Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-02-10
Letter from Philipsburg, Pa.


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more changes, In this part of the gigantic
North, than would have been produced in
times OF peace III twenty-five years At the
commencement of the war, lumber manuiac
ttmed, was selling for 81 "a IS per NJ, and
not very ready sale 1T those figures, except
at certain seasons OF the year It now sells
at prices ranging from Si6 to $50 per NJ,
owing to the situation of the mill from the
rail road Coal has advanced to double the
former prices The black diamonds are be-
ing removed from their beds at the rate of
many tons per day. This, however, is but
a speck on the horizon, TO what it viii be
when the coal operators get rightly under
way. There is but one set of mines in any
thing like full operation-the mines at
Powelton. The farmers Of these farms in
old Decatur, that kill-deers used to have TO
carry a knapsack over, are doing a tilliDg
thing for the repIetion Of their cherished in
stitution, the root of llevil. 'Iisstrange
too, passing strange, what Il rapacity they
have for Father Abraham S greenbacks, and
yet to hear some of them give vent to their
pent up Democratic part ee grief, one would
suppose they would as soon, and with more
propriety, handle copperhead, than one OF
those same greenbacks.
The farmer, take him all in all, is adverse
to the law Love thy neighbor as thysef.
He never regrets to hear OF prices gong up,
when he has anything to sell, but he deep
IL, sorrowfully, lanents the upward tenden--
ev of the articles ne must purchase, and
curtatks to fearful tension, the grocery eX-
| penses of his household They are doing a
sweeping business now selling their hay--wild
grass, briars, young bushes inches at the
but, and dry pine stump roots suitable for cui-
mary purposes, included--at the moderate
sum OF $50; rye straw, prospective, at oO
cts per bundle, % strawS to comprise bun
die butter al iatiHitHm cts, and eggs out
| ofreaeh of cents. But the farmer is as pleas
ant as Miss Ciementine Shoddv was at the
| ''Russian Ball The lord of the soil as
sumes a decidedly different phiZ, though,
when he pays his blacksmith, wheelright Or
| grocer the advance they ask. Then is the
time 10 tell where his pulsating organ is 10
Gated If for the welfare OF his country,
| the restoration of the Union, and tor sus-
tanning the administration, IN putting down
this rebellion, then you may rest assured
that his heart Is not out OF It's place and he
viii pay the advance without n muTmur
but if he goes on TO expound the ConstJtu-
ton, the habeas corpus act, the Emanclpa-
tiou proclamation a bitter pill and theaboli-
| tionists, then you may bet your existence,
and offer, safely, 100 to o, that his heart is
| In that deiunct institution once known by
the name Of Democratic par-r-ee, and he
/ will howl at the high prices. Happily for
the country though, there are not many Of
| the farmers but what see the rebellion IN the
| right light and will do all they can to help
| the authorities put it down Once IN a
while one of the old war horses of democra-
cy comes along with the new addition. Cop
perheadism added to his text but the ad-
dition has 50 completely taken possession of
the old stager, that there is not vestiga of
the old principle left, except the prejudice
of party.
Hang out your banners on the outward
page of the Republican. The cry is still
they come! Hail Young Nestcr, the
champion Of copperheads in the secluded
jungles Of BeccaTla. AL hail. to Young
Nester.
"oh Natures nobIest sift-.my grey goose quill!
Slave of my thoughts, obedient to my will;
Torn from thy parent bird to form pen.
That mighty instrument of little men,
The pen fcredoom'd to aid the mental throes
OF brains that labor big with verse prose-
Like this Young Nester" Of Beccaria
And Is it possible that this champion Of
Copperheadism has gone TO his hOle-that
with his last effusion on this cruel wal" he
is going. to wind up his snakeship entire.
No wonder the Nester Small" Of the Bee
caria nest did not like'to sound the solemn
kneIl of the dead snaiks. Oh that he had
my supernatural, ink-corroded pen to
write his valedictory. But | am happy to
know that he has sung his last requium so
faithfully correct. Never since the era Of
Copperheads was inaugurated, has there
been more truthful article penned, than
the letter from this gallant snaik oi the y st
ult There 1t is laid down as plain as Jeff
Davis & Co could possibly desire. How
viii the last amalgamation Of the copper
head dynastyi Congress on the 4th inst suit
the virus OF Young Nester p Wake up
ye snaiks, and hear the death knell of Cop
perheadism. Why stir up the dusty rec
ords, books and pamphlets Of other days.
Now IS the time-now IS the hour Strike
at the present and not fret and foam for
hours searching Helper for quotation to
help out your snaikship, with pronulga-
ton of your virus. Take dose OF Frank
Blair and the Woods :, the radicals and cop
perheads uniting 10 vote down the Union
delegations. ] have always contended that
there was no difference between copper
head and radical See the boat how it
gides down the stream nova radical at
the helm, copperheads pulling the oars.
y Oung Nester you would make Il capl-
tai bowsman for that craft. However, if
you do go-and of course you Will for that
is the road all copperheads that are impreg-
mated with the virus as you are-must trav-
el. Do not by any means forget to take q
copy of Helper with you-it viii serve you
a good purpose. And if you should hap
pen to get in as much of hurry while let !.
ting off your gas, as you did when your gas
ometer was expanding on your valedictory,
and your thoughts become blended and con-
fused as you say they did, then, turn to
Helper and it viii help you out.
Hold ye spirits from the mighty deep
a commission from the Grahamton nest