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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-02-21
si6s, ,2ll 10 sl69, ,2li as

c. KRArzER, Esq, Treasurer of Clear1ed coun-
ty, in account with different townships, for Road
fund, for the years, A. d., 1s64-5.
DEBTOR
To amt due tips from last settlement Sl,5l9 %
amt received from unseated lands po3 5S
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-02-21

To THE STocKHoLDERs.-Wo call
the attention of the stockholders in
the Tyrone & Clcarfield Rail Road, to
the following communication, which
will explain itself:
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-02-21
County Finances.
Sll,ols 50 sli,0ls 50
Bounty Fund.

Bounty Fund.
Amt Of outstanding Bounty Bond. sl6g, ,i94 on
Amount balance due Treasurer IL 40
Amt due from Collectors : 10 20
due from unseated landsss, $50 81
Indebtedness Of Fund l3e,23l u
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-12
Lo, The Poor Freedman.

a gentleman of our town, a few days since,
engaged to haul freedman, his family and
fleets, from an adjacent farm to a place in
town where employment had been obtained.
This man had, for some time, been sick, and
burden and expense to the worthy and ven
cradle gentleman upon whose place he stayed.
The conveyance arrived, his effects, Ia load
for one horse) tumbled in, and now he comes
forth, ascends the wagon and takes his seat.
But ere the wagon started, his spirit had de-
parted The homeless and pennyless creature
then .nd there was relieved from his misera-
BILE condition on earth. He died ON Tie arago,a.
A question of responsibility, on the part
of the carrier, now arose. Should he put the
dead body off where it was, or should he car
ry it to the party who had engaged the SER
vices of the negro and family, to whom ne had
contracted to convey him? What should he
do? The negro, too, had died on his wagon,
and utterly without means or friends who
had them. The moral responsibility of tho
labor and expense of interment would seem
to devolve either on the party upon whose
place he was, him to whomhe had..engaged to
60, or him that hadhim in charge at the mo-
mcnt Of his death.
It was determined to put him off the wagon
where he was. His burial expenses were
finally realized through the charity OF our
people, sought by one cf his own ra,e.
Truly, the condition Of the negro is now
sad indced.-Sumter Watchman.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-12

DgATg OF FRof. I. W. TIroMAs.-Ar old
editor, author and poet has cone to his long
home. After fifty. six years Of rude buffet
tings with the world, in which his own gene
rous nature was his worst enemy, he has at
last laid aside the mortal for the immo.ta,,
and entered upon y new life where the great
good that was in him may be better apprec-
ated than it was on earth. Few men laborfd
harder to secure success, few are blessed with
so high an order OF talent as he possessed.
An elegant speaker, a ready writer: full of
poetry and sentiment, beloved by all who
knew him in the social relation, when undis-
turbed by the demon drink, kind, sympathetic,
and unselfsh; those who knew him will
mourn his loss and remember only his vir-
tues For few months during the present
year he was an associate editor of the South
Carolinian, but subsequently sought for pre-
fermcnt and position among the offices in the
Gift of the Government. He died at Wash
ington while on this mission. Ho was CON
nected with the best families Of Maryland,
and his name will go down to posterity as the
author of the familiar pocm-"'ris said that
absence conquers love."-south Carolinian
9th.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-12

AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE SCRIP FOR THE
SOUTHERN STATEs.-It is stated that the
Commissioner of the Grand Land Office has
for some time been busily engaged in signing
the agricultural college scrip taken up by the
State OF North Carolina under the Congress
sional grant of July 2, 1862. The only
Southern States that have thus far signi6ed
their intention Of accepting the provisions OF
the provisions Of the grant Of Congress, be-
sides North Carolina, are Virginia and Geor.
ga The scrip for Virginia will shortly be pre-
pared. The law granting to- States the priv
lege of selecting lands for agricultural and !
mechanic colleges provides for an amount OF
PUBLIC lands equal to $4,000 acres for each
Senator and Representative in Congress to
Which such States are respectively entitled
by the appointment under the census of 1860,
the tract, to be selected from the public lands
of the United States, subject 10 private entry
at S,25 per acre, or selections may be made
from the 50 so or double minimum; but in
the latter case, lands arc to be computed at
the maximum price, and the number OF acres
proportionately diminished.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-12

DEATH OF Col. Jouy HAELEsToN Read
The Charleston Daily Neles Of the Sd, saws
';This gentleman. who had arrived in Charles
ton but thi ce or four days ago, ON his way
to Columbia to attend the extra session o
the Legislature, died suddenly on Friday
night, Of disease of the heart. Col Read
represented Georgetown District for ihamy
years in the House Of Representatives. oE this
State with great ability and untiring zeal
and was always regarded as q man Of the
highest character and Influence By the mem
hers of that respectable body. When the
State called upon her sons for help during
the late revelation, he nohIy responded, and
went out as the captau Of a company, and
at the close OF the war was one of the fed
officers CT his regiment. In private life he
was urbane, hospitable, generous and kind
being one Of those who had always been look
Cd upon as belonging to that class known
as Carolina gentlemen and who are dc
creasng rapidly by death. He has left
family to dcplorc his untimcly loss, and many
friends who will sincerely regret his death. y
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-12

SOMETHING FOR THE LAD1Es-Colorcd starch
is the latest and greatest novelty Of the sea-
son. 1t is made in pink, buff, the new
mauve, and delicate green and blue will
soon be produced. Any article starched with
the new preparation is completely colcrcd-
dyed we should have said, but us it washes
out, and the garment that WAS pink to-day
may be green tomorrow. and buff afterwards,
we can hardly say "dyed." 1t is intended
especially for those bright but treacherously
col,red muslins, that are costly, wash Out
and perplex their owners. If the patterr
has been mauve, they only need the mauv'
starch /; if green, green starch; and they car
be rendered one even and pretty shade, tau
becoming not only wearable again, but yer!
stylish. While anti macassars or lace cur
tains may also be colored in the same way
and infinite variety afforded. -.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-12

Mrs. Swisshelm says of Miss Minnie Ream
who received the $4,000 order for Lincoln
statute :" She is young girl about twenty,
has only been studying her art few months,
never made statue, has some plaster busta
on exhibition in the Capitol, including her
own, minus clothing to the waist, has pref
ty face, with turn up nose, bright black
eyes, long dark curls and plenty Of them,
wears jocky hat and a good deal of jewelry,
sees all the members at their lodgings or the
reception room in the Capitol, urges her
claims fucnily and confidently, sits in the
galleries, in conspicuous position, and in
most bewtching dress, while these claims are
discussed on the floor, and mods and smiles
as member rises and delivers his opinion on
the merits Of the case, with the air Of a man
sitting for his picture, and so she carries the
day over Powers-and Crawford, and Hosmer,
and who not?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-12
VOLUME XiIXxL--Ao. 81.
For the Advertiser
A Voice.
,,,ppouTu4 N 'r'''' ~

joyous sound comes thro' tho waving trees, D..
Borne upon thewihgs of the Southern breeze;-
That tone, low and sweet,-oh that'magic roiee,
1t indicates,-yes, yes! it fixes my choice, a..
Heart speaks to heart.-wc ne'er can forget;
Words serious, or gay, dwell i the soul'yet, -
Fen when lfes embers are growing: cold, ;. ).
And all the world else love their sordid gold, n,
Angels of happiness como dOwn'to earth, 49,.
When .win.spirts, superior to mirth -: :,s
And every meaner,-cvcry frivolous aimj :'''.- .
Before Heaven, their 1tdddd bliss proclaini: -
Our fcelings,-our dreamsy SO sostrangely seeming,
To the thoughtful have q hidden meaning: a.s
The Loves, began among the good and wise,
Are renewed, made perfect beyond the skies?
TYRO.
@sugges ted on hearing friend ask his little
sister what she wanted The reply wus: Brother,
I did not speak to you. Neither did the writer
hear any one Gull the name of my friend. None
but he Lad heard the mysterious "voice."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-12

The New York Herald gives the following
true but exceedingly imperfect epitome of
what the radicals in the present Congress
have done:
Since the present Congress was in session
we have seen how the radical element has
been striving for power by every means, re.
gardess of the good of the country; how it
has been drawing tighter and tighter the band
around the President. in the hope Of crushing
out tho authority of the Executive and con-
centrating power in the hands Of clique Of
interruptions politicians. For this end the
radicals have assailed Mr.. johnson in vitupe.
rative language unworthy of the lowest class
of society. They have heaped taxations upon
the people in every shape without mercy.
They have kept the country disorganized, ad.
vocated and insisted upon disunion, crippled
the resources of an entire section, kept up
the prices of the necessaries Of life to the
masses, checked the progress of nation for
whole year, and set on foot jobs of the most
scandaIous character, which involved fabulous
sumsofthe public money for their own benefit
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-12
Cancellation.

=. Cancellation is good thing. The papers
are full Of it. Every body is talking about
it from Mr.. johnson to the littlest tapenny
orator who yearns for the flesh pots Of Egypt.
1t comes up into our ears upon every breeze
and, amid the dreary sahara of politics, it is
a sweet oasis to note the many handsome
things said in its favour. Now we, too, are
for conciliation. AS VIC said, when conmen-
cling, it is good thing-a most excellent
good thing and we are happy to b'ar our
poor testimony in its behalf We are not, to
be sure, from certain infrmity of ccnstitu-
ton, quite in that frame of mind which would
lead US to shed tears at Yankee Doadle or
raptuously embrace the dear old Flag" but,
for all that, have kindly heart toward any
body who will speak kindly toward US and
mean it. But he, she, it, or they mus, mean
it, mark you. Fine words butter no pa rsnips,
and we are tired of having men call Us their
Dearly Beloved, though Somewhat Firing,
Brother Just as they are about to perpetrate
some fresh rascality upon us. We want to
see Cancellation as we'll as hear it. Hawk
and turkey harmony is thing we do Lot un-
derstand, and we are not willing to do all the
forgetting and forgiving by our lone selves.
with nothing to show for it.
Jefferson Davis is in prison and VII want
to see him out. The old excuse of ptlicy is
threadbare to US now. We are sick of being
told that +" it would cmbarrass the Pres dent" "
to let him go. Justice, Mercy, Honor, never
embarrass any man. If Mr.. johnson thinks
be must let Mr.. Davis die in captivity lest
his release should strengthen the Radicals,
What does he mesn by making such defiant
speeches against them as that delivered by
him in Washington on Saturday last. If
Policy doesn't forbid his denouncing them to
their very teeth as tyrants, oppressors, and
scoundrels, why should Policy forbid his act
ing little that way and letting dying cap
tive go? Come, let US see little conciliation.
We have heard about it long enough. If it
is ever going to mean anything let it mean it
now. Give Mr.. Davis trial or let him Co.
Constitutionalst.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-12

INcEyDIARv SPEECH OF B., T. BUTLER IN
MAssAcHusErrs.-Boston, Aug. 26-At a
political meeting at Gloucester, B. Z. Butler
was one of the speakers. Butler said:
The issues now before the country were
the same substantially as those Of 1860, and
in this conviction he proceeded to trace the
causes which led to the rebellion aud the
part taken by the Southern States in the at
tempt to overthrow the Government. lie
coptended that by their rebellion they had
forfeited all their property, their rights, and
their lives, if rebels were hanged, which, un-
fortunately, he said, they were not. Passing
on, he spoke Of the failure of the Southern
representatives to secure their seats in Con-
gress, and sid that if any portion Of the
Southern States had sent legal man to Con-
gress, it was only 10 get nm admitted, ard
when they Lad secured representation they
would send dis!oyal men. lie then referred
to the New Orleans riot, and read q portion
of the correspondence relating TO it, and said
the whole tenor OF President Johnson's dis
patches 10 General Sheridan was to gloss
over the terrible affair. If this state ot
things cannot be altered, Batter continued.
we will march oncemore, and woe 10 him who
opposes us! In considering the Constitution
al amendments recently adopted by Congress.
he said he was not in favor of the one rcla-
tive to negro suffrage, but accepted it as the
best lie could get. lie was in favor of iul.
aud impartial suffrage, and he would try, by
every means in bis power, in whatever posi-
ton he might be placed, 10 secure it. In
concluding his speech, the General said that
unless the people of the North were firm in
upholiing their Congress, they would have
their work of the last four years to do over
again. :,
The General was frequently applauded
during his speech, and at the close was hon.
ored with three cheers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-12

~ coarse, ill-natured fellow, died one day,
and bis friends assembled at his funorpl, but no
one had good word to say about the deceased.
Even at the grave all were silent. At length o
GOOD hearted German, as he turned to go home,
said Veil, he vas goot schmoker."
re- A PAP per in Cherokee, Miss, says that Q
$40 bill has boon soon in the country roeantly,
aaa has aEGftpd 0usa eurjv5g.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-12
Lettice White.
nv 1pAW rynrraw

My neighbor White; we met to-day,
He always bad cheerful way,
AS if he breathed at ease;
My neighbor White lives down the glade,
And live higher, in the shade
Of my old walnut trees.
So many lads, and lasses small,
To feed them all, to clothe them MI,
Must surely tax mis- wit;
I see his thatch when I look out,
His branching roses creep about
And vines half smother it.
Three white-haired urchins clint his caves,
And little watch-fres heap with caves
And milky filberts hoard:
And there his Oldest daughter strnds
With downcast eyes, and skillful hands
Before her ironing-board.
She comforts all her mothers days,
And with her sweet, obedent ways
She makes her labor light;
So sweet to hear, so fair to see,
o, she is much too good for me,
That lovely Lettice White
IT'S hard to feel ones self fool!
With that same lass went to school,
I then was great, and wise;
She read upon IN easier book, -"
And II never cared to look
Into her sky blue eyes.
And now know they must be there,
Sweet eyes, behind those lashes fair,
That will not raise their rim;
If maids be shy, he cures who can
But if o man be shy-a man
Why then the worse for him!
My mother cries, For such lad
wife is easy to be had,
And always to be found;
+. A finer scholar scarce can be,
And for foot and Leg" says she,
"He beats the country round.
"My handsome boy must stoop his head,
To clear her door, whom he would 'yed;"
Weak praise, hut fondly sung!
40 mother, scholars sometimes fail
And what can foot and leg avail,
To him that wants tongue!"
When by her ironing board sit,
Her little sisters round me fit,
And bring me forth their store;
Dark cluster grapes of dusty blue,
And small sweet apples, bright of hue,
And crimson to the core.
But she abideth silent, fair;
All shaded by her faxen hair,
The bushes como, and go;
I look, and I no more can speak
Than the rcd sun that on her cheek
Smiles as he lieth low.
Sometimes the roses by the latch,
Or scarlet vine- leaves from her thatch,
Como sailing down like birds;
When from their drifts her board Gear
She thanks me, but scarce can heaT
The shyly-uttered words.
Oft have wooed sweet Lcttice White,
By daylight, and by candle-light
When we two were apart.
Some better day, come on apace,
And lot lne tell her face to face:
Maiden, thou hast my heart"
How gently rock yon poplars high,
Against the reach of primrose sky
With heavens pale candles stored
She sees them all, sweet Lctticc White;
III e'cn 60 sit again tonight
Beside her ironing board
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-12

rattlesnako was killed near Bellville,
Texas, recently, which was fourteen feet long,
six inches thick, and had forty-two rattles. Three
men, armed with fence rails, had q desperate
combat with it.
g Brigham Young recently got into a. pas,
sion in regard to Uncle Sans proposed mode N of
selecting jurors in Utah, swore fcarfnlly, and
] threatened to whip bis Uacla. T., is-:. &..gt-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-12

asTA woman in Memphis, living entirely
alone, gave birth to child, which died roon
thereafter. The woman was too much pros
trated to even cry for help, and it was several
days before she was discovered with her de-
composing infant at bsr side.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-12

Advices from Texas contain much com
plant of the late report Of Gen. kidder to
Gen. Howard, concerning the alleged i'll treat.
ment of freedmen. The Houston Telegraph
Aatly prouounces the assertions of Kidder to
be false.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-12
Estate Notice.

A Ill persons indebted to the Estate of MARY
IA TR0TTER, deceased. are requested to pay
tho same as early ss possible. Those having
claims sgainst The said Estate notified to rem
der them IN to tho undersigned properly attestsd.
s. DEL0AcH, Aa,,o-s
y. z. JENNINGS. Aam osS'
Rr.a 4 - 55
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-12

Ns~ Whoever is courteous, honest, frank,
sincere, truly honorable, generous and candid,
is true gentleman, whether rich, learned, OF
a laborer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-12

SCARCITY OF CoRN-Tt is said that the
grain erops are so poor in Chattahooche
County, that the squirrels are all perishing for
ront of cn.n.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-12
J0HN & FHOS. A. BONES,

AUGUSTA, GA,
HAVE on hand Direct Importation of
Rodgers TABLE and POCKET CUTLERY;
PAD LOCKS with Master Keys;
ANvILs, BELLOWS, VICES;
TRACES, Globe Work FILES;
SHOvELS, SPADES, AXES;
AGRICULTURAL TOOLS, &C., &c.
We will continue to receive fine assortment Of
HARDWARE,-which We offer low.
Augusta, Aug At 81
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-12
ruE pUREST AND THE BES7!

rrsErun ia any disease in which Medicine ,!.s inc
Tov.Is free and healthy or purify the blood 1t
nroS"se. n0S1's iIr an evacuation OF the morbid bile in
Of bliousness and paEes the complex
ION and general health: ..ou. ~ d;seass
but httlo medicine will be necessary in q fanny
Prepared by J. DENNIS, NJ. D, Augusta q Gn'
Augusta, July 80 !"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-12

J-iNES J.. UEIs.
Executive Department, Sept. S, lSG6.
The colored American., 1866-01-13

PL.AS'Ks SMITH = ,ERsIll. Rf4HT 80
j q. Qeet1ally II ~ sf4i1r1s =
w ~ IS 4 g r = "A q eI,2S:ssss
@ oN14 4 Mnhine nngn1nf inklfoSW ~ e.
AiaSkp9itA or WhsslMnir H - r. y.
.ss's s;s :saR e s pags s 50 e. g., y !
The colored American., 1866-01-13

1n Tth Thisiya dsy u fEtisdde III tks
freedom cf labor Hefet0ofe our chief
study va how b do tie Ieast ToEk
/ possible and daescApe punishnaene Labor
! vas not sWeetened By reward e Vas
forced from rs. - We sbelieVeds thne No
man had right to build fine houses ana
Teyel IN pemp and bplendor on the we /
of our face, while we dragged ont
an existence in tattered want ana debtita.
ton BRtsnoW wescan work with, ali the
muscle Of atfreeman. Will you not do
lit I believe yoUswiib and now as aB1r
is popular, and it being mans normal
position, Let rs show. the world We can
performit i as basf
9th. This is a day Of gratitude for the
pledge Of the nationto tue eternal ssectirii.
ty OF all the blessings, and Others that
have net time to mention. The nations
greatiemblem is no longer against us, for
we claim the protection Of the Stars and
Stripes The gloFies of it's fadeless
escptcheon will ever bid US 60 free. Its
mighty forte, guns, and magazines. have
Liberty engraved upon their thunileribe
music. The constitution has covenaDted
with US for mutual protection, it SAYS.
save me- should q foul hand attemptsto
desecrate my folds, andAI will save Won
from the iron heel Of oppression. y. issssF
That superstructor known as Might,
which lifted its ,hydra>heads.to the yefy
CLOUDS, and spit.Tenem in the face Of
every black man, was struck on the Ist.
day OF January 1863, by the thusaer
bolt OF emancipation, hurled from the
Juno hands of Abraham Lincoln, and
America trembled under the shock of the
dread stroke, and all the world wondered.
nevertheless right long crushed, ensla7ed.
and outraged, rose. from the ruins of it's
terrific face, grasping the mace of Inde>,
pendence, and the helmet of Justice,
Drandlshed it with a cleaning flourish,
ana the nations of earth stood palsied at
the scene. Greece may boast Of her
Soion, Rome of her Brutus, England of
her Cromwell, France of her Bonaparte,
and America. of her Washington. But
the name of LINCOLN, lettered in cold,
pictured in silver, engraved in the dfas
mlond, % and fringed by the tintsA of the
sunbeam sun With the. pencil 8Of Raphael,
Then hung out in the azure concave of
eemensity. with the sfadeless brand of
freedom for its base, will be glory enough
70 nhame our. souls and swell the joYssof
t9e Negro race forever. and ever, world
without end ..... T. -
But l must stop, sand. before doing so,
et me say that I have not refered to5the.
I;rruelty rue Of slavery to ineite your. passions
against the white. peoplesa,I have. done /
% IN order to tell you for what, we had !,
'eason TO thank God and hold this day. in ,
peclal rememberance.. To the CONTRARY {
ct e US love the. whites, and let by-gones {
,e by-gones, neither, taunt mol. insult I
nem ? 20 70 for past grievances, respect them 8
onor them; work for them; but still letI
IS be men. Let US show them We can be r
people, respectable, 5Svittuous, honest, e
nd industrious, and soon their prejudice G
I'LL melt away, and with God for ,,ol1 our 0
'ther, we will all be brothers, "
II