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FROM WASHINGTON.
Political disabilities.

Despatch TO the associated Press
WAsHINGToN, Feb. 15.-The Reconstruction
Committee win report as an amendment to the
Senate bill for the removal of political disa-
bilities, one of their own, embracing about
three thousand names.
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THE NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.
From the N. Y. Herald,

From the NJ y. Herald. te f
"The beaiish movement In the Gold Room led 10 a
decline TO 119H soon after the opening OF business
this morning Later in the day, upon receipt OF the
intelligence that resolution had been introduced In
Congress to authorize the Secretary OF the Treasury
to Issue $50 1000 additional currency the price
advanced to 1l9T, but, upon the sober second
thought that the resolution can be but g0ld-gam-
bling device in view OF the recent decision Of the
Supreme Court that Congress can issue no more
legal tenders, there was reaction to 1l9k. .f
"rhe imports OF specie at this port have been as
foOws- "
Iota Ior the week ........,............ &24l, ,9S9
Previously reported d...................... 1885, 23S
Total since January ], 1870. g. 9T1, $50
same time 1902. ................"...... 1,630562
Same time 1868. S...,...................... 26l,390
1.-THE strife OF the conflicting parties TO the Bpecu-
lation in the Government market has as yet been
attended with little advantage, and so fAr Is O
drawn battle The bears hammered prices with
cently to permit covering while in the reaction the
bulls brought the quotations to about the level at
which they entered the market. The bill OF Mr.
Lawrence introduced into Congress yesterday, pro-
posing q funding scheme at per cent, has created
some discussion among the Government dealers,
and the plan is thought to be feasible. The present
Bis at 1ls only pay about 3H per cent. and the 67s
about ~ per cent The more sanguine friends Of
funding measures are therefore confident OF Mr..
Boutwells ability 20 place the whole of his new
loan at four per cent
'The Money market was steady at four to six per
cent, with large sums Offering to the Government
dealers at the lower rate just mentioned. Conn.,
mercial paper was in demand at six to seven per
cent. for prime double-name acceptances.
"Foreign exchange faily active for t0-m0r-
one leading house was drawing an eighth below
other prime brokers'"
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LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
For additional Marine Ne,Os see Inside Pages
by TeLegTaph.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Arrived, steamships Bier

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Arrived, steamships Bien-
ville from Havana, and Iowa. from Glasgow.
SAN FRANCISCO Feb. 14.-1he u. s. flagship Sara
nae, Rear-Admiral Turner, has arrived from the
Mare Island Navy Yard and will proceed to the
South Pacific in few days.
Cleared-Shps Nightingale, OF and for Yokohama; !;
Despotic for Caao Hotspur, for Acapulco; Etna,
for Valparaiso. Scholarships Clothllde, for Hong
Kong; Thomas Dryden, for Acapulco; and Emile
Irma, for Valparaiso.
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Dogs paid the State of Kentucky S2l09'56
for licenses last year, and killed 21,0l6 sheep,
valued at $50, ,342.
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Reported by De Haven a Bro No 20 8. Third street.

JAY COOKE Il co. quote Government securities as
follows:-U. g. 6s OF 1884, 117%@l17X 6-2os OF 1852
ll4%@114%; do, 1854, 114@il4A; do, 1885 114@
1IdA d. July. 1866, lis@ilsh do do, 1861
ii2; Cur. q. III i1@ii1ts. Cold, 1859. ,.->4
MEssRs. DE haven n BROTHER, No. 40 s. Third
Street. Philadelphia, report the following quotations;
u =. 6s OF 1881, 11TA@11lA; do 1862, 114%@114% (;
do. 1854, 1i4@l14S; do. 1855, li4@ll4A; do. 1855,
new, 11g@1l9h; do. 1857, do. 118sE@l1sX do. 1883,
Q per cent Currency, l11%@ll1M; Due Comp. Int,
Notes. 10; Gold, 119%Ca119k; Silver, 1l6@11s. Union
Pacific X. X. 1st Mort Bonds $8S5C9ST5; Central Pa
ci1c r. II. LIST Mort Bonds s96O@97O; Union Pacific
Land Grant Bonds e69o@7l0. rI-
MEssRS. WILLIAM PAINTER d Co., No. SO s. Third
street, report the following quotatiensU. s. 6s OF
1881, ll1%@11TH 6-2os OF 1862 l4%si14x do. 1884,
11s@1ls1S; do, July, 1867, 1ls%@113X; do. July,
1865, 11sA@1l83I; 6s, 10-4O 1111@112 q. S. Pacific
RR, Cur. es, l1lh@ll1A Gold, l1sA@l1sh.
NARR LADNER, Bankers, report this mornings q
Gold quotations as follows:- =.
1000 A. M.........1192& II 20 A. Ma. .11oH
1905 ........1ieS l1145 .......... .119%
lO1Olt ............1l9aI
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DEAF AND DUMB.
The Iowa Institution and It's Pregr,


The eighth biennial report of the Iowa Insttu-
tion for the Deaf and Dumb for the years 1868
and 1859 has Just been published, from which it
appears that the institution has been highly
prosperous. The pupils have enjoyed a re-
narkable degree of health, but the institution
is overcrowded. The trustees recommend the
removal of the institution from Iowa City to
Council Bluffs
The principal, the Rev. Benjamin Talbot, in
his report says;-"Our enrolment last year
reached the unprecedented number of OIL pupils,
from 81 different counties. For the two sessions
embraced in this report, the aggregate number
is 112 from AZ different counties. The new
admissions last year were 26 and Is this ses-
sion" More than a dozen applicants were
unable to obtain admission, owing TO the want
of room. Since the opening of the Institution,
245 pupils have been admitted.
The deafness of 81 of this number was con-
genital, and "a lost their hearing from scarlet
fever. The formation of High Glass is recon-
mended. The report also adyerts to the subject
of articulation. The resolutions adopted by the
Conference of Principalsat Washington, in May,
1868, ON this subject, are given in full, and the
Principal expresses his hearty concurrence in
these resolutions.
The total receipts for the year were. $S4 7065s
" disbursements. ............. ~, 9,ooI'S2
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PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. .... =. FEBRUARY

STATE OF THERMOMETER AT THE EVENING TELEGRA APH
OFFICE.
IA. M. .......46 II A. M.......H 2P. M. 81
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Balance on hand Nov. l, 1869. =. $4SlS76
1t is gratifying to know that the education of
the deaf mute continues 10 claim attention
throughout the Union, and that strenuous efforts
are made to promote the welfare of this inte-
resting portion of the human family.
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CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Steamship Fanita Freeman, New York, John #. OH.
Bark Chancellor, Cofiin Marseilles, Workman Co.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-23

A good story is told by the New York
Heraldin correction with the late arrival of
the steamer Smidt at that port As soon as
the captain of the steamer had touched the
dock he was accosted by newsboy; who
shouted out ''Here's the Erening Tele
gran.-all about the safe srrival of the
Smidtl' He stopped the urchin and asked:
Watts dat you say about der Smidt p
''She's got in all safe; nobody drownded.
Take paper, sir?' ''Yaw but vot ter tuy-
vel's der matter? All, ha yaas. hates it
] made der passage too quick. Py tam
go right way to der agencies and makes a.
pologize." And he started off in so great a
hurry as TO forget to pay the newsboy for
the paper he had taken. The joke will be
best understood when we state that last year
the ''Smidt' was out sixty days between
Brennan and New York, while she made the
last trip in fifty days. Surely there was
room here for congratulation.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-23

LIVING BY THE DAY. compare, says
John Newton, the troubles which we have
to undergo in the course of the year to a
bundle of faggots, far too large for rs to
lift But God docs not require us to carry
the whole at once. He mercifully untics
the bundle, and gives us first one stiCs,
which we are to carry to day, and anot her
which we are to carry to- morrow, and so on.
This we might easily manage if We would
only bear the burden appointed for us each
day but we choose TO increase our troub-
les by carrying yesterdays sack over again
to day, aud adding to-morrow's burden to
our load before We are required to bear it.
William Jay puts the same truth in anoth-
er way We may consider the year before
US desk containing three hundred and
sixty five letters addressed us-one for eve-
ry day, announcing it's trials, and prescti-
bing its employments, with an order to O.
pen daily no letter but the letter for the
day. Now we may be strongly tempted to
unseal before hand some of the remainder.
This, however, would only serve to embar-
rass us, while we should violate the rule,
which our Owner and Master has lai2 down
for u.s. Take, therefore, no thought for
the morrow, for the morrow shall take
thought for the things of itself
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-23

While We are just rejoicing over the re-
turn of silver pieces to our legitimate cur
rency the Canadians are rejoicing over the
prospect of an early radiance of all they
have got. American silver has long been
called nuisance IN Canada. Strenuous
efforts have been made by the merchants
there to get rid OF it as circulating medium
BY resolutions and all other kinds of infor-
NAL enactments. A Montreal priest recent.
ly announced from the alter, according to
report, that fees would be taken in Amer
ican silver only at discount of twenty per
cent, and finally the Ottawa Parliamer,
has enacted that twenty per cent. should
be the legal discount upon it, the half dol
lar passing for forty cents and the other
coins proportionately. We may, then, soon
expect that our silver pieces will flow back
10 abundance to our side of the line, where
they are fully appreciated. Thus it is that
everything combines to bring us back by a
healthy and natural course, to specie pay
ments, without the necessity of any violent
action on the part of Congress.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-23

A YANYEE TRIcK.-0ne of our peculiar,
slab sided, gaunt Yankees lately emigrated
and settled down in the West. He was the
picture of mean man, and as he put him
self to work in good earnest to get his house
TO right, the neighbors willingly lent him a
hand. After he had got everything fixed to
his notion, n thought struck him that be
had no chickens, and he was powerfully
fond of raw eggs. He was too honest to
steal them, and too mean to buy them. At
last thought struck him-he could borrow
He went to a Deighbor and thus accosted
him:
Wall reckon you hain't got no old hen
nor nothin' you'd d lend me for few weeks
have you neighbour"
''I'll lend you one with pleasure" replied
the gentleman, picking out the very finest
in the coop.
The Yankee took the hen home, and then
went 10 another neighbor and borrowed a
dozen of eggs. Ho then set the hen, and in
due course of time she Matched out dozen
chickens.
The Yankee was again puzzled he could
return the hen, but how was he to return
the eggs? Another idea-and who ever
saw live Yankee without one-he would
keep the hen until she laid dozen eggs.
This he did and then returned the hen
and eggs to their respective owners, remark
ing as he did go:
Wall. reckon I've got as fine a dozen
of chickens as you ever had your eyes on,
and they didn't cost me cent, huther."
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-23

A JERsEYMAN's MIsTAKE-A country
man walked into New York bar room the
the other day, and called for glass of ale.
Having swallowed the refreshing beverage
with great inward salts faction, he laid five
cents on the counter and was proceeding on
his way, when the barkeeper stopped him
and blandly intimated that the price of a
glass of ale was ten cents. What ten
cents for a 1lass of ale p exclaimed the
worthy old Jerseyman, with look Of in
dignant surprise and then while he
brought from bul Ky pocket book the re-
quired additional currency, his counter
ance settled into an expression of mournful
resignation as he plaintively continued,
Ten cents glass for ale, Ell? Well, if l
had ever suspecte that, I'd have took
whiskey."
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-23

An amusing mistake recently occurred in
the newspaper report of the speech, in the
House of Peers, of Lord Westbury, on the
common law and chancery powers of the En-
glish courts, in which the speaker stated
that ''the justice administered in the one
class of courts was terra incognita to the
practitioners in the other" Baron Westbury
has defective enunciation and the report
ers, Incorrectly catching his lisping accents
in the spacious chamber of the Peers, unin-
tentionally put into the mouth of the speak
er yet stronger and truer expression than
the one he used, substituting "a perfect ter
ror' for "a terra mcognita. y
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-23
The Oneida Disaster.

The tribune publishes Yokohama cor
respondehce of the Oneida disaster. The
writer says the whistle of the Oneina was
blown and three guns fired, still Captain
Eyre oc the Bombay declares he neither saw
nor heard signal yet the steward of the
Bombay, on his arrival at Yokohama, asser-
ted that the Oneida had beehi run into and
cut to the waters edge But the worst of
the story is the evidence of British Lieu
tenant, that Captain Eyre told him he had
''cut the whole quarter off damned Yam
kee frigate, and served her bloody well
right" Captain Eyre's own evidence Is
to the effect that the collision was too slight
to be much regarded. and his pilot told him
spit OF land was near and there was no
danger, and that he was good fifteen min
utes looking after the i'll fated ship.
The statements of Captain clerk Crown
ingshieid and Master Yates agree that the
One:da's whistle was blown ferce,y, anil
that if the Bombay had stopped or sent
boats, nearly every man would have been
saved. Yates says as the ship was fast
sinking, Captain Williams. who was on the
bridge, was asked to get on board, but re-
fused saying, mo, shall stay in my ship
if she goes down. +" Lieutenant Comman-
der Muldaur walked up and said, Sir the
ship is going down. = krou. it, said
the Captain, ''but what can do? have
repeatedly asked for boats, but could not
get them" At this moment the ship'set-
tied, the smoke stack came over and forced
the cutter from the ships side, and she
went down stern first hauled the Cap
tain clerk, William F. Crowningshield, or
board, and made great effort to save Lieu
| tenant Commander tew :rt, but he suni
just before l reached him. saying as h,
went down, for God sake save me-" Ii,
was quite i'll at the time:
Captain Eyre has been suspended from
the British service for six months for hi
inhuman and .wilful reglect in not going t,
the relief of the Oneida and her perishin,
passengers.
|
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-23
A Funny Mistake.

The Chicago Tribune gives an amusing
account of the adventures of an amiable
old gentleman from the rural districts, who
had been wavering between orthodoxy and
heterodoxy for some time. He came into
the city to hear Robert Collyer preach 1t
was his first visit to Chicago. Stepping m
to North Clark street horse car, he rode out
as far as Turner Hail. where many of the
passengers alighted,. and perceived crowd
of people, and inquired of the conductor if
that was Robert Collyer' church. The con
ductor, at the simplicity of the question,
promptly answered in the affirmative, and
our curious inquirer passed into the Hall.
He saw vast crowd of men and women
sitting at small tables, drinking beer This
rather staggered him for a moment but he
reflected that they were possibly receiving
the communion. So he sat down at table
and looked around him. Presently young
man with white apron came up and asked
him if he had ordered. No, he replied, he
was not exactly a member of the society,
but he came to hear Mr. Collyer The
youth WIFI the WHllC dpioh ctdiSo anu pass
ed on. Very soon number of gentlemen
stepped on the platform, with trombones,
and fiddles, and cornets, and began to play
These Uuitarians have queer way of wor-
Shipping, thought the old gentleman, but [
have been living out of the world ; that is
the matter [ suppose. He thought it
would come out all right when Coliyer
came on But after the music there was
Communion, and after a long interval
there was music ard by-and by man
dressed in tights came forward and com
meDced to swing round = pole. Then an
other man, dressed like the first, went
through course of exercises of the cross
bar And then there was more music and
no end Of Communion. The stranger
sat out the services very patiently and then
went home. He had come TO the concul-
sion that Unitarianism was all very we'll in
theory, but these new tangled notions o!
worship were not so edifying after all as
the good old Presbyterian psalms and pray
| erS.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-23

AN EAST INDIA LEGEND.-When the
lofty and barren mountain was first lift
ed into the sky, and from its elevation look
ed down on the plains below, and saw the
valley and the less elevations covered with
verdant and fruitful trees, it sent up to
Brahma something like murmur Of CON-
paint why thus barren? Why these
Scared and naked sides exposed to the eye
of MANI" And Brahma answered, The
very light shall clothe thee and the shadow
of the passing cloud shall be as royal man.
tle More verdure would be less light
Thou shalt share in the azure of Heaven,
and the Youngest and whitest cloud of sum
mer's sky shall nestle in thy bosom. Thou
belongest half to u.s." So was the mountain
lowered. And so, too, adds the legend,
have the loftiest minds of men been DOVER
ed in all ages To lower elevations have
been given the pleasant verdure, the vine
and olive. Light-light alone, and the deep
shadow of the passing cloud, these are the
gifts of the prophets of the race.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-23
An Economical Stockholder.

A good story is told of a gay and festive
railroad stockhoider, who visited Portland,
Maine, from away down Fast. On the oc-
casion of an annual meeting and a fine din
ner at the Kearsarge He must have been
one Of those conscientious men who insisted
on good dividends. BE didn't dine at the
Kearsarge, because BE hadn't got ms gold
"divvy." So, with all the importance be-
coming his position, he took digni6ed
stroll into an oyser saloou?'
Say, mister, what do you ask for an
oyster?"
..One cent apiece was the reply.
Il guess as how I'll have one," said the
stockholder.
The bivalve was duly opened upon plate,
and he was invited to pitch in.''
Say, mister, is this all there is for q
CENT?
"Yes."
Cant you afford to give US another 2
How d. ye take it?"
"Well, some swallow it whole, and some
cut it up into hash A good many ways
You pay your money and take your
choice
ut won't hurt fellow, will it though %
''Oh, no"
So stockholder went for it. and in a.
bout two minutes the good thing was out
of sight, with four large soda crackers to
keep it company Nobody hurt. -
'Say, mister, don't csre if / have anoth-
er oyster. Do you take less where fellow
eats two?"
mo"
'''Well, don't mind I'll have anoth-
err
Oyster No . was disposed of, and with
eight of the aforesaid crackers. Stock
holder shelled out the two cents, and wa:
about to depart, feeling greatly refreshed
when he was advised to keep his money,
as he might need it to get home with, ant
he was Welcome to Il e oysters. He took tn,
two cents, the most thankful creature eve
seen in those parts, and departed. 1t i
not reported whether he arrived safely a
home, nor whether he got the gold divi
dends But he's one of EN-.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-23

Spare the rod md spoil the child" is
the fine old educational maxim which raised
"wales" On many Juvenile skin. Out in
Greenfield, Indiana, d teacher has carried
the principle to extremes. The child in
this case being young man, poker was
substituted for the rod" Unfort anately
the educational prospects of the pupil were
spoiled. The poker finished him, and there
is 0hs pupil less in he Greenfield school.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-23

A clergyman and one of his elderly par
rishoners were walking home from church
one icy day last Writer when the old gen.
tleman slipped and fell fat on his back
The minister, looked at him a moment, and
being assured that he was not much hurt,
said &c him, Sinners stand on slippery pla-
ccs." The old gentleman looked up, as if
to assure himself of the fact, aud said,
II see they do but l can't
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-23

The following 'floater'' may he relied on
as correct statement:
right smarts make heap.
A heaps make pile.
3piles make lot.
lots make one COB.
gobs make one scad.
scads make one oodle.
5 oodles make dead load.
2 dead loads make more a mule can carry
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-23

WHAT MAKES THE WIND BLow-If the
question were, WHO makes the wind
blow ?'' all our young friends would have a
ready answer; they know that God con-
trols all the forces of nature. But he US
es means. The sunsis his great wind max
er. To understand its action, think of the
air as a great ocean Ike water, but much
lighter, entirely surrounding the globe.
The sun shines upon this ocean of air, and
through it on the earth, heating them both,
and imparting most heat at the earth S sur
face But the suns rays shine more di-
rcctly down on some parts than on others,
and therefore heat them more. Thus, it is
always hotter in the region Of the etfiator
than at the polls. Now heat expands a
fluid, making it lighter, and when part Of
the air is expanded by heat, it rises, ard
the cool, r, heavier surrounding air rushes
in to fill its place, and thus wind is produc
ed The following simple experiment vii
show just how this works.
Fill large tin pail with water, in which
scatter some fine bread crumbs. Place a
burning lamp under the middle of the pail
and the crumbs will soon begin to rise, car
ried up by the heated column Of water, anc
then making curve toward the sides vii
sink downward, and pass in horizonta
direction along the earths surface. In ;
room containing hot stove drop into the
air in different places bits of light cotton
or dry thistle blossoms, and you will see
how the air is moving to each point
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-23

A New Orleans paper laments the decline
of the Bar in that city, saying that while it
has increased to more than four hundred
members, candor compeis the admission that
not one fourth of them are lawyers in the
true sense of the term, but merely attorneys
for collecting claims.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-23
Select goetru.
"1Ts THE EARLY Bird" ETC.

More than one has shown how hollow
Is this proverb and absurd
For the worm il sure must follow,
Got up earlier than the bird
Doubtless, too, the bird in question,
Eating with too great zeal,
Suffered much from indigestion,
Owing to his morning meal
And il would not be surprising
II thai birdie fell prey
To the spOrtsman-early risi.g
Makes the aim, so sure they say
Perhaps its young, too-had it any ?
By their parent left sor,orn,
Caught catarrhal ailments many
From the keen cold air of morn.
Other birds-for birds will chatter
when they saw the bird alight
Might have chirped with scornful patter,
"Aht the rake's been out all night"
Summing up the case concisely,
This decidedly cay;
Early birds don't get on nicely,
Early rising does not pay!
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-23

1t is mistaken idea that mauIiness and
stoicism are inseparable-that tender
regard fer the feelings and interests of 9TH
ers, is week and unmanly. A heart insen-
sible to sympathy claims greater affinity
with the brute than the man.