Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-03-13

done work IN missouri, ana went there TO col
lect money due to him. The letter tells the
result. Singuarly, enough, the unreasonable
young man seems TO be opposed to compro-
mise in the case -..- p --.... .. ....
...- NEBRASKA CRY, Feb. 18, 1861.
DEtR FATHER AND MOTHER: When | got
back from Wisconsin, some one had told them
that i was salaried :snigger thief - so I was
taken the very night got back owhere had
been at work in the woods, by len or twelve
rutfians, stripped bare, tied TO a tree rope put
around my neck and.orer limb, and told that
| had got to Gown up' or be whipped 10 death
| tried to reason with them, bat they were full
| Of whisky, and OF course it aid no good. They
cut whip eight or ten feet long (crotched),
and then set one man to pull up the rope and
another to apply the forked gad, 1cith both
hands until il used up entirely, and then
gave me chance to s'own up'' again. | told
them they could probably extort anything
they wished to by whipping loug enough, but
that long as | had my senses | could tell
them nothing different from what had. They
got another CAD then, and used it up in the
| same way put fresh hand at it, OF course,
| this time, whether to divide the honor or to
multiply the pain could not determine, prob
| ably the latter. Thanks to kind human nature
II refused TO feel he most Of the Eaast sflty,''
| they called it. The thee that did the whip
| ing and choking were strangers. The others
| stood of at a distance, and as it was between
s and II O'Clock in the night, could not
coguze them. The leader has been Justice of
! peace, and is now Postmaster az Fillmore, Mo.
They tried to frighten me with fheir rev divers,
and one that had hold of the rope, after they
had concluded to whip no more, stuck his re-
| volyer up to my head, and, with great gravity
and Sternness, said: 'sNow, Cd d-u you,
own up, or ! will blow your DID brains out''
| They caught hold of him and held his pistol.
| Then be swore he would break my neck, and
| then jerled up on the rope, but they at length
| united me, not, however, until | had promised
to leave and stay away, which is not hard to do.
The charge of ssAbolitionist' was base tabri-
cation, got up by one or two that were owing
me, to get rid Of paying. Now l hope there
may be civil war-anything for an excuse for
me to go into Missouri, to hunt some of those
bloodhounds; but will hold my temper.
FoUR CoUNTERFEITERs ARRESTED AND SHOT.
The Memphis Enquirer, of 2Sth Feb says
! We last evening learned the particulars of the
| arrest of four counterteiterS and the singular
! administration of summary punishment on the
part of the people of POcahontas, Tennessee :
An old man named S. Carper and his two
sons, William and George Carper, together
with a SOM -in-law named Gruber were recent
| y arrested on a charge of counterfeiting at the
| above named place. Upon an examination
| being held, the testimony, including that OF a
| confident, who turned States evidence, went
| to show that they were implicated with band
of horse-thieves, robbers, and counterfeiters
of gold coin, the latter being carried on in this
| city. The four bound over for trial
| They procured bail and were released, when
| they threatened the lives of their prosecutors
land the party who had turned States evil
Isdence. This open defiance of law greatly en-
| ragged the citizens of Pocahontas, who took the
matter into their own hands, and Tuesday
! last proceeded to re arrest and take them to
| Jail. The four men made desperate effort to
escape, and the citizens seeing no other al
tentative and desiring to rid the town of such
set of Williams, fired upon them in their effort
to escape. The old man, S. Carper, was killed
on the spot, and the other three were suppo-
| sed to be fatally wounded. A large number
of shots were fired. We are of the impression
| that George Carper was arrested in this city
some time since, on the charge of stealing a
/ trunk containing s 600.
/
/ u. 5. TREAsURY.--The accounts laid before
Mr.. Chase on his assuming the charge of the
| Treasury show that there are funds on hand
! applicable to the current expenses of the Gov
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