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s~eBANKRUPTCY last amend.
" ment Of the Bankrupt Law provides that
in all proceed ngs commenced after the hrs day Of
January, 1880, no discharge shali be granted TO
debtor whose assets shall not be equal TO my per
eentum OF tho claims proved against his estate,
npon which he shall be liable as principal debtor.
THIS clause does not, however, shut ont from the
benefit o. the law all pOOr debtors, for further
provides that certain petitioners, and all who COM
ply with certain conditions, can receive their dis
charges, though they may have no aslets Not
withstanding the provision. In view Of Its lmita.
still applying for the beueh Of the Law In all parts
Of the country.
Persons In this District who still wish to avail
themselves OF Its beneht, aud who have no assets,
should examine carefnlly whether they are in.
oluded In the terms Of thu limitation. Tho sub.
seriber will give Information on this subject at all
times without charge. GEO. MASON,
Attorney at Law aud Solicitor In Bank ruptcy,
City Hall. feb6
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THOMAS FAHEY,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER is
LIME, EMIT, PLANTER,
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COR. TENTH ST. WEST hsp ChsAL
FELT and C0MPoSl TdOh RooEiMG
LOWEST PRiCEs.
ROOFING MATERIALS always en-
Hand and for sale.
ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED, TO. ALL
feb2a Sin WORK GUARANTEED.
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We CAN all of us speak for Christ; VIC can
sustain the institutions of religion. We can
do this by our purses; by the part VIC may
take In the social services Of the sanctuary
by our benevolent organizations and actiyi-
ties we can do 1t; by earnestly making and
carefully saving and Ioyfully giving our
money for this purpose. AndI believe that,
in heavens account, a penny Joyfully, thank
| fully given Is worth more than q dollar
grudglngly giyen.-Bi'hop lanes.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-14
JAPAN.

END OF TIE CIVIL WAR-YEDDO THE PER-
MANENT CAPITAL OF THE MIKADO.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12.-The ship King
Philip arrived tonight from Yokohama She bring adj
vices to Dec 10 The reported surrender Of Prince Adsen
confirmed aud the ciy in Japan is considered at
an end The capitulatiOn concluded Nov G, on the
birthday OF the Mikado. Yeddo has become the per-
manent residence the Mkado The Tycoon has retired
his private possessions with all OF his people who
wished TO follow him. Those who were willing 10 take
employment under the new government were retained
The removal Of the people of the Tycoon from 1eddo
WAS commenced Dec IS. Some 1900 were TO be sent
the Tycoon's lnew province OF ShradiZa. The ship
King Philip was chartered and made trip 10 tie
province, carrying 1850 passengers The ship Suise
arrived Yokohama from Newlork Dee. II. The ship
Agra from Cardiff had arrived. The ship y. b. Palmer
had completed her cargo OF silk and teas aud about
10 Isa for New.YOrk. The United States ggnDoaGs
Maumee and Monocacy were at Yokohama.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-14
CUBA.
DISCOVERY OF A DEPOSIT OF ARMS IN HAVANA
REPORT OF SPANISH VICTORIES OVER TIE
..rrn

DISCOVERY OF A DEPOSIT OF ARMS IN HAVANA
REPORT OF SPANISH VICTORIES OVER TIE
CUBANS. ..----'-
HAVANA, Jan. 13-The police were recently
informed that there secret deposit OF arms IN
house Oh Carmen-st. They proceeded to the spot and
found there 900 carbnes and reyolyers and other
weapons together with ammunition, &C. On attempting
TO take possession Of the yesterday they were fired
upon by the populace. A policeman and sol,
der were killed, and two celadors were
wounded, one mortally. The arms were hnaIly
taken away, aud quiet was restored. Iho
person who led the attack the police has been arrest
ed steamer has arrived from santiago de ouoa WIN
important news According to dispatches received by
the (ioyernment villa Cobre has been retaken by tho
spanlsh troops Official accounts also represent That
Count Vamaseda defeated the rebels at sbauclon tas
corro and Guamaro lie then marched on 10 Tunas and
effected junction with the forces under Col. ono. Tie
united forces had commenced TO advance on Bayano
report from ManZanillo declared that Vamaseda has
actually captured BayamO. 1t is also reported that tho
revoutonary chiefans Cespedes and Aguera, were in
S wcimty OF Manzanillo and had offered to surrender
70 yamaseda the condition that their present rank IN
the spanish army be guaranteed them This account -
discredited incompatible with the reported character
OF the men, and it is deemed improbable that
their companions would permit such ae-
tiOn.t The official reports OF affairs IN
the interior are fatty contradicted by the adVces
privately received by friends OF the nsurgents IN TINS
Is maintained tho contrary that he mas been de-
feated with the loss OF many men and part or MS hu
lery and baggage train The next steamer from sshaso
will bring fuller news, and IL anXously awaited.
Sailed to-day steamer Junata sugar continues III oe-
mand Exchange Is declining.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-14
EUROPE.
THE EASTERN QUESTION

THE EXCLUSION OF THE GREEK EMBASsADOR
FROM THE CONFERENCE.
PARIS, Jan. 13.-The official journal reports that
the Conference on the Eastern Question held brief
session yesterday, and adjourned until Thursday
next. Mr.. Rangabe, the Grecian Minister WAS not
present. The conduct Of the Greek Government III
taking exception to the exclusion of its representa-
tive from the Conference is condemned; for it is
argued Greece assented to the proprety of similar
exclusion from the Congress of 1856, though the
Sublime Porte then represented in that body;
and this is held precedent for the action of the
present Conference.
EvENING.-The exclusion of the Grecian Embassa-
dor threatens TO break mp the Conference IL is not
considered probable that the Greek Government will
acqueisce, and its reply to the demand of its repre-
sentative for instructions is not likely to prove favor
able in which case the Conference wl in all pr6ba-
bity. adjourn indefinitely. In the mean time the
Plenipotentiaries have applied to their respective
Governments for further instructions. 1t il under
stood that Russia condemns the attitude which
Greece has assumed toward the Conference.
DECLARATION OF THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT.
VIENNA. Jan. ia circular from the Sublime
Porte to the European Powers, justfying its recent
action against Greece is published here. 1t says the
Turkish Government does not expect, that the Com
ference Of Paris will arrive at any settlement The
ntimatum sent to Greece was declaration tba. the
internal affairs of the Ottoman Empire must not be
interfered with.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-14
SPAIN.
RMY IN CIEA.
VOTTNTEFPc

VOLUNTEERS FOR THE ARMY IN CUBA.
MADRID Jan. 13.-The authorities are in receipt Of
offers of and money from all quarters of Spain to
recover Cuba from the hands of the insurgents
AN ITALIAN CANDIDATE FOR THE SPANISH
THRONE.
FLORENCE, Jan. 1S.-The Epoca asserts that the
Governments of France and Italy, Senor Oozaga the
Spanish Minister to Paris. and at least one member
of the Provisional Government of Spain. advocate
the claims Of Prince Amadeus the Duke of Aosta, to
the throne of Spain.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-14
GREAT BRITAIN

MAIL CONTRACT WITH THE HAMBURG STEAM
SHIP COMPANY.
LONDON, Jan. 1S.-London merchants are extern
sively petitoning the Government to restore the
mail service between Southampton and New-York
by contract with the Hamburg American Steamship
Company. The petitioners show that the average
time made by the Hamburg American steamers is
better than that Of several Others and equal to the
best to which mail service is accorded.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-14

able to do so for some days if at all during the pres
The Senate Military Committee decided not to
mort anv more nominations for army promotion by
tlis character before them all of which were laid
npon the table No action has yet been taken the
nominations before them for the two vacancies Of
paymasters in the regular army.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-14
CANUIA.
CAPTURE OF INsURGENr LEA

CAPTURE OF INsURGENT LEADERS.
LONDON, Jan. 13.-The reports of the capture by
the Turkish forces of the members of the Cretan in
surrectionary Government confirmed -Four OF
the Cretan officials were killed, and the rest were
taken prisoners. The books and documents Of the
Government fell into the hands of the Turks.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-14
BISMARCK AND BEUsr.

VIENNA Jan. 13-The Erening Post toficia iournall
said in the issue of yesterday, that Count Won Bis
marck, the Prussian Prime Minister had told Count
de Wunpfien, the Austrian Minister at Berlin, that
the retention of Count Won cus IN ofio" would pi"-
woke serious action on the part of Prussia.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-14
GREECE.

THE GRECIAN EMBAsSADOR IN PARIS.
PARIS, Jan. BIT is stated to-day that Rangabe,
the present Embassador at Paris from Greece has
been recalled to replace Bulgaris President of the
Ministry.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-14

The PRESIDENT announced as the Select C0inInlttce
Mr. Buckews bill 10 amend the representation OF the
people In Congress hessrs Buckalew, Anthony Ferry,
Morton, Warner, Rice and Wade
Mr.. CONKLING offered resolution. which was adopt
ed authorizing the President Of the Senate TO appoint
teller the part Of the Senate to count the votes Tor
President and Vice-President
The Senate then, motion OF Mr.. CONKLING, at E25,
iouFl ei
New-York tribune., 1869-01-14
MEXICO.

TRIAL OF THE GOVERNOR OF SAN LUIS forOsI-
THE TREATIES WITH THE UNITED STATES
HAVANA, Jan. 13.-The following Intelligence
has just been received from hehco: Gov Dul'"Heu',
., s ,s potos has been tried by the Legislature and
found guilty OF all the charges against him. Great ms
ery prevails among tho laboren IN some parts OF mo
connfrv on account scarcity or money. The Indian
war continued in Sonora. Much excitement has been
caused among the Mexcans by ariul reports that tie
treat with the United States intended TO entraP
the Republic into the acknowledgements or depts
heavier than ehe pay, whereupon, IN defaull oi
nayment tho United States Will her territory aud
dsmenber the country The Giooe, an opposition Journal
has suspended -, -. H.,
It was reported that Porhrio Daz and his brothef re-
x Governor OF Oaxaca are quarreling. The latter
strong adherent OF Juarez.
NOMINATION OF GEN. sCHURZ FOE THE UNIFIED
STATES SENATE.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. l3.-The Radical caucus III
Jefferson Ciy tonight nominated Cen schufI i'r V''"
States Senator on tho drst ballot
New-York tribune., 1869-01-14
ITALY.
FACE RESTOR
AUSTRIA.

FLORENCE, Jan. lS.-An disturbances attending
the collection of the mill-tax have ceased.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-14

THE RoTUNDA REFUSED FOR THE INAUGURATION BALL
After the discussion OF the concurrent resolution 10
give the Rotunda for the Inauguration ball, was re-
ectcd by the following vote.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-14
WASHINGTON.

PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS YESTERDAY A,,,,,o,1C
TI,pN OF SENATOR MORRILL-A CURIOUS
prTITION-PACIFIC RAILROAD SUBSIDIES
AIMS AGAINST TIE GOVERNMENT hl
pISLoYAL OWNERS - APPOINTMENTS IN
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a tall man entered and stood on the. .thresh-
old The sick woman looked up, and
great cry, the cry of uncontrolled joy, rang
through the room.
Robert Robert -
The man was on his knees beside his sister,
bis arms about her, kissing her eyes, her
lips, her forehead.
Explanations came brokenly In spite of
his first. disappointment something kept tell
ing the stranger that little Lucy might, after
all, be his sisters child He could not rest,
therefore, until he had come to sec. And
Lucy told him how she had married, but
| her husband and size had always been poor,
| and how her husband had been killed at An
! tietam.
There is my guardian angel" said the
fearful woman, pointing to Hetty; you may
! thank her that ] am yet alive.
| For the first time the stranger saw there
| was another woman in the room. There
vas silence for a moment. Hetty Moss
! looked him straight in the eye, her color
/ going and coming.
1T is you. Hetty, but you DO not remem-
| Der me-" he said hesitatingiy, yet appeal
! ingly.
''Yes, 7 do, Robert" came with a quick
gasp. ''Oh Robertl'' and as he rushed
fJrward her hands were in his, her head upon
his shoulder.
Then came Hetty's story. She had been
faithful to her love. Her father, after some
} years, had died insolvent. After his death
Hetty lett her native village, and had come
to the great city in search of employment.
Here she had come across Roberts sister,
n widow, and almost penniless. They had
| thrown in their lot together. Het,y had
some skill with the needle, besides some
taste in dress, and had set up in an humble
way as dress maker. Sometimes she went
out by days work, and sometimes she Ia
bored at home. In these latter cases Mrs.
Pettgrew helped her with the needle. But
! lately the times had been hard, money was
scarce, and both had been near TO starving.
! On the Christmas eve when little Lucy went
| out to see if she could gather few sticks
or chips, they had not dollor between
| them.
Il have more money than [ know what
to do with, said the newly found brother.
You shall never know want again.
Need we tell the sequel? How there was
grand dinner in one of the most elegant
| private pariors of the Continental Hotel the
next day; and how Hetty became bride q
week or two after, or how little Lucy never
knew again the pangs of poverty, or the
/ longing for Christmas doll.
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Fifty Years Since.

The New York Mirror contains an essay
on the manners and customs fifty years since
which is full of admonitien to the present
generation. Fifty years make great
change, not only in the condition of an iDdi-
vidual, but in the habits and principles of
society. We make an extract for the bene-
fit of our readers, male and female. The
writer says:
''when Washington was President, his
wife knit stockings in Philadelphia, and the
mother made dough nuts and cakes between
Christmas and New Years now the mar
mats, besides they don't know how. so they
even send to Madame Pomquadour. or some
other French cake baker, and buy sponge
cake for three dollars pound. In those
days, New York was f.li of substantial com
forts; now it is full of splendid misery
then there were no gray headed spiusters,
unless they were ugly indeed, for man
could get married for dollsr, and begin
housekeeping for twenty, and washing his
clothes and in cooking his vctuals, the wife
saved more money than it took to support
her.
Now, I have known minister to get
five hundred dollars for bachling a couple
then wine, cake and etceteras, five hundred
more-wedding clothes and jewelry,a thous
and and-six or seven hundred in driving tc
the springs or some deserted mountains
then house must be got for eight hundred
dollars per annum, and furnished at an ex
pense Of two or three thousand-and wher
it is all done, his pretty wife can neither
make a cake or put an apple in dumpling
Then cook must be got at ten dollars pc
month - chambermaid laundress, anc
seamstrcss at seven dollars each, and as tn,
fashionable follies of the day have banishet
the mistress from the kitchen. those blessed
helps aforesaid reign supreme. and while
| master and mistress are playing cards in tn,
parlOr, the servants are playing the devil il
the kItchen-thus lighting the candle a
both ends, it soon burns out. Poverty come:
in at the door and drives love out at the
window. 1t is this stupid and expensive
nonsense which deters so many unhappy
old bachelors from entering the state o.
blessedness; hence you find more death.
than marriages"
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Selset 9oetra.
CHRISTMAS CAROL.

CHRISTMAS CAROL.
Little children can you tell,
Do you know the story we'll,
Every girl and every boy,
WHY the angels sing for joy.
On the Christmas morning
s.Yes. We know the story well;
Listen now and hear us tell,
Every girl aud every boy,
Why the angels sing for joy
On the Christmas morning
shepherds sat upon the ground
Fleecy focks were scattered round,
When the brightness filed the sky,
And a song WAS heard on high
On the Christmas morning.
joy and peace" the angels sang;
For the pleasant echoes rang,
Peace on earth. to men good will ~
HHrk the angels sing it still
ON a Christmas morning
"For a little babe that day,
Christ, the Lord Of Angels lay,
Born on earth our Lord TO be
This he Wonds ring angels see
On Christmas morning.
"Letu US sing the angels song
And the p easant words proiong
This fair Babe Of Bethlehem
Children love and bless him
ON the Christmas morning
Peace" our little hearts shall f'!;
Peace on earth, to men good viii :"
Hear US sing the angels song,
And the pleasant notes prolong
On the Christmas MOI ming
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-12-22

One of those earnest rural preachers, who
''stand no nonsense in the house of God,
was invited one hot Sunday last summer to
offciate in one of our fashionable city
churches, and was much annoyed by the
operate style of the singing. During the
prayer that followed he took occasion to re-
lieve mis- mind on the subject by saying:
so Lord, thou knowest, without doubt,
what is the meaning of the song which has
just been sung in Thy house; but Thou
knowest that we know nothing about it.
Nevertheless, We pray that it may, in some
way, be blessed to us all. -
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-12-22

A woman recently entered store in Con
necticut, and sat down in front of an iron
safe to warm her feet. After sitting some
twenty or thirty minutes, she remarked that
she never did like them kind Of stoves
they didn't throw out scarcely any heat,
those gas burners didn't
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-12-22

EXTRAvAGANcE IN DREss.-You wish 10
dress your wife better than your circumstan,
ces will allow. She wants to have you do
so. Sc is a woman of spirit, it is said,
aud does not mean to be drudge. why
should our neighbors, she says to her hus-
band, dress any better than we; They are
made Of the same flesh and blood that we
are. See how they come out. | don t think
any man of spirit would let his wife and
children go to church as you let Us 60 Look
at these children. \ Iou would think they
had just come out of some slop house, II
| had married as | might have married, we
should have had different times-I and my
children - How many meu are stung to
The quick by such remarks from their wives !
Ofttimes their moral sense revolts, at first,
and they feel Indignation; but continued
dropping wears a stone and by and by the
man is dressed little better than he can af-
ford, and his wife and children are dressed
better than he can afford and somebody must
pay for this extravaganza. | do not mean
tha: they are tempted to steal; but do say
that they grind. They somehow get it out
of the milliner, out of the dress maker, oil
out of the merchant They intend to make
! one hand wash the otker somehow, aud they
go into petty ri,eanness to bring it about.
! And this desire to dress better than they car
afford is taking of the very enamel of thei
virtue, and taking out the very stamina o
their life. Unimportant as it seems, osten
tatious vanity in dress has ruined many
| family and damned many a soul
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A tutor of college, lecturiug young man
on his irregular conduct, added with great
pathos, 1.-The report of your vices will bring
your fathers grey hairs with sorrow to the
grave II beg your pardon, sir replied
the pupil, ''my father wears wig.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-12-22

The editor of an Iowa paper called or
his Chinese washer men and tried to coax
them into taking hold of his under gar
ments. The rejoinder of John was Print
ee man dirty-shirt wash like the the ID
no get cleanee. scrubee skin off hands; ink
ee de ID to clean off. No want washet
for printer; chargee two dollars dozen, euss
en-
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The largest hog in the country, it is said,
is possessed by Mr.. Rober Bevington, in
Holmes county, Ohio. 1t is three years
old, measures nine feet in length, four feet
in hight,six feet and four inches around the
heart and weighs twelve hundred pounds.
Mr.. Bevingtou has refused Sl20 for it.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-12-22

A raw Jonathan who had been gazing at
a garden in the vicinity of New York. IN
which were several marble statues, exclaim
ed sJust see what a waste Here's no
less than six scarccrows in this little ten
foot patch, and any one on EN- would keep
the crows from a ten acre lot.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-12-22

If God ever made nuisance, said Gen.
Butter the other day to reporter who had
called to interview him, ''thc interviewing
reporter is the one, and you can make
personal application of the statement il you
want to- The reporter LETT.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-12-22

Dang me, if | don't believe the world :
a wheelbarrow. said a Jolly inebriate as he
rolled along the pavement, 'and | am the
wheel revolving on haxis-now am on
dry land as he crawled on the curbstone ;
his concluding remark, as his boots followed
his head down an open cellar way, was ::
now the wheel is broken, and the vehicle
Is out of fix
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-12-22

A little boy having broken his rocking
horse the day it was bought, his mamma
began to scold, when he sienced her by in
quiring: What the good of horse till
its hrnLe 9'i
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-12-22

Does the razor take ho'd well p inqnir-
ed darkey who was shaving gentleman
from the country. Yes. replied the Gus
toner with tears in his eyes, 1T takes hold
first rate, but don't let go worth red cent.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-12-22

A couple of fellows, who we're pretty
thoroughly soaked with bad whisky, got in
to gutter After foundering about for a
few minutes, one of them said: Jim let 5
20 to another house this hotel leaks.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-12-22

To reprove small faults with undue vehe-
mence is as absurd as if man should take
a great hammer, because he saw fly on his
friends forehead.