 Pendeton q
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR

l Morgan county, State of West Virginia:
Jacob Brosius, plaintiff, rs. Charles X. Bruce
and Lewis Allen, his committee li.alter and
William Bruce, children OF Charles K. Bruce
Charles B. Fisk, Lemuel Cross, William g.
Gross. Lemue yanarsdall, administrator OF
Washington Gross, decd, VIM; II. Baker ad
mini5trator of Ihos. Gross, dec d. NargaretCross
administratrix of John Gross, dec d., Emma,
William, Franklin and Daniel Freeman, chill
dren of John Cross deceased, William Ii. Ba-
ker, administrator Of Eliza Cross, deceased,
widow of Gassaway Cross, deceased, and
Christopher Parkinson, defendants.
III ChG3cc3Y.
This cause came on to be heard this 18th day
of March, 1866, upon the Bill and Exhibits,
and upon the answers Of Walter and William
Bruce, infants by William H. Baker their
guardian ad Gta1ls, and was argued BY counsel
whereupon it appearing that the subpmnas
and orders of publication have been duly exc
cuted, and more than one month having elaps-
ed, thereafter, it is ordered, that the Bill be
taken for confessed, as against the defendants,
who have not answered, thereupon the Court
doth order that this cause be referred to j. Iu-
fus Smith, master commissioner of this court
to take an account of the amounts unpaid
under the decd to c. X. Bruce, in the bill
mentioned as also The amounts unpaid on ac-
count Of the annuity of fifty dollars to Eliza
Gross, deceased OF any other amounts so I'M
paid ana any other matter deemed pertinent
by the commissioner required by the par
ties, OF any Of them, Under said deed
copS-Teste,
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april ), ls66
VIRGINIA.:

INVEST VIRGINIA.:
At Rules held in the Clerk, Office of the
Circuit Court of Morgan county, on the I'd day
of April, 1866:
Allen G. Hammond and John T. Siler, late
merchants, trading as Hammond y Siler,
Plaintiffs, Us. Robert c. Gustn Defendant
In Debt and on ca attachment.
The object Of this suit is to recover from the
said defendant, 4. G. Gustin II balance on
debt of sixty dollars sG0.a3l and thirty three
cents, and, also. debt of sixty dollars, $500
with interest, &C. and to attach and subjec;
any estate OF debts due the said Defendant
r. C. Gustin, in Morgan county, to the pay
ment Of the Plaintiffs said debts, against him,
and it appearing, ON affidavit fled in thr
suit that the said Defendant, Robert G. Gustin,
is not resident of this State, he is hereby re-
quired to appear within one month after due
publication OF this Order, and do what is neces-
sary to protect his interests in this matter il
is further ordered, that a copy hereof be pub
lished once week, for four successive weeks.
in any newspaper in Berkeley county, AND
posted at the front door of the Court-llouse of
Morgan county, on the first Monday after date
of this Order. Teste,
WN II. R1kER, Cio'&.
april 5. 1866 Pendieton pQ