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BT SAMUEL J. ROW.
U CLEARFIELD. PA.. DECK 31. 1868.
THE BA.NXS EXPEDITION.
The mystery in regard to Gen. Banks' ex
pedition has at last been removed. By tbe ar
rival of tbe Steamship Roanoke at New Tork
from New Orleans, we learn that Gen. Banks
and staff arrived at tbe Utter place, on the
14th, and that he supersedes Gen. Butler, In
the Department of the Gulf and the State of
Texai. Gen. Butler's parting address to hU
troops is dated the 15th December. He al
ludes in eloquent terms to their successes in
the field, and In restoring order and quiet in
New Orleans, to tbe feeding of starving wives
and children of their enemies, and states that
the expedition had cost tbe government less
by four filths than any other. Speaking the
word farewell was tbe only sorrowful thought
be bad, and be commends them to their new
commander as worthy of bis love. .
; ; Gen. Banks issued a general order, on as
suming tbe command of the Department, in
which be names bis staff a second order di
rects the civil and military officers of the De
partment to report to him, and a third sus
pend the sale of property on account of tbe
United States until further orders. He has
issued a proclamation to the people, stating
that bis duty was to assist in their restoration
to the government that his desire was to se
cure t the people of every class all privileges
"tf possession and enjoyment which is consis
tent with the public safety that ho will rely
upon the co-operation and counsel ot all loyal
and well disposed people, as well as upon tbe
oaval and Iaod forces that bis instructions re
quire him to treat 8S enemies those who aid
enemies, and he shall gladly regard as friends
those who are friends and that all the rights
of tbe Government wiil be unflinchingly main
tained, while the claims of tbe people will be
liberally considered.
Gen. Binks seems to be pushing things with
characteristic energy. Five thousand troops
accompanied him, which were landed at Ba
ton Rouge, and the remainder of the expedi
tion would be sent forward as fast as it arrived.
The weather at New Orleans was Sue, and tbe
'troops in good health.
, Gen. Butler, and roost of bis staff, was to
sail lor New York on the 22d.
BETALIATOHY PHOCtAiAIICIT.
- Jeff Davis has issued a proclamation, in which
be announces it as the intention of the rebel
lion to retaliate npon Gen. Butler, snd all
the commissioned officers in his command, tbe
death of Wm. B. Mumford, who was hung in
New Orleans for tearing down the United
States Flag. The proclamation concludes
with tbe following order, which embraces the
substance, of the document :
, First, That all commissioned officers in the
command of said Bunjaman F. Butler be de
clared not entitled to be considered as soldiers
engaged in honorable warfare, but as robbers
and criminals deserving death ; and that they,
ana cacti or them, te whenever captured re
served for execution.
' Second. That the private soldiers and non-
coiumisioned office! s in the army of said But
ler be considered as only tbe instruments used
for the commission of crimes perpetrated by
bis orders, and not as free agents ; that tbey,
therefore, be troated when ciptnred as pris
oners of war, w ith kindness and humanity.
and be sent home on tbe usual parole that they
will in no manner aid or serve the Untied
States in any capacity during tho continu
nee of this war unless duly exchanged.
Third. TJhat all negro slaves captured in
arms le at once delivered over to the execu
tive authorities ot the respective states to
which they belong, to be dealt with according
to the laws of said States.
Fourth. That tho like orders be executed in
all cases with respect to all coramis.si; ned offi
cars of the United States when found serving
in company witn saia slaves tn insurrection
against the authorities of the different States
of this Confederacy.
Tbe vindictive and malignant spirit in fho
proclamation needs no comment. It is but
another evidence of tbe barbarity and despe
ration which prevades the leaders of this most
wicked rebellion.
BEPOBT ON THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR
The Joint Committee on tbe conduct ot the
War, have made their report. They took tbe
depositions of Major Generals Burnside, Sum
ner, Franklin and Hooker, and Brigadier-Gen
erals Woodbury and Haupt ; and on their re
turn to Washington, those ot Major-General
Halleck and Brigadier-General Meigs. All
tbe facts relating to the movements ot the ar
my under Gen. Burnside, tbe forwarding of
the pontoons and supplies, and to the recent
battle at Fredericksburg, are so fully and clear
lj stated in the depositions, that the commit
tea report the testimony without comment.
The report is very Ieugthy. We will pub
lish tbe testimony- of Gen. Burnside In our
next, providing we can find room for it. It
may,' however, be well enough to remark at
this, time, that tbe testimony of Gen. Burn
aide in regard to tbe buttle at Fredericksburg
is substantially the same aa set forth in his
despatch of December 9tb to General Halleck,
and published on our outside to-day.
.Cotton is artiving quite freely at Columbus,
Ky-, by rail. Within one month past about
14,000 bales have reached Cairo, Illinois, en
root to a Northern market.
Democrat io Congrew are taking up most
of tbe time 1a offering resolutions to mbir
ntt the adnjlnfitnttca. . -
HOW. SIMON CAMEKON.
One of tbe New York journals recently con
tained ft despatch from Washington to tbe ef
fect that Gen. Cameron bas positively refused
the use of bis name in connection with tbe U
oited States Senatorsbip at tbe ensuing ses
sion of tbe Pennsylvania Legislature. We
hope this statement may prove erroneous in
deed, tbe fact that it appeared in only one pa
per, makes us doubt its correctness. Even,
however, it Gen. Cameron is averse to being
a candidate, it does not necessarily follow that
bis friends will be satisfied so readily. They
may contend that the country, in trying times
like the present, when clear beads and brave
hearts are needed, bs a claim upon his servi
ces superior to mere personal feeling, and
will bring bis name before tbe Legislature for
the high position named. - .
Pennsylvania never bad a more useful or
efficient representative in the. United States
Senate than Gen. Cameron, and whilst Secre
tary of War he displayed an administrative
capacity and a general foresight that now seem
really astonishing. His policy relative to
slavery in tbe seceded States bis snggestion
that at least a million of men would be re
quired in tbe field to crush the Rebellion
bis idea of raising and oiganiziug a large cav
alry force ((or all of which he was so bitterly
assailed, and which finally resulted in his
withdrawal from the Cabinet) have, since been
adopted, either wholly or in part. In truth,
it is no longer a question that the ill success
ot our armies bas, in too many instances,
been attributable to an inadequate cavalry
force, and the Government is now paying, we
are told, higher prices for muskets than those
stipulated for in the annulled contracts.
The Breckinridge leaders evidently have a
want of confidence in some of tbe Members
elected as Democrats, and are busy drilling
their forces, with the view of keeping them
firmly in the traces, and of electing one of the
most odious of their number to the U. States
Senate. Ttiis should induce tbe true friends
of the Union to nnite upon a man of uo
doubted loyalty, and of sufficient political
strength to defeat tbe accomplishment of their
cherished object. These requisites Gen. Cam
eron possesses in as large a degree as, per
haps, any individual in tbe land ; and, though
he may not desire the post, we agree in opin
ion with a cotemporary that he is too good a
patriot not to allow tbe use of bis name, if by
so doing he can avert the disgrace which
would fall upon our aState by the election of
Frank Hughes or one of his satellites.
THE FINANCE BILL.
Tho Secretary of the Treasary, in com
pliance with the request of tbe Committee of
Ways and Means, bas prepared and sent to
them a bill embodying his views. Tbe first
sections of tbe bill gives authority to raise
three hundred millions of dollars for tbe ser
vice of the current year, and sixhundred mil
lions ror the service ot the next nscu year,
and to raise these sums in any of the modes
heretofore sanctioned by this Congress, as the
public exigencies will require. The notes in
clude the issue of 6 per cent bonds, 7.30
bonds, 7 per cent bonds, or bonds bearing loss
rates of interest, and also tho issue of small
notes bearing 3.G5 percent interest, and le
gal tender notes bearing no interest. The
Secretary, in a letter to the Committee, ex
presses a strong desire to have the limits as
to the modes of the provisions and the amounts
to be provided in each mode defined as pre
ciseiy as possible oy Congress. The remain
ing sections of tbe bitl authorize the forma
tion of banking associations to issue notes
furnished by the United States, alike in form,
and secured alike by United States bonds.
but payable on demand primarily by the is
sueing associations. The bill in its main fea
tures is the same as that introduced by Rep
resentative Hooper during last session. In
his letter the Secretary expresses his profound
sense ot the importance of this measure to
the negotiation of loans, to the collection of
the internal revenue, and to the security of
the people against the evils of an enormous
and irredeemable paper money circulation.
MILITARY EMANCIPATION IN MISSOURI,
The disease of slavery is fast yielding to tbe
military treatment to which it is subjected in
Missouri. A letter from St. Louis to the X.
Y- Commercial, says : - 1
The Union officers in this State are doing
their best to relieve Congress of any necessi
ty of helping tbe State of Missouri to emanci
pate her slaves. The fact mav be assumed at
the outset that ninetren-tweotieths of the
slaves in this State belong to rebels. With
this to begin with, the rest of tbe story is easy
enough. The rebels having no legal right
under martial law, are deprived of their slave
as rapidly as they can bo brought before a lo
cat provost martial and be furnished with pa
pers. Tbe state militia having in a few ca
ses ignored these papers. General Curtis has
issued orders to arrest any military man
whether officer or private, interfering with the
liberty of any negro having tree papers, un
less he is guilty of some crime. Lieutenant
Colonel Mills, tbe provost marshal! at Spripg
field, bas commenced issuing free papers to a
large number of slaves who have run iwa) from
their masters. Tbe first one was issued to a
negro named Edmonson, formerly the slave of
a man bearing that name. Soon after tbe ne
gn received his free papers, an overseer in
Springfield had him arrested for service owed
him under a contract with bis former master
The matter waa referred to Col. Mills, wbo
reprimanded the claimant and allowed bins to
depart.
The Charleston (Mass.) Advertiser states
that a letter received in that city from
officer on board tbe gunboat Dawn, dated Ver
non River, Ga.. aaya that of two lots of shells
received by them from the gunboat Maaaachu
aetis, sot one of them would explode? some
-persons having put a wet patch, between the
powder. These sheila were all shipped from
thertieklyn (N. Y-)tisvy yard.
THE REBEL MAURY'S PAPERS TAKEN.
Washisgtoh Dc. 25 Recently number
of papers belonging to Ex commander M. F.
Maury, late of the U. S. Navy, were found at
Fredericksburg, Va., at the bouse of Dr.
Hoinden. One of them was dated, April,
1862, and is addressed to "My excellent friend,
the Grand Admiral of Russia ;" a copy of
which was sent to that functionary.
"The rebellion, as they, the loyal citizens
termit," be says," they would fain have states
men of Europe believe well nigh cbrusbed
out. At first, tbey said it was a small aflair
that could be put down in a few weekg, then
in sixty and then in ninety days. Mr. Seward
proclaimed, through his diplomatic organs
abroad, that Francs and England should have
cotton, and that the rebellion'should be quell
ed. All his promises and predictions have
failed, for an entire year has rolled around,
and be bas as yet offered us, away from the
watei and his ships, but one pitched battle
that at Shilob, on the 6th and 7th inst. It was
brought on by us, and though, outnumbered,
as we have always been, the enemy was beaten
back and driveu to the banks of the Tennes
see, undercover of his gunboats, Sec." Maury
says "the powers of Europe have been deceived
with regard to the bkekado. It bas never
been effective." In tbe course of the letter,
be says ; '-Here then is the spectacle of a peo
ple, twelve millions in number,' seeking to
separate themselves from an association that
they abhor, to cut loose from a government
they hate, seeking and meaning to take tbeir
place as an independant sovereignty among
the nations of the earth. They occupy one of
the finest countries in the world, adjusting
their industrial pursuits according to the prin
ciples that regulate tbe distribution of labor
over the surface of the planet ; they are emi
nently agricultural. The letter, which is a
very long one, is an argumant to show what
great commercial advantages would result to
Europe by recognizing the Confederate Gov
eminent."
A RECONNOISANCE AND FIGHT.
Washington, Dec. 26. Aletter from Suffolk,
Va., dated 23d inst., states that the election for
members of Congress took place the day he-
are, agreeably to tbe proclamation of Dix.
Contrary to the laws of Virginia, ballots were
cast instead of voting viva voce. In order 'to
give the people at Smithfield an opportunity
to showtheir attachment to the Union, two
ballot boxes were sent down to them in charge
of Lieut. Col. Onderdonk. commanding 200
of ibe First New York Mounted Rifles and a
couple of howitzers. Suspecting that the en
emy would be anxious to visit the polls. Col.
Onderdonk sent the boxes direct to Smithfield
in charge of a small squad, and proceeded with
the remainder of his command to Windsor.
Learning that the enemy, in considerable
force, bad left the place but a short time be
fore, be proceeded cautiously toward Isle tf
Wight, and when about three miles out, came
npon them. He sent his compliments in the
shape of shell Irom his howitzers, and they
responded handsomely with a six pounder.
A short skirmish revealed one regiment of
infantiy, two pieces of artillery and some cav
alry. Lient. Col. Onderdonk, thinking it
would be safe to look up voters nearer Suffolk,
slowly tetired. The rebels (hen attempted to
surround him, and at one time were only one
hundred and fitly yards in his rear, when he
suddenly wheeled bis command about and
fired a volley, which emptied twenty of tbeir
saddles in quick time. Skirmishing contin
ued for six miles. Two prisoners -and one
horse were taken. None of our men were
lost or injured. It is thought it will he a long
time before tbe election returns will come
from Smithfield. Nansemond cAiuty poled
39 votes ; 26 for Mr. Cooper, 12 for McCloud
and 1 scattering.
REBEL ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE RIVER
Decembeb 24, 1862. A bold attempt was
made last night by tbe rebels to cross the Rap
pahannock on rafts, fourteen miles below
Port Conway, and captured a squa'dron of the
8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, doing picket duty
along the river. Major Keenan, who is now
in command of this regiment and is at Port
Conway, got wind of the movement through
some trust blacks, and was fully prepared to
receive them, and would have taken the entire
party had not some of his men fired their
guns too quick and frightened them all ba.k
under cover ef the woods. One hundred head
fine cattle, which bad been purchased for the
rebel army, were yesterday taken from the
plantation of Phelan Lewis, a wealthy farmer,
and appropriated to the nse of our own sol
dieis. Upon demanding the usual receipt,
Mr.Lewia received one with these encouraging
words written beneath it : "I believe Phelan
Lewis to be a disloyal man and a traitor to tbe
Government of tbe United States."
Waking Up from their Dreams. Whisky
is selling in Augusta, Georgia, according to
the doleful complaints of the Sentinel, at "fifty
cents a drink." Tbe Sentinel' adds :
"None but a Congressman or a Major-General
can afford to get drunk at present pri
ces. Any poor man wbo made himself a, to
per for the lack of sense, will have to become
sober for tbe lack of cents."
Possibly, this state of things may account
for tbe "peace" rumors which have been com
ing up from the South recently. The "sober
second thought" of tLe too long intoxicated
rebels, begins to assert Itself. There must,
we suppose, bean interval of "soreheads;"
but with "whisky at fifty cents a drink," re
pentance draws nigh in thi South.
A Treatt with Liberia. President Ben
son, of Liberia, wbo has recently been on a
visit to London, bas negotiated with Minister
Charles Francis Adams a commercial treaty
with tbe United States, placing citizens of
Liberia on a footing with citizens of the moat
favored nations. This treaty has arrived at
Washington, and will come op for confirma
tion in tbe Senate immediately after the hoi-
EX-SECRETARY THOMPSON ON JAMSS BU
CHANAN AND SECESSION.
The following letter of J. Thompson, o
Mississippi, Secretary of the Interior under
tbe Administration of James Buchanan, and
now serving on Gen. Somebody's staff in tbe
Southern Confederacy, was found by our
troops at tbe residence of this traitor near
Oxford, Mississippi, recently occupied by the
forces of Gen. Grant :
(Private and Confidential )
Washington, November 20, 1860.
Mt Dear Petebson : The time bas come
when every man who loves his State and coun
try is required to take his share of responsi
bility and perform his share of duty. ......,-. -
My allegiance is due to the State of Missis
sippi, and her destiny shall be my destiny. I
believe she ought to resist, and to the bitter
end, Black Republican rule.. I hope our State
will call a Convention to provide new guards
for our future safety, and, in tbe event of a
call of a Convention, I want, if I can, to be a
member of that Convention.
I want to go as a member from our county,
and I want you, as my friend, to see our friend
Hovey, (or ,) and onr friend Lamar; and,
if our editors are friendly to me, I want you
to see tbem, and to make ajjeh a call on me,
through the columns of our papers, as to make
it apparent that it is my duty to come home
and make common cause with my State.
Difficulties accumulate upon us here. As
long as 1 am here I shall shield and protect
the South. Whenever it shall come to pass
that I shall think I can do no further good
here, I shall return, to my home. Buchanan
is the truest friend to the South I have ever
known from the North. He is a jewel and a
man. But my duty now is to the South.
I want the co-operation of tbe Southern
States. Geography makes separate and iso
lated action by Mississippi an absurdity. I
have some influence in our Southern sister
States. I wish to do all I can to secure their
sympathy and co-operation. A Confederacy
of the Southern States will be strong enough
to command the respect of the world, and the
love, and confidence of our people at borne,
boutb Carolina will go. I consider Georgia
and Florida as certain, Alabama probable.
Then Mississippi must go. But I want Lou
isiana, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, North
Carolina, Virginia; and Maryland will not stay
beh.nd long. I fear Kentucky even more
than I do Missouri. Ii wo are not too hasty
and violent these States, will all unite, because
it will be tbeir interest, and tbeir honor, and
feelings to do so. '
As soon as our mechanics, our merchants,
our lawyers, aud our editors, look the matter
in the face, and calculate the consequences,
they will see their interest so strong in this
movement, I fear they wiil be violent beyond
control. The successful, unrestricted instal
Iati of Lincoln is the beginning of tbe end
of slavery.
The North is dependent on the South for
its prosperity. The South is not dependent
on the North for anything necessary to her
material welfare.
My dear sir, I have written' in confidence.
I wish you to let me know whether I am for
gotten at home. I believe Tom Pegues is
my friend. Write me soon, and write me ev
erything. Your friend, J. Tu.jUPson.
P..S. You can see Thomas, aud William
Thompson also. My engagements are so con
stant I cannot write much. J. T.
- INTERESTING FROM WINCHESTER.
Baltimore, Dec. 26. Colonel Keys moved
Irom Romney and took possession of Winches
fer on Tuesday. The rebel Gen. Jones, with
2 500 infantry and cavalry, took his departure
several days previous, leaving a cavalry picket
in tbe town. Tbey went towards Woodstock.
They left a terrible bad character at Winches
ter, having broken open and robbed the stores
before tbey left. Their extreme destitute con
dition, was the excuse for tbeir depredations.
The people being almost In a starving condi
tion, the departure of the rebel troops was
hailed with joy, even by the rebel sympatbis
era. Sugar was selling at 75 cents a pound,
suit $1 a pound, butter $1 a $1,50, pepper $5
a pound, molassas $6 a gallon, unbleached cot
ton $1 a yard. Winchester presents a sorry
aspect under the various changes it bas expe
rienced during the past year.
A Deserter Shot. On Thursday of last
week, a deserter named MorrUey, was shot
whilst attempting to make his escape from the
Provost Guard in Reading. He had deserted
eight times from tbe army. The guard called
a number of times, to him to stop, but be ran
on, while be placed his thumb to his nose
On Morrisey repeating this peculiar gesture,
tbe guard drew up bis gun to shoot bim in
the legs, but two children intervening caused
the guard to aim higher sod the ball hit Mor
risey in the head killing him instantlv.
The guard, named Brant, immediately sur
rendered himself to the civil authorities ; but
Las tbeir jurisdiction does not cover the case,
be is probably at liberty.
Mcrdkr and Robbert On Friday night,
12th instant, about 9 o'clock, some person as
yet unknown called at the residence ot Aza
riah Dougherty, Esq., a merchant in Annam-
essex, Somerset county, Md., and said he wan
ted to go In the store and procure something
Mr. Dougherty was counting his money at
the time, and unsuspectingly, placed bis mon
ey (some $400) in his pocket. He stayed
rather longer than usual, and his wife went
out to see tbe cause of his detention, when
abe beheld her husbsnd in tbe last agonies of
death, produced by a blow over his head.
The store door was wide open. No clue to
tbe murderer bas as yet been obtained. Soro
erttt Md.) Herald.
Run thr Blockade The schooner Relief
arrived at tiavsmia, with cotton from Mobile,
and reports that the rebel steamer Florida,
lias Ovieto, had got out with a crew of one
hundred men parsing the Blockade during
the night. "-" ' " - -'"
THE LATEST WAR NEWS,
. John Morgan, with 2,800- men, made an at
tack on 600 Union troops on tbe 27th, wbo
Cere guarding the trestle work on tbe Louis
ville and Nashville railroad, near Muldrangh's
bill. Nothing positive is known of tbe result
of the fight, bnt it Is reported that the Union
ists surrendered to N Rebels after a brisk
fight, and that the rebels destroyed the trestle
work. If this be true, communication with
Nashville has been cut off for the time being.
On the 27th, a body of rebe? cavalry, Tari-
ously estimated at from 1,500 to ,000 with 4
guns, made an attack upon DamfriC but
were driven off, after a brisk fight, with some
loss. On the 28th, firing was beard in tbe di
rection of Occoquan, which it u thought was
caused by the rebel cavalry falling in with
Gen. S locum 's infantry. This raid to rear ot
Burnside's army created some alarm at first,
but it soon subsided.
Reports from Memphis state that our pick
ets have been driven into the fortifications,
and that the rebels have been committing dep
redations near them. ' 1
A FIQHT ON THE BLACKWATER.
Fortress Monroe, Dec. 25. Lieut. Col.
Stietsell, of the 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry,
Col. Spear's dashing regiment, bad a warm
engagement with tbe eaetuy at Porter's bridge,
on the Black water, yesterday, four miles above
Franklin. He drove tbe enemy 's pickets on
this side of the river, capturing four of tbeir
pickets, ouo cavalryman and hii horse, and
three infantry with tbeir arms. Colonel
SteitselPs advance, with their carbincra, un
der the gallant Lieut. John S. Rapes, first en
gaged tbe enemy at very short range. Final
ly discovering the enemy in superior numbers
above and below us on the river, with our very
small force of only four small squadrons, in
peril of being flanked. Col. Steitsell very
wisely concluded to retire, which he did in
safety.
Washington, Dec. 23. Tho President bas
issued tbe following :
Executive Mansion, Washington, Dec. 22,
1862. To the army of the Potomac : I have just
read your Commanding General's report of
the battle of Fredericksburg. Although you
were not successful, the attempt was not an
error nor the failure other than an accident.
The courage with which you, in an open field,
maintained the contest against an intrenched
foe, and the consnmate skill and success with
which you crossed and recrossed the river in
the face of tbe enemy, show that you possess
all tbe qualities of a great array which will
yet give victory to tbe cause of tbe country
and of the popular government. In condo
ling with tbe mourners for tbe dead and sym
pathizing with the severely wounded, I con
gratulate you that the number of both fs com
paratively so small, I tender to you, officers
and. so Idters, tbe thanks ot tbe nation.
(Signed) Abraham Lincoln.
Accounts from Utah represent the recently
appointed United States Judges to be dissat
isfied with the condition of affairs in that Ter
ritory, the Legislative Assembly still throw
ingevery obstacle in the way of holding
courts and bringing criminals to justice. Sen
ator Browning of Illinois has introduced a
bill endeavoring to remedy these defects, but
from all accounts one thing seems to he. cer
tain namely, that tint United States Govern
ment will have to meet the issue in Utah at
once, and for all, by prompt and vigorous
measures. Owing to the inefficient conduct
of former Administrations, the accumulating
evils bave become difficult to remedy, and the
former contempt for the Home Government
intensified.
Good ox a March. A scouting expedition,
sent out from Brownstown, Va., made a match
of 160 miles in nine days; caused the big
thief, Floyd, to retreat with his force aero
tbe Big Sandy to Pikeville, Kentucky ; burn
ed tbe town of Logan, with tbe residence of
Floyd, his mills, and some adjoining farm
buildings; destroyed an ordnance store of tbe
rebels at Wyoming, and a commissary store
on the head of Island creek ; broke np a gang
of bushwhackers near Logan, and captured 50
head of cattle, 40 horses, some arms, and 37
prisoners.
Brig Gkn. Campbell in Washington.
Acting Brigadeer Ganeral Campbell, (formerly
Colonel of the 1st Penn'a Artillery.) who was
reported as having been killed at Fredericks
burg, airived in Washington on Thursday.
He is scarcely expected to survive his present
painful injuries, having received three ghastly
wounds in the late battle. The bravery and
patriotic devotion of Gen. Campbell are pro
verbial, in the army and out of it. We con
fidently trust that a life so precious may be
spared for further usefulness and honor.
Hoarding Specie. A Western editor says :
-We have commenced hoarding specie in
view of future scarcity. We have already
three nickel cents, (one of them with a cow
on it,) two three cent pieces, a half-dime,
three very large copper cents, a Canadian
half penny token, and a jackass copper issued
from some private mint during the adminis
tration of President Jackson. When we get
our hoard op to a dollar we intend to invest it
in a dollar bill of one of our banks."
Headquarters Dep't. North Carolina,
December 23, 1862 To Maj. Gen. Halleck,
General-in-Chief: My expedition was a perfect
success. 1 burned the railroad bridge at
Goldaboro and Mount Olive, and tore up sev
eral miles of the tack of the Wilmington and
Weldon Railroad. We fonght four engage
ments, viz: At South-west Creek, Kinston,
White Hall and Goldaboro, and whipped
tbem hadaomely each time..
J. G. Foster, Brig". Gen.
. Rebel Steamers Captured Tbe New Or
leans papers report the capture of two Steam
ers loaded with sugar, and a launch filled with
I anas and amn;uoition and small brass cannon,
ny a exp-i'.t!vn sent up Achsblay river.
Through the exertions of Mr. Lincoln, the
wife of the President, and Mrs. Caleb B.
Smith, tbe wife or the Secretary of tbe Inter!,
or, a bonnteons Christmas dinner was served
np to every Invalid soldier In tbe Washington
hospitals. Over three tons of poultry, several
hundred bushels of apples and cranberries, a
quantity of butter, Rio coffee, &c, were dis
tributed among the various hospitals, by her.
Sax Fancisco, Dec. 27. The ship Leaking,
which sailed from this port on the 9th of Sep
tember, for Liverpool, loaded with wheat, was
totally lost when ten days out, and all on
board were tost except the tblrd mate, who-
was picked np by the bark Engenie and car
ried to Pern.
The New York Evening Pott, ot Friday, say
that four vessels are now loading at that port
with suppi'es for tbe French in Mexico. Sev
eral others bad been laden, and takes- thel
departure for tbe same destination.
The Commissioners of Lehigh county hav
issued small notes of various denominations
under $1. Tbey are printed upon good bank;
note paper, and are receivable for connty taxes.
Herschel V. Johnson, wbo ran lor the Vice
Presidency on tbe Douglass ticket In 1860,
has been elected to the traitor senate by tho
Legislature of Georgia.
The Dome of tbe National Capitol will bw
finished during the ensnelng year.
1ST OF CAUSES, for January term. 1S6S
J commencing 2d Monday, 12th dav.
Wm i D. Kerlin, vs Edward M'Garvay.
John Hepburn.
vs
Isaae Bloom
Unmet sniveiy. vs
John Patch in. va
Fitch Jt Bo j n ton. vs
L. W. Weld.
John Thompson
Abraham tioss.
Uost, use J. Kepler, vs
Whitcomb A Sods.
Dec. Zi. isoz
D. F. ETZWEILER. Prot'y
TO THE PUB LIC. Tbe undaraigned hav
ing purchased the entire stock of th late firm
of .tioore A Etrweller, and having mad large ad
ditions thereto, is now prepared to wait upon cus
tomer. Thankful for the very liberal patronage
heretofore extended to the firm, he hopes by
strict personal attention to basinets to merit a
continuance of tho same.
March 28, '62 -tf. D. F. ETZWEILER.
WHITTEVS GOLDEN SALVE Tkt
Great Progrrsxixy and Heatitig Rrmtdy.
Ad article that prosents a challenge to the world
to produce in any remedy yet invented, an equal
for the painless and rapid cure of external in
flnro story calamities, or diseases. It is good for
Painful Swellings. Sores, I leers, Burns, Scalds,
Rheumatism, Sore throat. Bruises, Sprains. Cuts.
Tumors. Erysipelas, Wart. Sore eyes. Boils,
Chapped bands, Frosted feet, etc . etc. Give it a
trial. Price 26 cents a box. For sate by JAOJif
OOeS. in Woodward township. March 19,62.
ORPHANS' COt'RT SALE. By virtn.of
an order of the Orphans' Court of Clearfield
county, tbe undersigned Exeoutors of Ilavid lr
vin. deceased, will expose to public sale at Lu
thersburg. on Sat irday the 24th day of January,
1SG3, the following described real estate, to wit:
All that tract of land situate in Brady town-hip,
ClearSeld county. Pa , bounded east bv I usrcr-oll .
tract, on the north by lands of Til ton' Reynolds,
south by Thomas Moore and Joseph Russell, and
west by lauds of Eli Fy. containing 10 acres, and
being part of tract Xo 5S79
TKKMS One half in cash at date of sale, and
the balance in one year thereafter with interest.
CtCILIA IRVIX,
JAMES IRYLX.
December 21, 1832-tt. Executor
LICENSE NOTICE 1 be following named
persons bavn filed in the o3ce wf tbe cierk of
the court tf Ouartcr Sessions of Clearfield county,
their Petitions for License at the January Session
A. D. ISrt.'). agreeably to the Act of Assembly of
March 2-Mh. ihio. eiititl d "An Act to reai.ta
the sul of Iiitoxlc.-itirj; I.i-juors," Ac :
Isaac Pickets, Tvcrn. Beccaria trn'p.
uju .Hiucf, j Hvern. iwezi torrmbiri.
James BIooio,
Ueorjre Knarr,
John Kiine.
Geo X Col burn,
T. F. Boalich.
Daniel Bible, Sr
Peter Bloom,
Isaac P. Carson,
Alf. Leoontc.
i avern,
Tavei n.
Tavern,
Tavern,
Tavern.
Tavern,
Tavern.
Iilooia town hip.
Brady township.
Burnside town p.
- i j ,
vjearueiu uoro
Decatur township.
Decatur township.
Jordan to wr ship.
Woodward tw'n.
Tavern.
Mercantile Girard township.
I. F. ETZWEILER. Clerk.
Clearfield. December 24. Ia62.
On Wednesday, Dec. 24,
n. w. smith & CO.,
WILL OPEN FOR SALE
A Fashionable and Choice lot of Good.
consisting of
Empress Hoods, Zephyr Sleeves, Dou
ble JNubias, Cloth Coats, Plaid
Shawls, W. Long Shawls, Im
itation Seal-skin Coats,
- Fancy Delaines, etc.
Recollect, we offer a Superior lot of
Goods. Also, a superior article of
Gents' Wool Hose, at 25 cts.
A superior article of Army Mits, very
comfortable for driving i"n. Com
forts, Scarfs, snd wool goods
in all styles cheap.
Clearfield, Pa., December 1862.
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gressional Globe and Appendix will be published
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this city the first Monday iu next December.
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the debates in both branches of Congress; also,
the news of the day, together with such editorial
articles as may be suggested by passing events.
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revised by the speakers, the Messages of the Pres
ident of the United Slates, tbe Reports of the
Heads of the Executive Departments, the Laws
passed during the session, and copious indexes to
all. They will be printed on a double royal sheet
quarto form, each sheet containing sixteen royal
quarto pages.
The Congressional Globe and Appendix pau
free through tbe mails of the United States, un
der a joint resolution of Congress passed the 6th
of August. 1852.
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the most important one that ever met.
ltuss: ror one copy of the Daily Globe da
ring the session $3 00 - For one copy of the Con
gressionalGiobe and Appendix during the ses
sion $3 00.
The Daily Globe may be taken for one or more
months, at tbe rate of SI per month. Subscrip
tions for The Congressional Globe and Appendix
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ny it.
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J newspapers that copied its Prospectus, but I n
uutamora raaoso any longer ; therefore, nr n-wv
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money to pay tor it as an advertiaement
Wsekingtea City, Oct. 21, 1852 JOHK C RTVE.
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