Raftsman's journal. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, March 30, 1864, Image 1

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BY S. J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1864.
VOL. 10.-NO. 3L-
'i"' 'i'i'
TEItHS OF THE JOURNAL.
Tbe Raftsman's Jockwal is jubli?bed on Wed
nesday at $1,60 perannnui in ndTanco Auvek
tisbmcts inserted at 51.00 per square, for three
or lew insertions Twel re tines (or leas) counting a
square. For every additional insertion -j cent1!.
A deduction will be made to yearly adTerticers.
IRVIN BROTHERS, Dealers in Square Sawed
Lumber, Dry Goods, Groceries. Flour, drain,
Ao , Ac, Burnside Pa., Sept. 23, 1863.
REDERICK LEITZINGER. Manufacturer of
k II kinds of Stone-ware. Clearfield. Pa. Or
dart solicited wholesale or retail. Jan. 1, 18i53
CRASS BARRETT, Attorneys at Law, Clear
field, Pa. May 13, 1803.
, l. J. CRAX8. :::::: Walter bariiett.
ROBERT .T. WALLACE. AtNjrney at Law. Clear
field, Pa Office in Shaw's now row. Market
street, opposite Naugle's Jewelry store. May 26.
H.'
NAUGLE. Watch and Clock Maker, and
dealer in Watches, Jewelry, 4c. Room in
Graham's row, Market street. of. 10.
TT BUTCHER RWOOPE, Attorney at Law, Clear-
,J m TV rl 'x ,V in
west of Graham 4 bovntou s storo. JNov. 10.
J P. KRATZER Merchant, and dealer in
. Boards and Shingles, Grain and Produce
front St, above the Academy, Clearfield, Pa. j!2
ALL ACE 4 HALL. Attorneys at Law. Clear-
M field, Pa.,
December 17, 18(52.
: : : : : jobs a. hall.
WILLIAM A. WALfiACR
TTl A FLEMMrVrt, Curwensville. Pa., Nnrscry
' . man and Dealer in all kind of Fruit and
Ornamental Trees, Plantsand Shrubbery. AH or
ders by mail promptly attended to. May 13.
WILLIAM F. IRWIN. Market trect Clearfield,
Pa., Dealer in Foreign and Domeitic Mer
chandise, Hardware, Qucensware, Groceries, and
family articles generally. Nov. IP.
J
OlIN GUELIC1I. Manvfaoturer of all kinds of
ilo also wakes to order ColSna. on short notice, and
attends funerals with a hearse. April). 'M.
DR M. WOODS. Practioi-vj Piitsicias, and
Examining Surgeon for Pensions.
'ffioo. South-west corner of Second and Cherry
Street, Clearfield, Pa. January 21. l?t3.
rpiIOMAS J. M'CULLOUGH, Attorney at Law.
L Clearfield, Ta. Office, east of the "Clearfield
Co. Eank. Deeds and other legal instruments pre
pared with promptness and accuracy. July 3.
J.
B ai'ENALLY, Attorneyat Law. Clearfield,
Pa. Practices in Clearfield and adjoining
oouutias. Office :n new brick building of .1. boyn
ton, 2d streot, one door south. of Lnnich's Hotel.
RICHARD MOSSOr, Dealer in Foreign and Do
mestic Dry Goods, Groceries.. Flour. Bacon,
Liquors. 4e. Jtoorn, on Market street, a few d'jors
west of Jonmil (JJRce. Clearfield, Pa. Apr27.
mUOMPSON, k WATSON. DeMors in Timber
J faw Logs, boards and Minifies, Axaryaville,
I iearneld county, Penn a August 11. !6i.
s. w. Thompson : : : : : jas. e. watsos
LARRLMER 4 TEST, Attorneys at Law. Clear
field. Pa. Will attend promptly to all legal
nd other bnciness entrusted to their care in Clear
fluid and. adjoining counties. Augu.t 6, 180ft.
DR. WM. CAMPBELL, offers bis professional
services to the citizens of Moiiannon and vi
cinity. He can be consulted at his residenoe at
all times, unless absent on professional business.
Mohsannon, Centre cq., Pi., May 13, 1663.
ALBERT 4 BRO'S, Dealers in Dry Goods,
Groceries, Hardware, Queenswaro, Flour,
Bacon, etc., Woodlah l. Clearfield county, Penna.
Also, extensive dealers in all kinds of sawed lum
ber, shingles, and square timber. Orders solici
ted. Woodland, Aug. 19th. 1663.
DM. LITCII'S MEDICINES. Afresh sup
ply of these invaluable Family Medicines
are for sale by M. A. F'rank. Clearfield, consisting !
ol Pain Citrer ; Restorative, a greatcure for ooltls
and cough ; and Anti-Bilious Physic. They have
been thoroughly tested ia this community, and
are highly approved. Try them.
4 UCTION. The undersigned having boenLi
J cented an auctioneer would inform the citi
ieni of Clearfield County, that he will attend to
calling sales in any part of the County whenever
called upon. Charges Moderate.
Address J M. SMITH.
Ifojrvtyg X Roads, Clearfield Co., Pa
February 3d 1664
TV E V WATCH & J EWELKY STOKE.7.
ll The underpinned havimr located in the bor
ough of Clearfield, (at the shop formerly occupied
by R Welch as a jewelry shop,) is prepared to
do work of all kinds on tbe most reasonable terms.
The cash will positively be expected when the
ork is delivered. He is confident that ho can
not be excelled by any workmen in town orcounty.
Come one .' come ail to the Sign of the-Bij Watch.
April 9,'62-ly-pd. S. H. LAUCULIN.
A1
'CTIO.N'EER. The undersigned having
the citizens of Clearfield county that he will at
tend to calling sales, in any part of the county,
whenever called upon. Charges moderate
Address, JOHN M'QLILKIN.
May 13 Bower I'o., Clearfield co.,Pa.
N. B. Persons calling sales without a proper li
cense are subject to a penalty of $t0, which pro
vision will be enforced against those who may vi
eUte the same.
Bl' LK I,K V S PAT ENT--LV MBER PRIED
BY SIPKIUf KATEP STEAM. The unflcr
r?ned respectfully informs the people of Clear
field nd ad joining counties that he has the agen
ly uf the above patent and will sell individual,
'ounty or township rights for its use. The luui
r dried by this process is stronger, finishes bet
'r is easier on tools, and requires less time in
drjin than any other process known, drying 1
inch lumber perfectly in , Hi Aours better than
Jusdj months under the old Fjeiem u;iug tho
Eiue amount of fuel per day that a common kilu
onsomes., The certificate of . a number of resi
dent mechanics wall known in this community is
mply sufneient to convince tho wont sceptical of
"f utilitj. Persons desirous of purchasing righte
il address JOHN L. CUTTLE,
JnnejU, 193 . . . Coarfield. Fpnu'a.
MILLINERY & FANCY STOKE.
' MRS. H. D. WELSH,
RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCES TO THE LA.
ffo DIES of Clearfield and vicinity that she
fc-i-SJ nR opened a Millinery, Notion and Trim
2C m'nK store, on Second Street, next door to
. Mrs. Lanich's Hotel, where she will b
0,PPy to receire orders for either work or goods.
i ma'8 0ver int0 the 'atest New York
ni Philadelphia styles, on short notice. By pur
ging often she will always have on hand the
T'T latest 8tvlpnf Dmu IVinmin.1 tl.lo K'
!l????ds' Collars, Sleeves, Ac, which sh wifl4
" ne sraapest poble prott for cah.
artld, f Nov. 18:60S.
Float on, My Bark !
Float on ! float on, my bonny bark,
Upon life's silvery stream
Nor heed the clouds that upwudj rise
Nor the lightning's fitful gleam.
Float on ! float on we soon shall gain
A beaten of safety and rest.
Where flowers spring, and bright birds sing,
By rephyrs softly pressed
Float on ! float on, we'll leave behind
The worjd and its scoffing crowd,
Where hearts are! bought with tiiselr
And heads to Mammon bowed.
Flout on ! float on, our home shall be
A realm of fairy beauty ;
OrR shrine shall be a loving heart,
That owns no faith but duty.
An Item for the Home Circle.
The following sensible article on domestic
philosophy we find in one of our exchanges :
'If the ultimate consequents of ones acta
are to be laid to his charge the man who
invented rocking-cradles lor children rests
under a fearful load of responsibility. The
downright murder of tens of thousands of
infants, and the weakened brains of hun-
j drt,ds o( adl,ltS) are undoubted results of his
! invention. To rock a child in a cradle, or
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j to swing hint in a crib, amounts to just this :
j the rapid motion disturbs the natural How
cf blond and produces Stupor Or drowsiness,
j any sur,po,0 for a ,nouient t)at
! SUCll an OOCratlOn IS a healthful One C lV-
erv one knows the dizzy and often sicken
ing: ert'ect of moving rapidly in a swing ; yet
wherein docs this differ from the motion a
child receives when rocked in a cradle ? It
is equivalent, to Iyinjr in a fdiip berth during
a violent storm, and that sicke ns nine people
out of ten. A very .sentle, slow motion
may sometimes be sootlilnsr, thouth always
j of doubtful expediency, but to move a cra
I die as rapidly as the swing of a pendulum
throe ieet long, that is once in a f-eeond, is
positive cruelty. We always feel like grasp
ing and staying the arm of the mother or
nursj who to secure quietude, swings the
cradle or crib with a rapidity equal to that
of i pendulum a foot long.. "If any mother
is disposed to lau.di at our suggestions or
cuii.-ider (hem whimsical, we beg ol her to get
her bed hunc on Cfrd, then lie down in it
herself, and then swing it with the same rap
iiiify I hat she allows the cradle to be rocked.
What she will experience in both head and
stomach is just what the infant experiences.
We insist that this rocking of children is
a useless habit. It not accustomed - to
rocking, they will go to sleep quite as well
when K ing quietly, as when shaken in a era
die. Iftheydonot, there is trouble from
sicklies or hunger, or more likely from an
overloaded stomach ; and though the rock
"ifi 'a pro'mcu a temporary stupor, me
irouwe is mane worse rtierearter Dy tne un
natural means taken to produce quiet for the
time being. .
Good Manners among Children.
ai is a giact iui namt ior cniiaren to say
to each other, V ill you have the goodness?
T il l i '.ir i
ana i tnaiiKyou. n e tlo not lite to see
prim, artificial children ; there are few
things we dislike as much as a miniature
bt uu or belle. Iut the habit of good man-
uciLty no means implies anectation or re-
fcuuiiK. ic is quite as easy to say, Please
give mo a piece of pie, as to say 'I want a
1 -icce of pie. ' The idea that constant polite
ness would render social life stiff and res
trained, spring from a false estimate of it.
I rue politeness is perfect ease and freedom.
ib simpiy consists m treating otners iust as
you would like to be treated yourself. A
person who acts from tins principle will al
ways be said to have 'sweet, pretty ways
wnn nor. it is ot some consequence that
your daughter snould know how to enter
and leave a room gracefully : but it is of
much more consequence that she should a-
void what is offensive to others, and always
preier tneir pleasure to her own.
The President has acknowledcred char
acter for saying good words in good time,
and his recent tribute to the women of A
mcrica is an instance of this. He spoke for
11.1 a- l.
an tne men ot America when he invoked
the blessing winch concludes the following
niaim' ana cnaractenstic speech
."I am not accustomed to the use of lan
guage of eulogy ; I have never studiad the
art of paying compliments to women, but I
must say that if all that has been said by
orators and poets since the creation of the
world in praise of women were applied to
the women of America, it would not do
them justice for their " conduct during this
war. (jod bless the women ot America !
This is compliment, to besure; but every
word of it is true.
While a Union soldier was bathing in Elk
river, five of IJragg's soldiers came to the
hank aud took aim at him. one of them
shouting, ''Come here, you old irank,out if ,
the wot. 1 he poor fellow thought he was
doiio Jur, but obeyed the order. ion sur
render as prisoner, do you?" "Yes, of
course I do." "That.s kind. Now we'll
surrender to you!" And the five stacked
arms before him, their spokesman addin;
"We are done with "em, and have bid Old
Jragg good bye. Secesh is play'd out.
iow you surround us and take us into
camp. ;
At a hotel in New York, the other day,
an old gentleman came down stairs and in
quired of the clerk whether he had any tallow
candles. Being informea that he could be
supplied with tallow dips, the gentleman
said, lhenl wish you -to give - me some :
I want something that I can blow out for I
have been blasting away at that peskyjigger br
in my room
nil i nave no wina leic, -
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port
The President, has received a dispatch
from Arkansas announcing that over twelve
thousand of the inhabitants have taken the
oath prescribed in his amnesty proclamation,
preparatory to the reconstruction of the state
government on the one-tenth principle.
A Bold and Successful Enterprise.
The Providence Journal cublishes the
toilowmg account ot a daring deed recently
performed by Lieutenant Cushing, com-
manding the gunboat Monticcllo, off Wil-
mington. j.iie account 13 given cy an om-
cer of t he blockading fleet, and is corroboi a
ted by the Southern papers. Lieutenant
Cushiug has distinguished himself on seve
ral occasions, and received the command of
the Jlonticello for his services on the ivan
semond lliver. The writer says :
He has just performed a feat of daring
hardly equalled since the war began, and
very much resembling the Barton and Pres
cott affair in our bay. lie pulled into the
river with two boats, passed Fort Caswell,
and went up the river above Siuithviile,
which town is some four miles above the
fort, lie theu turned round and came down
to -the - town -lrom atove, as it from Wii
i ir i -..i x j. i?
iiimgioii. aab paaseu wuum tea yarus ui a
senwy on post on a wnari, out tne soiuier
was asleep or drowsy. lie then effected a
landing near some salt works. Lushing
crept up on his hands ami knees to the fire
and captured two darkeys, who agreed to
act as guides. He then landed again at the
town, and with a seaman, an officer, and Lis
guides, went directly to the General's house.
On the opposite side of the street were bar
racks, containing a thousand men. ' lie o
pencd the door, passed up stairs, and found
that the General was not at liome. -1 he of
fieer below then told him to come down, as
a row was going on. lie nastened down
and found that an officer had left the house
in his shirt, and taken to the woods in the
rear of the town. ,
Another officer stood with a chair in the
corner of the room. Cushing closed with
him, threw him down, and iut a revolver
to his head, lhe fellow became tranquil
Cushing struck a light aud told the officer
to dress. He did so, and they took him to
the boat and escaped clear. JNow the. point
where, to my mind, nerve of the tip-topmost
order was displayed, was in getting the
omcer dressed and waiting lor him to do so.
when they were perfectly aware that anoth
er (the Adjutant General) had escaped, and
might at any moment bring an army about
their ears. Luckily, he had fled to the
woods without speaking to a soul, thinking
that the lankees were in possession, ihc
General made it a habit to sleep in that house
every Monday night, but this night was de-
lameu at t limington. v e learueu tuis
from the blockade-runner -Mary Anna. .The
people of W limington are preatlv ashamed
of the occurrence, and a repetition would be
dangerous. C ashing afterward learned that
about tfie time the rebels got iairly on the
alert, and had telegraphed to the forts, lie
was passing them in the darkness. The offi
cer captured was Capt. Kelly, chief engineer
oi tne military works about Y limington.
A Scout's Exploit.
A letter from Port Hudson says : "One
of our scouts, I'hilbrick, of the 3d Massa-
chusttes cavalry, recently rode out alone
within the enemy's lines, and captured a
rebel colonel, with the audacity that deserves
special notice. Colonel Uradtord was visit
ing his affianced, at a plantation house four
miles from Jackson, where he supposed
himself entirely safe, for the rebel pickets
were within call, rinibnek, late at night,
stole into the negro quarters, and learned
from the slaves, who are always our friends,
all that he wished to know. Ouietly fasten
mg his horse, he crept to the front door.
burst it open, and pistol in hand, astonish
ed the assembled party with the sisht of a
Union soldier on the rampage. , The scout
thundered out his orders to an imacrinarv
company through the back window, kicked
over the whist table, smashing the goblets
and a bottle of 'Widow Cliunot,' that had
probabiy paid recent duty at Baton Routre.
disarmed the colonel, and took both him and
his servant prisoners, mounted them on
their own horses, and brought them off a-
mid the tears and lamentations of the 'affi
anced' and her friends. Throush by-roads
the unlucky colonel was brought safely to
camp, and. is now on his way to V irtnnia
with a letter of intraduction to Gen. Butler.
The prisoner nearly ground up a fine set of
natural teeth, when he learned that his cap
ture had been effected by a single soldier,
armed no better than himself."
General Meade.
There is something wicked, and almost
treasonable, in the efforts now making in
certain quarters to destroy the confidence of
the people and the army in Maior-ueneral
Aleade. lhe trumpme up, at this late day.
of charjres relating to the battle of Gettvs-
burg, which occurred eight months ago,
should be sufficient to satisfy the country
that the charges are groundless. But even
if they werewell-founded.they should not be
pubusneu wnne ueneral Meade is in com
mand. The success of his army depends.
in a irreat measure, on his retaining the con
fidence of his troops , and this cannot be if j
sucli publications are made. The Commit-
tee on the Conduct of the War is not fit for
f t C Vf tl f fV I
the trust confided to it if it cannot keep
t-uen cnarges secret until tney are eitner
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proved or refuted. It is plain that the
President, the Secretary of War and the
Commanding General do not believe the
charges made against General Meade, or
they would not retaiii him at the head of
our most important army. lhe. best gen
erals, who served under bjm at Gettysburg,
deny them emphatically, We are quite
sure that General Meade will be amply vin
dicated ; but, in the meantime, the efficien
cy ot his army may be greatly damaged
the mere circulation of the malicious re-
ports started by his enemies. Uullctai.
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' Long Ears. In a report of the. proceed
ings of the Agricultural meeting at Spring-1
held we find this astonishing statement :
"A man who crew one hundred and thirteen
bushels of Button corn-! cer acre,4 had ears j
lrom twelve to fifteen inches m lengtn :
I Spring Plowing.
i The labors of seed tim .il wove rntiri iria
larmer, so that the earlier the plow begins
its work, the better. On soils of a sandy
and porous character, plowing may be best
uone as soon as tne Irost is out of the
ground V here clay preponderates, or in
soils rich in humus, the action of the sun is
needed lor several days. It is very bad to
riov ciay ground too wet, and all that snr
lace and under drains can accomplish, will
not do away with the necessity nfthtxWi
northwest winds and clear weather "looke3
for about these days." Thorough draining
oxieu uiak.es a ainerence ox weeks and even
months in the time the land is fit for the
plow. In plowinar sward for snrino- train.
turn it flat and deep, so that the harrow or
seed drill will not disturb it. If manure is
to be plowed under on an old nioc-n nf
ground, bury it with a shallow lurrow, iust
,i , i i - i ,i . . ' J.
uwy unuugu to Keep tne strawy portions
out oi tne way. v ery strawy manure on
land to be sowed with wheatT oats or barW,
may well be spread in the furrows behind
the plow.where verv nice wnrk is tn h. dnn
V hen the laud needs limine and hef'r.rp a
crop of wheat,a dressing of lime is often of
great service ; bow the lime before plowing,
rather than to be subsennont.lv harmwwl in
Though on jrround Tather cold and full nf
: i y, . . - - , ,
vegetable mold it is well to plow under bay
fifteen or twenty bushels of liine to the acre?
ami tup ures
terwards.
Back furrowing is practiced by many good
farmers to prevent the accumulation of a
mass of rich soil against the fences. This
is done by marking out the lands, of course
as large as possible, and throwing a couple
of light furrows together through the cen
tre, ana then plowing right about, around
them. If the first turned furrows do not co
iu iub enu oi tne neia, at tne proper time,
the plowman may begin to plow across the
end of the land also. When the rieht cal
culations are made, the field may "be left
without dead furrows, except where it may
be necessary to have two or more lands in
the same field. This, where the lnd ad
mits flat culture, requires no dead furrows
or ndges!
The Peach Blow Potatos.
The Germantown Tele graph says : "We
have heretofore heard various opinions ut
tered in regard to the quality and value of
tins potato, lhese opinions were all more
or less favorable, but not of so decided a
character as to cause the variety to be culti
vated to the extent their solid merits wa -
ranted. Having laid in our winter's stock of
peach blows, for the first time, last autumn.
and having eaten of them daily since, we
feel as, though we possessed some ritrht to
give our opinion of it, in saying frankly that
we regara it as tne best potato we now have
in this region. We pronounce it to be quite
equal to the best Mercer.and in point of pro
ducing capacity far surpassing it. We desire
no better article. The proportion of small
ones in the crop is very small, comparative
ly. They are all round and smooth . the eves
being very shallow. So far we have not
icen a sinirle unsound tuber. Thev roast ami
boil wrhite and mealy ; and those who desire
to enjoy the flavor in prefection, should eat
with butter and salt the hot skm of a roast
ed one. We repeat that we desire no better
potato ; and we shall lay up no other for our
winter store so long as it retains its present
cnaracter. x aimers should ta ke the hint.
Tiaitors. Silas Wriffht. who was one
or the Dest and purest .Democrats ot his
time, once said : "If anions us there lie
any who are prepared, for any earthly ob
ject, to dismember our Confederacy, and
destroy that Constitution which binds us
toeether.Atf the fate of an Arnold be theirs.
ana let tne aetestation ana curses or every
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American be constant companions, until.
like him, they shall abandon a country whoso
fF-i Y x '""s.V1 .""""J -
such sheet as. the Tory Organ would de
nounce him as an abolishionist and a fa
natic. . .
Facts fob Farmers. If you invest
money in tools and then leave them exposed
to the weather, it is the same as loaning
money to a spendthrift without security
a aeaa loss in Dotn cases.
If. you invest money in fine stock, and do
not feed and protect them, and properly
ore for them, it is the same as dressing
your wile in silt to ao kitcnen work.
If you invest your money in a good farm
and do not cultivate it well, it is the same as
marrying a good wife, and so enslaving her
as to crush her energies and break her heart.
Artemcs Ward on Enlistments. -Young
men, enlist rite off ! Are ye afeerd it will
spile yure bewty ( .Let me tell you that the
prettiest gals in the country air hereafter a
gom to be korted by tellers on krutches,
no nev dun grate tnings m battel, an yew
chapeys that staid home in yure country's
darkest ours, woan't stand no more chance
1- ' A. A J 1 I
ov gittin 1 of em than J. Davis ov goin'
to heaven in a balune ! Enlist ! enlist!
In the name ov Hammlit's daddy, list, oh
list ! . . " ' '
Good Farmer, "Sambo, is your master
a good farmer V" . . , ; , '"
Oh, yes, massa, a fuss rate fanner he
makes two crops in one years.'.'
How is that, sambo r
Why, he sell his hay in de fall and make
money once ; den in de Spring he sell de hides
ob de cattle what dies for de want ob de hay,
and dat makes monev twice?"
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It is said that the Kinsr of the Belgians
has strangely advised the Princess Charlotte
not to accompany her husband, the Arch
duke, Maximillian, to Mexico, but to follow
him when he has smoothed down the diffi
culties attendant on his taking possession. of
his empire. - - . .
gtaftjStttan'iS gournul'
CLEARFIELD, PA., MAK 30, 1S64;
THE WAE ITEWS.
The following is an extract of a private
letter, dated at Jacksonville, Fla., on the
1st of March. The writer says : The
troops generally, fought with desperation.
When it became impossible to hold the
ground, the First North Carolina (colored)
and the Fifty-fourth, of fighting memoryj
were brought up to cover the retreat, and
manfully did they do it. The Fifty-fourtli
gave one demoniac yell, and then both these
regiments for more than one hour fought
with the bayonet, like infuriated dogs, until
the retreat was secured aud they were order
ed to retire. Here let me record an act
which should be widely known. In return
ing with the wounded, the engine on the
railroad gave out, wren they were twenty
three miles out frwm Jacksonville, and what
was left of the Fifty-fourth, voluntarily
drew in the train, consisting of three cars
VXVT ill VUC L1U.1U,
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loads f mdcd
and the disabled engine.
CoL McCaleb officially conimuDicates to
the authorities at Washington, t he part ta
ken by his command in the late action at
Vidalia, La, which resulted in a victory to
our troops. He says that a force of three
hundred colored soldiers put to flight, in
great confusion,' four or five times their
number of the chivalrous enemy, with a loss
to them of one killed, five wounded, Koine
mortally, aud a number of prisoners. Not
a man of the command was hurt. Major
Chas. . Smith, commanding the battalion
in reserve, states that he and the line offi
cers of his command were obliged to place
themselves before their men with drawn
swords, and to threaten summary punish
ment to the first man who ehould attempt
to quit the ranks to join their comrades
fighting in the front, their eagerness to be
engaged being, almost irrepressible.
Hughes, Ferguson and Short are on the
northern side of the Cumberland River with
500 rebels. On the morning of the ICth
they attacked one of Hobson's camps, near
Bennett's Ferry, whence the rebels were
shelled with a loss of four killed and several
wounded. The next day, near Celina. Gen.
Hobson's cavalry attacked the rebels under
Col. Hamilton. Hobson has nearly broken
up the guerrilla bands along the Cumber
land River, many whereof Tvere daily sur
rendering themselves.
An order has been issued from the War
Department, that all men who have been
transferred from their old regiments to oth
ers, for the purpose of serving out their
time, on account of not re-enlisting, accord
mg to a former order, shall be immediately
returned to their original organizations,
Deserters come into our lines at an average
of from six to eight a day. A number of
sick will very soon be removed from the ar
my.
The defences of Richmond are represen
ted to be very extensive and elaborate, ex
tending in form of semi-circle almost with
out a break around the city. Inside of this,
another line of intrenchmcnts extend around
the city, with frequent breaks. Between
the two is a line military road, so that it is
easy tojreinforce any part of the defences at
short notice. These fortifications are heav
ily armed with the best of artillery
Two companies of the 91st regiment, while
scouting up the Virginia road, near Cum
berland Gap, came upon the enemy's pick
ets, killing one and wounding another,
They returned to camp on Monday evening
with four horses, wagons, arms, and seven
prisoners, including the notorious rebel gu
errillas and bushwhackers, Greene and Est-
ler, who have long been a terror to Union
citizens.
A dispatch from Strawberry Rains says
the rebels are in large force at Bull's Gap,
I hey probably number 20,000. The reports
of their having sent away most of their ar
tillery and wagons by railroad, and mounted
men on all their draught horses, are confirm
ed. There is a general belief that the reb-
els intend to make a sudden movement into
Kentucky.
ir 1
Tfie Louisville Journal has a special dis
patch from Chattanooga which says, on the
authority of deserters, that John Morgan's
command is still opposite Decatur, and can
not be mounted from the scarcity of horses.
Deserters from Longstreet's army say that
he is doubtless moving to join Gen. Lee's
army.
Lieut Col. Davis of the 11th Tennessee
cavalry, who was wounded and taken pris
oner on the 22d of February last,has escap
ed and reached our lines safely. He was
treated very inhumanly 'while in the hands
of the rebels. " ' ,
I On the morning of the 12th, fifty rebels
attempted to land near Port Royal ferry, but
failed.' -Four contrabands who escaped from
Charleston had reached our blockading fleet
00BEESP0NDENCE OF THE J0URNAL-
Letter f2i East Virginia.
Camp of 6th Regt., P. R. V."C. 1
March 17th, 1864. j
To the Editor of the Raftsman's
Journal : Dear Sir : Having formed an
acquaintance with Mr. Adam Jury of Clear
field county, Penn'a, who of late has joined
our company (which is company G 6th Pa.
Res.) By the report of Mr. Jury I learn
that there is a French settlement in your vi
cinity. I should be pleased to maictheir
acquaintance, and if any one desires to join
the Union army, I wish to invite them to
join our regiment, as I am the only French
man in the Cth regiment of Reserves. I
should think that there should be no delay
in waiting for any better cause. As I am a
stranger f will make the following statement
I was born in the city of Algiers, which is
under the French Dominion Jemn'x F.
ant D troups) and schooled in the State of
Jr ranee, notwithstanding the Sovereign of
France. I am a descendant of a Free Glee,
but a lover of" humanity and justice from
childhood. I have examined the influence
of aristocracy with its tvrrannv and the dan
gers of its effects. I assisted in the last
revolution of France (in the city of Paris)
T?.-,U OLUl 10 40 1 T 1 , '
auu. ..om wnere j. receiveu a scar by
assisting to overthrow the monarchial Gov
ernment, (which deeds I can never forget,)
where multitude after multitude of brave
sons sacrificed their lives in unloosing the
yoke of tyranny ; which became quite em
blematic and which history will give an ac
count of. As I have stated above : a lover
of moral virtue, humanity, justice, and
christian liberty, and a friend to all who are
in aid and support of a National Diplomacy,
and that the deeds of the hero of Amorim
(Washington) will never die, his emblem I
will maintain. While cherishing its proud
eagle and emblem we have enjoyed freedom
and happiness the happiest of happy na
tions that history could describe..
While there has- appeared the dangers of
aristocracy which I deem- as a worm in a
growing apple, (which worm is the destruc
tor of the fruit and is robbing it of its fla
vor and nature,) therefore, 1 cannot speak
of my progression further. Of the devour
ing worm which is the destructor of the
fruit and its nature the destructor of our
happiness which arose by the influence of
wealth, is only the baggage of fortune from
which the possessors and successors are
named or styled the Knight party or Noble
men of aristocracy who are our greatest
capitalists of the country and who have
gained their wealth by speculating off a free
Government.
The aristocracy has exerted its influence
to the effect of overthrowing cur free insti
tutions, and that, too, of the best govern
ment that' ever existed, and thereon to cre
ate an ever ruling Monarchial Government,
and to style their party with the Golden
crown. A portion of that oartv naa
for Mc , while the other portion aimed
for Jeff, and a bloody conflict has distnrlWI
our happiness and our happy homes. But
mis na aroused the brave Washingtonians
and brought them to the field of battle to
maintain the rights of the ! Wash in, rrtn
Government. Uut, notwithstanding all
aims either for Mac or Jeff, the Washing
touians say that tbey have no fear, (for their
cause is just.) and history will do us justice,
and Washington will yet triumph over mon
archy, and may an overwhelming Providence
protect our banner. The time is coming
fast when our emblem will reflect in every
freemen's heart, and our brighi stars will
increase in favor over the whole world.
Please give room in your paper and oblige
Pierre Breciibill.
vm. Cornell Jewett Visits Ex-Presidant
" ' Buchanan.
The irrepressible Jewett is again in print.
The Philadelphia iV&w publishes a long
document from him, which is thus summed
up in its editarial columns :
Yesterday Mr. Jewett set forth on a pll
gnniage to Wheatland, expressly to obtain
from the oracle there in teumorarv rpri
ment, such a revelation as mio-lit.
guide the nation out of its difficulties. The
chief facts established are that Mr. Jewett
saw Mr. Buchanan, that Mr, Buchanan told
Mr. Jewett he I Mr. Buchanan 1 would Kn
vindicated in after ages, and that Mr. Jew
ett believed him. ' Mr. Jewett has had ap-'
parently found a match in Mr. Buchanan.
Though he wrote the ex-President quite a
long letter, he failed to obtain from him a
single written line, and was obliged to be
satisfied with an extract from the Lancas
ter Examiner of 1861.
From his report of the conversar.i.-in how
ever, we gather that the oracle believed that'
the loyal people of America could
down the rebellion, and that
flow from other means, which he could not
see because of a cloud ? tht. ha
r- ,GrSSlcy for nis conversation, and '
thought Mr. Bennett was riaht - Kf
rebels were actinir in a mnunr'ntmn
Unconstitutional manner, anil lnf tka ;nn .
, 1 WAMV ItVVIVU -
ot the Government was also constitutional
and unconstitutional ; that the war is use-.
ess, and should be sustained : that he wa
very sorry for the war, and had nothing- to
regret in regard to his national career ; and, ;
m conclusion, that he wanted to see the II--
nion restored upon the principles of Janiea.
Buchanan's Administration, and , that, al-'
though he insisted on American ' indepen
dence, he desired speedy peace, which could :
only be by European intervention. All of ,
which is in the usual nianner.of oracles, an.l '
very consoling to the country-
POCLTRV YARD.-Effes intended for
hatching chickens should never be chilled.
Put them in a cool, drv cellar or room '
where they will not be too warm or too cold,
as soon as laid. -. ' - : i
1 Ducks shoidd have tub." of water supplied,'
where pond or rreams- are not avessible. -: