Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-08-24
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE JOURNAL
Letter from Philipsburg, Pa.
PHILIPsBURG, Pa, Aug. -, Il

| PHILIPSBURG, PA, AUG. -, 1864.
DEAR JOURNAL Feeling somewhat out
of sorts last week, did not come to time, "
| but by the blessing of the Great Disposer
OF all good, am again permitted to resume
the mighty weapon" and WELD it, though
weakly 1t may be.
| Our citizens are all astir this morning,
this being the first day of our August Term
of the Court Of Quarter Sessions for the
county Of Centre. Going to Court, is "a
| bout the last Of the old landmarks, that
have not been usurped, by the advent of
the rail road. Going to the City, or
going trip of hundred miles or less, that
| formerly was attended with weeks of prep
aratlOn, Is now common place occurrence.
1t used to be, that when our merchants
were making ready to go to the city to pur-
| chase their goods, everybody in town was
aware Of the fact, and when the day of de-
parture came, relatives and fiends bid him
| good bye, with as much solemnity as if he
were going on perllous journey, and they
would never look on his ike again. But
now he picks up small carpet bag, takes
the cars, goes to the city, buys his goods,
and is back again, often, none but his own
household knowing of his being away from
town. Not so i'll going TO Court, though.
1t is still attended with some hustle. A
trip Of twenty ght miles across the Ale
gheny, is yet among the things that were,
and he who has any litigation on hand, is
necessitated to get a chance" to ride over
land, though thanks to the Rail road, there
is always a public conveyance to get there
| but if he is Il juryman, or must appear at
| the opening Of the court on the first day,
| to 90 10y rail, he must start on Saturday
and travel some sixty miles OF a round.
There are several criminal cases from our
! l., III = o+', .h ic
the skirmish between the sandy hued scout,
and the Reserve Of the 9Th p V r. c.,
noticed in this correspondence few weeks
ago. Justice having fed this neck of tim
| ber, the scout wended his way across the
mountain to Bald Eagle Ridge, in search Of
the Goddess. He found her, perched, in her
solitude, on this side of the romantic Bald
Eagle Ridge, and there at her shrine, pour
ed forth his wrongs, in such sympathetic
style, that Lycurgus might have enVied, and
the Goddess granted him warrant, on the
C arge of assault and battery. The gallant
| boy of the old 9TH, got wind of the writ
and promptly appeared before justice Bra
! din, of utir town. with a host of hackers
and entered bail for his appearance at court
The scout was now outianked He made
the brilliant manouvre away across the
mountain, to get the warrant, thinking that
the constable would be compelled to deliver
the Reserve before the justice who is
sued the warrant. the justice of course must
hold him to bail or commit. The Re
serve, he THE scout, knew had no friend
there that would 90 his bail, and by this
splendid piece of strategy, he hoped to see
him placed lin durance vile. But the
scout failed, ingloriously failed, to carry his
point. Had it been a success, the Re
serve would not have remained, looking
through the ten. ..of diamonds, longer than
| a bai-piece could be executed. and sent to
the iaier. 1t is to be hoped that the court
may have a little light thrown on the sub
| ject Of diSunion language, that has time and
| again been uttered by this scout, and which
will develop itself in the examination of
witnesses ON this trial Of assault and battery
The Reserve we must all admit, violated
the law of the land and is amenable to the
| law. but goC d may come of it, and a Dan
iel come to judgment be the winding up
Of the scout And we will ever pray.
The examination Of the draft made some
weeks ago, and which | noticed in nay last
as postponed, went off on the 18th and 10Th
/ inst, at Belefonte The men, who were
the holders Of prizes, are all at home again.
Those who were not exempted. socked the
greenbacks. Not a man, as far as | can
learn, out of the forty-two drafted, went in
to the service.
We have had several showers of rain du-
ring the the last ten days, which has had
the effect of reviving vegetation, and the
crops of corn and potatoes. LERoI.
President Lincoln evidently has struck the