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BY s. J. -Rovr.
CLEARFIELD, PA., "WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1864.
VOL. lO.-NO. 20.
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A dedtfetion will be made to yrl yaverusers.
3Juj5inc JHvcctovtj.
TRVTN BROTHERS. Dealers in Square Sawed
Y Lumber, Irj Ooods, Groceries, Flour, Grain,
Ao , Ac, Rum ide Pa., Sept. 23, 1SG3.
FREDERICK LKITZIXGER. Manufacturer of
f .11 kinds of Stone-ware. Clearfield. Pa. Or
der solicited wholesale or retail. Jan. 1, 1SC3
CRASS BARRETT, Attorneys at Law. Clear
field, Pa. May 13, 1S03.
l. j. chans. : : : : .: : waj.terabbett
ROBERT J. WALLACE. Attorney at Law. Clear
field, Pa Office in Shaw's new row. Market
street, opposite Naugle's jewelry store. May 26.
HF NAfOLK, AVotch and Clock MiiVer, and
. dealer in Watches, Jewelry. Ao. Room in
Graham s row, Market street. Nov. 10.
HBUC1IF.R SWOOPE. Attorney at Law.Cloar
. field, Pa. OCot intJraham's Row. fourdoo s
west of Graham k Boyntonis store. Nov. 10.
f P KRATZER Merchant, and dualcr in
J . Boards and Shingles, lirain and Produce,
front St. above the Academy, Clearfield, Pa. ji2
1 ITAI.I.ACE A HALL. Attornevs at Law, Cleur-
W field, Pu. December 17. 1S6
WILLIAM a.wallacr. : : : : :
JOHN Q. HALL.
TJ1 A FLEAI.Vn.VG. Curwensville. Pa., Nnrst-ry-.
man and Dealer tn all kinds of Fruit and
Ornamental Trees. Plants and Shrubbery. All or
ders by mail promptly attended to. May 13.
VI 7TLLI AM F. IR W IX, Marketstreet, Clearfield,
Pa . Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Mer
chandise. Hardware, Queeuswaro, Grooeries, and
family articles generally. Nov. 10.
JOHN GUELICH. Manufacturer of all kinds of
fj Tabinet-ware, Market siruet, Clcarfiell, Pa.
He also makes toor !er CVEns. onhhort. no'ice. and
attends funerals wilU a hearse. April), jj.
DR. M. WOODS. Practicing Phvsicias, and
Examining Surgeon for Pensions,
otfice, Ponth-west corner of Secoud and Cherry
Mrect. Clearfield, Pa. January 21. M:
rpHOMS J. M'CCLLOCUII, Attorney at Law,
JL Clearfield. Pa. Office, east of the -Clearfield
co. Eauk. Deeds and other legal instruments pre
pared with promptness and accuracy July 3
JB M'KX ALLY, Attorney at Law. Ctearfield,
i Pa. Practices in Clearfield and adjoining
counties. Ofl.ce in new brick building of J. Boyn
ton. 2d street, one door south of Lauich's Hotel.
I
) ICHARI) MOSSOP, Dealer in Foreign and Do
V.' roestic Dry Goods Groceries, Flour, Bacon,
i.inora. Ac. KOGUi. on JlsiKei sixeev.
a lew aoors
Apr27.
west of Journal Ojft"f. Clearfield, Pa.
THOMPSON, & WA1SON. Dealers in Jniiixr
.Saw liirs. Hoard ana SDinjrics, iuarvHviiiu
Ciearfield county, Penu'a
August II, ISiiS.
. w. TnoMpsos : : :
JAS. E. W'ATSOM.
JAR RIMER TEST, Attorneys at Law.Clear
J field. Pa. Will attend promptly to all legal
nd other lmsiuss entrusted to their care in Clear
field and adjoining counties. August 6, ISafi.
DR. WM. CAMPBELL, offers his professional
services to the citiiens of Mosbannon and vi
ciuiiy. He can be consulted at his residence at
all times, unless absent on professional business.
Mohsanuon, Centre co., Pa., May 13. 16o3.
TITM. ALBERi & BRO J?, Dealers in Dry Goods.
Groceries, Hardware. Queensware, Flour,
Locon. etc.. Woodlau-, Clearfield county, Penn'a.
Also, extensive dealers iu r.ll kinds of sawed lum
ber, shingles, and square timber. Orders solici
ti'ii. Woodland, Aug. 19th.
D
K.LITCII'S .MEDICI.NKS. Afresh sup-
ply of these invaluable Family .McJicines
rt for kale by M. A. Frank. Clearfield, consisting
i.l I'aiu Citier ; Re.itoratiVf.sk greatcure forcolds
ai.l cough ; and Autt'-liiliotes Physic. They have
been thoroughly tested in this community, usd
re highly approved. Trv them.
Vl-'CTIO.N'. The undersigned having beenLi
cented an auctioneer would inform the citi-
fn oj Clearfield County
that he will attend t-
C;
Hing sales in any part of the County whenever
alleJ upin. Chafes Moderate.
Address J. M. SMITH.
Heartvs X Roads, Clearfield Co.. Pa
ca
February d I.ifi4
V EW WATCH & JEWELRY STOKE.
-.1 The undersigned having located in the bor
ough of Clearfield. Jat the shop formerly occupied
by P. Welch as a lewelrv shoD.) is prepared to
lo work of all kinds on the most reasonable terms.
Tie cash will positively be expected when the
urk is delivered. He is confident that he can
cot be excelled by any workmen in town orcounty.
Come uiir! rorne all to the Sign oftheliisr Watch.
Aprds). 62-ly-pd. S. If. LAUCiIUX.
Vl'CTlO.N EEU. Th undersigned hai
been Licensed an Auctioneer, would inf
laving
a form
in citizens of Clearfield county that he will at
'fii'l to culling sales, in any part of the county,
whenever called upon'. Charges moderate
Address, JOHN M QUILKIX.
May 13. Bower Po., Clearfield co., Pa.
-V B. Perons calling sales without a proper li
ceuse are subject to a penalty of SoO, which pro
vision will be enforced against those who may vi
"iate the snuia.
Bl"LK LEY'S PAT EXTLFMBER DRIED
BY SI'PVH IIP ITPIl TP.f TJiB I, r,..r.
J'Sned reipcctfully informs the people of Clear
"I'l nni adjoining counties that he has the agen
rJ -f the above patent and will sell individual,
i-uuntj or township rights for its use. The lum-
-r dried by this process is stronger, finishes bet-
ttT.
is easier on tools, and requires less time in
urving
than anv other nroces known, drying 1
lumber uerfeetlv in 26 hours better than
Way months under the old system using the
'me amount of fuel per day that a common kilu
'0ttsmei. The certificate of a number of resi
nt mechanics well known in this eommunitv is
f"p 7 .efficient to convinoe the most sceptical of
utility. Persons desirous of purchasing rights
' Jdress JOHN L. CUTTLE,
-igge.lftfi.1. Cearfield. Penn'a.
MILLINERY & FANCY STORE.
MRS. H. D.WELSH,
s-PECTFULLY ANNOUNCES TO THE LA
RES
I'ltSof Clearfield and vicinity that she
"IS Olened A Millif!i!7 X'nfinn inil Trim
ffling store, on Second Street, next door to
ban Lanich's Hotel, where she will bo
,0 receive orders for either work or goods.
nJ P,n?e,, ma,,a over into the latest New York
Philadelphia styles, on short notice. By pur
ging often she will always have on hand the
W 1 rtyles of r688 Trimmings, Hats, Na-
' Collars- Sleeves, Ae., which she will
esi poesinie pro
clr.ld. ra. Nor. 13. I&63.
ue smaller. iMWQihl. nr.ihl f .r ,.h
53.
WHITES WILL NOT LAST POEEYEE.
Winter will not last forever ;
Spring will soon come forth again,
And. with flowers of every color.
Deck the hillside and the plain.
Lmnbs will soon in fields be sporting,
Birds re-echo from each tree,
"Winter's gone ! its days are ended !
We are happy J are free '."
Hedges and tree swill soon be budding,
Soon with leaves be covered o'er ;
Winter cannot last forever ;
Brighter days are yet in store !
Sorrows will not last forever
Brighter times will come again,
Joy our every grief succeeding.
As the sunshine after rain ;
As the snow and ice of winter
Melt at the approach of spring,
So wiil all our cares and trials,
Joy, and pease, and eomfort bring.
When thrt heart is sail and drooping,
Think, though yon be vexed sore,
Sorrows cannot last forever ;
Urighter days are yet ia store !
PBISONEaS AT EIGHMOND!
Cruelties of the Sebel Authorities.
Washington, March, 4, 180t. A let
ter from Col. Strcight to the House Milita
ry (Joutinittee contains jjouie new items in
the indictment civilization brings atrain.st
the' bari-ai ians wlio have control of prison
ers at iliclrnoiKl. The following are sonic
of hi.s t-tatem'.'iits :
The ratiori.s furnished loth officers and
men hy the rebels consist of about one pound
of com bread made from unbolted meal, and
one-fourth pound of poor fresh meat per
day ; meat has peen issued to the prisoners
but about hall' that time since tho 1st Dot-ember
la-t. In addition to the rations of
bread and meat, the prisoners draw about
two quarts of rice to one hundred men, and
a sulHeient quantity of salt is furnished, and
a very small quantity of vinegar.
J n a few instances, say .six or eight times
at most, a sinail quantity ot sweet potatoes
lias wen issued, mstea l ot rations ot meat
Above is t lie sum total ot rations issueu to
our officers and men, now prisoners of war.
The condition of our nnfyrtuaate enlisted
men. now in the hands of theeuemv, is much
worse than that of our officers. From early
m 3Iav last, when 1 arrived iu Uichmond. to
about the first of December, all the enlisted
men wore taken to what is called Belle Island
and turned into au enclosure like to many
cattle in a slaua liter pen. erv lew or tlieui
had tents, or shelter of any kind, and the few
tents iuniis-he-i vere po poor and leaky
to re:i'L:i them but little better than none
at all.
J. he pnrsors are taken to JjIDuv when
they
farst iirrive in JvieLuiond, lor the pur
porie or count m ir them a;nl fcnroihnr their
names, conseouentlv l had a fair chance to
see their condition when they arrived. Ful
ly one-lia.i who were taken .since Mav last
were robbed by their captors of thei;1 shoes,
and neaHv all were robbed of their overcoats.
blankets and haver-!'--,-:- A t lea.t one-tliii-d
of them had b'-jn c jnip'-IVd to trade thei
T ;.;its and blouses !or mere ras, that would
scarcely hide t.Vir nukednoss ; very many
or them were entirely bareheaded, and not
a tew as late as the middle of December
were oronir i v'ao haa not hint; on out a
pair of rairp-d pants and shirt, being bare
headed, barciooteu and without blouse, over
coat or blanket. I hasre seen hundreds of
our men taken to the hospital thus clad, and
iu a dyini condition. I have frequently
visited the hospital aud have conversed with
large nuiuKrrs of the uyitiij men brought
there from tho Island, who assured me that
they have been compelled to lie out in the
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tlioti-ii for ?ovM-aJ days they had been
Lie to w;!i!. J hough they were de?
of'anvthinir like nuarter. and nearlv
open air without any medical attendance,
una
titute of anything like quartern, and nearlv naked
during the cold, stormy and chilly fall sea
son, the first and chief complaint of all those
I saw and talked with, was the insufficient
quantity of food. In no instance have the
rebel authorities furnished clothing or blank
ets to our men. During the winter large
numbers of our ruen were frozen. I heard
one of the rebel surgeons in enarge say there
were over twenty of our men would have to
suffer amputation from the effects of frost ;
this was before the coldest weather had
commenced. Sometime in the fore part of
December the position of our men were re
moved from the Island to some large build
ings where they were more comfortably quar
tered, but there has 'been no time since May
last but more or less men have been kept on
the Island iu open air, and without blankets
or overcoats.
It is a common thing for the rebels to
keen our men for several davs without food.
This was particularly the case with a portion
of the Gettysburg prisoners. Some went as
long as six day without food, and were com
pelled to march during the time. Officers
captured at Chickamauga assure me that
they and their men were robbed of every
thing. Many of them lost their coats, hats
and Coots, as soon as captured, and then
were nearly starved and frozen. On the
night of the l'Jthof December, I received a
letter, purporting to come from one in au
thority, stating that for $100 in greenbacks
and two silver watches, myself and friend
would le premitted to pass the guard.
Some days previous to this, one of my offi
cers succeeded in making his escape in this
way, and although I wa-s not without ap
prehension that it was a trap, nevertheless I
resolved to try the- experiment. Captain
B. C. G. Reed, of the 3d Ohio, and myself;
went to the designated place, at the appoint
ed hour, where we were assured that it was
all right. We complied with the terms and
passed out, but no sooner were we outside of
the guard lines than Lieut. Latouche, adju
tant of the prison, and seven men sprang
out from a concealed place and commenced
liing upon us before halting. We were un
armed and could do nothing but surrender.
Select
We were taken back to prison, put in irons,
and thrown into one of Xhose filthy holes cal
led cells, where we were kept for three weeks
on bread and water. The weather was very
cold during the time, and we nearly perish
ed. There was a very large amount of filth
in the cell which I could not induce them to
remove, nor could I get them to premit me
to remove it, I asked for paper, pen and
ink to write to the rebel authorities, and al
so for a box to sit on, of which there was a
large number in the cells, but everything
was denied me. At the time I was taken
to the cell, there were six of our men con
fined in these cells for attempting to escape.
They had been there for six days without
blankets, and two of them were very sick.
They were released at the end of seven days
of confinement. I cannot describe to you
the loathsome filthiness of these cells. They
are infested with an innumerable number of
rats and mice, and have no mark of having
been cleaned .since they were first built. It
is needless for me to say that no man can
survive a long coQnement in a place of this
kind, and although I am acquainted with
several persons who have been confined
there, I do not know one who can now be
called a well man. He also confirms the
btateiuent that every pledge made to them
to return them their money was violated,
and that, too. after notice was sent North
that the money forwarded them would be
delivered. Every penny so sent was stolen.
Education the Cornerstone of the Union.
Wendell Phillips delivered a lecture a few
days ago, at the Music Hall. Boston, before
a large audience, in which he advocated the
planting of school houses among the ne
groes, and poor w hites of the South, with
every step of the army, and said that we
have one destiny and one future with the
black man, and we've got to share our ideas
w ith him. He said that he did not despond
of the future of the Republic, but believed,
as if he saw it, in a union of all the States,
iudisuluble as granite, and founded upon
justice ; in the words of another, you might
as well attempt to put a six weeks' chicken
back into its egg, as to return four millions
of slaves into bondage. The South, he said,
fights with the undying energy of a baftled
aristocracy, aud an ari.-tucracy is always
hard to conquer. There is danger of our
becoming Abolitionists ; an Abolitionist is
behind the times, we must In-come Ameri
can citizens. Applause, He spoke ako
hi regard to the next Presidential election,
and said that we must rise to the level of
our mission ; we must demand a policy in
our candidate which is thoroughly, and in
the original sense of the word, democratic,
and let our platform be that everything
which (Jod has furnished with veins must
by us be provided with a school.
Ten Thousand Persons Burnt Alive in Japan.
In August last, in Japan, not a building
with 2000 beings in it, but a whole city of
170,000 souls, was suddenly burned to ash
es in a few hours ; a city of paper and bam
1X), covering many square miles, filled with
its women and children, the sick and the
infirm, the blinds the haulffciid the mained.
It burned like straw on many sides at once,
reddening the ocean for leagues with its
flames. It was lired, without warning by
bomb-shells, and red-hot shot rained inces
santly during two days into its midst. In
that vast conflasruion it is morally certain
that nut 2000 onl,r, but at leavt five "times.
perhaps ten or twenty times 20O helpless
creatures must have perished. No brilliant
pen has painted for us the hideeus incidents
of their last agonies, and tho horrors of an
infernal lire, before which that of Chili
burns but pale ami feebly. That death was
dealt out to those innocent beings in Japan
by English sailors, purposely, unsparingly
and boastfully, not in war, notin self-preservation,
but in order to stikre terror into a
harmless people whom Ave are bent upon
forcing into trade. London AVics,
The Phila. Prexs sam. it has been incor-
rectlv stated in many Union journals that
Mr. Wallace Dewitt an extreme pro-slavery
Democrat, and a bitter opponent of the Ad
ministration and ot Governor Curtin m the
fall canvass, owes his position as lVothono-
tary of the 3Iiddle district of the Supreme
Court to' the vote of Judcje Agnew. The
indignation aroused by the appointment of
Dewitt was lost m the profound reirret tor
the supposed action of Judge Agnew. As
the Press is one of the journals which pub
lished the false statement, we are anxious to
entirely vindicate Judge Agnew from the
charge. That gentleman imperatively re
fused to have anything to do with the ap
pointment ot M r. Dewitt, and we trust the
fact will be circulated throughout the State.
A Pill for Young Lovers. A gentle
man of this city, says the Chicago Journal,
who is a devout Christian, and the hafpy
father of some half-a-dozen buxom daught
ers, has adopted a novel expedient for break
ing up the practice certain young men have
of coming "sparking Sunday night." He
makes each of the young ladies in turn, read
a chapter in the Bible, and closes the meet
ing with prayer. ;
The first befrin Haverhill, Mass., was pur
chased in 17S1 ; before that time there was
a sinarular substitute, a.s appears by a vote
passed in 1730 : "That Abraham Tyler
blow his horn half an hour before meeting
time on the Lord's day and on lecture days,
and receive one pound of pork annually for
his services from each family.
A boy whose general appearance betoken
ed the want of a father's care, being asked
what his father followed for a living, repli
ed : "He's a Methodist preacher by trade,
but he" don't work at it any more." .
Gold sold in Richmond on the 17th ult.
at $1 for $22 confederate ; silver $1 for 20 ;
foreign coin $1 for $21,501 ' . . -
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TIMES..
Chronology of the War, etc.
August 21 Quantrell's murderers pur
sued; several fckiruiishes. . . . Kosecran's
advance begin an attack on Chattanooga. . .
Brig Bainbridge foundered ; only one man
saved.
August 22 A raid to Pocahontas, Ark.;
100 rebels captured including Gen. Jcif. 0.
Thompson and staff,
August 23 Shells thrown into the city of
Charleston, nearly six miles range. . . Gen.
Blunt crosses Arkansas ltiver; rebels fall
back without fighting.
August 24 Cavalry skirmish below Fred
ericksburg. . . Cavalry skirmish near Fair
fax. . ..Squad of Union cavalry captured at
Annadale.
August 25 125 bodies buried at Law
rence, the victims of Quantrell's rmissacre;
41 of Quantrell's men killed to this date. . .
Kebels. under Price and Marmaduke defeat
ed at Bayou Metiare, Ark,
August 26 Union expedition to Bottom's
Bridge, Va: rebels defeated and bridge de-
strojed.
August 27 John B. Floyd died at At
ingdon, Va. . . Belle Boyd the female trait
or, rearrested in Va. . . An army train cap
tured near Philhppi, West Va., by rebels.
August 28 Union camp captured at Ed
ward's Ferry, Va. . . Fight near Warm
Springs, Va.; rebel loss, 200.
August 2fJ Five deserters shot in Poto
mac. August 30 Posecran's army crosses the
lennesce near Chattanooga.
Augu.-t 31 About this time guerrillas
swarmed in all Western Tennessee and down
the Mississippi on both sides to Baton
Jvouge. . . lort Smith, Ark., taken by Gen
Blunt,
Sept. 1 Union expedition in West Vir
ginia under Gen. Averill, return after gen
eral success. . . llebel raid upon Brownville,
lenn.; the place plundered.
Sept. 2 (Juuboats Satelite and Reliance.
lately taken by the rebels, destroyed by a U
nion force. . . Kingston, Tcnn.," taken by
iiurnside.
Sept. 4 Buniside occupies Knoxville,
Sept. 5 Skirmish near Moorfield,W.Va.;
no loss. . . Women's Breadj iot in Mobile.'
Sept, 6 Kebels evacuate Morris Island :
Forts Wagner and Gregg fall into our pos
session ; JaO rebels killed and wounded.
Sept. 7 Gen. Burnside tenders his res
isnaticn, which is not accepted. . . A maj
iizine exploded by our shells in Fort Moul
trie.
Sept. 8 Skirmish at Bath, Va. . . Reb
els defeated near Arkadelphia, Ark.
Sept. 9 Cumberland Gap taken from the
rebels by Gen. Shackleford. . . Union defeat
at li.'ford, lenn.: 300 captured.
Sept. 10 Gen. Roseerans arrives at Chat
tanooga ; Archbishop Purccll celebrates
mass in the cathedral. . . Little Rock, Ark.
taken by Union troops without a fiht.
Sept. 12 Union cavalry raid into Missis
sippi. . . Sabine Pass expedition returns to
New Orleans, having utterlv failed ; two of
its small gunboats destroyed.
Sept. 13 Cavalry fight beyond Culpep
per ; 40 rebels and 2 guns taken ; Gen.
rleasanton advances to tho iapidan. .
Small rebel raid across the Potomac to steal
horses. . . Rebel works at Grant's Pass
near Mobile, shelled.
Sept. 14 Arkansas being rapid'y cleared
ot rebels by ten. lilunt,
Sept. 15 The President suspends the
writ of Habeas Corpus.
Sept. 10 Skirmish along Rosccran's
lines ; little damage.
Sept. 17 Cavalry fight at Raccoon Ford;
Union repulse.
Sept. 18 White's rebel cavalry routed
at arringlon.
Sept 10 Beginning of the battle of
Chickamauga.
Sept. 20 Battle of Chickamauga rages
furiously ; Union army defeated. . . Fight
at Zollicoffer, Tenn.
Sept. 21 Roseerans at night withdraws
from Chickamauga to Chattanooga ; Bragg
does not follow. . . Meade's eavalry possess
Madison C. II. . . Rebels seize a steam-tug
at Southwest Pass, but are caught and the
boat restored.
Srrr ' ( Jrvr nv.ilnr fiflit. nnrl Tfn?rn
victory near Madison C. II. . . . Rebel cav
alry cress the Potomac near Rocksville, but
are driven back.
Sept. 23 Meade's army reaches the Rap
idan. , . . 1200 rebel prisoners, taken at
Cumberland Gap, arrived in Louisville.
Sent. 25 Moseby breaks the Railroad
near Fairfax. . . . Rebels driven out of Don-
aldsonville, La.
Sept. 27 Steamer Robert Campbell
burned by rebels at Milliken's Bend ; 25
lives lost.
Sept. 28 Relcls attack Burnside's right
wing near Knoxville, but are repulsed.
Sept. 2. Gen. Hooker arrives in Cincin
nati. . , Two Union regiments defeated a
bove Port Hudson, La.
Sept. 30 Delegation from Missouri visit
the President to ask a change of command
er in the Western Department. . . Rebel
cavalry repulsed in trying to cross the Tenn
essee near Harrison's Landing.
Oct. 1 Frequent skirmishes witli guer
rillas south of the Potomac,
Oct. 2 Battle at Anderson's Cross Reads,
Ky. ; rebel eavalry whipped. . . . Explosion
of an ammunition tram near Bridgeport,
Tenn. . . Gen. Gillmore moves his head
quarters to Folly Island.
Oct 3 Fight at McMinnville, Tenn. . . .
Greek fire thrown into Charleston. . . Guer
rillas active near Glasgow, Ky.
Oct. 4 Four steamers burned at St. Louii
by rebel incendiaries. . . . Expedition from
Fortress Monroe to break up guerrilla bands.
. . . Rebels attempt to destroy Shellbyville,
Tenn. -
Oct. 5 Rebels destroy a large railroad
bridge south of Murfreesboro. . . The reb
els bombard Chattanooga from Lookout
Mountain. . . Cavalry . fight near Albany,
Ala. . . Rebels repulsed in an attack on
3Iurfreesboro
Oct, 6 Rebels whipped near Shelbyville,
Tenn. . . Skirmish at Conio, Tenn. . . Reb
els attempt to destroy the sew Ironsides
with a torpedo ; they fail, their men taken.
Oct. 7 Some of our cavalry ambuscaded
near Harper's Ferry by Imboden. . . Part
of Gen. Blunt's escort whipped by the reb
els near Fort Scott ; all who surrender were
murdered. . . Rebel steamers destroyed on
Red River.
Oct.. 8 Coffee and Shelby, with rebel gu
errillas, plundering in Central Missouri. . .
Fight near Furmiugham,- Ky. ; rebels de
feated. . . Fight at Salem, Miss. ; rebels
driven off.
Oct. 9 Rebels make great efforts to cut
Rosecran's communications, but fail. . . .
The overland Texas expedkionj from Xew
Orleans reaches Vermillionville.
Oct. 10 Skirmish near Madison Court
House, Va. . . Fight at Blue Springs, near
Knoxville. . . Union raiding expedition un
der Col. S. H. Mix, leave Newborn, N. C7;
return in a few days entirely successful.
Oct. J 1 About this time much fighting
along the Memphis and Charleston railroad;
rebels generally defeated.
Oct. 12 Skirmishing along our lines on
the Rappahannock ; Gen. Meade withdraws
all his army to the North bank. . Skirm
ish at Blackwater, Mo. . . Fight at White
Sulphur Springs, Va.
Oct. 13 Skirmish at Arrow Rock, Mo.
. . . Brisk fight from Catlett's Station to
Manassas. . . Rebels under Shelby, in Mis
souri, defeated by Gen. Brown. " . Skirm
ish on tho Big Black, below Vicksburg.
Oct. 14 Fight at Bristoe Station ; rebels
defeated ; 450 taken prisoners.
Oct. 15 Skirmishing on the Bull Run
battle-field,
Oct. 16 Rebel raid upon Brownsville?
Mo.
Oct. 17 President Lincoln calls for 300.
000 men. . . Active volunteering for the U
nion army in Arkansas.
(Jet. 18 Skirmiohiug near Stone Bridge
aud Manassas Junction. . . Jim Keller, a
noted guerrilla, taken near Sharpsburg,Ky.,
and shot.
Oct. 10 Lee recrosses the Rappahannock
and marches southward. . . Secret meetings
in New Orleans to revive the rebel State
Government.
Oct. 20 Gen. Roseerans relieved ; Gen.
Grant takes command. . . (Jen. Blunt re
lieved of army of the Frontier, Gen. Mc
Neil taking his place. . . Kilpatrick's caval
ry on a raid toward Warrenton.
Oct. 21 Fight near Philadelphia, East
Tenn. . . Fight at Cherokee Station, near
Corinth, Miss : rebels, defeated.
Oct. 22 Skirmishes at Columbia and
Kingston Spring, Tenn. . . Gen. AvcriU's
Union cavalry near Covington, Va.
Oct. 23-j-Rebel raid upon Danville, Tenn.
. . . Fighting at Beverly Ford on the Rap
pahannock. . . Unionists land at Bay St.
Louis, Miss., and recapture some prisoners.
Oct, 24 Guerrillas driven out of south
ern Missouri.
Oct. 25 Whole of 1st Alabama cavalry
said to have been captured near Tolanda,
Miss., about this date.
Oct. 26 Grant starts his movement up
on Lookout Mountain ; a flanking force
crosses the river.
Oct. 27 Hooker defeats the rebels at
Brown's Ferry. . . Arkadelphia, Ark., oc
cupied by Union forces- about this date.
(Jet. 28 rlanxiugand capture or .Look
out Mountain ; it is soon after abandoned
and rcoccupied by the rebels.
Oct. 29 Union prisoners from Richmond,
in a state of starvation, arrive at Anapolls;
some die on the trip trem rortrcss .Monroe
. 60 rebels taken near Columbia,. lenn.
Oct. 30 Charleston, Mo., robbed bv cu
errillas. . , Guerrillas routed near PineyFac
tory, lenn. . . jiurnsine s lorces cross the
river at lnoxvme and occupy Loudon
Heights. .. Heavy bombardment of Charle.-
ton, u.
Oct, 31 Bank s expedition lands at Bra
zos Island. . . I'lot in Uhio to overthrow the
Government comes to light. . . Rebel caval
ry repulsed at Warrenton. . . Gen. Hooker
wins an important victory at Shell Mound,
Tenn. . . Fight at Leiper's Ferry, Tenn.
Nov. 1 Much anxiety in Richmond a-
bout food. . . Union raid in Northern Ala
bama; they reach Florence. . . Skirmish
near Washington, N. C. . . Collision oil Op
elousas Railroad ; 16 soldiers killed and 05
wounded.
Nov. 2 Rebels capture two trains and de
stroy railroad near Mayficld, Ky. . . Rebels
routed at Roan Springs, Tenn. . . Unsuc
cessful attempt upon Sumter by & boat ex
pedition. Nov. 3 Rebel cavalry defeated near Co
lumbia, Tenn... . Rebels defeated at Col
liersville, Tenn.; their Brig. -General Geary
captured. . . Gen. Washburne's advance.
Nov. 4 Bank's expedition take peacea
ble possession of Browaisville, on the Rio
Grande. . . East Tennessee said to be clear
of rebels.
.Nov. 6 "Rebels continue to shell Chatta
nooga. . . Skirmish at Motlev's Ford, East
Tenn. . . Union camp at RoJgersville, East
Tenn. , surprised, ai)d 4 guns and nearly 800
men taken.
Nov. 6 Guerrillas plunder in Blandville,
Ky. . . Much excitement about the starva
tion of Union prisoners at Richmond.
Nov. 7 Meade's army begins an advance;
sharp fighting at Kelly's Ford and Rappa
hannock Station ; the rebels driven across
the river. . . Rebels break up the Memphis
and Charleston railroad near Sallisbury. . .
liebels defeated at Lewisburg, West Va.
Nov. 8 Meade advances, the rebels re
tiring toward Gordonsville. . . Successful
reconnoissance returns from Chowan River,
N- C . . Bunk's expedition in possession
of Brazos, Bienville, and Point Isabel.
Nov. 9 Skirmish near Culpepper;
Meade's army in line of battle all day ; Lee
declines a fight. '. . Rebel dash upon Bayou
Sara, La. . . Fight on. the Little Tennessee ;
a rebel regiment repulsed with 50 killed and
40 prisoners.
Nov. 10 Skirmishing near Culpepper. . .
Rebels concentrate along south Bank of the
Rapidan. Supposed conspiracy in Cana
da to set free rebel prisoners on Johnson's
Island.
Nov. 11 Charleston and Fort Sumter
regularly shelled day by day.
.Nov. 12 Union meeting held in Arkan
sas rebellion dying out. '
Nov. 13 Rebel JToray across the Poto
mac at Edward's F?rry. '
Nov. 14 Longstreet crosses the Tennes
see aud attacks Burnside, who retires to
ward his works at Knoxville. . . Bunks cap
tures Corpus Christi Pass. . t
Nov. 15 Reconnoissancc and skirmish
on the Rapidan. . . Skirmish near Iiobjton,
lenn.; Iiurnside talis back to Lenoir.
Nov. 16--Gen. . Sherman's corps forms a.
junction with Thomasat Chattanooga. . . .
Fighting near Mount Jackson, Va. . 7 Burn
side falls back to Bell's Station.
Nov. 17 Seabrook Island occupied by
Gillmore. . . Charleston again t-helled. . .
Burnside reaches Knoxville. '
Nov. 18 Skirmish at Germania Ford, Va.
. . . Capture of Mustang Island by Gcu.
Banks.
Nov. 1 9 Gettysburg Cemetery dedicated.
. . . Fighting at Knoxville.
Nov. 20 Moseby's guerrillas, in Union
uniform, attempt to capture . oyr forces at
Bealton, Va.; the trick discovered in time.
Nov. 21 Skirmishing along- Burnside's
ami Longstrcet's lines.
Nov. 22 A portion of Knoxville burned;
the city closely invested by Ijongstrcet . .
Successful scoutiug by negro troops at Po
cotaligo, S. C; a grandson' cf John C. Cal
houn killecL
Nov. 23 Reconnoissancc in force by Gen.
Thomas ;relels driven' back. . . Guerrillas
whipped in Loudon Co., Va. ,, .,
Nov. 21 Storming and capture of Look-,
out Mountain ; Hooker's "fight above the
clouds ;" defeat of Bragg. . . Skirmishing
near Knoxville. ..;;
Nov. 25 Capture of Missionary Ridge ;
Bragg' s army routed and driven back to
ward Ringgold. . . Colored troops doinggood
service in North Carolina. . .. Rebel caval
ry repulsed at Kingston, Tenn. , ... , -
Nov. 26 Bragg's army pursued by our,
victorious troops. . . Meade s army crosses
the Rapidan with no serious opjwsition.
Nov. 27 Brisk skirmishing .. between
Meade and Lee f heavy lighting pa the left.
. . . Wheeler's rebel cavalry, .whipped at-'
Cleveland, Tenn. . . 31 oseby captures part of
one of Meade's trains. . -
Nov. 28 John .Morgan and six of his of
ficers eseaie from the Ohio penitentiary. . .
A rebel battery discovered, built dchind thc(
Moultrie House while they kept a hospital
flag Hying from the roof. t
Nov. 29 Siege of Charleston progresses
regularly.. . . liohgstreet attacks, and is bea
ten after a heavy battle. " .
Dec. 1 Meado's armv recrosses the Rap
idan without fighting Lee srcatly to the
disappointment of the public.
the public Gen.
Hooker retires from Ringgold, and the ar
my of the Cumberland again concentrates
at Chattanooga. . : . : . . (
Dec. 2 Bragg superceded by Hardee in
command cf the rebel army in Georgia.
Dec. 3 Union cavalry make a foray to
ward Canton, .Miss. ...
Dec. 4 Ijongstreet abandons the siege of
Knoxville, and inarches toward Virginia.
The Landlady's Tay.
Phil. MeDivit loved his lay. In fact it
was a iraJfcncts with him, and although he
was somewhat mighty sharp, as Mrs. Mu
lowny said, f-he was ttill very proud of her
boarder. "That's very fine tay," Phil, said,
one night. "Js it Shoolong. r Yolong, or
black tay, or all one? It is no difference, it's
tho best tay I've had for this many a day.
Arrah, now where did you get that tay, Mrs.
Mulowny ?" "At the Tay Company, ov
eoorse; where else;" Do you tell me so.
Mrs Mulowny? Did ye pay tin dollars a
pound, Mrs. Mulowny ?" Had Vess toyc,
no only one' "Only one? ByiLebig boot
it's entirely chape. Only one dollar a pound
Mrs. Mulowny, for such tay as that! Sure,
tin dollars a pound wouldn't be too much for
it, it takes such illrymit hould of the sreund
icathtrt" Mrs. Mulowny shook the teapot
and looked thoughtful.
A Mammoth Grasshopper; .
A Frenchman while translating an Amer-;
ican book, came to a sentence which related
that a e-oldier tied his horse to a locust (tree)
standii in front of a house. Ixjoking at,
the dictionary he found the word locust . to
be in French, 4 '(a it(rrncils,"m earring "grass
hopper." He therefore used the won! liri
tcrnelle in his" translation, thus conveying the
idea to his readers that in this country grass
hoppers were large enough to admit of a
horse being fastened to them, and one was
at the time conveniently standing by the
door. . ,
An Irishman recently said : "Ireland
gave me a birth place, which was all fche
could give : England gave my father a
dungeon ; but America gave a good home,
and, be japers, I'm a Union man from the
ground up all the time.
"Don't you believe the Lord is on our
side ?" said a strong rebel to a not over-con
fident friend, the other . day. "Well,
y-e-e-s, he resiondcd, y-e-e-s, but lie s
acting mighty strange about it, mighty'
strange !"
" There are three umberella.." said little
Nell. "The hat is one the smallest: the
nmberella is another : and the skv L-the third
the greatest of them all butalso the leak
iest. ,
A valuable bed of coal underlies the citv
of Steubenville, Ohio, and parties have off-'
ered the citv one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars for the privileges of mining it
:
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