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liftra lall7 mremgm «•* the month mt
January, 1914
* 22,342 *
ATCHII« F " R THE year 1913—21.577
A vera are tor the year 111J—21,1711
Avert)a* far tke year nil—lß,Bsl
Average for the year 1H®—17,485
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EVENING, FEB. 23
VrHE MRRAKV ANT) ITS FUNDS
J TT is to be hoped that the Harrisburg
I School Board may see its way clear
X to grant the application of the trus
tees of tlio Ilarrlsburg Public li
brary for an Increased appropriation
for maintenance of the new institution
at Front and Walnut streets, which
has achieved such large, popularity In
the less than sixty days during which
It has been in operation. As pointed
out by the coinniittco of the trustees
on their visit to the board on Friday,
and as printed from time to time in
all of the newspapers of Ilarrlsburg,
there has been given to the people of
the State Capital a splendid building,
modernly equipped and well stocked,
as a gift. This has been supplemented
by funds which it is estimated will
meet about one-third of the present
cost of operation. In many other cities
of the country libraries have been built
and donated with the understanding
that the communities to which they
have been given should equip, stock
and operate them, an obligation which
has been gladly assumed.
Briefly stated, the invested funds of
Ihe library will yield about $4,000 a
year, and the cost of operation, which
cannot be definitely stated because of
the short time in which it lias been in
operation, is estimated at SIO,OOO a
year. Ihe School Board donated
53,000 and the trustees have asked
an increase of $2,000 in this year's
budget. It may be assumed that the
people of Harrisburg, who are enjoy
ing the Library, will supply a couple
of thousands of dollars a year in con
tributions, but not enough to bridge
the gap. As shown by the daily sta
tistics of the Library, over 40 per cent,
of the patrons are children, pupils of
the public schools, for whose benelit
a Juvenile collection has been estab
lished and for whose advantage a ref
erence division has been created. The
patronage of both have far exceeded
expectations. In short, the Library is
an Important adjunct to the educa
tional system of the city, and the
school directors will be supported by
popular opinion If they aid substan
tially in the upkeep of the institution.
"Palmer explains." is the headline of
a morning newspaper. Nothing un
common about that. Explaining is a
Democratic statesman's longest suit.
OLMSTED AND PORTO RICO
THE development of Porto Rico
since its occupation by the
United States Is doubly interest
ing to Ilarrlsburg, in view of
Democratic criticism of our success in
insular affairs, and no less so from the
fact that the late Congressman Olm
sted was largely instrumental in fram
ing the laws that now govern the
Island.
When the American troops landed
in Porto Rico in 1898—and two Ilarrls
burg companies wero with them—that
island was little known to the Amer
ican people and at that time the most
optimistic could not have anticipated
the spontaneous development which
has actually taken place in the last
fifteen years. This development, in
dustrial, educational and otherwise, is
shown in an interesting volume, just
Issued by the Bureau of Insular Af
fairs, containing the reports of the
governor and other officials for the
llscal year 1913.
This report shows that since 1901
the total external commerce of the
Island has Increased some five fold. In
round numbers the exports growing
from eight and a half millions to
forty-nine millions; the imports from
less than nine to nearly thirty-seven
millions; while the balance of trade,
adverse in 1901 by a small amount,
Is now more than twelve millions an
nually in its favor. The island during
the last year imported American iner
ehandlse at the rate of more than
\ SIOO,OOO for each working day.
\ Although sugar amounted to more
than half the total exports, or $26,-
619,158, an increase made possible
only by tho influx of American capital
and machinery, together with the ex
ceptionally favorable underlying con
ditions, more interest attaches to the
fact that. Porto Ri.-an «offer, of whose
excellence e\er> native is proud, has
shown o proportionately more rapid
Increase than sugar during the last
Ave years the <?x|x<rts for 19 13 being
MONDAY EVENING,
$8,511,316, an increase of twenty-slxj
per cent, over the preceding year.'
Proof that the foundation of a diversi
fied agriculture has been laid by the
Olmsted law is found In the Increase
of oranges, pineapples, grape fruit and
other fruit from a total of $109,801 in
1901 to $2,377,762 in 1912, and $3,-
120.919 last year.
Speaking of the closing year of his
administration. Governor Colton says
it has been one of marked develop
ment, with industries more productive
than ever before, and willing labor
closely employed under improving
conditions.
It is stated that in 1898 there was
but one building In the islands espe
cially erected for school purposes, the
total enrollment in the public schools
was but 26,000, and eighty per cent, of
the entire population was unable to
' i'ead or write. A million souls with
j high percentage of illiteracy were
domiciled within 3,600 square miles,
a population more dense than that of
any part of the United States except
a few manufacturing districts.
Instead of one school house erected
for that purpose, there arc to-day 105
graded school buildings, many of
wtyich compare favorably with the bet
ter class of school buildings in the
cities of the United States, and 264
rural school buildings. Tile school en
rollment has increased to 161,785 and
the general percentage of illiteracy
has been reduced to tit! per cent.
Few Harrisburgers realize the ex
tent to which Congressman Olmsted
was identified with the development of
our insular possessions. He was Pres
ident Taft's chief lieutenant on insular
affairs on the floor of the House. Ills
work for the up-lift of Porto Rico
stands as a splendid monument to his
personal talents, broad statesmanship
and splendid achievements while in
Congress.
"The campaign opened on Saturday
with the circulation of nominating pe
titions," says a Philadelphia newspaper.
Glad to hear It. Circumstances had led
us to believe that the campaign had
been on for a month or more.
THEN AND NOW
ONE hundred and thirty years ago
Newport, R. 1., celebrated
Washington's birthday with the
ringing of church bells, tiring of
cannon and decoration of houses and
ships. So far as known this was the
first civic celebration of the twenty
second as Washington's birthday. He
was born, according to the old calen
dar, February 11, 1732, and he him
self observed that date, until his death
in 1799. j
To-day, every State in the Union is ,
following the recommendation of Con- 1
gress at the time of Washington's 1
death that his countrymen meet on j
February 22 and do honor to his mem- i
ory with fitting ceremonies. Wash- 1
ington is the only American whose '
birthday is recognized as a legal holi- ,
day in all of the States and the Dls- :
trict of Columbia, Porto Rico and j
i Alaska.
Felix Kafansky, sentenced to twenty
days for kissing a girl, asks if the pub
lic doesn't think the sentence unjust.
Let's have a look at the girl first,
I Felix.
Please, Mr. Ground Hog. don't rub it
in.
THE DIFFERENCE
THOSE who are fond of indulging
in alcoholic beverages and others
who are engaged in the sale
thereof who believe they are
being badly used by those who are
urging the adoption of a prohibition
amendment to the United States Con
stitution would do well to study the
methods by which China is seeking to
blot out the curse of opium smoking.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Peking in the newspapers of to-day Is
as follows:
Proclamations announcing the
death penalty for smokers of opium
have been promulgated, according
to reports from various provinces.
Although definite cases of execu
tion for this breach of the law sel
dom come to special notice, it Is re
ported from Wu Chang that a
smoker among the soldiers of the
garrison there was caught Indulg
ing in the habit and after "trial"
before a court made up of his com
rades he was sentenced to immedi
ate execution and was shot to
death.
There was a time when opium
smoking was as prevalent in China as
the use of alcohol is at present In the
United States. The government has
gone about the work of suppressing St.!
The methods of Chinese reformers are
those of the early settlers, who argued
that the only good Indian was a dead
Indian. In the light of what is hap
pening in China, the arguments and
urgings of even the most radical of
American reformers are as oil on
troubled waters.
A Smyrna, correspondent sends in the
story of a chickenthlef who carried off
fifteen pullets and dropped a wallet con
taining S9O in the coop. Somebody lias
been poaching crudely on Ellis Parker
Butler's "Slim Santa Claus" idea.
CIVIL SERVICE FOR POLICEMEN
JOHNSTOWN is so determined to
conduct its police department on
the merit system that it is going
to make its appointments on the
lines of civil service, even though the
laws of the State do not provide for
such examinations. The City Solicitor
has rendered an opinion to the effect
that the City Council can make any
rules it likes for the governing of Its
force, but that the Clark act gives no
permission to municipalities governed
by its provisions to inaugurate civil
service requirements that will be com
pulsory on councllmen succeeding the
rulemakers in office.
However, Johnstown councllmen be
lieve that once In force no Council will
dare revoke the merit system of se
lecting policemen, so every applicant
Is being put through an "efficiency"
examination of an informal nature, the
results of which are published by the
dally newspapers. From this list of
applicants, and on the basis of their
replies to questions—many of them of
a highly personal nature —Johnstown's
new police force will be chosen.
The idea is novel and other third
class cities of the State will no doubt
be interested in observing its results
in practice. ,
ewninft- c^dr
What's the uso of establishing a
zoo up in Wildwood park, anyway.
We've got it right along the River
Front if we could only spot its mem
bers and it appears to be in exist
ence summer and winter. Everyone
knows that in Springtime ducks are to
be seen along the river's banks and
that in summertime snipe, song spar
rows, robins, snakes, hop toads and
bull frogs which have calcined inter
iors not minding sewage have been
noted. Turtles will soon be back to
the portions of the bank passed in the
march of the public improvement
gang and maybe when the river is
cleaned up that a kingfisher or a blue
heron may be seen along with that
other visitor of bygone days, a Balti
more oriole. »The presence of rabbits
In Harris park has been noted from
time to time in the Fall and the other
morning pheasant tracks were pointed
out in the snow, the birds having evi
dently come to the city in search of
food. And the latest addition to the
fauna of the Riverside parks is a ro
bust specimen of the mcphius Amer
icana.
Old Harrisburgers were telling to
day of the events of tifty-three years
ago in this city. On February 22, 1861,
Abraham Lincoln was here on his way
to Washington to take the oath as
President of the United States and it
was 2 o'clock in the morning of the
23rd that he made his famous secret
departuro from this city. The pli ce
where he made his speech to the peo
ple was from the portico of the Jones
House, now the Commonwealth Ho
tel, singularly enough the same cor
ner from which George Washington
addressed the people of Harrisburg
some sixty-two or three years before.
Washington came here on his way to
the southwestern part of the State to
put down the Whisky Insurrection and
remained a short time in Harrisburg,
being escorted to the Square over
much the same route taken by Lin
coln In later years and speaking from
the same corner. The stone on which
Washington spoke Is preserved by tho
Dauphin County Historical Society, to
which it was presented by the late
William A. Kelker.
Such events as the indoor athletic
meet of the Harrisburg Academy stu
dents held at Chestnut street hall on
Saturday night are not only excellent
for the school, but for the city be
cause they show the public 'what a
well conducted school can accomplish.
Tho idea of dividing tho school into
two organizations, tho Greeks and the
Romans, the English plan which was
introduced at the Academy by Prin
cipal Arthur E. Brown and James
Boyd. Jr., a few years ago has en
couraged a healthy rivalry and tho
manner in which the boys rooted for
their "sides" on Saturday night was
inspiring. There is nothing livelier
than a school meet, not even an inter
collegiate having the enthusiasm that
boys of from nine to fifteen can kick
up and the' admirable training in ath
letics which had been given to the
boys under Prof. Benton G. Wallace
combined with the ginger of the stu
dents made Saturday's indoor meet
something which everyone hopes will
be repeated next year. The old Acad
emy has been making wonderful prog
ress and the old-timers who went to
see their sons and neighbors' sons go
through their paces on Saturday night
had to open their eyes. A good many
people have been saying for years that
the city needed a good private school
and a good public library. It's got
both now.
Knocking down icicles is now about
tho best and most profitable amuse
ment that the average kid can engage
in and while the passersb.v and occa
sionally some breakable property may
suffer during an attack upon the stal
actites that hang from roofs the boys
are doing a good work. The other
day a couple of youngsters swept down
on a building on one of the small thor
oughfares and opened fire on a fronge
of icicles about 100 feet along the
building. They had been dripping on
pedestrians and making the pavements
slippery from their accumulations. In
less than three minutes every icicle
had disappeared, the pavement was
littered with broken ice, two men
were swearing and a dog howling, but
the boys had enjoyed a fine time.
The frisky squirrels and the fat
clumsy pigeons in Capitol Park are not
the only quadrupeds and bipeds that
have essayed terms of intimacy with
the average person In the hope of
landing something to eat, but folks
living on the outskirts have remarked
the friendliness of crows. Ordinarily
the black coated birds remain a re
spectful distance from houses and only
come around when no one is in sight.
Since the snows began the birds have
been hovering close to barns and
chicken coops and any place where
they can get food. Dozens of crows
have been seen in Reservoir Park and
they have been numerous up along
the river.
Perry county people say that the
closing of the wild turkey shooting
has resulted in multiplying of the birds
at a rapid rate the last year or so but
that they fear that the snows will
prevent the birds getting much food
for a while. The winter up to ten
days or two weeks ago was not unfa
vorable for the turkeys and they could
be seen scratching about in the woods,
but the deep snows will hit them hard,
just as It will hit the quail and the
wise sportsmen will take the advice
of Dr. Kalbfus and provide some feed
for the birds if they want any to hunt
next Fall.
i-'W6UrKnown-'PeePL6^l
—Sheriff George H. Jefferfes, of In
diana county, is rejoicing over the ar
rival of his fourteenth child.
—Joseph McClellan, State councillor
of the Independent Americans, is hold
ing meetings in Pittsburgh and vicin
ity.
—C. E. Tripp, of the Westinghouse
Company at Pittsburgh, Is on the na
tional chamber of commerce commit
tee on rates.
—Zoologist Surface, re-elected presi
dent of Beekeepers, Is a native of
Ohio.
—A dinner was given Judge W. B.
Broomall, of Delaware county. In
honor of the fiftieth anniversary of his
admission to the bar.
—District Attorney Maxey, of Lacka
wanna, is bucking Mayor Jermyn's
vice ideas.
l-irvhAtmiSßUßft-eiPTy-
y&ARS • A.S-Q TO-PAY
[From the Telegraph of Feb. 23, 1&64.]
Sunday School Anniversary
The anniversary of the Ridge Avenue
Sunday school, last nl7ht. In the Rldgo
Avenue Methodist /plscopal Church,
was a decided sucf As. Indeed, the
crowd that was tur.' /il away unable to
get seats, justify the managers In re
peating the proceedings this evening
Ciirlln Presides
Last evening the various army offi
cers stationed at this post, assembled
in spacious dining-room of the Tones
House, for the purpose of partaking "f
a bouquet In honor of the birthday of
the Father of His Country, the Immortal
■Washington, at which his Kxcellencv,
. Governor Curtln, presided.
ftAPRISBURG TELEGRAPH
FRANK J. HERMAN
FIRSTUNDER WIRE
Wyoming County Democratic Leg
islator Filet Petition For Hit
Renomination
DEMOCRATIC WAR IS BITTER
Palmer and Ryan Call Each Other
Names Again—Biggest Fight
in Years Is On
Frank J. Herman, Democratic mem
ber of the last House from Wyoming
county, to-day filed the first nominat
ing petition of the campaign of 1913
and the first under the new direct pri
mary act of 1913. It places him be
fore the Democrats of Wyoming coun
ty as a candidate for renomination,
and was signed up and mailed Satur
day night.
Herman was a breezy member of
the last House and refused on a cou
ple of occasions to take orders from
the bosses. He will make his cam
paign for the nomination vigorously
and hopes to scaro off rivals for the
nomination.
The signing of papers for Secretary
of Internal Affairs Henry Houck went
ahead in the city to-day. In Lebanon
a paper for him was signed by hun
dreds in a few hours. There was a
rush to honor the Lebanon man in his
home town that attracted much' com
ment.
Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer
and Michael J. Ryan indulged In an
other wordy war on Saturday, adding
to the bitterness of the
Democratic campaign.
Wordy War "I have disposed of
Between Ryan," said Mr. Pal-
Leaders mer, talking about the
tack on his old alle
giance to Guffey. "His
statement is twaddle. He cannot
make charges of that kind and expect
the Democrats of the State to take
them seriously. The Democrats know
too well how I fought Guffey and
Hall. When I was a young man I was
with the organization of that time,
but when the leadership became, so
bad I left it. They never did anything
for me. The Democrats will laugh at.
the charge that 1 was the recipient
of their bounty. It is too ridiculous
to discuss. I will not dignify it with
a reply. Mr. Ryan's reference to me
as Sam Slick is in the nature of a
compliment."
To this Ryan replied: "Mr Palmer
knows as little of the fight now going
oil as ho did of that of 1912. He lost
Pens.vlvania then for Wilson. He per
mitted the loss of a Superior Court
judge in 1913, even though ho charged
for 'his traveling expenses' and his
petty 'telephone charges.' He knows
as little of this contest as lie knew of
the condition of affairs in his own
county when he failed, although he
tried his utmost, to defeat Judge Sta
ples, the honest jurist who convicted
Director Clay in our Philadelphia
Quarter Sessions Courts after a three
weeks' trial in this city, and who was
decreed to bo beaten because of his
honesty. He will lose his battle for
McCormick, for the State is now weary
of his strutting, arrogant, insulting
bossism, coupled as it is with his petty
meanness. He was a Guffey man when
Guffey was rich. He. served on the
Guffey-Hall executive committee for
years. He is what he is now because
he thinks there lies Tame and profit,"
and his alleged poverty is rank
hypocrisy. Such leadership as his
cannot endure. It is repulsive to every
ideal of honest Pennsylvania Dem
ocracy."
Friends of Michael J. Ryan opened
his headquarters in Philadelphia to
day and arrangements have been
made for him to
open his campaign
with a speech in his Headquarters
home ward to-mor- Opening Now
row night. It is ex- the Interest
pected that Vance
C. McCormick will
open the campaign very soon by ap
pearing at meetings of his supporters,
although it is reported to be his plan
to get out among the voters by trips
through the State, the way William
H. Berry did in his last Fall's un
successful campaign for State Treas
urer. Friends of Dr. Martin G. Brum
baugh have begun an active circular
campaign in his behalf and many let
ters are being Bent out giving sketches
of his career. The Dimmlck sena
torial campaign headquarters will be
opened in Philadelphia and Scranton
to-night. John J. Green, Ryan's cam
paign manager, is quoted in the Phila
delphia Record to-day as follows:
"While we have always been confi
dent that Mr. Ryan would win easily
at the primaries, we did not look for
such demonstrations of interest in his
campaign at this early stage," declared
Ms. Green. "Our reports are of the
most optimistic nature, and Mr. Ryan
should sweep the State. In the sec
tions near this city, where he is paiv
ticularly well known, Mr. Ryan Is a
popular favorite among the Demo
crats. In Chester, Delaware, Mont
gomery and Bucks counties, there is a
sentiment for him that cannot be hon
estly questioned. In the coal regions,
he is running far ahead of McCor
mick, and will fairly sweep Lacka
wanna and Luzerne counties. Other
counties, from which we have re
ceived heavy enrollments of active
workers during the past week, include
Columbia, Northampton, York, Ly
coming, Dauphin. Erie, Centre, Clear
field, Fayette, Allegheny, Berks, Lan
caster, Wyoming and Blair."
Petitions for the nomination of var
ious candidates have commenced to
fly and the machine Democrats have
the first in the field in
this city. On Saturday,
Democrats the very first day for
B isy With circulating petitions, the
Petitions Democratic State wind
mill ground out a big
bunch and faithful
henchmen of Palmer and McCormick
promptly began to get signatures.
They went chiefly to the people who
were known to be "right" not running
any risks of turndowns at this time.
Friends of D. L. Kaufman will start
his Democratic congressional hope pa
pers at once. The Democrats appear
to be thoroughly saturated with ri
valry that they are rushing to get pa
pers signed up quickly. The papers
of Congressman A. S. Krelder will be
started very shortly. Representatives
Lenker and Martin will start Bull
Moose papers this week.
Democratic bosses in the eastern
half of the State are making wry
faces over what may be a fresh dose
of Jersey treatment for
Pennsylvania. Accord- /
lug to ndvice front •lt*r»cyiiinn
Washington the Presi- May Get a
rlent is said to have in Dig Plaee
mind the appointment
of Harry Wescott, son
ol' the Attorney Genernl of ,\>n Jer
sey for the new federal judgeship in
Phialdelphln. Moth .sides in tlie State
democracy have
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UJ Hooks and Eyei, card. Princess Slips and Coniblaatloa 12Vic to 2<io 0
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I Shell Goods, ne%r styles in Harrettes Children's Drawers, _ _ I
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(II um and dark brown, at our usual Children's Under Bodies, ribbed anil placed In stock. Yon will And here b
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tlio job, W. A. Carr, friend of Post-1
master Thornton; F. B. Bi-acken and
H. K. Fax, of Philadelphia, and Web
ster Grim, candidate in 1910 for Gov- .
ernor and for Superior Court last year,
being among tho men named aa possi
bilities. Under the law the President
can appoint whom he pleases whether
a resident of tho State or not.
fpQl iriCAbSloeb.l6f)T<Sl
—Frank Herman always was an
early bird.
—Congressman Focht has started
his nominating papers going.
—Ryan and Palmer are certainty
adding to the grand old Democratic
row.
—Apparently Ryan and Palmer are
not at any loss for an issue now.
—-The West End Democratic Club
is keeping off the rocks very carefully I
in the matter of endorsements.
—Mayor Blankenburg lias a new
row on with councllmen in Philadel
phia.
i A-uTrLft-not>3en<se I
ill&
Her father mentioned that Wall
Street had been tied up all yesterday
and she thought It was about time
something was done about better traf
fic regulations.
"JUST A DREAM"
By Wing Dinger
Last night 1 dreamt I had a dream,
And, O, it was so fair;
I dreamt that all the party feuds
Were settled everywhere.
Progressives joined the G. O. P.,
Penrose withdrew his name
As candidate for Senator,
And Plnchot did the same.
The Democrats progressive joined
The Old Guard party men.
The Guffeyltes and Palmerltes
Were brothers once again.
Two candidates were in the field,
As in the days of yore,
Twlxt whom votes were divided
Instead of three or four.
And this dream of which I dreamt
Received an awful whack;
I heard a brass band, someone yelled,
"Hurrah, our Teddy's back."
She—The life of a secret service man
m He—Yes, L that's what'l thought when
I read of ono of President Wilson s
guards falling asleep standing up.
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M \SEKIISL,D'S "POMPBY"
John Masefleld's play, "The Tragedy
of Pompey the Great," is published this
week. Mr. Museileld is not unknown as
a dramatist; In fact there are those
who have maintained that tho genius
of the man Is oven more apparent in
his writing for the theater than In
those poems which have so captured
the attention of all English readers.
In an article published in an English
weekly "The Tragedy of Pompey is
considered in connection with its per
formance at the Shakespeare festival
at Stratford. After commenting on the
largeness of outline, the wealth of
language and the sense of modernity
posses 3ed by the play, the critic re
marks that " 'Pompey' is a tine personal
study of the great man in conflict with
his time and by the very simplicity of
its action tho meaning of the l play (
I looms large. Mr. Mansfield's 'Pompey''
is a nobleman who stood for aristocracy
and order as against Caesar's democ
racy. 'Pompey's' tragedy, as Mr. Mase
field shows ft, is that of all men who see
beyond their generation."
•
A NEW EGVPT BOOK
. A forthcoming book to deal with po
litical, social and administrative condi
tions in Egypt is Sidney IjOW's "Egypt
in Transition." Ehe Earl of Cromer
has provided an introduction for the
volume, which contains also a half
dozen full-pago illustrations.
A SCHOOL, ion "TIIEA9URKS"
A homo problem touched upon in
Kathleen Norris' new novel, "The
Treasure," is that of the servant. One
way to solve this, in her opinion, would
be to train servant girls in a school, fix
their wages by a scale and arrange
regular hours for their employment as
In <lie case of salesgirls and stenog
raphers. Tt is said that since such a
program has been advocated by Mrs.
Norris she has received many letters of
Inquiry. Almost all of the writers have
wanted to know whether or not there
is really a school like the one mention
ed in "The Treasure." If there Is,
graduates are wanted immediately. It
is significant, however, that at least a
score of the correspondents would like
to place their daughters In such an in
stitution where they could be fitted for
a life comparatively comfortable and
safe.
AN EVENING THOUGHT
A being so profoundly felt must
inevitably be.—Horace Bushnell.
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"OF-Tftfr* CIVIL* WAR
l From the Telegraph of Feb. 23, 1861. J
Polk Censured
New York, Fab. 22. A rebel dis
patch of the J.4th, reports General Polk
at Meridian, and censures him for not
attacking General Sherman. His forco
consists of 16.000 men.
Srnil Prisoner* South
New York, Feb. 22. The Newborn
Times announces that several thousand
Unton prisoners were sent from Rich
mond to Georgia, a few days sincc^
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