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BY 9. J. ROW .
CLEAEIIELD, PA., 2iOV. 9, 1864.
PE0GEE33 OF "ABOLITIONISM."
We don't kno-v what Copperhead orators
and editors will do in a short time, it the
progress of "Abolitionism' continues as it
has for the last year or two. Every day
hundred of slaves are set free by the ad
vance of our armies, until the number, if
Je;7 Davis is to be believed, foots up two
millions since the war began. Between
eighty and ninety thousand others had their
shackles knocked off at a single blow by the
adoption of tha new Constitution in Mary
land, at the late election.
This freeing cf slaves is not, however, to
be confined it would seem, to the States now
under Federal authority. The Rel -els them
selves are moving in the same direction. At
a convocation of the Governors of the States
of Virginia, North Carolina, South Caroli
na, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, held
recently at Augusta, (in., the expediency of
employing negroes in the army was fully dis
cussed, and they recommended the Confed
erate authorities, under proper restrictions,
to appropriate such part of the negroes to
the public service as may !e required. That
this will, sooner or later, be dune, is scarcely
to be doubted. Indeed, a letter from llkh
jnund to a Southern paper says that "'ar
rangements are now Wing made to arm far
the spring campaign 300,000 slaves, whose
masters are to be compensated by the Con
federate government. The slaves thus arm
ed are to have their freedom and fift3' acres
of land each, which ensures them perma
nent homes in the South."
Here we have practical "abolition' on a
stupendous scale. The slaves arc to become
soldiers and then freemen. Whether the
wives and children of these three hundred
thousand are to remain in slavery, or are to
fharc in their freedom, does not as yet ap
pear. But we have the great fact that the
rebels, who were so furious about Abraham
Lincoln's Emancipation proclamation and
the arming of the blacks, are then; selves
emancipating and making soldiers of them.
What will the Copperhead brawlers have to
say about their "dear Southern brethren"
turning "alxditionUts' ' in this wholesale
manner ? Will they denounce them as they
did Mr. Lincoln, or will they approve their
course? "We shall see what we shall see."
H. B. S"WO0PE, ESQ.
No man, during the canvass: which lias
just closed, has worked more faithfully for
the Union cause, and with more credit to
himself and the State Executive Committee
than our townsman, II. 15. Swoope, Esq'r.
Prior to the October election, he canvassed
the western part of the State, speaking to
immense and enthusiastic meetings in Jeff
erson, Clarion, Venango and Alleghany
counties. Since then he has been through
the eastern part of the State. His speech
at the Hall of the Union League in Phila
delphia, on Friday evening last, to over four
thousand ladies and gentleman, is spr ken
of by the Xorth American and other papers
as one of the most eloquent and effective
made in that ITall. This is no ordinary
Compliment when we remember that Vice
President Hamlin, Henry Winter Davis,
Judge Kelly, Gen. Carey, It. H. Dana, and
many other equally distinguished men have
spoken there night after night, during the
campaign. Mr. Swoope, after a continued
absence of over two weeks, wound up the
canvass at Harrisburg on Monday night,
with Geo. Francis Train, to one of the finest
audiences ever assembled at. the State Cap
ital, returning home yesterday just in time
to vote.
THE ST. ALBA1IS EAIDEES.
The prceedings at Montreal in the case of
the St. Albans raiders, are represented as
very satisfactory. Several raiders have been
fully identified; also a large amount of mon
ey stolen from the St. Albans bank. Coun
sel for the United States had a consultation
after the adjournment on Friday, and de
termined to proceed with one case reserving
the right to proceed with the others.
If the prisoners are surrendered upon this
one cae further steps would be unnecessa
ry. The object of tins movement is to cla.se
the case within a few days. Hon. J. Hose
has beeu retained in behalf of our Govern
ments. Mr. Chase Windsor, paying teller of. the
"Mercantile Bank of New York, disappear
ed on Saturday, October 29th. On examin
ing his cash account, he was found to be a
defaulter to the amount of $207,CM) in cur
rency and $34,000 in gold. A reward of $5,
000 for his arrest and $15,000 for the recov
ery of the money is offered.
The official statement shows that on the
first Monday in October the resources of .the
National Banking Association were over
$297,000,00 , including about 93.250,000
in loins and discounts, and nearly $45,000,
000 in specie and other lawful money. Their
profit-? are stated at SOOOjOOO.
A GEOSS CALTJMmr.
The Clearfield Jpvllicau, a few weeks j
since, charged us with publishing articles j
full of "vituperation and personal slander," j
trying manifestly to create the impression
that it was free from anything of the kind.
No paper in sympathy with the llebels of
the South has, however, indulged nearly so i
much in "low, dirty personal abuse" as this ;
same Copperhead sheet printed in our town, j
It is true that these attacks were generally
made covertly under the guise of a letter or j
communication, but the "ear marks" show- ;
ed too plainly that they were the production !
of some one of the junta of scribblers who j
cook up the editorials of the Republican. ;
Private citizens, who were taking no public j
part in the political canvass, have been the j
ot-jects oi its oa.e calumnies no less man
those who were. Thus we find one of the
most highly respectable families in Brady
township the Arnolds denounced, in its
kst issue, as "traitors to their God and their
couutry," the only ground for this libellous
accusation being the fact that they in
tended to vote for Lincoln and Johnson.
But of all the mean, villainous, slander
ous and cowardly attacks upon private char
acter that we have ever seen, none pre
sents a parallel to that contained in a letter,
purporting to be written by "Jos. Lansber
ry." The charges made in this article are
too shocking to repeat. Suffice it to say
that all the proprieties of life have been dis
regarded, the sanctity of the family circle
invaded, and allegations made, which, even
if they were true, have no bearing whatever
upon any question which was before the peo
ple. If the ''respectable portion" of the
Democratic party can longer "give their aid
and countenance" to a paper that indulges
in such malicious, devilish "vituperation
and personal slander," they are possessed of
less "manliness" than we are prepared to
bclieVC.
We have little doubt that many of the
readers of the Copperhead organ will con
sider the letter a genuine one ; but as Lans
berry is known to be an illiterate character,
it is but too manifest that it is the produc
tion of some one of the astute Copperheads
in this place, and that in all probability be
never heard of the letter until after its pub
lication. Nor could the ostensible editor of
ta:':pii!,b'r'ti) refrain from indulging in his
fixed habit of falsehood, in regard to its ap
pearance in his paper. The letter is dated
October- 26th, and purports to be a reply to
some statement in the Journal of October
20th. An editorial note at its l ead says :
"It was intended for last v', " nr. hut
v:as crowded out." How an article could be
"crowded out" of his columns on the '2bth
(part of his issue being worked off on that
day,) when it was notvritten until the 2Sth
three days after his paper was printed
is a problem which we should like to see our
Copperhead neighbor explain satisfactorily.
Such disingenuous hying may pass current
with "the faithful," but it cannot deceive
any reflecting reader. O, shame ! shame!
Daniel! If you must lie for your masters,
for pity sake do it in a way that wont show
so plainly. And if you desire to villify and
slander private character, do it openly and
above board, instead of skulking behind the
name of r n irresponsible criminal with a
view of shielding yourself from the conse
quences of the law. None but a despicable
poltroon will resort to such an expedient
to screen himself.
The State cf North Carolina Swarming with
Eebel Deserters.
Dr. J. W. Boss, who stands high as a cler
gyman in North Carolina, arrived at New
York on the 2-1 November, direct from 11 a
leigh, with important intelligence. He says
the entire State of North Carolina, as well
as Georgia, is alive with Rebel deserters,
who. in most cases, are armed and organ
ized, and abundantly able to protect them
selves. In the western part of the State
they reign supreme. There they not only
make repeated raids on the wealthy planters
and Rebel depots 'for supplies-, but give pro
tection to runaway slaves, who are also arm
ed, and accompany these bands of deserters
in their raidine expeditions. The Rebel au
thorities, says Dr. Ross, have given up all
ho; e of forcing these men back into the
Rebel ranks, having been repulsed in all
their efforts to this end.. Every expedition
fitted out for this purpose by the Rebels has
proved a failure, for those who were not kil
led in battle deserted to the insurgents,
whose numbers are continually increasing.
Jeff. Davis said, when in Raleigh, that the
deserters from the Confederate army out
numbered the Confederate soldiers in the
field. The extensive conspiracy recently
brought to light at Raleigh, implicates many
prominent officers of the Conservative par
ty, who now openly threaten to head these
deserters and their friends and take posses
sion of the State Government of North Car
olina and all the railroads, in the event Gov.
Vance fails to institute at once separate
State action for peace with President Lincoln.
"Maryland a Free State.
As announced heretofore, Gov. Bradford
issued his proclamation daclaring that the
free Constitution in Maryland had received
a majority- of the -votes cast the highest
courts in that State having overruled all the
technicalities raised by the rebels and cop
perheads for an injut.ction to restrain the
Governor from proclaiming her free. The
new Constitution went into effect on the 1st
day of November and we notice that many
of the slaves in Baltimore were at once set
free, in pursuance of an order of the Court.
So .Mary laud has entered upon a new life,
and right gladly will her loyal sisters wel
come her to the long career of prosperity
and power now before her.
A TEEAS0KABLE PLOT DISCO VEEED.
Alleged Conspirators Arrested."
Several day3 previous to the election a
number of persons from the Southern part
of Illinois arrived at Chicago. They were
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suspecteu oi being members oi tuej. .-v. iv.
Society, and that their arrival was for mis
chief. Early on Monday morning a large
number of arrests were made, and in all ca
ses arms found in their possession. Among
those taken was Col. Marmaduke, brother
of the rebel General, who was the guest of
Dr. Edw. Bucker, Judge of the Circuit
court of the county surrounding Chicago.
He harbored a lot of bushwhackers and
provided changes of clothing for them, and
is said to be Grand Treasurer of the O. A.
K. Charles Walsh, doorkeeper of the
House of Representatives was also arrested
in his house, where several men were found
casting bullets for the use of the eonspira
ators. Some of those arrested, have made
a confession that it was the intention to fire
the city of Chicago on that night and re
lease the rcdel prisoners in Camp Douglas.
Col. Greenfield and Capr. Contra!, of the
rebel Morgan's command, were among those
arrested. Two hundred stand of arms, two
car loads of revolvers, and a larL'e quantity
of ammunition was found in Walsh's house.
Confessions of a Democratic Editor.
A new and signiScant revelation of the in
famy of the great Copperhead con-piracy
in aid of the rebellion has just been made.
Joseph J. Rinoham, editor of the Indian
apolis Slate S-ntirnl, a well-known paper,
and chairman of the Democratic Stare Cen
tral Committee of Indiana, has confessed to
the military commission now in session at
Indianapolis all that he knows of the great
conspiracy which Mr. Holt lately exposed,
lie has told enough to show that the pres
ent Democratic party is largely controlled by
the worst men in the country. Mr. Ring
ham joined the Order of American Kr.ights
one year a.o ; he was in the confidence of i
its leaders: lie was aw:ire of a plot to re
lease the rebel prisoners in all the North
western camps ; he knew that a revolution
against the Government was organized ; he
knew that Governor Morton was to be as
sassinated. Ail of this time he wa editing
the leading Democratic paper of Indiana,
end denying that this conspiracy existed.
f iras at ,.; a traitor an ! the ( hairmmi
of the J ,'iioicroti,: fStaff ( oii nt if fee. All
this he has confessed, and the damning fact
will go iiito history to the eternal shame of
the false l.-aders of his party. Those who
will not believe the mass of evidence of the
existence of this horrible conspiracy are n it
to be convinced by any proof. It was born
bi the Democratic party, controlled by Dem
ocratic leaders, and intended to advance
them to power by the ruin of the country.
THE EOSEOES OP A REBEL PEISOIT.
Tlie Erie Jh'xpatch pub!i-hc-s the follow
ing letter of a soldier, which Reveals anew
feature in the horrors of Rebel pri-ons:
In Camp at Atlanta, Ga., )
September 24, ls64 j
Di'ir P,r(tlier: 1 am as well as can be ex
pected after being a prisoner two months and
having nothing to eat. I was exchanged the
22d of this mouth, and O ! what a happy
day it wa to me to get back where I could
get something to eat. I tell you I Wouid
rather be shot dead than be taken again. It
is an awful place. Our men are starving to
death and are so hunirry that they almost
eat one another uj. They don't think any
thing of cutting a man's throat for his ta
tions that he draws for a day, and that is on
ly a half pint of corn meai ground up, cob
and all. It is worse than we feed to our hogs
at home, and about two muutbi'ulls of meat
for a day's ration. There were about one
hundred and srxty dying per day when I left
the prison the 20th of this month. We had
to form a police to keep the men from mur
dering one another. We hung -ix men in
one day for minder and found men where
they hail murdered th m and cut theiu up
and buried them in their tent.
O ! brother, 1 can't find words bad enough
to explain the placi to you, but I have
thought, if there was such a place as hell on
evrth, that place was one of them, for some
were praying, others preaching and others
damning them tor making a muse;. Some
were dying, others cursing their Maker
some murdering, others gambling some
stealing, others calling for God to help them
and others calling for some one to come and
pray for them.
Such a place I never want to see again as
long as I live. . . I am so weak that I can't
write long at a time. . . . Yours truly.
The Eebel Earn Albermarle Sunk.
Rear-Admiral Porter has communicated to
the Navy Department a copy of the report
of Commander Mucoid be, commanding the
U. S. steamer Shamrock, dated Oct. 2'.)th,
from which it appeals that on the night of
the 27th iust. Lieut. W. B. Cushiug ascen
ded the Roanoke in his torpedo boat, hav
ing the second cutter of this vessel in tow,
for the purpose of blowing up the rain Al
bemarle at Plvmouth. He passed the South-
i field without being noticed, and arrived with
in a short distance of the rani before he was
discovered, when he cast loose the cutter,
ordering it to board the Southfield and cap
ture the picket stationed there, while he at
tacked the ram with his torpedo. Although
the enemy kept up a severe fire of musket
ry, and with howitzers mounted on the
wharf, Lieut, dishing succeeded in explo
ding his torpedo under the Albemarle, at
the same instant that the gun of that ves
sel, to which they were directly opposite,
was fired on the torpedo boat, which imme
diately filled with water, and the Lieutenant
ordered his officers and men to save them
selves, and jumped overboard. He was
picked up by the Valley City on the night
of the 28th. The cutter of the Shamrock
boarded the Southfield, but found no guns
there. Four prisoners were taken there.
The ram is now completely submerged and
the enemy have sunk three schooners in the
river to obstruct .the passage of our ships.
From the Xew York Herald of Nov. 2d.
Our Generals and Armie3 and the Demo- i
cratic Papers.
No one who sees the democratic papers
can hve failed to notice the tone of dispar
agement in which they habituahy speak of
the great leader of our armies. General
Grant, or with, what malign iugenuity they
torture the news to make every mc vement
look like disaster. 'Towards SJierman their
onduct is the same, and they never make
any attempt to conceal the sneer with which
they always accompany the name of the gal
lant Sheridan. Though a Union victory
may be demonstrated by such an overthrow
of the enemy as puts an army out of exis
tence, the democratic journals cannot see it;
but .et ever so small a repulse lesult from
any movement oi our forces, and then indeed
the democratic journalists have eyes then
they can see wonderfully. Let but a compa
ny give way, or a frightened teamster hurry
his wagon to the rear, and our army is " rout
ed," while the loss of a cannon renders it
certain that we have had a Waterloo defeat.
If a relW army of twenty thousand men los
es thirty cannon, that of course is a very
small matter, as there are plenty of cannon
in Richmond.
This is the way in which the dmoera tic
papers have spoken for months past ; but
they have now suddenly launched out into e
ven more crazy ioliy than this.as if their op
position to our armies and generals became
greater and more intense in proportion as the
condition of ihe confederacy becomes more
and more hopeless. In the WorLl and the
Xetrx of Monday were articles of Grant s
campaign, on tilwriiia i's campaign and on
Sheridan's operations in the valley. The
World announces that Grant's campaign a
gainst Richmond is ended, and that it has
ended, of course, in failure. The World is
iu a hurry. Tha'G rant's campaign has end
ed is a thought certainly begotten of the
World's wishes. The World wishes, and
Lee wishes, and Jeff Da is wishes, that this
campaign had ended. They w 'Uid like very
well to be rid of Grant in that way; but their
wishes do not effect the matter. I't them
not lay to their little souls the llattcring unc
tion that Grant i-at last going to leave them
alone. Let them not suppose that ti ey may
at last cease to tremble for their capital and
iln-ir cause, ami that they can finally sit
down and say "The great auony is over and
We are yet safe." The great agony is not o
ver. Grant does not end campaigns in tfiat
way. fort Henry, ick-turg an 1 .Missiona
ry Ridge can h-ar witness that Grant is not
a general after the democratic heart; he does
not sit down at the very hour when sitting
down will rotract the rebellion and going
ahead will r rminate it.
The World also informs its reader that
Sherman's campaign is a failure. His great
advance from Chattanooga and ail those
splendid operations at Ressacca. Allatooua.
Kenesaw Mountain, the passage of Chata
ahoochce, the .reat battles m-ar Atlanta and
the capture of that ity. All the.se are use
less, says that innnen-e military man the ed
itor of the World. An 1 whv is this grand
ainpaign a
failure
It is a failure bcau.-e
an ineffectual attempt
Hood can still make
on cTierinati s communications. i-"jau-e
Hood can still be beaten on Sheuman's line
of supplies, Sherman's campaign is a fail
ure. It is also a failure because if "loud
cannot stay in Atlanta, he e n, say the Dem
ocratieoigans, go somewhere else: and may
le he can go into Tennessee, whispers the
X'-irs. The military situation in the South
west, as given by the democratic journals, is
about this; Sheiium's hundred thousand
soldiers are lost on .-ome little by-path in the
Georgia and Alabama woods, and Hood's
th;ity thousand siiagglers are spread out in
such a magnificent way that they can at
pleasure occupy every important point be
tween Nashville and Mot re; and Sherman
Is such an a-s and Hood such a g-mius, tha(
matters will remain in that position untii the
United Stares recognizes the Independence
of the Southern rebels. Rut the most re
markable of the democratic military at tides
is the account in the JYf of Sheridan s late
I attic in the valley. Some few days after
that battle the A' to and other rebel papers,
in the attempt to find snmeeomfbrf, said that
it was not so had for Ivirlv as they expected.
Thereupon the Richmond JJ,oj'tir-r iudig
nrritiy asked: "What was expected that
could have been worse than this shameful
defeat?" Rut now the AW goes further.
It rinds, indeed, that Larry's "shameful de
feat" was no deleat at all ; that it was in fact
the other way, and that Sheridaa's splendid
victory was a "great disaster." There, in
deed, is democratic logic.
It is singular that these three generals, iu
whom the democratic journalists sec three
failures, are the ones who have achieved all
the tangible and real military successes of
this war. All those great blows that have
prostrated ti e rebellion to its present hope
less state have, iti fact, had their inspiration
directly from General Grant. The country
remembers very well that while Generals
McClellan, Rurnside, Pope, Hooker and
Meade, in command of the Armyof the Po
tomac, merely heaped disaster on disaster
and only prevented the invasion of the
North, Grant drove the reliels out of the
whole Western country and destroyed every
Western army that took the field against
him. He redeemed Missouri, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi
and Alabama, and sent our armies to the
very heart of Georgia. No result had been
achieved in the East in all that time except
the repulse of two attempts at invasion. On
our own soil the men f ught and won; but
under no general had they leen able to hold a
position in Virginia. MeCleilau was driven
from in front of Richmoud ; Pope was driv
en from vherever the enemy could find him;
Hooker was driven from the Rapidan, and
Meade wo aid not fi ght at ad when he could
by any means avoid it. (riant took com
mand of the army of the Potomac, and for
the first time Lee found that there was a
man there whom he could not whip around
at his pleasure. For nearly six months Lee
has kept up the desperate attempt, and he
has not yet driven Grant an inch; but Grant
on the contrary, has shut Iee up in his capi
tal and will finally shut him up in Libby
prison. These great facts of Grant's suc
cess are what give the people confidence in
his promises and these same facts are what
inspire the deep hatred t hat the relels and
their sympathizers in this city feel for the
hero. Every rebel and every rebel sympa
thizer hates and fears General Grant, and
hence their attempts to undermine him with
the people by the disparagements of preten
ded criticism in the Democratic journals.
The above article portrays so accurately
the course of the Copperhead organ in this
pkee, that we have transferred it in full to
our columns.
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THE WAR NEWS.
Sherman is again victorious. A brief dis
patch from Nashville announces that Hood
was defeated on the 3d inst., in attempting
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I the I.iiie Water. So the last effort, the i tons, with which the war commence "
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and Hood undertook, has come to 110th- of 244,000 tons, have been built 1 vtirt:
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vorahie pomt fj. his attempt, and has failed
at the very starr. I
Iroiu North Carolina we have imrortant i
news through Rebel sources. Plymouth ',
has auain been captured by our troops. The
destruction or' the Rebel ram Aibermarie
having opened the river to admit Porter's
fleet, the forts were passed by his gunboats
and the Rel-eis forced to evacuate. The pos
session of Plymouth completes and insures
ttie naval an i military possession of Alber
marle Sound and its adjacent country, and
its apparently easy conquest is conclusive as
to tl e weakness of the Rebel forces. All
their troops are wanted in Virginia, and this
fortified town, which they captured by a
desperate effort and at great loss, is surren
dered as soon as the ram which defended it
is .-'ink. It is evident we are to have the
seaboard of North Carolina without a
struggle.
2IEW Y0EZ BOLDIEE'S FEAUD.
Among the persons arrested for being
implicated in the fraud upon the New York
soldiers, wire 31. J. Ferry and Edward
Donohue, the latter a young man connected
wiih the New York Ccutul liaii Road.
These men were found guiity by the 31iiita
ry Commission, ani sentem-i-d to imprison
ment for lite. Afterwards Ferry made the
following confession :
I do not recollect the time when the first
papers were forged, but it was in the pres
ence of O. K. ood.of Clinton county. New
York ; it was done in my ofiice. No. Nj Fay
ette street, Jiaiiimore; i am. and have been
for the last two years, the agent of the State
of New lot k, appointed by Gov. Seymour,
to Jo-.k after the sick and wounded soldiers
of New York; 1 tiir.-t saw Wood on Wednes
day of last week at li.y oliiee. He came and
represented hniiscif as an aem of the cent
ra: coin mi fee of ins county to look after its
local ticket. He taiked aoout the way in
which the votes com! be taken; it was
agreed that we should sign the names uf
soldiers and oiiicers an I send tliem home to
have the local tickets Llied in : 1 made out
small papers ; 1 signed the names of .soi lit-rs
on quite a number ot them: 1 cannot ted
what names we signet ; the papers are in
the bundie now on the tai-ie; 1 did not sign
the names of otiieers, but Donohue signed
any quantity of them; there was a large
package of these papers left with me. which
i destroyed; that package contained over
two hundred; Donohuo signed them ail.
The idea of torg ing these papers was first
sugge-te l by ;i man name i Stephen .Maxon:
he is from the western parr, of the State of
New Y'ork ; I do not know from what coun
ty : he i- not m the service; he is a State
agent ; 1 cannot say at what time it was first
proposed te lorge these papers. Lut it w;ts.
ai most, two weeks ago? 1 do not think
there was anybody resent but Donohue
an 1 myself when Maxon first proposed to
forge the papers ; theiewasa man named
S. 31. Rritndy in my ofriee ; he is now in
New York; al.-o, a man named II. New
comb ; 1 never saw him until he came there :
he is a lawyer in Albany: part of the forged
papers were made in my oinco. and part
brought there ; they were usually brought
in a bundle, tied up; I do not know who
brought them ; I had no letters from Peter
Cagger except what wei" found in my desk :
I never knew of any correspondence on this
su-'ject with General Farre'l, the commissa
ry of --uhsistence, except the package whi- h
you h;!ve; the packages contained a lot of
.tank envelopes and powers of attorney,
wdh a letter from Geiu-ral Farre'l, niaiked
confidential," which contained a li-t of
re-iJen s of Columbia county: I did mt
ict any one know that 1 desfoyed the forged
papers left with me, but I toid my associate
that I sent th -iu to different parts of the
State to be niurked: a young man came from
Washington on Friday or Saturday last, say
ing, if 1 had any spare blanks to send them
oil to Washington ; 1 am not certain that he
did or did not say anything about there be
ing twenty men over there who would attend
to the-e maiters; I do not know how many
forged papers vre sent off, but I heard
them say that they sent them from Wash
ingtoti by t he dry-goods boxl'ull ; 1 do not
recolect hearing them talk despairingly, but
they talked quite jubilantly and confidently:
I sent a package of forge 1 papers to Gen.
Farre'l. with letters.
The following is a letter from Gen. Far
rell, found in the office of the State Agent:
N r:v-YoRK, Ocr 2oth, Pm4.
Eiuv. PoNt.iuK. Jtl., Ksq. Jialtiiiiore:
Dkak Sik; Inclosed in this package you
will find tickets, alsoalistof names of the actu
al residents of Columbia County, now mem
bers of the 12th Regiment. VTiih the best
wi-hes for your success, 1 remain.
Jamks A. Fakkki.l. Commissary-Gen.
The books, tc, of Ferry and Donohue
were exhibited to the Court, inoluding a
number of letters, among which was the fol
lowing, found in a package of ;." votes, ad
dressed to (Jen J. A Farrili., Hudson,
N. Y., with the words "New-York Stare
Agency, fc5 W. Fayette-st., Baltimore, Md. '
printed on otie corner, and the letter wa
marked "Personal." It will be perceived
ttiat it is it- answer to the letter above:
N. Yrk State Auency, Baltimore,
So W. Fayette-sK, Oct. 2'.h l."4, )
fiin. J. A. Farrell Mi I har Sir: I
send with this note a number of baliots for
your county. I have made out a number
from the list you sent me.
1 also send a package put up by 3Ir. Fer
Ry, State Agent, and you will find a iiote
explaining things. 1 guess you have c
nough. Fearing that you might not, I en
close envelopes and wersof attorney sworn
to ; you can fill them up fcr CoUtinbiaor any
other Count'.
You can fill them up as well in your coun
ty as we can here. If you want nautes of
enlisted persons, ascertain them from the
Supervisor's list of any county.
In haste, your friend, E. D., JR.
You can procure large envelopes for At
torney's names at Albany. Put in some
good names or attorneys. "
No one can read the evidence in the case,
and resist the conviction that Gov. Sey
mour, his Commissary-General, the Sheriff
of Albany, with other prominent Copper
head leaders, were fully conversant with the
preparation and perpetration of this unheard-of
villi any.
0UB 2TAVY.
The navy of this country is Ucoming
very ixwerful arm of the 1,1-;.!., '
There are in actual service 5S eatLersl
an aggregate tonnage of 4,ij U,V,
Ti.fl o.l.K.: i i
t - . -lr bJ
ueiiJ ludnc ii'our iiaty, ale Or ves--:S 0f
first class, which will largely inerea;it !
ncie-icy. i nere are sew u wooden Mfau
two built by outside parties, the otL '
the naval ship yards, oi'.i.2ij tons. iutV j.4
to have i speed of sixteen s:;.ots kn "rt
They will carry immense bauuic-,, U t
rigged, and will doubtless prove the ia,:,'V
and most formidable ocean crui-. icver I ui
by any power. There a e a!s ( ... ? .... ' '
building by the Department
class wooden screw steamers of two tt uo .'
two hundred tons each, to hav a . ' I
a i . . i '
tuineen Pilots. carry eiiormc;.is hatteri
lie full rigged for ocean ornic;s. 'J'!,.
soon be completed. There ha ,
completed eight screw steamers f
lit:
'' t,,'.
the d.-..
'0-0. Lavhi,;
bur? .;
da u - x. i
each. 1 he machinery is ri,tj
of several parties building to e
the Department. The fiir tl
the Department's machinei v.
thoroughly tried, and can i;:..i;,i
of 111 knots. There arc i w
pleted the wooden iron-clad Co
liCi
a-t
It:
ionawanua. .Mutiton una h. ,'-
it
and 3Ionaiinoek. of 1."
feet of water, and h:iv:
cirrying two lo-inch g.
has been tried, and b
ehieving a maximum
Four other iron-dads
laVgcr :.nd faster, l.eli.g
coiistrueRd. The 3b
dv
vZ
g t w
'I :.-u;,i
,.,..,
the
L'l -:
kt
Strucfed tlUllllit'T '.'4.
tonnage of 7. 1'" .
Ti
y should have been . ,. :,
year, when the means at ii:ji-i -a
tin beginning oti'vaKau two 'i .i-n i.j ;
shops, some of" them without f !-.
cry .or workmen titled i-r t
prove how readily the ski!! th-. ,.
can adapt iueif to the in -
d. and how ercar arc t!;- :; --.'ir--:
iiat ton
d.h,bi
to supply
? Lcd'j'r.
anv ti .
THE A'OfiTfiWE&rEHN Ca.N'iTI" A' Y.
Hot ace Hifh rn, Deputy Gr.-nd C :.':..!.
dcr t-f the Mder oftiie Sons of Liberty, i
I':diana. v. i' 1 f.ir seine week- r '
trial at 1 nd-aiijpobs. for his 1 . ',. '
iti a treasonable t-oii-piraev, on t:.c -it I: :u; r,.
State's evidence, ami ma;e a smnT... ro
latton of tb soh. i;,e of ti e Or. r. R,
said that r. d cdy bur J'eii o, :.,!- ,:. ' .-,(
been admitted into the Order. :' '- ;
if thev. applied. lie c i, finned 'he ; :
evid
ence of a lnihtarv cgaii:?.ati n
Order, and the apoii.i
General to eon tn.nal it.
ti it.-nt of a ,
Dr. Rov.les.oi
the accused, was (,. niiiiaiidrr-iii
a staff of which Dr. James R. Wn-u::. r, -cently
arrested, was Adjutant General. H
said that a committee of thtrteeti as -pointed
to prepare for an insurre etii-n. aa.
that the iusunvction was intended to r'-n--relxd
prisoners in the Northwest, arm :l--n
from government arsenals, overturn it
State trovernmeiii-. kill Gov. Moin-r, c.
hold him as a uuard for capture d in-urr- !
ioni.-ts, and then form the Northwest hi:-. -.:
separate Confederacy. He .-; -1 it was tld
by Adjutant General Wilson of Bowles t;.f'
that Sot hum 11.) had been sent by Rebel a.uvt
iu Canada into the Northwest. i u.h.x
arn s for the order, and that 2')0.iKto
been left in Indiana in the hands (,( p..
and John C. Walker, store agent. .V;b .n
showed Hiffren 1.000 he ha-1 received J'r.-ia
Bowles. Jo buy anos in Washington i--'v:,:y.
Heffren said furtlif-rm-.r.-. that a c.ii.nr,'
tee of Thirteen h i-.1. ap 'i'io-.i tn inn v
kiil Gov. Morton; and a lew da; s since th
Governor received a lef'e,- signed "one
the men." declaring that the writer ati-1
his a-sociates wore sworn to kill him .itvl
would do it. lleffVcn's revelation n ;
ed the Court though prepared by prv..nn
evidence for'part of it. If Governor M". -ton
was killed, Dr. Athon. Seer-tan- ' f
State, and a mtiiikr of the order wu-1 -tt.ke
his place as piovided by law in ens.; i'
the death or disability of the Gov.-rr-.r-- an t
Lieut. Governor.
At aKeti'ish village in England the r.tiu'-i
day, a blacksmith was drinkicg some
when he remarked: "I haveswahWed see
thing. I am afrdd it was a wa-p ; if so. 1
am a dea l man." In a very short thm- '
terward he fell into the arms of a Vyst?r:-ier.
and immediately expired.
star SUvcrtfennrnt
AJvrrttJi-mrnt net in fargr type, nils, or out a' f - "
styl' mil bf cho-rgfd dotibt prie for tract orrujiiri
Toil! sure attention, the CASH must accorrrs
ny notice, aa follows: All Ca-i'icr.i vti SI
Strays, Si; Auditors! notijes. $1.50: Admlsi":
trators7 anl Exeo-utcrs' notices, 81,50, each ; 4-".
all other transient Notices a: the saa r'es
Othera Tertisamen sat $1 pergqjare, for St 1
insertions. Twelve lines ear lesi count a ijurs
Caution. All persons are here y .
ttoned against pureha.-'ng or n.eddii.tii
a certain yoke of red and vkite oseti. ti'-'-in
possession of John P. Owens In Kn;
township as the same belong to 111-. 'al '"
only left with said Owens vn k-jn, and -inject
to nry orders. JoIlN M. t.ii.si-
Woodward tp. Nov-'.,' JM'l.
RELIKF NOTICE. The Co;.r.l f K!i;f
for the county of Olearfiel.t. will meet a- -
Commissioners' office in Clearfield, on eii.s
day and Thursday, the 22d and 24tb 'J cl
October. IStU ' .
The Board of Kelief hare directed th-o the v
of the eoldier mn.-t apie:r bforu the board.
produce her sworn staK-tcenL df-taiitn.i G-,a!ii('
soldier, regiment and company, au-i k:a ""
ted ; the number of children, with age and
each ; the t. wnship mi whiob they redw. at
timeot enlUtment, aad their present rrtidenc .
and that she is without the bjchus of suppof ' 1
herself and children who are dependent up..o n.r
Two witnesses of credibility from the t0'"''u
in wbica she resides, must also be produce t 00
certificate worn to before the li.- i.".' uf Ue
iuut ?et forth that the applicant j-- "j
represenu herself to bo. that the :atc:De-t 0. 1
number and aire of her family is true, tni
in destitute cir uuistrmces and her family n '
tual want, and that all ti. f-iewiset furtu ic "
application are correct and true . .
Forms containing these requUirioni can r
tainnl at the Office of the Board of Re-?- " '
application ia made ead the witneee apr-
X. B. Illness of the aplicant, properly Pwt'
will excuse personal attendance , .
Oct. 12, 1864. WM S BRADLEY . cleric
LARGE STOOK OI' CLASS.
whirt lead, etc , ti ttttW.5
tiff