Journal;
-BT SAVtTKL J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., NOV. 20, 1861.
Assassination Contemplated. TbeCharlos
ton Mercury of the; 10th ' Noyembor has the
following sentonce : "The Yankee prisoners
; in South Carolina are all safely in jail, where
they will abide the issue of the trials of our
' brare privateersmen of the South. Should
" one drop of Southern blood be shed by the
Northern Courts for defending the South on
the seas, it will be paid with interest in
" Charleston." From the Norfolk Day Book
wo also learn that "Col. Corcoran, three cap
" tains, and eighteen lieutenants, all of whom
' were captured in the action at Manassas,
" have been selected by lots to be hung, by
way of retaliation for the hanging of Capt.
Baker and the crew of tho Southern priva
" tecr Savannah." From the itotns we have
quoted it would appear that tho rebels have
determined on murdering Col. Corcoran and
bis bravo companions, : in caso the Southern
pirates are hung. This threat is no doubt
made to intimidate tho Government in the ex
ecution of the laws of the country ; but the
rebels must remember that there are thousands
of prisoners held upon whom the heavy hand
of the Government may fall should the traitors
proceed with their bloody work of assassina
tion. We do sot say that such will bo the
courso of the Government, but necessity may
compel it to resort to stringent measures, in
Its endeavors to ; maintain tho supremacy of
the laws, and to remind traitors that the pow
er still exists to punish those who rebel against
its authority. With Beaufort in the posses
sion of our troops, and Charleston menaced,
the Mercury man and his rebel cohorts, may
hesitate before they will murder innocent
men only because they have dared to fight
for the maintatnance of their country's honor,
and their country's flag. Should they, bow
ever, see fit to act otherwise, tho responsibili
ty must rest with them ; for, be assured, tho
Governmont will do its duty so far as in its
power lies. . .
A Pbediction Fulfilled. A gentleman in
Nolin, Kentucky, has written a letter to the
Cincinnati Gazelle, in which he relates the
following in reference to the leader of that
small patriot baud:" "On his memorable
journey home from Washington, shortly before
bis death, Senator Douglas remarked to a dis
tinguished Kentuckian whom be chanced to
meet at Indianapolis, I know your man Breck
inridge better than you do yourselves. .Hark
my words, sir ; within a year from this time
John C. Breckinridge will be a General in the
rebel army !' The result shows how thoroughly
Mr. Douglas did know his former friend. The
year has but half past since the prediction was
made, and to-day Mr. Breckinridge holds a
commission as Brigadier General in the rebtl
army under Buckner, at Bowling Green."
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Mcrdereo by Guerbillas. A gentleman
. from Lewis county, Virginia, says that a most
horrible state of affairs exists there just now.
lie informs the Wheeling Intelligencer that
five Union men have been shot by roving guer
rilla, near Weston in that county, within a
week. . They lived within a scope of four
miles. Great excitement prevails in conse
quence in Lewis and adjoining counties, and
the Union men are fleeing the country as best
they can, taking with thorn wha.t little effects
have been spared from the general ruin. The
history of such times, iu such a region,, will
make a sad chapter in the great book that will
one day be written about this mo&t wicked re
bellion. . . ..' ;. '.; 7 ' '., :
Beaufort. This place is accessible by two
" inlets the south channel of St. Helena Sound,
in depth seventeen feet at low water, and the
south-east channel of Port Royal entrance,
having twenty feet. The tide rises nearly
seven feet along the South Carolina coast ;
consequently Beaufort can be approached by
tho largest class of vessels. The water ' at
Charleston bar is only about eleven feet at low
water, and is no better situated for , internal
trade than Beaufort. If the place is peorna
nently occupied and the Government should
open a cotton port there, a city may arise that
will throw both Charleston and Savannah in
the shade. . ; '. ; . .
A MncocNT. The traitor Brockinridge, in
a long sad windy address to the people of
' Kentucky, speaks of the "twelve States which
' compose the Southern Confederacy." His
ogotUra must bo rery great indeed, to suppose
; that Kentucky is out oi too Union because he
is in the rebel ranks. Occurring events will
, irobabIy satisfy hlnj ere long, that the State
. is a little too . big to hang to his skirts, that
: no demagogical acts caa take her out of the
Union." . :' rt .;: t
j. John J. Crittenden. This gentlenjsu, It
is said, has given up all idea of "compromis-
fngto the oni oOne war,- He says "we
' must bare n.0 half way measures, but must for
.'fence demonstrate thai we bare a Govern
ment, by reducing rebellion to submission,
'and punishing the ringleaders of the ronatrp.us
crime." , "
From Mexico. Late advices state that a
fight had occurred at Guyamus, Mexico, be
tween the foreigners and naiiros. The Amer
. Jean consul was imprisoned and three Amer
icans shot. It is said that 35 Americans put
to flight 600 Mexicans.
rarOET ANT "WAR NEWS . I
'.' GL0BI0TJS VICTOEX BY THE FLEET.
The Por.t Royal Forts takenThe Fleet landed
at BeaufortThe inhabitants fled to Charles
. tonThe official reports, etc., etc. ; .
Washington, Nov. .12. Captain' Stedman
arrived to-day at noon, bringing the official
dispatches from the . expedition. He is also
the bearer oi two rebel flags, one a palmetto
flag, two brass cannon, and the American flag
first hoisted in South Carolina over Fort Wal
ker. Capt. Stedman reports that the captured
forts are magnificent with covered ways and
bomb proofs. AH that our troops had to do
was to occupy them and they can be, held
against any force. He reports the gal en
countered by the fleet to have been vry se
vere. The Union and Osceola went ashore and
were lost as previously reported." The Gov
ernor foundered at sea, . but the . Isaac T.
Smith succeeded in saving all her crew with
the exception of a few marines. . Ou Tuesday
the smaller gun boats rounded and buoyed
out the channel under a fire from the forts
which did no damage. On Wednesday the
weather prevented active operations, but on
Thursday morning the 7th the men-of-war nd
gun boats advanced to the attack. The action
commenced at 9 a. m. and was hotly carried
on by both sides and lasted four hours. At the
end of which time the rebels were compelled
by the shower of shell to abandon their works
and beat a hasty retreat. Rebel loss not known.
Fifty bodies were found by our men and were
buried. All their wounded except two, were
carried off. Two forts were captured Fort
Walker on , Hilton Head, mounting twenty
three guns and Fori Beauregard on Bay Point
mounting nineteen guns. The guns were cf
heavy calibre. They were both new and
splendid earthwo rks, of great strength, con
structed in the highest stylo of military sci
ence. and pronounced by our Engineers as
impregnable against any assault by land forces.
The final retreat of the rebels was a perfect
route. - They lelt everything, arms,, equip
ments of all kinds, even.to the officers swords
and commissions. All the letters and papers,
both public and private, orjer books and docu
ments of all kinds, were left in their flight and
fell into our hands, affording our officers much
valuable information. Among the papers was
a telegram lrcm Jeff Davis to the commander
of the post, informing them of the sailing of
the fleet and that he knew their destination
to be Port Royal. (Query 1 who was tho trai
tor?) The whole surrounding country was
seized with a perfect pauic. The day after
the fight the Seneca and two other gun boats
under command of LIeut. Amman, proceeded
up to Beaufort, and found but one white man
iu the town, and he was drunk. All the plan
tations up the river seemed to bo deserted ex
cept by the negroes who were seen in great
numbers and who as the boats passed came
down to the shore with bundles in their hands
as if expecting to be taKen off. They seized
all the letters in the post office at Beaufort.
After the capture of the forts the whole army
about fifteen thousand men, were safely landed
and established on shore. The forts were but
little injured, but the rebels could not stand
tho explosion of our big shells. The force
of the enemy, as ascertained from their papers
was from three to four thousand men under
General Drayton of South Carolina. Our vic
tory is complete, the enemy leaving every
thing but their lives, which they saved by run
ning. The boats from the Wabash were the
first to land after the fight, and Capt. John
Rogers was the first man on shore. The boats
returned loaded with valuable trophies of all
kinds. One of our officers finding an elegant
cavalry sword with solid silver scabbard.
Swords, pistols, etc., etc., were scattered about
iu every direction and in any quantity. But
four prisoners were found, two of whom were
woundod, All hands connected with the ex
pedition are represented as acting in the most
gallant manner. Among the more efficient
vessels were found to be the new gun-boats,
and of which the Navy Department had 23
constructed for such pnrposes, and their suc
cess both in the gale and under fire was per
fect. Commodore Drayton, who commanded
the Pocohantas, is a brother of General Dray
ton who commanded the rebel forts, and Cap
tain Stedman who brings the despatches, is
the son of a former mayor of Charleston.
The Tribune's special report from Fortress
Monroe says that of Thursday morning the en
tire fleet formed into two grand lines for tho
fight. The steamer Beinvillo flanked tho
movement which was in a circle, first deliver
ing broadsides into Fort Beauregard, on the
north-west, and as the fleet came round raking
Fort Walker on the south-west. Both Forts
responded vigorously. The Pawnee and Mo
hican having for the time being got aground,
were considerably damaged. The bombard
ment lasted between three and four hours,
when the rebel flag on Fort Walker came
down. The rebel loss is sopposed to be 200.
Gen. Drayton commanded at Fort Walker and
Col. Elliott a Fort Beauregard. The rebels
retired across Scull creek to a village 25 miles
in the interior, where it is supposed they in
tend to make & stand. The negreos had al
ready begun to destroy Beaufort the white
population having fled to Charleston by small
steamers through the inland route.' It is un
derstood that Gen. Sherman will improve the
defences oi his posession before making any
forward movement. In the Forts was a large
supply of ammunition and stores of tLe best
description. Commodore Dupont will imme
diately survey the harbor, place buoys and
erect lights, and the , position will be made a
pcrminent base of operations. Every one en
tered into the fight with tho determination
that the forts should be silenced though it
should cost the entire fleet. The fleet stood
between six hundred and eight hundred yards
ofl the Forts, and used five second fuses, and
poured shell into them at the rate of two tbou
aand per hour. Not a single shell sent by the
rebels burst in a ship. The Wabash was struck
several times as was most of tho fleet, but
every ship was in a fighting position when the
rebels took to their heels. The surgeon of
Fort Walker was killed. At Charleston the
next day thirtoen minute guns were fired, in
dicative of the burial of a Brigadier. General
Sherman has hundreds, perhaps thousands, of
negro laborers at bis command to work on the
new entrenchments. A terrible panic prevails
at Savannah and it is believed that the capture
of that city could be easily effected.- Not
withstanding the heavy calibre-of the guns in
the rebel forts and their abundant supply of
ammunition, as the : subsequent discoveries
proved, not a single vessel of our fleet was
either sunk or burnt, and none were seriously
injured or even disabled. The gun-boat Paw
nee which rendered efficient service : in the
fight, suflered more severely, than any of the
war-vessels engaged, and yet she was not dis
abled in the slightest. A round shot went
torough her ward room and another ball dam
aged the second lieutenant's room, causing
some havoc among the furniture, but doing
tho ship no material damage. The ship lost
six killed and two others of ber gallant fellows
wounded. - l'our correspondent regrets that
he is unable to furnish the names of the killed
and wounded. The flag-ship Wabash escaped
with a slight injury to her main mast by a
round shot. The Pocohontaa had but; one
man injured. .The Chief Engineer of the Mo
hican was killed, and an assistant Engineer of
tha Pocohontaa is reported badly injured, if
not killed, i be rebels set a trap but it missed
fire. When our brave fellows landed, to take
possnssioa si the Forts, jjjcy found th rebel
flag at the Fort at Hilton Head still flying, and
just as one of our me pulled at the halyards
to draw down the traitorous banner, an explo
sion took place in the house just vacated by
the rebel officers, but doing little damage and
injuring no one. It was found on examina
tion that the rebels had before evacuating the
place arranged what they tboughtwonld prove
a deadly trap to the victors. Mines ,bad been
laid and matches so arranged that tho halyards
of the flag should be drawn down the mines
would be sprung, firing the magazines and
blow up the whole work and involve the vic
tors in a common ruin ; but it did not go off
and soon the brave old flag, tho stars and
stripes waved in 'triumph, from the rebel flag
staff. ?The magazines were found to contain
large quantities of powder and a vast quantity
of amunition bhot and. shell, and various de
scriptions of projectiles the latter chiefly of
English manufacture, t The Susquehanna bad
three men wounded. - The list of cansulties
gives only eight killed and some twenty woun
ded, only a small portion of whom were con
sidered seriously or dangerously hurt. All
the wounded were doing well, and a great part
would be sent, home in a few days. The town
of Beaufort is entirely deserted except by the
negroes. The troops had not occupied it
when the steamer left, being better engaged
in strengthening their position. . : , ;'
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Flag Ship Wabasu, Off Hilton Head I
Tort Royal Harbor, Nov. 8, 1861. , J
Sie : I have the honor to inform you .that
yesterday I attacked the enemy's batteries on
Bay Point and Hilton Head Forts Beauregard
and Walker and succeeded in silencing them
after an engagement of four hour's duration,
and driving away the squadron of the rebel
steamers under Com. Tattnall. The reconnois
sance of yesterday made us acquainted with
the superiority of Fort Walker, and to that I
directed my special efforts, engaging it at first
at a distance of 800 and afterwards C00 yards.
But the plan of attacn brought the squadron
sufficiently near Fort Beauregard to receive
its fire, and tho ships were frequently fighting
the batteries on both sides at the same time.
The action was began' on my part at twenty
six minutes after 9 o'clock, and at half past
two the American ensign was hoisted on the
flag staff of Fort Walker, and this morning at
sunrise on Fort Beauregard. The defeat of
the enemy terminated in their utter route and
confusion. Their quarters and " encampments
were abandoned without any attempt on their
part to carry away either public or private
property. The ground over which they fled
was strewn with forms of privates, and the
officers retired in too much haste to submit to
the encumbrance of their swords. Landing
my marines and a company of seamen, I took
possession of the deserted ground and held the
forts on Hilton Head until the arrival of General
Sherman, to whom I had the honor to transfer
its occupation. We have captured forty-three
pieces of cannon, most of them of heaviest
calibre and of the most improved description.
The bearer of these despatches will have
the -honor to carry with him the captured flags
and two small brass field pieces lately belong
ing to the State of South Carolina, which we
send home as suitable trophies ot the success
of the navy. A detailed account of this battle
will be submitted hereafter. ; - V
I have the honor to bo, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant, S. F. Dcpont,
. '- Flag Officer Coru'dg U. S. A. Squadron.
. P. S. The bearer of despatches . will also
earry with him the first American ensign raised
upon the soil of South Carolina since the rebel
lion broke out. ' .
To Hon. Gideon Welles, Sec. of Navy.
Flao Ship Wabash, Off Hilton Head, I
. Port Royal Harbor, Noc. 8. 18G1. J
' Sia : I have to report the following casual
ties in the action of yesterday in the capture
of the batteries at Hilton Head and Bay Point,
to wit: Killed 8, seriously wounded 6, slight
ly wounded 17 total-31. . : .. . -. 1
I have the honor to be,very respectfully,your
obedient servant. . . Js. F Dupont, '
To Hon. Gideon Welles, Sec. of Navy, i "
Flag Ship Wabash, Off Hilton Head,
Port Royal Harbor, Nov. 9. 1861. J :
Sir: Since writing my official dispatch I
have sent the gun boats to take possession of
Beaufort to protect the inhabitants, but I re
gret to say they have fled and the town is aban
doned to the negroes, who are reported to me
as being in a lawless condition. The light
vessels which I hoped to save were destroyed
1n the destruction of the forts by the rebels.
Post offices were visited and a number ot docu
ments, letters,' &c, obtained. I have covered
Skull creek at the mouth of Broad River and
have cut off the communication between
Charleston and Savannah.
Resp'y, your ob't serv't, S. F. Dcpont,
Flag Officer Com. U. S. A. Squadron.
To Hon. Gideon Welles, Sec. of Navy.
The following is a portion of a private letter
from flag officer Dupent to tho Assistant Secre
tary of the Navy :
: On Board of Frigate Wabash, Port
Royal, S. C, Nov. 9. 1861. '
My Dear Mr. Fox : During the disheartening
events of our passage my faith never gave way,
but at some moments it seemed appalling.
On the other hand I permit no elation at our
success, yet I cannot refrain from telling you
that it has been more complote and more brilli
ant than I ever could have believed. .
: I have been too much fatigued to send a de
tailed official account of the battle. My report
is fuli up to the eve of it and I think will in
terest you, but I have contented myself with a
succinct account which I think will be liked as
well as a more detailed Darrative. This I will,
however, forward in time for the Secretary's
report.
- I kept under way and made, three turns
though I passed five times between the forts.
I had a flanking division of five ships to
watch Old Tatnall, who had eight small and
swift steamers ready to pounce upon any of
Lurs should they be disabled.
I could get none of mv big frigates up. : I
thought the Sabine would have gotten clear to
the St. Lawrence. 1 sent no word and the Sa
vannah was blown off.
I do not , regret it now except on their ac
count. I believe my plan was elever. 1 stood
against the tide and bad the management the
better in consequence. . Their confidence was
extreme that they could drive us away.
They fought bravely and the rifled guns
never missed. An eight pounder rifle shot
went through our main mast in the very centre,
making an awful hole. ' -
They aimed at our bridge, where they knew
they would make a hole if lucky. A shot in
the centre let water into; the after magazine,
but I saved perhaps a hundred lives by keep
ing under way, and, being in close, we found
their sights graduated at 600 yards. . -
When they once broke the stampede was in
tense and no$ a gun was spiked. , In truth I
never witnessed such a fire as that of this ship
on her second turn, ami I am told that its
effect upon tho spectators outside of her was
intense. : I learn when they saw the flag flying
on shore the troops were powerless to cheer,
but wept. ; - ." . : : .. ,r
Gen. Sherman was deeply affected, and the
soldiers are loud and unstinting in their.expres
sions of admiration and gratitude.' The works
are most scientifically constructed and there is
nothing like Walker on the Potomac. '
I did not allow the victory to cheek our ar
dor, but dispatched some vessels under Capt.
Gellcs over on the other side to-day.
I, I hare an expedition to Beaufort to save the
iighf. vessels, but'they were fired i instantly
after surrender.,; " -'. - l - ' ' '
Beaufort is deserted. The negroes are wild
with joy and revenge. , They have been shot
down, they say, like dogs, because they would'
not go ofl with their masters, i , .
I have already a boat at Seweil creek and
the communication between Savannah and.
Charleston is cut off. - S. F. Dcpont.
V Head-Quarters Expbditios Corps, I
Port Royal, S. C. Nov. 8.
Adj. General U. S. Abmt, Washington,
D. C : I have the honor to report that the
force under my command, embarked at An
napolis, Md., on the 21st October, and arrived
at Hampton Roads, Va., on the 22nd; In con-i
sequence of the delay in ;the arrival or some
of our transports, and the unfavorable state of
the weather the fleet was unable to set out for
the Southern coast until the 29th, when under
the convoy of a naval squadron , under com
modore Dupont, and after the most mature
considerations of the objects of the expedition
by the flag officer and myself, it was agreed to
first reduce any works that might be found at
Port Royal,' S. C, and thus open the finest
harbor on the coast that exists south of Hat
teras. It was calculated to reach Port Royal
in five days a most, but in consequence of
adverse winds and a perilous storm on the day
and night of the 1st of November, the fleet ar
rived at Port Royal bar not until the 4th, and
then but in part,"(or it bad been almost entire
ly dispersed by the gale, and the vessels have
been straggling. Up to this date the trans
port steamers Union, Belviderd, Osceola and
Peerless have not arrived; tvo of them are
known to be lost, and it is provable all are.
It is gratifying, however, to say tL'at noiio of
of the troop transports connected with the
laud forces were lost, though the Vintfeld
Scott had to sacrifice her whole cargo aCd the
Roanoke a portion of her cargo to save" the
lives of the regiment on board. The formur
will be unable to again put to sea. The ves
sels connected with the naval portion of the
flet have also suffered much, and some have
been lost. -
After a careful reconnoisance of Port Royal
Bay it was ascertained that the rebel had three
field works of remarkable strength, strongly
garrisoned arid covered by a fleet of three gun
boats under Capt. Tattnall, late of the U. S.
Navy, besides a strong land lorce which the
rebels were concentrating from Charleston and
Savannah. The troops of the rebels were af
terwards ascertained to have been commanded
by Gen. Drayton. One of tho forts, and prob
ably the strongest, was situated on Hilton's
Head, and the other two on Philip's Island.
It was deemed proper to first reduce the fort
on Hilton Head ; though to do this a greater
or less fire might have to bo met -from the
batteries on Bay Point at the same time. Our
original plan of co-operation had to be set aside
in consequence of the loss during the voyage
of a large part of our means of disembarkment,
together with the fact that the only point
where the the troops should have landed was
from five to six miles, measuring around the
intervening shoal from the anchoring place of
our transports, altogether too great a distance
for , successful debarkation with our limited
means, it was therefore agreed that the
place should be reduced by a naval force alone.
In consequence of the shattered condition of
the fleet and the delay in the arrival of the
vessels that were indispensiblo for the attack
it had to be postponed until the seventh inst.
I was a mere spectator of the combat and it
is not my province to render any report of
this action but I deem it an imperative duty
to say that the firing and manauvering of our
fleet against that of the rebels and their for
midable land batteries was a master-piece of
activity and professional skill, that must have
elicited the applause of the rebels themselves
as. a tactical operation. I think that too
much praise cannot be awarded to the science
and skill exhibited by the flag officer of the
naval squadron and the officers connected
with his ships. 'I 'deem the performance a
masterly one, and ought to have been seen to
be fully appreciated. ,
Alter the works were reduced I took pos
session of them with the land forces.' The
beautifully constructed work on Hilton Head
was severely crippled and many of the guns
dismounted.' Much slaughter had evidently
been made there. Many bodies having been
buried in the fort, and some twenty or thirty
were found some half a mile distant. The Isl
and for many miles was found strned with n
niforms, accoutrements and baggage of the
rebels which they threw away in their hasty
retreat. We have also come into possession
of about forty . pieces of ordnance most of
which of the heaviest calibre and most ap
proved models, and a large quantity of am
munition and camp equipage. It is my duty
to report the valuable services of Mr. Pout
elle, assistant in the coast survey, assisting
me with his accurate and extensive knowledge
of this country. His services are invaluable
to the army as well as to the navy, and I earn
estly recommended that important notice be
taken of this very able and scientific officer by
the War Department. T- W. Sherman,
; V ; tBrig. Gen. Commanding.
: After landing and taking possession of the
forts General Sherman issued the following
Proclamation to the people of South Carolina.
In obedience to the orders of the President of
these United States "of America, I have land
ed on your shores with a small force of nation
al troops. The dictates of a duty which, un
der these circumstances, I owe to a great sov
ereign State, and to a proud and hospitable
people, among whom I have passed some of
the pleasantest days-of my life, prompt me to
proclamation that we havo come amongst you
with no feelings of personal animosity, no de
sire to harm your citizens, destroy your pros
perity, or ' interfere with any of your lawful
rights, or your social institutions, beyopd
what the causes herein briefly alluded to may
render unavoidable.
Citizens of South Carolina, the civilized
world stands appalled at the course you are
pursuing, appalled at the crime you are com
mitting against your on mother, the best
and most enlightened and hcretofoie the most
prosperous of nations. You are in a state of
active rebellion against ' the laws of your
country, you bavo lawlessly seized upon the
forts, arsenals, and other property belonging
to our common country, and within your bor
ders and with this property you are in arms
and waging a , ruthless war against your con
stitutional government ; and these threaten
ing the existence of a government which you
are bound by the terms of a solemn compact
to live under and faithfully support. In do
ing this you are not only undermining and
preparing the way for totally ignoring your
own political and social existence, but you
are threatening the civilized world with 'the
odious sentiment that self-government is im
possible with civilized man. . ,
Fellow citizens, I implore you to pause and
reflect, upon the tenor and consequences of
your acts. If the awful sacrifices made by the
devastation of your property, the shedding ot
fraternal blood in battle, the mourning and
wailing of widows and orphans throughout our
laud are insufficient to deter you from pursu
ing ' this unholy war, then ponder, I beseech
you, upon the ultimate, but not less certain
result, which its further progress must neces
sarily and naturally entail upon your once
happy and prosperous State. Indeed, can
you . pursue this fratricidal war and can yon
imbue your hands in loyal blood of your coun
try uuentppur friends, your kinsmen, for no
other 56ject thanTtb .Tralawfully disrupt the
confederacy fof a'grct pe"bpleP a confederacy
established. ly your ""own hands in order to
set up, were it possible, ad' independent gov
ernment, under which you! can never live in
peace, prosperity or quietness. J ' t
Carolinans, we have come among you as
loyal men, fully impressed with our Constitu
tional obligations to the citizens of your State.
Those obligations shalt be performed as far as
in our power, but be not deceived the obliga
tion of suppressing armed combinations a
gainst the constitutional authorities is para
mount to all others. If in the performance of
this duty other minor but important obliga
tions should be in any way neglected, it must
be attributed to the necessities of tho cise,
because rightly dependant on the law of the
State, must be necessarily subordinate to mil
itary exigencies created by insurrection and
rebellion., , T.W.Sherman,
' ' ' Brigadier General Commanding.
' Headquarters, S. C, Port Royal, Nov. 8,1861.
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styletcill be- charged double price for space occupied.
To insure attention, the CASH must accompa
ny notices, as follows: All Cautions with $1;
Strays, $1;-Auditors' notKes, 51,50; Adminis
trators' and Executors' notices, $1,50, each ; and
all other transient Notices at the same Tares.
yULCANITJE BASE FOR
ARTIFICIAL TEETH.
Attention is especially called to this article, as' a
substitute for gold in inserting teeth. Many per
sons who have tr rd all kinds cfmetulie buses pre
fer this, and in those cases where it is applicable,
it will iu a great measure become a substitute for
gold, silver or platina. Its chief advantages are,
cheapness, lightness and perfect adoption to tho
mouth ; it having a soft fieshy feel to the parts of
the lnouth with which it coines in contact.
A. 2I. Hills is prepared to pot np teeth on the
Vulcanite Base, with Goodj-ear's Patent Gum.
which is the only reliable preperation, and can
only be had through their regular agents. As
there nrt very many kinds of epuriou guuts in
use, of a very inferior quality it w ill be well for
persons desirous of procuring teeth on the Vulcan
ite Base to be well acquainted with the moral re
sponsibility of xho lentist they employ.
Persons desiring teeth will do well tocall 'and
examine specimens', both "in and out of the mouth.
Dr. Hills will always be found in his office on
Friday and Saturday, unless notice appears to the
contrary, in the town papers, the previous week.
NOTICE TO OWNERS. On or about the
Jth of October, caiue floating down tho river
and was lodged by the subscriber pn his premises,
in the borough of Lumber City, a number tf Oak
and Pine timber sticks, for which the owner are
requested to como forward, prove property, pay
charges and take it away, or otherwise it will be
disposed of according to law.
Xov.l3,18Cl. C. W. MOORE.
Brilliant Opening
OF FALL FASHIONS
AT THE
NEW CASH STOKE OP
H. W. Smith & Co.
The attention of the Ladies is respectfully called
to the following notice. We have just received
and opened tho very latest and most fashionable
styles of
NUBIAS, WOOL HOODS,
Zephyr Wool Gauntlets, Berlin Wool
Gloves with gauntleU, Wool Scarfs, Ze
phyr Wool Shawls, large and small ; heaTy
double all wool Shawls, Chenile Shawls, Cloth
Cloaks, and every variety of Zephyr. A superior
article of gauntlet Kid Gloves, gauntlet Lisle
Gloves, gauntlet Buck Gloves, gauntlet Cash- '
mere gloves, childrens' Cashmere Gloves,
childrens' Lisle gloves, and a good as
sortment of Ladies', Childrens, '
and Infants' hosiery. Also
ELEGANT WORKED SETS,
Elegant worked Collars, elegant worked Skirts,
all wool Delaines, Flannels, and a gteat variety of
Dress Goods. All of which will be sold cheap.
Addenda The Sontags will be opened for sale
in one week from this date.
"WALL PAPER AND
WINDOW SHADES. We have just received from
Howell & Brother of Chestnut street, two choice
styles of Paper. Also, window shading, plain and
figured. II. W. SMITH & CO.
Clearfield, November 13, 161.
CKRATZER & SON, Merchants, and dealers
. in Boards and Shingles, Grain and Produce.
Front St. above the Academy, Clearfield. Pa. jl 2
Vf M. M'CULLOUGH, Attorney at Law, Clear
ly . field, Pa. Office, in Graham's new brick
building, on Second floor.. July 3, 1S01.
JOHN ItUSSEL & CO., Tanners and Curriers,
Pennville, Clearfield Co , Pa. Keep constantly
on hand an excellent assortment of leather, which
they offer for sale at the lowest cash prices. Hides
of all kinds taken in exchange. July 1 5-54.
DR. M. WOODS, tenders his professional servi
ces to the citizens of Clearfield and vicinity.
Residence on Second street, opposite the office of
L. J. Crans, Esq. Otfioe, the same that was recent
ly occupied by non. G K. Barrett, where he oan
be found unless absent on professional business.
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT of the
Clearfield County Bank, November 1st, 1801.
ASSETS. LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in, $23,050 00
Notes iq circulation )
5a $15,010
" i 10s 7,040 ) 22,050 00
" uctober 3d,
1861, $23,715, this being the
greatest amount since last
statement,
Due Banks of this State,
" not of this State,
Total liabilities this day,
day,)
56 54
am t )
this being the greatest
umaena ueciarea, none,
Gold. $4,003 50 ) . ' '
Silver, . 820 43 J 4.823 93
Notes and bills discounted, .23,183 32
" under pro. 2.193 8S
Per3'l prop'y held by bank, 293 45
Real estate, ... . none. ; '
" " taken for debts, none. ..
Penn'a 5 per cent loan.
par val. $30,511 93-p resent 23,495 87
Due from banks and bankers, 3.306 07
Notes of other banks, 6,05100
Checks, drafts, to. 1,814 8S
Over drafts. &o. 272 14 '
Expenses plates,ic. 764 75 J
Expenses, 952 25 ) 1,717 00 i
Interest and exchange, 3,124 48
Due depositors, 17.974 94
Duo certificates deposit, 1 .970 00
Due individuals 3.9S7 12
Liabilities of Directors as .
principal Dr. $2.112 75
Liabilities of Directors as "; ;
endorsers. $3,709 97
Liabilities of stockholders - -
principal. : : $2.312 75 ;
Liabilities of stockholders , " ,
as endorsers, $3,959 97 . , .
' $77,155 54 $77,155 54
The above statement is correot to ths best of my
knowledge and belief. J. B. GRAHAM. Cash r
Sworn and snbscribed before me this 12th day
of Nov. 1361. T. J. M CctLoccn, Not'y Pub.
PLOUR! BACON!! Cr6ceriE, .,
! PAINTS, OILS, LYE-STtf yg
LIQUOR OP VARIOUS KliiL
Tcbacco, Eegars, 4c , '",
FOR SALE LOW FOR CASU,
In the basement of Merrell A Eigler's buY
Feb. 27, ISSl-tf. OJMEuSf7
FOR SALE.-The MhTTr;
farm, situated in Decatur town.hiD Oi.V T4
Co., Pa. twC miles' and ahalf west of Philip ' X
on.theGlen Hope road, coutaiuing our if,'"'
and twenty-tin acre and allowance The"5 '
about eighty -Ave acres cleared and un.h-r i
state of cultivation ; with a large, well tt'
frame diauk barn, a cdisfoitable hewed lcs? '1'''
and a well friished frame dwellin3 lita."
other out buildings erected thereon , never (V
springs of water at the buildings, and a la--.
well selected assortment of bearing fru
Tho wood land being well timbered andu'-T'
laid with a four and a ha'.f foot vein of e!,ac
chasirs. For further information enquire of
R. D. SROWALTER, Phil1pbi, .
lSttl. Sta.- Centre.
Oct. 2.1
AT P E A L V 11 0 M TH K T RI E 3 N u i . V
SESSM EN T.NotHe i hereby .
the Commissioners of Cleisrfle'd county,
at the following places froui li o'clock' A if 'l'
til 4 o'clock P. M., of eacu Jay for tie" Vs--0.1'
of hearing Appeals from tho Triennial A,
ruent, to wit : " ' "
Bcccaria township at the house of Saa-.i -t
Smith, on Monday the 2jth day of November
niiox lownsnip ai JurKeyjiiu school
on Tuesday the 25th day of November
Ferguson towBrhip at the house cf TL
Davis, on Wednesday the27th day of V,
Jordan township at the public school 1, - .
Ansonvi.le. ouThursd.ty thei'Sth daTuf.W.cl '.
Chest township at the ecluol bou.'e r;rsr-."
Rorubaub's. on Friday the 2'.th day of Nu, l"-L'
New Washington lior. at the public
houne for the Borough, on Saturday the 3( ta a .
of November. '
Jinrnside township at the bouse of Jobn Yw.
on Monday the 2d day of December. "
Bell township at the hooe of Ascplt hi ; .,
Tuesday the 3d day of DccemP-er c
Lumber City Bor. at the publc scWjf j..
fr the BiTtugh, on Wednesday the l;La.,'
Penn township at the house of W. 7.
won. on Thursday tho 5th day of Deeinbe
Curwensville Bor. at the house of ,ca
jr.. on Friday the 0th day of December.
Pike township at the house of ljaao Hi a
on Saturday the 7th day of December. J
Bloom township at the house of Jmc Ia
Sr.. on Monday the 9th day of December.
Brady township at tho house of G W lvC.,
now Win. Reed, on Tuesday tLe lOlh day il bl--ceinber.
Union township at the hou?e of R. W.lUu-e
on Wednesday the llth day of December.'
Fox township at the house of Jolin 1. RcjiJv
on Thursday the 12th day of December.
Huston township at the house of Jesse Vi'.ios
on Friday the 13th day of December. '
Clearfield Br. at the Commissioner ttS - ij
Clearfield, on MowJify the 16th day of Deci-uber.
Lawrence tou.Qib.4. M. the Couinusiuaer .f
fice in Clearfield, on Tutelar the 17th Jv t,f
cembcr.
An appeal from th valna??otf Leea?eJ i.t-jlt
will be held at the Comutisioners ofik-e r (.ka
ell, oa Thursday, the 2d day of January I;",:.
at whish time all persons interested- wunauetoi
as no appeal can be taken after tkt tjkv.v.
By order of the Board cf CommiVyi'oiier.
WM. 8. BRADLEY. Clerk.
Commissioners Office, Oct. 9. 111.
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