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From Charleston. .

Private information from rebel sources is,
that Charleston is being gradually destroyed
by the fire of our batteries. On the 26th of
December, two blocks of buildings in the
heart of the city, belonging to the estate of
the late Senator Butler, were destroyed by
FIRE kindled by Gilmore shells, and several
large warehouses occupied by the Confeder-
ate Government, filled with army supplies,
were also destroyed. About the same time
the city was deserted by all except the mill
tary. The poorer classes erected temporary
accommodations in the Suburbs of the city.
Great destitution prevails among them.
The telegraph operator at Charleston has
been notified not to telegraph for publication,
the effect Of our fire on the city. The news
paper Offices have removed.
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~ CDI UN y NO En- The ,not,- :
IN the Estate of Ebenezer King. late Of I,r ~
renee township, deceased The updersonas' IA
was duly appointed TO audit and distribute ~, 40
ministrator. will attend 10 the dntiss of ~: Ad-
pointment, at his Office in the borough Of LAP %P
field. Monday the sth day Of PebTSs,, ,ses
o'clock p. NJ. when and where all per:ors 80, AI
ested may attend. RI WAIJACP
January 10th. 1864 pd An1ito-
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y Iaf NED VI. tolhIIfI.
Capt. Co. G. 9TH Regt. Pa. r. V. c.
Letter from Olearfeld Bridge.
CLEARPIEID BRIDGE. JAN. I6. 1866

CLEARFIELD BRIDGE, JAN. TO, ISbt.
Mr.. Row:-In your issue of the 18th,
you published a piece headed AN outrage.
You say I'VE have been reliably Informed,
that on last Thursday evening, a Mr. Star of
Curwensville, who lived in a rented house,
had his household goods thrown into the
street by order OF the owner, and cradle In
which an infant was lying was set in the
street-that the mother had been confined
but a week or two-and the reason assigned
for the outrage was, that Mr.. Star refused at
the last fall election to vote for Woodward.
As the parties are well known in the county,
it is due them to state briefly the facts in
the case The said Star some time last fail
made application to rent the house, and was
told he could not have it. A gentleman with
whom the key had been left, gave the key
to Star. The owner then had pad lock
put on the door, which was broken open and
the house occupied by Star and his family.
After occupying the premises about SIX
weeks, the owner took legal counsel and
Star was warned out He then swore he
would not leave under year. The family
physician was then consulted, who said Mrs
Star was as able to go out as she was to
move in. Legal counsel was again taken,
and two weeks more was given him to yacate
the premises. Persons were then employed
to set his household goods in the street.
The cradle was set out IN the snow, but both
mother and child had left. The infant re-
ferred to was born before the county fair in
October last-cOnSequenty it was about
three months old And as to Mr. Star re-
fusing to vote for Judge Woodward being
the cause of this treatment, as your inform
ant says, is malicious talseh0Od. Truth.
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A UDIToR's NOTICE. the ma,,.- .

A UDITOR,S N0T1CE.-In the mat,a- 80
N the Estate Of Jacob Fisher late ef W.
ward township. deceased:-The unde-si sned WI,
was duly appointed to audit and distribuf. -,
money remaining in the hands of Joseph Fir,
Administrators, will attend TO the duties nj ~;
appointment, at his office in the Borough Of Cle,
field, on Tuesday the 9th day Of February la.
at O'Clock z. NJ. when and where all person. i, :
terested may attend r. j. WALLACE
January 20, lS64.-pd. Auditor.
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VALUABLE PROPERTY AT PRI-

Val Il ESALE--ine unuerslgned Will dls
pose of, at private sale, the following described
property situate in New sMillport Clearfield coun
ty Pa, to wit One Steam SaB-mill; a Grs
milthat can be run either by steam water. with
the two combined two good dwelling houses.
with large Kitchen attached new.
Store hOnse Is by 80 Feet, and about 100 acres Of
land, with good barn and other out buildings
thereon About 30 acres of the land is cleared
and under good cultivation, the balance is well
timbered- well of excellent water is near the
door of the house and the water power is a GOOD
one Any person desirous OF purchasing prop
ty of this description is invited to call and see
the premises. The terms viii be made TO suit The
purchaser. VI. o, STIRh.
New Milport Dec 30 lSG3
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JEFF. DAVIS Press A rumor is prev
alent in New York, that one of the journals
of that city, being on the point of dissolution,
its situation was made known at Richmond,
and measures were taken to prop it up with
rebel funds. No name is given to the jour
nal in question; but there can be little diff
Guilty of determining that point There are,
no doubt, other journals elsewhere sustain
ed from the same source. Judging from the
tone Of their articles.
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NOTICES. resolution of the Managers Of
the Philipshurg and Susquehanna Turnpike
Road Company. ii was resolved to enfuice the law
any person persons, that would ,ftstru,s
said road by laying or leaving timber. anv
other obstruction as to Interfere with the gen
eral travel p HARTSHORN President
Attest, F. Lloyd, Sec Y. Jan t. ISG;-
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WANTED STAVES, SHINGLES Pop.
w LAR. LOCUST. &c.-The undersigned Is
about extending his Lumber business TO fill
needed gap in the trade of Philadelphia by max
ing speciality Of the c0Oprr-stock trade and now
desires tie make arrangements 10 secure supplies
The city coopers, shippers, dc owing to the i'm
possibility of obtaining them in Philadelphia
now depend largely other markets for treir
slaves. &c. With proper encouragement by tho
manufacturers, the undersigned hopes to stop this
diversion of trade by keeping hand a large
stock in every variety of quality and size. By
giving this branch of trade particular attention
h hopes to make more early returns II consigu-
ments and establish for the manufacturers = moro
valuable communication with purchasers than Is
possible by those who trade mainly in more heavy
Lumber Manufacturers and others. who can fur
nish particularly c0lfiMHoHS suppliesl either b.
contract, purchase commission. Stlvcs,
Heading, Hoop Poles &c. Address
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ELETloN.-The stockbolda.,
4 of the Philipsburg and susquhanna T
Go. will take notice that Election will he hi,
the ofhce of said Company at Philinsbnrn % .
Monday the 9TH of March next for the ~ %: .
electing five Managers for the ensuing yesr u
January 20, 1861 Pro.;j
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E>STRAY.-Came trespassing or the prenis.,
II of the subscriber in Burnside towrsb;.
Clearheld Co, about the % of Nov 4 straw Rass.
about 20 years old with long sandy and sbor
tail The owner is requested to come f,rva,s
prove property. pay charges and take him swsI
or he will be disposed of according to law.
January 30. 1864. MICHAEL TINGTTN
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StTRAY HEIFFER.-Came tresspassu--
- OF the premises of the subscriber in Burnside
township. about the 9Th of September last. black
heiffer with white back and white belly. Swa!-
Iow-fork in right and crop out of the under
part of the left and is supposed 10 have been iva
years old last Spring The owner is requested -
come forward prove property. pay charges and
take her away or she will be sold the law d.
reefs, JACOB 1ING LINU.
January ). ISGlpd.
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Aem advertisements.

ezie'!ts set tH large type, cats or or,
ytSse1LI Be charged double price for ysyars
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Toinsure attention, the CASH must accom-.
ny notices, as follows:-An Cautions wiz si
Strays, 81; Auditors notices, 81 so: Admin1.
traitors and Executors notices, 81, SO, each ava
all other transient Notices st the sans 80. 80
Other advertisements at 81 per SO aare for sS.
Inse. tions Twelve lines tor less count soma
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caiIowh;u St Wharf Pb iiadeinfia i1l iii,ia. ?,

CaiI0WhiII +. " harI, IN Iiadel pflla. p
Large supplies always wanted Of Locust Tin
Der. Oak Knees. and frequently long Oak Plank,
Oak and yellow Pine Timber. dc. Also now o.
pennga trade in aud wanting supplies of SHIN
giles, Walnut. Cherry. Poplar and Ash Lumb ber.
REFERENCES. Alex. q. Catten & CO. PhiIa.
Ihos Richardson & Co. Phira. Jan. 20-4t
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Mr.. EDITOR Il send you the enclosed
letter from sister who is living in North
Carolina, and in order to give an idea of the
state of affairs there, please give it a place
in your paper and oblige her brother,
+ HARTSUoRN
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Letter from North Carolina.

And dam nd be him that first cries, Hold
enough. LERoI.
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z. 5. I got your letter unopened. contain
ing the dime you enclosed in it TO pay the
postage from Norfolk here. l will keep it
to remember you. Write soon. Direct via
Richmond, and | will get it sooner
THE above prices are in Confenderate
money, of course.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-25
I'D cMENEsE NEnELLLoN.

For fifteen years a great rebellion has
deluged with blood the Empire Of the Celes-
tlals. Almost all the provinces Of the king
dom have been Oyeuun, and destruction and
death carried into every village. At last the
Emperor decided chat It was inexpedient for
the health OF the nation that the Rebels should
continue TO run at large. As preparatory
step he fell into a great rage, demanded the
heads of all the daring Rebels, and expressed
a number of other wishes equally easily graft
fed, all of which are chroniced with great
exactness by the Peking Gazette, AMER his
rage subsidized he marched at the head Of his
armies. and was defeated A second time he
marched, and again the Celestials became ter
restial and fed. While preparing for third
effort the Brother Of the Sun was transported
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-25

TO the regions Of his Gaternal lumnary.
Six grandees, each claiming peacock feathers
"A his right, proceeded to quarrel over
the person Of the heir apparent, Ancr
this little strife had been settled by the death
of I've Of the contestants, the Imperial army
proceeded against the "long-haired Rebel
HsrU-TsUAN."
After q 0crce campaign the Rebels have been
annihilated, not one out Of one hundred thou
saud escaping alive. The joy this news caused
at tthe capital was great. The youthful Emperor,
through the only surviving guardian, appointed
TsENG-KUoEAN, TO be the Yice-Prime Minis
ter, Governor General Of the two Hangs
Senor-Guard'an Of the heir apparent, Marquis
Of the first grade, and finally, the climax Of
honor the contamination OF the honorable
TsTNG's highest aspiration, the right to wear
In the back Of his head a double-eyei pea
cocks feather. The Futai of CHg-KIANG Is
made General Lint Chief, Rear-Admiral, Junior
Guardian Of the heir apparent, Earl Of the frat
grade, and, ecstatlc Joy allowed to hold two
eyed peacock's feather. Other officers arc
allowed yellow jackets and fractions OF
feathers, and the whole army rejoiced with the
thanks Of the Emperor.
But to the captive Rebels Justice demands
her due All Of them are either to be deprived
Of their shoes, or else through royal clemency
to the least criminal among them, are to bo
allowed the privilege OF running sword
through their abdominal cavity. OF course
none will hesitate as to which they will select.
Honor is dearer than life The corpse of
HUNG-HsIU-TsUAG Is to be oxhumed, his
flesh torn from his bones, his head cut Off and
hung up, after having been exhibited to all
the Inhabitants Of the districts that he ruined.
Thus are the wicked punished and the Just
blessed and thus is the great Tapping Rebel
lion placed among the events Of history.
The Emperor, having resolved to make
suitable Acknowledgements to the gods, has
appointed n commission to investigate and de-
termine which of the Heather divinities are
entitled to credit, in order that proper dis
elimination shall be shown in awarding thanks.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-25

General HooD, well aware of tie isolation
Of his army from base and line by which
retreat can be effected or supplies secured, is
making efforts to obtain relief from Tennessee
and Kentucky. He has advanced to post
north of the Tennessee river, the defense of
which line is intrusted to MaiOr-General
GEORGE H. THOMAS. HOOD is displaying
columns on two lines, one looking towards
Paducah, and the other towards Nashville
the principal base of General THOMAS, and
eKcellently fortified. The successive victories
with which the advance of SHERMAN is con-
nected render the discontinue of HooD the
more thorough. General THOMAS has too
many reinforcements to permit any great
damage to be done; and with General A. j.
SMITH, of Pennsylvania, and his fighting
corps Of veterans, no fears need be enter
tanned of Paducah. We are at liberty to ex
pect from HOOP another brilliant failure.
Perhaps he will Illustrate General SHEB-
MANS summary of his character, viz, that
although General JOSEPH e. JOHNSTON was
a man of some military ability, General HooD
was mentally incapable, and either without
plans, or possessed of those of an ineXplicable
character
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-25
TIE CHIEr IusTIcEsmIP.

We have not heretofore made any a!usion
to the appointment of Chief Judge OF the
Supreme Court, though our contemporaries in
every part Of the country have freely discussed
the subject. Nor do we now intend to refer
to it In any manner likely to interfere, in the
slightest degree, with that entire independence
Of Judgment and responsibility with which
the President should be allowed to determine
the matter. He and the Senate are charged
by law with the high and solemn duty Of
selecting those who exercise the supreme
judicial functions of the Government; and as
they are answerable to the people for the
wisdom and integrity with which they per-
form that trust, they should be allowed to do
so without any improper external influence or
pressure.
This is especially true with reference to all
judicial appointments, since the judiciary Of
the nation should be studiously guarded from
contact with politics. Our judges, as the eX-
Founders Of the Constitution and laws, were
intended to form distinct and independent
department Of the State; and while they
should owe nothing to Executive favor In any
strictly partisan sense, it should be the reii-
gious purpose, as it certainly is the sacred
obligation of the appointing power, to choose
them for merit alone, and thereby main
tain the dignity Of the Federal courts In pub
lie estimation.
We shall not, however, depart from tho
decorous reserve which the press ought always
10 observe in these matters, If we alluded
briefly to a few considerations that should
in our Judgment. exercise much, If moi
decisive, influence in the choice Of the Chief
Justice. The policy of the Administration ID
the prosecution Of the war has been, hitherto
and viii no doubt continue to be, the occasion
of severe criticism with those who have
arrayed themselves in opposition to it.
The Democratic papers and politicians have
openly denied the legality Of almost every
leading act of Congress touching the revenue
taxation, currency, National Banks, eman-
cipation, reconstruction Of State Govern
ments, eonAscation, suspension Of the habeas
corpus military arrests and trials, and 50
forth. They insist that all questions arising
out of these measures are open questions until
decided by the Supreme Court, and they
claim the right to have them referred to that
tribunal for final adjudication. That claim is
admitted by the Government, and there can
be no doubt that at some time and in some
form or another they win come up for discus
sion and determination In the Supreme Court.
The Government and the people are vitality
Interested in having all that has been legally
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-25
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 25. 1884.
THE ADVANCE OF sUERuAN

SHERMAN Is at present gone from our gaze,
but our eyes still peer after him amid the
darkness and dangers with which he has COM
passed himself We have received news of
him sooner than was 10 have been anticipated.
Far beyond the speedy succor Of his Govern
mont, and probing, with his forces, the very
core Of rebellion, the most that we can expect
10 hear from him win be in Rebel reports
which II will be very necessary for us to sift
before Internationally receiving. His orders
for his march inform us that his army is
divided into two wings--Major-Gen 0. o.
HOWARD commanding the right wing, and
Major-General II. w. SLOoUM the left.
The order of march Is by four nearly parable
roads, and with respect to supplies there are
no general trains, but each corps has its am
munition and provision train. A good and
sufficient foraging party is organized by each
brigade commander, and the general princl-
pie Is adhered TO that in districts and neigh
borhOods where the army is not molested, no
destruction of such property should be per-
mitted; but should guerillas or bushwhaczers
molest the march, or should the inhabitants
burn bridges, obstruct roads, or otherwise
manifest local hostility, these army corps com
nanders should order and enforce a devasta-
tion more or less relentless, according to the
measure of hostility. A pioneer battalion for
each corps, to follow the advance guard, Is
recommended, and kip ATRICK's cavalry, as
Indispensable as ever, we may be sure will
distinguish themselves.
SHERMAN has done so much for us that we
naturally look to him to do more. From the
labyrinth in which we have lost him, we ex-
pect him triumphantly to emerge. He is not
in locality with which he is unfamiliar
because in the first place he possesses that
peculiar property Of military genius by which
in an incredibly short space of time, he thor
oughly knows the ins and outs Of new sur
roundings; and he is surrounded by skilfu
officers, who understand to the full what the!
have TO do in acquiring and using topographi
cal knowledge. But still it is to be considere
that SHERMAN's successes, in common wit
others, have been all the more dazzlin
because Of the comparatively complete igno
rance Of the country by the advancing body
and the devices and speed by which this ignC
rance has been remedied.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-25
YENE NOUS.

The solemnities of ThanLsgiving>day were
gracefully reflected this morning In the edito-
rials and news reports of very)hewspaper in
this city and New York, with "a single excep-
ton. The Age, with spirit tunbecoming TO a
Christian community, Yriggles with its
slimy crawl into the sanctuary, and utters its
hiss at the foot of the altar. The following
blosphemous parody upon the most beautiful
Of our Sayiour's recorded teachingsi will cause
a shudder in every devout mind:-
"THE Two PRAYERs- Yesterday was Thanks
" giving day and Hhoiiday. some sought recrc-
" alton in the saloons, others sought edidcstion
" In the house Of worship. Two men also went
Cup to the ienple 70 pray. The one prayed
after this manner -
"'Lord, 1 thank Thee that ! am we'll to do in
! {" the world, aud respectable member of So
"' Ciety; that am also a loyal man, and mem
! d" Der Of the Union League. l thank Thee for
"'T Thy bounty, and for the contracts which
" have from the Government; that give to the
! " poor and 10 the churches, and have cOntri-
"'buted five hundred dollars to the Sanitary
9" Fair. / thank Thee that am not as other
"'mcn -evCnas you Copperhead who, too poor
"'to buy substitute, must be dragged off to
Z" the wars. Command in Thy rich mercy, that
! Z" this war may 20 on, until the last dollar is
! spent among the contractors and may be
! I" the last man called upon TO do any military
| service. Amen.
"The other man also prayed, who was the
| 4" Coppcrhead-and, not 80 much as lifting his
| " eyes towards Heaven, but shifting on his
breast, said, God save my native land; Goo
| " be meTciful TO me a siunern This one is SAID
| to have gone down from the temple iustiiieI
" rather than the other. ."-IHe Age ofthiS morning
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-25
THE SEX OF sECEssIO SIsrs.

Shall the feelings with which we regard
secessionst be regulated By the sex Of that
anomaly? When ladies cease to be loyal,
when sylphs affect secession, and when terma-
gants talk treason, are we to forget the
generic woman that includes them all? Are
we not rather to remember her with deeper
feeling? 1t is from woman we learn some of
our purest and most sacred lessons. So unde-
fled are the instincts and sympathies which
we term womanly, that it should seem she
receives her education from God Himself, and
sets before us an example fresh from heaven.
But there are ladies, in high life, too, who, if
they do not think they do God service in talk
ing and acting traitorously, are fully con-
vinced that they can best aid rebellion so.
The 5ecessionists of Baltimore have been
aroused lately by the sentence passed on Mrs,
SARAH HUTCHIEs, a member Of one of the
first families there. The punishment pre-
scribed is five years. labor in the penitentiary
at Fitchburg, Massachusetts,, and five thou
sand dollars fine, to be imprisoned after the
expiration of five years from the day Of her
arrest until the fine is paid. The lady has
been convicted of holding traitorous cOmmu-
nication with the South, and Of having
attempted to present a sword to Lieutenant-
Colonel HARRY GuMoR, successful raider,
with whose career the remembrance Of many
crueltics Is connected.
Let no one look upon the crime which has
/ evoked such painfu retribution as light one
If we have no sympathy with secession, we
should have none with secessionists. What
ever be the sex Of the criminal, however re-
pulsive it may be TO a morbid sense Of gallan,
try to inact so heavy punishment upon Q
woman, we are bound by all our duties to ouI
country to let pure justice prevail in the doom
of every traitor We are involved in circum
stances in which, ii men and women will Sc
the example Of committing great sins, they
must likewise receive the inaictiOn of grea
sorrow. The two are cOrrelative in the mora
world; and whatever may be a mans peculia
notions respecting special punishmcnts di
vinely administered, he must admit tina
ofen5es against the nations honor shouh
meet with peculiar chastisement from tina
Government against which they Sin.