Raftsman's journal. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, July 15, 1863, Image 2

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    rible. the musketry firing went on j thn ene
my, reforming after each dischargo with won
drous celerity and fltniness, still pressed up
the declivity. What hideous carnage filled
the minutes between thi appearance of the
6th Corps and th advance to the support of
the rebel columns of still another column from
the right, I cannot hear to tell. Men fell as
the leaves tall in autumn before those horrible
discharges. Faltering for an instant, the reb
el columns seemed about to recede before the
tempest. But their officers, who could he
seen through the smoke of the conflict gallop
ing and swinging their swords along the lines,
rallied them anew, and the next instant the
whole line sprang forward as if to break thro'
our own by mere weight of numbers. A di
vision from- the 12th Corps from the extreme
right reached the scene at this instant, and at
the same time Sedgwick came op with the 6th
Corps, having finished a march of nearly thir-,ty-six
consecutive hours. ... To what rescue
they came, their officers saw and told theuij
.Weary as they were, bare-footed, hungry, fit
to drop lor slumber as they were, the wis for
victory was so blended with the . thought of
exhaustion that they cast themselves in turn
est masse into line of battle, and went down on
the enemy with death in their weapons and
cheers on their lips. The rebel camel's back
was broken by this "feather." His line stag
gered, reeled, and drifted slowly hack, while
the shouts ol our soldiers lifted up amid the
roar ol musketry over the bodies of the dead
and wounded, proclaimed the completeness of
their victory.:, .Meauwhile, as the division cf
Slocu ni's corps on the extreme right left its
post to join in this triumph, another column
of the enemy, under command of Gen. Ewell,
bad dashed savagely against our weakened
right wing, and as the failure to turn our left
became known it seemed as if determination
to conquer in- this part of the field overcame
alike the enemy's fear of death and his plans
for victory elsewhere. The fight was terrific,
and for fifteen minutes the attack to which
the three divisions of the 12th Corps were
subjected was more furious than anything ever
known in the history of this army. The 6th
Corps came to their support, the 1st Corps
followed ; and from dusk into darkness, until
ball past nine o'clock, the battle raged with
varied fortune and unaiiatid fury. Our troops
were compelled by overpowering numbers to
tall back a short distance, abandoning several
ride pits and au advantageous position to the
enemy, who, haughty over his advantage and
made despeiale by defeat iu other quarters,
then made a last struggling charge against
that division of our right wing commanded by
General Geary. General Geary's troops im
mortalized themselves by their resistance to
this attempt. They stood like adamant, a
inoveiess,death-deating machine, before whose
volleys the rebel column withered and went
down by hundreds. After a slaughter ii:con
ceivable the repulse of Ewell was complete,
and be retired at ten o'clock p. m. to the po
sition befre referred to. TLe firing from all
quarters of the field ceased soon after that hour,
and uo other attack was made until morning.
THK BATTI-K Or FRIDAY.
As one who stands in a tower and looks
down upon a lengthy pageant marching thro'
a thoroughfare, finds it impossible at the close
to recall in order the appearance and the in
cidents of the scene, so I, who git this evening
on a camp stool beside the ruins of the mon
ument against which I leaned listening to the
robin of yesterday, find it impossible to recall
with distinctness the details of the unparal
leled battle just closed. The conflict, waged
by 160,000 men, which has occupied with
scarcely an interval of rest the entire day, from
4 a. m. until 6 o'clock this evening, contains
so much, so near, and snch voluminous mat
ter of interest as one mind cannot grasp with
out time for reflection.
This last engagement has been the fiercest
Bd most sanguinary of the war. It was be
gan at daylight by Gen. Slocurn, whose troops,
maddened by the loss of many comrades, and
eager to retrieve the position lost by them on
the preceeding evening, advanced and deliv
ered a destructive fire against the rebels un
der Ewell. That general's entire force res
ponded with a charge that is memorable even
beyond those made by them ' yesterday. . It
was desperation against courage ! The fire of
the enemy was mingled with yells, pitched
even above its clangor. Tbey came on, and
4u. and on, while the national troops, splen
didly bandied and well posted, stood uusbakeit
to receive them. The fire with which they
did receive them whs so rapid and so thick as
to envelope the ranks of its deliverers with a
pall that shut them from sight during the bat
tie which raged thenceforward for sis dreary
hours.. Dot of this pall no straggler came to
the rear. The line scarcely flinched from its
position during the entire conflict. Huge
laaases of rebel infantry threw themselves into
it again and gain in vain. Back, as a ball
hurled against a rock, these masses recoiled,
and were reformed to be hurled anew against
it with a fierceness unfruitful of success
fruitful of carnage, as before. The strong po
sition occupied by Gen. Geary, and that held
by Gen. Biruey, met the first and hardest as
saults, bat only fell back a short distance be
fore fearful odds, to re-advance, to re-assume
and to hold their places in company with
Sykes's division of the Fifth corps and Hum
phrey's (Berry's old division) of the Third,
when, judiciously reinforced with artillery,
they renewed and continued the contest until
its close. It seemed as if the gray-uniformed
troops, who were advanced and re-advanced
by their officers up to the very edge of the
J me of smoke in front of our infantry, were
impelled by some terror in their rear, which
they were as unable to withstand as they wore
to make headway against the fire in their front.
It was hard to believe such desperation volun
tary. It was harder to believe that the courage
which withstood and -defeated it was mortal.
The enemy gradually drewforward bis whole
line until in many places a hand to hand con
flict raged for , minutes. His artillery, an
swered by ours, played upon our columns with
frightful result, yet they did Dot waver. The
battle was in this way evenly contested for a
time, but at a moment when it seemed prob
lematical which side would gain the victory, a
reinforcement arrived and wore forrced in line
at such a position as to enfilade the enemy
and teach him at last the futility of his efforts.
Disordered, routed, and confused, his whole
force retreated, and at 11 o'clock the battle
ceased aud the stillness of death ensued. This
silence continued until 2 p. m. At this mo
ment the rebel artillery from all points, in a
circle radiating around our own, began a ter
rific and concentrated fire on Cemetery Hill,
which was held, as I have previously stated,
by the Eleventh and Second corps. The flock
ot pigeons, which not ten minutes previous ;
bad : darkened the sky above, were scarcely
thicker than the flock ot horrible missiles that
dow, instead of sailing harmlessly above, de
scended upon our position. .The atmosphere
was tkiet with shot and shell. .- The storm
broke, upon ns so suddenly that soldiers and
ofScers-who leaped, as it began, from their
tents, or trotn lazy siestas oo the grass were
Stricken in their rising with mortal wounds
and died.sotne with cigars between their teeth,
aorae. with pieces of food in their fingers, and
one at least a pale youug German,! roqi Fenn
sylvaaia with a miniature ot bia aister in bis
bands, that seemed more meet to grasp an ar
tist's pencil than a musket. Horses fell,
shrieking such awful cries as Cooper told of,
and writhing abont. in helpless agony. The
Liafds of fcneeSj scattered by explosion, dew
n splinters through the air. The earth, torn
np in clouds, blinded the eves of hurrying
nieti; and through the branches of the trees
ana among the grave-stones of the cemetery
shower of destruction crashed ceaselessly. As,
with hundreds of others, I groped through this
tempest of death for the shelter of the bluff,
an old man, a private in a company belonging
to the 4th Michigan, was struck scarcely ten
feet away by it cannon ball, which tore through
him, extorting such low, intense cry of nior
t-I pain as I prav God I mav never again hear.
The hill, winch seemed alone devoted to this
: J .1 t : 1 1 1 a. ....
ran. uj ueaiu, nia cicar in nearly ai. io un
sheltered places within five minutes after the
fire began.
Our batteries responded immediately. Three
hours of cannonading ensued, exceeding jn
fierceness any ever known. Probably three
hundred cannon were fired simultaneously un
til 4 o'clock, when the rebel infantry were a
gain seen massing in the woods fronting our
centre, formed by the First and Second corps.
Gen. Doubled iy's troops met this charge with
the same heroic courage that had so often re
pelled in his desperate attempts. The charge
was made spiritedly, but less venomously than
before. Gen. Webb, command incr the Sec
ond brigade, Second division of the Second
corps, met the main fury of the attack with a
steady fire that served to retard the enemy's
advance for a moment. That moment was oc
cupied by the rebel Gen. Armistead in steady
ing his troops behind the fence. GenC Webb
immediately ordered a charge, which was made
with such sgerness and swiftness, and sup
ported by such numbers of our troops, as eua
bled us to partially surround the enemy, and
capture Gen. Armistead and 3.000 of his men.
The carnage whijjh accompanied this charge
and the terror inspired by it were so great as
to reduce numbers of the foe to actual cowar
dice. They fell upon their knees and faces,
holding forward their guns and begging for
mercy, while their escaped comrades, panic
Stricken and utterly routed rushed down across
the ditches and fences through the fields and
through Gettysburg. .Not a column remained
to make another start. The triumph fought
for during thes three terrible days belonged
at last to the noble Army of the Potomac-
Below we give some ol the casualties among
the officers at the battle at Gettysburg :
Wocndeo. Col. Taylor, 1st Bucktails. Col.
O. Kane, 69th Pa. Col. Baxter, 72d Pa.
Lieut. Col. Miles. Sd Pa. Lieut. Col. Dwiiht.
149th Pa. Col. Wister. Lieut. Col. Huide
koper, Major Ctiainberlin, and Adjutant Aslt
huret, loOth Pa. Col. Van. Hartung, 74th
Pa. Maj. Lowere, 62d Pa. Col. Brown,
145th Pa. Col. Biddlo. Brig. Gen. Paul.
Brig. Gen. Mereadilh. Brig Geu. Barlow.
Lieut. Col. McFarland 1511 Pa. Brig. Gen.
Schimmelfenning. Alaj. Gen. Doubleday.
Maj. G n. Gibbon. Maj. Gen. Butterfield.
Lieut. Col. Dickinson. Maj. (Jci. Sickles.
Col. Vincent, 83d Pa. Lieut. Col. Strvker.
2d Del. Col. Ramsey, fcth .N J. Col. Fran
cine, and Lieut. Col. Price, 7th N. J. Brig.
Gen. Shired. Geu. Barnes. Lieut. Col Key
nolds, 63d Pa. Maj. Smith, 66ih Pa. Maj.
Jones, liOtd Pa. Col. Pierce, 3d Mich. Gen.
Birney.
Killed Col.R. P. dimming, 142d Penn'a.
Lieut. Col. Tschindy , 69th Pa. Brig. Gener
al Zook. Col. Abbott.' Gen. Weed. '
The slaughter among the rebel general offi
cers was very great.
Major Gen. Trimble is a prisoner in our
lines ; bis left foot gone.
Brig. General Kember is a prisoner in a dy
ing condition.
General Armistead, captured on Thursday,
is dead.
Major General flood is wonnded in the arm -Generals
Heth, Pender, and Picket are al
so known to te wounded :
Gen's Barksdale and Garnett were killed.
THE SIEGE OF VICXSBI7RG.
The following is a chronological record of
the seige of vicksbnrg from its first inception:
Mayl2, 1S62 Flag Officer Farrgnt demands
the surrender.-
Jnne 18Farragut passes Vicksburg with
his fleet. .
. June 23 United naval attack npon.
. July 24 Naval siege raised by Farragut.
Dec. 28 General Sherman defeated;
Jan. 22 General McClernand prepares for
se.i?e operations.
February 18 General Grant arrives.
February 18 General Grant commences
bombardment- . '
March 21 Admiral Farragnt arrives.
March 2o Two gunboats rnn past.
April 16 Six gunboats run past.
, April 17 Fire opened from Peninsula bat
teries. '..';. : .
April 26 Admiral Porter shells and passes
Grand Gu if. :
April 80 Gen. Grant lands at Bowliosburg
and moves on Port Gibson. r
May 2 Grand Gulf and Port Gibson cap
tured. - ; .. ' -:
May 12 Engagement and victory at Ray
mond. May 13 Battle at Mississippi Springs.
May 14 Occupation of Jackson.
May 16 Battle at Baker's Creek. '
May 17 Battle of Big Black River Bridge.
May 16- Evacuation of Jackson by General
Grant. - .
May 18 Gen. Grant invests Vicksbnrg.
May 19 Hams' and Chfckasaw Bluffs cap
tnred. -
May 19 General Steele carries the rifle
pits, and General Grant's right and left rests
upon the river.
May 22 An unsuccessful assault made by
Gen. Grant.
July 4 Vicksbnrg surrendered lo General
Grant. . -
"J. B." oit th b Trakp.--A letter from Lan
caster, Pa., says that ex President Buchanan
was seen rushing through the streets on Mon
day morning with a large tin box in his hand,
probable containing his valuables. Notwith
standing all Ins eminent services in behalf of
the rebels, the "old puplic functionary" evi
dently comprehended that they . bold him in
profound contempt, and would show him no
more mercy than they showed the copper
heads of York, whose doughty Burgess, Mr.
Schtual, the editor of that copperhead jonr-
nal, the i'otk Gazette, tramped eight weary
miles to meet the invaders and surrender the
town. Whether J. B.'s tin box, with which he
was "a moving op'.'xontained the history of
his administration, written by himself, which'
has so long been promised," or whether it was
filled with title deeds and worthless green
backs probably an anxious public will never
be permitted to know. Can any one tell us
whether the" scared ex-President is still on the
tamp 1 Evening Post. , '
VoLfNTEeas read this. For the derange
ment of the system, Change of diet, Wounds,
Sores, Braises and Eruptions, to which every
volunteer ia liable j there are no remedies aa
safe, convenient and sure as Holloway'a Pills
tc Ointment, thoroughly tested in the Crime
an and Italian Campaigns. Only 25 cents per
box pr pvt.! t.V- j - -; ? ; ; ., , . i r , ,34-
Jtaftsnuw's $flimial.
BT SAMUEL J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD. PA., JULY 15, 1863:
THE VICTORY AT GETTYSBURG.
In to-day's Journal will be found a detailed
account of the great Battle at Gettysburg,
which will give our readers a better idea, per
haps, of the fierceness of the struggle And the
completeness of "the victory achieved by the
Army of the Potomac under command of Gen
Meade, than anything we have yet seen in
print. The rebels had at least 100.000 men at
Gettysburg our army was not so large per
haps we had 85,000 near there. It is evident
that on the first d&y's fight our forces under
Generals Reynolds and Howard were badly
worsted. During the second day the Rebels
fought with a desperation never before wit
nessed, but finally towards evening they were
driven back at every point, with, perhaps, a
single exception. On the third day their re
pulse was complete, and the most decisive
victory in the course of this wicked Rebellion,
was gained by the Union army. It is almost
impossible, at this early day, to estimate the
loss sustained by either side, but all who have
had opportunities to inform themselves, cal
Culate the Rebel loss in killed, wounded and
prisoners at double ours at least.
The effect which this groat victory of Gen.
Meade over Gen. Lee will have in the South.
is a matter of no little importance. Lee had
the reputation of being invincible. His men
had a blind faith in his invulnerability. His
defeat destroys all this prestige and cannot
fail to demora lize his army, But this is not
all. The Rebels penetrated one of the richest
portions of our State. They saw the "fat of
the land" rich fields of grain, farmhouses
and barns unsurpassed in the world they wit
nessed the prosperity which prevail at the
North in all branches of industry, and beheld
our villages and towns throng with able-bod
ied men, who bad not, as yet, taken part in
the conflict which has been raging for over
two years. All this, as we have been reliably
informed, were so many sources of surprise
and amazement to the Rebels, and when they
return South the mere relation of what they
had seen, will open the eyes of the people to
the delusion which their leaders have practic
ed opon them, and will as effectually demor
alize .public opinion in Rebeldom, as the de
feat of Lee at Gettysburg has demoralized his
army.
FAIRLY C0RNESED .
A committee of Ohio "Democrats," repre
senting the copperhead party of that State, re
cently entreated President Lincoln to revoke
the decree of banishment pronounced against
the traitor, Vallandigham. Mr. Lincoln made
a characteristic reply, which will be found in
full on the outside of this paper. He says if
the committee will sign and abide by a propo
sition' which he includes in his letter, he will
resciud tl.e order. This proposition simply
acknowledges the existeuce of the Rebelion ;
that the Army and Navy are Constitutional
means for suppressing it; that neither of the
Committee willhindbr the increase or favor the
decrease of the Army and Navy while engag
ed to suppress the Rebellion : and that each
of them will do all be can to to have the offi
cers, soldiers and seamen, whilst so engaged,
paid, fed, clad, and otherwise well provided
for and supported. These propositions can be
subscribed to by every man in the land who
is right at heart and wishes ' to preserve the
Union ; and unless the Comm ittee subscribe to
them they will be responsible for the contin
ued banishment of Vallandigham, and their
refusal will have the effect of destroying .all
the "buncombe" the Copperheads have been
making out of their leader's trial and depor
tation. ; Yea further, by their refusal to en
dorse the proposition mtda to them by the
President, they place themselves and their
party upon the record as being opposed to the
preservation of the Union, acknowledge that
they are really in facor of the Rebellion, and
that they desire the destruction of the Consti
tution and the Government . ,
THE -PEACE" MEN.
As we anticipated, last week, the copperheads
arc raising the cry that now since Grant and
Meade are victorious the Government should
offer terms to the rebels. What terms can
the Government offer except unconditional
submission J The rebels know that they can
have peace on those terms at any moment.
They could have had it long before the battle
of Gettysburg or the surrender of Vicksburg.
It is not for the Government at Washington
to sue for peace, now when everything seems
to indicate that peace will come through the
utter extinction of the rebellion. But the lead
ers of the re be Ilion at R ichmond may offer to
submit, and the President will be only too
happy to order a cessation of hostilities. Let
the Peace men make their appeals to their
friend Jefferson " Davfs. Ile began the war,
and he can end it without further bloodshed,
if he chooses.
Critical Surgical Operation. QnTues
day last, Drs. Woods and Crouch, extracted
a Minnie Rifle ball from the shoulder of John
Lytle of tbe84th Pecn'a volunteers, which
he received at the battle of Fredericksburg ;
the ball having been embedded beneath the
posterior part of tho clavicle. The operation
required much skill and care, on account of
the proximity of tliH ball to the subclarian ar-terT-
REBEL INVASION 15 INDIANA.
The rebels under Morgan, who have inva
ded Indiana, in the hope of finding copper
head recruits to help them to do mischief, will
probably soon find that part of the country
too hot for I hem. Besides the State militia,
which is already: in motion from all quarters,
under the energetic direction of Governor
Morton, we find that, all the troops in the
State of Michigan have been called for by the
authorities, and are already on the way to
meet Morgan and his horde, whom tlie west
ern men fully expect to "gobble up" in a day
or two. : ' " - 'J
THE NEW FOURTH OF JULY.
On the Fonrth of July, 1776, American In
dependence was formally declared ; on the
Fourth of July, 1863, it was virtually reafirm
ed in the glorious events which assure us that
it cannot be destroyed. On the one day A
merica resolved that she would arise, and take
her place among the nations : on the other,
having arisen to all that her wildest dreams
could have embodied, sho proved she was too
great to fall. Iu that event she asserted her
rights: in this, she revealed her power. All
that was gained ou the oue day, was on the
other preserved ; and every word which on
the Fourth of July, 1776, was read from the
steps of the Hall of Independence, received
a Lew emphasis, a profounder hteaniug, from
the deeds done on the anniversary of that day,
in 15G3.
When the American colonies of Great Brit
ain declared themselves to be free and inde
pendent States, and, though weak and unpre
pared for war, successfully defied the author
ity enforced by the armies of the empire
whose yoke they bud cast off, their triumph
was indeed glorious. But not less glorious
will be the victory which the United States
will finally achieve over a foe more danger
ous than Great Britain a victory which be
gan on the Fourth of July with the route ol
Lee's army, and the capture of Vicksburg.
These results are more than coincidental.
The anniversary, of the dy of Freedom was
au inspiration to our armies, and enflimed
them with a fiercer ardor. Men who could
not conquer then, could never conquer. We
believe that it was a pure impossibility for
the Army of the Potomac, standing on Penn
sylvania soil on the evening of the 8d of Jnly,
to have failed. . A moral necessity compelled
it to succeed. It is no wonder that the bat
tle was the bloodiest of the war, and that our
forces surpassed all their bravery on other
fields. It may have been a co-incidence that
Vicksburg should have been surrendered on
that day, but hereafter we are disposed to be
lieve, superstitiously, perhaps, that the Fourth
of July had something to do with everything
good that happens. Henceforth we have dou
ble cause to celebrate tho Anniversary of A
merican Independence, for it is also the anni
versary, of National salvation. We had
thought it impossible to make the day more
glorious, but Grant and Meade have taught ns
our mistake. . Eighteen hundred and .sixty
three illuminates with new light the memory
of Seventeen hundred and seventy-six ; splen
dor is added to splendor, and joy to joy ; vfe
shall hereafter read with very different feel
ings the words which Jefferson then gave un
to the world, and agree with him, though for
new reasons, that, "Governments long estab
lished should uot be changed for light and
transient causes." Press.
What Invasion has Taught Pennsylvania.
Invasion has taught the people of Pennsyl
vania many salutary ies.ons, and if they profit
by the inculcation, what they have lost in ma
terial wealth will not be accounted a serions
injury. We have learned, in less than twen
ty aays, that we Dave a foe within as well as
a foe without the Slate. : We do not mean an
armed rebel foe, when we refer to tho enemy
within our borders. Such a foe is honorable
in all respects, in comparison withMhe mean
wretches to whom we allude the secret syni
pathizers with treason, who unveiled them
selves when the rebel armies advanced across
our borders, who conducted the worst of these
forces through the quiet and fruitful Cumber
land Valley, and who acted as detectives for
the rebel chiefs In pointing out tie concealed
property ot union men. All this we have
learned, but important as this knowledge is,
we have learned other lessons, frvm which we
trust the people of Pennsylvania will not fail
to be profited We have been taught that we
must take care of ourselves, or be taken care of
by others at the expense of our honor as a people,
and our reputation as a sovereign State. Now
that the great danger is past, and that Penn
sylvania has rallied under her State flag farty
uiousauu men, uis not impolitic to admit
thit when the dread reality of invasion first
startled onr people, we were unprepared to
meet a foe on our soil. We were unprepared
to do this, simply because our entire military
enterprise had been monopolized by the Na
tional Government, while measures which had
been proposed to secure a local military or
ganization for Stato purposes, had been de
feated with partisan maliguity by the majori
ty in power in the last Legislative House.
If the leaders of that majority had understood
at that time that the rebels intended to invade
Pennsylvania at some future period, and if
these leaders bad intended to play into the
bands of the rebels, they could not have more
effectually done so than they did when they
opposed the suggestions of Gov. Curtin for
the re-organization of the State militia. Had
that re-organization been effected when it
was proposed by Got. Curtin had the bill
which was passed for that purpose by a Re
publican Senate been adopted by a Democrat
ic House, the battles which have already del
uged Pennsylvania with blood would have
never been fought, (he pillage which has im
poverished the Cumberland Valley, would
never have taken place. The lesson thus
learned will induce Pennsylvania to maintain
a militia force adequate to the defence of br
border, sit will prompt our people to organ-
iza on a aecura militr h..it t. .n . . 1
ize on a secure military basis. It will teach
the masses no longer to rely on the demo
gogues who have deceived them so often,
merely tfcat they might pander to party while
the Commonwealth was in daily danger of in
vasion and distress. Thus invasion has incul
cated many salutary lessons. Let us profit
by the teaching, and leaxn to protect our
selves hereafter. Telegraph.
THE DOINGS OF A REBEL SYMPATHIZER
IN GETTYSBURG
The editor of the Gettysburg Compiler, the
organ of the copperhead treason sympathizers
in Adams county, was arrested a few days 1
since, charged with having communicated
with the rebels while they were in posses
sion of Gettysburg. It is alleged that he in
formed a rebel colonel that a certain number
ot wounaea union prisoners, . with a given
number of arms, were concealed in the bouse
of the postmaster of Gettysburg, Mr. Buehler
At the moment Stable (who is the wretch ar
rested) was engaged in imparting this infor
niation, he was overheard by one of the woun
ded men who was coucealed in the house in
question, :ind who at the timu the conversa
tion took place, was making au observation
from the third story window to note what he
could see or hear on the streets. This woun
ded man could see and hear Stalhe witli great
distinctness, and after the miserable pimp
had imparted his information to the rebel of
fleer, he was also heard requesting him not to
ring the bell or enter the house until he
(Stahle) had turned the corner into an ad
joining alley. The rebel officer com plied with
the request, and did not enter the house un
til Stahle bad concealed his carcass. After
gaining admittance to Postmaster Buchler's
residence, the business of the intruder was
eoon stated. 1 he wounded men were of
course found and at once parolled, but after
carefully peering iuto every corner and ex
amining every room from cellar to the attick,
no concealed arms or amunition were found.
Satisfied that he had been deceived by the
pimp Stahle, who evidently imagined that the
charge of concealing weapons would bring tho
P. M. into difficulty, the re Ml officer left the
premises, expiexsing more disgust for his in
formant than for those on whom he informed.
On the testimony of the wounded soldier,
who fortnnately overheard the conversation be
tween Stable and the rebel officer, tho former
was arrested and is now (or was) in the hands
of the U. S. Provost Marshal of Adams coun
ty. What disposition should be made of suoh
a wretch J Every hunest man will answer,
hang him.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Atlverttsementssrt m large type, cuts, or out of usual
ntyleurill be charged double price for space ore rtpied.
To insure attention, the CASH must accompa
ny notices, as follows: All Cautions with SI,
Strays, $1; Auditors' notises, $1,50; Adminis
trators' and Executors' notices, 1,50, each ; and
all other transient Notices at the sama rates.
Other advertisements at $1 per square, for 3 or less
mse.-tions. Twelve lines (or less) count a square.
ORPHANS' COURT SALE By virtue of
an order of the Orphans' Court ofthecouaty
of Clearfield, there will b exposed to Public Sale,
in the Borough of Clearfield, on Saturday the Hth
of August, next, the following described Real Es
tate, situate in tbe township of Goshen in the
county of Clearfield, late the property of John
Selfridge.deceased. A certain tract of land boun
ded and described as follows: Beginning at an
old Hemlock (down) being the south-west corner
of tract No. 1915, thence east 2 j2 perches along
the warrant line, to an old Locust, (down) thence
down the river,9a perches torn Post corner.thencc
north .twenty-one degrees west 182 perches to a
Post corner, thence west 152 perches to a white
Pine corner, thence south 101 perches to a White
oak, thence west 110 ocrcbes, to stones, then
south 128 perches to the place of beginning. Con
taining 326 acres, and the usual allowance, hav
ing about acres cleared, and having erected
thereon a small Tavern House and barn. Reser
ving 52 acres sold and conveyed to Elliott Sel
fridge. as per Deed executed by John Selfridgc.'
Terms, 1 -tenth cash at sale and the balance at
the confirmation of the same.
WILLIAM L. SHAW, AdinV
Goshen tp - July 10, JSti3. of J. Self ridge, dc"d.
SALE OF REAL ESTATE. OF L. K.
CARTER, DLC'D. By order of the Or
phans' Court of Clearfield county, there will be
expostd to sale by public vendue or outerv on
Wednesday, the 5th day of August, A. D. ISrtit. at
2 o'clock p. in., at the Court House, in Clearfield
the following described town lots or real estate,
situate in the said borough of Clearfield, fate the
property ot Jewis li. Carter ot Livingston county
Missouri, dee'd. to wit:
Those three lots Iyinc "together situate afthe
Boum-eiisi corner of fourth and Locust streets in
said Borough, each lot being about fifty feet in
iront on Locust street aud about one hundred aud
seventy-two feet deep to an alley, the three form
ing a block one hundred and fifty in width by one
uuuureu hhu seventy-two leet in lengtn. hounded
on the north by Locust street, on the south by an
alley, on the east by an alley, and on the west by
Fourth street.
Also that block of four lots lying together situ
ate at the south eaefr corner of Loouii and Fifth
or Litz streets in said boiongh, the four containing
a front of about two hundred and twenty feet on
Locust street and thenee running back along
Fifth or Litz street a distance of one hundred and
fifty-two feet more or less to the premises former
ly oeenpied by David Litz but now belonging to
James T. Leonard.
Terns of sale, one half cash, and the remaincer
in one year with interest to be secured by bond
and mortgage. H. B. SWOOPE, Adm'r
July 15. LS63..4t. . of L. M. Carter, deo'd. ,
DR. HTCII'S MEDICINES. Afresh sup
ply of these invaluable Family Medicines
are for sale by M. A. Frank. Clearfield, consisting
ot Pain Ciirer ; Restorative, a great eure for colds
and cough ; and Ati-Bilious Pkyi$; They have
been thoroughly tested in this community, and
are highly approved. Trv the .
AUDITOR'S NOTICE. In the matter of
the sale of the Real Estate, Ac. of Isaac S.
cnirey or jsraarord township, oy the Sheriff of
Clearfield county , The undersigned Auditor ap
pointed in open court, to distribute the moneys
arising from the sale above stated, will attend to
the duties of his appointment, at ih nffi. r l
B. McEnal! v in the Borough of Clearfield.on Fri
day the 24th day of July, A. D. 1863, at 10 o'clock
a. m. of said day, when and where all persons
interested may attend, and be heard.
Jniy , ist3. J. H. FULFORD, Auditor.
LIST OF LETTERS remaining in the Post
Office at Clearfield, on July 1st, 1863.
Artley, James Malone, Josephene
Brisbin. . D
, McMulhn. Hurom
McDonald. Archibald
: McGee, Mrs. Mary
MoCormick, James 2 :
Petti t. M.
Roe. Francis James
I Sargeant, Stephen E.
Sinday, CO. .
Tbeupene, May
Wbirmer. tt. C. !
Couen, Stuart'
Casiar. John ; "
Dickinson, A S..:
Edwards, Ganot
Hills, Wm H.
Johnson. P. D.
Johnson, Wm. A.
Kitteridge, Edmund
uingle. Mrs. Mary
Leonard. John
One cent due on each letter advertised.
Per-
eon c"'" for T f ae letters, will say they
are advertised. M. A. FEAKK, P. M.
NOT ALCOHOLIC..
A Highly Concentrated
VEGETABLE EXTRACT
A PURE TONIC.
DOCTOR HOOFLAXDN
GERMAN BITTERS
PREPARED BY '
Dr. C. M. Jax-kson, Hiilad'a, Ta.
.Will effectually cure Liver Complaint, Dvsp, p..
Jaundice. Chronic or Nervous liebilitr IhV
eases of the Kidneys, and all disafet"irj.
sing from a disordered Liver or Stom
aeh. such as Constipation. Inward
Files, Fulness or blood to the
Head. Acidity of the Stomach.Naujea. Urartu
- Uisgugt for Food, Fulness or Weight in tk'"'
.Stomach. Sour F.ructatious. Siukin or
Fluttering at the Pit of the Stomach
Swimming of the Head. Harried '
and Difficult Breathing.Flut
tering at the Heart, Choking or Suffocating !.
Siitions when in a lying poatnre. OiinncSs of
ijiod. lols or Webs before the Hght re
ver aud Dull Tain in the jfead,Leti.
ciency of Perspiration. Yellow
ness of tbe Skiu and Eye.
Pain in the Side. Back. Chest, Limbs, Ac ,SuJj.n
Flushes of Heat, Burning in the Fleh
Constant Imaginings of Evil. and '
"great Depression of Fpirits.
b mm Rev. J. Xfu-ton Brotcii, I). D E.fitor of
thf liueyetopedia of lirtig,ottx K,iuvlt,lSt.
Although not dUpowdto favor or recomm.nd
Patent .Medicines in general, through diurnjtnf
their ingredients and effects ; I yet know f
sufficient reasons why a man may not testify ta
the benefits he believes himself to have received
jjicjiiiraiion m tne hone that h.
U"l i 11 f),am C - , ' .
.uvu. ,u, tuiwijr v.ws. nnuer me impul
sion that they were chiefly an alcoholic mixture
I am indebtd to my friend Robert Shoemaker
tsq., for the removal of this prejudice by proper
tests, and for encouragement to try them whra
siiffering from great and long continued debilitr
fhenseof three btileof these Bitters at the
beginning of the present year, was followed by
evident relief, and restoration to a degree of bod
ily and mental vi-or which I haJ not felt for six
months before, and had almost despaired of re
gaining. I therefore thank God and my riend
for directing me to the use of thew.
Philad a., June, 23, I.S.il. J. NtwTOV Buowv.
PAISTlcr.l.AIl NOTICE.
There are many tircDaration saI1 .,r.i.,
name of Ilittcrs.put up in quart bottles, compoun
ded of thecheapest whiskey orcommon rum cos
ting from 20 to 40 cents per gallon, the taste dis-
gui.uru .jr .niiiso or vorianacr c-eed.
This class of Kitters has caused and wi!I nr.m;n.
uo to can.se. as long as they can be sold, hundreds
to die tho death of" the drunkard. 15y their use
the system is kept continual! v under tbe influ
ence of Aleoholie Stimulantsof the worst kind the
ucsiroiui uuaor is createu and kept up, and the
result id all the horrors attendant upon a drunk
ard's life and de;ith.
rcri in meaiciual virtues and true excellence
any of the numerous Liquor Bitters in the inark-
ci, aim win cost tnucn less. You will have all
the virtues of HooSand's Bitters in
with a good article of Liquor.at a much lessrrieo
than these inferior preparations will cost ym.
ATTENTION, SOLDIERS t
AND THE FRIEND OF SOLDIERS.
We call the attention of all having relation or
friends in the army to the fact that Ho n nsn's
German Bitters' will cure nine leuths of the dis
eases induced by exposures and privations inci
dent to camp life, In the lists, published almost
daily in tbe newspapers, on the arrival of the
sick, it will be noticed tha't a very large propor
turn are sufierir.g from debility. Every case of
that kind can be readily cured by ifooaand siier
luan Bitters. Diseases resulting from disorder
of the digestive organs are speedily removed We
have no hesitation in stating that, if these Bitter
w ere freely used among our soldiers, hundreds of
lives might b saved that otherwise wiil be lost.
We call particular attention to the following re
markable and well authenticated cure of one tlia
nation's heroes, whose life, to use bis own lan
guage, '-has been sved by the Bitters :'
r 1'Aii.Ai.Ki.rniA. August 2rd. 1P62
3Iexrt..r0urir .Vav. Weff, gentlomen.your
Jiuoflaiid s German Bitters has saved my Ufa
Ihere is no mistake in this. It is vouched for
by uumhorsot my comrades, some of whose name
are appended, ud who were fully cognizant of
all the circumstance of my case. I am. and
have been lor the last four year, a member of
.-herman s celebrated butteiy. and under the im
mediate command of Capt. K B. Ayre. Throu-h
the expo sure atieudaut upon my duties I wm
attacked in November last with inflammation of
the lungs, and was for seveiHv two day in the
hosp.tal. This was followed by gret debilitr.
heightened by an attack of d vsentery. I was then
removed from the hite House, and sent to this
city on board the Steamer -tatof Mainefrom
which I landed on the 2-th of June. Since that
time 1 have been about iu low as anv one could
be and t rttin apark of vUalitv. For a
week or more I was scarcely able to swallow anv
thing and if I d,d force a morsel down, it wa
luuicxiHieiy iiirowo up again.-
1 conld not even keep a glass of water on my
stomach. Life could i.ol lastnuder these otroum
tancs; and. accordingly, the physicians who
had been working faithfully, though unsure
fully, to rescue me from tbe grasp of the dread
Archer, frankly told me they couldr do oo more
tor mo, and advised roe to see a olergvraan. and
to make uch disposition of my limited fund a
best suited toe. An acquaintance who visited m
at tho hospital, Mr. Frederick Meinborn. of Sixth
below Arch btreet. advised me, as a forlorn hope,
to try your Bitters, and kindly procured a bottle
from the time I commenced takinz tbem the
gloomy shadow of death receded, and I am now
tnank Uod for it. getting better. Though I have
talten hut two bottles, I have gained tea pounds
and 1 feel sanguine of being permitted to rejoin
ny wife and daughter, from whom I have hear!
nothing for eighteen mouth : tor. gentlemen. I
am a loyal Virginian, from the vicinity of Front
Koyal. To your invaluable Bitters I owe the cer
tainty of life which hiu taken place of vague fer
to your Bitters will 1 owe the gloriow privi
lege of again clasping tomy bosom those who are
dearest to me in life. -
Very truly yours, ' ' . V Isaac Malo.
We fully concur in the truth of the above state
tnent as we had despaired of seeing our comrade,
Mr. Malone, restored to health.
Johx Cf hole back, 1st New York Battery.
Gro. A. Acklet, Co. C, 11th Maine.
; Lewis Chevalier. g2d xew York.
I E. Spescer, Jst Artillery, Battery F.
J- 8- Fas ewell, Co. B, 3d Vermont.
HENRr B. Jerome, Co. B. 3d Vermont
, Hexrt T. Macoosald, Co.C. 6th Maine.
. Jobs F. Ward. Co. JS, oth Maine
Herman Koch. Co. H. T2d New Tork.
Nathaniel B. Thou as. Co. F, 95th Peno'a.
A.vnaKw J. Kimball, Co. A, 3d Vermont.
John Jenkixs, Co. B, 106th Penn'a.
. BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS!
See that the signature of -'CM. Jacksos," won
the itrrtpnxr of each bottle.'-'
r PRICE PER BOTTLE 75 CENTS,
... OR HALF DOZ. FOR St 00.
to001'1 yr nearest druggist not have the r-.
tide, do not be put off by any of the intoxicating
preparations that mat ha nffr4 ; r,iu hat
send to ns, and we will forward, securely packed,
by express.
Principal OfBoo and Manufactory. o. 631 Area
fctreet. , - : JOVFS A F.VAN'S.
(fcofceworsto C. M. Jackson t Co..) Proprietor.
- yFor Sale by HarUwick k Huston.CIerfieli
Penn'a, and Druggists and Dealer in every ton
in tbe United States. :. ' - rJulvg. 1863.
C .HUN-SON. baa Eye. Corn, end feodFtoi!
Flour, for Rata at PhiHnihnra A10. By
and Corn, at D. Avers' Mill. June 3,li63-S.
mar .i.uj t..uiii.,uic u, mi nenent ot others.
1 do this the more readily iu regard to HW.
land s German Hitters, prepared by lr C M
Jackson, of this citv. because f was i,rii;...Y.
For those who derc and trill have a Liquor
Hitters, we publish the following receipt Get
'L'!tfe fuJl'"ti' Gern.m hitter and mi.
with lhrer Quarts of Good BrauJy or Whist, u
and the result will be a Dreoaratirin tht ;n r'l