Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-08-31

Lo TuB PROGRESSING FooTsTEPs OF The
TYRANT- Each succeeding day Is tighten
ing still moro the chains Of the despot up
on the American people! Each hour
secs liberty sinking deeper and deeper IN
to dishonorable grave Pennsylvania
has at last fallen into the tyran's clutches,
and we fear the fate Of Maryland and
Kentucky will soon fall upon our State.
l,v AjnGn4yfd E6urty last week, DO Lincoln
to intimidate the Democracy, and to op-
press and plunder the peopla, He has al
so sent three regiments to Chicago, to in
toriere with the Democratic Convention
which is to assemble At that place on the
Goth instant.
/ Fellow countrymen, dy you observe the
. intentions Of the dcspotI Nerve your
selves with valor, Arm yourselves for
fight Prepare for the bitter end Better
let the fertile soil of your valleys be
drenched with your blood better to die
amid the smoulderiug ruins ofyoUr towns,
citieS and dwellings, better TO rend the
heavens with your dying shrels and
Igroans, than to suffer the fendish impos-
ter who has enthroned himself at Wash
ington to rivet the chains of slavery upon
you! This is his desire: this is his de-
termination {! Will you suffer him to do
1t? Had we the power TO command and
sway the people, no mercenary of Lincoln,
with his innocent soldiers-who really
have no heart in the shameful work
which they are forced to perform but
who are compelled by military tyranny to
obey the will of their commanders -
would dare to invade the peace and sane
tity Of our homes Death would meet
him at every border and if unconquera-
ble numbers should be precipitated upon
us, we would utter the fearful, the terri
bic command" Freemen the torch up
ply ii TO your homes-your property ,
Snatch the plunder aud luxury from the
vandals Perish PERISH PERISH
WITH TOUR LIBERIYES'- LevisJvrg
Argus.
/ TERRIBLE ATFRAY BETWEEN SOLDIERS on
THE B. u y. r. R.-LYNcu Law APPLIED. -
Yesterday morning train left Washing
ton with about six hundred soldiers, of
different regim ents, on their way to Join
Sherldan's com mand at lIarper's Ferry.
While at Beltsville, where detachment
Of the Veteran Reserve Corps is on duty,
lue lIllu sNllClleu OH, anu lnc eOlUlels
amused themselves by throwing apples at
the Veteran Reserve Guard, and applied
to them epithets indicating their being
Home Guards" afraid to fight, &c. This
irritated the guard, and sergeant in
charge, whose name was understood TO be
Porter, picked up musket and fred up
on the train, wounding one soldier slight
ly and killing Joseph Laughln, Company
f, llth Vermont. AS soon as the act of
shooting was perpetrated the soldiers got
of the train and beat Sergeant Porter in
terrible manner. 1t was subsequently,
ascertained that the man killed had not
thrown any apples or used any epithets.
Whereupon Sergeant Porter was taken to
tree near by aud allowed three minutes
to say his prayers. and then bayoneted un-
I'll life was extinct. The guard of which
Porter had charge were unable to render
him any assistance, as they were few in
number. The parties who inflicted this
summary punishment upon Porter were
requested 10 take him TO Baltimore and
have him regularly tried but this was re-
fused, the soldiers preierring to take the
law into their own hands. Porter, it is
said, belonged to Co. d; 18th Veteran Re-
servo Corps. His time had expired, and
he was to have been discharged yesterday.
baltimore Gazette, Ay. %.
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