Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-05-07

clad yrtsols are bot permitted 10 move An
inch unless hy the Oiduu uf the Secretary
lofiho Navy We haveheatd ID apuounc.
od a. fact that such Va tho case ard that
thcir commanders afe tied up with such
lmdruciions and restrictions ~ 10 CONS
Iplciely prevent them from proving of any
| value whatever as means Of iniuFina tho
enemy. II this is really 20, We think the
/ sooner we procure PlGss cases O. nut our
| iron,cltd steamers in to keep tho enc,
mys wooden gunboats from hurting them
the better
From the Richmond DIspath, April. as.1
We regret to say that the news wo have
thi, morning is by no means agreeable--
Official dispatches received Yesterday con.
firm the fall OF New Orle,ns, contrary to
our belief and the belief OF nine tenths of
this community.
The public would Min be informed Of
the ctuscs OF The fall of New Orleans
One rumor says Il at the Iron clad. bomb
proof steamer Louisiana was sunk at the
first t.e from the enemy's mortar boa,a,
and it would be q :ehef to know whether,
u! L3ct she played any part in the matter.
10 was believed here that she was tested
with fifty rounds Of ball Of one hundred
and fifty -four pounds weight, without do
ing her any damage, and much was there
fore expected from her. We express the
universal sentiment when We say that the
mystery attending the fall of New Orleans
should receive speedy solution.
iFrom the ssme panerl
II is very heavy bloY, but IL ia very
far from being fatal blow. We may ex
., ~ b.,y ~
emy's gunboats can be brought to bear on
all the points still in on? possession. Give
him all OF them-eyery one--and sull he
is rs far from bis object rs he was this
time last year. Hattelas fell, Hilton
head fell, Roanoke Island fell, Donelson
fell, New Orleans has fallen Bat cur
great armies nTe still in the field They
have not tsileu-they have not been
worsted-they have always beaten the eu,
my wherever they have encountered him.
When they shall have beer beaten and
dispersed 80 that they can never rally
again, then it may be time 10 feel gloomy
about our prospects. Unit! that time
shall have arrived it were unmauy to de.
spond, far less to think Of abandoning the
cause. Even then the last resource Of II
brave nation, resolved not to be enslayed
remains to us. We can even then, as 9th.
er nations have done before us, resolve
ourselves into guerilla force, composed
of the whole country, and fight the battle
for life or death throughout million Of
square miles. But that time is not come.
They have not beaten our armies in pitch
ed butles, nor do we believe they will ev>
er do it. Beauregard, with - powerful
army is sill The guardian OF the South,
west. johnson, with force still more
powerful, faces Mcclellan at Iolk. Stone
wall jackson presents IN undaunted front
in the Valley our armies in Georgia and
South Carolina are unslbducd, and we
continue to hold our own in the Old North
State. The enemy has never been able to
obtain an advantage over Us, except by
means ofhis guChoats. Take them away
from him, aud We can always defeat him
BY the loss OF New Orleans We are sep
arated from West Louisiana, Texas, Ar
kansas Missouri, but many of the bravo
troops from that side OF the river aae with
US, AVID those that are there will keep up
the fight, III spite OF their isolation. They
will lbu, conotHntly employ large nuns
Der Of the enemy army, and serve as n
powerful div erslon in our favor. II every
seaboard town in the Conlcderacy, and
every river town which can be reached bv
guuboats, were in the possession Of the
euemy to morrow, it would not have the
slightest effect upon the issue of this con
test. 1t would not be so disastrous as n
defeat of Beaurcgard's army, Or give half
the cause for dcspondency. Fortunately,
they took no prisoners; our troops re>
main to reinforce Benurrglrd, or go else
where as they may bo ordered.
The event of this war Is still us much in
the hands OF oar people AZ it was before
the fall of New Orleans. Having madu
himself master OF the river and seaboard
towns, the enemy ifhe wish to conquer us
must come into the interior. There he will
have TO beat our armies, without .he aid of
his iron.clad gun boats, before ho can boast
of having subaued the country. In the
meantime the occupation of so many
points must necessarily tcrd d TO the weak,
enihg Of his strength upon those points
ON which the grand issue is to be decided,
and thus far his success is scarcely dis
advantage to US.