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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24
SELECT SCHOOL !!

The Summer Session of Susquehanna Select
School, located at Campbell's Church in Bell
township. will comm, noe on the tn ird Monday Of
Nav, first Monday,) for the term of i've months.
with a vacation of three weeks in IN idsummsr
The Common Branches will be taught. and also
the following if desired to wit: Algebra tieome
try Plain Trigonometry, Mensuration. Surveying
Philosophy. Physiology, Physical Geography,
Rhetoric and Logic.
THE PRICE OF TUITION
shall be. for the full term of five months Sl2 ard
for less than the full term. at he rate of SO per
month All pupils shall be held till the end Of
the term. without special agreement at the time
of entry, and the price of tuition shall be paid in
advance.
The School is located in pleasant neighbor-
hood and a competent Teacher has been secured
Boarding be procured for s3 per week.
Any further inform alton can be had by address
ing the Preside nj of the Board. Cush Post nfcs,
the Secretary at Burnside, OF Professor Smith at
Curwensyille- j. +. LEE, President
J.W CAMPBELL, Trea,r.
JAMES DoWLER, Sec'y.
March d 1859
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TIE first bill signed by President Grant

TIE first bill signed by President Grant
the bill for strengthening the public cred
it-embodies the principle on which the Re-
pubicans planted themselves in the Presi-
dental canvass. 1t provides that the obi
cations of the Government shall be paid in
zing the issue of any such obligations has
expressly provided that the same may be
paid in lawful money. or in other currency
than gold or silver This law will have q
beneficial effect abroad, as we'll as at home,
without any doubt, and it was entirely ap-
proprate that i. should be the first to receive
President Grants signature
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SHERIFF SALE.-By virtue of sund'y

-
~ writs of FIeri Fdcias, issued on, on,
of the Court of Common Pleas of Cie@'ae.ii ie@i
county and to me directed, there will be expo,
to public sale, at tn. Court House. in the boru-
of Clearield on THURSDAY, the 18th pti ",
APRIL. 1869, at 2 o'cIock P. NJ, the foio'Ds
described property to wit
All that located and partially graded ana %
finish ed railway of the MADEIRA Coal and n'pIo,l
ment Company situate in Decatur and Nocl' =;
townships Cearfeld county. Pa beginnins - -
Decatur township at the line OF and Junct' Il L.,
the railroad of the Moshannon coal conPAIIi
the nee by the valley of Beaver run south"~p.. d..
through lands of Mosh annon coal company n
yer Branch coal company. A. Long ana ~, "a
Houtz- fifty feet ih width as located gradea de.;on
chopped, and two miles and one haIf 10 :.
No i35 there located. more fully deseriO on
follows Beginning at point on the MTsnG. SniIsy
branch of the Tyrone ard Clearheid n,.soI.'
two and three-quar;er miles west OF ~. for
thence South 45 degrees and 10 minu zee ~, for
1895 feet. thence by degree course 70 1It IL >.
1858 feet, thence South 63 degrees So 5 20
West for 81 80 feet. thence by l degree An 5,.
minute curve to left for $50 feet thence o' L.n.s
gree and 8 minute curve for 1870 feet, n,
South 81 degrees West for $3.50 feet theho
degree curve so right for 1000 feet men I5D6
degree and Is minute curve to rignt gnt,Ws.t
feet. thence North So degrees and 30 minus m bup-
for l400 feet, m king two and fifty elght lghuS and
dredtb miles. The same being unhnis ;..ues
without rail upon it and ielding DO ren ND IA be
or profits. Selzed, taken in execution, ga In.
sold as the property of the Madera Goa cow
provenent Company u III" "Sh,,f
March q o--
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Late Elections.

HUNTINGDON, March l9.-The entire Re
publican ticket was elected in this borough
to day by majority of about 54-the same
that Grant had in November The vote by
the Republicans 70. and against the Craw-
ford county system resulted in a majority OF
one hundred and twenty three in favor of
its adoption. Indications are that it met
with but little opposition in country districts,
and consequently the Republican party of
this county will hereafter be governed by
this method in making its nominations of
candidates.
ALLENTOWN, March I9.-T. H Gyd,
formerly colonel of .he Forty seventh Penn
syvania Volunteers, the Democratic candi-
date, was to-day elected mayor of this city.
The former incumbent was Republican
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24
PUBLIC VENDUE.

The subscriber will offer for sale. ut Public
Fendue, on the farm of Judge Wright of 8
mile south of Clearheld, on he road leading to
Clearield Bridge. on
TUESDAY, APRIL 18TH 1889
the following personal property. to wit : Two
fresh Cows. One yeariing Heifer. Thirty one
Chickens, One Hog lot of Hams and Shoulder.
a lot of Potatoes. One barrel of Soap, One Grind
stone. One Whselbarrow, TAo Forks, One bureau
One Dinning Table, Five pair of Bedsteads One
Book Case Two Eight day Clocks. Two Stoves,
One Cupboard, Set of Chairs Doushtry. a lot Of
good Carpet. Saddle and Bride. Tubs and Neat
Barrels One Mall ami Wedges a lot of aftinz
Tools, One Wash Kettle. and numerous other ar
ticles too tedious TO mention Sale to commences
at 10 o clock A NJ. of said day Terms msas
known on day of sale. ISAAC SWALES
March "a IS6e-3t
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24

New York editors who live in glass hou-
ses should not throw stones. Some Of these
gentlemen have been lately casting missiles
of various degrees of hardness at the Penn
sylvania Legislature and Pennsylvania polit-
ical rings in general. We will say nothing
of how many holes these missiles made, but
since the history ofthe extraordinary bribery
and CORRUPTION at Albany has been made
public, the citizens of our sister State have
discovered that they live in such an excess,
ivelv little house-one so transparently vile,
that they are willing to forget what they
have thought of us, it we will only forgive
them and abstain from retaliatory attack.
They know how few stones would utterly de
moiish all their pretcnces of legislative hon
esty
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24

1t is rumored that General Longstreet
VIII decline the appointment of Surveyor OF
Customs at New Orleans, to which he ha,
been nominated by the President The reas-
on assigned Is that he does not wish his mo
tives Tor joining the Republican party TO be
questioned particularly in the South When
he attached himself to tha; party he was in
fuenced by higher motives than expectation
of favor or reward and as his circumstances
are not necessitous, he thinks the appoint.
ment can be more appropriately given to
some other gentleman equally qualified,
whose acceptance could not compromise
himself or others.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24

A RIsISG MANA correspondent of the
'Pittsburg Commercial, Speaking of the
Democratic members of the House who
were expected to participate in the debate
on the Fifteenth Amendment MIR.
McCulleush. "f Ciearield. tcho Is the &C
kno,cledyed leader, will be absent attending
court. "
Go in, Mr. Mccullough, of Clearfeld
You've held Wallace 5 coat tail long enough.
1t is his turn now to hnid yours
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I. 5. TAX APPEALS.
UNITED STATES AssEsson's OFTICE,
NISETEsSTH DISTRICT Pa.


Notice is hereby given that the assessm snt list,
valuations and enumerations made and taken
within the Nineteenth Collection District, Pa,
by the Assistant assessor Under the laws
of the United States, will ain open to all
persons concerned for examination for tho space
of 10 days from the twenty-fifth day of March
A. ID 1869. at the Assessors Office in the Borough
of Curwenville.
AT the time stated above the Assessor will re
ceive. hear and determine all appeals relative 10
any erroneous or excessive valuations or enumet'
ations by the assistant assessors.
In regard to appeals the law provides, $ That
the question to be determined by the assessor on
I" an appeal respecting the valuation or enumeFa'
ton ofproperty, objects liaUle to duty or isi'
- alton. shall oe whether the valuation compi"la'
ed of be or be not in just relation or proper,
tion to other valuations in the same Assessment
district, and whether the enumeration be or oe
- not correct And appeals to the assessor ., -
" aforesaid. shall be made in writing and s9alI
specify the Particular cause, matter or th'AS
- respecting which decision is requested NJ
" shall moreover, state the ground or prihe'P'
=" of inequality error plaued of
DANIEL LIVINGSTON,
Assessor of the Nineteenth Dl-trlct
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24

The Doylestown Democrat, one of the
most influential Democratic papers in Penn
sylvaDia, is out in strong leader in favor
OF Gen. Hancock for Governor. A move
ment in the same direction has also been
made by leading Democrats in Washington.
Gen. Fl. will probably get the nomination
but that is all, The Republican candidate
is bound to win.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24

Loss AND GAIN.-The country perhaps
gained something by the termination of the
rorrieth Congress, but it also lost some.
thing-it lost Mullins, of Tennessee, to
whom Davy Crockett was hardly a priming
in his best days. If Mullins never 'set
the table in roar by his wit, he often AS
tonished the House by the vigor of his ora
tory, which was irresistible. Don Piatt,
who writes, we believe, the Washington let
ters OF the Cincinnati Commercial says
the best things of Mullins are not repor
ted. The reporters fail to do him justice.
He charged down on New York Chandler
tie other day, on mules, and it took Chair
dler's friends three days to dig him out. Il
will stand here, Mr. Speaker, roared Mul
lins, till the angel Gabriel snaps his last
gun. l will stand here till the pis-ants car
ry me out piecemeal through the keyhole.
will stand here until the archapgel fires
the crack of doom amid the wreck of mat
ter and crush of boards, and Asia tumbles
into Africa, leaving the polar star to CLEAN
like the eye of hell upon mighty void of
collateral chaos. -
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24

DEFEArED.-We are glad to see that the
Dill for the inspection of steam boilers.
which was gigantic swindle. has been de-
teated 10 the House, Notwithstanding it re-
ceived the valuable support of that dist;n.
gulshed Democrat-''the acknowledged lead
er" Hon. I. J. Mccullough, Of this coup-
y. 1t would have been gross fraud upon
the people-a gigantic monopoly, that was
too much, even for the present Legislature
to stomach
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24

That President Grant will shortly nomi-
nate ex-Gov. Curtin as Minister to Russia.
is more than probable The tender was one
OF the first made by the new President, and
1t is understood that Mr. Curtin returned
favorable answer The report that Col Nc
Cure will accompany him abroad has no
foundation in t~uth-the idea having never
been entertained
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24

Andrew johnson seems to have left many
little varacity accounts unsettled on his de-
parture from the White House. 1t is now
ascertainel that the bill adding two majors
to the Judge Advocates Bureau was one of
those pocketed by the departing Tennessean,
although several officers of the army claim
to have his promise in their behalf for its
signature.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24

The Copperheads are very much torriied
at the passage 10y the Pennsylvania Senate
OF the Suffrage Amendment They howl
and gnash their teeth, with impotent rage,
and declare that public sentiment is very
much against it What do they know OF
puohc sentiment The poor Cops are one
hundred years behind the age, and at their
present rate of progression they will never
catch up 70 il.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24

Delawar, has teen c,n.i tent to it, record,
and its Senate has rejected rhe CONSTITUTIONS
al amendment. Perhaps after Georgia and
ississippi have ratified it. and all of the
other States the pea patch may be induced
to do tie same But it i. doubtful.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24

President Grants Cabinet is giving great
satisfaction to the country. Every member
of it is a sound Republican, and of the
whole seven not one asked for his position.
Like the President, each member can say,
the Office came TO me unsonght.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24

SPEECH cF Hoy RESELL ERRErT. .-Iu
another column will be found the admra.
bic speech of Hon. Russell Erreit, deliver
ed IN the State Senate, on The ratification OF
the Fifteenth Amendment. 1t most effec-
tually extinguished the coffee pot Senator
from ClearGeld, ,anihilated hi, ilim,y attempt
at argument, and lef, the poor creature
without shred TO coger his political hid
eousne,s
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24

Our Democratic friends are sending up a
wall about the banshalent of General
Hancock. by being assigned to the DEPART
ment OF Dakota, but no one thought it ne
cessary to commiserate the gallant little Phil.
Sheridan, who has been out in that region
for year OF m ore
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24

SHOCKING MURDER.-A. j. TODD and
his wife were murdered in their bed at Leb-
anon, Indiana, on Thursday mig ht, March IS.
The discovery was made the next morning,
when Mr.. Todd was found lying on the floor
with his throat cut IRON car to ear and a
bullet hole in his breast, and rife gun ly-
ing about three feet from his body Both
hands were clasped on his breast over the
bullet hole. His throat had been cut while
in bed, where he had bled to death. He
was then dragged out of bed and thrown on
the floor and shot His wife was lying in
in the bed with the backside side of her
head mashed in, and several cuts across her
face and arms, and on her head An old
Ratchet was found in the bed, and an old
case knife on the foor There is no clue to
the perpetrators of this blood, trag edy.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24
aeu Aarertisements.

Adrerfssements set MP Inkargs fvYe, Of pkain
style, iciH Be charged don6k, nsual rates No .pts
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24

An exchange says that Andy johnson u
Mt OF the hlues because he can veto Pres.
hient Grants insurursI
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24

CHAPLAIN OF THE HoUsE,-It affords US
more than ordinary pleasure to be able to
announce, that Rev. J. G Butler, d. D., OF
St Paul's, has been chosen Chaplain to the
House of Representatives at Washington
city, by the following vote: Rev. j. G.
Butler, ll2; Rev. John Chambers, of Phil
adelphia, l6; Rev Gilman Jack son, of Wash
ington, l6 Rev. James NJ Kinney, of In
diana, IA. Total vote, l5s
If we mistake not, Dr. Butler is the first
Lutheran minister, that has ever been chos
en- to the Charlaincy of either branch of
Congress. 1t is an honorable post to fill, and
in this instance, certainly. if ever, it has
been we'll and worthily bestowed. We con-
gratulate the popular branch of our nation
al Legislature on the eminently wise selec
ton they have made, and Dr. Butler on this
deserved tribute to his high personal and
ministerial character Obserrer.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24

GAUTION.-All person are HEREBY vsy
Otioned against purchasing or ID srs ~. oc-
interfer ing with tn tract or piece OF tanI
aupied by w. Lee, or with the timber nsiTr%uIN
as the same belongs to me- A. W.
March 10 1869 .
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24

kossouth is said to be DID, poor, decrepid
and living on charity.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24
The New Bounty Bill.

Congress, on the third of the month, pas
sed most important bounty bill, the text OF
which has not yet been given through the
Wa shington dispatches 1t will be seen
that its provisions apply very largely to the
Pennsylvania volunteer regiments, and fol
| the benefit of the members of those old or
ganizations, and their widows and orphans
we print it at length:
Be it enacted By the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States oi
America In Congress assembled, That when
soldiers discharge states that he is dis
charged by reason of expiration of term OF
service, he shall be held to have completed
the full term of his enlistment, and entitled
to bounty accordingly.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the widow, minor children, or parents, in
the order named, of any soldier who shall
have died, after being honorably discharged
from the military service of the United
States, shall be entitled to receive the addi-
tional bounty to which such soldier would
be entitled if living, under the provisions of
the twelfth and thii teenth sections of an act
entitled IAN act making appropriations for
sundry civil expenses of the Government
for the year ending June thirty, eighteen
hundred and sixty seven, and for other pur-
poses" approved July twenty eight, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-six. and the provi-
sions of sai act shall be so construed.
Sec s. And be it further enacted, That
all claims for the additional bounties grant
ed in sections l2 and Is OF the act of July
2S, 1866, shall, after the lst day of May
next, be adjusted aud settled by the accoun-
ting officers ofth Treasury, under the pro-
visions of said act and all such claims as
may on the lst of May be remaining in the
Office of the Paymaster General unsettled.
shall be transferred to the Second Auditor
OF the Treasury for settlement
See. I. And be it further enacted, That
all claims for bounty under the provisions
OF the act cited in the foregoing section
shall be void. unless presented in due form
prior to the lst day Of December, 1869.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-24

Colorado wants 200 marriageable women.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-04
THE CUBAN OUESTTON

IT is evident that the destiny of Cuba and
the result of the present struggle of the in
surgents to achieve their independence will
bo largely influenced by the course of the
United States Government. Several import
ant illustrations of its power have already
been displayed The creoles received a severe
check in the arrest of the expeditions they
had organized at New York. They had relied
with great confidence upon the quiet acqui-
escence of our Government in their violations
of our neutrality laws, and they had expended
large sums of money upon their schemes for
sending aid and comfort to the patriots from
our shores. BY losing this resource they lost
one of the greatest adjuncts OF their final
success
There has been widespread feeling that,
since we refused to permit the Cubans to ac-
quire strength from our soil, we should be
equally careful to prevent the Spaniards from
obtaining effective weapons here. The fact
was well known that they were having a num-
ber of gunboats constructed, which would
probably render as good service in Cuban
waters as the American gunboats rendered in
the Southern States during the war of the Re-
bellion. The practical difficulty was to de-
wise a pretext for preventing their egress
from this country. Spain is nominally
friendly power, having the same right to pur-
chase arms, munitions, or even ships, for
ordinary purposes, that we had in 1SG1-6j to
buy guns in Europe. But principle of in
ternational law which forbids a nation from
furnishing weapons to one friendly nation
which are to be used for aggressive warfare
against another friendly nation has been called
into requisition, and new illustration of the
unbending fidelity of American neutrality has
been furnished to Great Britain. Marshal
Barlow has seized the Spanish gunboats, on
the ground that they may be used in the war
waged by Spain against Peru, and by this
action the South American republic, as well
as the insurgents, will be protected.
1t is impossible to foretell the results of
American diplomacy at Madrid. 1t is not inn
probable that the late seizure may have been
stimulated by an unfavorable reception of
propositions submitted by our Minister to the
Spanish authorities There are conflicting
rumors in regard to the character of the in
structions given to Sickles. He may have
been authorized to recommend the sale of the
island to the Cubans, or merely directed to re-
quest a mitigation of the severities of Spanish
rule. The administration will no doubt fiud
some method Of expressing its sympathy for
the revolutionists.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-04
HARYARD VS.. OXFORD.

The great international boat-race which is to
come off in England on the 3lst of August,
between the crews of Harvard University and
the University of Oxford, appears to excite
our friends across the water almost as much
as the Alabama claims question and the Irish
Church bill did little while back. Now that
the Alabama question has received tempo
rary, and the Irish Church a permanent
quietus, the approaching exhibition of muscle
is, in fact, one of the few first-class sensa-
tions which the English papers have at their
command, and the genius who fixes up the
daily cable budget of news in London re-
CARDS their comments upon the Harvard crew
as being almost equal in importance
to the Goodwood races. Yesterday we
ere told that the London press had dropped
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-04

the eulogistic strain in which they had been
lndulging for some time, when speaking of
the Harvard crew, and had betaken them
selves to an unfavorable vein of comm NJ
But the most startling piece of inform alton
that has as yet been flashed over the cable
concerning this great boat-race is a choice
extract from the comments of a writer in the
columns of the London Daily Ne,0S of yester-
day morning, who is SO deeply and thoroughly
lmbued with the traditional British love of
talr play, that he actually expresses the hope
In fact, almost INDUCES in the expectation
that the best boat will be ''the first to pass
the winning-post!" If this isn't the consum-
nation of fairness, we should like the cable
man to send us a special despatch conveying
clear idea of what is
But, seriously, this international boat-race
business bids fair to follow in the path of all
similar doings, and to run itself into the
ground by its own momentum. Thousands
of pounds sterling have already been staked
upon the result of the contest, the odds at
the latest advices by cable being two to one
in favor of the Oxford crew, and during the
interval between the present day and the day
OF the race still other thousands will be
wagered. And when the race comes off, it
will be nothing more nor less than a Derby
upon water, with all its demoralizing and
disastrous concomitants. If the Harvard crew
happen to man the best boat and the fates
do not interfere to upset the hopes and ex-
pectations of the Dday Neecs, John Bull in
general, and betting John Bull in particular,
will tear his hair and weep. If the Oxford
crew chance to paddle the best boat, and the
fates do not defy the calculations of the
Dd5y NeTS, John Bull all the world over will
go off in an ecstacy, and the Harvard men will
return to their own country, perchance little
sadder, but assuredly not a whit the wiser,
than when they sailed forth to test their
muscle upon waters located in foreign parts.
In either event, the cable man at London will
be in high feather, and will certainly not re-
strain himself within the bounds of single
column. And the earth will continue to re-
volve upon her axis just the same as if both
Harvard and Oxford were keeping company
at the bottom of the sea.