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The Ways and Means will ask the House TO
nonconcur in the senales proposal to continue the
demoralizng income tar another yeSf
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Routine Legislative Proceedings.

In the Assembly bills were passed: Repeating the
act for opening Plat street brooklyn TO erect Po-
les eorr, hon,e IN tns lhiId judicial Dstrct of New
lyn by closing an alley between Water and Maln
streets amending the act for the openin Of Park ave
reyusnas nc sale q Leaf toeaseo proydlns or add
state amending the act for laying out streets and
ES.ds In KMinSs county M fa,riss reported the
reeons der the passage OF The I25th street bill
& IN the - nate ns reported Adversely on the
passed amending the Brooklyn Siiy Court bill, by
ming the salaries of judges at 5000 year incfeA
lug tue number OF notares public giving 80 In
New YORK and ten In each Assembly District Ia the
state re AtiNe TO the Brooklyn Fire Department.
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PouonkgEPsIr, April l4.-Christian Gilden, an.
sing Sing yesterday, died to-day.
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McKeou vs.. tho Pavement Ccnspiraters.
The Twentieth Ward Taxpayer Association
have employed the Hon John McKeon as counsel to
resist the laying OF wooden pavement In the streets
OF that ward. subscriptions OF over 1000 were
taken up last nigbt.
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4, "a. ye' lcen PRESENTED to the Legislature. Il,
"nf tlscussion that snsued, lasting for three
" 'Nt loloNlng interesting passage occurred:
~ itlmer-l would ask the Senator nom the
c. CO. lie las RnY knowledge as 10 who are the
Eu p.sst ~ --1S' 'A'' ''4' "
NJ, H'lr'-ln rerly TO the Senator, would say
ua'e great confidence IN the head OF the gov.
tfiI oi ihe city OF New York, and In tie head
NJ s' I' b'afd Of Public Works OF that city and In
tLDt, tu ~ ul lhe STATE Government, and have no
n, nal uey viii appoint tho best men
lo, IT. utr The Senator from the Eighth did
YO,L '''' 80 much confidence w the Mayor Of New
N, " ,!.tt DAY ~ lie does now.
q Pm u toL-NOr In the President OF the Board
nc works, either,
as,t, H',e.-Mr, Chairman, desire to say that
NJ vorVI' N lhls Senate or elsewhere, have /
b po ~ WANT on coHFIDEHSa
Of 'lAtA Who Is now ITerident OF the Board
bad ne "Nih1 ~ New York city. Ihaye always
le t,j. ' uu.n1' confidence In him have alwa;s
tt t.lsv. L m d" H. % ~ man and ge1teman and |
As eu,l "N TO- 10 July IN competent to discharge
ral m M, , '.' IMPORTANT position any gentle.
h lh sl, ul sew York, or as any gentleman |
r9o ac,' y, "l.L to have that distinctly under.
LrLu nun adhil,sion on the part OF Senator
i.ub, H. 40 uunded three surviving metnSers Of tbe
tlleh ,rN"rlcY who ere present. They imms |
u JCLn M,.t9 u The telegraph nfhee and sent word
''S''J and sheTlt O'Ijrien that
N sx GgSEr had SOLD OUT
RIGsoyer To Tweed, body and so,,
=. ~ @ regards Mr.. Tweed as tba h.., ..,a,
'''h"r that the DemOer ltie lurt, On.
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turned out worthess Senator Fenton hac,ro
aarmed lie knew Grants yearning for renomi.
nation. Like slrewd politician and Wise man.
He made Grant handsome present and assured
him that he was not Presidential sspirant. He
swore TO II, and Grant believed him This gave 1e
Murphy cause a " side.winder." Afler having prom.
sed Tom Murphy Grinnelrs place. today the
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IN BEHALy OF TRINITY cHuRcH,

S1 suggested amendments, which were conceded.
The press and the people OF New York were I'm
nyot ol this project. There was not an engineer in
We state, SO tar as he could learn, who had been
tole " show that the proJect was not feasible ON
@e contrary. they declared Il practicable, and Il
goald relieve Broadway and prove Of great value
hlnS!ority OF the people Of New York are 10 be
LeLd' The bill would pass. A motion OF Mr. Cream.
~ strike out the nrst section was lost. Mr. MUIR.
s s4 oflal tie insane projects that were ever con.
ten for TallWaya this Vas N'~' WA
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THs Widest AND MOST VISIONARY,

Would however, remove some objection n the
l1ioh could be confined to the street, and moi
LlFr'ere with sidewalks senstor Twee1 onnossd
sr, Tons OF the bill giving power TO three Com
T,'oonors 70 remove the sewers and pipes on
S,,..,"uy' ne deemed this an encroaeL ment on tue
'-oe, Ar INeod characteIiLed Il as me most
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02
Death Of Ansoa Burliagame.

Last week, the country was startled by
the announcement, By cable, of the death
Of Hor. Ans on Burlingamc, at st. Peters
burg. He was native of Massachusetts,,
but, for the last two years, has been con-
spicuous in his native country, and at near
ly every Capital in Europe, as the duly ac-
credited diplomatic representative OF the
Chinese Empire. He first became eminent
in public life in his own land, as Congress
man, elected from Massachusetts, seven-
teen or eighteen years ago, on the over
whelming wave of reactionary sentiment,
in that State, with which the free spirit OF
the North protested against and denounced
the base trucking of the compromises OF
1850. In Congress, Mr. Burlingame won
a high and universal regard for the putty
of his personal and political character, for
his loyal devotion to the cause of liberty.
and for the marked ability of his represen-
tatiye career. Leaving Congress he was
appointed by President Lincoln, our Min
lister to China, and continued to reside, as
such, near the Government of Pekin, until
it was determined by the latter to send its
first formal embassy to the powers OF the
western world. 1t has always been known
that the influence of our own Minister was
most potent in persuading the Chinese Gov
ernment to this unprecedented step. 1t
was not surprising, then, that the charge
of this difficult trust should have been of
fered to him by the Imperial authorities
or that, resigning his position as the Amer
lean envoy at that Court he should have ac-
cepted these novel duties with prompt
tude.
As the Ambassador of China to the Re
public and to the European powers, and ac
companied by large suite of Mandarins
of high rank and an almost royal retlnue,
our citizen of Massachusetts, left the Flow
cry Land, landing first upon our Pacific
coast, nearly two years since, and had, up
to this date, visited nearly every Capital In
Christendom, bearing among his creden-
tials rowing commission as the representa-
tive of the oldest and most populous En-
pire on the earth to all governments in the
civilized world.
This mission has had for its avowed OBJ
jects, the Inauguration of an international
policy which should open the Chinese En-
pire to the Western civilization, and lead
to better recognition of that Empire as
an active member in the great family of ma
etions.
How much of this he had already accom-
plished or how much has been lost by his
death, both to China and to the Christian
West, is at present only matter for spec
ulation. We shall hope that the policy
which he seemed to be inaugurating so sue
cessfully, until thus suddenly cut off, may
not be abandoned, but be committed to 9TH
er hands not less honest or capable. or en-
joying less the general confidence of the
,uarIl
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02

INDIANA DIVORCES. The Supreme Court
of the United states has rendered decision
of importance to those interested in the
legality Indiana divorces. The case came up
on an appeal from the Supreme court of the
District of Columbia, which decided the Ind
lana divorce laws void on each OF the subjects
which it claims to dispose, viz: the divorce,
the property and the children The Supreme
Court of the United States, Mr.. Justice
SwAYNE rendering the decision, reversed
the decree of the lower Court, taking the
ground that as the divorce is valid by the
laws of Indiana and has never been ques-
toned there under the Constitution of the
United states, it must prevail in every other
part of the country. Justice SwAYNE also
asserts that, so far from being bound by the
domicile of her husband, a married woman
may acquire residence independent of the
husband whenever such a residence is neces-
sary to the protection of her rights by liti-
CATION
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02
The Whittemore Cade4ship Case,

The case of b. +. 'Whittemore, member
! OF Congress from the First District, South
Carolina, convicted of selling two cadet
ships, was finally disposed of in the House
on Thursday of last week He evaded ex-
pulsion by sending to the Speakers Chair
a communication covering telegraphic dis
patch rendering his resignation to tie Gov
ernor OF South Carolina, and another an
nounciag the Governors acceptance of the
resignation. He attempted to address the
House in defense or explanation of his con
duet, but was stopped by the Speaker, who
refused to recognize him as a member.
Not being any longer a member &C the
House, he could not, Of course, be expelled:
but In order to test the sense of the House
In regard to his conduct, the following reso-
luton, offered by General Logan, was
dopted by vote of 1856, no vote in the
negative
Resoircd, That B. f. Whittemore. late
member from the First District OF Soui h
Carolina, did make appointments to the
Military Academy at West Point and to
the Navy Academy at Annapolis, in viola
ton OF the laws, and that such appoint
ments were influenced by pecunia-y con-
slderafion, and that his CONDUCT in the prem
Les has been such as to show him unworthy
OF seat in the House of Representatives,
and therefore Is coniemaed as conduct un
worthy OF representative of the people.
There are said to be three or four other
cases, almost as clear as Whittemore & that
will probably soon be reported to the House,
which, should it retain its present temper
that long, will make short work OF these
unprinciplcd men, who have partered both
conscience and honor for gold 1t is high
time that Legislative corruption is ferreted
out and the guilty parties punished.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02

A cotemporary says: A smart mulatto
member of the Virginia Legislature made
quite sensation the other day by declaring
in debate, "Gentlemen, have somc of the
best white blood Of Virginia coutsing in my
veins. On one side can claim as high ID
honorable descent as any Senator in this
Chamber Gentlemen, | am your brother;
am also the colored man 5 brother. rep
resent both races. am an Anglo Saxon
and an Anglo African, and | desire to do
justice to my kin on both sides. The South
ern Democracy, when dealing with the col
ored statesmen, should be very careful whom
they strike. 1t is not every white man
South who knows his own brother This
able legislator, it seems has not only gump-
ton enough to know his friends from his
enem,es. but 10 know who his relatives are
as we'll The old +. +. V. pride will crop
out sometimes.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02

The Scalpers," is the name assumed by
a faction of the Democratic party in New
York city-a not very inappropriate appel
lation, surely; for, during the rebellion they
''scalped'' quite number of Union men in
the streets of that city, and the ''scalping"
process is still a matter of almost daily oc-
currence But ''scalpers," in this instance,
is only political appellation-a nomencla-
ture for which New York has long been ia
nous. This year the opposing Democratic
factions are known as the Hay loft and
cheese press wing, and the ''Scalpers' =
the one indicating the rural, and the Other
the city opponents of Tammany. Well, lei
'em scalp one another as much as they
please-lhe people will be the gathers, by
the process, in the end.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02

Mr.. REvELs, the American citizen OF
African descent who succeeds Jefferson
Davis as United States Senator from Mis-
sissippi. was on Friday last admitted to his
seat. Mr.. Vickers led off the Democracy In
their pre-Adamite objections, which lose
their weight considerably in view of the fact,
as avouched by Senator Sherman, that lwen'
ty years ago Mr.. Revels voted in Ohio un-
der the provisions of the visible admixture
decision. This decision, which was rendered
by a Democratic court, and afterwards con.
frmed by statute, finds any man a white
man who has but one eight or less of black
blood in his veins.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02
Messrs. Fisk & Hatch have introdue

Messrs Fisk & Hatch have introduced
upon the market the Loan of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad Company, which has been
waited for with conside ra bic interest, as one
of the most important financial undertak-
ings connected with the current new rail
road enterprises. The object of the road
in opening a new route from the West to
the Atlantic-which promises to come in
formidable competition with the great trunk
roads of the Atlantic coast causes this
Loan TO rank foremost among the many now
before the public. The scheme is back ed
by the most prominent and successful rail
road capitalists in the country, and the ne
gotiation of the loan is undertaken by bank
efs who have marketed the largest railway
loans Of late years-including the Centra
Pacific and the Western Paciic-and whose
reputation for caution honor, and conscien-
tious probity is such as to command conf
dence in any securities they may offer The
intrinsic merit of the Bonds may be aseer-
tained from a prospectus in another column.
They are issued in denominations of 800,
$500. and 81 600, and are either coupon or
registered, making peculiarly popular
loan The Bonds run so years, and are
payable, principal and interest, in gold, in
the city of New York They constitute a
First Mortgage Lien on the entire property
and franchises of the Company, and have
the additional protection ola Sinking Fund
of$lOO, 900, per anuum. Ofthe entire loan
of $I5. 900, 900, only sl3, 900, 900 is to be is
sued, the balance of $1,000, 900 being held
in trust. The Bonds are offered at 90 and
accrued interest.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02

The report of the Adjutant General of
Pennsylvania, just issued, shows t lie presence
of very considerable military spirit in our
midst, and also proves that that spirit is on
the increase. In 1867 there we're but thirty
eight companies of uniformed militia in
existence in the whole state. In 1868 they
had Increased to seventy eight companies.
This year shows one hundred and sixty eight
companies in actual organization and con-
duion for SCI vice, and, in addition, twenty
five companies are organizing OF the one
hundred aud seven companies organized
during 1869, fifty six, more than one-half,
were raised in Philadelphia. The city COM
pan:es are organized in regiments, which are
in turn brigaded, forming the First Division
Pennsylvania State Militia.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02

AT Par AT LAsT.-The New York World
OF Thursday, says: Yesterday (Wednes-
day 2adl the Government six per cents of
1881 reached Hi, which was the prizes
OF gold during part of the afternoon. In
other. words, the SKIES of 1881 we're at par
of gold. As this is the first time since the
depreciation Of our currency first began that
Government of any kind have commanded
the same price as gold, the day deserves to
be remembered Does not this statement
involve something of compliment to the
administration of General Grant
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02

The school question is up in New York
in somewhat different shape from that in
WHICH they had il IN Cincinnati. 1t is not
asuestion for the courts there, but tor the
Legislature, which now has it in hand and
It does not there refer to Bible reading in
the schools, but to the special appropriation
of money for the support of schools under
the control of the Roman Catholic Church.
The question there threatens to be even
more disturbing than it was in the Queen
City and it now looks as though, if the
agitation be carried on, the sectariau lines
would be strictly drawn, and the most bane-
full religious rancor aroused on both sides.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02
ORPHANS COURT SALE Estate o

4 IiSI NOCti "
~ Robert Thompson, Sr., deceased:
Under authority from the Orphans Court of
Clearfeld county, Pa, the undersigned will ex-
pose to sale, by Public Vendue or outcry, at the
Court House in CIearheld, on
MONDAY, MARCH 18Th. 1870,
all that certain real estate late the prop
erty of Robert Thompson, Sr., situate in Ferguson
township, Cear6eld county, Pa, described a.
follows. viz: Beginning at a stone corner on pub
lie road, thence by graveyard South S9i degrees
West Is 10 perches to stone corner, thence by
Samuel Rich ards North S93 degrees West IL 10
pcrches to stone corner. thence South degree
East perches to stone corner, thence South o94
degrees West 36 perches to stone corner, thence
South by John S Williams | / degree West 80 10
perches to stone corner, thence by Martin o. Stirk
North %! degrees West 20 perches North 81 deg
West 25 perches to place OF beginning containing
IL acres, 81 | 10 perches more or less
Said real estate lie situate at. or near, Now Mill
port, and contains 4 dwelling house and other
valuable Improvements.
SIMON THOMPSON.
March 2-4t. Admir- of Rob't Thompson. ST.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02

Mississippi stands az last restored to all
her practical relations in the Union. The
bill for her admission was signed by the
President on the 23d, and, on the 24th her
Representatives werequaliied in the House.
On Friday, one of her Senators took his
seat in that body. He is eolored, and sue
ceeds Mr. Jefferson Davis in the r'rresen-
tation Of that State. AID Davis lived to
see it and to submit to it, Surely, time
brings its revenges
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02

Two more Georgia Senators have had ere
dentials presented in the United States
Senate This makes five altogether, in
cludiug Blodgett, who holds back until GER
tain charges against him are Cancelled. Geor-
gia seems desirous of getting as much re-
construction az possible, even if it is not OF
the best quality
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02
This Watt-Diamond Case.

The committee in tho Wat. Diamond
contested election case, met on Wednesday
of last week, when the counsel on behalf of
Mr. Watt presented large mass of evidence,
chiefly consisting of returns filed in the
Prothonotary' office. Nearly every one of
these presented the fact that Mr. Watt had
been grossly cheated in various wards
After Mr. Watt's counsel had proven
these Irregularities, they asked the com
mittCe to count one of the divisions in the
Fourth ward. Mr.. diamonds counsel
strenuou.Iy opposed this motion, but the
committee decided, finally, to count the
ballots, which they did, with the following
result: Watt, To-: : Diamond, l46.
The original returns gave Mr. Watt but
l47 votes IS votes less than he actual re-
ceived. The vote returned for Mr.. Dia-
mond was l62, whilst he had only l46 tick
cts ia the box--thus making change of
81 votes in favor of Mr. Watt out of poll
of 3l1 votes
Mr. Watt gained l79 votes on the count
of the Third ward and the recount of the
balot-box of the Ninth precinct Of the
Fourth ward, before the Legislative com
mttee. Thus far the investigation in this
case shows the most CLEARING frauds on the
part of the Democracy in Philadelphia. at
the last general election. We presume,
Mr. Watt will succeed in proving frauds
sufficient to give him his seat ia the State
Senate.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02

A HANDSOME BEoUEsT a miser
may do good thing when death takes him
by the throat, if at no other time. George
Fox, a miser, who died recently in Third
Avenue, New York, has willed his property
valued at 500, 900 to the United States to
be applied to the payment of the national
debt Three nieces and nephews, now liv-
ing in a tenement house in Brooklyn, are
cobtesting the will.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02

G. A. c. are the cabalistic initials of a
new Democratic secret order of a semi mill
tary nature. They are said to stand for the
name of this organization, and to mean
Grand Army of the Constitution. The
Press suggests, in view of all the facts, that
they represent and mean Grand Army OF
the Confederacy."
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02

The Senate OF Maine has passed a resolu
tien declaring that all contracts made prior
TO February %. 1862, shall be settled in
gold. This affirmation by Legislative action
Of the recent decision of the Supreme Court
is a signifcan, indication Of the current o.
public opinion.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02

The Democratic State Convention of
Connecticut, have just passed a series of
denunciatory resolutions against the fifteenth
amendm ent-declarin among other preAd
amite opinions, that it is the deadliest blow
ever struck at our American liberties. The
press returns thanks to the Democrats of
Connecticut for thus warning off the col
ored scters at the country from the Demo
cratic ticket
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02

Judge Woodward aRd Hsa. S. S. Cox
have been reading the l26th Psalm to Con
gress, and using it as an argument in sup
port of the general amnesty bill. This
Psalm celebrates the deliverance Of Israel
from captivity Like everything else the
Democratic leaders do. they do it too late.
This psalm was read by all good men in 1862,
simultaneously with the PRONUNCIATION OF
Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02

Trey have taste in Washington. A cor
respondent there informs the public that
"the Shoe Fly retort is universally regarded
as the ueatest thing done in Congress since
some OF Thad. Steven sharp rcjoinders.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02

Some our Democratic brethren are labor
ing to show their readers what the fathers
taught" A Republican contemporary sug-
eests that they taught "the young idea how
to shoot, and their sons went at it vigor-
onsly in Is6l and kept it up for four long
years. There, let the Democratic press tell
their readers that-it is short method of
showing them what the Fathers taught"
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02
EXECUTORS NOTICE-Letters Testa

EXECUTORSN RSNOTICE.-Lett Iesta-
Lmentary on the estate of G. Philip, tue
Itch, late of Lawrence township, deceased. nav
teen granted to the undersigned, nouce Is
hereby given that all persons indebted TO sara es
tate required to make immediate paymen, g,
and those having claims against the same wiii
present them, properly auth entlcatea, 11r ee''ie
inent to JAMES wRIGLEY,
Msrrb . Is7os, Executor
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02

Abuses increase in magnitude the longer
they exist. Forty-6ve years ago apaper con-
tanning garden seeds, with the frank of a
New Hampshire member of Congress on the
wrapper, became broken in the mail, and
reached the Concord Postoffice in that'plight.
1t was considered such wrong that the
papers cried out against it, and the offender
failed of reelection.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02
Raftsman's 3onrnal.
81. row, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
CLEARFIELD, Pa, MAR. ,, 1870

Governor Randolph, of New Jes-ey, of
course a Democrat, recommends that The
,Seldiers' Home in his State be abolished.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-02

CAUTION.-Au persons are hereby eau
~ toned against purchasing or meddling
with one bay Horse, ore spotted Cow. one two
horse Wagon. and one set double Harness. now in
pos ession of L. B. Blackwell, of Decatur town
stables Sale, and have been left with said Black
we'll subjct to my order.
Feb. %, 70 St. J0HNC HENDERSON. .