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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-08-24
HIGH PRICES.

Merchants who are perfectly acquainted
with the trade OF our country IN such arti-
cles, say, from positive knowledge, that
the quantity OF tea and coffee, for instance,
now In the United States, is greatly larger
than at any other time within the last ten
or twenty years. The same may no doubt
be asserted, with truth, of other articles
which We are accustomed to consider as
among the necessaries OF life. Where are
all these stores of tea, coffee, -four sugar,
etc? In the hands Of spectators and held
on speculation. Every sale of these arti-
cles from one speculator 10 the other, at an
advance, hich is easily managed between
them,) enhances the price of the whole
stock upon the community, and the ques-
ton Is, how long is this state of things TO
continue? How is this rage of speculation
to be checked? 1t is clear that those who
have money on hand, and feel disposed to
risk 1t in such operations, cannot be restrain
ed from doing so if they see ft But there
are others willing and anxiously desirous of
entering INTO such speculaIlons and making
fortunes out OF the community, if they can
only borrow the money to do So Our banks,
We are told. have been overrun with appli
cations of this character lately One man
sees an opportunity of buying ZOO barrels
of whiskey on which he is sure to make
any amount of money that fancy may name,
if the bank will only lend him the money
A party in New York, the other day, made
up their minds to buy five hundred thous-
and pounds of woolin Ohio, on speculation,
and came to our banks to borrow the money!
And these are but samples of hundreds of
such applications, most of the applicants,
by the way, offer the banks no other securi-
ty than their own notes, wondering that the
banks cannot see that they must be abund-
antly good, considering the immense profit
the borrowers are sure TO make by the trans
actions How are these specuations to be
stopped, and the community be protected
from the grasp of these voracious specu-
lators? Answer. Let the banks in all eases
refuse TO grant facilities for such operations,
and confne the operators to cash dealing
only. By doing SO they will best consult
their own interests in the first place, and
the good of the community in the next. A
gentleman conyersant with bank matters,
assures us that the banks have already come
to this conclusion. and if that course IS
steadily adhered to on their part we shall
soon see the prices of the necessaries of life
decline. Spectators cannot possibly carry
the stocks they now have on hand, they will
be compelled to sell, and prices must come
down accOrdinply
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-08-24
Original 2oetru.
THE FULL MOON.
By CAIRO

BS CAIRO
The Silver Moon comes per the hilis,
And smiles upon the gushing rI.is
She ushers in the stilly night,
And shines round, beautiful and bright
She plays among the forest trees
Or dances on the Driny seas
The lakeIets mirror forth her form.
When skies are bright. OF breezes WARM
AS up the sky her way we mark.
The heavens are lii by many spark
These, these. her coronation sing
While tributes TO her God they bring.
The mountain dances-in the rays,
While wales are vocal with her praise
and summer leaflets wahe and prauce,
While images beneath them dance
she locks upon the CLASSY wave.
Or on the Autumn flow ers grave
She cheers earth trav lers with her smiles,
As on they plod lifes weary miles.
Shine on u moon to rule the night.
And teach me to pursue the hight
Dictate such thoughts TO men below,
As lead 10 ,G5rtn, not empty show.
April q 1864
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-08-24

''Would you like to subscribe for Dick
ems Household Words?'' inquired maga-
zine agent. Household words have play
ed the dickens with me long enough, was
the feeling reply.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-08-24

A false Blondin is in Paris, who, on a
rope. at the height of the column OF the Pace
Vendome. cooks an omelet on n fire lighted
by his own hands. and lets 1t down by cord
to the people below.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-08-24

1t is lamentable fact that some of the
ablest as well as the poorest newspapers in
the country are giving up the ghost, on ac-
count of the high price of stock and labor.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-08-24

MAN is always stronger to bear misfor-
tune than prosperity against the former
he walks more or less armed, but against
the latter without fear or canton.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-08-24

Some of the copperhead districts in York
county are likely to reap rather bitter fruits
from their opposition to the soldiers vote,
number Of young men having determined
to enlist but not to credit a man TO the in-
tolerant sneaks.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-08-24

The Mauch Chunk Gazette says that the
patriotism Of majority Of the moneyed
men of that town ''can be put into the
heart of ay and not half fiji it
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-08-24

Sensitive lady from the country looking
for coach. Pray, sir, are you engaged?"
Cabman. ''Och, bless your purity soul,
madam, | have been married these seven
years and have nine children" :"
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-08-24

How GOD FoRGIvEs. How beautifully
God forgives! Il will never remember it
again, he says when he forgives our sins.
Why, if you could see God, you would new
er by the least turn Of the eye, 10y any word,
or by the slightest infection of the voice,
know that he remembered the sin that he
had forgiven. We forgive sin, you know,
laying it up. Once in while We shoot out a
hint of it sidewise We forgive slowly,
grudgingly, imperfectly and meanly; but
when God forgives. he throws the offence a
way and says. Il will never make mention
oft again; Twill sink it as in the depths of
the sea- There is low, contemplate way
of forgiving and there is noble and manly
way of doing it. One kind of forgiveness is
an additional provocation; but the CHRIS
tan way is glorious and beautifully. w.
Beecher.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-08-24

The Cops are making great blow about
the size of the NJ Clelan meeting held in
Now York city. We don't see that it is
much TO blow about if it was big meeting
1t will be recollected that the traitor Breck-
inridge had a majority of forty hOmsGnd
in New York city at the last Presidential e
lection. and no one doubts hut what jeff
Davis would receive more votes there than
Abraham Lincoln would. New York city
!. a nest of traitors. and not much to hrag
on, and will do Mcclellan no good. Tile
1ruph
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-08-24

ma, has your tongue got legs" Got
what. my child" Got legs,;m Ger
tainly not-but why do you ask that silly
question ?'' ''Oh, nothing-only l heard
pa say your tongue was running from morn
ing till night
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-08-24

! Captain :" he exclaimed as he descended
the companion way, Il have brought YOU no
whale, but something that | think will be
more acceptible y
The captain and his wife both caught
sight of their child, at once and at the same
moment.
My child My Lillian - screamed the
mother, rushing forward TO clasp her IN her
arms. Then noticing her pale face and
dropping head, she sank into a seat, over
come by her feelings, and stretched forth her
arms, faintingly murmurlng:
Dead dead she is dead Give ne my
poor little dead girl
''No-no, she is not dead !" replied the
mate If the proper measures can be tax
en-, she can be restored in a lew moments.
So saying he laid her upon the bed, and
assisted the anxious father in his efforts to
restore the circulation Of the blood.
In a few moments they had the satistac
ton Of seeing Lillian open her eyes, and Of
hearing hcrspeak the word mother. The
next instant she was pressed to the latter
bosom. and covered with tears and kisses.
This probably helped nearly as much as the
other operation had done to restore the cir
culation OF blood, for there was a deep cal
nation tint upon her cheek and lip.
The excitement having in some degree sub
sided an explanation followed.
Lillian stated that after her mother had
left her to go on deck, she thought she
would lust 90 up 10 get IA little peep over the
rail at the icebergs. The idea had no soon
er entered her head than she carried it into
execution. In leaning TOO Tar over the rail,
however-the ship happened to give lnrch
atthe same tlme-she lost her balance and was
precipitated into the waters. On rising to
the surface she felt herself seized by the
neck Of the dress and the next moment was
dragged safely Oh to large piece Of ice
when she perceived that her deliverer was
the noble Blusco She felt terribly fright
ened, and ciung close TO the dog. She re-
membered they were shut in by three walls
of ice, which partly prevented the waves
from dashing in upon them. Suddenly the
cake upon which they were standing came
in contact with another one which lowered
up like lofty column
When the conclusion took place the lofty
mass tottered over, and fell upon the three
walls of ice, by which the little girl and her
dog were encompassed III such a curious
manner as to completely close them up as if
they were in prison. In this position she re-
manned a long time, praying and hugging
the dog 10y turns, until at last, feeling cold
and benumbed, she leg. II to grow drowsy,
and fell into doze. Had her rescue from
this situation been delayed few minutes
longer. we would have never. III all proba-
bility, succeeded in bringing her to life. As
it was, long time elapsed ere the natural
freedom OF circulation could be restored to
one of her arms.
Many were the praises layished on Blusco
for his noble conduct and although he
shakes his head and turns up his broad nose
when any person speaks to him about it, as
much as to say, pshaw. it $ nothing still
we believe that in his heart he is proud of
his exnlnit
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-08-24

An exchange says: How young men
consent to loaf about the corners as they do,
when good dose of arsenic can be purchas-
ed for sixpence, is really surprising
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-08-24

Dew is an invisible vapor. which, chilled
by the oool surface of the flowers, bursts
into tears over the beauty that must fade.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-08-24

THE PRICE OF PAPER The Bellows
Falls Times thinks that there is no nece ssity
for the present high price of printing pa
per, and says that some of the papers in
the northern part of the State have sugges
ted that the newspaper publishers in that
State should combine and own or build
mills of their own. 1t says further, if this
matter had been seriously put forth only a
few weeks ago, "a mill could have been So
cured at very reasonable price and on easy
terms, and paper could have been obtained
at cost of less than l6 cents per pound,
which is IA cents less than is now being ask
ed for IL
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-08-24

If stupid speaker has prodigious lungs,
he can fill with his voice the largest house
and empty it too.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-08-24

Mush and milk festivals are now the or
der of the day in the west, for the bepeht
of the soldiers.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-08-24

4 bill preventing the marriage of FIRST
cousins has passed the KY. Legislature.
The Soldiers' journal. (Rendezvous of Distribution, Va.) 1864-1865, 1864-03-16

THE REBELS have captured three small vessels
in Chesapeake Bay. One of them is the side
wheel steamer S. P. Thomas, employed as a dis
patch steamer between Fort Monroe and Cherry
stone Inlet. The other two were tugs-the Titan
and the Iola-employed in running between the
same points. The Titan is said to be up Plan
katank River, watched by gunboats, and pretty
sure to be retaken. Later accounts say that our
forces have destroyed the Titan.
The Soldiers' journal. (Rendezvous of Distribution, Va.) 1864-1865, 1864-03-16
The Way the Velocity of Cannon Balls
are Measured

IQ0 way Inc V0IOCICY Oh cannon BG4l&
are Measured.
We recently had an opportunity of examining
the instrument in use at West Point for measur-
ing the velocity of cannon and musket shot, and
we found itan exceeding ingenious piece of mech
ansm.
In front of a graduate arc, two pendulums
hung upon the same axle, one little in front of
the other SO that they may swing past each 9TH
err. Each pendulum carries block of iron
it's lower end by means of which it is held in a
horizontal position by an electromagnetic one
pendulum being raised up on one side of the arc.
and the other upon the other side. The cores of
of the electromagnetic are made of the purest soft
iron, SO that when the circuit of electricity which
passes along the wire around them is broken,
they will be instantly demagnetized, and will
consequently allow the pendulums to drop.
The wire from one electromagnetic is carried
out of doors, and drawn repeatedly across
frame target just in front of the muzzle of the
gun and the wire from the other magnets drawn
in the same way across target at 100 feet great
err distance. The gun is fired, and the shot
passes through the target it cuts the wires of both
circuits; allowing the pendulums to fall. But
the wire the gun is cut sooner than the one
more distant, and consequently, the pendulum
which is supported by its magnet begins to fall
sooner than the other pendulum. The pendu-
lums therefore do not pass each other at the low
est point in the arc, but at distance from the
lowest point, which depends on the time occupied
by the shot in moving from one target to the other
The exact point on the at which the pendu-
lums pass each other is indicated by little prick
made in the arc as the pendulums meet. To eff
ect this the pendulum nearer the carries
pin pointing towards the arc, the outer end of
! the pin having beveled head which is hit by
projection ON the other penduluns as the two
meet, driving the point into the arc.
The time occupied by the pendulums in making
their oscillations is ascertained by careful obser-
vations and then the time required for their pas
sage through any portion of their arc is known
by calculation. The instrument is always very
nicely adjusted Immediately before it is used
and the experiments must be conducted with the
utmost thoroughness in every respect. When
all the conditions are carefully complied with,
the velocity of shot is probably measured with
more accuracy by this instrument than by any
other means yet devised.
The idea of using electricity for determining
the velocity of proectiles was first suggested by
Wheatstone in 1910, and machine devised by
Captain Navez of the Belgian service was tried
| in this country, but was found too delicate and
complicated for general use. The machine which
we have described was designed by Captain j.
G. Benton, late Instructor of Ordnance and Sci
ence of Gunnery, Military Academy, West Point
1t is called the ro-bollistic machine.
! tyic american.
The Soldiers' journal. (Rendezvous of Distribution, Va.) 1864-1865, 1864-03-16

property is secure. Ou SUlll ShIueT your aHnu-
al income, protected in all your rights by the
strong national arm. And what does the nation
assess to you as your share in the cost of this Sc
curity? Half your property? No-not a farthing
of that property! only small per centage of
your income from that property Just forty-three
dollars and tsOenty-one cents Pardon me for
saying it, friend Growler, but am more than
half ashamed of you.r
&c And seeing the way you put the case I
more than half ashamed of myself he answer
ed frankly. Why, taking your view, this is
about the cheapest investment ever made.'
" You certainly get more money than in any
other line of expenditure. Yesterday had
letter from an old friend living in the neighbor-
hood of Carlisle. The rebels took from him six
fine horses, worth two hundred dollars apiece;
six cows and oxen and over two hundred BUSH
els of grain. And not content with plundering
him, they burnt down barn which cost him
nearly two thousand dollars. But for the armies
raised and equipped by the nation, in support of
which you and are taxed SO lightly, might
have suffered as severely. How much do you
think it cost in money for the protection we have
received in this particular instance?''
" A million dollars, perhaps ?"
"Nearer ten million of dollars. From the time
our army left the Rappahannock, until the bat
tie of Gettysburg, it's cost to the government
Of this sum your proportion can scarcely have
been more than three four dollars and for
that trifie, your property, and perhaps your life
was held secure.''
/" No more of that, if you please, said Growler,
showing some annoyance. " You are running
the thing into the ground. I own up square,
was quarreling with my best friend. was
striking at the hand that gave me protection. If
my war tax next year should be hundred dol
lars instead of forty-three, L will pay it without
murmur."
"Don't say without murmur, friend Grower.'
"What then %
Say gladly as means of safety"
"Put it as you WILL he answered, folding up
Collector Riley's receipt which he held in his
hand, and bowling himself out.
Not many days afterwards, I happened tohear
some grumbling in my neighbours presence about
his income tax. Growler hardly waited to hear
him through. My lesson improved in his
hands. In significant phrase, he pitched into the
offender, and read him a lesson much strong
than mine, that felt myself thrown into the
shade.
You have been assessed fifty-eight dollars"
he said in his excited way, I" fifty eight dollars
one would think from the noise you make about
it, that you had been robbed of half your prop
erty. Fifty-eight dollars for security at home
and abroad Fifty-eight dollars as your share
of the expenses of defence against an enemy
that if unopposed, will desolate our homes and
destroy government! Already it has cost
the nation for your safety and mine, over thou
sand million of dollars and you are angry be-
cause it asks for your little part of the expense
Sir you are not worthy the name of Ameri-
can citizen -
The Soldiers' journal. (Rendezvous of Distribution, Va.) 1864-1865, 1864-03-16
Apv1oEs from North Carolina say that

ADvIoEs from North Carolina say that the reb-
els will undoubtedly make another effort to drive
Gen. Peck's forces out of the State. They have
three iron clads nearly ready to move down the
Neuse, Roanoke and Tar rivers. Ourlate incur
sion troubled them greatly, by destroying vast
amount of commissary stores. 1t is said that
Governor Vance demands the expulsion of the
Union forces from the state, as the condition of
keeping the State troops in the Confederate SER
vice. Hence, it is argued, the rebels will aban-
don Virginia, and plan their next battlefield in
North Carolina.
ADVERSELY is the true tombstone of merit
The Soldiers' journal. (Rendezvous of Distribution, Va.) 1864-1865, 1864-03-16
THE SOLDIERS JOURNAL.
Fretting over the mean little

was retorted. Erecting over the mean little
sum of fifty-eight dollars Why sir! I know
man who has given his right arm to the cause;
and another who has given his right leg. Do
they grumble n No sir! 1 never heard a word
of complaint from their lips. Thousands and
tens of thousands have given their sons, and
wives have given their husbands-sons and hus-
bands who will never more return! They are
with the dead. Sir, you are dishonoring your
self in the eyes of men. A grumbler over this
paltry war-tax-for Shame?'
I turned away saying in my thoughts:
$50 much good done! My reclaimed sinner
has become a preacher of righteousness
-----~~-~-s--
THE PRIVATE SoLDIER.-If there is a being in
the world who is deserving OF private affection
and public gratitude it is the soldier who march
es private in the ranks of the army to fight
for his country, and offers his blood and Life as
sacrifice for the maintenance of the Union and
the Constitution. And yet how seldom it is
that they get the honor and the reward their
services entitle them to. 1t is the private who
carries the gun the private who marches on
foot through mud, frost and snow: it is the pri-
vate who erects bridges over swift streams and
rears the lofty Notifications and it is the pri-
vate who with the bayonet set charges on the
deadly rifle pits, and how seldom is it that he re-
ceives the honor and the reward of his noble
conduct.
History tells us of the country which Alexan-
der conquered, and the battles Cesar fought,
but after all it the iron-hearted soldiers
which these men commanded, who won these
victories, and conquered these countries. No
army of ancient or modern times, no army which
Alexander, or Cesar or Napoleon ever led, has
excelled the army of the Union in personal suf-
fering, patience, endurance, heroism and glo-
rious military exploits. We hope that the time
may yet come when higher compliment can
be paid to a citizen than to have it said of him,
''He was one of the army of the Union
THE BATTLE OF Olustee Fla, was fought on
The Soldiers' journal. (Rendezvous of Distribution, Va.) 1864-1865, 1864-03-16

The BATTLE or Olustee, Fla, was fought on
the afternoon of the Goth ult. Our troops under
General Seymour, met the enemy IL, 900 strong, 55
miles beyond Jacksonville and miles beyond
Sanderson, on the line of the Jacksonville and
Tallahassee Railroad. The battle was desperate
ly fought during three hours, and then, at sun
set, our forces, overpowered by numbers, retired
to Sanderson, taking with them the greater part
of the wounded. The 9TH Connecticut, 18th New
Hampshire, 10th Massachusetts,, 48th and 150th
New York, and Sth United States were engaged.
Col Fribley of the sth U. S., was left dead on the
field Col. Reed, Hungarian officer, was NOR
tally wounded. Col. Guy Henry, of the 10th
Massachusetts, had three horses shot under him.
but escaped unhurt
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-03-17
Feb. %.
OF LIFE AND DEATH.
FIGURES DO NOT LIE.

rlu NED DO NOl LlG.
We have faith in statistics. They Civ,
the death-blow to all false droctrne and EN-.
piricism in science, and blow sky-high tn.
fine spun theories OF impractical men. Med
ical statistics are Of special importance They
teach us to estimate at their just valne the
curative poicers Of drugs, which are the ster.
eotypes Of the profession" And what is theil
value !? Figures, which do not lie. show what
in all dangerous complaints the Irregular
practice" Of the faculty" loses ct least az
many as it saves. But, then, the doctors tell
us that those who die" are iucurable. II thi.
b. SO how is 1t that so many victims of the
most virulent internal aud external di- orders,
whom the profession had given mp. have re.
covered through persevering use Of Hollo.
ways Pills and Holloway's Ointment? There
can be no doubt about the fact, We opine, and
we want some body to account for it. To
our plain mind, il appears that if chronic
dyspepsia cannot be cured by the doctors
and is cured with unerring certainty by
Holloway's pills, that the latter remedy is
worth the whole medicinal stock Of tine faculty
as means of Relieving that complaint. So
again. IL "given up" case Of scrcfnla OF
,erysipelas becomes rapidly convalescent un-
der the action of the Ointment, we cam
not escape the the conclusion that it is the
true specific for external disorders, and that
the regular pharmacopnia" contains nothing
that will compare with 1t as meas Of snbdu.
ing that class OF maladies. 's
This is good logic We believe. Ifsny
cavil at it we will admit their demurrsrs
when they can show us better basis Tor
argument than facts" State Gazette. 1l
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