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BY SAMUEL. J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA.. APRIL 24, 1861.
TOB THE GOVEBIfMEIfT OK AGAINST IT !
War is npon us. Not by the action of tho
National Government, but by the aggressive
ast of the enemies of that Government. The
traitors in the South, having first robbed tho
United States treasury and despoiled the Gov
ernment of all its means-of defence by seizing
the forts and arsenals and arniB and mnnitions
of war ; without any just cause fired into the
Star of the West, and seized an American
vessel which was on an errant of mercy with
a supply of oil for the light bouses on the
Gulf coast. Tbey refused to let provisions be
transported to the starving men of Major An
derson, or permit that gallant little band f o
retire from Fort Sumter, unless they would
surrender as prisoners of War ; and hnaliy,
they opened fire upon that balf-starvcd hand
ful of brave men, because they would not
tt.w with their reauest. Upon these
vviu"
Southern traitors, then, rests the respousibili
ty of the conflict. Let them be held responsi
ble for the shedding of blood. And now,
what is the duty of every true and devoted
friend of the Union ! Should you stand by
and permit the traitors to trample upon that
flag the emblem of liberty without resent
ing the insult ? We think not ! On this sub
ject the Philadelphia Inquirer says t "Take
your places in line." The American flag
trails in the dust. There is from this hour no
longer any middle or neutral ground to occu
py. All party lines cease. Democrats, Whigs,
Americans, Republicans and Union men, all
merge into one of two parties Patriots or
Traitors. For ourselves, we are not pre
pared for either or any form of government
which the invagination might suggest as
probable to follow in the wake of a Republic.
We are for the Government as handed down
to us by our fathers. It was consecrated in
blood, and given to us as a sacred legacy'. It
is ours to live by, and, by the blessings of God,
it shall be ours to die by. We will have it,
and none other. We have no political feuds
or animosities to avenge ; we know no cause
save to wipe an insult from our flag, and to
defend and maintain an assailed Government
and a violated Constitution. We care not
who is President, or what political party is in
power, so long as they support the honor and
the flag of our country, we are with them ;
those who are no t are against us,against our flag,
and against our Government- "Take your
places in line!'
'. Patriotic Ardor. The generous enthusi
asm with which men of all parties and classes
enroll themselves for the defense of their
country it) this day of extreme peril, is at
once as sublime and cheering an exhibition as
waa ever witnessed in the world. It is wonder
ful. - Every heart is stirred to its depths.
Mothers, with mingled tears and joy give up
their sons to their country, and wives, with a
patriotism which overmaster natural anguish,
see their husbands go forth to battle and to
death. Gray haired fathers bless their sons,
and exhort them to be true to their country
and their God. It is a grand and glorious
spectacle. It is a new epoch in our history
It is a mighty revival of patriotism a renew
al of a nation's life. It is the right spirit at
tho right time, and being put forth in a right
eons cause, it cannot fail to have a purifying
and healthful influeuce, and open the great
heart of tho nation, when treason shall bo
crushed out and peace restored, to still holier
influences. Go, noble young men, be strong
in your country's cause ; love one another ;
be kind to your subdued foes, treating them
as errinz brethern ; and may God, who loves
onr country infinitely more than you can, be
your gaard and guide, and exceeding great
reward! Prayers and blessings from count
less earnest and loving hearts will follow you ;
and if you are permitted to return, a greeting
awaits you that will compensate you for all
your toils and dangers.
. Maj. Anderson. This gallant officer's vin
dicatiou is satisfactory and complete, and his
evacuation of Fort Sumpter was the result of
a necessity which no other courso would have
justified. 'His brother officers express the
highest respect for his gallantry as a soldier
and his loyalty as a man. In fact his wbolo
command joiu in the testimony that his de
fence of the fort was one of the bravest and
most daring military exploits, under all the
circumstances, in the history of the American
army. Iu the midst of treason in the army,
we rejoice to learn of this gallant action on the
part of Major Anderson, because the reputa
tion he had earned was too great to bo reck
lessly sacrificed to fear or treachery.
Am Act to Pokish Treason. In another
column will be found the new law against trai
tors.1 By its provisions, it is made a high
misdemeanor punishable with imprisonment
in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding
10 years and a flno not : exceeding $5000, for
any person residing in the State to assist our
enemies by taking a commission under them,
or encouraging enlistments in their armies, or
bj persuading persons from enlisting in the
service .of the United States, or persuading
them to abandon the service of the United
States, or by other ways therein specified to
oppose the government.
THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
The Methodist, published at New York, in
its issue of Saturday April 20th, makes the
following remarks, on the present condition
of our National affairs : "Against reason, and
patriotism, and law, war is upon us. Against
law, for the constitution and its authority are
trampled in the dust by those who had sworn
to defend them. Against patriotism, for
those who have inaugurated the war, are our
brothers, smiting, in their blind fury, the fair
maternal breasts which have given suck alike
to perjured and to loyal children ; and against
reason, most of all, because the whole miser
able rebellion,, from its first guilty flush, to
the culmination of its shame in Charleston
harbor, has been wholly without cause and
without decent pretext. We speak in the in
terest of no political party. To what is the
present dreadful aspect of the country to be
traced ? What has happened 1 Has a tyrant
snatched the reins of government by a coup
d'etat and stirred the blood of our Southern
brethern to revolt, by some special burden
laid upon them 1 Have the provisions of the
Constitution been violated, or even its most
exterior form treated with disrespect ? Das a
new constitution been substituted for the old
and venerable instrument adopted by the
slave-holding fathers ? or has its ancient inter
est been falsified by a new interpretation ? It
is not pretended that any of these things have
happened. That has occurred, which has ta
ken place repeatedly before, political parties
have been formed, have been actively and
hotly arrayed against each other, and the
strife has ended in the defeat of one of the
parties and the success of the other. This is
all. True, Slavery was in the contest, and
that embitters whatever it touches, but still
no right of State or individual had been touch
ed or even threatened. True again, the Pres
idential canvass was in some sense sectional,
but while a sectional triumph may be offensive
to tho defeated section, it does no violence to
the constitution. That instrument no more
divides the country by Mason and Dixon's
line than it does by the Alieghanies or the
Rocky Mountains. Such a division in the
view of the Constitution is purely arbitrary,
and in no form affords an apology for revolu
tion. The truth is that the rebellion began
without a shadow of aggression upon the cot
ton States; there was nothing, and is nothing
out of which to construct the most worthless
apology for it. These States were reposing
in possession of every right, a hair of their
beads had not been disturbed, they had in
their own political party a majority in the Sen
ate, cutting off the possibility of legislation
unfriendly to their interests. But strictly
within the forms of the Constitution, a Presi
dent had been elected in violation not of their
rights but of their taste, yes taste'; they dis
liked him, his principles and his party, and
became willful. Secession is an act of sinful
willfulness; the Confederate States, so called,
are mere willfulness organized, and armed, to
strike down the boast of the new world and
tho hope of the old, and both will rebuke it
THE UNDEBBATED N0BTH.
The peaceful pursuits of the people of the
North, running through all the channels of
agricultural labor and mechanical industry,
have led them almost noislessly along the path
of development and prosperity. In this par
ticular while the people of the North and great
North-west bavo been silently achieving the
most stupendous results in the building of
cities, navigation of rivers, organization of
counties, and founding of new commonwealths,
the most impetuous and more boisterous citi
zens of the South, who love to talk of their
prowess in fight and valor in arms, have been
underrating the people of the North and the
West. They have been taught to do so by
class of politicians who imagined that the the
ory of political economy was only realized
when the "Southern heart" was "fired with
the torch of Southern chivalry," and that only
those who had no regard for human life were
bravo men. Because a Northern man has
holy horror of taking tho life of a fellow crea
ture on a trivial offence, he was esteemed a
coward. Under this misapprehension and low
estimation of the Northern character and im
pulse, a great part of the length to which the
rebellion at tho South has gone must be at
tributed. The misguided people in that re
gion have been hood-winked and deceived by
their leaders, who have taught them that the
North and West would yield to all their de
mauds before the echo of the first gun fired in
battle bad been lost among our mountains
When the sound of the marching army from
the North, animated with the virtuous ener
gies of a noble purpose, and imbued with a
holy zeal and love of country reaches the
mistaken people of tho cotton States, their
leaders will be the first to desert them. The
great mass of the people in the South cannot
comprehend the strength and the magnitude
of the free States. They know less of us than
they do of the Roman Empire because the
medium through which they could derive in
formation of the splendor, magnificence and
physical strength of the free commonwealths,
a free press, is like a sealed book to the people
of the South. Let us hope that when the
horror and prejudice, which have been erect
ed and created by interested politicians, have
been removed, and the free laboring men and
mechanics of both sections are brought into
closer contact, they will strengthen the bonds
of Union by the friendship and reciprocities
of wants and interests.". When this is accom
plished, tho power and influence of dema
gogues will have passed away, and the free and
mighty North, joining hands with the redeem
ed and regenerated South, will take their
place, bound together by the holiest ties, on
the road to peace, prosperity and empire.
We see It stated, that upon the organization
of a new military company at Pittsburg. Wm.
Robison, Jr., presented each man with twenty
dollars. There were upwards of sixty men in
the company. ' They, proceeded to Washing
ton immediately. . -
, LETTEB FBOM PHILADELPHIA.
; Philadelphia, Pa., April 22, 1861.
Editor Journal : These are truly trouble
some times. Treason stalks boldly through
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the land, and our Government is in imminent
danger of being overturned by traitors, before
a single effective blow can be struck iu its de
fence'. No one, indeed, can tell what an hour
may bring forth, or what new phaze affairs
may assume. On Saturday, the last connect
ing links between the loyal States and the
Nation Capital were severed, by the destruc
tion of the bridges on the Philadelphia, Wil
mington and Baltimore, and the Northern
Central Railroads the first named. leading to
this city; the latter to Ilarrisburg. I see it
stated that the city councils of Wilmington
have adopted resolutions approving of the
President's call for troops; asked Gov. Barton
to issue a proclamation for the same purpose ;
and appropriated $8,000 for the defence of
the city and the support of tho military. If
lhp Governor does this, and little Delaware
remains faithful to the Union, the seat of
government can be reached through that State.
If, on the other hand, she falters, there is
but one way left to reach the Captial, and
that is to raise a force sufficiently strong to
cut a way through Maryland, along the Poto
mac River. Indeed, it is absolutely necessa
ry to, concentrate a largo force in the neigh
borhood of ChambersburgjWell grounded fears
being entertained that an inroad into Penn
sylvania is contemplated at that point by the
Virginians and Marylanders. In this state of
affairs, it is a relief to know that there are
5,000 to 6,000 troops, armed and equipped, in
Camp Curtin, at Ilarrisburgh, ready to march
at a moment's warning, wherever ordered.
The murderous attack on the Massachusetts
and Pennsylvania volunteers in Baltimore on
last Friday, has stirred up an intense feeling
of revenge, and created a distrust of the atti
tude of Maryland, many fearing that she was
fully committed to Secession from the out
start, and that she was hiding her treachery
beneath a pretence of loyalty to the Federal
Government. This is hard to believe, and
time will soon show whether these suspicions
are well or ill founded. There is a remarka
ble coincidence connected with the killing of
the soldiers on this occasion. The occurrence
took place on the 19th day of April, and the
men who lost their lives belonged to the 7th
Regiment of Massachusetts volunteers. On
the 19th day of April, 1775, the 7th Regiment
of Massachusetts troops were tbo first who
lost a man in the struggle that was then pend
ing. Thus, on corresponding days, in the
same month, the 7th Regiment from the same
State, then shed the first blood in the great
struggle for freedom, and now in defending
the liberties then achieved. ;
I hope no citizen of Clearfield county will
have any doubts as to what should be done in
the present emergency. The simple issue is
shall the United States rule this land, or
shall the so-cilled Confederate States usurp
the government ? There is no middle course
to be pursued. It is all folly to talk of pursu
ing a mere defensive policy. The traitors
must be crushed out of xi6tence. Forbear
anco is no longer a virtue. They have spurn
ed all offers of conciliation or adjustment;
tbey have inaugurated wholesale schemes of
revolution ; they have made war upon the U
nion, and have murdered volunteers peaceful
ly marching to defend the Capitol. The whole
North, though usually "slow to wrath," pa
tient and forbearing, is at last aroused. The
old spirit of '76 is stirred up anew, and the
descendants of the heroes of Bunker Ilill, Sar
atoga, Brandywioe, Tippecanoe and Chippe
wa, are flying to arms. Nor will they stop
until the "stars and stripes" once more float
over the whole Union. The Rebel States
must be suhjugated. They must be forced to
yield to the Federal Government ; and the in
dividual who throws himself in the breach to
prevent this, will be crushed to atoms.
Tours, R.
Extra Session of the Legislature. In
view of the armed rebellion exising in a por
tion of the States of this Union, threatening
the destruction of tho National Government,
periling public and private property, endan
gering the peace and security of this Com
monwealth, and inviting systematic piracy up
on our commerce, the Governor of Pennsyl
vania has issued a Proclamation convening the
Legislature on Tuesday the SOth day of April,
1861, to take into consideration and adopt
such measures in the premises as the cxigen
cy may seem to them in their wisdom to de
mand. As adequate provision does not exist
by law to enable the Executive to make the
Military power of the State as available and
efficient as it should be for the common de
fence of the State and the General Govern
ment, on an extraordinary occasion like the
present one, the calling of an extra session of
the Legislature was the only alternative to
supply the deficiency ; and, we have no doubt,
the Legislature will respond cordially to the
suggestions of the Governor, so as to enable
him to act promptly and with decision in the
present crisis.
The Feeling. The attack and capture of
Fort Sumter has aroused and united the whole
people. Ilere in our own State there is, with
but few solitary exceptions, a universal de
termined purpose to sustain the government.
Every where companies are forming. Town
and country are full of excitemeut and mili
tary preparation. Our. citizens with patriotic
ardor, without distinction of party, rush to
sustain their country's flag. It is a time when
the petty strifes of party are forgotten, whilst
men unite in defence of their common country.
Turned Counterfeiters. It is ascertained
beyond a doubt that the secessionists are
turning the United States mint, at New Or
leans, to good account by manufacturing large
quantities of debased metal struck with the
stamp of the United States. The Philadel
phia Bulletin, says that quantities have been
rejected by the banks in that city.. All per
sons should bo on their guard against taking
the spurious coin, as it is likely soon to find its
way into all sections of the country.
OPINIONS OF THE PBESS- A
Tho Vpw.York Courier and Enciuirer sayst
"To the simple, dignified, calm but firm Proc
lamation of the fresment oi tne united aiaies,
the loyal States of this Union wiM respond,
"In the name of God, Amen ;" and not orly
75,000, but live times o,uuu men wm oe reaay
to come forward to meet this rampant, inso
lent Rebellion In arms of South Carolina and
the States confederate with her iu Treason,
and put it down. This Rebellion has wanton
ly and without provocation Inaugurated civil
war. and its first blow has been successful ;
but even its victory will bring down upon its
bead a signal aeieat ana lerrioie reiriuuuon
in the end. for it frill rouse the loyal States
from a forbearance under insult and defiance
unparalleled in the history of any Govern
ment; ami with riuht for their cause, and
force and means able to maintain it, the hour
will soon come whec South Carolina and her
Confederates in Treason will rue the day,
whpn. with it snirit worth v ot Lucifer, thev un
dertook to break up the best and most benef
icent Government on tne race oi tne earin.
We have firm trust in God that it will be so.
This week's "Tablet," a leading organ of
the Irish population of New lork, says:
"The secessionists have now begun the war,
and not only do they talk of resisting the
United States Government, but of making an
aggressive war upon it. Walker, the Secreta
ry of War of the so called Confederate govern
ment, in a speech delivered at Montgomery
on Friday evening last, uttered the threat that
before the 1st of May next the secession en
sign would take the place of the time honored
banner of the American Republic over the
Capitol at Washington. The United States
must now prepare to defond themselves. The
President has called seventy-five thousand
men and summoned a special session of Con
cress. New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio
have already spoken out. The United States
government must put forth all its energy to
pnt down the rebellion, ana every true man
must now stand up for the Stars and Stripes.
God save the Union!"
Tho New -York Times says: "The Presi
dent issued his proclamation, convening Con
cress for the 4th ot July, and calling for sev
enty-five thousand volunteers for the defence
of the Union, and the protection of the rights
and the liberties of tho American people
The people will respond to this demand with
alacrity and exultation. They ask nothing
better than to be allowed to fight for the Con
stitution which their fathers framed. What
ever may have been their political differences,
there has never been a moment when they were
not ready to sink them all in devotion of their
common flg. The President's Proclamation
will be hailed with an enthusiasm which no
event of the last twenty years has called forth
with a high-handed determination to exter
minate treason, which will carry terror into
the hearts of the Confederates, who have con
spired for the destruction of the freest and
best Government the world has ever seen.
The Philadelphia Press says : "Henceforth
each man, high and low, must take his posi
tion as a patriot or a traitor as a too or a
friend of his country as a snpporter of the
flag of the stars and stripes or of the rebel
banner. AH doubts and hesitation must be
thrown to the winds, and with the history of
the past spread before ns, we must choose be
tween maintaining the noble fabric that was
reared by our wise and brave ancestors, under
which we have enjoyed so much liberty and
happiness, and openly joining the rash, reck
less, despotic, cruel and villainous band of
conspirators, who have formed a deep laid and
desperate plot for its destruction. 1 he con
test which is impending wilt doubtless be at
tended with many horrors, but all the facts
show that it has been forced npon us as a last
resort ; and war is not the worst of evils.
The New York Evening Post says : "The
President's proclamation proves him worthy
to be tho head of the nation. His honest
words find an echo in millions of loyal hearts
this day. Onlv these words were needed to
send the speedy doom of treason. To-day,
who is not for the Union is against it. To
day he whose heart does not throb, and whose
blood does not stir with patriotic fire is a vile
traitor. The rebels have chosen war. They
have done their best to slay a loyal garrison
Without a single canse of complaint, they
have turned their arms against the Union and
against the lives of loyal citizens. From to
day dates the extermination of treason from
the land. The people will not rest, the nation
will not be satisfied, while a traitor is left in
arms.
The New York World savs: "Treason has
boldly lifted up its head ; it has marshaled its
hosts; it has bid impudent defiance to the
Government ; it has cannonaded and taken a
celebrated fortress : its secretary of War has
had the insolence to make a public boast that
the Secession flag will float over the national
capital before tho 1st of Ma3r. These rebels
and desperadoes have given unmistakable
proofs of their earnestness. They must now
be cheeked, or anarchy and misrule will sweep
over the whole country like a destructive del
uge. Fellow-citizens of the Free States ! this
is the hour to prove your loyalty to test your
patriotism to earn the gratitude of your
country.
The New York Sun says : "The Confeder
ate Traitorartave commenced tho war they
have been solong preparing for without ob
struction, and their first prize in fight (having
previously confined themselves to stealing,
under pretense of peace) has been the capture
of Fort Sumter and sixty men by a force of
five thousand, with nineteen heavy batteries.
This inglorious success will cost them dear.
Inexcusably and wantonly taking up the offen
sive, they have at once cut themselves off
from all honest sympathy, even in the South,
and kindled a patriotic rage that envelopes
all parties and all classes throughout the U
nion States henceforth.
Ocr Capitalists and the Union. The bu
siness' Of the Stock Exchange shows bow well
our capitalists recognise the fact that only in
Union is security. A broad line is drawn be
tween the securities of loyal states and those
of the few States which-yet hesitate. North
ern state stocks are firm, while stocks ot the
doubtful States depreciate at every rumor of
their committal to treason. New York State
Sixes sold yesterday at one hundred and five
and are firm to-day, while Virginia's fell eight
per cent.; North Carolinas on account of
Governor Ellis's reply to the President fell
ten to fifteen per cent ; Tennessee's fell tour
per cent ; Missouri's two. The decline in
Virginia's and North Carolina's in the last fif
teen days Is equal to twenty-five to thirty per
cent. Tennessee has gone down sixteen per
cent, in the same time. A fortnight ago
North Carolina Sixes sold at eighty-two ; to
day they are offered a't sixty, with no buyers
at a better rate than fifty ; and it is very cer
tain that if we could hear to-morrow that the
State bad heartily responded to the President's
demand for men, her stoctts would go up at
once. On the 1st instant Virginia's sold at
seventy -eight ; to-day they are offered at fifty.
The Ringgold Flying Artillery of Reading,
Captain James Mcknight, with 108 men and
four field pieces, having received a requisition
from the Governor, Monday morning, the 16th,
set out the same evening at 6 o'clock for liar,
risburg. They were "the first Pennsylvanians
in the field. . - ' ;
X ABBIVAL OF MAJ. ANDEBS0N.
Tho iinKhin RiiM arrived at New York
on Thursday the 18th, with Maj. Anderson and
his command, which consisted of 76 men and
10 officers; besides 43 laborers, who rendered
cord service during the bombardment.
. From the statement ot uaptam uuuuicua, ,
after his arrival at New York, it appears that
Maj. Anderson did not surrender Fort Sumter,
but evacuated jt. On Friday morning pre
vious to' the commencement of hostilities
Maj. Anderson, in reply to a question of Gen.
Beauregard as to when he would evacuate,
said "he would evacuate the t ort on tne 10m,
unless he received supplies, or contrary in
structions from his government in the mean
time." Accordingly on Friday morning at
4 o'clock the rebel batteries opened on Sum
ter, and during the day at least 2500 shot and
shell struck the fort. On Saturday morning
all the batteries opened with redoubled fierce
ness, and some of the shell falling in the of
ficers quarters set them on fire. Ninety bar
rels of powder had been taken out of the mag
azine and thrown into the sea; but the flames
now encircling it, all materials were cut ofl,
and they had eaten their last biscuit 36 hours
before. The men had to lay on the ground
with wet handkerchiefs on their faces to keep
from smothering, and a favorable eddy of
wind was all that saved their lives. The car
tridge bags had given out, and five men were
employed to make them out of the soldiers
shirts, sheets, blankets, &c, which were about
exhausted when Col. Wigfall made his ap
pearance in the fort. Wigfall said that"Gen.
Beauregard wished to stop this," and warned
to know "upon what terms Anderson would
evacuate." Anderson replied "that Beaure
gard was already acquainted with the terms."
Wigfall left, and about ten minutes atterwards
Col. Chestnut and others came from Beaure
gard, asking if Anderson wanted any help, he
having his flag at half mast, and stated that
Wigfall had no authority for his demand on
Anderson. To which Maj. A. replied "Then
we have been sold. We will raise our flag
again." But they requested him to keep it
down until communication was had with Beau
regard. The firing was then ceased, and three
hours alter another deputation came to the
fort. The terms previously decided upon
were then acceded to ; which were, that An
derson would evacuate on the loth take all
his private and company baggage and arms,
and be allowed to salute the American flag
before taking it down. On Sunday morning,
the steamer Isabel came down and anchored
off the Fort, when all the baggage was put on
board the steamer Clinch, which was used as
a transport between the Fort and the Isabel.
The men were still under arms. A portion of
them were told to fire off a salute to the flag,
and when the last of the fifty guns was fired,
the flag was lowered amid the loud and hearty
cheers ot the men, who . then formed in a
gorge and embarked, to the tune of " Yankee
Doodle." Two men were killed on the second
round of the salute by the premature explo
sion of the gun, and four were wounded, one
badly. They were left at Charleston. Ac
cording to reports 49 ofthe rebels were killed
and about 100 wounded.
On Monday they steamed down the harbor,
and were transferred to the Baltic, sailing on
Tuesday morning. Fort Sumter has not been
reinforced on any occasion. The Baltic ar
rived off Charleston ou the morning of Friday,
after the firing on Fort Sumter commenced.
The Pawnee and Pocahontas arrived on the
next day. The Powhatan and Atlantic have
not been seen. The steam tugs have been
blown to sea, and have not been seen. During
all the while the fleet was off Charleston a
heavy gale was blowing. Oh the day that Maj.
Anderson evacuated, preparations to reinforce
him had been madejor an attempt on that night.
Captain Fox had instructions to attempt to
provision the fort without troops, and if he
was fired on he was to rush in in the best man
ner he could, but the gale prevented the ar
rival ofthe tugs and transport.
. The ordeal which Major Anderson has un
dergone for the last few months has been a
terrible one. From the 20M day of December
last, until leaving the Fort in the transport, af
ter the evacuation, Maj. Anderson never set
foot outside of Snmter. The conversation which
the officers of the command held with the
members of the press was free and full. They
declare unanimously that their commander acted
as a brave soldier and an honorable man. They
repudiate, with indignation, the idea of treach
ery, and pronounce all such assertions to be false.
Got right at last. The New York Her
ald, a warm supporter of the Buchanan Ad
ministration, has at last come over to the sup
port of tho present Administration. In the
issue of April 16th, Bennett says : "The meas
ures that have been adopted, within the last
few days, by the Government of Mr. Lincoln,
entirely change the aspect of public affairs.
Had a similar course been pursued five months
ago, the last would have been heard of secess
ion before now. .Not the firing of a gun would
have been needed ; the fortifications upon the
coast would have been rendered impregnable
against local attacks ; and, with the exception,
of South Carolina, no State would have with
drawn from the Union.
Arizona. Galveston advices state that tho
Eastern Arizona Convention assembled at Me
lissa on the 16th of March, and was numerous
ly attended. Mr. Herbert, the Commissioner,
was cordially welcomed. Resolutions were
adopted endorsing the action of the seceded
States, declaring: that the interest of Arizona
was with the South ; that she desires to be
come the Territory ofthe Southern Confeder
acy, and will not recognise the Lincoln Ad
ministration nor obey bis officers. The peo
ple of Western Arizona are invited to join in
the movement. A vote was to have been ta
ken on the resolutions on the second Monday
of April.
Strangers Preparing to Arm. The Phil
adelphia Press of the 17th, says : "lion. J. n.
Lane, Senator from Kansas, has bad an inter
view with the President, and proposed to or
ganize a company to be ready for active duty
when called upon, to Consist of strangers at
the hotels and boarding houses who propose
to remain some time in the city. They ask
the privilege of organizing and being sworn
into service, with permission to carry the arms
to their rooms. They will have a rendezvous,
where they will assemble at stated periods.
The company will be formed.
Seizure or Southern Arms and Powder.
On the 17th, the Police at Cincinnati
seized thirty-five boxes of guns on board of
ainerent boats at the landing, which are sup
posed to have come from Harper's Ferry, and
were destined for Little Rock, Arkansas, and
Memphis Tennessee. - Heavy shipments of
powder and bacon have also been stopped.
The city authorities have armed and equiped
two steamers, who are authorized to stop all
steamers on the Ohio, all arms and provisions,
destined for the Southern army.
Texas. On Sunday the I4th, the steamer
Star ofthe West was still of Indianola. The
Empire State and Mohawk left on Friday even
ing with troops, their destination being un
known. Six companies of the United States
troops under Majors Smith and Sibley are at
Green Lake, near Indianola, waiting the ar
rival of other companies from the upper fron
tier. . Major Rbett has resigned and offered his
services to the Confederate States.
NEW ADVEBTISEMENTS.
Ad rrrh semen tssrt'i la rgr type, cuts, or out oT
style wtll be charged double price fur space oc'rxpi'tj
To insure attention, the cartt
nv notices, as follow, r All r,,,. .cm?-
Strays, $1; Auditors' notices, 81,50; AinuJ1
oll nth At triniiAnt Untion c L ' 8i
-..wi.. at LUC n t
SAMUEL II. PLEASANTS, BARBFR ay
HAIR-DRESSER, has removed bis shop to, h
building adjoining Graham, Boynton 4 tVg stor
where he has fitted up a very neat room jr'
customers and the public aro requested to
him a call. fLPr'' l!Sl-deel2 CO '
TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED U'kF
OF LAND AT PHIVATE SALE. erteidin,,
to the mouth of the Mosbannon. An eli .'s
property; on reasonable terms. Inquire of
Jf. liLCHEK sWO'.ii'E
' Decl9-tf. Attorney at Law: Clearfield. Pa
CAUTION. The public are cautioned a-aiDjt
harboring or trusting my son James Henue t
who has left me without any just cause, aj
pay no debts of his contracting unless coniTc'.
by law. And any person harboring biin will je
held responsible fov hi wages or serviced.
April 10, 18rl-pd. WM. BKXXKTT
STEAM ENGINE FOR .SALE. The Z.
dersigned. residing in Woodward township
has on hand a twenty-fvve horse power engine un j
boilers which he will di.po8eof. Any peniou ia
want of an engine, would do- well to examine '.h'
one before purchasing elsewaere. The price
be low and the terms easy. Ife Ras also on Land
an excellent Shingle machine which he will !i
on easy terms. JOHN M. CIlAE '
Woodward tp- April IT. 1361-2mp.
CAUTION. The public are hereby cautioned
against purchasing or internieddli'ng with th
following property in the possession of Luke Mill
ward in Uuclich township, to wit: Tocow.in,i
calves, one hog, one cook stove, two beds and bed
ding, one bureau, one table, one clock, one cup
board, one stand, and 8 chairs, as the am were
purchased by me at Constable's sale and are oo!y
left with him on loan subject to my order.
April 10, 1861-pd. WM. A. NEVLIXG.
CAUTION. All persons are hereby camion
ed against purchasing or meddling with the
following property now in tho hands of Wm. Jor
dan of Lumber-city, to wit: One gray horse. 0,
bay horse. One yearling heiffer, One 2-horse wa-.
on, 2 set harness, and a variety of farming uten
sils, as the same belong to me and are subject w
my order, and have only been left with said Jor
dan on loan. SAMUEL KIKK.
Lumber city. April 3, 1861-3tp.
NEW STORE The subscriber has opened a
new store at Williarasville, Clearfield countv,
Pa., where he will keep constantly on band a gen
eral assortment of DRY-GOODS, GKOCE.
UIES, PROVISIONS, Ac, which he will sell
for cash, or exchange for Timber. Boards. Shin
gles, Grain, Country Produce. &e. He will be
pleased to have all who wish to purchase any of
the above articles to give him a call.
JAMES E. WATSON.
Williamsville, April P.d, lS6l-3m.
B
ANKING AND COLLECTION OFFICE
LEONARD, FINNEY & CO.,
CLEARFIELD, CLEARFIELD COUNTY, TA.
Bills of Exchange. Notes and Drafts Discounted.
Deposits received. Collections made, and proceed
promptly remitted. Exchange on the Cities con
stantly on hand. Office, on Second street, in the
roog lately occupied by W. A. Wallace, Esd.
jambs t. LKoxAito. : : : : : : ; : : n. a. risser.
ww a. Wallace. :::::::::: a. c. fisnbt.
SALE OE REAL ESTATE. By virtue of
authority from the Orphans' Court of Clearfield
County, I will expose te sale by public outcry up
on the premises of C. Stumstein dee d, in LraJj
tp, Clearfield Co, Pa. on Friday the 3rd day of
May A. D. 1861 at 2 o'clock in the afternoon tba
following real estate being off the northwest cor
ner of the farm or real Estate of C Stumstein. l:o
of said tp, deceased. Beginning at the public
road leading from Troutville to Arnold i Ki.-ljcl'i
Grist-mill, thence along said road South 57 perch
es to a post, thence by other land of Stumsiein
Estate East 57 perches to a post, thence north iT
perches to a post, thence by land of Miller's hcin
West 57 perches to a post the place of beginiiir.g,
containing 20 acres, more or less. Terms maue
known at time of sale.
ELIZABETH STT'MSTEIN, Adm'x
April 10, 1801-4lp. of C. Stumstein dec d.
A PAIR OF REAL NOVELTIES, A.s'D
ONE WITHOUT A MATE.
1st. The Paper NeckTie." (Patent applied for.)
Is made entirely of paper, in 100 differe!.' styles,
and in perfect imitation of silk and other fabri.i.
The price is so low that a gentleman may waart
New Tie every day, and yet not be chargsb'.s
with extravagance, or one Tie may be worn 3 t
6 days, if necessary to economize.
2d. The Relief Tie. (Patented Jan 29, 161.1
This is doubtless the most perfect silk Tie ever ia
vented, and is just what the name implies, a perfet
Relief from all further trouble in tying bows.
3d. The Lace Edge Tie. An exquisitely besi
tiful article it has only to be seen to be admired.
SMITH & BROUWER. Sole Manufacturers.
No. 26 Warrnn Street. N. Y
N. B. We sell to Wholesale Jobbers only. Coon
try Merchants can order our goods of any Whole
sale house with whom they are dealing. AprlC-gt
ON HIS OWN HOOK ! JOHN UCELiCH
CABINET MAKER. The subscriber wishes
to inform his old frienda and customer, that b
is now carrying on the Cabinet Making busines.
on "his own hook," at his old shop on Market
Street, nearly opposite the "old Jew Store," whert
he keeps on hand, and is prepared to manufacture
to order, every description of Cabinet-Ware. tb
maybe wanted in this section of country ; eo
sisting of Sofas, Lounges. Mahogony and Commos
Bureaus, Writing and Wash Stands; Centre.
ing and Breakfast Tables: Mahogany and Com
mon Bedsteads; Sewing Stands, Ac. 4c. llewil
also repair furniture and chairs, in good stvl
cheap for cash. House Painting done on short ne
tice, and easy terms Now is the time to bay
reasonable prices, as I intend to sell every tbinf
in my line of business at the cheapest cash rater
Walk in and examine the articles on hand, aU
judge for yourselves, of the quality and finish.
Country produce received in pavment.
April 13, 1859 JOHN GUELICn.
N B Coffins made to order on short not::e, sac
funerals attended with a neat hearse, and appro
priate accornpanyments. when desired. J
JMPORTANT CHANGE OF LOCATION'
G R An AM, EOTNTON t CO.,
Desire to inform the citizens of Clearfield ni
vicinity, that they have removed their store to th
NEW BRICK BUILDING
reoently erected Jby James B Graham. Esq.. o
Market street, Clearfield, where they will be ple
ed to accommodate all who may favor them w"6
a call. Their stock consists ot a general assort
ment of the very best Foreign and Dobim"0
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES. HARD-WARE-CUTLERY.
QUEENS-WARE. CEDAR A WILLC'"
WARE. BOOTS, SHOES. HATS, CAPS AN"
BONNETS, DRUGS, PAINTS, AC, 1C.
Their stook of Dry Goods consists ia part of suci
Cloths, Caminerex, Satinets. Wi, Vesting,
Muslins, Ttcii7ig,Checls. C.zicoes.Cfiintztt,
Ginghams, Canton and Wool Flannels. V
Lames, Cashmeres, Silt. Plmids, Shah ,
Brilltants. Hosiery, Gloves, etc.. etr.
Also, a great variety of Ladies' Boots and Q?lt";
Misses and Childrens Shoes; Mens', Eyi "
Youths' Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps, ith
selection of useful notions, among whico
Perfumery, Cloth and Hair Brushes, FasT
Soaps, Pens and Pen-hcJders. Cowls,
together with many other useful notions,
which will be sold low for Cash, orio exoW'
for approved country produce. As tkew
entirely new, and purchased oa the sroat
geous terms, they foci confident that they w
goods to the advantage of the buyer !P
and examine for yourselves, before
elsewhere. Remember the new store " P
mar xi, ioui
PRIME LOT of frb Drugs tart : re"'"1
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