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CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1864.
VOL. 10.-NO. 24.
BY S. X BOW.
TRMS OF THE JOURNAL.
The BiFTSMAiTs Jocrwai. is published on Wed
fceadar at Sl,M per annum in advance. Auver
tismbsm inserted at $1.00 per square, for three
or less insertions Twelre lines (or less) counting a
Square. For every additional insertion 25 cents.
A deduction will be mode to yearly advertisers.
gtt.smejstf glirtttorjj.
IRVTN BROTHERS. Dealers in Square i Sawed
Lumber, Dry Goods, Groceries, Flour, Grain,
4a, Ac, Burnside Pa., Sept. 23, 1363.
FREDERICK LEITZINGER, Manufacturer of
sll kinds of Stone-ware, Clearfield, Pa. Or
ders solicited wholesale or retail. Jan. 1, 1803
CRASS A BARRETT, Attorneys at Law, Clear
field. P. May 13T 1363.
i,. J. craVs. :::::: Walter babrett.
ROBERT J. WALLACE, Attorney at Law. Clear
field, Pa Office in Shaw's new row. Market
street, opposite bangle's jewelry store. May 2b.
Hp. NAUGLE, Watch and Clock Maker, and
. dealer in Watches, Jewelry, Ac. Room in
Jraham'B row, Market street. Nov-10-
HEUCIIER SWOOPE. Attorney at Law. Clear
, field, Pa. Offict in Graham's Row, four doo s
west of Graham A Boynton's store. Nov. 10.
J.
P. KRATZER Merchant, and dealer in
. 1 - 1 ' : A T.n.l.iA
wt . lioaras ana cningies, x mm
Front St, above the Academy, Clearfield, Pa. jl 2
WALLACE A HALL, Attorneys at Law, Clear
field, Pa. lecombcrl7, 1862.
williav a. wallacb. :::::::: jobs a. hall.
II A FLEMMING, Curwcnsvillo, Pa., Nursery
. man and Dealer in all kinds of Fruit and
Ornamental Trees, Plants and Shrubbery. All r
ders by mail promptly attended to. May 13.
W- ILLIAM F. IRW IN, Market street, Clearfield,
Pa., Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Mer
chandise, Hardware, Queenswaro, Groceries, and
family artielos generally. Nov. 10.
JOHN GUELICH, Manufacturer of all kinds of
Cabinet-ware, Market street, Clearfield, Pa.
He al.o makes to order ColBns, on short notice, and
attends funerals with a hearse. Aprl0,'59.
DR. M. WOODS, Practiciso Phvsiciah, and
Examining Surgeon for Pensions,
utnee. South-west corner of Second and Cherry
htreet, Clearfield, Pa. January 21, 1863.
WW. SHAW. M. D., has resumed the prnc
. tice of Medicine and Surgery in Shawsville,
Penn'a, where lie still respectfully solicits a con
tinuance of public patronage. May 27, It 63.
J" B M'ENALLY, Attorneyat Law. Clearfield,
. Pa. Practices in Clearfield and adjoining
counties. Office in new brick building of J.Hoyn
ton, 2d street, one door south of Lanich's Hotel.
ICIIARD MOSSOP, Dealer in Foreign and Do-
X, mestio Dry Goods, tirocenes, iiour, jjacon,
iquors. Ae. Room, on Market street, a few doors
est of Journal Ojjiee, Clearfield, Pa. Apr27.
rpUOMPSON, A WATSON. Dealers in Timbor
JL Saw Logs, Boards and Shingles, Marysville,
Clearfield county, Penn'a August 11, 1863.
a. w. THoirpso." : : : : : jas. e. watsos.
JAKKIMER A TEST, Attorneys at Law.CIcar
J field. Pa. Will attend promptly to all legal
ml other business entrusted to their care in CleRr
field and adjoining counties. August 6, 1856,
DR. WM. CAMPBELL, offers his professional
servicos to the citizens of Moshannon and vi-
cimty. He can be consulted at bis residence at
all times, unless absent on professional business.
Jlohiannon, Centre co., Pa., May 13, 1863.
7M. ALBERT A BRO'S, Dealers in Dry Goods,
V Groceries, Hardware. Queensware, Flour,
l:con. etc.. Woodland, Clearfield county, Penn'a.
Alio, extensive dealers in all kinds of sawed lum
ber, thingles, and squaro timber. Orders solici
ted . Woodland. An g. 19th,'lSo3.
rnilOMAS J. M CULLOUGII, Attorney at Law,
J. Clearfield. Pa. Office, oast of the ' Clearfield
co. Bank. Deeds and other legal instruments pre
pared with promptness and accuracy. July 3.
i. 6. bi'sh- :::::::: t.j.mcullough
BUSH A M'CULLOUGH S
Collectio.- Office, Clbap.field, Peks'a.
DK. L1TCII 'S MEDICO ES. A fresh sup
ply of these invaluable Family Medicines
are for sale by M. A. Frank, Clearfield, consisting
of Pain Curer ; Restorative, a greatcure for colds
and cough ; and Ami-Bilious Physic. They have
been thoroughly tested in this community, and
are highly approved. Tar TngM.
YEW WATCH St J EWELIIY STOUE.-
ll The undersigned having located in the bor
ough of Clearfield, (at the shop formerly occupied
bjH Welch as a jewelry shop,) is prepared to
d work of all kinds on the most reasonable terms.
The cash will positively be expected when the
work is delivered, lie is confident that he can
not be excelled by any workmen in town or county.
Comt one '. come all totheSign of the Hi Watrh.
pril tf.'62-ly-pd. S. R. LAUCHLIN.
4 IXTIONEER. The undersigned having
J, been Licensed an Auctioneer, would inform
the cititens of Clearfield county that he will at
test to calling sales, in any part of the county,
whenever called upon. Charges moderate
Address, . JOHN M QUILKIN,
May 13. Bower Po., Clearfield co., Pa.
B. Persons calling sales without a proper li
cense are subject to a penalty of S60, which pro
vision will be enforced against those who may vi
olate the same.
Bl'LKLEY'S PATENT LUMBER DRIED
BY SUPERHEATED STEAM.S-The under
'gaed respectfully informs the people of Clear
field and adjoining counties that he has the agen
c7 of the above patent and will sell individual,
county or township rights for its use. The lum
wr dried by this prolyjss is stronger, finishes bet
ter, is easier on tools, and requires (less time in
drying than any other process knewn. drying 1
'neh lumber perfectly in 35 hours better than
"nj months under the old system using the
same amount of fuel per day that a common, kiln
consumes. The certificated a number rff resi
dent mechanics well known in this community is
amply sufficient to convince the most sceptical of
uiuy. Persons desirous of purchasing ngnu
WlU4dresfl JOHNT n. CUTTLE.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
i"ne2t, 1853.
Cearfield, Penn'a
MILLINERY & FANCY STORE.
MRS. H. D.WELSH,
RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCES TO THE LA
11LS of Clearfield and vicinity that she
I has opened a Millinery, Notion and Trim
, ming store, on Second Street, next door to
. airs. L.anich s Hotel, wbere she will be
01 a7 40 receiT orders for cither work or goods.
UII bonneu made rtit into th latest New York
Philadelphia styles, one
asmg often she will alwaj
1 short notice. By pur-
?ry utegt etyeg of Dregg Trimmings, HaU, Nu
s. Hoods, Collars. Sleeves, Ae., which she will
ii i at the smallest possible nrofit for oaah
Ue8ld, Pa. N0T. 18. ifcgj
ONE SWEETLY SOLEMN THOUGHT.
One sweetly solemn thought
Coines to me o"er and o'er ;
I'm nearer my home to-day
Than I ever was before !
Nearer my Father's house,
Where the many mansions bo ;
Nearer the great white throne,
Nearer the crystal eca !
Nearer the bound of life,
AVhcre we lay our burdens down ;
Nearer leaving the cress,
Nearer wearing tho crown !
But lying darkly between,
Winding down through the night,
Is tho dark and shadowy stream
That bursts at last into light !
Father, perfect my love ;
Strengthen the might of mj faith ;
Let me feel as I would when I stand
On the rock of tho shore of death
Feel as I would when my feet
Are slipping over the brink ;
For it may be that I in nearer homo.
Nearer now than I think !
BESIGNATION Or SENATOR WHITE.
The flag of truce boat having arrived on
Saturday evening, January 30th, with the
information that the rebels refused to ex
change Maj. "White on the very terms they
had previously proposed, his lather, J udge
White, transmitted the resignation, wluch
wo publish below, at once to Speaker Pen
nej', through Senator Lowry. The docu
ment is closely written on both sides of a
half sheet of small commercial note paper,
says the llarrisburg Telegraph, and the folds
bear evidence that it has been carefully con
cealed in a small compass. It was brought
from Richmond by an exchanged captain,
who had it carefully concealed in his shoul
der strap, and the rebels were thus ingeni
ously thwarted in their base attempt to pre
vent the resignation from being sent. l'he
entire letter is written by Harry White,
whose hand writing is well known. - The
letter of Judge AVhite, (the father of Major
Harry White,) which precedes the resigna
tion of tho Senator from Indiana district,'
will be found highly interesting, as explana
tory of the delay attending the publicity of
that document ; and with this comment we
Hiibmit the whole correspondence to the
public :
IlARRISBURG, Feb. 1, ISC) I.
Hon. John P. Penney-, Speaker of the
Senate nf Pennsylvania:
Silt : In tendering you the resignation of
Major Harry White, of his seat as a mem
ler of the Senate of Pennsylvania, a few
words in explanation of the delay may not
be improper.
Although dated on the lGth November
last, it dil not reach me for more than a
month after that period, and being then en
gaged in endeavoring, through a private
channel, to effect his release, with every
prospect of success, tho delivery of the res
ignation was postioned. That effort,
throusrh an unfortunate event, failed. But
at that time an effort was being made by
the General Government, which I, in com
mon with others to whom it was known, had
every reason to believe and to hope would
be successful, and trouble and expense would
be thus saved to the Commonwealth, and
the Senate would be in a position to do busi-ne:-?
sooner than by any other course.
The result is known, and therefore I hand
you the resignation of Major Harry White,
which hasnevcr been out of my possession
for a single moment since I received it.
Throughout the whole transaction I have
acted in good faith, from the purest motives
and without any view of self-interest. The
document was sent to me to be used at such
time and in such manner as in my discretion
I should think proper.
lie is a son for whom I feel the the most
tender affection. He has a family whose
feelings have been most painfully exercised
during his prolonged captivity, and I had
every reason to believe as well as to hope
that public interest would not suffer by with
holding this resignation for a short time.
Very respectfully, Your obedient servant,
. Thomas White.
Libby Prison,
Richmond, Va., Nov. 1863. )
Hon. J. 1'. PennEY-, Spealccr of the Senate
of I'ennsihnnia.
My Dear Sir : Considerations I shall
briefly state, make it prudent and proper for
me to tender my resignation as a member of
the Senate of Pennsylvania. After the ad
journment of our Legislature last spring, I
rejoined my regiment and resumed my mili
tary duties in the field. Upon the advance
of General Lee's army in J une last into the
Shenandoah valley, on his Pennsylvania
campaign, the forces with which I was con
nected ere ordered to Winchester, and in
the battle at that place I fell into the hands
of the enemy as a prisoner of war, with oth
er Federal officers. I was immediately sent
to Richmond, and since the twenty-third of
June, have remained as a prisoner in the
"Libby." No general exchange of prison
ers has taken place in the meantime, nor
does any appear to me in early prospect Shut
off for long months from friends and the
outer world, I have yet not leen entirely ig
norant of passing events. The recent elec
tion in our State has, I learn, altered some
what from the last session the political com
plexion of our Senate. My absence, it
seems, gives to each party represented there
1 cti-ontrfli Tliia will in nil
probability, embarrass organization anrlc-1
lay necessary icgisjawun. x lcgitu cit
ation, and am unwilling my present politi
cal misfortune should in any way affect pub
lic interests, or interrupt, for a moment,
that cordial co-operation oetwecn our State
and National Government, so necessary in
this crisis. It is true some time irmst yet
elapse before my presence in Harmburg is
actually required, yet, as I have no hope of
release by general exchange, the Richmond
authorities, I am convinced, will retain me
as long as possible, because I am a Senator
and my vote important under the circum
stances, it behooves me to do what I can to
relieve the difficulty likely to result from my
continued imprisonment. I am sure you
will not doubt me when I confess it would
be much more acceptable to my tastes and
feeling, to spend the months of the coming
winter in active legislation in our Senate
Chamber, than to languish within the gloomy
walls of a Southern prison. My present
situation places the less agreeable alterna
tive in prospect,' and I see but one solution
to the difficulty. Other and greatcrinterests
are involved in this matter than my personal
comfort and private inclinations. My health,
my life are nothing to the success of those
great principles I was elected to represent.
The good people of my district are chiefly
interested in this matter, and my duty to
them in the premises has given mo many
an hour of anxious solicitude in this weary
prison life. I cannot now in any way con
sult with them. They should, however, not
at this time go unrepresented. Their gen
erous confidence was but recently given me,
and they will, I trust, give the approval of
their voice to the step I now take, and se
lect as my successor one who will be as faith
ful to their interests and the great cause of
our country as I, at least, desired to he. Be
pleased, therefore, to accept my resignation
as a Senator from the Twenty-first Senatori
al District. Pe kind enough to convey to
my brother Senators assurances of respect
and esteem. Tell them, "though cast down,
I am not dismayed. Though in bonds, I
am full of hope." Tell them my prayer
and trust is that no word or deed may go
out of the counsels of your Senate to weak
en the ami or make faint the heart of those
brave soldiers of the Union who are bearing
in the field a sure and triumphant success,
tho greatest strength of history. Accept,
my dear sir, my kindest wishes for your good
health and future prosperity. I am yours
truly, Harry White.
How to Treat Frozen Limbs.
The New York Evening Post, in an arti
cle on this subject, says that frozen limbs
should never be rubbed. The juices of the
fleshy tissues, when frozen in their minute
sacs or cells, at once become in each of these
enclosures cr3'stals, having a large number of
angles and sharp points ; and hence rubbing
the flesh causes them to cut or tear their
way through the tissues, so that when it is
thawed, the structure of the muscle is more
or less destroyed. The proper mode of
treatment is thus stated : hen any part
of the body is frozcn; it should be kept ter
fectly quiet till it is thawed out, which
should be done as promptly as possible. As
freezing take3 place from the surface inward
ly, so thawing should be in the reverse or
der, from the inside outwardly. The thaw
ing out of a portion of flesh, without at the
same time putting the blood from the heart
into circulation through it, produces mor
tification ; but by keeping the more external
parts congealed till the internal blood gradu
ally softens the more interior parts, and pro
duce circulation of the blood as fast as thaw
ing takes place, most of these dangers arc
obviated.
Hunting Conscripts with Dog3.
The Army and Navy Jmmud publishes
the following extract from a cavalry officer's
letter, written from South-west Tennessee :
"I have been out with my regiment scout
ing fur three weeks in the region lying be
tween the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers,
northeast of Memphis. For the first few
days we were after a guerrilla company, who
were engaged in hunting up, or hunting
down, conscripts with dogs. Brutal and
horrible as it may seem, it is nevertheless
strictly true, and you may rely uion it, that
at this very hour, hundreds of the people
of West Tennessee, Mississippi, and Ala
bama, are being hunted down with blood
hounds. I could not realize it until by the
most positive evidence I find it true. We
were once almost within hearing of" the bay
ing of the hounds sent out a scouting party,
who came very near catching some of the
devils. If they had been caught, they
would have received short shrift"
A Question Answered.
Rev. Dr. Hitchcock, in a lecture on "Du
ty and Destiny," delivered in Brooklyn last
week, before the Long Island Historical So
ciety, met the question of "What shall be
done with four millions of emancipated
slaves?" by asking, "What shall be done
with all the red-whiskered men, all the blue
eyed men, all the white-haired men ?' ' This
question, he added, was as sensible as the
other, and both were the same kind of sense
which was nonsense. He conceived that
there was no difficulty in answering either
query ; the freed blacks, like the free whites,
would do honest work for honest pay. So
that problem would solve itself. The issue
of this war, he said, was to be chaos or cos
mos, and he thought it would be cosmos.
What we Have Won Back. The three
States, Louisianna, Arkansas and Tennessee,
the people of which are now preparing to re
establish civil government as free States and
within the Union, have an area of 1 39,023
square miles a territory a third greater in
extent than the island of Great Britain, and
1.t 1,;t.,1 laca fli?Ti frnnne. All this re-
uiuji c wuu . ---- - .
gion is, by the voluntary action of the loyal
people who have been taugnt wisaom vy
sunenng aevoieu to iiueny , ui
quickly be sought out by freemen from Eu
rope, who will make homes and indepen
dence in this pleasant and fertile country for
themselves ana tneir iamuies.
Since July last between one huudred and
thirty and one hundred and forty heavy guns
have been landed on Morris Island, Charles
ton harbor. One of the guns weighed 2
555 pounds.
Gov. Andrew Johnson on Slavery and Com
.pensated Labor.
In the course of a speech at an Eighth of
January celebration in Nashville, Tenn.,
Governor Johnson remarked as follows on
the progress of opinion in Tennessee :
Before the rebellion we could discuss all
institutions, all subjects, all measures, except
slavery. On that subject no one dared
speak, or write, or print, except on the side
of the slave aristoracy. Now, thank God,
the time has come when the nress is unmuz
zled when the press can discuss" this and
all other subjects. The time has come
when this institution is dead when the
chains are broken and the cantive set free.
Applause. The institution is dead ap
plause and slaves are not worth a quarter
oi a dollar a dozen.. .Laughter. J Ueing
dead, let us, in a becoming manner, prepare
for the funeral. Now is the time to dis
pose of this great question. It is a great
principle of human freedom ; not by aboh
tionists in the North, nor by secessionists
in the feouth, but by that great law of self-
preservation which governs all men alike.
Slavery is a cancer upon the body politic.
which must be rooted out before perfect
health can be restored. 1 lie great law 1
refer to is now at work, and negroes and all
things else which may be in the way, to im
pede its course, must get out. Don t go to
investing, but find out the principles of that
law, and conform your actions thereto.
In the same speech Governor Johnson
gave slaveholders the following sound ad
vice :
The Union and the Constitution must be
preserved intact. I have owned slaves
slaves that I bought with my own money
money earned by myself, a xuarter of a dol
lar at a time. They were confiscated and sold
yet two of them ran away form the rebel
dominions and came here to me. I hired
them made a bargain with them for their
labor, and thus recognized their freedom.
And I find they do better than when they
were slaves. Now, if any ot you are slave
owners, I advise you to go and do likewise,
while you have the chance. Hire your ne
groes to work for you, and you will find they
will do better labor for you than when they
were slaves. By this means you will do your
part in this great trancaction to teach them
sc-lf-reliance. The edict has gone forth, and
all that remains to be done is to change the
relation of master and slave. The day is not
1'uYdistant when this nation will be the great
centre ot civilization, of the arts and sci
enccs, and of true religion. Time was when
the tide of emigration ran westward ; tho
time will soon be when it will run southward.
Let us go on with our mighty work. To
talk about breaking up a government like
this for slavery ! 'Tis madness. Let it go
on with its great mission.
Workings of the Amnesty Proclamation.
The Amnesty Proclamation is producing
visible effects in the ranks of the rebel ar
mies. The increase of desertions is attribu
table, mainly, to this cause. The average
daily desertions from Johnson's army is over
forty. An officer just from Knoxvrtle, in
forms the Cincinnati Commercial that even
th cavalry pickets of Longstreet are com
ing in, horses and all, and that the infantry
are not trusted on the outixst picket lines,
Deserters report that they sometimes leave
in squads of fifty, taking their arms with
them, and make for the Smoky Mountains,
and the mountainous and sparsely-inhabited
regions of Virginia. The desertions are
chiefly from Kentucky, Tennessee, Missis
sippi, Louisiana and Virginia regiments.
When the amnesty was first promulgated.
the Richmond papers made light of it, and
did not hesitate to publish it ; an indiscre
tion which has not been repeated by other
newspaiH?rs in rebcldom, as it was discover
ed te be demoralizing to their armies. That
the rebels do not now consider it a trivial af
fair, or the conditions so exacting that they
will not be accepted by the rank and hie on
first opportunity, is clear from the corres-
Iiondeiicc between Generals Longstreet and
Foster, in. which the former protests against
the circulation of the document . within his
lines. So anxious, indeed, have Ikjcii his
solu.icrs to see the amnesty, that a numler
of subordinate officers recently accompanied
a flag of truce to General Foster's lines to.
procure copies of it to take with them to
their camps. They were privatehjfceupplicd
with as many as they could conceal from
the observations of their su)erior officers.
It is, probably, because the proclamation
is so effectual an aid in the work of putting
down the rebellion that Northern fJonserva
tive newspapers find so much in it that is
objectionable. It is satisfactory to know
that what they have to urge against it does
not diminish the number of those who ac
cept its conditions. Perhaps a few weeks'
sojourn in Dixie would enable them to see
the liberal character of the amnesty, and rcn
dcrthcni less particular about terms. There
could be no objection to their trying the ex
periment, that we know of. Their tempo
rary absence in that direction would not
cause any considerable regret, if it would
cure them of their chronic spleen against
every act of the Administration.
At Gettysburg 2S,000 muskets were
taken. Of these, 24,000 were'found to be
loaded. 13,000 containing two loads, and 6,-
000 from three to ten loads. In many in
stances, half a dozen balls were driven in on
a single charge of powder. In some cases
the former nossessor had reversed the usual
order, placing the ball at the bottom of the
barrel and the powder on top.
A Des Moines. Iowa, dispatch says the
Republican State Convention, to be held on
the 23d of February, will be unanimous for
the re-nomination of' President Lincoln.
Mink skins, which a few years ago sold
for a quarter, now bring from four to seven
dollars.
CONSERVATISM.
The Hon. John Minor Botts, of Vir
ginia, is, by no means, an ordinary man.
Surrounded by the rebellion, he has preser
ved his loyal convictions intact, and through
out all the vicissitudes of the war this brave
old gentleman has had a steadfast, philo
sophic, obstinate faith in the ultimate tri
umph of the Union. He has borne his part
alone, and, an exile even among his own
conntrymen, has had only his conscientious
self-approval and self-reliance to comfort and
support him. This one man has alone con
fronted the rebel Government, and not even
his enemies can impeach his sterling honor
and integrity. Lately he declined the Scna
torship offered to him by the loyal people of
Virginia, preferring to bide that certain
time when he "may be able to aid in healing
the animosities of the two sections. " The
following is a notable part of the summary
of his recent letter to the Hon. G. S. Smith,
Treasurer of the Virginia State Govern
ment :
In a conversation with Mr. Botts, he sta
ted that never for a single instant during this
war, has he doubted the final result His opia
ion of Geo. B. McClellan is not at all
complimentary to thnt gentleman, idiom he
regards, if not positively disloyal at heart,
at feast in the light of an amJjitious aspirant
for undeserved honors. Mr. Botts stated
that lie beliced that the majority of the Iicbel
army regarded McCLEIXAN is being as tru
ly devoted to their interest at RoBET E. Lee,
and that a man -ichft would not, when his
name icas used in connection icith DAVIS,
Valandioham, Wood and oticrs of the
same political complexion, come out boldly
and disclaim the association, was tnfaly unfit
to be commander of a Union army, Mr. Botts
says that of all the promises made to the
Southern people by the leaders of Secession,
ouIy- one may possibly be fulfilled. The
promise referred to is the one of Mr.
Toombs, of Georgia, who, it will be remem
bered, said he would yet call the roll of his
slaves at the foot of Bunker Hill Monument.
Mr. Botts thinks that if President Lin
coln will collect the slaves of Mr. Toombs,
and permit him to visit thcNorth, the proph
ecy may be fulfilled.
We beg to compare this opinion of a
Southern Conservative, after the loyal heart,
with the amusing, but extraordinary letter
of Gen. McClellan to the President, July
7th 18G2:
"Neither confiscation of property political
executions of prisoners, territorial organiza
tions of States, or forcible alolition of slave
ry should be contemplated for a moment
Unless the principles governing he
future conduct of our struggle shall be made
known and apprvl, the effort to obtain
requisite forces wnne almost hopeless. A
declaration of radical views, especially upon
slavery, will rapidly disintegrate our present
armies."
Unquestionably, there is a great difference
between the conservatism which prefers ex
ile in Virginia to that which is sent to
Trenton and Canada.
Lady Clerks.
In regard to the employment by Secreta
ry Chase of ladies as clerks in the Treasury
Department, a correspondent of the Wash
ington Rcpublicansnvs: While half-crazed
enthusiasts arc talking about woman's
rights Gov. Chase has shown his desire to
introduce'thc gentler sex into new spheres of
usefulness, by apointing ladies as clerks m
his department. Excellent clerks they make,
too, actually talking less and writing more
than some of their gentlemen associates.
Some forty years ago, (so the old clerks tell
me, ) when Wm. 1 f. Crawford was Secreta
ry of the Treasury, and a candidate for the
Presidential chair, his amanuensis and con
fidential clerk was his daughter Caroline,
afterward Mrs. Dudley. She not only wrote
his private letters, but, during a year that
he was in bad health, signed his name to
the many papers requiring his signature.
There is said to have been a striking resem
blance between Miss Crawford's handwriting
and that of her father, and the clerks in the
department could not detect the difference
in the signatures. Gov. Chase pay not be
equally fortunate in harving a private secre
tary, "but he deserves high honor forgiving
employment to capable and deserving young
ladies at this time, when able-bodied men
are needed in the field. Let the Heads of
other Departments follow his example.
A Hartford paper tells a good story of a
ten-cent currency note one of the new is
sue which was shown to a clergyman, a
day or two ago, as a curiosity. "Is that a
counterfeit" he inquired- "No: that's
one of the new ten-cent bills." "Well,"
said the clergyman, with a comical look, as
if he smelt the joke in the distance, "there
was a contribution at mv church last Sun
day, and we found one of those bills in the
box. The deacon and L botu tnougnt it
counterfeit, and tore it up. "
Tho Mirtrncan legislature propose to ap
propriate $3,500. towards laying out and
beautifying that part of the Gettysburg
Cemetery allotted to that State.
In Nevada, artesian wells are bored hori
zontally into mountain sides, instead of per-
Cendicularly into the ground. Several valu
le "veins have been struck.
Rev. James Paley, son of the celebrated
Arch Deacon Paley, died lately in England
at the age of 80.
Some natholotrists claim that dintheria has
been occasioned by the intrcductionani use
of kerosene ou.
How to Cure a Smoky Chimney.
For hard lying, the following cant be
lx'at. A correspondent, who lives in New
Hampshire, states that in those parts resides
a man called Joe, a fellow noted for the
tough lies he can tell, and as a sample, re
lates the following :
Joe called at Ilolton's one day, and found
him almost choked with smoke, when lie
suggested
"You don't know as much about man
aging smoky chimneys as I do, squire or
you'd cure 'em."
"Ah," said Holton. with interest, "did
you ever see a smoky chimney cured?"
"Seen a smoky chimney cured?" said old
Joe. "I think I have! 1 had the worst one
in Sealxard county once, and I cured it a lit
tle too much."-1
"How was that?" asked Holton.-
"Why you see," said Joe, "you see, I
built a little house out yonder at Wolf Hol
low, ten or twelve years ago. Jim Bush,
the fellow that built the chimney, kept
blind drunk three quarters of the time, and
crazy drunk the other. I told him that lie
would have something wrong, but he stuck
to it and finished the house Well, we
moved in, and built a fire the next morning
to boil the tea-kettle. All the smoke came
through the room and went out of tho
windows ; not a bit went up the flues.- We
tried it for two or three days, and it got
worse and worse. By-and-by it came on to'
rain, and the rain beguu to come down the
chimney. It put the fire out in a iuinwtc,
and directly it came down by the pailful.
We had to get the baby off the floor as soon
as we could, or it would have been drowncd.
In fifteen minutes tho water stood knee-deep
on the floor. Then I went out and took a
look. It didn't rain half so hard outside,
and I pretty soon see what was the matter.
The drunken cuss liad. put the chimney
wrong endup, and it dra wed downwards ;
it gathered all tlve rain within a hundred
yards, and poured it down by tlie buckets
ful.' "Well, that was unfortunate," remarked
Holton. "But what in the world did you
do with the house? Surely, you never cured .
that chimney ?'
"Didn't I, though, f answered old Joe.
"Yes, I did"
"How," asked Holton.
"Turned it the other end up," said the
incorrigible, "and then your ought to have
seen it draw. That was the way I cured it
too much."
"Drew too much?" asked Holton.
"Well, squire, you may judge for your
self," said old Joe. "Pretty soon after we
got the chimney down and the other end up,
I missed one of tho chairs out of the roomT
and directly I see another of em shooten to
wards the lire place. Next the table went,
and I seen the back log going up Then I
grabbed the old woman under one arm ami
the baby under t'other, and started ; but
just as I git to the door, I seen the cat go
ing across the floor backwards, holding oa
with her claws to tlie carpet, yelling awfully.
It wasn't no use. I just seen her going
over the top of the chimney, and that wag
last of her.
"Well, what did you do then?" asked
Holton. "Of course you couldn't live in
such a house?"
"Couldn't I, though?" said Joe ; bat I
did. I put a iKHilticc on the jam of the fire
place, and that drawd t'other way ; so wc
mid no more trouble."
What is a Copperhead ?
"A Union Democrat" finds this word ut
terly "without souse," and asks us to give
its definition. It strikes us that he should
have first ascertained the meaning of a word
before he pronounces so decidedly on its
significances. We will try to give it in dic
tionary form, as follows :
CorrEKHEAD : n 1. A very poisonous jf;
and malignant snake, who strikes without
warning, and whose bite is almost certain
death.
2. A human serjxmt, who hates those who
stand up for their country against the dead
ly assaults of Slavcholding treason, and
pierces them with his poisonous fangs wher
ever he can and dare.
Kramples Those who hurrah for Jeff
Davis in loyal communities ; those who pub
licly huzza fof McClellan but privately, and
among their intimate cronies, avow that
they hope to sec Lee's army marching up
Broadway and Jeff, receiving an ovation at
the City Hall ; those who propose to send
embassies to Richmond, ostensibly in quest
of "Peace," but really to encourage the reb
els to hold out and await the chances of the
Presidential election ; those who burned
houses and hunted " unoffending negroes in
our streets, diversifying the slaughter and
maiming of those by processions to cheer
under the windows of (Jen. McClellan.
Now don't you sec that "Copperhead"
is one of the most significant words in our
language? Ar. IT Iribitne.
Iceland has a population of seventy thou
sand, four printing presses, and four news
papers. So much attention is devoted to
educating the young, that it is almost im
possible to find a child of eight years of age
who does not read or write.
In the Ohio Legislature ten "conserva
tives" have been ousted from their seat?,
and four others are to be similar disposed of,
having got in by the refusal of election clerks
to count soldiers' votes.
The new official map of France Is now fin
ished. The immense work, executed by the
S general staff of the army, has occupied near
y sixty years.
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the Gulf have been sunnlied with Kanifarv
stores by Governor Morton.
The sleep of the mominir, the wine of
noon, and the company of the rvil, destroy
mankind.