: D. W. MOOKE, Editor and Proprietor. . -Jc-s 'U'' -
U--'- -3,- PRINCIPLES, not MEN. ' "'
VOL. XXXVI. WHOLE NO. 1841.
I'LENTY LEFT
For Sale:
POSTER'S REPLY TO BUTLER.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEB
8, 1365.'
At ihe cheap Store of reply to the Report of Gen. Butler in re-
. . iu,i,giUa miiuroj
nayou can judgo for yourself
Gen. Butler's stftipmpnt i. i.
J. I. Morris &, Co.
far, tvvelve day's provision, flcd
------&. mt nipn
all tho in-
TEEMS .-M 00 Per Annum, if paid ad.Mc.
NEW SERIES-VOL. V.-NO. 30.
I Ton. Fresh Beef! 5 T?-.
on n...,. nJ "u,nel? P'Sed Apples 1
-wv vwmi i rime ureen Apples 1
...... liui T, . .' .
in m . ' iJUbueu iotaloes I
w ivni nyo t-UOW I
"... xuiivrsiaiciu.i Ailn.Ii.i-.h .. 0. " men worn rntu.i
Wainu te n.,!.. . l . , -"-uiiurin trie SUIT. Wet tl.ni. ..: i :W"Y"
In.. - 'r,11'""11" "o tiadilonced'ednn with . -'uSe5, aoa nil-
iuiov.ape fear river, and then Ironna ! , ikT . 6 Wl O0'or9 mary d.n-8.
could land and hold Ihe erl 5' men and officeV.
V. .S'. Flanshio
Ch- ear AVw. Jaft. 23, ISO
oir: j have read tha
knevr
General Butler in
pedition
'. Flagship Malvern, ' L
i. -o. iftiio. 1 , ""4 ""'u la Dorcn without Thern km nn t. i m ""icers.
ort'of Major- J Sfp'?' ?f witboul lli.y of being mblXl7IrQeaen Butlor
to the late ex-!ae,,d the enemy's gunboat Tullal, "eXr -K t, n B?r0T of ,l,e
in which he een. 0I th river." Thi. is a delib- ZZ r ' on ut
6000 Bushels Corn Knr i
..'Kftflin Kope All SizesAutai-s
500 Barrels Flour, (Extra Familv.)
.Kin Ttniral. r. f..l
..... .via VV4U uai,
relation
bore a part) an j ihob WeTol ,"(,2 T i.nl Gen ."'bu' X.'1 SmJT.Sd wh 0t '
"f. rtFUherjhare compUeWl 7 r6J 5 I never Yawl S f.ft.i w3 n.ece8?a,-y. Tbe
1 ou.l"B.eeriionsotOeu. Butler ami I '. nls f1?"" a'ler the landinc on th IS7u"TL"i . s,x. nunared yards
I " J en It due to the nri I uen"- bftf Uh' ' ton Y.mk !"' " " "mu" W covered the troops left
! of t"e expedition thai General BuUe A ' t,c Wm, or eeo bin . fV. n , I J " S "?,cu ,u e"el went ay nf-
pori suoui'J! recene
o-
tJec. 20-0t.
LaJiel Furs. Purehaner ninjr roly upon jPttlng
the bf.t Furs at C11A3. OAKF0HD & SONS,
(.'uH'metitul Hotel, l'liiludcljihia. jan. 11.
ADMJMsfnATOIVS S01itE.-Nuiic
it hereby given that Lettert of AdminUtra
lion rave been granted to the undersigned on the
eitate of Patrick Qulnn, late of Penn townthip,
Clwirfield county, deceaaed : therefore all per
ont indobted toeaid etate are required to make
immediate payment, and Ihuie huvintr .l,.mn.l.
airaintt the tame will present them duly authen-
licawu iur veiitouienu
JAMES CLARK. Adtn'r.
recn towuBhlp, Dee. 28, ISCi.
ivwtom my , . ."B"1' m mo, Carolina
' UaL'-bhjp , from the t n.n f i. L ,
tr . - . uuvancin
From the Old Guard, for February.
Conspiracy in Conerress. .
The mountain has conceived and bro't
f r.th.,a.er contemn.able. lau.w
p
.5 s.-? fate ?B sotn
jr.. ' 9
NEW GOODS
AT TIIK
Cheap Cash Store
WILLIAMF IRWIN!
Harht street, tpjxtite the 4 (JUarJield llovte,
Clearfield, Tit.
'afresh Xr"r I V A Ii OF
Winter Goods
AT T1IE CUEAP CASU STOltE.
I am Jut receiving and opening carefully
ItcUd (took of funhionable Spring k Summer
Q 4PB IPS
' of almost every description,
AbeautifulMiortment of Prints and Dry
jeodi.ofthsnewe.t and late.t stylei. AUo a
Pat variety of useful t.irun,-vr. Trn v3
DltY-OOODS AND OTIOS.
Bonnets, Shawls,
Hats and Cap",
Boots nd Shoes, a large quantity,
Hardware, Queeniware,
Drugs and Modioines,
Oil and Faints,
. Carpet A Oil Cloths. '
GROCERILS,
Fish, Bacon and Flour,
Mackorel in and barrels,
efthe best quality, all of which will be sold at
lbs lowent cash or ready pay prices.
Myoldfrlondiandtheaublie generally, are
respectfully Invited t eall. ,
JMTN B.-AU kinds of tffA.Vand approved
C0UXTRY rUODCCB taken in exchange for
6o9i'- WM. F. IRWIN.
.Clrsrf eld, Jtn H, 1S-
CVUTIOV. The public are horeby caution
.Jag'ain,, buying'or "'"r'S;,;
eddllng witi "n -f. of ? ra d
IU po.se.sion and use or Xavier Conts, of UrarJ
c.n.h1p. m the sane is my pwrff: ..IE
JJlr.rd, Jan. 1 l,-6i. J L STISJ 1
T adics' FuTs, The largest aortment at CHAS.
Ll 0AKF0RD A SOX8, Conltncntal Hotel,
ftfladelDhla. JDl 1K
i rMiciaTUATrlt'3 XI)TlCI-Nolcie
A i.u'.k. lv.n that letters of administration
4JLit"-- :- . ... T)
I...L l A. L.O0. iaio Ul
township, Clearfield county, aeoeweu, .."
Wn granted to the undersigned, all pcr.ens n
lebted to said eotste arc requested to wake liu
osdiat. paymen and those bavu
gainst the same will present Uiew duly authen
ticated for settlement, w LEKf
Beccaria tp. jan. 8t.H- Adail'nlstrator.
somo
uanus.
n' ...
ill iNn ilia n. ii.i.... i T
nounca the wholo report a tissue of inia
tolemenu from beginning tqeud, ecarce
1 equaled by the misstiiieuiein made re
garding the Lieutenant General.
1 ho navy had been waiting two month
to start on this expedition, but for reasons
known to the Lieulenant-Cieneral and
inyeeir, and which wero perfectly saliblac
tory to mo, the proper time wa waited
lor. Wo wanted a EtiP(PB nni a r,.;i,...
Goo. Weilzel was selected, and General
butler a name was never onnnnt.,i
the espedition, except to tit it out. When
the expedition did prepare to start, it was
going to tho attack ou the supposition
that the powder vessel (originally prepar
ed by Gen. Butler) would blow the forts
down, and the troops would have nothing
to do but to walk in.
I was not opposed myself to the experi
ment (for I think everything worth try
ing), and gave all my lime aud attention
to the enterprise and lilting out the ves
sel. I was hard at work getting ready, fil
ling her with powder, and had placed hei
in tho carpeuler's hands, tha weather
looking very squally. Judge of uiy sur
price, when Gen. Butler camo on board
Ihe fla.j-3hip at .Norfolk, and told
me he was embarking the troops in
transportsand would bo roady to eiart in
two days. I told him that was out of the
question, a heavy southwest cale was com
ing on that would last three days at least,
and we could not go to sea ut such a lime,
neithor could his transports move. My
Judvice was "not to embark the men until
i the gale was over."
j He did emba.'k the troops nevertheless.
The gale blew heavy for lour days, and
the troops must have been very unconi
fortablo. At the end of that gale the
(loot sailed. I told Clener d Butlor thai
uiy Toati were uii iuw ; me tiiuuuun
would have to bo lowed ; would have to
go into Beaufort to till up with ammuni
tion ana coal, as 1 was afraid to venture
them at sea with too much in. I advised
him to wait until we had got thirty-six
hours start of him, and also i ecommeuded
him to rendezvous at Ben u fori, orli
Carolina, where ho would hod a good
harbor. Kren up to this limo ho did not
tell me that he himself was going along,
but led me to believe Gen. W eiUel was to
be in command. He did not take my
opinion about sailing. His transports
sailed before any fleet, excert the monitor,
and instead of rendezvousing at Beaufort,
where I could find him he rendezvoused oil
Jlasonboro inlet; showed bis flagship deck
ed out with Hags to tho enemy at Ft. Fisher
and had one of his transports iired on ly
guns near the fort. In the meantime 1
worked night and day at Beautort to get
the monitors ready and complete the ar
rangement for the powder bout, and I
sailed when ready. There was no time
when any troops could have landed with
out danger up to the time the first attack
took place. I was to be tho judge of that,
not Gin. Butler, tor I had not that faith
in his generalship which would induce me
to follow him blindly, though determin
ed to do all 1 could for him, and make
the expedition a success if possible.
1 soon saw, though, that Gen. Butlor
depended on the powder boat enliieiy,
and I said we would have no assault from
the beginning.
I will now proceed to notice Gen. But
ler' report iu dotail, and state whero it is
incorrect.
He first says he gave the navy thuty-eix
hours start. That is untrue; the trans
ports started before the navy, or disap
peared. Gen. Butler himself left after 1
did. He sp?nks of the " finest possible
. I. n I l.rtl ..I aan l.nt anus nnlhinn
. . ' t . i...i. v l.nnL ,n,. I mi lunt o l.cers and seamen reached the
, . .1.1 i. uniAu. H.o u iml I, ton ol the parapet and planted the
a m nn i lit) utruuii uuivc w " ' " i . .
been blowing strong oil' the land, and on
the days in question, oy looaing ai mei
ZZ;XdZT On the 15th the ! the. ascent (where the sailors went in) was
monitor had not arrived at Loaufort, ami
on the 10th and 17th were coaling and.
lilling with ammunition, and had to wait
a smooth time to cet over the oar, tne
Monroo until he loft hero after his failure
iie uowea Himself by that remark just
as ignorant about hydography as tho reb
el General Whiting did when he built his
Tort wuere he supposod large ships could
not get near enout-h to attack it. '0;,i..
er myself or any one of tha squadron had
the rainiest idea where the channel was
or what depth of wafer thero was in it.
We knew there was an outer and insido
bar, between which was included tho heav-
ii jumucuiions in iuia country, on which
bars the blockade runners "constantly
grounded, and had to wait for high wate'r
to get oil. AftPr we had no guns to anoy
us, und I had the channel sounded out
and carefully buoyed, nearly all tho gun
boats of light draught got badly aground,
and remained there for a wholo tide. We
were forty-eight hours getting gunboats
of hght batteries over tho first bar, and
they had to anchor binder theguus of the
heaviest forts. They would have fared
badly had tho rebels manned tlmni.
Three d.ys were consumed ingulfing
the gunboats over tho 'Kips," und one of
them is stuik there still. Tito ''Kips"
are commanded by about twenty 10 inch
gune and 100-poiinders, and not a gun
boat would have been left had they at
tempted to run tho batteries-. It might
have been sport to General Butler, but it
would have been doath to tho gunboats.
I never had the bliglitest intention of pass
ing the batteries until Ihe fort was taken.
Ttio department saw my plan, and the
utter impossibility of doing so.
I wolud certainly not havo been influ
enced by -General Culler's" opinions in
nauticle matters, or rUked my vossels to
amune him.
All tho next paragraph in General But
ler's report, in relation to what the "Ad
miral" said, and what the "Admiral," de-
nlina.l In tn 14 f:llhrt f-nm 1 m.r I n r. i n
end. ,u
I never had any conversation of the
kind wiih uny one indeed, the whole
report is a tissue of misrepresentations,
inuluding the part that says tho instiuct-
ions ko received did not contemplule a
"siege, ivo when ho knows he nevor re
ceived Any instruction, and joined the
expedition without orders.
General Butler speaks of pushing up
his men to within u few hundred yards of
Fori - Fisher, and capturing llall'-moon
battery aud its men. The "General"
certainly must have had something in his
eye, und did not see well. HaH'-moon
battery is lour miles from rort I-isher,
had one gun in it, which was silenced af
ter a few shots from the gunboats, and no
one ever entered it. It was a small sand
hill, that twenty men could have taken.
Flag Bond battery was n largo work,
thrown up by the rebels, in which was'one
eight inch gun that had burst some time
ago. The gunboats shelled it, and, on
the landing of the firat boat-load of troops,
tho seamen went up and fojnd somo boys
and old men iu it (North Carolina Juuior
Ue.'erves,) and carried them ufT to the
Santit-go do Cuba. The prisoners were
quite willing to go. The troops after
wards surprised '21S ofljeors aud uicu near
Fort Finher, and captured lliotn.
General Butler speaks of having run in
the Chamberlain to within a few hundred
yards of the fort. If he ran that closo and
was not fired at, he must have supposed
the fort silenced; but he never was within
one mile and a "half of the fort nor did he
ever land himself.
What General Butler says about the
difficulties of assaulting, owing to pali
sades, ditches, and other bugbears, has
been refuted by tho successful assault,
made by Goneral Terry on the hud side,
and the sea face of the fort, when thirty
o-- icnuiuiion DaViriff lha
VoryahrtH?altr'ition f'eCoE8iio;
tor abolishinc K avnr V n
rain. nffnl. I 1 ' "u"iwCOBl
1. The nnrnnlnnl ,1: ...
news from some Norih Lmon, by barring tl,A. I...,
rfrfPIM.n:, n. .. 11.1. .. . ; r,n.. f. II. " "UUtl IBIIO-
V , iv 'V 1 r ,ga',e w.a Till . urn-of lueouthern Stales
reinforced
on which a-
lr.ai Hie tort was atrnnntw i lie Qeetruntinn nf il,.' .
But what if it ... Cvi1 formed bv mm r, i...Vi-..fmmDn:
rl.wn ...u. ". !. '-...I"" v "'Oiling OUl
,,, .-.....,,,,, uencrai 1 -..vi8u,j, "i iue Mates
lei ry with ihe same men did it. Thev I 'ono lt wa' founded.
wero delermined to follow there bravo! '"ITod of all shams and lvinsdis
general wherever he might think proper to f ul.seN. 't "imply a proposition to revo
lea.J;( P ,n , jlut.onizo, overthrow and destroy thU
After General Butler left for Foi tress ! fjovernmcnt. It ig a hundred-fold worse
Monroe, ,t was rather rough-too rou.-h ; '',.")" 'l the follies of secession combined,
to land roops or br.ng them oil, but it i -secessionist is a fraifer, those who
.u.tu inuiiiy-iuur nours, and tiie i ini reeotution are double traitors
; - , 1 uw nmiuui ujucii cimicuty ;
in fact there was no time when communi
cation stopped altogether.
Had General Bufler commpnrorl n,A.
ADDRpca
EwednsTillee Qarte"d at Cnr
wensville, by John Ensscll. on th
them51hS0uaCT0tion Rented to
them by tho -ladies of Penn Town
ship, on the 4th of January, 1865
rikT""0- The abolitTon-
- vvucirna. iLiri i.,i,i i i
l,rni.l,t . i, laoor, nasi
resolution navinu lh
io me vmctrt and SolJlr, i.
, - .:jvlf,y UtQ
dtfcrtnt Companiet of U. 8. Trvop, .u&mt
st t I .... 'tr a ....
" ""'', uearfield County ra. Gin-
of Pens -.tp., and viehiity, ' DUmber of
whom are now preientj r have tb boh',
or to present to you on tlio present occal
ion, a 8maii donation consisting of such,
things as they have been alio to colleot,
u.cn iey nope will contribute to your
comfort. To you veteran soldiers of the
Republic who have perilled your lives in
the cause of the Union, the cause of our
ooramon Country, of the Ubertios of the
nation, against the foul attempt to dostroy
the host government amonir mn i
oecause they go for destroying the organ- ;etablish upon its ruins, a despoiitm worse
ba'od Thn ,!-:-T with "the sum of all
delecatod povrcr. of A .V.V i "u ""."l"""10' ,or cornerstone. To you
ingnien (with the determination to stay) i be legally torn from it, uot even bv tho,6D meu' whoha 'd aside all minor
i o in me . morning, they would ncuon ft all other Statos through the I"116"" nd rallied forth Indefoncoof
"T ,tuor?'y V'u 0' ,.,0r lb Constitution. That , our glorious and lime honored In.iit,,.
tho
bv nni i ur, ioMe 10 say, on Dcnairof
lvur ytanw- of altering the Constitution? That our glorious and lime honored in
W e landed General Terry's 8,500 men ca of the Constitution giving a certain 1 tions and of T lwV k I
m 51 hours, and had no time to Bi,.!number of State, the ,-ower l ringC"u i , , .y ,hrouhout
the fort a good shattering before 1 1,0 instrument, does not, by any I 1 bp leave to say, on boh
dark
General Butler says be gave, order to
the transports to sail for Fot tress Monroe
as soon as the troops were on board, in
obedianoo to the orders of Ihe Lieutenant
General.
Gen. Grant nover contemplated tho
withdrawal of tbe troops. He sent them
...... j iu omy, mm olivine onco ciitctpd a
means, give the majority ' the right 111080 whom I represent, that while wo
irrT. ,i v 1 - ,vc;oa r,K'lU or so des- regret tho neoessity which brought you o'-
tion cannot touch the minority in any I y meet you faC8 lo faco' to Present
matters that were not tTclegated in theiii- ,0yu w scanty gift, and to assure you
,ul""-"i linucr IV lie I t in n Inrniini, 1 lit VOI1 hgvA nnr ,cl aiJ.u
Pllllllld In l.n J r('l
luuuu. iijo rcservod. or un
lelegatcd, rights of thoStates
i i . i t .. . .. : . . . .
iimiuiig, r e Knew tuat Hie mom Uiliicut Juct l" any jurisdiction which the State
part was done. The armv oncn in nn.t.M. ; do not thouiselvim tnnoimn ii..
sion of tint narrow nock of land, and cov-, u"der tho plea of altering the Const ilu
ered by the jjuns of tho ileot, tho capture I ,lon three-quarters of tha .State should
of Fort Fishf was u mere matter of timo. vote to reduce all tho pooijlo of the other
(In a heavy gale Mowing yesterday and to T'aner to a Stale of vassalage would that
day, the vessels outside did not deert i heAw! Suppose that, under the style
u.iu mm ot altering the Constitution,
three-quarters should vote that they would
appropriate to themselves nil the wives
und daughters of tho other quarter, would
Soldiers, who were accustomed to the
1 1. a work, would nave succeeueu mere easier
as
their posts.)
General Butler stales that tho gnrmon
of Flug Bond battery belonged to Kirk
land's biiizade. IIh
O waeos W O w- M "Vt U (II IC J ( WUIilU
they were a part of Junior North Carolina I not tho quarter say to the lhrea-iiarters
iieserves. aaok . your authority I When in that mtr
llealso stated that he captured two;mf"'" v delegate to awMy thott tacred
heavy rifled guns, two light guns,' some! matters The;, were never s.ul,ucts of Federal
ff "rSSSt, iS- v.?i?tue,u.lh.c,'Plure8.w.ar:'w imlth'tataxMntr -nrArpifu
so much has leen written, were rough j may anuud the Constitution until your bodies
earthworks, thrown up for tho purpose oXtMcroden awl your souls damned', weshaldes
firing tit bloknders when thy chased -P'ue and defy you ! WhatStstf, what hus
clo3o in shore. They made no resistance i hand, what brother, would not talk after
alter a few shots wore tired by the gun- tllis strong fushion ? No, w will not bo
boats. l'eve that there can be sucli a fool in Con
1 havo nothing to sny in relation to fess as one who really trtin'ks that, un
General Weitzel's report, beyond this der the plea of nltering the Constitution,
he has made mistakes in bis statements, te organic and untransferable rights of
Lie admits Hint he requested mo to wait a i S'Hes can be legally overt h.rown. Wo
few days until we could co-operate moie ;lrt 110 more alter the Constitution to rob
favorably, on wBich I suppose General States of thoir "slaves," tha,n we can to
Butler grounds bis belief that the navy kidnap their wivos and daughters. We
dotained him. fin 1 it much easier to believn that thoEe
I did not wait, and have waited ever j ,v"0 propose this kind of thin,; nre i naves,
since, until the right roan and a good ; I'"" to let them oil' under the more char
time oii'cred lo lake the forts. They ! itahle conclusion that they are idiots. We
wero taken, as I said thev could be. and leave it to those apostate Democrats who
that is the strongest argument in favor of
tho navy, on whom it was foolishly
attempted to fix this blunder.
As it has turned out, the lirst failure
had its advantage., and tho country trill
derive great comfort therefrom.
If General Butler hail not descended to
a subterfuge toenvor the mistake, I would
willingly have allowed him to go into re
tirement with the lionois he has won ;
but no man shall reflect unjustly on me
or the corps to which 1 belong with
out his hearing fiom me in some wsy
other,
ac vocated this resolution to settle) it with
their constituents as best thev cm. wheth-
a . ... . ' . IIVIUII
er tney navo been bribed outriiihu or lost . .
il.pin " I loved
that wher
ever your lot may be cast you will have a
place in our memories, together with all
others who like you have left homes and
friends and families perhaps, with all
that is near and dear on earth, to tako
their place in the ranks of tho armies of
the Union. Accept theso gifts as a free
will offering from those who feel that they
with you have a common interest in tho
restoration of our great and good govern
ment, and of the prosorvation of law and
order throughout its entire domain. Our
hearts were saddened with the intelligence
that blood was shed in your efforts to on
fu our 'county in an 'encounter "with Ihe
deserters from the draft in a neighboring
district. We trust for tho county that
we may be saved from the disgraoe which
would follow the repetition of so grae u
outrage.
Thanking you for your orderly deport
ment we bid you a kind adieu, and when
the war shnlt bo over, when the rebollion
(which is now waning) shall have been
conquered and broken down, a hen the
rightful authorities of our government
i shall havo been restored, apd the Star
ami Stripes, tho proud ensign of the na
tion's greatness and powor, shall once
more float over all the land, may you all
return again to your homes and to your
Outrages TTpon Free Masoni; -Their
Lodges Burned
uen. unerson.
ones, with tho happy assurance
fhat you were engaged on the side of Jus
tice, of Right, and of universal Liberty,
and Destroyed by land my God's blessing accompany you.
The desecration and burning o." Mason- Rksistino tiik Dkail-Wo learn that a
ic Lodges by Griorson lias caused, s we posso of officers from the Ulster and Che
learn by accident no little excite.n ent a- nang0 rrovost marshals' office recently
monit the mystic brotherhood. The New , , .... .... . '
or , Kngland Masons have publicly repudiated ' out i iuuk an.expe.u.on lor tne.arrest ot
! their obligations, and declared that Uieir I ft l"ind tf deserters, who wero reported to
1 have sent you documents and extract . "brethren" of tho South ato not deemed have encamped in the mountains, on the
xntrt An.hnnt. n c iniv i nir. w ni I nan mnanni I . rmrinn Hm.-n t n ftino.n in. i I , . t-i.... i .v.
- i . --. ,,. mm uumeen ulster ana 1'eiawaro coun-
i correct, and the log-books ot tne whoie cepts tne ivew unglund creed and difre- ,, , . . ,. , ,
fleet can be examined if necessary. igards the obligations of the order. "VVlwn I J18' fT" VI,r'0Uf'y l"nald at
In concluson, permit me to say that I , he limtenlered upon his career of crime, j rrom twenty-five to ono hundred, with in
dent I'eo what it matters whether Generul as a soldier, he burned tho Masons' Ltd ge ! ti enchments, ic. The approach of tho
Butler's troops landed one day or anolh-al Rising Sun, in West Tennessee. officers to tho placo was sh'naloi to tho
er. Ho decided the fort could not be Tho then commander of the depart- l1niirtnr. i.tf ,; , .... .
taken when he did land. He could not m-nt condemned Grierson's conduct, and . , : , . , , , ; ouu"
expect the rebels to leuvo a work like compelled him lo muko restitution. It
that with loss than .riOQ men in it, and ho seems, however, that he has received ie-
cortainly could have tried to assault lliat 'cilic int riKtiiuris to detroy every v-s-
n umber. Generw leriy Jiad -,.Ji'U to con-, tige oi Jvoutiicrn iusonrv. jjo burned i
lend against, aud he carried the works the Masons' building in Verona, and idso
u-;il.-.,it a u.ru ki.rinita l.is pnn.iil,.rin i, 1 R t ( IU :ilnr.;i. Tim w i I'm of A p.r.lonpl in mil
the imnortanoo of tho position to the , service, who is a Mason, made herself , cupying the camp. On their roturn ono
country.
1 enclose vou the report of the
General Whiting, who states plainly that, arms. Her liouso was plundered an-
"no reinforcements had arrived until . burned.
Tuesday ninrnijig (rlie USth), when all ouri Masons may fight rae.h other lo tho
troops were embarked." death on the battle-field, but when the
If the evidence already presented is lield is lot or won, their obligations as
doubted, tho report of General Whiting 'members of a world wide fraternity are
cannot be.therefure the e.xf)u?e for re-em-1 revived, and philanthropy supplants
barking the troops becau;e the forts had bloouiliirstiness and barbarity. It is said i
been reinforced by Hoke's division is a j that tho Masons at Verona, Okalona and j
rashes' anal Children's Mat, Latest Styles at
jraia n At' FORD t BOSS, ConUnenUl
iHeUl, Philadelpbi. Jn
II.
L sites Furs, The largest assortment at CHAS.
0AKF0RD SONS, ContuienUl Hotel,
"Hiladelpbia.
LEATHEJll LEATHER 1
r side In ClearBc
MERRELL A
V Miortment for sale In ClearfeM, by
tlULiE.n.
Dee. 11
Ladles' and Children's Hats, Latest Styles at
C1IARLES 0AKF0RD A SOXS. ConUnen
Ul Hotel, rblladelphia, jn. 1 -toot.
wind blowing southwest on tne lotu, inn
and lKth, and throwing in a heavy surf on
the beach. Un most ol those uighls, Mr.
Bradford, or the coast survey, came near
being capsized iu the breakers, while ma
king a ri'connoisejnce. Jt was Gen. But
ler' duty to have rendezvoused ut Beau
fort, and wailuutil the monitors und
boat, on which he so muchdepeu-
ded. were reidy. The movements ot me
easier, the same troops inai uenorai
Butler had did tho work fina.ly, and
took tho most difficult side of the
works.
General Butlor admits that the Gre of
the navy did keep the enemy in hi"
bomb-proofs, but he feared it would keep
his (Butler's) men out when they attempt
ed to assault. General Terry was influ
enced by no such fear; on the contrary,
we fired twenty yardi nlieadot our troops,
residents of tho neighborhood, and when
they arrited on tho spot they found an
empty backwoods encampment, but no
intrenchments, and there bad evidently
not been more than a dozen persons oo-
, known as such, and was ru t h lossly driven 'or the ofhecra discovered and pursued a
rebel from her house with an infant in her ' .Inserter lo the bonsn of hi. luil.nr .1
i'l ,i r .i.:u i. . i l.. .i. . i .
,uuui ui (iijii-u nu musuje'i vy iueueserter,
with a ihot gun, which was discharged at
tho officer, wounding him critically. lie
was then fallen upon and beaten by the
deterter, whose father aud brother, as well
as tho femalo members of the -family,
sioou iy, encouraging mm lo kill Ihe olli-
pour one.
General Whiting says "tho garrison re
mained, steadily awaiting the renewal of
while they wete fighting from bomb-proof j ,ho BS?BUit 0f bombardment, until Tues-
to bomb-proof, and the General constant
ly signalled, "fire away I jour siiens are
light transport should bavo been subor- J doing good execulion, and our men are
ilinatu In is. a nrpa ana siOW-uiuvmi: ma-, in no uaiiKcr mwui uicm
ate and iron-clads, and he should have
been whore he could have arranged with
me all tho details of the attack, but no,
he kept out of my way, and, I think, did
it studiously.
Whn I arrived on the ground of the
naval rendezvous wi!u the
found Gen. Butler there.
In the meantime (General Butler says)
'the weather assumed a threatening as
pect, and the surf came rolling in on
the beach, and the landing became difli-
cult." ' ,
I assert that Hie landing on that -day
monitors, I ' was smoother than when General Terry j
landed. 1 arranged who general uuiu-r a
day morning (27th). when they were re
lcived by the support of Major General
Hoke and the einbat kation of the enemy,"
This was two days after (he attack of the
navy and the landing and re embarking
of the troops-
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedi
ent servant, David D. Torter,
Rear Admiral,
lion. Gideon Wells, Secretary of tho
Navy Washington, 1). C.
uI..a.i .l.a nnwHar boat in. on lha plw.r tiuir (lencral Yt eitzci, lo lanu uie;
1 Ul - ' ... ,. ........ ... , . .
night of Ihe 18th (the smoothest beach, troops early in the morning. I gave
we bad had), but alGerl. Butler's request, ' bias boats, vessels, everything in ract thatj
communicated through Geo. Weitzel. in be asked for, and at 3 o'clock P.M. not
presence of the fleet captain (Lieutenant more than three thousand men i ero on
CommanderK.lt. Breese). 1 postponed shore, with one day's rations. With Gen.
tliA oTn n on until UGoerui iuiiur iuuum icrry itoiuiuoocou lumim mo , . , ..l- . ,-.tl u nn
i! KPi r.adv The correspondence ' A. M., and at 2 V. M- eight thousand five ask you. and then the thing would be ofl
on thi. suV3eort,Viallbeeu sent to you. bundled mon -Aere cu the l.earh, with ner m.nu; .u w. u ; ...
tj-Children and fools, says Iho old ad
age, always tell the truth :
"Mother sent me," said a liltlo j:irl lo
a neighbor, "to ask you to come and take
tea with her Ihi evening.", .
"Did she say a hat time my dear V
"Ko ma'am r she only said she would
adjacent points have oilered a large sura
for the head of Gnerson. If we are cor
rectly informed, it becomes the duty of
every Mason in the world to take his life.
If that absurd old story about the death
of Morgan ha any foundation, it surely is
not improbable that some loyal Mason
will put an end to Grierson's career of
plunder, rape and jobbery. ,1iicoa Beacon.
JiaJ"Hoaven bless the Wives 1 they fill
our hives with little bee and honey.
They ease life' shock, they mend our
aoi ks, but don't they tipend the money f
W hen we are sick, they heal ni q-iicK
that is if Itiey do love us ; it not, we uie,
and yet they cry, and niso tombstones a
bovc us.
tUS'X divorce suit is pending in tho
Superior Court of Brooklyn, Connecticut,
in which both parties are 70 years of age
If they would only i t a hit death would
pronounce divorce for them.
ojr.wl o was finally rescued by his oomr-an-
I ... L. I , ... " .
iuiib, n nn jihu i;iune in aearcn or nun, ana
the men were nil taken as prisoners to
tho protest marshal at Norwich. The
wounded officer lies in a critical situation,
but chances nre that he will recover.-
Chenango A. I'.J Union,
A Tenami.E Ness. A gt-otleman who
has returned from I lie battle-field of De
cember Kith, near ii'ashyille, whiilier he
went in quct of the liody ofa slain broth
er, (Inscribes to tho Chicago W the scene
as one of unmitigated loathing and hor
ror, 'i he rebel dead still lie upon the
oil unburied, and in all the chastlines
of death as it fell upon them in tho shock
and carnage ofbat'.lo. In some places
where charges wore m la and repulsed,
the poor wretches lie in heaps, one upon
Iho other, a Ihey had fallen in tho agony
of death. The excuse given for uot bury
ing them, was that tho living were too
busy in chasing the men under lload j
stop to care for the dead,
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