Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1865-07-19
By 8. J. ROW
CLEARFIELD, PA, JULY 10, 1865.
THE LATEST NEWS.

adjoining buildings. Nothing but the glass
engine in the Museum was saved Six
buildings on Broadway, eight on Ann street
and five on Fulton street were destroyed
The loss is estimated at /, 200, 600. This is
the second of Barnum museums which has
been destroyed by fire, the other being in
Philadelphia.
The work Of confscating the property OF
wealthy rebels was inaugurated in Richmond
on Monday the I0,h much to the conster-
nation of the people of that city, by the
seizure of the famous Tredegar iron works
by government agents. Descriptions OF
large amount of other property liable to
confiscation have been taken, and tenents
thereof notified to pay no more rent to the
rebel proprietors.
The Government has sent an officer to An
dersonyille, Georgia, to make u special in
yestigation into the brutal and inhuman
treatment of the Union prisoners during the
war, with the view of bringing to trial, be
fore military commission, the rebels who
had charge of cur soldiers when the barbar
Gus treatment was practiced. Some Of the
guilty parties are already in the custody of
the government
4 correspondent, who has recently been
through Northern Alabama, states that that
region IS almost enc continuous cotton fell.
The planters have given their attention to
the business again this year almost as much
as in ante rebellcus times, and the growing
crop looks very fine. The negroes are work
ing for their former masters for wages, and
the new labor system appears to progress
exceedingly we'll
About the only thing the Detroit Com
mercial Convention did, without qualiiica
tion, delay or debate, was to adopt the dec
laration in favor Of protecting American
capital and labor against foreign competi-
tion, and that this policy has become ne
cessary to maintain the national credit.
In whatever else the convention failed it did
not in this.
The trial of Miss Harris, charged with
the murder of Burrough, the Treasury clerk,
is closed. The counsel of Miss H. made a
big effort to obtain her acquittal on the
ground of insanity; with little prospect of
success. There is much sympathy mani
tested for the unfortunate girl. The deci-
sion Of the Jury is not yet known.
The report that JEFF. Davis & Co. would
be tried by military commission does not
seem to be without confirmation. 1t is said,
on good authority, that at least one of the
members of the former court has received
an order assigning him as one of the new
commission.
There were seventy pardons granted by
the President on the 18th, to persons com
ing under the $50 900 exception. Seventy
five petitions were filed, but included in them
are no persons of notoriety.
The returns to the Office of Internal Rev
enue, at Washington, show that nine and a
half millions of dollars have been received
in that Bureau during the first twelve days
in July-a great increase.
The income of one pork packer in st.
Louis is S47l 900, and of firm in the same
business in the same city, 500, ,000 This
beats petroleum. Everything til It touches
grease seems to thrive.
Hon. Henry Winter Davis, of Balti-
more. in his address on the 4th of July at
Chicago, declared himself in favor of Negro
suffrage and an enforcement of the Monroe
doctrine.
The old Virginia State debts are now in
process of liquidation, and it is said that
the holders of them will not realize over
twenty cents on the dollar.
Henry A. Wise made application to the
military authorities for a restoration of his
former estate, near Norfolk, with rather a
poor prospect of success.
The Chronicle denies that Secretary Stan
toms health is poor, or that he intends to
resign, and adds that the President does not
desire him to go.
A gentleman Just from Fortress Monroe
reports the health of JEFF Davis much bet
ter than it has been at any time during his
incarceration.
In very short time there will be nc
troops in the vicinity of Washington but
the bare garrison of the city.
Over half million of property has been
sold in st. Mary's county, Maryland, tc
Northern settlers.
The subscriptions to the n-thirty loan
on Saturday, July 18th, amounted to s1O,-
33i, 200.
John Morrisey, knight of the Prize Ring,
reports an ineeIae of $50, 700 last year.