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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
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'", '""" 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
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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 .
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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