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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-04-19
EDUCATION.

Mechanics and working men viii ind the free
school system encouraged by the State and
dowed with large revenue for the support Of the
schools. Children can live in sight Of the school,
the college. the church. and grow up with the
prosperity Of the leading State in the Great Wes-
tern Empire.
No one who has visited this splendid region Of
country can doubt that it equals the most favor
ed descriptions that have ever been given Of IL
but let any careful observer visit 1t, and he will
inform you that the half has not been told Of the
advantages 1t offers for immediate occupation
and immediate returns. The farmers OF the East
ern and Middle States. and Canada, are moving
TO Illinois in great numbers; and IL Ii believed,
that If these surprising advantages were made
known to the farmers, mechanics, manufacturers
and working population Of over-crowded Europe,
they would promptly avail themselves of the
knowledge.
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~ Geo. p. Brown has opened his spring

~ beo. +. Drown bRs opened his spring
term Of school, and offers superior advan-
tsges 70 those who wish to pursue the com
mon and higher branches. His school is
too small to justify his continuing. and IN
less our citizens rally to his support we are
informed that it must close. Will they no.
do this? Why let our schools go DOWN.
1t is wrong. good high school ought TO
be we'll supported in this city. Gro out
then and help to support one. Money and
time spent in this way will be the most val
liable investment that the young can make.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-04-19
Spring STYLES.

lust received large and splendid stock Of Pspfr
ID Han sings OF tbe stest styles also window
borders Sc &c, 1t Dugdaies Chssp Wall per Depot,
81. Main street,
March p. '63 II
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-04-19
FAMILY SEWING MACHINES

|
are for manufacturing purposes in general
/ E,Nrry cEuvNC MAcuyNEc
| "A Mii>A oL"ANN HAAShtNEc
Are valuable in or,ion to the number OF thing. they
pureSas ven $50 ""A' our can 10 before making
There doubt as to the value Of our Machines for
public began q learn th,t the OF ma
chine best pteI the heaviest work would aso he
/ The elements be . Family Machine II l,
well understood that Letter Machine is the
only Family Machine offered 20 the public which
simplicity rApidity ability correct
| action. While as general thing the sewing machine
people candid enough to seknouiedse that
| chimes cquaed ins purposes they
,shn.s sas
yi,s those In IN. suee to az min. Tor them
selves and see What our Letter Family Msehnes With
they win n.i.ri.i pelfsc,fon
,he public " ''e ''"@' ''"'"A'' 's' ''sis' 70
applicable for man nsaetusing purposes.
Machines especially adapted to all kinds
shoe king, Ha,ness MaaIns &c they are Of
size. long enough to take nm der and
part Of STITCHING sh., b. better done
han by hand; saving Of time and
aeS.. .na the Vi. hod n.. a. mus
thread the shuttle Of those tailoring purpo
We have always hand Hsmmins Gauges SILK T~iss,
Linen ana Cotton Thread Spools Oil in
We Manufacture our Needles, and would warn all
persons usinr our machine not 10 buy any Others We
s. S her os the s M. Sssds
sold By us are especially for our msehines
A s.i needle may Working nsehins
-
oI R easz0 mas may res, a.a,sa ,. mS' J
..genu,ne oy,;c1e,n
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-04-19
CITIES, TOWNS. MARKETS, DEPoTs.

There are Ninety Eight Depots on the Compa-
nys Railroad, giving about one every seven
miles. Cities, Towns and Villages situated
at convenient distances throughout the whole
route, where every desirable commodity may be
found as readily as In the oldest cities Of the
Union, and where buyers are to be met for all
kinds Of farm produce.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-04-19
STOCK RAISING.

In Central and Southern illinois uncommon
advantages are presented for the extension of
Stock raising All kinds OF Cattle Horses Mules
Sheep, Hogs, &C., of the best breeds yield hand.
some profits, large fortunes have already been
made. and the field is open for others TO enter
with the fairest prospects of like results DAIRY
fAnAIu0 also presents its Inducements to many
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To ACTUAL SETTLERS.

From TIE unprecedented advantages this Com
rany oilers. il is not surprising that IL should
II IS selling at the rate OF 8, 900 acres per
week. The population along the line has trebled
IN ten years, and Is now S14 sci. The Company
sell to actual cultyators, and every contract con-
a.. a...- acI,.t to ti,-ata
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SIN dE RS
AENyEN 49, MMSMAME

chine In the world for Family Sewing and
light manufacturing purposes.
PRIC with Hammer and beautifully oruamented $50
We would n Letter A Machines the special
attention Dress Makers and all those
Machines for light mAnusactur ing purposes.
They toiv the principles OF the Manafactur ng G-
chimes them, the tnterioc stitch
destined celebrated Tor Family wing and light
purposes Manufacturing Machiaes
| . for manufacturing purposes In general.
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MINING AND Ni&NIFACrVREs.

The great resources OF the State, in Goal Iron
Lead. Zinc, Potter's Clay, Limestone, Sandstone,
g, &c, are almost untouched; they await the
arrival of etitc-prising aud energetic men, accas-
tRI eR - sf.r, Int.
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CULTIVATED; OF corroy.

TIE experiments Ia Gotten cs.lsave are Of
re,'y great ysrezaiss Commencing IN Iasifssfs
30 deg. 50 zssf. (see A1sfooH on fAe BraacA,
and assumption GA TIE Main Liae), Ae Conn
ffRg otcals thousand al acres cell adopted TO
tie perfection of tsis fbre. 4 settler adrtag
a fz1affs of goGag cA iliren, cra susn their
s9'ttAfHt bsbOr q a paosf profitable dcconat in
ihe grotcfA Gg3 perfection Of tAis plant.
4 ts siaoT0tss sS.erfsoss nese ssaksnS 90 OBJ
fE5R q supply or reliable seed saised 10 tAs
requirements or the soil of EIiaois ,cil! ts Is
hoped, speedily gips a Sufficient da4oLas to
mont n yysyf F,,Sgrsfsh .f yyn.y
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-04-19
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD

Traverses the whole length Of the State from
the banks u the Mississippi and Lake Michigan
10 the Ohio As its name imports the Railroad
runs through the centre of the State and ef-
Their side Of the road along its whole length lie
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Capsssye of New Orleans!
FORTRESS MONROE, April -

To Hon. EDwIS NJ. STANTON, Sec'y of War:
\ fugitive black, just arrived from
Portsmouth, brings the Petersburg Er-
press of yesterday, which contains the fol-
lowing despatch
MOBILE, April 25.-The enemy passed
Fort jackson at 4 o'clock yesterday
morning. When the news reached New
Orleans the excitement was boundless.-
Martial law was put in full force, and
business was completely suspended. All
the cotton and steamboats,, excepting such
as were necessary TO transport coin, am
munition, &c, were destroyed.
At one o'clock to-day the telegraph
operators bade us goodbye, saying the
enemy had appeared before the city
This is the last we know regarding the
fall We will send you the particulars as
soon as they can be had"
The negro bringing the above, reports
that the rebels have two iron-cIad steam
ers nearly completed at Norfolk, and that
it is believed that the Ae,rinaac will be
out tomorrow.
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Death Of Major General Smith

The Union has lost one of its ablest
defenders, and Pennsylvania a noble, up
right citizen, ever jealous for the public
good Geu Charles Ferguson Smith died
at Savannah, Tennessee, on Friday last,
from an illness contracted at the time of
his occupation Of that town The deceased
officer was Il sou of DR.. Samuel B. Smith,
OF this city, and his name and fame have
therefore been endeared to many readers
of the Press From the date Of his grad
uation at West Point, in 1925, his
advancement, not only in rank, but in the
esteem and confidence Of his feliow-oiiicers,
was merited aud rapid. Commencing MS
military career rs a second lieutenant OF
artillery, his distinguished merit on the
fields OF Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma,
| Monterey, Cherubusco, and Contreras,
raised him In quick succession to the
ranks of major, lieutenant colonel. and
colonel. At the tine Of his death he was
colonel of the Third Inflntry-one Of the
! besfregiments in the service. Such worth
as his could not lie dormant in the present
struggle. In August last he was made
brigadier general. At the taking of
| Fort Donelson his valor was conspicuous,
! HIM W lASuO dbN lOS, NOu lCi~iIili!
the rank Of major general. Such is the
noble record of a lie devoted wholly to
its country. Pennsylvania has offered up
her first general, and dauEtless heart,
| on the altar Of national honor and per-
petuity. The sacrifice was not unworthy
OF its object. No patriotic zeal was ever
more intense or self-denying than that of
General Smith no death has ever caused
more genuine regret in this community.
We mourn him as a soldier and IA Phila-
delphian. We. will not merely say he
was brave for who, in such IL cause as
ours, would not be brave? The praise is
faint that boasts the valor OF the Union
soldier General Smith was a type of Il
true warrior-discreet, magnanimous, well
yersed in his profession, and the soul OF
manly courage. In a pre-eminent degree
those shining qualities, whose inheritance
is fame and honor, gave boldness to the
outlines of his character and, rot subor
dinate TO these, his social excellences
revealed themselves IN private life. Hi,
name was inspiration In the battle. BE-
his memory ever green .-PhaadelphiC
Press
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Yorktown.

\ Contemporary, in speaking of MClel-
lan's siege of Yorktown, says it was there
eighty years ago CORVALLIS took up his
position, intrenched behind powerful
works He was sought out and assailed
by Washington, and, after desperate
seige of many DAYS, finally compelled to
surrender his whole army to the Ameri-
can commander The seige of Yorktown
was among the most wisely planned and
the most vigorously executed of all Wash
ington military operations, and there are
many features in which the present seige
promises to resemble its illustrious prot0-
type. Washington was careful to take to
this decisive work an overw helming force
-four or five times that of the enemy
with abundance of artillery, and a power
ful cooperating French feet; we have
probably ten times the number of the rebel
force, and artillery and feet TO match
Washington carried the royal stronghold
by flank movements favOrite mode OF
attack with our Union generals against
the rebels. Cornwallis had made ali his
arrangements to escape with his army /;
Magruder has, doubtless, like his fell Jw
rebel commanders, done the same. Bot
Washington captured the whole force,
and we sincerely hope fhe example will
be emulated by our present General
Finally, the capture of Yorktown was de-
scribed by journal Of the times as having
''dispelled those nocturnal vapors that
hung round Us, and put the most pleasing
aspect upon our present political affairs
that any era Of the present war has ever
beheld." And though the capture of
this place at the present time will not be,
as il was last century, termination of the
campaign, yet the operations that are I'M
mediately beyond eau be nothing less than
''the swelling prologue ia the imperial
theme" of vanquished rebellion and a
rehabilitated Union.
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Democratic House take upon it Be-
cause the amendment proposed a just
measure Of cquat taxation upon az Rail
road aud Navigation Companies in the
State, 1t e+as eotea doca. Not only did
the Democratic House refuse to con-
cur, but it absolutely refused even to ap-
point Committee OF Conference, to con
fer with the Seuate in relation to it-thus
efectualIy hd}sag both proposi}ions. This
Is the true statement Of the case, and we
defy our ncighbor successfully to contra
dict it. 1t is perfectly clear that the ac-
ton of the democratic House was in
fuenced more by It's hatred of the Penn
s7lvauia Rail Road Company, than by
any love it had for the interests Of the
State 1eres.ue was not so much the object
as political copitm
We have no disposition to spend time
now replying to what our neighbor says
of us in relation to the passage OF the
Communication Act. Nor is it our purpose
to inquire here whether that measure was
right or wrong. Our only object has been
to show orr neighbor's Inconsistency, and
we fatter ourself that We have succeeded
Ills attempt to east odium upon the Re
publican party; by baseless attack upon
the Senate, is, to say the least of it, an
absolute failure And in conclusion, ne
viii allow US to suggest, that, by his arti-
cles, he has exhibited lamentabie want
of political shrewdness, for when he ap-
proves the restoration Of the Tonnage
Tax, he, at the same time, condemns and
repudiates the course of CYRUS l.. Per
sHING, Esq, the Democratic member
from this county, whose votes, as the rec
ord Wiz show, were all the time fair and
square against the House bill,
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The army of the Union, as the Editor
of the n. Y Times well says, is now COM
plete, and an order has gone forth
throughout all the land that enlistments
shall stop. The recruiting-serseant hence
forth ceases his bland persuasions, and
the ear piercing fife shall no longer sum-
mon cable bodied young men" to the
pride, pomp, and circumstance of slori-
Gus war. The grand triumphal procession
that for near year has moved through
our city, zen route for the seat of war, our
| eyes shall look on no more. Or, when
we do, twill be when the return tide sets
in-when the holy mission on which those
patriot soldiers went shall have been ac-
compished in the crushing Of this foul
rebellion, aud our returning heroes, with
the conservation of the sacred cause and
the glorious scars of battle and Of victory
upon them, shall come back to the homes
they have secured forever to freedom.
When, some twelve months ago, Pres
ident Lincoln issued his proclamation call
irg for seventy-ive thousand men, the
rebel chief at Montgomery characterized
it as a ''game Of brae" What does he
think now when the nation has eight tunes
serenity tige HtOesoad men in the field, and
further inpourings have to be perempt-
orily stopped And how fares it with
the rebel army-whose spirit is broken,
which is being perpetually drained by
returning regiments disgusted with the
service, and which has to be kept up by
impressments, by forced levies, by enlist
ments tor a month, for week, and even
for day. We commend the contrast 10
the attention Of the Richmond newspapers.
There is "a subject for profitable reflection
there.
We are yet too near in time to the ex-
penses attending the rsasiDg OF the army
OF the Union fully to appreciate all that
Is wonderful and grand IN this movement.
But perhaps the most remarkable of all
It's aspects is that the order to cease en-
listments should be received with feeling
of regret. Half million of men have
come up from the peaceful walks Of life
to defend the unity Of the Republic; but
! this drain, SO far from exhausting our re-
sources, leaves behind a sense of limitless
! opulence. The historian of the war vii
| truly be able to say what Homer said o.
one of his heroes :"Half of his strength
he put not FORTH There is not the
smallest doubt that, on good cause shown
another army of half million would
| spring up to match the present one. The
| temper OF mind that has put our presen
magnificent army in the field-a temper
rooted and grounded in the deepest in
instincts of the people-is the best assu
rance that neither domestic faction no
foreign foes viii ever be able to prevail
against the Republic.
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A ENCOURAGEMENT OF
"a PARSON BROWNLOW'S BOOK.

The subscriber is about publishing mar
rative of the perils, adventures, and sufferngs
of the Rev. ". @. BRowNLow among the
secessionists Of Tennessee. The manuscript
is nearly completed and will be pat TO press
fort with. The appearance and typography
of the work viii be of the first class and il
will be fully and handsomely illustrated with
sketches of the scenes referred TO and finely
engraved steel portrait of the autL or.
As to its contents, we have no hesitation
in saving that the public will be startled g.
this narrative OF facts. 1t will lay bare the
prosecutions and cruelty which marked the
development of the secession conspiracy in
Tennessee the disasters and the ruin with
which it devasted communities once prosper
Gus and sundered families once happy more
than all, it viii expose the bad and reckless
ambition, and the relentless bloodthirstiness
by which the ringleaders of the conspiracy
were stimulated to their work of crime and
treason.
The narrative is one of personal experiences
I The author youches for the accuracy of its
statements. The public may tn erefore accept
it as not only reliable but peculiar chap
ter in the general history of the times and
we are confident that no more significant,
startling. or Instructive memorial OF the re
| bellion, in its minute personal and social bear
/ ingS, is now accessible.
! The public are well aware that Mr.. BRowN-
Low is a bold speaking man. In this narrn-
tive of his suferings, composed mostly while
confined il the Jail at Knoxville, he has ut
! tered mis- thoughts in language of extraordi-
nary force and fearlessness, scathing his ad-
versaries even while in their power, and
appealing to his countrymen even from his
! cell with the urgency of martyr.
II viii be published in one volume, l2mo,
fully illustrated, OF about 4C o pages, at 81 %,
! GEORGE W. CHILDS, Publisher,
62S and $50 Chestnut Street, Phila.
/ u.s. a. y. BARKER, Agent for Cambria
J county.
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4 DYING DEcLARATIoN--Geo. w.
johnson, the late Provisional Governor of
Kentucky, who acted as volunteer Aid
of Brig Gen. Johu c. Breckinridge in
the late battle, said to distinguished
Federal officer, after receiving his death
wound, that tie rebellion had ttiled. And
Geo W. johnson was most gallant and
intelligent man. who, at the near pros
pect OF death, would make no declar ,rion
not in accordance with his best informa-
ton and his calm Judgment Let all sur
viving rebels lay his dyiug declaration to
heart.
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aea. There are wretches who pride
themselves in expressing deep scorn for
those who conscientiously oppose slavery.
They are of the iik who deny the virtue
of woman, and declare that all are frail
because such is the condition of the soci-
ETY. in which they mingle. Thus for in
stance, when you hear man defending
slavery or expressing any sympathy for
those who are in rebellion, put him down
as one of those dough -tace Democrats who
bow to any power that dispenses patronage,
the same as libertine worships the painted
bawd who ministers to his lust.
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-05-01
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
4 UDITOR'S NOTICE

John Roberts, Esq, In the Com Pleas
Sheriff of Cambria Co., of Cambria county.
rs. No l54 Sept. T.,
George Cupp. 1859. Al. Fl. Fa.
The undersigned, Auditor appointed by the
Court of Common Pleas of Cambria county,
to report distribution of the proceeds of the
above stated writ, hereby notifies all persons
interested in the fund, that he will attend to
the duties of his appointment, at the office OF
VIM. Kittell, in the borough of Ebensburg, on
FRIDAY, the 23d day of MAY next, at one
O'Clock =. NJ.
c. D. MURRAY, Auditor.
Ebensburg May /, lse2-3t
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JOHN f.. WOOL,
The Report Confirmed.
HEADQ'Rs. RAPPAHANNoCK,

April p, 1862
To Hon. EDwIN II. STANTON, Sec'y. of War:
have just returned from The camp
opposite Fredericksburg. | was told that
the Richmond E.cdmaer, of the 26th, had
been received in town, announcing as fol-
lows
"New Orleans taken-Great Destruc-
ton of Property, Cotton, and Steamboats,
Enough Steamboats, Saved to Carry
Away the Ammunition-Great ConsteI-
nation the inhabitants.
IRWIN M'DOWELL, Mai. Gen.
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A UDITOR,S NOTICE

n The undersigned, having been appoin-
ted by the Orphans Court of Cambria coun-
ty, to report distribution of the funds in the
hands of VIM. Kittell, Esq, being proceeds
decd, sold by virtue Of order of said
Court, pursuant to proceedings in partition,
hereby notifies all parties interested in said
fund, that he viii attend 10 the duties of his
said appointment, at his office, in the bor-
ough of Ebensburg, on Thursday, the 22d
day of May, at o'clock, p. NJ.
A. c. MULLIN, Auditor.
Ebensburg, May ] lS62-3t.
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DRISON LIFE
DRISON LIFE
IN THE
TOBACCO WAREHOUSE AT RICHMOND.
By Balls Bluff Prisoner, Lieut.. VIM. c.
Harris of Col Bakers California Regiment.
CONTENTS
county.

CONTENTS.
Chap l. From Balls Bluff to Richmond.
Chap. H. Our Prison.
Chap. III. A Day in the Officers Prison.
Chap. ". A Day in the Privates' Prison,
Chap. V. Pursuits and Pastimes.
Chap. VI Prison Incidents.
Chap. VII. Sunday in Prison.
Chap. VIII. Our Jailer.
Chap. TX Our Visitors.
Chap. y. Richmond Prison Association.
Chap. Xi. Prison Companions.
Chap. MI. Homeward Bound.
PREFACE.
These sketches were written 10 lessen the
tcdium of my lengthy Imprisonment; and if
they serve to recall to my prison companions
the scenes enacted in the old Warehouse, and
enlist the interest and sympathies of the
reader, they will have accomplished all that
is desired by the publication of them. With
the exception of '.Homeward Bound" they
were all written within prison walls, and
brought to the North sewn securely in the IL
ming of an overcoat.
/ confidently trust to my brother-ofhcers
for their testimony to the fidelity of tfa
description of our domestic economy" and
the accuracy of detail in the varied incidents
in our prison life in the Tobacco Warehouse
Philada. March 25, 1862. W. G. II.
Complete in one volume. price SO cents, or
handsomely bound in cloth, 70 cts
Beg For sale by y. A. BARKER, Ebens-
burg, Pa.
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A UDITOR,S NOTICE.

IA The undersigned, Auditor appointed by
the Orphans Court of Cambria county, to
make distribution of the funds in the hands
of Paul George, Admir- of the estate of Thom-
as H. Porter, decd, upon his partial account
fled, hereby notifies all persons interested.
that he Will attend to the duties of his said
appointment AT his office, in the borough OF
Ebensburg, on Wednesday, the 2lst day of
May, at o'clock; p. NJ.
y. c. MULLIN, Auditor.
Ebensburg, May ], ls62-3t.
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ssg~ Prentice. of the Louisville journal,
SAYS, that Pillow and Floyd, having mutu-
ally sworn vengeance, are very careful
10 keep apart. When they seem about
to meet. one sheers eff ono way. and the
other the opposite way. Tley cut each
other with pair Of sheers
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Gn- Prentice says the Richmond rebels
are sending away their whiskey and to-
bacco OF course they will follow soou
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The EcHo.-The press, type and FIX
lures of the ,johnstown Echo establish
mcnt, we learn from the Tribune, have
been purchased by Mr.. j. b. SAMSON,
late of the Fulton Democrat, who has
removed them to Indiana, Penna, with
the intention of issuing shortly therefrom
a newspaper of the Democratic persuasion.
pey- The rebels have fed from Slcida-
way Island, near Savannah-glad to scud
away from Skilaway.