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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-12-31
From the New Hampshire Patriot
How Richmond was not Takon.

cer tain forces for tho capture of Richmond
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'' i"'N'o"u ne WIS i"'"'u''u ny '"o
Washington authorities that large por'
,ion of those rojcrslMcDowelrs corrs and
rrorl.lir,s a;ri.i,, so,,. fOpl0, v,pIa
,a,l'.'.n,.. ;.i,Ii.,. l.,, I,,n,,,,.
w., ~ '..'''
Ell $ 40,u'" were sent I" rest I'D l'IehesS aI
FredorICksOurg. This Interference with
his pIaps and d.ninuliou Of his forces not
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ring 'ne capture '' "'''mono' ou' caused
"'' inc 'e'I'"'' losses an" s''""''"S' '' inc
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mona "oo'u nave 'e'n l">'n' an" al me
losses ano su"e''''s' VI l ol'e ''''e"U anu
inc S'"I! l'"' '"niI'''E' "o''" "'''' 'e''
E'og'o''
'"e'e are no" iac'' OF history s"'''""'
II"'eu as co"cIos'Ve'Y as such 'oc'' eau
ever Oe proved sue" is the testimony VI
Gen. Mcclellan, recently given 10 Court
Martial Al W2sbineton in the case o. Gen,
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been my oPinion' mat ne Ar"y q me re-
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corps o, GEN. .U'I'''''f J'sh s,PI"g," .''D"l IT,
II Is @is@ my oRlhit,on 'Hat n'u M tne ,,, COM,
man" o, zen Nc"VEe'' '.nro ''.T I'm Inn
oil me % 4y'3Jnac ~ "a may; oI w"S rr, 81, ,d'"o
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N, y'c''o"' g. 90 n"l : Ho''' Gen @ ,Go IloDD c,l
ell responsiol'' IN my my Mlnu, I Iot :5, 5no '"'''
ure 20 JOIN me Oh 'I'ner OCCASION
he also testified that the troops for the
defense Of WASHINGTON numbered about
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IN H
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-12-31
BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG.
DESPATCH FROM GEN BURNSIDE
TO Gen. HALLECH.
Particulars of the Engagement.
IIEADQUARETs Army or THR POTOMAC,
December 10.

Is. Ana.
Decomber 10
10 V,jg, Gcocrq1 IT. " H,Rsck GsneroL
m-CIicf o. s. A., Waslng.oa;
GcncrR:-I have the honor to offer
the following reasons for moving the Ar.
my Of the Potomac across the Rappahan,
mock sooner than was anticipated by the
President, Secretary Of War or yourself
and for crossing Mt point different from
the one indicated you at our last meet
ing at the Presidents.
During my preparations for crossing at
the place I had frss .el ed, di7cog red
that the enemy had thrown a large portion
Of his force down the river aud elsewhere,
thus weakening his defences in front and
/ also thought l discovered that he did
not anticipate the crossing Of our whole
force at fredericksburg and hoped by
rapidly throwing the whole command
over at that place to seperate by q igog-
Gus attack, the forces of the enemy on the
rjyer below from the forces behind and on
the crest, and in the rear Of The town. in
which case we could fight him with great
Iadyantare in our favor. TO do this we
had to gain height on the extreme right
the crest which height conn, .udcd a
new road lately made 10y the oneu1y ior
the purpose cr more rapid communication
along his lines, which point gained, his
position along The crest would have been
scarcely tenable, and be could have been
driven from them e.,ily bv eu .ttack on
hi front in connection with q movement
in the ranr Of the crest.
UoH near we came to accomplishing our
obicct future reports will snow. But for
the fog and Crcxracted and unavoidable
delay Of building he bridges, which gave
the enemy twenty>four bon.s moro to
concentrate his forces 10 his strong posi-,
tor, we could certainly have succeeded,
in which case the battle would have hcen,
in my opinion, far moro decisive than if
we had crossed at the place selected; as it
was, we came very near success.
| Failing in accomplishing the main OBJ
ject, we remained in order OF battle two
days, long enough to decide that the one-
my would not come out of his strongholds
to fight US with his infantry, after which
we recrossed to this side Of the river un
molested, without the loss Of men or
property
Az the day broke our long lines of
troops were seen marching to their diff
ferent positions as if going on parade
Not the least decentralization or disorgant
izotion exi.toj.
n.-I -.
10 V"o o'''o o"l'e'S anu SoIulers VINO
accomplished the feat Of thus recrossing in
the face of the enemy. I owe eyerytbino.
For the failure in tbe ot,ocl, an, rosnon.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-12-31

sea-Why is a lady who has bought
sable cape at half price, like an Off
Ger absent on leave! Because she's
got her fur-low
pga Why is a kiss like sermon
1t requires two heads and an applica-
ton.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-12-31

aragraph-grossly untrue. and made IN
by some sensation lecturer or rernv,a.
liner Perhaps no better illustration can
be given thar 10y referring TO a common err.
ror taught in many books and most Sun,
day SCHOOLS, that Titus, the Royal Impc,
rial conqueror Of Jerusalem, plowod up
the site Of the city and sowcd it with salt,
This rfdioulouo story originated within
the present century, and is without the
slightest foundation IN fact The stones
in nJerusaIem that remain in their ancient
sites to-day show the utter lmpossIDII,iy OF
the occurrence, which was never heard OF
by any historian or writer OF earlier times.
We lind repeated III the above para
graph a very common story about the
size Of the,lones OF the pyramids OF Egypt
They are commonly reported to he Of
great size. The writer above named
makes them sixty ieet long Inc SIZE OF
the stones forms no pmt Of the wonder of
the pylamils, There are many structures
in the world containing much larger mon-
oliths, and modern architects frequently
use stones larger and heavier than any in
the pyramids. The largest course OF
stones in Cheops are only four feet ten
inches in thickness, and the stones vary
II lonE,h from four to eight feet. There
IRE some stones in the interior, roofing the
passages and chambers, which are larger,
but these are not much heavier than the
slabs we frequently see carried along
! Broadway and placed on the sidewalks
in front of new buildings as pavement,
and also roofing for the vaults under the
street The wond,r Of the great pyra-
mids is that such vast mass Of stones
should be piled up, but It Is not to Ue
doubted tany one cared to spend ie"
million dollars in America q fac-simile oi
] the pyramid Of CheopS couI" D' crec'e'
! here to-day
/ Much greater wonders are io"na IN me
! Monolithlc statues q Egypt ana III 'ne
! columns Of the great nan oil Na'N"N'-
Still the paragraph that we quote Is agar"
in gross error when 1t describes lhe runs
OF Ihehes as twenty seven 'h'e' III ''' ,
cumterence' ana the story ol " "U''0''N
gates out passage rom "nc'en' P0e''!
Ihern'n5 OF lhe0es are OuV ie" III NUN '''
ana lie IN oe'acheu Placcs '"' 'N',e' VI ~
apart on one sue OF Tue mn an" 'o0 ''
the sane on Inc other sue. Inc mono
Il!hic statues one OIL "I'cH lives lit u "0',
ton as the vocal Memnoh' are "'Ne''
wonderful remains oil the sranueos o' '"'
cient art and SO are nearly all 'no neo""
ruins. No architect OF moue'n ''"eS
would undertake to build one colu'h" VI
the twelve great columns oi har""N'-
Each Of these is a column tweve feet N
diameter and nearly ninety feet high
made Of sections of stones piled one on
the other.
The great stones OF ancient art are
found at BaaIbeck in Syaria. The Roman
ruins there oyerlie the remains Ola o.
c'opean age. History and tradition "e
silent as TO the men who hewed those
grandest remaining memories oi the day'
Of giants. Ten stones in one course, sLd'
by side, are each about thlrty ieeI long
thirteen feet high, and ter feet SIX inche
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-12-31

Rs.7-'I am glad this coffee don't owe
me anything" said Brown, q boarder at
the breakfast table.
"Why?' said Smith.
Because" " said Brown, 81 don't believe
it would ever settle"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-12-31

aeTTwo kinds of eggs are used in ma,
king Tom and Jerry namely, hens egg:
and nutmeggs.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-03-06

Our Illinois regiments must be wary,
or the Iowa regiments will bear off the
honors Of the campaign. At wilson ;
Creek, under the gallant Lyon, the Iowa
First did prodicies of vaIor. At Bel.
mont, the Iowa Second did the main
part uf the work that redeemed the dis
asters Of the day. And at Fort Donel
son, that same regiment coming to the
aid of Illinois, was the first over the en-
trenchments, and bayonet in hand in the
,hickest Of the fray. And wherever
else Iowa has fought, she has shown that
heu brave sons are doing all that gallant
soldicrs and fervid patriots can do Thus
far she has arecord that any State might
envy Chicago Tribune.
Our contemporary lsbors under a few
mistakes, though it is not one to ascribe
bravery to the Iowa soldiers 1t was the
Iowa SerenM that so signalized them,
selves at Belmont, aud the Iowa Second
that was the fr>t, the rery first. over the
entrenchments at Fort Donelson, leading
all other regiments. Wherever in bat
tie fight is the hottest, and the leadcn
hail thickest. there the brave Iowa boys
may be found fighting for the country
they love so we'll. God bless them all
may that country richly reward the noble
fellows for the services rendered iu hel
hour of peril. il.-Doy Ga=.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-03-06
ThurIOw Weeds pOyhOCd.

After over thirty years sd'torship Of
the AIhany Evening journal, few read
ers need to b" told who Thurlov Weed
is. Of his boyho"i an Albany eorrss.
pnndent of the Rochester Democrat
writes:
|. i. more th,n forty years since lad,
wayworn and frsndless, Was trudginx
nn tho nnth.r" ,"al, aaA ~s.ki~S the way
to Utica. lie was a drummer boy BY
term Of erIlssmcps, which had expired
after the battle Of tattsbnrg. While
the boy WIS w.ajjy rloldins along, the
ru.ular s,a%o coach passed him. and the
driver himself youth, noticing him
with sympathy, invited him to share his
seat on the h,x. That po,r drummer
boy answered to the name Of Thurlow
Weed He arrived y, Utica, and there.
while learning the trade Of printer, he
became the fast friend of the kind stage
driver. Yc,rs af."rward, whea the prio-
ter had become a rich and influential
man, he r'ncmbcrcd the kindness shown
him on the road. as cvinced by the kind
friendship ever existing between the tvo.
Such was the history given us of the 10.
timacv existing between Thurlow Weed
and Theodore Faxon
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-03-06
Iowa Mail Lettings.

It is Of importance to the pos:ol!ice
Department. aud to those who with to
make bids for carrying the mails for the
four years ensuing and to the people o!
the State of Iowa whs desire additional
mail facilities that it should be kept in
mind that bids will be received a, the
contract Office in Washington no. later
the 3lst day of March next. Full pro-
posals may be found published in the
State Register and sevcra. other ucwspa.
pcrs in the State.
Bids are invited on more than 200
routes for near 1000 miles of daily scr.
vice, $500 tri.weekIy, 1000 semi week
ly and more than 1900 weekly. Of the
above on 20 routes there is a proposal for
an increase Of scrvice-beiny an asgre-
gate distance of 600 miles
1t is thought that the desired increase
Of service will not be granted. unless the
bids are low The. pe@toffice Depart-
mcnt confidently anticipates such com,
petition as will materially lessen the cos:
of mail transportation.
A new supply Of blanks for proposals
will be found at Des Moines, Council
Bluffs, Eddyville, Burlington, Davenport,
Clinton, Dubuque, Cedar Falls, and Grin.
nell, with the postmasters at the above
Offices, who will furnish all necessary
information to these desiring to become
mail contractors, and all postmastcrs in
the State are expected to suhserve the
Postal interests iu reference to the mail
lettings.
Newspapers which have published pro
posals. and all others in the State are re
spectfullv invited to publish the above
for the Z. o. Department.
J. =. GRISNELI,
Special Agent
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-03-06
Incidents of the lsutt,c.

We are IN receipt o.. SO many private
letters from th' boys Of the cloripu.
"Sncond'' to th"ir friends. which the
latter have kindly furnished us for pub
ication, that We Cannot find space for
them. They are mostly descriptive Of
Siturdays work, when the boys Of tha;
regiment so signalizrd them selves.
One from Hiram p. Esrheart, to his
father, gives an inter ,s:in- description of
their march mp the hil, over fallen trees
to storm the hrcastworks OF The enemy.
All night, ga long. long night he said
it was. they lay in the trenches, waiting
the morning dawn to renew their attack;
but with the morning c,mo the surren-
der, and the joyous acclaim from thirty
thousand throats. lie then describes the
after appearance of the place, and the
"awful pile Of legs, arms, &C.. nt the
hospital. sickcning to behold. ctc'
Another from James Perry to his p,.
rents, IL a Icug1ny nnu u"a",Iun, VI
ten letter, from which We CLEAN few
items additional to wha. VIC have alrrady
published. He says, eve left our tents
and blankets on board the steamboat, aud
took two days provision in our havcr-
sacks, consis,in; of pilot bread and raw,
fat pork There was two inches of snc W
on the ground, and the weather was cx-
cecdin.y cold. Some of the men lay
down on the snow aud slept The next
morning Gen. Smith rode up and asked
the Colonel of tho Second if his
men had ever been in an engagement.
He replied that they had not, bu. he be-
lcvcd they would fight. Gen. Smith
then appealed to the men if they could
take the brcastwcrks at the point Of tho
bryonct. A ready response waS given
in the Affirmative. They were then or
1cred forward and our readers know th ,
result. Another long night they passed
sanding in ranks, inside the cncmy's
works Then col'ow,J the surrender
and the ou'burst Of JOY from Tic noble
men. Among the incidents Mr.. Perry
gives the following: "One Of our own
company that w;s killed was recognized
hv rebel as his own cousin. He wish.
ed to bury him. hut We told him no trai,
tor should bury one of our men, Mr..
Perry assisted to carry off the body o:
Capt. S|aymaker frcm the field, aud e.
terwards made the box in which il was
enclosed He say tha. after the snrrcn
de- rebel General by the name Of Grant
shot himself with pistol; and adds
that Gen. Smith has ordered them flag
with "Fort ponrlson' inscribed on it il
cold letters - Dnr Ga;,re.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-03-06
Commodore Foote'S D.lnrnnOr nt the at"
tack Oh Fort Ennelson.

Tie Commodore demcanor during the
engagement is the subject Of admiration
on tn" part Of every man in the fleet
HIS countcnancc was q, placid and bis
voice Us mild in the heat Of the action
aa if he were en-a"ci in social convcr-
sation r. stood in the pile: house for
long time. vatchin- tho effect Of every
shot from our ships When he saw a
shell hurst inside of tho fort he instantly
comHcndld the deliberate aim Of the
m1rk~man, Ny message through N,-
nc exprSs@sa his hti;' III ii ;'f %uc
word. as "a little further, man you are
falling Gar Short huring part of the
action he was on the gun deck superin-
tending the care OF the wounded. As
have said before. nothing but the pilots
assurance that cur vessel could not be
managed with her broken wheel, induced
him to consent 20 4 withdrawal-ro Cor.
GIN. GH:.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-03-06
Thy Work, q War!

Everr little while the horrors Of war
are wildly brought home to US by the
appearance Of coffin from the South.
cntlasins the body of dead soldier.
Bat a day nr two since, we lad occasion
/. to notice a circumstance o. this charac-
ter. \ herravet wife met the coffin Of
her dead hu>b,al, near Newton. Never
will it ba fully revealed until the light Of
eternity bla2rs on tho melancholy theme;
how many fnnd hearts have been shaken
aud rivcn, and laccratcd BY the desola-
ting assault OF war Think of it \
poor soldier who had iorsakcn all the en-
dcarmcnts Of home and had taken his
life in his hand and marchcd with his
comrades to aid in the delivcrance of his
country, is asSailrd by deadly disease.
Ike n.S to die at home in the bosom Of
his family, lie longs 70 greet once more
the familiar faces around his own fire
side. He prays that his aching head
hands wiTic1 were SrG &ontt" tt"ih IN fa3dtq"ys @
minister to his happiness. He must 60
home. He rises from his sick cot, and
then in care Of sympa,hiziny comrades,
he makes haste to reach the place which
is consccra,ed by many blessed memo
ries. lie summons all the energies Of
his dccaying nature to the task before
him. II" travels the weary Mills of his
journey, sustained by the hope that he
may not die before his failing ear drinks
again the music Of familiar voices at
home No pilgrim seeking the Holy
Scpulchrr, is more ardent than he is in
his weary pilgrimage. But wife and
children will be seen no moro At the
time when, in rapt Imagination, he sees
bu: little distance in advance the smoke
curling fron tho chimney Of his home,
and sees the forms os loved on's crowd
ing ont to greet the dying soldier, the
great wheels Of his life stand still, and
his body sinks into the rcposo of death.
This is thy cruel deed, O Warl This is
thy work, Rebellion, God grant that
the time may soon come when these
scenes. which are so lark with the terri
bic curse rflwar, will have no re,urrance.
--Des .hoin"s Register.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-03-06
A Hearty Denunciation of Great Britain.


The Pilot, the organ Of the Irish in
Boston, in an article upon the Mason and
Slidell demand of Great Britain, thus
"pi,ches in" to the "fast anchored isle
"Brit; iu is the detes,ed of nations.
The powers of the earth would attend
her funeral in exultation. May We all
live to see that process on. What a
length it would have! And what tu-
mul. Of deep c1rscs, malcdictions and
execrations would rise splitting the air
at it
"Froncc would be present with joy;
Spain would attend it with gratitude to
God; Portugal would be there with that
sentiment; Russia would hasten down to
it from the north with all its mi isht ;
Austria would attempt to have the frs.
place in the ret!nuc; distant India would
have a triumphal mock funeral on the
banks of the Ganges; America would be
no kindiier than other nations; the
Scotch would be in the line in memory
of Robert Bruce; and the ancient kirg
dom of Ireland would hail the intermc OF
as the resurrection of its independence
The bastard Confcderacy Of the South
itself would, perhaps, be there to ape its
be.ters
For England there is no generous re-
gard throughout the world. She de-
serves none She knows that. She will
not provoke a war that will endanecr her
existence-whichi is to be lamented. In
the meantime, all honor to Captain
Wilkes. ~
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-03-06
TTOW lIIE DWTlTHELUN INV N'T.
A Rich Scene at Mt. Pleasant.

Monday evening Rev. Henry Clay
Dean lecturcl in Mt. Pleasant tor the
benefit Of the Iowa Wrsleyan University.
Subject, ",hc character Of the Rebels
just as he was ab,ut opening his Ice.
ture, squad Of the 4h Cavalry appeared
in the Hall aud required the lecturer to
take an oath of allegiance. Dean squirm-
ed and attempted to dodge. He was uu-
willing to take it from a military officer
4 Justice of the Peace being in the
house, tho oath was read to him, aud after
a good deal Of higGlng he finally held
up his right hand and swore allegiance
to the Stars and Stripes; but being also
rCquir d to subscribe the oath, he again
drmur-cd lie was very much crpnscd
to putting his autograph at the foot of
such document. But finding he must
either subscribe i: or 20 to the barracks
under arrest, he finally consented,
o ThiS dSng wqsfR hayinEa hesn satisfactorily
Dean to 90 on with the hc' re. TINS he
refused to dc-said he would lecture to
40 audience that required him to take
the oath of al,cgiancc got his lat and
started for the door-.t"nnd it fast The
audience still calling for the lecture
Dean said he would lecture if the audi
fence would take the oath, Lieut. Col
Drummond remarked that it was not fair
to require miscellaneous audience to
take the oath because a suspected person
had been required to do SO. Dean be
came ramp, mt and abused Col Drum
mond in his usual style. Col u. told
him he must take it back and started for
the speakers stand, where Dean was -
Great excitement in the audience-la
dies scrcamed-onc tainted. Col. D. re
strained from chastIsins the Rev. gentle
man, and the lecture was delivered --
After it was concluded. Col. Drummond
slapped the Reverend blackguard and he
wilted-was completely cowed-afraid to
60 home-fnal'y got few friends to
guard him, and We presume got home
safe. Sic transit, &c.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-03-06
~Virrinia Daners formerlv delight

~Virsinia papers formerly delight
ed to qnote the following ca,echism:
iii. "Who settled Virginia? John Smith.
Who unsettled Virginia? John Brown
Who settled John Brown? Governor
Wise" s..a
They may now add to these queries
another-Who settled Gov. Wise /? Gen.
Burnside. e.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-03-06

CHARACTER is PowER.-It is often
said that Knowledge is power, and this is
true Skill or faculty Of any kind, car
ries with it superiority. So to a certain
extent, wealth is power, and rank is pow
cr, aud genius has a transcendant gift of
mastery over men. But higher, purer,
and better than all. more consistent in its
influence and more lasting in it's sway.
is the power Of character that power
which emanates from a pure and lofty
mind.
Take any community, who is the man
of influence? 70 whom do all lock up
with reverence? Not the smartest I"
man, nor The cleverest politician, nor the
most brilliant talker, but he who in a
long course rf years. tried by the ex-
trenes Of prosperity and adversely. has
approved himself To the judgment Of his
nrichhors and al who have seen his life,
as worthy 20 be called wise and good.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-03-06
TiDtON Tanllcry.

n. 4 J. J. DAIRY would announce to the
public that they are presarcd to TAN LEATH-
Els tor customers on the shares. or for pay
The CHEST cash price will be paid for hides.
Ne have y ii 4e assortmene Of Leather on hand.
whichw will sell low for cash, or exchange it
fes hides.
Upton. August 80. 1860.