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The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1864-12-22
War Bulletin.
sHERMAN-oFFICIAL BULLETI,


WASHINGTON, Dec. IS, 1864, 9 P. Nj.
Major General Dix, New York An
official despatch from General Sherman
was received to-day, dated near midnight,
December 18th, on the gunboat Dundetion,
Ossabaw Sound, Georgia. 1t was written
before Gen. Foster had reached Kim. He
reports, besides some military details of
future operations, which are omitted, the
following Interesting particulars of his
operations =
On BOARD "DANDELIoN," OssABAw
SOUND, 1l.5O p. NJ, Dec. 13, 1864. To
day, at 5 z. NJ, General Hazens Division
of the Fifteenth Corps carried Fort
M'Allister by assault, capturing its entire
garrison and stores. This opened to us
the Ossabaw Sound, and l pulled down to
ing communication we had complctely ly
destroyed all the railroads leading into
Savannah, and invested the city. The
left is on the Savannah River, three miles
above the city, and the right is on the
Ogeechee, at Kings Bridge.
The army is in splendid order, and equal
to anything. The weather has been fine,
and supplies abundant Our march was
most agreeable, AID we were not at all
molested by guerrillas. We reached
Savannah three days ago, but owing to
Fort VI Allister We could not communicate
but now VIC have M'Allistcr, and go
ahead!
We have already captured two boats in
the Savannah River, and have prevented
their gunboats from coming down. es-
innate the population of Savannah at
twenty-five thousand, and the garrison at
fifteen thousand. General Hardee COM
mands.
We have not lost wagon on the trip,
but have gathered large supply of mules,
negroes, horses, &C.. aud our teams are in
far better condition than when we started
My first duty will be to clear the army
of all surplus negroes, mules and horses.
We have utterly destroyed over two
hundred miles of railroad, aud consumed
stores and provisions that were essential
to Lees and Hoods armies.
The quick work made of Fort MALLS
ter, and the opening of communication
with our fleet. and consequent ndeuendepc ce
of supplies, cissipates all their boasted
threats to head me off end starve the
army. 1 regard Savannah as already
gained.
Yours, truly,
w. T. SHERMAN, Maj. Gen.
Hon E. II. STANTON. Sec'y. of War.
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The ST. AEbaus Raiders.

IF ever a nation was gathering wrath
against the day of wrath, it is Great
Britain and tie sentiments of the mass o.
her people are reflected with entire faith
fulness by the Canadian subjects of the
Crown" Not content with fitting out
pirates and blockade-runners, and with
supplying the rebels with arms aud muni-
,ions of war, they, by every means in their
power. prevent the execution of the DEGREES
of Justice upon rebel assassins, outlaws and
pirates. Justice Coursal, of Canada, in
the case of the St. Albans raiders, gives
the latest and fullest illustration of British
insoleuce, injustice and lying. Thirteen
scoundreiS, who were among the party who
crossed from Canada to Vermont, and
robbed and murdered unarmed Americans,
and plundered banks and private dwellings,,
have been discharged by the mock judge,
Coursal! Six separate warrants had been
served upon the prisoners. They were
tried upon one only. Scarcely giving
decent time to protect the dignity of a
Court, the justice discharged the entire
number, on all the warrants He had
issued some of the writs himself, yet for
sooth he thought he had no jurisdiction !!
A manly, clear and eloquent appeal from
one Of the counsel prosecuting the prison
ers, was treated with contempt, and the
exutant pirates, greeted with cheers within
and without the dishonored Court room,
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could not be got, being exempt, and not
one of these allowed to return home when
his time was out.
But the people are unanimous. How
shall we test this? Did not the rebel
Congress complain that these people would
not even sell the Government provisions
for the soldiers, So little confidence have
they in the whole concern? Are the
people unanimous, when the woods a-e
found to be faH Of white men who will not
submit to the conscription, with rebel
soldiers hunting after them with blood
hounds? The South never was united, as
the language of Alexander II. Stephens
showed, and it is not now. tits becoming
daily less so, and it never will until again
brought back into the Union. .,... d..
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were liberated, once more to ply their trade
of arson, robbery and murder.
Though the persistent bad faith OF
British officials might have prepared the
American people for any outrage or
justice, right, or national comfy, ye. this
new insult will stir up indignation ten-fold
deeper and hotter than any which has
preceded it. 1t shows the deliberate
intention of Great Britain to protect rebel
murderers and pirates, on land and on sea,
and under every possible combination of
circumstances. 1t shows that their hatred
OF this Republic deepens and intensifies
the nearer the restoration of the Union
approaches. 1t shows that they love sla-
very and hate free institutions, and that
they will postpone the downfall of slavery
until the latest possible moment. Yet
there will be day of reck oning, and when
1t arrives long and bloody account will
be settled between America and faithless
England. -st ...1r.
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Emeute In CIearfield County.

A military force, consisting Of part of
the 10th regiment Veteran Reserve Corps,
under Maj. f. A. III. Gabe:, visited Phil
ipsburg last week, to look after the DESERT
ers in Clearfeld county. Resistance to
the draft having been ihculoated by the
Democratic leaders in Cleariuld county, it
has become a rendezvous for deserters
from other parts Of he State. Knox
township was especially notorious, a large
number having congrega:ed there under
the leadership Of noted outlaw, named
Tom Adams.
On Tuesday evening, 18th inst, Major
5abel received intelligence that there was
to be 'deserters' ball' at Adams house,
iD Knox township. Capt. j. NJ. South
worth, with a detachment OF ninety men,
was sent to lock after the guests" About
half the force were in slcighs, and the
remainder were mounted They arrived
at the house about midnig ght. The Captain
posted his cavalry around the house, and
then advanced with his infantry to the
door. Just as he reached the steps he
heard some one say. "Here are the sol
diersw He Immediately made rush
with his men, and succeeded in seizing all
in the house, nineteen of whom proved to
be deserters
In the meantime Adams appeared at an
upper window, from which he fired at the
soldiers surrounding the house, instantly
killing Edgar l.. Read, one Of their num-
ber He then Jumped to the ground and
attempted to make his escape. but was
suddenly brought to the end of his iniqui-
tous career, by a volley from the comrades
OF the murdered soldier. On the prisoners
len revolvers ard three guns were found.
Capt. Soulhworth and his men deserve
great credit for the manner in which the
affair Was managed. 1t has already struck
terror into the descrters throngihg the
log camps throughout Clearfield county,
aud ha. made men, disoyal synpathizers,
quake with fear. Maj Ga5el is determined
to arrest every deserter and every disloyal
man who has assisted in fomenting this
resistance to the Government. He will
make thorough work of it,
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Eg- Six more deserters have been cap
tured by Captain EDsmnger's company of
the 2O1st regiment, and were taken to the
Proves: Mar>hars headquarters, at Cham
bersburg. The men were captured in the
vicinity of Bloody Run, Bedford county.
Capt. Ensminger's men are doin good
work in the benighted region in which the
company is stationed. Numerous captures
have been made, and the deserters in all
cases forwarded to headquarters without a
single escape being effected.
ED- These slippery days are the days
that try mems soles, and he who perils the
lives of the public by neglec,ing to strew
ashes on his sidewalk, may be considered
to have no soul at all.
sR- Bermuda Hundred was so named
because it is one hundred miles from the
mouth of the james River.
1O- A call and draft ior 300,0 men
has been ordered by the President.
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Victory {!

The long agony is over. Sherman at
last is heard from, not through unreliable
rebel sources, but officially. He has ar
rived in front of Savannah, captured Fort
MAlister, and opened communication
with our feet, from on board gunboat of
which he sends greeting to the nation his
notes of victory. We print elsewhere
Secy. of War Stanton's bulletin covering
Sherman's despatch, to which We refer
our readers.
1t appears Sherman's march was "most
agreeable "a kind Of dress parade thro'
the enemy's country. When we come to
consider how the rebels assured US it was
harasseo at every step, to the almost total
annihiiation OF his army, and when we re-
call our many fears and misgivings on
the subject, this declaration is especially
gratifying. Two hundred miles of rail
road were torn up during the march, and
an enormous amount Of supplies destined
for Lee and Hood destroyed, while un-
counted numbers o. wagons, mules, hor-
ses, and negroes were gathered up and
taken along with the army. All this,
too, with the slightest possible loss to our
side. Truly, Sherman's "raid," as the
rebels affect to call the movement, was a
most thorough and effective one
All apprehensions tor the safety and
success of this great expedition can now
be summariy dismissed. Sherman's in
vincible legions have achieved the most
signal success, and are now in position
of absolute safety. After march Of over
three hundred miles, occupying twenty
eight days, they have succeeded in estab-
fishing firm foothold in the very heart
of the Confederacy, where they will be in
position to strike fatal blow at the re-
bellion when the proper time shall arrive.
Sherman has demonstrated that the Con-
federacy is a mere shell, the which, in
onjunction with our other generals, he
will proceed to smash at his leisure.
-UeH L IhUIuaS dcNleFcu SlSual VIC
tory over Hood at Nashville, on the 18th.
Hood had pushed his columns up to the
very gates of that city, with an eye upon
our stores collected at that point, when
Thomas concluded he had gone about far
enough, and so attacked him. The grand
result can be told in few words Hood
was thoroughly whipped; his army was
routed he lost many wagons. ambulances,
hospital tents, vast amount of supplies
&C., together with forty-nine pieces of ar
,ilery and $4,000 killed, wounded, and
prisoners. Our loss was about 5000
killed and wounded. Having vanquished
the rebel chieftain in fair fight, Thomas
is now putting him to a test of swiftncss
of heels and powers of endurance. lie is
pursuing him most vigorously, and it is
scarcely possible the rebel army will es
! cape, unless it be as broken, disjointed
demoralized mob.
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MUTUAL FIRE

NNH r. LPROTECTION MUTUAL FIRE
Il INSURANCE CO. OF CAMBRIA CO.
Notice is hereby given to the members of said
Company, that the animal election for a
Board of Directors will be held at the office
of A. a. Barker, IN Ebensburg, on the second
MONDAY, the 9Th day of JANUARY, 1865,
between the hours of ten o'clock A. NJ, and
two o'clock p. NJ
D. J. JONES, Secretary.
Ebensburg. Dec Is, 1864.
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TBENSBURG X CRESSON RAIL

FBENSBURG X CRESSON RAIL
Il. ROAD CO.-Notice TO S 0ckholders.-No-
tice is hereby given to the stockholders in the
Ebensburg & Cresson Railroad Company, that
the annual election for President and twelve
Directors of the said Company, will be held
at the office os A. A. Barker, in Ebensburg, On
the second MONDAY, the 9th day of JANU-
AIRY, 1865, between the hours of one and
four o'clock, p. NJ
D. J. JONES, Secretary.
Ebensburg, Dec. Is, 1864.
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THE PITTSBURG COMMERCIAL,

December Is, 1S64-3t.
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GREEN HOUSE
AND BEDDING OUT PLANTS,

Il Respectfully inform the public that have on
Bedding-out Plants, for spring sale. of superior
quality. viz: NERBENAs, DAHIIEs. PEIARaoEr-
uas. PAssKs and RosEs. Also, nne collection
of AsrKR PLANTS. Sc, &c, &c.
selection nay always be found at Randall q
Whitney's, Market square. Orders left there will
be promptly attended TO.
ALBERT DIRwAN6ER, FLORIST
Corner Of North and Montreal Street,
Portland, Me. aprsOtf
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Notice.

VNHE Trustees Of Westbrook Seminary are hereby
Il notified that their Annual Meetin viii be held
ON "Wednesday. the ltth inst, at three O'Clock in
the afternoon, at the Seminary Ruilding in West
brock. for the choice of officers forthe ensuing year
and to transact any other bpsins that may Legally
come before them st sald meeting
GRANVILLE VI. STEVENS.
Secretary Board rrusteos
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From Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.

BROOKLYN. May Q, 1854.
Dr.. y. G. Piumer.-Delr Sir.-Had my Boots been
oorn on me they could not have fitted me better
fney were more comforts BILE the very fret day than
my boots generally are after months Of usage
cannot praise them too highly. They have but
uncomfortable.
by the way, you carried OF my lasts. They were
the right ones. and took them out with my own
hands, and know they fitted Please send them to
me again by express. 1 am very truly,
Your obliged servant, Ii. W. BEECHER.
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Postal Reform.

An Important reform in the internal busi-
ness of his department is proposed by the
Postmaster General Under the existing law,
minute accounts are kept of the postage on
all mailable matter sent aud received, paid or
unpaid, involving the necessity OF employing
many clerks in Postofiices for this particular
purpose, and also in the Office of the Auditor
OF the treasury for the Postofiice Department,
where the accounts of postmasters are exam
ined. Thus, from Boston, New York, Phila-
delphia, Cincinnati and Chcagoxonly five
poslo.fices-fft thousand foios oftranscript
are sent to the Auditor each quarter, the
originals being kept in those Offices. The
whole bulk Of accounts from all the post
offices can be reckoned by tons: and they are
mainly kept for the purpose OF arriving at the
allowance to postmasters, which are estimated
on the amount OF postage collected. So great
is the labor OF auditing them, the accounts of
a postmaster for given quarter eonnot be
adjusted until after the end of the next quar-
ter. As the revenues of the Department are
sufficiently protected by the system Of pre-
payment of postage, by means of stamps, for
which postmasters are held accountable, the
Postmaster General proposes to dispense with
the vast number of accounts now sent in, by
abolishing the system of payment by commits
sions, and establishing fixed salaries for post
masters. These officials will be divided into
five classes, the first to receive not more than
four and not less than three thousand dollars,
and SO on down 10 the fifth, which, from the
business done, affords less than one hundred
dollars. BY increase Of business an office
may be elevated TO higher class thus pre-
senting a stimulant to each officer to do his
duty in every respect.
Congress has not yet acted upon the mat
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MISCELLANEOUS.
PLUMER PATENT BOOTS.
PLUMER PATENT BOOTS.

IItHE above Boots and Shoes are comfortable from
the nrst wearing and require no Breaking In, -
and therefore much more durahle
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AN INCIDENT OF THE BATTLE FIELD.-A
writer in the Congregationalst gives the fol-
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PICTURES. A room with pictures and q
room without pictures differ about as much
as room with windows and a room with
out windows. Nothing is more melancholy,
particularly to person who has to pass much
time in his room, than bleak walls and moth
ing on them; for pictures are loop-holes OF es-
cape for the soul leading TO other scenes and
spheres. 1t is such an inexpressible relief to
person engaged in writing, or even reading,
on locking up, not to have his line of vision
chopped OIL by an odious white wall, but to
find his soul escaping, as it were, through the
frame OF an exquisite picture, to other beau
tiful and, perhaps, heavenly scenes, where the
fancy for moment may revel, refreshed and
delighted. Thus pictures are CONSIDERS of
loneliness; they are relief to a iaded mind
they are windows to the imprisoned thought
they are books they are histories and sermons,
which we can read without the trouble Of turn.
ing over the leaves.
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Thursday Morning, june 9, 1854.
Grant and Little Mac.

The Times draws contrast between Brob-
dignag and Liiput, as follows:
But the great capital point in the improve
ment of our leadership is that the chief leader
is Lieut.. Gen. Grant, and not Major Gen Nc
Clenan. The army under the latter, two years
ago, never fought battle but on the defens-
ire. Not in single instance was 1t allowed
TO assume the offensive. Its business was to
await attack-to hold its ground If it con-
Qnered, to fall back II it were vanquished.
Even when it repelled its foes, and swept in
upon their broken ranks, as 1t did this very
day at Fair Oaks, 1t was not permitted to
TO take advantage OF its success, but was held
in check, though 1t is almost certain, that had
an Immediate pursuit been ordered, according
to the desire OF some of the corps command
ers, Richmond would have been captured
with little or no lighting, All this absurd
system OF carrying through great aggress-
i've campaign on defensive principles, has CIV
en- place to policy as completely the reverse
as can be conceived. ah
1t is a policy of motion, not rest; of at
tack, not defence. Grants dominating ele-
ment is yigor: McClellan's, caution. Grants
disposition is to make the best OF what he
has; McClellan's to worry about what he has
not Grant scorns an excuse: Mcclellan de-
lights in them. Grant has the sublime self
MUS. Without fear, he moves away from bis
base, and cuts clear of 1t altogether, and in
all his strategy and tactics shows an inde-
pendence of book maxims that has character
lied all the greatest commanders. Mcclellan,
although he can put himself on paper with
great deal Of aptomJ, in action invariably
magni6ed danger or difficulty, always shrank
before it, and was never known, in a single
instance, to deviate from the most timid mill
tary methods.
The difference In the mental and moral
constitution Of the two men is perfectly illus
trated in the simple fact that, while 1t has
taken Gen. Grant only twenty-seven days to
reach his present POSITION, through an almost
continuous storm Of battle, and 10 the face Of
line on line OF most elaborate earthworks, it
took Mcclellan over fifty days to reach the
same neighborhood though finding In his way
nothing but the weak works of Yorktown,
defended by a few thousands only, get besieg-
ed for u month; and the works Of Williams
burg, which, in the absence OF Mcclellan,
were rendered untenable by Hooker and
Hancock. after few hours fighting and
which, in fact, might have been turned with
out any fighting at all.
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CITY OF PORTLAND.

NvHE committee on Highways &C.. win receive
Il sealed proposals for furnishing ten thousand
tons Sea Isaud paving stores during the months Of
May June and July-equal quantities each month.
Of said stones--if less than the whole amount-they
will furnish as above Proposals will be received
until June Sd 1854. The committee the right
to reject any all proposals not deemed for thein-
terest ofthe city. Per order.
j. e. DoNNELL. Chairman.
April 18th. 1854. apo do wtd
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uaiue yued,caI Association.

FrHE Twelfth Annual Meeting of this Association
L. will be held at the Common Council C1am Der,
in Portland, on "Wednesday morning. June 10, 1854
q. l.. GooDALE. Secretary.
Portland, May 30. may3ldtd
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THE BOSTON FIRE BRICK
TO SHIP BUILDERS.

p. S. g j. b. HUCKINS,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS. and Wholesale and
~ retail dealers in SHIP TIMBER AHD FLANK.
Have for sale at their Wharf, CENTRAL SQUARE,
East BosroH, 250, 900 Locust and Oak Treendtts,
1000 Hackmdfack kaees, planed Also WHITE OAK
PLANK and TIMBER, CHESTNUT BOARDS and FLANK
WHITE PINE DKcK-PLAsK. &C. Particular at
tention paid to Furnishing OAK Plank BY the Cargo.
mch24 d3m
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Nurse.

nurse.
4 NY one in want of an experienced Nurss. can
IA learn Of one BY addIessing NURSE,
Jnne 4.-eodlw- Portland P.O.
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FRANKLIN AND HIS PAPEB.-Soon after
his establishment in Philadelphia, Franklin
was offered piece for publication in his news
paper. Being very busy, he begged the gen
teman would leave it for consideration. The
next day the author called and asked his opin-
ion of it. "Why. air, replied Franklin, u am
sorry to say 1 think it highly scurrilous and
defamatory. But being at loss, on account
Of my poverty, whether to reject it or not
thought would put 1t to this ksae--at night
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AN INCIDENT OF THE BATTLE ZELDA
writer in the Congregationalst gives the fol-
lowing incident;
Returning we saw a newly opened grave
1t was for Michigan boy of eighteen, who
had been shot down at the side Of his father,
who was a private in the same company.
The father sat beside the grave, carving his
boys name upon rude head board 1t was
his first-born. took him by the hand and
gave him all my heart; offered a prayer, which
Brother Holmes followed with appropriate
words. There was no coffin, but few pieces
of beard were laid In the bottom OF the grave,
between the body and the bare ground
Wrap him in this blanket" said the father,
"it is one his sister sent him. All, me, how
will they bear it at home! What will his poor
mother do! She must have lock of his
hair"
| stopped to cut the lock with my pen
knife, when a soldier came forward with
pair of sissors from bis little housewife p
My heart blessed the Sabbath school child
who had made that timely gift. And so, hav-
ing rendered the last Office Of faith and affec-
tion, we laid the brave boy in bis grave, while
the cannon were still roaring the doom Of
others young and brave whom we had just
left on the field.
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INTERNATIONAL BANK
Special Meeting.

THE stockholders Of this Bank are hereby mott.
ned that Special Meeting will be held at the
Bank on Monday, the 10th day of June, at three
o'clock Z. NJ. toconsder whether they will take any
action In relation TO changing the Bank from its
present charter TO acharter the ationa Bank
ing Law and to determine whether they will ac.
esp. OF the charter ofthe First National Bank OF
ror'and now held by the Directors Of the Interna.
tional Bank.
by Order Of the Directors.
w. II. GOULD, Cashier.
Portland, june 4, 1864. juueseodtd