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BY S. J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA.. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1863.
VOL. 9.-NO. 2i.
YjELlEF NOTICE. The Board of Relief
forftbe county of Clearfield, will meet at the
Commissioners' office in Clearfield, on Wednesday
nd Thursday, the 28th and 29th days of January,
A D. 53.
The Board of Reliefhave directed that the wife
of the soldier must appear before the board, and
produce her ."worn statement, detailing name of
soldier, regiment and company, and when enlis
ted ; the number of children, with age and sex of
each ; the t.wosbip in which they resided at the
time ot enlistment, and their present residence ;
nd that abe is without the means of support for
herself and children who are dependent upon her.
Two witnesses of credibility from the township
in which she resides, mast also be produced. w hose
certificate (sworn to before the Board of Relief)
lu us t set forth that the applicant is the person she
represents herself to be, that the statement of the
number and age of her family is true, that she is
indestitute circumstances and her family in ac
tual want, and that all the facta set forth in her
application-are correct and true.
Forms containing these requisitions ean be ob
tained at the Office of the Board of Relief, when
application is made and the witnesses appear.
N. B. Illness of the applicant, properly proven,
will excuse personal attendance
Jan 7. 1S3. WM. S BRADLEY. Clerk.
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May 7,
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All who have Friends and Relatives in the Ar
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and where the brave Soldieis and Sailors have
neglected to provide themselves with them, no bet
ter present can be sent them by their Friends.
They have been proved to be the Soldier's never
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Coughs and CoMs Affecting Troops,
Will be speedily relieved aud effectually cured by
usinj these admirable medicines, and by paying
proper attention to the Directions which are at
tached to each Pot or Box.
Sick Headache and Want of Appetite, Inciden
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These feelings which so sadden u? usually arise
from trouble or annoyances, obstructed perspira
tion, or eating and drinking whatever is unwhole
some, thus disturbing the healthful action of the
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Volunteers, Attention !-Ind!scretions of Youth.
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'en night and morning, and the Ointment be
rly used as stated in the printed instructions.
treated in any other-manner, they dry up in
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win require a little perseverance in bad cases
insure a lasting cure.
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To which every Soldier or Sailor are liable, there
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ir.Kn,t in:o the W0UDd n1 reared all around
" then covered with a piece of linen from his
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'ing. night and morning, 6 or 8 Pills, to cool
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jh ieiyi.Soldier 8 Knapsack and Seaman's Chest
onw provided with these valuable remedies.
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ernable as a Water mark in every leaf of toe
or directions around each pot or box; the
amemaybe plainly seen by boldiss the leaf
to an LMiBT A nand30mo reward will be given
to th7 je renderin8 information as may lead
feitin ,t tection of nJ PrtT or parties eounter
i. .i5 ""ed'eines or vending the same, know-
them to be spurious.
,0 So'd ' the manufactory of Professor Hol
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thrTJ! "SSt'tt nd Dealers in Medicine.
rougbOBt the civilixed world, in boxes at 25
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'r$r rises" D,iderble "ring by taking the
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York. Jannaiy 7, 1863 iv.
DlKS PLATES Just received
Ul bel?M ?vfw sL nd P1". of which
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SPEAK GENTLY.
Oh. never let an unkind word
Escape with harshness from thy tongue,
There's many a broken, feeling heart
Hath sadly from its accents wrung.
Though, even shades of seeming guilt
May e'er thy brother's footsteps pauso,
Thou can'st not tell, what circum tance
Hath wrought, unseen, the awful change.
Thou cans't cot tell, the copious tears
In humble penitence he shed.
And while thou seorn'st, pure angel forms
May watch around his midnight bed.
Remember, oh, how short is life,
How few the words thou may'at impart !
Then let them ne'er in discord chime
Upon the tender, loving heart.
The angry word, when once 'tis said.
Ten thousand worlds could not recall ;
Then, let it never wound a heart:
Speak gently, kindly unto all.
WONDERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
The atmosphere -rises above ns with its ca
thedral dome arching towards Leaven, of
which it is the most perfect synonym and sym
bol. It floats aronnd ns like that grand object
which tbe apostle John saw in his vission, "a
sea of glass like nnto a crystal." So massive
is it that when it begins to stir it tosses about
great ships like playthings, and sweeps city
forest like snow flakes to destruction be
fore it.
And yet it Is so mobile that we have lived
for years in it before we can be persuaded
that it exists at ill, and the great bulk of man
kind never realize the truth that they are
bathed in an ocean of air. Its weight is so
enormous that iron shivers before it like glass,
yet a soap ball sails through it with impunity,
and the tiniest insect waves it aside with its
wing. It ministers lavishly to all our senses.
We touch it not, but it touches ns. Its warm
south wind brings back color to the pale face
of the invalid ; its cool west wind refreshes
the fevered brow and makes the blood mantle
to our cheeks; even its north blasts brace in
to new vigor the hardened children of our
rugged climate.
The eye is indebted to it for ail the magnifl
cence of suDrise, the brightness of midday,
tho chastened radiance of the morning, and
the clouds that cradle near the setting sun
But for it, the rainbow would want its "triuin
phant arch" and the winds would not send the
fleecy messengers on errands around the heav
ens; the cold ether would not shed snow
feathers on tho earth, nor would drops of dew
gather on the flowers. The kindly rain would
never fall, nor hailstorm nor fog diversify the
face of the sky ; our n iked globe would turn
its tanned and unshadowed forehead to the
sun, ana one dreary, monotonous blaze of
light and heat dazzle and burn up all things.
Were there no atmosphere, the evening
sun would in a moment set, and, without war
ning, plunge the earth into darkness. But
the air keeps in her hand a shie'ld of her rays,
and lets them slip but slowly through her fin
gers, so that the shadows of evening are
galhering by degrees, snd the flowers have
time to how their heads, and each creature
space to And a place of rest and to nestle to
repose. In the morning, the garish sun would
at one bound burst from the bosom of the night,
and blaze above the horison ; but the air
watches for his coming, and sends first but
one little ray to announce his approach, and
then another, and then a handful); and so
gently draws aside the enrtain of night, and
slowly lets tho light fall on the face of the
sleeping earth, till hereye lids open, and like
man she goes forth again to labor until even
ing. -
StsGt LAR Fidelity of a Doa on the Battle-
Field. Oh iMouday after the battle, as lion.'
John Covode, in company with a number of
officers, was passing over the battle-field be
yond Fredericksburg, their attention was cal
led to a small dog lying by a corpse. Mr.
Covode halted a few minutes to see if life was
extinct. Raising the coat from the man's
face, he found him dead. The dog, looking
wishfully up, ran to the dead man's face and
kissed bis silent lips. Such devotion in a
small dog was so singular that Mr. Covode ex
amined some papera upon the body, and found
it to be that of Sergent VV. H. Brown, Compa
ny C, Ninety-first Pennsylvania.
The dog was shivering with the cold, but j
refused to leave bis mastei's body, and as tho j
coat was thrown over his face again be seemed
very uneasy, and tried to get under it to the
man's face. lie- bad, it seems, followed the
regiment into battle, and stuck to his master,
and when he fell remained with him, refusing
to leave him or to eat anything. As the party
returned an ambulance was carrying the
corpse to a little grove of trees for interment,
and the little dog following, tfie only mourner j
at that funeral, aa the hero's comrades bad i
been called to some other point.
Death of Vkseraule Ltma.v Beecheb, D.
D. The venerable Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher
died at his residence in Brooklyn, on Satur
day evening last, aged 87 nearly one year !
older than the Declaration af Independence.
His funeral will be held at the Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher's Chnrch, an Wednesday next,
at 2 o'clock p. m. The Rev. Dr. Leopard Ba
con, of New Ilaven, isexpecte-J to preach the
discourse on the occasion. On thursday, the l
remains, at the request of the deceased, will
be carried to New Haven, and buried by the
side of the Rev. Dr. Taylor, ths distinguished
Connecticut theologian. Gaxt Jnf 14.
WHAT A VOLCANO CAIT DO.
Cotopaxi, in 1738, threw its fiery rockets
3.000 feet above its crater ; while in 1754, the
blazing mass, strnggling for an outlet, roared
so that its awful voice was heard a distance of
more than six hundred miles. In 1792 the
crater of Tungaragua, one of the great peaks
of the Andes flung out torrents of mud,-which
dammed np rivers, opened new lakes, and in
valleys of 1,000 feet wide made deposits of
600 feet deep. The stream from Vesuvius,
which in 1737 passed through Torre del Gre
co, contained 33;G00 000 cubic feet of solid
matter; and in 1793, when Torre del Greco
was destroyed a second time, the mass of lava
amounted to 45,000,000 cubic feet. In 1760
Etna ponred forth a flood which covered 84
square miles of surfacace, and measured
nearly 100,000,000 cubic feet. On Ihis occa
sion the sand and scoria formed the Monte
Rosini.near Nieholosa, a cone two miles in
circumference, arid 4,000 feet high. The
stream thrown out by Etna in 1810 was in mo
tion, and at the rattf a yard a day, for nine
months after the eruption ; and it is on record
that the lava of the same mountain, after a
terrible eruption, was not thoroughly cold
and consolidated ten years after the event
In the eruption of esuvius, A. D, 79, the
scoria and ashes vomited forth far exceeded
.1 1 . t 1 . . T . ....
me enure uuik oi tne mountain ; wnue in
1GC0 Etna disgorgedruore than tjventyjtimes its
own mass. Vesuvius bas sent its ashes as fa
as Constantinople, Syria and Egypt ; it hurled
stones, eight pounds in weight, to Pompeii, a
umiauce oi six. tones, wnue similar masses
were tossed up 2,000 feet above its summit
Cotopaxi has projected a block 109 cubic
yards in volume, a distance of nine miles
and Sunbawa, in 1815, during the most terribl
eruption of record, sunt its ashes as far as
Java, a distance of 300 miles of surface.
and out of a population of 12,000 souls only
20 escaped.
WHO MTJEDEB. THE INNOCENTS !
Mr. Slashaway, who writes far the Ocean
Magazine, says the teachers murder them
Mrs. Prim, who picks the mote ont of other
people's eyes, says the same. Mr. Tradewell,
who comes home at night wtih the headache,
and does not like to be troubled with tLe
child ren's lessons, iterates the same charge.
And all the lazy boys and girls offer them
selves as the icing witnesses that they erpect
to die of hard study. We protest.
Who sends the children to bed with stoni
ach8 overloaded with indigestible food ? Not
the teacher.
wno allows busan Jane to go out in wet
weather with cloth shoes and pasteboard xoles ?
Not the teacher.
Who allows the little child in cold weather,
to go with its. lower extremities half bare, or
but thinly clad because it is fashionable ? Not
the t.-aeher.
Who allows John and Mary, before they
have reached their "teens," togo to the'ball"
and dance until the cock crows? Not the
teacher.
Who compels the children, several in num
ber perhaps, to sleep in a little, close, unven
tilated bedroom ? Not the teacher.
liri . i. . ....
no uuncis tne scnooinouse "tight as a
drum" without any posjibility of ventilation ?
Not the ieacher.
Who frets and scolds, because "my child"
does not get alorg as fast as some other child
does? Not the teacher.
Who inquires, not how thoroughly my
child" is progressing, but how fatt ? Not the
teacher-
Who murder the innocents ? .
Forgetting the Offence. A person came
to Mr. Longdon, of Sheffield, one day, and
said, "I have something against you, and I
am come to tell you of it". Do walk in, sir,"
he replied ; "you are my best friend. If I
could but engage my friends to be faithful
with me I should be sure to prosper. But, if
you please, we will both pray in the first place,
and ask the blessing of God upon our inter
view." After they rose from their knees, aud
bad been much blessed together, he said,
'Now I will thank you, my brother, to tell
me what it is that you have against me."
"G," said the man, "I really don't know what
it is : it is all gone, and I believe I was in the
wrong."
It does not seem that now is a time to dance
when the whole loud ruourneth. Indeed, we
look upon all such frivolities as exceedingly
heartless; it appears like mocking at our
neighbor's sorrows, if we are not striving to
drown our own. We - must take care that the
rod, which is for the fool's, back, does not
come upon us if we do not consider in this
day of our adversity. When stripes afar off
do not warn ns, they are brought nigb that we
may feel them.
"Temperance," says Dr. Franklin, "puts
coal oa the fire, meal in the barrel, flonr in
the tub, money in the purse, credit in the
country, contentment in the house, clothes on
the children, vigor in the body, intelligence
in the brain, and spirit in the whole constitu
tion." -. . . . -.
The Dalzell mills at Atlanta Illinois, are
now running with .corn for fuel instead of
wood, that article being cheaper and more ea
sily obtained than either coal or wood. .
SLAVERY.
From the Preliminary Report of 8th Census.
ror more than three and a half centuries
slavery bas existed in the West Indies. Indi
ans from the American coast were conveyed
to St. Domingo and Cuba in large numbers.
ineplea lor the capture and employment of
the aborigines was their conversion to Chris
tianity, which but few lived long to enjoy, as,
under the effects of labor and the climate.they
died with a rapidity too shocking to contem
plate. ,
This circumstance directed the attention of
the Spaniards to Africa, from which country
slaves were imported about the year 1503, the
licenses for that object greatly enriching the
Spanish exchequer for a long period after.
The introduction of Afrisans into Brazil and
Peru dates almost simultaneously with the
conquest of the countries by Cortez and Pl
zarro, early in the sixteenth century. By the
middle of that century the aboriginies of the
West Indies had disappeared, and their places
were occupied by Africans, who were introdu
ced about this period in very large numbers
throughout the Spanish and Portuguese pos
sessions in South America. It was but short
ly subsequent that English adventurers em
barked successfully in the slave-trade, which
they pursued under charters from Elizabeth
and James I.
The first negro slaves were imported into
Virginia in 1619, where they numbered about
2,000 in 1670". It is believed that the first
slave ship fitted out in the English colonies
sailed from Boston in 1646. In 1624 the
French introduced slaves into their island of
St. Christopher, and soon after into Martinique
and Guadeloupe, and shortly established sla
very in all their American colonies. The
Dutch embarked tn the traffic with other civil
ized nations; so that the conclusion is inevi
table that all the enlightened nations of the
world who enjoyed any extended commerce
simultaneously participated in a trade now
deemed contraband, and towards which the
world is now as equally united in .hostility.
Had slavery continued to expand in numbers
in other parts of America as it has grown in
the United States., there would at the -present
time be more than 21,000,000 of this class of
persons in the United States and the British,
French, Spanish, and Brazilian possessions.
It is believed, however, that in all American
countries and islauds of our seas, except in
lueunuea isiates, tne numoer or slaves was
only maintained from time to time by the pros
ecution of tho slave tradei While slavery in
North America extended, in 1775, from and
including the Canadian provinces to Florida,
its northern limit has been gradually contrac
ling, utaio indications clearly point to its
western termini, which have doubtless been
already attained. The importation of slaves
to the United States was interdicted by law in
18U8. Ln 1774 the legislature of Rhode Island
interdicted the importation of slaves into that
colony, and the next year enacted a law of
euiancipation by declaring the children of all
slave mothers to be born, free. Massachusetts
abolished slavery by her bill of rights in 1780.
In 1784 Connecticut barred the introduction
of slaves, and declared all born alter the 1st of
March of that year free at the age of 26. Penn
sylvania, in 1780, by law prohibited the intro
duction of slaves, and declared free all chil
dren of slave mothers born thereafter. Vir
ginia prohibited the introduction of slaves
from abroad in 1778 ; Maryland in 1783. New
Hampshire abolished slavery in 1792 ; New
York in 1799; New Jersey in 1820. Such
has been the progress and decline of African
slavery in our country, where its severities
have been humanity compared with other
countries, and where, although among the
last to cling to the institution, the traffic in
this class of persons was first seriously, as it
has been persistently, opposed. It may not
be out ot place to state that the American
States, which in the past century abolished
slavery, permitted the free colored population
to enjoy every right consistent with their con
dition as a class, and allowed bond and free to
remain during their natural lives in the State
or colony where they lived. . This fact, al
though sometimes questioned,' can be demon
strated bej'ond cavil ; and the contrary cn on
ly be urged by such as are unfamiliar with the
subject or have an object in the misrepresen
tation. The plan of gradual emancipation
probably tended to this result, as those who
were living in bondage continued to be slaves,
while their descendants were generally to bo
come free at such p'eriod as they were quali
fied to maintain their own existence by labor.
An examination of the relative number at
different successive periods, until slavery be
came extinct, must lead to conclusions that no
material deportation of slaves occurred shortly
before or after the passage of emancipation
acts a fact which cannot be controverted ;
and while it must be conceded that the nor
thern people prosecuted the slave trade at an
early period with energy and thrift, tbey are
entitled to the award of sincerity and honesty
in giving the earliest examples of the abolition
of the institution of slavery within their own
borders.
The Governor of Minnesota sent his mes
sage to the Legislature on Tuesday. Ha de
mands the removal of the Indians beyond tbe
border of the Stste.- . v
THE -DOMESTIC OPERA.
Since the night that Ike went to the opera,
he has been, as Mrs. Partington says, as crazy
as a bed bug, aud the kind old dame has been
fearful lest he should become "non pompous
mcntns" through his attempt at imitating the
operatics. The next morning after the opera,
at the breakfast table, Ike reached over his
cup, and in a soft tongue sang
Will you, will you, Mis, P.,
Help me to a cup of tea f
The old lady looked at him with surprise,
his conduct was so unusual, and for a moment
she hesitated. He continued in a far more
impassioned strain
Do not, do not kep me waiting,
Do not, pray, be hesitating.
I am anxious to be drinklug,
So pour out as quick as winking.
She gave him the tea with a sigh, aa she
saw the excitement in his face. He stirred it
in silence, and in bis abstraction look three
spoonfuls of sugar. At last he sang again-
Table cloths, and cops and'sauoers,
Good white bread and active jtws, sirs,
Tea gunpowder and souchong
Sweet enough but not too strong,
Bad for health to eat hot biscuit,
But I'll risk it butter II fix it.
"Wt.at do you mean, my boy ?" said Mrs.
Partington, tenderly.
All right, steady, never clearer.
Never loved a breakfast dearer,
I am not bound by witch or wizard,
So don't fret your precious gizzard.
"But, Isaac," persisted the dame. Ike
struck hi3 left hand upon the table, aud swung
his knife aloft in his right, looking at a plate
upon the table, singing
What form is that to me appearing ?
Is it mackerel or is it herring 1
Let me dash upon it quick,
Ne'er again, that fish shall kick
Ne'er again, though thrice as large
Charge upon them, Isaac, charge 1
Before be had a chance to make a dash up
on the fish, Mrs. Partington had dashed a tum
bler of water into his face to restore him to
"conscientiousness." It made him catch his
breath for a moment, but be didn't sing any
more at the table, though the opera fever fol
lows him elsewhere.
An Irishman's idea of America is contained
in the following extract "Where did 'bacca
coma from, Corney f" inquired Bridget.
"Why, from 'Meriky, where else V he replied,
"that sint us the first petate. Long life to it
for both." "What sort of a phce is that, I
wonder?" "Meriky, is it that ye'r after
knoin'. Thy tell me it is mighty 'sizable.
I'm told that ye might row England thro' it,
an it would hardly nuke a dint in the ground ;
there's fresh w iter oceans iniiido it that ye
might dround old Ireland in, an as for Scot
land, ye might stick it in a corner, an ye'd
niver be able to find it out except it might be
by the smell of whiskey."
A Rebel's Two Rights. Parson Brownlow,
the notorious, sys : I hold and I will utter
it now lest I forget this part of the subject
that everything a rebel has on the face of the
the green earth, a rebel South or a rebel North,
bis land, his horses, bis money, his hogs, his
property, including his negroes all he has
ought to be confiscated, and then bis infernal
neck ought to be confiscated. I deny that
the rebels, North or South, against this benign
government of ours, have any but two rights
under the sun ; one is the right to be hanged,
and the other is the right to be dammed.
Irishisms. Tony Gowen is advettised ae
having lost "a pig with a very long tail, and a
black spot on the top of its snout that curls
up behind."
A cow is described as "very difficult to milk
and of no use to any one but the owner, who
had one horn much longer than the other."
John Hawkins is alluded to as having "a
pair grey eyes, with little or no whiskers, and
a roman nose that has a great difficulty in
looking any one in the face."
Tbe North-western Jldvocate says that "the
man of feeble health who is never able to at
tend Church on collection days, is understood
to be paying serious attention to the lady who
is positively unable to attend evening meet
ings of any kind, except, sociables, parties,
and weddings."
We spend the best part of -our lives in ma
king mistakes, and tbe remainder in reflecting
how easily we might have avoided tbem. The
fact is that tbe mistakes may have been bene
ficial instead of tbe reverse, and we possibly
could not. have avoided tLem under any cir
cumstances. A school-boy, of about six years of age,
approaching the toaster with a bold look and
self-confident air, the following dialogue en
sued: "May I be dismissed, sir?" "What
reason have you for making the request V.
"I want to take my woman oat sleighing sir."
Mary Ann Rythers of Grand Rapids, Mich.,
bas applied for a decree of divorce from her
husband,' because be is an officer and doing
service in tbe rebel armv.
A bear chase came off . at Miffiintown on
New Tear's day. The bear snd the ban were
both liberally patronized.
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CONGSESSIOITAL PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate, on January 12th, a bill was
offered and referred to aid West Virginia in a
speedy and final abolition of Slavery. Tbo
bill for a further issue of bonds and notes was
adopted. (This is Mr. Chase's great financial
measure). The bill for the more prompt pay
ment of soldiers was postponed, it being sta
ted that its chief provisions were embraced in
the financial bill just adopted. After discus
sion of the bill to reorganize the Court ot
Claims, the bill for the discharge of State pris
oners was taken up, and Mr. Wilkinson made
a speech. No vote was taken. The bill to
raise volunteers for the defense of Eeutucky
was adopted 23 to 13. In the House, an at
tempt was made to take up the bill redncing
the duty on printing paper but did not suc
ceed. The House called for a statement of
the expenses incurred for the support of slaves
in disloyal States. A resolution fully indor
sing and ratifying the President's Proclama
tion referred to the Judiciary Committee,
an attempt to vote it down failing Yeas, 50;
N ays, 85. Inqniry was proposed into the ex
pediency of granting bounty lands to soldiers.
The President was asked to sesd in his in
structions to Military Governors concerning
elections of Members cf Congress. Leave was
asked to bring in a bill to establish a Bureau
of Emancipation. A Committee was voted
to report on the expediency of bnilding a mil
itary and post road irom New- York to Wash
ington. The Naval Committee were asked to
inquire into the expediency of laying a tele
graph wire from Fortress Monroo to New-Orleans.
It was voled that no more money ought
to be given to civil creditors until the soldiers
in. service are fully paid. A bill was proposed
to raise 150,000 colored soldiers for five years,
to be paid $5 per month with rations one
half to go to their families, or to be retained
where they have none. Its consideration was
postponed to the 2lst inst. An effort was
made, unsuccessfully, to pass slave-catching
resolutions to apply to Maryland. This
brought out a resolution inquiring into the ex
pediency of giftng aid to Maryland to abolish
Slavery. In Committee of the Whole, the bid
to provide means for the support of the Gov
ernment was discussed, Mr. Spaulding making
an elaborate speech. '
Is the Sekate, January 13th, the petition
of Mr. Jewett for Swiss mediation was indefi
nitely postponed. Mr. Wilson's bill for the
consolidation of regiments was introduced and
referred. All tbe .correspondence with tho
British Government in regard to the cap(uro;
of English vessels was called for. Informa
tion was asked as to the reported supply of war
materials lo the I rencli in Mexico. The Mil
itary Academy Appropriation bill was repor
ted to the Senate. Mr. Kennedy of Maryland
announced the death ol his colleague, the
Hon. James A. Pearee, and, after remarks by
two or three members, tbe Senate adjourned.
Is th k Horse, the Ways and Means bill was
discussed lu Committee, by Mr. Morrill ot
Vermout. A vote will be asked for to-day.
The death of Senator Pearce was announced,
and remarks were made by Messrs. Crisfield,
Crittenden.and others,and thebouse adjourned
Robbing the Dead. Persons who visited'
the battle-field of Fredericksburg with' our
burial parties state that the dead were all strip
ped or coats, pants, shoes, stockiugs, and in
some instances of drawers. Tho old garments :
of the rebels were strewed all over the battle
field. Evidently as they stripped our dead
they took off their old "duds" and put on the)
garments of the dead. Could anything ex
ceed this in disgusting cruelty. And this is
Southern Chivalry !
Horrible Accident. On Saturday after
noon, tbe 10th, a boy named William Johnson
was killed on the Reading Railroad near Port
Kennedy. Hp was employed on the Schuyl
kill Navigation, and at the time of bis death
was engaged in carrying timber across the rail
road to the canal. He saw the approaching
train and was clear of the track, but the loeo
niotive struck the timber which extended over .
his shoulder, mashing his head and face in a"
horrible manner.
-Count Mejan, the French Consul at New
Orleans, who is charged by Gen. Butler with
"being the financial agent of the Rebel Jeff.
Davis, bas been removed by tho French
Minister upon the presentation of the fact ia
the case by this Government.
The German Reformed Chnrch will cele
brate the present year, 1863, as the three-hundredth
anniversary of the Heidleberg Cate
chism as the rule of its faith, that formulary
having been adopted in tho year 1563 three
hundred years ago.
A gang of guerrillas passing the house or a'
Union man in Kentucky, recently shot bis
wife who appeared at the window, 'it is be
lieved that this "Confederate success" will in
crease tbe chances ot recognition by the Eu
ropean powers.
The Message of the Governor of Kentucky '
was sent to the State Legislator on Thurs
day. He protests against the' President's
Emancipation proclamation as fatal bat in
direct blow to Kentucky. '
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