Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-02-12
FROM the BURNSIDE EXPEDITION.


Correspondence ol taa Now York ImaaI
The ships purchased h0. ,hg
expedition never could have stoola storm
at sea. old froigh. boats from IollUI
kecpsic and Albany were fitted un as guu.
boats, painted black 10 look iormidai le
and two OF them, tho Lanreraul Pioneer
carried five hundred troops each. When
in the trough ul the sea they rolled fear,
fully, and Captain IN the navy. who Ngs
On toud the Lrucer stated .Lul in case
Otu storm nothing could prevent her from
DIIgir- and going down The contractor
who iurnshed the water casks ior the eN
petition has committed an outrage up0u
our soldiers which should only eutItle him
/ TO John browns fate. The casks used to
put water in were old whislley, keroseuce
oil and Campheuc barrels furnished by the
Union city OF Baltimore. The sufcrugs
endured from this source were terrible
men could not drink il, it was too nause-
Gus. Another contract. Ice would have
been luxury TO the soldiers-it was 50 a
ton. Water we were short Of. Coal we
were short Oft was only 81 so d tom
Stone was worth % cents d ton. All OF
these most excellent ballast. Yet would
1t be believed that we took on board pig
iron at so ton as ballast, knowing when
we started we should have to cast II over,
board. Yet such is the fact. The runboa
Lancer arrived at Hatleras Inlet, short Of
coal and water, and yet she threw oyel -
tons Of iroE-Sl.7OO worth. The pionear
threw over 81 500 worth. In all, 5000
worth of iron was cast overheard, vet we
were short Of water.
The pilot, we were told, were all Union
Hatteras Inlet was Union, and New York
subscribed 50, 900 for the inhabitants, be,
cause they were all Union. Yet one of the
pilots hired by us went over to the enemy
and informed them Of every thing and as
for the inhabitants of Hatteras Inlet they
are too ignorant To know the difference
between Union and Secession. Ii is all
nonsense experience teaches US that Il ere
are no Union men there: that the 5000
rifles asked for, if they had been granted,
would now be on Roanoke Island, and that
the $1,000 sent to North Carolina, for the
benefit Of Union men. was all lest to Us.
The South are in earnest and we are at
play. We had TO pay $500 in secret SER
vice money TO those self same Union men
20 know whether Roanoke Island was oc-
cupied or not. Briefly reiterating the facts
contained in my first dispatch, and calling
attention 10 the rascalities OF these steam,
boat contra ctors, and other contractors,
and asking the public to pause in the con-
teInplatiOn Of a set of sCOundrCls who have
allowed the lives and the health Of $1,000
men to be peri.!ei by their liie-boats ard
their wator-Casks, ! will conclude by sta-
ting the position OF affairs. The naval guns
boats have crossed the "swash.' One half
o. ten Burnaide's vessels have done like
wise. Seven thousand troops are safely
over. Those vessels which cannot cross
viii Oe relieved OF their troops. and viii
cross on other vessels Vessels may be
injured. Water was scarce for a limc.-
The ratjons were rather slight. Bat the
whole army OF $1,000 men nave confidence
iu their General. lie is ever ready to re.
Hcve the wants of a shipwrecked crew, or
iHe pIIrliiDus @. "a soldier. IN the storm.
in his t0p-b0ols, his old gray flannel SHIRT
and ko-su,h hat, the American Gayiha.ii
is loved by all. They have fifth in A,~
bravery they have confidence in his iuig~
ment-aud their experience teaches them
that Gen. Burnside will never bring back
the star on his shoulder limmed by defeat,
but rathe: that it Will shine resylendeut
in victory. W. R.
FIFTH AVENUE HorRL Y. y, Jan 80.
a1-Foa goodness sake le, Us lose SIGHT
of the negro and strive to amclora,c thc
condition Of the white man. TheSt Louis
Republican 50 says, as ID touches upon the
abolition fallacies, and forcibly asks
"Whcre are those general uprisusS o!
the slaves, so confidently prophe-icd in
certain quarters, as the inevitable result of
a civil war? Where are those soryilo
bu,cheriJs that heate& imaginations con-
j1rei up as the probable result ofour do
mestic conflict? Where is that universal
uarest Of the blacks, which was expected
TO deplete the Southern States of the
'brawny sons Of toll, and lead them to a
safe refuge in the North? There have
been no instructions, and there are like
~ to be none. May not. therefore, the
Aboliuonis.s, who have been mistaken in
this idea, be equally mistaken in many
other notions that they are constantly and
pertinaciously forcing upon the public -
The holiday season Is over, when custom
allows the slaves OF the South almost un-
restricted liberty, and yet wO have heard
promised as following the occupation Of
the southern country by the Federal troops
Isn't it pity to try to wreck country out
of ofpretended consideration for a race who
can have no appreciation ofsuch sacrifices
for their benetit?"
DRAFr THE NIGGERITEs.-There is one
way in which Congress could get rid of
the offensive petitions which the
nigforous Republican abolitionists are
sending to that body. Pass
law requiring the signer to every free me-
gro petition to be drafted into the army,
and made to perform guaId ana picket
duty necessarily, and allowed to hold in
tercourse with no one hut niggers. This
would dry them up and rid the National
Legislature of a dirty nuisance. These
niger worshippers are not in the army to
any extent. unless holding commissions
and some plan ought to be adopted where.
by they could be compelled to render the
country a service, instead Of being dis
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