r 1 III MkWT "r si 5 : i mi f l!3 III ill I 4i ' i 4 Raftsman's gffnmaL BT SAMUEL J. ROW. CLEARFIELD, PA., MAY 8, 1861. WHAT WE MAY EXPECT. Will we have much fighting 1 Or will eve ry thing be settled 7 And, if there is war will it be long or short ? These, and a thousand other questions, are asked on all sides. JTen may at once make up their minds on the sub ject. War is upon us, and will continue lor months, and perhaps for years. Battles will bo fought and blood will be shed. There i no alternative. The issue is forced upon ns and must be met by armies and navies. It cannot be met in any other way. An attempt has been made by southern traitors to dissolve the American Union, by force and violence. The conspirators commenced their rebellion by seizing, wherever they could, our public property, arms, forts and vessels by defying the government tearing down our flag, and claiming to be out of the Union. In most of the slave states rebellion is thus far trium phant; and the loyal Union men are cither driven out or awed into silence. The Presi dent, and his Cabinet have determined that the Union shall be preserved. And how is it to be done 7 There is but one way; and that is, to crush the rebellion by the strong arm of military power and hang the leading traitors. Jt is the most stupendous treason ever con trived, and the chief conspirators should meet with the most prompt and exemplary punish ment. Let the whole power of the govern ment be brought to bear upon the rebels, till they are utterly crushed, and let the fate of the leaders in this treason, be made a terrible warning, to similar traitors, in all time to come. It will then be shown that we have a government, that is strong and fearless enough to put down and punish rebellion, no matter how extended and bold it may be. It will then be decided that rebellion cannot succeed that the Union must and shall be preserved. We may then have a peace that is permanent, and in no other way. A Notswortht Fact. One of the tributes to the people of the North which the rebels of the South are unconsciously paying them, is in the fact that all the women and children who can be removed from the rebel country are sent to the North for protection ; which leads ns to infer, that there is neither refuge nor safety in the South for defenceless women and helpless children. In this tribute the people of the South admit that the very ele ments and institutions they so much defend are not able to stand alone. They are des tructible in themselves, and unable to bear the test either of revolution or rebellion. What better evidence is needed of the power of free institutions and the influence of the free North 7 Even in war, our enemies send their most precious possession (their wives and children) into our midst for protection. The North accepts their flying wives and chil dren, not as hostages,- but as sisters, who suf fer by the perverseness of those who should be more solicitous for their safety. The wives and children of our exasperated and insane brethren of the South are welcome to the hos pitality and safety of the free homes of the North, until their husbands and fathers learn to love tbem and their country more sincerely. To our Reaijees. We take this opportu nity to say to the readers of the Journal, that now-a-days thero are so many rumors afloat about men and national affairs, that we find it utterly impossible to give a full and accurate account of all that transpires. A great many things are stated as facts one day, and con tradicted the next ; and we feel persuaded that we frequently print items of news, that must be received with caution, as we are as liable to be deceived as others. Our great aim is, to give the latest and most reliable occurren ces of the day ; and, if we should publish any thing that is incorrect, we will give the con tradiction at the earliest day possible. As a chronicler of daily events, we will endeavor to discharge our duty fully towards our rea ders ; and if, in doing so, we should tread on others toes, it is their fault, not ours. Trai tors there are in our land, and whenever we hear ol such, whether they are in the North or in the South, we shall let our readers know who they are ; and neither fear nor favor shall deter ns from discharging that duty to our country. Bocstt Lauds for Volunteers. Every man who offers bis services to his country in the present crisis, and is mustered into the service, will be entitled to Land Warrants, in addition to bis regular pay, even if the war is closed in thirty days. Privates will receive 160 acres each ; officers larger tracts, in pro portion to the rank they hold. This is an in ducement of no inconsiderable importance to every citizen who desires to become a soldier. We trust, however, that no such inducements are needed to incite patriots to their duty. ' N. P. Banks. This gentleman's friends are urging bia appointment as a Major-Genera! in the Army. With such men as N. P. Banks and Cassius V . play, at the bead of the army, oar country has nothing to fear. Tbey are live men, of great practical knowledge of men and things, and are popular with tho people. , A decisive military movement may be lookr 4 for on tbo Mississippi below Cairo. THE EIGHT WAY TO TALK. The New York World gives utterance to the sentiment of the people of the United States, when it says that it is important that the peo ple of Baltimore should know, that while the North, (or, to be more accurate, a portion of the North) acquiesces in the wisdom of the President's decision not to order any more troops through Baltimore, if they are permit ted to march around it, their acquiescence rests- on reasons of military strategy. The pressing need of more troops, in a fresh fight ing condition, at Washington, made it good strategy to avoid, if possible, the expenditure of strength and possible loss of numbers by fighting their way through Baltimore. But the very hour that Gen. Scott has force enough at the capital to render it secure, the people unanimously demand of the President that no more troops shall be marched around a rebel lious city. The federal flag will be carried through Baltimore, as soon as Washington is out of immediate danger, and the rightful au thority of the government asserted there, though Baltimore be made a shapeless heap of ruins. That it expresses the unanimous pur pose of the aroused and incensed North, any one may convince himself, if he will take the trouble to read the brief sketch of Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson's remarks at the Fifth avenue hotel. Mr. Dickinson has been for the last twenty years the staunchest and most con sistent friend of the South in all the free States. In the last Presidential campaign he was the most adamantine and uncompromising Breckinridge man north of Mason and Dixon's line. He said that his hearers would bear him witness that he had long endeavored to 6tay the storm that has now arisen, and to bring about some peaceful settlement of af fairs. But now the South, first by seceding, and second by firing on the old flag, has clos ed the door of reconciliation. He was meet ing them on their own ground. He would have no half-way measures, no compromises. Let us settle this thing speedily and surely. It may ruin this generation, bnt we owe it to the next that they should have no such troub les as we have had. He would strike now, in our might, and if necessary wipe the South from the face of the earth. He knew they would have civil war, and what was far worse, servile war, and he would make the prophecy that by the time this matter was settled the peculiar institution of the South would be swept away. Let us finish things while we are about it, and leave nothiDg behind us. Late laws respecting Officers and Sold iers. The law to punish treason passed at the late Session of the Legislature contains sections 34, which we did not publish with the first twoections of the act. In Section 3d, it is required that every commissioned military officer shall, within 30 days after the passage of that act, be required to take the oath of allegiance to this State and to the United States. The 4th Section exempts all persons mustered into the service of the U nited States, from all lawsuits'or civil process during the term of such service and, for 30 days after their discharge. The law reads as follows : Sec. 3. That every, person holding a com mission as an officer in the volunteer or mili tia forces of this Commonwealth, shall, within thirty days after the passage of this Act, be required to take the oath of allegiance to this State and to the United States, and if any person holding such commission shall refuse to take such oatb, the Governor shall have the authority to revoke and annul the commission of such person, aDd supply his place by ap pointment, until the vacancy thus created shall be supplied as provided for vacancies in other cases by existing laws of this Common wealth ; the said oath of allegiance shall be administered by the Adjutant General or any Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and may be transmitted to the several brigade inspec tors of this Commonwealth, who shall in turn administer the same to the officers embraced within the bounds of their respective brigade. Sec. 4. No civil process shall issue or be enforced against any person mustered into the service of this State or of the United States, during the term for which he shall be engaged in such service, nor until thirty days after be shall be discharged therefrom. Pro vided, That the operations of all statutes of limitations shall be suspended upon all claims against such person during such term. John Brown, jr. There is a Startling Ru mor going the rounds of the press, that John Brown, jr., is encamped near Beaver creek, about mid way between New Castle, Pa., and the Ohio river, with four hundred negroes principally from Canada, whom he is practi cing in military drill. It is further stated that the destination of these troops is Virgin ia, where they intend to operate for "ven geance, for the vindication of their race, and the support of the Union.' The troops under the command of young Brown are described as ''strong and stalwart," and fired with zeal, for the cause of freedom. For some time past, the journals of secession have been boasting of the fact that entire companies of slaves are being armed, and tbat the free negroes in the south are joining the army of traitors in large numbers. In view of this statement, some of the papers urge the acceptance of companies of colored men into the service of the United States. But whether it would be policy for the Government to do so at this time, is rath er doubtful. The Governor of Pennsylvania has refused the services of several colored companies ; which we think, was right. We have no occasion to resort to colored men for troops. We have an abundance of white men who are ready and willing to do battle for the Union. Our Southern enemies may bring their "chattels" into the field if they see fit. Their doing so, may, however, make it the policy of tho National Government in the fu ture, to accept such companies of colored men as John Brown is drilling, in order to meet the rebels with their own weapons. But, we hope, this may never be the case. Fort Monroe. An officer from Fort Mon roe says tbat there are now 1,300 men in tbo fort, tbat the guns rare in good order, and everything is as desirable as it should be in order successfully to withstand six months' siege. The Navy Department has intelligence that tbCiSecession authorities at Norfolk have mounted several of the heavy guns dismount ed by the United States. When the Federal forces were about to leave, tbey spiked the guns and endeavored to break ofl the trunions, but could not succeed. Lieut. Maurt's Treason. An examination of the records at the Observatory discloses the fact, tbat Lieut. Maury has for several months past impressed upon the minds of sci entific bodies abroad that this country was destined to disruption, and that the Govern ment would not last three weeks after the in auguration of Mr. Lincoln. WAIT AND SEE. Seldom, in any age or country, has an Ad ministration been so hardly circumstanced as that of President Liscoln. Certainly never since the Revolutionary Congress has our Government been so hind red and almost help less, as on March 4, 1861. On first coming into power, or rather into weakness, it found a heavy debt, a plundered treasury, a drooping credit, and in every hole of every department, treason brooding over corruption, and hatch ing the ruin of the nation. Not only must all pernicious matter be expelled from the ad ministrative body of perhaps a hundred thou sand limbs not only was order to be drawn from "chaos worse confounded" but the Government had. to make a new creation a something out of almost nothing a living world from the dormant elements of things. Men, money, munitions, ships, stores, equip ments, means of transportation, routes, stra tegic points, were all to be extemporized. In brief and almost literally, the men means and defences of a vast army in complete array were to spring at once and full-grown from the ground. Not only so. The policy best to be pursued was doubtful with the wisest, and dai ly shifted with the change of circumstances and the progress of events. At the North many were averse to hasty or ultra action, while most were eager to strike a sudden in discriminate, crushing blow; and while it was difficult to tell at once how much sympathy the North might have with the South, or how strongly it drifted to the infliction of just and general punishment, it was impossible to guess how weak or how strong was loyalty at the South, and how much or how little of her soil could be retained in the Union. It seemed not well to crush the innocent with the guilty not well to exasperate the loyal into trai tors not well to drive all to combined, con solidated rebellion. Meanwhile the Govern ment knew not what power it could command, and had it not in readiness if known. It also was uninformed on the all important point as to what would be the feelings and course of England and France towards the old Union and the new Conlederacy, they being likely to shape themselves by the aspect and natnre of the struggle, and by the principles avowed and the action taken by the contending par ties. Thus, besides the law of necessity, there were many good reasons for delay, delibera tion and diplomatic management. Meantime, corruption and treason were most weeded from the Executive departments, confusion was marshaled into system, credit restored, the treasury replenished, and many vigorous prep arations made, while the governmental aulen nee were carefully exploring the hearts of our own people and the pulse of foreign nations. Since the "masterly inactivity" at Fort Sumter allured the traitors to overt guilt, clear even to the blindest, all know how much has been done, in how . short a time, and with means how unready, scattered and remote. All know how, at the call of the President, Northern money flowed like water, and North ern men surged to the war in masses, with the tide still rising and roaring behind them. On the whole, then, we judge that the seem ing delays, temporizings, solt words, and qua si negotiations of the Cabinet, were mostly to gain time fop gathering in from all sides the force for a simultaneous blow by sea and land a two-edged, general, overwhelming blow. When, under the sleeploss, and, in a military sense, all-seeing eye of Winfield Scott, his lines shall Jiave all met in their appointed cen tres, his plan will be found by its issue to have been harmonious and infallible, like that of a faultless watch or steam engine. TWO FA IE CONCLUSIONS. We are forced to two conclusions while re viewing the embarrassing circumstances and dangers ebbing and flowing around the gov ernment. Had Abraham Lincoln openly and publicly attempted to pass through the mob town of Baltimore, while on his way to Wash ington, he would have been assassinated by the ruffians who laid in wait for his appear ance. Tbey wero prepared for that purpose, had sworn to have his life, and when they were disappointed, they raved like hungry ti gers, frustrated in their hunt for blood. The other conclusion that forces itself on ns is the certainty that had John C. Breckenridge been elected President the title of every white la boring man to freedom would have been as literally obliterated and destroyed as John C. Breckinridge has since destroyed his own proud title of a loyal American citizen, and become a bold and unscrupulous traitor. The plot was all arranged. It was concocted at Charleston, and at Charleston it was announc ed. The plan of these rebels did not spring from tho election of Abraham Lincoln. It was not an antagonism to Republican princi ples, nor any fear of the principle of a repub lican organization. Altogether, the treason which Breckenridge hoped to strengthen and consumate by his own election, was the result of an ancient aristocratic opposition to free labor, now attempting for the last time to gain power in the South. The reader wiil bear us out in our conclusion, and ponder well the dreadful dangers the country has just escaped. As we move forward in crushing the rebellion that has superceeded the effect which would have followed the result, such as the election of Breckenridge or the assassination of Lin coln, let us guard well every avenue to the safety of the Union, and provide tor treason hereafter, by at once making a terrible exam ple ol the traitors. Horrible Outrage. An Irishman named Tracy, his wife and six children have arrived at New York from Charleston, having been drove away from bis farm near Columbia, S. C. about the 10th of April. They had been ordered to leave within ten days ; but before the time was up they were seized by a gang of rullians ana put in the gaurd bouse. The next day Mr. Tracy was brought out and received 650 lnshes, and his son aged 22 years, receiv ed 500. Mrs. Tracy was thrown out of a wag on, and kicked and cuffed about, as if she were a bale of cotton. They had seized all his property, a blooded mare valued at $500, hogs, geese, turkeys, hens, sheep, farming u tensils, and two plow horses etc. He bad 40 acres of wheat nearly fit to cut. After being robbed and thus brutally treated they were pulled and hauled like dead brutes and thrown into a car and sent to Charleston, where they were put in prison and kept until they could be shipped north ; for which hospitality the old man was charged $5 a day for each of the family, being termed boarding. Sixty dollars Was all he had, and they got that. Mr. Tracy Is 51 years old has been a teamster, soldier and sailor in the United States service in Mexi co and Florida ; and his otly offence was, tbat he still adhered to, and loved the good old flag the Stars and Stripes that gave him protection wherever he went, (except South Carolina.) : The bodies of the old man and his son present a fearful spectacle. The mother has been dragged until she is scarcely able to move about. The old man thinks the rascals should be made to dig their own graves, and then shot down into them, and covered np. Hon. C. M. Clay. After the arrival of the Northern troops at Washington, Mr. Clay's battalion was relieved from further duty ; and some of the most influential men of the battal ion, and others, recommend bis appointment aa a Major-General in the army. The Presi dent will make the appointment, if Gen. Scott is favorably inclined to Mr. Clay. , DOUGLAS SPEECH IN ILLINOIS. , Senator Douglas .was publicly received by the Illinois Legislature on the 25th April, on which occasion he made a very patriotic speech. He said that "for the first time since the adoption of the Federal Constitution a wide spread conspiracy exists to destroy the best government the sun of Heaven ever shed its rays upon, and that hostile armies are now marching upon the Federal Capital with a view of planting a revolutionary flag upon its dome, seizing the national archieves, and taking cap tive the President elected by the people." After alluding to the issuing of letters of marqe and the erecting of batteries the tak ing of the Custom-houses, and fortresses, and a threatened invasfon'by the Rebels, be asks : What is the alleged cause for this invasion of the rights and authority of the Government of the United States 1 - The cause alledged is that the institutions of the Southern States are not safe under the Federal Government. What evidence has been presented tbat k they are insecure 7 I appeal to every man within the sound of my voice to tell me at what period, from the time that Washington was inaugura ted, down to this hour,have the rights of the Southern States the rights of the slaveholders, been more secure than they are at this time 7 When in the whole history ot this Government have they stood on so firm a basis 7 For the first time in the history of this Republic there is no restriction by act of Congress upon the institution of Slavery anywhere within the limits of the United States. Then it cannot be the Territorial question that has given tbem cause. . When was the Fugitive Slave law ex ecuted with more fidelity than since the inaug uration of the present incumbent of the Presi dential office? Much applause. Let the people of Chicago speak and tell us when were the laws of the land executed with as much firmness and fidelity, so far as fugitive slaves were concerned, as they are now. Can any man tell me of any one act of aggression that has been committed or attempted since the last Presidential election, that justifies this disruption of the Federal Union 7 I ask you to reflect and then point out any one act that has been done ; any one duty that has been o mited to be done, of which any one of these Disunionists can justly complain. -Yet we are told, simply because one par'y has succeeded in a Presidential election, therefore they choose to consider that their liberties are not safe, and therefore they will break up the Gov ernment. I had supposed that it was a cardi nal and fundamental principle of our system of government that the decision ot the people at the ballot-box, without a fraud, according to the forms of the Constitution, was to com mand the explicit obedience of every good ci tizen. Loud applause. If their defeat at a Presidential election is to justify the minori ty, or any portiou of tl.e minority, in raising the traitorous hand of rebellion against the constituted authorities, you will find the fu ture history of the United States written in the history of Mexico. According to my reading of Mexican history, there never has been one Presidential term from tho time of the revolution of 18:20 down to this day when the candidate elected by the people ever serv ed his four years. In every instance, either the defeated candidate has seized upon the Presidential chair by the use of the bayonet, or he has turned out the duly elected candi date before his term expired. Are we to inau gurate this Mexican system in the United States of America No, never. It is a crime against the inalieuable and indefeasable right of every American citizen to attempt to destroy the Government under which we were born. It is a crime against constitutional freedom and the hopes ot the friends of free dom throughout the wide world to attempt to blot out the United States from the map of Christendom. Yet this attempt is now being made. " The Government of our fathers is to be overthrown and destroyed ! The capitol that bears the name of the lather of his Coun try is to be bombarded and leveled to the earth among the rubbish and dust of things that are past! The records of your Government are to be scattered to the four winds of heaven ! The constituted authorities, placed there by the same high authority that placed Washing ton, and Jefferson, and Madison, and Jackson in the chair, are to be captured and carried off, to become a by word and a scorn to the na tions of the world. Never! Never! Iap peal to you, my countrymen men of all par ties not to allow your passions to get the better of your judgments. Do not allow your vengeance upon thej authors of this great in iquity to lead you into rash and cruel, and desperate acis upon those who may differ with you in opinion. Let the spirit ot moderation and of justice prevail. You cannot expect within so few weeks after an excited political canvass that every man can rise to the level of forgetting bis partizan prejudices and sac rifice everything upon the alter ot his country ; but allow me to say to you whom I have op posed and warred against with an energy you will respect, allow me to say to you, you will not be true to your country if you ever at tempt to manufacture partizan capital out ot the miseries of your country. Much ap plause. When calling upon Democrats to rally to the tented fields, leaving wife, father and mother behind them to rush to the rescue of the President that you elected, do not make war upou them and try to manufacture parti zan capital out of a struggle in which they are engaged from the holiest and purest of motives. Renewed applause. Then I ap peal to you my own Democratic friends those men that have never failed to rally under the glorious banner of the country, whenever an enemy at home or abroad has dared to assail it to you who I believe to be the purest pa triots tbat ever lived do not allow the mor tification, growing out of a defeat in a partizan struggle, and the elevation of a party to power that we firmly believe to be dangerous to the country do not let that convert you from pa triots into traitors to your native land. Long continued applause. Whenever our Govern ment is assailed when hostile armies are march ing under rude and odious banners against the Government of our country, the shortest way to peace is the most stupendous and numerous preparation for war. Tremendous applause. Tho greater the unanimity the less blood will be shed. (Much applause. . The more prompt and energetic the movement, and the more important it is in numbers, the shorter will be the struggle. Every friend of free dom, every championand advocate of Consti tutional liberty throughout the land must feel tbat this cause is his own, and tbat there is and should be nothing that ought to be disa greeable or humiliating to men who have dif fered in times of peace on every question that could divide fellow men, to rally in union in defense of the country, and against all assail ants. The West Aroused The populous and warlike West is flaming with patriotic ardor, and is adding its thousands of troops daily to the defence of the Government. They are the right sort of men to fight too the mod ern Knights errant each man of whom can whip his weight of wild cata, and thiice his weight of traitors and secessionists. ,, The Navy. It is evident from the develop ments of the past few weeks that the Naval Department needs a thorough overhauling, reformation, and, indeed, a complete re-establishing. Great changes have been caade, bnt greater are yet to be effected, in the affairs under the control of tho Navy Department. A PB0CLAMATI0N BY THE PRESIDENT. Whereas, the existing exigencies demand immediate and adequate measure for the pro tection of the National Constitution, and the preservation of the National Union, by the suppression of the Insurrectionary combina tions now existing In several States for oppos ing the laws of the Um'on and obstructing the execution thereof, to which end a military force, in addition - to that called forth by ray proclamation of tho 15th day of April in the present year, appears to be Indispensably nec essary. Now therefore, 1, Abraham Lincoln, Presi dent of the United States, and commander-in-chief of the army end navy thereof, and of the militia of the several States when called into actual service, do hereby call into the service of the United States forty-two thousand and thirty-four volunteers, to serve for the period of three years, nnless sooner discharged, and to be mustered into service as infantry and cavalry. The proportions of each arm, and the details of enrollment and organization, will be made known through the Department of War. And I also direct that the regular army of the United States be increased by the addition ol eight regiments of infantry, one regiment of cavalry, and one regiment of artillery, ma king altogether a maximum aggregate increase of twenty-two thousand seven hundred and fourteen officers and enlisted men ; the details of which increase will also be made known through the Department of War. And I further direct the enlistment, for not less than one or more than three fears, of eighteen thousand seamen, in addition to the present force, for the naval service ot the U nited States. The details of the enlistments and organization will be made known through the Department of the Navy. The call for volunteers hereby made, and the direction for the increase of the regnlar army and for the enlistment of seamen hereby given, with the plan of organization adoptsd for the volunteer and for the regular forces hereby authorized, will be submitted to Con gress as soon as that body assembles. In the meantime, I earnestly invoke the co operation of all good citizens in the measures hereby adopted for the effectual suppression of unlawful violence, for the impartial enforce ment of constitutional laws, and for the speed iest possible restoration of peace and order, and with these, of happiness and prosperity throughout our country. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal ot the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washing ton, this 3d day ofMay, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty one, and or the Independence of the United States the eighty-fifth." Abraham Lincoln. , Excellent Fooling. Some of the journals are reiterating the assertion that the Govern ment is about to act vigorously against Ihe traitors, bnt trill not invade the Seceding States ! Is it not time to have done with this delusive nonsensg ' There is no foot of ground within the boundaries of the United States which the Government ias not a perfect right to occupy when such occupation shall be essential to the vindication of its constitutional authority ; and of the necessity it is its own judge. Fed eral forces are always marched into and through the States when the Government sees fit, without asking leave of the State authori ties. - And if the Government should see fit to send an army of One Hundred Thousand men to the relief of Fort Pickens, that army might march through Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Flori da, without invading one of them, even though it should be obliged to crush out half a doen separate nests of rebellion and treason on the way. Let us have an end forever of all talk about the Federal Government invading any of the United States. It might invade Cuba, ALusjco or Canada, but these States nev er. And let there be no more definitions and limitations of the arena whereon it is to grap ple with armed treason. Wherever yon see a bead, bit it," was the Irishman's injunction to his son bound for Donnybrook, and the spiritof that injunction should govern the Gov ernment's dealings with treason. The Blockade of Southern Ports. Most active preparations are being niadrt for the further blockading of Southern ports. Ten vessels of the fleet will, within a week, be at sea. The entire fleet will consist f at least fifty war vessels of various descriptions, accom panied by sufficient steam transports for the accommodation of land.'lorce of at least 20,000 strong. Thus it will prove sufficient to make an efficient blockade of every inlet on the Southern coast, into which any vessel drawing six feet of water might otherwise enter, while it will devolve on the disunion authorities the necessity of keeping in arms, feeding, etc., distinct armies,, sufficient to cope with the land forces accompanying it, in or near Nor folk, Charleston, Savannah, Pensacola, Mobile, and New-Orleans, of at least an aggregate of 120,000 troops stationed for the protection of those important points alone. That not a bale of cotton or cargo of other Southern produc tion can seek a market through any Southern port, is to become a fixed fact within one month from this day, and without the pro ceeds of sale of their crops the Disunionists will have no means whatever of procuring mil itary supplies of any description, for they do not produce or manufacture them ; and the! experience of Northern merchants would seem to indicate that the available treasure of the South is neither silver nor gold, and darkies are not at present desirable mediums of ex change. How a Soldier Keeps his Word of Hon or. It is refreshing in fflis day, when Twiggs and Beauregard and Hamilton, among war riors, and Wigfall and Breckinridge among Senators, sworn to allegiance, are recreant to their oaths, to read the narrative of the old soldier, Peter Hart, who was in Fort Sumter during the siege. The story carries Us own moral, and needs no word of comment. Hart was an old soldier under Anderson at Mexico. When Mrs. Anderson visited Fort Sumter, Hart accompanied her, by permission of the Confederate authorities, on giving his parole not to fight should he conclude to remain in the garrison. When the bombardment com menced, the soldier mounted the parapet wall, and shouted to the men : "Now fire away boys, I cau't fight without breaking a soldier's word, but I'll tell where your shots strike, and where to look for danger." Thus con spicuously a mark during the whole two day's bombardment, Hart left the parapet only once, and that was to climb the flagstaff to nail the colors to the peak, after the halliards had been shot awav. T Baltimore. This cityjis in a terrible con dition, the result of the crimes and excess or her oWn citizens. It has been cut off from communication with alt sections, and its sup ply of provisions almost entirely stopped. Baltimore has been the Sodom of the country for many a year. Its annals are full of blood, and now almost on the brink of starvation, it is realizing the effects of treason. , The most extensive corporations that have benefitted and beautified that city, are removing , their interests hence, while even the native capital ist is gathering his resources preparatory to investing tbem elsewhere. , Bankruptcy, des olation, idleness and starvation! What pun ishment for treason. And yet who can say tbat tbey are not deserved 7 Virginia. The committee of Virgin; from Butler County, had long and saM ' interviews with Messrs. Lincoln d Cll r-v on Thursday night. Their object his J ,? duce the Administration to pledge iuelr , support them if, at the coming election ti loyal cititensof that county showed need r protection. They are determined to . . the rights of citizenship, to resort to s- ,., seir-defence, if attacked, and then 1,' backed by a Governmental force, thev lJj sure of success. No written pledges" w given them, but such assurances as made them conJdent of ultimate triumph and entire tin punity. Affairs at Harper's Ferrt. VTe are it last in possession of official details concerning the situation of affairs at Harper's Ferry after the destruction of the armory by Lieut, j'onej It seems that the work was by no mean BK entire success. The fire did not touch ,. e large depot which contained 8,000 stand 'of first class arms, and the entire machinery t,f the Armory is in as good order to-day i, j, ever was. The Department attach no bUm to Lieut. Jones, thinking that he did the best he could under the circumstances. The President's Family. Mrs. Lincoln i reported to be in remarkably good hel:h are all ber family. She has been earnestU importuned to leave Washington tor the pr. sent, but she says she considers it her duty stand by her husband, whether in weal or woe and that no true woman will ever dessrt her home when her presence can choer, and htr hands aid those whose happiness and comfort are most precious in her sight. In Boston, on receipt of the news of the nt tack on the Massachusetts troops peaceil'y passing through Baltimore, the populace b. came almost frantic. The workmen left the! shops and factories in their shirt sleeves, and congregated in crowds resolving to avenge th9 wrong at all cost. Bodies of men from !l ranks were rapidly organizing, and preparing to leave at the earliest moment, determined to redress the outrage with their lives. Afloat. Three privateers, ready equipped were at Savannah, Ga., on the 23d nit. They had filed their bonds, and were only awaiting orders which should send them forth to prey upon our Northern commerce. We may s.on expect to hear of robbery and murder, by li cense fiom Jeff. Davis. New Orleans. The leading Secessionists are in hourly expectation of news of the rap ture of Washington; and say tbat the North shall here no more news until the Treasury it Washington was in the hand of the Confeder ate" troops, and Presideut Lincalti and Cabi net prisoners. A-hem ! The question is often asked, what is a "stand of arms?" Properly speaking, it is a com plete set of arms for one soldier, which would include the bayonet, musket, and its appur tenances. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Advertisements set i w targe ttpe, ent.t, or out of usual style irill be eh a rged J o tillr pries for spare o rrupitd. To insure attention, the CASH xaust acconira. ny notices, as follows: All Cannons w;th $1; Strays, $1; Auditors' notises, $1,50; Adminif trators and Executors' notices, S1,")0, each ; and all other transient Notices at the sama ra't WANTED TO HIKE A young nan who understands driving two horses, and fana work generally. Good w ges will be paid in ca-b by WM.IKVIN, CurwonsTille. STATEMENT of the Cloarfield County Bai.k for the month ending March 30th, 1861. ASSETS. Bills discounted. : : : : S19.771 35 Pennsylvania State loans, 21.353 75 Specie, :::::::: 5.071 V'J Due from other banks. : : 4.7R2 C7 Notes of other banks, : : : l.25 00 Checks, drafts, tc. : : : 527 07 Furniture. ::::::: 22.1 19 Expense of plate engraving.ic. 761 75 Stationary, Ac. : : : : : 309 49 554,05i LIABILITIES. Capital stock, paid in, : : $21,900 00 Notes in circulation, : : 21,lf0 00 Due depositers, : : : : 6.835 6-1 Interest and exchange, : : 1,103 93 -?54.r5J55 JAMES B. GRAHAM, Cashier. Clearfield. Pa., April 30, 1S6L Dr. Jackson, , INDIAN PHYSICIAN, Of Erie City, Pa. May be consulted as follows Free of Charga. Brook ville, Pa., American House," on Welnss day and Thursday, May 15 and 10. Curwensrille, Pa., "Susquehanna House," St nrday and Sunday. Maj 18 and 19. Clearfield, Pa., "Mansion House," on Monday, May 20. Frenehville, Pa., "Iloofmnn Hotel," on Wed nesday, May 22. Bellefonte, Pa., "Conrad House," Friday s4 Saturday, May 21 and 25. Lock Haven, Pa., White's Hotel," on MoniUj May 27. In treatment of diseases of the Lungs and Cheat, Liver, Stomach, Bowels, Heart, Nerves, Skin. Scro fula. Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, or any and ail di eases arising from Impure blood. Female Wek ness and Female Diseases of all kinds; alw all forms of Chronic or long standing diseases, bars given Dr. Jackson a World-wide reputation. Aegvlar Visits. Dr. Jackson will make rego lar visits to a large number of the principal town in Pennsylvania. Patients can thus have tb pri vilege of consulting regularly once in from one to three months a matter in very many ea's in dispensable in performing a cure. INVALIDS SHOULD MARK WELL THE TIME? And call early as possible. The time is limited and the appointments will bi punctually kept is above. If sick with any chronic diseases, do not delay, as time only tends to confirm and render cure more protracted and difficult. Dr. Jackson will make examinations of tb Lnngs nd Chest, by the use of the Stethoscope Free of Charge. Dr. Jackson will not proscribe without prospect of benefitting his patients. No false pronii' will be made, or expense incurred, without corre sponding prospect of recovery. Dr. Jack' son does not tear down to build up aJ uses no mineral poisons in any case. Dr. Jackson procures his medicines fromtn wilderness of the Far West, analyses and com pounds tbem himself. Dr Jackson wishes it distinctly understood th he regards Consumption as a curable disease " is willing that his claims to public confidence mJ be estimated by the success attending hi treat ment. No charge for consultation. A. C. JACKSON, May 8, 1381. : Indian Phyfici'n DR. ISAAC GUSS. has looated in Bradford tp.. for the practice of medicine and itcoll'M branches. Office at Williams' Grove. Clearfieia county, Pa. May 1, 1361-tp MISS ISABELLA CROSS. MiHia" nJ Mantaumaker. three doors west of the " ington House, in New Washington, will promptly to all work, in the above line, atrtea to be? car. Mayl.lSjMg- AM PEL n. PLEASANTS, BARBER A JJ HirK.nBVSSRR. fc8 romnvftH his SSOD W ID" S building adjoining uranam, uoynion -j. -where he has fitted up a very neat ro- customers aud the public are requested to g him a call: ' ' . : April, fS61-dctl2- .... .... a w-v . cfArfl II
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