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Crnnua Gold and Silver Mining

BY order of the Board of Trustees.
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DELIEE NOTICE.,

RELiEF NOTICE.-The Board Of p.,,
ior the county of Clearfeld will NEE, .st .t ne
commissioners Office in Clearkeld, ON waS a. The
day and Thursday, the 2sd and 24th Sspt epne';
March, A D. 1864 uays Of
The Board of Relief have directed that III.
of the soldier must appear before the bo,rs WIFE
produce her sworn statement, detailing name ~
soldier, regiment and company. and when ani;o Of
ted the number of children, with age and sa ehhs
each the s.wnship in which they resided a. ,ts o
time OF enlistment, and their present residepcse
and that she is without the means of sunno,, s
herself and children who dependent npon b"I ,U
Two witnesses of credibility from the toynsb;,,
in which she resides, must also be produced " bP
certificate (sworn to before the Board of ReIiaN
must set forth that the applicant is the person 81
represents herself to be. that the statement or ~
number and age of her family is true that she -
in destitute circumstances and her family in a.
tual want, and that all the facts set forth in ~
application are correct and true.
Forms con ntaining these requisitions can be nj.
tanned at the Office of the Board of Relief WI,
application is made and the witnesses apnear
n b. Illness of the applicant, properly prsr.D
Will excuse personal attendance
Mar 2. 1904 VIM : BRADLEY Cl..
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urRs. ALIENS PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM

MFRS. ALIENS PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
IyA AND PRIZES will send one of my beau
tifnl Photograph Albums, made of the finest Tur-
key Morocco, with double heavy gold plat ted ex-
tension clasps, and valuable prize, by express
prepaid, for FIVE dollars.
No need send the money till they know
what prize will accompany the Album. Persons
first send on their names and try their luck.
They will be notified by return mail of the result
of distribution, when they have the privilege
of sending for the Album and prize not. as
they choose. Splendid inducements offered to a..
gents. ladies as well gentlemen. Full partic-
ulars, with circulars, sent by mail. Addres IS
with stamp for return postage) NJ IS. Lucy Allen,
box 5,565 New York City.
P. S-Any person who will cut out this adver
tisement and enclose it in letter. to some friend
in the army, and notify me of the fact and TO
whom sent, sh all receive by return mail beauti-
full and exact life photograph of Major General
Grant. worth at retail 40 cents. single stamp
will answer both for the return Photograph and
trial of luck. both can be sent in one letter.
March 9th, 1864 MRS. ALLEN.
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NOR SALE.-The subscriber, residing in
IL Boggs township, hereby gives notice tn At he
will sell at his residence, Monday the 2lst day
of March, 1854, the following personal property
to wit
Two work horses, cows, one wagon, one pair
hay ladders, one plow, one shovel plow, one har-
row, one cultivator, one spring wire tooth horse
rake. grain cradle, one pair twin sleds one
2-horse sleigh, scythes log g-chains buggy harness
cider mill. windmill, cutting box. threshing ma
chine, wagon gears one glass cupboard. one d in
ing table, two breakfast tables, two cook stoves
and pipe. bedsteads, looking glasses clock chairs,
stand. one saddle. large copper kettle, wheelbar-
tinware and tableware, and many other ar
tices.
Sale to commence at o o'clock, a NJ Terms.
made known day of sale.
March 9th, 1864. WM. L. WILSON.
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CALL FOR A NATIONAL CONVENTION.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. %
The National Union Committee met at
the residence of Hon. Edward d. Morgan
at noon to-day, and was called TO order by
that gentleman as its chairman.
| The Hon. Edward Mcpherson, of Penn
| sylvania, was elected Secretary of the com
mittee in place Of Hon. George c. Fogg, of
New Hampshire, who is absent from the
! country.
Upon consultation, call was unanimous
| " adopted for national convention In the
| following terms:
The undersigned, who, by original ap-
pointment or subsequent designation to fill
vacancies, constitute the executive commit
tee created by the National Convention held
at Chicago on the 10th day of May, 1860,
do hereby call upon all qualified voters, who
| desire the unconditional maintenance Of the
| Union, the supremacy of the Constitution,
and the complete suppression of the rebel
| lion, with the cause thereof, by vigorous war
and ali apt and efficient means, to send del
| egates to convention, to assemble at Baiti-
more on Tuesday, the 7th day of June, 1864,
at II o clock noon, for the purpose of pre-
senting candidates for the offices of Presi-
dent and Vice President of the United
| States Each State having a representation
in Congress will be entitled to as many dele
SdSSo do W lNlCC lllc
of electors to which such State is entitled
in the electoral College OF the United States )"
4 resolution was also adopted inviting the
territories and the District Of Columbia to
send delegates, subject to the determination
by the Convention Of their right to vote
| The Committee agreed to meet again at
the call of the chairman. The members
present were as follows
Edward D. Morgan, New York, chairman.
Chas. j. Gilman, Maine.
Lawrence Brainerd, Vermont
John b. Goodrich, Massaehusetts.
Thos g. Turner Rhode Island.
Gideon Welles, Connecticut
Denning Duer, New Jersey
Edward Mcpherson, Pennsylvania
Nathaniel B. Smithers Delaware
James I. Wagner, Maryland.
Thos. Spooner, Ohio.
Henry s. Lane, Indiana
Ebenezer Reck, Illinois
H. NJ Hoxie, Iowa
w s. Washburn, Minnesota.
Cornelius Cole, California.
O. Ii. Irish, Nebraska
Joseph Gerhartd, District Of Columbia.
The committee was entirely harmonious
in their proceedings, and adjourned in the
best possible manner
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-03-09

ARRESTED FOR RoBBING TIE MAIL
On the 25th February, Frantz Bahr was ar
rested in Northampton county, Pa, for
stealing letters from the mail between Eas-
ton and Kellertown. Bahr was the mail
carrier for the past nine years, and is at
present man over fifty years Of age. The
loss of some valuable letters, addressed to
the post Offices along the route, induced
Special Agent Row to give his official atten-
ton to the matter, and on the day named
above, Bahr was detected, i'll the act of alb
stracting packages from the mail. The evi-
dence is conclusive, one letter being found
in his possession, and the fragments of an
other discovered hidden underneath some
stones at the side of the road On the
Goth, after hearing before L. S. commits
sioner Smith, of Philadelphia Bahr was
committed for trial at the next Term of the
L. S. District Court.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-03-09

HARD RUN-the editors of the Copper
head organ, last week, for something to re-
lieve them Of little venom-otherwise
they would not have snapped at and perver-
ted a simple news item which we, in common
with most papers in the country, published
two weeks since Whether negro is hal,
as good as white man, we don't pretend to
say but of one thing we are convinced, that
many of them are doing more to crush out
the rebellion than our Copperhead neigh
bors
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ernfnent.

We observe that our Copperhead neigh
bors pitched into the editor of the Harris
burgh Telegraph, last week, in very 'ty-
ing" sort of style-they applying that po-
lite little word (He) no less than sece@ times,
in one short article, to some remarks of the
Telegraph. We would advise our Harris
burg contemporary to be more careful in fu-
ture remarks in referenceto ''the Knights of
the Golden Circle meeting in the Surveyor
Generals office. But why need our neigh
bors take on so" about the illusions of the
Telegraph? ? Do they belong to the Knights?
And was either of them present at the meet
ing referred to?
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LOYAL SOUTHERN MEN-The Union of
fcers who recently escaped from Richmond,
bear testimony to the assistance they receiy-
ed from negroes in their hazardous under
taking of making their way from the rebel
capital to the Union lines. Wherever they
found a colored man they were sure to find
a friend and in numerous instances they
received food from, and were piloted on the
way by these humble, yet true, friends of
the Union cause. In an account Of the es-
cape it is stated After the first officers
had discovered themselves to the negroes
and asked for food, on the Chickahominy,
the negroes organized into relief squads and
searched the woods for fugitives, carrying
them food from their scanty rations, and
helping them in every way in their power. .
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-03-09

PLAIN TALK.-At a Democratic caucus
in Hartford, Connecticut, veteran speaker
smashed the prepared slate by few ener-
getic remarks, of which the following is a
sample:
This war which is now going on in the
land was brought on by fillibustering, cheat
ing and fraud, and nothing else. If it
hadn't been for Southern Democrats bolt
ing form the National Convention at Charles
ton, we shouldn't have had any war Swim
ding brought on the war, and the same
spirit is being manifested here tonight.
have been Democrat for eighteen years,
and | want to know who | vote for without
any packing about it. | move that the re-
port be tabled, and that we proceed to bal
LOT
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The Progress of Opinion.

Gen Garfield, of Ohio, (late Chief of
Staff to Gen. Rosecrans, in recent speech
in Congress ON the c0nfscation question,
gave the following account Of the progress
of opinion, in the army of the United States,
on the subject of the ultimate extinction of
slavery:
Il remember to have said to afriend when
[ entered the army You hate slavery so
do [ /; but [ hate disunion more. Let us
drop the slavery question and fight to sus-
tain the Union. When the supremacy of
the government has been re-established, we
will attend to the other question. y
I started out with that position taken in
good faith, as did thousands OF others of all
parties. But the army soon found that, do
what it would, the black phantom met it
everywhere, in the camp, in the bivouac,
on the battlefield and at all times 1t was
ghost that would not be laid. Slavery
was both the strength and weakness Of the
enemy. His strength-for it titled his fields
and fed his legions; his weakncss-for in
the hearts of slaves dwelt dim prophecies
that their deliverance from bondage would
| be the outcome of the war.
The negroes came from the cotton fields;
they swan rivers, they climbed mountains
they came through jungleS, in the darkness
and storms of the night, to tell us that the
enemy was coming here or coming there.
They were our true friends in every case.
There has hardly been a battle, march, or
any important event of the war, where the
friend of our cause, the black man. has not
been found truthful and helpful and always
devotedly loyal The conviction forced it
self upon the mind of every soldier that, be-
hind the rebel army of soldiers, the black
army of laborers was feeding and sustaining
| the rebellion. and there could be no victory
| TIL its main support be taken away
Gentlemen on the other side, you tell me
that this is an abolition war. If you please
to say so | grant it. The rapid current OF
events has made the army of the republic
an abolition army. | can find in the ranks a
thousand men who are in favor of sweeping
away slavery to every dozen that desire to
preserve it. They have been where they
have seen its malevolence, its baleful effect
| upon the country and the Union, and they
demand that it shall be swept away.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-03-09

PLACE it permanently on record in your
memories soldiers of Pennsylvania regiments
that the so-called Democratic Senators
in the Pennsylvania Legislature voted against
the proposed amendment to the Constitution,
allowing you to vote. Remember, also,
that this amendment has been rendered ne
cessary by the decision of three Democratic
Judges of the Supreme Court of Pennsyl-
yania, Lowrie, Woodward and Thompson,
who so interpreted the law, that the instant
a man left the joys of home to risk his life
in defence ofhis county he forfeits the great
righs of suffrage These are things never
to be forgotten by the soldiers or by their
friends.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-03-09

AFFAIRS AT HARRIsBURG-On Monday
a-week the new Senator, DIR. St. Clair was
escorted to the Capitol by grand procession
Of four thousand Union, men and sworn into
Office. The Senate is now in working order,
the Union men have one of majority. The
present chief Clerk and other subordinate
officers have been elected, all the Democrats
refusing to vote. The resolution calling up
on the Judiciary Committee to inquire into
the expediency of holding special election
to amend the Constitution, so as to give the
soldiers in the field the right to vote at the
fall election, has passed both houses The
copperhead Democracy will, we think, soon
begin to see the folly Of their former course
They have retarded the work Of legislation
for almost two months, thinking by such a
course to aid the traitors in the South, and
have gained nothing in the end but the hon
est and well deserved cenSure of good and
loyal citizens -DnRUiUe Americdn.
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The PENNSYLVANIA Reserves.

1t would seem that Gen. George B. McClel-
Ian has, in his ponderous report of the ope-
rations of the Army of the Potomac In Ma
ryland and Virginia, cast some asperslons
upon the noble Pennsylvania Reserves, and
that the officers of that brave Corps have
published defense, in which they repel the
attempt to fasten odium upon them. In re-
ferring to this subject the Pittsburg Gazette,
of March Sd, says:
1--WE have received from Col j. p. Glass,
one of our representatives at Harrisburg,
neatly printed pamphlet of ten pages de-
Tending the Pennsylvania Reserves from the
aspersions cast upon their soldierly qualities
in Gen Mcclellan report. 1t comprises
Gen KcCall's reports of the battles of Me
chanicsville, Gaines Mills and New Market
Cross Roads. together with the General $
testimony before the Joint Committee on
of many of the living division, brigade, line
corps, including Gen. Meade The united
testimony of Gen. Mccall and his subordi-
mates is, that the Reserves were not routed
in the battle of New Market Cross Roads,
as charged by Gen. Mcclellan. On the con-
trary, never did soldiers fight more heroical-
ly and against greater odds than did the Re
serves in the three battles we have named
And it Is already part of history that, if
the brave Reserves had been properly sup
ported in either of those engagements, the
enemy would not have gained the victory
over us they did when they compelled Nc
Clellan to gather his once proud and power
full army under the protection of the gun
boats in James river 1t was generaiSltip
that was wanting on the Peninsula-not
pluck and endurance, neither Of which sol
dierly qualities was possessed in a greater
degree by any other division of the Army of
the Potomac than by the Pennsylvania Re
serves.
The Pennsylvania Reserves have borne
the brunt of nearly every battle in which
the army of the Potomac has been engaged.
They have endured trial, hardship, and dan
ger-fought as no men ever fought before
and covered themselves and the army to
which they belong with halo of glory. At
ter all that they have undergone how must
it chill the hearts of the veteran survivors OF
the thousands who have so nobly fallen, to Fl nd
their former commander imputing to them
a want of courage on the battlefield? Does
Mcclellan expect to conceal his want of
good generalship by casting aspersions upon
those whom he commanded? IF so, he will
find himself mistaken; for when the peo-
pie are left TO decide between the ability of
Mcclellan anl the courage of the noble ar
my which was placed under him, it is not
difficult to tell what will be the verdict The
II I
score of battle fields The bones of hun
dreds of their number lie bleaching in the
swamps Of the Chickahominy, and whether
they fell from the deadly miasma or from
rebel bullets, their death will, perhaps, be
attributed by the future historian to the
same cause.-the mistakes of their COM
mander-in-chef, if not to incompetency.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-03-09

A General Bill is now before the Legisla-
ture, which, viii undoubtedly soon become
law, legalizing the action of Boards of
School Directors, Township Supervisors,
and County Commissioners, levying, as
sessing and collecting tax for the payment
of bounties to volunteers, for the purpose
of filing their respective quotas under the
call of the President for five hundred thou
sand men, The bill is said to be broad and
comprehensive, rendering local legislation
In the matter unnecessary.
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BANK NOTICE.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Office of Comptroller of the Currency,
.

WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence presented
to the undersigned. it has been made to appear
that The FIST National Bank of Cpy,censuilLe in
the county of Clearfield. and State of Pennsylva-
mia, has been duly organized under and accord
ing to the requirements of the act of Congress
titled IAN act to provide national currenc. Sc
cured by pledge of United States stocks and to
provide for the circulation and redemption there
of" approved February 25, 1868, and has COM
piled with all the provisions of said act required
to be complied with before commencing the bu-
siness of Banking.
Now THEREFORE, /, Hugh Mccullough. Comp
troller of the currency, do hereby certify that
The FIRST National Bank of Curscsnsytkie coun-
ty of Clearfeid, and State of Pennsylvania, is au-
thorized to commence the business of Banking
under the act aforesaid
In Testimony whereof. witness my hand and
seal of Office this third day of March,
(SEaI\ 1864 HUGH McCULL0CH,
@N Comptroller of the currency.
curwensville, Pa, March 9, 1S6i-l0t
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-03-09

MR.. LINCOLN AND THE SOLDIERS,-A
letter from Grant army, recently received
in Washington, says that nine -tenths of the
men composing it are in favor of Mr., Lin
coin reelection, and will vote for him if they
have the opportunity. On the 22d of Feb
ruary votes were taken in several brigades
aud divisions, and out of nearly thirteen
thousand ballots polled, only five hundred
and eighty-two were cast against him.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-03-09

A FRENCH Protestant Church at Detroit.
in which Father Chiniquy had been lectur-
ing against Catholicism fo1 several days, was
attacked by mob of Catholics. on Satur-
day afternoon, who demolished the windows,
and otherwise damaged the building con-
siderably. Further demonstrations were
checked bv the nolice.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-03-09

GRAIN FOR SALE.--Tbe vudorsi..sl
~ for sale, at his mill at CurwepsyiIIs qnSS as
bushels of wheat at 5 Is per bushel I5n b,,y
els of rye at 81 40 per bushel; 500 bpsbaIS ~
corn at 81 so per bushel. Rye and wheat cboD =,
% 4O per hundred mixed chop, corn. wheat and
sold for cash JARED TpT,I III oe
Curwensrilie. Feb "a lS6t-p6 An ~
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Clearnelu, feDruary, "a, loo4-
ID EGISTER'S NOTICE.-Noticei is hereby
III given, that the following accounts have been
examined and passed by me, and remain filed OF
record in this Office for the inspection of heirs
legatees. creditors all others in any other way
interested, and will be presented to the next VI,
2hans Court of Clearfeld county. 10 be held o.
the CoWrt House, in the Borough of CeaTbela'
commencing on the Third Monday of March
1864, for confirmation and allowance:
Partial account of John Orr Executor OF 1ng i,
will and testament of Frederick Smith late OF be''
Township, Clearfeld County. Pa. deceased 4.
The account of John McMurray Guardian y
the Minor Children of Samuel Orr late OF JorOA"
Township. Clearfell County. deceased. =,
Final account of 4. n. HegaIty one OF ,he ~ a.
ministrators of all and singular the good' H
chattles rights and credits which were Of i'!m. M
Miles late of Becaria Township, Clearheld eOuD'
deceased. .,o,
Final account of Thomas Henry Administer. ~.
of all and singular the goods and chstiies- Il
and credits which were of Thomas MSCIasssid
late of the Borough of Lumber City, CieaiH'-1
County, Pa, deceased. ca.
The account of Barnabas Armstrong anu N
phia Armstrong Administrators of all anu s.s' Of
lar the the goods and chattles which as "s
Joshua Armstrong late of Clearfeld Co.. de' ~
The account of Josiah Evans AdminstIla.'oaa and n
all and singu lar the goods and chattels Pike
credits which were of Ellis Askey, late ,a5 u
township, in the county of Clearfed' aeceas
The Guardianship account of Abraham nh Nh
of Goshen township, Guardian OF mary = cIsTno.
ter of Henry Kyler, now the wife oil M u IL,
The Guardianship account Of Aoranani q = .ler,
of Goshen township Guardian OF Peter tera-i a IN
a minor child of Henry Kyler, late oi
deceased. Evse
The Guardian.bip account of Abraham ca;ss ha
of Goshen township, Guardian of Saran N~.ssd
rine Kyler, daughter of Henry N.Y. eff;nn.bsp ~
whp was the Wife OF Robert Leonard OF o0sI.
Fah =, 1ssa j q BARaER Regis"
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PRESENT To GEN. GRANT-A one thou
sand dollar sword, for Gen. Grant, has been
furnished by the Ames Co., Chicopee, Mass.
Among the ornamental features about the
handle Is a ring of diamonds, costing four
hundred dollars. On the sword is engraved
a record OF twenty-seven battles and seiges
IN which the modern Ulysses has been en-
gagged
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Elizabeth Neff,
by her next friend,
Ephram FuliMr,
EyARM FOR SALE-Theu undersigned. leave

E&ARM FOR SALE-The undersigned, leaves
h i'll contemplation to remove to the west will
offer atpublic sale, On Tuesday the 5th of March
inst. his farm situate in Pike township containing
100 acres. Sixty acres of the land is cleared and
under good cultivation, acres of which is in
meadow There is also on the premises Two
Story frame house. and log barn There will $50
be offered for sale, Hay Straw, 2 Horses, 3 Cows,
Wagon, Plows. Harrows. Windmill, Sled. Bed
steads, Bureau Cookstove, parlor Stove, Cupboard,
and general variety of housh old and Kitchen
furniture.
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock A. NJ. Terms
of sale made known on day of sale.
March I'd, 1864 JACOB ANSpACH
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-03-09

The United States District-Attorney has
received instructions from Washington to
procure the extradition of the Confederate
officers and crew of the Chesapeake, now in
confinement at ST. Johns n B. The rev.
enue cutter Miami was to sail last Thursday
evening on this business.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-03-09

To insure attention, the CASH must accompa-
ny notices, as follows All Cautions with 81 i.
Strays, 81; Auditors notices, Si,5O; Admins
traitors and Executors notices. 81 sc, each /: and
all other transient Notices at the same rates.
Other advertisements at 81 per square for or less
insertions. Twelve lines (or less count square.