Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-08-07
For the Republican.
BRADY tp. July %, Is

BRADY tp. July %, 1861.
On Saturday last our village was visited
by n set of the most God.iorsaken rutfans
from Reynoldsville, Jefferson county, il
was ever my lot to see and what was
worse, they came here with uniforms on
said to initiate the dress uniform OF the
army, but which really looked more like a
SQUAD of Sir John Ealstalf's men, with,
from all appearances, even less than halt
a shirt to the whole regiment. Their
coats prolusely decorated with yellow cct-
! ton tape, and made out Kentucky jean,
mounted with heavy brass buttons, evil
dently got up for this grand display to
our plain citizens were intensely admired
by this economy. loving community while
their horses looked rs il they had been
hired from some veterinary establishment
representing all the shades OF diseases ino
cident TO Eorse flesh from pole-evil to ring
bone. In short, they were the most shab-
billy ouJ.at the-elbow and graceless set of
ragamufiins imaginable.
When they alighted their spokesman, n
certain Orlando but 10y these chaps called
Captain Gray, announced, iii blasphem-
ous language that they had come to see
whether all reports of Cd ID traitors
and secessions said to abound in Clearfeld
county were true, and if they were they
would hang every (another compound
OATH one OF them, when they were po-
itely told by Mr. Andrew Pcntz, jr., to
bring on their rope and other tiXings neS
cessury to carry out tho DEGREES Of Abra-
ham, which, however, were not then forth
coming. The valiant captain then pitch~
ed into DR.. Boyer in hard language, accu>
sing him Of dislOyalty to the Union; but
soon learned to his great chagrin that he
had caught tai tar, and while the Doctor
quietly but severely unfolded to him the
designs of the Black Republican party,
the drunken captain, as his rage would
permit him to talk, uttered curses and
imprecations against the Democratic parN
ty James Buchanan, and especially the
citizens OF Cleariield county. On being
told, however, that the people Of this
county could not be insulted by ruttiian
and a black guard, he stopped his BIAS
phemous rawlings; and finding that his
stCreotyped argument would avail him
nothing, and completely driven to the
wall, he replied to a question how they
proposed to maintain the Union 10y war?
that Lincoln was determined to wipe out
the South. kill of the traitors there, send
enough yankees down to populate those
States, Hnd drive their niggers TO the
devil :" "lnd make the Chicago Platform
the supreme law Of the land" This Is no
prevalication, Messrs. Editors, but the
simple statement as uttered 10y the leader
of the rutfian band from Jefferson county.
After dinner a rope was taken up to MI
II ,,,, ,,,l ,no,ol n tho t'ontNin
for the purpose Of hanging those he threat,
ened to hang. Mr.. Schwem politely as ked
them to put it up and carry their bombas'
tic thyeats into execution. But 10, the
tempest in a teapot lad given way to a
perfect calm, and whether a hasty dinner
had dampened their ardor, or whether the
patriotisrn manufactured by an abundance
of whiskey, had just then run out, am
unable to say; but there certainly was
dead lock on the whole party ; and in
stead of staying to complete The object OF
their visit here, which was, | believe, to
recruit men for company at Reynolds
Vile they quietly left their paper and
made hasty retreat westward-no doubt
strongly impressed with the belief that II
| the citizens Of Clearfed have the courage
to express their honest sentiments con-
cerning the Chicago Platform, Abraham
Lincoln and his policy and designs, they
do not lack the courage to defend their
rights against set of rowdies from Rey-
noldsville. Some Of their friends, no
doubt, gave them to understand that an
apology for their conduct would be need
ed, and none of them being possessed OF
sufficient decency to make an apology res
pectabe, they wisely concluded that dis,
cretion was the better part of yalor, and
consequently retreated towards Reynolds
Vile, if not wiser at least sober men.
Yours, UNION.