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BY S. J. KOAV.
CLEARFIELD, PA.. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1863.
VOL. 9.-NO. 40.
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COUNTY DIRECTORY.
TIME OF HOLDING COURT.
2d Monday in January, 3d Monday ia Jane,
fid " in .March. 4th " in Sept'm'r,
trf each year, and continue two week if necessary.
COCXTT AKD DISTRCT OFFICERS.
Prtf'tJudge Hon. Samuel Linn, BeUefotite.
ite Judges Hon. J.D.Thompson, Curwensville
. Hen. James Bloom, Forrest
Sharif. . - . Edward Perks, . . Clearfield
rothonotarv. D. F. r-tiweiler. . .
L Iti- 4 Ro. . Isaiah (J. Barger . . J'
District All y, israei ot, .... .
Treasurer.. . Joseph Shaw, . . "
Co. Surveyor, U. li. Wright, . .Glen Hope.
CommisaVr, S. C. Thompson, . Morrudale.
Jacob Knnti, . . . Luthershurg
Thos. Dougherty, . Gr. Hills.
Aiditor. . . B. C Bowman, . . Clearfield.
Chas Worrell, . . N.Wash'gton
- H Woodward, : . . l'ennficid.
Coroner. . . .J.W.Potter .. , . Leeoi. tea Mill
Co.Sttperiud't Jesbe Broomull, - . Cureu8vilU
UST OF POST-OFFICES.
Toienshtpa. garnet of P.O. NumeaoP.M.
(ceaxia, - Gleu Hope, - - Wm.S. Wright.
i ... Utahville, - . - - Theodore Weld.
Hegarty'sX Roads Samuol Uegarty.
Bell, - - Bower, - - W M'Cracken.
. - . . Chest, .... Tbos.A. il'Uhee,
... Cush, - - - - J.W Campbell.
.... Ostend. - - - H.L.Henderson.
Bloom, - - Forrest. -. - - - James Bloom.
Baggs. - - - Clearfield Bridge, - Ja. Forrest.
Bradford, Williams' Grove, - Jas. E. Watson.
Brady, - - - Luthersburg, - R. H. Moore.
. . . . Troutville, - - Charles Sloppy.
1 . . Jefferson Line, - - John Heberlin.
Burniide, - New Wash ingtonj James Gallaher.
. - Burnside, ' - W. C. Irvin.
" Patchinville, - - Jack Patchin.
... East Ridge, - Jacob Boice.
Chest,- --- Hard, -. - - G. Toser, jr.
.4 ... MoGarvey, - - Win. MeGarvey.
- ... Westover, - - - S. A. Farber.
Clsarneld, - Clearfield. - - - M. A. Frank
Covington, - Frenohvillo, ; - P. A. Gaulin. .
" - - - Karthaus, - - - J- F.W. Schnarr
Cnrwenville Curwensville, - - T. W. Fleming.
Decatur, - Philipsburg, Centre county, Pa.
. . West Decatur, - - Sophie Radobach
. . "Osceola Mills, - - T. F Boalich.
Ferguson, - Marron, - - - - Edin. Williams.
Fox, . . Hellen Post Office, Elk county, Pa.
Oirard, - - - Leoonte's Mills, " - C. Mignot.
... Bald Hills, William Carr.
Goshen, - - Snawsville, - - - A. B. Shaw.
Graham, - - Grahamton,- - Thos. H. Forcee.
Guelich, Smith's Mills, - A. G. Fox. -
- .... Mauera, - - - - Chas. J. Pusey.
Huston, - - Tyler, ... - David Tyler.
" ... Pennfield, - - - H. Woolward
Jordan, - Ansonville, - - -Elisa Chase.
. Karthaus. - Salt Lick, - - - Geo. Heckadorn
Knox, - - New Millport, - M. 0. Stirk,
Morris, - - - Kylertown, - - - Jas. Thompson.
... Morrisdale. - - - J.C Brenner.
Pnn. - - - Lumber City.t - - H W. Spencer.
.... Grampian Hills, - A. C. Moore.
Pike, .... Onrwt'i - T. W. Fleming.
.... Bloomingville. - - Bern. F Dale.
I'nion, - - - Rockton, - - - - D. t. Brubaker.
Woodward, Jeffries, .... James Lockett.
I This Post Office wt'H do for Chest township.
Will answer for Fergi son townahip.
STATE & lT. STATES DIRECTORY.
OFFICERS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Governor. - - - A.G. Curtin, - - - Centre county
See'y of Com. Eli Slifer, .... Union county
I)ep Secretary, t. B. Thomas, .- -Auditor
Gen. "- Isaac Slenker, - - Union county
f-urveyor Gen. - Jas. P. Barr, - - - Pittsburg,
Attorney Gen. W. M. Meredith, Philadelphia
Adjutant Gen. - A. L. Russell. - -State
Treasurer, W. B. M'Grath, -Pup
Com.Sch's T. II. Burrows. Lancaster co.
Deputy Sup't, - 8. P. Bates, - - Crawford co
ctate Librarian, Rev. W. DeWitt, - Harrisburg.
fiiTREMB CocHT Chief Justice, W. II. Lowrie.
Associates, Geo. W. Woodward, Jas Thompson.
Via tang. J. M. Reed. Sessions. Philadelphia
Irt Monday of January, Harrisburg 4th Monday
or April, s-unbury 1st Monday of October, and in
l'ittsburg on the 3d Monday of October.
OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES.
President, ... Abraham Lincoln, Of Illinois. -Vice
President. Hannibal Hamlin, Of Maine,
fee. of State. - Wm. H Seward, - New York.
of Treas'y S. P. Chase, - - - Ohio.
Stc. ot War, - E. M.Stanton, - - Pennsylvania
Sec. ot Navy, - Gideon Welles, - - Connecticut.
c. of Interior Isaac P. L'ther, - - Indiana.
P. M. Gen. - . Montg. Blair, - - - Maryland.
Attorney Gen. - Edward Bates, - - Missouri,
Scpreme Court Chief Justice. Roger B. Ta
fiey, of Maryland Associate Justices Samuel
Nlm of New York, Robert C. Grier of Pennsyl
vania. John M. Wayne of Georgia, John Catron of
Tennejsee, Nathan Clifford of Maine, Caleb B.
fmita of Indiana. Meets in Washington city on
the lt Monday of December.
DEMOCRATIC FREEDOM
To tssa.il the Government, traduce its au
thorities, insult its defenders, applaud Its aa
wilarjts, give Ad and comfort to its bloody
foes, disfranchise those who fight its battles,
diicoorage enlistments, encourage desertions,
incite sedition, stir up dissensioiis.distract and
divide '.he people, depreciate tbe national cur
rency, encourage resistance fo tbe collection
of the reveuue, misrepresent facts, promul
gate falsehood, advocate treason, and obstruct
the Government in every way possible that
will aid or encourage tbe rebellion and protract
the war this is claimed by tbe organs-and
leaders of the present bogus concern calling
ireLf the Democratic party, as tbe freedom
of speech and liberty of the press ! : And this,
'", In time of civil war, when the nation is
engaged in a life and death struggle with a
Jigautic rebellion.
Copperheads-Origin of theTerm-Wiat It Means
"Soon after the outbreak of tho rebellion,
Ihe Springfield (O.) Republic, published a com
munication in which the writer noticed tbe
Tti'Uunake as tht tmbUm of the South Carolina
Ttixli, and stated that the rattlesnake was a
Wore magnanimous reptile than the copper
head snake, as the former gives notice before
strikes, while tbelatter, besides being more
iDsiduous, strikes yoa without giving you sny
Earning; and applied the tern copperhead to
U the traitors and sympathizers with the rebels
in the free States. Other papers soon adopt.
the term, and It has become very general,
Jot some people do not see the point; and in
Indiana I see some use tbe terra copperbot
ons, but I cannot see tbe point of copperbot
'oraa. Copperheads is very apropriate name
nr free State rebels at heart."
OUR UNION.
Our Union, the gift of our fathers !
In wrath wars the tempest above !
The darker and nearer our danger,
The warmer and closer our love.
Though bleeding, it never shall perish ;
It bends, but not sinks to the blast;
Foes rush on in fury to rend it,
But we will be true to the last.
Onr Union, ordained of Jehovah,
Man sets not the fiat aside !
As well cleave the welkin asunder,
As the one mighty system divide.
The grand Mississippi sounds ever,
The spindle, the corn, and the cotton,
One paean shout. Union, to thee !
Our Union, the lightning of 'battle
First kindled the flame of its shrine!
The blood and tbe tears of our people
Have made it forever divine.
In battle we then will defend it!
Will fight tfll the triumph is won !
Till the State's form tbe realm of the Union
, As the sky forms the realm of the sun.
What a Bot's Pocket Contained. An ur
chin of seveu summers growth invited bis
mamma, the other day, to repair a slight acci
dent to a pantaloon pocket, and, to do this it
became necessary to upset tbe contents upon
the floor, an inventory of which we proceeded
to note down as follows t
Ind ia rubber, a bottle cork, an old gas burn
er, one nine-pin, a part ot an exploded Are
cracker, an old match box, one old envelope,
a bag of marbles, one hickory-nut, a piecj of
silk cord, several pieces of twine and strings,
the lid of an old pi II box, pieces of chestnut
hull, a piece of tin, a piece of gingerbread,
some pieces of lancy colored paper, two old
nails, a small picture b-ok, a slate pencil, a
broken jewsharp, the remains of a pocket
handkerchief, a penny whistle, a piece ot shoe
string, two grains of corn, a pocket knife
handle, balf a peach stone, two spotted chick
en feathers, a piece of brickbat, a spinning
top, a dead mouse, an assortment of buttons,
with crumbs of bread, candy, and a mixture
of sand, pebbles, and dirt generally.
A Story or the Swiss General, Fooliar
vi. A correspondent tells the following seri
ous joke which accidentally befell tbe accom
plished Swiss General Fogliardi, at tbe late
battle ot Chancellorville: Accustomed to tbe
broad, open and clear European battle fields,
where whole army corps can charge in battle
line without inpediments, and where tbe
surging squadrons of cavalry are tbe sweeping
concomitants of every army, be could not ex
actly see how a great battle could be fought
in that tangled, impenetrable wilderness, and
remarked to a staff officer, noted for tbe force
and brevity of his expressions.as well as great
personal bravery : "Zis Is not a battle, zls a
grand skirmish !" "j3 skirmish" reiterated
tbe Staff officer, "I'd. have you understand,
sir, that two or three skirmishes like this
would wipe tht whole Swiss nation off the face of
the earth, sir !" and he rode down the line into
tbe bullets with as much sang froid as
though eating bis breakfast.
The Uegimestal Fi.Aos.-The fligs which the
Govenor of Pennsylvania, by direction of the
Legislature, presented to each of the regi
ments from ibis State, prior to their going
into or after they had entered the field, are to
be returned to the State, to be deposited in
the archives, as memorials of the valor of those
who bore theru aloft above the struggles
and carnage-of battle? The nam j of every
battle participated in by each regira Jnt carry
ing one of these flas, is inscribed upon its
folds, which makes up the record of such or
ganizations. In after years these flags will
bo among the mest valuable possessions of tbe
Commonwealth.
A correspondent of the New York Tribune,
descriping the duels of the sharpshooters on
tbe Rappahannock, previous to Hookct's ad
vance, says :
"At one time during the day, in a pit near
at hand, I heard a rebel snap bis gun several
times'; but ft missed fire, much to his disgust,
for I could bear him swear when it failed to
go off. One of onr men amused at bis per.
plexity, called out : ...
" 'Hello, reb, where did you get your per
cussiou caps f"
" .They're .Northern Copperheads," wis bis
quick respond.
Important to Justices or the Peace. It
may not be generally known that, by tbe a
mended stamp duty act, all transcripts of
judgements from dockets of justices of
the peace will require a five cent stamp to
be attached, which must be cancelled by tbe
justice (riving the transcript. Tfie person or
dering the transcript will, of course, be bound
to pay the duty ; but it would save time and
trouble for justices to keep a supply of stamps
on hand, in order that they may be affixed
when required. A neglect to comply with
the provisions of this act renders the trans
cript worthless. "
Suffering in the Mountains. A recent
reconnoissance into the mountains of Ken
tucky, near Bsrboursville and Cumberland
Ford, disclosed that the people there are as
poor as they are loyal. . Tbe rebels resort to
torturing women and children to disclose hid
den corn, and take all. Men, women and
children have been stripped of their clothing
and shoes. One officer found two men strip
ped to tbelr shirts and nearly starving. These
people were first cleaned out by tbe necessi
ties" of Morgan, and ever since by tno reoeis
Starvation or flight will soon be the only stops
left them.
THE NEW DRAFT.
A draft for 300,000 men will shortly be or
dered by tbe President for the purpose of fil
ling up the old regiments. It is not the pres
ent intention to form any new regimeufs.
There is no time to drill and prepare regi
ments for this campaign. Recruits sent into
old regiments will be more fit for field service
in thirty days than they would be in six
months put into new regiments under green
officers.- iMvi 11 be far better for the con
scripts that they be assigned to the old regi
ments and placed among the Veterans who
have experience in the routine and duties of
tbe camp, and who understand, how to avoid
many things that injure the health and cause
sickness. The old bronzed warriors know bow
to cook, wash, sleep, camp, and march to tbe
best advantage, and can teach this valuable
Information to their new comrades.
Many friend-i of t he Union are impatient at
the delay in ordering a draft, but it has been
caused in getting ready. Considerable time
must necessarily be consumed in preparing
forms and instructions for the deputies, prin
ting them, and sending them out. There was
some time lost in selecting a Provost Marshal
General. -
Colonel Clemens has got the machinery of
the draft nearly perfected, and the appoint
ments of the assistants for the districts are
nearly all made. In a few days more the en
rollment will commence, to be followed by the
draft as speedily as possible. Those conscrip
ted will be at once mustered into service, uni
formed, rationed and assigned to Iheir regi
ments after a few days preliminary instruc
tion. Tbe regulations for the government of
the draft are already printed.
Each State will be credited with the time
for which her troops have enlisted. One three
years man In Illinois will reckon as much as
four nine months' men from Pennsylvania. If
a draft for 300,000 men be ordered, not to ex
ceed six or seven thousand will be required of
Illinois perhaps not so many while Penn
sylvania and New York will each have to raise
from forty to fifty thousand.
But tbe most difficult to 'determine .in rela
tion to tbe whole matter, is the proper con
struction of tbe 13th section of tbe Conscrip
tion act. If it be construed to mean that
tbe Government must receive $300 in commu
tation of service from a conscript, then the
purpose and intentions of tbe law Is in a great
degree nullified and defeated. Suppose every
conscript offers $300, the Government will
not gut a man if that construction prevails.
If the loth section be construed a;i obligatory
on the Government to receive money for per
sonal service, the act it is felt, will be a fail
ure, and tbe Government will be left without
the ability to procure men to fill up the ranks
of the wasted regiments.. .The few men that
may be got that are unable to raise $300 will
consist of those having the least interest in
perpetuity of tbe Union, and consequently
will make the worst soldiers.
The Secretary of War holds that tbe act
leaves it as optional with him to receive mon
ey commutation as it is for the conscript to
offer it. The 13th section says that "any per
son drafted may pay $300" "to such person as
tbe Secretary may authorize to receive it,
Jifor the procuration of such substitute."
$300, if received, is to be paid to some per
son who ofiers himself as a substitute. The
l.tw makes no'otber provision for the use of
the money. The Secretary of War is not a
Federal treasurer. lie gives no bonds he is
not a financial officer. The assistant provost
marshals are not Federal treasurers, under
bond. They have no use for tbe commnti
tion money, unless it be to pay it over direct
ly to persons who have .volunteered as sub
stitutes. What tbe whole act calls for is men,
not revenue. It is not a bill to raise money
to support the Government, but to procure
able bodied men to fight public enemies. Any
Other construction nullifies tbe law. Tbe 13tb
section should, therefore, be construed in har
mony with tbe purpose and object of tbe act,
and not technically in a way to render it abor
tive, to take away the power of national self-
defence, which Is simply suicide. The Sec
retary of War holds that be is not bound to
receive any conscript's money unless th:re is
a "substitute" standing ready to take the
money and serve in his place. This is the
common sense view of the act. Another ques
tion is raised in this connection : Is it consti
tutional, after drafting a body ot men, to let
oS three-fourths of them upon the payment of
a few dollars, and to force the remaining
fourth into the camp and battle field It is
certainly not in accordance with the prlnci
ciples of republican government.
There are two methods, proposed that will
save the act from proving abortive. The first
is lor tbe Secretary of War to appoint- no a
gents to receive the $300, as it is clearly op
tional with him. The act says be "may ap
point a person" to receive the money. Sup
pose be concludes he won 't.what then T Why,
the conscript must find bis' own substitute or
(to himself. This Is the short, blunt, Jackso-
nian mode of solving the difficulty, and tbe
course that ought to be pursued. The other
way is one which complies with the letter of
the law, and yet procures tho full number of
men called for by the draft. It ia follows t
1. Order a draft for a given number of men.
2. Call for an equal number of volunteers W
act as substitutes. 3. OHer each a bounty of
$400 ($100 paid by the Government, as pro
vided in section 17, and $300 dollars by the
conscript.) 4. Let each conscript, who wish
es to coii'mute, deposit his money in bank,
and enter bis name in a memorandum or pass
book, in the office of the enrolling officer, for
the inspection of volunteers who have tender
ed their services as "substitutes." 5. Let
each volunteer designate from the list for
whom he will serve, receive the conscript's
money and take bi musketr 67 Let each
conscript and substitute state his first, second,
third and fourth choice of regiments in which
he desires to serve. If more men apply for
admission Into a regiment than can be re
ceived, draw lots for the choice. But each
man to be restricted to regiments of his own
State. By this course each recruit will be
placed among his own friends and neighbors.
7. Let the volunteering commence before the
draft is made, as it will cause many to volun
teer to serve as substitutes, In order to escape
being drfted, as in that case they would only
get the $100 paid by the Government, and but
$25 of that cash down. 8.' He who is con
scripted for whom none offers to serve as bis
substitute, must go himself, or find his own
substitute. .
Tbe final construction of the thirteenth sec
tion of the Conscript act must come from the
President, and it is not known bow he will de
cide it, but it is believed that he will take tbe
ground that the law calls for men and not
money ; that it is a military and not a reve
nue measure, and that a man to carry a mus
ktt must be produced for every name that is
drawn from the box.
Gen. Hooker and the President. Tbe
Washington correspondent of the Philadel
phia Inquirer writes "Tbe conduct of Gen.
Hooker has been severely criticised by jeal
ous officers, open enemies, and by honest but
misguided men. Tbe attacks of all have been
quietly listened to and thoroughly investiga
ted by tbe President, and Gen Hooker is sus
tained. The recent battle at Chancellorville
ended in defeat, but Gen. Hooker is not con
sidered responsible. It is trne, that General
Halleck opposes another forwarS movement
at once, but it will only be tor a very short
time, and in the meantime General Hooker
has tbe entire confidence of the President and
the Secretary of War; the troops have un
bounded faitb in him $ bnt there are a num
ber of officers, some high in command, who
will doubtless be removed, in order that har
mony and cordial co-operation may be secur
ed when the army next moves.'"
While liik Peace Men arehowling about a
reconstruction on the basis oftbe Constitu
tion, the traitors are insuring tbe enthusiasm
of their deluded followers, that no free States
shall be permitted to come into tbe confeder
acy. Tbe leaders of the rebellion declare
that there can be no peace without a recogni
tion of tbe confederacy. Do the Democracy,
who are so persistent about peace, desire this
recognition ? This is a question which some
of the hypocrites must answer sooner or later.
The malcontents have made all the use they
could of Northern renegades, and they would
not associate with them now on any terms.
The most Davis would oiler would be commer
cial iuterconrse, on condition that fugitive
slaves would be returned or paid for if they
escape ; that is the reward offered to these
traitors for the aid they are giving tbe rebels
during tbe war, and past services.
The Rebels Parceling Oct Provisions.
A Federal scout with General Grant's army,
who baa lately arrived in Chicago, says that
commissioners have been sent through Missis
sippi ahd Alabama, whose duty it is to divide
up the provisions in those two States, belong
ing to planters and others, and all is confisca
ted, with the exception of tbe following ra
tions: to white residents, sufficient food for
their sabsistence to the first of July 5 to each
negro, two pounds' bacon per week and balf
peck of meal, up to the first of July. The
surplus, it is thought, will barely supply the
army until June next. AH means of obtain
ing provisions from other points outside of
these States have been cut off. '
A Thrillinq Announcement. On Sunday
morning, tbe Rev. Charles A. Hay, of the Lu
theran church, during the usual impressive
ceremonies of worship by that congregation,
announced from the pulpit the glorious news
of Grant's victories before Vicksburg. The
effect was eloquently impressive and thrilling,
while the words of devotion and gratitude and
fervent piety in which the announcement was
made, found a response in the bosom of every
true man and woman present. No man now
occupying a position in the pulpit feels more
earnestly than Bey. Hay in the cause of his
God and his Country. Telegraph, May 20.
Nature is a great believer in compensations.
Those to whom she sends wealth, she saddles
with law-soits and dyspepsia. The poor nev
er indulge in woodcock, but they have a style
of appetlie that converts a number one mack-
: eral into a salmon, and that is qnlte aa well.
t A smart negro the other day, in making
his exodus through Kansas City, was driving a
' stylish buggy with the following inscriptions .
j 'Emancipation and Compensation," 'Deporta
tion and Free Transportation." ,
ALEX'E H. STEPHENS A PROPHET .
SECESSION JUDGED BT ITS FRUITS.
It is well known that the present Yice Presi
dent of tbe Confederacy made a speech strong
ly opposed to secession in the Georgia Con
vention of January, 1?61. The following ex
tracts will show how clearly he perceived the
iniquity, and foresaw tbe results of tbe meas
ure :
"That this step once taken could never be
recalled, and all tbe baleful and withering con
sequences' that' must follow (ss they would
see) will rest on tbe convention for all coming
time. When we and our posterity shall see
our lovely South desolated by the demon ot
war which this act of yours will inevitably in
vite and call forth ; when our green fields of
waving harvests. shall be trodden down by the
murderous soldiery and fiery car ot war sweep
iug over our land 5 our temple's of justice laid
in ashes ; all the horrors and desolations of
war upon ns ; who but this convention will be
held responsible for it 1 and who but him who
shall hare given his vote for this unwise and
ill-timed measure (as I honestly think and be
lieve) shall be held to strict account for this
suicidal act, by the present generation, and
probably enrsed and execrated by posterity
for all coming time, for the wide and desola
ting ruin that will inevitably follow this act
you now propose to perpetrate.
'Pause, I entreat you, and consider for a
moment what reasons you can give that will
even satisfy yourselves in calmer moments
what reasons you can give to your fellow suf
ferers in the calamity that it will bring upon
us! What reason can you give to the great
nations of the earth to justify it 7 They will
be tbe calm and deliberate judges in the case,
and to what cause or one overt act can you
name or point, on which to rest tbe ploa of
justification f What right has the North as
sailed 1 What interest of the South has been
invaded 1 What justice has been denied?
and what claim founded in justice and right
has been withheld 1 Can either of you to-day
name one governmental act wrong, deliber
ately and purposely done by the government
of Washington, of which the South has a right
to complain 7 I challenge the answer I . . .
"I must declare here, as I bave often done
before, that which has been repeated by the
greatest and wisest of statesmen and patriots
in this and other lands, that it is tbe best and
freest government-the most equal iu its rights
the most just in its decisions the most le
nient In its measures, and the most inspiring
in its principles of elevate the race of men,
that the sun to heaven ever shone upon.
"Now, for you to 'attempt to overthrow
such a government as this, under which we
have lived for moro than three quarters of a
century in which we have gained our wealth,
our standing as a nation, our domestic safety
while the elements of peril are around us. with
peace and tranquility, accompanied with un
bounded prosperity and rights unassailed is
the highth of madness, folly and wickedness,
to which I can neither lend my sanction nor
my vote."
The correspondent of the London Times,
writing from Richmond under date of March
23d, nses language strongly corroborative of
Mr. Stephens, predictions. He says;
" If the civilised powers of Europe could
only wituess the misery which is, from every
acre of this once favored continent, crying
aloud to neaven, It could scarcely be but that
they would risk some chance of failure rather
than permit humanity to be outraged by con
tinuance of such excess of anguish as has vis
ited no nation since tbe sword first leaped
from its scabbard, and the human heart was
first sown with the bitter seed of vindictive
ness and hate.
; A Novel Parade. In Camden N. J., ou
Friday afternoon, May 22d, twenty eight sol
diers, nnder command of Capt. Louis Loeb,
all of whom had lost a leg in battle, paraded
through tbe streets on crutches. Others ac
companied them who had lost an arm and were
otherwise wonnded. The parade was attend
ed with mnsic, and formed a truly novel and
effecting scene. ,
In his advance from Port Gibson Gen. Grant
captured two immense piles of bacon, each
covering an area of 2,500 square feet, piled as
high as the branches of the forest trees, and
each containing, by estimate, 40.000 pounds.
The rebels, not expecting Grant to advance,
bad piled up the bacon in tbe woods, where
our boys, when advancing, fonnd it.
Skventt-focr manumitted negroes, former
laves of sessionists from Missouri, were stop
ped, a few days since, after thoy had crossed
tbe Mississippi at Millersviile, near Quiney,
Illinois, and robbed of all the arms and money
they bad, and then turned loose- The rob
bers were Illinois copperheads.
Everything Is very cheap in Japan. A first
class house can be purchased for thirty dollars.
Servants work for fifty cents a month. For
tbe use ot a horse and groom, one dollar and
a half. A person can live comfortably In ja
pan for two cents a day, or six cents a week.
Papers not stamped null and void. Atten
tion is called to tbe provision of the act amen
datory to the Tax law providing that all in
struments or papers which require a . stamp.
made, signed or - issued without one subse
quently to tbe 1st of June, are null and void
EEBEL DISAFFECTION IS 5. CAS0LINA.
Tbe Raleigh (N. C.) Standard, tbe special
organ of Governor Vance, and the great lead
er of the opposition party In this State, whicbr
Is now in the ascendency, by a two third vote,
In commenting upon an article from the Rich
mond Enquirer favoring an "imperial despot
ism" like that of France, says :
We know that military despotism is mak
ing rapid strides in their States. We know
that no people ever lost their liberties at once,
but sfepljy step7 as some deadly disease steals
npon the system and gradually but surely saps
the fountains of life. We know that tyrants
and tbetr minions always prepare the popular
mind in advance for their usurpations, and
that the usurpations are based upon the plea
of the "general good" or "military necessity.'
Tbe argument now is, "we hate Lincoln so bit
terly, that in order to resist him successfully
we must make slaves of ourselves." The an
swer of our people is, 'we will be slaves nei
ther to Lincoln, nor Davis, nor France nor
England.' North Carolina Is a State , not a
province. She has 80,000 as brave troops as
ever trod tbe earth. When she calls thent
tbey will come. If the worst should happen,
she will be able to take care ot herself as aa
independent power. She will not submit, in
any event, to a law of Congress passed in de
li berate violation of the constitution. She'
will not submit to Mr. D.ivi being invested
with dictatorial powers: but she will resist
such a law by withdrawing from tbe Confed
eration, and she will fight her way ont against
sll comers with a courage and an ardor which
will eclipse even any former achievements of
her sons during the existing war. For one wcr
are determined not to exchange oue despot
ism for another."
Other opposition papers are also denouncing
the "destructives." The Henderson (Nortb
Carolina) Times, in speaking of tbe approach
ing Congressional election, says
"Beware of the Fire Eaters 1 They are the
fag ends of the old defunct democratic party
who fight their battles in country bar rooms or
in the shade. They 'aided to precipitate the
cotton States into a revolution which baa
made a breastwork of Virginia, Nortb Caro- :
lina, Tennesee and Missouri. Let them be
anathema mar ant ha t Give them the reins of
Government, and after peace they will qoiek
ly carry us to perdition. Let them be mark
ed as deeply as Cane was, for they cannot be
trusted in politics as far as aa ox could b
thrown by tbe tail."
More Despotism. While General Dodge waa
making his raid through Northern Alabama,
one of bis officers, Col. Coruyn, on entering
tbe town of Iuka, issued the following order j
The citizens of Iuka, loyal or disloyal, will
forthwith provide coin bread for the patriot
heroes of this command. The said corn bread
will be furnished immediately, as the patriot
are hungry. Horence M. Corntk,
. Comraading Cavalry Brigade,
We submit to the Democratic clubs whether
anything can be found iu the constitution to
authorize Col.Cornyn to set a whole people,
loyal aud disloyal, to lha baking ot corndog
ers t The copperheads can make a pretty
good point out ot this case.
During the past week a gentleman called
upon tbe President and solicited a pass for
Richmond. "Well" said the President,"!
would be very happy to oblige you, If my pas
ses were respected ; but the fact is sir, I have
within the past two years, give passes to twa
hundred and fifty thousand men to go to Rich
mond, and not one has got there yet." The
applicant quietly and respectfully withdrew oa
his tip-toes.
Alarming stories have been told about peo
ple being poisoned with rye coffee ; but Mrs.
Partington suggests that some., of them who
use tbe extract of old rye in other fluid forms,
may be subject to quite as much damage aa .
the rye cofice drinkers.
Two daughters of John Bell, of Tenessee,
recently came through our lines to aojne of
their friends in Philadelphia. ' It is stated'
that upon their arrival in that city, they were
completely amazed at the indications of abun
dance and prosperity. ' .5
A box was sent from Providence, recently,
with the, following address : "John McPher
son, squire, knmpinary Ct sekund regiment'
'rode ilan pri-vatears, Washington, d, c
Kamp kioss tu the Wrappanok, ma nk wy
break. . ..
The State Agricultural Society, It latin-'
derstood, bag decided to hold an exhibition ai 7
Norriatown,' Montgomery county, commenc
ing on the 29tb 01 September next. ' '
So much ground has been planted in cotton 1
in Kansas this Spring that it will undoubtedly
become a staple crop in that Slate, if the -present
proves successful. ; . i
Virtue fluds its securest home among tbe
tons of poverty, as a duiicile fuwer is safest
from violation when shut in by the nniglit!y
and rugged rocks. . ' , ,
The sum of $32,066 has been forwarded tot h
Bisbob of Boston, who It now in Europe, for'
tbe relief of the suffering poor of Ireland. ' 1
A correspondent write from tbe South
tbat flour 1s so scare among tbe rel-oli ttni
tbe call it tbe "dust of beave."
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