D. W. MOOBE, Editor and Proprietor.
, - . PRINCIPLES, not MEN. - J :4-MC--8-,
VOL. XXXVI. WHOLE NO.
Original $ottrj.
LIVE IS BUT A riEKTIXCJ Tllu7l
T W, W WASHBURX.
As day was fleeting from tay eight, '
It drew the shales of twilight aian'
A preface to tUadurlHoine niglit.
That follows sunset year by year;
Yet lingering Iho' it Tain would stay
Or loih to leave these toppling heights :
A radienee of departing day
Still lit the tcene with guidon lights.
I tat and looked out on the icene
That nature pictured to my gaze ;
Cilia, thoughtful, ailcot aad srrene ;
But musing fanned my mind ablaze.
The eight of grandeur 'tore tny view, '
Enhanced the thought which filled my
brain;
Those dayi which childhood led me through
Was wafted back to mo again. '
Bright facet teeming with tweet imile,
loai lauguea wun me in day gone ky
M'ben youthful Joyi no care beguiles
Kor grief obscures the sunlit sky.
Alas ! what fancy 'i mind nay scan
What forma can memory bring to view
Like Phantoms from that mystio span '
Of life (hat year) of childhood knew.
Dark viisions strode thro' memory's hall
Of playmates In my younger years, '
Who have obeyed the trumpets call,
And fled beyond this vale of team ;
I traced their winding path tho' life,
And marked the course ambition led ;
Some boldly braved the toll of atrifo ;
A'oin aougbt life that tweeter sped.
Holier some aspired to gain ;
Gum wealth and glittering treasure sought;
Among the throng of worldly toon,
Borne looked for ease, yet louud it not j
Others drank at the fount of vice,
An J reveled at l'l.'asure's 'luring shrine ;
They, hearkening to her wild entico,
Sipped misery from a cap of wino.
I jaw ene as he grasped for farao,
While she sailed within his view 1
Eluding, as she went and came,
Ambition bade hiai still pursue.
She allured him from a fruitful home,
Into the fields of blighting war;
And now lie fills a soldiers tomb,
t'pon l'otomao'i grave-lined shore,
Another yearned for wealth and sough t
To itok his burning thirst for gold
On westernjiluiua, This toil seemed naught.
Ti e crave does now his fnm .
I find whatever course we take
Thro' life, wo fill a fatod doom ;
Ambitions feeble strength will break
Our zoal, but leads us to the toomb.
tiu Hoi-R, Sept. 21, 136 .
MASSACHUSETTS WHITE SLAVE
TRADE.
KINGS OP BECRTITIXG AGENTS IN DEI.CU U
STARTLING HEVELATIOSS.
The Courritr des Kin's L rnis of the Cist
cantains astounding revelations and indis
putable testimony, showing tho manner in
which New England has inaugurated the
"White Slave Trade." It prints the tol
lovfing letter, which wo translate, in order
to plate on record the means employed
Ij Massachusetts to fill her quotas of men
due to the Federal Government. Tho let
ter sneaks for itself:
New York, Sept. 20. 18(52.
To the Editor rf iht Courrier des E'.alt 'Unit :
At the solicitation of a certain Louis Po
chez, emigrant ngent for the United Stales
in llrussels, who nets by authority of Fed
eral Consuls, we embarked on board tho
kbip Peter Godfrey, for Boston- We en-
r osavou the profpecius in rreucu unu
Flemish, which was handed to us
j i
w..?.c" :r:::. 1
win
contains io i. l 1 1
wise iroiiiis3 """" . ... ,
board we linva been treated like dogs
They made ua sell our clothing in IJeliri
nra, undor pretext lhat tbey would give
. . .it. f 1 1 . t . Im t lAa lmtJA rnriA
ui oilier u in bin nz uu trj ww
. . "' r ......i '
wiping l lur rifi ,i I'cnui uu,,.i
rived in Bos'n literally nnkod. I hey on
and uch
' gave us oue iiieul per day,
food !
In Boston tiny gave us hml a shirt, then
.cy wautedusto signapape wri '
Ln hsh. ,r7l7te1 "f ,f'
.tictimi who had precede.) ,u.. I a.l iHiilien
opon the walls in trench and Hemwh
U.e words "Don't sign." " '
however, fearing the worst, resigned them-
elvea to their (ale, nd signed ; immoai-
stely the police look them along, and
,, - ! . 1 .mnnt. B' mm
uiey wereso.u ers. b-of
I i rin htrs
"omn, ieiui.cu " -
to work, and not to tlgnt. m in sue- (
ceeded in beinir transported to Jew i crK,
. lii. n,. 1
ml after g.v.r.g us seven do a v , they ,
eft ua to our Tate in this, lo us, stiange ct-,
JWe should like these facts to be made
public, so as to rrovent our countrymen '
for those ho are alreody on tho rouio to ;
this country in several other vessols,
(bigucd)
ANTOISESTAS.
JEAN BAPTISTS DEWITJV
J.B. AVAIIT.
MAG LOIRE DELATTE
The followina is a translation of the
rospectui distributed by Ibe Federal A-
nts among Belgium workingnien i
Wall those wiluno io eesidk is tue v.
8 of america.
Wanteu, single men from 21 to 49 yeat,
omlgrate to the United State.
CONDITIONS.
The engagement is contracted for three
)uri, to date from the time they arrived
the United Staloa. Traveling expen
and food from the plaoo of residence
"l Europe to the placo of destination fur
""hed gratis to emigrants. On their ar
In the United States they receive a
Jnuiof one hundred dnllara equWalent
hundred francs. Their monthly sal
tJ7 H2, equivalsnt to sirtf fran, and
Pds they frill he fed. clothed, snd
ocigH during three vrata.- For f jrther
1827.
litis prospectus in printed on paper con-
taming the Belgium sump. The Covn-ier
.asks.
"can fraud be pushed further than
this?
Has ever a dnsnmin
government tolerated a moro oppressive
iniquity 1"
I'uhlished by request
LETTER FROM THE ARMY.
v.r .inn I tmHU'RO, A.,
r r , v .Aupust 28. 1SC4.
Dear larents: I received vour letter in
due time, and was very glad to hear that
you were all enjoying good health. My
health is not any of the test. I am
viuuuiru n great yeal Willi a
side.
pain in my
.iThrI?fth Corps mBdo an advance on
the Weldon railroad. We fought two
severe battles, and repulsed the Johnnies
both times. We took a iri
oners, but we lost 3.000 in ft ri arm nr fin
hunday, the 21st, the rebels charged on
our breastwork., and we repulsed them
handsomely. They fought like demons.
ui.vwo were 100 much tor them. 1 took
me min Mississippi color."
in the couin.nv 1. ivoot. ,i
I havA l.Ai.ti
been in three battles thut is one a week.
The weather is very warm here. It has
rained everyday for the last two weeks.
If it had not, I do not know what we
would have done, for the water is very
scarce. We have no water but surface
water. lint the sanitary condition of the
Army is better than a person oould ex
pect. The cannon are booming on all sides,
and I presume tve will have another row
before long. I wish we coulr tnk Pi.i-a.
l : ,l i ... ., . "a v
burp, but it will be a lone time l,pfnr ilin
m done.
If tbe Democrats nominate a good man
for President, and one that will go in for
making peace in some honorablo way,
(iiVE in voir srrroRT ion God's sake;
for (hU war will never be stttlcj under the
present Administration. I have given that
up as n hopless strife. I do not believe
that Old Abe and his crew want The war
to end ; they are making Ion good a thing
out of it. But do not vote for a man who
want to s.etllo it on any terms; for we
have loi-t loo many brave men for dial,
lint this war can bo tcttied honorably at
least I believe to.
the lth, with mot of his regiment. Uf
tlio regiment tormeu out ol the re-enlixto l
men ui mo uiu uur.KiHii. ivc, mere ue
not nioie than thirty left. They arc
pretty well used up. We are in (he e.nnu
brigade with (hem now.
Thi is a very beautiful morning. How
I wish I was in Wisconsin!' I think 1
could onjoy it u great tleul better. 1 might
stand fcome chance ol getting something
to help my side there; but herein the
Army a man has to go until he is three
(kivs dead before tbey will believe he is
eick.
Iay after to-uinrrow is muster-day. I
will then have six months' pay an I fifty
dollar bounty due mo. .
From your son, Horace.
A SCENE IN THE CARS.
The New York Express of Thursday re
lates the following :
Yesterday aflei noon there occured an
exciting incident on one of (he Third ave
nue cars on an up-town trip. Two gen
tlemen of opposite politicsLincoln and
McClC'llau--who were passengers, were
scaled side by vide, and were discussing
tho nfluirs of the day the war particular-
!y - in a warm but friendly manner. The
... . ,!J ? i .1. r
.1 tir ns randid in his h
and tho Union be restored. Ihe foimer
like Old Abo, could see nothing bright in
tlio future until slavery was abolished or
the whole South exterminated. If it took
, i . i
the last mnn and the last
dollar, said he,
i the war must go on to the bitter end. He
WRi extremely violent in his manner, ges
tures anu iuoks jy ins sine sat a i uuniy
,".",' ,;,...,. ;,?:.. ,ua I
j Lincon far)Rtic thus roved. She had
'watched him clo,ely from the beginning,
earJ efie'nil drunk ,.vc
:wrtt,niul word ho uttered. But when he
'exclaimed that every men must suller in
r,u ., r,
quickly as il tigress, and' dealt
, u. ., f ' oniI niUi.
.he unluckv L.i;colnite. Blood sniritd
W'V" t"' v.. m , ...u . ..v w v,.-v.
over tiie floor nf the car, ond the sensation
01 lueuniucty J.iucoin.ie. i.ioou npii itu ,
nvnr the floor nf the car. an thesensat on
t a , ,Le extriu,rdin,)ry act-cauwd
, ' i
.,.f,i I. n. .ipnnr,lin.i .,i
ereai rxuiieiueuk uiuung me s;'eni:ers.
8 whoM b l
TU conJu6lor wa5 tllinUeMlIul.Ui and
t"" . l"!'1"
, llt,f.ft A . VaU , UM!
1? , ,' "l1: . f " ' .1 t- - 1 f
"You want war; you have it right here at
hiime," and then followed a severer blow
still-: Pinal iy she was drawn off, and the
sutlerer, with his pocket haudkerchief to
his bleeding nose, beat a retreat, and reach
ing the sidewalk, performed mitacles in
the way ho footed it down the Third ave
nuo. After quiet was restored, and the car
w as proceeding up town, the assailant ex
cused herself for her unwarrantable co n
duct by saying that she had already lo6t
her husband and ono son in this war, and
tbat she had still two sons in theatmy,
aud she felt that no one must intimate
before her that the other tvro must sacri
fice their lives also, and leave her alone
in the world to satisfy the fanaticism of
tbe hour.
B3u" Suppose you go to war, you can
nol tight always ; and when, after much
lo on both sides, and no gain on either,
you cease fighting, the identical question
as to terms of iniercourse is upon you."
spoke Abraham L'neotn ur tl.e cvn
mencenietir of hi ndi(i'n;nratl'ii.
MoOVtla3 td terdleton forever.
litUUUIiV,lii VAtiittiiHiiu wiilw ail niixv,
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5, 1861
LATE NEWS FROM Gen SHERIDAN
urrii'lAI. DCLl.tTl.N.
War Department, Washington, Sept
..ioj. yjun. vix, rew J oik: Uis
pulcbes from Gen. Sheridan, dated 11 o'
clock, Saturday night, six miles south of
-ew Mantel Have been received. ' Ue had
driven tbenemy-frorri Mount Jackson
without being able to btiog on an engage
ment. The enerhy were moving rapidly,
and he had no cavalry present to hold
them.
Gen. Torbert, Shoridan's cavalry com
mander, had attacked Wickliam's force
at Luray and captured a number nf nriunn.
ers.
ien. Sheridan found lebel hospitals in
all the towns from Winchester to New
Market, and he was eighty miles f.-oin
Maitinslurg.
Twenty pieces of artillery were captur
ed at Fisher's Hill, with eleven hundred
prisoner, a very large amount of ammu
nition, caissons, limbers, etc., a large
amount of entrenching tool, small arms
ami debris.
v i: ... e . i ... .
C0Plurei material uaa yet
I oeen received.
The small towns through the valley have
a great many oi the enemy a wounded
Gen. itevenson ici'orts the airim! at.
Harper's Ferry of a train of our wounded,
twenty captured guns and eighty Wddi
lional captured officers.
Geu. Breckinridge has gone to take
command o the rebel department of the
southwest. ,
A dispatch received this morning from
Gen. .Sherman's command stales thut (i,.n
Hood aiq.euis to be moving towards the Every old stager in "the county, who had
Alabama line. A strong lore of rebel ; been steadily airayed aguinst tho Detnoc
raiders were repot ted to Le operating ' r t . , fcn.St mo duiioc
against Gen.' Sherman's conimunicutiotis ,cy lor lLe lust twenty-five years-from
and had captured Athens, Alabama. Vig- lci George Atchison, the patriarch of
orous exertions were being made to over-1 Abolitionism in this county, down to
,.u.HHg,iUi.,u.re.,
j.m is is repui tea to oe ni Jla-
con. Oporcia.
Kepoi ts have al.-o been received from
Miij. Gen. Canby. Gen. Steele has been
strongly lemloiccd aud has taken the of -
tensive.
Dispatches from I.t. (!en. Giant dated
at ten o'clock last night, report no mili
tary operations.
ilii.trj mforuiauon proper for publica
tion iccived to the present dute, by this
department.
h. M. Stanton.
Secretary of War.
-
An Oltraoe Committed nv kokoes.
Alutiit fi n','!nrW on Suiulnv nmniixr m
party. of negroes went to a -Iwelling occu-
l.ied by Mrs. lidmund,ou St. Aubii? stieet,
between Fort Lafayette, mid eflected a
forcible entranoe. They conducted them-!
selves in a most riotous manner, attempt
ed n crime lo horrible too mention, und
threatened lo shoot any peison who would
interfere with them or oiler resistance to
i heir operations. A gentleman who was in
the hoote tried to drive them oil', when
I hey hied several shots at him, none of
which, fortunately, took eU'ect. After
frightening the inma'es of tho house so
tliul ono, oT liiein fainted, they left, but
threatened to come back and fully accom-
filiKl, ihnir inlendnd eriniri. This ix oi.fl
of the most honible outrages that has been Peuk. ,,li8 was, without exception, the
petpetrated in this city for many a day. completcst failure. It was highly amusing
The negroes in the Tenth Ward havo be- t0 see the imitation of the leaders who
co no so lawless that many oiiiieni live in ; responsible, and who had promised
absolute terror of tlmm. llns is but ono .... . . .
of their many acts of violence. Breaking followers so different an enterta.n
into private houses ami attempting tooul- mont. Our kind friend Pen. neaily
rage unprotected females should call down kicked tho boots off Ihr feet ; and Pucber
summary vengeance, upon the heads of limej ()0 ft,,ow ,,v a cnso insrPctior of
the vcipetratois. J hero is talk of the cit- .. , ' .
ucn. ol the ward organizing themsel ves b.i watch, about every ten minutes. Put
against these desperadoen. Jhtroit Prcst. il was of no Ufe. On he went, until he
. became so hoarse thai, it was painful to
A Political Meetinu Attacked Lots . .... ... ., ,
of Life. few evenings ago the ft. ends or hnt him. Noth.ng but the delusion that
General McClellan held a meeting ir. the he was still in tho Army and was about
Methodist church at Troy, Lincoln coun- converting a whole camp to the refined
ty, Missouri, which was attended by mel- ,ioc,rin0s ol New England Puritanism
anjholv ciieuuutances. Jhe St. l.oun . . ,. . , ,7
V i .including "free love," miscegenation, sc.,
liipuhbcatx says : I ' , ,,
Before the meeting was organized sev-. ire could have caused tucb cflort. He
cral foldiors entered the church, and one was lost to all other emotions. The fellow
ol the number accosted the first man he ua(n't nn ;jca tijaL he hndii't stolen from
met an old cray-headed cituen and , . . . .
v. ...k.k.ii i.,,.,.,, tho newspapers, and most of them he
desired to know "whether llus was a con-, ,, , , - ,, ...
lervnive . rnePtinc." The old Gentleman spoiled. Like all those who followed him,
I replied thai it wus, and was immediately ' we had gained nothing but victories since
Liruck over iho head. Sovcral of hU'.i,. i-,.it,i,in,r wnr. Thern have
H 'ends interiercil, ana the toldicn men
-
I'efan discharge their fire arms promts-,
cuous v at the crowd. Col. Aleck Heel,
cuowly at the crowd
M,;mi..
fin estimable young man, was shot dead.1 adduced, wo will give a single sample,
His brother, Capt, James Heed, was eri-ial,d jn big own words as near as we can
ously wounded. Milton Sandford was , In rcrutil,g the charge of
also wounded losing an orm. At the
beginning of the rebellion in norlh Mis-, extravagance and corruption urged oy the
souri, tbete gentlemen wore oraong the ; Democrats against Mr. Lincoln's Admin
first to take a firm and decided stand for stration, he said :
Iho Union, and all belonged to the early j This retn;njH m, 0f a circumstance
militia organizations. As soon as the aol-j lhftt Uapponed up North. A conductor
diershad discharged their faro arms they 'B onfl of our railroada waa atisjiccted of
got away and made their escape out of 1)Palinp ihocomnany lhat employed him,
town." and on being called to an account by ono
Tun way KENTUxns UovERLi.-From ! onicer., after hearing the ehare
ono single number of die Lincoln organ in. he Bays: Mbala al Irue enough But
T.-.. ..I... .i..r..: i.. j.-... ?..i...,.: look here, my friend, you had belter re-
rr r n n...n.....i...
I l. r,Jl...iimlt narnnrnrilic
baft) iviiut' iua; j's jj
Tqiuao I1 I lift iv h itnlifplv rnn netted in
go North yesterday, and ho went,
Mrs. Anecdict and two children were
received at the Fcmalo Military Trieon
1
yesterday.
UONE TO MEMPHIS. i ne lonowing per-
sons have been sent to Memphis by ord
to Memphis by order
ol General iljtbridge, with a request to
the commandant there to send them
through the lines.
Thomas J. Bronston, MiloBaxter, Squire
Turner, and Win. Marshall.
Lieutenant Sace. of tho 112th Illinois
Infantry, an able and eaicientonicer, has Admiot'slration are true, and hislisod by tbe Demoerats incase they are,
US3fSa."ttaTirUa. sdth.lfrii..l h. tbs ihfc..Udn ... r-iUed a -fal
home of the brave! where all power over Until they are satisfied, that therefore the very valient. But then t can aHonl 10(
life, liberty and riropetty is concentrated 0ll ht trt y? ,1!fn in rower. be. He earrici hi tztmptun paper m hit
Jo one man! Th.s i. He 1;! of arid enoueh to think Victi. . I
went I.4tMIocUtoe.uWuSttia u tM
THE REPUBLICAN.
.1 Wednesday
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Out
$1 KO
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IJ pmtl witl,i thr unr.
V "" pniil tcilhin the itar.
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A Splendid Fizzle.
The great outpouring of the Abolition
ists in this place on last Wednesday night
was mo most splendid abortion ever it
nesaed. The meeting was large r so was
their procession numbering, according
io me uiguest count, just 192 voters
their 52 wagons, buggies, Ac., being filled
with women and childten.
Hut of ihoir Brewers. Ah! hero was
tbe grandest part of the tiwle. Carl
Shurz, of some part of Germany rerhups
tbat part where the Hessians camo from
-and John Cessna squeaking John
whom the Democrats declined to nomi
nate for Governor'a year ago, were bla
zened forth on their hanttbijla as the
"great guns" that were to shake the eter
nal hills of Cleui field with their re-echoing
discharges. It was these-names that
brought the crowd. They were promised
to hear such peals of eloquence and such
thunders of invective as never before es
caped tho hps of man. And come they did
black Johnson-and every Abol
every AboIitionUt
i r
,U"n ft wrcu,t of
ten miles, wero on
t 'mn'- They made a clean sweep of it.
! As uno if ibera was heard to suy, "not a
; d-d man who en.,1,1 l ov..i
hired to come, was left at home."
Put the great guns were not forthcom-
!.n&.I.S JJifjl H?avti,,fiwrtr8frii,ea"aifti
a live yankee, straight from Massachu
setts, (h'jw fitting!) was announced. His
name was Woodward, Woodruff, orsntne-
thing of the sort, lie
sort. lie wus very full of
'patriotism. Io hear him, one would sup-
.
boso lhat 1,0 lin'1 ,nsl at ,Pnsl balf a dozen
lives in the service of the country. Put
when his hearers learned from h is eraeked
voice and nasal twang, as well as -from
other circumstances, that those horrible
sncrifices were endured tit a ealury of
$1,200 or ?l0()a jear Chaplain, the
grand f zzlo was acknowledged on every
hand, and the mortification of our Aboli
tion friends was enough to excite the pity
of the hardest hearted "Copperhead" in
tho crowd. Of all the political speeches
we ever heard from one who pretvnded lo
'"t O " " "
, mii rPVBrfiOB.nn fn:i11Pra, ,i wn,
,
UO v. -.fcu
i II!Cii
fleet a little on this subject before turning
j ,
' WO 0I'-
watcn, i.reau-p.n i nger-rings, v ge, nor
with a house und lot and splendid estab -
liKhment in the citv. and am satisfied.
. i rt ! a .1
I want nothing more. Put if you
llmroo me. the man vou cet in mv place
. f ... , ' . i, ,;....
w" ""D """- i - "
and jour company will have to sutfer to
the same extent, which you can save by
keeping mo.' "
1 . : .V iT 1 ' V
admits that the wholesale charges of rob-
1 . iMirmnltin nl.srnii inalnil I Via
Here, then, this Chaplain very candidly
1 that the pe'l "ore
T ',..,', 0 rjifW.t s to'
TERMS
NEW
endorse Lis idea. When will our kind
Ms," I I." IT " U" ""T er
---j.h., j utirtvrj ,
It hnl . II
"l"lJ ,ue
I U "ot u"'0 Procured a South Carolina
tuauuionibi. jicrore tlio war, almost all
;r ' "..l".coun,ry
tlio disunionisU in the
HUU .-,ouul uiroMria. aml
l, I j .,, ,i, .,. , . ,
his day ll e wout e ncnues to a restored
I n.on are to b found in tho.e two States.
r . 1 . . . ,
ivi us i eiu i ii io otuer fi,vakers.
en. Walton, Kx-Conpressman and Pres
ident of the -"First Nutionul Punk of Cur-
wenBv.,10, was tko first speaker. We did , day oveuing of last week waj croditablo
not hear it. Put we learn lhat the Gene- in every respect. Put littlo eilbrt was
ral almost surpassed himself which ' mado to got up a crowd. Handbills hid
would bo doing a great deal-in the ex- been printed tho Thursday previous, but,
travagance and unset upulousnebs of his by a singular accident they wero not d is.
assertions. Uo was evidently on a lull ' trilmtcd ; yet in the number ofsturdy men
blow-a perfect "buster." Wonderful to j voters-it greatly surpassed the gather
relate, he is going to "follow up" Gov. ing nf Abolitionists the following evening.
Pioi.tR. Put how, whether through the Tho meeting was held at the eastern
district, with his .jreenhaehs, or to the United . front of the Mansioa Houe, and was or
States Senate.be did r.ot explain. He ganized by Walter Parrett, Esq., moving
was extremely severe on Gen. MoCllellan. the selection of the following officers :
and upon all soldiers who were bis friends 1) W. Moore, President: lluch Oir. rhil-
asserting that every returned tvldier who
had an honorable discharge,, was fot Lincoln.
This is nothing less than a dirty insult to
every Democratic soldier in our out of die
fcrvice. Put what else could be expected
of a party that will make war, and then
gel Democrats to do the fighting ? Such
declarations admonish us as to Ihe kind of
farr play Democrats-soldiers as well as
civilians-are to get this fad, whero men
of his class have Lower. Put thev will
find that the day fnr brow beating men in
this way has passed -never to return.
Pucber Swoope, laying ssido his regi
mentals and also hiscleiical robes, after
the manner cf his brother, the yankee
Chaplain, followed. It was a heavy ding
at first, for he evidently meant to keep i
Wtfiio go. lie could - neither amuse nor I
interest his hearers. Even 1Hs oWcl)e!
stories about bulls and caws, told in the I
presence of a large nuniberjof ladies,
failed to "stir up" the animals. Swoopo
could not get along until he descended to
his original element of detraction and
falsehood. His points were few and far
bolweon. lie, too, could 6eo nothing but
victories. The rebellion was in its lat
dying agonies, and thirty days wero till be
asked to clean it out. Thirty days! Hear
ye that, ye ccnfcripts? Thirty days carries
us past the October election. In die
meantime, Ihe votes of ail who can be
gulled by this stale lie can bo secured, am
then they can ''run the machine" four
years longer, and Ihus keep up the war as
long as they please. But this gamo if
played out, Mr. Sivope. Vour masters
and your parly havo lied lo the people so
often on this subject, that they hare lost
their reputation for "truth and veracity."
Their testimony would not bo taken in
any court of justice, because it could be
successfully impeached. And old liars
are not lo bo LelicveJ, even when they
do tell the truth. At first only "sixty,"
then "ninety," then again "sixty" days
wero requited lo ciusli die rebellion, i.ut
you aro now in the fourth year, and you
know in your Leait that the strength
and tho power of ihe rebellion are to-dny
stronger, relatively, than they wero at tho
beginning. Talk ubout ending the war
in thirty days? It is an insult to tho
understanding of your hearers.
Mr. Swoopo also referred to the Congies
sional contest. Mr. Scolield was an ex
ceedingly great man had more influence
than almost any ciner man in "rjgiT-
P.ut he forgot to tell us that this same
Scofield aclcd with the Democrats on the
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present conscription law, and lhat
the
esy vote he cvuld ijhr.c was that e his own.
An influential man. tiuly. Of Mr. Pisler
he had littlo to say. His course in tho U.
S. Semite during tho lultor part of Mr.
Buchanan's Administration, ho said, was
such as ought to bo rebuked by every
voter at the polls. How widely Mr.
Swoope differs from the venerableCRmxN
nr.N. Bkm.er, together with Mr. Critten
den, and other such patriots, were striving
to adjust the difficulties without war,
without blood; and as a last resort,
Piui.fr appealed to the Abolitionists tocon
, h o lC M wunl ju , he sc,rcl;on or,
, , . , . n ,. e n .i e. .
l'B to aConvent.on of all the States.
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rebuked at the polls." Ihe Abolitionists
were afraid of tho people. They knew
, ... " i,! nnilliaVO exicnuiveiy nit'"- iuu o.-y
me peopie wumu seme in-i" - ,
thus war would lo averted, and thoir,
i ...:,.. r.,. and robbery
tf 1 ' m s also had some-
be past forever. Mr. S. also had some-
' I l.i n n I n anu allOU t a "frCe DgU t , SS prODl-
No .tt.mpt s o,, ty either of the
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speaker, to answer nnv of the arguments
wa or ch"fi m-"'y tbe Democratic
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"Pikers of the even nr? urevi.ma alUmn,
C ---.-w-e.
Mr. Witte over and ever ngaiu invited
and dared them to do it.
,n. Mr. McEall, followed, but what 1,
., ,i..t..., . ...
- ""-v .iu uiuugumi nuav ileum
say, we do not know ; as we left the grand
ni i.r,..- i. u , g
i ' J "ltv'o iwa IliC B11U1U.
THE DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS.
The meeting of the Democracv on Tuns.
lip Long, Muj.; Jacob Willhelm, W. K.
Wrigley, Geo. Dimcling, Dan 'I Gondlan
der, Francis Coudriet, B. D. Hall, John
M. Cummings, Joseph II- Jones, Cyren
nus Howe, Hon. James Ploom, David T.
Shrttp, Vice Presidents; G- B1 Goodlandor,
J It. MeMurray, Dr. Jno. roller, J. R
Caldwel, Secretaries.
After a few remarks from the Tres'ideM,
Mr. PLAKr.i v, of Elk county, opbke for a
few moments, when Senator Lata, of
Westmoreland, who had beon spending a
few days with his friend Senator Wallack
in this place was called for, Mr. L's
speech, though brief, was full of sound
sense and solid reason, and doliverd with
an clcqucncoand fervor that marked hitr
ns a tni,n r a h'fih order of talent, aud. o;
'uu"n- " 1TTE'01 onigomery,
vras next introduced to tho audience. It
ould be idle even to attempt the faintest
; sKctcti oi mis tpienaiu aii'iress. n, oci-ut
ried almost two hours. But tho air wits
perfectly calm and pleasant, and the vaat
crowd observed the most perfect attention
during the whole time, save when they
would giye way to their irrepressible dem
onstrations of applause. Mr. Witto is
one of the best public speakers in this or
any other State. He never fails to win u
niversal applauso. But ho seemed to fool
specially at homo in Clearfield. Ho told
his hcarcn at the outset that he meant to
I j keep within tho record that he meant
neither to misrepresent nor io exaggeraiu
any fact or any act of our political oppo
nents ; and that ifanyonoof them pres
ent thought they could controvert any
charge he mado against their party or its
acts, he offered thorn the opportunity,
ami invited them upon tho stand to do so.
It is not necessary to add that the offer
was not accepted. He made no charges
that he did not clearly substantiate, and
lm warning against the fearful conse
quence!) of tluj re-election of Lincoln j and
the blessings ho showed must follow tho
election of McClellan, sunk deep into tho
,)e,irU ofhU hearcMi KepuUiwn, w KeU
i)nn,.,r,1a
Senator Wai.i.acs followed Mr, Witte
in one of his lnppieslstraics, eliciting tho
mokt unbouuded applause.
When Mr. Wallace closed, Dr. Pover,
beiug loudly called for, appeared upon
(lie stand. IIo referred to the lateness of
the hour, and begged to be excused. Put
it w.n no go, ami he had to "wade in,"
which ho did in his usual happy stylo,
0iiciting lhegrealobt applause.
Tlie most rcrle,,k orJnr prevailed
. .,., nnil ,,.., u O'ctock the
I meeting adjourned lo meet in the Court
j houM &n Tljur,dy cvelillg,
! MEIvTIXD OX THURSDAY FA'EKINO.
Court having adjourned, aad the day
i and evening being exceeding wot, but few
people from tho country were in town.
Yet tho courl-house was tolerably well
filled a number of ladies gracing tho
occasion with their ptesenee. John Jl.
Seyler, of Brady, and C. D. Watson, or
Clearfield, were added to the list of Vice
Presidents; and George Xewson, of Clear
field, and Win, Watson, of Lawrcncs, t
Off I'llMIC'.
delivered respective
Aduies50' 1
K j. Wallace, Wm. M- McCul.oug...
Israel Test, and T. J. McCullouph, Esqrs.
nrsFRAi. Cas. The Abolition pansrs
lh(4t l)ie veDerablo General Cale was aisiai
jsrjctj with the Chicago Convention, an i
r,n nosed lo General McClel'an's el.-' r
A gentleman who conversed with . -K-r-
j a ioforni
, . ........ I. .Ilhn,,! Cn.,.i Inn an. I
tbat ,h, rBeral advises eve .odytj'vv
w 'njJ mmmraa.on st u
AjT A not her Republieao Treasury .geut
is i, It-nlw la It. houi.
W5t.