Clearfield Republican. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, February 08, 1865, Image 1
: 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, V, j