Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-09-28
9aftsn,an's 5ournal.
CLEARFIELD, PA, SEPT. 2S, 1864.
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE JOURNAL,
Letter from Philipsburg, Pa.
PHILIPSBURG, Pa, S PIT. Is. 1864

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DEAR JOURNAL AS [ predicted in my
last, so it has come to pass. There is trou-
| bic in the wigwam. The standard bearer
ch )sen by the Grand Sachems, when in
counsel at Chicago, has refused to smoke
the kin-i-ki-nick put in the pipe of Peace
by them; but has filled the pipe with such
a mixture OF the weed, as best suits his taste
The mixture does not suit the radical Sach-
| ems OF the Copperhead tribe Vallandig-
ham declines to take a Whit; nary puff, of
such conglomeration. The grand organ of
the tribe, DAILY Neaos of New York, calls
loudly for the re-assembling of tn. council,
and tells them to fill the pipe to suit the
chief or nominate chief that will smoke
the pipe, as at first filled.
The faithful of this town and vicinity,
were in high glee when they received the
news that Little Mac had been nominated,
and, as usual, in loud manifestations of Joy
at the brilliant victory which was sure to be
theirs in November. 1t was some days af-
ter the Young Napoleon's let. er of accept
ance was published, before the snaiks began
to fall back into torpid situation. At first
it was all black abolition lie They could
not see anything of Mcclellan letter in any
of their papers, and hence they knew it was
lie. But truth is mighty and will pre-
vail, even in such rotten cause as Cop
perheadlsm, and SO at last their papers con-
tanned the heretofore black abolition lie, and
then 1t was all true as gospel. 1t caused
fall in the stock though. They could not
help but understand from the letter. that
George b. NJ M'Clellan was trying to carry
water on both shoulders and swallow the
platform but like unfortunate father Ad-
am, he choked on the core. The name of
Mcclellan has grown as obsolete, within the
last few days, as that of John G. Fremont
They Cops like Micawber, are waiting for
something to turn up, and they will find
something turned up Tor it may be DOWN
in few weeks.
The great and grand hue and cry of the
argument or talk with one of them, and he
will invariably latter being fanked on all
ifs, butts, and 'ands' that he advances)
end with the negro question. They seem to
take an especial interest in the slaves of the
rebels, and the colored race generally. They
find great fault with the administration, for
admitting colored soldiers into the army and
paying them the same as white soldiers
Yet they can take this much derided race,
and put them into the field as substitutes
Look for moment at the list for the great
Democratic county of Clearfeld. On her
quota of some 500, in the call Of 800, 900 vol
unteers on the 10th of March last, there are
nearly 800 of these poor, despised, degrad-
ed and horrible colored men as substitutes
for the chivalry of your county. Three hun
dred colored men sent forth to fight the reb-
els in the field, while their principals stay
at home and fight, in the rear, the very
same black soldiers they have thus substitu-
ted to go forth, and fight the enemies of
this glorious Union. ''Oh, consistency, thou
art jewel" Not day passes but what
see or hear some portion of these men who
have sent colored men as substitutes, and
first, last, and all the time, they howl about
the negro and call every man that sustains
the Union 'woolly head, black abolition
ist, and everything that they regard as in
famous, while they, cowardly dupes substi-
tute cotored men to take their places beneath
the glorious Stars and Stripes, and fight for
the maintainance and preservation of that
Government whose liberties and blessings
these Copperhead allies of Southern treason
now so happily enjoy
The cry of hard times is another howl
the Cops make When asked for an evi-
dence of what they assert, they are at loss
to point it out Never has a country -four
ished as this town and vicinity has for the
last three years. Three years ago, the grand
total of steam mills was summed up in
the numeral but to-day they are counted
by the dozen. Scarcely large tract of tim
Der, hereabouts, but what there is seen to
ascend puff of steam from its midst, and
the shrill steam whistle pipes all hands to
breakfast. Three years ago, lumber could
be bought readily, at the mill, for 81 per NJ
feet for pine, and Spruce, or Hemlock, no
sale. y Look at the figures now. The most
common pine boards sell at S22 per NJ, and
the better qualities at from $40 to $40 per
NJ. Yet with all the increase of saw mills,
and advance in price, the supply is not equal
to the demand. Hard Times" must be |
plead with any chance of success) in closer
proximity to South Carolina than this neck
of timber is situated. But it would be
Gods blessing to the country, and all the
people thereof, if these croakers, who talk |
and do all they can to make hard times, were
shipped off to the Southern Confederacy (?l |
that they might there feel and enjoy, to all
intents and purposes, the truth of their as
sertions about hard times and a worthless |
paper currency. Yours, LERoI.