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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-03-07
REPORTS FROM THE SOUTH.

REPORTS FROM THE SOUTH.
Especial Dispatch to the New York World !
| WASHINGTON, March "A gentleman Just
arrived from Richmond, with whom | had
the opportunity TO talk to-day, gives me 90
the condition Of affairs 10 that CRY The Sollo"
ing information ::
He says that the military authorities Of that
! city were fully aware Of Butler and >lIpat-
ricd S movements, and were preparing III con.
sequence,
When he left they we're actively engaged IN
terrifying the city, which, he WAS told, was
strong enough TO resist an army OF one
hundred thoussnd strong, whole year IT 1t
was necessary
The great point of attraction At present i
he says .}ohnstons S army, In Georgia. i1t'
fnrce is now larger than at any time since
Longstrect withdrawal from that army nat
withstanding the draft made on II, reinforce
Mnhie
The army Of General Lee has also been
strengthened by the conscrlpflDn, as indeed
have all the various armies "t the con'eueracy
Everybody literally has had TO take up arms:
driven to it as much by az exciting puoc SEN
tlment as hy the conscrlpton laws
Longstreet' 5 army is much larger than when
he retrcated from Knoxville. Gen. McLa"s
whose disohedience to orders, 1t - alleged,
caused the failure in capturing that city was
court martaled tor bis alleged direhcjon .!
duty
Generals Breckinrdge and Buckner arrived
lately in Rchmond en.leavorns to obtain per-
mission from the government Tor an lndepeho
EFT move into Kentucky. 1t was BOT granted.
however. though it will he during the SUMMER
Brig Gen. Gustavus ". Smith has sIgnlhed
to the Kentuckians that he will serve them
Whenever called upon.
The N, Y. Journal of Commerce has come
out in the strongest and most decided manner
against ''abolition and conf cation, and also
the lone tenth plan, . Tor representation from
the states controlled by the military, and the
seizure of the property and extirpatlon OF the
people Of the South,
OF ahont seven hundred passengers, arrived
~ New York from Liverpool, in the British
steamship Pennsylvania we learn that at least
200 came expressly to enlist IN the Federal
army, being attracted by the large bountles'
A captain, one lieutenant, and sixteen Trl-
Yates, belonging to Mississippi regiment
who recently deserted and came within fhe
Federal lines, have been sent to Alexandra,
where it is said they will take the oath OF allie
glance to the .. S.
There is a deficiency in the Q. s. Govern
mont Printing Department Of over s6OO;o0o'
for The Vast f ~cal year.
Tx President Pierce, it IS stated, IS 70 90
the Democratic candidate for .. s SENATOR 70
eI1 the place Of Hon. John ?. Hale, whose
term expires in 1863 ou
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-03-07

@'17 "''S'0 =, ,
At aSt accounts i'o'a r!o'l''" $50 s@'''E 1'*'S
| Teached me protection u '1lS}f a1'"os's 81
Jacksonville Oar cavalry were St'h puTsoiA:E,
,.,rt liz hr;oc;o5 n nrieonors, and had ~,
- z:,h;,, 100 ,,;las II J.,L aou..i1la orcar
many wounded Iankees are at AfSe C!5y' So'4'e
Of ;5e'n severely. About TWO hundred prison
crs have been sent 10 ChatEahooc2a f0T p'<'
sent confinement They ADMIT 0el"g oa01E
whipped, and confess chat their army vas
greatly demorahzad by 1he battle.
M officer informs the Savannah News $'7f
pom aF!es were ".",9''.S a".,, :>el ;SeoTe
j., ''(,J ntor tLax we're n2T more than mile
apart Tie jattle Immediately conluencad,
and f',r q tin'e Was severely contested: @e"e~
f'E OF me a!.kHS @ &c.? r-;,h aroaf -.
pio;tI The steady Ge Of our ne" sI ",,.'l I'!,
1'e" '"s', ',.nr "nf ,"r " y;r chnmbcro n,1~kets
1 so1,, ', hern coyIexnogdent says Of the jout;le
of O|nsfroe
'''Ihe result Of this eioiIous' ncheT9nent o.
our troops may " ne Snn'nJ1 UP 'l"S ,,sano,s ro
nv Ios: IL N''T" h n1,ad one stand Of cnys. Two
cTcl)enf I~ci Narojeon and three fine inch '..ao
GUNS dfteel. hundred stand Of arms, and
vast quantity OF oronannce qu','e @ 'n'>:e' n,a',+
seyepty-five killed and tour hundleo an0 ni'y
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-09-28
COUNTY SCHOOL CONVENTION.

Whereas a majority of the School Direc-
| tors of Clearfield county having petitioned
| the State Superintendent for Convention,
I IN order to raise the Salary OF the County
| Superintendent of Common Schools, there
fore, in accordance with call published in
the county papers by the State Superinten-
dent, the Directors of the several School
Districts of Clearfield county assembled at
the Court House in Clearfield on Tuesday
the 18th day of September, 1864, for the
purpose indicated
The convention being called to order by
josiah r. Reed, upon motion Il. V. Will
son, was elected President, and George b.
Goodlander Secretary.
The convention being organized, the Dis
tricts were called in alphabetical order, when
the following named directors answered to
their names:
Observation-Disclosures Livingston.
CLEARFIELD-R. V. Wilson, K. j. Wal
lace, Michael Kittlebarger, G. b. Goodlan-
der
CovINGToN- Francis Mignot, +. F. Cout-
riet.
FURGUsoN-John r. Straw
GosHEN-Wm Graham, +. X. Shirey,
j. f. Graham.
KNoX-P. A. Rowles, Lewis Erhard
LAwRENCE-JosiahR r. Reed, Milton Nc
Drlue, Joseph w atSOn.
PENN-David I. Sharp, Thomas Dough
erty, VIM. 2. Beck.
UNIoN-Joseph Scofeld, D. f. Bruba-
ker, Matthias Hollopeter. Total-22.
The call of the State Superintendent hav
ing been read by the President, Mr.. Rowles
moved that the Salary of the county Super
intendent be fixed at $1,000, and upon being
seconded, Mr.. Shirey moved to amend it by
making it $1,000
The question recurring upon the amend
ment of Mr.. Shirey; it was lost by the fol-
lowing vote:
YEAs-W Wallace, j. f. Graham, VIM.
Graham, Shirey, Wilson, Ki;tleberger, and
Erhart Total.
NAYs-Livingston, Mignot, Coutriet,
Goodander, Straw, Rowles, Read, Nc
Bride, Watson, Scofeld, Brubaker, Hollo-
peter, Sharp, Beck, and Dougherty. Total.
-l5.
The question recurring on the original mo-
ton to make the Salary $1,000, it was agreed
to by the following vote,
lace, Goodlander, Kettleberger, Straw. VIM.
Graham, Jas. +. Graham, Shirey, Rowles,
Erhart, Watson, Dougherty, Sharp, and
Beck Total-16.
NAYs-Livingston Read, Mcbride, Sco-
field, Brubaker, and Hollopeter. Totals.
The President thereupon declared that
the Salary of the County Superintendent
would be one thousand dollars in the future
On motion of Mr.. Mcbride the Conven-
ton adjourned sine die.
X. v WILSON, President
G. B. GoODLANDER, Secretary.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-09-28
A Grand Scheme to Secure the Election of
George B, Mcclellan.

1t is now clearly understood, that the con-
test for the election of President of the Uni
ted States, SO far as the friends of Geo. B.
| Mcclellan are concerned, is to be conducted
solely by fraud and falsehood. The Chicago
platform is a fraud, because it was prepared
designedly to delude and mislead uninform-
ed and unsuspecting people. Mcclellan s
letter OF acceptance is fraud, because its
object is to draw the wool over the eyes of
the War Democrats and secure their sup
port at the polls. Pendleton's silence is a
fraud, because it is persisted in to save the
peace element. But the greatest of the
frauds contemplated by the Copperheads is
to be held in reserve until its effect for mis-
chief to the country and assistance in the
defeat of Lincoln las the Cops hope and cal
culate) will be beyond counteraction. The
nature of the fraud is of this description
On the eUe Of the Presidential election, the
copperhead leaders uM suddenly spring on
the people q proposition from Jet. Ddris
to the effect that # the people an the free
States elect George b. Mcclellan the soar
tctU at once cease, THE REBELLIOUS STATES
CoVENANTING TO RETURN To THEIR ALE
GLANCE ON THE BASIS OF THE OLD UNION
NAMELY, acith compensation for the Stare
property atread lost, the return Of all freed
men an the Stare States at the time of the ces-
sotion Of hostilities, and the payment Of the
debt incurred by the ,cor, IN common by the
Federal Government.
1t is calculated by the copperheads, that
this proposition will delude the people of
the North into the election of Mcclellan,
with the hope that the war will then end.
This scheme reminds us Of the trick to
which Mcclellan loaned himself on the eve
of the last election for Governor in this
State A few days before that contest Nc
Clellan wrote and issued circular letter ap-
pealing to his friends to support Woodward,
on the plea that his Mcclellan s. political
opinions harmonized with those of Wood
ward 's-when it was well known that Judge
Woodward had pronounced the war to crush
rebellion unholy and unjust-that the slave
States should be allowed to go in peace
and that the Government could not coerce
a State after it had resolved to leave the u
MON. This last trick, to delude the loyal
men of the North, on the plea that the reb-
els will lay down their arms if Mcclellan is
elected President, will fail as did McClellan's
trick to elect Woodward Governor.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-09-28
THE SINEWS OF WAR,

So much has been said by men who write
loosely of financial affairs of the need of rails
ing by taxation alone the revenues necessary
to carry on the war, that many persons have
come to believe finally that such thing is
possible, and to complain of Congress that
the legislation for that purpose has not been
passed. This idea originated with the reb-
ell synpathizing press of England and was
there intended to depreciate our prosperity
by weakening our credit. Here it has been
caught up by Democratic writers for the
purpose of forcing heavier increases of bur-
dens on the people, in order to render the
Administration odious, that the conduct of
the war mi ght thereby lapse into Democrat
ic hands.
Now, it is high time that the people were
made acquainted with the fact that it is not
practicable to support such war as this
has been by revenues raised by taxation
alone. No great Power ever engaged in a
war of vast magnitude without being COM
PEELED to resort to loans England with all her
resources could not have carried on the war
against Russia alone by the aid of revenues
raised by immediate taxation, but having
for allies France, Turkey and Sardinia, her
burdens were lightened. No field of oper-
ations other than Russia could afford par
allel to our war, and if we presume England
undertaking to invade and conquer such an
area as European Russia, with no more pop
ulation than the Southern States had at the
beginning of the war; her debt would have
run up rapidly as ours has done.
This was shown in her struggle with Ma
polean, and even more strikinsly in the Rev
olutionary war in America, in which, though
she had to contend with but three millions
of rude collonists, unframed to war and hav
ing no educated generals, she augmented her
debt enormously. The experiment of all
modern great Powers in wars of magnitude
is the same, and therefore our financial ex-
perience, so far from being peculiar, is quite
usual. We must let posterity bear its share
of the burden of the war instead ofexpecting
the present generation to bear the whole.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-09-28
KEEP TT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.

That the Chicago Convention could not
find time nor heart an any resolution or
speech, to utter one acord against the South
ern Rebellion
Let our brave soldiers in the field, our
mothers and sisters in homes made desolate
by rebel bullets our starving countrymen
in the rebel prisons, and our overburthened
tax PAYERS to sustain war pushed upon the
country by rebellion-remember that Dem
ocracy has no rebuke for Treason and Rebel
lion, and hence is entitled to the support on
ly of traitors and rebels. Friends of the
Union and haters of Rebellion in the Dem
ocratic rarty--break ranks, and come out
from such cabal of treason. 1t is no place
for you.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-09-28
MIST SURMITi

At the opening of the new Club House of
Che Gbare op9 Struck a he EeNnoe of the
Copperhead party for the campaign He
declared that if Mr.. Lincoln is elected, as he
most assuredly will be, it will be REvoLU-
TIoN! There can be but one Interpretation to
such language. A revolt in the North is
threatened if McClellanis is defeated In this
the party is CONSTANT. JEFF. Davis declares
that the majority should not rule, and his
Northern allies make haste to endorse the
doctrine The issue is fairly presented. IF
Mcclellan is elected We will submit: but it
is distinctly understood that, if Mr.. Lincoln
is reelected, the Copperheads must and
SHALL submit The rule must work both
ways
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-09-28
WHO GO FOR MCCLELLAN.

Vallandigham, the traitor goes for Nc
Clelan.
Wall. the notorious New Jersey Copper
head and traitor, is for Mcclellan.
Every man who clammors for peace and
disgraeeful submission to traitors, Is Nc
Clellan man. ;.
Every man who utters the standing lie
that the "Abolitionists" commenced the
war, is for Mcclellan.
Every rebel General, Colonel and Cap
tain. is in favor of the election of George
B. Mcclellan.
Every Knight of the Golden Circle is
for Mcclellan. :,
Every officer who has been dishonorably
dismissed from the army, (for proof of this
YOU can see them In the streets OF Harms
burg. will vote for Mcclellan.
Every contractor who has been detected IN
def:-auding the Government, huzzas tor Nc
Clellan. y
Every deserter from the army is for Nc
Clellan. =
Every man who voted against the law al
lowing the soldier vote, goes for McClei-
Every man interested in the rebel loan,
sncb as the British rebel agent, Augustus
Belmont, of New York, is warm friend
of Mcclellan.
such is the character of the leading sup
porters of Mcclellan.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-09-28
What we MAY Expect.

''The Chicago Platform, says the N. Y.
Times, ''meaDs aid and comfort to the reb-
els-disgrace and dishonor to every Union
soldier, to every loyal man ; and its success
will bring about one of three things, viz lst
An armistice, which viii give the now al:
most exhausted rebellion new lease of life:
or, I'd, peace, which shall acknowledge the
Southern Confederacv or, Sd, cowardly
trucking to the rebellion, which shall trail
our old flag in the dust, at the feet of trai=
tors, and welcome, cap in hand, the chief
rebels to the highest seats in our political
synagogue. Either of these three results
are too terrible to think upon each of them,
in the guise of peace, is only the prelude to
fercer state of civil war -
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-09-28

LIEUT. GEN GRANT in returning to the
army from his brief visit to his family at
Burlington, n. j., was delayed on the road
between Philadelphia and Wilmington by a
railway accident, he locomotive having run
off the track. The disaster might easily
have been foreseen if the railway managers
tive, which was ''Gen. Mcclellan y The
engine could not go ahead properly any more
than its namesake
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-09-28

A dried-up, herring faced. gimlet-eyed
old bachelor says he don't wonder at so many
of the young veterans getting married. He
says one who has faced cannon 8 mouth
and heard thousand of them talk at once,
can never be frightened by woman. The
old dog He ought to be compelled to climb
ashellbark hickory tree.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-09-28

A philosopher relates an anecdote of an
out-at-elbow poet, who by some freak of
fortune came into possession of a five dol
lar bill, he called to lad and said John
ny, my boy, take this William and get it
changed J" ssWhat do you mean by calling
it William?'' inquired the lad why
John, replied the poet. II am not suffi
ciently familiar with it to take the liberty
of calling it Bill. -
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-09-28

A maid-of- all-work, who has been missing
during some time past, has lately been dis
covered; having been found in beer and tea
by her kind mistress.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-09-28

People may say what they will about
country air being so good for EN-, said Mrs.
Partington, ''and how they can fat on it
for my part, think it isowing to the vittles.
Air may do for camomiles and other reptiles
that live on it. But | know that men must
have something more substantialler
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-09-28

The dark lines of the solar spectrum are
considered proof of the existance of an abb
sorbing atmosphere of a low temperature in
that body, or in some of its envelopes
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-09-28

Why is talking with the fingers like a
man who is always changing his opinions?
Because it is specimen of human mute
obtIttu
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-09-28

Ian does not enjoy any immunity from the
chances of life and death. Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-09-28

The waters of the Red Sea appear to be
thirty-two feet higher than the Mediterra-
mean, and the Cult of Mexico is twenty 1.-TWO
feet higher than the Pacific
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-09-28

81 am on the trail of dear, as the fell
low said when he stepped in one Of the. fe
male street sweepers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-08-16
TO PREVENT SICKNESS.
PURIFY THE BLOOD!

NOTHING is more wholesome at this time
IN of year, than a gentle purgative. It will
purify the blood and digestive organs, and ena
blethe system the better to endure the warm
season to come For this purpose. we would
try q box Of Prof. Wundram's Vegetable Pills
or Powders. which have proved SO salutary the
asttWo seasons, to all who tried them:
For sale at most Druggists. See advertise
mant in smother column. ap 30-2m
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-08-16
THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.

Dispatches in the Northern papers this
morning report the Tallahassee still OF the
Northern coast, capturing and burning large
number Of vessels A Captain OF one OF the
captured vessels represents the Tallahassee 10
be from eight hundred to one thousand tons
burthen, and very fast. Her officers; the
captain says, say that they had destroyed
sixteen vessels in thirty hours, and had cap
tured fifty in all.
The Washington Chronicle says: THE
Democratic party is taking emphatic ground
for peace in number of localities We notice
that in several counties in Pennsylvania and
Ohio the conventions have denounced the war
and it's destruction Of lie and property, and
advocate-some an armlst1ce, some The ap-
pointment of peace commissioners, and some
the entire and Immediate cessation OF hostlli-
ties
We understand that petitions are IN clrcu=
lation, in this place, asking Gen. Slough to
prevent the collection Of S tate taxes tor tue
years 1861 2 aud 5, and to prevent the people
being unnecessarily oppressed. The petitions
are said to be numerously signed.
The New York Herald states that the sub
iect of the seizure of ice by the Federal gov
eminent has been seriously discussed all through
that city. 1t is said that the article is becom~
iug very scarce in the Northern market, owing
to the long protracted heated term.
Peaches ran up in market this morning
to 80 cts. per peck-and more. They are sell
ing in Baltimore for 80 cts, per busheIl and
so, in proportion, with other fruits and many
vegetables This is carrying on the game a
leetle too strong.
Freights have advanced on the vessels en-
ployed in the coal trade.
GOLD.
New YORK, Aug. 1s.-Gold, to-day, 1862.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-08-16

ar obituary column, records to-day the
,st6 of Mrs. Grace Reynolds. For many
0s ss,s Mrs. R. occupied considerable space ~
4, H. eve Of the local public. She was leading
.rscter in all the fairs festivals, &c, gotten
8 aid Of the various objects Of popular sup
s IL especially devoting herself to the interests
. III Sun Fire Company which. is indebted,
= orest part, to her exertions, for It's splendid
sasne That company, and the entire city
sre 81 department held Mrs. Reynolds IN high
,stoon. placing her image upon one OF the
ss engines and grazing it with her name.
s ;sbs entire community honored her lndomlble
s snS her irrepressibe spirit and her bouy-
mt ut Good nature. Few pass away amid more
General or more since regrets.
The New York Times (Republican, War,
and Union) has an article deprecating the con-
. auct Of some military commanders, in ordering
. The translucent and exile OF citizens and their
families declares that II is mpolitic and unjust
I and that it is accepting doctrine which plays
INTO the hands Of the Confederates, in the eyes
. of the whole world. The most respectable OF
lis Northern papers, generally take the same
ground
From Indianapolis, under date OF the 10th
inst NE learn that one thousand Conteder-
stas, With two pieces Of artillery, under Col.
johnson, occupied on Wednesday last Morgan
Geld, Ky, aud that this force, in conjunction
With other bodies Of Confederates, numbering
ID the aggregate some two thousand FIVE hun
dred men, vas menacing the border towns OF
Indiana.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-08-16
SPECIAL MOTT G Z.

" l.. MILBURN, DRUGGIST,
Northeast Corner King and Washington Sts,
GIVES NOTICE to the citizens Of Ale1an-
VI dria, that his esta blishment will be open
on Sundays, from this date during the follow
ing named hours From half-past eight TO half
past ten A. NJ hapaSSt three fed to Pa5 past nre
which hours he will be prepared to fiji with
promptness and accuracy all prescriptions
ie 10-2m*
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d BRICKSI!l
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ofBRICKS, Of the best quality, which he Will WI
dispose Of on the most reasonable terms. Or-
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Isl, King street, or at the Brick Kiln, on st.
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