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Ihcre are many stra'ngcms IN war, anu
as many, It may pe wen saiu, In iove ="
law. 49, ,b,
a youtg man OF Nureniburg, VINO naa
no fortune, requested q lawyer, iriend OF
nus, 70 recoihise"u nlln W ~ fanny .l VIZ ~
handsome daughter, who was to have d
large fortune. The lawyer agreed, but the
father Of the young lady, who loved money;
Immediately asked what property the young
man hadf The lawyer sald ne DID not
know, but he would inquire: Inc next
time he saw his friend, he asked II ne had
any property at all.
"Well," said the lawyer, "would you
suffer any one to cut off your nose, II he
would give you twenty thousand dollars" ;"
"Not for the world'
"'Tis well" replied the lawyer; i had
reasons for uskinsr'
The next time he saw the girls father,
he said.
nave inqu'IEu TS apOu' ;i,ss.SS ia'S SOu y" III;
c,reuuS,aneSs 'a S.. c ;.i n"s IS S'r which 10 nv
.nr,rI - Lo L.s Locn ofgcred and refused
knowledge ne mas Deen Tmerea anu 'e'u'eU
twenty !h1us'llu I 10 I"'' III s,.ho % oon.or,
in,S ,nS ,nu"seu :";e',. % mich sccor,l;nolv tooE
~. ,h"nnh = ;s aid in the seu1el. that
, 1864-03-26

a trial, involving matters Of a delicate
character, in which It was deemed necessary
to establish the nature Of an intimacy be-
tween the defendant, u married man, and
a young woman, took place a short tint
since. Among other evidence offered, a
witness, daughter Of Eve, Of course, stat
ed that she observed the two sitting so very
closely together that she could not see the
daylight between them,' (graphic descrip-
ton that; that he had his arm around her
waist, and though her head was turned
away, he frequently stopped down and
kissed her lips, and she returned his car
csses ardently.
"You say you did not see the lady's face,
Miss 7" queried one Of the counsel. How
then do you know that the woman the de-
fendant embraced was not his wife!
Ellis wife-pshaw Do you think I
havn't sense!" ..
Whether nature has or has not pro-
vided you with the average amount Of
brains, madam, is not the question" re-
marked the attorney rather pompously.
" Please to answer me the one ask 7" =
Are you in earnest, sir!'
"Of course l am, madam"
"Well, then, sir, you don't know much.
| knew they weren't husband aud wife
when saw them kissing each other, for
husbands and wives don't do such things"
We have blind rhrsnologist in towr;
who is great on examining bumps. A wag
or two got one of our distinguished judges.
who thinks good deal Of himself, and has
very bald head, which he GENERALLY covers
with wig, to go to his rooms the other
day, and have his head examined. Wags
and judge arrived.
"Mr. b." says one, eve have now
brought you for examination head as is a
head; VIC wish to test your science"
"very we'll" said the phr b logist,
place the head urder my hand" gr-t
{" lie wears q wig" Says one. ....
"Can't examine with that on" replied
the Professor.
Wig was accordingly taken of, and bald
head Of highly expectant judge was placed
under manipulations Of examiner. .s.s.
"What's this! what's thisy said phre.
nologist and pressing his haiids Oh the toy
Of the head, he said, somewhat rufiied
" Gentlemen, God has visited me with af'
Fiction, 1 have lost my eyesight, but anl
no fool; yOu cant pass this of on me for
head y
A stranger from the courtry observing
an ordinary rolling-rulc on the table, took
it up, and on inquiring its use, was an
swered, .....- .--.....
"Itis a rule for counting hotises" To,
well-bred, as he cotistrucd politencss; to asI
unnecessary questions, he turned it owe
and over, and up and down repeatedly, ant
at last, III a raroxysm Of bafiied curiosity
inquired, " How, in the maine of wonder
do you count hotsEs with this 2"
aWhdt is the best guard rs,inst at ad
versaryf' said pupil in the art OF self
defence ~ his teachcr-a noted pug,Iist.
Keep a civil tongue in your head" wa
! the unexpected and significant reply,
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sTE1AcooM TERRITORY SATURDAY MARCH g. 1864

have o sight"
"a brave sight, sir: for he 10 N bo ac-
companied BY q gallant coyalcade and the
trades of the town are To turn out with han.
ners and music TO do him honor Itw;ll ha
stirring day, sir, and I trnst n oood one
for nv poor house here G,r sucS do;ngs
make people as thirsty os en- many DIV
sponges."
To these remarks the c,,est made M renlv
but proceeded with his d;nnor. ,La n,.ter;
ais for which having, in the meantime been
brought in. and placed on tho table bv an.
other attendant.
ON the following morn;nv tho l;t,lo town
Of Linlithgow exhibited scene Of unusual
hustle. Hosts Of idlers were sepn ontbered
here and there. along the wbolc line Of the
main street; and persons CARRYING trades'
banners might be seen burrvinC in 1ll direc-
tions to the yarious mustering.nlaces Of their
craft. An occasional discharge Of cul.
yerin, too: and. M the mornin1 advanced
merry peal of bells heightened The promise
of some impendipe event of unusuai occur.
renee. By and by. these SYMPTOMS of pub.
lie rejoicing became more and more marked
the groups Of idlcrs increased the banners
wore nnfnrIod. .So s";no 30 H. e o,.I,".;ns yIns
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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-01-20
CLEARFIELD, PA, JAN. 20, 1854.
coNeREssIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

JAN. u.-IN THE SENATE, Mr. Hender
sons proposed amendments to our Consti-
tuition are lst, That slavery, or invOlunta-
rv seryitude, except as a punishment for
crime, shall not exist in the United States.
I'd, That majority of all the members OF
each House may propose amendments to
the Constitution that majority OF all the
States, through their legislatures. may do
the same that such amendments shall be
the Legislatures of two-thirds of all the
States In THE HOUSE, bill was referred
to reimburse Pennsylvania for expenses in
calling out militia during invasion.
JAN. l2-IN THE SENATE, Mr.. Fessen-
den reported back the House bill, extending
bounties to veteran and other volunteers 1t
was passed THE HOUSE went into COM
mittee of the Whole on the bill to reimburse
Pennsylvania for calling out the militia for
repelling invasion and appropriating 5000,
600 for that purpose
JAN. l3-IN THE SENATE, Mr.. Bucka-
lew wanted the Government to print 5000
copies of McClellan's report for the use OF
the Senate In THE House, Mr. Boutwell,
reported a bill to enable President Lincoln S
Emancipation Proclamation TO be carried
into effect. The House voted to print l0,-
600 copies of Mcclellan and Grants Re
ports.
JAN. 1.-THE Senate took up the En-
rollment bill The original amendment of
the Military Committee, striking out the
$500 clause, was rejected by vote OF % "a
rainst II. Mr. Shermans's amendment
came up, which strikes out Section Of the
original bill ,and provides that persons furn-
ishing substitutes or money shall be liable
to draft OH future calls and raises the COM
mutation to $500 Mr.. Howard's motion
retaining the $500 clause of the old bill was
adopted by vote of % told, in lieu OF Sher-
JAN. i5.@fN THE SENATE, the Enroll
ment bill then came up; an amendment pas
sed prohibiting enlisted men from serving as
substitutes save in regiments OF the State In
which they first enlisted; an amendment to
strike out the $500 clause was lost.
JAN 15-IN BHE SENATE, a petition was
presented from citizens of New York praying
that the unnaturalized residents be not ex-
empted from the draft. Nearly the entire
session was taken up in continuation of
the debate on the Enrolment bill, and amend
ments were agreed to providing that veter-
ans re-enlisting shall be credited to the dis
tricts from which they originally joined the
services; the commutation money shall be
applied to filling the quotas of districts in
which it is paid, and that colored troops
skall be credited to the States from which
they enlist
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Revolutionary Proceedings,


The extraordinary proceedings of the cop
perhead Senators becomes more interest
ing daily, says the Harrisburg Telegraph.
1t was fully developed on Thursday morn
ing that the minority in that body refus-
ed to join with the House of Represen-
tatives in appointing committee to make
preparations for the Inauguration of the
Governor elect on Tuesday 10Th. On res
olutien Of Mr.. Lowry to proceed to the
House for the purpose of counting the votes
cast at the last election for Governor, they
renamed silent and the Speaker declared 1t
agreed to. When the hour arrived to pro-
ceed to the House of Representatives to
count the votes in accordance with the Con
stitution, not one of the minority accompa-
MED the majority, but every Copperhead
remained steadfast in his seat. The sixteen
Union members discharged their duty faith
fully, and the votes were legally counted,
and A. G. Curtin was duly declared Gov
ernor elect for the next ensuing three years.
and no rebel horde at home or abroad will
prevent his Inauguration on the 10th inst.
1t will make but little difference whether the
friends of jeff Davis in Pennsylvania will
participate in that preceding
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WE HAVE THEIR RECORD.

In another part OF to-days journal we
publish 'sThe Record Made Up" from the
proceedings of the Pennsylvania Senate,
which should be read by every truly loyal
man in the country 1t will be observed
that the minority in the Senate refused, by
their votes, to accord the praise due our
brave and gallant armies for their efforts to
save our glorious Union from destruction by
traitors-deny them a just and well-earned
compensation for their services-and are op-
posed to granting them the privilege to vote
whilst in the service of their country. In
referring to the course pursued by the mi
nority in the State Senate the Harrisburg
Telegraph, of January 18th, says;
''As time elapses, and the minority in the
Senate waste days opposing the organization
of that body, We can congratulate ourselves
on one fact, namely-thdt ,ChtJe they had
their spite, ne hare got Their record. The
delay in the organization of the Senate
has not benefited the minority any further
than the opportunity which it has afforded
the leaders of the so-called Democratic par
ty to record their bitter antagonism to the
Government The minority have settled no
question of Constitutional right-they have
endorsed no precedent in legislation-they
have established no principle IN Justice
| they have succeeded only in obstructing and
destroying the rightful and necessary pro-
gress of public business And while they
were engaged, thus far, in this work of spite,
| they have made record for themselves at
once full of shame, inconsistency and lngratl-
tude They have insulted the soldier in the
| field, by refusing him the just need of
praise which his valor has won. They have
outraged his family at home, by opposing
that increase of pay with which the soldier
can alone secure the comfort of those whom
he loves They have insisted upon the deg
radiation of the defenders of the Govern
ment, by denying to the soldiers the fran,
chises Of citizen. They have encouraged
| traitors by attempting to defeat the efforts
to put an end to treason. They hare 6y then
IN arms for tie destruction Of the Fedora
! Union and the National Government! In
! this, and in nothing but this, has the effort
to postpone the organization Of the Senate,
thus far, resulted Loyal men have lost
nothing but time-traitors have gained moth
ing but shame, by the delay of that organi-
cation. Our friends represent a righteou.
cause They are resolrrte in its support anC
defence. Their opponents made the issue
to depend upon a monopoly OF officers ano
patronage to which they have no just claim
they staked the very integrity of the Sen
ate upon the privilege to be accorded to then
followers to plunder, and now let them abide
the result Let them take the record they
have made, with the responsibility which
they have assumed, and &c before the peo
pie. Let them do this, if they dare, anC
they will be politically damned =
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snaik | fear his case is a hopeless one.
lie has letoff his venom in this last effusion,
until the reptile, true to his tribe, very wise
ly concludes to bite himself and retire to
''HelEs mad houses, if they are not full.
LII they are, his Satanic majesty can ap-
point nam coal heayer-there Is not the least
doubt but he would make capital one being
'coppered and copper-iastened and warran-
ted no waste timber. He would be placed
on the roster and soon be promoted to an A.
No. Devil-of-a-Cop. There seems to be
some confusion in the Grahamton nest. For
scarcely had the For the whole Union
Cop bit himself until "a fellow that never
sees snaiks' uncoils his snaikship and rises
to a pint of tincture OF corn The pint
is decided to be we'll taken, and he lets off
his venom IN heterogeneous essay on the
intensely literary" attainments of one LE-
ROI-a fellow that seems to be deal of tlou-
bic to the Copperheads. am under many
thanks to the generous snaik in noticing at
length my letter of the 4th inst am not
surprised at the snaik letting off his gas. It
was too much for his copper procliyities Ton
reading that portion of my letter he has o.
bliged me by quoting from so largely, to
contain his virus The idea of departure
troubled him; and the allusion to the boys
of Co. d, SD p. V. getting home, made
him think that his time of departure was
nigh. And he thought right. So
Lay on Macduff
And dam nd be him that first cries. Hold
enough. LERoI.
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A Pithy Rebuke.

The hackneyed cry about the ''obiect of
W. -I----e~a'' ...i..f.--li.
and pithily rebuked by the Brooklyn IN. Y. J
Daily Union.
The most complete foil to this is the ac-
ton of the people of the slave States. They,
if any, should be sensitive to such change.
They, if any, should turn most eagerly from
war waged for emancipation instead OF for
the Union. What is their action Louis
lana arms her citizens and her freedmen,
and send them to fight side by side. Della
ware presents the first case of the re-enlist
ment in the army of entire regiments Ar
kansas adds FIVE thousand volunteers to the
force of General Blunt in ten days. Two
thirds of the border State members of Con
gress vote for the arming OF negro soldiers,
and for the strongest resolutions of loyalty
yet presented, and presented, too, by one
of their own number.
1t is useless to rart. Even the scredulity
Of Democrats has its limits. Our soldiers
are not mercenarieS, purchased at higher
price than George the Third ever paid for
his foreign soldiery" Our people are not
driven herd There are asses among us,
but they are more plentiful among the VIII
ters than among the readers of disloyal jour
mails. The people begin TO see that the bor-
der States understand this question thor
oughly, and are still true that the only
| change which has taken place is in public
sentiment For them the war is still for the
| Union, whether slavery go down or not. To
endeavor to convince them that the fall
of that institution indicates change in the
object of the struggle is but splitting against
| the wind, with its unpleasant consequences.
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Letter from Hilton Head.
We publish the following axtract from a
private letter, by request
TJu IIr.n nao 1929

We publish the following axtract from a
private letter, by request
HILTON HEAD, S. c. Dec IA, 1868.
FRIEND P-I received yours, and was
glad to hear from you. The weather is
beautiful here-the sun shining in his beau
ty. The wind hutters the green leaves. as
though itwas midsummer day. The boys
are all well and in good spirits We had a
very hard storm on Wednesday last The
next morning we could gather up barrels of
whiskey, hard tack, canteens, etc, and fra
grants of the wrecked ship along the sea
shore. Some of the ''old soldiers" got bull
ly drunk. About this time we were ordered
out for dress parade-our Captain having
'smelt rat. Our orderly called out com
pany Ill, when 1t was ascertained that ,eight
prlvateS and three non-commisSioned officers
were absent without leave. after which we
were dismissed Now the fun began some
were bucked and gagged, and the rest were
made to walk the ring for twelve hours with
out anything to eat. If men use them
selves well, they will be used well by the of
hcers-punIshment is their own fault
During the late storm, rebel ship was
run into Hilton Head harbor. laden with
turpentine, and was worth Sl50,000. The
mate of the ship got the hands ON his side,
and put the Captain in irons, and then run
into this harbor. Bully for the mate
L have been in the service now about four
months. 1t appears but as day L shall
never regret my trip to South Carolina. If
the draft goes off. | expect that some of the
Bradford boys will 60 crazy They had bet
ter look out. or they may be put aboard an
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The Exchange of Prisoners.

The Washington correspondent Of the n
Y. Tribune speaks fully as hopefully of the
result Of the measures proposed to be taken
by General Butler, in order to bring the reb-
els to terms regarding the exchange of pris-
oneTs, as did our own correspondent in his
dispatches yesterday Wequote the Wash
ington dispatch on this subject from We'd
nesday's Tribune:
The mission of Gen. Butler here has a
much wider reach than has yet been stated,
and relates to future plans of the utmost
Importance, the nature of which must re-
main secret till subsequent action on the
part of the rebels cause their development
General Butler had another protracted in
terview tG-day with the President, Secreta-
~ Stanton ant, Gen. Halleck, and is under
stood to have received their Endorsement of
his proposed course, and had full power Civ
en- him to carry the same into effect. That
all the rebel prisoners, about g, 600 IN num-
Der, are TO be transmitted to his Depart
ment is true, and retaliatory measures, to a
proper and legitimate extent, have beer de
termined upon. There is also embraced in
Gen Buffers scheme, move in the game
which the rebels little think of, and which
cannot fail to bring them to terms. He has
proposed countermovement to every posi-
BILE contingency, and whether they refuse to
hold communication with him or not, the
result will be the same.
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DELIEF NoTICE.-The Board of Relief

DELIEF NOTICE.-The Board of keeI
IL for the county of Clearfeld, will meet al the
Commissioners Office in Clearield, on hednes,
day and Thursday. the 9th and 18th days Of
December, d. 1868.
The Board of Relief have directed that the we
of the soldier must appear before the board ana
produce her sworn statement. detailing name u
soldier. regiment and company, and when enli'
ted the number of children, with age and sex o.
each the township in which they resided al tho
time OF enlistment, and their present residence
and that she is without the means of support lo
herself and children who are dependent upon nei,
Two witnesses of credibiiity from the townshiP
in which she resides must also be produced; " noI
certificate isworn to before the Board OF kens.,
must set forth that the applicant is the person %
represents herself TO be- that the statement o. te
number and age of her family is true that she -
In destitute circumstances and her family ID a
tual want, and that all the facts set forth ID H''
application are correct and true.
Forms containing these acquisitions can oev
tained at the Office of the Board of Relief Nn'"
application is made and the witnesses appear
n. B. Illness Of the applicant, properly pfe''-'
will excuse personal attendance -
Jan 6 1884 WM BRADLET, c'sFf'
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Who are jackson Democrats 2

In THE SENATE, on Friday, January Sth.
Mr. Worthington offered the following res
olutlon
ResoIred, That this day beingt the Fiftieth
anniversary of the great victory achieved by
Gen. jackson over the British arms at New
Orleans, and in appreciation of his patriot
ic devotion to the Union whilst President of
the United States, we deem it highly proper
to appropriate portion of our session this
morning, to the reading by the Clerk, at u
o clock, of his Proclamation and Farewell
Address to the people of the United States
On the question, viii the Senate proceed
to second reading of the resolution? The
yeas and nays were required by Mr. Stein
and Mr.. Kinsey, and were as follows:
YEAs-Messrs Champneys. Connell, Dun
lap, Fleming, Graham, Hoge, Householder,
johnson, Lowry NJ Candles. Nichols Ridg-
way, Turrell, Wilson, Worthington and Pen
ney, Speaker-l6.
NaYs-Messrs. Beardslee, Bucher. CIV
mer. Donovan, Glatz. Hopkins, Kinsey,
Lamberton, Latta, NJ Sherry, Montgomery,
Reilly. Smith, Stark, Stein and Wallace-l6.
So the question was determined in the
negative.
By reference to the above vote it will be
seen that all the Union men in the Senate
of Pennsylvania voted to honor the memory
of. Gen. Jackson, by reading the old hero s
Proclamation and Farewell address, on the
Anniversary of the battle of New Orleans,
whilst every opposition member voted against
the resolution. Which are the true Jack
son Democrats?
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CORRESPONDENCE OF THE JOURNAL.
Letter from Capt. Am. Smith.
MANASSAS JUNCTION, JAN IL, 1864,

MANASSAS JUNCTION, JAN. IL, 1864
FRIEND Row:-In your paper of the 9th,
[ notice your remarks concerning the Com
ing Draft Allow me to say, that If the
citizens of Clearfeld county will pay the
same amount of bounty to her soldiers III
the field, who may re-enlist, as other coan-
ties have done | am confident that many OF
them would do so. Every man who re-en-
lists is credited to his proper district. A
full statement from his company command
er is sent to the office OF the Provost Mar
shall General at Washington, giving name,
age, ETC., township, county, district and
State so that no mistake can occur. 126
men have already re-enlisted from this Re-
ment-only one of the number being from
Clearfeld 1t is true, that in this Regiment
there are but few persons from our county,
but there are many in other regiments, and
would re-enter the service if placed on equal
footing with persons from other counties.
A draft may be avoided and experienced
men kept in the field, if proper inducements
are offered. Yours truly,
ALFRED NJ. SMITH,
Capt. Co. c. 5th Regt Pa r. V. c.
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NOTICE-

NOR RENT.-The subscriber wishes to rent
II or lease his farm lying in Woodward town
ship. ClearfeId county. Pa The Improvements
consist of about hundred and ten acres of land
in a good state of cultivation large bearing Or
chard of choice fruit. large and comm0diOus
plank house with neverfailing spring of water
convenient to the door. n log barn and other out
buildings ANY person wishing TO rent farm for
a number of years applying soon and being well
recommended, will get good bargain.
Jan 6 1864. WM. 2. ALEXANDER.