Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-03-16
CLIPPINGS AND sCRIBBLINGs.

T The rebels have put Kilpatrick's off
GERS iii irons.
4 The Prussians have been repulsed in &
fight at Duppell.
Il Very muddy-our streets. A few stones
wouldn't hurt them.
7 Going north-large focks Of wild geese.
\ sure precursor OF spring.
T A general revolution, in Germany, is
anticipated to occur III the spring.
T The soldiers bounty fund bonds in
New York, are selling at premium of five
per cent
T Reports are again current, of the in
tended recognition of the rebel Confederacy
by France,
T The German papers in St Louis have
| hoisted the name of Gen. Fremont for the
Presidency.
4 1t is estimated that the Union Leagues
in the United States number more than 800,
900 members.
T Brig. Gen W f. Smith has been nom
mated for Major General Of volunteers vice
Grant, promoted.
T The widow of President Harrison died
at her residence at North Bend, Ohio, on
the 26th of February.
4 1t is reported that one of the tugs cap
tured by the rebels on the Chesapeake, last
| week, has been retaken.
7 The American shipping in the Chinese
waters is lying idle on account of the pirate
Alabama being in that vicinity.
4 The rebels say they destroyed Sc, 5O0,-
600 worth of public property at Norfolk
when they evacuated the place
= a gentleman lately arrived at New Y ork
III - 4 oh
bought of a reb for five dollars
+ Reported Queen Victoria will
soon abdicate the throne of England. The
Prince of Wales is the successor
I The Rhode Island House of Represen-
tatives declared with great rtnanimity for the
reelection Of President Lincoln, on Thurs
day q week.
I Barton, who robbed the y. S. mail at
Hartford, recently, has been sentenced to
two years confinement in the Connecticut
State Prison.
Il Gen Seymour has been 're-enforced in
Florida. His position is formidable, and it
is asserted that he can hold it against any
rebel force that may be sent to dislodge him
4 An Irish woman ninety-four years of
age was lately naturalized in New I ork that
she might inherit a half million of dollars
left by the decease Of her three bachelor sons
I In Cincinnati, last week, wealthy
Quaker refused to give any money to aid the
war, but said there was a loose 500 note at
his Office. which the committee might find
T Tie Riichmond Dispatch contains an
advertisement of the Danville Female Col
-lege, announcing that the price of board for
twenty weeks is $500 or five barrels of -four.
Z Rev DIR. Schmucker, for over thirty
years a professor of the Theological Semin-
ary al Gettysburg, Pa, has announced his
intention To resign his position in August
next.
I It IS said that the best remedy for frost
ed flesh IS Indian meal, mixed with cold wa
ter or milk, applied literally as soon as the
injury Is discovered, and kept on till the in
fiamation is subdued
Provisions of the Whiskey Bill" said
Spriggles, as he read his newspaper, Pro
rtsionS Of the Whiskey bill, is good Whis-
Ky Is victuals and drink, and it renders lodg-
ing quite superfuous.
I Corn Is very plenty in the vicinity of
Natchez at ten cents per bushel, in the field,
where it has been left ungathered in conse-
having joined the Union army
AgOou STORY Is UOiu OF an lrlShman VINO
went to see the gorilla in the cabinet of Am
herst College. Not knowing the difference
between that animal and the guerrilla, he
on seeing it, Good God if they
have got such soldiers as that off South,
ain t going to war.
I About again-that ponderous six-shoot-
er of ouF Comprehend eighbors-iudging
from the manner in which they popped at |
things generally, last week. Perhaps the |
mersheen received little peconta'y greas-
ing from the X. O. C's, who met in Survey
'r Generals Office, as to cause it to run at
such furious rate.
T At recent copperhead convention in |
the delegates voted by ballot |
or their Gubernatorial candidate, and "a
nong the votes cast, in the handwriting of |
he persons depositing them, were the fol-
owing: Oreger S. Seymer, o. S. Semer,
}. S. Semore, 0. S. Seymore, 0. S. Sey-
nor, O. S. Semar, O. S. Senior. They'll |
saye harder spell Of it at the polls.