Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-04-04
MAHAFFEY ..ToOK DoWN.n

| late the large and rapidly increasing foreign
vote Of the Country, and these disclosures arc
owing 10 the drunken blunder of clerk from
| Washington City, who was sent out to Ohic
! for the purpose of organizing ssSag-Nicht'
| lodges After reading the disclosure, say:
| the Pittsburg Dispatch, We think the essay
Nothings'' should add an obligation on theil
members to .sDrink Nothing
1t seems, according to the Bucyrus Jouruc
of the 1st inst, that one @. W. Johns, san of:
| fetal of General Pierce,'' and two democrats,
| Hall and Jackson, started for Richmond by
Rail, to form a Sach Nicht Society, and reach
| ed that place, Feb. 10. The faithful met them,
| and got into a regular spree, s:Drunk came,
| and brought in the Marshal, who nabbed q
| W. Johns-while the others, being swift OF
| foot, managed to escape. Ihereupon this
worthy sswrote as follows to the editor Of the
Crawford county JoHTnaI.'
MANSFIELD, FEB 1G 1855.-Dear Sir:-Hcrc
l am slight" as thunder, and good deal fight
er than any OF us were when the Marshal I'M
dertool to nab the whole gang for getting
struck with Jersey Lightning Fortunately
for you fellows You little more nimbIe
than was, and understood the private alleys
with which l. a stranger, was unacquainted.-
But | do not think yOU and Hall and Jackson
displayed the right kind of disposition to jump
ana run. leaving me alone. 10 UEOp lutO tlc
hands of an officer without having any intima-
ton given Of the proximity of the police.
The success of the administration and the
certainty of getting our reward, depends upon
our keeping united But the idea Of forming
= Sach Nicht association is ali knocked in the
head for the present, (confound that MuScat OF
Shack's.) Gen. Pierce will think am a dew
iIish queer clerk, and am .sdoing up'' his bu-
siness in beautiful style by getting into such a
confounded serape. Really, cannot help but
blame you fellows, but no matter now. The
Mansfield Guards are all right, the Postmaster
tells ne. AS soon as | get clear OF this arrest,
l will let you know, and Hall and jackson can
come over and assist me in organizing.
In haste, Yours, q. W. JOINS.
Here was a fix but G.. W. Johns is a genius.
He got bail, agreed TO appear before the May
or, changed his mind and 'scut stick; His
next letter, therefore, was dated at
AsnL4SD, Feb. Il, 1855.-Here / am, clear
and clean, and having the letter which wrote
at Mansfield still in my pocket, l will contin-
ue an explanatory note in connection and re-
NIT TO you. You don't catch me in Mansfield
again. The mayor, not having time to go into
an examination bound ME over to appear at
the next (this) morning for examination
got some friends (?) TO enter bail for me, and
afterwards found out that they are putting the
temperance law in force without any dstinc-
tion Us to the standing or connection of the per-
sons arrested. Seeing no chance for myself if
came to trial, / s'cut stick and left the bail
in for it.
would have had some compunction about
doing that if they had treated me right, but /
had hard work to coax my friends to bail me,
and even then / had to promise that | would
say ssgood word' for them to the President
in case there should happen any mail agencies
or any other government offices to be filed
With the certificates that | had in my posses
sion from Pierce and other leading men of
Washington and of this State, and of which
they had full knowledge, L think it was their
duty 10 step forward promptly and assist me;
but when found how backward and shy they
were, determined that if got them into it, |
would let them stick, and did and am not in
the least sorry for it. They can recover the
loss the best way they
will try to get to your place soon and form
an organization. Your county has great rep
utation with the powers that be at Washing
ton, and Of course your name, as we'll as the
names of some other leaders of your county,
stand high on the list of the Presidents favor.
II Tc can push the Sag Nicht association
through, and keep strong enough to carry the
next Presidential election, you may all expect
TO obtain Il reward fully equivalent to the ma
jority your county viii! give; you know the terms
l 600 majority will entitlc your head man to a
with other offices for other leaders.
x '
Our name takes we'll with the Dutch, but it
does not go down we'll with the Irish. But the
Irish have no help for themselves. The Know
Nothngs are down on the Catholics, and that
fixes them. Ii | am rightly Informed, the Ger
mans are strong in Crawford, and there are
but few Irish to conciliate, so that L see no
difficulty In your keeping everything right.
will give you due notice when to expect me.
Yours fraternaliy, W. j.
Rv OVERSIGHT -baSa rich letters 1ypro SAINT +c
the .'BacyTus JoWrnaL'' instead of the ssCrdlc-
ford County Journql.' The editor of the for
mer did not exactly understand them, having
neither sympathy with sack or Sag Night, but
concluded something rich was ''leaking OUT
and so published them! But the day after,
a note, precious note, was received by him,
the close Of which is as follows -
ASHLAND, Feb. 18, 1S55.-Ed. Bucyrns Jour
nal, Sir-It is only necessary to say that it
Cthe letter. was misdirectcd, and will in all
probability fall into your hands. As the con
tents are strictly of pr;gdie nature, trust
That if yoa get this before You receive that |
that you viii return it TO my address at this
place without opening it.
II, perchance, it should have reached you
and you should have opened it, L will be under |
lasting obligations to you if you will reenclose
and return 1t 10 me, for which service l will |
remit you ten dollars as soon as [ get it.
Yours truly, G. j. JOINS
The editor of the BWcyras Journal determin- /
ed to probe this matter, and ascertain who this |
q. ". Johns was, and what was his business. |
Sohe visited Mansfield and Ashland, and ascer-
aimed that he was at the present time clerk |
n the employ of the Administration at Wash |
ngton, but engaged just now in the business |
IF organizing Sag Nicht Societies in Ohio
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The New STATE OF ssCoLUMBIA. "A bill |
las been reported in the California Legislature
o divide that State, by creating a new one. TO /
~ pollad the estate of Colup,iia and 70 on,