Clearfield Republican. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, June 19, 1861, Image 2

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Cl.F.AKrlELD, PA.
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Me(Uy Morning June 19, 1861
One Rieht After Another, Lost.
It Mcrnn as though the present Admin
inflation was paying very littlo respect to
the prescribed limits in our National Con
stitution. Not content with raising Ar
an', and building up ft Navy upon their
responsibility, it is still grasping after
authority net warranted by any law of the
you n try.
The President, seems to tve profited by
the stratagem of Napoleon in lfM, when
he overthrew the Republic of France, by
eusitig the arrest in one night, of nil
leading persons opposed to an imperial
government. The late raid upon the Tel
graph offices, and the seizure of all the
correspondence, in an outrage upon every
nivil right that an American citizen can
fosses.; the appropriation of the private
and social correspondence, by the Gov
ernment would not be endured so meekly
:u we seem lo bear it, by the citin of
any other country.
The government I y pacing laws to es
tablish Telegraph lines, at the same time
required all tho operators to be sworn to
jry,cy and secrecy; in cefforenco to all
correspondence, no eye was to see, and
no ear was to ever hear Whatever corres
pondence was trnnsmitteaty Telegr.iph.
.except the operators and the parties send
',ng and receiving the samo. Wis system
,f secrecy havutg beojieslablkhod ly law,
in adijitio? io henvy peniJtis for its vio
lation, soon pbtnin the confidence of the
i,oMti, n,ld a largo correspondence by
Vis ief-hod has been carried on :n the
Unitod Slate over since tho establish
ment or the Telegraph. Heretofore this
jnode of oorrespondenee hs en lield so
yacred by cue courts of Justice, 1h:it Telo
graphic, despatches were not allowed to be
.offered in evidence, notwithstanding that
l,y resorting to this mode of testimony
ho worst criminals cmiH lnv been cin
yictod, and a great die:k given to coun
terfeiters and bliaipers. What have we
;;o,y those vlw having sworn to uphold
f ho la.-, and protect the citizen in all his
rights, have in u high handed manner
cied all thii kind of correspond jnce
throughout the country, and curried them
to Vahinjron. and beve appointed '
muintion to uxttmjtiu and ow:h.iul Uii
ffi,f,,i.' rrtT.:f,ioiid.ejn.,o, un act that vroulu
overturn the wickedest Tespol ou eurlh.
Tlie next oider we expect toharTrom
'a.s)iin()H will Vo, ordering tho Tost
Masters to open and examine all tho let
ters that nniy be sent lo Iheir rospectiva
oilict.s, and if nothing i'nlitiou or traitor
ous, can bo found therein, they will lo
requited to mad .thorn to tho proper party
According to direction ". hut it otherwise
iiioy must bo ent to the inquisition t
vVashington. If the Administration has
a right t,0 seize and examine a correspon.
flencoby Telegraph ; they.havo tho same
right to upproprifltp all correspondence
(.HU'fieJ oji by letter. If they have no
fight to dp the latter, there can be no au
thority to do the former, yet wo know,
jhey have done this.
VYe confess that we are jropared Cor
anything that may eoaeuate fram V.rasJ
ngton thouc timos ; if nil order be made
Joday tomorrow 'it will le counterman-
,de,d. )ur rcA'1-'' 'o oonbt recol.ect,
few wks ngo tho war department noti
fiod the several Governor of the slates
raising volunteers for the war, that they
houjd appoint no officers, except those
who rre graduates of West Toint or had
py exie;iWfM)0,.iime versed in militnry
affairs. Yet :i fle face of this order,
Jen. Cameron has smon .appointed three
Jirigadior Generals and one Otlonel, from
his Male in tho regular army, who know
jio more about military tactic, than a
naniet docs alout Greek. Neither of
them have ever distinguished themselves,
except in the art of political Knavery, and
jn this particular they are tho peers of
any set of men in our itate.
4s an pyjdenco of this inconipctenry we
jiecd -irty refer our reader to the mur
-ct of our soldiers, near Fori Monroe.
A fow more sbcli demonstrations will no
doubt, bring a li'tlo more system out of
tcliaos. ;
.The Administration should now reward I
(fieo. Pcavcc by appointing bini to a For
,ign 'Mission. He may be better fitted
for tliai duty, than to command soldiers
to becoui.e food for cannon and inutkets.
But as flu) pat out head of our Govern
nient oxAiiils a like incaacity, it can
acarcely boexj eotad that their appoint
es possess any belter qualification for
kharging theiiJ dutks toward the citi
aej) and the ovpnmnt thin they do
jtlnmifj.oive.
A SLAk jN-tnii'FAcc.-.Mr. Lincoln hav
ing appointed that "anti-slavery God"
JUar.k UepuMioap, Auon Burlingame,
Minister to AusUia, (aids himself in a
in,osa of tr-mble. The Emperor ha om
ht;ly refused to reciovu hiiu as such,
and the 'President hi sant.fov him lo
him home, and hn.iv A hi..m.,!,. 1.1, 1. it. fwnmii J
" V '" '.
"Sot JHWtakes, but FcU." That'i So.
i ;i,j.,.r .-..r wuv Pn us fits
; in hi. last'Lii after Promlin vnluntari-
lv to l t us ioue, But of this wowil'.not
i.....i,.in fn.- b. nftoini.tin" to draw ii
nict.re of us ho l..u portrayed bluiaJf
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and hn prrty eo 'admirably, that we can .
not help but feel good. In his Ue of
the 12th, ho treat upon fact, some
which we copy for the tienetitor our read-,
ers, Hear him:
"41'rKtory informj 13, tmt eiglity o,U yean sjjo,
a band ol int'i'iiir.iiit men ettablUhrd a itovern-
UnJer a Conttilutiun tne like of which
was unknono. It wa an inlruiralilo "inucluoe
ilid iti work well, n nli miMTtreJ tho very pur
pone fur which it wui iloi(,-neJ. In tb courie
t .I.... knutii-.i. .mud atarli.tnil. la.r.i.llll Pltlll
mence.l running this "luachide" for ttifinh pur -
poirs alone '.
This is a true and faithful saying,
but
here he drcps "facts" and assumes fiotion,
and speaks of Mr. Huchanan, full treas
ury, "A millions of debts, but fails to stato
that all this wus caused by the Itlack Ko-
nnblicans cnacti the Tariff of lt7. and
t
thereby depleting the Treasury at the rate
01 .0 minions ui.iiu.iiij, he bej'mg. Siud. men should rather ex..
his doleful story, by refering to H'o roL. Lta our sympathy and pity, than our con
bings of Forts, Arsenals, Mints, and lndi-teMvU hvu.MM o Uieir inherent weak
an liond?. but fails to notU-o wveral ... 1lf.,11,,.. j,n,,u PV.,.P
things that have happened long since,
iuch as tho burning of ships, dick -yards,
and Arsenals, by the supreme authority of
Abraham Lineoln, and after citing a num
ber of "old caes" Attorney like, he clos
es up by saying, "and numerous other
swindles followed in the train, and by
which, the government was swindled o'it
of millions of dolbir. These rascalities
being brought to the notice of Ihejieople,
they at onco determined to make a change
and rsniedy thewils. Accordingly, they
ejected a new "F.nginecr" to run tho
"maclMM," who proceeded to turn these
thieves and rebel out of the positions
they had so long held in the government." j and tho several election houses in the dif
Tho 'train" alluded to abovo is a. hard ferent township and boroughs, as the
hit at Mr. Lincoln & co. anJ our State j places, for holding tho Friniary Election,
Authorities, but as the rascalities' of this
train' have net all teen e.vjoscd yet, and
are under investigation, wo will siyvery
little about the matter until we h.-ar from
the committee. In the mean time we
think the "people" are about satisfied
with tho "new Kngiueer," and that tho
''machine" will soon be stopped, orend in
Iespotisin. The "people" of our govern
ment today find themselves surrounded
with the same kind of nun alluded to in
tho X chapter of Luke, and the latter
clauso of tho 20th verse; and would no
doubt be glad to have the old "Engineer"
at the "Machine" again, or in the hands
of those who run it previous to the advent
of Black Kepublicanism, which is now
"running" it with 2"i0,000 soldiers and a
million of dollars per day similar to Na
poleon's French system of government en
gineering. The great Ship of Stato has in
less than throe months, been turn from
her Democrat k: Moorings, nnd lundod up-
out JicluiMiiati, sails, or rudder, and if i.ot
soon ovei hauled and righted, will goto
pieces upon tho rock of Auarchv and
lesiounn. Thcso aro "not mistakes, but
facts."
The Telegraph Raid.
When 1'rciidi'iit Lincoln JLvo. conceived
the grand idea of seizing tho Telegraph
Dispatches, and tho appointment of an
Inquisition tit Washington to examine
them, little did thry supposo that they
were making a raid upou their own 'i'els.'
It appears that lh attack upon Fort
Sumpter was caused by a Telegraphic de.
spatch sent to Charleston by James K.
Harvey, a Washington Correspondent of
tlxs riiiladelphin Xorth American, New
York Tribune nd a number of other Itlack
Republican jiupets, and was recently ap
pointed Minister to l'ortugal. Mr. Har
vey being in confidence of tho Adminis
tration, telegraphed to the Charlcstonians
that tho Government were about to ra-in.
force Fort Sumpter, honce the precipitate
attack. It is a pity that Mr. Harvey is
not a Loco Foeo the larceny of the tele
graphic dispatches was done to catch some
Dis-union democrats.
Our reader no doubt reccollect, that
during tho celebrated "Banks" Congress,
ilte first Congress tho lUack iKf jiublicajjs
-ever controlled nsKuch, a corruption com-
Uniiiee was appointed, for the purpose of
cxjpelliiig'Democratic mcmVters lor bribery
and corruption, but (lie result was that
one of iflheir own memlicr was expelled,
two resigned, and tuo Lad a -vote-of .cen
sure passed upon them, hut nary a Demo
crat was caught. The Telegraph raid,
and the inquisition, like the omiption
committoe, nreturning their gun upon
themselves.
MtRVLAMI F.I.Kl'TIO.N.
Maryland on Thursday,
The election in
fur numbers of
Congress, resulted largely in favor of tho
Union candidate. The Union majority in
the Slate will probably reach 40,1X10- The
head and front of tho Baltimore Plug Ug
lies, Kip Kips, and Kopublicans Heury
Winlor Davis, has boen defeated by Uon
ry May, Democrat, by over 2000 majority
Davis has held a scat in Congrcns for four
years post, S3cu,-ed by fraud and violon ce, 1
but the city being occupied by the Fodor-
n I rrirno i,na rtiioil I i.iiiu' rniAnfld 4 a R
v" ' w
elsewhere for safety ; hence his defeat'
IIo. Georob M. DiiiM. This distin
guished Pennsylvaniiin, formerly
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President, and lately Ministerto .England,
has returned to his home in Philadelphia.!
A public reception was given to him ou
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rnday Jast. 1 bough doprecating the.
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conn i won ot His country upon his return
- .v. w,,.,,..,, u
v inju.
Extreme.
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n seems to no mo misiortuue, or umay
Lo u blessing, tlmv in every well regulated
immunity, there ara those, who powes
more x tutatwisrn than KeP.gion anu, con
i". Rr or zealous than Patriot- one person from their precinct to not as a
to This scetv I, r,.i nf .ome in member of the Democratic Standing Corns
' etrr.i to bo the Tate of ome in- ...
divides in Ihi. locality. We heard thenittee for the en.umg year; to.le counted
ofVlmark mado a to days i.go, by or.o
our Letter A ;o. i Uiristians ! thaiinere
iir Inlipr A n. 1 fM,ii.iin- llmtlhprfil
Wl IIICII HI 111 In unn, u
11 uit j iio uujniicro eiio, wmuu
r .i. 1 . , 1.1 i.
hung, and they ought to be hung !
A our lans nllo-v no i,r.nn to be huiiL'
excepting murderers, the reuder
would;
110 doubt like to know what new crime
has been invented lale.y, lo reijuira Mi
extrewo uuiAsures. We will tell ) ou read
er. It is for cxerui?ing and claiiuiug but
moaerate.y, mat imie. nut
Constitutional rigM, 'fHli HtttPOM
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It is well n thM times that this indi'
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j I IMUIIt (VUf.Af'V UUt s 'JJ l.lllO I'VfcuiWM
miWj, u. cxc..,,t j jj, Church to whicli
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get in possession of Constitutional power,
our rights irould melt away, like snow be
fore an April sun ; and the days of Kobes-
pieriu would be reenacted in this hind of
Constitutioni.1 l iberty with a will, worthy
of a belter cause.
Meeting of the Democratic Standing
Committee,
I At a meeting of the Democratic Stand
iii Committee, hi Id Juno HUh, 1801, at
the ottice of tho Chaiimnn, Gko. F. Vois
was elected .Secretary
On motion, tke 2J XUanlai U August nest,
at 1 o'clock p. m., was fixed as the time,
Itesolutiotisin regard to a change in the
manner of making nominations were then
offered, and tho further consideration of
them postponed until the next meeting ol
the committee is follows :
ItfuJreJ, That the Democratic Standing
Commit ten consider the present inodo of
nominating candidates to bo imperfect,
cud that some modification should be
made therein and in the pnrly rules.
Jtetolvnl, That the Standing Committee
suggest to the Democracy of Clearjeld
county the following plan ;
1st. No person shall be considered a
caudidato for any county otlice unless his
name wlmll have been published among
Iho lht of candidates for the oflico for
which ho solicits tho suffrages of the
Democratic voters, in the Democratic pa
per published in tho county, at least two
weeks prior to the primary election,
2nd, At a certain time and place to lo
fixed by lh annual county Convention,
the Coninvittf-o of Vigilance in the
i.lrnllon i.K-o'in;!. nil nil oondilct the pfl-
niaiy election, at which time they shall
receive the ballots of known members of
the Democratic party, nnd in case of chal
lenge or of pel sons voting on ago shall re
ceive the ballots of such persons as will 011
their honor, declare that they w ill vo'o for
all persons w ho may bo nominated by the
Democratic party, for the oilier for which
they may be nominated, at the ensuing
I election ; they shall keep a list of voters
and a correct ticcouut of all votes cast for
I the respective candidates, which they
shall certify under their hands, and lav
ing directed them to to tho Chairman of
tho County Convention deliver them to
the delegates elected at said election us
delegates to tho anrual county Conven
tion.
3d, At Iho time fixed for the holding of
the primary election each voter shall be
entitled to cast one ballot for every coun
ty officer to bo elected at tho next sueoee
ding election, and also to vote for persons
a delegates to the annual Convention.
4th, The delegates elected to the annu
al county Convention, when assembled
and organised, shall proceed to examine
and count the rotes cvt at the last
precding primary election, and whenover
any person who shall have been regularly
announced as a candidate, shall have re
ceived a majority of all tho voles carf,
such person shall bo declared tho nomi
nee of the party but when, and as often
as it appear that no person shall have re
ceived a majority of all the votes cast for
any 0110 or more oflico tho delegates shall
proceed lo elect from among (hose voted
for at the primary election for any office,
a nominee or nominees for said office.-1
Tho delegates from each i.rcl or !
tho event of but cue deleuote attending I
Irom any precinct then that dclcgatol
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should be entitled to vote i-Jra voce for a
nominee, the vote of such delegato or del
egates to be counted oqual to the number
or Democratic voters in tma precinct to
be ascertained by taking the lowest vole
cast for any Democratic nomino at tho
hut proceeding general election. In case
no candidate shall havo received a majori
ty the lowst candidate tJiali fco dropped, ,
ad tho balloting confined to those haying j
higher Votes ! Mid llmson onnb anncntsivA
! ballot uutnJ aomo nna sh.ull La.Ai(vd a i
wcie a number or nien in this town. lJ0io,-ku",l-t'"
t .a . . t
n,o; -iin . hr.,i,CttllOD,tMu 18 WllOijy UJKivlMclV a flP.
wiiyvn.j n ju uiuuiv wa. .niiu ou:iu
then bedechrexltLeHominee. Should an
..Wtinn nf i,u.;.,i i. .,ii.i ,i I
... .v t-..v. nouva.coKv. ......
Ilie convention determine it Should
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bo referred bock to the voters, the
vention shall appoint a lime and fl
holding a new election, tot less th it
aco for
cot less than icv-
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en oor moro than twelve Hays distant,
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and shall adtourii for a period not xccnV
. i :. .u
u.B tu . lU0 return, ana
aae iioiDinanous. ,
I 4th, The delegate rhon so assembled
tl 1 I 1 A...rtAj I r
,niui appommoiegaies nu "
, District and State Convention, and at
tho.r option instruct ueu cl'.legates anu
conierecs, anu eacn uciegauun buhu
of,'"" y '"""J,
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flu, l no owii.aing oomiiiiuee sunn -
hum nouer to h 11 vacancies
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to aiinoinl uoiniintiees 01 iKiiancc. r.nu
i
j''ve ,u n,"Hl supervision oi party a.-
mir.
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ftw, mat Whrequesi ine uunio-
iciatic volers in each townsiiip to select at
tho uext primar' ejection two tclcgates
to meet mu-.Mur delegates at Cleariirld on
tho 4th Jlombiy or September, ISC1, at C
o'clock JAM., to take into consideration
1 iiiu iiroiirit'.iv m wuKiiii? niiv cumuli's, wiju
t0 kuH, changes as tlii-y may deem
nroner in the mod e of nomimitina candi -
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dates and in tho rules of the party.
:T."TC"'Zrn
In mnli.m Mia J iimntllliu, n.i flin. I tft
I lllvvb ItIV IHV D1IIC I'tlkVU VI wj v
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.luiy i.ext. 'it il o clock, a. in.
I. J. CHANS, Chm'n.
Georhf. F. VoAS.Sec'y.
Vigilance Committee-
Bloom David Chilson, Adam Weaver,
Jacob Zilyox
Boccana Win It. iJickenson, Samuel
II. lleinmau, Christ. Groom.
Bell James Savage, Henry McGhee,
Jacob Campbell.
Boggs Uolaud Faust, l'hilip Miller,
Job 11 W. Keyler.
Bruul'oid Mathew Forcee, Edward
Dale, Benj. Knep.
Brady J. Lever Flegal, Dr. Geo. Wil
son, Jacob Koontz, Sr.
Burnside John Jving of lieeuer, Will
iam King of John, Olhcll Smead.
Clearfield Bo. James L. Morgan, Fran
cis Short, Dr. It. . Wilson.
Chest Thomas Garllcy, Wm W. Wor
rell, John Smead.
Curwensvillo Bo. Lewis C. Bloom,
John McNaul, Lewis M. Laprtc.
Covingfoti Y. F. Coudriet, John Uriel
Juo. J. l'ickard.
Dtcatur John Hughes. John Shaw,
B. C. Bowman.
Ferguson Cortes Bell, Joirin A. Kowles,
David A. Wise.
Fox James McClelland.
tiirard Dr. J. W. Fuller, Leon Coudrict
George W. Sleever.
(.ioslien .1. II. Miaw, laac iirauain, r..
H. Livcrgood.
Gui-lich loseph Fry, John S. McKei
11. in, John Jordan.
Graham Levi IJ abler, Bazil Crowell,
William Wilhelm.
Huston D. Tyler, Geo. Morgan, Philip
Havener.
Jordon David W. Wise, l'atiick Gilli-
gan, Koiicrt I'atterson. .11.
Kariliaus lieorgo uecKcii'iorn, donn
G. Hall, Kvre l'il.i.
Knox David Krehard, lluiiry Shugarts
William Sloss
Lawrence Samuel Shallner, Wm.
Heed, James Mctilaughiiti.
Lumle: City Bo. Joseph U Kirbry,
Anthoi-y llile, John McDivit.
Morris John B. Kyler, Moses Jon.
ning, George Hoover.
New Washington Wo. John M- tutn
mings. Dr. G. W, Stewart..). K. McMurry.
Tike Isaac t.'aldwcll, t-'.li Bloom, liobt.
W. McNaul.
l'enn Ross Hoover, Grier Bell, Jr.,
Thomas Dougherty.
Woodward -Tho. Kendenon, Austin
Kline, Win Alexander.
Union David Welly, John P. Dale,
Horace Courtney.
Capt. J. 0. Loraine.
It affords us Aiuch pleasuc lo be able
to state now ufter being possessed of all
th' facts in tho cast, that the rumored
arrest of this geu'lenian at Harrisburg on
the charge of treason, and which we brief
ly noticed in our last issue, had scarcely
the shiulow of a foundation. The facts,
obtained from the highest source, and
from persons who were present at the
time when tho alleged criminal language
should have been used, are briefly these:
I A conversation took place At tho dinner
table at tho U. S. Hotel, ami agsin renew
ed in front of the hotul, in which a gent
ihiaian remarked that "tho object of this
war was lo svipeout slaTery." To which
Capt. Loraino replied that "if that was
the fact he was in the wrong place; that
ho was not opposod to slavery; that he was
here with a company In defence and sup
port of tho Union, the Constitution and the
laws, and that he was ready to avengo any
insult to the star and stripes, come fiom
whatever quarter it might; but that if
this war was tor (he extermination of sla
very, he wanted to know it, as in that
case ho would never draw a trigger."
Thcso may not bo precisely th words j
used but certainly their S'ji.tae.
Tho information was made by &pt.
McDonald, of one of the KlklMcKean
companies not from any thing he knew
or lw.d ,limslf' . "ported
to "' othfrt- o warrant was issued,
nd no fu, t"er red'" bad, although
'very ellort was made and is still ronkwia
iy Capt. Loraine and his friends, to have
a thorough Mvcst'igitt1(m which the com
manding officers declined, for tke reason
that the offence was of too trifling a diar
actor to notice.
This slander originated iu a tXatejucnt
despatched to. and published in the PJiil-
rvi ihin Inquirer of thelllh iwt. and
the matter was unknown in Camp "Gurtin
until that paper was received tUew That
part of the s.tatoujet tiuvt Capt. Loraine'
" ,onU excused him oi occount of iratoxi-,
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"a ia " bett evidence that the .vikole
thing was prompt od by malicious and vin-'are
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ll IUA mnlliraB ,1 n...MH I. .. , .11. M i
ajrinii-uiun
-,aS disgracelul to sold.ors.
aWPennsylvania has now twenty-fire
reidmcnts in tho service of the 1'nited
States, ol which thirteen are for three
'
month. nd iii.n tnr it
'
tneir sorvices -uouid be so long required;
Pesinea tilteen as a State reserve.
LETTER FROM CAMP CURTIS.
Camp Cvrtin, near Unrrisburfl, QrV 1 ,
Washington Cadets, Jure 14, lflOl
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VtM 1EriIUCAV .
It is orae time since I hove boen able
to ,hop you n line You may think it is
indolence alone that, prevents me from ;
but 1 think it is other 'dull.! that tako up
Sy tXln to!
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miurn nr ltnrarv nurs mis. 1111s uncr-
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,loon tind mvselt sutlicientiv el leisure
lo ilevote an hour to iiotini! uown some 01
Soino c imeef hiue laken nlace in our
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compRny iin my ,.ljt Tha Captain, as
you nrobahlv are aware, went home and
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urougui recruits eiiouj;" " "
company to me requiuo niuuopr. cur-
ing Ins absence, Inty-six men, including
the fust and second lieutenants were
sworn i.tto the Ktate ncrv.ee, and upon his
retuni.the baliMice. twenty-one men mclu
uiul' uur i.um. t-i d btui 11 m ,
are now a lull company number seventy
'seven men indudinir otlieers.
1 x . ,
Vc have verv liltie sickness in Camp
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We had but one vet in our company. Of
the seventy-seven of u, there are but two
on the wick list ; one with the measles and
the other with n dislocated elbow : the re
sult of the improper nnd useless practice
of wrestling. Both however doing very
well. We have also a few Kupernumerii
liits, one of whom was tooMck to bo sworn
in, and will be too delicate to go into ser
vice for some time, although he is very
willing to try it The other (wo were re
jected by the examining surgeon, one for
physical deficiency and tho oilier for be
ing under eighteen years of age.
We slill have plenty to et, but like the
unfortunate and unhappy Flora McFlim
sey, positively nothing to wear. Govern
ment have never furnished us anything
but food and a few pairs of fboes, at least
not that 1 know. Our ofliecr go almost
daily to the (Jutrter Master General's
Ueadiiuartcrs to inquire when the men
will get some clothing and the invariable
answer is, "we uo not tnow. .oiwun
standing the brave volunteer appear v'i y
coritenteil and complain of nothing but
nudity nnd inaction. Hve them clothes
and active service and u murmur would
never bo heard
We have had very warm weather lor
aiiout ten 'Jays, me nigniw ming pleasant,
e are 'jiully oil lor liala trees in our,
camp. A grove ol sugar tree woiiia ue a
priceless boon to us. There are but three
trees in camp, one apple tree standing in
our quarters, one chestnut, consider ably
dilapidated, anil orn small locust. The
sun beats down on us from the timo it
rises until it sets, unless obscured by
clouds.
Lieut. BigW, who was'ot home mi n
furlough rcturneil yesterday morning,
bringing u.i the latest news from home.
An arrival from Clearfield ulways creates a
sensation in our quarters ami starts nu
merous inquiries concerning tho welfare
and prosperity of our mountain home.
We occasionally hear important news, but
it is generalU' something relating to our
selves; and furnishes us something to,
iiuguai. i no iimisi, sunning nave
heard lately from Clearfield win the news
ill uie IUI UPI.UI tjui v.u,iiii i", i ii c-.ii.
1 Ins story was doubtless i: vented lor a
purpose, but if 1 am not mistaken, if the
author tiro delected they will get what
they richly deserve. The language impu
ted to Capt. Loraine in (ho telegraphic
despu'eh lo (he Philadelphia Iitjirrr, wa
never u-ed by him and any man who
would make information under oa(h to
the Afliict that he did U"o . it, r ould be
guilty of er.iuniv No man hero would
ilare make siuJi an oath ! The only lan
guage used by Capt. Loraine was in rela
tion to the purposes and object of this
war, ami l,n sentiments neconi wim those
of tho most gallant spirit in (he service.
They hold this to be a war waged in ilu
feiice of the Union and the Constitution,
and rot n crusade against the dotnentic :n
stitutions of any section of (his country.
When the supremacy of the Constitution
and the laws shall h ivn been nsxci'ted nnd
the rebellious citizens of this Union re
duced to submission to the only govern.
nint known to or ackrowlcdged by the
people ol the United Stales, then tho mis
skin of the Icinon. who rushed with such
alacrity mid enthusiasm lo arms when the
Presuluiit declared his authority sot at
dctianco and the Union endangered, will
be pcrforniet, and our brave soldiers will
be ordered to return to their homes. f
such sentiments are treasonable, where
shall we find loyalty? I should not have
deemed it necesury to allude to this af
fair, if you had the opportunity of seeing
or hearing the fact ns they exist, nor do
I intend any defence or explanation on
behalf of tho Captain. Heie he needs
none ; .hut I know it will be a satisfaction
to know (hat while (hey believed him to
be under arrest, ho was, and slill is quiet
ly attending to his duties in Camp unmo
lested and even ignorant of any injurious
charjjo until the despatch in the Inquirer
met ri is eyo
But I must draw my letter to a close,
Our tent i warm, my writing implement
are rude and inconvonienl, and altogether
I tind it tiresome work. If I can aucom
plish so Herculean a task I will wriU
again next week. Wo do not know any
better than when 1 last wrote, how long
we will be kept here. We may be order
ed away in a few days ; ami in my humble
opinionwe may be retained here some
time yet.
Send me a lUn iiucan if you think of
it, each week
Yours Ac
Soi.nirR.
Ox tui; Menu. We wore somewhat ol
armed a few day ago about President
Lincoln. It was stated by a Washington
correspondent in the Inquirer that ha ns
"seriously wounded," and beer nje almost
"uncontrollable" caused by a number of
r.ppointment mado iu the War Isemu-l-
ment, by Gen. Cameron, fcut we iVave
learned that the President 1 now conva-
,lescent, and his advisors have no doubt of
hi entire recovery in a few days. Simon i
1AVB w if wiiir. fin.I iIim Vr ulout and t.A,
-o -r .w
(balance el hi cabinet say Amen. They
havimt a "buzzard V feast of thinirs
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gcin-iany, nuupai uuuiuuv ill uio Muritmi
Navy Departments.
toyWe call tfco attention of our readers
1 e .1. e I
o i
enca to the lumber trade, thmiah .ntdL.I
iu an ar ticle on uur louriu pugo in reier-i
C j
"- .
for the present and future of our own
county, and is worthy of poi utal.
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Till; W Ail jNEWS !
IMPORTANT FROM Hh.
mrs FERRY.
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A7.Yo" uF THE GliEAT blilM
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,THK WOKKSHOl'S DI-XiUYFD
URIDOK NKAR MIKMItlUTOWN
Frkukkr'k, Ju- e u p,-.,
It i here reporled upon the authoriiJ
of a messenger w ho arrived herat .;... 1
ning from within one mile of Harper's'!
1 ,ui urn untiu m i usn nle l otomicti,
blown up i t that point, and entirely d
troyed, between four and five o'uloelt tb
morning. The explosion was din!..,"
heard and tho moke seen by j,wtij
It is reported that eight car losd, ci
jmuhi'jms neiw uesiroyeu. to pre.
them from falling into the hands of ij,
federalist, who were supposed I o been.
cent rating towards Harper Ferry frois
the direction of Greencastle and CumW
num.
The messenger further reports thai
tho tronp have been withdrawn from til
Maryland shore, nnd that the town o'
Harper's Ferry his been evacusted by il,
groat bjdy of Confederate troops reosiul,
mere, a small lorce is s.ill there, pr0'.
n'jiy uiu rear guaru 01 UIO retreating v,
mv.
The destruction of (lie bridge mnj J
ii ii-w iiTiitiiii. un iirmamry m(;.
lig.-Mioe of the fact has lieen received hr.
t . ...I ., : . . .... . c'
.1 g-lliM'iii;iii lllJIII 1 1 is CHV WHO KM ,il
II ..:.. ( . ..." . H
niirpiM t. rr;ry j.isi wm Hv I lie i,rm,
t.. .;.... ..i.. i ... i i .
tihiwu ifcjii" lutt'it. ,.r iJiunmc un
j the structure. The bridge at SheplierJi
wn iv as vi so (lurni nisi iitglit.
mteXH WSI'ATCH.
WAsniNiiTo.s, June 11, 1861.
The War Department is said to hit
received n dispatch coiifirniini tlin rt,
I of the evacuation of Harner' Kerry k.
the greater ortion of the Confederal
iroojis. ji is reported that tho bridge on
the Vt inchesier railroad were also Imrnei
SMAKrsiiiiKi, June 14. A reliable V
giniiin, who ha at rived here, reports trJ
the Confederate troops left Harpor's lrJ
ry io-i,y one part going in Hie direction
ol inchester, and another into I otulou
county, which movement would seemi
iiidicnto that a retreat to Manassas June
tion is intended. The railroad bridge uj
tiown up one iiour alter, itiitir.a) ill
-morning. i lie reniftining governiinrfl
txiiKcngs were all burned. iherailmii
bridge at Martinkburc was also burnt l
tlay. Also tho bridge at Sheiierdstasn
.1 .1 ... I I .-. .
.i ii.ii k eiciiu oi sumKo is still B'ceiiUiiitf
iroiu me uurning nuiuuiigs at j.lnrr-
Ferry.
Iho agent of the associated press hi
gone to the Ferry to obtain full particu.
iars.
(urni nisr.iTcii.l
riitriKituK June 14. A resident of il
city who has but .just returned liom liar
pel's Ferry, states that the biidiis bif
been totally destroyed with the exceplioii
of the piers w hich are vel standing. Tbi
trestle work of tho railroad within A
town wa. h'fo destroyed. The govrrii
merit buildings were U'i tig severally turn
hen he left thereat 11 o'clock this morn
ing. The armor) was first fired and del
siroved (he ritle works will follow next,
All the machinery had been transpnrteR
into tiie interior several ilaysngo. Hat".
Minute that only about l,(KM troops re-1
uiuiiHM in lliutown w lien ho Jell. Ilii
main body, it is said, has been pushed for.
ward to Charlestown and ton point nesij
L.eeKinirg.
1JY LASsT NIGHTS MAIL.
Governor Wise has (hree thous. ml nifJ
at Staunton, one regiment of which hat
already marched. Great number of small,
arms, said lo bo at least 1,000, were thrown
into mo river (y (lie rebels, and also tli
accoutrements. Boy and men Arctium
sine themselves diving for them
The town wears a desolate anpearHix
Some of the larce cutis were leniovfl
only six miles up the Shenandoah,
tnen abandoned.
Tho two camps on tho Heights, contains
about boo men of the reniaininir forcf,
were vacated to-night, and followed tli
D'ain body towards Winchester. Tlielsr
ger part, say 14,000, of the troons station
ed at Harper' Ferrv.go southward to join
Beauregard' and Lee' forces, and llnj
smaller body it it believed will march
join Henry A iso at Kotnney. who, it is.
understood win march to oppose tiie')
vanco of General McClellan' column from
the west
Washington, Juno 15. The evacuitio"
of Harpct's Ferry has naturally awAkcnrJ
increased interest - hero as to the next
movement of Confederate troops, and tli
mind is instinctively turned to Mnnasa
junction.
The present plans and purposes of tin
War Department are matter of speculs
tion, but it is evident that tho prepara
tions are of such a character as to effici
ently meet all cantingencies. This city i;
remarkably quiet this morning, there b
ing neither extraordinary fact nor false
1 l Poduce excitement.
Tho 2nd and 3d Connecticut leuiuienlf
and two Ohio regiments, passed over inH
Virginia lost night.
jQjriie Philadelphia Inquirer is paj lie
ularly down on President Lincoln for H
pointing B. Kush Tetrikin, Alex. Cum
and a few other gentlemen of Ihis strips,'
to important position in tho army. Ts.
Inquirer ha a strange way ol looking "W
things; for certainly no man labored mors
zealously lo produce this strong necessity
for military efforts Jhan theso very gn
tleman.
A Va.... t. i r-.
si i r,n J 'A 114 I A I tR("A llt'VV JU'
1, j . . .. . ,.THE
itviav . t ., i-:..,
iviilio, WIU DO pUUIISIieU ODOUl IHB "'"t
-
of Juv e.l in Philadelnhia bv Jos SctJ
jern rf. Ca The jHi) wiu bo furni(,Hei
for three dollars.
...
l;ocT. But very
, '-J u,uq uii.iiivc. ----
A .i 4 t rwt.
little businosf w
iiio.svv vui i rarn i I uv ui .v
...c. a.yQurne-i on ; csicrnay.
A term of two works has bton assign'!
for September term