Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-22
NEW SEREES-VOL. I.-NO 44.

SPARKLING INTELLIGENCE FROM TExAs.-A
correspondent Of the st. Louis Republican
says:
Martial law has been declared in Hous.
ton and Galveston, and all Union men
have been waited upon by vigilance
committee, and ordered to enlist in tho
Confederate army and be ready for active
service, or leave TIE State, and six hours
was given to decide. The Union party is
strong throughout tie State, hut is awed
by the violence Of the traitors. Thou.
sands were leaving The State in conse-
quence Of the terrorism. The Gulf
steamers from Galveston to New Orleans
are crammed with men heeing for the
North, and it was stated in New Orleans
that ten thousand must have lett North
ern Texas, leaving. crops in the field and
everything behind. There is great bitter.
ness between the Unonists ard Disunion-
lists, and il the former were strengthened
there would inevitably be war among
themselves, and there is imminent dan
ger of it now. When Sam Houston spoke
in Galveston there was almost a fight. A
committee waited upnn him and request
ed him not to speak, or if he did, not to
discuss late events i'll the State. He re-
piled tha, he should speak as he pleased;
no threats should intimidate him.
Too Coon TO BE LosT.-Gov Andrew, Of
Massachusetts, is in hot water about mill,
tary order intended to menace the South,
Among many letters circumstance from
patriotic military men in the State, is one
from C.u Manning, of the Selem Artillery
lie says
They, the Salem Light Artillery, are
now filled with astonishment at the alac-
rity with which Massachusetts offers her
services IN the work Of war against her
brethren. That she who swept on by pc,
litical rancor proposed to shut her arse.
nails auG her storehOnses. and bury every
military ensign in the dusty secusion OF
deserted armories, while foreign foe was
sweeping our seas, destroying our towns,
devastating our fields that she woald
now rush to arms against those of her fell
low citizens who ask position equal 10
her own under the confederation, is as
strange ana unnatural, as that national
madness which vents itself in the horrors
of civil strife That she who denounced
and defed the Union, while it was in tho
hands Of her political opponents, should
now be so eager to fight for its preserVa
tion, is somewhat significant"
AFTER PRAYErs, LOOK Our Tho In,
dianapoliS journal eports the following in
the proceedings of the great Union meet
ing fighting meeting-in that city or
Saturday night last: We cannot resist
giving an anecdote related by Mr.. New
comb, as illustrating the difference be-
tween the two sections OF the country,
During the past win ter, said tho speaker,
Robinson of Rhode Island was unfortu-
nate enough to form tae aouuaintauce Of
Wigfa |, OF Texas. Wigfall was clustering
in his windy style about what the South
was going to do in the event of war. Rob-
inson listened until he had finished, and
then replied: " Mr.. Wigtall. you don't
understand our people, il you accuse US of
Cowardice. You are msaken. You Of
the South talk big then you take
drink-then put in more big tall-then
take a drink. We Yankees don't oper-
ate that way We sit down and calculate
the cost, and what is to be gained by go,
in g into anything. Having made up our
minds we say, Let us pray and after
prayers you may look om fer HoH."
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! kx-PREsIDENT FILLMORE, with the little
Of Major, is commander Of a company of
home guards at Buffalo, called the Union
/ ContnentaIs. They are. dressed in black,
with the Continental cooked hat and
! Union cockades and the Buffalo Republic
says; "a more imposing set of men were
never paraded. Led by an ex.President.
the ranks are made up of men worthy OF
such an officer. Doctors of divinity, OF
national reputation, march side by side
with doctQls OF medicine Lawyers Of
flty years standing, capitalists, mer,
chants, bankers and ators, are the staple
of the company. As asample Of what the
Continentals is composed, we would state
that in the ranks are those who have
/ hitherto held military positions: four gen.
erals, Afteen colonels, twenty nine majors,
/ iorty>seven captains, forty lieuten.
ants and ensigns, and tweniy-one honora
| ry members"
PROCLAMATION OF THE GOVERNOR Oh
GEoRGIA.--Gov. Brown, Of Georgia, has is
sued his proclamation commanding the
citizens of that State, that they 90 not I'M
der any pretcxt whatever, remit, transfer,
or pay TO the Government of tho United
States composing said government which
i, known as q free soil State, or to any
city Of any such State, any money, bills,
drafts, or other things of value, either nj
payment ofany debt due or hereafter &c
become due, or for or on account OF Any
other cause whatever, until the tcrmina,
ton of hostilties. 4 similar command
has been made ON the banks of Georgia,
and is done in pursuance of law of the
State.
Very MoDERATE.-The New Orleans
Crescent says I've have no inten .ioE 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
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