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BY S. J. KOW:
CLEARFIELD, PA.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1863.
VOL. 9.-N0. 52.
1 Si 111 IS SS i
milOMPSON A WATSON, Dealers in Timber,
Saw Logs, Boards and Shingles, Marysville,
Clearfield county, Penn'a August 11, 1863.
s. w. tuompso : : : : : ja.s. e. watsox.
AIOIY INTELLIGENCE. Any person
desiring intelligence of or from their friends
or relatives in the army of the Potomac, or any of
the Army nospitais. can receive information ny
addressing W. 1. KEALSU, Washington. D. C,
euclosing one dollar.
June 10, 1863-3tp.
WM. ALliKUT A BKO'S.Dealers in Dry Woods,
Groceries, Hardware, Queensware, Flour,
bacon, etc., Woodlanl, Clearfield county, Penn'a.
Also, extensive dealers in all kinds of sawed lum
ber, shingles, and square timber. Orders solici
ted. Woodland, Aug. 19th, 13(53.
1AV'I'10X. All persons are hereby caution- I
V7 eu against purchasing or in any way med
dling with the following property, now in the
possession of James Evans, of Graham tw'p. vis :
one bay mare, one iron gray horse, one two year
old colt, and four cows, as the same was purchas
ed by me at Sheriff Sale, and have only been left
with the said Evans on loan, and are subject to
my order. JO.": C. BKENNEli
MorrUdale. Aug. 19, 1803.
CHIEKirF'k SALES. By virtue of sundry
wriuof Venditioni Exiwiuut, issued out of the I
Court of Common Pleas of Clearfield county, and
tome directed, there will bo exposed to Public '
Sale, at the Court House, iu the borough of Clear
field, on Monday the 4th dny of September next.
A. U. irso.i. at l o clocK, V. 51., the following de-
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ecrined Ileal f-stato viz:
A certain tract of land situate in Chest town
ship. Clearfield county Penn'a, bounded as fol
lows: Beginning at a post corner, thence north
&5 deg west one hundred and fifty perches to a
post, thence by land of Anthony AIuGarver and
Lawrence Killium two hundred and four perches
to a post, thence along the line ot Aaron Pierce to
a white pine, thence by land of I sane Kirk to
place of beginning, containing one hundred and
seventy-one acres more of leaf, being part of a
larger Survey in the name of George Mugger with
two small log houses, blacksmith shop and 1o
barn thereon erected and about seventy-five aeres
cleared with a. young bearing orchard. Seized,
taken ia execution, and to be sold as the pioperty
v( Kobert McPherran.
Also a certain tract of land situate in Pike
township. Clearfield county, Penn'a, bounded by
lands of itichard Curry's estate, Win. Kex and
William Glen on the south, William Wise on the
west. Wm A. Bloom ou the east, and Wm. Print
on the north, having about eight acres cleared, a
large two story frame house, large barn and oth
er outbuildings with a young bearing orchard
thereon. Also a lot in Bloomington, Pike town
ship, fronting on Main street, bounded by land
of George Boss and John Bloom. Sr., containing
about two acres, with a stable and dwelling 'bouse
thereon, being same premises bought from Geo.
Boss Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold
as the property of Abraham Bloom. Sr.
Also a certain tract of land, situate in West
Liberty, in Clearfield couBty, Penn'a. and bound
ed ou the west by lot No. IX, on the north by the
Erie Turnpike, on the east by an alley, and on
the south by lauds of Jacob lleberling, being each
nil feet iu front and running back 120 feet,known
in j.lot of said town as No. 13 and 15 with two
rtt.rv frame house erected thereon Seized, ta-k-n
in execution, and to be sold as the property
of Joseph Bishell. r r j
Also a certain trnet of land situate in Fergu-.-.,11
township. Clearfield county. Penn'a. bounded
hv lands of Wm. Beed. Joseph Moore. Wm. Moore.
Alexander and John Ferguson and Thomas Hen-'
rv uiiiaii.ing two hundred acres more or less a-h-ai
l'rty acres cleared thereon, and a large
liai.k Harn erected thereon. S-.ized. taken in ei-
..:k.n. and to ho so M ns the property of Benj.
i!;u Nhi.rn and Tiioinas Henry, Administrator of
j tii..n:u -McCracken. dee'd.
A-s.i a certain trai:t of land situate in Chet
luwuship. Cli:.-rfiod county. Penn'a, bounded by
l.'u.isof Simi.n i:o:abuugb. Andrew and Solomon
loprand laud? late ot -Moses Pierce and others.
i-.M.-ainii.g eighty-t wo acres, about an acre cleared
llUTcun. Seized, taken in execution, and to bo ;
.M as the property of Aaron l'ierco and Austin '
urrv
Also fly virtue ot Sundry writs of Ire.irt
J'Hia. the fol low ing described real estate:
All tkf.aA tli.ua an..Aul P . .
... v mm; fctciai uacia ui itnu situate I
partly in Decatur township, Clearfield county, J
and partly extending into Centre eounty, State' ;
rlux dLTed7uiTNtrligM!r"J.'11 'F'V Up',' V I
urn unieu duly 1st i74 respectively granted to '
..lu.umci cietcner. juizaoetn Harrison and John '
"arriso!
n. adjoining lands conveyed to Joseph
n. Thomas Lillinu-ton Franpi f.nth
Harris
liners and Patented April ISoftto the said lien
rj Islington, containing in the aggregate eleven
hundred and eighty-seven acres and twenty two
J-'Tches of land with the allowance, excepting
there out and therefrom two lots, one of 200 acres
si. i allowance agreed to be sold and conveyed to
;jiiii uoss ami Abraham Goss, their heirs and As-
sns and the other in the possession of the heir ;
r aigns of Abraham (oss now dec d, and eon- Pierce and 'oid Buck" will vanish as the
J..iiiing one hundred nnd fifty four acres and one I . n-u j-
hundred and fifty-four perches according to a cer- j morning nllst- lhe ludicrous attempt of Sey-i-
in survey by Thomas Ross of Clearfield county ' mour ft Co., to stave oft the draft and there
:rresbrorSdVeed et Vgain time for the consummation ot their
trehs. thus excepted from the original tracts plans, proves this to be the goal of their am-
fittvvivn,!i f'" ,!Ulre,i nn, tbirty-two acres bition. Our soldiers here appreciate this kind
iriinil-lour perches with thcallowonce nowcon- , . ,
-yed by the same, more or less, together with all of strategy, and had not these same copper
ml singular ways, waters, water courses, rights, : heads taken advautage of the power they
"'ernes privileges and improvements. Seized, ' ..... r.i, r v
'xi in execution, and to be sold as the proper- ga,ne1 b' t,lu atwnco of these men from home,
it of bavi l .1 Pruner, A.G. Curtin, John Si. llall and used it against giving the soldiers the
siiti J. J i,,iiilc t
. ALo-a Chat certain twostory house or build- i P"le.e of the eIective feauchise, they
'Situate in the township of Woodward and would teach them a lesson in poIitics,the com
Wi'i',: J"r r,ua'fi;ll f lot on south side of road jng fa.II, that would not soon be forgotten.
'"invlriJUl A Plan, pr Pnr.1 no t Phtli.k,,.. O
i the village of Pnseyville. bounded on the west
; lot owned by Henry Peters, east by land of
Jn feet by twenty feet, and the lot or piec
111 TlrAilDilPr SMiff hAliaa hoi n op i n - a oi .
7 WlUg BU OliiV OlA
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ce or j
uild- j
i-round and curtilage appurtenent to said build- j
tne sum of fort v dollars and fiftv cents. bei..!f
-eot contracted for work and labor done by.
"d toiiMantine ttonkinmyer. Seized, taken in i
Mi'0"' anJ to be 80,11 83 the ProPert7 of Geo.
v1-"0-By virtue of sundry writs ot Fieri Far
f"'l"wing real estate, to wit
!'.a.J theo.. ;, Lit..
; - ciguij u i Lin uegrcvB own ;
-'-ttnta Derches tn tha T.in in.l nl... ,.t k..
. - ruw w iaa um ana place 01 De-t-k08"
Pon,aining fifty-one acres and forty one
i;vw, be,nS Prt of a larger tract of land sur-
. ""rant to itenry Whyroff. about forty
W'$V'i,Wth .tw0 8tor7 rraine delling
'- by o2feetad log stable erected thereon
!iJl ?efendanti inferest in a certain tract of
.n w"" -"'P.couniy ana state aioresam,
ng nottuient No. 5 of tract No. 354, bounded
or.iTho. ii;i::wff:
iwa . . . . ,
i.'rjp'snk frame house erected thereon. '
- k I? ext'on; aad to be sold as the '
rtyofTolbert Dale.
EDWARD PERKS. Sh'ff.
3r'ir uffie Clearfield, Aug. 19, 163
certain tracts of land situitte in Bradv to . :
tarfi-M county. Penn'a, one beginning at a Lin under Col. Spear, for a reconooisance towards
'C'.ouVh fiet,i?HinSby imPVJRementf eri ' Suffolk and Franklin. There has been some
iu, ti sixteen degrees west 85 perches to a , . . .
I. j'-'e along the turnpike road south eighty beavy firing, supposed to be in that direc-
wtk ,i5,reesi 'est 100 Pere,'e o a post, thei.ee s ti0 but as Tet we cannot imagine what it
one uevroo mtuit T 7 j..tu 1
It t-r t ubuibu irsci-,on me west
di l Af S' R- Lobaugh, on the north by Lonit,
. pjuin n rA ......... . x .
l ' me east hi Wm 1: ,,'.
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE "JOURNAL-"
From Portsmouth, Virginia.
Fort Reno, Va., August 14th 1863.
Dear Row : If there is one thing more than
another, which contributes its quota to the
enul which pervades everything in this sec
tion, which has come under my observation,
it is the shafts of old Sol pouring down upon
the earth with such an intensity, as to force
the thermometer up to 102 in the shade
think, that after enduring such an amount of
heat as we have had here during the past two
months, I shall not complain of warm weather
hereafter, wherever I mar chance to be. If
it is many degrees warmer in front ol Charles
ton, it must be an iron constitution that can
endure much effort, and he who has the phys
ical endurance to bear up successfully under
trie pressure is more fortunate than many less
lvorea. there is no sign, talk, or tumor, of
any move of the troops stationed here at this
, ... , ., ...
time, and it will be an eventful day that brings
the order to "pull op stakes" and "right smart
git" from our present position. It will be a
sorry time for "rebs" if they ever attempt.the
most insane of all their insane tricks of send
ing a force of sufficient strength, to fake this
place ; for now.since our lines have been mov
ed back twenty miles from Suflolk.tn'oy would
starve to death before they would get here,
for, with the exception of a short circuit a
round Portsmouth and Norfolk,there is scarce
ly anything in the shape of subsistance for
man or horse this side of the Blackwater, un
less it has come to light since the troops left
Suffolk ; and to haul supplies on wagons suffi
cient to subsist an army would be out of the
question. But, "howsomever," as there is
not much danger of snch ao event transpiring,
it is no use iu indulgiugjn any speculation on
the subject.
About the only thing which tends to ani
mate our boys is the anxiety to hear from
Charleston and the successful efforts of Gen.
Gil more to reduce that stronghold of treason.
There are .many hopes of our early success in
wiping out this rebellion, staked upon that is
sue." Many intelligent persons here argue,
that should the present attack on Charleston
prove successful, and our forces be in posses
sion of that place by the last of the present
month, or thereabouts, and by that time the
army ot the Potomac augmented so much by
the arrival of conscripts, as also the armies of
Grant and Itosencrans, and the iron dads re
licved from duty in front of Charleston and
free to act against Mobile or some other im
portant point, and all our fore ;s making a
combined attack, simultaneously ,froni various
points, the armies of Jeff Davis will be so
hopelessly crushed as to leave no hope of thoir
ever being able to recuperate sufficiently for
further resistance. Should the consummation
.f this plan be realized, thero is no telling of
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immense ad vantages that would flow there-
j from I meatf, if it could bo done this fall
it would put an immediate end to all block
ade running in or out of southern ports, and
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Ulen 3,1 Eurol,,; IU'gnt recognize the southern
Confederacy if it had a mind to, and yet they
w,m,d fail to brinS the gaa concern back to
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The copperheads of the north would also be
completely bamboozled outof their occupation
and all their dreams of saving the divine insti-
lutioii for their outraged brethren of the south,
with the fond hope of receiving in considera
tion strength enough to make another inflic-
'i0" oa tbe lreemen of this country, such as
Tno ,ew Pennsy lvanians who are here, ate
unanimous iu favor of Curtin as the nominee
foi the Gubernatorial chair,
portunity present itself the
and did the op.
portunity present itself they would not be
. .. ,u..:. r..i: i. ....:
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They are in favor of that man who, if success
ful, will a;t as Governor of the State, not of
a locality.
While I am writing I have heard of an ex
pedition that was sent out from this command,
mK,. dav or two will clear it up.
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rru l...olll. tf Ihu Irnnni in thi in.morliotA
vicinity is tolerably good, considering tho
warm weatber. The majority of cases are Di
arhea,superinduced by eating too much green
food. Yesterday we had a very heavy thun
der storm which had the effect of cooling the
air considerable. Tour favors reach me now
I pretty reguianj.anu J
PPrecatea, xor wnico, .or v
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accept my
.
thanks. Tours truly, w. e. b.
Pensions granted daring July; Invalids,
1,045; widows, 790; total, 1,825.
From Philipsburg, Jenn'a.
Philipsbceg, August 17, 1S63.
Dear Row : The past week has been one
that will long be remembered by the inhabi
tants of this "old town." - For some time past
our authorities have been annoyed by a set of
denizens of the forest, maiung complaints of
assaults, batteries, threats to kill and in short
all the crimes of the criminal code. There
was not much attention paid to their com
plaints, from the fact that they never accused
the guiltv person,or thing. The "institution"
that done all the fighting was Major General
Strychnyne, formerly Captain Whiskey, but
promoted for his gallant and unrivaled des
truction of mankind. The General marshal
led his forces last Sunday, in tho vicinity of
the famous 'Big Spring," about tno miles
from this place, on the road to Tyrone, that
has quenched the thirst of thousands. Every
thing was "gay and bppy" for a time, but
mutiny soon showed his hydra authority, when
the Gen. brought up the reserve, and made a
charge at the rtmouth of the jug''; got the bet
ter of the whole crowd ; drove their senses
entirely to "the wall," and then such a break
ing and smashing of dishes and cabin furni
ture generally, has not been heard tell of since
tho days ot tho "oldes.1 inhabitant." The men
area kind of anglo-indtano st-mi-americano.
and hive a natural talent for making shingles,
and work very study for a time, but they seem
to lear an inveterate animosity to an accu
mulation of the "root of all ovil." When the
pile" gets too flush, they dra-.i-'in their pick
ets. and then starts out tho invincible General
Strychnyne on a raid, and such a raid has not
yet been made by tho Union or rebel army,
since raids have betn the order of the day
But 1 his time the "Kinikinicks" carried the
matter too far. They marched against the
Poolonians" with euns shotted, and clubs
rotted, and assaulted or threatened a son ol
Mr. James Galer's. who was taking a lady to
Sandy Ridge, and made the boy turn about
and come home. The "Poolonians" applied
to the authorities, but they thought it best to
let them fight it out. But this made the "Kin
ikinicks" more valiant, and they came to the
conclusion that they were j
'Monarchs of all they surveyed."
At this juncture the magistrate issned a war
rant, ine constable with a nosso went to ar
rest the "Kinikinicks." but they had fled, all
but two women, who wore on the warrant and
were arrested, held over to tho nest day for a
hearing, but they also gave the Constable the
slip, and away have gone wigwams and the
whole kettle ol fish. It is a blessing for the
purses of tax payers of Centre; long may
they stay.
But our citizens were hardly entirely re
stored to the usual peacelulness that pervades
our town, until another woe. more to be dread
ed than the one just past, is upon us. The
draft for this district was announced for Thurs
day, August 13th, and of course all who had
put iu a share- wcio anxious to know who were
the lucky holders of a pass to the Ainiyof
the Potomac. The anxiety had subsided du
ring the iwliano-cidul war of the past few days.
But on the arrival of the stage on Friday the
news was bi ought by some of the passengers.
of the draft for this county, and also a list of
the lucky holders. The excitement was up to
a scale not put down in Fahrenheit. The for
tunate oues of our township were announced.
There were twenty drawn from this township,
Rush, fifteen of them from this town, to wit:
Theodore Adams, Charles J. Andrews, John
I). Gill, A. J. McClelland, Geo Ciabtree,Har
vey P. Graham, Joan Glosser, John S. Funk,
Fred'k Ash, Thomas F. Twiggs, John Crab-
tree, Gustavus A. Hahan and William Galey.
It falls on the wrong crowd, and is such a
mortifying disappointment to those copper
heads w ho bad goue to the trouble of aiming
and equipping themselves for the "emergen
cy." One of the order was so sanguine of suc
cess, that ho was making inquiry of our deal
ers, in such articles, 7or tons of powder, and
percussion caps, innumerable. But poor fel
low after all his excitement, trouble, gassing,
vexation and Yallandigham's Life and speech
es, he is "let alone." There are a great many
men, and men of no families, that we could
spare much better than those who are in for
it. A number of young men promenade the
streets of our town with the young ladies, that
would be much more to their credit, and coun
try's welfare, il they were doing something
for the land of their birth. But when tho
question of war is brought up , they then sud
denly 1 elapse into all the "thousand ills that
flesh is heir to," when just a moment before
they were strutting with all the pomposity of
a turkey gobbler. Some of them claim ex
emption from tbo fact of being minus a mi
croscopic portion of the index dactyl, others
the "giraffe stretches," or some elongation ot
the spinal column, or its disarrangement in
some part. But why do those ladies detain
those dolls 1 Why don't 'they tell them that
they should bo with their brothers ? (for
some of those ladies we know have brothers
fighting la the defence of their country ;) and
others of them, judging from their dress,
mourn the loss of brothers who have yielded
op their lives 00 the battle field. Beaux, fike
political party lines, should be abolished. No
time now to be flirting around a year or two.
either get matched lawfully at ouee and be
done with it, or go and help finish np the war
and then flirt a life time if you choose.
Whew, but the mercury has been "roosting
nigh" for some days and nights past. Thi
has been the warmest summer extant for some
years. But thanks to the lofty location of ou
town, there is generally a breeze afloat, though
at times during the past several days, it was
scarcely preceptible, sun stroke has never
happened with ns.
The Rail Road has again subsided. There i
a "screw loose some where," Captain Swoope
orougnt up the iron horse all fnstantcr. Our
people thought the millenium, re'x-ls, peace
or some grand "institution" was coming, as
we beard the horrid yell of the "tarnal thing
at mo witching hour of night, thundering
down the peaceful nglades of the Moshanon
That Company can have the honor of saying
that they came over the Tyrone and Clearfield
Rail Road to Philipsburg in the first through
,ra,n- Leroj.
A ITEW WAY TO GET A WIFE.
The Cleveland Herald says that a nun irom
Brecksville stepped huo the Infirmary of that
city last Sunday tho 16th and said he wanted
a wife. The Superintendent was rather stag
gered at so novel an application, but finally,
as the fellow appeared ver much In earnest,
and begging him to "trot out his marriageable
stuck," asked the women in the institution
wh,.t they thought ol it. All declined to coh-
slder a quustion "poppod" in th tt unreasona
ble manner but 0110, who had rather unpleas
ant antecedents. She was ''trotted" out, and
the fellow thus addressed her : "I have got
seven acres of land out hero in Brecksvillo,
five cows, a fat hog and a daughter, who will
lie married on Monday. I don't want to li
ii) you, so 1 ten you 1 snau give one cow
to my daughter, but I have a heifer about
ready to come in, and then you will have five
cows all the same. All 1 want is three meals
a day cooked, but you can eat between meals if
you are hungry and three meals a day ain't
enough. Now, it you want to hitch up, say
so." Iho "blushing fair one" that is, she
would have blushed if she could "said so,"
and Jones loft them to settle the details of
this novel engagement.. The happy swain
promised to be back early next morning with
a license. And he kept his word- The mar
riage so strangely "got up" was duly and lc
gaily completed.
RELAPSING INTO BARBARISM.
The following from the, Clrcgo Post, or,
the authority of Lieutenant Colo, of the
Mississippi Marine Brigade, is suggestive of
the superiority of rebel civilization :
"The d;iy aftertlie battle of Millikcn's Bend,
in June last, tho Marino Brigade landed some
ten miles below the Bend, and attacked and
routed the guerrillas w Inch had been repulsed
by our troops and the gunboats the day pre
vious. Major Hibbnrd's cavalry battallion of
the Marine brigade followed the retreating
rebels to Tensas bayou, and were horrified at
the finding of skeletons of white officers com
manding negro regiments, who had been cap
tured by the rebels at Millikan's Bend. In
many cases these officers had been nailed to
the trees and crucified ; in this situation a
fire was built around the tree, and they suff
ered slow death from broiling. The charred
and partially burned limbs were still fastened
to tho stakes. Other instances were noticed
of charred skeletons of officers which had been
nailed to slabs, and the slabs, placed a
gainst a house, which was set on fire by the in
human demons, the poor sufferers having
been roasted alive ; nothing was left but
charred remains.
A SINGULAR COINCIDENCE.
Schuyler Colfax, in an obituary notice of
the late John D. Campbell, Superintendent of
the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana
Railroad, mentions the following remarkable
incident ; Mr. Colfax is a director of the com
pany : .
Last year, talking with him over the gloomy
condition of the road when we had both en
tered upon its service, with its stock selling at
six cents on the dollar, its laborers unpaid
for nearly half a year, its credit utterly gone
and two millions of floating dept crushing it
apparently, he spoke of the labor be had giv
en to it, and added : "The road is now about
out of debt, and when I can give its long-suffering
stock-holders a divideud, I intend to
retire." lie repeated this joculary this
spring, when we- met him with his wife on the
cars, on onu of our hurried visits home. The
first dividend for many years the stock of the
roadjwas paid on Saturday , August 1st, at its
ofBce in New York. Aud on that very morn
ing Mr. Campbell surrendered his trust to a
higher power than the president or directors-
THE COLORED MEN OF OHIO.
A convention. of colored men, representing
nine counties of Ohio, met at Xenia on Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday of last week.
Various patriotic speeches were made, and
the following resolutions adopted :
Resolved. That we are proud of the heroic
condnct ot the colored soldiers who fought at
Port Hudson, Milliken's Bend and Morris Is
land, vindicating as they did, by their noble
and manly behavior, their claim to the admi
ration and respect of their countymen. .
Resolved. That it is the duty of the colored
people of Ohio to fill up at onco, by volunteer
ing, the noble colored regiments now oeing
formed at Camp Delaware.
i?eoW, That tho State Central Committee
are authorized to call a convention when they
think it expedient ; the chairman first calling
the committee together, or ascertaining by
correspondence their wishes, so as to deter
mine when and where to bold said conven
tion. .
Never leave Church before it is closed. .
THE DEMOCRACY AND THE WAR.
From the Phil'a North American.
The recently published address of tho De
mocratic State Central Committee ailords so
much food for thought, that we again recur to
it, with the view of inviting the attention of the
public to some of its salient points. It is a
document which lays bare to the gaze of patri
otic citizens all the sophistry with which De
mocratic politicians seek to surround northern
treason, and all the pernicious errors of the
Democratic policy at this time and in this
State. We could not have wished for a better
opportunity of showing to independent men
the dangerous tendency of all the teachings
and course of that party. We have said that
this address does not in any way, shape or
form attempt to sustain the war. Lot us il
lustrate its general spirit.
The writer of this address gives bis ide.i of
the results of tho war thus far iu the few words
which wo subjoin :
"A groat public debt and a conscription bur
den tho people. Tho strength and wealth of
the nation are turned from productive indus
try and consumed in tho destructive arts of
war. Our victories fail to win peace. Through
out the land arbitrary power encroaches upon
civil liberty."
Here all that is looked upon is gloomy and J
revolting, lhe burthens of tho war and its
disasters are alike magnified, and from the
picture which tho address holds up to tbo
view of the people of Pennsylvania every
gleam ofsunihine is excluded. Debt, conscrip
tion, slaughter, prolonged war and despotic
usurpation, all commingle in one unrelieved
mass. Tho committee might have deepened
the horror somewhat by introducing the atro
cities of the New l'ork riots, and the san
guinary scenes brought about by copperhead
riots in Pennsylvania and the west, to resist
the arrest of deserters and the enforcement o
the draft, but that was, no Boubt deemed
impolitic.
The splendid achievements of our bravo
soldiers extort from this Democratic commit
tee this miserable tribute : "Our victories fail
to win peace." Not a word of admiration for
the heroism of those who have borne our flag
so proudly through battle and storm; no phrase
of sympathy for the wounded and suffering; no
praise of the gallant dead; no words to soothe
tbo feelings of the wounded. Peace, then, was
the only object, according to thisaddress, worth
striving lor, and as we have not peace, the;
care not a rush for the glories of the war.
There is. it is true, in the outset of the docu
ment an expression of thanks to God, "and
gratitude to the skill and valor which, by His
lavor, achieved the prompt deliverance of our
invaded commorfwealth." But this is all, and
it stands alone in a peculiar manner, as
though 10 show that the only achievements of
our soldiers which this Democratic Committee
could approve of or sustain, were those ac
complished in tho free States to resist inva
sion, but not because of their agency in the
suppression ot the rebellion. This distinction
s a very important one, and is everywhere
now made by the Democratic politicians.
It was for this reason that the Democratic
Governors of New Jersey and New York were
so ready to send militia from their Status to
defend Pcnnsvlvania against invasion. As
long as the rebels should be npon northern
soil they were willing to fight them, since
thereby the scene ot war was transferred to
tho free States, the South was relieved and
the rebellion could not possibly be put down
Every copperhead, almost, would be ready to
defend any free State under such circumstan
ces, and it must have been remarked by the
observant public that, during the several inva
sions of the free States, the most rabid and
notorious copperheads were willing to aid in
the military movements for defence, because
thereby they would obtain a reputation for pa
triotism very cheaply, which would enable
them all tho better to resume their machina
tions against the national authority.
It is no wonder, then, that Col. Biddle's ad
dress has no word of praise for ihe splendid
victories of onr soldiers in this war. We
have reconquered the whole of the great
Mississippi river, and hold it proudly, without
a single interruption at any point. . That is of
no consequence to the Democratic State Com
mittee. Holding their sessions in Philadel
phia, where they only manage to gather to
gether a lew eist.sru members, they ignore all
the vast interest of western Pennsylvania in
the commerce ot the Mississippi valley. The
coal of our western mines, which supplies the
industry of that valley with fuel, is of no mo
ment to them. The boat-building of Pitts
burg has no value. Pittsburg, the eastern
head of the navigation of the Ohio and Mis
sissippi's nnfortunately Republican, which, in
Col. Biddle's vocabulary, is a synonym for
"abolition," and therefore, although our vic
tories have conquered the Mississippi, be
ignores the achievement.
Col. Biddle is equally oblivious on the sub
ject of the industry of the country, when he
says "the strength and wealth of the nation
are turned from productive industry, and con
sumed In tbe destructive arts of war." Now
it is notorious that at no former period of our
history bave tbe industrial arts been more
prosperous in tbe free States than they are
now, and have been during the war. Take
auy department of our industry and the fact
will be found as stated. Our Iron interests
bave received an immense stimulus from tho
war. There is no branch of this trade which
is not infinitely better now than it was before
the war broke out. ' Perhaps it was convenient
to ignore this in the Democratic address, bu
cause iron is the great staple of Pennsylvania.
The capital invoetcd in it has Increased, tho
workmeu have more work and better pay, and
Pennsylvania, so far from growing impover
ished by the war, is far richer than ever she
was before. The exaggerate,! rates of foreign
exchange have stimulated enormously the de
mand tor Pennsylvania petroleum for export,
so that the trade has become as important as
that in bituminous coal. Tbe war did this,
first, by diffusing wealth everywhere in such a
way as to f urni-h a superabundance of capital
seeking investment, and second by rendering
it preferable to adjust foreign trade balances"
by means of exports of petroleum.
This does not exhibit a disastrous state of
alLiirs, nor caii Col. Biddle find any evidences
of the existence of industrial prostration. If
the manufacture of cotton goods has suffered,
it must be borne in mind that the manufacture
of woolen goods has increased immensely, and
the profits derived therefrom have euabled the
cotton mill owners to change their machinery
anft put their ha-ids at work on woolen goods.
Wo cauuot call to mind a period in tho history
of the republic when our industry was so pros
perous as it is now. Of meu able to work aud
willing to do so, the number of idlers is very
small, aud all who know bow to work can get
employment at remunerative wages. Every
city and town in the commonwealth is prosper
ous and flourishing to an extraordinary degree,
and the farmers have shared in the general im
provement. More provisions and breadstufis
have been exported Irom the great seaports of
the loyal States during this war than in any
former years, whereby we bave created an
enormously increased market in Europe for our
northern produce, which at tbe restoration of
peace must be of incalculable value to the
whole country.
Where does Col. Biddle find the evidence to
sustain him in the assertion that "the strength
and wealth of tbe nation are turned from pro
ductive industry and consumed in tbe destruc
tive arts of war ?" We bave shown that onr
agriculture and manufactures are richer than
ever. The "strength and wealth," therefore,
bave not been taken from them. Then look
at our fiscal institutions. They are all vastly
richer now than before tbe war. They have
lost nothing. The private bankers, brokers
and merchants are in tbe same condition. The
workmen all have steadier work and better
pay ; benco they have not suffered. Tbe cur
rency is everywhere improved. Capital is
abundant. Commerce, trade, industry, all are
prosperous. The rebel States are impover
ished, we grant ; but the loyal States are ricln
cr and'stronger than ever. Every farmer has
a better market for his crops ; every farm la
borer a better demand for his labor; every
manufacturer a better market for bis prod
ucts; every working-man a better market for
his skill ; every store keeper a better market
for bis wares.
As for the strength of the nation, which
this address speaks of as consumed by tbe war,
that consists of various things which we can
soon examine: First, the prosperity and wealth
of tbe people, which, as we bave shown, are
greater than ever. Second, its revenues ; un
der tbo present Administration we bave a na
tional revenue system so far ahead of anything
in Americau experience as to challenge tho ad
miration even of its opponents. Third, its
credit ; let the world produce another exam
ple ol a nation which, in so gigantic a war as
ths, has ever maintained its credit so unim
paired as ours. Fourth, its army and nary ;
we presume that these speak for themselves.
Fifth, the actual powers wielded by the gov
ernment; the outcry made about "arbitrary
encroachments upon civil liberty" sufficiently
answer any supposition of weakness or dimin
ished power. m
Here are all tbe elements of national
strenth arranged in order. In each we are, in
the eyes of Europe and America aliko, as tri
umphantly the great republic as at any former
period of our history. More so. Tho world
used to think that we possibly might bo capa
ble of great things. In this war it baa. seen
our power displayed in its full proportions.
Tho author of tbe Democratic address cannot
point to any of these elements in which we
have grown weaker. Tho assertion in the ad
dress is a mere rhetoric assumption made for
effect upon the public, mind, totally nnsus
tained by facts, and the Democratic Commit
tee bave made no attempt to sustain it.
Theke Girls Drowsed. A most distressing
accident occurred in Wilmot towsbip, Brad ford
county, on tho evening of tbe 6th insl, resul
ting in the drowning of Ellen Heath and Alice
Fiuncy, each seventeen yearsjot age. It ap-
pears that tbey, in company with another
young lady, (who was saved) were crossing
tbo river in a boat, when tbe boat was capsiz
ed, and tbey were precipitated into the water.
Their cries brought to their aid Frank Mor
row and Mr. Butler, (lock -tender.) ' who cn-
deavercd to tow tbe boat ashore, to which tbe
girls were clinging. In tbe darkness, tbo
two lost their bold and were drowned. . Mr
Morrow narrowly escaped drowning.
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