Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-09-16


| From the above it appears that l06l in the
just 1861 in Erie county, whilst the quota a.
warded TO Erie under the conscription act is
| l379-an excess of l5t,
And 585 in Clearfeld county equals 4S7i in
| Warren. and the quota awarded to Warren is
493-an excess of 5f.
Again; If an enrolment of 8 800 in Clear
| field, NJ keau, Elk, Cameron and Forest gives
| 1,C40, what will 1852 give in Erie Answer,
| l364a-l43 less than the quota awarded Erie
under the enrolment act;
And, If an enrolment of 964 in Clearield
county gives 5s5what will 1852 give in Erie
Answer, 1861, uearly-1l1 less than the quo
| Ia awarded to Erie.
Thus 1T will be seen that, in every instance
in which these sagacious (O Copperbeads have
attempted contrast, small excess appears
to the credit of Erie and Warren counties.
''Ah. butt say these great (?) mathemati-
| clans, ''you have taken the enrolment of 1868
| for your calculations, and not the census of
1860" Just So Messrs Copperheads. That
is the true and only basis upon which the ap-
portionment could be properly made because
the enrolment embraces the male population
which alone is subject to milit ary duty, whilst
the census takes in ,UoB,en and children as well
as men; and il our exceedingly sagacious
neighbors were to ascertain the relative per
centage of the sexes in the several counties,
| they would, perhaps, be able to discover some
thing in relation to the true cause of their al
legged discrepancy-for whilst Clearield and
Jnffa
males over females, Erie county has an excess
/ of only 574 males. The of 1860 was
not taken into the count; neither was the o.
| pening of ssa ralroad'' or the soil excitement
considered by the War Department at Wash
iHgton-the latter being neither legitimate
| nor available material from which to recruit
| the Union army.
/ But take the census of 1860. and what is
the discrepancy existing between Clearfield
and Jefferson counties and the county of Erie,
| of which We hear so much complaint In
1860 the population OF Clearfeld was Is, ,759,
| and that of Jefferson lS ,27O, making 81 ,O29 :;
and in Erie it was 40 ,432. II 81 ,029 give
/ 1861, the quota of the two first named coun-
ties what will 9,432 give7 Answer, 14l6I-
/ just 81 more than Erie furnished under the eu-
rollment act. The quota to be furnished by
| the 18th district is 8, 1888, of which Clearfield
furnished 5S5, being not quite one sixth of the
whole-hence the proportion of Erie's 81 ssde-
feiency," which Ciearield supplies, would be
| about 6 men. Allow of these to be Re-
publicans, and you have men left, as tn ex-
tent OF a most stupendou, fraud (?) perpetrated
on the Copperhead family OF Clearle Id coun-
ty. Oh horrid How will these incorrupti-
BILE (D editors survive this heavy shock
Perhaps, Uncle Abe had better send for Doc
tor JEFF, to relieve them from their dilemma,
as the latter understands the science of repu.
diation perfectly.
We hope that We have succeeded in answer
ing onr ueigbbors questions, and that an in
tellfgent and appreciating community will
| give them due credit tor the great encourage
nlsnt they have extended TO the drafted men
in this count, and for their disinterested effort,
in behalf of the Union army and Union cause
| by quibbling over an imaginary wrong.
| Judge Woodward thinks that slavery is an
incalculable blessing" What, then, is his
! opinion of freedom We trust one equally
enthusiastic. In that case, We have the sin
gular creed, s.Slavery and Freedom are incai-
culable blessings, - which is much the same as
complimenting Christianity and Atheism in
one breath, or praising at once Washington s
farewell address and Mr.. " oodward's speeches.
SAD NfFAIR.-A few evenings ago, at Port
land Mills, seven miles from Clarion, Pa,
while the Prov ost Marshal of Elk county was
attemDting to arrest deserfer aamad DapiaI
Smith, and during scuf1e with him, the re.
volTer of the Marshal was knocked from bis
hand and accidentally exploded, the ball en-
teripg the neck of Mrs. Smith, killing her in
stsntly verdict Of accidental death was
rendered.