IASIUKQ REVELATION I
h Eichang of Prisoners.
eat rf Bnhert Owld. I fle-ur-ral
t Kreporalhlc for all the Horror
ndrrwnnvlllc-Hullrr Teetlnioa-
lie t. rant order Bo Kirheug Is
-lade A full Hittory af Kxrhaitjw
.'rtaonera.
RicHMosn. Va., Rent, 17, 1868
:t editors o) the Rat'l Intelligencer :
ntlemi.i : I bave recently ten so
r misrenreMnUtions of the action
late Confederate authorities in
on to prisoners, that I foci it due
a truth or history, and peculiarly
i bent upon me as their agent of
.nge, to bring to the attention of
onlry the facta set forth in this
rh cartel of exchange bears date
22, 1862. IU chief purpose was
ore the delivery of all. prisoners
r. To that end, the fourth arti-
ivided that all prisoners of war
. be discharged on parole in ten
fter their capture. From the
f the cartel nntil the summer of
ae Confederate authorities had
xe of prisoners. Daring that
.1 deliveries were made as fast
Federal Government furnished
irtatlon. Indeed, upon more
! occasion I urged the Federal
-Jeg to send increased means of
Tta'Jon. It has never even
ieged that the Confederate an
; ;s failed or neglected to make
t deliveries of prisoners who
not held under charges, when
l ; id the excess. On the other
L '" ', daring theeame time, the cartel
r- a i rjnly and notoriously violated
! - Federal authorities. Offioers
i 3 t en were kept in confinement,
r nes in irons, or doomed to cells,
t charge or trial. Many officers
v kept in confinement even after
t.i'i '.ices published by the Federals
ua 3 c iarea tbem exchanged.
I a Tie summer of 1863 the Federal
.ties insisted upon limiting ex-
'-. a to such aa were held in con-
t. ::': :it on either aide. This I re-
'-te '. M being in violation of cartel.
I construction not only kept in
ment the excess on either aide,
x : tored all the paroles which were
1 i f y the Confederate Government
'i were very many, being the pa
t f officers and men who nad been
i d on capture. The Federal
t s nment at that time had few or
r J roles. They had all been sur
r r ed, the Confederate authorities
r i" ; prisoners as equivalent for
i Thus it will be seen that as
1"' " f t the Confederate Government
.' i . exoess of prisoners, matten
" ! in smoothly enough ; but as soon
! r restore of affairs in that respect
twanged, the cartel could no Ion-
r .9 observed. So, as long as the
4 Government held the parolee
f t. federate officers and men, they
w rspeoted and made the basis of
i hange; but when equivalents
- btained for them, and no more
' a band, the paroles which were
1 ! ' y the Codfederate authorities
' not be recognized. In conse-
nf the position thus assumed
Federal Government, the ro
f ent of the cartel that all pris
r . should be delivered within ten
-as practically nullified. The
ios which were afterwards made
ie results of special agreements.
Jonfederate authorities adhered
! r position until the 10th of Au
stin , when, moved by the suf-
of the men in the prisons of
0 olligerent, they determined to
t -heir just demand. According-
1 the last named day, I addressed
lowing communication to Brig.
John E. Mulford, (then Major,)
i nt agent of exchange :
Hicxuoirn, Aogutt IK, 1RM.
" K. HrLroui, Act't Agu of Eiehaage:
. . oa here wrend time propoeed to mo to
the pritonert mpoetiTel y held by the two
k .it ofioer for officer, ui man for nu.
offer ha alto bee made by other official
h : aarg of Batten connected with too ex-
i ., f prinonera. Thu propoaal hat heretofore
mod by the Confederate authorise, they
( opoe the tonal of the cartel, which nv
iM ueeM oa either aide ea parol. Ia
- werar, of the Tory larfe a ember of prieoa-
r held by each partjr, and the enfferiuc oon-
- spoa their eoatiaaed ooanoeoifmt, I now
is the abere propoeal, aad airree to delirer
tie prieoaen bow held ia oapUrite by the
-ate authentic, ororided )oa airree to de
eqaal nraber of Confederate officen aad
: -- A equal eomberi are delirered Irom ttm
i taer wiU be declared eacbanged. Thu
r - u Bade with the undemanding that the
"tid me oa both lidee who hare been the
i a eapUeity will be irat delirered where it
ii able. I ball be aappr to hoar from yoa
hi -ly at pouible, whether thu arrangment
f ' - rried oat
V r refpeetfall.T, jnat obedient errraat,
RO. OVLD, A rent of Exohaar.
; delivery of this letter was ae
( -nied with a statement of the
ity which was hurrying so many
) .1 prisoners at Andersonville to
! . ave.
the 22d of Augnst, 1864, not
) $ heard anything in response, 1
ed a communication to Major
a! Hitchcock, U. 8. Commis-
of Exchange, covering a copy
i foregoing letter toGen. Mulfortl,
-questing an acceptance of my
I -1 Lions.
iiwtrcT vol ever rtceiced to either
lettert. Gen. 11 ul ford, on the
&' August, 1864, informed me in
I that he had no communication
subject from the United Statos
ritiea, and that be was not at
rue authorized to make any an-
; offer, which would have in-
" v restored to freedom thousands
' Toring saptirea which would
i i-eloaaed every Federal prisoner
" d in Confederate prisons was
' - en noticed. Was that because
odural officials did not doem it
y of a reply; or because they
i to make oner As the Federal
rities at that time had large
of prisoners, the effect of the
t&l which I had made, if earned
ould have been to relcaso all the
j prisoners, while a large number
a Confederates would have re-
d in prison, awaiting the chances
a capture ot weir equivalents.
In January, 1864, and, indeed,
lime earlier, it became manifest
in consequence of the coiDplica
" relation to exchanges, the large
i prisoners on both sides would
n in captivity many long and
f months, if not for the duration
war. rromnted bv an earaest
s to alleviate the hardships of
uemene on coin sides, 1 addressed
oiiowinir.ooramunication to Gen
u Hitchcock, U. S. Commissioner
tchange, and on or about the day
CLEARFI
GEO. B. GCODLANDER, Proprietor. PRINCIPLE S NOT MEN. TEEMS-$2 per annnm, in Advance.
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of its dato, delivered the same to the
Federal authority :
CoariDEaar Btitm or Aaiaici
Hit llirawrMHT,
11
KirsnoKP, Va., Januarjr 2i, 1S4.
Uaior General K. A. llitchoook, Ait. of Kichanre
Ki: In ricw of the Dreaenl didioultiea attendiOK
the elcbaoge and releaee of prieoneri, I propoee
that all auoh en each aide ihall be attended bj a
proper number of their own ewrKeona, who, under
ralee to be eitabluhcd, aball be permitted to take
charre of their health and eomturL
I alio propoao that then aurfreunl ahall act ai
oommiaaarief, with power to receive and distribute
nob eoatribetiona of mooer, food, ololliinjr and
medioiuea ai mty be forwarded for tne relicr ot
prtaonera. 1 further propoee tnat tneee rurpreon.
be aelected by their own Oorernmenta, and that
thej aball hare full liberty at an; and all timet,
through the ejenU or aiohanfre, to make reporu
not only of their own arte, bat of any matten re
lating to the welfare of priponere.
ilepocltuny, jonr ooeuient wttto,
HO. OL'LD, Agent of Exchange.
To this communication no reply of
any kind was ever made. 1 need not
state bow mnch suffering would have
been prevented it this oner bad beon
met in the spirit in which it was dic
tated. In addition, the world have
bad truthful accounts of the treatment
of prisoners on both aides by officers
of character, and thus much of that
misrepresentation which has flooded
the country would never have been
poured forth. Ihe jury box in the
case of Win would have bad different
witnesses, with different story. It
will be borne in mind that nearly all
of suffering endured by Federal pris
oners happened alter January, 1804.
The acceptance of the proposition
made by me, on behalf of the Confed
erate Government, would not only
bave furnished to the sick medicines
and physicians, but to the well an
abundance of food and clothing from
the ample stores of the United States.
Ihe rood laita of the Confederate
Government in making this offer can
not be successfully questioned, for food
and clothing (without the surgeons)
were sent in IPoo, and were allowed
to be distributed by Federal offlcors
to Federal prisoners.
by could not the more humane
proposal of January, 1864, bave been
accepted f
III. When it was ascertained that
exchanges conld not be made either
on the basis of the cartel, or officer for
officer and man for man, I was instruct
ed by the Confederate authorities to
offor to the United Suites Government
their sick and wounded, without requir
ing any equivalents. Accordingly, tn
the summer of 1864, 1 did offer to de
liver from ten to fifteen thousand of
the sick and wounded at the month of
lb BieveMMiatl nvcr WKUouk roqoiilUM
any equivalents, auguring at ei
time the agent of the United States,
General Mulford, that if the number
for which he mightsend transportation
could not readily be made up from sick
and wounded, I would supply the dif
ference with woll men. Although this
offer was mado in the summer of 1864,
transportation was not sent to the
Savannah river until about the middle
or last of November, and then I deliv
ered as many prisoners as could bo
transported some thirteen thousand
in number, amongst whom were more
than five thousand well men.
More than once I urged the mortali
ty at Andersonville as a reason for
haste on the part ot the United States
authorities. I know personally, that
it was the purpose of the Confederate
Government to send off from all its
prisons all the sick and wounded, and
to continue to do the same, from time
to time, without requiring any equiv
alents for them It wag because the
sick and wounded at points distant
from Georgia could not be brought to
Savannah within a reasonable time
that the five thousand well men were
substituted.
Although the terms of my offer did
not require Federal authorities to do
liver any for the ten or fifteen thous
and which I promised, yet some three
thousand sick and wounded were de
livered by them at the mouth of the
Savannah river. I call upon every
Federal and Confederate officer and
man who sawtbe cargo of livingdeatb,
and who is familiar with the character
of deliveries mado by the Confederate
authorities, to bear witness that none
such was ever made by the latter, even
when the very sick and dospcrately
wounded were alone requested. For,
on two occasions at least, such were
specially asked for, and particular re
quest was made for those who were so
desperately sick that it would be
doubtful whother they would survive
a removal a few miles down the James
river. Accordingly, the hospitals were
searched for the worst cases, and after
delivered tbey were taken to Annapo
lis, and there photographed as speci
men prisoners. The photographs at
Annapolis were terrible, indeed ; but
the misery portrayed was surpassed
at Savannah.
The original rolls showed that some
thirty-five hundred bad started from
Northern prisons, and that death bad
redncod the number during tlie transit
to about three thousand. The mor
tality amongst those who were deliv
ered alive during the following three
months was equally frightful.
But why was there this delay be
tween the summer and November in
sending transportation for sick and
weunded, for whom no equivalents
were asked f Wore Union prisoners
made to suffer in order to aid the pho
tographs "in firing the popular heart
of the North V
IT. In the summer of 1864, in con
sequence of certain information com
municated to me by the Surgeon Gen
eral of the Confederate States as to the
deficiency of medicines, I offered to
make purchases of medicines from the
United States authorities, to be used
exclusively for the relief of Federal
prisoners. I offered to pay gold, or
tobacco for them, and even two or
three prices, if required. At the same
time I gave assurances that the medi
cines would be used exclusively in tbe
d
J.
treatment of Fodorul prisoners ; and
moreover agreed, on behalf of the Con
federate States, if it was insistod on,
that such medicine might bo brought
into the Confederate lines by the Uni
ted States surgoons, and dispensed by
them. To this offor I novor received
any reply. Incredible as this appears,
it is strictly true.
V. Genoral John E. Mulford is per
sonally cognizant ot the truth of most,
it not all the tacts which I have nar
rated. He was connected with the
cartel from its dato until the close of
the war. During a portion of the time
he was Assistant Agent of Exchange
on tno part ot the united statos.
always fonnd him to be an hononable
and truthful gentleman. Whilo he
diBcharced his duties with eTOKtfidol
ity to Lis own Government, he was
kind, and, I might almost say, tender
to Confederate prisoners. W ith that
portion of the correspondence with
which his name is connected, ho is, of
course, familiar. He is equally so with
tbe delivery at savannah, and its at
tending circumstances, and with the
offer I made as to the purchase of
medicines tor the federal sick and
wounded. I appeal to him for the
truth of what I have written. There
are other Federal corroborations to
portions of my statements. They are
louna in tne report ot Major Uoneral
B. F. Butler to the "Committee on the
Conduct of the War." About the 1 st
of March, 1864, 1 had several confer
ences with Genoral Butler at Fortress
Monroe, in relation to the difficulties
attending the exchange of Drisoners.
and we rcochod what we both thought
a tolerably satisfactory bonis.
Tbe day that I left there Gen. Grant
arrived, ben. Duller communicated
to him the state of the negotiations,
and "most emphatic .verbal directions
were received irom tbe Lieutenant
General not to take any step by which
another able-bodied man should be
exchanged until further orders from
him;" and that on April 80, 1864,
he receivod a telegram fron Gen. Grant
"to receive all tho sick aod wounded
the Confederate authorities may send
you, but send no more in exchange."
Unless my recollection fails me, Gen.
Butler also, in an address to his con
stinuents, substantially declared that
be was directed in his management of
the quostion of exchange with the
Confederate authorities, to put the
matter offensively, for the purpose of
preventing an exenanye oj prisoners.
1 be facts which 1 have stated are
also well known to the officers con
nected with the CoiiieUuralo Buruuu
of Exchange
At one time I thought an excellent
opportunity was afforded of bringing
some of them to tbe attention ot tno
country. I was named by poor V irz
as a witness in his behalf. Tbo sum
mons was issued by Chipman, the
Judge Advocate of the military court.
1 obeyod the summons, and was in at
tendance upon the court tor some ton
days. The investigation had taken a
wide range as to tbe conduct ot the
Confederate and Federal Governments
in the matter of the treatment of
prisoners, and I thought the time had
come when 1 could put ticlore the
world tho bumant offers of the Con
federate authorities, and tbe manner
in which they had been treated. 1 so
exprosced myself more than onoe per
haps too publicly, liui it was a vain
thought. Early in tho morning of the
day on which 1 expected to give my
testimony, I received a nolo from
Chipman, the Judge Advocate, requi
ring me to surrender my subpoena.
i reiusea, as it was my protection in
Washington. Without it the doors
of the old Capitol might have opened
and closed upon me. I engaged, bow-
ever, to appear before the court, and
I did so the same morning. I still
refused to surrender my suhposna and
thereupon the Judge Advocate en
dorsed on it those words: "The
within subpoena ia hereby revoked;
the person named is discharged from
further attendance." I have got the
curious document with me now, signed
with the name of "N. P. Chipman,
colonel," to. I intend to keep it, if I
can, as the evidence of the first cose
in any court, of any tort, where a
witness who was summoned for the
defence was dismissed by the prose,
cution. 1 bastend to depart, confident
that Richmond was a safor place for
me than the metropolis.
Some timo ago a committee was ap
pointed by the House of Representa
tives to investigate tbe treatment of
Union prisoners in Southern prisons.
After the appointment of the com-'
mittee tbe lion. Mr. bnanks, of Indi
ana, boing its chairman I wrote to
tbe Hon. Charles A. Eldridge and tbe
lion. Mr. Mungen (the latter a mom
her of the committee) some of the
facts herein detailed. Both of these
men made an effort to extend tho au
thority of the committee, so that it
might inquire into the treatmornt of
prisoners .North as woll as South, and
especially that it might inquire iuto
the truth of the matters which I had
alleged. AH those attempt were
frustrated by the Radical majority,
although several of tbo party voted to
extend the inquiry. As several thou
sand dollars of the money of the poo
plo have been spentVy this oommittoo,
will not they demand that the inves
tigation shall be through and imparial 1
The House of Representatives have
declined the inquiry ; let the people
take it np.
Respectfully, yourobedient servant,
KortKKT Ould.
The Mongrel "reconstruction" op
erations in tho South cost the peoplo
eighteon millions of doUars last year,
and should Grant be elected, his pro
gramme of increasing the army will
cost, for trying to put negroes above
white men, not leas than fitly millions,
for that single experiment.
m& .repub:
A STARTLING UIIKESS.
"Tbe Empirj ii Tesk'Ui
hare Peaea"
rig
From the Loaunrltie pwrier.l
In a recent lottor $;tmtor Davis
alluded to the situational' parties and
seotions in this country) aud, connect
ing this with the pecuinr and start
ling means which are king used to
elect Grant, argued witii jreat force
that such an election WC- i make this
l'rotoriun candidate en n'e head of
his army a "Cteaar Imp-rotor." Mr.
Davis gave it as his so'oino opinion
that, "when General trnnt is thus
elected and inaii;nintt V. Prcsiriont
then will, the revolution of our Gov
ernment be complete and permanont
and a long, dismal night ot doipotism
will brood over the oountry."
The New York Tribune makes an
exceedingly labored attempt to ridi
cule this suggestion. Similar alarms
bave been sounded so often, in times
of comparative safety, that tbe Trib
une deems it only necessary to laugh
at this one to induce the people to
disregard it as the shepherd boy's cry
of wolf. With no dismantled States,
no disfranchised and oppressed mil
lions of brave whites, no hordes of
ignorant and desperate Africans sud
denly entrusted with political power,
no Rump Congress to aggravate dis
contents, teed the flames ot strife and
disturb the equilibrium of oir system
by usurpations of power, it fa probable
that tbe public could afford to indulge
its woniea connaenoe in tne fixedness
of our institutions. But fears which
a few yoars ago appeared more rision
ary than those of Mr. Davii have boon
suddenly realized, and changes more
difficult than those which be foreshad
ows, bave been effected.
New methods of legislating "outside
of the Constitution," for unrepresent
ed populations, have bon invented.
That instrument which enoe beld all
the needful safeguards for the rights
of States, of property and of persons,
as woll as of the several departments
of the Federal Government, has bocn
found to be bottomless and void whilo
Radicals are in power. They bave
disregarded its sanctions and profaned
everything which it made sacred. It
bos been tound possible to mnke Grant
imperator in ten Slates, and the pow
er he thus wields is to be used to make
him President ot the other States.
Why may it not be usod to kecD him
President or to maxe him imperator
over all T The new element of mill-
Mh. lUlM lio wtvM 11... .
the political contests of this country.
It is recognized by Grant's supporters
as a means which may be legitimately
used in timo of peace to produce such
changes in the Constitution as their
party interests may dictate. Why
may it not be used to change the Con
stitution in toto and to ordain a mon
archy. it is no wonder, then, that the vein
of humor in which the Tribune at
tempts to treat the forebodings of Mr.
Davis should prove to be very heavy
indeed. Tbe clanking shackles of ten
States disturbed the play of its fancy
and the ghost of a murdered Constitu
tion arose to rebuke its festive mirth.
Its smile became sardonic, because it
is impossible to survey the situation
of our oonntry and still to laugh sin
cerely at the idea of an impending
military despotism.
iNor is it strange that the Tribune
should, in this eonnection, proclaim
itself "tired of hearing about the an
cient Romans." The reckless extent
to which party rivalries were carried
and the animosities of civil war, kept
alive for party purposes at Rome, cre
ated the onnortunitv which has nnrnr
existod in the history of any republic,
I .1 1 " ! T - 1 1 I
wnotoor in uroece, id itome, or in Hol
land, but there was always some popu
lar aod successful general to take
advantage of it.
I be situation which resulted at
Rome in the despotism of the Cawars
bears, in every essential particular, a
startling analogy to that which the
Radicals are preparing as an opportu
nity and a temptation for Grant s am
bition. It matters not that they do
not bo intend it. It is by their pas
sions and not by their reason that
peoples enslave themselves. In the
eager pursuit of their own aims, and
in their hot exasperation against their
fellow citizens, these Radicals are reck
lessly nsoing weapons dangerous to
themselves. They fun the embers of
civil war and toster sectional prejudi
ces to sustain a party despotism and
a vindictive soclional policy. They
Are accustoming the people to violent
a.nd revolutionary changes in the Gov
ernment, and to changes of the Con
stitution effected in tbe Mexican stylo.
Already the bayonets of the Radical
candidate gleam in one half of the
Union to execute the sentences of his
courts-martial, and to enforce tbe
rescripts promulgated - through -his
legislative conventicles. The roses of
four summers bave blooinod and faded
upon the grave of the last soldier slain
in battle, and still we hear all over
tbe South the tread of Grant's large
armies, as they go ahout capturing
electoral votes wherewith to make
him President. Universal submission
to and approval of this style of elec
tioneering is what he and his party
mean when tbey Bay "Let us bave
peace."
lie is all the more dangerous bo
cause be appears ia this act only as
the powerful servant of tbe dominant
party. It ia as the tool of their pas
sions that he must acquire the power
to neoome tneir master. Trey go into
a partnership of violonoe and usurpa
tion with bim to make him President,
in tbe nope that, through him, tbe
despotism of the Radical riartv mav
become fixed and seoura. In that po
sition be will bold a terrible and dan
gerous balance of power between them
and thoiropponenls. If ho should then
threaten to carry out the Radical idea
oi government, their intended victims
preferring the dopotisin of one man
to that of a cruol and corrupt faction,
wouiu he in condition to accept the
renet which he could offor, and which
would be acceptable, because his ac
cession to unlimited power would in
volve the Rudical and Southern man
in the same fate precisely. The power
eonterredon nun as tbe tool of avenge
ful and despotio policy could be easily
allied with tbe resentment of a des
perate people, and thus become tho
stopping atono to an imperial throne.
Let our Radical friends read a littlo
history, and then laugh at this, if they
ou. W henever a republic has fallen,
it has been effected by some such con
nivance between the parties out of
po er and the chosen instruments of
the dominant faction. A Rump Par
liament once made Cromwell Lord
Protector, and thought that in doing
se they had obtained complete control
or the .Executive: but tbey were igno-
miniously kicked out of their seats by
their servant if that body bad been
a full, und fairly elected, and legally
acting Parliament of England, instead
of a lawless and usurping faction, it
would have been sustained in its rights
even by its opponents, tbe Royalists,
and Cromwell could never bave pre
sumed as he did so successfully upon
the connivance of that powerful party
in bis revolt against his own taction
In that page of history the Radicals
ot this country can witness the opera
tions of tbe Nemesis which fastens
upon the fortunes of such usurpations
as tbey are creating. Tbey are erect
ing a government of force to held
power in spite of the white majority,
and in doing this tbey are preparing
the minds of that majority to rejoice
when this new element turns to plague
the inventor.
Tbe Napoloons wore elevated ae the
favorites of Republican France, and
both of them became Emporers by tbe
assistance of the dissatisfied Monarch
ists. "But," Bay the Radicals, "Grant
is a common-place man, and don't
want to be Emperor, lie is neither
a Cromwell nor a Nupoleon." True,
but it is also true that tbe Bonapartes-
were not Crom wells, nor was Crom
well Cicsar. Cromwell was not known
four miles from borne at the age of 40
years, and yet be was absolute master
of England when be diod. Ihe rirst
Napoleon, a poor Corsican cadet, be
came Emperor of France. Louis Na
poleon, bis nephew, was considered
and visionary vagaTToTdTliSugh'rfS
stock of numerous cities in which be
had boon aloafor,andyet when elected
President of tho French Republic, bo
declared that be wantod peace, and
by virtue of just such bayonet elec
tions as Grant is now superintending
in the South, be is to-day Emperor of
rranco. piobody was more astonished
at all these results than the men who
unwittingly conferred the power to
accomplish them. Grant may appear
to his Radical trainers like a very
docilo mastiff that will worry where
they bid bim, but be knows where tbe
best bids are. Trained in tbe army,
he loves power, lie has led many
men to slaughter, but bis ambition is
not satisfied with tbe uurols bis flat
terers award him. He can be silent
and bide his chances. He eaw the
Radicals confer absolute power on
Lincoln, and offor the same to Johnson,
lie saw that it was good for him to
become a Radical President. Tbey
did not want to trust the silent, moody
man, but it was that or bid a long rare
well to power. They mistrust bim
yet, and well tbey may. His letter of
acceptance leaves bim free to consult
his own personal interests as Presi
dent He is committed to nothing,
and no man knows whether his views
of government accord with those of
Hampden, Charles II, Cromwell or
Tiberius. We only know that he is
sound on the strategy of "numbers
and attrition, and that when be sets
out to aocomplish anything, be does
not stop on tbe way to count tbe
corpsos of his friends. If elected, he
is tbe very man to act either as the
Cromwell of our Rump, or as the
General Monk of a new Restoration.
As it is doubtful which part his per
sonal interests might load him to play,
the people have concluded to elect
Seymour, and "let us have peace." I
Track L atkb. Tbo Rai Iroad Track
Layer now in use in California is said
to operate successfully, and places the
iron rails in position at the rate of
one mile per day, though some of the
work has been done at the rate of two
miles in twelve hours. Tbe machine
is a car sixty feet long and ten foet
wido. It baa a small engine on board
for handling the tios and rails. The
ties are carried on a common freight
car behind, and conveyed by an end
less chain over tho top ot tbe machine,
laid down in their places on the track,
and when enough are laid a rail is
put down on each side in a proper
fiosition, and spiked down. Thetrack
aycr then advances and keeps on its
work until the load ot ties and rails is
exhausted, when other car loads are
brought. The machine is driven ahead
by a locomotive, and it is stated the
work is done so rapidly that six mon
are required to wait on it, but it is
assorted that they do more work than
twice as many could do by the old
system, and that the work is done
quite as well. The chief contractor
on tho Vallojo and Sacramento rail
road, where tho machine is in use.
gives it as his opinion that when the
machine is improved by making a few
changes in the method of handling
rails and ties, it will be ab'.o to put
uown nve or six miles per day.
Nineteen couples were divorced in
ilartiord last month..
CAN.
u.
"THE DRIFT OF THE TIDE."
And Still They Come.
A Youno and Promising Lawtkb
Abandons the Foul Party. The
largest meeting ever convened within
tbe walls of Sutton's Hall, the head
quarters of the Central Democratic
Club, of Allogheny, assembled there
last evening. After the regular busi
ness ot the club was transacted. Robt
S. Morrison, Esq., a young and brilliant
lawyer, son ot tbe ex-mayor of Alio
gheny, was introduced and delivered
a stirring speech. Mr. Morrison eta
ted that it was bis first appearance in
what he had always supposod was the
omp nf the onomv. but he could think
so no longer. He was now with the
Democracy heart and soul, as be could
not stand idly by and see the country
ruined by the party that had gained
its ascendancy by deceiving tbe peo
ple. nusourg rust.
On Saturday night there was a Dem
ocratic meeting at the Court House.
The large assembly was addressed by
R. H. Smith, of Kanawha county.
Gen. J. S. Wheat, of Wheeling, was
then introduced to the meeting, and
in an bonr's speech of great force and
ability, be gave tbe reason which bad
determined bim to cast bis first Dem
ocratic vote this fall. General Wheat
was Attorney General in this State
under tbe Pierpont administration,
and is well-known throughout tbe
Slate. His fine talents, engaging
manners and bigb integrity bave giv
en him great influence, and cause ns
to be justly proud of bis accession.
Parkersburg ( W. Va. Paper.)
It may be a little consolation to tbe
Jacobins of Western Wisconsin and of
Minnesota to know that Ex-Governor
Sherwood, of the latter State, has re
cently come out uneauivocallv for
Seymour and Blair, and will at once
take tbe stump for the purpose of aid
ing in their eloction. Gov. Sherwood
has been a Republican until within a
very few weeks, but, like thousands
of others, be has discovered the rascal
ity and corruption of that party, aod
will henceforth be found with the par
ly oi the union and tbe Uonstitution,
battling for peace. He is a gentleman
of great ability and influence, and is
welcome with us.
Among the many Republicans of
this county who bave become disgust
ed with that party and are daily join
ing the Democratic ranks, there are
none whom we welcome with any
Sore.lIsqToT tfem"cn:f.,'M?. E.frk
striotly honest and conscientious gen
tleman, and a lawyer of first-rate ami
ty, llis spoech in Jackson township
a few days since proved that he was a
valuable acquisition to oar ranks.
We extend to him a cordial welcome
to the party. Effingham III.) Den.
Changed its Politics. Tbe Clin
ton County (111.) Independent, former
ly a Republican paper, is now published
in the interest of Democracy. Its
editor, Mr. George Sellers, who has
been a Republican ever since the
organization of that party, says be
can stand it no longer. In a late
issuo be says : "Nearly all tho decent
men who ever belonged to the Repub
lican or Radical party have left it, and
more will loave it as soon as they learn
the truth."
The Radical Washington correspon
dent of the Cincinnati Volksblatt has
lately made the "painful discovery"
that the great majority of the Germans
at the capital are strict adhrents of the
old Democracy. He aays "This cir
cumstance is more to be regretted
because the Germans at Washington
are mostly well-educated people, who
possess in a high degree all the quail
ncations which make them such a
useful element in a new country like
ours."
Hon. Jno. A. Matson, formerly a
Whig candidate for Governor of Indi
ana in opposition to Joseph A. Wright,
and latterly a ltadicai itepublican,
has in pernio speech announced his
intention to snpport Seymour and
Blair as the only way of restoring
peace to the country ; and W. L. Lan
caster, Esq., a prominent lawyer In
Shelbyville Indiana, and until lately a
itepuoiioan, ioiiows suit.
The Maysville (Ky.) EaqU says the
veneraMo Peyton Key, of Washington,
on the 3d inst , voted the entire Demo
cratic ticket. It was the first time he
bad ever voted for a man calling him
self a Domocrat, during a life of more
than ninety years, declaring that Radi
cal misrule could no longer be endured.
The Groensburg (Ind.) Expositor.
heretofore a Radical Abolition sheet,
has declared tor seymour and Blair.
It says that "the Gorman Republicans
ot Indiana aro abandoning that party
by thousands and enrolling themselves
among the supporters of Seymour and
Blair.7,
Mr. John Manning, hitherto a prom
inent itadioai ot Liinton, jsew Jersey,
abandons that party, "because it has
shown ItscII incompetent to restore
peace and secure tho lruite of victory
since the war." A very good and true
reason.
The Hon. II. G. Webb, Republican
State Senator from tbe Twenty-ninth
District ol isconsin, has abandoned
the Radical party, and issued an ad
dress declaring his intention of sup
porting ceymour and Uiair.
Ex-Governor Willinm F. Johnson,
of Allegheny county, formerly a Radi
cal of the strongest kind, has comt out
strongly for Seymour and Blair. He
made a Democratic speech in Pittsburg
a lew iu guts sinco.
Judge A. S. Blake, of Goshen, Ind.
hitherto a loading Radical, publicly
abandons Grant and Colfax and comes
out for Seymour and Blair.
GUEAT EXCITEMENT
On Skoond stariT, CLiArin.n.
NEW GOODS AT LOW PRICES.
rilHK aAerelraeA refiAtf.ll Invite ia -i
tentioa of the ael.lle generally to their
(.lendle aeaertauBl ofaonhaiia'Ue, white the;
are bow eelllag
AT VERY LOW PIMCfcS.
Their stock eoatfita fa part of
Dry GoodB of tho Best Quality,
Suet m Print!. De Leiail. Alnaeoaa. Merin
tilngbaaii,Mailini,rbleaekew aad anbieaea
ad,) brilllngi. Ticking, eotton sod
wool FlaooeU.SatiMUi.CaMfmerei.
Cottonadei, Ladiee' ShawU,
fc'ebia. A Hoode, Balmoral
aad Hoop Skirt, Ac,
Alio, a 6n auortment of Hea'f Drawero and
Shirt, Hate A Oapa, Boot A fiko.
all of whick
WILL BE SOLD LOW FOR CARH
aZaM-tf-iraro, Qaeeaaenea, fTUeawnrfl.
Groceries and Spices.
IN SHORT A GENERAL ASSORTMENT
Of TerTthhif anallT kept la a retail tore, all
CHEAP rOB CASH or approved country pro.
doe. T
A. E. WEIGHT i 80N8.
Clearfield, Roe-.t , 1SST.
somsTiiora newi
New Store in Madera.
MESSRS. J. FORREST & SON
WOULD rerpeelfollr lateral the pUi that
tbey hare jsrt opeaed, la MADERA,
Clearfield wraatr, Pa, aa astir aew itook of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
Which they an prepared to aall aj cheap aa the
eheapett.
Their atook eoeiijU la part of
Dry Goods of the IJeet Quality,
Sack a Alpaeea, Delaaea. Print. Madia.
Caaiimerei, Sella eU, aad tlaaala.
Ready - Made Clothing,
Of lb beat quality, rack a CoaU, PaaU, VmU,
OrerooaU, Overall, SklrU, Coiian, Ae.
Boots, Shoes and Gaiters,
Alee ol th ttrj bt Quality.
A complete stock of Groceries.
Ia ahert ererrtblm ainalW kept ia a oowatrr
tor.
Consumers, Look to Your Interests I
Call aad exaaiae ear (took aad prioe before
parubaiiag aleawhwa.
LCMBEB AND GRAIN
Of all kind tail a ia axebaaga for geedx.
Remember Use pleo, Madera, Clearitld
eoaaly, Peaa'a.
October 31, 187tf.
A BEYOLITIOX U BUSIXESS
AT CL'BWKNSVIIXB,
BT
IIARTSOCK & GOODWIN.
Till aaderalgmd karlng entered late oe.pirl
aenhU ta th atereaatile baiia, adept
thit aiethnd of notifying the pablte generally,
aad th altiaea of CnrweairiU aad eioinity la
partiralar, that nerohaadiae of all kind will
be eold by a aheap aa the aa quality ale.
whr ia th county. W bar a full mprly of
DRY GOODS.
Conrlrllng la part of DrH flood, Madia,
Print of all keen aad ttylo together with a
fall aaartaal f
NOTIONS, CLOTHING, HATS & CAPS,
Boot, Bhoee, Hardwrara, Qujeeaawar.
A well at Tinware, Cedarware, Wlllowwara,
Book and Breoajr together with a large itock
of Grooerie ) aad alway a fall etwek of
FLOUR, FISH, SALT, Lc.
Ia rbarl, we keep a fall npply of rr try thing
ad la Ihl aiarktt.
W want all ear aid eatnr and a autay
aew one a eaa make It eoar.nient, to (It a
aall before parol eiing tltewher.
DANIRL HAKTSOCK.
SDWIN OOODWIN.
Carwearrille. Febrae.1 IS, IMS.
Down I
Down 1 1
THE
LAST ARRIVAL
ASD OP COCRRK Til CBXAPESTI
A Proclamation against High Prices.
"VTTI are aow opening np a lot of th beet aad
1 T wioet aaaaoneble Good aad Vara erer
offered la thit market, aad at prioee that remind
on of the good old dirt of cheap thinga. Thee
who lack faith apo thit point, or deem oar alle
gation! mperlooua, need but
cfX ar otn sronc,
Corner Promt aad Market Itreetl,
Whr they ean tee, feel, hear and know for them.
aelTea. To fully andrrmand what tire cheap good,
thit mart be done. We do not deem it aeeemry
to namerate and llemiae our atock. It I enough
for a to Mat that
We hare Everything that u Needed
and ooaramed la thi market, aad at arte that
aeton'tk both old and young.
dot.-- JUhhPH SHAW A SOI.
The Lightning Tamer.
TBI aadertlgned are tbe to I Agent la Oil
enuatr for th Nurtk Aaterioaa Ualraaiaed
UGBTMNQ RODS. Ttiee are tat onlr tafe
rod aow la ate, aad are endoreed b? all th
acientita aa ia the eeaatry.
We hereby unrifr th altiaea of th county
that w will pat them aa a better rod. and for
let aioaey, Una I charged by the foreign
ageat who eaanelly trarere th county aad
carry off our little rath, noTer to re rare.
fcAUUtKAUK HOME LABOR.
Th wtablag Lightning Rodt erer ted aa
their building need bat addrea a by letter, or
call ia penoa. W will pat them up anywber
la th county, aad warrant tbem. Tbt Rodt aad
Pixtare eaa bt ea t cey tint by celling at
cur (tor. MERRILL) At BltiLEiL
Clearfield, Jaat II, ieM-tr
CARRIAGE AND SLEIGH SHOP,
IN CLEARFIELD, Pa.
(Immediately la rear af Machine Shop.)
rilBB aheriber weald reepeetfully Inform the
X altitea of Clearitld, aad the public ia gea
ral, that h I prepared to dc all klad of work oa
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, SLEIGHS. Ac.
oa inert aetlee aad aa rcaaoaahlc bar mi, aad
ia a wwehuaaalik ataaaar.
"AU order promptly attended to --a
Aug. ,'. WM. M'N'lQHT.
A Full Line
OP Water Cooler aad le Craea PYeeiera,
for ami by O. H. IIIOLER A CO.,
Jyle-ll rMllf'Vatf, I.