Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-12-18
Magnitude of the War.

iyo actions, when compared with some Of
the oloouS battles OF the past, yet in mag.
nltude oi preparation, the present civil
war IN America has scarcely parallel IN
| history Some OF Our engagements" and
'skIrmlshes," too, have not been so very
insignificant, and when compared with
many coniicts in our own two wars with
England, will take rank fur above
them. The Albany E0eaiag journal has
made tie following interesting compila-
ton from history, citing few incidents
| from the war Of 1912 TO show what petty
affairs, relatively. were some Of the most
brilliant Victories achieved 10y our arms -
Laac. Intel.
The first battle" of any importance
was that of Brownstown, near Detroit.
fought August 9th, 1872 Our force was
only COO, that Of the British and Indians
combined, $50. Our loss was Is killed
md OJ Wounded that of the enemy 100
Gen. HILLS 'army," which disgsace-
| fully surrendered at Detroit six DAYS later.
only numbered $500 men while that of
the enemy consisted OF only 700 English
and 600 Indians. No wonder Gen. Brock,
who commanded the latter, wrote to Sir
| George Provost: "When detail NV good
fortune, your Excellency will be surpris-
ed"
AT the battle Of Queenstown, two col~
umns OF 300 men each, did abou. all the
lighting on our side. Gen. Van Rensel-
laer, in mis- report, says: "One-third part
OF the men idle might have saved all. }"
As it was, some looked on, while "many
fled into the woods" leaving their breth.
= rem to Their fate
At the siege of Fort Erie, the English
threw 2OOO red hot shot without hurting
a man. Our loss was only killed and 7
wounded.
Brigadier Gen. Sm h abandoned his
tavolte project Of invading Canada West,
because, although he had been preparing
/ the greater part Of summer, and had EN-
ergeticaly drummed up volunteers, he
had succeeded in collecting only 1900, and
he did not think the expedition would be
successful unless he had 1900 more.
At the battle of York our force was
100; that Of the enemy 700 English and
100 Indians. Our loss was 3O6 IN killed
and wounded that Of the enemy 100 kill
ed, 300 wounded, 200 prisoners This was
one oi the most brilliant of our victories,
yet it is not to be compared with the bat
tie Of Belmont or that of Balls Bluff, elth-
err as regards the number engaged or tue
losses sustained.
At the battle of Slckett's Hubor, the
encmy's force was LUO0; ours, 800. His
loss in killed and wounded was $50; ours,
. l54. Among the trophies taken 10y our
troops were the British Standard and mace.
Oge, The utter hung hVn,1n scalp,
I'.,p, u D.. I
esteemed big thing IN it., day ye, his
whole fleet consisted of only 81 guns and
two swlyels; that Of the enemy 65 guns
and swlvels Oar loss in killed and
wounded wa. l23 that O! the enemy has
never been definitely known.
At the battle Of Chippewa our loss was
32S that Of the enemy jl4 AT the battle
OF Fort Erie our loss was 81; that Of the
enemy jS2.
Al the battle of Baltimore the enemy's
forces numbered from 1000 to 5000; ours
was probably less than half hat number.
Oar loss was about 10 that Of the enemy
some 700 in killed. wounded and missing.
Ev m the battle of Now Orleans looks
insignificant to eyes that have witnessed a
reconnaissance on the POjomac, 5000
strong, aud "A review Of 7O,OOO troops.
The British force, including sl!lors and
marines, was about 1000 that of Gen.
jackson. 300 on the left bank Of the ril-
er, aud about 800 distributed in positions
hard 10y. Our loss was seven killed six
wounded; that of the enemy 100 killed
and 400 wounded.
1t iS safe to say that Notwithstanding
the torpor OF a large share of oar army,
and the taunts that we have thus far been
playing at war" greater number ot
lives have been lost within the last five
months than during the "War Of 1872"
as~The 7rijume says "A dispatch
from Washington intimates that the Rev.
Editors of the LadepeadcM are about to be
sent to Fort Lafayette, the paragraph
which we Express dltto) copied from that
paper and commented upon two days ago
being considered as reasonable. We trust
that previous good character may be per-
n,itted to be urged in mitigation Of so Sc
we're a penalty
The Independent is, weekly, full of "trea-
son, and if Catholic Weekly Editors,
such az ECMastels was. are TO be sent to
Fort Ia Fayette, the OLgregauonaliSm
Of the Independent should not save il. The
previous good character" will not bear
conlrastas McMasters previous patriot ism
and public character are head and shoul.
ders above that Of the Independent, while
his private character was as good. Mean
while Mr. Seward keeps the Independent as
an official LaN Publisher, and thus indor-
ses the treason" Of the said paper against
the Goyernment.-N. \. EJpresS.
Eay'The wedding Of Dan Rice, the I'm
ion stump speaker and Snowman, took F.,
place at bis fl run, near Girard, Penn. on
the jth inst, Miss Charlotte Rebecca Nc |
Connel, Of Grard, being the bride. His ]
residence has recently been rebuilt, and
fitted up in q style OF peculiar but most
admirable taste. wild and romantic |
tract of land, sufficiently ample, on one
section of the farm, has been enclosed as
a park, in which are number of elk deer, |
l.'Ii,I, aat n tho con fro a 6sh ,npl - |