Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-12-25

,t.l,muHttmoue lh, r0opit plns ,e1
.mnht io thht IN ihy tnltcA States on ,ho
p,es uf lhe bomntimeui a lUA Sumter
s,,eml ol ibe mmt foimdabh hfi,hh wat
,oHth were p,llmt ready 10 al ioi ihc
Mnth Notlh Amclican station
Nothing oi an official character has yet
taken rl,cc between Mr Seward nnd lhc
British MtnlNc, at Washington, q, hr as
lis mbl.y known though its believed
that teycnl informal interviews have Ia
ken place between them un the suhlcrl--
Run,ors continue to vary az 20 the probn.
blc result ot negotiations on the front
aiItir-somc representing II ss certain TO
terminate amicably, ANA others as equally
scrnin to result iu war One story has u
that Mason aud Sldell will be delivered
up. Il nothing less will satisfy the British
demands: aud the next, that no such de-
mand will be made, aud that nothing viii
be ash ed that our Government cannot
grant without in any degree compromising
her honor Tie steamer Africa sailed
from New York on Friday last with dis
patches from the British Minister to his
Government, aud also from our Govern
ment to our Minister in London. Brit
ish vessel also sailed from New York With
dispatches from the British Minister ut
Washington to Admiral Milne, in conf
maud Of the British fleet in Bermuda
one correspondent representing that this
dispatch requires the Admiral TO repair TO
Boston Hart or with his entire fleet os 10
vessels and demand the unconditional SUR
render of Mason and Slidell. OF course
this is mere gossip.
From Missouri we have accounts OF sig
nal success on the part of Gen. Pope, who
succeeded in cutting off several rebel sup
ply rains, ard a large number of recruits
one report making the number as high
as two thousand with but little blood
shed. Hopes were entertained that Gen.
Price would attack Gen. Pope, in which
case it was thought the con!ederates would
be completely whipped out ia Missouri.
! 4 fight occurred some days since near
Murfordsyille, in Kentucky, in which the
confederates were reported to have been
defeated. We have not seen the details.
On Friday last u brisk engagement took
place at Drainsyille, Va, between n de
tachment of Gen. McCal's Division, and
three regiments Of rebel infantry and one
of cavalry, in which the Penusylvanlans
acted with signal energy and bravery
completely routing the enemy and dii-
81, "a Al Df tyit
severe loss. The following is Gen. Mes
Calls official announcement of the affair
EVANSVILLE, Dec. 20.--General Ords'
brigade, with the First Regiment Of Penn
sylyania rifles and Easton's battery OF ar
tllery, had brisk affair with the enemy,
consisting ofIour regiments and battery
Of artillery, near this place at twelve NJ. to-
day.
| arrived during the action, and sen. fog
General Reynolds, who vas left at Diili-
cu.t Ron. The enemy was defeated, ard
fed before Gen. Reynolds arrived.
Wo have found forty killed Of the enc
my and ten wounded on the fed. ON
loss Is two killed and three wounded. w,
have taken tTo Calssuns, with the harness
. rs, the horses having been killed.
The regiment of rifles behaved finely
Lieut.. C)l, Kane was very slightly woun.
? ded, but is stlll in the field. have col
, lecled the dead and wounded, and am
, about to move back to camp.
Gro. A. MCCALL,
Brig. Gen. Commanding.
The rifles" above mentioned were The
"BuclS tails" commanded by Col Kane,t
. which the Rattucu Rangers are attached
= Other reports uitler as to the amount n
0 loss on each side--some making the los
I on our side 10 killed and 10 wounded AN
c as hiyh as $50 killed and wounded on tn
II part Of the enemy. And one report state
: that two ofthe Rangers were wounded
y Mr. Glenn, and Mr. Burnett.
u Why Is Ir?-The Harrisburg Patriot d
Ji-a, and the Harrisburg Telegraph ar
. both published about the same hour ever
) morning. The latter gets here the ever
!. ing of the day it is printed, and the rOl
mer "a hours thereafter. Why is this ?
s Is it because the editor of the Telegraph
y Postmaster at Harrisburg? We hope no
= But there must be cause for it.
8 Wholesale SELF.CoNDEMNATIoN.- The
y. Tribwe makes the singular conlcssio
S that its whole course for the last te
). years has been "pernicous blunder," a
!, Tor that lergth of time it has devoted it
=, self 10 the work or crying down tbs re
l sources of the South and deriding the
: dea of it's daring to break loose FROM til
/. Union, with its energies palsied by sue
an element of weakness as the institutio
Of slavery. But now it regards SLAYER
y until it is abolished, as "sn element ofpc
. sitiye and terrible strength, and says:
"The history OF this war, on the part {
both government and people, is it'll