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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-04-27

The Committee appointed by
congress, last month, to ihvesti-
gate certain alleged malpractices in
The New York Custom House,
have closed up their business and
returned TO Washington. Many
Witnesses were examined, and much
testimony, some of it said TO be of
startling nature, was elected, es-
pecisl!y in regard TO the operations
o. the blockade runners. In due
Tine the Committee will report,
and meanwhile not few individu-
as who have been in the habit of
making proclamation of their 10y
atty on all possible public occasions,
Would do well to stand from under
Il they do not wish to be hurt.
Ihe ashington correspondent
u the Warren .HatlLMr. Cowau--
says that at the late great meeting
u the Christian Commission in
,l9t city, one speaker from Libby
Prison, Richmond, enjoined it up
Oa President Lincoln, who was in
attendance, as the anxious wish of
our brave boys confined in rebel
Iathesome dungeons, that he
mould be as firm as steeE not yield
,us an inch to the rebellion until its
@ase o should be crushed forever,
wen ,' though they perished. The
., The great audience were in
Uair rsIrS and the strong, care-worn,
sSe-iaced President of the nation
WI "aS sat in front, bowed his head
;ai suq Wept like a woman. There
~, M; ! man in all this great hearted
-. s'lon who feels the soldiers hard
@ with keener and more endu-
mug pam than President Lincoln"
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-04-27

Thomas McLree.
700 iona. Jones, I8 SO
Stronger d Summers
81 135 VIM. johnson, 40
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-04-27
GUELICH TOWNSHIP

Ac. Per. Warrantees, etc Taxes
Harry B. Wraghs
100 John Wilmer, S25 05
G.. d. Morgan d Co or G. HeeGrty.
$50 81 Benz. Wilson, 40 27
pa VIM. B. Hagerty, 53 63
400 A Fox y Souder, 80 40
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-04-27
BLOOM TOWNSHIP.

No. Ac Per. Warrantees, etc Take
STACY y SIMON Thompson.
1928 $50 Nicklin Il Griffith, 49 /
N. u w. p, FuktOn.
322 J. W Smith, Is O.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-15
Acman,ic Escape from IA southern
Prison.

Thomas McCauley, Orderly Sergeant
of company Il, Fourteenth New York
cavalry who was taken prisoner AZ Don,
jacksonville, Tennessee, on the l2th OF
August, 1863, and sent to Richmond
where he was confined In Libby Prison,
and afterwards sent to AndersonVllle,
Georgia, and who succeeded in escaping
theremom, reached Washington Satur-
day night His history since his cap
time forms one of the most romantic and
adventurous chapters of the war AT
ter he had been confined in Anderson
vile for two months, he made his escape
with four others. His place Of imprls-
onment consisted of a stockade of pines
set perpendicularly some six feet in the
ground, and in which, when he lett the
last time, We're about thirty-thousahu
federal prisoners, He escaped by means
of a tunnel, some SiNty-tlve feet long,
dug bv himself and companions, with
canteens broken in half From the tun-
mel they took to q swamp, II mile or two
distant, where they remained all night.
Wading in swamps, often up to their
necks ia water hiding by day and tray
cling by night, and living off the corn
bread begged from field negroes who
never betrayed them, they gained the
| ChaGtahoochie River. where they were
captured, after series of hair breadth
| ESCAPES. Sergeant McCauley was then
again sent to Andersouville, where he
was confined by chain and ball. with
a file, procured from friendly Unionist
he soon filed away the chain, and made
of, but was again captured in the yicln
ity of Macon. Taken back to his prison
once more and unclaimed, the friendl!
file again liberated him, and, dressed IL
a suit of rebel gray, he deemed himsel
secure. Jumping on board OF ca
loaded with ConScrlpts, bound for Allan
% ia, he announced himself as belonging
f to company from Thomas county, Ga
. and learned TO his horror that the me
were to be brigaded before leaving fo
Atlanta. There was nothing tor hiI
= but to brave it through, so the sergea1
u contrived to pass muster. He reache
Atlanta, and on reporting to the Proves
:, guard at that place for quarters, he al
u covered, to his great dismay, two OF II
= soldiers on duty who had captured hi
= on his first attempt to escape. lie slel
u on the oath Of July in the rebel detens
- Mt Atlanta, and ut daylight best a has
II retreat and went to Eastport, sevt
u miles from Atlanta, where he was a
rested and released on telling plaus
= BILE story Watching his opportunit
~ he finally reached our lines with sto
~ of adventures and daring exploits tn
~ has scarcely been paraleled during q
~ war.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-15

GEN. GRANT AND "LITTLE Mac. THE
New York Times draws the following
photographs o. Lieut.. Gen. Grant and
Little Mac"
What a pitiful exhibition this man,
with the epaulettes of q Major General
still on his shoulders, makes as a party
posture-master What u contrast be-
tween his little tWistings and lodgings,
and the solid, straightforward tread Of
the Lieutenant General. 1t were fortu-
nate that the letters of the two should
have CHANGED to come before the public
eye simultaneously. The two prOduc-
tions were life-like photographs OF the
two charaeters-him they style Little
Mac, " and him they style "Uncondition-
al Surrender one calculating,
whiting, mousing, hopping here a lit
tie way, there little way full Of con
sequence and yet ever trying to hide
in his own little shadow; all am
bition and no courage, all desire
and no decision the other moved by a
will that knows no wayering of abso-
lutte singleness of purpose, above all
fear, as direct as the torrent and yet as
steadfast as the hills, hatred of treason
his master passion, treading upon every
bait of party, doing the soldiers work
he was set to do, true man every inch
of him.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-15

GEN. SuERMAN's PLAN FOR TEE CAP
TURE or ArLANTA.-The Atlanta cores
pondent Of the Chicago Tribune relates
the following as fact:
"Gen. Sherman well knew that he
could capture Atlanta at any time, by q
direct assault but that would involve
an immense loss Of his own men, and
would enable Hood to escape with com
paratively light injury when once beaten.
What, then, was to be done?
I'll cut my communications and throw
this army with fifteen days rations,
across the Macon railroad, said he, one
morning to the chief members of his
staff
They were startled.
What, cut your communications p
How will you subsist your army asked
one. Wen take fifteen days rations,
and well whip Hood and restore our
communications before they are gone
He will be compelled to come down and
fight u.s.
But if he does not; if he is better pro-
vided than we suppose?
We will hold the tete da pant on the
Chattahoochie, which q small force can
do, fortified as it is; the main army then
may cut itself loose, and sit down across
the main road, and then Hood must do
one of three things; evacuate the place
and retreat come out and fight us as is
probable; Or stand a siege with all his
communications severed The army
must 90 south of Atlanta. If he fights
us we can easily whip him; if he stands
a siege we viii destroy every foot Of the
railroad to Macon, and then we can
move as circumstances may dictate.
The movement was ordered
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-15

How john MORGAN DIED.-Accord-
ing to the Richmond Examiner, the
death of the guerrilla chief Morgan was
in this wise: he was on a reconnois-
sance and took lodgings at Il house near
Greenville Tenn, which proved to be
occupied by the wife of an Office on
Burbride's staff, named Williams. While
he slept Mrs Williams mounted his
horse, rode fifteen miles and returned
with q squad OF soldiers. Morgan broke
from the house and was surrounded
lie drew a revolver, swore he would not
be taken alive, and attempted to break
through the line, and was killed by a
volley.
Gen. Gilven telegrapbs from Bulls
Gap on the 9Th, 'all Morgan's papers fell
into my hands, and show his forces to
have exceeded 1900. His dead exceed
20. His command fed in great confu-
sion after his death | pursued them
eight miles, but the chiYalry use the
spurs with more vigor than the sabre"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-15

WHAT WAS NOT HAZARD AT CHCAGo>-
John Wentworth, of Illinois, in one of
his recent telling speeches at Chicago,
said
sWell, then, when the news came that
Sherman had moved to the southwark
of Atlanta, and that volunteers were
rushing to Grant at the rate of thou
sand day, didn't you hear these men
in their street assemblages and in their
meetings in this square, make the wei
kin ring with their cheers for Sherman
and Grant. TCries of no, no HW,
ueiHe, did I. Loud laughter When
they were sitting in their Convention
deliberating upon the choice OF a candt-
date, and the news came over the cleo
trio wire shat glorious old Farragut had
hoisted the Stars and Stripes over Fort
Morgan, and the rebel flag had come
down in humiliation, did you see that
body of able, sagaciOus representative
men rise in their seats and with uplitted
hats and swelling voices, make the wig
wan" ring Cries Of no. no. no. Aad
neither 65d l. TUprOariOus laughter and
cheers Did you hear single word
frOrn their oracles or orators, of sympa-
thy with our gallant soldiery who are
Drawing death in the field or Of the fun
damental principles of our government,
or one single word Of denunciation of
! those traitors in arms who are striving
to destroy the best government the
world ever saw. No, not one WORD OF
censure had they for them. But the
burden of their song was peace, peace.
Stop fighting they cried keep your sol.
diers from shooting your misguided
Southern brethren, and when jeff Davis
comes North again, as he did year ago
we will go to him and use ours influ-
ence to induce him tc stop shooting us
| TLaughterI They promise to ask him
if he hasn't done mischief enough, shed
blood enough, and say to him now~in
Gods name stop and give US peace, fol
blessed are the peacemakers." | Laugh
ter and cheers.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-15

GEORGIA COMING BACK,-It was stated
some days ago, that a commissioner
from Georgia had arrived at Washing
ton to negotiate for the return of that
state to the Union The Springfield Re-
publican says:
We have reason to believe that there
| is truth in the report and that the com
missioner is authorized to speak for Gov.
Brown, vice President Stephens and Mr..
Toombs, and that they propose to bring
Georgia back into the Union, on the
| basis of gradual emancipation. Georgia
has always been uneasy and complain
ING under confederate rule she is now
! lust beginning to feel the cost OF the war,
and to dread still greater immediate
cost, for her planters are rich in accu-
| mulated stores of cotton, which are eX-
posed to seizure by our troops Besides
she can now secede from the contederacy
and return to the Union without danger
| Gen. Sherman with his hundred thou
sand and more Union soldiers standing
ready to defend her in the rightful eX-
ercise of her state sovereignty How
soon we shall see so suspicious an event
it is impossible to tell, but it must come
at no distant day,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-15
New Catechisni.

A new catechlsm has been prepar' A
for the Democratic party, of which the
following is the chief part
aWho first recommended ,ao ,Ay.r, 2
Gen, Geo B, Mcclellan
"Who afterwards .or,oa a an honor
oga,n 10 ask its er Seelheo ~ an hp G"n
b. Mcclellan.
VINO ~ rested the Legislature of a
soVereiP ~ State Gen, George B, Nc
Who has been the most conspicuous
F, violator of State rights2 Gen, George
B, Mcclellan.
"Who suggested emancipation on the
ground of military necessity Gen
George B. Mcclellan,
! Who recommended the manumisAon
I OF all the slaves in State or States long
| before the emancipation proclamation
was issued ! Gen. George B. McClel'
Ian.
"Who has declared that this warmust
be prosecuted until the rebel authorities
are overthrown, despite all military dis
asters Gen. George b. Mcclellan,
"Who says that war is necessary &c
secure peace and Unionl Gen. George
b. Mcclellan.
What party Tepudiates all these doc
trines The Democratic party,
what platform is entirely antagonis
tic 20 all these doctrines The Demo
cratic platform.
"Who is the nominee of that party
Gsn. George B. Mcclellan.
what is his attitude if he accept
q nomination from such party on sue
a platform That of repudiatinS HI
own doctrines.
Chow do you justify such stultiflc'
/ tions4 Because deceit is necessary
! success. - Boston Advertiser.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-15

CONSEQUENCES. The local reporter of
the Chicago Herald perpetrated the fol-
lowing-after his return from a summer
vacation, probably:
As a gentleman was passing along
Fifth street he passed place where
some boys were playing marbles. One of
them, in shooting his marble, cleyerly
put it under the gentIemcns foot. The
gentleman slipped and stumbled against
a lady, also passing, precipitating her,
along with himself upon large hog,
WHO was examining the gutter geologi-
caIIy for debris The hog, frightened
out of his propriety, bolted off and ran
between the legs of another gentleman,
who in falling, drew the string of kite
from the hands of boy. The kite of
course fell, and in falling frightened q
pair of horses attached to wagon in an
alley. A man who was building fire
in a carpenter shop by which they
passed. started up TO see what was the
matter, and in so doing dropped his
lighted match among the shavings A
fire was tie consequence-The engines
assembled, and in the hurry consequent
upon the alarm, man fell in the track
of one of them, and had his arms broken,
which ended this budget of accidents
for the day" Query.-Is the boy who
shot the marble responsible for all the
consequent damages"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-15
-, Moline follows handsome

MASE-Maine follows handsome y In
the wake of Vermont. The retr rus re-
ceiyed to the present time, Indicate
lighter vote than last year which is as
cribed to two causes, b esyv STORM pre-.
vailing during elect or. day and the
absence of Union voters in yhe army.
Notwithstanding THIS, the stStc not only
holds her ow, a but max es ca increase on
her large majority of asst year, and gives
her only copperhead member of congress
leave to. retire and make room for
better man.
The New Yor' Herald announced
some days ago tn A. NJ Vermont and Maine
should hold the n najorities of last year
In the State JiecSons just held, "She
prospects Oft tlegemocratlc presidential
nominee VIC aila be seriously clouGed,
The Vermo at election 'e1as held before
MCCLELLAN letter Of acceptance was
published sind the Mcine election after
1t seems 90 make very little difference
noe ne accepts the nomination%enderec
by sue b backerssas Ene Chicago conven
ZION managers. His prospects arr
with cut shadow of doubt vey Sc
rior lsnyclouded" indeed. The politician
ca maunder to their hearts conten
~ ,esrt an Immediate cessation of hos
t afties, armistice, convention of State
uaa Little Mac can sit on peace pla
form and write milk-and-water war le
.ters the peaple are going to fight tn
war right through and will vote for q
presidential candidate who is undoubte
1y disposed and unequivocally pledg'
to help them do it. Wo to all men wi
stand in their way.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-15
Miscellaneous ytems.

New York city is out Of the draft,
by reason Other naval cnlstmcnts
What is the difference between Gen
Seymour and GOV. Seymour One Is
Truman Seymour aud the other is not.
Secretary Seward says, Since the
days OF Carnot, no man has organized
war with ability equal TO that OF Stan
ton"
1t was reported in Washington on
Sunday that Mosby had been killed in a
duel by one of his officers, and the rumor
was also said to be well substantiated,
A calcium light exploded at the
Mcclellan ratification meeting in New
York last Thursday evening, killing one
woman instantly, seriously iriuring
another, and slightly wounding many
others,
"A fireman was recently arrested in
Hartford Tor setting fire to hotel he
pleaded guilty and said he was tipsy and
made up his mind there wouldn't he any
fire that night unless he started one,
and Us he belonged to on engine com
pany he wanted TO have fire Held to
bail in $500.
Old Father Bushnell Of Vermont
used to say that the best criticism he
ever received on his preaching was from
little boy who sat q his feet, looking
up into his face, as he was preaching ia
a crowded house As he was going on
very earnestly the little fellow spoke
out, you said that atore."
"A German statistical writer remarks
that the invention Of the sewing ma
chine has enabled one woman to sew as
much as hundred could sew by hand
century ago; but, he continues, one
woman now demands as much clothing
as q hundred did century ago; so that
the situation is not much changed after
all.
In few days four hundred invalid
rebel prisoners will be forwarded, under
flag OF truce, in return for that number
of skeletons OF Union prisoners sent
down this week by the rebel authorities.
It is impossible to make the exchange in
kind, as we have no starved prisoners
for that purpose.
On Wednesday last seventy-seven
hundred were put into the army, and
about thirty thousand have been mus
tered in this month Nearly two thou
sand men left New York on Saturday
for the front. One thousand volunteers
and sixty regulars went to the army of
Potomac; four hundred and fifty to the
department Of Washington, and four
hundred to the Middle department.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-15

TnR DsMocRATIe SPLr,-Thc New
York Herald, referring to We proposal
of the News to reasser.ible the Democrat
ic Convention and modify the Chicago
platform, says
This Is a ia .r remedy but it will not
Worh, ~ the Chicago PLATFORM ue
ehanseu accord with Gen. Mcoieuans
letter, y ais peace faction will reject pom
cahu' late and platform, while, win the
nor Aination of a candidate endorsing the
7 ,tatiorm as it stands, the War Demo
Gratis will bolt, There is a split, me
two factions of the party cannot be rec.
onciled. A rupture is proclaimed, and
very soon, we apprehend, the APP parent
Democratic harmony of yester day will
relapse into confusion worse .onfoundet
than ever"
With regard to the assertion Of Nc
Clelan's friends that be will be stronge
without the support of the radical peac'
men than with IT,, the Herald Remarks
that "this may Ore so; but according Il
the elections of 1868 and the Chicago
platform, tls Copperheads are the la'e-'aske'
Of tie Dlmssatic party"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-15

~ The Richmond Enquirer of the
9th, in frantic editorial urging the i'm
mediate recruitment OF the rebel ar
mics, says:
Let those who have faith in the Chi
cago nominees, lend the aid of their mus
kets in helping the cause of their favor
ites.n
If this does not signify that sympa-
thy exists between the rebels and their
allies at the North, then we don't know
what does.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-15

g-g5' The Boston Herald, War Demo
cratic, and a supporter of Douglas in
1860, takes decided position against
the Chicago platform and nominees. 1t
says w..
$50 far as the platform, the speeches
and candidates are concerned, the Con-
vention held in Chicago might as well
have been held in Richmond. 1t was a
miserable fawnng, sycophantic and de-
grading surrender to the men who are in
arms against the government and who
have done their utmost to destroy Amer
ican liberty. The success of the Chica-
go ticket would be but the beginning OF
a series of disasters which would come
upon US, too horrible to contemplate
For ourselves, we support no such doc
trines and no such ticket as that made
and put forth at Chicago, and which we
believe will be repudiated by the people
at the polls"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-15

David Duff, a Scotchman, of TWEEN
ty-six, and confidential clerk for No gan
& Sons, New York bankers, forged a
check in their name for $4,000, got the
money in gold, and was quietly stepping
on board European bound steamer last
Saturday, when he was arrested.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-15

"T Atlantic t0sre 10 fall, or Petersburg
or If Sheridan should drive Early back
to Lynchburg. or if any of these events
shonld hefall. then all the peace princI.
niles and peace presidents of Chicago
would be at the election next November
where last years snow is, and las,
nights moonshine. Richmond Examiner,
esrbora are onIv two sides To the opas.
+;on Eyory ToaI ynnst ho for the Tni.
od Statns y, arsipst II There can h.
No nontroIs in This war. only pa,r.o,s
~ traitore n-,SteaIf, 4 D,,,gIg,
-. Oh lac mayor vote,
'i"'lN W. ';'''V ,''',n ~ 10 Wv.
Vi ven d uo,,',l ~, ,,SIf'i D, snlS IC
OF III P "a Il,, VI "oo''''''' '0''''1'' -
"'o'9e H. / ''''''''''
The country VIII ask everything 0'
security; nothing for revenge. '---4e'+
ham LUeo!a
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-15

tom Corwin is to stump Ohio for
Lincoln. The Pittsburg Chronicle learns
ON good authority that Senator Wade
and Mr.. Chase will both give active
support to the ticket in the campaign.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-15

~ An ardent Union man met a dor
en- Copperheads at a railway station ID
the northern part of Ohio, few dayss
ago. They looked respondent am
gloomy. for they had just been discus
sing the Chicago nomination. Nv en-
Judge said one of them to the Oh ~.
traveller. II suppose the big campalg9I
has begun now Yes replied tls W
Judge-"Lincolu has opened the oaii a.
atlanta, and JEFF Davis at Chicago.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-15

~ Horatio Seymour says w
think he [McClellanl is an ape il az
too. But no matter-we intend 10 ca ~,
this election upon what lawyers can 'D'
general issue"
Exactly. You mean to go to the Cou ~
try on the Chicago Platform, pure C aal
simple and whoever votes lor hI 1ist.
Ian has got to vote for the Chicago fiS IN
form-for armistice first, and then ".
absolute surrender to the RebelIlon NV
Personal scruples Of Mcclellan, il ~ NJ
he has, will go for nothing agalns ,o, II
matured purpose Of the men VINO 9 nV''
mated and will control him.-3f'0H'"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-15

To THE FRoNT.-That stirring events
are on foot, says a Washington dispatch,
is evidenced by the fact that all officers
and soldiers in Washington are ordered
to report Immediately to their respec-
tive regiments. This order takes to the
front many who were performing mere
clerical duties in Washington.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-15
re- The Richmond Examiner of IL

ElS TIC hICIIIUUHU ENuHIIHUt Vi V''0
9th, says:
The South is to act the controlling part :"
the Northern election. The issue of No
yember is to be decided by the armies in
Virginia and Georgia. Lincoln's whole
hope of reelection begins and ends in
military success. Withoutsome decided
achievement by Grant ora destruction
of the Georgian army by Sherman, every
state at the North will cast its vote
aasinst him except Vermont and Mas
sechusetts."
What is the prospect in Mainef
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-15

- The veteran Gen. Wool writes to
the New York Times that the election
of Gen. Mcclellan will be the surrender
of the United States TO JEFF Davis.