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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-01-31
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The Copperhead State Committee.

We see it stated that the Copperhead
State Central Committee, in body, called
upon the President of the United States on
Saturday, January Goth, to offer him their
support. Doubtless, the committee thought,
by this subtle cob-web cheat to entrap
the President into some recognition of them
as Democrats" and in the hope of max
ing point for comfortable place in his
bestowai. But they We're disappointed, for
Andrew johnson at once asked them
whether they came as partisans' thus
giving them to understand that he compre-
hended their true object. He well knew
that not man on that committee had voted
for him, and that they all opposed him be-
cause. as they alleged, he had proved recre-
ant to their party and was untitled by ma
ture to rule" To have seen these men,
(some of whom few years ago refused by
their votes to let him speak in the Senate
Hall OF Pennsylvania, cringing before the
President, must truly have been humilia-
ting scene.
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Constitutional Amendment.


The joint Committee on Reconstruction,
consisting of Six Senators and nine Repre-
sentatives, have agreed on the following
proposal of Constitutional Amendment,
which was reported to the Senate by Mr..
Fessenden of Maine, on Monday, Jan. % ::
ARTICLE = Representatives and Direct
Taxes shall ie apportioned among the sew
eral States which may be included within
this Union according to their respective
numbers, counting the whole number of per
sons in each State, excluding Indians not
taxed; provided. that whenever the cleo
tive franchise shall be denied or abridged in
any State, on account of race or color,
all persons of such race or color shall be
excluded from the basis OF representation
This amendment virtually RENTS the
question of Black suffrage to the several
States, requiring only that each shall abide
by its own decision, and not count as basis
of political power in the Union such portion
OF its population as it shall deliberately de-
prive of power and exclude from the body
polite. In other words. it says: Account
your Blacks men or brutes but, if you ac-
count them brutes, do not ask other States
to regard them as men.
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The Bribery Case.

Tn another column will be found the re-
port of the Special Committee, appointed
the last session of the Penn Legislature,
to investigate an alleged attempt to procure
certain Railroad Legislation by corrupt
means William H. Witte, George Nor
throp, and Albert r. Scho6eld. three lead
ing '.Demoeratic" politicians, figure rather
conspicuously in the report.
Mr.. WITTE, it will be recollected, was
the big gun" at the Copperhead meeting
held in this place during the Presidential
campaign of 1864; and Is now prominently
mentioned as the nominee, of the Copper
head party, for Governor of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. NoRTHRoP will De remembered by some
of our readers, as the crack speaker,
and defender of Judge Woodward, at the
Copperhead meeting, at the Court House
in this place, in 1863 And Mr. SCHoFIELD,
is an ex-member of the Legislature, from
Philadelphia-the man who,. when he was
asked to record his vote in the House OF
Representatives. in'lS62, for U. S. Sena-
tor, declared he could not be bribed to vote
for Simon Cameron for one hundred thou
sand dollars
According to the report of the committee
these men occupy rather an unenviable po-
sition in the bribery case. A trio of pune,
undeGled, and incorruptible" Copperhead:
leaders of that party which has rallied Sc
Justify about 'corruptions' in our Nationa
Administration, during the last five years
But, it seems, their cry of corruption
was only the old stop thief game, repro
duced, to cover up their own infamous
deeds. The report is an interesting docu
ment, and should be read by everybody.
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Important to Newspaper Publishers.

W A'O"SPopO4 l. NSAASAAo-S'
We observe, there is prop Hsition before
Congress to compel newspaper publishers
to pay the postage of all papers which leave
the office for subscribers Such law will
break up most of the publishers in the
country towns throughout the United States.
The manner in which the business of pub
fishing newspapers is conducted, the coun-
try press has to compete with the large es-
Establishments in the commercial cities under
many disadvantages already, and it will on
ly require the success of this measure in
Congress to bankrupt more than one-half
the country publishers. But this is not
the only effect of the passage of such law.
The closing up of the country nen spaper
establishments, would have very pernicious
influence upon the general intelligence of
the masses Of the people, as tens of thou
sands of persons are enabled to take their
county papers because they can pay for them
in their home products, who cannot afford
to pay the money for city paper We
therefore trust, that our members of Con-
gress will ponder well the effect such a law
would have upon the community at large,
ere they give their assent to its passage
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TX &c UTOR'S SALE OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE

mill be exposed to Public Sale at the late dwell.
ing house Of George iIson, deceased, in .hs
borough OF curwensvile Gle arfeld county. on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY nth, 1865,
at o'clock, P M, of said day, the foIlow;ns d.
scribed real estate to wit:
CERTAIN TOWN LOT, situated on the north
a,,'t co 80 er oi NAN and Pine streets in the Bor-
oush OF CurwensvilIe, containing acre more or
!ess "hereon is erected a we'll finished large
s .nree story FRAME DWELLING HOUSE good
saao,ing; wood house &c, with good selection of
atpP'e. rear, and Peach trees Crane vines &c,
snere'n- The above property will be sold pur-
sa,h. 10 the directions contained in the last will
ano testament of George Wilson deceased. Con-
sale by wv uoNaI'I az
o.. A c. TATE.
~ssn, icoo-H Executors.
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SENTENCED. D.-Benj. F. Taylor, a clerk in
the Cleveland, Ohio, post Office, whose ar
rest in November last, FIR stealing certain
letters put up by S. B. Row, Agent of the
Post Office Department, which we noticed
at the time. was arraigned two weeks since
before the q. S. District Court for the of
fence, when he pleaded guilty" and was
sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the
Ohio Penitentiary.
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WHISKERS. WHISKERS.-povou Won wan,
w "hiskers or Moustaches? Our Grecian
compound will force them to grow on the smoth.
e.. est face or chin or hair ON bald heads. in Six
weeks Price, Sl-0o Sent by mail anywhere,
closely sealed. on receipt of price. addrcss,
March 18th. 1885
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The Revenue Commissioners viii recon-
mend the abolition of the tax or watches.
carriages, plate and other articles in schedule
A. They disapprove of the substitution of
tax on sales for the present income taxes
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-01-31

In New York city, where the Democracy
are in the ascendant, nine-tenths fthe time.
corruption has become SO rife that no effort
is deemed available to correct the evil.
The taxpayers there content themselves
with footing all bills and keeping perfectly
nuiet
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-01-31

In portions of Northern Alabama. east of
huntsville, great destitution prevails. and
the relief of both whites and blacks by the
State or National Government, is indispen-
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-01-31

General Crawford is not in WASHINGTON
but is confined at Fort Jackson, by order of
General Sheridan.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-01-31

The Louisville (Kentucky) city councils
have passed resolution offering the State
100000 for the erection of public BUILDINGS
if the capital is removed to that city.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-01-31

The Tennessee Legislature has passed the
bill, giving the negroes the right to testify
in Courts of Justice 1t will undoubtedly
receive the Governors signature
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Aew Aarertisslnents.

AduerttSementss rHEargefype, eats, oront Of o,.
style 'ciH be charged double price orspaeeoccapis%
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-01-31

The Jews of New Orleans have contribu-
1ed 5000 Tor their widows and Orphans
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-01-31

Benjamin Finney, a wealthy farmer at
Rockport, lll. was recently poisoned To death
with strvchnine. by his fifth wife a pretty
girl, whom he married six weeks ago.
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The Kentucky Legislature has POSTPONE 4
the election of United States Senator

Mississippi is going to furnish her main.
ed Rebel soldiers with artificial legs.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-01-31

ONO proposes to provide pension for
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Toinsure attention, the CASH must aoconns
ny notices, az follovs:-All Cautions and Strsv.
with 81 so; Auditors, Administrative and 8.
ecutors' notices, S., so, each Dissolution. 80,
all other transient Notices az the same rs,s,
Other aivsrtisemen,s at 81 so per 50 are for B..
less iuseI tons Ten lines lor less count souas,
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NOTiCE.-An Election for Directos. of n,
Y MADEIRA 4 osceoa Turnpike and Plank Road
Company, will be held at their Office at osceol,
Tuesday, February the 18th, al two O'Clock P N
Jan. 81 w. J. LONG. Sec'y Treas'r
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"HE CONFESSIONS AND EXPERT
Il ENCE OF AN INVALID.-Published
for the benefit and<as CAUTION TO YOUNG
MEN and others, who suffer from Nervous Debili
ty, Premature Decay of Manhood, DC supplying
at the same time The Means of Self-Cure B1
who has cured himself after undergoing con.
siderable quackery. By enclosing postpaid ad-
dressed envelope. single .opies free of charge
be had by the author.
NATHANIEL MAYFAIR, ESQ,
Jan 81, lS66-ly. Brooklyn. Kings Co. N Y
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TURNPIKE ELECTION.-Th Stockbo,d.
Il ers of the Phiiipsburg and Susquehanus
Turnpike Road Co. will take notice that an EIe.
ton will be held at the Office of said company
in Philipsburg. on Monde the 5th day of March
1856 TO Elect five managers for the ensuing wear
Jan. 81, 1866. President
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THE BRIBERY CASE.

Mr.. Lowry presented a report from a
special committee appointed at the last ses-
sion to investigate charge relative to an
improper attempt to secure the passage OF a
certain bill, which was read as follows:
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-29
SPECIAL NOTICES.

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1t IL free from ali metallic poiSons that contained
in most Hair Coors and dressings II is the extract
of many flowers and herbs, beautifully put uD, an
ornament to the Toilet.
For sale by all Druggists and Perfumers.
Wholesale,
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DYoTT Co.,
Principal Depot for United States and CanadAs.
JAYEs PALMER & Co,
No. 4S9 Market street,
IL tuths3m Philadelphia.
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JOHN CESSNA AND THE GUBERNAToRIAL
NoM1NATIoN.-In the Age of this morning is
published letter from JOHN CESSNA, Chair
man of the Union SCate Central Committee,
which is intended by its editorial comments to
imply that it has been recently written for the
purpose of denying his attempt to secure the
nomination for Governor. We do not know
what may be Mr.. CEssNA's designs, whether
it be true or false that he is intriguing to
secure a nomination; but whatever may be
his intention, it is certain that the letter pub
lshed by our Democratic contemporary throws
no llght on the question. 1t bears upon its
face internal evidence Of its being written
years ago. We should have thought that even
the party malignity Of the editor of that jour
nal must have failed to hide from him its
transparent falsty. He says, editorially:-
"Certain malicious persons have set on foot a
tale TO the effect that the Hon. JOHN CESSNA
had not only gone over to the Abolitionists, but
was actually intriguing for the Republican nomi.
nation for Governor. It becomes not only a
pleasure but an imperative duty that we should
contradict this statement, tolwhich we have
given publication, and which we have Mr..
CEssNAs own authority for pronouncing false
from the ground up We publish Mr.. CEssNA's
explicit ana satisfactory leJJer III Iulls-
",Dear Sir;-I hear that there are many reports
about me IN Southampton township. Some of them
are as follows:-
81. That have turned nv coat.
"2. That am Republican
"'3 That am an abOliti onst.
ga. That want to set the negroes free, etc., and
perhaps several others.
"'Now, fully authorize you to say for me that
there is not one word OF truth in any of these
charges, They are all false from the ground up
They made mp by my enemies for the purpose of
IDjurlnR my election. hope the people OF South
ampton 10 OwnshIp have known me too long to sup
pose that will deceive them or lie to them
"T defy the worst enemy have TO point to any act
] ever did, any vote ever gave in the Legisli-
ture, anywhere else, that was not strictly Demo-
cratic. Yours, IN haste, JOHN CESSNA" "
No man in his sober senses would to-day write
such a letter as Mr.. CEssNA's, stating that he
was opposed to freeing the blacks. Nor would
Mr.. CESSNA declare that he "defies his worst
enemy to point to any act 1 ever did that was
not strictly Democratic" 1t is evident that
he penned the letter three 81 if not four (4)
years ago, and to republish it now, without
date, with the comments of the Age, is either
an act of objectionable stupidity or gratifca-
ton of disgraceful malignity at the expense
of the truth.
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nations false. The last subject that has
excited it's wrath is the possibility of the
United States securing too much credit in
Europe, and thus be placed in condition to
repudiate its foreign debt. The great organ
is evidently amazed that young nation
should have paid all the expenses of war
such as never entered the brain of John Bull to
conceive, and yet came out of it in state OF
comparative prosperity. 1t has not as yet
appreciated the fact that all our citizens are
part and parcel of the Government, and are
personally interested in its support. 1t for
gets that we have no privileged class charged
with the duty OF attending to our public
affairs, and that it is not impossible that the
hod-carrier of to-day may be the chioi execu-
tive of tomorrow. For instance, our Presl.
dent now in office is not only sound on the
goose, but from early experience is familiar
With the use of that implement. That he
was an excellent tailor does not seem to have
united him for the discharge of the reponsi-
bic duties of the chief magistracy.
The American people are unit as far as
public affairs are concerned. The indebted
ness of the nation is in common. The credit
of each one is involved, and every citizen
owes his pro rata share of our governmental
liabilities. As a general rule, we pay our
honest debts about as promptly as any other
nation upon the face of the globe. We have
sufficient internal resources not only to pay
all we owe, but to take a lien upon the Bri-
tish Empire, though the sun never sets upon
its domain, and its morning drum-beat is
heard around the world. For years past, our
staples have kept the spindles Of England in
motion, and it will not be very long before the
same state of circumstances will again exist.
The keels and bottoms Of thousands of their
merchant marine are of American growth and
Yankee construction. Our inexhaustible
mines have furnished them with tons OF gold
end silver, used at times to fit out and appoint
blockade-runners and privateers. We owe
nothing to England except a recollection of
wrong, and we hope the time is coming when
we Will be able to liquidate the bill.
The Times need not grow over anxious
about our ability TO pay for everything that
we buy. We are already in the van of ma
tions, and the temporary clouds and darkness
that have surrounded us have vanished in the
light of a glorious day. What we owe is to
our own people, and they do not betray any
particular distrust of the securities. If the
brilliant editor of the Times should happen to
step into the banking establishment of JAY
COOKE & Co., and observe the men, women,
and children who are investing their money
in the bonds of the United States, he would
obtain new insight into the feeling which
our people have in regard to the credit of the
nation. The utmost farthiug now in the
country would be pledged rather than see our
reputation suffer for single moment.
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The ..London Times,, in Trouble.

THE English escutcheon bears upon it an
apparently bellicose lion, and we imagine
that the London Times should have placed
upon its coat-ot-arms the efigy OF a growing
bear Nothing American satisfies the "Thun-
derer." During the progress of the war it
continually assured the readers of its sheet
that the establishment of Southern Con-
tederacy was altogether inevitable, and when
the scene closed, it turned upon its protege
snd abused it roundly for proving its vatici-
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The LEGAL COVERING to piece Of gi-
gantic swindling was removed by Mr., SAMUEL
G. KING, on Thursday. On it we briefly
commented yesterday, but the size of the at
tempt demands that it be laid before the pub
lie as an instance of cool indifference to
justice, and the ease with which the peoples
money may be appropriated to other than
proper uses. 1t would seem that certain un-
occupied territory in the neighborhood Of
Lemon Hill and the ash-Helds of Fairmount
was taken by the city for public purposes
The land, at the time of taking by the au-
thorities, was lying idle, covered with the
refuse of the neighborhood, and totally un-
productive. II there was any portion not in
this condition it was an exception to the rule.
1t would not pay its taxes, and no one was
proud or desirous of being its owner. Such
was its condition before turn of the wheel
of fortune made it valuable. The result is,
that change has come over the spirit of their
dreams, and a large number of our we'll
known citizens suddenly appear as owners.
How long have the ttle-deeds for the lands
been in their possession? Was the right of
ONhClOllP pSSulNu Wy luCoS UG1OIG
or after the intention of the city was ex-
pressedP On the Assessors books, where the
rate of taxation is determined the property
was declared to be worth $50,O00 Such
was the declared value as announced by
the owners themselves. Instead of taking
their assessment as the rate of payment,
Jury of intelligent citizens must be selected,
with view TO getting more just valuation.
These twelve peers reported that the barren
wastes were worth nearly half million of
dollars, or ten times as much as their owners
paid taxes on. How much did this disinter-
ested jury receive in hard cash from the
interested parties for this extortionate Valua-
tion? Let us know If ten per cent. on the
advance would be emed a fair payment
Any statistics relative to the purchase of
jurors will be OF interest. Whatever may
have been the cause, the consequence is
swindle Of the treasury out OF an immense
sum OF money, provided the arrangement be
adopted 1t is emphatically the duty of Coun-
ellis to checkmate this little game, and protect
the people. And it is equally the duty
of the city authorities to see that these
property owners are prosecuted for paying
taxes on but fifty thousand dollars, when by
their own acknowledgment their possessions
are worth ten times this sum. What horrible
convulsions the land has been subjected to in
| order that it might be damaged to ten times
its worth, is unknown; but as it is more than
probable that The value of all property in the
neighborhood will be increased by such an
action, and as it is not unlikely that the own
ers of the damaged land are owners of the
real estate near by, we think that it would
not be unjust to pay them nothing more than
the assessed fifty thousand dollars. The sue
cess which has thus far attended the swindle
is another argument in favor Of the immac l.