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AIiTOONA, PA
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1862
publish elsewhere an article beaded
“The Progremme of Treason," which is either a
villainous falsehood or a fearful fact. Our readers
can judge for themselves. , j
Chahoß of Pcbucatios Day.—A particular
class of our job work interfered so much with the
publication of our paper on Thursday, that we
have determined to issue it on Tuesday hereafter,
hoping thereby to be able to serve it mote regularly
to onr .subscribers. <.
The PnxsiDßirr's Meuaob.—We presume all
onr readers: have read the President's Message ere
this, consequently we have not published it. It is
an important paper, one which will be frequemly
refcned to hereafter, and one which has come in
for more praise and censure than any message ever
issued. The opponents of the Administration
find nothing good in it, and its friends nothing
bad. Thus it is in this land at this time.—
Merit is Dpt recognized. Unless the man who
makes a mark belongs to “our” pony we must
cijy him down. '
' Great Fire at Lock Haven. —A very des
tructive die broke oat in Sloan’s cabinet ware
robms, in Lock Haven, on Saturday morning week,
about font o’clock. The wind being very high at
the time, the flames toon communicated to the ad
joining property. Over two squares of buildings
were destroyed, including the Bank, the Clinton
House, Post-office, European Hotel, Badger and
Bedel’s Hardware Store, and about sixty stores,
offices and'dwelliugs. Very little property could
be saved in the buildings.
The loss is estimated at $400,000.
The Pirate “Alabama."— After a considera
ble lapse of time, we again have some tidings of
this celebrated and much dreaded vessel. On the
morning of the 17th nit. she landed at Martinique
with die officers and'crews of two Massachusetts
ships which she bad captured and destroyed. On
the same day the steamer “San Jacinto" arrived,
and finding the “Alabama” in port, returned out
side the harbor and awaited the appearance of the
pirate. On the following night, the “Alabama”
got under weigh, and being steered by a French
pilot, escaped through a channel unknown to the
officers of the “San Jacinto," and went to sea, to
again pursue her infamous calling. Capt, Setnmes
boasted that he had burned twenty-three vessels,
and at one dime was within seventy miles of Sandy
Hook. Asubsequent rumor prevailed at St. Thom
as that he was taking in coal at St. Johns. This
report. If true, will probably soon be confirmed by
the information that our cruisers have captured
her, and thus terminated her career of infamy.
Directory of the Hospitals.
The Sanitary Commission have established an
office of information in regard to patien.ts in the
Stab of the District of Columbia, and of
ride GUy, -Maryland. By a reference to
books, which are corrected daily, an answer can,
under ordinaryj circumstances, be given by return
mail to the following questions:
Ist. Is ——— [giving name and regiment]
at present in the hospitals of the District of Fred
erick city ?
2d. If so, what is his proper address?
3d. What is the name of the Surgeon or Chap
lain of :the hospital? v
4th, If not in hospital at present, has he re
cently been in hospital ?
sth. If so, did be die in hospital, and what date ?
6th If recently, discharged from hospital, was he
discharged frinn service?
7th. If not, what were bis orders *on leaving ?
The Commission is prepared also to furnish
morel .specific information' as to the condition of
any potientin the District hospitals, within twen
tr-fonr hours’after a request to do so, from an offi
cer of any of its corresponding societies.
The office df the Directory will be open daily
from 8 o’clock a. in. to '8 o’clock p. m. t and ac
cessible in urgent cases at any hour of the night.
The number of patients in these hospitals is
about 26,000. If found to he practicable, the
duty here undertaken locally by the Commission j
will be extended to include all the general hospi • |
tab in the country.
FEED. DAW OLMSTED,
General Secretary.
Adams Hocse,244 F street,
Washington, D. C, AW. 10, 1862.
I [bt request.]
Public Thanksgiving and Praise,
JPBOCLaKATION BT BRIO. GEN. SAXTON
1 hereby appoint and set apart THURSDAY,
THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY OF NOV
f.VRpR, as a day of public thanksgiving and
praise ; and I earnestly recommend to the Superi
ntendents of Plantations, Teachers and Freedmen
in thb Department, to abstain on that day from
tneir oniinary, business, and assemble in their res
pective places of worship, and render praise and
thanksgiving to Almighty God for the manifold
blessings and mercies be has bestowed upon us
daring the past year; and more especially for the
signal success which has attended the great ex
periment for freedmen and the rights of oppress
sal humanity, 1 inaugurated in the Department
of the South. Our work has been crowned with
a glorious success. The hand of God has been in
it, and we have faith tp believe the recording
angel has placed the record of it in the Book of
Life.
You, freedmen and women, have never before
had such cause for thankfulness. Your simple
faith has been vindicated. “ Xhe Lord has come”
to yon, and answered jour prayers. Yonr chains
are broken. Tour days of bondage and mourn
ing are ended, and yon are forever free. If you
cannot yet tee your way clearly in the future, fear
not; pot yonr trust in die Lord, and He will
vouchsafe, as Ifo did to the Israelites of old, the
cioud by day and the pillar of fire by night, to
guide yonr footsteps “through the wilderness” to
die promised land.
I therefore advise yon all to meet and offer up
fitting songs of thanksgiving for all tliese great
menses which yijiu have received, and with them
forget hot to breathe an earnest prayer for yonr
brethren who are still in bondage.
Given at Beaufort, Si C., this ninth day of Nov
ealev in |het |ear of our Lord, one thousand
W SAXXOS ,.
ffriff, (it*, mi tßltoay Governor,
‘•OK TO
lodge the rebels from their biding places.
AXI VDETteDirire The concentrated fire of artillery and infantry
lauVEtlkll/ MV which they were forced to face was too much, anti
BURII. i the centre gave way in disorder, but were after
awards rallied and brought bade, ;
From this time the firing was spiritedly con
tinued, anti never ceased until - sometime after
darkness set in this evening.
Gen. Franklin, who commanded the attack on
the left, met with better success. He succeeded
after a hard day's fighting 'in driving the enemy
about one mile;
At one time the rebels advanced to attack, but
they were handsomely repulsed with terrible
slaughter, atutt loss of between four and fire hun
dred prisoners belonging to Gen. A. F. Hill’s com
mand.
OCCUPATION
FIRSTLIEE OF REBEL BATTERIES
CAPTURED.
• Washihgtos, Dec. 11.
■ The following has been received from the Army
of the'Potomac:
■v Headqoabtebs Army or the Potomac,)
Thursday Morning, 9A. M. j
Everything last night was bustle ; and activity,
as to-day was the time fixed for the crossing of the
river. •
During the night the pontoons were conveyed to
the^river, and die artillery of 148 pieces placed in
position opposite the city. At 5 o’clock this morn
ing the rebels fired two signal guns, while during
the latter part of the night rockets were frequently
seen within their lines.
At 5 o'clock the construction of three bridges in
front of the city was commenced; when about half
completed the enemy opened a murderous fire of
infantry from the houses on the river'bauk.
Up to this time not a shot had been tired from
onr side. The engineers were driven from the
bridges and several killed and wounded.
At 6 o'clock Gen. Burnside ordered ail the guns
to open on the city. The cannonading, which has
continued without interruption up to the- present
time, is terrible.
The city is on fire, and its destruction appears
to be certain.
The enemy, about 7 o’clock, opened with their
heavy-guns from their works, but so fur have done
no serious injury.
Gcp. Franklin constructed his bridge* about
three tnailes below tbe city, meeting with slight ojj
position. His troojis are now crossing.
Tlte gunboats are now shelling the .enemy about
fifteen, miles downthe river, where they have been,
concentrating their forces during the,last two days.
The concentrated tire of our batteries on the city
has had the effect of driving back tlte enemy’s in
fan tty, and the work on the bridges has again been
commenced.
The troops are all under arms near the river,
prepared- to rush over as soon as the bridges are
completed. ‘
[second dispatch.j
Headquarters, Thursday—l 2 o’clock, 1 mon.
—On the attempt being mode to finish the bridges
in front of the city, the rebel inter, try Again opened
their fire. "
The artillery in position was again opened on
the city, the result being that it was fired in sev
eral new places.
The enemy has used very little artillery up to
this time, as it wotdd endanger their own men who
are holding the river front.
Gen, Burnside has just issued an order to con
centrate every available gun upon the city, under
cover of the fire of which it is believed the bridges
cap be finished.
The killed and wounded so far do not amount
to over fifty men.
Headquarters Arut of tub Potomac,)
Dec. 11, Thursday Evening, j
But little firing took place between one and
three o’clock, during which time all the available
batteries were plated m position. They then
numbered 176 guns, and at « given signal all the
batteries opened on the city. ’
The fire was terrible, but the rebel sharp shoot
ers could not be driven from their hiding place.
The shot and shell went crashing through the
houses, in many cases setting them on fire, causing
a dense smoke, together with the explosion of so
large a quantity of |«.wder, almost Hid tie city
from view. It soon became evident that the
bridges could not be built except by u bold dash.
Volunteers were called for to cross in! small
boats. The order was no sooner given thart hun
dreds of breves stepped forward, but all covild not
go.
About one hundred were selected; they w ere
soon on their way. while the artillery threw a per
fect storm of iron hail on the opposite banki
They reached the opjjosite shore hut not Without
loss. With fixed bayonets they rushed upbii the
enemy, killing several and taking a hundred and
one prisoners, who were safely landed on this side.
At half-past l lour, two bridges were-finished op
posite the city, when the troops iramediatelv be
gan to cross over.
The enemy were soon driven from the city back
to their line of works. The two bridges in front
of Gen. Franklin weie successfully laid early in
the day, but his troops did not cross until the”two
upper ones were ready.
A sufficient force is now on the opposite side of
the river to resist-: any attack that is likely to ha
made. . ,
The rebels fired but few guns in the morning,
and none in the afternoon ; although their works
were in easy range during the forenoon.
The rebels burnt the railroad bridge just outside
of the citv. \ -i
During the day between eight thousand and
nine thousand rounds of ammunition was fired by
our artillery.
Everything is quiet to-night. The indications
are that A battle will be fought to-morrow.--
Approved. £ A. E. BUUNSIDE.
Headquarters Army or the Potomac,)
Dec. 12, 10 o'clock.
After occupying the river front of the city last
night, we lost about one hundred killed and
wounded white pushing .the rebels through the
city.
They fired on onr men as they advanced through
the streets while secreted in and behind houses.
Not much mercy was shewn ,to those whp were
caught.. \
This morning a dense fog hid everything from
view, hot it is now gradually- passing itway. The
troops commenced moving across at an early
hour, General Stunner's grand division leading
the way over in front of the city, to-be followed
by Genera) Hooker’s grand division.
Gen. Franklin's Division, which crossed nearly
three miles below the city, isnearly oven ■
At a quarter ptist nine o'clock this morning the
first gun was fired, grid the firing lasted for about
half an hour, the rebels not making « very spirit
ed reply.
Itjs thought the troops will be ever by noon.
Information received during the. night and this
morning from deserters and prisoners , show that
tbo rebels have ten strong lines of batteries in the
rear of the city, the first being one mile baek, and
the second a mile from the first. ’
The whole army is in rapid motion and well
anniented.
The troops arc in excellent spirits and anxious
to be led upon the enemy’s works. j
The enemy havfi concentrated their three and it
is helie»ed will-give battle.
" Much will depend upon the result ,of: to-day, but
nil feel sanguine of success I
Hbadquartkbs Armv of the Potomac, >
! , Saturday evening, Dec: ; 13.; )
! The fog began to disappear at 10 o’clock this
■jmorning,: affording an unobstructed view of our
?own and; the enemy’s position. r '
It being evident that the first ridgei of hills in
the rear of Uie city, on which the enemy lipd bis
puns posted behind earthworks, could not he car
ried except by a charge of. infantry (»en. Sum
ner assigned that duty to (len. Trench's division,
supixirted by Gen. Howard’s. The troops ad
vanced fo the works at ten minutes before IVrelve
o’clock, at a brisk run. The enemy’s guns opened
a rapid fire upon them. When within musket
range of : the base of the-ridge they w ere mot by g
terrible fire from the reliel infinity who ;were
posted behind a stone wall and some houses on
the right of the line. This checked their advknce,
and they fell bock to a small ravine, hut hot out of
musket range. '
At thjs tinfo another body of troops moved to
their assistance in splendid style, notwithstanding
the gaps made in their ranks by the fire of the
rebel artilfoiy. When they arrived at the first ;
I) IPHXfIIVT) l' ll6 they advanced on double quick time, and with
AbA\JXj.iU.v/-Lv U. a command of fixed bayonets endeavored to dis-
Gen. Franklin’s movements were directed down
the river, anil his troops are encamped to-night
not far from the Massaponax creek.
Our troops sleep to-night where they fought to
day.
The dead and wounded are being carried from
the field of tattle to-night.
The following is a list of the officers killed and
wounded as far as known :
General Jackson, of the Pennsylvania Reserves,
was killed. General Bayard was struck in the
thigh by a shell and afterwards died. General
Winton was wounded in the side but not seriously.
General Gibbons was wounded in the hand.
Gen. Kimball received a wound in the thigh.
Gen. Caldwell was wounded in two places, but
not seriously.
Col. Sinclair, of Pennsylvania, was dangerously
wounded.
Capt. Hendrickson was commanding the Uth
New York .Militia and was wounded seriously.
The following is the loss of officers in the sth
New Hampshire regiment, which was actively en
gaged in the battle: ' -
Colonel Cross, wounded in the abdomen.
Major Sturdevant, and Adjutant Dodd, killed,
ihe firing of musketry ceased at about six
O’clock, but:'the rebels continued throwing shell
into the city until eight o’clock this evening.
The position of the rebel forces was as follows :
Gen. Longstreet was on the left and held the
main works of the enemy. Gett. A. P. Hill and
Gen. Jackson were in the front of Gen. Franklin
with Jackson's right resting on the Rappahannock.
General D. Hill's forces acted as a reserve.
General Burnside will resume the battle at day
light in the morning. 3
The troops are iu good spirits and not in the
least disheartened. The losses cannot be accu
rately estimated at this hour.
BATTLE AT FAYETTEVILLE, ARK
GEX. FRANK HERRON DEFEATS GEN
HINDMANS ARMY.
DECISIVE FEDERAL VICTORY,
FEDERAL LOSS GOO—REBEL LOSS 1.500,
Battle Field near Fayetteville,)
Arkansas. Dev. 8, 1862.
Gen. Herron's forces, en-ronte lo reinforce Gen.
Blum, mot the enemy yesterday on Crawford's
Prairie, ten miles south of Fayetteville, and had a
decided victory.
Tflc rebels were 24,000 strong in four divisions
under Parsons, Marmaduke, Frost and Rains, and
all under Geu Hindman, embracing the tiower of
the rebel army.
The Mississippi army was well supplied with 18
'pieces of artillery.
Ihe enemy hanked Gen. Blunt’s position at
Cane Hill, and made a sudden attack on Gen.
Herron to prevent him from uniting with Gen.
Blunt
Gen. Herron's forces consisted of the 94th and
31st Illinois, H)th and 20th lowa, 261 h Indiana.
20th \\ i.-consin. and a battalion or two of cavalrv,
in all about C. 500 men, and 24 pieces of artillery.
The battle raged from 10 a. in. until dark, aiid
was desperately fought. Our artillery drove the
rebels from two strong positions, and kept their
overwhelming numbers at bav.
The 20th Wisconsin captured a rebel battery of
four heavy guns* but were forced to abandon them
under a inurderoiis tire. The 19th lowa also took
the same battery, and fought most desperately, but
were also obliged to yield it.
Almost even- regiment distinguished them
selves ,
About 4 o'eloek Gen. Blunt arrived from Cane
Hill with .">,OOO men and a strong force of artillery,
and attacked the rebels in the rear.
The rebels made desperate efforts to capture his
batteries, hut were repulsed with terrible slaughter.
He held the whole field at dark, and before nine
o'clock the entire rebel force was in full retreat
over Boston Mountain.
Our loss is (100 killed and wounded. The rebel
loss is 1.500 by their own admission.
Several rebel field officers were killed. Among
them Col. Stein, commanding a brigade, and for
merly .brigadier in the Missouri Sta*e Guard.
Only a few prisoners were taken. We captured
four caissons filled with ammunition. Lieut. Col.
MeFadden. of the 10th lowa was the only field
officer on our side killed.
Maj. Hubbard, Ist Missouri, was taken pris-
oner.
[second dispatch.]
GEN BLUNT ATTACKS THE ENEMY IN
THE REAR.
Washington, Dec. 10.—The following official
disjiatch has been received at headquarters:
St„ Louis, Dee. 9, IBG2.—Mai. Gen. Halleek,
General-in-Chief; '
My forces of the Army of the Frontier united
near Fayetteville in the midst of a hard tought
battle.
Gen. Blunt had sustained his position at Cane
Hill till Saturday night, when the enemy, 25,000 i
strong under Gen. Hindman, attempted a flank ;
movement on his left to prevent the arrival of i
Gen. Herron's forces, which had been approaching :
for four days by forced marches.
On Sunday, at about JO o'clock, a. ra., the en- i
emy attacked Gen- Herron near Fayetteville, who :
by gallant and desperate fighting' held him in j
check for three hours, until Gen. Blntu’s Division :
came up and attacked him in the rear.
The fight continued diisperatd until dark.
Our troops bivouacked oft the battle field while ;
the enemy retreated across the Boston Mountain.
lire loss on both sides is heavy, but much the r
greatest on the side of the enemy, our artillery
creating terrible slaughter in their greater num- i
hers. -
The enemy had great advantage in the posi
tion.^
Among the enemy's killed, was Col. Stein, for
merly Brigadier General of the Missouri State
Guards. ' _
Both Generals Blunt and Herron deserve spe
cial commendation for gallantry in the battle of
Fayetteville, Arkansas
[Signed]
' S.R. CURTIS,
Maj. Gen. Commanding.
LATER,
St. Louis, Dec, 11, 1863.
Sfaj, Gen. Halted:, Genemt-in- Chief.
Further derails arc received from Generals Blunt
and Herron, from the battle ground of Prairie
Grove, near Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Our loss in killed and wounded Is now estimated
at a thousand, and that of the enemy at over two
thousand.
The rebels left many of their dead and most of
their wounded for us to care for.
. Extensive hospitals will be improvised in Fay
etteville.
Persons who have returned from the battle field
report that the enemy was 8,000 strong.
Their artillery was much crippled. We took
four caissons filled witli ammunition and a huge
number of smuli arms.
Gen. Blunt moves forward to-day on Cane Hill,
Gen. Herron remaining at Prairie* drove burying
the dead and providing for the wounded.
The enemy muffled their wheeb and moved- off 1
in the night, continuing their retreat to Van Ba
ron, probably crossing the Arkansas river.
Col. McFarland, of the 16th lowa, is killed.
Col. Black of the 37th, Illinois, Major Thomas
of the 20th lowa, and a large number of subaltern
officers are wounded.
It was a hard fought battle, and complete vic
tory.
[Signed]
Correspottdence of the Ntm York Timet.
The Programme of Treason.
Frederick Citt, Md., Oc». 20, 1862.
Conversing with a gentleman a few days ago,
I wjth whom a reliel officer sojourned a short time
* during the late invasion of Maryland, he related
, the following as the snbstance of a social conversa
tion between himself and the officer, who appeared
to be a very free-spoken and candid gentleman,
' and a man of no ordinary degree of intelligence;
and taking a particular liking to his host, who,
i like himself, bad been an. uncompromising old
line Whig, he spoke freely of the political issues of
the day. Upon my friend's asking him how hr,
being a disciple of the immortal Clay, could take
, part in the destruction of this glorious republic,
which was the pride and boast of that illustrious
statesman, he replied that he did not. feel alto
i gether at home in his present vocation, : and of.ec
had serious doubts on.the subject: he thought the
1 Southern States should have made fidther efforts to
right their grievances in the Union before going
out of it, but that he found himself like thousands
: of others, the creature of circumstances, although
I he bad, in the beginning opposed secession as both
; impolitic and suicidal to the best interests of both
I sections. The tremendous pressure brought to
| he * lr u P° n the public mind in the South soon
■ caused the irrevocable step to lie taken, which
; made it too late for compromise, and as all his iii
: terests lay in that section, and his fellow-country -
| men had cast themselves into the breach, he
; though it best to cast in his destiny with theirs
! and, make common cause, press the issue to iilti
| mate success, which he seemed to Imve but little
I doubt of being the result of their struggle the
i i*rincijMttaid'npcm which he relied as a means to
i that end, was a disunion of sentiment at the North ;
and the “ Democratic Parti/" was to be used as the
j instrument to accomplish that very desirable object.
My friend here remarked that he thought these
! expectations ill-founded, as Nothdrn Democrats
; had nobly responded to the call pf the President
for troops, and were largely represented in the
■ suit} by l>ol h officers anil men, who would never
i ce “se their efforts until (he rebellion was nncoiidi
i fionally subdued, and the country re-united.
j The officer replied Don't you deceive vour
; self in the sign of the times ; our 4 i/ame’ is a ' ilce/i
one. Wc have counted the cost;'we know what
:we can do. Our ayents aiv, o/ieratini/ alt over the
\arlh ; they are mixed up in nil the various rami
fications of society, political, religious and social.
. ar >d at the proper time the world will stand in
astonishment at some of the boldest and most sub
: lime master-strokes of policy the mind of man has
: ever conceived, or tile cunning and jierscverance of 1
; the human race ever executed. States and States-
I men. Presidents and Cabinets will fall before it like
grain before the sickle. Onr plans are well ma
imed ; it is next to impossible to fail. Everything
so tar has resulted just as ice arram/ed it should.
and with a few slight exceptions anil some ’ little
unforeseen accidents, we have succeeded f.illv equal
ito our most sanguine ex|icctations. We planned
i ,i .‘ c disarrangement of the currency to destroy
Northern credit ; and ouragents, by simultaneously
purchasing gold and silver at a premium, assisted I
by oilier speculators who unwittingly- aided our '
: Sl ’h'“mcs. came hear upsetting the monetary af- !
I lairs of the nation, which was only temporarily j
i prevented by Northern capitalists, who feel that |
i their all is at stake in this war. and who have sue- |
! needed in staving off die money crisis a little longei ; j
j but it will come in spite of their efforts to prevent ,
i it. “And after the Northern elections, whirl, we i
cannot fail of carryiny. and the maturity of other j
j plans which will soon develop themselves, we shall '
I have a network spread over the entire nation, so •
j minute in its details, and g>o inextricable in its !
, nature, that even the devil himself, with all his!
i arts and subtlety, could not escape through its
j meshes ! Northern Democracy will fall into onr
j embrace as gently as a lover falls into the arms
jof his mistress ! Many who are now acting with
I that party have no idea of the extent and /.urpose
! of the political campaign before them, and it is
well they have not, or we should be deprived of j
many valuable co-workers, who are not vet pre- j
pared to adopt our views, aiul who are yet acting ;
; in good faith tovyards the Eederai Government, ;
: but who will at the proper time (with some few i
| exceptions) follow the victorious banner of 4 De- !
|. mocracy into the cam [is of the South, and openly i
I espouse the cause they are now secretly, and many !
|of them ignorantly, advancing. They will not j
stand alone in this matter; many who have hither- 1
1 to Stood far above the reach of suspicion, will find |
! themselves yradnally and imperceptibly entam/led I
j in the net ice have woven for their cause ; and who, |
I after finding where they have unco isciously wan
dered, make a spasmodic effort to extricate them- i
selves, but finally yield, helpless victims to that
inexorable destiny which awaits them. !
i Why, my dear Sir, you may not believe me |
j when 1 tell you, but some, who have heretofore !
teen the head and front—leadets of the Republican I
Party will aid u<£ not a little in playing out De- i
mocracy into the hands of the Confederacy; and
when all is ready, a dissolution of Congress' and a '
mutiny in the National army, (caused by personal
and political bickerings and jealousies, the seeds i
of which are already sown,) are obviously things of j
easy accomplishment. w !
l.he Republican Party is -also unconsciously
playing into our hunds ; recklessness and stupidity i
characterize every act. They appeared blind to '
their own fate, and careless as to the fate of their .
country. Intoxicated with their success at the !
last Presidential election—bewildered at the mag- i
nitude of the crisis, and the complicated condi- |
tiunof national affairs, and hopelessly divided into i
two helpless, factions, the conservatives ami the !
radicals, the latter of whom drive the ' j
thev are incapable of offering successful resistance !
to the mighty influence which cluster around the
charmed name of •Democracy.’ So von sec the :
power must soon pass from their hands, and by a
httle management upon onr part, whilst we have
set Democrats and Republicans by the earn quar
reling ovet minor things and the sjioils of office
vv<f will adroitly secure- the substance and leave
them the empty shadow to appropriate between them. ’
Mark ray word for it, we will create n division
m the North, wc will kilLoff llepuhlicanism, whh
Democracy and then swallow up 4 Democracy’
at our leisure! Both stand in the way of onr
purpose, and both must fall.
Clkaki.vo Pigs Heads and Feet.—A corres
pondent of the Prairie Famier says : Fennit me to
send you 8 recipe for cleaning pigs' heads and feet,
which I have never seen in piim, and have proved
to he an excellent one, saving at least half the
time usually occupied in cleaning them, and per
tomnng the work in a more perfect -manner—
Chop oil the snont from the head, and divide it
into tour pieces, after cutting off the cheeks to salt
saving them to bake with beans; wash all thor
oughly, and put into a .suitable vessel, covering
- them with water in which a little salt has been
dissolved, merely sufficient'to -draw out the blood
chan X ln S the water each
day. The third day take them from the water
sentpe them well, but without attempting to re
move the bristles; if they do not seem pretty drv
offer scraping, wipe the skin side; then light a
spin lamp (I mean simply « fluid lamp, with nl
ari-sas.Mt sas^
Wamiisgtok, Dec. 14—A variety of rumors
P£va.rhem lh mgard to ,he Bank’s ix,JdWon-
th el,6 at West
Yorknver j and another locates him
at Harrison,* Landing, on the James river,
Bebel Di
The. position fit the rebels at the presonttime is
certainly /very for from pleasant; their prospects
are decidedly discouraging. A yearof conflict has
well nigh closed; and it finds' them everywhere
falling tack. Compared with their positions when
the year began, their retrograde march is strikingly
great, and the effect to diem may well be disheart-:
ening. It is true that they have maintained the
attitude,of resistance to the end of another year;
yet evefi this has not won any special political ad
vantage, for the prospect of recognition, after all, ,
must depend on the relative strength which they
exhibit. And to-day they are relitively weaker,
and the Government relatively much stronger,
||»n when the present year came in. As a con-:;
sequence, the prospect, of foreign recognition is ap
parently more remote than formerly!
Our gains are by no means inconsiderable. We
have driven the insnrgents out ofi Missouri and -
Kentucky. We not' only hold Nashville and .
Memphis, bnt onr forces ore pushjng far to the :
southward of those cities. They have already oc
cupied Grenada in Mississippi, and The armies of j
Generals Curtis and Sherman are npjwremly about i
to form a junction there in oilier to a further ad
vance on Jacksoh and Vicksburg, or for a march ;
straight on to the Gulf at Mobile. New Orleans ;
is ours and a large and valuable portion of Louisi- j
ana. The movements of our iron-clad boats on !
the Mississippi, under the command! of Porter, and j
the cx|jciliiioii of Gen. McClernand, will probably
in due time, make the whole of that river ours, j
As we Imve formerly shown, this wjmld be to foil j
the conspirators in their ultimate object and to j
make their ruin certain.
S. R. CURTIS,
Major General.
There is one arm of onr strength Which has been
created since the year came in—our iron-clad fleet.
If the Monitor, the Passaic or the Ironsides had
been afloat in April, 1861, we should havehad a
different tale to tell about the events in Cha-leston
harbor. If the iron-clad fleet now afloat had been
in commission in April, .1862, we should have had
probably a different issue to the campaign in the
Peninsula. The Merritnac was the real right
wing of the army that confronted McClellan, and
all know that it was the strongest wing of the rebel
army. But now every week will al lto the num
ber of onr iron-clad monsters, with their eleven and
fifteen-inch guns, and we look hopefully and confi
dently to the results which they are to iVoi k out.
Wc have sain nothing of the Army of the Po
loinac. for every eye is now turned towards it, and
every one knows how great onr actual gain in Vir
ginia has been. Richmond is threatened from
Fredericksburg in front; from Suffolk in the rear;
and, if we mistake not, from elsewhere. The re
sults of these different menaces time will show.
The gain of the year, however, has been on our
side ; the loss on the side of the rebels.
We do not mean to utter any vain prophecies.
The time has go is by for such folly. Bnt we do not
see how the losses of the rebels are to be recovered,
or onr advantages wrested from us.— lnquirer.
Diptheria. —The Su til van County Democrat
prints the following most melancholy.paragraph :
We have just received notice from Mr. Adam
Messersniitli, of Colley, in -this countv, of the
death of all his children, (seven in number,) within
tin* space of fifteen days, ullof Diptheria. a very un
usual and melancholy occurrence. We sympa
thize deeply with Mr. Messersniitli in his'great
bereavement:
Mary Rath,: died Nov. 0, 1862, aged 7 years.
Anna Susan, “ 44 11. 44 44 13 ’ “
Willhelra M! 44 44 11 ,
Hester, “ 44 11,
John Adam, 44 “ 13,
Catharine, 44 •• 17,
Julia Bi 4 4 4 4 21.
All gone! All the little household angels
lakcn their flight! How sad, and yet how in
structive. The Lord giveth, and ths'Eard taketh
a w av
The Largest Hotel in the World. —The
Limlcll Hotel, at St. Louis, is finished, and is the
largest in the world. It is equivalent to eight
stories high, contains 515 rooms, twenty-one par
lors. twenty-seven acres of plastering, seven acres
of flooring, thirty-two miles of hell-wire, nine and
a hall miles of base board, twelve miles of gas,
steam and water! pipe, one and a third mile? or
I ,980 yards of hall, 810 windows, and U,OOO feet
of painted' imitation of cornice. The numlier of
bricks used in the building is 8,000.000. In the
basement there is a railroad running the entire
length for the transportation of heavy articles! anil
above arc two steam elevators for lifting fuel and
baggage from the ground to the floors above.
Eight Hundred and twenty Bales of Cot
ton have been shipped from St. Louis to Pitts
burg, and from that city will be conveved east
over the Pennsylvania Railroad. If it had been
claimed by the projectors of this road, that one of
its a tides of freight woul<H>e cotton, the claim
would have most likely settled the charge cf in
sanity which was brought against those who pro
posed to cross the Allegheny mountain with
a locomotve. But the Pennsylvania Railroad
is a triumph— cotton is part of its freight, and
thus we progress in spite of treason.!
Washington, Die 10.—The House, to-dav,
passed the Senate ‘bill for the admission of the
State of West Virginia into the Union, by a vote
of 96 year against 55 havs. :
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Cancer,
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Son Eyes,
Tetter Affections,
Scald Head,
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Costirm^
Old and Stubborn Ulcers
Rheumatic Disorders,
■ Jaundice, '
Salt Rheum,
Liver Complaint,
Lose of Appetite,
Low Spirits,
Female
Epilepsy or
Paralysis or Palsy,
Syphilitic Disease* ami
Caries of the Boot,.
Together with all other disease, having tw,
origin in a depraved condition of the blood ot
dilatory system.
CASE OF DANIEL A. BOYD,
Da. G. n. Kitbir : —I take ptautire iu mating thli v
antary etatement in favor of a medicine pn-partd I
called •• tumsiT’s 81000 Surchxx.” 1 had wff,,,/.'
five ycnra with Scrofula which broke out on mj bud
forehead so aa to disfigure me very much, and toot „j
hair when the disease made its appearance; it also b r ,.t # ," ,
on my arm above and below the elbow, and eat into Z
akin and flesh so aa to eapoae a fearful sure. Tbs ji„ )k
on my head went so for th t eeveral small pie C « 0 t o,;
came out. 1. was very wc*k and low spirited, end
given up all hope of ever getting well, u I had tried
eral skillful physicians and they did me no good, i n j,,
tember last, 1561.1 was induced to try Lisnm; ,
protkp Bboon SsiBCHSR.” I must confess I bad no Ua
in patent ntedicinea, but after 1 had used three bottle.
Blood Searcher, the ulcers on my head and arm begj 0
heal. 1 have now taken eight or ten bottles, and my hto
and arm are entirely well except the scan remaining h®
the sores. I will also state that I had the cheumatut
very bad in my arma and legs. The Blood Searcher mi
cured the rheumatism. lam Dow a well man. over (or,
yearn of age, and 1 feel aa tuple and young aa I did
I wan twenty, and liavo increased iu weight twenty poaud.
I would also state that the disease in my ibrebeard »,
bad that when I stooped and lifted anything heavy. ■:
blood run pot of The sore. Dr. Keyaer bad a ph.,Ui g ia|i
taken oi me by Mr. Cargo, the artist, after I began b ,
jvell. ft does not show my appearance as bad as u ,
before I commenced taking the mediciue. You can -■
the photograph, one of which it now In my pos«„i L[
and also at Dr. Keyser’s ISO Wood street. I would iU
state that 1 took the Blood Searcher which vat made .-
fore Dr. Keyaer commenced making it. Altbongh ;
helped mo some, 1 did nnt recover fast until I got tb, tic:
made by Dr. Keyaer himself. One bottle of his did n.
more good than two of the old. I believe it is a gnat to.
Stronger nod better. 1 have recommended tbs lilw.
Searcher to a great many of my friends for vam.nv dn
eases, and 1 believe it has helped the whole of (hem Vc.
may publish this ifyou wish, and I %ro anxious that a..
who are afflicted as I was may be cured. I live in this city
>’»• 1 Pine street, and am employed at Collville 1 Ante
son’s Union Marble Works, frt Wayne street.
44 8
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44 2i -
44 lO| 44
“ .7 mus.
I Ut« in Sligo, at Clinton Mill, and have breo otarl;
blind in both eyre for nearly four year*. I called on Dr
Keyser ab* ot three month* ago and asked hiru to girt a.
directions to the Institution for the Blind in Philadelphu
lie told me that 1 Died not go to Philadelphia to get weli
as he had medicine that would cure me. a a he said toy di>
ease was in the blood. 1 was treated for it two or thrn
times iu the hospital in this city, and was relieved, but
my disease always returned aUcr a mouth or two after 1
came out of the hospital. I found my diseass wu re
turning and 1 called, by the advice of a good friend oi
mine, on Dr. Keyser, who has restored my sight, and »;
•yes are nearly as well as ever. The Doctor jare m«
* Lindsey’s Blood Searcher” and a wash.
. Pittsburg, July S, 1861,
Witness—£, F. Anderson street, aUegbts;
ear. #
PITKTBCKOH, September XB.IBCI.—I hereby certify that
I have had a sore leg. for ovt\ a year. It welcomes
with ulcers and sores so that I could not work for netrl*
» year; My leg swelled so that 1 was unable to do so;
thing fora longtime, for at .least six months. I tried
several of the best doctors, in th? city, bat without so;
benefit; finally I called on Dr. Keyser. at No. 140 Wood
. street, who only attended me about two weeks, and p"
me but two bottles of medicine, and 1 am now eutlrely
well and have contiued.so for six months. J am employ
at the Bagle Engine Uoate on Fourth street, where m,*
one can see ate.
A Lmu Fxo* Kmuhd.—Mr. John Pope, of BUen*-
von. near Momnontabirs, England,..write* u
follows: '
Six;— An old woman i > this place ba* wished 11
: write you ret|>ecting Xjxdut'b Blood Search**, fro®
which she found great benefit, and wishes to h»«»
. mo * e - She has been Buffering from a disease,of »cinr* l
°us nature for the last al* or seven years, llir daogbi«
,who is living in America, obtained it for her, and wut k* r
eighteen bottles. She ir now quite out of it, and Ih”
; written to her daughter twice and have received * n
I ewer; of course she U anxious to get more, to get com
pletely cured. I told her X would write to you for th<
. bgfotcy, in this country, and she foil very much pleased t«
. hear ms say so. I now beg to ask you on what term# J OB
( will supply me; you will please bear in wind the or
; and snptyjy me as cbesp ‘as possible. The carriap
;.on the one dosen liottles was il 8s 6d. The inwjkio* ***
A present from her .laughter. I would like to h*« **»
• Blood Searcher in a jar or small cask, if you can •«<* 11
*° that wayyor in pint or quart bottles. 1 will aend » hi»-
through bank or registered fetter, which ever will be me* 1
conveufent to yon, If you will send me csnkr’s receipt«
the isinyl as security. X would send yoa a stamp
swer this, bat as It Is uncertain of ttfa reachiug jo* 08
Account of the country being in six and sevens, stem
Which is commoujy used, yon will be kind enough *=■
charge me with the postage. v
[Sinned]
' [We have Men the letter which le pubiiahrd la t$W
DUpatth, from John Pope, and beliere it to be pe»«i»*'
pkuv» Ditpatck Pittsburgh.
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«- ioei far Dr. Ktyttr't name mr Hu curkt f r""'
bo’HJ taipwed aj»o«. t .
. Piwporwi and told by Dr Omasa U. tnaa, ritt*b« r l
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a sou com m
Caaccrooa Formation*. :
Scrofula, *'
CnUneou* Di»e»*^
EtytipeU*, Bo^
Mercurial Diseases,
General Debili,,
PlTTsscaoH. December 31, io_;
DANIEL A. BOYD
A BLIND MAN CURED.
DAVID KINNOLLY,
Clinton Mills, Slig*.
A BAD SQRE LEG CURED
lUOUAS tAUKKU
CANCER CURED.
Yoon, reapectlhlly.
JOHN POP I
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,S Railroad CAi«a.-fA case was - recent!
in Cambria 4#*o of which
importance to jto and to *
conductors. The tto casd are fe
ctsilv staled. A who' wished .4
n oni Johnstown to Hn|tiogdon, attempted
chase a ticket at thehffice, oftering.a fire
i.ill, which the ticket Agent could not cba
Che passentter then took rite train offeri
same note,'which the conductor received,
purpose of examining its genuineness. A
time the conductor returned the note, statin
be believed it to be a counterfeit. The pas
nisisted.that the note which the conductor re
to him was not the same he had offered i
ment of bis fere, but it Was established on th
that the note die conductor offered to giv
back, was the same he had received from hii
moreover that, the conductor was mistaken
it being a bad note, that it was a genuine i
the Delaware City Bank. Conductor Gree
told the passenger that unless ho could pa
other money he Would have to put biro c
train at t!fie next: station. He manifested
unwillingness to go, and there was some did
among the witnesses as to whether Green
hold of him by the collar to put him out, or w
he had gone put without Green touching 1
He was required to leave the cars, and was
at Wilmore station. He thsh indicted th
J actor for assault and battery. The Judgt
tiiat if conductors require it of the passeng
the passenger, is bound to make the qhangt
the conductor| is not bound to take the fare
a note larger in amount, and furnish chan)
imssenger; that what occur red in this case
erence to the five dollar note, was not a pc
at' the fare; and that if the passenger did n
luce a ticket,;or pay his fare in the ears, tl
■lector had ai right to eject him from :h<
using no more force in doing so than neccss
The Jury acquitted the conductor.
Extensive • COsekctioskby Establish
—Most persona who buy “ mintstkk” of the
keepers in this place, are unaware that it is
factored in Altoona, as it is generally sr
i hat ail the yellow candy dogs,: with green cs
'•‘d eyes, elephants with saddles on their
liecse, fish, sheep, horses, etc., etc., are got
in the cities. These curiosities, however, ar
ifactored by our townsman, Jacob Wei.
■nyle equal, if not superior, to those of cih
lishments. One thing is certain, be uses t
'piality of than 'the city manufacture
his candies am much cleaner and better,
understands the bosiness himself and is assi
" ne who has worked at the business in the
It is worth a visit to his establishment to vi
piles of fancy and plain candies he has o
>nr the holiday sales. He wholesales at fiti
Jl 'd we think; his enterprise deserves the s
agement of the retail dealers in this section
country. They can get no better conlectic
in the cities. v
A Testimonial TO a Hero. — A beautifi
medal has been manufactured by Baily i
I‘hiladelphia,' says the Harrisburg Teitgm
presentation to Mr. Powell Sharp, the en
on the Pennsylvania Kail Hoad, who so her
wed the lives of a large number of passeng
‘he Allegheny mountains in November, to
*e alluded at the time of the occurrence,
medal is a beautiful piece of workmanship,
in a laurel wreath, on the obverse, is the fol
inscription:
“ Presented to Powell Sharp, Engineer
Pennsylvania Railroad, by the passengers
‘•rain from Pittsburgh, November l-tih, il
testimony of their admiration for his not
Uercic conduct in saving their lives at the
Ins own.?* I;■ '• ' | :
On the reverse is a handsomely engra,
turn of a locomotive, within a laurel wrest I
W The Schedule which went into op
mi Monday last, adds another passenger t
'-he road between Harrisburg and Pitt
making five ttains West daily, certainly si
10 nccommoihte tfaetravel in that directior
new train, ewed the “Emigrant Train,"
u l> of the ettjpKM oyster cars from Baltim
emigrants through from Philadelphia, with
class passenger Car attached for tboaectso
t ’ on *f Although not as fas
ra kulat i paasynger trains, it is faster than t
* rant train pcerkmsly on the road
® T **T HIttHOS SOMETHING NrW.-
**“* jtw been Added to the already extern
v aried Mock; of Store,” * new«
*Yt*cijs tpr styled the *• h
®°°P We don’t know much el
°* points Of the article, os all we seen o
iftfae ladies will jostcall upoi
w thein the thing and ventilal
Perior nn«i;
K OooDe Cheap foe Cask.—]
, ** cfsh'store, has on ham
of Hoods and otbe;
% |fice from 25 cts.
•»«*■* otter woolen at
el