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From Grenada, Miss.

GRENADA, July l0.-Pnssengcrs from
"eu'ph's last light say tina, intelligence was
received there on Monday last that General
fimdman had captured Gen. Curtis with
SIX thousand prisoners. Col. Fitch being
uh"'le 10 reach Curtis with his reinforce
ments returned TO Menpkis with his com.
mand on Sunday.
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IRON THE LANCASTER LEDGERl

Cotton Is King md " i'll continue to reign.
Pr"''ded The CnLtedcracy makes proper
exercise Of her powers. Let her take crre
that the right 10 The cotton does not pass
into the hands Of foreigners, but that i, re-
man under The control Of our own people,
VINO may be authorized to bpru it in cas-.
patriotism demand it. II is probable lhat
Lincoln agents have taken possession Of II
considerable quantity in the South west
oar Government uud people no, havinp Ia
Ken The precautionary steps TO prevent it -
Let us profit by this lesson of experience.
IL Is remarkable that tie mauis for cot
ton commenced at the darkest tim. Of our
struggle with faTkeedom. How are we
10 account fer this The city buyers nigh,
convert their cotton into gold by selling il
to foreigners and leave for some other coun.
Try I"'s would be short aud safe way
% transmitting fortunes from the apprehen.
ded wreck of the confederacy. let n, puurd
| against this and keep the control OF the co,
Ton under our people, and this article will
eo"'ih""u oi foreign countries all We need
Would IL not be cxpeden, for tho Con.
fedrfaic Govcrnmen, to pnbiiah a notice
that the right to cotton cannot puss to for.
! ei6ncrs until our independence is establish
ed! This would tend to bring this wa:
| against humanity to a speedy close. The
safely Of the Republic should bc the su
preme law.
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From Eastern North Carolina

WELDoS, July lO.-A courier has lust
arrived here and states that seven or eight
Yankee gunbonts came up the Roanoke e
Yesterday and witaou: the slightest notice
opened bombardmsnt upon the town OF
Hamilton. The result of the grand attack
was one infant killed, on the part of the
inhabitants.
a portion Of Capt Whi;akers cavalry
were before them. Resisted their landing,
and succeeded In killing several Yankees,
win but Two or three wounded amongst
his men,
The Yankees are now In possession OF
'iaml!ton-ai~ays mn snd.fsuded place.
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VIE RING OF TUE rguE Mrr.I-Tbo
following is the order Of Gen. Van Dorm :
HEADQuARTERs, VIcK,Buso.
Juno 2SIh. 1861

Juno 2slh, 1864.
Defenders OF VIcK.BURo The enemy
are attempting to destroy TIN, beautiful city
and heroic people have determined 10 sac.
r'hce il rather than give /, up to the inva.
ders Of their homes.
II may be considered, therefore, in ruin.:
for it may be battered down and burnt up,
bat the earth 1t stands upon is ours, and
viii! never Se given up The shot and shell
now playing through these streets, through
lovely villas, and sacred churches, and de.
serted homes, are but "souud and fury, sig.
nifying nothing"
The contest will commence v hen the en-.
emy attempts TO put his foot upon our soil.
Stand eooiIy by your guns and deliver your
FIRE only when he come too near.
EARL VAN DOM,
Major General Commanding.
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a GARD.

THE UNDERSIGNED HAS JUST
l. received fresh supply of Groceries,
viz ;: Old Port Wine, Pickles, Je!Iiss and
Preserves, SHlmond and Lob-ters in cans,
Dbl of Molasses and 1900 lbs Of Sugar,
Tobacco, &c, which we will sell as low for
Cash as can be bought anv where.
NcLARNON & BRUMMITTE.
July ], 1864, ai-,f
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CNroUSDED RUaoWs.-'rhe rumor which
has been current for some time, and which
has been endorsed by several newspapers.
that General Bcauregard's wife died recent.
ly, Is, We are glad to say, unfounied. Tie
brave Creole leader will, We trust. ere long
bo heard from
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BurLEEtsM IN ST. LuUr,.-A gentleman
recently arrived ut Knoxville frcm ST.
Louis, reports that only about five hun
dred L'ocoln troops are left 10 govern the
city. 1t is the opinion Of tue Linco!nites
That tho South is nearly whipped out, and
that the war will soon be over. The mos,
despolc DutIerism prevailed in St. Louis
Se'rcal young ladies' at the house of Mrs.
GATl'r, who had sang and played the song
'nl"rylaTd,' were notified TO vncate the
house IN twenty four hours or su!l.r iuptis.
oament IN The common Jail On the refu.
sll oi tie Indies TO leave, a guard Of sol.
dler', none Of whom could speak plain
Englsh, surrounded the house. Some la
dies in another house, for waving their
aahdkerchiets u some Confederate prison.
ers, had their house surrounded, and all
cUuImIl",c"t:oG with ;hci- friends ca, ctf'
for several days, during which time they
We're served with regular soldiers ralions
at meal times. general system OF rob.
berry was being carried on by the Linco In
officials, under pretencc Of raising money
for the support OF the families uf the Fud.
er;.i spIdicSs. The property OF all persons
suspected Of secession procIvilics was
heavily assessed, aud il the amount was
not paid the property was seized and sold.
Inc Union sentiment is by no means gain
iug strength in Missouri.
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NOTECE.-.is itis believed that the
~ Estate of Gaswell Mobley, deed is in.
solvent notice is hereby given 70 ali per.
sons having claims against the uforemen.
toned Estate to present them legally au
thentc"ted within six months from date for
pro ratio distribution.
J. b. MOBLEY. Ear.
Pleasant Hill, S. C., July s, 1862. o3-,f
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Notice.

4 LII persons indebted to tho Estate o (
n )amcs Faulkner, deceased, are hereby
requested to settle the same, and those hav.
ing demands against the said Estate, are
hersby notified To present them ~ the law
directs, to the undersigned,
A. J. kIBLER, } IT.,
WI. FAULKNER, { hSfe.
June as, 20 tT
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DEATH OF AN EDIruR.-Thc Yorkville
Enquirer comes TO us ih morning for the
death Of w. w. East, the editor Of that pa.
per. lie died from the effects Of wound,
received in one Of the battles Of the Chick
ahominy.
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LANCASTER INviNtIpLEs"- "-.ieut. A. Nc.
Perry who we regret is wounded, sends US a
list Of the casualties in this gallant Company,
received in the late battles. His letter will be
found elsewhere.
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Our Correspondent Local" ough wound
ed in one of the late battles, still able to
communicate with the Ledger. See his inter-
Ssting letter in this paper.
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From the Wsst.

NOBLE. July IA special despatch to
ths Advertiser, dated Jackson. 10Th, says
that General Van Dorn's General Crdsrs
No 3. placing hfteen milos contiguous 70
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Announcement.

The friends of Dr. II. l.. JOHNSTON an
nounce him candidate to represent Ian.
caster District in the lower trauch OF the
next Legislature.
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Cotton is worth 90 cents in The Aug sta
(Ga market
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Congratulatory Addres, of President
Davis

RICHMOND, July s.-1'hs President has
issued the following congr@tulatory address
TO our victorious army:
RICHMOND, July S.
10 me Army IN Eastern Virginia.
SOLDIERS | congratulate YOU on the 40.
rles OF brilliant victories which, under "a.
vor Of Divine Providence, you have lately
won, md rs the Presiden, Of the Confeder.
nte States do heartily tender to you the
thanks Of The country, whose just cause
you have so skillfully and hsroicaly y served
Ten days ago and environing army vastly
superior to you in number and the material
of war closely beleaguered your capital
and vnuatlngiy proclaimed its speedy con
quest You marched to attack the enemy
in his entertainments with we'll directed
movement and death daring va!or YOU
charged upon him in his strong positions
aud drove him from field to field over dix.
'"nee Of moro thun thirty hve miles, and
despite his reinfVrcements compelled him
10 seck safety under the cover Of his gun
oo''S, "HcIe lie no" lies CONcu DefOrp tho
army hs SO lately derided ard threatened
with entire subjugntiou.
The forll;ude with which Won have
borne tolls and prisations, the gaiian,ry
with which you have entered into each
successful battle, must have been Witnessed
to be fully appreciated but grateful peo
pie will not fail 10 remember your deeds
"nd to bear you in loved remcmbrance.-
We'll may it be said Of you. that y GU have
done enough for glory but duty to suf
ierlng country aud % the cause Of cousti.
tu'ional liberty claims from you yet further
effort let it be your pride to relax in no;h
ing which can promote your future eff Z.
| eicncy-yonr one great object being to
Dive the invader FROM your sol, aud carry
ing your standards beyond the outer boun.
d"nea .: the Coutvdcracy, to wiring from
IN unscrupuious foe the recognition Of your
6Irih-right-a community independent.
(Sisncd) JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-01-22
NEW SERIES-VOL. H.-NO 27.

had enumerated Another hundred mil,
lions may be added to these before the Itll
.oI March. Whatit may cost to put down
the rebellion he cared very little, provided
always that it be put down ellectually,-
But faith without works is dead, and he
was free TO confess that his faith some
times fails him he ment his faith in men
not his faith in the cause. When the
history Of these times shall be written it
will be question upon whom the guilt
viii rest most heavy--apon him who has
conspiled TO destroy, or upon him who has
proved incompetent to preserve the in
stltutions bequeathed to US by our fathers
1t is no wonder that the public treasury
trembles and staggers like a strong man
with too great burthen upon him. a
strong man in an air,eXhausted receiver,
Is not more helpless o.day than is the
treasury OF the government beneath the
eNhausting process to which it is subject
ed. The mighty monarch Of the forest
himself may hold at bay the tiercest and
mightiest Of his foes, while the vile cur,
coming up behind him and opening his
langs, gives him fatal wound, and alr
though he may struggle or boldly and va.
liently, the blood is silently trclilng
from his heart, and he is at last forced to
loosen his grasp, and he grows fniut, and
faltels and dies.
In conclusion he said it is impossible
that the treasury of the United States can
meet and continue to meet ills state of
things sixty days longer, and an ignomi-
nous peace must be submitted to unless
we see to it that the credit of the country
is susIai"eJ, and sustained too Jy the con-
viCtion going forth from this hall to the
people of the country that we will treat
as traitors not only those who are bold
and manly enough to meet US face to face
/ in the field Of srire, but all those also who
clandestinely and steaIthiiy suck the life
blood from us in the mighty struggle.
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CLEARFIELD, PA. WEDNESDAY, JAN %, 1869.

our coGntrymen need to bring themselves
and their affairs to rights"
few months earlier Alexander Ham
ilton was the earnest advocate Of peace
the strenuous supporter of sending for
that object a mission TO Franco, which
should contain the names of Jefferson and
Madison.
Now, on the contrary, he was the siren.
uouS advocate of the most extensive war
'eparations-of far more extensive prep
aratiOns, indeed, than the most inllamma-
ble Congress could be induced to sanction.
OF course every effort was made to rep
resent the Democrats wEo opposed the
war, as TRAITORS" and Dacobius, the lat.
ter then a term of especial reproach, JEFF
ferson was charged with sending an ennis.
sary, (Dr Logan to France. In letter
in June. 1893, to Madison, he says:
CDR. Logan, about u fortnight ago, sail
ed for Hamburg This was seized 10y tho
War Ha,Oks and given out as a secret mis-
sion from the ,lacobins here, to solicit an
army from France, instruct them as to
their landing, &C. This extravagance
produced a real panic amoug the citizens;
and happening just when Bache publish
cu ldlleS Ednu > lel(tT, lldIptI' tut L tutA .
al leader, on the 18th of June, gravely
announced to the House of Representa-
lives that there existed a traitorouS CORE.
Spondsnc6 between the Jacobins here, ("se-
cessionists") and the French Directory ;
that he had got hold Of some threads and
clue of it, and would soon be able to de-
velope the whole. This increased the ~
larm, the liberAlists Immediately set to
work, directly and indirectly, to compli
cate whom they pleased. Porcupine( Cob.
bett) gave me principal share in it, as
am told, for | never read his papers"
And just about the same time, '(June
%, l79Sl President Adams, in reply TO an
address from the Legislature of New Ham.
shire, said
81 am happy to assure you that, as far
as my information extends, the opposition
to The Federal Government in all the oth-
er States as well as in New Hamshire, is
too small to meris the name of division"
So little was there then left of the Dem
ocratic party. though Jefferson himself
was living and at its head.
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secured or required to give security for
good behavior at the discretion of the
President and on his proclamation, exr
cept that those not chargeable with actu,
al hostility or other crime against the pnb-
lie safety, should be allowed the time to
dispose OF their goods stipulated by treaty;
and the treaty with France was the next
day annulIed. The special courts of the
United States were authorized, on com
plant TO apprehend who continued
in the country contrary to the tenor or
intent Of the Presidents proclaim tion or
other regulations which the President es-
tablished in the country, to give SUI eties,
or be otherwise restrained
(COHcluSi0u ncrt tgcek(
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Eco nOmY Advocated.

Senator Fcsscrdcn, Of Maine, leading
Republican in Congress, in recent
speech, urging the necessity for more
economy in tue public expenditures, said
"From the beginning of this contest, the
spirit manifested by Congress and by the
Executive appears to have been to sec who
could talk loudest about the largest amt
Of money to be spent, as if that would nc
compllsh the purpose. ! warn Senators
that we must begin somewhere in the
work o:retrenchment-aud begin spcedi
ly and, for my part, mean to begin at
the very first point that presents itself to
economic the public money, or we shall
soon be in position where we shall have
no money to economic upon.
Look, for instance, at one example Of
the manner in which things are managed.
The government Of the army started with
the idea that we wanted no cavalry
Pretty soon they came to the conclusion
that we did want cavalry, ard they gave
notice Of that fact and without counting
what was to be the end of it, and what it
was to come to, they allowed every man
who offered to do so to raise regiment
OF cavalry. A regiment Of cavalry costs
something 1t costs about Ouble what u
regiment of infantry costs, and perhaps
more than double; | presume it costs
| 100000 year. was informed by
man who knew all about it, because he is
one ofthe very highest military men
that ten thousand cavalry was all we
could use, or twenty thousand at the out
side; and how many have we to-day ?
We have sixty regiments of cavalry either
raised or in process of being raised. and
most OF them, as my friend from Iowa
suggests, are regiments Of twelve hundred
men each. There is very little use for
them. The Government can do nothing
with them. They are not even armed,
and we have no arms for very large pro-
portion Of them; and yet they are raised,
and the men are paid, and the horses are
bought and supported by the Government,
Many Of these regiments are coming here,
and others are on their way here. There
is no provision for them; no service to be
required Of them when they come here.
There is at least SjO,OOO,O0O to be spent
for cavalry, for which the men who con-
troll the army say they have 40 use-and
all because nobody inquired in the first
place how many were necessary"
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vol. XXXIl.-WHOLE NO 1890
sGIrtt Qoetrg.
N0BLEMEN.

Tho noblest men ! know on earth
Are men whose hands are brown with toll
Who, backed by no ancestral graves,
Hew down the woods, and till the soil,
And win thereby prouder fame
Than follows king or warriors name.
The working men whate'er their task,
To carve the stone, or bear the hOd-
They wear upon their honest brows
The royal stamp and seal OF God
And brighter arc the drops Of sweat
Than diamonds in a cOronet!
God bless the noble working men,
Who rear the cities of the plain;
Who dig the mines, and build the ships,
And drive the commerce Of the main;
God bless them for their swarthy hands
Have wrought the glory of all lands.
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hzy"lt is curious coincidence !hat all
the journals which are now bawling 50 lua
tilv for Emancipation, are the very same
ones which agreed last fall with the New
York Tribune that "the South is worth
nothing to the Union, and if she really
wants to leave it we will he'D her oR" II
is not at all unlikely that the Abolition
cries, which ring out with such peculiar
iervor at this time, are intended TO holp
her out" Whether intended or not they
surely have a tendency to do So Weekly
Obsnper.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-01-22

Cosr OF ABoLlrIoNIsu -"What Slavery
is costing" says the Chicago Tij,ae, quo7
ting Mr.. Secretary Chase's Report, is
1872. .S02.'
Nay, good sir, that is what aJ,ifioniSm is
costing. Slavery was here Mt the birth Of
the Republic, and received the protection
of the Constitution and Of the laws of the
United States While aboltionism
is comparatively new devil. born of
lust ana fanaticism, but for which the
Union would now be prosperous and hap,
py
Therefore say that Aboitionism is now
costing the country almost two million Of
dollars per day, besides a bottonless ocean
Of blood - Bergen Democrat.
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REMARKS OF MR.. DAWES OF Mass

LL0Nc!N8LoN NcrL rctk
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DEsoLATloN IN MGssoURI.-A letter in tho
Chicago IiiJne dated at West Point,
Mis-. our, recemper 9th, gives this pic
ture:
Il thought that some scenes previously
witnessed had given me avivid realization
Of the horrors Of war, but nothing brought
them so clearly before my mind as the
country betYeen here and Harrisonvilla
and town of West Point. At Grand River
we found the plankng of the bridge torn
up to obstruct our passage, but managed
to replace them so as to cross. After leav-
this point, till we reached camp, the whole
country is one scene Of deSOlalion and
misery. We passed through thirty or for,
ty deserted houses, with the evidences of
hasty departure about them. Windows
were broken, doors smashed open, fences
down, and everywhere the crops we're UNI
gathered. In one house we found two
families, the heads OF which had both been
killed by the mareudng parties infesting
the country. Only one farm that saw in
that days ride had gathered an ear OF
corr. But the desolatiOn eliminated
when West Point was reached, This was
formerly a fourishing town OF $50 or 200
houses. There is nov but one family liy-
ing in it, The hous are windowlcss and
doorleSs, the stores have all been plunder>
ed, and the best buildings in the place are
used by Newgents men as stables. Moth
ing could bring up the thing more clearly
than this scene. Harrisonville was but
little better than this, and to burn a
country over does not leave so sad pic,
ture of woe and misery as this section
now presents"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-01-22

Two THOUSAND DOLLARS FORA KIcE.-At
New Bedford, Mass, the referee, in the
case Of Dimnock vs. Cleveland, master o.
the bark Margaret Scott, has assessed
damages against the defen dant to the a
mount of $1,000. DimmooII was lore
mas, hand on board The bark, and brought
an action against the master, claiming
damages for kick by which complainant
vas permanently injured. BY order oil
court the decision is made iiEal.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-01-22

ray~Lale English papers state that the
priyateer Nashville was still at S)uthamp
ton, but the British government had fp
bid her to arm.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-01-22

JouN P. IIALE.-This Republican Sena-
tor, from our State, has relieved himself
of a war speech, in which England and the
President received about an equal share of
the gentleman's attention. He wants a
fight with England and will have one with
Mr.. Lincoln. It is hoped, however, that
the President will survive this attack. -
Jack can play the clown to perfection; but
when lac undertakes 10 be serious he
iails.-LrcOnia New IIampshirel Dem.
Bay"!he following is an excellent con
densatioD of the proceedings Of Congress
not only Of Wednesday, but every day
since the commencement of the session
Cor, n. Y. Express.
FROM WASHINGTON.
BY Mail.
report Of Congress Wednesday.
Negro" - - Negro" -
Negro" = NEGRO" = "Ne
gro, ,"-#a Negro "Negro."-
Yours, etc, WHITE MAN.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-01-22

EIGuT CHILDREN ATA BlRTu.-On the
2d Of August, Mrs. Timothy Bradley, of
TrumbuIl county, Ohio, gave birth to 8
children-three boys and five girls. They
are all living, and are healthy but quite
small. Mr., BIS. family is increasing. lie
was married six years ago TO EunIce Nov,
cry, who weighed 227 pounds on the day
Of her marriage, She has given birth to
two pair Of twins, and now eight more,
making twelve children in six years. 1t
seems strange, bat nevertheless is true,
Mrs. B. was a twin Of three. her mother
and father both being twins, and her
grandmother the mother of five pair OF
twins. Mrs. b. has nlmed her children
after notorious men; one after J, II. Gid
dlngs, who has given her splendid gold
medal one after the Rev. Hon. Elijah
Champain, who gave her deed of fifty
acres OF land; and the other after James
Johnson, who gave her a COW.
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Hon. Mr.. Ely on the War.

The Hon. Mr., Ely, the member of Con
gross from New York who was taken pris
oner at the battle Of Bull Run, and con-
fined at Richmond until recently was
honored with apublic reception on arri,
wing at New York. He addressed the
crowd that had congregatcd in the street
and in the course of his remarks, spoke
as follows:
Gentlemen, am persuaded that the
vast amy committed to the trusty hands
Of Gen. Mcclellan has too much to do. II
| have learned anything in tie past it j,
that we fight people terribly in earnest
The cry Of PalatoiX at WAR,
even to the knife is still their cry.-
Firm in the belief that we seek their sub
jugaliOn, they have waXed desperate. and
neither life nor treasure will be spared to
prevent the advance of our arms, A re,
Oelllon so extensive and Jealous as that
which now rcigns throughout the South
can only be overcome by the best and
strongest efforts Of a united North. We
must, as one man, shoulder to shoulder
heart to heart forgetful OF party, of pref
udlce, Of all but country, Join with the
government in its exertons for toe pres.
ervation of the republic. 50 only MAY
we, by Gods good help, restore the na-
tional banner whence it has been rudelN
torn; and, 10y conquest, win endurin,
peace, and establish our power to cope
with traitors at home as successfully a.
we have with fDas frOn, ubrpaI -