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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1864-09-22
From, the Boston Post Of Aag. 1st and Sth.
The 40 Loan.


The official announcement of the pro-
gramme of the new thirty loan has
a good effect on the stock and money
markets. The terms of the loan are ex-
tremely liberal. The secured currency
interest at large, and much larger than
most of the dividends and coupons prom
ised through the stock exchange, and al
together more tempting than the ordina-
ry bond and mortgage security on real es-
tate. The interest is two cents day on
a hundred dollars, and payable balf-year-
ly without the presentation of the treasu
nv notes, and is free from all taxation
The convertible privilege of the loan is
worth from the start at least ten per cent.
in addition to the S2190 which will be
received for the three years interest, and
may be worth twenty per cent. at the
close of the war, or by the maturity of
the treasury notes in August, 1867
This convertible clause as privilege is
chiefly valuable in securing to the hold
ers of the seven -thirties subscription to
the gold.bearing six per cents. of the Uni
ted States at par. The Sub Treasury Off
ces and the National Banks have already
received very handsome subscriptions to
this popular and patriotic loan, and the
more it is talked about and considered,
the more favor it receives. The notes
themselves are being prepared, and will
be ready for delivery within brief peri
od but no loss of interest need be incurr-
ed, as the money can be paid in at once
and the interest will be allowed from the
date of deposit.
There can be no reasonable doubt that
the subscriptions to this loan will now go
on steadily, as well through the interior
of the country as in the great cities of the
seaboard. There are nearly FIVE hundred
National Bank agencie, through the 10y
al States for the distribution Of this loan,
every one of which must feel an immedi-
ate interest in its success. There is an
equal number of local bank corporations
under State system, many of which will
employ portion Of their deposits in the
new treasury notes. The success of the ne
gociation would therefore seem to be dou-
bly, assured first because the terms are
admirably adapted to enlist the employ
ment Of idle money, and then the ascn-
cies for its distribution have been widely
multiplied since the previous popular
loans were taken by the public. Secre
tary Fessendcn has unquestionably es
tablished good financial reputation, and
enlisted large measure of public favor
and sympathy by his adjustment of the
plan of the new loan, and by his business
like explanations in regard to its infu
cnce in preserving the national existence,
without which, all other investments
would shrink in value, if they did not fall
to naught. The experience which the
Secretary has had in the Senate's Finance
Committee will be of great service to
him.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23
Damnable 0utrage-Soldiers Hanging
Democrats by Authority.


On the 7th ult., squad Of soldiers num-
bering between 100 and l50, were sent to
the shoals, in Martin county, Indiana, by
Gen. Hovey, for the purpose of arresting
certain parties suspected OF treason, con-
spiracy, &c.
Soon after their arrival. they arrested
John II. O'Brien, democratic member of
the Legislanre,) Thomas Gormley, J's.
Seibert, ia. returned soldier,) Neal Caul-
field, formerly of this city Jos. Pezeders,
and several others.
After undergoing shameful indignites
at the hands of their captors, Mr.. r'Brien
and some of the others were released, but
Mr.. Cauliield was taken out to the woods
about o'clock p. NJ, and after being in
terrogated as TO his knowledge of arms
having been brought into the Deighbor-
hood, a rope was put around his neck,
and he was actually hung up from tie ilm6
of tree lie soon became insensible and
was let down. After he had sufficiently
recovered to speak, his tormentors again
endeayo ored to force confession from b i'm
of guilt but failing in this, he was again
hungup! Finally he was taken down, and
permitted to have brief respite.
While Mr.. eau ulfield was allowed a
breathing spell, the soldiers put a arope
around the neck Of Mr.. Pezeders and
hung him-letting him down at intervals
TO question him, and each time slapping
him in the face. This Outrage was re
peated three times in his case, after
which, finding that he was an innocent
victim, he was permitted to make his way
home, more dead than alive!
Not yet satisfied with the progress they
had made in ferreting out traitors, the
soldiers again seized Mr.. Caulfeld. th'
night following the circumstances detail
ed aboye-took him out to the woods
where be was confronted by two of Lin
coins infamous detectives, spies, or pimps
who insisted TO the solsicrs that Mr.. c
was q traitor. He was again hung up anC
slapped ia the face, and questioned as Il
the "Sons of Liberty" but denied know
ing anything of the organization. III
begged of his inhuman accusers to shoe
him al once, rather than torture him a.
they were then doing.
After Gen. lIovey's agents had "played
, with their prisoners sufficiently, they wer
: permitted to go; not u single fact or Oil
cumstance having been ascertained I
criminate any of them.
, This, fellow w-countrymen, is the manne
in which peaceable, Union-loying Demo
cratic citizens are treated. If Gen. Hove
does not investigate this case and punis
the actors, he should be held responsible
. for the outrage.
The facts are "a we have stated them
: They are a burning shame aAd 'disgrac
, 10 the men in authority who COUPE
nance them.
, Are citizens thus % be dragged tkroug
: the streets, hung and tortr, ed, at the II
: stigation OF poos miscrsole wretchcs ca
led Government do.eciife., who are |
e bel upon MANKIND? This is ono of th
, pleasant features OF Lincoln and Morton
;. osceu dancY, with llovey at the head {
= The r:,litary. What glorious Cover
t pent we have! How long, oh how lon
/ snall we be blessed with it = Tineenn
o Indiana IFestcrn Sun.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23
A War Like World.

Tho Opmion6 Ndtisnaie, OF recent date
gives this dismal picture Of the present
belligsrent condition Of The world.
n there be dead calm in politics as
well as business, among u.s. it is not the
same in all parts of tho little planet wa
,nhabi,. l'hree-quar,ers of humanity, in
fact, are living in ihe barbarous state o!
var.
There is war ip Poland.
War in Algeria.
War in Tun:s.
War in Mexico. .4
War in the United States.
War In Peru. -
War in New Zealand.
.s War in China and Kachagar.
War in Japan.
War in Afghanislan.
War in twenS countries in Africa.
This is, unfortunately, enough to dis
courage the friends of universal peace, and
who can say they will not meet with still
greater disappointment next year? Italy,
Hungary, Poland, Denmark, and the Sla-
vonia population of Turkey, are not it
must be confessed in the most pscifc
humor, and, to those who study the gen.
eral situation, instead Of eating better.
goes on from day to day getting more and
more complicated.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23

Tnn DUrcu GAR CANAL The prelimi.
nary survey for this important work was
made Sunday, August Z, and the work
itself commenced on the llth of the same
month.
The neck Of land which forms the bend
in the James River at this point, and
through which the canal is cut, is l65
yards across. The excavation is of suffi-
cicnt depth below low water mark to float
the largest gunboats necessary in the seige
operations to be carried on higher up the
river. Upward of fifty thousand cubic
yards of earth-most of it dark blue clay.
which is very difficult to remove-haye
been already excapated by manual pro-
cess alone while the steam hedge en-
gagged in removing the deposits from the
bed OF the canal, and widening its mouth,
does work equal TO about iiftytons per
day.. This work, it must be remembered,
has been done under the frequent and
during tho earlier stages of its progress
the almost incessant shelling Of rebel bat
ferries. From fifty to Eve hundred men
have been employed on the work from
time to time. Present force about two
bundred-all colored.
The entire work, it is expected, will he
complete before December. Major Bald
win is in charge of the military (excava.
ting) force, and Major Mechi in charge of
the en- gineering force.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23

SECESSION VERSES UN1oN NgGRoEs,-A
citizen OF Glasgow, who is at present in
st. Louis, relates a remarkable incident
which attended the late capture of that
place by the rebel brigades under Shelby
and Clark. Among their camp followers
were some dozens of negroes who acted as
cooks, servants TO officers and the like.
and who proiessed as ardent an attach.
ment to rebel principles as their masters
did. After the fall of the place, these
secesh blackamoors hunted up the negro
soldiers who were Included in the cnpiiu-
latlon, and treated them literally TO ieers
and curses, and TO taunts of being mig
ger Yankees" and "Linconites." They
continued this for some time, until one Of
their number, whose malice was of an in
ventive kind, went off and in a>few min
utes brought back large bucket Of white
paint, which he had observed somewhere
in tie town. With this he went to work
thickly daubing the faces of the captiyes,
until he had changed the visages of sew
eral from charcoal black TO an undenia-
ble white color. His fellow scullions as
sisted in the performance with great
alacri,y, and with many yells and outlaws
expressive of their high delight. By the
time they had polished off six or eight of
,he Union darkies they were interrupted
IN their sports by one of Clark's aids and
sent OIL to their legitimate duties.-G
LOUIS hepubReGn, Nov. ii.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23

DIED-In Lawrence township. on the Sth inst,
of Diptheria, Jerome Meek, Of Centre county,
aged about % years.
At mis- residence in this borough, on last Sunday
night, John Mcpherson, Esq, In the 57th year
of his age.
gc-M Many years ago tho deceased was aflict.
ed with cancerous affection on tho face. Hc
then repaired to Philadelphia, where cure, as
was supposed, was effected. But it again made
Its appearance within the last year or SO, and in
such character as to preclude all hope of per-
manent relief His sufcrings were of painfully
distressing character-all Of which were borne
with that uncomplaining patience which SO beau
tifully aAorns the faithful and undoubtng chris
tian. In his death our community loses one Of
its brightest ornaments.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23
The Monster Paine.
ANOTHER INCIDENT IN HIS Apx,NIsrR

ANOTHER INCIDENT IN HIS ADMINISTRATION. |
In oil that has been written upon tho ]
administration Of Gen. Paine in Kentucky |
and Tennessee, il appears that but few of
the transactions that combine to make |
his record so dark with infamy'have been
furnished to The public. Every day some
new fact is brought to light some new
crime is added to the already extensive
catalogue paraded before the people in
Che public prints. We have letter from
Union soldier, u member Of an Illinois
regiment who served under Gen. Paine
at Gallatin. Tennessee, and be writes thai
many incidents, equally revolving 10 the
people Of civilized age, which marked
the official career of Gen. Palma, yet re-
main 10 DO published.
4 In July, 1868, scovtwas sentout from
Galalin, in commando Of the I'd lieutenant
of companyG. l29th Illinois volunteer in
fantry. The soldiers Travelled 10 south
west direction, and ab5ut slteen miles
from the town surrounded citizens
house. and made the husband and father
prisoner while sitting at the dinnerta-
BILE. In spite OF all eatreaiies, the sol
ders carried the man some twenty yards
from the house, and, by orders of the lieu
tenant, in the presence Of his weeping
wife and frightened children, shot him
down, and left the corpse weltering in It's
blood, stretched upon the green sward.-
The lieutenant then drove the wife and
: her three children from their pleasan
homo, and set the house on fire. The
building burned rapidly, and in one orie
half hour, n wife was rendered a widow
and with her fatherless bahes left withou
o shelter-homeless wanderers, and will
hearts full Of sorrow, as an excuse 70
this act, it was claimed that a soldier hat
: been murdered in the neighborhood SOM
> weeks before. When the facts Of thi
: transaction were reported to Gen. Paine
, he remarked: "Served the ID son Q
!; q b=-h right. wish that the lieuteu
1 ant had silled tho man he brought in as
Q prisoner also, so as 20 save me the troubl
Of Going So" jdg
, Subsequent facts hare proved that tn
citizen thus inhumanly shot down wa
not guilty of the crime imputed to hin
), Gen. Paine approved of the outrage, 8
the lieutenant and his soldiers were nc
o even reprimanded for what they ha
: done. They claimed that they were a
o ting under orders of Gen. P, and he ws
alone responsible for the deed. A Uni5
II soldier, a resident Of the State from Is hc
J. Gen. Paine halls, Illinois. assures US tn,
J the above statement is strictly true. I'll
= simple recital OF tie fac.s is a moro sever
comment than any .ning we can offer.
I.oasr.Eit Ry. Journal Nov. 10.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23

WHAT THE PURSE AND SWORD DIp.-The
Hartford Timcs has the following on the
election
A change Of only $4,000 votes in the
States giving Lincoln the smallest major.
itiss would elect Mcclellan. Nor would
the latter, with a fair election, have been
a minority President" either; for more
than 100000 legal voters in Mary land,
tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri and other
States, where bayonets rnled, staid away
from the polls, but would have voted for
Mcclellan in free election.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23

payGen. Mcclellan resigned his COM
mission as Major General in the U. s.
Army on the Sth- instant. (day of cleo
tion, J which was Immediately accepted" !"
says the shoddy organs, and Gen. Sheridan
appointed TO the same rank. But if it
was Immediately" accepted, why was its
reception first denied, at ashington,
and not revealed for more than week
This looks surpicious. 1t is more than
probable that it was kept back in the
hope that Gen. Mcclellan could be in.
duced 10 recall it.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23

Bay VIM, dingell, laborer at one of
the London docks, was last week senten-
ced to two months hard labor for stealing
tory three cigars, valued at Is. and stated
to be the best in England The prisoner
vas once a gentlemen of fortune, and in
four years had squandered a fortune of
eos 900.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23

nG-A recruiting officer in Massacbu-
setts having told some whitc soldiers that
one negro recruit was worth two of them,
was knocked down and thrashed for his
impudence and want of veracity.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23

doss @ I.a.. "A. Nashville, the other day, an ell.
Iury h iaoy iouns note at her gate signed
9y !, a negro boy informing her thai If She
ald no; attend to her own business he
would have her arrested by the guard "
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23

HsS"A st. Louis paper says "there are
not less than 200,00 persons in Missouri
this day who are littlo better than paupers,
not knowing where TO get food to main.
tain them through the winter"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23

CLEARFIELD NURsERY-encourago
- Home industry.-The undersigned having
established a Nursery on the Pike, about hall
way between Clearifeld and Curwensyille boros,
is prepared to furnish all kinds of Fruit trees,
standard and Dwsrf) Evergreens, shrubbery,
Grape Vines, Gooseberries, Lawtgn Blackberry
Strawberry and Raspberry vines. Also Siber1a
Crab trees, Ounce and early scarlet Kheu0arp'
&c. Orders promptly attended to. Address,
j. ID. WRIGHT, Clg1eersrlAs'
sent. Ia. div
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23
From the NeU Haven Register.
Sanitary EXPENSES.

We have received a copy OF the report
Of the Secretary of the Sanitary Commits
sion of the Western Department of the
United States, located at Louisville, Ky,
from Sept l, 1861, 10 JauUrv, 1864. -
The amount collected is put at 1921 ,065
AZ. Of this, there has been expeaded for
the purchase of supplies" S03,592 So
while the expenses of buying and distrib-
uting this aid to the soldiers amounted TO
SlTO,4B SO. of which The sum of $685.
274 II was expended in salaries alone !
From this ii would appear that for every
four dollars distributed for the benefit Of
the soldier, three were taken for the ex-
penses Of getting il 10 him, and nearly as
much in amount as was actually distribu-
ted 10 the various camps was taken from
the fund in salaries for the report does
claim TO have distributed but S4S, ,0l0 GS.
This is charity" with vengeance. This
is the way the money goes, and it is not
much better than stealing. People gen
orally suppose when they give their mon
ey TO help the sick and wounded saldiers
that it goes through the hands of kind
hearted people, direct 10 the camp and
Hospital, without much charge beyond
that of transportation, and that is gener-
Ially donated. They have no idea that any
part of-it goes to fatten the pockets of a
set Of Aminidab Sleeks, who are always
hanging about charitable enterprises.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23

psl~A correspondent of the New York
World gives what purpsvts 10 be the sub
stance of recent conversation between
the French Minister and Mr.. Seward.
The representative of the Emperor N6po-
leon renews the offer of his services in
opening negotiations between the Gov
ernments of Washington and Richmond,
limiting that it is oVr turn to initiate such a
movement. To this Mr.. Seward makes
no direct reapoEse-says he will consult
his master (Lincoln) Invites the French
Minister to call again this week-and
very cordially admitted that the Job" Of
subduing The rebels was much bigger than
he had calculated on at the beginning.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23

Aylt IS no shame to belong to the mi
nority: Noah and his family we're ia the
minority, while the vast majority went io
destruction, pretty much as they are eoip
now. eN
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23

WHEN THE WAR WILL EXD.-Thils the
shoddyites are trying to fool the people
by processing TO favor peace, theyocca-
sionally let slip such items as the follow
ing, cut from the Now York Times, edited
by the chairman of the Republican Ma
tional Committee:
81 try it every way, and cannot cypher
out peace. So long as the North insists
upon subjugating the South il
10y bullets and ballots and so long as the
South resists this subjugaiion, the war
must go on. The Russian war IN Circassia
lasted twenty years. rhe Spaniards end
Moors were at war eight hundred years.
The Moors have been driven ont Of Spain,
and Circassia bas been conquered, the
remnant of the people who refused to
submit to Russia taking refuge with the
Turks. In ten or ttoeaty, or MiHy years,
the Southerners who have not escaped TO
Canada or Europe, may take refuge in
Mexico"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23

WHERE THE MONEY cogs.-On The 4th
instant, the rebels, under Forrest, cap
tured the town Of Johnsonvillo, on the
Tennessee river, including the destruction
Of several gunboats. THIS was depot fol
Federal supplies, the greater portion o
which they destroyed to keep Them from
falling into the hands of tho enemy. The
loss is estimated at six millions of dollars
a TTo'ty good days work, when three
millions more are added TO the daily OK
penses OF the war.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23
From the Greensburg (Pa) Republican, Nov, l6l
Frauds upon Westmoreland Soldiers
Abolition Villalny Exposed.

STATE Of erasylyanid, WeStmoreland Co. SIS.
Before me, Justice of the peace, i n
for said county, personally came lsra el
Myers, of llempfeld township, said coun-
ty, who being duly sworn, says that he is a
member Of CO. B, 9th Penna, Volunteers.
in the military service Of the U S;
that on the day Of the October election, in
1864, be was at the Chester Hospital,
Philadelphia that he remembers distinct
ly that he voted for John l.. Dawson, for
Congress; John Zimmerman, for Proikon-
otary3 Michael G Keener, for Commiss-
ioner, aud believes he voted the full Dem
ocratio ticket that he returned homo on
furlough yesterday 9th November,) and
finds upon an examination Of the poll
book and tally paper returned from said
Hospital TO the prothonotary OF West
mogelqnd county, that he was the only
person from this county who voted there
at said election and that his vote is re-
turned for Smith Fuller for Congress; for
j. r. McAise, James McElroy and
George L. Smith for Assembly, and FOR
others Of the Republican candidates which
said return is false and fraudu 'ent.
(Signed) ISRAEL MYERS.
Sworn to al subscribed this 5th day of
November, 1864 before me.
(Sigred) JonN NJ. LAIRD, j. P. TLs.l
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23

public are hereby caution
~ ed against buyn g'or selling, or in any way
medGling with a certain Raft OF Timber, nov
lying in the woods in Lawrence township mau0
by George AughihbOugh, as the same is my pro-
pcrty.
Nov. 2, 1864 JOSIAH W. THOMPSON
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23

RsJ> There is man named Peck in ST.
Louis who has two and half bushels of
calldren--ten little Pecks.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23
1 F1RM FOR SALE.

VHE subscriber offers for salO on reosonaOls
therms, Farm in Beccaria township ,g,o gss
mhe South of Beccaria Mills, 1t contains rh'
Ia Acres. with Forty Acres cleared, "a
2IY frame Dwelling house, Store house, IN
log Barn, and other out buildings, and growing
Orchard of thriving trees The title is undispu,'
table. For Terms, apply to the under.lgnsa'
in Lawrence township, Cloarfeld county, "a,
sep2I-3m-pd j. r. READ.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23

On OUR TABLs-GOdcy for December, in
oil its elegance and beauty. See prospec
'us In another column.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23

BsSrThe Austrians who boiled an old
been executed.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-23
Tns pnxocnAcY uA. NO CONCESSIONS TO

THE DHMocRAcY HAS NO CONCESSIONS TO
MAKE.-Just now the Shoddy organs arc
eloquent in thsir appeals TO the magma
nimity of the Democrats. We are no
longer "copperhcads, ""sympathizers with
rebels" "secret traitors, worse than trail
tors with arms )" but party Of patriotic
impulses" and whose devotion to the
Union cannot be questioned" Then the
most pathetic appeals are made TO let
l;"by.gones be by-gones," and be Of one
mind, and yield to President Lincoln n
blind and unquestiouing support in all
bis schemes, whether right or wrong. In
short, that the Democrats forget their
own history, igaore the, teachings OF the
fathers of the Republic, their own prlnci-
piles, &c. 90
The Democracy has no concessions to
make. Wherein Mr.. Lincoln does right,
it will approve; as it will as icarlessly
condemn whatever he does wrong.
But these proilers Of Cancellation" are
basely deceptive. They are as treacher-
Gus as sin. Look at the evidence: In
Maryland the Democrats are forced 10 pay
whatever the military fines, may fall short
of Gefraying the expenses Of tho Freed
mans Rest" in that State. Until this,
and all other indignities, are removed
the Democrat who offers to accept the
proffsre6 cancellation" is bassborn
soulless, cringing coward.