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eoODLAMi:H HACEHTY
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firiORnE Tt. OOOMLAXDER,
I GEORGE 11AUKKTY,
I Pnhli.Vters
Cards.
iuiu i. wai.lic. mam rictsixa.
WALLACE A. FIELDING,
ATTURK EY8 AT LAW,
Clearlleld, Pa.
irO-Li-ial business of ell hinds attended to
I with pronipliieni and fidelity.
Office in residence
! William A. Wallace.
jnnl.':70
A. W. WALTERS,.
ATTOUSEV AT LAW,
Clearlleld, Pa.
-4.0ffioe in the Court Hume. docS lr
H. W. SMITH.
ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW,
e)0 Clearfield, Pn. 1
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORN R Y AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
VOO.t la the Court llouie. j;ll,'(7
JOHN.H. FULFOR.D,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Clearfield, Pa,
Office on Market tit , ft' lUrUwlck A Irwln'i
Drug Store,
ft-Prompt attention (pien to tbc cecaring
of Bntintr, Claim, Ac, and to all lg al buiineae.
.March "29, 187-1.
THOS.i. MVlLLOlfOtr. WM. H. I. YlLLOUOH.
T. J. McCULLOUGH & BROTHER,
A I TO UN KVS AT LAW,
Clearlield. Pa. . - -Offlcs
on Market .trcet.neno.r.MlQf the Clear
told County Bank. 2:1:71
J.
B. McENALLY,
ATTORNEY AT .LAW, .
Clearfield, Pa.
J-Leeat business Attended to promptly with
f eelitT. Oflioo on Second street, alio, the First
V.nonal Dank. 1:25:71 lypd
ROBERT WALLACE,
ATTORNEY -AT-LAW,
Wallaceton, Clearfield County, Peiiu'a.
);a,AII legal business promptly atteuded to.
j. r. inns o. i. aneni
IRVIN & KREES,
Eucociirtrs to It. B. Swoopo,
IiAW AND CdLLF-CTIOX OFFICE,
nSO'70 CLEARFIELD, PA.
WALTER BARRETT
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OSce en Boeond Ht., ClaarSeld, Pa. nov21,e
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Ami Real Ijttate Agent. Clearfield, Pa.
(mHop on Third itrcet, bet.Cberrj' A Watout.
Jjr-Heppectfully offVri lilt servicet In pelling
and buy in f landi to ClearfielJ ami aljciniiiR
ountii ; and with an iperienc &f over tweotj
yian u a inrreyor, dtUn himself that b eta
tiaUr iifactia. tfb2S,'63 tf
J. J. LINGLE,
ATTORXEY-AT - h A W.
I ll Otceoln, Clearfield Co., Pa. y:pd
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE' BUOKER,
Nnrr 1jO an si Titimber,
CLL'AHFIKI.D, PA.
P.fal K tate Ijoaglit and fold, titlen cxrtoiinrd,
taifi pH, nd eonvrTnfi pn:iaretl. Offlr in
ilnnuiHO LiiiIUiiiji, Uwuib No. 1. 1:25:71
J-tin II. Orvia. C. T. Alfiander.
ORVIS &. ALEXANDER,
ATTORNEYS AT LA H'.
Brllel.mte, Pa. nrpl!l,'5-y
DR. T. J. BOYER,
rilYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Ofllce en Market Street, Clearfield, Pa.
!rOfn hourt: 8 to 12 a. m., and 1 to 8 p. m.
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN & SL'JCGKON,
I.UTIlEIl.SIlURd, PA.
Vill attend profr!ninnaleal1ep.nniptly. auglO'70
DR. Al THORN,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
"1 T AVINU locate! al Kvlertown, Clearfield ro.
p.. offer hi protr'sional sor-ioes to the
.e.lafif tbe luifuailirieounlry. (Sept. 2iJl'eS-y
DR. J. F. WOODS,
rilYBlCIAN A SURGEON.
Havine removed to A n.onvillf, P. , onVr. III.
rnieiional een ice. to the poiple of that place
and tne lurrouuing counir. ah wn mi,m ,3
Mended to. l'0. cm yo
F. B. READ, M. D.,
rilYSICIAK AND SL'KUEuN,
Kj In town. Pa.
Reipcetfullv "ferp Ma nrrrlee. te the cltiirne of
the .armnndng eoinlry. aprfw om.po.
J. H. KLINE, M. DM
PHYHICIAX k SURGKON,
1 TAVIVU Incatrd nl P.nft.ld, Pa., olTcri liii
J A pr'-fr-iional nervif-w in the pw-plo of that
plit. v and utrouii'tniff eoun'.ry. Ail
call.- pmrnw
t ten J t d to.
ocl. 1.1 tt.
DR. J. P. BURCHFIELD,
Late Purtf-eoa ofthe tvd Reg mot, Penniylvanla
V'Ounteera, having returned from th. Army
offerv ti profetstnnal sorvlcsi ! ths eitisens
of ClearAeld ennnty.
sMVProfesslnnil calls promptly slten led to.
Olh.-e on Second street, formerly ocenpied by
Dr. .Tools. . (apr4,' II
JEFFERSON LITZ,
PHYSICIAN A- S U R O EON,
nAVIN'd b. rated at Oicecla, Pa., offers his
prof.sni'ioal services to the people of that
place and surrounding country.
ti-tt-All calls tmuiptly attended to. Cfflro
and resiecnee on Curua st, formerly oerupii-d
h Dr. Kline. p;l ly
CLEAR
GO0DLANDER & HAGERTT, Publishera.
VOL. 4 1-WIIOLE NO. 2208.
farto.
JOHN D.THOMPSON,
Jaitioe of the Peace and fiertrener,
Curweneilllc, Pa.
y-Ccllrctioni
paid over.
made and money prontpUy
Feb. 22, tf.
JAMES 0. BARRETT.
Juatiotof tbc l'enoe and Lioonwd Cooveyanoer,
I.utUcrHburg, Clearlleld Ca., Pa.
sCoDeoUons k rmittaneei promptly made,
and atl kindi of legal imtrumenU excoutiMt on
nort notice. m3r4,7Dtr
GEORGE C. KIRK,
Justice of the Peace, Surveyor and Canvejaooer,
LutlierabMr, Pa.
All bufiueni iutraiU'd to him will bo promptly
aueoaea iu. t'ertoni wimjihi; to trapioy a sur
veyor will do well to (rive hi a call, at be tUUttrt
bituKlf tbot be vtuKvudcr ULtuluotiOD. iJuotiauf
oonreyaaoe. arliuloi of air,reeinet, and all
pujjern, pruuiptly aid neatly executed. niriujp
MRS. S. S. LIDDELL'S
MARBLE k STONE YARD,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Fhop on Reed, Street, inr Penneylrania
Railroad depot.
may l9,'70:tf.
HENRY RIBLING,
110 IS 15, EION A ORNAMENTAL PAINTKR,
Clearfield. Pent.' a.
Tbe freneoinf; and painting of churches and
other publio buildings will recolre partiaular
atlentioD, wtll tbe painting of oarniRoa and
sleibs. Oildinc done in the neatrti styles. All
work warranted. Hhun on Fourth street formerly
oooupied by Ksqulre Ktiugart. ootll)'70
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, FENK'A.
PuniBe alwaya on hand and made to order
on abort notice. 1'ipee bored on reaeonaMe terme.
All work warranted to render .afteraction, and
delivered if do.ircd. m;25:lypd
DAN IEL M. DOHERTY.
BARBER & HAIR DRESSER,
SECOND 8TREET,
Jy23 CLEAR FIELD, PA. tf
DAVID REAMS,
SCIUVEN Bit & SURVEYOR,
Lulheraburg, Pa.
rpilg rubaeriber offer, hi. lemeci to tbe publie
X in tlio capacity of Sorirener and .Surveyor.
Ail Anil. f.,r mrvevinr Lrouilitlv attended to, and
tbo making of drafu, deed, and other legal inltro
menti of writing, ciecuted without debiy, and
warranted to be correct or DO charge. o 12,70
V SURVEYOR.
rtinB nnderigned offen hi. aorvlee. u a Biir-
veyor, aod may be found at hi. reeidenee, In
Lawrence townihip. Lettere will reach him di
rected to Clearlleld, Pa.
may 7 tf. JAMf.s Hiii.iiaa,ii,
J. A. BLATTENBERGER,
Claim and Collection Office,
OSCEOLA, Clearlleld Co., Pa.
.-f"onTrranein and all legal paper, drown
.ill, ..u.ur.nv and (hiatch. Uiaft. uu and tiai-
ego tiekeU to and from any iiut in Europe
procured. ncti'TO-ta
CHARLES SCHAFER,
LAGER BEER RUEWKR,
Clearlleld, Pa.
HAVIKO rented Mr. Entre.' Urewery ne
hone, by itrict attention to buine. and
Ilia wanuracture of ft .uperior article of BLhK
to receive the patronage of all the old and many
new customer!. Aug. 2j, tf.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
ftBaLia IM
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
CiRAIIAMTtlJi, Pa.
Alio, eitcn.ive manufacturer and dealer In Fqaare
Timber and Aawed Lumber ni an aina.
-0rdcr. .olicited and all bill! promptly
filled. tj.vr) y .
oeo. nun rntiinr at.iiaT w. i.iint
W. ALBERT & BROS.,
Manufacturer. A .Iton.ive Dealer. In
Sawed Lumber, Square Timbor, &o.,
WOODLAND, rt.i
t"0rder lolirited. Dill, filled on ibort notice
and reaionable terma.
Woodland P. O.. Clearfield Co
Pa.
Je25-ly
W Al.lii:ltT A
iiRos.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
Frrnchvllle, Clearfield Comity, Pa.
Keep, eonvtantly on hand a full Maortment of
Drv (Inod., Hardware, Urocenn, ana overyiuin
nenallv kept In a retail etore, whien will oe .oiu,
for ea.b, aa cheap aa elaewhere in the county.
Frenehvllle,Junel7, lh07 ly.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Prnn'a.
LWill execute Jubi ia hi. Una promptly and
in a workmanlike manner. a rt.oi
SAMUEL I. SNYDER,
Practical Watch Maker,
Oppo.ite the Conrt llouae,
SECOND FTREKT, CLEARFIELD, PA.
e-AIl kla.li of Wati-hr.. Clock, and Jewelry
DMmi.Ut repeired, and work warranted to give
eattilaction.
marl 70
J. K. BOTTORF'S
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY
Market Street, Cleerflrld, I'a.
J-CRn!n MADE A FPECIALTr.-
ST F.HATIVK". made In cloudy, as well as In
s clear weather, t'on.tantlv on band, a good
......tmenl of FRAMES. B 1 KRKUKI'DPKtt and
u l k I: Hi.sl'dl' C lltl. n.nwi, Iran any
I vie of moulding, mad. to order. epr2-tf
C. KRATZER &, SONS,
MERCHANTS,
nVALKRS ia
Dry Goods, Clothing, Hardware,
Cutlery, Queenswnre, Oroceries, Provliloos and
naiogies,
Clearfield, Penn'a.
rrAt their newetore room, on Second street,
near 11. a. Ulgter ai.ii. mm'. nwiw.
i. nai i owars - canaT,
H0LL0WBDSH & CAREY,
BOOKSELLERS,
Blank Book Manufacturers.
AND STATIONERS,
.Varki rhllatittpMa
vL.rr.rT ki PM, ni u F-wip,
Utier, ole, Wrapping. - rtain and wan
Poperi.- fcl.24,70-lrpd
"Vi:w tin iioP t
FRED. SACKETT,
Wanofaeferer of
Tin, Copper and Sheet -Iron Ware.
Rooling, Fpoaling and Job work done on
nitsoiaat.i vsnus.
Shop on Market St., nearly opposito the Jail,
CLEAEFIELD, tk.
jT
LUJ.iUU'
1871. MARCH. 1871.
A GRAND OPENING!
THIS WEEK!
William i;i:i:i,
MARKET ETREET,
CLEARK1ELI, PT.NW'A. "
Splendid Dreaa Plalda, fro a. SOc. 1. 13 (M
Black Alpaeaa, from Sfic. to 23.
Plain Popllua, from SUc. to IS.
IIand.om.it colon in Battens, I'pangllnes,
Km proas Cloths and Heps, ever on diiplay.
Elegant color. Id Batecna, SOc. to 81 OO.
Hargaiua In Black Mike, l 2S to M OO. '
Aatrae han Coatiug, $3 SO to (12 per yard,
frosted and Plata I leaver.
Beaiakih, Dogakln and Cnrllcula.
Velveteen, at 75c and apkarda.
Splendid all wool Shawls.
Roman Striped II haw la. -Psl.ley'aiid
n roc ho Shawla, 810 to 8tO.
Pun, from 1 OO to IIS OO.
Bargain, are offcrod in FURS. I boy them
direot from th. manufacturers, aod will warrant
them satisfactory In overy re.peet.
Also, nsw styles in Millinery Roods, together
with Ladlea riboeo, Ceuta Hats, Capa, dkc
Millinery and Coat-making done In the best style.
-These Goads are bought at RIGHT
PRICES, and will be sold ths same.
CALL AND SEE FOR TOVRSELVESt
lerButter, Eggs, sod all marketabls produce
taken in exchange for goods.
November 9, 1870.
McPHERSON'S
REST A I RAM & REFRESHMENT
SALOON,
In Leavy's New Building, (formerly oeeupied by
Mr. McKeughev,)
FECOSD ST., CLRARFIET.D, PA.
CON'PTANTLV on hand a fine selection of CA N
DIKS,' Kl'TS, CIHAllrj, TOBACtHI, Ae.
Also, VRK8II OYSTERd received daily, and
serrod up to suit the tastes of customers.
. III LI.I A RI) t) A LOO N oa second story.
Ov2:70:tf . W. R. Mcl'H EIISON.
Small Profits! Quick Sales!
1IARTSWICK k IRWIN
Are constantly replenishing their stock of Drugs,
Mcdicioes, Ac.
School Books and Stationery including the Oi
good and National Serins of Readers.
Also, Tobacco and Cigars of the best brands, at
the lowest prices.
nil
CALL AND SEE.
SAWS! SAWS! SAWS!
distal cnos err, mill, drag akd
CIRCILAR SAWS.
Boyuton'g Lightning Cross-cut Saw.
ALSO,
PATEST PERFORATED A ELECTRIC SAWS,
For sslc by
oct!!,70 II. F. BIGI.ER A CO
QOOK. UTOVI'.Sl
r-I'EAHS tAl.UIUl 1U,
Sl'SyL'ElIANNA, SCPERIOR,
00V. PENN, REGULATOR,
N01ILB COOK, RATIONAL RANGE,
TRIUMPH, PARLOR COOKS,
SPEAR'S REVOLVING LIGHTS
AND DOUBLE HEATERS,
And sll kinds of Heating Slot os for sale by
augl'70 II. F. IIIGLER A CO.
EDWARD l'ERKS & CO.,
Flour IitiiiifiU'liirlrN,
And Dealers In
GRAIN OF ALL KINDS,
PII1LIPSBURO, PA.
A FULL SUPPLY of FLOUR, WHEAT,
CORN and CHIlP constantly ou hand, and
lor sale at rates remarkably low. febl-ll
STOVES! STOVES! STOVES!
FRED. SACKETT,
At his Flora an-1 Tinware rtoUialimpnt. on
Market i;rect. noarlr nipite the I'til, hs the
finest and ehitp"M aettmrnt of ("txik and Parlor
Strives eter bruul.t In town. Among o: Iters be
baa the jufily ee ttmtrtt
IIINI " C4KKTOVi:.
WhUli It one f (be tfl a -.11 as Vll KAPE8T
Piovee new mi' tie. AM p-racna in want f anr
thins; of the kind are reipeetfully invited to eall
and see for th- uiif Ivei.
IMT-A larire anrlmcnt of TINWARE, Afl.oa
hand. Jobbing done to ordr.
FltRD. SACKETT.
Clearfield, Ootubar 2Af IH70.
STOVE AXD EARTHED -WARE
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION!
CROCKS! TOTS! CROCKS!
I'l.lier's Patent AIHU-Iit tlelf wrslliig
Fruit anal
ntlTTKR CHOCKS, with lid..
CREAM CHOCKr!, MII.K CROCKS,
APPLE - BUTTER CHOCKS,
PICKLE t'HOCkS.
FLOWER POTS, PIE DISHES,
STEW TOTS,
Aad a great many ether thinrs too numerous to
mention, to be nail at
FREO'K. LEITZINGER'S
STONE - WARE TOTTERY,
Coraw ol Cherry and Third Streets,
ClkaHHH.D, PA
ang
PRINCIPLESi
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1871.
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD, PA.
WEDNEflDAT MOUNINU, MARCH I, mi,
K KMC NATION
r i. w. tonariLLOW.
There is no 8M)k, however oared and Underod,
But one dead lamb is there ;
There ts ne fireside, bowsoe'er defended.
But has one recant chair,
Tbe air is full of farewells to the dying,
Aod nMMirnins;i for tbe dead ;
Tbe heart of Rachel for br obUdrea crying.
Will not be comforted.
Let as be patient. These serera afflictions -
ISut frutq tbe ground ariser
Hot oftontimoe CelaetiaJ beodiet.eeic 1
Assume tins dark disguise.
We see liot dimly thro' mists aod report
A in id tbeee earthly damps j
What seeoi to ns sad, funeral tapers,
May be hearcn's distant lamps.
There is no death. Wbat seems so is transit ton ;
1 his life of mortal breatb
I but a subnra f the life elyilaa, '
Wbeae portal we eall deatbl
IHTERESTINQ FACTS IN GEN.
LEE'S HIST0RT. .
Tlio Atlanta (Ga.) Index brings us a
report of an addrcet delivered recently
in Goorgin by Goncrul Pendleton, who
was Cliicf of Artillery under General
Leo, and since tbe conclusion of the
war bis pastor and intimate fiiond.
We give eotne extracts :
WOT fit DID NOT EARLIER WITHDRAW
FROM PETEK8UCRO,
bas been aikcd. .To toy knowledge
lie was perfectly awaro long before
April, lSb;, o! the neceHsily tor such
withdrawal, and had fully rcnolvod up
on it. Several months beforo, he pri
vately expressed this to myself, as I
bclicvo ho did to others in responsible
fiositions. At any rate I received from
lim secret Information to send to a
designated point fur in tlio rear all
surplus amunilion, and to make ar
rangements with the artillery, as the
arm most difliciill of sudden move
ment, for marching al ono hour's no
tice, his plan being rapidly to movo
buck, nnd form, if potwiblo, a junction
with tbe southern Confcderalo army,
thai by quick and dceitiivo combina
tion ono or the other of tho Federal
armies might bo struck with cftVctuul
force. With this plan, however, the,.
was interference, which General Lee
seemed it lens evil to yield than to
disregard. Its nature may be infer
red from a significant romark marie
by him to myself alone, tho night of
the 1st of April, 1865. Contemplating
tbo then thinness of his own lino,
its vast extent, and tbe feebleness of
hia entire forco, ho said : "General, if
our causo ian, us rptinpn muy lo
written, 'Died of Congress and the
Newspapers. the next morning
thai thin line was broken by the nu
merous masses that at length adven
tured attack, and we bad to withdraw.
THE MASTERLY RETREAT
then began. It bas been asked why
even then so great a captain could not
succeed in eluding bis much less
skilled adversary F Tho reply is
found in tbo utterly reduced slate of
his army, and all ol the southern mil
itary supplies, with the superadded
difficulties of inclement wcalbor and
dcop roads.
Amelia Court House, on tlio Rich
mond and Danville railroad wus duly
reached, but supplies thai had bocn
culled for, and expected thoro, woro
not forthcoming, while a largo num
ber of persons from ltichmond, only a
few of. w hom, however, were reliable
soldiers, wore added to the crowd wc
had to provide for and protect.
For want of animals and forage, a
larire- amount ol wagons, amunition,
Ac, bad to bo destroyed, and the best
dispositions possible were made for
continuing with tbo remainder our
retreat. Detachments of the enemy
woro by this titno getting closo. They
bad to bo kept off by a portion of our
force, whilo the main body and trains
moved on. Thus by day, fighting hud
to bo maintained all along, and march
ing chiefly by night.
It will bo reaoily understood under
w hut immense disadvanlago Ibis was,
at every step, when the vnst resources
of tho federal commander are consul,
crod, tho multitude of bis troops, and
tho prodigious host of cavalry, com
paratively fresh, at bis disposal. Tbut
trcncrui lko succoeueu un uu uiu in so
far foiling him, nnd in a considerable
degreo rendering such disaster as thut
to his rear divisions nt Sailor's crock,
between Amelia Springs and harm
ville, is ono of tho most signal cviden
ccs of his matchless power as a com
mander.
WHETHER GEN. LEES HEART WAS IN
THE SOUTHERN CAUSE
has b.ien called in question by some
interested in maligning tbot canao.
Let mo mention an incident which
makes the truth as clear as day :
Having renched Formvillo, Frineo
Ivlward county, on tho morning of
Friday, April 7th, our litllo army
crossed tbe Appomattox again, gain-l
ingtlio northern bank, and destroying
the bridges, ibitllo order was then
formed nnd tbo enemy approaching
greeted w ith ennnon in position. Ono
bridge below, however, had not been
destroyed, and a corps of the Federal
army pressed upon us 1mm Mint di
rection. Giving my personal atten
tion to the defence lliero, I met your
own gallant fullow-tiilir.cn, Gen. John
13. (iordon, conducting the fight, as
ho was wont, with dash and vigor. A
few words wero exchange.!. Fie in
formed me of a confereneo held some
hours beforo between himself, (jonernl
Uu hard Anderson, nnd others, in
which it wns determined tbnt myself,
as one intimately associated with tho
Commandor in-t'hief, should bo ro
quested to sea him, if in accordance
with my views, and express to him
our sense ofthe denperalenoss of tho
situation, and of tho moral impropri
ety of continuing a struggle now
clearly hopeless every man killed
under such circumstances being, ns
wo thought, rather murdered than
martyred. My impression being in
the main of the samo gonoral cast, I
agreed to see General Longntreet first,
RE
1
NOT MEN.
as next in command to General Leo.
This accordingly was dono. General
Longslreet met the suggestion al first
with his accustomed imporlurbablo
resolution, objecting in tolo to any
thought of discontinuing tho conlost,
and adding that he believed bis corps,
or what romainod of it, could "still
whip,' as bo expressed it, "throe
times their number of Yankees." Ad
miring bis spirit, I readily acquiesced,
but Suggosted tho inquiry whether
tbey could withstand thirty times
their number which they would havo
to do. Ho, in tbo sequel, fully agreed
that Gcnoral Lee ought to be commu
nicated with, and 1 begged him to go
in porson and express bis own sense
of the situation, if for no other rea
son, to relieve the noble heart of the
great 'rainandor of tbo sense of soli
tariness in bis mighty responsibility.
Tbo vetorao Lioutenar.t General, how
ever, excusod himself on the score of
his boing slow of speech, and reques
ted me to represent him with tbe rest
in submitting tbe statement of all this
to General Lieo. l gladly make this
statement to tho honor of General
Longstroct, ' though differing Willi
that officer as to bis recent course as
wide as the poles.
Gen. Loo was lying on the ground.
No otluT beard tLo conversation be
tween him and myself. Ho received
my communication wilh tbe reply,
"Gracious heavens ! 1 trust it has not
coma to that !" And added, "Gener
al, we have yet too many bold men to
i -. i- - f i f j mi
ilium oi laying oown our arms, me
enemy do not nghl witu spirit like
our boys still do. Residos, if I were
to say a word to the Federal com
mandor, be would regard it as such a
confession of making it tbo occasion
of demanding unconditional surrender
a proposal tu which 1 will never lis
ten. I havo resolved to dio first, and
that if it como to that, we shall forco
tbrongh, or full in our places." 1 tell
you, Iricnds, General Jce was the
boldest man in all that heroic band
Tho General wont on "General, this
is no new question with mo. 1 have
never believed we could, against the
gigantic combination for our subjuga
tion, make good in the long run our
independence, unless foreign powers
should, directly or indirectly, assist
us. 1 Ins l was sure it was their in
terest and duty to do, and I hoped
they would so regnrd it. lint such
considerations really mado with me
no difference. We had, I was satisfied,
sacred principles to muintuin and
rights to defend, for which we were
in duly bound to do our best, even if
we perished in tho endeavor ! J hese
were, as nearly as I can recall them,
the exact words of General Lee on
that most critical occasion. You see
ia them tbe soul ofthe man ; what bis
Sonar-Una diututod and bis judgment
coded, there Ins heart wus.
THE SURRENDER.
Another illustrative incident show
ing tbe man occurred a few hours bo
foro the surrender. Engaged under
his instructions the evening bo-
lore, a mile or two beyond Appomat
tox Court House, in extricating an
artillery command, of which ono of
my associates bad charge, and there
oxposed to enpturo, 1 was recalled by
a tnessflgo from himself. It was 1 A.
M. Sunday, IHh April, bofore, through
the darkness and danger, I succeeded
in finding the Gonorul. His greeting,
"Good morning, Gcnoral," and bis
fresh neatness of drCss, as if for somo
imposing ceremony, surprised mo.
General Longslreet was wilh him.
Alter a fow words as to the condition
of things at the front, where I had
been, 1 expressed my surpnso, uoth
as to the advance of the night and at
his full dress, and ventured to usk
what it meant f His reply was, "1
am to be General Grunt's prisoner,
and intend to muke my bost appear
ance." Still it was not definitely settled.
There was uncertainty whothor bis
terms in response til Goneral Grant's
initial ovorturo would bo accorded ;
and if not, there was yctsolomn work
to bo done.
Tho General, therefore, kindly
urged me to get some rost, and at the
duwn "bo governed by circumstao
ccs."
Those circumstances al daylight
wero active lighting along all our
lino. At no time during the war did
the boys in "gray" more gallantly
acquit themselves, and with moro of
dashing alncrily, than on luui memo
rable morning driving tho enemy
belnro them ut all points and actually
capturing their artillery at tho very
last moment. Just beforo General
Custar, of tho Federal army, passed
nivscll, near ono ol our batteries, un
der conduct of a staff officer of Ucti-
oral Jce, w ilh a ling ol truce, guns
captured from the enemy wero borne
by me to the rear in triumph, ira
mediately, howevor, the ordor came
to "cease firing." Honorable terms
wero conceded, and Gonorul Lee ro-
solvcd to closo the contest on the prin
einles announced in h:s inimitable
furowcll address.
FROM THE SURRENDER UNTIL HIS AR
RIVAL IN LEXINGTON,
Tho lecturer described the return
of tbo great commander to bis home
in Kichmond ofthe tcrriblo changes
which ho found upon bis arnvul
of tlio sinokiuir ruins on every streot
of the presence of the enemy's sol
diery, and of tho bitter humiliation of
the once proud cnpilal or a prouder
Stale. Gen. Lee soon found that
ltichmond then was no homo for
him. and accepted the hospitality
of a noblo Virginia matron, who invi
tel him and his fumily to live with
In r in her residence, silnatod on the
w ilersof tho upper jumosriver. The
leeiurer then cave a brief and interes
ting description of the little town of
Lexington, situated in the eelebrnted
country known as tlio Valley of Vir
ginia. Ho spoko of its beautiful situ
ation in tho contro of plains, as level
as carpet, as greon as an emerald, and
as fertile as tho valley ofthe Kgpytian
Mlo, walled in on ono side by the pic
turesque peaks of tho Allegbanios, on
the other side by tho a r. tiro crosls of
tho Blue Ridge. He told of its first
inhabitants tho sturdy, industrious,
faithful, liberty-loving Scotch-Irish
and the stout blows tor independence
NEW
which they struck in the war of the
Involution. Of tho seats of learning
there Washington College and the
Virginia Military Institute and the
patriotism of tho students and profes
sor, each, who rushed to arms at tho
first tap of the drum and moistened
the sacred soil of Virginia wilh tlio
blood of gray-haired men and strip-
iings ol sixteen and seventeen.
Jlo said that soon alter the war
ondod Washington College was reor
ganized, and a messago sent to Gen
eral Leo, on the Upper James, asking
him to accept tho presidency of tbo
institution, tilth accustomed pru
donee, Leo askod for time to consider
tbe proposition beforo returning an
answer. Ono evening, several days
afterwards, a solitary traveler, moun
ted on an iron gray steed, rod ooruas
tho mountains, and drew tbo- briJI-J
rein juRt before night at tho door of
an inn in a litllo villugo just beyond
tbo mountains. A fow minutes after
wards, an ex-Coniudcrale soldier re
cognized the "Jlarse Jlobert," and tbe
notvs spread thut Lee bad arrived.
1 he population of tho villugo turned
put en maSfe, surrounded the inn, and
begged the privilege of touching tho
old hero's palm. The noxt morning
he mounted bis Horse, rode quietly
into Lexington, and up to the door of
tho college, and, dismounting, an
nounced that ho bad como to accept
the position which bad been tendered.
As soon as It was known that Lee
was al the bead of the college, large
numbers of students came to it from
States sonth of the Potomac, and in a
short time there wero in attendance
more than 350 young men, the flower
of tbe southern 'country, who had
Come hero to be moulded and trainod
in tho school of Lee.
A Man Digs his way to Life through
Forty Feet of Earth.
At Poplar Grove, Grundy county,
Mo., on tbe 7th ultimo., Mr. John An
drews, a woll to-do farmer, bad dug a
well some forty feet deep, and walled
it up about til teen leel, when it was
discovered that the wall was about to
cave in. Mr. Androws gathered up
an armful of short boards, and went
down S pole ladder fuslened to the
well to luy litem across tbe well so as
to prevent the dirt as it fell from fil
ling up that part of tho well walled
u(a Ho bad not moro .than .j-cached
the bottom, as it was thought, before
tho well caved in, filling up to a few
feet of the top.
J he alarm was given and the neigh
bors gathered, but all bolicving him
dead, they returned to their homes to
mnko arrangements to come tho next
day and dig him out. Mrs. Andrews
and two grown daughters and several
children refused to leavo the soot, but
sat on a log ncur tho well crying until
Into in tho evening, when all at once
thoy saw Mr. Andrews emerging from
the woll, oovercd wilh clay, and com
ing toward them I Tho children nil
ran screaming into the houSo, bolted
the doors and fastened tho windows,
believing it to bo their futhcr's ghost
Hut Airs. Anderson ran to meet inm.
When Bhe reached him she fell fainting
at his feet.
It seems that when he got to tbe
bottom of the well be looked up and
saw the top of the well giving way,
and, believing bo had not tuno to
muke bis escape, be slipped under tlio
boards which lie bud laid across tho
well, when the whole thing fell in up
on mm. ah nope al lust gave way,
and he was aboiil to let hitmclf drop
into tho woter below and end at onto
his misernblo feelings., when feeling
abovo, ho found tho clay easily crum
bled, and hope revived.
Tho pole ladder, it seems, was still
standing, nnd getting bold of it with
ono band, ho with the oilier scratched
away for life, tho dirt fulling into the
water below as he dragged his body
slowly upward. It seems he did not
suffer much in breathing, as fresh air
came down tho polo, around which
the dirt was loosely packed. In tho
incredibly short time of seven hours
he scratchod a hole somo forty feet
long, throngh which be niado his es
cape. This is one of tho narrowest
hairbreadth escapes from a horrible
death on record. S'f. -Louis Repub
lican. Itr.spoNsiBii.iTT or Drunkards. It
Is a maxim in legal praclice, that
thoso who presumo to commit crimes
when drunk must submit to punish
ment when sober. This Stnlo of tho
law Is not peculiar to modern limes
In ancient Greece, it wns decreed by
PittnciiR, that he who committed a
crime when intoxicated should receive
a tlotiblo punishment, viz., ono for the
crime itscll, and tho olhor lor the cbri
ety which prompted him to commit
it. Tbe Athenians not only punished
offences done in druukennoss with In
creased soverity, but by an enactment
of Solon, inebriation in a magistrnto
was made cnpilal. In our own coun
try, at tho present limo, acls of vio
lence comniitlod under its influence,
nro held to be aggravated, rather than
otherwise; nor can the person bring
it forward ns an extenuation of any
folly or misdomeanor which ho may
chance to commit. . A bond signed in
inlnxicnlion holds in law, and is per
fectly binding unless it can bo shown
that the person who signed itwnsino
brialcd by the collusion or contriv
ance of those to whom the bond was
given.
A .Bridal Gift. A gentleman, not
long since, gavo bis daughter, on her
marriage, the following "words of
wisdom," which will do for every psir:
Never talk but to each other.
Never speak loudly or boisterously
to each other.
Never reproneh each olhor in the
presence of others.
Never find fault or fret about what
cannot bo helped.
Never repeat an order or request
when understood.
Neglect everybody else rather than
each other.
Never make remark al others'
expense.
It is proposed to creste a new Ter
ritory out of portion f Dakota and
call it L-hippewa.
TERMS $2 per annum, in Advance.
SERIES-V0L. 12, NO. 9,
THE PROPOSED SYSTEM OF NA
TIONAL EDUCATION
The subject of education, al all times
ot paramount importance, was, amid
the exciting events of the last decade,
somowhnt overlooked; but of lulo there
seoms to bo an awakening of the pub
lie mind from its apathy in this par
ticulur, and, wilh the impulsiveness
characteristic of tho American people,
the reaction bids fair to run to a hurt
ful extreme. Tbo first manifiestation
of this awakening was a complaint of
the inclhcioncy ot our public school
system. Parents, whose whole time
and thoughts were engrossed by the
pursuit of woallh, left tho training of
their children to the Mate, and when
they thought them prepared to take
positions of nsefulnoss in life, or as
otuamouLs to society, were surprised
to find them sadly deficient in bolh
mental and morul culture Instead
of polished, erudite, earnest-thinking
men, and accomplished, gentle, lova
ble women, the adolescent genera lion
were found to be fast young peoplo,
with a Certain slangy smartness and
free-and easy style of manners', but
with a noln'blo absence of those im
proved qualities of head and heart
which alone could make the men good,
honorable and useful citizens, and the
woman tutelar-saints of bnppy homes
in bolh sexes a growing irreverence
for all that our fathers and mothers
were wont to hold sacred, positively
shocking to tho thinking mind of tbc
old shool.
The disappointed and disgusted pa
rent, without reflecting how far bis own
neglect of obvious duties was respon
sible for the deplorable defects of tbo
rising generation, at once arraigned
the management ofthe public schools,
and finding it in many respects vul
nerable to censure, rashly condemned
the entire system.
Tho fault is not in our public schools.
Budly managed as they may be, they
fulfill iff A great measure tho purpose
for which thoy were instituted, by
placing within the reach of all classes
:, f .,-.f e .i,--: i:
ino iuciiiiiea lor ouiuiiiing iuo ruui
monts of a common education. Tbey
were never designed to do more.
Those who expect more of them labor
under a grave mistake a mistake
fraught wilh incalculable mischief.
The unwise parent who is deluded
wilh tbo idea that tbe publio shools,
common or high, can confer fill tho
education his children need, discovers
his error only when it is too late to
remedy il.
Unfortunately lor tbe interests ol
humanity, the troubles of the time
have placed in positions of power and
influence a class of political economists
whose seal in behalf of universal edu
cation far outruns their discretion.
These enthusiasts, by tbeir oxtrava
eaui lauuuuon ol what is miscaneu
our "system of popular education,"
have created in the public mind an ex
aggerated idea of its functions, and
when il hat becomo apparent that the
great expectations they have encour
aged cannot be realized, instead of ad
mitting the fallacy of their viows,
they havo attributed the failure to the
depravity of tbe people in not avail
ing themselves of the proffered blcs
siug.and the remedy tbey benevolently
propose is compulsion.
Compulsory education, entirely at
variance as it is with the spirit of free
institutions, and repugnant to all lie
publican feelings, is becoming rapidly
lamiliariied to the popular mind. It
bus been gravely discussed and lonnd
respectable advocacy in the meetings of
our teachers institutes ; innuenliai
journals have recognized- it as being
on the cards for the luture; a .New
England Senator and Kadicnl leader
has announced it as tho great measure
of tho dominant parly the ol jectivo
point to its "dow departure ; and, to
crown the wholo, it has within a fow
days been sprung upon Congress, in
tho shnpe ot a bill lor a national sys
tem of education. In view of these
fuels, it is certainly time that public
opinion should be aroused to tho in
vestigation of tho subject. To raiso
at once the warning intjuiry of "whith
er are wo drifting V in this mailer,
becomes the special and imperative
duly of the press.
Thut compulsory education is im
practicable in this country, and in
compatible, in any country, with free
government, seems to bo susceptible
ol easy demonstration, ine example
of Prussia now so admiringly cited by
its advocates, should rcully bo the
slrongest argument against it. Only
under the most despotic ol European
governments could tho systom be on-
forced, and tho fruit il has borno is as
opposito to Republicanism ns anything
that could well be imagined no less
than tbe consolidation of a number of
potty monarchies into a powerful im
perial despotism, with the assertion
of the "divine right of kings," and tbe
doniul of tho capacity of the people for
sell government as us cardinal princi
ples. To dispel the illusion of this national
schomo il is only necessary to inquire
what constitutes education. The moro
acquisition of know ledge is not educa
tion still less thosmaltcringof knowl
edge acquired by tho transient attend
ance, voluntary or compulsive, upon
tho best of public shools. A reference
to tho dictionary would evidently be
of scrvico to somo of tho flippant ad
voeales of tho compulsory system.
Webster gives this detiniuon : "r.du
cation comprehends all thnt sories of
instruction nnd discipline which is in
tended to enlighten tho understand
ing, correct tho temper, and form the
ninnners and habits of youth, and fit
them for usefulness In their futuro
stations. To give children a good cdu
cation in manners, arts and scienco is
important: to give them a religious
education Is inili'prniible, and an ira
mense responsibility rests on parents
and guardians who neglect these
duties."
In the light of this definition and
it would be difficult to conceive a more
conciso and yet comprehensive one
it is apparent that a national and com
pulsory system of education is utterly
impossible without a radical change
of oar wholo theory of government.
To correct the temper and form tbe
innnnors and habits of youth belongs
t'tvm Jl'lllll UVIIII
It is his highest duty
to ths parent
ns ii ii j i i is-..... s.. -.ii wi a.
nnd h!s dearest r',;l t. The govern,
moot which, By a compulsory y"sm
of education, ahsrlvcs him rain this
duly and deprives dim. of Ibis rilit
would bo simply tho worst of de-pott
isms that ever degraded and brushed
out manhood.
If tho Governmei.t, then, cannn'f
without violating tho most sacred of
personal rights, confer tho good edu
cation in man nor, arts, and science,
which the lexicographer declares to)
bo important, how can il impart lb 9
religiou education which, according
to tho samo authority, is intlispcnsi
bloT When Catholics, Protcmlants,
Jews and Pagans can ngreo upon
universal religion, it will perhaps bo
practicable for a government, of whioh,
religions Ircedom is a iiniduinenlal,
principle, to undertake, a national com
pulsory systom of education.
Yi o appreciate tho linporlanco and
sirableness of universal education.
Tbe greatest obstacle to it as society
is constructed now, nnd will continue
to be until the niilleniutn is in the
circumstances of the poorer classes.
Yt ilh mem the ttmo-devouring strug
gle with want commence at tbo very
ago when tho mind first becomes sus
ceptible of intellectual culture, and
tho necessity lor incessant physical
exertion leaves them no leisure for
tho exercises ot tho school room. If
thoir daily toil is remitted the penalty
is starvation. How can government
make their education compulsory with
out providing for their subsistence 7
ir the bead ol a lamily, either inrougn,
misfortune, discaso, or tbo indulgence
of vicious habits, is reduced to such
poverty that tho children most labor,
from the very earliest ago at which
they ore capable of lubor, for their
daily bread, bow are such children to
be embraced in the national scheme
of education, except by selling aside
tlio guardianship ol tbo parent, and
adopting them ns the wards of the
nation : In such caso very extensive
national nurseries and boarding houses
would be the inevitable adjuncts of tbo
national schools. Tho children, thus
doptcd, would havo to bo maintained
and instructed at tbe public expense,
until their understandings were en
lightened, their tempers corrected, and
their manners and hibils formed ia
fine, during the whole period of thoir
adolescence; for nothing less, Sri tho
language of the great champion of tho
schomo, would insure thoir "progress
towards that completness of culture
.k k ,..;,. ..;,i.. ..,;.
n ii i i-it u iii.i iv.u ii vi tim it on i j i vu ii u..
it u, therefore, plum thut tho com
pulsory system could be but partial in
its operations.. The very class il ia
desired to benefit is beyond its reach,
while the classes lliut could be brought
wilhin its operations would only be
injuriously affected, by its interference
with their natural and inalienable
rights and most sacred duties.
We have sketched but a few of the
repulsive features of this Utopian rad
ical scheme of compulsory education.
lis establishment would contribute
nothing to tbe existing means for the.
enlighten merit of the people, but would
assuredly add to the oppressive burthen
of their taxation, while greatly in
creasing tbo power and palrofrago of
the federal uovernmcnt, already
dangerous to our liberties. It would
be the culmination of that anti repub
lican policy, which having by fraud
and violonce usurped the rights of the
Stales, now seeks to abolish the most
sacred of porsonal rights in the furth
erance of its iniquitous plan of consoli
dation. The Piiper.
A CULUi Intiutm. -Ono tC th.
prominent ornaments of tlie Bar, eel
orated for bis genial disposition, found
himself, about the close of the war,
washed ashore, high and drv, pecuni- -
arily, in the city oi .Richmond, w herd
he was forced to hang out his shinglo
and commence practice in the Has
tings Court. Ono of his clients was 4
youth wbo had been arroslcd at the
instance ot a respcctuble negro man
of family for baring "rockod his
house and severely injured h.s daugh
ter wilb stono thrown through the
window.
At tbe examination old POmpey
was put upon tbo stand, and proved
the charge in such undeniable terms
that it would have gone hafd with
onr friend's client; had It not been for
the following cross-examination :
ijawycr loo say that one. stone
camo into the room where you were
sitting with your fumily, and struck!
your daughter ?
romp res, ooag.
L. Where did it strike her f . .
P. (silent fora while) Idon'tlike
to toll, boss.
ii. But you must tell. I demand
again, where did il striKO her f . i
i J)nt all bullishness, boss. I leu
you it hit her. I don't like to toll
where lore all dese ladies in court.
L. But you must answer. WhersJ
did it hit herf
p. (slowly) Oh the buzzum, boss.
L. Well, botv severely did it in
jure herf ' . ' .-
1'. Uh, quit dts foolishness.. I am I
gwlne to toll.
L. Again I must insist upon my
question being answered. Did it in.
juro bhr f
1 . (in dtspair) .n, snh : it did
not injure her, but it broke three fin
gers of a gentleman what was paying
'tcntion to her.
The caso was dismissed immediately
for tbo want of jurisdiction.
Don't Lean Vroit Others. Half,
at least, of tho disappointed men one
meets with are victims of ill grounded
hopes and expectations persons w ho
have tried to lean upon 01 hers instead
of relying upon themselves.
Want ol prudence is too frequently
the want of virtue; nor is thero on
ourlh a more powerful advocate of
vico than poverty.
Actions, looks, works, steps, lorm
tho alphabet by which you may spell
characters.
A Chicago barber has been fully
satisfied that be cannot shave a cus
tomer and look at ladies in the street
al tho samo time. The gentleman
who lost tho tip of bis ear whilo nnder
his management Satisfied hiirf of tho
fact.
The latest doso of (ickly sentimen
tal song is "Give My String Of But
tons to Josie," by a Louisville com
poser. The samo author is at work on
"Lend My Chewing Gum to Gertie."
A gentleman named Brown once
observed in company that he bad
toasted a lady for twelve months j end
yethsdllule hopes Of ever msktnff
her Brown. '
Josh Billings says; "A man who
starts on tho day of Kt's msrrisge s
first lieutenant in his family, nectj
never expect to be promoted. '
as, i e
Cheerfulness of temper arise half
from personnl goodnosa, and halt' front
m kJ!.f In trt naraanal nVMvln.ftaT mt
i m ' 1 " " VIBW.r-i q , -
I others.