Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-01


they nw the Eiphih Mamss sl..'g'
Seventh, and sIsiy ninth N,.'h
imenls watch up lpnhttl,hn. Y
The New lUtk Seventy .ftt, "
ted during the evening y"
The Annapolis junction TOAD
three Pennsylvania rerimeb,,
al auco to the Capital as Ana, \
iorccments Arrived from phil,ds
John A. Ford, formerly A w!
Philadelphia, and well kpow, Y y
arrested as lac went to his plae.' y,
ness ia Petersburg, on last Sa,o,a'
ing, and taken before q compu,''
W. llo was tried, and ahta'I
crowd cried out climb him % NM
meaning hang him-but hs %
masonic sign OF distress, and ~
persons interfering, got him au,
ford. !c lay all day SUNDAY y,
a grave yard. On Monday rei,i,.l
ly daughter, a sprightly little ch,s
years old, he started 10 RichmoSi'
ing behind him IL his stationarv !,
ment about eight thousand dolI,,'
Of property,
lie thinks the secessi5Ei,t, 4.
try their hand at the reductionSS
Monroe before they try to redan'
ington. lrthey can get togeths
enough army, they may attact \.
ultaneously. The reduction o !,
would give them control Of all th'
peak Bay waters ; without it tb, !.
TO every inlet, creek and river e,,1
trolled by the Federal Goyernms|
Monroe has a force Of |, 800 Ina,
its walls. The Baltic was lym,
stream on Tuesday night with N
ready to reinforce tho fort. G.,
intends to place 5000 men iah
A Mr.. Brown, also a resident N
delphia in former years, aud lals,,
dentoi Norfolk, declares tha. tb.h
Of the Pennsylvania was the \
sight he ever saw. \
On Sunday Henry a. Wis !
speech to an excited crowd Of Nrl
from the balcony Of q hotel, tel1
that Lieut.. Gen. Scott had resi,T
was detained Mt Washington h
that Lincoln had been made al
the extreme republicans in orda
the proclamation calling upon p]
and th It it the Nirginians were a
coin would finally yield.
Mr. Brown says further that !sl
ccssionists about Norfolk predI
confidence that jeff Davis wiKI
dinner upon the 4th Of July in Nh
House. They are guilty Of man \
extravagant expressions. In BIZ \
the flower Of the upper cla8; is nc
field, and if they suffer a severe red
the first great encounter, they viii
he able to rally under the blow.
The Border State COnverda
1t seems that arrangements h,u
made for holuing a Couyentm
Border Slave States at Frankio,d,
mex! Saturday, 4lh inst. In reIe,
this Convention, a late number III
Louis E,,aiaq Ncrs has TIE fol OVID
This Lody is to meet at franh-
on Saturday the 4th Of May neit
souri, has appointe | delegates tom
her in it; so has Tennessee; sui
at this moment going on in keta
the election OF delegates EHgl
appoint delegates to Representa- 4
it is hoped that Maryland, DrlaEl
North Carolina and Al Alkan.as. will
present in the persons of authors
rcsontativcs.
To give the convention The ID
and dignity which it deserves, and
ble it 10 speak with all the po'
authority Of the six millions Of \
the Border slave States every onel
States ought TO be Represented IN
the entire eight should act asa 10
The North is united; the Scuth
ted why should not the centre
united? Why should not the
slave States, to whom peace is all
and to whom war would be utter
ton, assert their individuality, rel
enticcments and defy the threats
the hostile antagonists, and deta'
neutr9lity, declare also that y
treat as an enemy whoever vlOi
neutrality 10y treading on theirs !
lfthe Frankfort Convention
with { true perception OF, and vs.
for the Interest OF the States 1t re-
it " II be an important body, 70
good. 1t will have the power, e
to arrest the March OF the oppOs
avert the terrible conflict that
place, ifthe combitants meet -
swords. If it resolves to mani
soil OF the Border States inviOla
oppose by the force of arms fnHi
the progress of the army Of els
across that soil-they will, by ON
place a wide strip of sacred term
tween the hostile Northern and
armies, and thus prevent a eenel'
nal strife, in which the cent?
Union would become the conn'
groupd.
The contest between the NJ
South thus driven from the Iana
have tc be fought out on The
means of priyateers. 1t would .
extra. Union contest, in which ID
alone would suffer and even '
severely, since neither would
power to inflict any serious blow !
other, and both after a time, "
weary Of the fruitless and resu'uss
would arree 20 cease from il, anu
tie the dispute by treaty. a.,
If the Frankfort Con'eh1I,
would avert q general war; IN W. W.
Border States would be groard. - 70
and made q wcltering desertIl
protect the true interests OF tnos