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Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03
The Entire Rebel Army COnCca-
tsaiiIIs. at EfedTiCkSburg.
\ FIERCE AND SANCTUARY CoNFIICI
EFFECTED

INFECTED
llEAI ,JAETFI-s ARMY OF PUIoMAC.l
November p, 1862.
Here J. no news of importance OF Spe-
,-i.lI interest io communicate to-day. As
vet oar advance l. delayed from circum-
>tmc,-s b,yond the control Of General
Burn-ide, but these are being overcome
a. rapi'lly a. possible
Av..ilin" themselves of the opportunity
- unexpectedly afforded them by our
islaN. tine Tcbels are eNerting themselves
70 the utmost IN the erection of earth
works and h;Ift,TicS, new ones appear
ing almost daily. They already have a
formidable chain of carihwcrks extend
...- along thc ril-es beyond FredricSs-
Iur-. and they can be distinctly seen
throwing up Others Ia addition To
iisyse tl,cy have rifle pits arranged in
convenient positions, evidently designed
tur ihr Use ui their ~harpshooters.
y British hlg Is displayed on one OF
the houses in the CITY. MANY of the
ciiiz Ia h-rcabouts claim TO be British
subjects. and urge that a. a safeguard
against the seizure of forage and the occu-
patton OF th"Ir premises by the military
authorities. They are, however. all bitter
>ccc~~ioni>rS and aid the enemy In every
possible manner, many of them having
SONS in thc rebel army
Our cavalry have recently captured
numbers OF rebels scattered through the
woods between Us and the Potomac, who
were probably cut off from he furds by the
unexpected approach of our forces at that
place. They are III a terrible state OF
destiiuiion. many of them being hatless.
without shoes. blankets, or decent cloth
! ing- There are still number remain
in@ lurking about In the woods. and the
enemy's pickcts remain along the river
banks; but picket firing has entirely
ceased, and the officers of both armies
may be- seen at any time along the shores
scanning each other.
All remains quiet along the lines
The upper fords are quietly held by our
forces, the rebels having made no demon.
strations at those points for some time.
In Fredericksburg the stores and house:
remain apparently closed up and the city
deserted, except by few of Its male resi-.
deGts and the seceSh patrol
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03
Free Government.

Scion the great Law-giver of Greece.
says: "That alone is free government
where the oppression of an individual or
an injury TO the lowliest citizen is felt as
shock. TO the Constitution of the State
and they alone are worthy of freedom who
are as ready to rescue the oppressed and
to rccompense the injured as the immedi-
ate sufferer himself How does that
noble sentiment contrast with the TYRANNY
and degraded state of our Government
which has, without alleged offence or even
without the slightest pretext, kidnapped
and incarceratcd innocent men in old
Forts and Bastiles, remote from home.
either TO wear out a miserable life of soIi-
tary confinement or to undergo a hasty
trial and be sentenced to death by the
dictates OF an arbitrary military authority {?
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03

e. Joseph Shoemaker, of Johnstown,
who, was lately convicted at the United
States Court, in Pittsburg, for making
and passing counterfeit COIN, was senten-
ced on last Saturday, TO pay fine of
800, and undergo an Imprisonment in
the Western Penitentiary. for the term of
five years The old man still asserts his
innocence; and while the Judge passed
sentence upon him he wcpt like a child.
Attempts to procure a new trial were
made, but it was not granted. 1t is said
that many persons who believe him to be
innocent, will petition the President to
pardon HIM
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03
The mcdowell Court ofI,o-,
WASHING1ON. Nm o. -

WASHINGTON, Nov. p Is,1
The Mcdowell court of inor;-
into session at a quarter 10 tweiva -
yesterday, General Martindala %
been detained by important bus
his department of Military Cow
Washington After a closed -.
three hours the following decision = ,
plan proposed by General MeDov-
yesterdays session was announced.
The Court, having conSidered 60
the proposition of Major General Nj.
ell, decide TO proceed 20 the inyes,..-.
in accordance with the following. ~
hereafter such notifications or ans
tions as may be suggested bv the e.
of the proceedings and may be 5as-
necessary:
To examine and inquire M,
and all accusations OF impUt,i;o-.
treachery or disoyality on the ps-- o4r.,.
Mcdowell, and to examine and f,-
into his whole conduct a a general -
since-,being the date on which a.
Mcclellan assumed command II fbe a.
of the Potomac For the coave8;s-,s
the investigation, the atoTema.-f =,
time viii be divided "a follows. t--;r- i,
periods of time when Gen. NenrrF
commanded= E;y,sf-A division IN i
Army of the Potomac under NIa;g- C.
Mcclellan from-to- So
The first Army Corps, Army # ,is p. |
tomac, under Major General NcC3-s-
from--- THaIzl-The DrIartu.--
the RaPpahannock, under ths orders
the President OF the United Sta,es .-
the War Department. from -to-l
Fb.1tt-The third Army Cur,s. s-7
of Virginia, under Major General P-,
from -- To -. With = yfpv
statement of facts, and an rxnressio1
opinion, the Court wIll-Fs-s exam
the correspondence of Gen. NcDm1
with the enemv's commanders J- VIZ,
any one within the enemv's lines: sr-
examine and inquire into The eu5-.
pursued Toy General Mcdowell iguz-s
the inhabitants OF ille cUuntr7 aerr
bv the | nited States forces with F,-,--.
10 themselves OF their prupe-tv-
inquire whether General McDUv-g =,
fulfilled hl- dutv a. caamsal- Il
those placed under him. and ss ,-f.e
dIna.e officer IA those Placld ever E-
giving heariy and TO the exiera Cd. b,
capacity all the support IN his pow.
fourth, inquire whether G,n-rs,i MrDp-
ell has or has not failed to - 10 The al.
of OF send reintorcemeuts 10 l-a-
commander, and If he has - f...E. fr
what reasons
Col r. ID Goodwin. xh5 r-gs =
letter from No GO 81 aIsrs-s ,,ac.
New York CITY. Sept -. IS62. -
which was published in a Ncw Tn
Sunday paper, addressed 70 Gen, McD-r-
Z ell, was ordered TO be sumul"nad as
witness IN the case II substalIrir,a b
letter, which was or,crsd 10 h made s.-
of the evidence IN the CHS
The Court decided that II prr
receive the deIsnsitions Of the witness
named by Gen- McDo~-cu on ih G.-
/ of drunkenness
The Recorder was directed 10 ali-~
a communication to the hoadgua1e,
the army requiring the attendance yl cr
| tam witnesses, after which The Cg-
( adjourned until tomorrow.
General Mcdowell IN the Cour dss
vowed any desire 10 take away olfsi
OF the army in active S,rTIee 10 attend s
witnesses. preferTing, IN his case. 70 s1-'
himseltin the court from their ron-4lr-1l
ance rather than deprive the -o's-uEl.1
"t their services AT this time II lbry s.
needed in the field.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03

sg In looking over the proceedings of
Court In Washington county, we find the
"culled" " brethren predominant in the
criminal calendar Three or four cases
OF larceny, one of malicious mischief. one
OF assault and battery, one of rape and
two of murder, in all of which the parties
have been convicted. These are the
fruits of Abolitionism.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03

g. The drafted militia of this State
have been ordered to Washington. The
regiments are to be Immediately armed
and put in route by their local command
ers without further orders. Drafted men
and. substitutes who have left camp
without authority are considered deserters,
and if arrested will be tried and punished
as such.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03

IHE PHILADELPHIA SHERIFFAIITY.-
When the action of the Supreme Court in
the Philadelphia Sheritfalty case became
known to Mr.. Ewing, he notified Mr.
thompson that he was ready to vacate the
office and the latter was expected to take
possession yesterday.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03
e. On last Tuesday the Mail Trai,

@ On last Tuesday the Mail Train
eastward near KittannIng Point, struck
Samuel Noel, throwing him over a steep
embankment- He miraculously escaped
with his life, but was badly injured in the
head The unfortunate man is still living
but fears are entertained of his death.
The gentlemanly Conductor of the train.
appeared much grieved at the sad occur
renee and lent his utmost assistance 70
tt.e woun'lsd msn
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03

CAIRO, Nov. 27.-The Galveston
News, of the 9TH, says that Sam Hous-
ton made secession speech in Branham
lately.
Advices from Holly Springs to Satur-
day state that nearly the entire population
had emigrated- All the stores and most
of the private residences were closed. A
small Confederate force was there. but
not quartered permanently. The FEEDER
ais occupy Hudsonville, seven miles North.
The Georgia Legislature passed law
recently for Obstructing all navigable
streams IN the State. 1t appropriated
S500,000 for that purpose.
The First General Council of the Epis-
copal church, of the Confederate States,
met at Augusta, Ga. on the l9th.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03
e. J. Kratzer intends to 90 to ALor

e. J. Kratzer intends to 60 to Lor-
etto next week, where he will remain
some time to take the pictures of those
who wish TO ''secure the shadow ere the
substance fade" John is good artist,
gentlemanly in his department and moder-
ate in his charges; and we have no doubt
but that he will be well patronized in that
vicinity. Give him a call ladies.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03

THIEvING.-The country everywhere.
is becoming infested with these cowardly,
lazy miscreants who, 10 indolent to work,
gain miserable subsistence by pilfering
and robbing. One cannot PICK up paper
these days which Is not replete with this
species of crime. The Store of Messrs
Waterson & Sons, in Blairsville was broker
open few nights ago and robbed of costly
goods TO the amount OF several hundred
dollars We sympathizc with Messrs.
Waterson, that the reward of their indus
try and frugality should be thus appropri-
ated to the luxury and idleness of such
wretches, who revel in covetousness and
subsist upon ilI--otten -oods-TIoPc they
may be brought TO Justice.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03

e. Maj. J. S. Miller has been appoin-
ted Representative Delegate from Hunt
ingdon county to the next Democratic
State Convention Maj. r. Bruce Petri-
ken is the Senatorial Delegate from that
district
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t. James Mcclure = brakeman .,

t. James Mcclure. a brakeman on
one of the freight trains of the Penn.
Railroad, while the train was running
between Petersburg and Huntingdon, at
tempted TO pass from the front to the rear
car, and ii is supposed missed his footing
and fell on the track, the cars passing
over him killing him instantly.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03
s. TODD, Editor s. Publisher.
WEDNESDAY DEC ), 1862
A Good Chance.

We propose to take Beef, Corn, Pork
or Cord Wood from such of our patrons as
wish to pay their subscriptions in that
way; provided they do so before the first
Of January. e. Call in and see us on
Court Week.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03

S On "Wednesday of las; week 5 :.
mer named Richard Sproat, resldlE :
South Strabane township, about y,
miles north of Washington, coElIni''-
suicide by hanging himself.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03

G. Petroleum oll. which rOse - =
idly from twenty-five cents gallon /, /.
dollar and ten cents, has taken The l-e
track again, and is down, as reported, -
sixty cents The rise was merely sis,-
lative, and somebody viii make o. -
fortunes by the sudden flnctuaiion-
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03

SWhen YOU go to Johnstown, stop al
the g Foster House." where You will be
most welcomely received by that model
landlord, w Ri chter
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03

@ \ woman named Catharine Jack
son, was arrested in Philadelphia. the
other day for passing counterfeit money.
She had in her possession, Sl53, in coun-
terfeit - threeS" on the Citizens Bank of
Pittsburg.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03

E We will endeavor to lay before our
readers, next week, the Presidents mes
sage to Congress.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03

eg Nothing of Importance having tran
spired, up to this date, in the proceedings
of Court, we omit all till next week.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03

WHAT WILL HE Dove are often
asked, observes contemporary, in view
OF the late elections, 90 What will old Abe
doF We don't know what he ,C1u do;
but we are free TO say what he ought to
do. H asI7R 70 b.. 2 s,,Is.,,,,>
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03

eg-A. III. ECKER, one of the editors and
proprietors of the Washington Enuaner,
has been appointed Revenue Commissioner
for the Washington Judicial district
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03

81 Eli Sheets, the murderer of Ange-
ly, has been sentenced for the second
time, in the Courts of Beaver county. TO
be hung I'll he is dead,
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03

WASHINGTON Dec. THE Presd5n
Message has just been presented 10 -
gress -
1t favors African colonization, = :.
opinion among the blacks rega7din7 :, :.
project, 1t saws, is gradually inFf0'-'
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03

~ RETURSED.-Ehsha Fultz, @ :
A llth p. X. c.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03

G. The Advisers Of the Pnesldenl'
Detroit Free Pres SAYS, are urglis
TO call out a million of men
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-03

G. Johns & Crosley's Cement Ii''
rc- fc- .z,e At II G ne-1n.- -
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-04-02
N|aSa91lSlg!! Pln 40
SPECIFIC REMEDY FOR
Spermatorrhea, or Seminal Weakness,
in either sex.

THIS is the only remedy for Sexual Debili-
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DR.. B. KEITH, Amer. Jour. Of Ned. Science"
at have found them all that they could be de-
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Z. p. DIcKEE, NJ. D."
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ESsMinche n
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(Dr. Churchill's Specific Remedy,)
FOR CONS TT o NJ

NTERvOUS Debility, Scrofulu, Dyspepsia,
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The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-04-02
Mortgage Sale.

nEFAULT having been made in the condi-
- ton of a certain mortgage, executed by
Benjamin f. Cooper, and Mary Ann Cooper, his
wife, to "Messrs. Freeland, Squiers a Compa-
N.Y." of the City, County and State of New York,
"a firm or cO-partnership composed of James
Freeland, Robert Squiers, Charles ii. Bowman
and William II. Freeland,) said mortgage bear
ing date the ninth day of December in the year
eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, and was re-
corded on the sixteenth day of December, A.
d. 1859, in the Office of the Register of Deeds
of Ottawa County, and State of Michigan, in
liber of" Of mortgages, on page 20, and was as
signed by said James Freeland, Robert Squiers,
Charles II. Bowman and William II. Freeland
to John Frisbee on the eighteenth day Of March,
in the year eighteen hundred and sixty lone, and
was assigned by said John Frsbee to De Witt
c. Holbrook, on the eleventh day Of December,
in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and
both Of said assignments being recorded in the
Office Of the Register of Deeds of said Ottawa
County, in the State Of Michigan, on the four
teenth day Of December, in the year last afore.
said, in liber Z" of mortgages, on pages 1855
and 1885, and the amount claimed to be due on
said mortgage and debt thereby secured, at the
date Of this notice. being the sum of twenty nine
hundred and twenty-five dollars, and no suit or
proceedings at law having been instituted to ro-
cover the debt now remaining, secured by said
mortgage, or any part thereof, notice is, there
fore, hereby given that on Wednesday, the
the 18th day Of June next, at nine o'clock in
the forenoon Of that day, at the front door of the
Ottawa County Courthouse, in Grand Haven,
(being the place of holding the Circuit Court
for said county, shall sell at public auction, To
the highest bidder, the premises described in
said mortgage, or so much thereof as shall be
necessary TO satisfy the amount due on said
mortgage and debt, at the date of this notice
with interest after this date, and costs and the
expenses allowed by law, and which said prem.
ises are described as follows, to wit:
All that tract or parcel Of land situate in the
town of Polkton, Ottawa County and State Of
Michigan, distinguished as the north quar-.
ter, and the west half of the southwest quarter
and one hundred and twenty acres from the west
side Of the northeast quarter Of section number
twenty-three, in township number eight, north
of range number fourteen west, containing three
hundred and sixty acres of land, excepting 0
strip of land 1857 feet in length, and 100 feet
wide, extending diagonally across the west hal
Of southwest quarter of said section, conveyed
to the Detroit and Milwaukee Railway Compa
ny, by said Cooper and wife.
DE Writ G. HoLBRooK, Assignee.
Z. TAYLOR, Atty for Assignee.
Detroit, March 10, 1862. l15Swl;
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TO COnsunnptives.

THE Advertiser having been restored to
Il health in few weeks by very simple rem
edy, after having suffered several years with a
severe lung affection, and that dreaded disease,
Consumption--is anxious to make known to his
fellow sufferers the means Of cure.
To all who desire it, he will send copy of the
prescription used free of charged with the direc-
tons for preparing and using the same. which
they will linda sure cure for Consumption, Asth-
ma, Bronchitis, &c. The only object of the adj
vertiserin sending the prescription is to benehi
the afflicted, and spread information which he
conceives TO be invaluable, and he hopes every
sufferer win try his remedy, as it will cost them
nothing, and may prove a blessing. Parties
wishing the prescription will please address
Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON, Williamsburg
ns6 lyJ Kings County, New York.