'If , l U CLEARFIELD, PA. Wednesday Morning May 15. 18G1. Treason nd Misprison c f Treason. Judge McCandless, in his charge to tho Grand Jury of the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, at Pittsburgh last week, took occasion to di rect the attention of that body to the . .: T... i if .in.nn r,f Tri.n. .on. Quoting tho Constitution, he defin - -d Trenson ngninst the United .State to to "levying war against them, or ndhcr ine to their cnomies, yic'wj them aid and :vmfort," And quoting Judgo Belts of the Southern District of New York, he do fine "giving aid and comfort," to consist 'in furnishing military Bupplies.food.eloth- ing, harbor or concealment, or commwuca liny information to them.' Tho reader will observe from this that if our neighbor, tho editor of the Journal, was trraiitncd beforo either of these judees. on tho charee of Treason to iho Qovernnient, and a espy of hi paper f tho lint inst., was product' J, in which ho announced that there were traitors i. e Seceukinista, in Clearfield among his neighbors his conviction would bo almost certain. IVo'last week said that tho pro duction of proof that the assertion was talse, might save him. That was our im pression. But According to the ubovo opinions, it would not. Judgo McCandless did not stop here, 'tut proceeded to dofino " Misprison of Treason" saying, " Misprison of Treason i the ' concealment ot something tlat ught to be iciealed. Miepriton of Trca- '.ili consists In tho bare knowledge and i onocitiUieLt Of '.reason, without iuwhUm to This interpretation of the act of; .'ongress of J790, is very clear, tho words .f which ro as follows: " If any person J or persons, having knowledge of thecoini .:iiLiion of any of tho otF'.-nres aforesaid, I -hall conceal, and not, us soon ns may be .disclose, and make known tho same to .(he President of tho United Slates, or - oinc one of tho judges thereof, or to tho .President or Governor of a particular State, or some one of thejudges or justic es thereof, such person, on conviction, i. hall bo adjudged guilty of misprison of treason, and shall be imprison id no', ex- .eding seven yearr, and fined, not excoo ..ting one thousand dollars." Tho inclining of this language admit of uo dispute. To he amenable to this law Ot Is not r.oces.wy that tho riclim shall Le .iimilf a. trnitftr ft. in tin mnttpp li'ow ioyal and faithful t.oth Goreinmeht J aim may be, if he is aware of the traitor ous conduct of others, Aud"dos not, as aoou as may be, make known tho i?ame," vieis declared guilty of Misprison of Treason How stands our neighbor with regard to iihis law T To believe his paper, 'our town Js'Xull f " traitors." Ko plhie helween ilhis and " the east " li is so' Many " j m ipathiseis with secessionists." In his pa perof the 1st instant ho outraged the -xuimuriity by puUishing the following -slander : Pthaws inow wiiirn wiY v'ton' imsds ri.ow. !4t is reported, that quite a notnlbrof ttrong ryin fitliiieri with the bouthcrn traiton aro (till in ur inldnt. If tli if be to, they should be euro fill how they czpreta tliolr sentl iwnta, or bo prcpnr ed to take up their abde with their fricndu, u the rennrylvauia bogi'luture at it. U't losiun .aod an ae . defining trcasun in thi. t-'tutc. Tho woids "It is reported," &c, are Hwy conveniently usod to shifi the res ponsibility from tho editor's shoulders. .But it will not avail him ; and until he .furnishes tho naruo of his "reporter" ho iiuust bo held responsible as the sluudor-: jcr fcf his aolghSors ! and subject to prose '.oution for niisprison of treiuson. 2u his 'last issue, howover, hn grows Muorohyld, and makes uscof the following language: -" vraiton there are in oar land and whenev er w. hor.r of aucb, whether they are in the North or th. t-uuib, w. (hall let our reuders kiow who ; they .ro." "Our land" being rather extensive, -this expiession might bo deemed indefi 'Jiile. But as this sentence is taken from a small paragraph in which the editor is making a little personal explanation to his reader, of courte it .can only have a local application. " Our laud " inchnlcs all the states, South as woll as North, and as all mm in tho rieceddd i'tntes 'hvo bocossren- ihts, of course they are all traitors hence -the editor must xxirlainly be speaking -only of his own immediate neighborhood. If he docs and wo are unable To 'put any cthor construction upon his language we ask, in all candor, is not the' editor .confessedly guilty of misprison of treason ? " Waiters," says he, " there are in our lahd." Tliis is a positive declaration, .and,' iftrue, and the editor doclines to " disclose and make known the same to the President" Ac, he is liable to prosecution at any tlmo. He promises to-lothis "readers kr.ow'who they arc." It is due to this community :t not tia j.-linu1! tia ko u-ltlmiit .diilav. Ha h. no right to est such imputations tip- orof almos daily indignities perplra on any of bis follow cituens. But it U ted by the indiscreet Republican, and Ab due to tho Government of tho United oht'mstS' "lon their political oppononU States that he should procoed 'legally ind auy number of threat mado-andthe against the " traitors ie, our land." 'only wonder is that serious difficulties , . , - . JsaT 1 he Post Ofhco at Cbickies, Lan-i eater county, 1 Dd Birch Island, ' Clinton ' .county, are diacontiiuted. , KMMMVaaaaaiM : : . I . ... 4 I A Vile Imputation. We lako the following extract from 'that Soml-occosional half sheet publico tion The Brookvillo Republican: (irlT Excitcrcst in Clearhei-b Tni Com- i-A!cr Called Oct Tub Captaim or tui ia- a t.'vt onmo to Fiant reR the BuiTii tiie CLEARriELn Rtrt'BLicAH i'aht lAi.LY for the Ciio.. "A. we go to press w. liove received th. Clear field Republican, giviua tho important infurino (ion that the Cadolt. of that pluco wore called out, took supper and thin iniircbed. in eouse- aucnee of which, two mm imnteu. m lic.nl, partially forth. Union. This base insinuation agamt tho loyalty iof ,l0 t'ADETs.but bctn ys the prompting ' of a low, vjlo, grovchng spirit anucowaiu ly heart. A stranger himself to tho im pulses that prompt the actions of honor able men, the editor is totally ineopablo of Appreciating such actions in other. Feifeetly awaro that Capt. Lcruine and .his Comnauv were marching from, in jstead of toward him, he may esteem .himself safe from harm, and may thus play the urt ilg with impunity. Hut we t warn him to give tlioso gentlemen a wiuo berth if they live to return after assisting to restore peace to tho country. It is to j only a small portion of them. How is just such men as this editor that tl,9Jthis? What is the cause? lias the appro - country is indebted for its present trouh - hies, and their day of re'.iibution will s'irely come. This is the third Attack made by the Brookvillo Republican upon Capt. 1 orain, and each alike destitute of truth, wit nnd justice, and only betraying the littleness of tho soul that could dictato such el.m ders. Tho difference between the Captain of the Cadets and his men, and this editor, is, that while the former arc willing to sac rifice their comforts and risk their live in tho cause of their country, tho latter remains quietly at horn, impugning and reproaching tho n olive of all good men. The former act, and practically demonstrate their loyally to the Flag of tlieir country, while the latter only boasts of his patriotism, and Insinuates coward- I ' we and treachery to Iho heioes. Header, did you ever know a truly vir- tuous female to boast of her chastity ? Or ;un honest man to be u.way nrochiimin" 1 himself as such? Not at all either caso, is to give rise to A guilty conscience needs And so it is with this editor. ... . . 1 odo so ill suspicion. iio needier, lie must be the personification of cowardice and sell.. ishness. As for ourselves, wo have been laboring for " that Flag " and the ''Whole Union" all our lives, the proof of which may bo found in almost every lino wo have ever written on the subject. Xo adverse sen timent ever escaped our lips or pens, and never shall, our naming n, . ,i i ad our countrymen heeled but we forbear. A .Ht RDEKors RF.iiiT. o oreinioriii- u patriotism iui a vengeanco :'. med tht on Friday last, a delegation of It appears that tho bener.il Govern Eastern gentlemen called upon Governor went, too, is being plundered by uncon . , . , . ... .scionoblc spectators. ) e find tho follow Curtin for permission to pass bodies of Jng ,loatinj; nlnong tho i(cmt, in our . fjoe nsgvoes through Pentisylvnma, on change papers : G.eir way Soutl.waul, which request was met by by an emphatic denial on tho part 01 wig uuvernur. We fenr that this diabolical request i I ... .t... r P ... 1. - I fy UU V I He IU1 ci un uvi ut n nui no iimjr va ppot arterClVll Wai' IK lully inuUgUratetl. i si t nm i s i i n in, An attempt, or plot, is undoubtedly on foot r.ow, among parties who are striving to imito tho negro raco In our midst to acts o His oval y, ail looiung to mo time .. .- , wncn a general insurrection oi tuo biavej shall take place in the SDUlhern States, j 'phis is too Lad. It is on abuso which w hen on indiscriminate butchery of help- culli for correction, immediate and un less women and children, shall be under . conditional. Tho people of Pennsylvc full hradwar "e ffMn--1 or parties maiving tins ritiiijul nt it at Iiq t'A ti on irp.i li li.nu ftt I .iluii'ti li m il liur uiwl uo I, nun lliuf rinv.l'linr . ,. , .... . . Curtin will keep au evo to their ... . u ments. or viva tneir names to the rtubho. . ii lin imili.r llirt nii-i-llinulnnrnil llSVf! a who, under tho circumslonces, h.nvo tk'Ijt to know them tstTln looking over i list of tho volun teer forces, now about being mustered iif to tho United States service, wo notice eight companies, wholly of Irishmen, be sides quite a number in almost every com pany. IMI II Wilt There are also four German coni-iP?1'11 besides quite 11 number of Loth ,. , ,, r.r.giisnineii ana i icncnmcn, 111 wining In .In coi-vi.. fnr tlioir nilnntml i-iinnlrv. those narrow-minded bigots, who but a'tiCSi t0 the character of clothing which 1 nn sevt)raI children wore kihed, and Tew years agosoughttodisfionchiseall our has' been furnished the soldiers. The Jjut twcnty other Persona cro wound naturulizel citizeiu, proclaiming aloud pantalocng arc made of unsponged arniy.01,'.,, . . ., . that "None but Americans should .ul.iur-y.ci-inot. These who -putWiu on . 1 c,temet exists. Amei ica." A friend at our elbow suggests that as our National Capital is in imminent dang er of being sacked by enemies, that Gen eral Scott should bo requested to put " none but Americans on guard." As some of the leaders ol this defunct Amer icanism dwell in our midst, wo hope they will bring the matter before the Commander-in-Chief, and not peril tho peace of tho country any longer. JtarWe have frequontly appealed to our friends to " keep cool," and to avoid, n far as nostihln all eiciuauionts. ditcuss ions and controversies with their political , ,1,11, . to "got their nooks in" on purchuses.con opponents and we aro glad lo bo able to trocta, etc, hut here is a revelation made cay that thus far ou. suggestions have directly over the signature of a rosponsl heen carriod out to the very letter. We bio ruan, which ought to arie.1 the atten 1 .... .1 1.. 1 w 1 IJUVU Ullb aill-UUlf UVi;UIICU. IIC UlU HUTU , . . . - . that n0 Democrat will bo guilty of ony net of disloyally, cither in word or deed. Grand Speculation. j There may bo nothing tcrona, but Tonn-, sylvanin and the General Government are hurt-at least they are "blooding" freely, or men are complaining without just cause. The complaint, have become so general that what at first ere mere in ire Binuaiions acainsi men who jo ining nave now assumeu . iu . I ' 1 1 . 1. I..SA i V' T ,.V"L.:,..!,!" I ".s V"!1 "u " r;,::. : icariui resiiunsiuuuy rei muiik Tho correspondent of the Pittsburg Ii- pakh, writing from Camp Seott, opens a i,r0aihide on the commissariat there, ny i , .... '& contains .Jl....;.. 11...1 Mia .,... I ....... .. ,lie f0iiowina significant advertisement ; Hl.AVKl'.T WAWTnt o!nff to tJ tho miserable quality of tit o half blanked iuruitna ni jiurrinuurg, urn -n iiuinnion in- rnnlrv No. 1. Comnanv A. 13ih lt..ifnnnt. fire mffcring from eold at night, in their quarters.. 1 There are now not less than 2Ti,000 Any good blanket! left at thi "Di.patch Office," troopg nl Washington, rtlt as yet no for will he forwarded at one. for .their relief, my. . ., , . , ... , , ward step South has We taken. It it; rJ' 'T.fZTH !tai n ,,UnU ooI. J'over, that an advanoo in for each is tor a full, thick blanket, and , , . , not lor half hor8eblankets,throu-;h which to lrginia will he ordered without de- the sun could nhino 1 We copy the follow- lay ing from tho J-ACmng Journal of Moudjy: 1 T . i , 11 r . . that those who are now employed at tho Girard Homo called on tho cushior. on Saturday, for their wages, and received 1 nm)p b (ne c,risaUire itcn 0Xi)!Ulsteii in a proper manner V "If so. then v e call oa the members at tins extra session to tnano inimetimtely a jrivjvi j'juwj'iiuiiwii DUillUIUlJb IU nient all cruergen.'ies, so that the treat, ind patriotic State of l'enns) lvania inuy not bo d: graced by having her nons and daughter, of toil, ivho have families do- wnut'Bi on nim, lunira iiwiiy, witu out oos onu tiirco men, was uUserveil going i ; a pittance of their hard earnings. It is out on tho Frederick road from Baltimore, ' Krtolved, That the State of Maryland ear tho duty of our State to foe to it, net on- 'and the fact being communicated lo Gen! ncti"y and anxiously desires the restora lythotour brave volunteers arc properly j Butler, nt the Itefny House, ho despatch- ljon of peace between the belligerent sec clothed and fed, but also that the men ed a scouting party in pursuit, who over-' tions of the country, and the President, and women who are laboring by night and day, for meagre pay, uro paid promptly." "J Micro no money 7' that is a vcty significant question, and it appears theio is not, otherwise the hotel keepers would be paid for furnishiM" subsistence to ill a troops, ana the operatives at tho birard Mouse paid tlieir wages in lull. It Micro- fort, looks very much as if exorbttint- pri- " "." ju .g ..o, In ilmlllirKR tlin NtllM nt'lirnl,r..l inn it threo w ka- lM ue ,,ave f ;,.,,.,;... investigation, without respect to tiersons ; i lor this is a question in which the peoplo 111 lnrS wre ""'''csieu. i mo following, r..A... u. I'll.... ,t... :..i.i.: :. 11 viii an v'li.v. i'miti, ii..io milk l.uuiliu IS notconOncd to llm State: Making it i'uy. "The gentlemen who have tho contracts for sulisistiui; the vol- umeo's oi .uc .-uuie, win uouutiew, soon uuik a tutu Ruiticient to retiro on. The . rations in the regular United Slates Ai my are commuted , at thirty cents per day for each soldier. 1 no contractors m our State 1 receive titty and tidy cent, per day for each . man, ivli.le the rations furnished our vol- unteers are of much inferior quality those furnished tho regular army. to Tho misernblo food which has been dealt out to our volunteers at Columbus, :.:..:.! .1.,.. ..t . .i. . .... IV ID Win., UU. IU.1I illU CU11 1 Itll' LOIS fi(,(n a ( TJie mimhi,r now t ,.o,. , ml u. i, botit 8.00(1. The nrofils. tln.ru. ore. hit dav.must he about S 1.000. TL A large Speculation. "Wc sec it stated in several papers that George Law and others lltllU VOVIIUVl t I.UHVI IllvU ISUllt 11IU VIIJV- Liov enunent ior BUjtjilying the nely raised i cjjl;n w 1111 kva jjvi j'uu x iiiu n i JU L f'JUMl ; eicht cents per pound live weichteiiunl . . ' - . - . . . - ' wjvwnin cvmo j.ri j-oumi mini biaugui- 'ercd. Ity tlio onernlion the contractors , , ,0c.t,i2(JJtt utll, ,)rofit of f(K,o,OUU ! i rhis ik one o tlie Wftyg ,(lje (Jol .PVnmmt is plundeied, aud the Treasury depleted ! i.i..aih5 j.nm.,- fortunes at the expense of Mir tax-iinvew f , ,l 1 w,ll,n U)ll,1,,lllJ unparaneiiMi uio annals ofpatriotism, aro imposing upon ; ihcuinolves onerous taxation, and aro wil ' 1 j ii , ih.ii 1, a . ! ( i l.i.ll a-I, M ru .i . tllfl fPSOUI'COS of tll9 SllllC In llssi-l't I,H more-'supremacy oi incuovcriimcni, iiut May ,.. nt...v. uiiiiiiiiiiicu lilt li CUIldl- I i. .1.. 1 1:1.-.1 :.. .. ., 1 win-not. titnntrunpriiicipieu men enncn- , ion wiemse.ve ui .1 nine i.kc uus ni tueir ' n I expense. We are nt a loss how to stigmatize men who, at this purliciilar juncture, would lako advantage ot patriotism to plunder, They might with great propriety he class- j ed among those who, 011 tho day of gen-' e.al resurrection, would despoil coilins of their silver plates. 1 Ahmv Clotiiiko Ihc coniplsinls m re l. ,,1C clothiiig furnished tho sol- j'erg 's becoming general, and iu some in- iirnii,uiiu 111 DV11115 III-, pointed. Tho cuin of tho Lancaster l-l stances are very iSt;oll correspondent of I prcst makes the following statement : ,' WI.:l. .1. - . .1 . -r i- ...... m.l.. ll.. .1..1 1. l0 IIICUCS too long IWO WtOKS HgO, now . ibnathem that many inches t o short, , and tlioso who remembered tl 16 neat Ills U'rtlSl ill nivilion sl.itto n rw) oltiitn,iAil 4 t.. ...... ... ... ,. v...,., ...i,, intioduc .01. of such customs in the army,1 lapid march tno 1 ..... 1. :. .1.-1 iwniT iui:n is ui'iniu un iiJOHiieu joiui. Thccassinet, too, is absolutely rotten,1 and there is, at tho end of two short iveeKs, scarcely nu untoru pair 01 panta loons in tho reeiments to which they have been supplied. Somo of tho holes arn ingeniously concealed. Tho coats are amiscritiilo excuse lor upper covering. We expect Uncle Samuel has fallen into the hands of sharpers, as usual." We have made all duo allowance for thehuoand cry raised, believing that luu.ch of it originated with parties unable tion ol those who have been awaiting complaint from the proper quarter. V riot t7nion. PftivATEERiyc It is said that three thousand applications for letters of marque 1,.... '.,. n .1.,- liuvw L.vt-11 ujany tivui VIICIIIIB aiuiiui 1 , ... , c. . and many or them from foreign States ; (and three hundred from Charleston. WAR NEWS! IMPORTANT FROM ANNAFOLIS. . It is Impossible for us to give, in detail, the mass ot news nom tuo uinerent parts nf our country in relation to the war : but tIie following will allord some idea of what is doinr and likelv to bo done. Sherman's battery, accotnpaniod by a large forco of Pennsylvania troops, passed tlirougli Baltimore on Friday lust without molestation and reached Washington the same night. Some 1800 Ohio troops, who nnve oeen encamneu at ianco8ier, accoui t -t 1 . T . . panied by a larg? division of I'ennsyLya r.nrt ,1....- i -- A d-ctachnwnt of IubIoi ii troons. undi r 1 ' . IIo. U1,, ra,,e8 Soul" ' I'altiraow, having been ordered there from Annapo- li. On the 8th ins.., in format ion ivach.1 'cd .,,1 i5utlCr that tli Dickinson1 Steam Gun was being removed from liaU' timore toa point on the Ball i more and' Ohio Itnili-niid. wnst of ilm 1tol.iv llmA I whcn a detachment of troops was sent oio the , scnl'" u 10 Tho following i particulars : Baltimore, Mav 8. wagon containing a 8usiicious locking fii'i .u a.. . n II. iiiin uiiiiiJiiu u took the wacon six miles hevond tho Re lay, at llchester. On examination, it was fjund that the box contained Dickinson's steam-gun, which obtained some notoriety here du ring the excitement succeeding the riot of the l'.Uh uit., and ws for a few Lavs in It tho custody of the city authorities was being taken to Harper's Ferry when e ureu. " ,i ,J. .1 J ..... 1 .1 ,!...., ...., . tIlo ,,.1V , .... n. 'oners, or.o of whom wan Dukinson the owner and inventor of the gun, wero sent to Annnpolis. Tho Massachusetts regiment, at the Be lay House have ot laslrtccived their tents and their condition is rendered mueb more coniforlablc. omo troops, with a wittery, wore sent tlii. morning to somo jioint west of the 1 elay House. No acluill fi laing ,JM , ,nk , . , . , . , . . ' ftUny. ,l0'nt' lut """""g ' ho way of M""iMiing, or oui-posi D'hling, took plack at Annapolis as appears by tho fol lowing : Annapolis, May.W. Ab mt midnight a squad of some fifty mounted insurgents fi red on the picket guard at Camp Butler, across the Severn river. Tho guard re turned the liro and about tweuty shots wero exchanged. The garrison regretted that the marauders were not dismounted and made give un account of themselves. Similar squads are roving ahout. Their acts are disavowed by tho citizens. The eyo of Col. Smith is upon them. A sentinel in tho yard was stabbed to day by a prison in citizen's dress. A million dollars io specie passed iiiiimii iur nasuingiou yesteniny. The regiments at Annapolis are to be LUnt'M tntn c.x.ti,.A 4 a I... t : a . J , i" uul . " ,LUl'- ix.d. i iiiunnv w in ini-n inr i tui hum .., .iv.v.i.'. Illlll 'Ut poso. The army ollicers who were in tho service prior to April lt will renew their oath of allegiance, Tho steamer Kill rni h'ull, just arrived from pDrtrrss Monroe, reports several i.,uniliiii,i i',i r',,rt .... i - 1 rUk.? ,,,n ftt im 1 " 1 -OIilfort, under tno tonledorate authorities. A lieuten ant of the U.S. Nav was fuund aboard of one of them. A scrveie gnlc, with rain, is prevailing. Xo change has taken place at Pemaco la but it was thought tho Secessionists ' were gelling ready to open fire upon Fort Pickens, which is Hell Picnnred bran at ( - - - - a rumor is in eireuitiot? . IH 111 CII CUI110I., lliat fllJlltlll' '"' ,'fclll'"t i, n . occurred at Ca ro '111., tho confluence ' "v """u niu Of the Ohio and Mississippi r:vei s where 'bero is a large forco of Federal troops. the rumor ih not credited. A detachment 0f goo Missouri Militia . . . . vus tllU(, l'"oncr. at St. Louis on the 10th inst., by the F'oderal forces. The usIiinidoii-iSWof the;Hth Iws tho fo!- lowina t ii.i ,, t"i 1 1 1 , -j-o to tiwpt wero drawn up 'ehvccn Uo of Lnion volunteers, MOnoS were thrown HIKl tilstola firOil lit h-J'"hih uunsjraiiuis art) now threatened by the mob. The iPrdKwli.il t l,n. .,..;i,i f : . 1 ' McC e and, of Ohio, Maior General of tho ' ' ' ' J ,7 ' . '", '""" osiern Xf:i:. 1-1...: : f.i .iT.- . bulimy I'lviHiun ui 1110 LJiuon. All t OB- torn Pennsylvania is embraced in that liivUinti Tho States of Tennosseo nnd Arkawsag have been withdrawn from the Union since our last. Kentucky has not as yet, but according to Prentico, will. Missouri will most probably link hor dostinr with that of Kentucky. North Carolina is bus ily raising troops for tho Southern Confed eracy, and may no counted out of the Un ion. SLAVE INSURRECTION IN KEN TUCKY. Frankford, Ky., May 10. 1861. Messengers arrived here this iiiorninff saying that three or four hundred negroes had armed themselves and formed into a aly is preparing for war. So is France. Captain has always been a Democrat, and coropnny, and wore committed depreda Prussia is about to contend with Denmark, junfortunotely for thoo who were so e(!er tions ; tliat tho whites undertook to dis- Turkey totters to its base. Bosnia is in in the beginning of the campaign to stamp arm thorn, and that several were killed, arms, Koinn is in its last agonies, and Pol I all Democrats as secessionists, it hnppetu Tho Governor has sent General Buokner and appears to be on tho verge of revolu- that a majority of both officers and prh to ascertain the truth ot tha matter. Lie tion. Tolhiswemay addourowucivil war. tea hold to thosatno political f.utb. Tho military are in Rising Sex, Intl., May 10. 18Ct. Tim lol-L-rnnh onerttor at Patriot. Ind lelegnipha that ho has boen called upon to aid in quelling a negro insurrection, which broke out hist night in Ewen and 3alhtin eountics. in Kentucky. Great fears were toll, as s it was sup - re led or. by s of Kentucky. nosed tho nciMoes were twoorthreo whito citizens of Kentucky '11. a n.A..ln ....a Hnllinlnn nil llw.il titzu to put down tl o robsllion, aiid runners have been sent into indiana foi assistance Captain Wills of this place, who has s company ready for our own State service, I .l ..-.I 1 iL.i ... 1.1 1.:.. 1 lias not yub i uiui inju, I rnnil in Ana. hub luii'iiniiiiit'u unit jio wooiu smiu iiia..'e t""-.-"". 64v-vi n.is ueon ,.. , i.L.uiL.:....! :r...-.i It 1. m,H Inn ..( 1 1,1,.L .1 : MQ iiicii uiiu uniin v j lueii uasiauiiiut, 11 hitu', ed. Tho telegraph line has been down all the morning botween Patriot and Vevay.jtd, on .which a rilled cimiion is tobei, m w arewithout any news from tho hit - cod. 'J ho cairinge for the cun is ' ter piuco. ;t js ujougiit ina line lias i-etn luco. by tho i ..... . cut uy mo iiinurgeuts o prevent me transmiss'ion of the news oi the insur - ration. lllli .UAiUJ.HH I. r.u I I L 1. r.. The action of thislody is looked to .., ... ., i, it e ' well we presume as In- the Secessionists. Tiiere cm ho no doubt, however, that at tion. tho opening of the shwis, a largo major- XVr lCAnETs.-Fort7-nTe C.J.,. ity of the niembeis were in favor of iiiune-j who rwnlly ginduated at West Point diate secession, but. tho rgument tued by iaro at Washington, and have report the general governmJt seems lo have:',llcmi,),v?g rf,l,,.v 'July. They i l . ., . ., , , prove eminently useiul as drill othemfo, wrought agreil change within the last ,,; Pn ;,;,. ,.:,.., ,,", .l few days, which we believe to ho only a chango of policy on thtsir part. They have, however, passed a series of resolutions, all looking to a peacenblo so , . . M ... . . 'o "r troubles, o: which tho fjl- , authorities and people of tho Confedcr- people 1 ato States. Having over and over again, olhciullv and unofficially decided thai they sek uly peace and self dofence,und to be let alone, nnd that they are willing to Ihfow down iho sword tho instant that tho sword now drawn against them shall bo sheathed, the Senators and Dele gates of Maryland do earnestly beseech and implore the President of tho United Stales to accept the olive 'branch which is thus held out to l.im, and in the name of God and humanity to ceaso the un liolv iiud most wretrhed nnd unprofitable strilu it least until the assembling of Congress at Washington shtiU have given timu for tho prevalence of coolcr.aud bet ter counsel. A joint r!ution has been pssl a p.. pointing a committee of four from each house, to proceed at once te ciil! upon President Lincoln, dell'. DavN, nnd the Governors of Pennylvani.t and Virginia, thereby hoping to avert tho calamities of civil war, but looking to a peaceable sep aration of Southern Slates from the Un ion. IMPORTANT FliOM WKSTKIt.V VII. GiNIA. Wiikkmnc, May 10th, 1SC1. The Convention lo form n separate State, west of the Allegln-nies, meet at Washington Hall on Monday. It is ex pected thirty counties will bo rtqiictenlod. The counties are firm for the Union no j ma iter what K.vstern Virginia may do. Two companies of United States troops have been mustered into the service at Wheeling, by M dor Oaken, 1 te of Texas. The United States givornnibiit encour ages tho Union movement in lids section of Virginia. Two thousand Maynard ri fles have been sent here (or that purpose. Hon. John S. Carlisle, tho leadint! spir- it of the I nion movement, is now hoi e, closele;! with prominent men perfecting a schedule for operations Monday's prot.eedii.gs aro expected to bo highly important and iti'.eiesti..g. Th ctlculution i. lo elect a Governor, mem bers of the Legislature, United Stales Sen ators and representatives, and in all other respects act as if it wero a sovereign State. Thirty-three counties aie id ready in the league. Confiscation. A short timo ago a res olution was introduced into the House of Representatives, by Mr. Ball, instructing the Judieiaty Committee to institute cer tain ir.ouiries with reference t tho iiron- crty held in this Statu by Senator Mason, of Virginia, ond to prevent its nlioiiaiioi:, so that in case ollus conviction ot treason it might be confiscated or forfeited. The preamble assumed Mason to be cuilty of treason to tho United States nnd to the Commonwealth of lVnnsylvanii. There can be no doubt of his treason to the Uni ted States, nlthough tho fact has not been, and nniy-nevcr be, judicially oscertAined, But boforo the Legislature takes any oct ion in the elirection of confiscation, it may be well lo consider the following im portant truths : Mr. 'Mason not being a citizen of Penn sylvania, owes no allegienco to the State, and cannot, therefore, commit treason a go inst it. If he is guilty of treason, it has been committed oiwinst tho United States. (The Constitution ot the United States do ! dares that no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture.ex cept during tho life of tho person at tainted. There cm be no encli thine n confiscation ot properly t Idini! to the Constitution. ,,.,, nr . Klll.a frt .w, ... property of non-residents lor treason may cause retaliation, nnd subject Northern citizens owning piopeity at tho South to heavy lo?scs. Tho amount of real and personal ptotrly owned by Northern men nt the South far exceeds Mint liehl l,u Southern men at tho north so that wo would be tho hoaviest losers by introdu- cmP 11,0 pmctico ot confiscation This question should bo considered ami determined , without refcronce to tho par - which lioa given rise to it, no v ofTensivo and deserving of ticular caso punishment Mr.' Mason may bo. Patriot if- Union. . Distress ok Nations. India is the scecs of a desolating famine, after having llltllfiil. lint nflnnhlVn Anil lla.nri.t n gone through desolating rebollion. Aus - tria is on the vergo of bankruptcy, and about to'lose Hungary and enetia. It ; A Novsl and Formidable, 1!attev irhiladelnhiu Lodxor,ofSaturd,i ..i'7. ' os the following: "The present ;un,e ?iJ . condition of the Government ha. out, in mny rcspeots, the resource. of country, to construct arms and batteiu. . wntcu re iniemieu to uo great execu,? ! to tho rebels who menace the t(I . ! permanency of the Federal Governing , The determination to construct tlie Lri 1 c on the I'hiludeli.hia. Vilmint T lilll t 1 tllOTH tllilinnd. ( I f H I fr.. , I I. W , Uyiu Jsnllimorc. Ijns Jed to tiio conMhi tion of a mill oud battery bv I onllrv l.v it.-. t . " uovernuiciii nt me lucomotivo Work.., Jiaiuwin & i o., in tin. city. One of tl, Inna .lilt I'fMTtl I.UJ0liiTa.i.m-. Jtald'vin A to., ni this city. v. ........ .i-ui-irAn ,i sides lianng port hohs ai.ct loon hoUf taring port liohs ai.ct loon hoU . ..... A-aI.-.. A i. ....... I..., I srrang. . . , .i . I.... i. i: . i . - uaou, iu nuuii uo rcu ui nny tn iu "j " nw j v hows m ji.. 'sides or end of the car. In plaw of sl,0, or ihell for the cannon, pieces of lr." pumhed from locomotive boilers willk, i unni H tinuini is iu op JURCcd in l'10"1 ot a loc0"1'" . n".'1 w i'h met, iinsiiie, aimeu vuin ijnime nnes, nndim ";nien to woiit tlie citnuon, there are bull I f,.w more tci rihlo instruments of di. I uncus orgiMiiztHi irom tun young men o( th District of Columbia. This Csiiocul i(,l,,.v wil-1,0 113 ''g'-ed to them imuiedi- - i1114''"' CiMxers or hkino Ku.i.t.n ix W,-. Marshal Saxe, a high uuthority in UC, things, was in I he habit of saying that to kill a man iu battle, the man's weigh in lead must be expended. A Frenk medical aud surgical ga.ettc, publi,hei u Lyons, says this fact was verilied at 6o. furino, oven in the recent great improve ment in firearms, 'iho Austrians Grul 8,41X1,000 rounds, 'i'ho loss of the French and Italians ws 2.000 killed and 10,J wounded. Kach man hit cost "00 roundi1 and every man killed cost 4,2'k) rournli, The weight, of a ball is one 0111,00; thin wo find that it required, on nn avcrngr, 212 pounds of lend to kill a man. If .nt 'f our friends should cot into a mill. tary fight they should feel great comfort in the fact that 700 shots may be tired 11 them before they are hit, and 4, -00 twifori they "r-hulHe oil" the moital cod." Low k'.IU Oniric r, Sntrn -ix k il';i:itii. 'ii is said lo U the intention of Mr. Chas. Smith, in Net York, to coino foiward to the aid of tli country with a irgimcnt of Smiths, lit thinks that (lu re are enough men of that name in New York alone t form nu n tire regiment. The ollicers will all I na med John. l--.Yi.isTMr.NT ion tub War. Governor Curtin hns, ofter correspondence with iln Secretary of War issued the .folloiinj circular to tho colonel of iho Pennvylfi ma regiment, mustered into servii-e for three months, under the first call of tin President : ' Sir:--! have been requested by tin Secretary of War to lot tho regiments nr in ibe Stale's service knoiv.tbat it is "jiro. felled to have all the regiments nlieuVr niusteie I into service which aro not actu ally sent forwaid, re-n;utered intoaervici for three year or timing the war, thouM they be willing to do so." 1 therclori dcom it proper to diicct that you imme diately ascertain the preference of join regiment upon this question, and commu nicate the result for'.hwith to mu. Those who do not desire lo enlist for this additional period can bo formed into ragiments, or bavo such arrangement! I mdn as to enable them to retire with I honor, in accordance with their culiit- went. 1 o-'iii'.oi n-f lain from saying thnt It would nllbrtl mo much pleasure to Fes tin regiments o promptly nnd patrioticsll; offered to iho State give this additions! and more enduring evidence of continued devotion to tlieir country. Very respectfully vours, A. G. CURTIN, Governor nnd Commandor-in-Chicf. 'or the RcpublicM. Clearfield Aifle Company. The Ch-nrfield Rills Comrany, Capt. II. lOanr.x, met at Goshen on ihetith instant, 07 men answered to their names whentli! roll rvas called. Much enthusiasm pre vnilod, and before the meeting adjournal ivS men good and true, were enioRvd anJ 1 raily to march. Tlie Captain put his men through His various military eolutions, until about o'clock, when in consequence, of the rain, they took shelter in the church. Hon KM is li Livergood was called upon and delivered a stirring and patriotic nthlreM. After which, Maj. J. B. Heisey responded to a similar call in a few sensible, praotio nl nnd feeling remarks. Tho best tooling prevailed. L. CjrThe legislature is still in session . having passed what is familiarly called s stay law but as wo have not a copy of '! beforo us, ond aro ignorant of its particu lar featurc-s, we f jrhear to speak of it. If will bo niven to our readois in cur next. They'havo also p.,sod a bill appropri? atinij three millions of dollars to defray the expenses of aiming tho Slate, Ao., making, with tho amount appropriated the regular session, $3,500,000. JiirWe take the fiollowing from tlis ilarrisburg Patriot A- Union of Friday lad: Arrival or Troops. At lo'clock yestef-. day n haudsomo company of stalwart men arrived from Clearfield, accompanied njs, most excellent brass band. The company ' unlor theoommand of J.Oscar Loraine, nnl among the Lieutenants wa noticea Iol,n Big'or, son of ex Governor Biglcr.- t Captain Loraino, if we aro npt much mu; taken, is tho somo man whom u Itcpuuiii can editor in Hi? wild-cat district, a fo weeks ago recommended to bo tarred ana ' feathered, because he was a secessionist. j S hilo tho wild-cat Republican cuitor talking, Captain Loraine perils his life lv actios. Iho nreaumplion is, tuai i
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