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BY S. J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1861.
VOL. 7.-AT0. 45.
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THE LAND OF WASHINGTON.
BY GEORGE P. JfOBRIS.
I glory in the sages
Who, in the days of yore,
In combat met the foenaen,
And drove them from our shore.
Who fluDg our banner's starry field
In triumph to the breeze,
And spread broad maps of cities where
Once wared the forest-trees.
I &0TJ 'n te spirit
Finch goaded them to rise,
And found a mighty nation
Beneath the western skies.
No elime so bright and beantiful
As that where sets the sun :
No land so fertile, fair, and free,
As that of Washington.
MY EBOTHER JACK AND HIS BICH WIFE
BY MRS. K. Q. LEWIS.
"Harry," said my mother, there must bo
always one gentleman in a family. I have re
marked it aome one to keep up its dignity
and transmit the name to posterity, you,
Though my eldest sod, are rough by nature;
Peter is too plain ; but John, my pretty boy,"
said mother, patting bis curley bead, "you
hall go to college and be a gentleman." '
Now my good mother was the relict of a
grocer, who, dying, left her "well to do in
the world;" and having worn for three long
years "weeds of the deepest hue," she wiped
the last tear from her check and unpinning the
crape collar from her neck, laid it by, feeling,
in her inmost heart that she bad fulfilled her
duty to the utmost and bai been afflicted be
yond most mortals. It was the morning of
Lor emancipation from these symbols of woe,
that we were called around her (as I have
stated above) in order to portion out our sev
eral destines.
I, as the oldest of the family, ventured to
8iy : "And Susie, mother, what will she be
a lady ?"
"Nonsense, Harry," rejoined my mother.
"She is a mere child yet ; but what hinders
her lrm being the President's lady 7 stranger
tbiDgs have happened."
Well, mother, make Jack what yon please.
I shall be a sailor ; and when Susie's husband
is President, I'll come back and live with
her."
To China I went, not as a sailor, but as cap
tain's clerk. 'On my arrival there, I left the
vessel, and was so lucky as to get a situation
in a mercantile bouse. My boss took a fancy
to me, and, after a few years, I became his
principal clerk, and from that arose to be ju
nior partner in the firm. I heard from borne
occasionally, but finally the correspondence
dropped off. Now and then a letter from ray
mother reached me; and the last announced
my brother Jack's marriage to an heiress,
ami Susie's engagement to a Southern planter.
Then years elapsed, and I heard no more.
My letters remained unanswered ; and becom
ing vexed at the apparent indifference of my
family, I determined to write no more. I bad
now amassed an enormous fortune, but had
paid the penalty of a lif e of luxury with a dis
eased liver. Not having formed any ties to
hind me here, a yearning for home created
such a restlessness of mind and body, that it
amounted almost to a monomania.
So transmitting the bulk of my property to
the United States, I took passage in the ship
Dolphin, and after a pleasant voyage of five
months, (our vessel being a slow sailer) arriv
ed at New York, and trod the streets of my
native city, as a stranger. I left home a boy
of seventeen and returned a man of fifty
years, flow I longed to see my sister Susie
and my seed mother and my brothers. V hue
eating my solitary breakfast at the hotel, I in
dulged in a thousand fancies as to their ap
nearance. In John. I was to see a man of
polished manners; of fine, portly bearing, and
pleasant countenance. Peter good, plain Peter
he, 1 was sure, could not alter ; and pretty
Susie was to be everything lovely, with that
fjcinating dolct far nienle, so fascinating in
a southern woman's manners. A sudden
whim seized me to visit them nnder a flu
titious name. Acting on the spur of the mo
ment, I called for a Directory and found my
brother Jack was the resident of a modern
palace, in what was formerly the suburbs of the
city, now the nucleus of all that was fashion
able and wealthy. The name of my sister's
husband I never knew, and Peter must have left
New York, for I could not find his name in
the Directory, nor my mother's. Satisfied
that I should get all necessary information
from Jack, I determined to go to his house
immediately, and preparing myself with a let
ter of introduction written by myself sta
ting that Mr. Sampson, an agent for a mercan
tile house in Canton, was about visiting New
York. I begged my brother to pay bini every
attention. It is hardly necessary to say, that
Mr. Sampson was my nom de guerre," The
letter finished I folded it in due form, and put
ting it in my pocket, started for the upper
fart of the city. I found Jack's house over
the stone work of the door was carved the
"coat of arms" of the gentleman of the family.
The crest a dove pierced by a falcon had
ftj good father been living, it would have
been a cheese sopported by two red herring.
I coughed down a hearty laugh and rang
the bell ; a black fellow opened the door. On
asking if Mr. Chandler was at home, an an
er was given in the affirmative, and I was
uihered through a suite of rooms into a well
furnished library, where reclining in a luxu
rious arm chair, I found Jack handsome Jack
no longer but a lean, withered, and prema
tura old man, with all the foppish airs of boy
hood clinging to him.
He arose at my entrance, and glancing over
mJ letter, assured me of his desire to make
visit to New York an agreeable ooe ; ask
ing many particulars as to his brother Harry,
health, prosperty, &c, all of which I answer
fu in the most satisfactory manner.
A smile of relief passed over his counte
nance 5 evidently he had dreaded the subject,
i abruptly said : "I was requested to inquire
' the welfare of Mr. Chandler'! mother, sis
ter, and bis brother Peter." . j
A cold, hard look settled on his face.
"Has Harry not heard of my mothor'i death
ln jears ago ?" said ho.
Scarcely able to restrain my emotion, I
"tnmered out, "No no V
!'or the widowhood of Mrs. Cleland ?"
''y heavens ! no. sir I" I exclaimed, hurt
j 4 '"gry t his bard, cold manner of speak-
f those so dear to me. He looked aur
lerj" but 1 went on "And Mr. Peter Cband-
0h
well quite well.
Really a worthy
fflao
... D0 incumbrance to bis family. True, 1
family. True, 1
ledger a capital
,J"u so hurt tied to his ledger a
bookkeeper, and still a bachelor. Tour sister,
I presume resides with you ?"
"No sir," was the curt answer.
Mrs. Cleland's place of residence is un
known to me. I heard a rumor of her having
joined her husband's relation, South ; but my
dear Sampson, our walks in life were so dif
ferent, that my wife could not tolerate their
circle of acquaintances, particularly alter her
ungrateful behavior. Nor would it have done
to have drawn her and her faimly from their
obscurity, making their poverty but the
mere glaring. Would you believe it, my
wife procured an extremely eligible situation
for Mrs. Cleland's eldest daughter, as nursery
governess to a family going abroad, and I of
fered her eighty dollars a year for the main
tenance of herself and child, but both our of
fers were rejected with scorn. I washed my
hands of her and her affairs. But let us talk
of pleasanter things," continued ho.
I felt like kicking him out of his luxuriant
arm-chair, and fearful that my temper should
get the better of me, with toe best grace
could assume I left the room, and did not
breathe freely until in the open air, where I
vented my feelings in sundry ejaculations,
which drew the.attention of the passers-by.
borne one touched me on the arm ; it was the
black fellow, who had opened the door for mo.
"Sir," said he, "Mrs. Cleland lives in Spring
street, two doors from the Bowery a tene
ruent house."
Thank you, my good fellow," said I, gir
ing him some money, and I turned toward the
Bowery, and soon found the bouse where he
said my sister dwelt.
Tears started into my eyes as I thought over
the past, and my poor mother s pride in her
littlo Susan. I brushed them hastily away,
and knocked at the door. A little girl, the
image of my sister opened it.
"Does Mrs. Cleland live here ?" I asked.
"Yes sir."
"Can I see her ?"
"Yes. sir, please walk in." And she opened
the door of a room near the entrance. It was
scrupulously clean bnt uncarpeted, a pine ta
ble, a few chairs, a stove and small looking
glass, comprised the furniture with the excep
tion of a few books on n shelf between the win
dows.
My sudden entrance startled a female, who,
with her back turned to the door, was washing
some fine laces. Ifer confusion was momen
tary. With the grace of a well-bred lady, she
requested me to be seated, and looked to bcr
little daughter for icformation.
" A gentleman, to see you, mother."
'From your brother Harry, in China mad
am," said I.
The blood started to her forehead, and as
suddenly retreated, leaving her deadly pale,
as she gasped out,
"Oh ! is he living ?"
"Living ! yes, yes," said I, "but he is very
poor. He is coming on, but bis reception will
be rather cool from his rich brother, I am
thinking."
"Oh ! why am I poor ?" said she, bursting
Into tears. "But I can give him a home and
I will be so happy. I can work, and we will
live together."
I jumped up and caught her hand, and sob
bed like a baby.
"You have a kind heart, sir, and I thank
yon for your sympathy."
Just then her daughter came home.
"It is Ellen," said Susan, "my eldest child.
She is working in a straw factory, and gets
good wages."
"But, I fear Ellen you are fatigued to-day?"
"Oh, no, mother !" And she bowed courte
ously to me. "Only a little hungry."
The little one that opened the door for me
jumped up immediately and spread a clean
cloth on the table.
Susan requested me to stay and partake of
their humble dinner, to which I assented. A
plate of mealy potatoes, bread and tea, was
all; but to me it was better than the most
luxurious dinner, for I eat in company with
those I loved.
Ellen was a slight, dark-eyed girl, not beau
tiful, but intelligent and pleasing, and I was
delighted with my intended heiress.
An hour soon passed. Ellen had returned
to the factory, and drawing my chair closer to
my sister, I took both her hands in mine, and
looking steadily in her face, said : "Susie,
why did you not marry the President ?" (For
you see I could not keep the cat in the bag
any longer.)
Her first impulse had been to rise up in an
ger. She looked me steadily in the face, and
grew deadly pale. I feared she would faint,
and cried "Oh ! Susie, don't, it is your broth
er Harry." It was useless, there she lay in my
arms, helpless as a child, and littlo Mary cry
ing. '
"Oh f mother, mother ! Youve killed my
mother."
"No such thing," said I, as I dashed a cup
of cold water in her face. By-and-by all was
right again. Susan was satisfied that it was
ber brother. I told of my whim of wishing to
remain unknown to Jack, 'and his wife, whom
I had not yet seen ; and told Sue to get ready
to move asked where I should find Peter.
She told me he was a porter managing to ex
ist, and that was all one of those unfortunate
stepsons of fortune with whom nothing pros
pers, but honest and respectable withal. Of
course, John dropped him. His wife could
scarcely tolerate her own husband, and would
have died with mortification, if Peter, in bis
coarse suit of clothes, had dared to accost ber
as sister.
I was sick of these fol de rol airs this aping
of aristocracy ; and became more anxious than
ever to put a damper on their conceit. I wish
ed Susan good-bye for awhile, and went to
ward the business part of the city. Who
should brush against me but the identical man
I was seeking. I recognized him at once
called out,
"Halloo, Peter! Stop, can't yon, old boy 1"
I laughed until the tears ran down my cheeks
at bis look of astonishment. At last he slow
ly ejaculated,
"Are you Harry, or are you not ?"
"The veritable one," paid I.
Why It was pleasant this meeting. Peter's
heart was in the right place. We went into a
porter-bocse, and had a good talk together
settled all our plans then separated, Peter to
give warning to his employer, and 1 in searcn
of a dwelling. This was soon found, and an
upholsterer dispatched, with unlimited orders
to furnish it. My next step was to procure an
equipage-and horses. A week sufficed to put
my establishment in complete order, and then
sending for my sister and nieces, I installed
Susan as the tniBtrcsa of my mansion.
it was now time to call on Jack. He was
not at home, but bis wife was. She received
me very cermoniously, and motioned me to a
chair. Heiress was written on every muscle
of her countenance. One look at those cold
eyes and rigid mouth was enough for me to
know what my poor sister must have suffered
from ber arrogance. She grew affable, howev
er, when I presented her with a fan made from
the teeth of the elephant, and inlaid (on the
nanaiei witn rubies ana turquoise.
Wishing to probe her heart a little, I asked
if Mrs. Cleland was living in New York ?
Drawing herself up she said, "I cannot in
form you where the Terson you speak of lives.
In marrying Mr. Chandler, I did not marry his
relations. These I could not raise to my
level."
"Bnt is she not very poor ?" I persisted in.
saying.
"Sir, I am not acquainted with the state of
her circumstances."
"Ah, madam," I playfully rejoined, "you
will not confess your good acts. I am sure
she is indebted to you for every comfort."
"Oolige me, Mr. Sampson, by dropping the
conversation."
I begged a thousand pardons, and then went
on to say, that I had determined to settle in
New York had already taken a house and
would issue (under her patronage) cards on
the fourteenth, for a large ball and supper.
She consented, very graciously, to invite the
elite. So ended my visit.
The slave of the magic lamp is money.
The evening of the ball arrived my sister
wore a La'ma dress, woven in with golden vio
lets, a Bird of Paradise plume, gracefully ar
rayed in her soft, fair hair. An aigrette of
diamonds fastened it firmly that, I attached
to the plume with my own hands. Though
over forty years of age, she was still a lovely
woman. But Ellen was a perfect gem, so
graceful and self-possessed, in her simple
white dress and oriental pearls. And little
fairy Mary, dancing about with delight. I was
a happy man, not the less so, that f had the
power to humble the pride of that bard wo
man. The room began to fill. Soon the arrival of
Mr. and Mrs. Chandler was announced. My
sister and Ellen were stauding at the upper
end of the room. I advanced toward mv
brother and his wife, and leading them for
ward, said,
"Allow me to introduce you to my sister
Mrs. Cleland and my adopted daughter El
len, and at the same lime to drop my false
cognomen, and introduce myself as your broth
er Harry."
I leave you to imagine the result my 'ink
pales ray paper flutters farewell.
Commercial Value of Insects. Who
thinks of it 7 And yet, in the economy of
natuie, of what immense importance they are
in all seasons, every naturalist knows, while
in commerce the amount derived from them
is astounding. We have no figures to pro
duce in regard to our ow n trade, for our sta
tistics do not reach that high state of perfec
tion which will admit of it; but Great Britain
pays annually $1,000,000 fort he dried carcass
es of that tiny insect known as the cochineal;
while another, also peculiar to India, gum
shellac, or rather its production, is scarcely
loss valuable. More than 1,500,000 human
beings derive their sole support from the cul
ture and manufacture of the fibres spun by the
silk-worm, of which the annual circulating
medium is said to bo $200,000,000. In Eng
land alone, we say nothing of the other parts
of Europe, $500,000 are spent every year for
the purchase of foreign honey, while the val
ue of that which is native is not mentioned ;
and all this is the work of the bee ; but this
makes no mention of the 10,000 pounds of
wax imported every year. Besides all this,
there are the gallnuts, used for dyeing and
making ink ; the cantharides, or Spanish fly,
used in medicine. In fact, every insect is
contributing, directly or indirectly, in. swell
ing the amount of our commercial profits.
Even those which in some cases are a plague
ana become destructive, have their place
in the economy of nature, and prevent worse.
Pater Dollars. "Aunt Sally's" currency
s passing into a more disorganized condition.
Not only municipalities, issue shin-plasters,
but even individual firms print tickets and
give them in change. The day is not tar dis
tant when Davis will make the Confederate
paper legal tender, and as like as not, his
pocket Congress will pass an act that any one
refusing it shall be put to death, as being
clearly disaffected. Whither such a currency
tends is clearly shown by an incident which
took place a day or two since in New York.
Between one and two hundred bales of wool
were received from a port in one of those
South American Governments, constructed
on the Toorubs-Davis-fast-and-loose-free-fight
principle, and was invoiced at over seven
hundred thousand dollars in value. Such a
valuation, amounting to something ke five
thousand dollars per bale, seemed incredible,
until evidence was given that, one the date of
shipment, exchange on New York was twenty-five
dollars. At this rate we may see the
barrel of flour worth three hundred dollars in
Chariest n before long, when Davis money is
issued in suthcient abundance.
Oriental wit. A young man going a jour
ney, inirustad a Hundred deenars to an old
man. When he came back, the old man de
nied having had any money deposited with
him, and he was bad up before the Khazoe.
Where were you, yonng man, when you de-
lvered this money ?" "Under a tree."
Take my seal and summon that tree," said
the judge. "Go, young man, and tell the
tree to come hither, and the tree will obey
when you show it my soal." The young man
went in wonder. After he had been gone
some time, the Kbazee said to the old man
He is long. Do you think he has got tbeio
yet 7" "No," said the old man ; "it Is at
some distance. He has not got there yet."
How knowest thou old man," cried the
Khazee, "where that tree is T" The young
man returned, and said the tree would not
come. "He nas Deen cere, young man, ana
given h!a evidence. The money is thine."
Letters to a Charleston paper let out the
carefully concealed fact that there are many
Union men In the very heart of Eastern Vir
ginia. At Manassas, Gen. Beauregard is sur
rounded by a hostile population, and it is un
safe for bis soldiers to leave the cmp alone."
Slave insurrection! and civil war are imminent.
A TENNESSEE DEMOCRAT SPEAKS.
SPEECn OF HON. ANDREW JOHNSON,
U. S. SENATOR FROM TENNESSEE.
ju arriving in Cincinnati, Mr. Jonnson in
response to the calls of the people assembled,
made a short speech. In which he said "the
Stars and Stripes must be defended to the last
extremity." In the afternoon a committee
irom the Chamber of Commerce and another
from the citizens waited upon him, oflering
him the freedom of the city, &c. In response
to addresses of welcome he made the follow
ing speech :
Fellow Citizens and Countrymen :
In response to the welcome which has iust
been tendered to me by the chosen organ of
inis cuy, i nave not language to express my
gratitude. On the present occasion 1 am here
without expectation of any such reception as
is this which has welcomed me. Neither
have I any desire, so far as I am myself con
cerned, tor any sucn tnlng, and I might con
elude the remarks which I shall make on the
present occasion, by endorsing and respond
mg to every sentiment which has been uttered
by your chosen speaker. I fee! that while 1
am a citizen of the Southern States, as they
are called, I am a citizen of the United States,
and most cordially do I respond to what has
oeen said In reference to maintaining the
Union of these States. The Constitution lays
down a basis on which the Union may and can
be preserved, and for one, I am willing to live
under, abide by, and sustain the flag which
Washington carried throughout the Revolution
I repeat that I have no language to express,
no words to utter; rather I bavo words which
will not give utterance to my feelings of heart
felt and sincere gratitude, and at the same
time express my devotion to that flag. Much
has been said about the South and the North.
I am glad to bear tho language expressed by
your organ to day, that the pending difficul
ties or existing war does not grow out of any
animosity to any local institution, but from a
devotion to our common country ; and, as far
as possible, to bring back those individuals or
States, if you please, which have taken upon
themselves to proclaim the odious doctrine of
secession. I characterize secession as an odi
ous doctrine, a heresy, a political absurdity.
It is an odious and abominable doctrine, and
I look upon it as contrary to all government,
and as a heresy which should be crushed out.
Where it is admitted, no government, politi
cal,' moral, or religious, can stand. It is dis
integrating in its nature, and a kind of univer
sal solvent. I speak St not profanely, but it is
hell-formed, hell-bound, and, if permitted to
go on, it will drag everything in its train
thither.
In response to what ha3 been said, I am
proud that I can lay my hand on my breast
and say that I am willing to guaranty every
right, every single right, which belongs either
to the North, South, East, or West. I am
gratified to carry your sentiments to the peo
ple of whom I am one : that there is no dispo
sition to make war upon any institution,
whether of slavery or otherwise, and your de
termination to leave the disposition of slavery
to time and those circumstances by which it
is surrounded, and over which no political
legislation can exert any control.
1 hope that it may not be deemed out of
place if I make any allusion to myself or of
my own position. My position in the Con
gress of the United States is familiar to most
if not all of you. Those doctrines 1 there
laid down are still mine. I still believe that
without the power of enforcing the laws and
maintaining itself, there can be no Govern
ment. And I believe that we have reached
the timo when it is time to shoiv the world.
Pagan and Christian, whether we have a Gov
ernment or no. It is time that the world
should know that the Government framed in
1789 was not a dream, and that it has neither
been frittered away nor faded from our sight.
It is timo that the whole civilized world should
know that the doctrine of secession is a here
sy, and that neither States nor individuals can
set the Government aside.
These are substantially the doctrines I ci
ted and maintained in 1833, and from that
down to the present time. Let us look at the
last struggle for the Presidency. The friends
of Senator Douglas presented him as the best
Union man. The friends of Mr. Breckinridge,
of whom I was one, regarded him as the best
representative of the Union sentiment. Oth
ers presented Hon. John Bell as the best U
nion candidate, and the Republicans, so far as
I am informed, have always been lor the U
nion. Thus we had four candidates, the only
question between whose advocates was, Who
was entitled to pro-eminency for their efforts
in preserving the Union ? We have now laid
aside all questions of political difference, all
disputes about the division of the proceeds of
the sale of the public lands, about tariffs, a
bout banks and no banks, and gathering a
round the stars and stripes in one fraternal
hng over our devotion to it, the flag of our
country. So far as I am concerned, I am
proud of that flag borue by Washington and
his compeers, over the bloody battle fields and
frozen marshes of a seven years' war. I am
proud of that flag, the emblem of our liberties.
You are all familiar with the events which
have taken place in Tennessee. We have
been taunted told that wo were traitors that
the hemp was growing for us that the day of
our execution was fixed. We have stood all
this, and more, face to face, toe to toe, and
answered that the Constitution defines treason
to be adhering to the enemies of the United
States, and giving them aid and comfort ; and
we have told them that the time will come
when the judiciary will dare to decide accord
ing to the law, and then we will see for whom
the day of execution is fixed, and for whose
neck the hemp is growing.
The stars and stripes should be preserved,
if for nothing else, as a memento, as an em
blem of the best and purest Government upon
which the sun ever shone. And I invoke the
bitterest curses upon the bead of him who
would trail it in the dust. I know that re
wards have been offered for my head, and that
it is even said that warrants have been issued
for Etheridge. myself, and other Union men.
But, my friends, I am no fugitive, much less
am I a fugitive from justice. I am not flying
from my home. I am on my way to execute
a holy mission. I am willing to place every
particle of property I possess at the disposal
of the Government, if she needs it, in this
strife, and if this is not enough, I am willing
to -pour out my life blood a libation on the al
tar of my country. If I fall in this strife, all
I ask is, that mj corpse ehall.be carried to my
home in Tennessee, wrapped In the stars and
stripes, and that I shall be buried among her
mountains. Aud if the Union should fall with
me, all that I ask is, that, wrapped in the flag
which is her emblem, I shall be buried in the
same common grave. I ask no greater glory.
On Teaching Washington, Mr. Johnson was
serenaded, and in response to the call of the
people made a powerful speech. In the course
of which he said that Mr. Lincoln had done
no more than his duty, and that if he had
done less, he would have deserved the halter
himself. He said he stood by the President
in all bis acts, and called upon all good citi
zens everywhere to do the same. Let mil
lions of money be expended, let our most pre
cious blood be poured out ; but above and be
fore all things, let the Union and Constitution
be preserved. The speaker showed clearly
that the war was not brought about by the
North, but in the fulfilment of every citizen's
greatest privilege the election of our Chief
Magistrate, which was done honestly and fair
ly. There arose in the South a few dishonest
politicians, who were bound to break up the
Union and the Government. Then was prac
tically inaugurated the principle of secession.
South Carolina must first make friends with
the hydra-headed monster, and thrust its ac
quaintance upon the other Southern States by
its brutal assault on Fort Sumpter, thus caus
ing blood to flow and the cannons to reverber
ate over the South, until every Southerner
should be filled with the spirit of war. He
showed that the doctrine of secession would
utterly abandon the idea of ever constructing
another Republic, because Its tendency was to
destroy and not to inaugurate any system of
equality among men, and destroy that princi
ple which enables men to govern themselves.
Henoe, to acknowledge the doctrine of seces
sion would be to invite despotism and anarchy.
And shall we permit it ? rCries of "No ! No!
Never ! !" The line of march has already be
gun on Washington, the capital of our nation,
founded by the father of our country George
Washington ; and, my friends, let me tell vou
that anarchy and destruction are treading
closer upon your heels than you are aware, if
you allow this principle or its advocates to
gain a foothold upon the soil of American
freedom.
This man Beauregard, or no-regard, (cries
of blackguard,) as some call him, fired upon
our gallant Anderson when he was informed
that he and bis men were upon the point of
starvation, and would evacuate the fort in
three days, unless supplied with provisions.
Pryor was there, and desired that the cannons
roar should be heard by Virginia, as that State
was then wavering on the point of secession,
and he desired to make her decide in favor of
"protection of the rights of the Sooth."
Hence, the war upon a little band of the most
gallant, though starving, men in the service.
lie reierrea to tne nisioncai recoras or tne
past to prove the spirit of anarchy among bad
men, and proved the present Southern move
ment to eclipse them all.
What principles have we lost by the contin
uance of this Union 7 Cries of "none."
Then stand by it ! f"We will," cwe will."!
Compromise! Where can compromise be
found but in the Constitution of the United
States 1 I look upon it as one of the best
compromises that ever could be made.
"Good!" "good!" Hence I look upon it
as our God bidden duty to stand by it ; by the
Government which was framed by Washing
ton; which was sustained by Jackson ; which
was fought for by our good old patriot Scott.
"Bravo!" and "Huzza for General Scott,"
and the cheers heartily given."! He then
paid a very high compliment to General Scott.
He believed South Carolina and the whole
South would be as quiet as a lamb it the old
man Jackson had been at the head of the na
tion last fall; and could Clay and Webster re
spond to their cries for compromise, it would
be as it often has been, in the language of
Andrew Jackson : "The Federal Union it
must and shall be preserved." They may
burn our fields; destroy our property; nay,
our best blood may and will be sacrificed, but
East Tennessee cannot be converted into a
land of slaves ! They may confiscate my lit
tle property I own in Tennessee. My life may
be required to lay upon the altar of my coun
try, but let my country be saved ! She is right,
and right and justice must prevail, while the
stars and stripes continue to float over us.
Mr. Johnson closed amid great and enthusias
tic applause.
Prater in the Army. On that Sabbath
morning on which the battle of Lake Cham
plain was fought, when Commodore Downie,
of the British squadron was sailing down on
tho Americans, as they lay in the bay of
Plattsburg, he sent a man to the mast to see
what they were doing on Commodore McDo
nough's ship, the flag ship of the little Amer
ican squadion.
"Ho ! aloft," said Downie, "What are they
doing in that ship ?"
"Sir," answered the lookout, "they are
gathering about the main mast, and they seem
to be at prayer."
"Ah!" said Downie, "that looks well for
them but bad for us.
It was bad for the British Commodore.
For the very first shot from the American
ship was a chain-shot which cut poor Downie
in two, and killed him in a moment. McDo
nough was a simple, humble Christian and a
man of prayer, but brave as a lion in the hour
of battle. He died as be lived a simple
hearted earnest Christian.
A Patriot-Heroine. An officer of the Ni
agara, writing from Pensacola, tells us the
following, which is well worthy of being told.:
"It appears that, when Capt. Armstrong
was about to surrender the yard, his daughter,
after a vain endeavor to persuade him not so to
act, demanded of him a dozen men and she
would protect the place nntii aid came ; but
no, he was a traitor in heart, and most so act ;
the dear old flag was hauled down from where
it had so long waved, and the renegade Ran
shaw run bis sword through it, venting his
spleen upon the flag which had so long kept
him from starvation. Human nature could
not stand it, and the brave woman, seizing
the flag, took her scissors and cut from it the
Union, telling them that the time was not far
distant when she would replace it unsullied,
but tor the stripes, she left them as their leg
acy, being their just deserts."
A little four year old girl, while repeating
tho catechism to her mother, was asked."
"What did God create V The child prompt
ly replied. "The, tun, the moon, the stars
and tk i stryei .'
THE JOURNAL.
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
The 85th Anniversary of our National Inde
pendence, was celebrated by the citizens of
Clearfield, at Liberty Spring Grove. Much
credit is due to the Committee of arrange
ments, Messrs W. Porter, G. W. Rhecm, K.
Shaw, jr., T. J. McCulIough and R. J. Wallace.
Esqrs., and considering the late hour (Monday
evening) at which it was determined to cele
brate the day, their success was beyond all
reasonable expectation. The company was
large, without party or sectarian distinction,
male and female, young and old, and the Din
ner was substantial and good, the weather
warm and pleasant, and all things considered,
it was a day well spent.
The company repaired to the ground about
12 o'clock, preceded by the Washington Ca
dets' Saxe Horn Band.discoursingmusic in the
richest strains, together with a band of Mar
shal music, all under the direction of John
McGaughy, Marshal ; and Joseph Birchfield
and E. W. Graham, Assistant Marshals.
When the cloth was removed, the company
came to order, the officers taking their seats
as follows: D. W. Moore, President of the
day. Wm. Radebaugh, B. Stumph, L. R.
Merrell and G. C. Passmore, Vice Presidents.
W. W. Betts and W. M. McCulIough, Secre
taries. The Declaration of Independence, was then
read in a loud, clear voice by Samuel J. Row,
which was followed by music and a salute.
Ex-Gov.. Bipler, was then called upon to
read the Fareuell jSrfdrest of George Wash
ington, which he prefaced with a few very ap
propriate remarks, most happily expressed.
The reading of the address was followed by.
music and a salute. " (..-.
The following Regular Toasts, prepared by
the Committees appointed tor the rmrooae.
W. A. Wallace, A. C. Finney, Esqrs, and Dr.
Hartswick, were then read by the President
of the dav.
1. The day we celebrate-
-may it ever bo .
Hail Columbia.
honored.
2.
The memory of George Washington.
Bonnie Jean.
3. The Constitution of the United States.
The Flag of our Country.
4. The Union of the States separate vet
inseparable may it be eternal.
Star Spangled Banner.
5. The President of the United States.
Dixie's Land.
C. The heroes and sages of 1776 green be
their memory. Yankee Doodle.
7. Lieut. General W infield Scott.
" Torch Light quick step.
Washington Cadets quick step.
8. Onr absent Volunteers.
The girl I left behind me.
The following volunteer toasts were then
read, and appropriately responded to.
By l). t . itzweiler. The President of the
United States may he strictly confine himself
to the powers confided to his care. In the
preservation of civil and religious Liberty, and
respect tho inalienable rights of American
Freemen.
By Wm. L. Moore. Our glorious Union
its restoration and perpetuation. Mav tbe Al
mighty Ruler of the Universe, vouchsafe to
us that blessing, and also inspire our people to
oeware nercauer or tne schemes of the politi
cal demagogue, and the rant of the abstrac
tionists. By A. C. Finney. The glorious old 4th of
July now ripe in years, but threatened with
hemorrhage. May our great Physician, Scott,
be Hble to restore her to perfect health.
By K. J. W allace. Our host may bis shad
ow never grow less.
By Wm. Porter. Union aud harmony,
peace to the States, and plenty to the poor.
By Jack Moore. The Union aud the La
dies may they never be divided.
By R. Shaw Jr. Uncle Sam may he soon
return to sanity, and consign sambo to obliv
ion. After which, on motion of W. Radebaugh,
the company adjourned with three cheers for
the Union and the Constitution which were
given with a will, followed by a salute of all
the guns.
Going to the Devil. One of the best
known members of the Scottish bar, when a
youth, was somewhat of a dandy, and some
what short and sharp in his temper. He was
going to pay a visit to tbe country, and was
making a great fuss about the preparing and
putting up of his habiliments. His old aunt
was much annoyed at all this bustle, and stop
ped him by the somewhat contemptuous ques
tion, "Whaursthis ye be gaun, Bobby, that
ye mak sic a grand wark abaut your cloaca !"
The young man lost bis temper, and pettishly
replied, "I'm going to the devil." "Deed
Bobby," then, was the quiet answer, "ye need
na be sae nice he'll just tak ye as ye are."
We have a little friend by the name Freddy,
who is less than lour years old. His sister,
who is not quite a year old. was sitting in his
father's lap, crying and fretting for her moth
er who had gone out, when Freddy turned to
her and said, in the most earnest manner pos
sible : "There, Alice, you've cried enough ;
there's no use fretting any more ; mother's
gone away and father don't keep the article
you want t"
A singular case of recognition, after ten
years seperation, took place at Keokuk, Iowa.
Two of the tallest men of rival volunteers
were put back to back to ascertain which
company had the taller men ; after the "In
fant," 6 feet 4 and a hair inches high, had
beaten his competitor by a quarter of an inch,
they were introduced, and proved to be broth
ers, that bad been parted ten years.
Louisville and the Union. A recent let
ter from Louisville says that there is no busi
ness there of any kind. The city is uncondi
tionally for the Union. Even Secessionists
dare not talk what they mean, but clothe their
treasonable designs with tbe form of armed
neutrality. A Union club In Louisville of ten
days' growth numbers between 3,000 and 4,000
of the D8t men in the city.
Some amusement was created in the Depart
ment of tbe Interior on the 29th., when Dr.
Sparks, one of the Examiners, opcueu and
read an application from Jobn Hodenbeimer,
for a Bounty Land Warrant, for acrvices in
tbe Black Hawk war, as private in Capt. Abra
ham Lincoln's company.
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