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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-02
SYMPATHY W1ru REBE1s.-The New

SYMPATHY WITH REBELS.-Ihe New
York Times says:
1t is n little curious to observe with what
intense delight we hear of rebellion against
any Government, no matter what 1t is, or
where it is, so it be not our own. We don't
stop to inquire into the objects of the revolt,
its motives or chances of success, or whether
it is likely to benefit or ruin those who engage
in it. If it is only rebellion against Gov
eminent, that is all we ask. 1t has all our
sympathies-all our good wishes-all the help
we can give it without getting into trouble
ourselves. The Fenians in Irelaud-the hand
full of Cretans starving in hopes of overthrow
ing the Turkish Government, the Spanish
Liberals overthrowing the monarchy, aud now
the Cubans rebelling against the Spanish Lib
erals-they all have the sympathy and en-
couragement or our people. The prevalent
idea with us on this subject seems to be that
all government is bad and ought to be over
thrown, and that we are bound by our prirci
Piles, our traditions and our interests to help
those noble spirits who rebel against authority
anywhere or of whatever sort. One would
think our own experience should teach US the
necessity of some discrimination in this mat
ter. We insisted that no foreign nation should
sympathize with our rebels, no matter what
they might think about the causes of their
rebellion. The whole thing was none of their
business. Have we any more concern with
Crete, or SIa ain or Cuba or Ireland ;hau Eng
land had with US during our war?
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-02

THE PENSION FOR Mas. LINcoLN.-The
Senate committee on pensions, it is stated in
dispatch from Washington, have concluded
that they had no power to act upon the sug-
gestion of Senator Sumner of granting Mrs
Lincoln stipend of S., 900, and that the linn
it of their liberality was confined to the sum
usual in such cases of thirty dollars a month,
and no more. In instances where a higher
pension has been given the committee on mill
tary affairs have had the disposition oft A
report will be made by the committee to the
Senate setting forth their inability to render
any greater pecuniary relief than the law al
lows to the widow of the martyred President
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-02
Arrest of a Thief.

One night last week, Mr.. Thomas Paxton,
residing at Piedmont, on the Baltimore q
Ohio Railroad, found that his room had been
entered during the night and Sl3OO IN green
backs, together with $50 in gold and his gold
watch, distracted from his clothes which be
had placed on a chair by the bedside. During
the day it was discovered that young man
named Clark, who had been boarding with
Mr.. Paxton, had taken leave of his pleasant
quarters, and Immediately suspicion attached
to the young man. On last Monday morning
Mr.. Paxton having found out the route taken
by Clark, gathered several of his friends and
started in pursuit, and arrived in Winchester.
After inquiry he learned that the young Jack
Sheppard had sported around Manchester
several days, but was now up the Valley
The party proceeded to Woodstock, and en-
Monday evening, upon entering the hotel at
that place, had the pleasure of saluting the
Young man reared back in chair with his
heels higher than his head.
Seeing that it was no use to play Ignorant,
Clark confessed to having stolen the watch,
the gold an S65 in greenbacks which were
recovered, but denied the theft of the SlSOO.
He said that the wallet containing it must
have been in another pocket. He promised,
however, to show MIR. Paxton where he had
secreted his pantaloons when he returned to
Piedmont.
The prisoner passed through town last
Tuesday bound for West Virginia. He rep.
resented himself as being a Marylauder, and
saws that he served for a time during the wal
in the ''Stuart Horse Artillery" but deserted
to the Federal Army Winchester NelcS.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-02
E1EEz22Der, l.gsnAber:

THE undersigned is now ,cccivirg another lot Of
1 choice LU MBER OF v.ry description. lie wilt
constantly keep on hand, nt his Lumber Yard ia
ShepEcI dsiown, a large and general assortment OF
WHITE AND YELLOW PINE PLANK,
JOiSr AND SC ANTIING
PRIME SEASONED POPLAR PLANK,
of al wild hs and thickness. suitable for Cabinet
purposes. &c. Also, moor POI ES, CYPRESS
AND OAK SIZING LES; all If which will be sold Un
reasonable trims iOr i.asn.
cb,uary , ISJg- If TOwNER SCHLEY
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-02

A REMINIsCENCE.-The conviction of
BIaisdell and Eckel, for defrauding the gov
ernmeut out of the whiskey tax, is reviviug
"reminiscences of the celebrated Burdell- Gun
ningham Bond street, murder, which created
so much excitement in this city some fifteen
or sixteen years ago DR.. Blaisdell it - Oe
remembered, was accused of comp l;aty in the
crime by one Of the counsel for the prosecu>
ton, but nothing ever came of the accusation
except subsequent threats on the part Of the
Doctor to sue journal for libel for reitera~
ting it. His companion, Eckel. was indicted
conformity with Mrs. Cunningham for the
murder, but as nothing was proved against
him. he, as well as Mrs. Cunningham, was
acquitted. And now, after long lapse of
years. these two men are again before Grim
inal court aud occupying much pnblic atteu-
ton but this time, as fate would have it, as
convicted criminals, awaiting sentence to the
felon's cell. So goes the verdi Verify, the
way of the transgressor is hard.
NeU York Express.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-02
FAILURE IN R1cuMoND.-The Richmond

FAILURE IN RICHMoND.-The Richmond
correspondent Of the Petersburg Express, un-
der date of Saturday last says -
s'Our city was startled this morning by the
report of the failure of the large and we'll
known milling firm-Messrs. Warwick d
Barksdale. These gentlemen are well known
over the whole State, and during a long lite
spent in this city have ever held high posi-
tons. At the evacuation their large GuIlego
mills were burnt to the ground and these
gentlemen, with tireless energy, Immediately
went to work to rebuild them. They have
just been finished upon the old site, and it is
understood that the enormous expense attend
ant upon their construction and outfit have
so broken the fortunes of the firm as to cause
their suspension. OF course it is impossible
to get any very accurate information to the
extent of their liabilities, but persons in posi-
tions to know say that they will not fall far
short of 100000. Their assets are very
large too and it is doubtful whether after all
their creditors will be heavy losers. We
have never heard such general expression Of
regret for the mist Irtunes of any one as have
been uttered to-day. 1t is hoped that some
arrangement can be had with the creditors,
which will allow Of u continuation Of the bus.
mess"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-02

- The Legislature of West Virginia will
dispose, shortly, of bill chasing all stomach
bitters as liquors, and exacting license tax
of one hundred dollars from all druggists and
dealers offering them for sale.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-08-11
Packers Fraud.

The following article, from the 4hd"ch
Chunk Gazette, reveals more of Packer
than is to be learned from Democratic bog
raphies Is a man who would be guilty oil
SO contemplate dodge, fit for Governors
Read it and then answer The impress
sion has gone out through the papers OF the
State that Judge Packers residence Is IN
this county. This is a mistake. 1t is true
lie has splendid mansion here, that his
family reside in it, and that he regards it as
his home, but in 1867 he took up his legal
residence in the Sixth Ward, Philadelphia,
by having himself assessed and his taxes
paid there He did this to avoid giving
Carbon county the benefit of the revenue it
was entitled to derive from the legal taxa
ton on his vast estate. The County Com
missioncrs and Borough Councils, however,
succeeded by legal process in collecting the
taxes for that year, which had been assessed
here, but which he hoped to be able to trans
fer to Philadelphia. Since then Mr.. Packer
has lived here just as he has done for the
last twenty five years, and has utterly re-
fused TO contribute by his taxes to the sup
port of our schools, our almshouse, our roads,
and our borough the question by a
nominal residence in distant city. This pro-
cedure which perhaps his friends Can recon
cile with that honor" of which we hear so
much in connection with his private charac-
ter, evinces a spirit of petty spite and a
lack of local pride that the people of this
county do not palliate or forgive Mr. Pack
er still delights to be recognized as the head
and front Of the extensive interests of Car
bon county and the Lehigh Valley. The
foundation of his colossal fortune was laid
on its soil and all his enterprises are located.
And yet by legal subterfuge, Il trick, he
defrauds the county of taxes which righttul-
ly belong to its treasury, and leaves its pub
he institutions to the care of citizens of less
ability but greater merit, by turning over
his taxes to a county hundred miles away
1t may be urged that be has right to Sc
lect his residence wherever he may see fit.
So he has, and if he pays taxes where he
honestly resides we shall have no fault to
find But for him to retain his actual abode
here and vet pretend to reside in Philadel-
phia, for the purpose We have stated, is
simply insufferable. and we protest against
his claiming to be 20 Carbon county SO
long as he refuses to pay his taxes within
her limits ~
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-08-11

STRONG OPINION. Our Pennsylvania
Democracy is spoken of very disrespectfully
by the New York Citizen, Democratic
journal. The platform, - says the Citizen,
lis utterly bad, without the first sign of true
loyalty or the least evidence of a devotion to
the best interests of the whole country"
The Citizen cannot, under the circumstan-
ccs, expect or wish that the Democrats
should carry Pennsylvania, and gives its
reasons:
I'VE do not wish this simply because it
would be triumph OF the VallaHdighams,
and the Pendletons, and the old school that
never learns and never forgets; the former
slave power toadies, who immagined that
slavery was thing of beauty and Joy for
ever, instead of being at best but a cruel ne.
cessity of the Constitution. A triumph Oh
such principles and with such candidates
would only revive the dead men of the North
and South, the putresceut bodies which
have been smothered under the loyalty of
the nation; the malignant rebels. whether
they register themselves as enemies of the
nation in Cincinnati, Harrisburg, or New
Orleans. A victory now would bring the
extremcts's back to life and power, and with
them another defeat in 1872"
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-08-11
A Neadad Rafnrm-

We have long experienced the evils of the
system adopted in our Legislature, of turn
ing everything that relates to a county or
district to its immediate representatives.
The result is that Republicans in minority
counties, might just as well be Democrats
Ii they go to Harrisburg ior legislation, and
appeal TO Republican members, they are
told it is a local matter, and they must go to
the member from their county Yet how
can they expect favors from man whose
election they have strenuously opposed?
Moreover, in most instances, they are not
willing to trust him. They are thus depriv-
ed of representation, and o. all participation
in the legitimate fruits of political victory.
We most cordially endorse the Miners
Journal when it says: The Republicans
of the counties in this State in which they
are in the minority. have for years had just
cause to complain of the neglect which they
have experienced at the hands of the Re
publican Legislatures. They are compelled
to work twice as hard as the Republicans of
the. majority counties for the success of the
party, aud when they go to Harrisburg for
needed local legislation they cannot get it.
1t the present year was not one in which a
Governor is to be elected, the Republicans
OF the minority counties would have made a
demonstration which would have proved
useful as lesson to the Republicans of the
majority counties. We nevertheless call
upon the Republicans of the minority coun-
ties to demand at the next session of the
Legislature the attention. to their wants in
the way Of local legislation which is their
due. What benefit is it to the Republicans
of a minority county to work for the success
of the party at the polls, if they are to be
treated no better thanif the Democracy were
in power? Let the Republican press of the
minority counties take this matter up, and
with us, determine to ask for nothing but
what is right, and to submit to nothing that
| Is wrong.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-08-11

How He LOVES THEN. The Reading
Times is ventilating Asa Packers love for
The poor man. The Time, says that Mr..
Packer amassed colossal fortune by Grind
ing the faces Of the poor. Years ago he
made heavy contracts for boating coal to
New York, and got kind of monopoly of
the business. He carried his oppression of
boatmen so far that they rebeled against him,
and resorted to a strike. He went to South
Easton, where the boatmen had congregated,
to compel them to continue in his service :;
'but SO violent was the feeling agrinst him
that he was seized by the men, thrown in
to the Lehigh, and would have been dfown-
ed but for timely rescue. So exasperated
were the men against Packer, that they
drove the man who had saved his life from the
ground with stonesi" A fortune wrung
out OF the sweat of other men does not ca
ry with 1t any great merit, however effec-
tive it may be in buying Democratic con-
yentIoas
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-08-11

SNowDEN SwEARs. Under oath, that
excellent official. Mr.. Prothonotary Snow
den, testified at Philadelphia that he natur-
allied upwards of six thousand citizens du-
ring the political camraign Of '6S-each OF
them at fifty cents per head, under contract
with the Democratic Committee. The Com
mittee seem to have paid no'hing to the de-
frauded official for the other thousands OF
blank certificates which somehow contrived
to secure the seal of the Court And yet
the Copperheads say We don't need Regis
try Law,
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-08-11

WHO is PERsHING.-The Somerset Her
aid and Wing says: ''Pershing is third
or fourth-rate country lawyer, enjoying a
plodding business as scrivener and general
county counsel. He has never, unassisted,
tried dozen cases in that many years of
pactice, and we doubt much if his voice has
ever been heard at the bar of the court on
whose bench he aspires to sit. His public
career has been confined to few years SER
vice in the lower House of our State Legis-
lature, where he made political reputation
so extensive that one half his party Journals
in the State do not even know how to spell
his name"
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-08-11

PACKER PHOTOGRAPHED. - Rauch, of
Father Abratdnt, who was at Chunk
long enough to know whereof he speaks,
gives the pecunious Asa this recommends
ton: Personally he may safely be term
ed Il clever man; of great business capacity,
and of some very good traits of character.
He lives in magnificent house; is mil
lonaire; keeps plenty of pure old whisky
on his sideboard (for which as well as his
stamps there will be an immense demard j
is fond OF fun, though by no means funny
himself, and enjoys the reputation of being
the best euchre player of Mauch Chunk.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-08-11
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
AT PRIVATE SALE.

The undersigned offers at private sale the un-
divided one half, the whole of the Bald HILL,
Property. in Girard township, Clearfeld CO., Pa
Said property contains about FIFTEEN HUN
DRIED ACRES of land. we'll timbered with Pine
Hemlock and Oak. A good STEAM SAW MILL.
fifty horse power with capacity to cut 1000 feet
per day, is erected thereon. Also, Picket Sh in
gle and Lath Mill connected The machinery is
comparatively new and in good order,
Persons wishing to purchase can receive fur
ther informa alton in regard to price, &c ny call
ing on JOHN II. FULFURD, Clearfeld. Penn'a
ALEX. IRWIN, on the premises, or the under
signed.
Aug H. IS69-3m JAMES IRWIN Sen
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-08-11

IN THE COURT of Common Pleas Of
L Clear6eld county:
FIRST NATIONAL BANK No. lis March I 20
OF CLEARFIELD. EFT. AL,
VS. Foreign AttaehHsni
GEORGE W SHIMMEL
Now. 2Sth June. 1863, David L. Lrsbs J.
Mccullough, and WIN. NJ Mccullough, aPponf
Trustees according TO the provisions OF the H.~
Assembly By the Court.
Notice is hereby given.by the undsrsisned'a'
reside in the Borough of Clearfeld OF Their y
pointment above stated. and all persons ~
dcbted to the said George W. Shimmsl or hoIaLs
property belonging to him. are required 70 -!
and deliver all such sums of money and pIoP'I!
due and belonging to said defendant, to th' pa
dcrsigned Trustees and all creditors are aesIs-
to present their respective accounts or deln AI--
TT. MCCULLOUGH
DAVE L. EREBS.
WM MCCULLOUGH
July 81 .'69-4t. IrU.Ie"
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-08-11

DIsGRAcEFUL,-The recent trial of Rev
5. p. Linn, before the Ohio Presbytery of
the Presbyterian Church, although it result
ed in his acquittal, was most disgraceful
performance. Il is astonishing that pro-
fessed theologians, when they undertake to
administer justice, should make such asses
of themselves. There was not particle of
evidence admitted that would have been re-
ceivedi in civil court. The rulings were SO
absurd as to make the Reverend court a
common laughing stock Its members
ought to be heartily ashamed of themselves.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-08-11

WOULDN'T HAVE IT.-Refering to the
craftsmanship of the Democratic State Ex-
ecutiye Committee, the Reading Dispatch
says: wallace would gladly have taken
the Craftsmanship another term but for the
Registry Law Wallace told his friend
Charlie Buckalew that the Radical Legisla-
ture had blocked his game,-knocked the
grounds all out of his Coffee-pot, this was
to be an honest campaign and he didn' t
want anything to do with any such ID
Radical arrangement, and positively insis-
ted upon being superseded as chairman.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-08-11

TENNESSEE ELECTION The election in
Tennessee. last week, resulted in favor of
Senter, the Conservative candidate for Gov
ernor, by about 10000 majority. Senter
claims to be a Republican, supporter of
the Administration, ard advocates the 18th
amendment; yet his election is claimed as a
rebel triumph About 30, 900 disfranchised
rebels were, by the election Of Mr.. Senter as
Governor, granted the franchise, and they
have repaid him with their votes-thereby
securing his election.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-08-11

Now OR THEN. newspapers,
which few months ago were prophecylng
a terrible deficit in the revenue and con
seauent augmentation OF the national debt
as result of the policy of Congress and the
ineapacity of President Grant and his Cabi-
net officers, are now engaged in assuring
their readers that an increase of revenue
and reduction of the debt were inevitable,
aud that neither Congress nor the Admin
istration is entitled to credit for the improv
ed aspect of affairs. DID they lie then, or
do.they lie now,9
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-08-11
From the Counties Around Us.

BLAIR-A number of destructive fires
have occurred in Altoona during the past
year. Thomas J Duke and Truman A. Beal
were tried and found guilty last week.
Campbell and Mcconnell, two accomplices
turned States evidence and were released
Beale was sentenced to ten years. and Duke
to five years and six months in the peniten-
tary. q. The house of ii. S. Mcclellan
at Allegheny Furnace was sruck by light
ming. The inmates were stunned but not
hurt. -. Miss Clara Lloyd, daughter of
VIM. NJ. Lloyd Esq, fractured her ancle in
jumping from a carriage. A Bill In
Equity has been filed by the owners of land
along the little Juniata, against 5. G. Ba-
ker, furnace proprietor, TO restrain him
from washing iron ore in the stream.
The Tyrone people are making an effort to
supply their town with water. They had
meeting, and subscribed $4,000 of stock
The estimated cost is only $4,000. They
have one of the finest springs in the world,
and ought TO utilize it. :. On Sunday
night of last week gang of burglars made
raid on Tyrone They broke into the
clothing store of Goldman & Kegel, carried
off about 5000 worth of clothing. They
then entered the store oil Study & Bro, and
stole some $500 worth of silks and fine goods,
and wound up on Stephens saloon, from
which they took some S25 worth of edibles.
They will probably visit Philipsburg and
| fnearfield sn loot ont for ,ha,n
CAMBRIA.-Mr. Anthony O'Donnell, a
miner employed in the mines of the Cam
bria Iron Company, was killed on Wednesday
last, BY car running against him. :. =. A
servant girl employed at the Cresson Noun
tain House, lost $3.50 dollars one night last
week. d. 1t is estimated that near $50,
600 worth of berries will be shipped from
Cambria county this year. :. A daugh-
ter of Mr.. David Powell, aged nearly four
years, had one of her legs cut off by now
ing machine, while the father was engaged
in cutting grass near Ebensburg. on July
Both The shook shop of A. A. Bar
ker Il Son, in Susquehanna tp., was de-
stroyed by fire on July SOth. Loss about
! SOOO. HC WOIh VI All luCctluldTy-
INDIANA.-On the night of Monday, the
I'd inst, the store of A. NJ. Stewart & Bro
in Indiana, was entered by burglars, the
fre-proof blown open, and bonds and money
stolen, to the amount of 81, 400. On the
same night the store of j. NJ. Guthrie was
visited-the Lilley safe blown open, and
some certificates of oil stock and revolver
stolen. The corner stone of new
Catholic church, is to be laid in Indiana,
with imposing ceremony, on Friday next.
CENTRE.-They have the small pox al
Harrisonvi|le. Elias Strong, of Ben
ner tp., shot himself in the arm, while care
lessly handling pistol. The Centre
County Agricultural Fair will be held on the
October 9Th.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-08-11
N6e aftsmans 3onrna(, Gfear6eo, ga, Qngnst H. 1869.

ADVICE WASTED. The New York World
is trying to work out new Democratic de
parture, and is advising its disciples in Penn
sylvania to form Democratic Working
mems Party, Oh the basis of return to
specie payments. 1t might as well save its
wind. The Democracy in Pennsylvania
have negro on the brain and although the
Democrats in other States have been elect
ing them to office. the unterrifed here are
as much ''fornenst" them as ever. Until
they settle the question of whether Dem
ocrat Is equal to niger, the World may
stop its preaching.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-08-11

ONE CHEER.-At the Democratic meet
ing in Reading, on July 31st,,says the Jour
nal, an effort was made to arouse little
enthusiasm for Pershing, but there was only
feeble response from one of the members
of the Convention, who, after giving one
cheer, and finding no help. suddenly subsid-
ed,-no doubt thinking he was cheering in
the wrong meeting or for the wrong man.
Poor Pershing, if already Perishing for want
OF Party enthusiasm and support, wha: will
be his fate in October. We really pity
him,