Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1865-03-08
ROGER 4. PRYOR.


.ae following appeared yesterday in
1 Inc editorial columns OF the N1.5ril n.
.sa1s1ts-. The facts are interesting. though
VERY lngrm-auically told
Genera, Roger :. Pryor reached here
. on Thursday evening, and Immediately
called upon the President. That faaa:
+ 'cns-y iu'uated TO the General that bn
/ was mainly indebted for his Liberation 10
the fact OF his kindness to our wounded
| prisoners in lbe hospitals at Richmond
aud added mas General Grant was NOT nj.
together iayorableto bis passing bis lines
upon return 10 Virginia.
IL seems however, that the President
has directed that be shall be passed throuh
our lines. and he has accordingly le,. tbis
city.
We wsre prese0. with General Pryor
lon s.!Jay, when intel. .gence reached him
lot The execution ot Bsal. at which lie was
very deeply affected Beall was com
rluion with him in 7rfncme7t at For,
Warren, and he had in bis possession his
diary, whi-A ae1unded with religious
sentiment and Ies5 5Eualion TO The fate ,ha.
imVenuel.
General Pryor, like General Lee. doe
not think ,hal the rebel cause IS is tr,rs~,
Is, tu, tLai q victory over Sherman nigh,
turn tie uie @. affairs. AZ any event.
.he ar-ly can sustain i.sei. for a long pc
rod Of time. lie spoke well Of our sol
iiers, and particularly Of our superior
strength in carairy. Referring to priya
lions OF Federal prisoners in the South.
be remarked that the people there we're
frequently driven ,oa dire point flr food
Ills own family ha1 not had meat bu;
once q week, and rs f1r tea and coffee, &c.
they were OUT ot The question. in ihe Vi
c1.'y al armies the people we're much re
duced IN provisions, and the family Of Dr..
Cnnelius Bog le whom hesaw at Gordons
vile in lsa5. were IN that condition n
that tlUe, The rebel army was then mo
wing nor,h TO invade Pennsylvania.
r. The Massachusetts plan Of filling
her quotas from 0l.sida SOURCES is not
new one. So long ago a' March IL l77s,
Gen. Washington wrote 20 James s Bow
ioin, President Of The Council Of Massa
ohusa,ls. rs follows:
"Sl8: 10 gives me iuekpressiEs con
cer1 20 have repeated information from
'he hes; authority. that the committees o.
tle different Gowns and districts 10 vou
state have daserlers from General Bur
Euiue's army and employ them as subsi.
'gtes 10 excuse the personal service oftbg
inhabitants.
lEAt Chattanooga, Tenn. the othei
day, General S.eeimln punished a mer
chant who d.s-ccarded lie challenge ofa
negro soldier, Ly coaf fcl,ing his storc
aad It's contents. and placing nc
gro guard over IL, remarking, If Mr
I.l'clde.d viii not respect the negro sol
der. be shall respect The authority The,
made the negro soldier, ani puts hir
on guard az SUCH"
ESTForney's Press, the organ OF tho Re
pnbleln party in this State declares ths
passage oil the snti-slaTerT amendment T.
be "G F.HEt fv hat aAz party otiet
ri-tg a-s-f 5g7. 3--Hsf ns Ct1gatti5l % Z
q -e9gr.i-W ht'.
lie, the people pouder and reflect
rz-A letter from Col. MuIford, receiv.
pd in Washington, states that prepare
ions ere now completed by which be viii
exchange from five 10 seven thousand pr
.ouers per week.
fzFIl i,said .hat The Conlls-Arywi
,s re-orniref bg Mlxim'll.an during 'ths
nr-ent uo7th. and TIE last sd7ices iron.
7nrlrnd brings re.cr. that France vil
.1 tra sane