THE iiFTllMM
Raftsman's Journal.
BY SAMUEL J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD. PA., MAY 15, 1861.
Mabtlasd. Within tho last week, this
State changed her position, and is now appa
rently loyal her authorities having consent
ed that the United States troops should pass
through Baltimore nnmolested. According
ly, on last Thursday Sherman's Battery, com
posed of twelve pieces of cannon and some
three hundred men, followed by two regi
meats of infantry, passed through that city
without opposition. "A word fitly spoken
Is like apples of gold set in pictures of silver."
Such was that little word, "Our troops shall
come through Baltimore," uttered by Mr.
Lincoln. It was a word just in time, and just
in place; but for which Maryland, to-day, had
been with South Carolina, in open rebelliou.
The concentrating of a Federal army on her
soil, and her chief city In danger of being de
stroyed, was an argument not to be resisted ;
and fifty thousand bayonets with strong arms
to use them, will wonderfully affect the moral
apprehensions of the Old Dominion. She is
already beginning to pity us, and to feel sor
ry that she may be compelled to meet our for
ces. Fifty thousand more men in the field,
with another brief sentence Irom our noble
Fresident, may yet induce her to change front,
and conclude that to remain in the Union
will be tfte best after all. Tbcu this argu
ment will be carried to the door of South
Carolina, where it will unquestionably be as
effective as it has been in preceeding cases.
In short, a compromise is not the argument
for a people who have no good faith or honor
to keep it. Traitors and robbers will bo trai
tors and robbers, and we are greatly mistaken,
if the Fresident does not so treat them. He
has thus far done well. He is cautious, but
determined when necessary. Wo think ho
will take care of the government and attend
to those who are now in open rebellion a
gainst it.
The Usiox Feeiixo. "A vigorous war," is
tho unanimous cry of the Union men and the
Union press all over the country. The real
Union men of Charleston, Montgomery, New
Orleans, Memphis, Baltimore, Richmond
every city and every section of tho South
are just as anxious to see the Secessionists put
down as those of the North. It is felt every
where in the South that Secession rule is the
rule of an oligarchy of a few scoundrels
backed by fraud, swindling, and the force of
military power. They pray that the Govern
ment may not stop till it puts down the rebollion.
"If they corneas the thief comes, in the
darkness, and stillness, and peaceful hours of
the night, they may succeed in despoiling us
of our property." Such an enterprise will
be undertaken at their peril." Clearfield Rep.
The above is strong but mysterious language
to use in reference to "an intelligent, loyal,
law-abiding people" whom, the Republican
bkports to be still ih ocr midst. Wc wonder
who will "volunteer" to "swear point blank"
to that report f We cannot. But, who "pro
fesses to know the sentiments of the citizens"?
Who "claims to know their feelings, wishes,
Intentions and speech"?
The Army and Navy. The troops called
out by the new Army and Navy orders are, it
is said, In addition to the seventy-five thou
sand volunteers already required, so that the
whole number called out by the Government
thus far is : Volunteers by proclamation, 75,
000 Volunteers for three years' service, 40,
000 ; Regulars for five yoars' service, 25,000 ;
Seamen for five years' Bervice 18,000; Total,
158,000. That is 75,000 week before last, and
85,000 now. Several of tho States have enrol
led double the number of regiments asked for.
Cambria CorsTT ahead! The Harrisburg
Ttltgraph of the 7th, says: "Col. Feiper, of
Cambria county comes forward with a regi
ment, offering the State a thousand dollars
bonus it he and his gallant companions are
allowed to draw their swords and pull their
triggers in defence of the Union." Who will
dare t- assert after such devotion, that the
people of the North are cowards ? What a
contrast this is to the rebel custom of forcing
aliens, neutrals, and negroes into their ranks.
What it costs. An exchange says, that to
arm, equip, and provide a well appointed force
of one hundred thousand men, including camp
equippage, artillery, horses, munitions, &c,
and two months' provisions, will cost twenty
fire millions of dollars ; and this for five hun
dred thousand men is one hundred and twenty-five
millions. For six months' service, in
cluding transportation, this sum must be
doubled.
Vole-steers. We see it stated that, inclu
ding the Home Guards, there are not less than
Jive hundred thousand men enrolled in the free
States, ready for service at a moment's warn
ing from the government. This is an army
more numerous than there are tree white men
between the ages of eighteen and forty-five
in all the seceded slave States.
We will volunteer as witnesses in his de
fence, and swear point blank that his (our)
assertion Is not true." Clearfield Republican.
Thank you. We believe, however, that
"volunteer" witnesses, who are so anxious to
wear, are looked upon with much suspicion ;
and, therefore, decline the offer. Bat, when
we need bis testimony we will Bend bita word.
Gen. Bctler's Orders. Gen. Butler, in
a special brigade order, makes the following
allusion to the arrest of Spencer : "The Gen
eral takes this opportunity publicly, as be has
done privately, to thank Lieuts. Fox and
Shelley, of the Eight Regiment, for their cool
ness, promptitude and zeal, in arresting one
Spencer, who was uttering in the presence of
the troops at the Relay House, atrocious sen
timents, declaring that "we," meaning him
self and brother rebels, "acted rightly toward
the Massachusetts troops three weeks ago last
Friday," and saying that the murderous mob
who killed onr friends there were right in the
action, and that the same men were preparing
to give us a warm reception on our return.
"For these treasonable speeches, substantially
admitted by him in his written examination,
Spencer has been arrested and sent to Annpo
lis where he will bo properly dealt with."
The other matter to which the General de
sires to call the attention of the troops is this :
"Wishing to establish the most friendly rela
tions between you and this neighborhood, the
General invited all vendors of supplies to visit
our camp, and replenish our 3omewhat scanty
commissariat. But, to his disgust and hor
ror, he finds well authenticated evidence that
a private in the 6th Regiment has been poison
ed by means of strychnine administered in food,
brought into camp by one of these pediers. I am
happy to be informed that the man is now out
of danger. This act, of course, will render it
necessary for me to cut oft all purchases from
unauthorized persons.- Are our few insane
enemies among the loyal men of Maryland pre
pared towage war upon us in this manner?
Do they know the terrible lessons of warfare
they are teaching us ? Can it be that they do
not realize tho tact that we can put an agent,
with a sword, in every household, armed with
the terrible weapon ? In view of the terrible
consequences ot this mode of warfare, if it
were adopted by us from their teachings, may
we not, with every sentiment of devotional
prayer, exclaim, 'Father, forgive them they
know not what they do.' Certain it is that
any other such attempt, reasonably authenti
cated as to the person committing it, will be
followed by the swiftest, surest, and most con
dign punishment."
European Wars. By the latest news from
Europe, we learn that the "Old World" also
appears to be in warlike commotion. Great
preparations are making to increase the ar
mies and navies of the different powers, and
fears are entertained that a general European
war is at hand. In a recent communication to
the Boston Commercial Bulletin, Donald Mc
Kay states that the Emperor of France has.
ordered ten new iron-clad frigates like La
Gloire to be constructed as soon as possible.
In England the Warrior and the Black Prince
the two largest mail-clad frigates ever de
signed are in a forward state; and the two
others tho Defense and the Resistance are
also progressing rapidly. Austria has just
commenced the construction of two such fri
gates, and-Russia, four. Mr. McKay states
that during his visits to the French and Eng
lish navj yards, last summer, he had frequent
opportunities of examining the construction
of iron-cased steam frigates, and he assisted
in several experiments to test the resisting
power of armor plates. In view of this per
sonal experience, he says : "1 do not hesitate
to risk my reputation as a mechanic of some
experience in stating that no ships construct
ed on the old system are capable of sustaining
a fifteen minutes' fight with one of these in
vulnerable monsters, without being blown up."
lie believes that Fennsylvania iron is of a
very superior quality for making ship armor,
and that we ought to have at least six of such
iron-cased frigates, carrying 36 guns each.
The Warrior and thts Black Prince are to have
very powerful engines, so-as to give them a
speed that will surpass that of any war vessel
afloat. The London Engineer states that each
frigate will have engines of the nominal power
of 1,260 horses, but an actual power of 6,000
horses. The engines have cylinders of 112
inches diameter, the largest ever made for
steamers. The stroke is 4 feet; number of
revolutions per minute, 50; making the speed
ot piston, 400 feet per minute.
Army Beverages. It has been discovered
by experience, that soldiers on field and camp
duty require some cheering beverage, and
since it has been ascertained that alcoholic
beverages are injurious, the question arises
"What can be substituted for them." We
have very useful and practical information on
this head from Colonel Dawes, an experienced
Indian oflicer. He recommends that coffee
and tea should take the place of liquors, and
says "care should be taken to have good cof
fee and tea provided regularly in each troop
and company, and every man should have
some offered to him, the first thing in the
morning before doing duty, and also some in
the evening. When properly managed this
practice is alike beneficial to health and mor
als." A very distinguished surgeon in the
Indian army states that from long experience
in tropical climates, with soldiers in barracks
and in the field, he observed that "a cup ot
warm coffee taken in the morning tended to
prevent sickness." "During the Crimean war,
it was found that when the soldiers obtained
warm coffee, they sustained fatigue, and were
comparatively healthy ; but when they were
in the trenches, and could not get warm tea or
coffee, they were very subject to dysentery.
Kentucky and the Union. The Louisville
Journal of Monday the 6th says : "Secession
in Kentucky received a staggering blow on
Saturday, and Louisville covered herself with
imperishable honor. There were 8,112 votes
cast for the Union delegate ticket, when the
aggregate vote of the city at the Presidential
election was only 7,453. Tho largest vote
ever cast before in Louisville was iu the gu
bernatorial race between Magoffin and Bell,
the aggregate of which was 7,615. So that
when Louisville gave 8,112 votes for the U
nion ticket, she exceeded by four hundred
and sixty votes the largest aggregate vote ever
before polled. Of the 7,453 votes for Presi
dent, Breckinridge received but 860, and
many of the latter doubtless voted the Crittenden-Guthrie
ticket on Saturday, so that the
secessionists proper do not constitute a cor
poral's guard. If their ticket had not been so
judiciously withdrawn, we do not believe it
would have averaged more than two or three
votes in any precinct of the city. This result
inspires us with additional hope that the State
generally has spoken with a voice equally un
mistakable for the Union, the Constitution
and the restoration of peace."
Why they Hesitate. The delay of the
traitors is the best evidence ot their want of
confidence in their own strength. There is no
unity of action among them. They fight with
halters around their necks, and are uncertain
of the moment the noose may be tightened !
of they bad had any confidence in their
strength or the justice of their cause, .Wash
ington city would have been in their posses
sion three months since, or they might have
laid the capital in ashes. But they hesitate,
because they know that they are struggling
against the might, the mind, and the great ma
jority ot tne American people. The whole
rebellion is only the struggle of some three
hundred thousand slaveholders, who demand
the recognition of their property in human
flesh and blood as superior to that of all the
other property owned by noarly thirty millions
of people. .;
8UMMABY OF NEWS.
Tho troops at the Relay House are actively
engaged in strengthening their position by
throwing up breastworks by the western track
and digging tienches. Three hundred troops
are statipned at the point where tho trains stop.
A rigid search for contraband articles is made
at this point. They have captured a quantity
of grain on the way to the mills up the Pa
tapsco, and compelled its delivery at the IIox
ley Mills, where they can turn it to account
when it is ground, without inconvenience.
A gentleman who is well known arrived
from Pensacola. He states that there are a
bont eight thousand rebel troops outside of
the fort, and that they are in a very bad condi
tion. Their provisions are giving out, and
the warm weather is making many "ill, while
the general impression, so far as he could learn,
was, that an attack on the fort would soon be
abandoned, on the pretence that the troops
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wuiuu ue wauicu iuriuer ionu.
The Washington Star says : "We have in
formation by telegraph that the Harriet Lane
reached Annapolis, bringing up a private
schooner, captured just outside the v lrginia
Capes. When chased, the crew of the schoon
er with but two exceptions abandoned her in
their boats. She had been disguised by the
oblieration of her name from her stern, and
by being painted yellow."
The Government has not only rendered the
blockade of the coastwise Virginia ports ef
ficient, but has blockaded the mouth of Eliza
beth river by a vessel stationed about Hampton
Roads, thus preventing steamers from passing
from Richmond to Norfolk on the inland water
rout. The Virginians could hardly have an
ticipated being prevented carrying on their
inland commerce.
The offers of troops from the West Is aston
ishing. 1 he govetnment has already received
proffers of service from two hundred and fifty
thousand men, all west of the Alleghenies
This immense multitude is ready for instant
and active service, and each regiment is made
up of hardy troops. The men of the North
west are moving in earnest for the support of
the government.
Major Anderson thoroughly vindicates and
justifies Capt. M'Gowan's conduct at the time
of his unsuccessful effort to take the Star of
the West into Charleston harbor, and says
that it would have been impossible for him
ever to have reached Fort Sumter with his
ship under the fire of the batteries lining the
entrance. He is likely to be restored to the
revenue service.
The United States Sloop of-war Cumberland
was lying off Fort .Monroe. The steamer Qua
ker City was blockading Cape Henry. It was
reported that the Virginians were fitting out
the steamers Yorktown and Jamestown for
the purpose of running the blockade at the
mouth of the James river, where the steamer
Monticello is stationed.
Bradley Johnson a prominent secessionjst
nas ten r reaeriCK wmi some eignt others, ana
it is supposed their destination is Harper's
Ferry. A considerable number have also left
Baltimore in companies going across the
country in the direction of Harper's Ferry. It
is said that not less than three hundred have
gone from that city.
Mr. Winans, the manufacturer of the cele
brated steam gun, attempted to send it to
Harper's Ferry, for tho use of the Se
cessionists.' Fortunately, however, bis infam
ous scheme was thwarted, arid the gnn was
captured by the Massachusetts volunteers, un
der the command of Colonel Jones, and is now
at the Relay House.
As to batteries upon the Potomac, none have
been erected up to this time, nor can the' be,
fortbe only points where works could be erec
ted are constantly and thoroughly watched,
and there are seven armed ste amers plying
on the river steadily, with orders to cut to
pieces any body of men attempting to erect
batteries.
Virginia was admitted as a member of the
Confederate States Government on the 8th
May, in secret session. Two of her members
of Congress were sworn in, and participated
in the discussion, and voted ou questions
which came before the body. No other
business has been made public.
The Montgomery Confederation of the 8th
says that over 300,000 applications have been
made to the State Department for letters of
marque and reprisal. Three hundred thou
sand ! A rather formidable number. Who
would have supposed that one-forth of the
Southern voters were pirates ?
Secretary Chase has issued instructions to
Surveyors of Customs at all the ports on the
Ohio and upper Mississippi rivers, directing
them to keep a most vigilant eye on all water
craft and railroad lines, to prevent them from
carrying provisions or munitions of war into
the seceded States.
A large Union meeting was held at King
wood, in Preston county, on the 4th inst.,at
which resolutions were adopted expressing
unalterable opposition to the Ordinance of Se
cession, and favoring a divisiou of the State
to vote for members of Congress.
At a meeting of landing ship owners and
commercial men of the State of Maine, a reso
lution was adopted tendering their services to
the Government, and pledging their ability to
furnish thirty steam vessels in sixty or ninety
days.
A man named John Frost was arrested in
Richmond, for declaring himself a Lincoln
man, and saying that no army the South might
muster could move Lincoln from Washington.
He'was placed in jail by the Mayor.
A great fright occurred at Richmond. The
people were in momentary expectation ot an
invasion by the Federal troops, end in conse
quence every man and boy capable of bear
ing arms were under orders.
Recruiting for the United States Army is
actively progressing in Baltimore, and the
National Hotel, which has been unoccupied
for som time past, has been rented lor quar
tering the recruits.
A special dispatch to the Alexandria Gazette,
dated Montgomery, May 7th, confirms the re
ported secession of Arkansas and Tennessee.
Salui.cs were , fired there in houor of these
events.
A special dispatch from Fredrick received
states that the forest on the Maryland side of
the Potomac near Harper's Ferry was fired last
night and much valuable timber destroyed.
All the foreign ministers are anxiously ma
king inquiries daily about the application of
the blockade, but not one word of complaint
has been uttered by one of them. .
The steamer Peerless has been bonght at
Tornto, Canada, by the United States Govern
ment for the sum of $ 40,000. The Peerless
is an iron steamer of light draft.
A great deal of enthusiasm was manifested
at Wheeling over the receipt ot 2,000 stand of
arms which reached there on the 8th.
The City Council of Baltimore made an
appropriation to rebuild the bridge at Canton,
on the Philadelphia Railroad.
Major Anderson has, with the consent of the
President, accepted the command of the Ken
tucky brigade. ' -
Baltimore is the largest city in the South
ern. States, having a population of 214,037.
The population of New Orleans is 170,766.
and that of SU Louis 161,000.:
The Tribcse'asdits Enemies. The Demo
cratic papers that would rather slander the
New York Tribune than tell the truth have
been publishing the following : :
"Personal. While thirteen appointments,
foreign and domestic, have been given to edi
tors and attaches of The New-York. Tribune,
not a single man connected, as editor or
correspondant. with that paper has volunteer
ed to fight. The men who talk the loudest
are not the men who fight.'' s-
The Tribune of the 6 inst., replies as fol
lows : "The above is not only "personal" but
malicious, and not merely iualicions but gross
ly untrue. We know of but three persons who
ever were "editors and attaches of this paper
who have been appointed to any place whatev
er, and -not one ot these either sought or was
commended for office on account of his past
or present connection with The Tribune.
And how the appointment to office of gentle
men whom we have employed and paid should
be charged to our account, we do not know
Had it been an object to us to get ride of them,
we might feel ourselves obliged to the Orov
eminent for taking them ott our hands; but
they have earned all we ever paid them, and
they have been paid by us all they earned in
our service, so that the account is exactly
square. One of tbem was lor a long time an
editor of another iournal. but never of this
Several persons till recently in our employ
ment have left it to serve as soldiers in the
war for the Union ; but we claim no merit on
their account any more than we hold ourselves
obliged by the appointment of those above re
ferred to. For the present, our post of duty
is here, urging a vigorous prosecution of the
contest and exposing the insidious machina
tions of those who are constrained by an over
whelming public sentiment to uphold the cause
of the country, but who are at heart its deadly
enemies and mrss no safe opportunity to give
it a stab. Should the time ever come wherein
we can serve it better in any other sphere of
action, we shall try to be there."
Burying the National Flag. A gentle
man who has just made his escape from Mem
phis, Tennessee, has given us the fol!owing,ac
count of a solemn ceremony which took place
in that city a day or two before he quitted it.
He says that he was eye witness to the whole
of the proceedings, and as he is a man of the
greatest cspectability, his statement may be
rehod on.. In the one solitary square wliicu
Memphis possesses, stands a statue of Andrew
Jaekson. By the side of this statue a large
pit was dug, and on the day in question our
informant, who was standing near the place
saw a body of about five hundred men slowly
approaching, headed by a band of music per
forming "the dead march." Alter the band
came eight men bearing the dead body which
was to be consigned to the pit ; this corpse
was no more nor less than a large stand of the
stars and stripes, which was solemnly lowered
into its final resting place, the company assis
ting in respectful silence. The earth was then
thrown upon it "ashes to ashes, and dust to
dust" and the pit was filled up. The spec
tators then dispersed quietly, apparently
thoroughly satisfied at having paid the last re
spects to an old friend's remains. The tomb
stone has not yet been put up, nor have we
heard what sort of an epitaph is to be inscribed
ou it ; no doubt it will do credit to Tennessee.
Our informant adds that during the even ng
of the day on which our national flag was sol
emnly interred, there arose one of the most
violent gales of wind ever witnessed in Mem
phis, and every secession flag in the city vvas
blown down. Singular to relate, a very large
flag which was suspended near the grave was
blown away from the staff and carried by the
wind to the newly filled up pit, where it was
deposited and left to soak in the rain and mud,
an appropriate holocaust to the departed great.
The anger of heaven was thus unequivocally
expressed at the infamous desecration of our
honored banner. What is the next form in
which Southern insanity will display itself 1
North American.
The Plans qf the Rebels They Meditate
the Destruction of Washington. We find
the following statement in the Louisville Jour
nal : "On Saturday a gentleman called on us,
who, on account of ill health, was recently a
sojourner in Florida, and who has just come
through Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama
and Mississippi. He says that the people of
the rest of the country have no conception of
the rush which the people of all those States
have for some days pas', been making and are
now making for Richmond, the headquarters
of the Southern army, destined for the con
quest of Washington city and the District of
Columbia. He says that in all his journey he
did not seo a solitary railroad train going in
the direction of Richmond that was not loaded
with troops and munitions. From Charleston
alone, during the two days he was there four
thousand armed men started for the Virginia
rendezvous. He states that these general
and rapid movements are not reported in tho
papers of the Confederate States, but he has
no doubt that the army at Richmond will
prove tremendous in its strength and numbers,
lie tells us that all the men he met with, mili
tary officers and others, spoke of the conquest
of Washington as a settled thing just as well
settled as if already accomplished and that
the avowed determination is not to preserve
the public buildings of the Capital for the uso
of.the Southern Confederacy, but to demolish
them utterly, not leaving one stjpe upon a
nother." The Secret of Secession. There is a se
cret spring to this secession movement in all
the Southern State?, that the people have not
considered or thought about. Merchants, rail,
roads and others largely indebted to the North,
are more clamorous for secession. The
States that first went out of the Union, had in
view the ridding themselves of their just debts,
and to consummate the villiany, they put the
old Mississippi Repudiator at the head of their
Government. Whenever a merchant is found
largely indebted to the North, and wherever
the sons of bankrupts are found, they are
throwing up their hats for Jeff Davis. Many
men of a very different character are seces
sionists, many who have wealth and capital,
but look at the bankrupts and the men indebt
ed to the North beyond their ability to pay,
and they are for going out of the Union.
Knoxville Whig. ,
The North to Sue for Peace ! The Mo
bile Register speaks as follows of the expecta
tions indulged in by the South : "Woe be to
the Northern battalions that meet the first
shock and outburst of the 3try valor and fierce
indignation that have fused in one compact
mass the entire Southern mind and heart. If
the war last five years, the terms of peace will
be dictated at the gates of Boston. But the
war will not last so long.. The day is not dis
tant when the North will sue for peace. Un
til it does, the policy as well as the will of the
South is to give them war to their heart's con
tent war to the knile and to the hilt.
Masonic Secession. At a convocation of
tho Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, of the
State of Georgia, which closed its session in
Augusta on the 26 ultimo, the following reso
lution was unanimously adopted : Resolved.
That the connection heretofore existing be-
iween tne urana unapter or Koyal Arch Ma
sons of the State of Georgia and the General
Grand Chapter of tho late United States of A
mericabe and the eame is hereby dissolved.
The "President's Levee. The reception
on the evening of the yth, in nonor oi me oi
fleers and men on duty was a grvat success
Everybody was there. The ruarino bind play
orl mfitilii11v Tl.a President looked Well
The Madame looked better, and more joyons,
happy patriotic gathering probably never con
vened before at the Presidential mansion.
For the benefit of the lair sex, . I will state
that Mis. Lincoln wore a very elegant uiue
silk, richly embroidered, and with a long
train ; also noint lace cane, and a full set O
pearl ornaments, in which he well sustained
the dignity of her station ; while the old lady
of her household. Mrs. Grimslev. wore a blue
watered silk, with lace cape and appropiate
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trimmings. iiie uiuccis nuu sit nvrc uewjjui-
ea wiiu meir reception.
- Trouble at Fairmont," Va. On Tuesday
night the 7th a serious disturbance was created
at Fairmont, Va. The Union men assembled
there for the purpose of arranging for dele
gates to the Wheeling convention, when a
party of Secessionists entered the meeting
and tore down the stars and strip. I be at
tack was unexpected ; and tho rowdies, hoping
to overslaugh their more peaceable neighbors.
ran up the rattlesnake flag. The Union men
rallied in their indignation, and toie the rebel
standard into fragments.' A State flag was
next hoisted, but it was pulled down and tram
pled in the dust. The "flag of the free" was
again raised, and kept floating, but the Seces
sionists, although they failed to quench tho
Union sentiment, succeeded in breaking up
the meeting.
Zouave Firemen. Early on the morning of
the 9th. a large building next to wi I bird's ho-
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iei v asningion, was aiscoveieu io ue ou are.
Many of the New York Zouaves rushed from
their quarters at the Capitol, and after break
ing open an engine house, hurried to the scene
of conflagration, with the apparatus, rendering
efficient service and saving the hotel from de
struction. They perf ormed various acts of da
ring, pulling down the walls, etc., in the pres
ence of thousands of admiring spectators.
They failed not to salute the flag over the ho
tel, and heartily, greeted Major Anderson,
whose chain he l was adjiccnt to the burning
building, and who appeared at the window,
witnessing the activity and daring of the gal
lant Zouaves.
Steel Cannon. The London Engineer
states that two new guns have just been com
pleted for the British government by the
Mersey Steel Company. They are made of
puddled steei, consolidated under the hugo
steam hammer. Their length is 9 feet, weight
4 tuns, 3 cwt- Their bore is only 6 inches,
and yet they are intended for 100 lbs. Shot,
of the conical cylindrical form. Puddled steel
appears to us to be the most suitable of metals
for making strong cannon. It is capable of
being run almost like cast iron ; then it may
be hammered to consolidate its particles, thus
imparting to it the duplicate quality ot cast
and wrought steel, so as to resist both tensile
and crushing force in a superior manner.
An Extraordinary Oil Well. The oil
well on Oil Creek, at which the explosion took
place, is the most extraordinary on record.
Notwithstanding that some two thousand bar
rels escaped during the fire, it is now throwing
out oil at the rate of twenty barrels an hour.
From Saturday afternoon to Thursday morning
seventeen hundred barrels had been filled, and
the vats containing one hundred barrels, were
flowing over. The gas, says tins Mercer Dis
patch, is yet on fire, but the flame is confined
to the chamber of the well by a mound of wet
clay thrown over its mouth. A pipe is driven
through this clay to the mouth ot the well,
and through this the oil flows to the reservoir
form which the barrels are filled.
Arms at the South. The Memphis Ap
peal states that an erroneous impression pre
vails in the North that the South is totally
destitute of arms and amunitioii for her de
fence. Since the inauguration of the South
ern movement. 309,000 stand of arms, besides
200,000 revolvers have been seized at various
points by the people of the South. The re
ceding States, previous to their going nut.
purchased 417,000. which makes agrand total
of 707,000 guns and pittols on hand sufficient
in tho opinion of the Appeal, to answer all
practical purposes in case of invasion by the
enemy.
The Baltimore Rioters. Arrests for trens
on of some of the guilty parties in the raid of
the 19th of April have already been made,
but as yet none of the ringleaders have been
touched. Many of them have cleared out,
but enough of them are left to make bright
examples, of. A ptrfect stmjede of the mi
nor offenders has followed the first movement
of the officers of the law. The general feel
ing is that nothing serious will come of t e
matter, until the United States shall be in po
sition to insure the free operation ol the laws.
Treason in the Confederate States The
Mobile Tribune says : "Treason is the highest
crime which can be committed ; it strikes at
tho root of the public welfare, and is. there
fore deserving a greater punishment than that
which only does harm to an individual or a
limited number of individuals." In the Con
federate States it is treason and death to dis
own a government that has no place in the
history of nations ; but it is all right to under
take the overthrow of the liberties of 80,000,
000 of people. Consistency, thou art a jewel.
New York Printfrs. The printers of New
York city are joining in for the war quite en
thusiasticaltv. Six have gone from the Times
office, six from the News, twelve from the
Tribune, twenty-three from the World, eight
from the Herald, six from, the Express eight
from Harper's, six from the German dailies,
and eight or ten from the Journal of Com
merce and Courier. These make a total of
eighty-five. All told, about two hundred
members of the craft have enlisted for the
campaign.
A Dare-Devil Regiment. Colonel Wilson'a
hard-fisted regiment in New York city is near
ly lull, thirty men of muscle offered them
selves in a body on Tuesday. "Glad to see
you, genllemen," said the Colonel, "but if
you enlist with me, I assure you that half of
you will be in your graves in less than three
months!" Pleased with the cheering pros
pects held out by their commander, the irre
pressible thirty clapped their hands, eave tho
Colonel three cheers, and immediately enroll
ed their names.
It is a significant fact that, at the great war
meeting in New York the most Imposing
demonstration ever witnessed on this conti
nent the speakers said nothing about any ef
forts to abolish slavery. The government has
no such intention, and would to-day send
troops to suppress servile Insurrection If call
ed upon. So far as we know, the animating
cause of the present sentiment of the North
is to uphold an imperiled government. -
Havana. Letters from American uhn nan-
tains at Havana, show that the war is operat
ing upon American marine - interests there
with even crreater hardships than ih nnhliah.
ed accounts represent. The Spanish merchants
are afraid to ship by United States vessels,
and were giving French. Enfflish and North of
Europe bottoms the preference. -
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Advertisements set in large tvxe cult or.., 7
To
:o insure aUeuticn, the CAH aut aT
Strays, $1; Auditors' nci js. si ro-
trators' and Executors' notices, SllV.f v .
all other transient Kotices at the ilm rafcd
NOTICE TO LlUBKIOlExZi
finishing a new first class .aw Mill f0TZ 50w
Umber, at Duncannon one mile below Green. Ii
on the Susquehanna; and desire to fcav i
ner from Clearfield county, to stock the Lo LTi
with oak and pine for one, two or ihre
This mill wiir command two thirds of the hi.;;'"''
of Terry county, at fair remunerative rl
Any person having lumber, cat hve iAt,r
terms of co-partnership, and a good bewe m irt
this season, during the present depressed s- t
the tide water business. Write to or ear od" "
FKAXCIS 15. J0r
May 15. lS6l.-3t. Dnncanron. Perry ,"0 p,
REGISTER'S NOTICE.-Xotice U e
by given, that the following rooulu hit
been examined and passed by me. aad remain
of record in this office for the inspection ot hi ,
legatees, creditors, and all olfcers in r,v h.-r J,
interested, and will be presented to toe ner
phans' Court of Clearfield countv, to be b-j "
the Court House, in the fiorough of Clesrfit
commencing on the Third Monday of jUDe J,,,'
for confirmation and allowance : ' "")
T e account of Jesse Ilutton and M:rv L Ken
Administrators of all and singular the" g.
chettels, rights and credits, which were ir r '"'J
MJe,1& Ufe 0f G!eD IIoP' ClearfieMtc'fr V?
The Testamentary account of Anges V -
Fxceutor of the last will and Tesiamect ' , ,'r '
Gill, late of the Township of Bradford 'IP
county of Clearfield, deceased. ' "
The final account of Joseph Lines, Adm'nis'r
tor of all and singular the goods r.r.d "haMeli
rights and credits, which were of U'ilUum
Britiben, late of the Township of Brad v ; .1 .
county of Clearfield, deceased. '
The account of William Feath. AiaiinNtmor
of the Estate of Simon Stewart, late or Linn com,
ty Iowa, deceased.
' JAMES WRfGLEV, Rejr'tttr
Clearfield, Pa., May 15, 1861.
WANTED TO I1IRE-A young iU:iL
understands driring two horses. r.d
work trenerallv. (Incut w o-c. ;it K : "
WM. IKVIN, Curwonsri::
DR. ISAAC GUSS. has located in Bradford tr
for the practice of medicine and its coll.fe-
branches. Office at. Williams' Grove. rrMr'."'
county. Pa. May 1. lS U-4 r '
MISS ISABELLA CROSS, Millir.fr sH
Mantaumaker. thiee doors west of the V..: .
ington House, in New Washington, will aiv-'
promptly to all work, in the aoore lice. tr.tr
to ner care. Mav i. is-i;
SAMUEL H. PLEAS A NTS, BARLZR .'.V
IIAIK-DRESSEK. has removed his shop to re
building adjoining Graham. Boynton Co s stur-
wnere ne baa nttea up a very neat room, hi,
customers and the public are requested to give
n iiq m can. april. Si-fJeI2 'in
STEAM ENGINE FOR SALE. The nr.
dcrsizned. residinir in WumlwiirH tnir,. .;,,
has On hand a twentT-fii-6 hur0 rmir.. .nffir. .-.)
toilers which he will dispose of. Any person in
waui ui ma engine, wouia U.) well to ejcniaine
one before purchasing elsewhere. The price wn"
be low and the terms e.nv. He haa nU mi 1. .....
an excellent Shingle machine whieh he wil! soil
on ea.-y terms. . lHI?t jd. vllAoh..
Woodward tp- April 17. 185l-2uip.
STIKRINCJ TIMES IN PHILADEL
PHIA Trtmtnda,ts Ere,
Masses !'.'. EXCITING FOOT IiACiS .A
fhtlMlelphia 1 olice aiul a notorious hornet and
counterfeiter. James Buchanan Cross fro..
Riraptitred It seems to be the general cp.i
ion in Clearfield, that if Cross had worn a pi-.;:
Frank Short's French-calf Boots, that he m
not be taken yet. However, .Shorty is not un.
put out at missing his custom ; hut would -
nouncetoall Breclinrid&e, Douffa. TJurvv a ...
Brllmrn, and women and children in Clears
and Sicnemahouing in particular, that he is
pared to furnish them with Coots. Shoes am!
terg ot any style or pattern, stiched. sowed or
ged. (and as he is a short fellow) on short nuti
All kinds of country produce taken in tich
and cash not refused itepairing done in the r... .
est manner and charges moderate, at the oi
Shoe Shop on Second Street, opposite Reed. Wri
ver A Co s store. FRANK Slpi'iT
N. B. Findings for sale. Au. 29. ISii"
NEW DRUG STOKE
The subscribers have opened a full an loou:
plete assortment of D It U G S in the n.w t ri.k
building of Dr. Woods, on the corner of Locuii
and Cherry streets, in the Borough cf ClesrfiJd.
where they will at all times be bitppy to nevim
modate any person who may dosire urticlesii. their
line. The business will be confined s'ric'lvtoa
DRUG AND PRESCRIPTION BL'SIXI.V
and no pains will be spared to render satisfaction.
Dr. M Woods, the junior partner, may always l
found and consulted in tho "Drugstore,'' bs;
not absent on professional business. A separiv
room for consultation is attached to the Stor
where patients may be examined privatelv.
Every article usually found in nch an estaV
lishment will be kept on hu;.d, and sold at gret.
reduced prices. Terms being strictly Cnt), wi!i e:
able them to offer inducements in the way of pric ;
Physicians will he supplied at a small perecL.
age overcost and carriage. Their orders aresoiw
ted. Every article sold wll be pure and of tfc
best quality. WOODS A BARRETT.
Clearfield, Pa.. February 13. 186I-tf.
Dr. Jackson,
INDIAN PHYSICIAN.
Of Erie City, Pa.
May be consulted as follows Free of Charge.
Brook ville, Pa., -'American IJouse,"on Wedne
day and Thursday, May 15 and 16
Curwensville, Pa., '-Susquehanna House," Sat
urday and Sunday. May 16 and 19.
Clearfield, Pa., "Mansion House." on Monday
May 20.
Frenchville, Pa., "Iloofman Hotel," on Wed
nesday, May 22.
Bellefonte, Pa., "Conrad House," Friday and
Saturday, May 24 and 25.
Loch Haven, Pa., White's Ilotel," on Monday
May 27.
In treatment of diseases of the Lungs and Chat,
Liver, Stomach, Bowela, Heart, Nerves, Skin. Scr j
fula, Salt R he-am, Erysipelas, or any and all dis
eases arising from Impure blood, Female Weak
ness and Female Diseases of all kinds; also all
forms of Chronic or long standing diseases, bar
given Dr. Jackson a World-wide reputation.
ilgocL4R Visits. Dr Jackson will in?r regu
lax visits to a large number of the princip'.! .- '"
in Pennsylvania. Patients can thus have r
vilege of consulting regularly once in from out
to three months a matter in very many cases in
dispensable in performing a care.
INVALIDS SHOULD MARK WELL THE TIME!
And call early as possible. The time if limited
and the appointments will be punctually kept as
above. . If ck. with any chronic diseases, do not
delay, as time only tends to confirm and renders
cure more protracted and difficult.
Dr. Jackson will make examinations of the
Lnngs ind Chest, by te use of the Stethoscop
Free of Charge.
Dr. Jackson will not proscribe without prosp1
of benefitting his patients. No false promi
will be made, or expense incurred, without corre
sponding prospect of recovery. .
Dr. JacKson does hot tear down to build up so
uses no mineral poisons in any case.
Dr. Jackson procures bis medicines from tM
wilderness of the Far West, analyses and com
pounds them himself. . .
Dr Jackson wishes it distinctly understood taai
he regards Consumption as a curable disease ana
is willing that his claims to publio confidence may
be estimated by the success attending hi tr
ment. No cfaargo for consultation.
- A C. JACKSON,
May fi, 1R61. Indiaa Phy;ia'
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