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A PosToFFICE NUIsANCE-M

A PosToFFICE NUIsANcE.-Many letter
writer's, outside of towns, are in the habit of
heading their epistles with some fictitious
name, such as "Clover Hill, Pleasant
View, Happy Valley, etc. This is all
wrong; for in nine cases ont of ten, the re-
turn letters will be addressed to these places
under misappreheusion that they are the
names of postoffices. Instances of this kind
are of frequent occurrence in this county.
and such letters generally find their way in
to the Clearfeld postofice. Should the post
master here be fortunate enough to know
the persons addressed. he forwards the let
ters to their proper Offices, while, perhaps,
the greater number are forwarded to thedead
Letter Office for want of an owner; and the result
is that the mails are denounced as nui-
sance, and the postmasters as careless and
dishonest, when in reality the writers alone
are to blame. Always head your letter with
the name of your postoffice, and you will
have little cause of complaint thereafter.
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o'clock on the 4th day of March The bill
provides that members VINO were in the pre-
vious Congress shall receive no additional
mileage for the extra session 1t only re-
quires the Presidents signature to become
law.
According to the late report of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury. the aggregate value
OF paper and stationery manufactured III
the United States last year was only S549,
633. Single establishments paid more than
that sum for paper. So, the total produc
ton OF iron Is put down at $507, 500; and
all manufactures of iron and steel at S3,-
2l3,3 Glass and glass ware is represen-
ted at S62l ,39l Leather is sunk to S3O5,-
S57; much below the product of single tan
neries. There is one advantage in such ta-
bles, they mislead no one; but they cause
men of sense to marvel that the Treasury
Department should be so stupid as to pub
lish them, hoping to enlighten the people as
to the magnitude of manufacturing.
The Nebraska bill came up in the Senate,
at l24 P. NJ, on the 9th, and was discussed
until three, when a vote was taken. The
bill was passed with the Edmunds amend
ment i'm the following language SEC. 8.
That this act shall go into effect with the
fundamental and perpetual condition that
within said State of Nebraska there shall
''be no abridgment or denial of the exercise
''of the elective franchise, or any other
right, to any person by reason of race or
| ''color, excepting Indians not taxed. This
was adopted by very close vote. 1t was
| defeated by tie in Committee of the whole,
| Is to lS-but was afterwards, when the bill
| had been taken out of Committee OF the
Whole into the Senate. adopted by 20 to Is,
Messrs. Sherman and Fowler having come
in to swell the affirmative side. The bill
| then passed with the amendment: Yeas "a,
nays Is; absentees l3.
On the 9TH January, Mr.. Ashley offered
his resolutions fot the impeachment of the
President which were referred to commit
tee and will be i'll due time considered
What is to be gained by an impeachment
does not clearly appear. President johnson
has been bad President but also foolish
one. We have had Chief Magistrate do
ing all he could to destroy the party which
elected him, and at the same time all hC
could to destroy himself. If Presiden
johnson has been an enemy to republican
ISM he has also been an enemy to himself
He did much against the party; but the e
lections left nothing of him. He was lef
politically dead-scarcely worth a burial
He was looked upon as q defeated and dis
appointed schemer; STILL he had larg
party at his back In this country, tn
shortest political road is that which lead
from a majority to a minority. Our part.
will take this road when it rashly begin
impeachment That can only revive Presi
dent johnson dying fortunes, and give
him what he wants-sympathy, and the
chance TO make defensive war.
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The Recent Week of Prayer.
FoR THE LOURNAL.


Mr.. Row On the 7th instant, you aware,
the Week of Prayer" set apart by the EVAN
gelical Alliance comm enced. Services were al
ternated in the several churches in Clearfeld On
Thursday evening they were held in the Baptist
church The specific subject for prayer and re-
aection. named by the Alliance" for this eve
ming, was
Prayer for all who have suffered from recent
" wars: for our brethren emancipated from Slave
>ry and for our fellow Christians persecuted
a. for the Gospels sake"
This paragraph proposes prayers for three dis
tinct classes to wit: For those who suffered by
recent wars-for the lately emancipated slaves
and for prosecuted Christians. Now. L would ask.
did the services on Thursday evening include
either of these classes IF they did, they eseap-
ed my hearing, although attentive listener.
According to my poor recollection, nothing bear
ing directly upon the subject, was uttered either
in the PRAYERS or remarks. Why this evasion of
so plain a subject? Are the tens of thousands OF
our maimsd. and bl ind, and wounded soldiers
the hundred and thousands OF distressed widows
and orphaned children, as result of the late war,
to say nothing of those who are suffering from
the same cause in the South unworthy the pray
or tn sympathy of the professed Christians OF
Clearfeld? Are the emancipated Slaves. who
have been denied the privileges of education and
Christian instruction by their late masters, not
ut subjects for the prayers of those who have bee
blessed with these precious advantages rre the
Christians in other lands, who !persecuted tor
the Gospels sake not deserving of the prayers,
the sympathy and the consola ton and encourage
ment of the professed followers of the meek and
1owly Saviour who reside in this free and most
highly favored portion of Gods domain2 These
questions worthy the consideration of those
who actively participated in the exercises allud-
ed to. Whether the omission was intentional or
incidental, L am not prepared TO say but it does
seem strange to me that intelligent Christians,
who undertake TO observe a Week of Prayer
tor spe,ifc objects should forget the subject for
the occasion altogether Better refrain from hold
in services at all, than to discard important
mart So thinks A LOOK Err On
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Clippings and Scribblings.

tY-A dee, -State-Pennsylvania.
lR-G ood-t the ice crop, this year.
20 Louisiana is being bored for OIL
ryHolds-the G overnment SO l $50, 600 in gold.
E-Contains-the United States, 255 ia in
dians.
tg-Ready-the Dublin garrison, for Fenisn
siege.
v-Dull-pork in West Virginia, at six cents
per pound
lg-The population of Minnesota is estimated
yFashionable-baldness among the dandies
in New York
vFact-the German farmers pickle their hay
by salting it down
EsIhe estim ated wheat crop of Michigan for
1856 is l2000GO0 bushels.
wWill be used-nineteen and n half acres of
glass, at the Paris Exposition
c3-The New York Legislature has repealed the
law forbidding railroad companies to issue free
passes
rOne hundred dollars cleared over all
expenses by the managers of the Maine State
Prison.
EyIn bad fx-the lady who got both feet
fast in her hoops whilst perambulat ting the street
last week
v-The Merchants Bank of Nashville, suspen-
ded since the opening of the rebellion has resum-
ed business.
,TMaj. ChasFA Hosmer U. S. A, one of the
original ELLSWORTH LOuaVes, uieu ialeiy a. oi'
Paul, MINI.
EyCame off-nineteen weddings, at Concord,
n. H., on Christmas day. They must have had a
merry time of it.
B-Every Agricultural Society in the United
States with single exception, has requested the
removal of Commissioner Newton.
ty-An observing man. with large family,
says he wonders why grocers and butchers do not
like dry goods men, sometimes sell below cost "
EyAn exchange says that large number of
true Republicans will support Andrew johnson
and his policy hather have said that they are
supported by Andrew Johnson
EvThe Omaha (Nebraska) Republican. in an
nouncing the collapse of contemporary Copper
head" sheet, sympathizes by saying this has
been a bad year for snakes.
rg-The Dem ocracy of Ohio are going TO NOM
mate their State ticket eight months before the
eIection-like the man who said that when he
died he wanted to starve death so that he would
have long die of it
(g-A chap in Nashville entwining his legs
about a street gas lamp post, openly proclaim ed
tn at patent stoves were a humbug giving out no
heat whatever. He b ad been imbibing sufficient
ly to render the hallucination very probable.
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Tha Fatal Seven.

l. is = curiou Stact, that almost every de
cade IN our history, ending with the figure
s,ven, has marked the beginning of tinan-
cIaI crash or severe depression. Historical
iatalism, if not actual signs of the times,
incline many to the belief that 1867 is to be
added to the periods in our past history,
made memorable by financial troubles.
With 1891 came the crash which wiped out
the Continental currency, and in 1907 our
troubles with France and prospective war
with England, threw tho business of the
country into confusion, while in 1917 we got
The legacy of the war of lSI2-l4 with Eng
land, which was tremendous financial re-
yulsion. That of 1927 was less severe, but
ten years later, it came In good earnest
the smash OF all previous smashes, in which
the whole banking system and business OF
the country went down, not to rise for near
ly five years. If for nothing else, General
jackson and his successor will be remem-
bered for their recklessness, in smashing up
the currency of the country, to crafty per-
sonal and political Spite King Hudson
relgned over the English railroad specula-
tons of lS47, and famine stocked over Eu-
rope and especially in Ireland, spreading
and causing widespread failures. A pure
y commercial snap emphasized 1857, caused
by imitation and overtrading. But the crash
OF 1867, if one is Inevitable, which we nei-
ther proclaim nor admit, will be ''Pelion up
on OsSa'' indeed. The chasm is too deep
and dark to think of, much less to look III
70. Let us hope then rather, that by rigid
economy among consumers, the present
heavy balance against us on the years for
elgn trade may be made up, that favorite
skies may give us abundant crops, and the
hands Of producers be multiplied rapidly all
over the land,so that the present heavy
burden of taxation can be borne that Con
greSs will be successful in so adjusting the
currency and imposts, that the year 1867
may be securely tided over, and our domes-
TIC comfort and foreign obligations be Sc
eurey and honorably provided for
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Washington City Gossip.

Leading republican lawyers do not believe
that the charges for impeachment can be
sustained.
The resignation of the Secretary of the
Treasury, it is said, would be favorably re-
ceived by the President.
tits rumored that twelve thousand French
troops are to remain in Mexico all summer,
to aid Maximilian to sustain his Empire.
The House, on the Sth, concurred with
the Senate in passing the District OF Co
lumbia Suffrage bill over the President S We
to: Yeas Il3; Nays 3S.
A bill, providing for universal suffrage in
all the territories, has passed both branch
es of Congress, and oniy awaits the Presl-
dents signature to make 1t a law.
The Commissioners for adjusting the
claims of Missouri, for equipping and pay
ing militia, report the amount due that
State is 81, S00,0 600, less 100000 due tor
direct tax.
Three private bills were passed, giving
pensions to the widows OF three East len
nessee soldiers caught by the rebels In the
act of burning bridge near Knoxville du-
ring the war. and hung without trial.
A delegation Ct the survivors OF the sol
diers of 1872, on the Sth, waited upon the
NOUpT6SSlOIdl va
reference to increase in their pension allow
ance. 1t was venerable delegation, the
youngest being "A years OF age.
The report of the Committee on the New
Orleans riots will not be ready tor presenta-
ton to the House before the first OF febru-
ary The majority report will show that thc
riot was duly planned. and further that u
Mon men are unsafe in Louisiana. The mi
nority report win present the reverse OF that
statement.
The prominent citizens OF Montgomery,
Ala, openly denounce PresldentJ ohnson as
political trimmer, without principle, who
has promised the rebels (themselvesl more
than he could perform. They think the
South committed great bluRder in hanging
to the skirts of A. j., and go in now for
Congress and the Constit ,tional Amend
ment.
A confidence man claiming the name OF
Osterhout who sent General Spinner check
of three hundred dollars conscience money,
proves to be swindler. His check prov
ed worthless. General Spinnerss detec-
tives are after him, and they say thai Iney
will make him pay the three hun9Te9 @
dollars, as by his own confession ne s"ihdiea
the Government.
Both branches of Congress have passed
bill, fixing the time for the meeting OF the
4oth, and al succeeding Congresses, at II
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Notes from Harrisburg.


As usual since the assembling of the Leg
islature, there is considerable stir and hustle
in this consequential city" Persons are
here representing all sorts of interests-ie-
gtimate, speculative and mixed and, as
consequence. the third House." as the
" boIers' are called, is about as numerous,
If it does not outnumber, the Assembly
itself.
Resolutions were adopted in the Senate
and House, on Tuesday, the Sth, authori-
zing Joint Committee to investigate the
rumors of bribery and corruption in connee
tion with the contest for the United States
Senatorship. Such rumors are usually prev
alent at caucusing times-especially In
Pennsylvania. 1t is not likely, however,
this time that the Committee will be favor
ed with the revelations of second DR..
Boyer
The Senate and House met in Convention
on the 9th, and reelected W. H. Kemble
State Treasurer, by vote of eighty-two to
fifty. On the same day the two Houses
met in Convention to count the votes on
Governor. The returns were read by coun-
ties, and certificate signed that John W.
Geary had received 3O7, ,274 votes, and HES
ter Clymer 290, Majority for Geary
HIS. Aggregate vote cast at the last
October election 597.370.
resolution was offered in the House on
the Sth, by Mr.. Mann, declaring that it is
the imperative duty of Congress to estab-
lish such governments in the rebel States as
will secure each loyal person therein full
and complete protection to life, liberty,
property, and the enjoyment of equal po
litical rights The resolution was passed
by vote of 81 to 32-every so called Dem
ocrat voting against it. 1t may be well
enouE h to preserve this record for future
reference. as, in all probability, those who
opposed the resolution will, in after years,
deny having voted against it.
The agony relative to the omination of a
candidate for United States Senator by the
| Republicans, was ended with much less
trouble than was anticipated. On the first
ballot in caucus. on the 10th, Cameron had
46 votes Curtin %, Stevens :, and Grow ).
Thus, it will be seen, that the Governor
had much less strength than was claimed
for him, and that Wig-wag" was too
much for the combined opposition. On
motion of Mr. Quay, Cameron $ nomination
was made unanimous. John w. Forney,
Gen. j. K. Morehead, VIM. B. Mann, and
other Republicans, not members of the Leg
slature, signed protest against the election
of Gen. Cameron, but it is quite an infor-
NAL matter, to be used according to circum-
stances There is said to be considerable
uneasiness felt by individual members, and
it is limited that some of them may go ba' k
on their action in caucus. The friends OF
Cameron, however, entertain no fears, and
as the election was to take place yesterday,
the General is doubtless ere this chosen to
| fill place which has been disgraced by the
renegade Cowan. The Committee to inves-
tigate the charges of corruption, reported
verbally that there was no evidence'thus far
adduced to leave the least presumption of
guilt upon the part of either of the candi-
dates for United States Senator.
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PEPpERING EM.-"An Episcopalian con
gregatlon worships in the Seminary at Alex
andrla, Va, and on Sunday last general
It OF coughing and sneezing was produced
,6y the burning of red pepper, which had
been put in the stove Bishop Jones, who
was officiating was compelled to stop Willie
reading the Litany and dismiss his hearers. >
This is one way of showing the fitness of
the reconstructed for participation in the
affairs of Government they tried their
best destroy.
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dissolution OF PARTNERSHIP
pARENTS AND TEACHERS. w,
W e

have at last in THE Lawyer in the
School Room clear explanation of the law Of
all the States to the respective rights of pa
rents and teachers Whether a teacher has any
Jurisdiction over his pupils the way TO and
from school for example, has always been a moot
ed question with many. No man may plead ig-
noranee of the law is legal maxim, and yet 1t
would seem that Ignorance of the law is the only
excuse that any one have for doubts on this
subject The Lawyer in the School Room is
seht by mail TO any part of the United States Tor
81 90. Address the author. NJ Men WALSH,
No. Is Nassau Street, New York
The trade supplied usual terms DO
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MAR RE D {:

On Dec. 9th, 1864. by Elder W. B. Pur-
IL, Mr. JAMES MISSIONER and Miss MARY
PuRpY, both of Chest township.
w. Lee, J. p, Mr. THOMAS H. IRWIN and
Miss ELMfRA j. SMITH, both of Woodward
township.
On Sunday, Jan. 9th, 1867, By James
Riddles, j. p, Mr.. JOHN GRUMRLING, of
Cherrytree Indiana couaty, and Miss SA-
RAH I. SMITH, of Burnside. Clearheld 20.
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TYRONE AND CLEARFGELD RAILROAD
There is just now a prospect of getting the
Railroad completed TO Clearfeld. ExGov.
Bigler and Others have had several consulta-
tions with Messrs. Thompson, Scott, and
other officers of the Penn'a Central Road,
and the latter have made verbal offer to
the effect that the Pennsylvania Company
would give $4,000 to responsible parties
here if they will undertake to grade the
road, build the bridges, furnish the ties, Sc
cure the right of wav, and pay the surveys
At an informal meeting of number of our
prominent business men, held in the office
of the Clearfield County Bank on the eve
ming of the 10th instant, letter was signed
instructing Gov. Bigler to accept the offer
if made in an official shape by the Penn a
Company. If this is done it will be neces.
sary to have the Tyrone and Clearfeld char
ter renewed, which can readily be done as
the Legislature is now in session, and no
formidable opposition can be got up to pre-
vent it.
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The American colony at Jaffa is discour
aged. They have been deceived by their lea
ders; many have died, others are sick, and
they beg for man Of war to take them
home Mean while the Porte has entered
protest against the whole project OF an A
merican colony in Palestine.
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On December 10Th London was enveloped
In Jog so dense that gas lights had to be
Used all day on the streets and in the houses.
Street vehicles and vessels on the Thames
had to stop running. Such heavy fogs are
not unusual there
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RELIGIoUs.-Dlvines services will be held
next Sabbath, in Clearfeld, as follows:
Bishop Kerfoot will preach in the Episco-
pal church on Saturday evening and Sunday
morning, and will administer the right of
confirmation on Sunday evening.
By Rev. Archer in the Presbyterian
church, morning and evening;
By Rev. Sembower in the Baptist church
in the evening;
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SHIPMENT OF SPECIE-Since 1861 the
shipment of specie from this country has
reached the sum of 1888, ,99l, $50. In the
meantime ssS, ,9S3, 900 have been imported.
Net loss, $3.50, COS, ,226.
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Roscoe Conkling has been nominated by
the Republican members of the New ork
Legislature, for the United States Senate,
to fill the vacancy oeeaslonea @ Gy & sne eApira-
ton of the term of Hon, Ira Harrls,
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tFDriIls pointed with black diamonds for DOT
ing rock, have been patented by frepch Id
yentor
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DIED: /:

On Friday morning, Jan. 4th, 1867, Gym
THEY HARTsHoRN, wife of Geo. Hartshorn
of Penn township, aged SO years.
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aaftsmma's ;al;raal.
CLEARFIELD, PA, JAN. l6, 1867.

Tyrone ani Clearfeld Railroad.
; Iain leaves Tyrone at a.55 IN
Arrives at Philipsbnrg at II 90 a m
! lin leaves Philipsburg IA. l.20 p IN.
Arrives at Tyrone at 800 p IN
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p-phiiadeiphia, owes S3S,0O0,000 against
which it has assets amounting to So. .254,e
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QUARTERLY REPORT of the First

QUARTERLY REPORT of the First
S2 National Bank of CuIwensville, on the morn-
ing of the first Monday of Jan 1867.
Notes and bills discounted, $50, ,SI2 Is
Overdrafts, =. 40 10
Banking House Furniture and Safes 1904 So
Current Expenses Taxes pald, 1899 SO
Cash Items, =: 5-033 90
Due from National Banks, 35,l7l %
Due from Bankers, =: !: 5o1 "
U. S Bonds deposited with u Tr
to secure circulation, $1,000 90
U. S. Securities on hand, 200 90
National Bank Notes 5,5lO 90
Specie and Legal Tender Notes 1870 90
Total, s246-5S6 10
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in, : $4,000 90
Surplus fund. (; 9o0o 90
Circulating notes. outstanding $500 90
Due Depositors. s3-3es on
Due National Banks ,9S5 "a
Discount, Interest and Exchange 9,7l2 "a
Total Liabilities S246,5s6 "a
L hereby Certify that the above Statement is a
true abstract from the Quarterly Report made to
the Comptroller of the Currency Jan. 1Ih 1907
SAM'L ARNOLD, Cash.