Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-01-08
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taHs months rbN hate haeH W HAHu
mont n ihu nIaHN uI thU Alexandria rU.
NHtt Hubii. dn thu uhtrF. ul playing iho
lRti offrus luf lho bpupdl ol t.U.h wUf,
mHteht ur hnro ami uBuHvurl l0 tht
rarr ul tbo provost riud ot Washington
Uuo ul these three hiUlh,s lDo VIII h
Remembered Os being lho Iormrr pension
bureau clerk Who kill,d Mr. Hume OF
Alexandria, some years since,
ten. McClclnn has been transhciing
.lusncs, Tor two days past at his rcsdcnrc,
his health having go Tar improved a. thnt
he will doubtless be out again les soon as
tho cirtenl severely colt wcAthos moI ID
ICrules,
len. Buller reports to tho Navy De-
|paitmcnt that his men, horses, ammuni'
|tion. stores, ctc are being shipped nj
Boston with great rapidlty. The "Npedn
| ton will bo ready TO move In a lew days,
but. like that Of Gen. Burnside, It's destI'
|nation is kept profound secret
We npprehend that the statement that
1 the charges against General Benham hay =
been virtually 0uashcd by the Comnan-
dor in.chieC are wholly in error. The
cour, Of inquiry reported to court'mar>
T tal him. and we learn tic demanded as
Witnesses necessary to his due defense, the
Attendance of many officers now serving
under General Bucll in Kentucky, whose
pr,scnce there vt this iuncturo cannot
rossibly be dispensed with, except with
rreal iniur, TO tGcpublic interest. Hence
II became absolutely necessary to post
pone the trial, unless denying him the at
tendance Of the parties for whom he asks
AS being necessary to his due defense. 1t
is plaIn that 50 soon as circumstances Will
permit the Attendance OF his witnesses
here, TIE trial will tai place.
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
From A letter dated Louisville, 3Oth ult.,
we take the following:
|, is reported that Uumnhrey Marshall
will remain at PrestoubuIg, KY, and ah
fer throwing up redouLts aud placing
rhoroon batteries. will march toward,
Novsyillc and the Ohio river. lle cX,
nccrs ~ GOO reipforcemcnts Immediately,
winch viii swell his command to nearly
IL OOO ,roo-.s Gen. Buell. has ordered
|roI t;orGeI1 ofihc Twpnty-seCoud Ken.
',rcl.v IN command the brigade now at
lGporro crock and distributed along Big
SANDY ,iycr 70 Louisa. aud constituting
fyr ,yll rcrimeuts ct infantry, a squadron
of coynIry End Two batteries of artillery,
and 70 move the brigade forward to meet
Marshall with all dispatch. Col. Garfield
,clerra,hed for TRANSPORTATION, supplies,
lc,c ali of which were sont TO him. lie
was to advance Sunday or Monday, and
ios III. force i roorlv equal to Marshall's, 5,
the probabilities are favorable Tor urt i'm,
mediate bottle between these two armies.
I, +. declared that Marshall will rot re
troot put ha;ng in q rood condition for
.f,ht will not weld ur,Il after desperate
str,ocIo and drreat Stirring news from
Eas,orn Eantpcl;v may be cXpected dur
inc tbe nresent week.
Ann,hor cnrresnondent writing of an
.cypedit;on made by the steamers Blen.
vile and Alabama, says;
"On Eth we ran down to FernandIna,
TO have a look into the harbor, and, II pos
sible, draw the fire OF the fortihcauons
that were known to exist near its en-
trance, so as to ascertain their precise To-
cality and range; but rs we were slowly
steanlng in battery on the lett hand
/ side suddenly opened upon US and let fly
shot that fell about two-thirds Of the dis
taRce Our pivot gun was then trained
and fired, the shell striking IN the sun
70 'n1 '5", ~ t,'o Ur''v' ao.o l,,,in92 l9 tho
oGGc' oI ou, '.ty' ",to "|r, shot e,,o vmo
nIt."tI," iI; Vu., ,sords ~ anG strn"l, in tho
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