Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-07-15
Revelations Of Prison Life.

heVelatlons OF Prison Life.
Some of the greatest villains en- the face
Of the earth are TO be found aboard a COM
yict ship. Their conversation ia awful 10
hear--it is 10 filthy and blasphemous.-
/ Here and there amongst them you may
! find men who are anxious 20 reform, aud
have brought a taste Of religion with them
out Of some model prison. These men
arc called 'Jpys' bv' the rufiins they are
packed with, and who persecute them out
of their senses almost. IL joy is only
caught saying his prayers, woe to him
1t might be supposed that there is some
protection for q man Of this sort. il he ap.
peals for it nothing of the kind. There
is no officer on duty between decks. Tho
ser rtinel cannot get to the persecuti ting mob,
md he doesn't want to; he enjoys tho
sport too much himself An cid gentle,
man with short temper is q p, feet God,
seud TO his fellow-coD yic's; he ia kept in
everlasting rage, and the more he troths
and Swears the more fun there is, Cr
course Houors among tAieye, I've heard
Of, and believe, partly ; but thcrr is little
OF that in convict ship. They gob and
plu3der one another without Iu roy. and
nothing Is too bot or too heavy for them.
/ is !his plundering and tormeI.ing that
causes 60 many disturbances on board
IL ls here, too that old grudgos are paid
Oft If one man has done another any ia.
jury in the prison they came laOm-be-
,raying anything, for instance his lie is
not worth much when they CON, together
on board a ship. MOB of enemies is
soon enlisted against him VINO rob him Of
hiS food, garrole him, and beat hIln un-
Incredibly. These pranRs are generally
! played in the dark, Tho poor fellow re-
ports his tOrmentOrs 10 the doctor, per-
haps; but If he does, So much the worse
for him. He has TO suffer double then,
for mischief making; 50 he finds at last
that he had better take his miserIes qaietS
ly; though il is not easy to DO 80 when It
comes 20 scalding That is a ia;orite 7ay
of Ill using black sheep. a man comes
down the ladder with bucket oil boiling
toa or water and any one he has grudge
against happens to be near enough f.: the
purpose, be has au accident, tuAbios of
the ladder and souses nis mark" H. tae
boiling liquor. He may get 5cNlded hjmq
self in the tumble, but he will Iun tho
risk oi that if he feels pretty sure Of nav
ing his revenge. All sorts OF gambling -
on IL q cOnY t'ship. cards, dice and don't
49,. i.4E sgIauU OtIu Or uIILgOsL any ti.4ga
Tie mon can lay hands on. Those who
would read to each other are annoyed by
Lhe To@sls, their scripture reader is made
Il laughing. stock Of. IoOacc5, pipes and
g.og are to be got by paving gcVl p.icc
10 The sailor, and so with gambling and
Iiotlng, and worse, the voyage is got over.
Convicts ought TO nave some employment
on board ship; that, and graICllieS for
good conduct, wolld make o reformation,
am confident, - COrnhR Magazine.
TEE OLDEST CONTINENT. ntice ofthe
Louisville Jownal is occupying bimsef
aud inslrucling nis readers, by writing q
series of geological articles. We extract
the following paragral h from his last esI
say. Commendug Sif Charles Lyo.l's new
work he says:
"The intelligent reader may learn that
the North American Continent was the
first dry laud that rose above the waters.
There are on this continent many regions
that were geolng'cally very ancient, at the
very time numerous places in Europe that
are hoary with historic age were not yet
born from the womb IF waters. When
Europe and Asia were not continents, out
repre scnted only by Il few i5ltO6'. consist
ing Of what are now their mountain peaks,
sea tered over a vast expanse ot ocean;
when Mt. Elna was yet unforIced, eDo
the island Of Sicily was still hurried be
meath the Mediterranean wacn the Ats
lan,ic seaboard back to the Appalachian
Mountains and the Valley o: the N!ssis-
sippi up as far as Vicksburg were yet be,
meath the ocean, there were roaming
among the Mainvais Terres o: Upper lis
sou,i, in the midst Of profuse vegetation,
some of the strangest animals that have
ever giad,iened the mind OF naturalist,
They became extinct Ootore the era Of the
mastodcn and elephant, and they differ
not only from all living species b1t from
all fossils obtained from contenlporaLey4
geological formations elsewhere"
Even his Enemy's Speak well Of him.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, one Of the
paid organs Of the Administration, says
''Jui7s Woo3gord is a citizen Of uqmro1cia-
BE character. an oJt jui4, anil u pa,rig'i,
gsnlsmoH. S. far the Convention n.4Jcert
thS Old tine sgy1eh T tie puty."
Inc Easlon Erpcss, another journal
tha, warm in the support Of Irea!de.t
Lincoln war policy remarks when speak
ipg OF The receipt of The news in taat
quarter:
e" Tie nomination Of ,Iudgs W5od0ard an,