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CLEARFIELD, PA., AYEDNESDAY, SEPTE3LBER 14, 1864;
VOL. 11. NO. 3.-
BY S X BO AY.
Jrkct I'octni.
WHY?
Twentv millions held at bv !
Wby, Northmen, why f
Lewthnn half maintuin theday !
W hy Northmen, why ?
With the Bturly iron will, v'
M'ith theplnck. the dash, the skill, -With
the blood of Bunker Uill,
Why, Northmen, why?
otnndiriR yet are Fumpter'e walls
Why, Northmen, wby ?
Slumbering yet th! avenging ball !
Wby. Northmen, why ?
Charleston left to scoff at ease !
Kichinoud vaunting as it please !
Traitor tauntuon every hreeie '.
Wby, Northmen, why ?
Hear onr wounded eagle wail !
Why, .Statesmen, why J
See our spangled banner tr:iil !
Why. .Statesmen, why ?
Coward England mocks amain !
Courtly Paris shrugs disdain '
Cordial Russia throbs with pain!
Why, Statesmen, wby ?
By this 6erca, but fruitless fight,
On ! Leaders, on !
By your waste of loyal might.
On! Leaders, on t
By the blood that soaks the sod,
By the brave that bit the clod,
By the souls gone up to God !
On !. Leaders. on!
By our past, so bright renown'd,
On ! Northmen, on '.
By ur future starry crown'd,
On ! "Northmen, on !
By the South, deoeired, misled,
By our hundred thousand dead.
Who for South and North have Llod !
yn ! Northmen, on !
TEEMS OF PEACE PROMULGATED
PSOM EI0HM0UD.
Circular from Secretary Benjamin.
The following circular from the Itebel
State Department will explain itself: .
Department of State,
PiICUMONlJ, V'a., Aug. 25, ISo-l. )
Sir: Numerous publications which have
recently appeared in the journals of the
United" States on the subject of informal
overtures for peace between two Federations
of States now at war on the continent, ren
der it desirable that you should be fully ad-.riso-,1
c t' t Li vicwajt'i policy of this ( J wen
laent on a matter of such paramount impor
tance. It is likewise proper that you should
be accurately informed of what has occurred
on the several occasions mentioned in the
published statements.
You have heretofore been furnished with
copies of the manifesto issued by the Con-gies-s
of the Confederate States: with the ap
proval of the 1'rchident, on the 14th of June
last, and have doubtless acted in conformity
with the resolution which requested ''that
copies of this manifesto should be laid before
foreign Governments. The principles, sen
timents, aud purposes by which t!ice States
have been, and are still actuated," are set
forth in that paper with all the authority
due to the solemn declaration of the legisla
tive and executive departments of this Gov
ernment, and with a clearness which leaves
no room for comment or explanation. In a
few sentences it is pointed out that all we
ak is non-inter erence with our internal
jcaoo and prosperity, '"and to be left in the
uiiui.itui bed 'enjoyment of those inalienable
rir.ts of life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness. wLich our common ancestors de
clared to be the equal heritage of all parties
t j the social compact. Let them forbear ag
gressions upon us. and the war is at an end.
If there be questions which require adjust
ment by negotiation, we have ever been wil
ling, and are still williez, to enter into com
ciniiicatiou with our adversaries in a spirit
ft peace, equality, and manly frankness."
The manifesto closed with the declaration
that "we commit our cause to the enlight
ened judgment of the world, to the sober rc
fieetions of our adversaries themselves, and
ti the solemn and righteous arbitrament of
Heaven."
Within a very few weeks after the publi
cation of this manifesto, it seemed to have
r.et with a response from President Lincoln.
In the early part of last month a letter was
ri-i'eived by General Lee irom Lieutenant
Uencral Grant, in the following words :
"II EADQCARTER3 Alt MIES OF THK U.M
th States, City Point, Va.,July8, 186-1.
tlciieral It. K. Lee, commanding Confeder
ate forces, uear Petersburg, Virginia Gen
I would request thatColonelJaques.
M Illinois volunteer infantry, and J. K.
Gii'uioro, 1-sq., le allowed to meet Colonel
P'ert Quid, Commissioner for the lx--'li;uige
of Prisoners, at such place between
the hues of the two armies as you may des
ignate. The object of the meeting is legiti
mate with the duties of Colo'iel Ould as
tmi!iiis.Mouer.
It' not consistent for you to grant the re
qtit here asked, I would beg that this be
iti'eneJ to President Davis for his action.
li'-qujsting as early an answer to this
Wiuuni'iication as you may find it conveni
t!t to make, I subscribe myself, very res
?cfnllyi y0ur obedient seivant,
U. S. Grant,
Lieutenant General, U. S. A."
. th.e refererce of this letter to the Pres
ent, he authorized Colonel Ould to meet
ue persons named in General Grant's let-
and Colonel Ould after seeing them, re-
the
'i.tuor had not said anything to him about his
ies as Commissioner for the Exchange of
-wis. uuv mat fcney aaseu pcjuusMuu iu
, i
i0 10 ?nd under his pass ; that they were in
'jncal messengers, sent with a view of pa
S.the way for a meeting of formal oom
ioners authorized to negotiate for peace,
' riri to ommuuicat to Presitlcnt
uiniM to liichmond and reported to
1 re-:dent, in the presence of the Secretary
..ar and mvsr-lf. that, fessrs. Jaoues'and
tC t Klcnmo"d for the purpose or seeing
,a? President: that they came wth the
nwlpdr.i i , t-,;.. T ;
Davis the views of Mr. Lincoln, and to ob
tain the President's views in return, so as to
arramre for a meeting of Commissioners.
Col. Ould stated that he had tord them re
peatedly it was useless to come to Richmond
to talk of peace on any other terms than the
recognized independence of the Confederacy,
to which thv said that they were aware of
. l . . . l sv ,tt
mat, anu mat ii.ey were, iicvenntief, mu
tidetit that their interview would result in
peace. The President, on this report of
Colonel Ould, determined to permit them to
come to Richmond under his charge.
On the evening of the 10th of July Colo
nel Ould conducted these gentlemen to a ho
tel in Richmond, where a room was provi
ded for them, in which they were to remain
undr surveillance during their stay here,
and the next morning I received the follow
ing letter :
"S POTT'S woon House Richmond. Va..
July 17, liMii, llun. J. P. Benjamin, Secre
tary of State of the Confederate States of
America: Dear Sir: The undersignsd, J.
P. Jaques, of Illinois and J. R. Gilmore, of
Massachusetts, most respectfully solicit an
interview with President Davis. They visit
Richmond as private citizens, and have no
official character or authority ; but they are
fully possessed of the views of the United
States Government relative to an adjust
ment of the differences now existing between
the North and the South, and have little
doubt that a free interchange of views be
tween President Davis and themselves would
open the way to such ollicial negotiations as
would ultimate in rescoring PEACE to the
two sections of our distracted country.
'"They therefore ak an interview with the
President, and awaitiug your reply, are
"Most truly and respectfully,
"Your obedient servants,
"James P. Jaques,
"James R. Gilmoue."
The word "official" is underscored, and
the word "peace" doubly underscored, in
the original.
After perusing the letter, I invited Col
onel Ould to couduct the writers to my of
fice ; aud on their arrival, stated to them
that they must be conscious they could not
be admitted to an interview with the Presi
dent without informing me more fully of the
object of their mission, and satisfying me
that they came by the request of Mr. Lin
coln. '"MrVdufrorVepiicsI that they came tm
offieially, but with the knowledge, and at
the desire of Mr. Lincoln ; that they thought
the war had gone far enough ; that it could
never end except by some sort of agree
ment : that the agreement might as well be
made now as aftr further bloodshed : that
they knew by the recent address of the Con
federate Congress that we were willing to
make peace ; that they admitted that propo
sals ought to come from the North, and that
they were prepared to make these proposals
Ly Mr. Lincohi's aut hority ; that it was nec
essary to have a sort of informal understand
ing in advance to regular negotiations, for
if commissioners were appointed without
some such understanding they would meet,
quarrel, and separate, leaving the parties
more bitter against each other than before ;
that they knew Mr. Lincoln's vievs, and
would state them if pressed by the President
to do so, ami desired to learn his in return.
I again insisted on some evidence that
they came from Mr. Lincoln; and in order
to satisfy me, Mr. Giilmorc referred to the
fact that permission fr their coming through
our lines 'had been asked officially by Gener
al Grant in a letter to General Lee, aud that
General Grant in that letter had asked that
this request should be refered to President
Davis. Gilmore then showed me a card
written and signed by Mr. Lincoln, request
ing General Grant to aid Mr. Gilmore and
his friend in passing through his lines into
the Confederacy. Colonel Jaques then said
that his name was not put on the card for
the rea:-on it was earnestly desired that their
visit should be keept secret ; that he had
come into-the Confederacy a j;car ago, and
had visited Petersburg on a similar errand,
and it was feared that if his name should
become known, that some of those who had
formerly met him in Petersburg would con
jecture the purpose for which he now came,
lie said the terms of peace" which they
would offer to t he President would be hon
orable to the Confederacy ; that they did
not desire that the Confederacy should- ac
cept anv other term-', but would be glad to
have mV promise, as they gave theirs, that
their visit should be kept a profound secret
if it failed to result in peace, that it would
not be just that either party should, seek
any advantage by divulging the fact of then
overture for peace, if unsuccessful. I as
sented to this request, and then, rising, said :
"Do i understand you to stato distinctly
that 3ou come as messengers from Mr. Lin
coln for the purpose of agreeing with the
President as to the proper mode of inaugu
rating a formal negotiation for peace, charg
ed by Mr. Lincoln with authority lor stating
his own views and receiving those of Presi
dent Davis?" Both answered in the affirm
ative, and I then said that the President
would sec them at my office this eveuing at
9 P. JL : that, at least, I presumed he would ;
but if he objected after hearing my report,
they should be informed. They were then
recommitted to the charge of Colonel Ould,
with the understanding that they were to be
reconducted to my office at the appointed
hour, unless otherwise directed.
This interview connected with the report
previously made by Colonel Ould, left on my
mind the decided impression that Mr. Lin
coln was averse to sending formal commis
sioners to open negotiations, lest he might
thereby be deemed to have recognized the
independence of the Confederacy, and that
he was anxious to learn whether the condi
tions on which alone he would be willing to
take such a step would be yielded by the
Confederacy that-with -this-view he had
placed his messengers in a condition to sat
isfy us that they really came from him, wittr:
out committing himeelf to anything m the
event of a disagreement as to such condi
tions as he considers to be indis.pensible.
On informing the .President, therefore, of
my conclusions, he determined that no ques
tion of form or etiquette should be an obsta
cle to his receiving any overtures that prom
ised, however remotely, to result in putting
an end to the carnage which marked the
eontinuaNce of hostilities.
The President cams to my office at 9 o'
clock in the evening, and Col. Ould came a
few momeuts later, with Messrs. Jaques
and Gilmore. The President said to thein
that he had heard, from me, that they came
as messengers of peace- from Mr. Lincoln ;
t hat as such they were welcome ; that: the
Confederacy had never concealed its desire
for peace, 'and that he was ready to hear
whatever they had to offer on that subject.
Mr. Gilmore then addressed the Presi
dent, and in a few minutes had conveyed the
information that these two gentlemen had
come to Richmond impressed with the idea
that this Government would accept a jeaee
on a basis of a reconstruction of the Union,
the. abolition of slavery, and the grant of an
amnesty to the' people of the States as re
pentant criminals. In order to accomplish
the abolition of slavery, it was proposed that
there should be a general vote of ail the peo
ple of both federations, in mass, and the ma
jority of the vole th is taken was to deter
mine that as well as all other disputed ques
tions. These were stated . be Mr. Lin
coln's views. ' The President answered, that
as these proposals had been prefaced by the
remark that the people of the North were a
majority, and that a majority ought to gov
ern, the offer was, in effect, a proposal that
the Confederate States should surrender at
discretion, admit that they had been wrong
from the beginning of the contest, submit to
the mercy of their enemies, and avow them
selves to be in need of pardon for their crimes ;
thatextermiuation was preferable to dishonor
He stated that if they were themselves so
unacquainted with the form of their own
Government as to make' such propositions,
Mr. Lincoln ought to have known, -when
giving them his views, that it was out of the
power of the Confederate Government to
act on the subject of the domestic institu
tions of the several States, each State hav
ing exclusive jurisdiction on that point, 'still
less to commit the decision of such a ques
tion to the vote of a foreign people; that
the, separation o,f the. States was an accom
plished fact ; that he had no authority to re
ceive proposals for negotiation except by vir
tue of his ofiicc as President of an indepen
dent Confederacy ; and 011 this basis alone
must proposals be made 10 him.
Atone period of the conversation, 3Ir.
Gilmore made ue of some language refer
ring to these States as "Rebel.-,"' while ren
dering an account of Mr. Lincoln's views,
and apologized for the word. The President
desired him to proceed, that no offense was
taken and that lie wished Mr. Lincoln's lan
guage to be repeated to l iui as exactly as
possible. Some urther conversation took,
place, substantially O the same effect as the
foregoing, when the President rose to indi
cate that the interview was at an end. The
two gentlemen were then recommitted to
the charge of Colonel Ould, and left Rich
mond the next day.
. This account of the visit of Messrs. Gil
more aud Jaques to Richmond has been ren
dered necessary by publications made by one
or both of them since their return to the
United States, notwithstanding the agree
ment that their visit was to be kept secret.
They have, perhaps, concluded that as the
promise of secresy was made at their request,
it was permissible to disregard it. We had
no reason for desiring to conceal what occur
red, and have, therefore, no complaint to
make of the publicity1 given to the fact of
the visit. The extreme inaccuracy of Mr.
Gilmore's narrative will be apparent to you
from the foregoing statement.
You have no doubt seen in the Northern
papers, an account of another conference on
the subject of peace, which took place in
Canada, at about the Fame date, between
Messrs. 0. C. Clay and J. l Holcombe,
Confederate citizens of the highest, charac
ter and position, and Mr. Horace Greeley,
of New York, acting with authority of Pres
ident Lincolu. It is deemed not improper
to inform you that Messrs. Clay and Hol
combe, although enjoying, in an eminent
degree the confidence and esteem of the
President, were strictly accurate in their
statement that they were without any au
thority from this Government to treat with
that of the United States on any subject
whatever.
We had no knowledge of their conference
with Mr. Greeley, nor of their proposed vis
it to Washington, till we saw the newspaper
publications. A significant confirmation of
the truth of the statement of Messrs. Gil
more and Jaques, that they came as messen
gers from Mr. Lincoln, is to be found in the
fact that the views of Mr. Lincoln, as stated
by them to the President, are in exact con
formity with the offensive paper addressed
to "Whom it may concern," which was sent
by Mr. Lincoln to Messrs. Clay and Hol
combe by the hands of his private secretary,
Mr. Hay, and which was properly regarded
by those gentlemen as an intimation that
Mr. Lincoln wa3 unwilling that this war
should cease while it was in his power to
continue hostilities.
I am, verv respectfully,
.. : J. P. Benjamin,
Secretary of State.
Hon! James M. "Mason,
Commissioner of the Continent. &c. Pans. ,
When asked how he got out of prison, a
wittv rogue replied : "I got out of my cell
by ingeuuity, ran up stairs .with agility,
,..i.,.i n,f tlia TT-inrlnw in Rprecv. slid
tianitii vuw v. ni- . -
down the lightning-rod with rapidity, walk
ed out of the " town with dignity, and am
now basking in the sunshine 01 liberty i ... ;
A beggar's threadbare suit may" be & fine
court dress a dress for the court of Heaven.
TEEAS02T III THESTATE OF EJDIA1TA
: A Best of Conspirators Unearthed. -f
"Who cometh ?" S. O. L. Ritual
. Aus. Colonel Jones and Warner in the
search for arguments by which the O.
S. L. convex men to the doctrines of peace.
' 'f- On last Saturday afternoon, Governor
-Norton received a letter from an eastern
city, which was as follows.except some names
which we omit for prudential reasons. .
, August 17, 186-1.
Urovernor U. i . .Morton
Sir: The facts hereby stated have come to
iny knowledge in a manner and from a source
such as to leave no doubt in my mind, of
their reliability.
The copperheads of Indiana have ordered
and paid for 30,000 revolvers, with 42 boxes
fixed ammunition, to be distributed amongst
the antagonists of our Government, for the
purpose of controlling the Presidential elec
tion. August 5, the steamer Granite State lan
ded in New York, 42 boxes of revolvers and
ammunition ; August 5, the steamer. City of
Hartford landed 22 boxes ammunition, des
tined for Indianapolis. Thirty-two boxes of
the above have been forwarded to J. J . Par
sons, Indianapolis, via Merchants' Dispatch,
aud . marked ; the balance is stored at
No. street, New York, awaiting the
convenience of the copperheads to pay for
the same lefure shipping, 1
Immediately on the receipt of this letter,
Governor Mortou placed the information, it
contained in the hands of Policeman John
S. Russell, who was able in a short time to
report progress to Colonel James G. Jones,
Assistant Provost Marshal,-who, with Colo
nel Warner, of the Veteran Reserve Corps,
with a proper detail, made a descent on the
printing and book-binding establishment of
II. II. "Dodd & Co., 011 Saturday night,
where they found thirty-two boxes such as
were described in the letter. After the box
es were opened, their contents were found
to consist, of 4 large navy revolvers and
135,000 rounds of fixed ammunition for the
same arm.
Among the captures made at the same
place, were the Great Seal of the Order of
the "Sons of Liberty," the official list of the
members of the trdor, at this place, and sev
eral hundred printed copies of the Ritual,
which has heretofore been published. Also
u t-ic amoant of correspondence of an im
portant character, which may ho given to
the public at the proper time. The people
will begin to understand now, how much
these unmitigated scoundrels desire peace.
Thirty thousand navy revolvers, with am
munition enough for an army, coupled with
the negotiations of Mr. Voorhees for the
purchase of 20.0O0 Garibaldi rifles, would
indicate that there is a good deal of the dis
position of the tiger hid under their sheep
skin garb of peace.
When we look at the large sum of money
which the amount of trms and ammunition
named in this letter must cost, the question
presents itself of the ways and means. The
pistols alone would cost close on to one mil
lion of dollars at manufacturers' prices, and
the 2'),000 rifles, without the import duties,
would cost 2S0,0i)O. Of course no such
sums are provided lor by the members of
the order in this State, but there have been
some l ace. Commissioners prowling along
the Canada border for several weeks, and
John C. Walker, and other pmce men of
ludiana, have been visiting them. Some
months since the Confederate Government
borrowed 15,000,000 in Europe, for which
they issued cotton bonds, and every blockade
runner carries out cotton to repay the loan.
The object of the loan was, primarily, to
purchase a navy in European ports, includ
ing the celebrated rams. That speculation
having failed by the refusal-of the Govern
ment of England and Prance to permit the
rams to depart, and they having been kold
to other persons, the peace commissoners
are in funds, and they could not make an
investment more to the advantage of their
master than to purchase arms and muni
tion for Northern traitors and to pay Northern
demagogues liberally for shrieking f or peace,
free speech and liberty. Win. H. Harri
son, Secretary of the order of which 11. H.
Dodd is "Grand Commander," was arrested
and is still in custody. Messrs, John J.
Parsons and Chas. P. Hutchinson, partuers
of Dodd, were also arrested, but were dis
charged on their affidavit that they were
not meiu Iters of the order, and were not
advised of the contents of the boxes.
We have giveu a brief account of this, the
most startling event in the attempted drama
of civil Avar. The event naturally, created
an iutense excitement in our city, and it
will be an admonition to the people of; the
State of the danger Avhich surrounds them.
Dodd is absent from the city, probably ma
king arrangements for the distribution of the
arms and cartridges on hand and expected,
but which, to his supris will be devoted to
other purposes than enforcing the peculiar
peace notions ot a gang 01 conspirators a-
gamst the peace and safety ot the fatate.
The man who wrote the four simple lines,
beginning with "Now I lay me down to
sleep," seemed to do a very little thing. He
wrote four lines for his little child. His,
name has not come down to us ; but he has
done more for the good of his race than if
he had commanded tho victorious army at
Waterloo. The little fires which the good
man kindles here and. there ou the shores of
time never go out, but ever and anon they
flame unand throw light on the pilgrim's
path. There is hardly anything so fearful,
to my mind, as the mind reaching dowrt to
coming age, and writing itself for evil upon
the minds of unborn generations. i
Many persons,' like a ' mocking-bird , or a
bank walL. say nothing of themselves, but
give -back.-imperfectly the utterances! of
others. . .. : .. ;- r : yj- ;
' ,A military definitioo of a kiss would be a
report at headquarters.
Jhfteman'si; journal
CLEARFIELD, PA., SEPT. 14, 1864. . p
C0SSE8P02TDENCE OF THE JOUBNAL.
Letter from Philipshnrg, Pa.
, Phiupsburo, Pa., S-rr. 5, 186-1.
Dear Journal : The ereat Chicaco
Convention has completed its labors for the
, . , . .
present, ana put upon tne iracK ior toe
upon
next Presidential race, MeCleUan'aud Pen
dleton as their choice. The Presidential
campaign of 1864, may now be considered
fairly opened. Three teams are on the
course, and an exciting contest is expected.
But there is no doubt of Lincoln and John
son winning the race, and coming down the
"home stretch" easy winners, by countless
thousands f an odds in their favor.
Now will commence all the machinations,
pipe laying aud political scandal iucidentto
a Presidential campaign. The course that
ttie backers of McClellan and Pendleton in
tend to pursue, is paved out by one of the
speakers, who is a Judge by the way, at the
ratification meeting of the Chicago nomi
nees, held in New Yoik City 'on the 31st
ult. In the course of his speech ho remark
ed "that if Lincoln attempted to enforce a
draft in this city or any where else, he would
find that the 'Beast' Butler could not carry
it out (immense -applause.) He did not
mean to excite them. He had children, and
he would say if a draft was enforced to free
negroes in the South, he would rather die
there than see it carrried out. (Loud ap
plause.") Another speaker who claimed to hail from
Pennsylvania, John L. Overtield, : said :
"You have come together now to take ac
tion to restore those liberties which that SV
re.m'oa scoundrel; Abe Lincoln', has taken
froiii you, the rights of the poor man ; and
we have selected George B. McClellan, the
man who held the white man ab ve Abe
Lincoln and his niggers. . . . Once a
poor man could walk in the streets free and
speak his mind ; but under the rule of that
ignoramus, Abe Ijiucoln, he cannot, liear
in mind, gentlemen, that you are the Gov
ernment, and not that scoundrel at Wash
ington. We at the North are safe to say
what is the Governmen. Now, gentlemen,
you're but to look this matter in the face,
and say whether you will pay these high
prices and be drafted and torn from the bo
.sonis of your families (cries of no, no.)
Will you be torn from these, or will you
stay at home and train your children up.
That question is to be decided next Novem
ber." (A voice, we won't go.)
Such are the sentiments of speakers who
address a ratification meeting of the nomi
nees of a Convention who are in favor of
stopping the war. This is stopping it with
a vengeance, telling the people to resist the
laws of the land. Such language can be
construed in no other light than that of
open rebellion, and yet the continual cry of
the copperheads is "stop the shedding of
blood, look at the thousands of lives that
have been lost by this unholy war, the
countless millions of treasure expended, an 1
nothing gained." Stop the war, indeed,
when such traitorous wretches openly en
courage the people to rush to arms, and
transfer the rebellion from Southern to
Northern soil 1 Talk of poor men's richta
being infringed upon by high prices ! When
in tlie history of our country, have the la
boring classes nourished as they do to-day.
The common day laborer now receives two
dollars per day, and the demand is in large
excess of the supply. Only a few days ago,
in conversation with a day laborer, he com
plained of the Administration, the war,
high prices, niggers and all the role of the
cops, stereotyped phrases, I said to him,
"why you need riot care how high the prices
are, your price fir a day's work goes up
along with the rest." "Yes," said he, "they
do now, but after a little the slaves will all !e
free and overrun the North, and I must
work as cheap as they, will or starve."
"Well," I replied, "if all these s'aves, say
f jur millions of them come North there
will be one to every five white men ; now, I
ask you, if that increase of laboring men
would come here to-day, would they so over
stock the demand for labor, as to reduce dai
ly wages from two dollars a day, to so low a
price that you would starve ? Look at this
town and vicinity" I continued, "since the
war began, and did it ever flourish as it does
this hour ; the increase of the laboring pop
ulation is ten fold to what it was four years
atro. tne price ior a uay s woric was men
seventy-five cents, and to-day it is two dol- j
lars ; this too. remember, at an increase ot
10 to 1, and yet you complain of the Presi
dent, that he will free all the slaves, they
will come North, and by an increase of 1 in
5, reduce your wages to starvation prices.
Out on such humbug. : Stand by your coun
try, lo all you can to assist in crushing this
rebellion, and do not listen so attentively,
to those traitorous rascals who would have
mil believe such stuff." "Oh," said he,
"I have not time to read like some people, 1
and cannot argue the question, 1 only judge
1 I . T I . .1 -
dv wnat 1 near omers sh. , 1
tm.- - : r e.
men who permit themselves to be led about
and allow themselves to do first what certain
leading copperheads tell them.
'"Tis no.v the "witching hour of Dight.'all
is calm and still, save the groans and agoni
zing shrieks now and then emanating from
a temporal , body,-that was lately carried
down street and deposited on a store porch,
J.1U3 la a lair a pctnucu ui iuc iitt.-.- v ,
that she iniaht there enjoy "tired nature's
sweet restorer, balmy, sleep." Oh ! whis- !
kv. thou demon, when will thy, reign cease.
Ob v sr-lWs of rum. when will vou learn to
refrain from desecrating God's holy day, by 4
the selling of this demi-God.- AJhF -iwleea
for the morals of our town.rWliisky-'iB
dealt out on Sunday, almost as openly as
2?v
1 any other day in the week; The only; dif
ference is, , that on Sunday, th "Know
ing ones" are admitted through the back
door. ... . . ItEKOI.
Camp or the 84th Regiment, P. V. )
Near Petersburg, Aug. 26, 1&64. j
Mr. Row : This eveuing while enjoying
a few leisure hours, I will contribute a lew
lines to your interesting and patriotic paper,
whieli is greeted quite .cordially as it uiakea
i Us appearance weekly among us
On the 12th of thu month we broke
camp
as Reserve of the army ot the Potomac,and
moved toward City point, at which place
transports were in readiness to convey u.4 to
some point that was considerably debated
among us. Some said we were bound for
Pennsylvania to drive the Rebels from tho
soil of the Old Keystone State. . Others
would have it the old 20th corps was to take
Mobile, while all agreed that the whola
movement was rather a mystification. "
We were soon, crowded on board the old
steamer "Matamora" and gaily we i teamed
down the James river, with bands playing,
fully persuaded we were on our way to a
battle-ground nearer home: But such hope3
were quickly dashed, when about midnight
we rounacd to uiid moved to Deep Bottoin,
where we had a skirmish a mouth ago. -.
Pound the 10th corps engaged with the
Rebels, and after gettiug our troops landed,
and in position, our Brigade (2ud) of tho
3d Division, 2d Corps, supported the caval
ry on the Charles City Cross Roads." And
after driving the army through an almost
iuterinable and impenetrable forest, threw
up temporary earthworks aud returned to
the starting point of that mornimr. On
Tuesday, Aug, 1C, we were early inline of
battle and made two distinct charges, one iir
the second line of battle, the other in the
front. In the former a strong line of rebel
works werecaptured, the "Johnies" leaving
so quickly as to drop knapsacks, haversacks,
and even their guns. . The second charge
was made on a ravine in which the enemy
had sought shelter and were reinforced by
fresh troops. This ravine was carried and
quite a number of -prisoners taken, but a
we were unsupported, and fresh troops con
tinually hurled upon us, we were compelled
to fall back to line of captured n.treuch
ments, amid an awful fire of musketry. As
we fell back in skirmish line taking advan
tage of every obstacle to retard the progress
of the reltels, Sergt. Cha. lei Hall was in
stantly killed by a rifle shot m the mouth.
II is loss will be a great one for the company,
as i e was universally admired for his bra
very and good soldierly qualities. lie rep
resents another victim to this uuholy rebel
lion. Our hopes are that the important
movements now in progress will culminate
jn the destruction of the military power of
the traitors, who hold sway in the South,
and restore to its future greatness the whole
country we hold most sacred.
It is with sorrow and indignation that we
read the sentiments of a great many of the
people of your ccunty, and we hope that
the principles disseminated by your paper
may find lodgment in some of their minds.
We consider that we are fighting to preserve
every one who is not a member ot the army
from the desolation of war, and it is small
encouragement to us, that the very persons
who by our re-enlistment are allowed to re
main at home should do the utmost in their
power to deprive us of our first privileges,
and throw obstacles in th way of success to
the Union cause.
I send a few resolutions demonstrative of
the respect and sorrow lelt by the death of
Sergt. Charles Hall.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. . ;
At a meeting of the members of Co. K
S4th P. V., the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted :
Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God to
take from our midst Sergeant Charles Hall,
who was killed during the late battles iii
Deep Bottom. Aug. 10, 134, therefore .
J't-sohed, That we bow in submission to
His Divine will in severing from our social
circle one to whom we were bound by many
ties of friendship. . - ,
Jusolred, That in the death of Sergeant
Charles Hall, our company loses one of its
most active members, a brave and accom
plished Kildicr, and a social companion of
the first order ; who died facing the com-v
mon foes of our country and of liberty.
Resolved, That we recognize in his death
another martyr to the holy cause in which
we are engaged, and that we are more firm
ly determined that our cause ; is just and
shall succeed.
Resolved, That we sympathize with his
bereaved relations, who will mourn his early
death. ; . 1
Resolved, That the above resolutions be
published in the Clearfield county papers.
9t,tul- : A- 4'tLbOJ,i
Corp. W. B. Hemphill, "
R. L. Youno.
' 1 : Committee.
"When a raperior race like ours," paid
one of the chivalry to a modest looking Fed
eral soldier,' Tcomes in contact with an in
ferior race like negroes, what do you think
will be the result?" "I guess the contact
must result in a big crop of mulattoes in
your State. iud;in&r from the complexion of
j a good many of your people," retorted the
i ;
soldier.
A maiden lady, whose age is not a proper
subject for discussion, warns young men that
the stamp tax on matches is to be enforced
on and after the 1st of September, and that
it would be a saving of money to finish trn
! engagements before that date. !
A erentleman who Ka? traveled through a
consKieraoie portion 01 tne ttate or jjitnois,
report that the corn crop - throughout 'the
central and southern portions look well, and
it is anticipated that the crop will equal the
best ones of former' years. . . tf .l
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A .common" tfotiiey carrneraUy" boMt of
more stripes than a zebra.