Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-04-20
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station, On which the rebels made n sud
den dosh only a few minutes after the
train had passed. Important movements,
II is supposed, will begin at onco.
The rebel Cen Forest, It seems, has di
yided his force in Kor tucky one portion
attacking and sacking the town Of Padu-
cah, on the Ohio, at the mouth Of the Ten
nossce, for the second time; and the 9th
er under Forest himself, attacking and
capturing Fort Pillow on the Mississippi
on the 18th inst. According to our maps
the only sFort Pillow" laid down that we
can find, is that some four or five miles a.
boye Memphis-whilo the New York HoraI
locates it siXty-fve miles above Memphis,
and the Philadelphia AyG places it in Ken
lucky. Be this rs it may, its capture is
certain. The garrison, one account says
consisted Of six hundred negro troops
and some white soldierS-all but about
two hundred were killed, most OF them
the negroes after the surrender. An
other account says that one single Ten
nessee regiment lost over 800 men. All
the guns, ammunition, &C., Of course fell
into the hands of the coptors. Tn 5 will
again seriously obstruct tie navigation Of
the Mississippi,
The Red River expedition had reached
Alexandria La, when last heard from
without serious disaster
Esy""Lct the Gocrnmcnt take care otAc
rich, and tie rich pW take care Of the poor'--
used to be lAvorile idea with the old Fede-
raj party, and is jast now in high favor with
our lawmakers, both State and National.
In order to induce moned men to take
the bonds Of the Gene raj Government
those bonds were exempt from taxation
and the same is the case with the bounty
bonds under our late State Bounty law
Farmers, Mechanics, and all men Of mod
crate means have TO pay the full amount
Of their assessment and if by chance one
of them lends few hundred dollars to a
neighbor, to enable him to build q house,
or barn, or discharge a mortgage, lie must
pay a tax for 30 much money at interest.
But the man Of weallh-who is growing
still richer 10y adroit foanccring, in order
to escape the tax collector, has only to put
his funds into these bonds. Thus the bur
then Of taxation is rapidly sliding from
the rich to the shoulders of the producing
classes, and in a very short time their con
dition in this country will be as hunilia.
ting as i. is in England.
Two MEE DRowNED.-W c learn from the
Lewisburg Argus of Saturday last, that two
men were drowned on the 18th inst, in at
tempting to land 4 raft about two miles
below that place. In "snubblng" on some
trees standing on the high and rocky bank
the surge of the cable the river being
high and the current very st.ong-it is
| supposed was so sudden as TO fling them
I into the water, and they both disappeared
. together. One ofthem was a student in
the Lewisburg University from Armstrong
county named G. W. Truitt and the 9th
er was an industrious colo,ed man from
this vicinity, named Reuben Magjntee,
leaving a wife and several small children.
Their bodies were recovered
R@g' Our correspondents must be pa
tieuL. Oar drawer is cIammed full
Some Of them we will give place to as soor
as we can find room, others we will have
to dccliue; and we advise al. of them
and particularly those who essay to write
poelical tributes to the memory Of tn,
dlad-io study brevi.y.
Our Elector and Delegates to Chicago
The selection Of Judge Rasselas Brown
of Warren, as the Presidential Elector 70
the Congressional district will give gener
al satisfaction to the Democrats, and ad,
no little to the strength Of our electora
, ticket lie is known in all parts Of tn
district, and ii is almost needless to add
| that be is universally esteemed. In hi