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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-01-02

UsT-On Christmas eve, III or near q store Kep.
! by Jew, named Henry, on Main, near c,rnGr
of 10Th ct, iaiy's gold Neck Chain. A liberal re-
ward will he paid for Is left at the Bakery opposite
the Southern Express Office. il 2-1tb
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-01-02

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VOL. 10.---NO. AZ.
As the End Approaches.


The nearer the Army Of the Potomac ap-
proaches Richmond, the more angry and
resentfUi become the copperhead sympa-
thlZers with treason. The capture OF Rlch-
mond Will be the conquest Of the citadel Of
copperheadism. When the rebel Govern
ment is destroyed the rule of modern De-
mocracy will be at an end. As soon as the
political death Of slavery Is achieved, there
Will be no more preteXtS afforded the leaders
OF the copperhead faction in the North TO
encourage the copSpiracies OF the miserable
arlstocracies i'll the South who have been
living on the breeding of negroes for the
slave pens With the rebellion crushed out;
with the hallucination of Southern military
superiority dispolied by the valor of the
North. with slavery shorn of its political
franchises with the authority of the Ma
tlonal Government fully enforced in all the
States, the Democratic party must cease
to exist. Hence, the rancor and the resent
ment with which the national authorities
are asSailed Just about this time crim-
nal with Il rope about his neck could have
no greater horror Of hemp, than a modern
Democrat has for the action of the soldiers
in the field and tbecivil authorities at home.
The nearerour soldiers approach Richmond,
the Sterner the authorities enforce the laws
of the land, SO in proportion dwindle all that
of traitors. These are significant facts.
1t seems TO have been arranged by the stern
est rules of justice, that slavery, rebellion
and modern Democracy should go down in
to the grave t0gether-should perish in the
identical last ditch The fraud which
animates one, invigorates the other. The
object which induced the adherents of one
to imbrue their hands in the blood of their
countIymen, impeiled the other to aid in
the sanguinary work Nearer and nearer,
then approaches their common Doom They
have forfeited all claims TO pity by having
disregarded all the principles of justice.
They have placed themselves beyond the
pale of mercy by violating all the attributes
Of charity. Invoking war as the means of
increasing and justiiying their crimes, desti-
ny and the God Of war are sternly bringing
both TO an expiation in the worst horrors of
the battle field Nearer and nearer comes
the end. As it approaches, the rage of the
oOpperhead treason Sympathizers illustrates
the dismay OF his armed allies Let us all
rejoice, then, while we dcspise and utterly
condemn this rage, that the end of rebellion
is here, and that the rule Of corrupt Democ-
racy is about to be broken with the chains
that have long enslayed a whole nation
Grant and victory are death to copperhead-
ism, slavery and rebellion l-Telegrdph
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5y the war, swept these men for time into
the counsels OF the Union party. Now
failing to use that party and to peryert it
from It's one high and holy missionoi sdrinq
the CafOn, they deliberately join hands with
others as It's enemies and set about to de-
stroy it. Wendell Philips and George b.
Cheever are the ablest leaders of this class.
Such is the radicalism which rallies around
Fremont to-day. That it is pernicious, IA
natlcal and suicidal in all its tendencies, we
think no sane man who is loyal citizen can
deny. 1t is, IN fact, a false radicalisln.
There is better and truer radicalism-the
radicallsm which invites all true men to as
Slstln saving the L Union OF our fathers from de-
structlon by domestic traitors which re-
CARDS slavery as the chief cause of the war.
and therefore foe to be destroyed by every
constitutional means; hich judiciously
keeps pace with the unfoldings Of public O.
pmlon, neither tagging behind nor rushing
ahead OF 1t; which heeds the wishes of the
people and regards the welfare of the coun-
try and Is not guided by tanaticism which
IS as bind as 1t Is revolutionary and selfish
This Is the radicalism of Abraham Lincoln
and thosewto o hold fast to the Union party; it
Is the radlcalism that wasrepresented at Bal
tlmore; 1t is the radicalism now arrayed with
Grant under the walls of Richmond and it
IS the radlcallsm that will carry this country
through its present trials and once more re-
store to 1t peace, prosperity, and united ma
tlonallty. 1t will do more than this; it will
III the end give freedom to all who are now
III chains, as an act Of naked justice to those
who have assisted TO save the Union, as "a
merited punishment to those who in tt cir
madness and folly attempted to destroy it;
and to remove forever cause Of discussion,
disunion and civil -PttsJluy Gazettc.
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Rarharism of the Rehels

We have from time to time published
the details Of the Fort Pillow massacre, and
the treatment OF Mon prisoners in South
crI prisons. The Committee on the Con
duct OF the War, have just issued from the
Government printing house, bound together
ina small volume, two reports of that COM
mittee, one relating TO the Fort Pillow mas
sacre, and Jhe other TO the condition and
treatment of Union soldiers while held as
prisoners Of war. They show, if any fur
ther evidence was needed, the cruelty, the
brutality, the fiendish hate which slavery
has generated and fostered in the Southern
heart We have here not only a record OF
the atrocities Of Fort Pillow presented i'll a
permanent form. but also the first instance
of Government deliberately undertaking to
stalve to death thousands Of prisoners OF
war; and from pure love Of cruelty, by at
tenuating the lives Of the victims, BY un-
wholesome food, such as dogs would not eat, in
cold, filthy, crowded prisons, without fire
or clothing. They seemed to have been en-.
ulous Of making the starvation Of prisoners
fine art, and conducting in it a scale which
would put to blush the tyrants and mon
sters of mankind One witness in reply to
the committee, who inquired if he was all
the time hungry said
hungry L could eat anything IN the
wo1s that came before us some of the
bo Duld get boxes from the North with
me- Jf different kinds in them and, after
they had picked the meat off, they would
throw the bones away into the spit-boXes
and we would pick the bones out of the spit
boxes and gnaw them over again.
The report of the committee is illustrated
by Autographs from photographs of several
OF the prisoners who seem TO be living skel-
etons, rather than men of flesh and blood
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Our Ability to Meet a Heavy Debt.

The census returns are instructive on this
point In 1850 the value of the sawed and
planed lumber Of this country was SOS, ,521,-
$40; in 1860, $50, 9l2, 2S6; being an increase
of OF per cent The product of the -four
and "rist mills in 1850 was valued at Sl35,-
S97, 500; in 1860, at SOB, IA, 1863, being an
increase also Of 64.2 per cent. TIE value Of
the annual product Of the machine shops,
&c, was in 1850, $27, ,99S, 334 in 1860,
S47, lis, 800 or an increase of 6S per cent.
OF coal; the annual value III 1880 was 81,
49i. l9l against SO, 800, 100 in 1860, or an
increase OF IG9.9 per cent. And so We
might go on Showing by indisputable facts
and figures the marvellous increase of the
national wealth The cash value of the
farms WAS Iiiore than double, being So, 267,-
s79, ,2i5 in 1850, and So, OBS, Ala. 22l in
1850, and the value Of the real estate and
personal property was also more than doub-
led, being 81, l35, 7S0 DDS against Sl6, I59,-
GIG, ,06S. The value of the productive in
dustry of the nation for 1860 was 81, 600
GOO, 900. Admit that before the war closes
the public debt will amount to So, 900, ,000,-
600 on 800, 900, 900 OF this there will be no
interest to pay, and a people that is daily
growing richer can afford to pay $l50,000,-
600 per annum in interest, since that is less
than one percent on its capital wealth, and
considerably less than one per cent of the
value OF its annual production
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4 JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING
"A CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO I'll Il
.,HNSV'ITETTFFDN

BE II YssGired by tie Senate 9nd Horse Of Rep
reseNtaflres 0fthe COn1m0Htcealh Of PeRRSPlUa-
mn in General AsseDlbiy met, That the following
amendments be proposed to the Constitution of
the Commonwealth, in accordance with the pro-
visions of the tenth article thereof:
There shall be additional section to the
third article of the Constitution, be designated
as section four, follows
SECTION Whenever any of the qualified e.
lectors of this Commonwealth shall be in any
tual military service, under requsition fIom the
President of the United States, or by the author
ity of this Comm onwealth such electors may ex
ereise the right of suffrage in all elections by he
citizens under such regulations are, or shall
be, pre- escribed by law, as fully as if they we're
present at their usual place of election"
SECTION 2 There shall be two additional Sec
tions to the eleventh article of the Constitution
to be designated as sections eight, and nine. fol-
lows:
.SEcTIoS s. No bill shall be passed by the Leg
isIature, containing more than one subject, which
shall be clearly expressed in the title, except ap-
preparation bills "
''SECTIoN 9. No bill shall be passed by the Leg
isature granting any powers, or privileges In
any case, where the authority to grant such pow
ers or privileges, has been. or may hereafter be,
conferred upon the Courts of this Commonwealth. ="
HENRY C JOHNSON,
Speaker Of tie Horse Of Representatives..
JOHN PENNEY,
Speaker of the Senate.
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Original 2'oetysl,
For the Raftsman's Journal.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE BULWARK
OF LIBERTY,


Beneath Tire name OF Washington,
To make MN bt3tsh there rises but one -BYRoS
Stay, dearest Bard say ''but one -
Brave Washington has now son,
And LINCOLN is his name
No coHp-ae-etat did he perform
When launched upon the fiery storm
True, honest was his aim.
Poets shall sing, brave LINCOLN
Seers shall shout his praise anon
May Heaven guard his life.
No empire with a tyrant blended
But the great Republic, still defended
Mid anarchy and strife.
America. great still through art,
Men look to thee from every part,
And wish thy strife had ceased;
Numbers would then flock to thy bowers;
Freedom unfurled in all thy towers.
And Mars himself be appeased.
JOHN WILLIAMS, Bryngwyn,
May lst, 1864. Monmouth, England
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DEGISTEK, NOTICE.-Notieeis is herebL

EGISTER'S NOTIEE.-Notice is hereby
ka given, that the following accounts have been
examined and passed by me, and remain fled of
record i'll this office for the inspection of heirs.
Iegatees creditors and all others in any other way
interested and will be presented to the next Or
yhans' Court of Glearfed county, to be held at
the C0Yrt House, in the Borough of ClearfcId
commencing on the Third Monday Of June 1864.
The final account of H. y. Rose, Executor of th e
last VIII of John NJ WeirzcIl, late Of the township
of Bell, in the county of Clearfed, Pa. deed
The final account OF >, J. Wilson. adm illustrator
Of all and singular the goods and chattels. rights
and credits which were of James G. Graham. late
of Bradford township. Clearfed county, deed
The partial account of John ID Thompson and
Josiah w Thompson, Executors of the last VIII
and testament Of Ignatius Th ompson deed.
The account of Francis Pearce and Jacob Pearec
Executors Of the last VIII and testament of Absa-
lom Pcarce sr, of Bradford township. decd
The account of Samuel Sebring. AdninisrratoT
Of ali and singular the goods and chattels. ghts
and credits which were of John Young, late Of
Burnside township, deceased
The account of VIM L. Shaw and Mary Ann
Shaw. administrators of all and singular tn
goods and chattels, rights and credits which were
of Rob- q. Shaw, late of Goshen tp.. dec d.
The account of jeremiah Smeal and Valentine
illegal, administrators Of the estate of David File
gal. late of Morris township, dee d.
The account of Josiah Evans, administrator of
the estate of Asher Cochran, late of Penn town
ship, deceased.
ISAIAH G. BARGER. Register.
Registers Office, May Is, 1864
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Go TO WoRK-The idea of respectable
employment is the rock upon which thou
sands split, aud shipwreck themselves and
all who depend upon them. All employ
ments are respectable that bring honest
gains. The laborer who is willing to do any
thing, is as respectable as the clerk or dap
per store tender. Indeed, the man who is
ready to work whenever wo k offers, what
ever it may be, rather than lay idle and
beg, is a far more respectable man than one
who turns up his nose at hard labor, wcaries
his friends with his complaints that he can
get nothing respectable to do, pockets their
benefactions with thankfulness, and goes on
from day to day, useless, lazy grumbler
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The above Resolution having been agreed to by
a majority of the members of each House, at two
successive sessions of the General Assembly of
This Commonwealth. the proposed amendments
will be submitted to the people for their adop-
ton or rejection on the frst T"eSdag Of
l4nrust, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four, IN accordance with
tbe nrovisiops of the tenth article of the Consti-
tution and the act entitled AN Act prescribing
the time and manner of submitting to the people,
for their approval and ratification or reJeclon
the proposed amendments to the CONSTITUTION:
approved the twenty-third day OF April, enc
thousand eight hundred and sixty four.
ELI SLIFER.
May 4, 1864. Sec y OF commonwealth
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shsnn REWARD Some unknown pcrsor

$IOO E ARP ha sqgs sosaa soaSTa o2d %
TO the house Of the undersigned about the 10Th of
April, 1864, and stolen thcrefrom three webs Of
muslin several blankets. pillow eases. table cloth.
two coats, one bonnet lot Of sugar, soap and
other articles, the above reward will be paid for
the apprehension and conviction of the thief
thieves. or for such information that viii lead to
their conviction MARTIN o. STIRk
New Millpcrt. Nav ! !. 1864 I'm pd.
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A German infidel, at his death, passing
by all his old associates, selected, as hiis ec-
ec,etor, Christian, with whom he had but
very slight acquaintance, thus giving
the highest possible testimony to the
principles of Christianity. by the confidence
he reposed in it,
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The Stuyvesant pear tree, in New York, is
in bloom. This tree was brought from Hol-
land so runs the story, by Governor Petrus
Stuyvesant, in I647, and is, therefore, 2l7
years old-by far the Oldest object placed
by man on New York island that can now
be recognized
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Hans, said a Dutchman to his urchin
son, whom he had Just been thrashing for
swearing at his mother, ''vats dat you re
thinking so wicked bout out in the corner
dere ?" Il ain t thinkin' not You lie,
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A nMINISTR NOTICE.-Letter

a DEMONSTRATORS NOTECE.-Letters
"A of Administration the estate of LansOn
Root. late of Woodward Up, Ciearie!d county,
Penn a. d &c a. having been granted to the under
signed. all persons Indebted 10 said estate
quested to make Immediate payment, and those
having Claims against the same viii present them
duly authenticated for settlement
ISAAC McNEAL
May IL. 1861. Administrator.
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1t is to 'laboring men" that the world
owes all Its progress, the earth its culture,
society its comforts, and cities their glories
of architecture and wealth of art. Frank
lin was a laboring man Fulton was a labor
ing man. General Greene was lab3ring
man; and hundreds of others we might
name, who have shed luster upon learning
and glory upon the country.
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LAFAYETTE-During the Revolution,
Lafayette being in Baltimore, was invited to
a ball. He went, but instead ofjoining the
amusement, as might be expected of young
Frenchman, addressed the ladies thus
Ladies you are very pretty, your ball is very
fine-5ut my soldiers haze no Shjrtsf' The
ball ceased; the ladies went home, and the
next day shirts were prepared for the gal
liant defenders of their country
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The elastic tissue packed within each hoof
of a horse is so folded backward and for
ward, that it would present a surface of four
feet square were it spread out Thus his
limbs and the entire weight Of his body
rest on spring cushions packed in boxes.
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE CoMNoYwEALTH
HARRIsBtRG, APRIL 25. 1864
PeunsvyUani1, ss L do hereby certify that the
foregoing is full. true and correct copy
(SEaT. OF the original Joint Resolution Of the
AITNJ JGeneral Assembly, entitled "A Joint
Resolution proposing certain amendments to the
Constitution" as the same remains on file in this
office.
In testimony whereof. have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the Secretarys Office
10 be affixed, the day and year above written.
ELI SLIFER,
Sscretary of the Commonwealth.
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EXECUTOKS NOTICE.-Letters Testa-
e. mentary on the Estate of jeremiah Smeal
late of Boggs Tp deceased having been, granted
TO the undersigned all persons indebted to said
estate requested to make immediate payment,
and those having claims against the same will
present them duly authenticated for settlement.
NANCY SMEAL Ex'rx.
AUril 81 1864 GIDEON SMEAL. EXT.
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A PRUDENT AMENDMENT.-Gen Wash
ington seldom INDUCED in joke or sar-
casm, but when he did he always made a
decided hit. 1t is related that he was present
in Congress during the debate on the estab-
hshment Of the Federal army, when a mem
Der present offered a resolution limiting the
army to three thousand men, upon which
mendment, providing that no enemy should
crer incade the country acith more than q
thousand soldiers The laughter which en-
sued smothered it.
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THE MODEL
SEWING MACHINE!
THE CHEAPEST IN THE WORLD!
BECAUSE THE BEST!
At Greatly Reduced Prices
HE WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY,

THE WEED SEW ING MACHINE COMPANY,
800 BROADWAY, New YORK.
Manufacture the most perfect Machine for Sewing,
of all kinds ever presented to the American pub
I,e and challenge comparison with any Sewing
Machine made in the United States.
The WEED Machines with all their valuable
improvements, entirely overcome all imperfectlons
They are Superior to all others, for
Family and Manufacturing purposes.
~irurIe in construction durable in all their parts.
and READILY UNDERSTOOD. They have GER
raiIty Of stitch on III kinds of fabrics and are a
dapted to a wide range of work without chanSe
Or adjustment Using all kinds of thread VIII
Hru EeH. BiHd, ElLther BfdId. Tuck, gum,
Corf and ia fact do all kinds of work required
bv Families or Manufacturers. They make the
I;griock SkHiHr SUJrh, which cannot be eXceied
for irmness, elasticity, durability and elegance
II finish
They have Received the highest Pre-
lliums, in every instance, where they have been
exhibited in competition with other machines
We invite ali persons in search of IN instrument
execute any kind of Sewing now done by Ma
rhinery, to inspect them, and 1tz<s sHfe @tey Sc
sprf tie beSI. by proving the WEED before pur-
chasing. The Company being duly licensed, the
Machines are protected against infringements or
litigation
--~=Psrsons at a distance order by mail
reach them safely, and that they will be able to
manage it to their entire satisfaction, with no o.
thcr aid than the printed instructions accompa-
uyins each Machine Every explanation will be
rheerluIly given TO all, whether they wish to pur-
chase not Descriptive circulars, together with
Specimens of Work. win be furnished to all who
desire them, by mail or otherwise.
-g7'ReIiabe Agents Wanted in all localities
u The United States. Canadas, British Provinces,
Cuba Mexico, Central and South America West
India Islands and the Bahama Islands to whom
VIC offer gyrif il,dHceVte,lLr Energetic men will
ani il i paying business, as reliable Sewing Ma
chine, have become necessity in every family
We manufacture great variety Of styles. from
which We give few prices No > Family SO ;
We. , Extra S6J; No :. Half case. SO and 500;
". 4 {. Manufacturing, ); and $50
WEED SEWING MACHINE CO..
BOX 3GlI- -p-G0 500 Broadway, Ny.
New FORK May -. l96i-ly
Thomas Mills CIearfeId. P1.. is regularly
authorized agent for the sale of the " ccd Sew in
Machine. Call aud see the Machine.
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A Lazy boy makes lazy man, just as a
crooked sapling makes crooked tree
Whoever yet saw boy grow UP in idleness
that did not make a shiftless vagabond
when he became man, unless he had for
tune left him to keep up appearance The
great mass of thieves, paupers, and crimi-
mails have come to what they are by being
brought up in idleness. Those who consti-
tute the business part of the community
those who make our great and useful men
were taught to be industrious.
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Isaac can you describe bat p ''Yes
sir; he a flying insect, about the size of a
stopple, has india rubber wings, and shoe
string tail he sees with his eyes shut and
bites like the devil . go to your seat. /
will give YOU the devil after school.
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A minister, putting his hand on a young
urchin's shoulder, exclaimed-''My son,
/ believe the devil has got hold of you. "
Il believe so, too was the reply
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GARRETT Nt;S.-Now in store a large stock Of
u Velvet Brussels. Three-Ply & Ingram Car
petings Oil cloths, Window Shades, etc, etc, all
of the latest patterns and best fabrics which will
be sold at the lowest prices for cash
n r.. Some patterns of my old stock still on
hand; will be sold at Il bargain.
+. T. DELACB0IE
Ne. 81 South Second Street, above Chestnut,
March O. 1861 Philadelphia.
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DENTISTRY ID. T.

nENTISTRY ! DENTISTRY DIR. F.
D NJ MKernan having located at Smiths
Mills fIanesville) Clearield CO., Pa, informs the
citizens Of that place and vicinity that he viii
endeavor to render satisfaction to all who may
favor him with their patronage. Professional
calls to any part of the country promptly attend
ed to- Work done on Nulcanite. Terms moderate.
MnY l |. ls6t SIN. DIR. Z. u. McklERNAN.
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THE Busy -BoDY-He labors without
thanks, talks without credit, lives without
tears, dies without pity-save that some say,
1t was a pity he died no sooner. ~
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DIFFICULT THINGs-Nothing is more
easy than to do mischief; nothing more
difficult than 10 suffer without complain
ing
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1t said a dog in Boston has been nam
ed Quota, because he never seems to be full.