THE
Raftsman's Journal.
BT SAMUEL J. HOW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., MARCH 20, J8G2.
What Does it Mean T The .editor of the
Clearfield Republican in their issue ol list week
assert that "Lincoln and Hamlin were the can
" didatea of a purely sectional party" section
al in "location," "principles" and "platform"
a party, who "could vot find" a "Southern"
man "u fid would accept the nomination" and
then they proclaim, with apparent boastiag,
that if "Breckinridge" (or either of the other
candidates) had been elected, the "result
' would have saved the Union"! What does
this cry ot "Sectional party" who couldnft
get a "Southern" man for a candidate mean 1
And what are wo to understand by the procla
mation, that if "Breckinridge" had been elec
ted the "result would hare saved the Union" ?
The only inierence we can draw is that the
editors of the Republican still lure their pet,
IJreckinridge, and "thank their God" that in
Iiiru they bad a "Southern" man tor a candi
date, whom they still admire" and that they
feci inclined to support him, or somo other
equally flagrant Southern traitor for the Pres
idency In 1861, for the "result" would "save
the Union." Now, every man has li!speculi
nr i ties, and, we presume, the editors o tins
Republican are not exempt from the rule;
therefore, they have a perlect right to choose
their own company, and if they see fit to se
lect such traitors as Breckinridge, Jell. Davis &
Co., they are welcome to their choice. We,
however, prefer to support loyal men.
Asother Brilliant Victory. Gen. Burn
sido's proceeds from conquering to conquest.
Newbefc. North Carolina, lias fallen after a
hard fought battle and a heavy loss of life.
The glory of this battle is duo altogether to
the land forces, tlio fleet not being ible to gut
nphe river to participate In the contest on
account of a dense fog. Battery after battery
was stormed, until the enemy were driven Into
their stronghold, where they rallied and made
A most desperate stand. Our brave men fought
until their ammunition was gone, and then
charged with fixed bayonet. The Gist Penn
sylvania, for a long tltno held In reserve, was
ordered up to participate in this charge, which
was done, in the most deliberate manner, and
preved a complete riccoss. The cold steel
wns too much for the southerners. In every
ItisUnco where the bayonet has becu tried
they havo fled. The fight listed some four or
live hntirs. Our loss was Ul killed and ICO
wounded, nearly all belonging to New ling
land reginwiiits. Among the killed nro sever,
ul valuable ollloers. Tho rebel los has not
been ascertained, but judged to bo much grout-
v than ours. The rebel., on thoir flight thio'
tlio city of Novbern, sot It on fire, but the
fames were subdued by the loyal citlens.
Tho rebels pushed on to (iol Liborongh by ruil
road, leaving their guns and baggugu behind,
and breaking down the bridges In their flight.
Another Growl. Week before last wo ro
forrrd to the position now occupied by some of
tho Presidential and Vico Presidential candi
dates of 18G0, as a fact In tho history of tho
present rebellion nnd In doing this, it would
-com that wo Inadvertantly tread upon the
toes of out neighbors of the Clearfield Rcpubli
v.in ; or at. least we aro led. to Infer so from
J lie big howl they set up Inst week. Wo
listinctly named tho candidates In our notice,
..nd as distinctly nid that some of Jhe men
who supported Secessionists were "at present
ngaged in reading lectures to thoso who Blip
ported loy al men," and then added that "there
mo thousands upon thousands who thank God
that the candidates of these men (i. e. the can
didates of the leaders or politicians) were not
l.osen," becauso they (the honest masses of
itie people) had been misled by the politicians.
Now, every intelligent reader can at a glance
nee tho deception attempted to bo practiced
i;pon him by tho editors of the Republican by
their interpolations and perversions. They,
I owever, overstepped the bounds of caution
i:i tho!r fallacious deductions, and, consequent
ly, tho trick is too apparent to decoivo any
thinking man and, thereforo, we leave the in
telligent reader to judge for biniself, as to the
object our neighbors of tho Republican had in
view in theirill-concealed attempt atdeception.
River DtrtscE. Tlio Governors of Penn
sylvania, Delaware and N. Jeiseywith a com
mittee of the members of the Legislature from
two of tho States above named, met on Tues
day of last week, in Philadelphia, to consult
in reference to the defences of the Delaware.
Tho Mayor of Philadelphia, and a Co'jomitteo
of Councils had an Interview with them, and
submitted their views on tho subject. Reso
lutions were adopted requesting the Legisla
ture of the States bordering on the river, to
urge upon Congress the necessity of providing
Immediately suitable and sufficient defences
for Delawwa bayi and Philadelphia harbor.
The Oi'tqqes of the Treasury. it Is au
tboritively stated nt Washington, that the dai
ly outgoes of the Treasury amount to $4,000,
000. Probably the accruing liabilities of tho
jpvcral Departments are $1,000,000 more. The
Army of the Potomac which has just closed its
first campaign, baa already cost tho Govern
ment between ?2OO,OOO.O0O and $300,000,000
more, ns an eminent official said, than would
have sufficed to build 200 iron clad gunboats,
frith wblcb we could whip the world.
GOV. SPEAQUE ON SLAVEEY. -
No man has won more honest fame in the
course of the present war than the youthful
Governor of Rhode Island. His promptness
In forwarding troops, when the rebellion broke
out, his persona services in Washington, and
his gallantry in the field of battle, have alike
contributed to his distinction. He was justly
renominated for the place he holds by the
political convention of his party, and is cheer
fully supported ty men of all parties. But
Governor Sprague, in accepting the nomina
tion of the democratic convention, was too
wise to commit himself to the absurd and ef
fete resolutions of that body of politicians.
The old issues, he is well aware, have passed
away, and new issues are presented. The
Providence Review and Journal of Thunday
contains a long address from his pen, in which
he speaks very plainly of the questions raised
by the war. He says-:
"It is a superficial view, therefore, of tho
present national crisis, which supposes that
this conflict can end and" leave things as it
fouud them. ... We must cross this
flood that swells and foams, or abandon the
national hopes of a glorious future. The issue
already made between oppression and libeity
must be fought out to the end now, orretought
hereafter, and perhaps under aggravated cir
cumstances. ilaver' re-established, and the
same consequences would follow again. . . .
"There is really uo possible hopeful erid to
this conflict but the end of slavery. There is
no such easy escape from our national troubles
as sonie seem to imagine no prospect of the
war being short but by being useless, or else
by being radical and determined, and, I may
add, in regard to fata a principles, most unspar
ing. To purpose, therefore, that the Union
shall survive and its glory and power bo tri
umphantly restored and perpetuated, is virtu
ally to doom slavery to speedy extinction.
The prservation of the Union and the destruc
tion of slavery are inseparable j aye, identical
now ; and he who votes for the one necessarily
votes for the other.
"I have not thought it necessary to show
that under existing circumstances, we are
released from all legal or moral obligation to
longer tolerate slavery in the land, if the safe
ty ot tho nation demands its extinction. The
case is too plain for doubt.
"The permission of slavery in the constitu
tion, if such there be, as asserted and generally
admitted, is only implied, and nowhere ex
pressly declared. That instrument seems to
have been Hindu in anticipation ot a. better and
more just time to come. The Iramers must
have intended that when slavery should be
done away the constitution should still remain j
and that with this national progress and ex
termination of evil, the language of the con
Btitutiou shell, d become even now more appro
priate, and this highest law of a nation where
freedom and justice and equal rights are the
inheritance of eveiy man abide in its right
eousness forever."
We commend the foregoing to the careful
perusal of Democrats In this county. It may
probably give them nn idea of tho position
which the liberal ami patriotic leaders of their
party are taking, and should have the effect
of closing tho mouths of those who are con
stantly railing against the Republicans as be
ing "abolitionists."
' i, "
The Tax on Whiskk.y. In tho House, on
Thursdty last every cllortwas made to in-
creaso tho tax on distilled spirits, but failed,
though it is said that tho liquor dealers
demand a larger one. Sfl the tax per gallon
on distilled spirits remains nt fifteen cents. An
important utiieiidiiietit Was adopted, however,
?o cs to tax all distilled pirlts already, wiim-
fiit tured and which may havebrcn sold previous
to this act. This cuts oil all thoso speculators
who have bought liquors, In anticipation of
the tax on all manufactured after its passage.
The Ucenso for peach and opplo brutidy Is alter
edjio $12 .00 per quarter.
lUviviNd. 1 1 Is said that St. Louis Is again
assuming its wonted business appearance, and
that large stocks ol goods urn arriving daily.
It would secin that peace and prosperity fol
low close on tho heels of tlio Union army,
as a brisk trado is alicady carried on between
St. Louis nnd other Western cities and tho
country up the Tennessee and Cumberland
rivers. Where the blight of Suce?sion reigned
supreme a few weeks since, nil kinds of bus!
ncss is reviving. And such will be case as our
troopi advance still farther into Seccssia.
Island No. 10. Our gunboats attacked Is
land No. 10 in the Mississippi, on Monday the
16th, nnd have kept up the siege to the present
time without taking it. The Island has been
very strongly fortified by the rebels, and is
commanded by heavy batteries on both shores,
some of w hich will have to be reduced before
success will attend tho efforts of tho gunboats.
Our men are confident of success finally.
Hon. Joseph Holt and Mr. IlTbcrt Dalo
Owen have been appointed, by the Secretary of
War, Commissioners to examine all .contracts
for ordinance, arms and ammunition, and
other war supplies. Their examinations will
be of a rigid character, and ell contractors
who tnay not stand square and fair befyre them
will have somo difficulty in getting their
money. f
.
A Butter Ration. Nearly every-member
of Congress, and five hundred and twenty-one
field officers, havo petitioned tho Secretary of
War to grant a butter ration to tho soldiers.
It is said that the ration will be granted. We
fear the soldiers will not prize it much when
they get it. Rancid butter wirinu no great
treat, aud fresh butter w ill be dimcult to get.
While Gen. M'Clellan was passing ovcrLong
Bridge on Tuesday of last week, his horse's
foot went through the flooring, and fell, throw,
ing the General heavily. Luckily the Gener
al only received a-slight contusion on the fore
head, and ho leaped up and rescued his horse.
Readinq. The Charter election was held in
Reading on Friday tho 21st, and resulted in
favor of the entire Union ticket. The Jour
nal says : "The Union 'Homo Guards' drove
theBreckinridgers from their entrenchments,
routing them completely." Bully for Berks.
Generals Floyd and Pillow have been bus
p ended from thoir respective commands by
order of Jeff Davis for deserting Fort Denel
son. We may soon hear of them being tut-
pended froqj a cross-beam.
HOJT. MONT'Y BLAIR ON EMANCIPATION.
The following is the letter of Montgomery
Blair, on Emancipation, to the Committee of
Invitation of the late meeting at -the Cooper
Institute, New York :
Washington, D. C, March L I8G2.
Gentlemen: 1 have the. honor to acknowl.
edge your favor of yesterday, iuviting me to
attend a meeting of the citizens of New York,
at the Cooper institute, on the 0th instant,
and requesting my views on the subject of the
call. I shall not be able to attenuTthe meeting,
nor have I the leisure to writo out my views
upon the subject with the care demanded by
the nature of it, but I will oiler some thoughts
for your consideration.
I do not concur in the proposition, that cer
tain States have been "recently overturned
and wholly subverted as members of the Fed
eral Union, upon which the call in based.
This is, in substance, what the Confederates
themselves claim, and the fact that secession
is maintained, by the authors of this call, for
a different purpose, does not make it' moro
constitutional, or prevent them from being ac
tual aiders and abettors of the Confederates.
No one who knows my political career will
suspect my condemnation of this doctrine is
inUuenced by any indisposition to put nn end
to slavery. I have left no opportunity unim
proved to strike at it, and havo never been re
strained from doing so by personal considera
tions. But have never believed that the abo
lition ol slavery or any other great "reform,
could or ought to be effected, except by lawful
and constitutional modes. The people have
never sanctioned, and never will sanction any
other, and tho friends of the cause will espe
cially avoid all questionably grounds, when,
as in the present instance, nothing elsj can
long postpone their siicces.
There aro two interests in slavery, tho po
litical and property interest, held by distinct
classes. The.rebellion originated with the po
litical class. The property class, which gen
erally belonged to the Whig organization,
had lost no property in the region where the
rebellion broke out, and were prosperous. It
was the"Deiuocrat!c organization, which did
not represent the slaveholders ns i class,
which batched the rebellion. Their defeat in
the late political struggle, and in the present
rebellion, extinguishes at once and forever,
the political interest of slavery.
Tho election ot Mr. Lincoln put nn cud to
the hopes ol Davis, Wise, el id ormie zenus for
the Piesidency f thu Union, and hence the
rebellion. It extinguished slavery as a power
to control the Federal Government, and it was
tho capacity to subserve this purpose alone,
which had given it vitality ; for morally and
economically it is indefensible. With the ex
tinction of its political power, theie is no mo
tive to induce any politiciau to uphold it.
No man ever defended such an institution,
except for pay, and nothina short of the pow
er of the Government could provide sufficient
gratification to ambition to pay tor such ser
vice ; and, therefore, Mr. Tombs said with per
fect truth, that the institution could only be
maintained, in tho Union,- by the possession of
the Government. That hs been wrested from
It, and tho pay now is on tho side of justice
and truth. Can any man, who respects popu
lar intelligence, think it necessary, with such
advantages on the side ol Justice and truth, to
violate the great Charter of our Liberties to
insure their triumph 7 'Such an uct, in my
judgment, so far from advancing tho cause,
in whose name it In perfoimed, would surely
be disastrous, and result In bringing our op
ponents into power In tlio oamu of the Consti
tution. It is not merely a question of constitutional
law, or slavery, with which wo have to deil,
In "securing permanent peace." The problem
before us Is, the practical one of dealing with
the relations of masses of two different races
In tho same community. The calamities now
upon us have been brought about, us I have
already said not by tin.' grievances of the class
claiming property in slaves, but by thu Jeal
ousy of caste, awakened by the Secessionists
in tho non-sl i vehohlers.
In considering thu means of seem lug tho
peacu of the country hereafter, it Is, thereforo,
this jealousy of racu which is chletly to bo con
sidered. Linancipatioti aJotio would not re
move It. It was by proclaiming to the labor
ing whites, who fill the armies of rebellion,
that tho election of Mr. Lincoln involved e
iiiaiirlput Ion, equality of the negroes with
them, nnd consequently amalgamation, that
their jealousy was stimulated to tho fighting
point. Nor is this Jealousy tho frnjt ol mere
ignorance nn 1 bud passion, ns some suppose,
or confined to the white people of tho South.
On Hie contrary, It belongs to all races, und,
liko all popular Instincts proceeds from tho
highest wisdom. It Is, in fact, the Instinct of
self-preservation which revolts at hybridism.
Nordfts this Instinct militate against tho
natural law, that nil men are created equal, if
another law of nature, equally obvious, is obey
ed. We have but to restore the subject race
to tho same, or to a region similar to that from
which it was brought by violence, to make it
operative j aud such a separation of races was
the" condition which tho immortal author of
the Declaration himself declared to be indis
pensable, to give it practical fleet. A theor
ist, not living in any community where divers
races are brought in contact in masses, may
stifle tho voico of nature in bis own bosom,
and, form a determination to live up to a mis
taken view of the doctrine, go so far us to ex
tend social intercourse t.o individuals, of tho
subject race; but few, even-of such persons,
would pursue their theories as far as amalga
mation and other legitimate consequences of
their logic. Indeed, for the most part, such
persons in our country, like the leading spirits
in Exeter Hall, are so far removed by their
circumstances from any practical equality
with working people of any race, that they
have little sympathy for them and nothing to
apprehend for themselves from the theory of
equality. Not so with the white workingman
in a community where there are many negroes.
In such circumstances, the distinction of caste
is the only protection of the race from hybrid
ism and consequent extermination.
That this jealously of cause is tho instinct
of the highest wisdom, and is fraught with tho
greatest good, is abuudantly attested by its
effects on our own race, in which it is stronger,
than in any other. We conquer and hold our
conquests by it.
The difficult question with which we have
to deal is, then, the question of race, and I do
not think it is disposed of, or that our difficul
ties will be lessened by emancipation by Con
gress, even If such an act was constitutional.
It would certainty add to the exasperation of
the non-slaveholding whites of the South, and
might unite them against the Government,
and if so they would bo unconquerable. As
matters stand, we can put down tho rebellion,
because the people of the natural strongholds
of the Southern country are with us. It is
chiefly In the low lands accessible from the
ocean aod navigable rivers and bays, that
treason is rampant. Tho mountain fastnesses,
where alone a guerilla war can be maintained,
are now held by Union men, and they are
more numerous, and more robust, intelligent,
and independent tban the rebels. It is chiefly
the more degraded class of non-slaveholders,
who Jive in tho midst of slavery, who aro now
engaged against the Government. But the
non-slaveholders of the mountain and highland
regions, whilst for the Union, are not free
fron the jealousy of caste, and the policy I
object to would, if adopted, I apprehend, array
them against us. Nor would we succeed In
our object, if they were finally subdued and
exterminated, if wo left the negroes on the
soil, for other whites would take the country,
and bold it against the negroes, and reduce
them again to slavery or exterminate them
I am morallv certain, indeed, that to free the
slaves of the South, without removing them,
would result in the massacre of them. A
general massacre was on the eve of taking
place, in the State of Tennessee, in 1850, upon
a rising of some of tf:em on the Cumberland,
and I have been assured, by the Hon. Andrew
Johnson, who was then Governor of the State,
that nothing but his prompt calling out of
the militia prevented it.
But this antagonism of race, which has led
to ou.r present calamities, and might lead to yet
greater, it it continues to b.j ignored, will do-
liver us from slavery in the easiest speediest,
aud best manner, it we recognize it as it is
the real cause of trouble, and invincible, and
deal with it rationally. e have but to pro
pose to let the white race have the lands in
tended for them by tho Creator, to turn the
fierce spirit aroused by the secessionists to
destroy the Union to the support of it, and at
the same time to break up the slave system
by w hich the most fertile lands of the temper
ate zone are monopolized and wasted. That
is the result, which the logic of the census
shows, is being worked out, and which no po
litical management can prevent being worked
out. The essence of the contest is, whether
the white race shall have these lands, or wheth
er they shall be hold by the black race, in the
name of a few whites. The blacks could nev
er hold them as their own, for we have seen
how quickly that race lias disappeared when
emancipated. Experience proves, what might
have been interred tiom their history, that it
has not maintained and cannot mantain itself
in the temperate zono, in contact and in com
petition with tho race to which that region
belongs. It is only when dependent that it
can exist there. But tins servile relation is
mischievous, and the community, so constitu
ted, does not flourish and keep pace with the
spirit of the age. It h is scarcely tho claim to
the immense, area of land it occupies which
the Morigines h id, for though the Indians
occupied larger space, with lewr inhabitants
they did not waste the land ns the slave
system does. No political management or
isentimentalishi can prevent the nati.ral revolu
tion of such a system in the end, any more
than 6tich means could avail to preserve the
Indian possession and dominion.
Tho rebellion, like the Indian outbreaks, is
but a vain attempt to stem the tide of civiliza
tion and progress. The treachery, falsehood,
and cruelty perpetrated to maintain negro
possession, scarcely less than that of the sav
ages, marks the real nature of tho contest.
Nevertheless, I believe it might have been
averted, if wo had adopted Mr. Jefferson's
counsels, and made provision for the separa
tion of tho races, providing suitable homes for
the blacks as we have" for the Indians. It is
essential srill, in order to abridge the conflict
of nrms, and to fraternize tho people, when
that is past, to follow Mr. Jefferson's advice.
This niost benevolent and sagacious statesman
predicted all the evils which it has been our
niisoi tnuo to witness, unless we should avert
them, by this, the only means which, niter tho
most nnxious thought, ho could suggest. No
statesman, of our day, has given the subject
so much thought as ho did, or possesses tho
knowledge of ability to treat it so wisely.
Let us, then, listen to his counsels. By doing
so, we chall establish a fraternity among the
working men of the white race throughout tho
Union which has never existed, nnd give real
ireeciotn 10 tne uiacK race, which cannot
otherwise exist."
Nor is it tiececetty to tho restoration of hir.
mony and prosperity to tho Union, that this
policy should be actually and completely put
in force. It Is-only necessary that it should
be adopted by I lie Government, and that it be
made known to tho people that it is adopted,
to extlrigntah Inutility, In tho hearts ot the
masses of the South, toward the people of the
North, und secure their co-operation In put
ting an end to slavery. No greatermistako
was ever mado than tn supposing that the mass
es ol tho South favor slavery. 1 have already
stated that they did not take up arms to defend
it, and explained tho real motives ol their ac
tion. The fact thnt they oppose emancipation,
in their midst, Is the only foundation, lor the
contrary opinion. But the masses of the
North nre equally opposed to it, if tlio four
millions of slaves were to bo. transported to
their midst. The prohibitory laws ngainst
their coming, existing In all the States subject
to such Invasion, proves this. On the other
hand, the Intense hostility which is universal
ly known to bo felt, by the iion-s'Uveboldeis
of the South, toward ull negroes, expresses
their roal hostility to slavery, and it is the
natural form ol expression uuder tho circum
stances. It needs, therefore, but tho assurance which
would be given, by providing homes for the
blacks, elsewhere, that they are to be regard
ed as sojourners when emancipated, as in
point of tact they aro, and ever will be, to in
sure the co-operation of the non-slaveholders
in their emancipation. Nor would they re
quire immediate, univeisal or involuntary
transportation or that any injustice whatever
be done to tho blacks. The more enterprising
would soon emigrate, and multitudes of less
energy would follow, if such success attended
the pioneers, as the carp with which the Gov
ernment should foster so much Important an
object, would, doubtless, insure; and, with
such facilities, it would require but few gen
erations to put the temperate regions of Amer
ica in the exclusive occupation of the white
race, and remove the obstacle to a perpetual
Union of the States.
With great respect, I am
Your obedient servant, M.Blair.
To the Committee of Invitatlorn, &c. &c,
International Courtesy. The Hon. Wm.
II. Seward has addressed the following letter
to Mr. Harper Twelvetices, who presided at
the recent peace rejoicing meetings, held in
the Tower Hamlets, in England :
Department of State. Washington, Feb. 4th,
18G2. Dear Sir, I acknowledge with sincere
pleasure the reception ot your letters of tho
17th of January, and also of the proceedings
of a public meetinz. which wan held an iw
11th of that month, In the Tower Hamlets, on
tne subject ot the relations between your
country and mine. It is very gratifying to me
to be assured, as I am by those proceedings,
that the course which this government has
adopted, in regird to a question ot neutral
rights in maratime war, is approved by a large
and respectable portion of the British public.
The policy of the American people, sir, is a
policy of peace at home, peace abroad, peace
with all nations, a policy of freedom for their
extending empire, and a policy hopeful of aud
conducive to the ultimate t,freedom of all
classes and conditions of men. Whoever shall
wage waraeainst the American nannln. will
find themselves obliged not only to commit
tue nrsi wrong, out to become when they en
ter the contest the enemies, not only of order,
peace, and progress, on this continent, but of
human nature itself. With many thanks for
your great courtesy, and with best wishes now,
as always, for the prosperity and happiness of
all your countrymen, I have the honor to be,
your most obedient servant,
William II. Seward.
Bunmdo has becu made a Major General. .
Gen. MoClollan's Address to his Army.
Hindquarters, Army of the Potomac, J
Fairfax Court House, Va., March 14, 1SG2. J
Soldiers of the Jrmy of the rotomac : For a
long time 1 have kept you inactive, but not
withoufja'purpose. You were to be disciplined,
armed, and instructed. The formidable ar
tillery you now have, had to be created. Other
armies were to move, and accomplish certain
results.' 1 have held you back, that you might
give the death-blow to the rebellion that has
destracfed our once happy country. The pa
tience you have shown, and your confidence
in your General, are worth a dozen victories.
These preliminary results are now accom
plished. 1 feel that the patit-nt labors of many
months have produced their fruit. The Army
of the Potomac, is now a real army, magnifi
cent immaterial, admirable in discipline and
construction, and excellently equipped and
armed. Your commanders are all that I
could wish.
The moment, for action has arrived, and I
know that I can trust in you to save our coun
try. As I ride through your ranks, I see in"
your. faces the sure piestige of victory. I feel
that you will do whatever 1 ask of you.
The period of inaction- has passed. I will
bring you now, face to face with the Itebcls,
and only pray that God may delend the right.
In whateverdirection you may move, however
strange my actions may appear to you, ever
bear in mind, that, my fate is linked with
yours, and that all I do, is to bring you where
I know you wish to be on the decisive battle-field.
It is my business to place you there.
1 am to watch over you, as a parent over his
children, and you .know that your General
loves you from the depths of his heart: It
shall be my care it has ever been to gain
succens with the least possible loss. But I
know, that, if it is necessary, will you willing
ly follow me to our graves, for our righteous
fause.
God smiles upon us, victory attends ns.
Yet I would not have you think that our aim
is to bo attained without a manly struggle. I
will not disguise it from you, that you have
bravo foes to encounter foemeti worthy of
the steel that you will use so well. I shall" de
mand of you, great, heroic exertions, rapid
and long marches, desperate "combats, pi iva
tions, perhaps. Wo will share all these to
gether, and, when this sad war is over, we will
all return to our homes, and feel that we can
ask no higher honor, than the proud concious-
ness that we belonged to the Army ot the Po
tomac. Gkoiiue B. McClella.v,
Mnj. Gen. Commanding.
Tiik N. Y. Time, which hag long been un
friendly to Gen. Fremont, lenders, in a let
ter from Washington , the following tardy jus
tice to the strategic foresight of that comman
der. It says: ' Speaking of the successes of
Foote and Porter, does it occur to you to look
back and give credit where credit is due, to
the man who planned the enterprises which
have yielded such abundant returns I Do you
recollect tho first charge brought against Fre
mont. It was the one that he wasting money
in building gunboats to be used on the Wes
tern rivers, and that an unending flood of rid
icule and abusejwas heapediapau what was call,
td his visonary scheme.'' Fremont was not
permited to reap the full harvest of tho seed
that he planted, but the future will know that
for tin la'H of Fort Henry, and for tho ultimate
probable reduction of Columbus, and the clear
ing out of the Mississippi, the nation will be
indebted to (Jen. Fremont's foresight and
adaptation of means to nn end. The campaign
of the west is coming back to the lines upon
which Fremont stood when his triumphant
career was cut short- It is demonstrated that
it will be'success, only in that hiswvll -digested
plans were carried out. Thus time and cir
cumstance vindicated him almost before the
Ink is dry upon the paper that doomed him to
inaction, and for a time to public censure."
NEW ADVEETISEMENTS.
At ifrtiriirnt.irtn ttirL'etypr, rut, or out of usual
tlilfvill bit rharged itonhlr pi ice for ipacr.occttpird
To insure attention, the CASH must acoomnA,
ny notices, as fi Hows: All Cautions with $1,
Strays? 51; Auditors" notices, $1,50; Adminis
trators and Executors' notices, $1,50, each ; and
all other transient Notices at tlio sama rates
IJKOPOSALS, Proposals fur (ho building of
al'rivoy at the now Court Iloiuo in the bor
ough of Clonrtleld , will bo roeoived Ht the C'.iu
iiiiKidoiiora' otlieo. until tins l7tli day of .Msy re.vt.
Plans iiml speeilicntiom etui he seen nt the com
missioners' ofllce. lly order of the board of Oni
luiHsioneis. VM 8. nilADLHY, i'lerk.
BKIDUE STOCK FOK S ALE.. TUo Com
missioners of Clearfield eouuty, will offer ut
J'nhlie SV;f. ut tho court house uti Tuesday tlio
27th day of May next, nt 2 o'eloek, p. m.. one hun
dred and thirty (CIO) shares of stock n the bridffo
across tho .Susquehanna at CliMir&old. I)v ordr
ot the board. VMjJb PAULEY. Clerk.
TIM THE PUni4C.-TUe undersigned hav
X ing purchased tho eptirc citouk of the late firm
of .Moore t Ktzwoilor, and having mudo largo ad
ditions thereto, is now prepared to wait vpon cus
tomers. Thankful for the very liberal putrouago
heretofore tended to tho firm, be hopes by
strict personal attentioa to business to merit a
continueneo of the same.
March 25, '62 -tf. D. V. ET 7. AVE ILK It.
SCHOOL TEACHERS OF CLEARFIELD
COUNTY '. The .SupcriBU-ndrnt contemplates
opening an Institute fr the improvement of
teachers in the best methods of giving instruc
tions in tho branches of iearcing taught in our
common schools. If thirty teachers signify, bv
letter or otherwise, on or before tho 10th of May
next, their willingness to attend the said Institute",
then the same will be opened in CurweDsville on
the. 2d of Juno following, and continue eight
weeks. To defrav expenses, each teaoher will ha
charged four dollars in advance
March 2.VS2. JE.SSE BROOM ALL. Co. Sup't.
Bargains ! Bargains !
ItlCHAllD MOSSOP ITAS
Dried Apple at 5 cts per lb , Peaches 10 eta,
Si gar Cured Hams 10 cts, Best Smokld
SlIOt LlERS 8 CTS TKR FOUND,
Rafting-stoves, best quality $3,50,
ALL KINDS OP TIN-WARE., TERV LOW,
BEST ALICO 121 CENTS PER YARD,
Good Calico, by the web, at 10 cents,
All Kinds of Glass-Ware at Half Price,
COAL OIL LAMPS AT HALF I'KICE.
Tiow is the time to buy,"
CAUTION. All persons are hereby cautbnr
certain lirowu Mare, now In possession of Jona
than Mays, as the same belonci tn me unit Uftuh.
ject to my orders. TET ER fcUMMEKS.
Ansonville t cbruary 1S62-3 tp. .
7- M. M'CULLtUTOIl, Attorney itlaw n
. field. Pa. Office, witt, i Ji
VJ I A. I he subscr.ber hvng .purch.-l -hi
furniture and interest from H. fi. Morrow in , T
House, is now prepared for the rforption ,,f t'J
siont and permanent boarders. Every or,t ,
tnent connected with his establishment b
conducted second to none in the county UB .
peetfully solicits a chare of public patromvc
July 11, IbrtO.-y. iiK'J. N. COLLI?!;
BLACKSMITH WANTED ABRAHAM
TON. One who can come well rcomiuf r.Jej
for industry and sobriety .None other ur-.( ' ,
ply. A Rood shop with three fires nnd tbi, L
of smith s tools (if desired), and a house. -nr.iJ
and stalde will all be leased for one ven- f-,
the 1st of April next, and for a linger time if 7
isfaction is rendered to customers and to tr.v..:f
Address. JAS. 15. UliAllA.M
January I, 1SG2. ClearCel l' pa
Cn r 1 1 c 1 1 i x c o it r o k a t i o . "77
sons interested aro hereby noticed t!,sn n ,p
plication for a charter of I nooriorii.)n i,a,
made, by the Ooshen Methodist Episcopal church
to the court of Common Tleas of Clearfield coun
in accordance with the provisions of the Act of a',
sembly; and unless cause is showu for itsrwu,.'
the same will he granted at the next term of t i
court. By order of the court.
JOHN' L. CUTTLE
January 2 J. 1S62. 1'rothon. tarr
JJANKINl! AND COLLECTION OFFICE
LEONARD, FINNEY & CO.,
CLEARFIELD, CLE A It FIELD COUNTY. Pa
Dills of Exchange. Notes and Irafts Discount.'
Deposifsreceived. ColieutiuiiS made, r.i.d j-rvVJi
promptly remitted, l.xch.ino on the Ci;i j c r..
sfuntly on hand. Office, on fee.md Rt.-ce-. m ;7
room lately occupied byV. A. VA'a,I:ice. Ls 1
james t. x.r.ov.i:n. ::::::.:: p. a rr-r.r
wm a. Wallace. :::::::::: a. o. finstt
12K0VIS10N AND UKOCEKY STORL.
A The underpinned kcepi cn5taiitl un h:.i
at his store room in I'hilipsburi;. Cent rev .u: -r
11 . t. r ! ii ... .. . "
tail siock oi riunr, iiaius. suouiuer, f-:tle i ..f.
fee, Tea, Sugar, liiee, Molatscs, Ac. A!.-... J .;.
quors.of all kinds, Tobacco, riears, SniiU. do
of which he otTt-rs to purcunsvis on lite uumi ad
vantageous terms (iive him a call, nul (win
articles. Imr21 KuIiKKT LLOV 1
CII l'KNS ! CIllUNN ! 'Any person
siroui of purchasing the riiit of Clearfiei i
count3'. or township l ights, to inmiuf.iMuro buck g
J'ateut churn twtrut.v set of castings fur the s.inif
to be given in with the -comity riiit can obtain
the reijuuite information by applying to
JACOH "IKWIX.
March 5, 1.SG2, Clwarfi.-id. l'a
N. H. One of the churns cnu be seen by caliiri
at the Joi'k.nai. office.
KO I. l.OC K S D A N D V. I . I ( N C I Y I E E .
This prepn ration, made tiom the be.-t Js.i
Cofl'ee. is recommended by physicians as a xyr
rior nutritious: beverage for lleneral Debilitt.
Dyspepsia and all billious disorders Thou.-.irri-who
have been compelled to abandon the use f
cotTee will use this without injurious effect, lit.'
eau contains the strength of two pounds of oroiii
ary coffee. 1'iice 2 '. cents.
KOLI.OCIi's I.KVA1N. TliC pttreft and best bf'kit:
powder ki.otm for tnnkiujr light. weet and nu
tritious Dread and rnkes. i'rice 15 cent'.
Manufactured 'y M. II. K LLOCK. Ch-mM.
corner of broad and Clivstiiut S;s. Phil's, and .M
by all Druggists and lirocers. Feb 21, !?;?y.
F
A KM FOR NALK.TliH fallowing describe t
farm, situated in Decatur townsliin Ciearfiel l
Co., Pa. two miles and a half west of I'h i lipsburg.
onthc(Jlen Hope road, containing ar hii'irfrrt
and tirrntif-om: arrrs and allowance. There ar
about eighty-five acres cleared and under n (r'o l
ftnts of cultivation ; with a large, well finifiiei.
frame hank barn, a comfortable hewed log hou.-.
nnd a well tii.i.-tied frame dwelling h.u?e m,i
other out buildings erected thereon, i.evtr fai;ii .g
springs of water at the buildings, and a Isrg.- n i
well selected assortment of benrirg fruit t:ee
The wood. land being well timbers J and un-b-r
laid with a four and a half foot vein of stone eoI.
Tho above farm affords raro inducements t. j.ur
chasers For further infoiinatioii ei. quire o
K. D. SIlOWAL'im. Philip-bute
Oct. 22, 1S;51. t'.nt. Centir.tu. )
vulcaxiti: hasi: roi:
ARTIFICIAL T LET 11.
Attention is especially calbs) t this arii'-l". f
t-'iibstituto for gold in insertiag teitb. Many ;rt
eons who have tr rd all kindiof airtnlic b.i.v'.s j -refer
this, mid in lUe casrs lure it is ardi' at.lr ,
it will in a great iiensure ! iiue a subl:turc f"
poll.. ilver or platitia. Its chief advantngi nr
cheapness, lightness and perfect adoption to ti -mouth
; it lnu ing a sol1! fie-hy feel to the art' "
the mouth-with which it conn sin contact.
A. M. IlilU is pjepurod to put uj teeth on th
Yuloanito Ease, with lioodyeur's I'ntent liuw.
which is the oniy reliable piepcratiou. and ci
only be had through tfivir regular agrnts.
Dr. Iliils will alTiays bo futut in his '.:T:
Friday and Saturday, uulcss noti'-o nppt-ars f h
contrary, in the town papers, the previous ek
new i)i ;u; sToi! i ;.
The subscriber has opened a full aud 'i""
pleto assortment of D R t: O S in the new M.
building which he recently erer-red on The crrr
of Locust and Cherry streets, in the l!iroi:g!i t
Clearfield, where he will at all times lc hapty
accommodate any pursonwhomoy desire articles n
hlsdine. The businc.-s will be confined striet'v t
DitUU AND I'KF.SCKirilON iJL'SI.'l.
and no pains will be spared to render alifact:n
Dr. 'Woods, may n1wA3's be found and consul!' 4
in tho ''Drugstore," when not absent on -rfe-sional
business. A separato room for consulta
tion is attuevhed to tho Stoee, vther patients may
be examined privately.
E -ery article usually found in such aa c:
liiluuPiit will be kept on baud, and s-dd at great
reduced pi ices. Ti rm s lru "trirt.'if i'l
able them to otfer inducements in the way of prut-
l'hysieians will bo suppliel at a small percent
age overcost and carriage. 'I hcirorJers are so! si
ted. Every article sold will be pure aid f t?
best f ju a 1 i t y . M . V. X i ' '
Clearfield. Pa.. Fobraary 13. ls.l-tf.
Furniture ! Furniture !!
JOHN GUELICH,
Desires to inform hlsoM friends an 1 cui'w:'
that, having enlarged hisshopar.i inoi'! "'
facilities for manufacturing, he u now prepared
to make to order such fumiiure as itay be u',ir
ed, in gocd style and at cheap rate? for ea.-h.
mostly has on hand at his "Fundture ltiji'
a varied assortment of furuituie, among '--'J
JJITIIFAFS AND SIDEBOARDS. ,
Wardrobe a,ud Hooi-cases ; Centre. of;i 1'a.-."'".
1'reakfast and Dining extension 'J able?
Common, French-posts, Cottags. Jea
ny-Liind and other Bedsteads.
SOFAS OF ALL KINDS. WOKK-STANDS. HAT
HACK?, WASH-STANDS. Ac
Hooking' and ArmCliaii.
Spring-seat. Cain-hottom. and Parlor Chair ;
And common and other Chairs.
LOOKING-GLASSES
Of everv description on hand, and new gla.-
old" fram.es, which will be put in on Tery
reasonable turms. on short notice.
He also keeps on hand, or furnishes to order, n'f-Corn-husk,
liair and Cotton top Mattre?e
COFFINS, OF EVERY KIND.
Mado to order, and funerals attended no
llearso, whenever desirable.
Also, House painting done to order.
The above, and many other article are f""1;
to customers cheap for cash or hcSedi!tr.Vr
proved country produce. Cherry; Mpl;
Lin-wood and otier Lumber suitable fur id
ucsi, tajcon in exoharge for furniture.
Remember the ehop ia on MarKet tree .,
field, and nearly oppo-itc lu(S ..TiVl- ('-r D'M
DceemVr f. H'M ' -T'1,,:s '" '