Clearfield Republican. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, November 23, 1864, Image 1

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    D. W. MOORE, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXVI. WHOLE NO.
for tlis Republican.
D0TTINO3 BY THE WAYSIDE.
BT OIISEKVER.
I am a man of observation, and that ob
servation hat led me to believe that it is
test to think much and say little j but
there are limes when the moat phlegmat
ic observer must speak out, aud my speak
ng out is occasioned by what is called a
WtTm a psper called the R.rftmt Jour-
W, publico In Clea. field, on Xov:iCth.
Ufmy observations of men and things are
-correel, tk leader was written l.y a dap-
jper liule fellow, weighing abjut seventy
five pounds, gross, who wiggles in and
piggies out, dodge here and dodges there,
i' 'ft i j.-' nutw aitu UUU
(v ruIr' "eft enouSl ' I'ft
ingreenlrtcks " Terming
fat nalary
the males,
(coppcrbod aim r.i'rhead.j lfo yme
(he pathetic on the roaderl or i!,.! illus
trious rc-print of the llarriaburg Telegraph,
in endeavoring to account for McCIellao'.
majority in Clearfield county. He cites
the case of three drovers inBoggstwp,
who volod for McCIellao. 1 neither know
nor care whether such men voted. If they
did, judging by his own patriotio stand
ard, they were entitled to vole anywhere,
m they were engaged in the noble and
glorious work ef driving down beef to feed
our gallant soldiers while fighting the
Initios of 'freedom,' and filling up the va
cuum created in the beef army by Lin
coln's ally Robert E. Lee.
A sewing-machine agent in Clearfield is
next singled out as the object of his spleen
This little anatomy, before penning his
artiole, should have Grit inquired In re
gard to the sewing-machine man. He
would have found he was a single man,
had como to the town two weeks previous
to the election, and upon the day of elec
lion went to the window, handed his tick
et to the loyal Inspeotor of the board,
(ffho, by the way, is so perfectly loyal
that he has free ingress and egress behind
the counter in the Tost Oflloe while the
mail it being changed,) wbo, af;er quali
fying and questioning hira, was the first
to express Lis tatufactlcn of his right to
rote. I observed, too, that the tewing
tnac'aine man had paid his taxes, which is
more than can bo raid of the contempti
ble liule thing who lectures citizens of
Clearfield county for allowing illegal votes
to be cant ; for the record bears me out in
the assertion that the writer of that arti
cle, (if 'observer" is correct ta hi guest,)
although drawing a fat salary from the
treasury of the United Slatet, has not paid
either county, bounty, relief, borough,
school or Stato tax for 18G4.
Tns Sin at tub North Tolk. To a per
son standing at the north pole the sun ap
pears to sweep horizontally around the
ky every twenty-four hours, without any
perceptible variation during its circuit in
its distance from the horizon. On the 21st
of June it is 23 deg. 28 min. above tho ho
rizon, a little more thaone fourth of the
distance to the zc,riitb, the highest poict
Jhiitit ever reaches. From this latitude
it slowly descends, Us track being repre -
sentedby arpiral or screw with i'!
Ad thread, ana in me uuurD v, w.
mon
ths it worms iU way down to th nor
izon, which it reaches on the 23d of Sep
tember. On this day tt slowly sweeps ar
ound the sky, with its face half hidden
below the icy sea. It still continue to
-descend, and after it has entirely disap
peared, it U still no near tho horuon that
it carries a bright twilight around the
heavens in its daily circuit. As the tun
sinks lower, this twilight gradually grows
f,,inier till it fades away. On the 20th of
December the sun is 23 deg. 28 min. be-
.u. uu n,l thi. ia the midnight
... , t .1.. note. From
t i da; the begin. To scend, and j
. , 1 .in, hi. return is heralded by a
, . . . ... . u:.u around
twemy-four d-ours. Thi. dawn gror. befor. u. a thtog utterly strange anc,
grZl y brhter.and ao iU Bill of de.crib.ble. He put it into a largo cruc
I . JLk. of ice are gilded with lie, reduced it to a flu.d mat, and then
the first level rays of the six months' day.
The Wringer of this long day oontinue. U
' wind his spiral way upward, till he reach
es its highest place on the 21st of June,
and hi. annual course. .completed.
Br-Ao official statement show, that the
.definite appropriation of Congress at the
late session amount ,U f 735,000,000. The
indefinite appropriation, cannot be esti
mated, but comparatively they are not
Jargo. To tUis turn should be added the
permanent appropriations, wmu.. .
Mainly for interest on the publio debt,
'and will exceed ?100,000,000.- York
Tribune '
ff?J-Shooting star, commence at .even-
,ty miles, and diappoar at fifty mile, above
the surface of the eartk. Al sixty mile.
above the earth they are more frequent j
1831.
.
PA MIL Y INTERCOURSE.
This is a sore subject to touch. One feels
like treading on a hundred corns all at
once. Nearly every family has its sore
spot its dark corner its private closet,
carefully locked up and the interior hid
den from the light of day. It seems
strange to say that mostfamilv difficulties
. arise from lh inwrinr nf it,n.,i:fr..i
members of each other, and yet it is sadly
true. Many families live together for
years, and separate, knowing less of each
other's secret feeling. m0ii nA ,u
springs which guide action, than of others
mhn I,... li-.J
.. ..... ,,,cu mguiuer ouiaia me tami-
Jy circle. Small jealousies, petty solfuh
ness creep in and produce estrangement,
which frequently mar the happiness of a
lifetime.
There is little appreciation of the divine
btiSI'ty and loving graceful possibilities of
the Ti'y relation. It is so common a
fact that we lose !'t of "s wkdotu, just
as we forget to bo thankful tni ! he tun;
shines, or that tho dew and rain fall. Tho
sweet name of mother, brothor, sister, falls
upon the ear without meaning, while we
are constantly associated with thorn, and
In the habitual enjoyment of their kind
office; ; it is only long after, when, per
haps, some bright eyes have become dim
med, and the weary, tired heart seeks its
rest among, strangers, that the magic of
housohold names, and the deep, tender
meaning of the household relationship is
really felt.
Of course, the fault of this lies with the
parents. Frecept ia of little use without
example. Sbnie parents think it beneath
their dignity fc prefix a request with "If
you please," or" Have the kindneis,"and
then wonder why their children cannot
be " mannerly " like other people. We
have known the sons of a poor widow,
who on no account would have permitted
themselves to sit down to table with their
metber, without first arranging thoir toi
let in the best manner their .circumstan
ces would permit, never suffered her, no
matter what the temptation, to attend
church or her weekly prayer meeting al
one. This consideration extended to
theminutest acts of their daily life, and
was most charming to sea. The mother,
it is hardly necessary to sey, was a lady by
birth and education, and had carefully
practiced toward her children that res
pect for their feeling, and thoughtful
nest for their comfort, which she after
ward received from them.
The great waatin families U justice and
reciprocity and that forbearance which it
is necessary for mortals always to exer
cise towards each other. We willingly
accept it from olhers, but we are not wil
ling to give it n return. We establish a
claim on some incidental circumstance,
or the bare fact of relationship, aud im
pose burthens and Accept kindness with
out a thought of obligation on our own
part. Children make the life of their pa
reutsone of never-ending toil and anxie
ty, and ofUn refuse evon the pcor reward
of their love and confidence. Sisters do-
, dM protection and favor, of all
'sorts from their brothers, and if asked to
I make their shirts, and meed their shoe,
or eveu hem their hankercbief in relura,
would have a thousand excuses, or, per
haps, flatly refute the needed service.
Habitual politeness ia a valuable ele
ment of family intercourse. A coarse,
rude speech ia less excusable, addressed
to a father, mother, brother or sister, than
if used to a strauger or a simple' acquaint
ance, and yet how common it is.
The Davit's Analyses or tni Sovi or a
Yankii.- -The devil is a wonaeriuiiy sku-
I - . . . t .l
ful chemist, and know. tow w analyze a i
Substances, whether material or spmtual.
In a fa. minute, he erected a furnace,
seized on of the Yanks, andd.seng.g.ng
from the body that wnicu in mete am
separated the component part.
It con-
.Uted of.
Paris in 1,000
. 125
. 125
- -135
. 125
. - 125
Cunning
Hypocrisy
trarice
Falsehood
Sneakingnes.
Nameless and numberle. vices 140
Etsence of onion., New England
rum, molasses and ,codfih -35
1,000
"There," said the Devil, holding it up,
"do you call that thing a soul ?".Vmotr
tST" I hope you will be able to support
ma," .aid a young lady to her intended,
while walking out one 'evening, during a
alippsrjr state of tbe .idewalk.
'" Why, ye yes," laid the hesitating
wain, " with ome little assistance from
PRINCIPLES,
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23, 1864.
THE PRIVATEER FLORIDA.
Particulars of her Capture by Wachu
setts in the Brazilian Port of Bahia
Another Trent Affair-Great Excitement-Mr.
Seward ready to 'Apolo
gize." From ths Now York World.
The Index, tho confederato organ in
London, gives the followinc relative to the
capture of the confederate 6teamor Flori-
aa ;
The confederate authorities in London
nave received a telegraphic di.ipntch, da-
-.u msuun. ironi uapt. Morris, comman
der of tbe Florida, statin a that &hn .
captured on tho 7th October by the fed
eral stoamer Wachusett, in the harbor of
Bahia, Brazil.
At the time of the capture the FIcrula
wat lying under the guns of the Erazilian
forts and the Brazilian fleet, and Captain
Morris wat on shore. lie is now on boaid
tho ateambr Magdalcna, bound for South
ampton. The London Morning Herald editorially
clonounccs tho capture of tho Florida in
the most indignant terms.
J uo London iimcisays: The c.ipluro
OI !.J confsderato eteamer Florida in the
harbor of a friendly stato was on act of
simple piracy. Whea within a neutral
port she should havo been pcrkct'y free
from nioluflntion.
The London Herald savs that if the
Washington government duet not release
the Florida all tho maritime powers will
have the right to interfere in the matter.
From tho Journal da Babia, Oct. ' '
To-day we hnve to record another out
rage done to our sovereiguty, and another
slight to our means of defense.
the public knows the fact which took
place in our port between the United
Mates steamer Wachusett and the Con
federate States steamer Florida ; but as it
may be viewed incorrectly, we will, for
our own honor, refer to it as it look place.
The Florida came in on the 5th from
Santa Cruz de Tcnei ilia, in order to repair
tier engine and take in water, &o , for her
crew were not well, from eating rations of
salt meat, and drinking salt water filtered.
The U. S. Consul asked tho presidoutof
the provirce not to let the vessel into our
port, and to impose some penalty on her
lor not respecting Brazilian water in bur
ning an American vessel near the Island
of Fernando de Norocha. The Fresideut
replied that he had granted her two days
to make repairs that her engine needed.
There was in port the United States
steamer Wachusett, which, since tho com
ing in of the Flori.ia, had put iuelf in
motion in tho interior. Fearing some
Cm ht. since a challenge had been given,
the president or proving. ni.i.iinoH
from the coubuI his word of honor that
peace would be kept, and that no action
would take place in the port, or within
the line of neutrality. The Florida, for
better tecurity, was placed under the hat
ten ies of the flagship.
On the Gin, its crew being in neeJ of
some reoreation and rest, half of it was
put on liberty and went on nhore, coming
back in the evening. Many of the men
beng drunk, and . considering himself
guaranteed in a noutral port, the captain
of the Florida let thirty of his crew and
some of his olticers sleep on shore on the
nights of the (3th and 7th. At S.w ot tue
break of day the ollicer of the deck, Hun
ter Junior, was surprised to hear tho ca
bles loosen on board the Wachusett, and
her crew cal'ed to quarters, which wus
very difficult Tor it to do. Nearly at the
samo time boats filled with men. boarded
the Florida, receiving from her a volley
of musketry, and they were seconded by
the Wachusett, which not being seen ow
ing to the smoke of the funnels aud the
night being very dark, had left her posi
tion aad rapidly ran toward the Florida,
passing by the stern of the corvelt Donna
Januaria, which at once ordered it to heave
te, but the captain of the Wachusett did
not heed the order, running rapidly on
the stern of the Florida, rhiou lay to the
Hardly had she struck the latter when
she fired a shot from her bow gau. At
once a mast of the Florida fell over, and
she lost some mon ; but the cr ew returned
a feeble fire. .
It is asserted that there was great lost
of life at all points in the struggle that
took place with revolvers and cold steel,
and that it did not last long, for the com
plement of the Florida wo reduced by
neatly fifty men. Among the deud it sid
to be tho officer o? the dock, who received
a ball in the breast ; and it is said that ao
officer named Stone, was alto killed from
a .uot in tne muuiu. auuiuci u'i
leaping on board the Wachusett, struck
about him and fell dead under the many
Univa niinnil Rt him.
hour sa ilors of tho fifteen who leaped
into the sea escaped, and these were pick
ed up by vessel, lying near. The other
eleven were shot in tho water by tho cno-
mv
Aftor this brief contest there came an
interval of silence, which wrs broken by
nrolonued cheers from the Wachusett,
TUarliinfof division. Qervasio Munca
bo, sent a targe under the commaad of
Limt. Varolla. on board of the WachUr
sett, to tell it captain to anchor at once,
or ho would sink him If he tried to con
tinue his provocation. To Ibis tbe latter
r.niiorl that on his word of honor, he
would do no more, and that he would go
1..aI in tiia anr.horaffe
Tint 1 1, Wachusett had s.nartly made
fast a cable to tbe Florida, and thpn fuigu
ing to return to t auchoraae, steered lo
th south. . ., , , .
Then follow, the details of tho chae
by lb Brazilian Reel, 4c. The Journal of
the Olh of October has the following : )
From auotber source tt r,as peen ieru
from th capture of. th fof(4aj ii
not MEN.
being reported that tbe American consul,
iTi-nVt ' m 2 given his word lh,u
attempt would be made in port to take
the Honda, his alleged want of faith led
.mob to gather about his house, who
Rmmthed Ilia
81 1 to fill it t ho
1 . "",u" aou mrcoa tne con
lime, but on tVe' oVt" of Z ZuUrT-
tipatby getting out of the way. Sided.
fif! KsZr ra-
nave naj a nand in the riot, at least the
sailors had, it is likely, for they wore "cn
liberty, and wer-e of courte more or loss
drunk. It is to be presumed that Captain
Morris had too much sense to incite a riot,
though in his protest to the Brazilian go
vernment he speak, bitterly of the broken
word of the consul.
: w
. , , WAtuixcToir, Nov. 1.1.
It is understood here that Mr. Seward
has prepared and transmitted, or is about
to transmit, to tho Brazilian government
a letter, whtrin, with a customary coup di-
Y.iitaIii1a 1 . 1 ' i I .f. . 'V
pwmauvjue, it is saiu ne tenuers tne most
ample apology for the recent violation of
the neutrality law by the Wachusott in
soizing the Florida at Bal.ia, while at
the same time he rtoesnot offiir to return
the captured vessel to the port wnere she
was seized This lotter, it ia hoped, will
allay any irritation which may be felt at
the conduct of the. federal officers. There
is but one opinion here in the matter, and
that is, that the seizure of the Florida.
while in the waters and under the protec
tion of a neutral power, was a gross viola
tion of the law of nations', strict repara
tiop for which oD'enso would include tho
return of the Florida to Bahia, the dismiss
al from the Bervico of tho captain of the
Wachusott, and the removal of our consul
at tho port in question, together with full
apolnjry for the urjuslifiuble cenduct of
the United States officials. Mr. Seward,
his friends claim, will endeavor to save na
tional pride such a humiliation, and at
the samo time satisfy tho Brazilian gov
ernment that the ollense was not a wnoton
on. A war with Brazil would nol be
agreeable just now, because probably one
ot the first actions of that power, if she
should pluck up courage to declare hos
tilities, would be to recognize the inde
pendence of the Confederate Slates, then
open her ports for the adjucalion upon
and disposal of all prizes taken by rebel
privateeis, and otherwise assist the Con
ledorcy. The navy of Brazil is nol very
lurge, but the could put afloat a great
many privateers, and beside, thousands of
free booters would embrace the opportu
nity of preying upon our commerco under
the Brazilian ting, so that in a short timo
possibly, not an unarmed American ves
el would be left upnn the sea.
Wasuinotok, Nov. 13,
tV,nV. T''pmas Wilson, m.-riran Consul
at Bahia, Brazil, arrived in thu city inuu
Fortrens Monroe on Saturday. 1 1 is under
stood that he had an immediate inter
view with the Secretary of Slate, I tit
what transpired is unknown. A
rumor is floating about to tho eflect that
Mr. Wilson narrowly escaped with his life
from the populace at Bahia, and that his
residenco was mobbed, and only saved
from destruction by ilyo interference of
the military.
WHAT MAY GROW OUT OF A WAR WITn TiRAZIL.
A very general impression prevails that
we shall have serious difliculty with Bra
zil, growing out of the aflijr of the Florida.
It is atserted that the capture of the robul
pirate will prove tho most eignihrunt luv-
or that could have been show n tho con
federacy; for, it is claimed, should the Bra
zilian government declare war, it would
nt once recognize the confederate Statei
as an independent power, and fucli recog
nition would l.e followed in due time by a
similar courie on the port of other pow
ers, including Portugal, .pain, r ranee, and
Enchnd, who have, it is confidentially af
firmed, only waited for some other powe
to initiate such a movement.1.
Additional Details.
From tbe Journal da Babla.
TtlE RIOT OS STIORK.
Ou the 7th. as soon as it became known
that an insult had been ollcred to our flag
by the United Statet Sieimer Wachusett
in capturing the Confederate States steam
er Florida in our port during the night
time, a crowd went to the olhce of the
United States consul, and forcing in the
door took the arms that wcte there and
threw them about the streets as far as the
lower city.
In front of (he Alfandeja, somo sailors
of the Florida tried to gat hold of the
arms, but thev would nol be civen to
them. A. force of police was then order
ed out at once, and was placed on guard
before tho houno in wbicbthecontul was,
the force remaining there all night The
President of the provinto then cancelled
tho txequater of the American consul. The
vice consul, Mr. WiUon, who had gone to
sleep on board of the steamer achuaott,
also went away with him, leaving
consulate vacant.
tbe
RETORTED CUAL1.EXGR 11VTUE WACHUJETT
On the Gil.; at 2 r v., the captain of the
United Stales steamer sent a cartel to the
commander of Ihe Florida, directed as
follows;
"To Lieutenant Morris,
Captain of Iho Florida."
The latter returned V, requiring the
cartel lo be addressed in this manner:
, "To Lieutenant Morrit,
Commanding tho
Confederate Stale tteamor Florida "
To this thecaplain of ihe United States
vessel made no roply. It was unknown ,
that Ihe captain of the Florida had accept- ry Poor acquaintances are apt to duel
ed the challenge, the action to lake place blindnest. There'. Muggint, never
iftA e tM?? ' aos bit friends Slender, Short and Seed,,
ha sent 80 men on shore, keeping 30 on
Joeo.
TERMS :
NEW
LATEST. ' 1
On the llthOctobera bark wm engag
ed by tho captain of the Florida to carry
to Englandtbe eighty men br his rrew
left 011 shore, whowero to sail on the 14th.
, tlie captain and othr ofll
? B?lbh ," 'le"er & J.r
I lLe l'r0t'C" of tbal
Southern LaTy to Gen,
Hunter, TJ. S. A
From tho Richmond Examiner.
SiiKrnERDSTow.v, Va.. July 20 Gmtral
Hunter: Yesterday your underling, Cap
tain Martindle, of ,tha 1st New York
Veteran Cavalry, executed your infamous
order, and burned my house. You have
had the satisfaction er this of receiving
from him the information that your ord
ers were fulfilled to (be letter, the dwell
ing and every out building, seven in num
ber, with their contents, leing burned. I,
therefore, a helpless woman whom you
have cruelly wrom ed.address von. a Mninr
General of the United States Army, and
demand why this wat done. Whai was
myotleuse?
My husband was absent, on exile. He
lass never been a politician, or ia any way
niirf in lh u; - . '
--O--0- v uu
hu nan nrercnl inn ' i. f,.i 1 1 ... :.l e. .1
ju'.i vi Diui, , vuuiu uuvu loiuyou.
Tho house w as ouilt by my father, a Kevo
lutionury soldier, who served the whole
reven years for your independence. Thero
was 1 born ; tht-rethe sacred dead repose;
it was my house and nsy home ; and there
has your neice. who lived among us all
this horrid war, up the present moment,
mot all kindness and hospitality at my
hands,
Wat it for this that you turned me, my
young daughter and little eon upon the
world without asheller ? Or was it because
my husband is the grand son of the Rev
olutionary patriot and rebel, Uichard
ffenry Lee, and tho near kinnninn of the
noblest of Christian warriort, the greatest
of generals, Itobcrt E, Lee? Heaven'
blessings be upon him forever ! You and
your Government havo failed to couquor,
subdue, or match him ; and disapointed
rage and malice find vent upon the help
leas and inoffensive.
Hyena like, you havo torn my heart lo
pieces ; for all hallowed memories clust
ered around that homestead ; and, demon
like you have done it without even the
pretext of revenge ; for I never saw or
harmed you. Your office is not to lead iike
a brave man and a soldier your men to
fight in the ranks of war, but your work
has "teen to seperate yourself from all
danger, and with your incendiary band
steal unawares upon helpless women and
children, to insult and destroy. Two fair
homes did you yesterday ruthlessly lay in
ashes, giving not a moment's waruing to
ti.(r,UH inmatM nF vper wickod pur
pose; tuf ning mothers aifcrtuiiuicii lii"vi
doors; your veiy name execrated by your
own uion for the cruel work you have giv
en them to do.
In the caso of Mr. A. It. Boteler, both
father and mother were fur awoy. Any
heart but thai of Captain Martiudale (and
yours) would have been touched by thai
little circle, comprising a widowed daugh
ter, just risen from heir bed of illness, ber
three liltlo fatherless babes the eldest
not five year old und her heroic sister.
I repeat, any mnn would havo been
touched at that sight. But Captain Mar
tidale one might as well hope to find
mercy and feeling in the heart of a wolf,
benl on hi prey of young lambs, as to
fiud such qualities in his bosom. You have
chosen well your man fcr such deeds ;
doubtloss you will promote him.
A oolonel of the Federal army has stot
ed that you deprived forty of your officers
of their commands br-causo they rcfusod
to carry out your malignant mischief. All
honor to their names for this, at least
they are men. They have human hearts,
and blush for such a commander.
I ask, who that does not wish infamy and
disgtace attached to him forever, would
serve under you 1 Y'our name will ntand
ou history's pa;;o as tho Hunter of weak
women and innocent children; the Hunter
to destroy defenseless villages and relind
and beautiful homoi; to tortureafiesh the
agonized hearts of suffering widows ; the
Hunter of Africa's poor sous and daugh
ter, to lure tbem to vuin and death
of sonl and body; the Hunter with the re
lentless heart of a wild beast, tho faeo of'a
fiend, and the form of a man. Oh, Earth,
behold the monster.
Can 1 eay, "(lod forgive you?" No
uraver can be allorded for you. Were it
posbrjioior nuumn inino yvui uwi
iioavenwnrd, angels would thrust the foul
thing back again, and demons claim their
own. The curses of thoubanda, the scorn
of the mnnly and upright, and the hatred
of tho true and honorablo, will follow you
and yours through all lime, aud brand
vnnr nnme infuiuv 1 infamy 1
Again 1 demand why you have burned
my house ? Answer, us you must autwer
before the Searcher of alt hearts ; way
have you added this cruel, wicked deed
to your many crime?
jaT" Will you rise now, my dear?
dear " !
said a broker', wife to her sleepy spouse j
" the day brcke long a0."
" I wonder," replied th somnolent fi
nancier, "if the endomers were secured.
liF"A young man who has recently ta
ken a wife, says be did not find it half so
hard to get married as he did to get the !
furniluro, and when it came to sotting tho'
: bread and butter he had to fall back on '
,hBrii , .f iki
an all
l uuii nave nruvun i
II If luni vviimi?
. r;hnt power there It m ro r
$1 50 Per Annum, if paid in advance.
SEKIES - VOL. V.-NO. 19.
The late Chief Jostice Taney.
In a scries of sketches of the lives
character nfil, ri.:r i...... ,
and
the
w.d . vlS,upren,e Court' eeytribu
lea to the Newburvnnrt li.n uL..n:
' Ju Tatfer'
In ,oS
can ) we hnd lfc? foowllg
ilfion. Chief Int;,. T.
uiuiic, arueni ami devoted, and in that
purity and uprightness of his life doin
honor to the faith he professed. To him
religion was not a simple name, but born
m the Calholio faith-(he was decided
from one of the Old English Catholic fam
dies that setthd MarylsndJ-be most as
siduously considered the precepts and
principles of his religion, living a life of
he strictest piety. Perhap. his Calholio
ismwasonoof the reasons why ho wai
lew opprecia'cd in the North. With our
e cJtication teaching us that Uatholicini is
n vast system of superstition, not favoi.i.
i . . . tiojr nan n
.o io ii.iewgorice or mortality, trotliott
around in the half pock of puriianiam,
without the stature to lift ourselves over
Us sides and see tho facts it it difficult
for us lo conceivo that a person can be
great, goodand leurned, andyelaCatholK
I norf'tnit it lino 1 : . .
. . T. . ":"a "CUgii to
uiiniy unii ne was a uulho ic and a iLivp.
e ... .. . . . ' . JWe-
an example of liberality of opinion and a
desiro lor tho broudest personal and r
Iitical freedom for the citizen. U ,M ti,
o been tnught of hito yeurs that wo v s a
wronged in hit appointment, being fr,H
the Southern section of the country but
he was not called to the ofBco ou that
oount ; if hrtbad lived m Maine, l
would have been Chicr Justice as quick
It waa his fitness-supcrinr qualile-. lions
tor the office, that demanded prefnrme' '
Nor have we any reason to complain , i
the chier justice on account of ti.ei" iOCa
lion. Lvery one of them has held ta
TV ft a
iorr.;ern, mxtead tf Southern
cnniona
mo first three were intense
Fi'deial'M,
w Krn!-.i.i.-l
and sympathized with N
me last was as bitterly opposed to tun n.
trome Southorn viotrs ai pr.siL , . i! j
was the fast friend of General Javjkson in
the time of nufiiiiw.tion, and to the dv of
his ueath gave no sympathy or ouunf..
nance to the docUinet of socusion. A
truer iatriot-one more devnt.o.1 t :..
Constitution and the laws, which aro the
Government, has not livedln this genera.
tion. Jionono ocation he guv an opin
ion thai was acceptable to the South aud
displeasing to us, it was because he so un
derstood the law and the facts, and not
because he could twerved from the path
of duty. Roger B. Taney was a good man;
an upright magistrate; a dignified Bon tie
man, and sincere Chrintian. So will pos
terity declare, whon it writes his name
among the worthioN of the country. We
should not ourselvns be overoomn by roligi
pjm WiWjwarjiT!i,.in' ,,atft " lew op
The! Atrocities of Gen Taino.
Tho Louisville Journal, in u late atliclo,
savs :
A few days ago Gen. I'aino came to our
ollico to have an intcrviow with us. Whon
he was a short distance from our door, h
met u military gentleman whom ho did
not rccognizn, and aikod him to aoootn-
pany him to our room. J he General
came in, introduced himself to us. a4.
turning to the oflicor behind him, said:
"1 don't know this gentleman, but 1 ten
that he is a United Slatet officer, and I
have brought hiui to be a witness of tho
convolution between u?r'.' S'ho General
then look tho article from tho Journal of
the 27th ult. out of his pocket, and said:
'I have come to aik who authorized this
statement."
The other offionr, who, we beliovo, it a
lieutenant colonel, raised himaelf to hit
full height (nnd ho is a tall man) aud
raid tvith ruilicr vehement omphasit :
"General Paine, yon need inquire no fur
ther; 1 authorized everything. Blated in
thut article; and everything in it it true,
os I am ready to prove." We noed not
detnil the remarks thut followed between
tho (wo, but the General, after a little
while UBkod the lieutonanl Colonel wLoth.
cr ho would give him in writiug a declar
ation thut he was the author of the charg
es : 'Certainly, I will,"6aid the Liouten
aut Colonel, and, Inking a chair, he im
mediately wrote what wat wan tad and
hauded it to the General. The interview
ended soon afterward.
State Draft. Head Quarters Pa. Mil
litia, Harrisburg, Nov, 12, 18C4- General
Ordcn No. 2. The effort to raiso by the
volunteering, that portion of the Penn
sylvania State Guard orderod into servioo
by General Orders No, 1, having proved
abortive. It is ordered.
1. That an immodiato enrollment and
classification of Ihe Militia of the Com
monwealth be made in pursuance of the
provUiont of tho Act of Assembly, of May
4th. and Aueust 22. 18CI.
rvmml!nn. d the sov-
. of be Cammon.
wealth are l ereby required end directed
J to issue, forthwith, their preccpfo to tbe
Atsussors of their reepective Cities and
Counties, authorizing snd commanding
them lo makean immodiate enrollmorjt
and clawfrioRt'0" of ell able bodied wh'.t
male citizens, wi'hin their respective Iim.
.. 11. 1 1 . . ! ,,HI1A. iI.a r,?i
lit JUIjID 111 I'lliuiillivui ui.v.J -'
i tia Laws of th Commonwealth.
3. Prigsder General Lemuel Todd, Stat
Inspector General, it charged with thn
execution of this order,
I.'y order of. the Govwier.
A, L. Hi;"Ei.i..
Adjutant General, reun'a.
than at any other latituJe.
I your father.'