Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-02-21

wirn rprronIAL roucnrs.

! bfigauicr tencral Dan tlimann,
formerly Of Pmlipsburg, has been bre-
vetted Maj General for mcritorious
conduct. We wonder on what field
the merit was committed. 1t must
have been during the palmy days OF
"Sam"
"A member belonging 10 the Society
of Friends, was disowncd, at the late
monthly meeting in New York, for
having a Piano in his house. t
Col. John S. Moseby, has rcceived'a
general pass from Gen. Granite tray
ell freely anywhere within the State of
Virginia.
+ The military authorities allowed
thirty negro criminals, to escape from
Libby Prison, Richmond, On the 18th
inst. White men would have been
kept in.
Right Rev. John b. Fitzpatrick,
Catholic Bishop of Boston, died in
that city on the 18th inst, after a
lingering illness, in the SD year ofhis
age. Bishop Fitzpatrick was one of
the finest scholars of the age.
Fred Douglass, the black pet, says
it is piece of impcrtincnce, and his
race arc not going to be insulted, by
those who are ordering the colored
gentlemen to so to work.
The Observation-Disclosures says
he "cdnRot be forced" into the position
that any State is out of the Union |
that was ever in il. Wen see which
whips before long-the government
or Thad
Notwithstanding they have a negro
bureau at Macon, Ga, 500 negroes
died in one week out of a population
of 5000. AboIitionists and freedmen,
are doing their work fast and in an ex-
tinguishing manner.
The Confederate General Mercer.
who has been tried by court martial
on a charge of numbering Union pris-
oners, has been acquitted, and releas-
ed from arrest.
The Vicksburg Herald states that
Gen Wade Hampton and his son,
Capt. Wade Hampton, jr., are stop
ping in that city.
Among those who are engaging
rooms at the watering places for next
summer, there is some anxiety as to
which establishment the hospital
sheets at the recent sale at Fortress
Monroe are used.
Senator Douglas property in Chi
cago increased so much in value dur
ing the war as to pay his debts and
leave large surplus.
A real estate sale, by order of exccu-
tors in New York, on Wednesday.
brought s30S, 400. A nice sum.
The West Virginia House of Dele !
gates have selected Buckhannon, inI
Upshur county, as the permanent
capital of West Virginia.
1t is understood in Washington that ,
the State Department is informed as
TO the exact period of the french .
withdrawal from Mexico.
Chicago is using gas made from
petroleum The light is said TO DC
four times stronger than that made by
coal gas.
Gen. Robert Il. Lee TO the surprise
and chagrin of loyaldom, appeared L
on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washing. {
ton, on Thursday last. lie has beef, /.
summoned to appear before the re- a
club.
The war debt ofthe several counties +
Of this State, according to a report of ,
the congressional committee on that
subject, amounts to over fifty-thrce
millions of dollars This sum would
have purchased, and freed, one fifth
ofthc slaves, and nobody would have 3
been hurt. =
The true English spelling of "sa-
oon' is said to bc-hcss, hay, hell,
louble hoe, hen.
The Secretary Of the Treasury in
orms the public that nearly ali the
hrec cent shinplasters arc redeemed
\ "three cent business" used to bo c
small affair, but now III
$ all that the "grcat government
5 able TO redeem. Y
Colonel Basil Duke, formerly of st.
Louis, is said to be preparing a life of II
General John Morgan.
The wife of the Italian Minister at 7,
Washington has been paid s50, 900 for !, !.
destroyed by u. S. troops II II
lear Matches, Miss, during the war
Bishop Simpson, Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, is in Washington. K
md it is stated he VIII give the Pres.
dent his views on reconstruction. He
lad better follow his legitimate busi- A
less, and quit cheating his employer. e,
A lot OF English Aboltionists have
ent the "divino" Stanton, $4,000 for
he destitute negroes, in this country. F.
low happy the English people must :,
'e, if they have no poor among them. i