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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-22

overthrow of the best system of govern
ment the sun ever shove upon. Every
act OF treason should lie made known to
the proper authorities, and upon them
will rest the responsibility of arresting It's
progress and furnishing the offender. Had
the secret acts of the misguided men who
have ina0gurated civil war at the South,
under the preteXt of Constitutional seces-
sion, been sooner revealed to the loyal
citizens of the Southern States, the coun-
try would not now be compelled to mourn
over the insult and indignty offered to
her flag. Secession is but another name
for rebellion, and that should be crushed
with all the Constitutional power Of the
Government.
ln-prrsuine yonr investigation, gentle
n en-, Xiu will please to remember that
the public mind is now in a state of vio-
lent agitation. At such times, dstrust
may be ergendered, and suspicious ex-
cited against innocent individuals. You
will take care that Your bills and pre-,
sentiments are founded on facts well au.
thenucated. Caution, in this respect
becomes the dignity Of your position as
Grand Jurors in n Federal Court, and
whilst the conduct CT every citizen of the
district, however eminent or worthy,
charged with a violation of the laws o!
the United States, is proper subject OF
inquiry, You will take care tLat his good
name is not impaired by false and mali
cious accusations.
The District Attorney will be with YOU
during your deliberations, and the Court
will afford you all necessary process tc
compel the attendance Of witnesses. You
will now retire to your room, and meet
upon Your own adiounmen1s.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-22

MY COUNTRY, 'Tis OF THEE. Some
one having asked the Hartford CoTant
who wrote the words gentr rally sung TO
the tune of America" The following
reply was returned:
THE Rev. S. F. Smith, of Newton,
Mass. is the author of America, and
also of the beautiiui missionary hymn
commencing, Yes, my native land, ! love
thee and several others Of great merit.
Mr. Smith is graduate of Harvard Uni
ve.sty, an accomplished scholar and a
most amiable and attractive man. lie
was for several years pastor of the Baptist
Church in Newton Centre, Mass, but now
er gagged, believe, in literary ard reIi-
gious pursuits Of a more private nature
He breaches occasionally with great ac
ceptance
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-22

DIscoMroRTs OF A New YORK BELLE.-
The New York Express publishes the fol
lowing;
MADISON SQUARE.
Dcar CJ.:-This horrid war that every
body is talking about, has interfered so
with society that have scarcely any
thing to tell you. Absolutely 50 many of
the beaux have volunteered that we cant
have any German. There's one of the
consequences of civil war that Pm sure
could never hace teen contemplated.
think if it were known, peace would be
Immediately proclaimed. You haven't
any idea Of our sutlerings here: The girls
have to talk to old beaux who were rejec-
ted by our grHadmothers; we have to
spend all our time at lint and bandage
parties, and our fingers are sore with scra.
ping old napkins. But it's all the rage
They say company Of Florence Night
ingaieS is to be formed each lady to car
ry lamp; but don't see any use in that
unless it is, like Diogenes to look for a
man. Oh the desola,ion of the ball
rooms But suppose shouldn't tell
the enemy ofour deprivations. haven't
had new bonnet since Easter; Pa says
all his Southern stock is good for nothing,
and he mus. De economical. Lucy Lo-
VEN is engaged her intended proposed
himself the day before his regiment sailed, q,
and of course she couldn't + fuse at such
a time. I'm sure should have accepted
the whole company. At am rate wish
they'd have proposed. Ever so many
marriages have been hurried up by the
wars. My cousin, Matilda NJ MFlimsey,
was one Of ihe b.ides and wore star spans
giles all over her veil.
The worst Of it all is, we cannot get our
strawberries or peas from Savannah. What
is to be done Ma gives a dinner next
week, and the idea OF no green peas and
absolutely no Strawberries for dessert !!
Don't you think you could smuggle some
to us. 1t wouldn't be giving all and CONF
fort to the enemy, would il? Surely food
is not ccntrabaud of war, and really with
out our Southern vegetables and fruits,
the dinner would be failure. Oh deai
oh d,ar, no German, and no green peas
What dreadful thing war is.
Yopr', my love, confdngy,
FLoRINDA NJ.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-22

0 Columbia, the gem of the ocean,
The homo Of the brave and the free,
The shrine of each patriots devotion,
world offers homage to thee.
Thy mandates make heroes as ssemble,
When Liberty's form stands in view,
Thy banners make tyranny tremble,
When borne by the red, white and blue.
when war wagcd its wide desolation,
And threatened the lond to deform,
The ark, then Of free dUm's founo oation,
Columbia rode safe through the storm
With her garlands of victory around her,
Whom so proudly she bore her brave crew
With her flag proudly floating before her,
Th boast Of the rcd white and blue.
The wine-cup, the wine cup bring hither,
And fill you it true to the brim;
May the wreaths they have won never wither
Nor the stars Of their glory grow dim:
May the service united ne er sever,
But they to their colors prove tue
The Army and Navy forever
I hree cheers for the red, white and blue!
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-22

FORGIVENESS. The following beautiful
passage is from the pen OF John G. Whit
tier. my heart was heavy for its trust
had been 8b1sed, its kindness answered
with foul wrong-so turning gloom!ly
from my fellow men, one summer Sab
bath day, | strolled among the greer
mounds of the village burial place; where
bordering where al human love and hate
find one sad level and how soon or late,
wro- ged and wrong6oers each with weak
ened face and cold hands folded over a
still heart pass the green threshold Of our
common grave, whittier all footsteps tend
whence none depart. Awed for myself,
and plying my race, our common sor-
row like mighty wave swept all my
pride away, and tremLling, Iorgave.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-22

BarA lawyer engaged in a case tortur>
ed witness so much with questions. that
the poor fellow at last cried for water -
There said the Judge, / thought you
would pump him dry
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-22

eeA.We Ice saw young man gazing at
the *ry Heavens, with in Rfl~ and a
of pistols in the other. We Ndeavor-
ed attract his atl0ton by ing 2 4 in a
newspaper we held in our B2y'", relating 2
a Young man in that of the country who
had left home in stS of arrangement
He dropped the I and pistols from his
nee- ~esa with the ! 1T is of whom you
read left be4 my friends knew of my
design. 50 the ssiS~ of Young lady
who had refused lisl0 2 me, but smiled
on another. Id from the house
uttering wild to the ? Of my friends.
came here With this I and of pistols
Q put 2 my xisl0ce. My case is unU ed
in this
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-22

pay"There are two classes Of disappoint-
ed lovers-those who are disappointed
before marriage, and the more unhappy
ones who are disappointed after it,
pag-Why is a weitar like a race horse
He often rams for plate or a cup.
pe1~Tho excavations of Pcmpeii are now
carried on with great spirit.
Rsy~The place of greatest safety is the
place where duty calls you.
B@y~ll twenty men make score, how
many will it take to pay one?
BaS-Never employ yourself to discover
the faults Of others-look 10 your own.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-22

DAsTARDLY OUTRAGEs.-W scarce open
an exchange now days hut 5e see re
corded the details of invasions of private
rights or individual property, at the hands
OF some irres pnasiUe mob, who are taught
they are doing God's service under pre-.
tended suspicion Of wanS of loyalty on
the part Of their victims. The lawless
spirit, We are sorry to say, ha been, in
too many instances, encouraged 10y men
who, when the excitement Of the hour
passes eff, will be healtily ashamed of
their conduct. 1t is time stop be put
to the outgGges. That the country is in
volved in war is calamitouS enough with,
out adding to its evils reign OF lawlcss
anarchy.
We saw in an Easton paper The other
day the statement that two or three boxes
of the Congressional Globe had come to
that place directe to Hon. X. Brodheod,
late United States Senator. Some rowdics
seeing the boxes, pretended they smet
treason, and taking them ilto their GUS
toGy, sent for Mr.. h. to come and cx-
plain the mystery" That gentlemen sent
them word that when they got through
reading the Union speeches made bv him
in Congress, which they would find il the
volumes they were so carefully guarding,
they should please return his property.
Their discovery that they were simply
books Of course caused them sonic chagrin,
if il did not learn them better manners.
The fact is, all good citizens must set
their faces against this sort of procedure,
if they would restore anything like order
in the Government -Rcafipg Gazette
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-22

VERY MoDERATE.-The New Orleans
Crescent says I've have no intention to
"sut due" the North. We do not pro
pose to interfere with the North in any
shape or form Let the free States have
their own Government to themselves, and
the slave States theirs without interrup.
ton or moestati this is what the
South desires. Is there anything III itun,
reasonable?" ?" Of course you don't near
TO subdue US, or interfere with us in any
shape or form. Then why don't you pay
your honest debts? Why repudiate Tbei
you owe?
Rss~Old Snarl says that love is a comb
nation of diseases -an affection of the
heart and an inflammation Of the brain,
sG~There are 300 men in Fort Mon
roc, and $50 in Fort McHenry.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-22
stlett 4oetEp,
Columbia the Gem of the Ocean.
OR the Cred, WHITE AND BLUE"

AUTHORSHIP UNKNOWN
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-22

DIscoMroRTS OF A New YORK BELLE.-
The New York ErpreSS publishes the fol
, 1861-12-17

Those Of our readers who have, with any
degree Of faithfulness, followed our full Kan
sas correspondence will not fail to have de-
nycd from thence full refutation Of the
aspessions that lukewarm patriots and half-
secessionists are prone to cast upon this
commander. these making him ont to be but
the leader Of band Of marauding jayhawk-
ers and banditti, eager only for spoils, little
caring who arc the victims. Colonel Jenui-
sons policy is to draw the line strictly and
find ont who are the Union men and who are
the Eeceseionlsts, Those who refuse the oath
are assessed to pay the expenses Of the sar
He looks upon this war as precipltated upon
the country BY those rho have deliberately
plotted for the destruction Of the Govern
meDt. His view is that there are but two
parties, the friends and the enemies Of the
Union. His process is to sift them out, and
protect Union men while he scou1ges the
rebels. Is not this right? The highest proof
that Colonel Jennison has strictly observed
Ill the rules Of honorable warfare Is the fact
that he has received for himself and the First
Kansas Casal1J the most marked testimonials
| OF favor and approval from his superior off.
GERS. Recently General Hunter has attached
to his command three infantry regiments
t with which he WAS to be dispatched to new
| field in Western Missouri. With officers like
! him the rebellion is not safe, nor the rebele
/ themselves uIaharrnc1
, 1861-12-17
Settling the CoutrRpands at Work.

Hilton Head Correspondence, Uec. IL
It has been determined BY Geh. Sherman to
appoint m agent to, eol1ect and store the COT
ton, now lying loose In such immense quanti.
ties on the various deserted plantations on
this and the ne1g,hboting islands. That when
stin remains unpieked Will also be- gathered
and packed, and In this work thetneSroes are
to be employed; =: 4 double purpose will thus
be answered: the valuable commodity, IN
whose security the world is Interested, VIII DC
obtained, and the indammable material, out
Of which some propose to manufacture ser
vile insurrectiou, will be put to much more
advantageous use. The negroes, while pick
ing and Storing cotton, will Be working against
the rebellion, quite as effectively IS i burning
their masters houses, and shooting their mas
ters themselves indiscriminately and at the
same time, the danger ofdividing Northern SEN
tlment will not beincreased- The blacks are to
be paid for their labor Oh proper vouchers, and
the cotton is to be shipped to the Quarter
master General at New York, and sold BY him
Oh public account: Lieut.. Col Mobiles, late
commanding the n. T. 18th regiment, but who
has within q few days, resigned his commits
sion, has been appointed ia superintend this
Important work He ia fitted for It, by his
previous life, part OF which has been spent at
the South among the negroes and IN the cot
ton country. It is believed that cotton worth
from million to million and q half OF
Of money, can be Immediately procured IN
! this vicinity. Mr. Mobiles has already begun the
initiatory' preparations for his important en-
| teEprise, and SGT out to-day for St. Helen.
Island. he may perhaps be unable to accom-
| plish as much as he desires, as the rebels are
| burning or burying cotton as fast as they can
| returning often in small squads at night to the
| places where Federal forces have visited du
ring the day. AS, however, reinforcements or
expected to arrive here to-day, it will be il
| the power Of the commanding General to max
| such a disposition Of the troops as will pre-
rent in future these returns. Mobiles vii
take with him large enough force to secur
himself against any interruption
, 1861-12-17

There are some reasons for believing that
the reports Of such deficient crops in ireland
as would cause famine there arc greatly cx
aggcrated. Sir Robert Peel, Chief Secretary
for Ireland, who has recently made an extend
cdtour OF tho island, said in speech at Bel
fast:
NJ can confidently assert that the reports
and rumors which hare been circulated about
q famine in this country have been greatly e1-
aggcrated. ] speak on the authority Of per-
sonal observation. leave those who can
write in secluded districts of Connaught the
taek Of refutinss if they can, what know
to be true. In Sligo, in Donegal !
hear very different accounts from those
which had been led to believe, and
from personal observation in Mayo and Gal
way, md from letters have received, I am as
sured that nothing Of the kind that was al
legged exists. OF course, I am ready to admit
with cvcry gentleman in this room, that there
has been acomparatiFe failure in the potat<
crop, and that food will be dear, bnt , scarcity
Of food is not necessarily famine, and 1t L
very easy to understand the interested mo
tires Of some who are anxious to gain pnbll'
applause by feigned zeal for the public IL
spreading about these exaggerated rumors
Now, I must say, as fur Is myself an1 con
! cczncd, do not find that these apprehension
| arc in any way likely to be Tealized"
, 1861-12-17

tFroln the 1eayenworth Conservative, 13th.1
We learned yesterday, and think the intelli-
genco is cot1ecI, that 4 woman who has just
CONC to her death, divulged, in her last mo
now State Senator, had for two years induced
her to become participant In the worst
crime = =:
This announcement Naturally aroused the
community in which he rssfaea into state OF
Indignant frenzy. One party Was in favor Of
sisted upon lashes. Ha WIS not hanged, and
it is possible that eIen the dfty lashea which
report gives him, were not administered to h1a
deserving back.
, 1861-12-17
Freight Business of the Michigan
Southern Railroad to Toledo.

From the Toledo Blade, Saturday Evenfng-1
At tie close Of navigation, less than two
weeks since, this Company had 1000 barrels
Of flour in their freight house, Intended for
lake shipment from This port They hare now
on band e, 500 barrels Of flour, 500 boxes Of
hard bread, 6,o00 barrels Of pork, 4, 600 barrels
Of Mghwines, and $50 barrels Of tard, piled up
in their freight sheds, ali Of which is to lie
shipped through rs fast as facilities for NOV
ing it can be obtained; showing . total of
thirty-one thousand one hundred and fifty
barrels. This docs not include probably from
SEQ to 800 barrels Of beef and bans. In addi-
don to tile abuyo, there are also in the houses
OF the road 40 cars Of miscellaneous freight,
consisting. principally Of hides, broom corn,
wheat lin bags) and clover seed and allowing
eight tons to each car, Ee hare in this last
item three handrcd and twenty tons. This
road has also brought to this city within =
short time past, lrge quantities Of boxed
PORK, the exnct amount Of which ne cannot
give. The past two days, however, the quan.
tity received has been nearly SO0, 900 pounds.
The receipts Of grain hayc fallen of largely
since the close Of navigation, hut in every
| other respect the business Of the line has
Il continued as it was'' earlY in the Season,
| pressing heavily upon the facilities of the
Company for removing freight presented
along the route; and He are Of the opinion
that this has been done in more satisfactory
| manner this year than cver before in the his
tory Of The road; at least, complaints along
the route hayc been less frequent than for
| mcr1y.
, 1861-12-17

Tho scarcity Of coin Is general throughout
The South. People who have it have hoarded
it. III New Orleans, silver is at q premium OF
10 and gold at 50 cents. Brokers would hand
out hundred dollars in coin for sl50 in Ten
ncssce money, while the Confederate bonds
were held at q greater discount than the issues
Of the banks. No change was ever given for
bank notes Buy half dollars worth Of
stuff in the market, and the change was iny;a-
riab1y made in tickets.
While seated in the saloon Of the ASouth-
crn Coffee House, in Nashville, three soldiers
entered and called for the drinks tat d dime
each), and presented dollar bill il payment.
He was handed seventy cents in checks or
tickets, The soldier demurred, and demanded
the change; the checks, he said, would be Of
no use to him, as he was mediately going
into camp. The barkeeper however, was OBJ
durate. We'll" said the soldier, "glve nc
back the bill, aud by G. III take pills and
throw up all I've drank right here" But
this proposition was not acceded to, and he
left with the tickets in his pocket.
, 1861-12-17
A False Alarm at Port ROYAL


The first alarm We have yet had was about
three o'clock On the morning Of the Sd, and it
was false. But it brought out the whole army,
and made the sick very generally well. In the
Roundhcad Regiment, SO many have not an
swered to their naInes since we landed. 4 phi
vate Of the Third Brigade had got out some
way beyond the pickets, foraging on his own
account, and having been absent two or three
days, wanted to get in as quietly as possible,
when the guards 6red on hun, and bang Went
eight or ten guns along the line, and The long
roll beat. rouping the whole expcitionarJ
CORPS of Port ROYAL In ten or fifteen minutes
our regiment was In line with guns loaded,
and TIC Adjutant bore the Intelligence Of our
awaiting orders to the General. In few min
utes he returned he had found the General
cudd1cd up comfortably in his blankets. The
orders were such a. good General might be
the regiment should 60 to bed, which were
well received und punctilious1y obeycd.
, 1861-12-17
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William. May 9. M5andotte.5 $50 2l0 $40 Aug 81
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$50 4479 911
The W;1dfrc, William and Bogata were
boarded Oh the Cuban coast, and brought into
Key West, Florida, landing there fourteen
hundred and thirty-two souls. During the
two months Of their sojonrn at Key Vest a
mortality occurred Of two hundred and ninety
four, and on the voyage from thence, Of two
hundred and forty-scscn. The total Of deaths
from, time Of capture until the ships reached
Liberia, foots mp six hundred aud one!
The other Elarers were seized in the South
African waters, near the Congo country, were
proceeded with direct to Monroyia and the
survivors placed in charge Of the U. 8. Aren't,
resident in that city. Their numbers were
but slightly reduced, except those Of the
Nightingale. These are reported to have been
kept and poorly fed il, the barracoons for
| three months before they we're Slipped. Con
sequcnt1y they were in worse condition than
Others: DR.. ]. IL. Moore, physician to the
rccaptiyes In Liberia, states that ssa majority
| Of them were mere Walking skeletons. In
landing them, and during the passage from
the ship to the shore, three died in tho boats,
two after reaching the wharf, and frc in the
| harhor, all within . few hours" Such arc
| some Of the cruclties OF the slaye trade.
| The ability Of Liberia to receive and prop
erly provide for such aq influx Of heather
Afficnns, shows an amount of strength and
resource which few were prepared to expect
, 1861-12-17
Ctr Gribu1tt.
TUEsDAY, DECEMBER n, 1881.
OUR CITIZEN SOLDIERY.

"ln time Of peace prepare for war" isa
good old adage. the philosophy Of which
has been exempIded both t, our cost (usas
Transactions of Secretary Floyd and to our
honor and profit, when our volunteer com +
panies were ready at the first tap Of the !
drum to march and deftnl successfully our |
rapital and borders The fact is one Of his |
tori that lad it not been Tor few thousand |
Of volunteers, EARNED and equipped Us the |
law Directs the city Of Washington would |
either have been in the hands Of traitors or |
a heap Of ruins-posslb1y both. Had it
not been for OUT volunteer companies, (the !
nucleus around which so many glorious
regiments hare been fornaed) the material |
which converts raw recruits into soldiers |
would have been sadly more deficient than |
it NOW is.
We have, as e. State, between seventy
and eighty thousand men in the service of |
Unclc Sam! But how are we, as city,
keeping up and encouraging the solidarity
Of our citizenss At the commencement of
this rebellion our city military would COM
pare fayorably with that Of any city in the
en,ol 1ue na!oi ps1S =, lne AouAVe
eaae's "ete eNen ~ ouf nnus'-au u, a honor
10 'lle'i' anu 1'11snohiA: -, Anat tney nave
made good use Of their military knowledge,
the drill Of regiments all over the States
WILL sno" 'he 11sn1 euato, "aose 1anA
and file, once commanded by OUT present
Chief, Mcclellan, is now
e131used throughout the grand army OF the
United States The Chlca 50 Light Artillery,
Who 50 noefy did ther duty at Belmont,
ana more TOO. Wien Then they h1st went
10 Cairo; and last, but not least, the
Shields. montgomery, Highland and En-
nett Guards, whose deeds OF heroism
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