BY S. X BOW. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1864. VOL. 10 -NO. 19. TtK'IS OF THE JOl'RXAL. The KAmiiA'3 Journal ib published on VTcd i eJay HI Per nu" in advance Adver- i'iment inserted at Sl.iW per itquare. for three rlesaiusertii.ns Twelve lines (or les) counting a t-inTK. For every mliilional insertion 2 J cents. ,l deduction will be made to yearly advertisers business 5ircctoiu IRVIN BROTHERS, Driller in Square A Sawed lumber. irj GiKd. Groceries, Fionr. Grain. ac . Ac. Buriwide Pa.. , Sept. 23, 1863. . pKIERICK LEITZINGER. Manufacturer of p 11 kinds of Stone-ware. Clearfield. Pa. Order.-1 solicited wholesale or retail. Jan. 1,1863 , 7b AX A BARRETT, Attorneys at Law. Clear- Held. l a. ioh.j. 1 CRANS. ; : WALTER BARRET f . I ) i P,ER.T .1. W A LLACE. Attorney at Law. Clear I t field. Pa office io Shaw's new row. Market rreei, opi-osite Xauglo s jewelry Myre. May 28. HF.XAUGLK. Wa:cb and Clock Maker, and . dealer in Watcbe9, Jewelry, Ac. Room in Graham row, Market itreet. 2ov. 10. HliVX'HER SWOOPE. Attorney at Law. Clear field. Ha Off.ci inGraham's Row, fourdoo west of Grub am & lioynton's store. Nov. 10. .1 P KKAT7.KK Merchant, and dealer in Boards afld irhiiigle?. Grain and Produce I r.mt St. above the Ae idernv. Clearfield, Ha. jl 2 w A LLACE A HALL, Attorneys at Law, Clear field, Pa December 17. 1662. lmu a. Wallace. :::::::: joiix a. hall. II A FLEM.MIXtl. Curwcr.jville. Pa., Nursery . man and Penler in all kinds of Fruit and ornamental Tree. Plants and Shrubbery. All or ders by mail promptly attended to. May 13. 1 17ILLIAM F- IKWTN, Market nreet, Clearfield, Pa. Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Mer chandise. Hardware, Queenaware, Groceries, and l .inily articles generally. Nov. 10. X'-'H-V (H'ELICII. Manufacturer of all kinds ot '.'abinct-w.tre, Market street, Clearfield. Pa. He iliuiuakts to orier Coffins, on short notit'e. and attends funerals with a hearse. AprlOV-itf. ! R. M. V)ODS, Practicisu Physician, and J Examining Surgeon for Pensions, "iliee. Ssuth-west corner of Second and Cherry Mreet. Clearaeli, 1'a. January 21. 13)3. 4' . ; llf W. S. 11 AW. M. D., has resumed the prac- . tice of Medicine and Snrgury in Shawsville, lViju a. where he still respectfully elicits a con tinuance of public patr.uage. May 27, 163. r H MEX ALLY, Attorney at Law. Clearfield, J. Pa. Practices in Clearfield and adjoining o.ur.ties. OScein new brick building of J. Boyn-t-.Ti.2i stre'.rt. one do.ir'sotith bf Lanich's Hotel. " ICHAItD MuSSOP. Dealer in Foreignand Do I V metie Drv tJoods. Groceries, Flour. Bacon, J.itiuors. Xe. Room, on Market street, a few doors of JonTttnl Ojfire. Clearfield, Pa. Apri T MHOMPsOJ, A AVATSuX. Dealers in Timber Saw Logs. Boards and Shingles, Marysville Uearfiel 1 county, Penn a August 11, lntuS. i. . Tiiovfso.s : : : : : jas. e. watsox. f AKRLMER A TEST. Attorneys at Law.Clear- I J field. Pa. Will attend promptly to all legal and other business entrusted to their care in Clear Ltid and adjoining counties. August 6. lS.t5. I W.M. CAMPBELL, offers his professional lJ service to the citizens of .Mohaiinoii and vi- iii.itv He can be consulted at his residence at ill times, unless absent on professional business .!.i'!iniioii. Centre co., Pa.. May I:'. Iail3. 'M. ALBERT A BROS, Dealers iu Dry Goods ) Groceries, Hardware, Queensware. Flour, biouri etc.. Woodlani, Clearfield county. Pefln"a. Alio, extensive dealers in all kinds of xawed ltun- i-a. VoodIand. Aug. liMb. 186::. ' THOMAS J. MCULLOCUH, Attorney at Law. 1 Clearfield. Pa. Office, east of the "Clearfield 1. Bunk Deeds and other legal instruments pre- Mred ;th promptness and accuracy. July .1 u uisii. :::::::: t.j.u'cullol'GB fclsil A M CL'LLOUGH S. C 'LLK'Tio.n Office. Clkarfielp. PexxW DR. I.I'I ( II'S MEDICJ.NES. Afresh surf ply of these invaluable Family Medloinet :ftursale by M. A. Frank. Clearfield, consisting : Ptvn Vnrrr; lieMoraove, a s:reatcure for colds "') C'.ut-h ; and Aiiti-Bi1011 hyxlc. Tbey have it-n i!i..rjughly tested in this community, and "e h:.-!i'v .tpprured. Tkv treai. VtW WATCH & JEWELRY STORE. The undersigned having located in the bor u.'h t f Clearfield, (at the shop formerly occupied 'y K. ilchas a jewelry shop.) is prepared to Kvi't of all kinds on the most reasonable terms, i-ecayh will positively be expected when the "ykis delivered. He is confident that he can tot otex -eKe 1 by any workmen in town orcounty. l-omroar' romr.nll tutkeSis aftheBix WattL. .tnl-fiyj.a S. II. LAUCHLIX. I 1 1 t- LIME! I Farmers Ltme iotr j it"'l. The subscriber would . inform the lrmers ,f Clearfield county, that he keeps con jJn;lj on hand 'at the Jones Kiln at Tyrone a stock of lime, and will furnish on contract "J quantity at the terminus of the Tyrone and J-'lip-'barg Railroad. p hTI.'J- i'62- VM. n. ROBERTSON. , - ; b. Lie constantly on hand at Sandy Ridge -. i-in. oahe Tyrone and Clearfield lUilroad. 1 L E Y s TEXT-LP MBER DRLED if. ,Y -I'PKRIIEATED STEAM. The under i'd Tre.clM1J informs the people of Clear er rrv alJuininS counties that he has the agen- Wr l' irv ,0Wn:ihiP rights for its use. The lum ... .;ll-'d by this process is stronger, finishes bet- easier on tools, and reauires less time in tlian anv i tlipr nrniiti trnnivn ilrvintr 1 luaibo perfectly in 26 hours better than - r - - - - ., - - - Dionths under the old system using the a !, fr..-, j ".. ' . : v, v,-.r " iuci per aay inai a common kiiii 'icM T' -'ie cert'ficate of a number of resi blv"6 '- P'' known in this community is u u,fifUU,c'ent to ctnvince' the most sceptical of ;m '."J- Persons desirous of purchasing rights - 1 :f,3. Cearfield. Peun'a. UILUXERY L FANCY STORE. PS. ED. WELSH, U'r';?,ULLY AXNOCXCES TO THE ffXl i IES of cJearfield and LA vicinity that she " "peuea a Jiminery, Motion and Trim kA, VlnB store, on Second Street, next door to U,,, Lanich's Hotel, where she will be flU 1,7 n rece,ve orders for either work or goods. ! I'i uY .m?il8 0ver int0 the xteet Xew York "i"'r r plla stTles' on ehort notice. By pur WiItV'''11 always have on hand the ''J Iea of Dresa Trimmings, Hats, Xu- "'IttthT' to,1,lar-Slev. Ac. which sh will Select octnu OUR IDOL. Close the door lightly, Bridle the breath. Our little earth-angel Is talking with death. Gently he woos her, She wishes to stay. His arms are about her He bears her away ! Music comes floating Down from the dome; Angels are chanting The sweet welcome home. Come, stricken weeper ! Come to the bed : Gaze on the sleeper Our idol is dead ! Smooth out the ringlets; Close the blue eye 2in wonder such beauty Was claimed in the sky. Cror-s the hands gently O'er1 the white breast, So like a wild spirit Strayed from the blest ; ' Bear her out softly, This idol of ours ; Let her grave-slumber Be rmid the sweet flowers. DIPHTHEEIA : A Sure Cure of this Terrible Disorder. Editor 3Iissouri Democrat .-Please publish the following treatment of dipthe ria. It lia3 been used by my.selt', and others to rhoui I have given it, in over one thou sand cases, without a failure. It will al ien is cure, if the treatment is commenced before the diptheria membrane extends into the air tubes, which is known .by the great difficulty of breathing and restlessness. In suc h cases, no remedy yet discovered will al wavs effect a cure : but if the patient is watched, and the treatment used in time, there is no danger. I sent this treatment to a friend of mine in W isconsin, and he used it on himself and fa mil v, and neighbors, with such won derful success that he requested me to send it to vou for publication, as this horrible dis ease is prevailing extensively in parts of .Missouri : DIPTHERIA WASH. Golden seal, pulverized, . . J drachm. Borax, ' " .... 1 Black pepper, 1 Alum, I -'Nitrate potash, ... . 1 " -Salt, " Put all into a common-sized teacup or ves sel which holds about four ounces, and pour ftr.!i rr.!l oi bomnjr water, stir well, and then fill full of good vinegar. Pit fr 'use .when it settles. Make a swab by getting a little stick about the size ot a pipestem, notch ne end. and- wrap a string of. cotton c! around it, letting the cloth project about hall an nidi beyond the end ot the stick a-i not to jag the mouth and throat, and fast en with a thread. Swab Ihe niuiith and throat well every hail hour if the cae be bad, even' hour if n 't bad. Vrheiithe patient eets better, ev cry "two hou ,s ; hen when better, every four hours; and when stnl better, two or three times a day, till well, which will be from two to seven uavs. iouch cverv alteeted spot, the uv ula, tonsils, and fauces, the whole of the back part oi the mouth and topot the throat: and let the patient swallow a little of thewali each time you swab. Swab bing causes no pain, though the patient will gag, and sometimes vomit ; but swab well, and a teeiing ot reliel will lollow every swabbinir. Let every patient have a seperate swab and wash, as the disease w undoubtedly in fectious. Keep the wash pure by pouring what you can use, each time, into another vessel, and also wipe oif.any matter or slime that may be on the swab, every time you take it lrom the mouth. Hub the following liniment on the throat, outside, once every three or four hours, and keep a flannel cloth round the neck till well: late spirits turpentine, one ounce. Take sweet oil, (or linseed oil,) one ounce. Take aqua auionia, (mix,) one ounce. . Shake before using each time. Keep the bowels regular with castor oil. Keep the patient in the house, but ven tilate well. The diptheria wash and lini ment will be found sufficient for all enscs, if taken in time ; and should j-ou mistake any other "sore throat" for diptheria, you will effect a cure almost invariably, as I use this for all common sore throats. 1 have never lost a case, and, many have told me that no monev would induce them, in these "dipthe ria times," to be without the wash and lini ment ; and when a soreness in the throat is felt, it is used, and a cure is always affected. Your friend, it. W. A. Scott, Palmyra. Warren county. Iowa. It is well Cnown that Ouid, the rebel Commissioner, has denied that any of the paroled rebel soldiers at Vicksburg were sent to rc-inforce Biagg's army, but. unfortu nately for his veracity, Henry S. Foote, a member of the rebel Congress, in his charge against Jeff. Davis, made on the 8th De cember, distinctly stated that when Davis made a companion of Pemberton and car ried him to visit Bragg's army, the soldiers, as they rode by, said 7 "There goes the trai tor (Peinberton) irho Jeliccrcd ?w ocer at Vt'cJ.-tljiirg." Still stronger evidence of Quid's want of truthfulness is found in the confessions of many prisoners taken at the late battle at Chattanooga, that they were of the paroled garrison of Vieksburg, but that they had been forced into Bragg's army against their inclination and in opposition to all rules of honor. The New York Ilrrahl, which sometime since nominated President Lincoln for re election, and afterwards (Jen. McClellan, now sees in Gen. Grant the rising man. It means to claim the credit of having first nominated whoever is the successful c.in-ditjatc. CONFUSION IN NAMES. Many sensible people are puzzled by hear insr or reading that 31 r. fcmith, Air. Urown or Mr. Jones, has said or done something in Uongress wbicli ne could not believe saiu Smith, Brown, or Jones would do. He fails to consider that there may be more than one fcnnth, and that men oi like name are not necessarily of like politics. For the benefit of a large class, we volunteer the informa tion that: There are three Browns in the present Con gress B. Gratz of Missouri, in the Senate, William G. of est V ireinia. and James S of Wisconsin in the House. Only the last is a Copperhead. Of Chandlers, there are two Zachariah, of Michigan, in the Senate : Lucius II., of old Virginia, in the House: beside John W. Chanter, of New York. (Lucius II., by the way, -has not yet been admitted, but, we presume, will be. ) The New York Chanler is a bad egg. politically ; while the one that hails from .Michigan is as good as can be. Of Claries, this Congress rejoices in th possession of three Daniel of New Hamp shire, in the Senate ; Ambrose W. and Freemamboth of N. Y State, in the House All three are sound. Of the wide-spread family of Davis, Gar ret, (Border State) represents Kentucky in , 'A -l ii -ii'r t x AT t ne senate, wnue uenry inter oi .uary- land and Tlionw )masi.oiN. Lhtatear i are in the House. If you hear of anything said by Davis that a loyal man should not say, you will attribute it. of course, to Garret. yjl JJixoifs, .James senate) nails irom Connecticut, while .Nathan r. represents v estern Rhode Island. Both good. Of Hales, John P. of New-Hampshire is in the Senate. James 1. oi Pennsylvania in the House. Jioth Union. The name of Harris is unusually well re presented in this Congress Ira represent ing New York State in the Senate, while Benjamin G. of Maryland and Charles M of Illinois have seats in the House. If vou hear that 'Mr. Harris' has said anything loy al and patriotic", you may safely credit it to Ira. 'V n T T 1 1 1 A TIT T T ji iinuitrtras. A. v. irom lowa. Jobn II. from Connecticut are both in the House, ,1 , i "ii- m t i it - -t rojretner witn uaivni J . jjui intra: ot iew York State. If Rebellion or Slavery de rives any aid or connort irom anything a Hubbard or Ilulburd savs or does, be sure it is some one not in Congress. Of Johnsons, there are Reverdy of Ma ryland in the Senate, Philip of Pennsylva nia and William of Ohio in the House. Reverdy was elected as a Unionist, but we don t brag on any ot them. Of Kclloggs. there are two Francis W. ot Michigan and Orlando of New York both in the House, and Itothasgood Lnion ists as they make anywhere. Of 1st ii r there are two Ilenrv S. of fhdiana, James II. of Kansas both in the benate and both Lniou. Of Milters, but two appear Samuel (U- ntonj ot js. 1 . btate ; nliam 11. (Coppery) from Pennsylvania. Of Morrills, Lot M. is a Senator from Maine, Justin S. a representative from Ver mont both sternly Union. The name of Morris belongs to two mem bers Daniel (Union) of New York; James R. (Coppery) from Ohio. Each is in the House. m So Myers is the common appellation of Amos and Leonard of that ilk both from Pennsylvania, and both Union. Of O'Neills, Charles (Union) is from Pennsylvania; John (Copper ) from Ohio ; both are in the House. Of 1'omeroys, Samuel C. represents Kan sas in the Senate ; Theodore M. is from N. Y. State both thoroughly Union. There .are two Randalls in the House Samuel J. of Philadelphia and William H. of Kentucky. Of these, the latter is U nion, but of the Border-Sta pattern ; the other is of the Copperhead persuasion. Curious as it may seem, they usually vote just alike. 1 he tSintth family were scandalously over looked in electing to this Congress. But one of them Green Clay, of Kentucky was chosen. Mr. Smilurs of Delaware just escaped being Smith. Both are Union- ts. Of Steele. there are John B. from New York and William, G. of New Jersey Copper-fastened, both, and both in the House. J he house ot lioUtns has two representa tives Edward H. of New-Hampshire (a true Unionist, ) and James S. of Missouri, who uuejht to be the same, but isn't. He somehow stands aloof f rom parties, but his heart seems to long for the neshpots ot the compromising era. Oi ashbnrnes Illinois sends LhhuB. , and Massachusetts William B, both strong ly Union. Of Whites, Clinton A. and Joseph . (both Democrats) complete the catalogue. Ot HtUoiis, Henry of Massachusetts is . i 1 w n t ,i in the benate, James r. ot lowa in tne House both largely Union. Finally we have two Woods Fernando and Ben, both of New Y'ork city. If the politics of one of these are better than those of the other, we should like to know which is the good one, or how any one can be worse than either of them. Ar. Y. Tribune. The bed of Og was twenty seven feet long and seven feet broad. The height of Go- iath was eleven feet ; his coat weighed one hundred and fifty and his spear nineteen pounds. The body ot Orestes, son of Aga- memnon, leader ol tne expedition against Iroy, was eleven and a hall leet high. Maximus, a native of Spam, the Roman mperor, was eight and a halt teet high : his wife's bracelets served for finger rings: Mons. Behin, the Belgian giant, is nearly eight feet high. . A curious and interesting discovery has recently been made in California, of a -py"" mid very similar in construction to tne E- gyptian pyramids, only very much smaller. AN IMPORTANT CAVALEY EAID. Gen. Averill's Official Report. WAsmxGTOX,Dee. 23. The following dispatch has reached Washington : Edsay, Pocohontas Coc.nty, Ya., ) Dec. 21, via Bevkkly, Dec. 22. j Major General II. W. llallach; General-in-Chief: I have the honor to report that I cut the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad at Salem, on the 16th instant, and have arrived safely at this point with my command, consisting of the 2d, 3d and 8th Virginia Mounted Infan try, 14th Pennsylvania, Dobscn's Battalion of Cavalry, andEwing's Battery. At Salem three depots were destroyed, containing 2.000 barrels of flour, lo'tXJt) bushels of wheat, 100,000 bushels of shell ed coi n, ;0.000 bushels of oats, 2,000 bar rels of meat, several cords of leather, 1,000 sacks of salt, 31 boxes of clothing, 20 bales of cotton, and a largo amount "of harness, shoes, saddles, equipments, tools, oil, tar, and various other stores, and one hundred wagons. The telegraph wire was cut and coiled and burnt for half a mile. The Water station, 'turn tables and three cars were burned and the track torn up and the rails heated and destroyed as much as pos sible in six hours. FiTe bridges and several culverts were de stroyed over an extent of fifteen miles. A large quantity of bridge timber and repairing materials was also destroyed. My march was interrupted occasionally by the tempests in the mountains and the icy roads. I was oblidged to swim my command a rid d ra g my artillery with ropes across Croy ' s Creek several times in twenty-four hours. On my return I found six seperate com mands, under Generals Early, Jones. Fitz Lee, Imboden, Jackson, Echols and Me Causin. arranged in a line extending from Staunton to Newport, ujon all the available roads, to prevent my return. I captured a di.-patch irom General Jones to General Early, giving me their positions and that of Jackson. Clifton Fordc ami Covington were selected to be carried. 1 marched from the front of Jones to that of Jackson during the night. His out posts were pursued in at a gallop by the 8th V irginia mounted infantrj', and the two bridges across Jackson's river were saved," although faggots had been hauled ready to ignite them. My column, about four miles long, has tened across, regardless of the enemy, until all but my ambulances and a few wagons, and one regiment had passed when a strong effort was made to retake the first bridge, which did not succeed. The ambulances and some sick men" were lost, and by the darkness and the difficul ties the last regiment was detained upon the opposite side until morning, when it was as certained that the enemy seemed determin ed to maintain his position upon the cliffs which overlooked the bridge. I caused the bridges which were long and high, to be de stroyed and the enemy immediately changed his position to the flank and rear of the de tachment, which was cut off. 1 sent orders to tne remnants, to destroy our wagons and tocome to me across the river or over the mountains, iiiey swam the river with the loss of only four men drown ed, and joined me. In the meantime the forces of the enemv were concentrating on me at Callaghan's over every available road but one, whichjwas deemed impracticable, but by which I crossed over to the top of the Alleghenies wTith my command, with the exception of four caissons, which were do stroyed in order to increase thvi teams of the pieces. my loss is six men drowned, one officer and four men wounded, and four officers and ninety men missing. e captured alout two hundred prison ers, but have retained but live otticers and eighty men, on account of their inability to walk. We took also about one hundred and fiftv horses. My men and horses have subsisted entire y upon a very poor country, ana tne omcers and men have suffered cold and hunger and fatigue with remarkable fortitude. Mil conimanditfis marched, climbed, slid ana strati 2oo m ls, since tne bti instant. (Signed) . Y . Averill, Brigadier General. ' Nero Soldiers. The House of Representatives, at Wash ington, Monday a-week passed a bill appro priating $20,000,000 for bounties and ad vance pay to volunteers. hue this bill was pending, 31 r. Harding of Kentucky, of- ered an amendment, prohibiting the pay ment of any part of this for the raising, arming and equipping of negro soldiers. Only forty-one names were got for this a- mendment, including eight Democrats from Pennsylvania. Bailey, of the Perry dis trict, voted against it, and three dodged. If this is a fair test of the House, only one-fifth of the members of Congress are willing to prohibit the negro from taking part in this war. The others are willing to employ and pay the negro troops which may enlist to put down this rebellion. Even Fernando Wood deserted his copperhead colleagues, and voted against the amendment. Judg ing from the run of this vote, we should think the present Congress would not be likely to repeal the acts of the last one au thorizing the use of negro soldiers in this war. Unless the Democracy can be more united in the future than m the past, the opposition at Washington will not be for midable enough to make congressional pro ceedings interesting. - They are in a bad fix down in Dixie. If the people are fed the army must starve ; if the army starves what will become of the K;ople? On the other hand, if the army is fed the people will starve ; if the people starve what is the use of the army? The best remedy will be for them all to repent and receive pardon from father Abraham. PEESIDENT LINCOLN. In the course of the eloquent sermon 'reached last Thanksgiving day, by the Rev. 'hillips Brooks, Rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity, we find the subjoined passage ; "To-day will any man or woman blame us if we stand in the anticipation of certain ty, and cry above the open grave of slavery, that only waits till its corpse bo brought to it with the decency its reverend age de mands. Thank God ! the hateful thing is dead ! I am speaking solemnly ; I am speak ing earnestly ; I am speaking as a man whose heart is too glad for utterance, in the washing from his country's robe, even though it be in the red water of her chil dren's blood, of such a stain as she has worn before the nations through these years of her melancholy beauty. What has done it? Not the proclamation of last New Year's day, (thouih ice ought to thank-God, as not the least mercy of these times, iluit me hare a man to lead us, so honest, so true, so teach able at the lips of the Almighty, as to icrite those im mortal words thsJ- made a race for ever free. ) Not any public document, not any public act has done the work ; nothing but the hand of God leading back His chosen people into the land of universal freedom, into which lie led the fathers, and out of which the children so wofully went astray." AVhat is here said of President Lincoln will find an echo in the heart of every one who views without prejudice th ; course of affairs since the breaking out of the present war. No man except Washington has shown so much integrity of purpose and action in his great office as President Lincoln ; and however men may have differed from him at times with regard to particular matters, no one has ever charged him with insinceri ty, or illiberal'ity, or the stubborn pride of opinion, or a desire to bind the public policy to suit his own selfish end-. What a recent London newspaper saidof him, viz : 'that he w as the justest man who over held the reigns of power, speaks the whole truth as it is felt by every body in these days. None but bigoted opponents now dispute this. Mr. Lincoln has nobly vindicated his aims and character in the face of all the world, and in a spirit of confidence, begotten of experi ence and patriotism, the people generally are. beginning to concentrate the force of their opinion in a faith in him. No man in his high office ever acted more uniformly in a spirit of patient investi gation, with a more thorough anxiety to learn the right course, and to pursue it in such a way as to combine the masses of the people in the great struggle in which we are engaged. Mr. Lincoln can in no sense be regarded as a partisan President. He has shown the greatest disposition to give all due weigSt to the counsels of men ot all par ties who seem to be actuated bv any correct motive. Other men in his place might have been stricter Republicans in the limited ap plication ot the word, though we think it more than likely that they would have exer ci.-ied that moderate liberalism which is the prevailing characteristic of the party. Oth ers might at times have acted with more sternness of determination, through we thhi'c it probable that their energy . would have nee n apt to take mistaken directions or outrun the course of public sentiment. But few could have so happily blended .pru dence with unremitting perseverance m a great cause, or have accomplished so much with so few real errors. In short, he is be vond all questions the right man in the right place. He is the man of the times, and we sincerely rejoice that the people are mani festing so unanimously their abiding confi dence and trust in him. Pliila 2ortk A mcricart. Ignorance of the "Poor White Trash." Capt. Randolph, of the 3d (colored) South Carolina Volunteers, relates a characteristic story of a prisoner of war, exemplifying the sublime ignorance m which the poor, non- slaveholding whites of the South are steeped : Last iebruaiw, when the United bfates troops penetrated to Jacksonville, Fla. some "confederate,' soldiers were captured A motley crew they were whose picturesque variety of raggedness bore here and there some indications of aim at military style, but nothing of what could be called ''uniform. Two men claimed exemption from capture as being civilians. One of the two owned to having been impressed into the Confederate army, but alledged that he had got his dis charge and was then a civilian. "How long were you a soldier," asked Captain Ran dolph. "Three 5"ear," replied the prison er. "The Confederate army has been three years in the field eh?" akeJ the Ca?tain. "No," answered the "craker," "but t was in the State of Florida service part of the time." "How long were you a soldier for Florida ?" "Three years," said the ex-conscript. "And how long has this war been going forward ?" asks the Captain again. "Well, I suppose going on fifteen years," replied the prisoner. "Are you sure of that ?" his captor inquires. "Now, I hain't kept no strict tally," the Floridian veteran answers ; "but this I do know sarten : we've ben hangiu' the durned Ab lishnists a durned sight longer time northat; well bout's long's I kin remember !" Since the occupation of Little Hock, Ar kansas, by our forces, seven thousand per sons have come in from the surrounding country, five thousand or whom are m the Federal army. A correspondent says that in less than twelve months Arkansas will have a free State constitution,- and be iden tified cordially with the anti-slavery cause. By special treaty arrangements, French war vessels will be permitted to a.sceud the James river, for the purpose of removing the French tobacco stored at Richmond. The tobacco was purchased by the French Gov ernment previous to the breaking out of the rebellion. r - - , . ilaft.sman'.si fomnat. CLEAR FIELD, PA., JAN. 6, 1864. A SECEET OATH-BOUND SOCIETY. The Copperheads at Work. From an editorial article which appears in thellarrisburg Telegraph of December 25th, 1 863, we learn that the Copperhead leaders in Pennsylvania are engaged in getting up a Secret Oath-Bound Political Organiz tioii in this State, and that the Society has its parentage in Clearfield county. How much truth there is in the latter part of the assertion, we are not prepared to say ; but one thing is certain, that Secret Oath-bound associations, do exist in this county. What the precise purport of the organization is, we are not informed; however,. little doubt ex ists, that they are of the character alluded to by our Ilarrisburg contemporary. But, our object was merely to call the attention of our readers to the article of the Tdegraph, which we print in full below ; and, we hope, that every truly loyal man will ponder well the advice given. The Telegraph says : "The desperation of the copperheads knows no bounds. It is now a fixed fact that the leaders of this motley clique are organizing their followers and binding them together by the force of a solemn oath, to Jight the Gov ernment. The object is if possible, to gain power, and this cannot be realized as long as they occupy their present position of open antagonism to the national authority; hence every "Democratic'' leader iu the State of Pennsylvania, who supported Woodward at the last election, is organizing societies in their respective localities; bound together as we have indicated, by an impious oath to oppose the Government at all hazards. It is alleged that this secret organization had its origin in the futile brain of a pompous Clearfield county copperhead, and that it has been extended to every other county in the Commonwealth. A few days since the Tory Organ endorsed these secret oath-bound organizations, commending .them to the pa tronage of every copperhead in the State. There is nothing new or strange in the fact that the enemies of the Government are thus combining and pledging each other iu oaths to work its destruction. We have long, been apprised of the fact that organizations of the Knights of the Golden Cin-le nra- vailed to a large extent in what is called the Democratic parts. This order attempted to influence every election held in the Free States within g the last two years. It suc ceeded in New York and Pennsylvania two years ago. but having been wofully beaten at the last fall election, the programme has been change;!, and now we are to have an or ganization under a different name and with apparently different objects in riew. The tellers of the old order prof eased to he. satis fied vlien the, interests of slavery were a1- ' vanced and protected. the fuglemen of the. new order, hsncrrer. have sirorn never t hf, satisfied until they hare destroyed even ves tige of free government in the States of the American Union. The copperhead leaders beaten, repudia ted and disgraced, we must prepare ourselves for the worst at their hands. The action-of the copperheads in Congress, where, to a man, they vote in the negative on all ques tions involving the interests of the Govern ment, corroborates the rumors in reference to these secret oath-bound societies. These men have ventured their all of political pros pect in the game of treason, and having lost, they are now determined to place their so cial and personal safety in the contest, and either force the Federal Government direct- ly to disruption, or go down themselves to utter and irretrievable ruin. In their pres ent attitude, the copperhead leaders can do nothing more than corrupt and debase the minds of the ignorant masses. And even in this they canbe counteracted, if the loyal press and the independent pulpit unite to combat the influences of this secret rath bound organization to undermine tie Gov ernment. Let the alarm the be sounded even-where. Lot loyal men throttle this new friend of treason, and its life will be hort and harmless. How The Swiss Live. As much as by anything I am surprised at the places deemed habital and actually in-, habited. On the .-ide of the mountains. on theedgesof precipices, upon steeps which thechildrenof the plains would hesitate to climb as a feat of daring, are seen, notsinarle cottages alone, but groups of them, and largo neighborhoods. Indeed, half the people of Switzerland seem to love to liv on ci,-. . ------ vt. " 1 ' (I, "... , - and I suppose they can crawl along perpen dicular places by some such provison as flies have; otherwise it is difficult to see how they ascend and descend: And bnw children are brought up, I. can't imagine. I should expect four out of five, the moment they stepped out of the door, to fall down into some lake or gorge. 'Yet the popula tion continues to increase and maintain its ; numbers. They are children of the air. ' They are forever surrounded by mountains, than which nothing is more beautiful, and nothiupmore sublime.except the clouds that solemnly sweep their top, and hold myste- , rious communion with them. II. W. Beeclier. ! The rebel prisoners at Chicago,- fat and ; saucy on Uncle Sam's rations, are cheerful-., ly taking the oath of allegiance. ..-... . Still fighting the Union men and rebels in North Carolina. The former won't be ' conscripted. California means to raise thirty thousand dollars a month for the Sanitary Commis-' nr ii
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