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,-. .
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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-'
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